Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 98 Examination and Handling (for Subscription)

On April 27th, it was another early morning, before it was time to open the city gate, the spring gate built in the east of Luoyang City was quietly opened under Gao Cheng's order.

Gao Cheng was appointed as the governor of Gyeonggi, and he was in charge of all the military forces in Luoyang and surrounding areas other than the forbidden army. The city gates of Luoyang also belonged to his jurisdiction.

The young guard looked at the ragged poor outside the city in astonishment. The line was so long that he couldn't see the end at a glance.

Under the organization of the Gyeonggi soldiers, the poor flooded into the city in an orderly manner and headed straight for Miyagi.

"How many people are there? Could it be that war broke out nearby and they all went to the city to avoid disaster?"

The young garrison soldier was puzzled.

"What nonsense! The son just quelled the three thorns, killing Chen Qingzhi so much that he dared not look north. There are [-] soldiers stationed outside the city, and there will be no bandits. Now that the Great Wei is in peace, how can Luoyang fight."

The school official guarding the Jianchun Gate reprimanded him.

The young guard quickly kept silent.

Li Silang led his wife and followed the flow of people closely. In front of him were Zhao Agui and his wife from the same village.

Last night, they spent a night of fear in the Gyeonggi camp, and they were awakened before dawn, and a general asked them to go to the city to cry before the palace.

Li Silang and others finally believed that it was really the prince of Bohai who wanted to uphold justice for them, and with the longing for a better life in the future, they embarked on the road of complaining.

The attendant Gao Longzhi slept soundly with his concubine in his arms. Thanks to Xiao Gao Wang's understanding, the Luoyang court has long since done away with the early court.

After all, for Gao Cheng, delaying sleep affects his growth.

What's more important is to keep the ministers in contact with the emperor less, since he handles affairs on his behalf anyway.

The noise woke him up, and Gao Long was so angry that he called the steward of the mansion to ask the reason.

"Patriarch, it's all the monks of Jingming Temple who are making noise. I heard that there are thousands of people crying together in front of the palace gate, complaining to the emperor."

The steward explained.

The mansions of Gao Longzhi, Li Yuanzhong and others, including the senior cadres who have been transferred, are all close to Jingming Temple.

When the monks at Jingming Temple heard the news of the people crying for their injustice, they made a noise and woke up Gao Longzhi.

Hearing this, Gao Longzhi lost all sleepiness. He knew it must be Gao Cheng's handwriting, so he quickly changed his clothes and went to check it out.

When Gao Longzhi arrived, the royal road was crowded with Luoyang people watching the excitement, and he was able to pass through the crowd with a servant who cleared the way.

As far as the eye can see, there are poor people kneeling outside Changhe. Looking at the number, there are really tens of thousands of people, crying and shouting in unison, and the momentum is overwhelming.

From time to time, some people among the onlookers whispered that the wife of a certain high-ranking official had an affair with a monk while he was out, and that the concubine of a certain nobleman went fornication in a monk when she went to the temple to pay incense and pay her vows.

These people did not name them by name, but referred to them as nobles. This made Gao Longzhi, who had always believed in Buddhism, pale. Many monks visited his house, and his family members often went to temples.

Knowing that those people might be the spies that Gao Cheng arranged to set fire to the crowd, Gao Longzhi hurried home

Along the way, I saw many colleagues with worried and anxious faces.

There are not a few powerful officials who believe in Buddhism in Luoyang City.

After returning home, Gao Longzhi recruited his wife and concubine, and asked angrily:
"Some of you have an affair with the demon monk!"

Even if such a thing has happened, how dare you admit it.

"Where did Alang hear the rumors that we were almost killed by Gao Gan and Li Yuanzhong before, and that's why we invited monks to come to pray for blessings. Alang also knows."

The wife immediately cried out.

The rest of the concubines also scrambled to agree, and followed their wives to complain that Gao Longzhi stayed in Miyagi, regardless of their lives.

Gao Longzhi can't say anything, you have never been so concentric!

