The chaotic situation in the palace was quickly stabilized, and the night rain was still pattering.
In the end, to everyone's surprise, Chu Mingyun did not kill Li Yanzhen, but put him and Lu Qinghe together under house arrest in the side hall.
Qin Zhao let out a long sigh, feeling that the nerves that had been tense all day finally loosened up, and pushed open the hall door.
The imperial study had been cleaned up, the newly replaced gauze curtains rose and fell with the wind, and the pile of ashes was also cleaned up. Chu Mingyun sat at the back of the desk, reading a volume of documents, and raised his eyes to look at him. One glance, "Sit."
Qin Zhao sat down and handed over the paper document, "Let's see how it goes."
"what is this?"
"Division of fields." Chu Mingyun said, "There are too many places to be restructured, so I wrote a few points first."
Qin Zhao glanced through it roughly, and then handed the document back, "I don't understand it."
"Senior brother," Qin Zhao said, "everything has been resolved outside the palace, and all the officials who refuse to obey are placed under house arrest in their mansion. Lu Shi, the minister of punishment, led the soldiers of the palace to resist, but it has been suppressed." He paused. After a while, he continued, "I also sent someone over to Su Mansion."
Chu Mingyun put his hand on his chin and lowered his eyes, "Is he still in the ancestral hall?"
"Yes."
After a long silence, Chu Mingyun suddenly said: "The Yulin Army has not moved until now, Li Yanzhen is already awake, but they have not received an order, just now I had someone searched, and the military talisman dispatched is not in the palace, nor on Li Yanzhen. "
"How come, where could he be without such an important thing?" Qin Zhao reacted as soon as the words came out, "...Did he give Su Shiyu the military talisman?"
Chu Mingyun frowned and sighed, "Send a few more shadow guards over to take a good look at it."
"Will you stop him as soon as you see the soldiers?" Qin Zhao asked tentatively.
Chu Mingyun shook his head gently, "No, it's enough to be optimistic about him."
Qin Zhao was puzzled, "Why?"
"A gentleman died for the country," Chu Mingyun whispered, "I'm not afraid of anything, I'm just afraid that he will commit suicide."
The next day in the court hall, except for the officials who were under house arrest, everyone else came early to wait for the new king. With the sound of the dawn bell, Chu Mingyun, dressed in a black and gold-patterned emperor robe, sat on the throne.
He raised his hand, and the eunuch on the side led the order to step forward, shaking off the edict in his hand and reciting it aloud, echoing loudly. The ministers below were full of joy at first, but after listening to a few words, their expressions suddenly stiffened and became strange.
This is actually an edict of reform and reform, sweeping away the overlapping chaos of previous land decrees.
There was a vague commotion underneath, and the officials of the Chu Party looked at each other in dismay. They thought that after Chu Mingyun ascended the throne, he would naturally be able to act more recklessly and arrogantly, but this first edict was actually to get rid of the old malpractices, which was tantamount to gouging out their meat.
Chu Mingyun glanced down coldly, "Any objections?"
"This..." Several high-ranking officials gave each other a wink, and finally Xu Yin, the Minister of War, stood up, bowed respectfully, and said, "Your Majesty Rong Yi, this minister thinks... this is probably not appropriate."
Chu Mingyun raised his eyebrows slightly, "Oh—?"
"Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and the current situation has not yet stabilized. At this time, rushing to order a major change in national policy is really not conducive to stabilizing people's hearts. Besides, the original decree has been applied for a long time. Although there are few shortcomings, it is not worth mentioning. If the turmoil is caused by the reform, it will not be worth the loss, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice."
The Minister of War, Zheng Ran, stepped forward and said, "Master Xu's remarks are reasonable, and this minister agrees. I hope Your Majesty will think twice."
The other ministers came forward one after another, with different words, but they all clearly expressed their intention to withdraw his edict.
Chu Mingyun looked at Xu Yin for a while with a half-smile, and said to Xu Yin, "Come forward."
