The emperor of the Yuelong Dynasty was controlled by the queen, and the news that the Shi family wanted to rebel was known to everyone in the entire imperial city.
But is it true
A large part of the people actually don't believe it.
If you want them to believe that General Shi Qingshan will rebel, it is better to let them believe that sows will climb trees!
Shi Qingshan's reputation is very good among the common people.
Therefore, no one believed that he would rebel! Absolutely do not believe it!
However, a major event happened in the imperial city today, that is...
Some of the masses even united and approached the palace to "inquire" whether the current emperor is really the emperor!
Come to "ask" if the Shi family wants to rebel!
The gate of the palace was blocked by a crowd of five hundred people.
The news quickly reached Long Xiaoyuan's ears.
At this time, the early morning is not over yet.
In other words, those ministers are still above the court!
These five hundred people came early enough!
In the court hall, when this news was reported, all the ministers were a little terrified.
Those ministers looked at me and I looked at you, but no one came out to say anything first.
Long Xiaoyuan waved away the guards who came to report, and then looked at the people below with a half-smile.
"Okay, everyone is pretending to be dumb. Now more than 500 people have come outside the palace, wanting to know whether my emperor is real or not. What do you think we should do?"
Long Xiaoyuan looked very worried, and the ministers below became even more frightened.
"Don't talk? So you are waiting for me to solve it?" Long Xiaoyuan's voice became cold, and the "I" just now became "Zhen."
A minister came out. "Your Majesty, the people outside must have been deceived by traitors."
"Your Majesty, the people must have been bewitched by the thieves! I am willing to go and find out the thieves!"
"Your Majesty, the thief who deceived the people and disturbed the imperial city shall be punished for his crime! I wish to go."
"The emperor..."
One after another, ministers followed suit, and they all expressed their willingness to catch the thief.
Long Xiaoyuan believed that some people were indeed bewitched.
However, if more than 500 people dared to block the palace today, then next time, 5,000 people would dare to come!
Therefore, Long Xiaoyuan didn't intend to let these people go easily!
His gaze turned slightly cold, but there was a smile on Long Xiaoyuan's face, but that smile made people feel extremely terrified.
"Where is the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment?"
At this time, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment was already the former servant, of course, the one that Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou invited from a distant county.
The original Shangshu Zhongming has officially resigned.
This person has been doing well since the blood-sucking maniac case, so he was just promoted to Shangshu a few days ago.
"The minister is here!"
Long Xiaoyuan looked at the other party indifferently. "Go and see how many people are easily bewitched, how many people are bewitched by others...whether they are bewitched or bewitched, the former can be punished, while the latter...have no brains, just help the elders Brain, don't think that if the law does not punish the public, it will be fine. If this is really the case, will there be more people who rebel in the future, and I will forgive them? Or, reward instead?"
All the ministers below trembled. No one dared to speak.
Only the Minister of the Ministry of punishment should respond. "Sir, obey the order! I will live up to the emperor's expectations!"
Afterwards, Long Xiaoyuan announced his next court.
After going down to court, Long Xiaoyuan came to Kunning Palace.
At this time, Shi Qingzhou in Kunning Palace already knew what happened in the court hall, and even more what happened at the gate of the palace.
Seeing Long Xiaoyuan coming back, Shi Qingzhou immediately went up to meet him. "You're back."
Long Xiaoyuan nodded. "Well, have you heard about Chaoshang?"
Shi Qingzhou nodded. "I heard, what are you going to do about it?"
Long Xiaoyuan smiled slightly. "Since those people want to seek death, it is impossible to kill so many people. However, the death penalty is inevitable. The bewitcher, beheaded on the spot, and the rest... let's be distributed."
Shi Qingzhou paused and said softly. "It's not too light, it's not too heavy, knock the mountain and shake the tiger. In the future, even the common people will not be easily bewitched."
Long Xiaoyuan nodded. "Um."
Shi Qingzhou said again slowly: "However... it may lose the hearts of the people."
Long Xiaoyuan shook his head lightly. "It doesn't matter if you can't stand the bewitched hearts of the people. I plan to go to the gate of the palace in person when the dust settles."
Shi Qingzhou was taken aback.
Long Xiaoyuan smiled and said, "I always want to tell the world about my attitude towards the common people."
Hearing this, Shi Qingzhou took a deep breath and nodded. "I see, I'll be with you."
Long Xiaoyuan nodded. "It's natural, you are my queen, you must be with me."
The current Secretary of the Criminal Ministry is very efficient.
Those five hundred people found out the bewitchers one by one in less than half an hour.