But it was a matter of fame, he could understand, besides, what happened that day was that he had wronged his wives and concubines and made them feel wronged.

Now that he was caught talking, Gao Longzhi was also wilted.

Flicking the sleeve robe, he went out angrily, and went to Miyagi again.

These monstrous monks have many crimes. Even though I, Gao Longzhi, sincerely worship the Buddha, I love the people of the world even more. I will definitely punish the scum of the Buddhist sect.

As soon as he left the mansion, he met many aggrieved colleagues.

Everyone's eyes met, and they all understood their thoughts.

Today, the rich and powerful in Luoyang must speak up and be honest, make decisions for the poor people together, and restore the world to a bright future.

Yuan Shanjian heard the commotion outside the palace city, and thought it was Gao Cheng who was leading troops to kill him, so he hurriedly ran to Empress Gao's bedroom, and curled up in Empress Gao's arms like a frightened bird:
"My son wants to kill me, so I ask the queen to save my life in the relationship between husband and wife."

"Don't be afraid, Your Majesty, my brother said that as long as you and I love and respect each other, he will not make things difficult for you."

The 12-year-old Empress Gao comforted the ten-year-old Yuan Shanjian by stroking the back.

She believed that her brother would not deceive her.

An eunuch who was inquiring about the news came back from outside the bedroom.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Hearing the familiar shout, Yuan Shanjian turned around and asked:

"What happened?"

The eunuch took a deep breath and quickly explained:
"There is no trouble, it is because many people who were bullied by the monks came to cry in front of the palace city, begging His Majesty to uphold justice."

Seeing that his heart finally fell, Yuan Shan quickly got up from Empress Gao's arms, heaved a sigh of relief, tidied up his imperial appearance, and went straight out without turning his head to look at Empress Gao.

Empress Gao sat on the couch shaking her head and sighing, Empress Gao didn't blame the behavior of this man who was both a husband and a younger brother, he was still young, maybe it would be better if he grew up.

Outside the palace, not only the people voiced their grievances, but even the courtiers asked to see him.

Yuan Shanjian ordered the courtiers to enter, and after everyone kowtowed to the emperor in the Mingguang Hall, Gao Longzhi immediately played:
"Nowadays, there is a raging public opinion outside the palace gate, please Your Majesty to order a thorough investigation of this matter."

As soon as the words fell, everyone agreed one after another. Yuan Shanjian naturally wouldn't disobey everyone's intentions, and asked:
"Who can take on this important task?"

Sima Ziru came out and reported back:
"This matter is very involved, and Gao Cheng, who is not the governor of the capital city and the servant, cannot take on this important task."

As soon as this remark came out, there was another echoing voice, Yuan Shanjian hurriedly ordered the palace servants to pass the decree to the Bohai Palace.

Li Yuanzhong, the waiter, suggested again:
"This is a big matter, and I invite King Zhaojun and Gao Shizhong, the camp supervisor, to be the judges."

Zhaojun Wang Yuanchen is timid and cowardly, but Gao Longzhi is Gao Shizhong, the camp supervisor.

Seeing that there was nothing wrong with it, Yuan Shan didn't care about it.

When the angel came to Bohai Palace, Gao Cheng knelt down to welcome the decree, but the palace servants did not dare to accept it, and only read the content tremblingly at Gao Cheng's request.

It can't be blamed that these palace people are not courageous, those who were courageous were all killed by Erzhu family along with Yuan Ziyou three years ago.

Gao Cheng accepted the decree, quite confused:
"The country has always respected Buddhism, and today's punishment of people outside the country may be criticized by the world."

The staff gathered in Gao Cheng's mansion early in the morning, and Zhao Yanshen comforted him:
"The monstrous monk is immoral, causing trouble to the common people, and the son obeys orders, how can the people of the world accuse him arbitrarily?"

He was born in poverty, so he already hated people who got something for nothing, not to mention the shameless behavior of the monks.