Xu Yin hesitantly glanced upwards carefully, Chu Mingyun's face was hidden behind the crown of pearls, and it was dark and difficult to distinguish. He calmed down and walked up the jade steps in the hall step by step. The more Chu Mingyun did not move, the more frightened he became. Finally, he stopped three or four steps away from the person on the throne, bowing his head in fear and waiting for the order.
The moment when the unsheathed sound fell into his ears, before he could react, his body fell to the ground uncontrollably and his forehead hit the steps. Xu Yin opened his eyes wide in disbelief and looked up, which was reflected in the dyed red. In the field of vision is the figure of Chu Mingyun standing with his sword raised, and the severe pain pierced through his heart slowly passed over, and before he could let out a groan, his breathing was completely cut off.
Xu Yin's body was slanted on the jade steps, and the blood slowly flowed down the steps.
Chu Mingyun slowly raised his wrist, the long sword in his hand pointed straight down, a drop of blood on the sword edge fell to the ground, splashing like ink marks, he said with a cold smile: "Who else?"
All the officials in the hall turned pale, and cold sweat suddenly spread all over their bodies. The courtiers who came out were even more pale, trembling with fear, daring not to make a sound, nor to retreat, and could only stand still. The grand hall fell into a suffocating silence.
"What?" Chu Mingyun tilted his head slightly and glanced down, his voice finally cooled down completely, "You have been at Li Yanzhen for a long time, and when you get used to it, you forgot who I am?"
I don't know who first fell to the ground with soft legs, and then everyone knelt down and bowed their heads, like the wind sweeping the grass, the hall was full of long live sounds, and the mighty opened.
Su House.
"If you let me in, I'll just say a word and come out?" Du Yue frowned, haggling at the person who opened his hand in front of him.
Su Bai shook his head firmly, "No."
"Hey, Su Bai, why are you so thoughtless?" He looked at the closed door of the ancestral hall behind Su Bai, "I didn't say that since yesterday, there has been no movement there, so you are not afraid that my cousin is inside. Hungry? You let me take a look, and I'll come out after you finish it!"
"Young master said not to be disturbed."
"I won't bother, I'll keep my mouth shut and just take a look." Du Yue said, "He doesn't eat or drink in it. I'm not worried. I'll come out immediately when I see my cousin is okay."
Su Baiman tangled his head and looked at the silent ancestral hall, and then faced the eager young master, still shook his head, "No, the son said that you are not allowed to enter."
"Damn it." Du Yue couldn't help but scolded in a low voice, sitting on the sidebar exhausted.
When he heard the news from Qin Zhao, he ran over quickly, but he was stopped before he could touch the door of the ancestral hall. It looked like he was about to come out, but the guards of the Su family and Su Bai also stopped him from entering, so he could only continue to wait anxiously.
Suddenly there were hurried footsteps and conversations approaching, Du Yue looked around, but the housekeeper Su Yi was quickly stopping a man, "Sir, please stay, the son is not allowed to disturb you, I will help you with what you have to say. , I hope you can forgive me."
"I managed to get out of the mansion just to see Master Su. You can't let me go back in vain, can you?" Lu Shi took his hand away. "The situation is urgent, and I think Master Su won't blame him."
Su Yi stopped him again, "I can understand your feelings, sir, but our subordinates follow orders, please forgive me."
"What time is this!" Lu Shi said anxiously, "That Taiwei Chu has already rebelled and usurped the throne. I'm afraid Master Su doesn't know it at all. The situation is urgent, and there is no room for delay!"
"... Tai Lieutenant Chu has conspired to usurp the throne?" Du Yue repeated blankly. Su Bai's expression also stiffened.
Su Yi sighed and looked at the ancestral hall with deep eyes, "Young Master will lock himself in the ancestral hall, he must be confused for what reason. Before thinking about it, even if the adults see the son, I am afraid it will not help."
Lu Shi looked at him, "What do you mean?"
Before Su Yi could answer, an attendant rushed up in a panic and said to Lu Shi, "Sir, let's go back to the house as soon as possible, it will be bad if the people under surveillance find out!"
"What happened?"
"There are dead people outside Miyagi!"
