Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 157: Can Your Majesty still fight? (Please subscribe)

The soldiers under Bao Hong's command took a look and found that Jian Shuo, the largest commander of the Xiyuan Army, was dead, Sima Pan Yin of the Xiyuan Army was also dead, and now their direct general Bao Hong was also dead.

They immediately lost their fighting spirit and fell to their knees begging for mercy.

For them, Liu Ming did not choose to kill them all. They were different from the soldiers guarding the Jiade Palace. The guards there might know some details of the palace, so they had to die and no accidents were allowed to happen.

The group of people brought by Bao Hong are usually stationed in Luoyang City and cannot get close to matters that are too confidential. Moreover, Bao Hong still has the ability to train troops, so they are a relatively strong combat force in the Xiyuan Army. of the song.

So he was disarmed on the spot and ordered to squat aside.

The fighting here shocked Feng Fang, and he hurried over with his troops and horses. He looked at the dead bodies and blood stains on the ground, and his legs were weak with fear. He let Bao Hong in, and now he is causing trouble here. If he is investigated, he will not be able to escape the blame, and he may even be beheaded.

Feng Fang cursed the eighteen generations of Jian Shuo and Bao Hong's ancestors in her heart. She knelt down in front of Liu Ming's horse and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. Jian is a thief who falsely conveyed your Majesty's imperial edict. I didn't see through it." , was tricked into opening the palace door..."

"It's not your fault. Get up. I have already made complete preparations for the response." Liu Ming said, "You should take Jian Shuo's head to capture Xia Mou now. If he resists, kill him on the spot! Xuande will follow. Feng Fang went to receive Xia Mou's troops and guard the east city."

"Follow the order!" Feng Fang and Liu Bei ordered their troops and horses and went straight to the east gate of Luoyang, where Xia Mou's troops were stationed.

"Wang Yue, you are acquainted with Zhao Rong. Now take the heads of Pan Yin and Bao Hong to capture Zhao Rong. If he does not surrender, he can be killed on the spot! Yun Chang followed Wang Yue to receive Zhao Rong's troops." Liu Ming He ordered again.

"According to the order!" Wang Yue and Guan Yu agreed, and took several friends from the Jianghu who had become Liu Ming's guards, and headed to Zhao Rong's station with the heads.

Liu Ming then said to Zhang Fei next to him: "Bao Hong's old troops will be under the command of Yide. They must drill diligently and treat the soldiers well. There must be no mistakes. Black Horse Yi will stay in the palace for the time being, and Quan will be my bodyguard." .”

"According to the order!" Zhang Fei happily agreed. He thought that with his merits and position, he would have no sense of presence in Luoyang, Kyoto, where there are so many officials of all kinds. He didn't expect to be able to command such an important force all of a sudden. Soldiers and horses suddenly felt that their waists were straightening a lot.

The current Liu Guanzhang is completely different from the one in Anxi County a few months ago. It can be said that he has reached the sky in one step. Therefore, he is very grateful to the emperor in his heart. He feels that there will never be such a wise king in the world.

After Liu Ming finished arranging military affairs, he turned to the pale-faced courtiers and said loudly: "Jian Shuo was full of evildoers and deserved his death. All the beloved ministers must actively report the evil deeds of Jian Shuo and take them as a warning. The minister ordered Lu Zhi to draft a draft on my behalf." The edict is to inform the world of the evil deeds of thieves."

Lu Zhi stepped forward to receive the order.

Liu Ming then asked Wang Yun to lead people to the homes of Jian Shuo, Bao Hong, Xia Mou, Zhao Rong and ten of his accomplices who were still kneeling in the square to ransack their properties, and all their property was transferred to the national treasury.

Shi A found the imperial seal from Jian Shuo's body and gave it to Liu Ming.

Liu Ming took it, looked at it, and put it in his arms. This was a certificate for the emperor to exercise power and a sign of the emperor's legitimacy.

From then on, he could finally control his own destiny.

The biggest crisis since time travel has been resolved. In this world, no one will know about the substitute anymore. He is Han Emperor Liu Hong, and Han Emperor Liu Hong is him, the serious emperor of the Han Dynasty.

And after several months of transition, the ministers have adapted to the emperor's changes and are happy to see the results.

"My dear friends, the rebellion has been calmed down. Please come into the palace. I will celebrate the New Year with you all." Seeing that things had been settled, Liu Ming waved his hand and said.

The civil and military personnel looked at the Jiade Palace that was still smoking in the distance, and felt that there seemed to be something important inside. Otherwise, with Jian Shuo's character of being uninterested and unable to afford early, he would not have guarded it with heavy troops for so long for no reason.

But what exactly is there, none of them know, and now a fire has buried the secrets inside.

But they had just witnessed the destruction of Jian Shuo and the bloody killings. At this moment, no one dared to ask questions and had to return to Quefei Hall silently.