Cui Jishu was a step slower, but he still spoke positively:
"Your Majesty lives up to the expectations of everyone, please don't refuse, you have failed the expectations of the people."

Cui Xian, who had just joined the job, was still not used to the rhythm of Xiao Gaowang. He had the highest position, but fell to the last. He said:
"My son was ordered by the emperor to restore the purity of Buddhism, which is a great merit for Buddhism. Please don't doubt it."

Seeing that all the staff under his command were persuading him, Gao Cheng let out a long sigh:
"Forget it! Since the emperor issued an edict, Cheng will be a villain once, and will definitely sweep away the filth of Buddhism."

After all, he looked at the palace man and continued:

"Please ask the angel to report back to Your Majesty, and sincerely obey the destiny."

The palace people responded quickly and returned to the palace city to report.

"Uncle Zheng."

Gao Cheng called Cui Jishu and said:

"Please take another trip to the Gyeonggi camp and order Hulu Mingyue and Murong Shaozong to lead the army into the city."

Duan Shao and Yaoxiong's 1 people needed to be stationed in Yongning Temple, and more than 5000 strong monks were under custody, so they could only use [-] people from the camp outside the city.

Cui Jishu left at his command. He ran several times in the past two days, and he was already familiar with the road.

Gao Cheng also ordered Zhao Yanshen to organize the people complaining of grievances to gather in Jingming Temple, where he will hold a trial in that temple.

Jingming Temple is another big temple in Luoyang. It was established by Yuan Ke, the son of Emperor Xiaowen and father of Emperor Xiaoming.

Located on the east side of the Xuanyangmen Royal Road, the temple has more than a thousand houses, and the interior is resplendent and magnificent, which is as decent as Yongning Temple.

Gao Cheng was escorted by his guards, and not long after he arrived at Jingming Temple, the people complaining of grievances came to meet him under the leadership of Zhao Yanshen and two judges, Gao Longzhi and Yuan Chen.

The three judges bowed to each other, the main hall of Jingming Temple had been converted into the yamen hall, Gao Cheng sat in the main seat, Gao Longzhi and Yuan Chen were separated on the two sides.

The plaintiffs were divided into villages and went to the temple in batches to express their grievances. From time to time, the defendants were either brought from Yongning Temple, or the Gyeonggi soldiers who entered the city went to the temple to take people.

Yongning Temple was heavily guarded, and more than [-] monks were tightly tied up and guarded closely.

Without the monks protecting the temple, even if Gao Cheng went around arresting people, the monks in each temple would not dare to resist.

Yuan Chen is discerning, otherwise Li Yuanzhong would not have pushed him up. As a representative of the clan, he was drowsy the whole time.

If it weren't for the perfunctory questions from Gao Cheng from time to time, I really thought he was practicing closed-mouth meditation.

Gao Cheng's trial was simple, and there was no need to investigate and collect evidence. If the grievances of tens of thousands of people were to be investigated one by one, I'm afraid there would be no need to do anything else this year.

Anyone who can be identified by the names of the victims, heard about their deeds, if the disaster is serious, they will be placed directly on the east side of Jingming Temple, and those who have committed minor disasters will be placed on the west side of Jingming Temple.

Soon it was finally Li Silang's turn to report their grievances in his village.

Gao Cheng was furious when he heard what happened to them. Who didn't know that King Gao respected women's wishes the most, and before marrying Er Zhu Ying'e, he had to enter the palace to ask her if she would like to.

Villagers provided their names, including monk Baohui, and twelve monks from Yongning Temple who had harmed the village were brought in for trial.

"As a member of the Buddhist sect, you can do such despicable and nasty things, whether you can bear it or not. I intend to send them to the east chamber of Jingming Temple. What do you two think?"

Gao Longzhi was equally angry when he thought of his possible encounter, and he immediately agreed when he heard the words.

Yuan Chen seemed to wake up from a big dream, half-closed his eyes, nodded and said:

"As the Son of Heaven said."

