Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1077
Empress He left Tao Guangyuan with lingering fear, and there was no palace person around her.

At this moment, the servant Qiu Silian walked over with the palace servants from a distance, saluted and said: "See the queen."

"Qiu Gongjian." The queen returned the salute, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It would be good to have middle officials and palace people to testify, so as to save the officials from asking for a while and not knowing how to explain.

"The official house is in the Honghui Hall, the queen will come with me." Qiu Silian said.

"I'm sorry to trouble the Palace Supervisor Qiu to lead the way." The Queen smiled.

She quickly adjusted her mood, her expression was as usual, and her demeanor was still the same, which Qiu Silian admired very much.

Women may have the talent for acting.

Honghui Hall is actually not far away, just southwest of Taoguang Garden.A group of people walked for a while and arrived.

The queen entered from behind, and wherever she passed, all the palace people saluted.

She secretly paid attention, and found that no one she knew was gone, and all had been replaced.

This is to be expected.Such a big thing happened, even Taifu Kuanren, it is impossible not to react at all, wouldn't that encourage others to continue to assassinate him?
This time, I am afraid that many people will be unlucky.

Empress He sighed inaudibly.She can't protect herself, she can't change anything, and now she only wants her children to be safe.

"Your Majesty." The queen quickly saw the saint.

"Empress, you are still alive—" The saint walked around the hall like a trapped animal, and was a little surprised when he saw the queen come back.

Just now Murong Fu "escorted" him back to the Honghui Palace, he was very frightened.The saint was in a state of confusion, he had long lost his former momentum, and soon "confessed" to the "conspiracies" of Lu Guangqi, Dugushang and others, and was ready to use them as scapegoats.

Murong Fu has interrogated many people, he is considered a veteran in the execution ground, so he continued to interrogate.The sage panicked and said that Mrs. Yang Kezheng of the State of Jin, Mrs. Chongyan of the State of Zhao, Empress He and others were also masterminds and wanted to have him killed.He reckoned that the news had spread long ago, so he was slightly surprised to see the queen still alive and kicking.

Xuan was a little suspicious again, and looked at the queen with scrutiny.

"Your Majesty." The Empress looked normal, sat down, and said, "The Grand Tutor has something to tell you."

The sage was startled, and said, "Shao—what does the Taifu have to report?"

"Teacher Kuanren, he didn't blame the officials in his anger." After finishing speaking, Empress He repeated what Shao Shude had said before.

The sage was both happy and worried when he heard it.

The joy is that he finally survived, but the worry is that the situation will be even more difficult from now on.

"Your Majesty." Li Zhaoyi was sincerely happy for the saint, holding his hand and weeping.

"Your Majesty, the Taifu has made such a contribution and should be rewarded generously." The queen reminded.

"Yes." The sage agreed happily at this time, and then asked again: "What should I reward?"

"Jiuxi's fate may be prepared." The queen said.

The sage hesitated a little, and asked, "Is this what the Tutor meant? How about rewarding Meiji and Nuyue?"

After all, he set his eyes on Zhaoyi and Li Jianrong.Chen Zhaoyi has already rewarded it, and it seems nothing to reward Li Zhaoyi again.

Li Zhaoyi almost passed out as if struck by lightning.

"Your Majesty, the Grand Tutor may not be so easy to fool." Empress He glanced at Li Zhaoyi with complicated emotions.

According to her previous thoughts, she would definitely persuade the saint to reward this girl, but now she suddenly didn't want to do so.

The saint let out a long sigh, knowing that his arms couldn't hold his thighs, so he had to do so.However, he suspected that Queen He still had something to hide from him, so he took the queen's hand and said, "Let the queen sleep in the Honghui Hall today, some things have to be summed up."

The queen withdrew her hand lightly, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, there is chaos in the palace today. I am afraid that the children will be disturbed, so I want to go to the East Palace in Chongguangmen to visit the crown prince."

After all, after a salute, he left the Honghui Hall.

The saint's face was extremely ugly.

******
Shao Shude left Tao Guangyuan soon.

The whole day, he didn't eat any food, but he was not hungry, and he was delicious.

The only pity is that the queen's dress is too messy, there are twelve buttons, and it is very complicated, and it is very difficult to untie.

Of course, still very ecstasy.The queen was hugged and rubbed tightly by him, silent.The psychological stimulation is too great.

After leaving the garden, as far as the eye could see, there was no one in sight.He tightened the knife in his hand, where did these bastards go?
When passing by the Honghui Hall, he did not go in, but passed between the Honghui Hall and the Huiyou Hall.

"Your Highness." Murong Fu jumped out from the corner, followed by more than ten guards.

"You have been in Honghui Hall?" Shao Shude asked.

"Yes." Murong Fu replied: "After catching up with the sage, they escorted them all the way to the Honghui Hall. The Qiu Palace supervisor selected more than a dozen palace people and Xiao Huangmen to serve, and there were guards outside the hall, so the idlers couldn't get through. .”

This is the legendary isolation between China and foreign countries.

In many historical dramas, the emperor is controlled in the harem and is not allowed to go out, and there are often outraged ministers who collectively ask for an audience.Yes, there is indeed such a situation, but it only exists among pure power ministers, and the factor of social atmosphere cannot be ignored.

Shao Shude is not just a minister of power.

In fact, after the Anshi Rebellion, there was no concept of powerful ministers. They were either middle-level officials or local warlords. If you look for the social atmosphere and situation thousands of years ago, there are very few, and if you look for the next thousand years, there are very few.