Thirty people took the lead in bewitching, and all thirty people took advantage of the mysterious person.
The identity of the mysterious person has not yet been found out.
Of the remaining 400 people, 200 are angry youths who are filled with righteous indignation, and the other 200 people have received benefits from these 30 people.
At this time, the crowd of onlookers here has reached more than tens of thousands. Of course, they are all blocked at the outermost periphery.
The ministers are on the side facing the palace.
When those people were all arrested and waiting for the emperor to deal with them, they all knelt down when they heard "the emperor is here, the queen is here".
Long Xiaoyuan took Shi Qingzhou's hand and walked to the top of the city wall.
On the frozen city wall of the imperial palace, the emperor usually only comes when he is sending his soldiers off to battle.
This is now an exception.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live. The queen is a thousand years old."
Everyone shouted long live, and the scene was huge.
Long Xiaoyuan didn't ask everyone to stand up, but stood on the city wall, using a little bit of his internal strength as a voice, and said calmly: "I am very angry about what happened today."
The emperor was furious, and the corpses floated for hundreds of miles...
Everyone below trembled in their hearts.
Long Xiaoyuan said indifferently: "I am also very happy about what happened today."
happy? Everyone was very puzzled, how could this be joy
"I am angry because my people don't believe me. What are you going to do? Force the palace?"
When the word "extorted confession" came out, everyone trembled again.
They were already kneeling, but they felt very timid at this moment.
Especially the tens of thousands of people in the imperial city outside who came to watch the excitement, they only felt a little regretful.
The emperor shouldn't be angry and kill innocent people indiscriminately, right
"I am also very happy, because my people are more than tens of thousands, but today, only five hundred people came. Moreover, more than 30 people were bewitched by mysterious people, and more than 200 people were bewitched by these thirty people. There are more than two hundred people who are bewitched by others, and they are all copying what others say."
"Those who are bewitched, who maliciously gather crowds to make trouble... kill!"
Following Long Xiaoyuan's command to kill, more than thirty heads fell down.
Some timid people did not react, and some have already passed out.
"More than 200 people were confiscated with money and bewitched to make trouble... Exiled for five years. Execute immediately!"
"Yes!" Many guards pressed the more than two hundred people and left immediately.
"No! I beg your Majesty to spare your life! Xiaomin is wrong!"
"The emperor is merciful, we will not be exiled for our crimes!"
"Your Majesty! There are old people and wives and children in Xiaomin's house. Xiaomin knows his mistake!"
"The emperor..."
The noisy crowd didn't last long, because the guards were very efficient, and some who struggled too much were directly knocked out.
"The rest of the people are repeating what they said..." Long Xiaoyuan paused for a while.
The faces of the more than two hundred people below were extremely pale.
"Exile for three years, within three years, you are not allowed to return to the city!"
The faces of those two hundred people were ashen.
"Your Majesty, it's none of our business."
"Your Majesty, we are innocent..."
"The emperor..."
"Tyrant! You are a tyrant!"
Long Xiaoyuan's eyes flashed. "Oh? You say I'm a tyrant? I really can't afford it. I want to come before me to force the palace, exile for three years and refuse to accept the sentence, and still call me a tyrant? Could it be that I have a too good temper? Come, kill! "
The head of the person who said Long Xiaoyuan was a tyrant fell to the ground.
Suddenly, there was no sound.
Long Xiaoyuan said coldly: "My people, listen carefully. I am the emperor, and what you should do is to love and support me. Is there any emperor in the world? I am not a tyrant. I forced you to become a tyrant! Next time, use your brains and take back your greedy hearts. This is the first time, so, those who have been deceived by taking money and exiled for five years, the next time, their heads will be moved! Since ancient times Since then, what crime is the heaviest! That is rebellion! What, taking money and wanting to deceive others to extract confessions, and hoping that the law will not punish the public? Is there such a good thing in this world? I will love the people, but winning the people is worth it Love! Therefore, I am also very happy today, because there are only a few hundred people here! This proves that my people, the rest, are all smart, and the rest love me. I am very pleased. I have always been clear about rewards and punishments, and if there is no fault, don't worry. What I said today is not only to the people, but also to these ministers. My people, listen carefully. I will not Wrong one who did not do bad things, but will not let go of one who has done bad things! Including, my ministers, my people, you can also supervise, if there are really bad officials, you don’t have to be afraid, Just come and tell me, and I will make the decision for you!"
I will call the shots for you!
A slap, a sweet date, this is what Long Xiaoyuan used.
After everything fell silent, Long Xiaoyuan calmed everyone down.
