Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

Chapter 490: Prison Offering Ceremony
The news of Jiangnan's Tang Kingdom's destruction spread quickly throughout Daliang. The discussions in the streets and alleys have not yet dissipated. New news has been released in the palace. Prisoners were offered outside Demen, but because Li Yu knew the general situation and took the overall situation into account, he voluntarily surrendered, and the ceremony of offering prisoners at the Taimiao was cancelled.

After all, if you offer captives in the Taimiao, it is not simply a matter of onlookers and strong national prestige, but you also need to scold Li Yu in front of his ancestors, and then punish him later.

Some punishments are a few blows, while others directly kill people to sacrifice to ancestors.

Emperor Shi did not have to offer captives at the Taimiao, and only the ruler went to the Taimiao to tell the ancestors about their achievements.

At the end of June, Cao Bin escorted Li Yu and the civil and military officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty back to Daliang, accompanied by more than [-] soldiers, entered the city at the south water gate, then crossed the Longjin bridge, entered the inner city, and arrived at the Guide gate of the imperial city.

Li Yu was dressed in plain clothes, with a haggard appearance, and a rope around his neck to show his identity as a prisoner. Cao Bin was in front of him in military uniform, surrounded by generals from all walks of life, Liu Renshan, Li Chuyun, Wang Shenqi and so on.

In front of Guide Gate, a high platform has already been built, with gorgeous decorations, canopy hanging high, banners everywhere, hundreds of civil and military officials on the left and right, and the imperial guards armed to the teeth on the periphery, leaving a large area vacant.There are many Kaifeng government servants in the outer periphery to maintain order. Many people gather under the city wall, beside old trees, on branches, near the windows of the pavilion in the distance, and there are railings, and people have climbed on the tiles.

A few guards yelled for people to come down from a distance several times out of fear of danger, but no one paid any attention.

There are many flags on the head of the rear city, guarded by the Imperial Army.

The scene is magnificent, although it is not luxurious, but it has a sense of heaviness and oppression.

Afterwards, Cao Bin took the lead, and Li Chuyun, Liu Renshan, and Wang Shenqi followed behind, all wearing military uniforms, but they were not the heavy armor worn in war, they wore thick armor weighing dozens of kilograms to participate in such a ceremony in summer, It is estimated that several generals will be familiar with it in the middle of the journey.

They are all wearing military officer's ceremonial armor, which looks like ordinary military generals, but it is thinner and more gorgeous, and the armor is very light, and it will not affect the movement when worn, and the overall weight is only about ten catties.

Cao Bin led Li Yu and sent it to Emperor Shi and Empress Fu in Chinese costumes under the watchful eyes of many people and soldiers, and then said a lot of high-sounding words, which probably meant that he was able to capture Li Yu relying on the wise and powerful officials. , It's all the credit of the officials and the like.

Then Li Yu read his surrender form again, acknowledging the crime of usurping the magic weapon and establishing the country privately, and saying that he knew the general situation, took the overall situation into account, and surrendered to the Qin State, and asked the officials to look at him for protecting the environment and the people, and taking the overall situation into consideration On the face of it, give him some salary and title to support his wife and children.

Emperor Shi didn't answer after hearing this, because he didn't understand Li Yu's words and sentences, and he didn't understand Li Yu's gorgeous rhetoric. .

Soon, Fan Zhi took a step forward and opened his mouth to give Li Yu's arrangement with an imperial edict. The house on the edge of Bianshui has been arranged for Li Yu's family, and he can move in at any time, and Li Yu is named King of Yue.

This time, on the edge of the Bian River, the rulers of the Northern Han Dynasty, Nanping, Wuping, and Shu Kingdoms had already lived. Except for the brutal Southern Han Dynasty ruler Liu Wei who was executed, the rest were resettled.

Li Yu was so excited that he immediately knelt down to thank him, crying while thanking.

Afterwards, hundreds of civil and military officials in the south of the Yangtze River were presented one by one. The officials of the Hanlin Academy next to them would state their crimes and make a judgment later. Many people were exiled as common people.

When he arrived at Xu Xuan, Shi Congyun couldn't help but said: "This person is not bad, he should be admitted to the Imperial Academy."

Unexpectedly, Xu Xuan said angrily: "I am not a commodity for people to choose, and your majesty is not my master. Jiangnan is dead, so I don't want to live."

The faces of the surrounding ministers were not good-looking, and Emperor Shi waved his hand: "Let's talk after you calm down for a few days."

Later, when an important official named Zhang Ji was escorted up, the officials of the Hanlin Academy around him reprimanded him for his sin of resisting the Qin army, and he deserved death, Zhang Ji said seriously: "My sin, I should have died long ago.

As a minister, it is only natural for me to serve my master. A dog that does not bite or bark when it sees its master, and bites to death when it sees outsiders is the best dog in the world.

Each is the master, and now he can die, and the ministers will be divided! "

Emperor Shi was taken aback when he heard this, and for a while he couldn't tell whether this person was fighting for his life or if he really had a backbone.

So he asked Cao Bin beside him, "What is this person's identity in Jiangnan?"

Cao Bin took out the file in his hand to look at it, and immediately replied: "Officials, this person was born as a Jinshi in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The thing is, in Jiangnan, favor is the first, he and Chen Qiao who has committed suicide are the ones who insist on defending and resisting our army."

Emperor Shi glanced at him, no matter whether this person really has backbone or not, his agility and adaptability are not bad. His background as a Jinshi shows that he is knowledgeable and talented. What happened shows that he is a person with experience and ability.

As long as he has the ability, Emperor Shi doesn't care much about his shortcomings, as long as the shortcomings are not too big, he can accept them, but if he has no ability, he will be a vegetarian and cause harm to the people.

So he said, "Let's keep this as well."

This time, Zhang Ji did not resist like Xu Xuan, but was taken down without saying a word.

Afterwards, people were brought up continuously, and then there was an old man named Xiao Yan. Emperor Shi looked at his file, because Lu Duoxun told him about Xiao Yan's lifting of Li Yu's chessboard. Shi Congyun knew that he was a staunch and upright man. old man.

Ask him directly: "Duke Xiao, would you like to serve our court?"

Xiao Yan snorted. Although her hair and beard were messy and her clothes were a bit ragged, she still said stubbornly: "One minister does not matter to two masters!"

"I heard from Lu Duoxun that you have always been upright and a direct minister. I wanted you to go to Yushitai and me to try those capable ministers and generals, but I didn't expect that your reputation is in vain." Emperor Shi shook his head.

Xiao Yan's old face turned red, and she was too angry to speak.

After taking him down, Emperor Shi said to the people around him: "This one can also be used."

In the end, only about [-]% of those who were allowed to retain their official positions in the Qin Dynasty and continue to serve the court, and most of them were newcomers who were promoted through the imperial examination, and most of the remaining officials were demoted to common people and allowed to return to their hometowns.

There were also some diehards who were reported by the soldiers to resist the actions of the Qin army. A total of 11 people were sentenced to death.

Since then, the lords of the south of the Yangtze River and their civil and military officials have ushered in their own destiny. In the afternoon, Emperor Shi led all the officials and entered the Taimiao with the queen to comfort the ancestors and tell them that this great victory will cut off the achievements of the Southern Tang Dynasty. , and then issued an edict to inform the world.

(End of this chapter)