If everyone went in to attend the banquet, there would be no room for them to sit down, so only some of the important officials of the court could enter the main hall to eat, while the others were arranged to wait in the waiting room.

Everyone was seated, wine and food were served, the palace band played ceremonial music, and there were maids dancing in the palace.

Liu Ming sat in the middle, enjoying the singing and dancing and the wine, feeling extremely comfortable.

Soon Feng Fang escorted Xia Mou back.

When Xia Mou saw Jian Shuo's head brought by Feng Fang, he knew that the situation was over. He was about to draw his sword and kill himself, but Feng Fang snatched the sword and tied him back to life.

Wang Yue also came back, with a head of Zhao Rong in his hand.

It turned out that Zhao Rong saw that Wang Yue did not have many men, so he wanted to control Wang Yue and escape from Luoyang himself, but he underestimated Wang Yue's sword skills.

He was immediately beheaded with a sword and died an unexpected death.

"Jian Shuo's family and his associates will all be beheaded!" Liu Ming ordered.

Xia Mou, Wu Qiong, Zhou Ao and others were immediately beheaded on the square in front of the main hall, and their heads were sent to the main hall.

"Please circulate it to all my dear friends," Liu Ming said with a smile, holding up his wine glass.

The soldiers carried the heads on a tray and walked slowly in front of each minister one by one.

These heads, who just a moment ago were fighting with them and trying desperately to protect Jian Shuo's interests, fell to the ground in the blink of an eye and were circulated in public, which made people sigh and even horrify.

This joyful and festive scene suddenly took on an atmosphere of terror. Many ministers were so excited that they lost the desire to eat, drink and have fun.

My heart was also filled with awe of the emperor.

"Hang the head outside the palace to show the public, so that people will know the consequences of treason." Liu Ming ordered.

At this time, Shangshu ordered Lu Zhi to stand up and said: "Your Majesty, the culprits of the thieves have been drawn up."

"Read it!" Liu Ming said calmly.

Lu Zhi read Jian Shuo's ten deadly sins in public.

"Very good!" Liu Ming put down his wine glass and said, "I posted a notice in Luoyang City and sent an edict to all states in the world, so that all the people in the world will know about the crime of thieves and my wisdom, and I will warn officials at all levels to abide by their duties and be at ease with their duties. "

Immediately, under the witness of all the ministers in the palace, the imperial edict was delivered with a seal.

On the first day of the first lunar month, residents of Luoyang, Kyoto, took to the streets to carry out various celebration activities, but such a festive atmosphere gave them a feeling of palpitations.

The entire Luoyang City and the Imperial City in the core area were hung with festive lanterns, but there were still human heads hanging between these lanterns. Hanging in the outer city of Luoyang are the heads of Xiongnu Chan Yu Fuluo and 700 Xiongnu captives, while hanging in the imperial city are the heads of Jian Shuo, his family, and his companions.

Before each imperial list, a group of people gathered. In this era, most people were illiterate. Fortunately, the soldiers guarding the list would read it aloud every once in a while.

"The thief has fallen?!"

People whispered in disbelief, and when it was finally confirmed that the news was true, the crowd instantly burst into cheers.

In the past few years, Shi Changshi has been causing trouble, not only causing trouble for the court, but also trying every means to plunder the people and compete with them for profit. The people in the capital hate them to the core. Now when they heard that Jian Shuo was executed by everyone, everyone felt as if they were weighing on their heads. As if a huge boulder had been removed, the sky suddenly appeared.

At this time, looking at the human heads hanging on the imperial city, it is not so scary anymore, it only makes people feel happy from the inside out.

"This harmful villain is finally dead. Let's have two more drinks today to celebrate!"

"The thieves' slaves took over my land and injured my family members. Now they are all beheaded and deserve to die!"

"Your Majesty, your saintly majesty, finally did a good deed."

"What is a good thing? Your Majesty has done a lot of good things recently. He exempted you from Ding Fu, eliminated the ten permanent servants, and defeated the Huns. Which one is not a great thing that benefits the country and the people?"

"Yes, yes, if we can continue to be enlightened like this, there is hope for the great Han Dynasty to revive."

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The common people talked among themselves, and groups of people left and came in front of the emperor's list. News of the demise of Jian Shuo and his followers soon spread throughout Luoyang and beyond.

Of course, many of them were specially arranged by Liu Ming to spread the news about the emperor's recent glorious deeds and portray himself as a hero.

Emperor Ling's previous image among his subjects was really bad. If Liu Ming wanted to steer the broken ship of the Han Dynasty well and move forward, it was very necessary to reshape his image. He had to set up his own flag.

Then let ministers and people support his various policies and promote the accelerated advancement of history and civilization.

After the banquet in Qufei Hall, the ministers dispersed one after another.