Monk Baohui and the others didn't know what it meant to be escorted to the East Chamber, but seeing Gao Cheng and Gao Longzhi getting angry, they also knew it would not be a good place to go, and kept yelling for injustice.

"How can the son carelessly ignore human life? Just relying on the slander of these untouchables, we must be punished."

Monk Baohui shouted the loudest.

It really annoyed Gao Cheng, he didn't know that monks in the north could eat meat, he just thought that the Buddhist precepts required people to be vegetarians, but seeing how fat he was eating, he didn't look like a precept.

Earlier, many people accused him of evil deeds, Gao Cheng became angry and roared:
"Come here, drag this monk Baohui out and beat me to a hundred sticks! No! Two hundred sticks! Beat him to death!"

At this moment, the whole hall was quiet, and the rest of the monks were tied up to the East Chamber to wait for their punishment. Only Monk Baohui shouted for mercy, but was dragged away by the guards, leaving behind a smell of urine.

Gao Cheng held his nose and asked someone to fetch water to rinse.

He also comforted Li Silang and others:
"You go back and wait for a good life. Afterwards, the household registration department will preside over the registration and then grant you land. You need to pay taxes on time. Now that the government is clear, you can no longer be a hidden household."

Just like the common people before, Li Silang and others were grateful for Gao Cheng's kindness and rushed to bow down.

Yuan Chen observed it for a long time, and he admired Gao Cheng's methods in his heart. Everyone knew that Gao Cheng was leading behind the scenes, otherwise, how could there be so many people complaining about grievances.

Dealing with the monks won the hearts of the people, and it is estimated that the property of the temple will also belong to him, but the emperor bears the bad reputation. All court officials can testify that it was the emperor who ordered Gao Cheng, who was resting at home, to handle the matter.

Emperor Xiaozhuang killed Er Zhurong, and the Erzhu family had no successors, but Gao Huan had a son like Gao Cheng, and it was feared that the great Wei's foundation would really be ruined.

Yuan Chen did not have the ambition to revive the Wei family, and he was not a descendant of Emperor Xiaowen. As the grandson of Emperor Xiaowen's father, Emperor Xianwen Tuobahong, he was already very old, and he was destined not to see Gao's acting as Wei At that time, wouldn't it be nice to live a few more years in peace and stability?

Batch after batch of people complained, and one monk after another was escorted to the east and west sides.

It wasn't until it was getting dark that Gao Cheng finished the trial, and the east and west sides of Jingming Temple were also crowded with people.

There was also a dead body lying outside the temple, its back was smashed, it was Monk Baohui.

Gao Cheng ordered people to count, and found that there were more than [-] people who committed the most serious crimes in the east chamber, and [-] people in the west chamber who committed lesser crimes.

He immediately submitted the results to the emperor jointly with Yuan Chen and Gao Longzhi, requesting that the heinous person be beheaded, so that the dead would not be used as hard labor and sent to mines with the remaining monks in Yongning Temple.

At the same time, he ordered people to call the abbots of the temples in Luoyang, and scolded them sharply.

There are 360 monasteries in Luoyang, and the summoned abbots are now only more than [-] monks and nuns, and the rest are waiting in the east and west chambers.

Faced with Gao Cheng's scolding, more than six hundred hostesses were obedient, and none of them had the courage to face Xiao Gao Wang's anger.

After scolding for a while, Gao Cheng was also tired, and said coldly to the monks and nuns:

"You need to be a good student and take good care of the monks. If there is such a bad thing, I will never forgive it!"

All the monks and nuns kowtowed one after another, thinking that the matter ended here, and the arrest of so many monks was enough to appease Xiao Gaowang's anger.

Little did they know it was just foreplay.

　Three chapters will be released at noon, Chapter 4 will be updated before 5:[-] pm, and Chapter [-] will be updated before [-]:[-] pm. I will take a nap first.

　　Thanks to the book friends Zaofei for the English short, the little white rabbit for the black spots, and Ganan for the rewards.

　　
　
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