Cao Cao at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty may be the closest one, but the social atmosphere is different.At that time, the power of the aristocratic family was at its peak, and the Han Dynasty had prestige and popular support.But it is not surprising that the country was destroyed two or thirty years earlier.

When Huang Chao entered Chang'an and established a new dynasty, there were quite a few Jiedu envoys who accepted false posts, and those who did not accept were mostly waiting and watching.The literati of the Guo Dynasty often compared nest thieves to yellow scarves in their writings, but in the Han Dynasty, the yellow scarves issued appointment letters to local state shepherds. Does anyone want it?
Compared to powerful ministers, Shao Shude is a genuine warlord.He seldom issued orders through the central court, asked very little from the court, and managed the territory completely through the two teams and one team of the feudal shogunate and the Xia Palace. This is the so-called establishment of a separate central government.

The local Jiedu envoys killed the generals to drive away the generals, and they stayed behind.Occupying neighboring towns and appointing Jiedu envoys and governors by oneself does not require the approval of the court at all, and the legitimacy of the army's endorsement is completely sufficient.If the imperial court does not want to lose face, it is best to make a book and ratify it.

Some people were dissatisfied with Shao Shude's locking up the emperor, but that was all.The court officials now don't even have a piece of land, and they don't have any financial, military, or personnel rights, so there is only a little lip service left.

"Okay! Leave the matter in the palace to Zhao Ye. Your task now is to pick people according to the list, and do it immediately." Shao Shude ordered.

According to the information obtained before, Lu Guangqi and others actually recruited some middle- and lower-level officials from the Henan government.

"Be careful, don't arrest people indiscriminately." Shao Shude instructed: "When Lu Guangqi and his henchmen are arrested, they may hunt and bite randomly. You should do more screening. My principle is to let people go if there is no conclusive evidence. At most, they will be relegated. If you are a small official in the local area, you don’t need to be arrested.”

Some people would rather kill thousands of people by mistake than spare one, but Shao Shude didn't want to do that.The background of the times is here, there are too few loyal people, there is no need to commit more crimes.

Moreover, after the founding of the country, there were many vacancies in official positions, and a considerable number of officials from the old dynasty must be reappointed.

There are palace people who have experienced Tang Xizong, Tang Zhaozong, Tang Aidi, Later Liang Taizu, the last emperor, Later Tang Zhuangzong, and Mingzong three dynasties and seven emperors; there are civil servants who have followed the dragon three times and experienced five dynasties and eleven emperors; Beloved, every time the tripod is changed, the power of the family grows.Most of the people just make a living in troubled times and just beat workers, it's unnecessary.

"As ordered." Murong Fu replied immediately.

Seeing that Shao Shude didn't express anything else, he saluted and retreated.

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When Shao Shude was guarding (wěi) driving (xiè) the queen in Taoguang Garden, the curtain outside the corridor outside Hanyuan Hall had already been drawn up, and the palace servants and eunuchs kept shuttling, bringing up delicious food and wine.

When the excitement reaches its peak, someone wants to write a poem.

According to the tradition, the emperor should write a poem first, and then all the ministers should agree with it.Taizong, Gaozong, and Xuanzong often did this, but the one who likes to write poems at banquets the most is Dezong, whose level is still very high. This can't be helped, his life experience is different from most poets after all.

Later, when the emperor and empress did not come for a long time, everyone began to compose poems by themselves, and the atmosphere was extremely lively.

Lu Guangqi and Dugu Sun sat at the same table, restless.

The food and wine came first, and female music came after, but neither of them wanted to enjoy it, but they were frowning and worried.

Why hasn't there been any news yet?

Once the assassination is successful, the sage will ascend to the throne and enumerate the crimes of Shao thief.They weaved a group of party members, and then they would go out to join them, and then they would give some positions as Jiedu envoys to stabilize the generals under Shao thief.

As long as they don't start, they won't be able to turn a big wave.As for the attitude of ordinary sergeants, it is not within their consideration.Thief Shao, shouldn't have that much prestige, right?
This wait lasted for nearly two hours. Seeing that the sky was getting dark and the emperor and empress hadn't appeared yet, I suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Lu Guangqi and Dugushang looked at each other with fear in their hearts.

"Leave Miyagi first." Lu Guangqi got up and said.

Dugu Shao nodded and stood up.

They left in a hurry, left Qianyuan Gate on the south side of Hanyuan Hall, crossed the side street, and went to Yingtian Gate.As a result, he had just arrived here, and there was the sound of messy footsteps and the collision of nail leaves, as well as someone drawing a knife out of its sheath, and shouting again and again.

There are ghosts in their hearts, and they are terrified.

"Take it!" a military academy ordered.

The wolf-like guards rushed up, restrained the two of them, then stuffed them into the carriage and drove to Weiwei Temple.

Almost at the same time, sergeants also came in and out of several Lifangs in the outer city.

In Jingshanfang, in the residence of former Mingwei General Liang Daibin, dozens of members of Lu Guangqi's family were arrested.

In the practice workshop, in the branch house of the former deputy envoy of Dongchuan Jiedu in Jiannan, dozens of members of Dugu's family were arrested.

……

The two of them were not the only ones who were unlucky. In fact, the arrest operation lasted until late at night. A total of dozens of officials and their families were arrested and brought to justice.The prison couldn't fit anymore, so I had to take an abandoned barracks to lock people up.

It snowed heavily that night.

In the cold wind, men, women and children shivered and cried endlessly, as if they were singing an elegy for the coming to an end of the Great Tang Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)