I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

At Shenshi, in the front hall of Weiyang Palace, the emperor arrived, and hundreds of officials knelt to welcome him.

The first imperial meeting held in the afternoon in the Han Empire was held on time.

All the courtiers involved with Huo Guang, regardless of their rank, have been imprisoned, so the front hall is unprecedentedly empty.

On the military general side, the Sima General Zhang Anshi was led, followed by the Hengshui Captain and the Wei General Zhao Chongguo.

There should be a hussar general Han Zeng between the two, but he is still in Beidi County to deal with the aftermath, so he is not in the palace.

On the side of the civil servants, Cai Yi, the prime minister, is the leader, followed by Wei Xian, the imperial censor, the secretary, and then there is Guang Luxun, the general secretary, Bingji, and Huang Ba, the secretary of the criminal department of Tingwei...

After a great chaos, the generals withered away a lot, and compared to the civil servants, they were even more shabby.

Prime Minister Cai Yi has a sickly look and is a bit older than before.

It's not that he was overworked, but that he was frightened by the slogan "Qing Jun sideways, kill Cai Yi". It seems that he may not die soon.

With the complete collapse of the Huo Party, many positions in the court became vacant.

Among the Sangong and Jiuqing, Taichang, Shaofu and Dasinong were all vacant; nine out of ten generals and lieutenants in the Han army were vacant.

In China and North Korea, the miscellaneous officials and the six ministers and censors also need to be supplemented.

Liu He already had a rough idea in his mind about who to choose to fill these official positions and how to carry out the next step of restructuring.

But that is also a matter that affects the whole body, and cannot be resolved in today's court meeting.

In today's court meeting, the most important thing Liu He has to do is to settle matters between Huo Guang and Huo Dang.

After accepting the worship of the ministers, Liu He immediately called Tingwei Huang Ba into the palace.

"Huang Ba, you are a court officer, in charge of prison matters. It is up to you to tell the officials the causes and consequences of these three major cases."

"only!"

Huang Ba was naturally prepared. He immediately took out the love letter he had already written and read it out loud in front of the civil and military officials of the court.

The courtiers who can come to participate in the great court meetings can already occupy an important place in the power pyramid of the Han Empire.

But that doesn't mean that each of them has access to the empire's most core secrets.

Except for Zhang Anshi and Wei Xiang, the most trusted ministers of the emperor, [-]% of the courtiers had a glimpse of the full picture of the three major cases for the first time.

Naturally there was an uproar.

Especially the regicide case stirred up a thousand waves with one stone and caused an uproar in the front hall.

These courtiers who suddenly learned that "Emperor Xiaozhao was poisoned" couldn't care less about the issue of ethics.

They were either so angry that they yelled, or they were so sad that they sobbed.

For a time, the entire front hall almost turned into a mess, even worse than the busiest market in the northern city.

Several miscellaneous doctors who watched Emperor Xiaozhao grow up are already old, have very shallow eyelids, and even cry uncontrollably.

Among them, Cai Yi was the saddest: he collapsed on the ground crying, beating his chest and stamping his feet. He burst into tears and almost wanted to grab the ground with his head.

This is not Cai Yi's pretentious way to win the favor of today's emperor, but it is really sincere.

At that time, because Emperor Xiaozhao wanted to learn poetry, Huo Guangcai recommended Cai Yi to the palace to teach the emperor. The two had a somewhat teacher-student relationship.

In addition, Cai Yi had been frightened by the "Huo Dang" for the past half month. Now that he heard that Emperor Xiaozhao also died at the hands of the Huo Dang, he felt even more sad.

Cai Yi cried so hard that no matter how comforted Wei Xian and Bingji were around him, he could not stop.

At the end, he was so angry that he couldn't even take a breath. He fell in the hall with twitching limbs and foaming at the mouth.

Originally, Liu He intended to ask officials to comment on this matter, so as to let them know the viciousness of Huo Dang.

But when Liu He saw Cai Yi lying unconscious on the ground, he was shocked and froze.

So he quickly ordered Fan Ke to take people to send Cai Yi and the elderly miscellaneous doctors to the Imperial Medical Office to rest.

If we really cried a few veterans to death like this and spread the news, it would really ruin the face of the court and be an eyesore.

After four or five veterans were carried out, calm finally returned to the front hall.

Huang Ba was able to successfully read all the romance books of the three major cases.