Then, he took Shi Qingzhou's hand and left.
The more than 200 people below were suppressed by the guards again, and these people will be released immediately.
Many of these people are ordinary civilians in the imperial city. As they said, there are old and young in their families.
However, everyone should pay for their choices!
Since then, the rumors have continued.
However, those who are bewitched, those who dare to be bewitched... are very, very few.
These 500 people, it is good to come.
Kill the chicken to make an example to the monkey, once and for all!
What's more, with these people alone, what can they do
Popular support is indeed important, but it depends on what it is.
You want to rebel, why don't you allow the emperor to kill people
No one is an idiot, those who have taken advantage of it, those who have been used... can only regret it.
Some of the more than 30 people who were killed actually didn't understand anything, but because of their ignorance, they killed themselves.
The whereabouts of the mysterious man was handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to continue to investigate, and Long Xiaoyuan believed that there would be a result soon.
In fact, it doesn't matter if there is no result, because this is already the best result!
Back at Kunning Palace, I saw Liu Suifeng and Ouyang Chuan waiting there.
Both of them had faint smiles on their faces.
Liu Suifeng even said: "The emperor was so majestic just now, everyone watching couldn't take their eyes off it."
"Huh?" Long Xiaoyuan raised his eyebrows. "What did you say?"
Liu Suifeng chuckled and stopped talking. "Never say a good thing twice."
Shi Qingzhou glanced at Liu Suifeng lightly. "You already have someone, but don't empathize, there is no place for you."
The corner of Liu Suifeng's mouth twitched, "You... think too much."
Ouyang Chuan looked at Liu Suifeng inexplicably.
Liu Suifeng noticed his senior brother's gaze, and hurriedly said: "Senior brother, you don't believe his nonsense, do you?"
"Is it a lie?" Ouyang Chuan glanced at Liu Suifeng lightly. "Why do I feel so real?"
Liu Suifeng suddenly felt extremely wronged. "Brother..."
Ouyang Chuan snorted coldly. "I'm going back."
"Ah, brother, wait for me." Immediately, Liu Suifeng ignored Long Xiaoyuan and Shi Qingzhou. Hastily chased after Ouyang Chuan...
Long Xiaoyuan curled his lips. "These two... tsk tsk."
Shi Qingzhou smiled lightly. "Come on, let's go in."
"Well, let's go in."
Long Xiaoyuan sat down on the chair, and the servants brought tea immediately.
Long Xiaoyuan took a shallow sip.
Shi Qingzhou said lightly: "After this time, those people who don't like to use their brains are not so easy to use."
"Naturally." Long Xiaoyuan smiled. "Take advantage and avoid disadvantage. No one wants to be killed or exiled. There is not only one person in the family, they also have to be responsible for others."
"En." Shi Qingzhou sat down beside Long Xiaoyuan. Suddenly said: "You have used your internal strength very well today."
"Huh?" Long Xiaoyuan was slightly taken aback.
Shi Qingzhou smiled lightly. "Everyone probably heard what you said today."
Long Xiaoyuan blinked. "Qingzhou... what do you want to say?"
Shi Qingzhou coughed. "nothing."
Long Xiaoyuan thought about what Liu Suifeng said just now, and said slowly: "Qingzhou, you don't... you think I'm... handsome on the tower just now, don't you?"
Being caught by Long Xiaoyuan's words, Shi Qingzhou looked away in embarrassment. "What are you proud of!"
"Ahem." Long Xiaoyuan coughed. "So it's true!"
Shi Qingzhou was so black, he stood up from the chair and walked into the bedroom.
Long Xiaoyuan blinked, then followed quickly.
"Qingzhou, don't go so fast, wait for me."
Shi Qingzhou ignored the other party at all and walked quickly.
Long Xiaoyuan grabbed him just as he was about to reach the bedroom.
"Qingzhou, wait for me."
Shi Qingzhou rolled his eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"Of course I will be where the light boat is!"
Shi Qingzhou: "..."
Long Xiaoyuan hugged Shi Qingzhou's waist from behind very cheekily. "Qingzhou, since you are here...then, we will..."
Shi Qingzhou interrupted the opponent with a black line. "Don't think about anything!"
Long Xiaoyuan felt extremely wronged immediately when he heard the words. "Why, Qingzhou, how can you do this?"
"Just got up from bed, what do you want to do!" Shi Qingzhou admired the other party's thick skin.
Long Xiaoyuan blinked. "Although I just got up... But it's been a long time..."
"Go and deal with the memorial."
"don't want."
"go!"
"No!"
"go!"
"Okay... I'll go..."