"It was Xu Tong, the only son of Xu Yin, the minister of military affairs. He incited a group of candidates who were waiting for the exam in Beijing to make trouble and rebel. After pouring kerosene all over his body, he wanted to rush to Miyagi. Although most of them were afraid to flee in the chaos, However, Xu Tong and a few candidates still succumbed, and they also burned a lot of guards in the collision, and now the capital is shaking, and everyone is talking about it." Qin Zhao's face was solemn.
"Resist?" Chu Mingyun sneered, "Resist me to conspire to usurp the throne?"
"That group of people claimed so, but what Xu Tong should hate is that his brother killed his father."
"His father has done so long, he should have died a long time ago."
"But now there is trouble after all," Qin Zhao worried, "what should I do?"
Chu Mingyun looked indifferent, "You said just now that most of the troublemakers ran away?"
"Yes."
Chu Mingyun smiled without emotion, "Then catch them all back and kill them."
Qin Zhao was taken aback, "Senior brother, those are all candidates for the exam..."
"It doesn't matter who they are, since they want to die, let them die." Chu Mingyun interrupted him.
Qin Zhao hesitated, "But I'm afraid this is not very good..."
What's more, the decree of dividing the fields has just been promulgated, and the powerful nobles reacted violently and united to resist the decree and disobey. Chu Mingyun ordered the execution of a group of leaders.
Chu Mingyun suddenly turned his head to look at him, and asked in an inaudible tone, "Junior brother, do you want to disobey too?"
Qin Zhao's heart trembled, and he shook his head in silence.
After the rainstorm, the sky was not yet clear, and the gloom was like a pearl-gray soft gauze covering the city of Chang'an, and the stagnant breath seemed to be heavily suppressed. The voices of the conversation in the teahouse were lowered a lot, for fear that someone would listen.
"What the hell happened over there in Miyagi, I think the streets are closed, is there really someone ***?" Although his voice was low, he couldn't hold back his curiosity.
"Then there is still a fake? How many people died, I saw it with my own eyes, it was very miserable, all of them were burned like coke, and when I touched it lightly, their arms fell off, and the cracked flesh inside was still red. !"
Many people couldn't help gasping for breath, and hurriedly told him to stop talking.
Another humane said: "Isn't there the son of Xu Yin, the minister of military affairs, among the people who burned? Alas, this family is really miserable. I was killed in the morning, and my son died at the gate of the palace."
"No, I heard that he was facing the court and was stabbed through with a sword. Maybe it's scary. What kind of temperament did the First Commander Chu have before, but now that he has usurped the throne, he just wants to kill whatever he wants. ?"
A young man in the corner huddled as he listened to their conversation. Hearing that, his hand holding the tea could not help trembling, and he buried his head deeper.
"Who would have thought that such a thing would happen to the imperial court? Really, he is very happy now. He kills the powerful and his own people. Wouldn't the lives of us ordinary people be even more worthless?" The person who spoke He gritted his teeth with hatred, "God is so blind, how can such a person have a good life when he becomes an emperor!"
The person next to him hurriedly covered his mouth and shouted in a hurry: "Ancestor, you are so loud if you don't want to die!"
At this time, a team of black armored guards broke in, and the teahouse was suddenly dead silent.
The headed guard glanced around for a week, raised his hand, and the two guards immediately pulled out the young man in the corner, and the leader turned his head to compare the portrait, "It's him."
The young man struggled hard in the hands of the guards, and exclaimed: "What are you doing?! Let go of me, let me go! What crime did I commit, what are you going to do to me?!"
The leader waved his hand and ordered someone to drag him out, "By your majesty's order, arrest all those involved in the Miyagi Rebellion."
"kill!"
Those who fail to do so, kill.
Gather protesters, kill.
Tired of criminals, kill.
kill.
kill.
kill.
Everyone said that the man lost his mind when he took the throne and became a total lunatic.
On the 21st, Li Chenghua, the king of Xiling, revolted, and the Huns khans assisted by troops, in the name of "killing rebels and returning to orthodoxy", they raised their troops to attack Chang'an, and all the prefectures and counties opened their cities to greet them, traveling thousands of miles a day.