"Anle, you are Jinwu Zhi. What happened in Chang'an City the night before? Come and tell all my dear friends what happened."

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"The night before, there was chaos in Chang'an. The mastermind was Huo Yu, the threats were Huo Shan and Huo Yun, and the rebels were the dead soldiers and private soldiers raised by the Huo family, a total of more than [-] people."

"They smashed government offices, stormed arsenals, harassed imperial edicts and prisons, robbed private houses, and attempted to seize doors...More than ten houses were burned down, more than a hundred civilians were killed and injured, and more than [-] pavilion soldiers were killed or injured, not counting the damage to property."

"Thanks to your majesty's wisdom, the troops in the pavilion used their lives to calm the turmoil, and the dead soldiers and private soldiers who were raised may be killed or captured."

"In order not to leave any further trouble, the patrol guards are still dragging ropes in Chang'an City, which will certainly not allow any thieves to escape!"

"Your Majesty, please give me a holy lesson!"

Anle came to court today with injuries.

His right hand was tightly wrapped with several layers of white silk, and then hung in a circle around his neck - this was also the way the work officer taught the pavilion soldiers to bandage sword wounds.

When fighting the rebellion the night before, Anle was not injured from beginning to end, but when he put out the fire later, he was accidentally burned by the fire.

The injury is not serious and may or may not be covered.

But Anle still asked the medical officer to wrap it up tightly.

When he entered the palace just now, his injured hand attracted the envious looks of many courtiers.

At this moment, Anle raised his injured hand and saluted the emperor, which naturally aroused another burst of envy.

Many courtiers have noticed that Zhijinwu Anle's future career may be limitless.

"The report is detailed and decent. Well done. My dear friends must have no doubts about what happened last night," the emperor said.

"No!" the ministers said in unison.

"Anle, tell me again where Huo Guang and others went." The emperor said coldly again.

"The thief Huo Yun gathered private troops in Guoyin, North City, to counterattack Chang'an, but was annihilated by Changle guard Gong Sui's troops."

"The thief Huo Guang and the other three people tried to rebel against the Han Dynasty and fled north. They were conspiring to rebel. Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous and let them leave the city..."

"We will report at dawn today that all four of them died in an official road seventy miles north of the city. It should be..."

When Anle said this, he paused obviously and did not say the word "should" that represented speculation.

Instead, he changed to the word "ding" and continued. "It is determined that he was killed by a bandit and a strongman who robbed his property. He Zuo has been proven to be an upright person. He is definitely the thief Huo Guang and others."

After Anle said this, he seemed to see the aloof emperor smiling, and he immediately felt proud of his wit.

"Zhijinwu Anle has clearly explained the causes and consequences of this matter..."

"My dear friends, do you have any questions?" Liu He asked coldly again.

These things are not much different from the rhetoric spread among the people.

Many courtiers present, even if they were not involved in the counter-insurgency last night, already had an idea before going to court.

But now that I heard the whole story in the court, I was still a little shocked.

In the front hall, there were inevitably some voices of small discussions.

Why can counter-insurgency matters be arranged in advance?Did the thief Huo Guang and others die at the hands of a strong bandit?Why did Huo Guang rebel against the Han?

Although they still had questions about the details, no one wanted to come forward and object.

Now, the Huo family is completely rotten and smelly, and everyone is afraid to avoid it.

Even if Tai Shigong was still alive, he would probably not dare to stand up and be the leader.

Huo Guang and his party members are ambitious, they are rebellious officials and traitors, they are traitors to the Han Dynasty, they are the corpses in the grave...

As long as these facts are recognized, what does it matter about how Huo Guang died?
"Wei Chen has no objection!" I don't know who took the lead and knelt down and said.

"I have no objections to this!" Several people knelt down in agreement.

"I have no objections!" All the courtiers stood up from their couches and bowed to the emperor in unison.

Liu He looked at the courtiers prostrating themselves in the court and was very satisfied. Without Huo Guang's restraint, the court seemed to be calmer.

"Everyone is flat!"

"No!" The courtiers slowly sat back on the couch.

"Huang Ba, since the ministers have no objection to this matter, please tell me what punishment Tingwei Temple has given to Huo Dang."

"Remember to make it clear what crime was committed, which Han law applies, and what punishment was imposed."

"Let no one who is dead make any mistakes."

"Wei!" Huang Ba responded, cleared his throat, and immediately began to recite it in a rhythmic manner.

"Fan Mingyou was charged with treason and corruption, sentenced to death and genocide, and 74 people were killed."

[Remarks: Genocide means the killing of people over the age of 14 within three generations of the immediate collateral line. Women do not need to be killed after they get married. 】

"Tian Guangming was punished for treason and corruption, sentenced to death and genocide, and 37 people were killed."

"Tian Shun was punished for treason and corruption, sentenced to death and genocide, and 130 and five people were killed."

"Ren Gong was punished for treason and corruption, sentenced to death and genocide, and five members of the 210 family were killed."

"Huo Yu, Huo Shan and Huo Yu were charged with treason and corruption, sentenced to death and the death of their clans. A total of 170 people from the three families were killed."

"There were also 220 school captains and military princes who were punished for treason and conspiracy. They were sentenced to be leaders and their clans were exterminated. A total of 220 people from [-] families were killed."

"Chun Yu Yan and the slaves involved were sentenced to death and the family was exterminated. A total of 290 people from [-] families were killed."

"Tian Yannian, Lecheng, Deng Guanghan and others were convicted of corruption and sentenced to castration, and their relatives were all taken as official slaves."

"Another 76 officials were charged with corruption, with varying sentences depending on the amount of money embezzled, and 52 were gangsters."

"Huo Guang's fourth daughter and husband are no longer in the clan, and it was found out that they were not involved in the rebellion and regicide. However, they must have been aware of it at ordinary times, so they were deprived of their official positions, titles, family titles, demoted to common people, and exiled to the Cangwu County, you are not allowed to leave without an edict."

Cangwu County is far away in Jiaozhi. Huo Guang's four daughters and four husbands-in-law are all used to living a life of fine clothing and fine food. Being exiled to that barbaric land is tantamount to death.

After all, they are also Liu He's relatives. If they can avoid the reputation of killing relatives, then they should not bear it again.

What's more, the journey here is endless, and there are many accidents. Maybe he will die on the way like Huo Guang?
Finally, Huang Ba read continuously for a quarter of an hour, and finally came to the last person - Huo Guang.

"Huo Guang and Huo Xian were punished for treason, corruption and regicide. They were sentenced to death and genocide, and 170 people were killed."

"Although there is an iron certificate of elixir given by the emperor himself, which can save one's death, it is still not enough to atone for the crime!"

"After I have finished my performance, please give me your Majesty's holy instruction!"

After saying that, Huang Ba finally bowed down in front of Liu He, and even raised the thick roster with both hands, looking solemn.

The crimes committed by everyone were clearly stated, and the evidence and testimony could withstand scrutiny without any errors or omissions.

After a moment of silence, Liu He finally stood up, walked a few steps forward, and came to the jade steps.

"The Huo family has meritorious service. Although they have committed rebellious things, I still cannot bear to separate their bones. I will bury him in Maoling County and serve him to ten households."

"Your Majesty is merciful!" the ministers roared.

All of them added up and killed about [-] people in total. Is that enough?

Liu He felt relaxed for a while, but also felt a little tired.

"The cholera has ended here. The Xiuyi Guards will continue to investigate. The other government offices are not allowed to cause trouble again. Anyone who makes false accusations will be punished for treason."

"I will obey your Majesty's edict." The ministers said in unison again, seeming to finally heave a sigh of relief.

Huo Guang has controlled the government for so long, and the promotion of courtiers is inseparable from him. After all, who is not involved in some way with him?

However, being promoted by Huo Guang does not mean that he is Huo Dang.

If interested people insist on continuing the investigation, I don’t know how many unjust, false and wrongful convictions will emerge.

The emperor can stop here in time, which is a happy ending for everyone.

In any case, after 1 people died, no one dared to sing Huo Guang's drama anymore.

At this time, Zhang Anshi and Bingji looked at each other across the wide hall.

The former seemed to have something to say, but the latter shook his head slightly. Zhang Anshi hesitated for a moment and nodded.

A big play has come to an end, but the stage is still there, so someone must continue singing.

A huge stone was lifted from Liu He's heart. He looked at the officials and ministers in the court and felt a little relieved.

Finally, I can move forward without any burden. The big man is really about to turn a new page.

"Now that the old matters have been discussed, I still have a few new things I want to talk about."

The courtiers couldn't help but sit up straighter, knowing that a new drama was about to begin. (End of chapter)