When leaving the palace, Yuan Wei looked up and saw a head hanging directly above the palace door. It was Jian Shuo's head!

"You and I have spent half our lives fighting against the Shi Changshi, and now they have completely fallen." Yang Biao's voice came from behind, "Master Situ, does he feel a lot more relaxed?"

"What a pity, there is a fly in the ointment. It was not us who defeated them, but His Majesty himself who cut them off." Yuan Wei sighed, "The Ten Permanent Ministers have deep roots and are entangled in the court. I only hope that Your Majesty can stop here and don't If the involvement is further expanded, the entire DPRK situation will be shaken to its foundation."

Yang Biao smiled and said nothing. He knew what Yuan Wei was worried about, something that would shake the foundation of the government. He was just afraid of involving the Yuan family.

A few days ago, the Yuan family and Jian Shuo were very close, and they were very colluding. I didn't expect that Jian Shuo would fall so quickly. If His Majesty really wants to pursue the case, the Yuan family will not be able to escape his involvement.

"Your Majesty has always been wise and powerful." At this time, another voice came, it was Wang Yun, the imperial censor, "When your Majesty first ascended the throne, he was still young, he quelled the rebellion of Dou Wu and Chen Fan, and took control of the court. Now, He's just a little eunuch, isn't it easy to destroy him?"

"This time is different." At this time, Cai Yong's voice came, "His Majesty used to seize power with the help of eunuchs, but now it is His Majesty who personally takes command. In the blink of an eye, thieves are wiped out. This is called a hero." With your great strategy and your majesty’s wisdom, why worry about the big man not being prosperous?”

Liu Hong was only 12 or 13 years old when he first ascended the throne. Later, in order to consolidate his power, he killed his relative Dou Wu and the powerful minister Chen Fan. Including the subsequent party struggle again, he killed many people and even wiped out the entire clan at every turn.

However, these were all implemented with the help of eunuchs, and it seemed that the struggle between powerful officials and eunuchs failed. Moreover, in order to attack dissidents, the eunuchs such as Wang Fu and Cao Jie at that time expanded the scope of their attacks. Many loyal ministers and innocent people were implicated, including the queen at that time. It was a bloody storm.

But now, this seizure of power was led by the emperor himself and commanded from the battlefield. Looking at the bloodstains on the emperor's robe, it can be seen that the emperor personally participated in the battle, saw the light of swords and shadows, and killed the rebels with his own hands.

This is beyond the reach of human beings, and it can be seen from it the majesty and strategy of His Majesty today.

What's even more commendable is that the killings did not expand. Even Jian Shuo's associates only killed the culprits. Only Jian Shuo's family was beheaded.

This also gave many ministers who had secret dealings with Jian Shuo hope to avoid fierce resistance. The Yuan family was one of them.

"I will write a memorial when I get back, suggesting that your majesty govern the world with benevolence and righteousness, and use the New Year's Day to grant amnesty to the world." Yuan Wei said.

He was still worried about Sun Jian and Yuan Shu, because their appointment was obviously not approved by His Majesty, but was done by Jian Shuo, and Jian Shuo did not communicate with His Majesty afterwards. If Your Majesty wants to clean up the remnants of the Jian Party, then It would be absolutely impossible for either of them to escape.

"What Situ said makes sense. I also submitted a request to your Majesty to change the name." Yang Biao said.

Everyone who leaves the palace will inevitably talk about it when they see the heads on the palace wall. With the heads being passed down in public at the banquet, these heads don't look so scary now.

Today, the whole city is talking about Jian Shuo's downfall and the emperor's wisdom and martial prowess.

Liu Ming drank a little too much and staggered out of Quefei Palace with the help of Lu Qiang and Shi A.

"Go to Jiade Hall and have a look." Liu Ming waved his hand and said.

The two of them did not dare to neglect and helped Liu Ming to go to Jiade Hall.

At this time, the place has become a ruin, with smoke still rising from the ruins and broken walls, and the smell of burning permeates the air.

"Your Majesty, do you want to clear out this ruins?" Zhang Liao asked.

"No need." Liu Ming waved his hand and said, "Dig a big pit on the spot, bury all the ruins underground, and use the newly excavated earth and rocks to build a high platform on it. It's called Mingtai! To show political clarity!"

"According to the order." Zhang Liao was very strong in execution and immediately ordered his soldiers to dig holes and bury them.

Of course, Zhang Liao can only do some hard work. When it comes to technical work such as building high platforms, he is not good at it. Specialized agencies such as Sikong or Jiangzuo Master are needed to take charge of civil engineering matters.

When Liu Ming returned to Changle Palace, Concubine Shu helped him to the couch, took off his imperial robe, washed Liu Ming's feet herself, and kneaded his whole body to relax him.

After a while, Liu Ming fell asleep. He was completely relaxed today.

But Concubine Shu looked at the pillar rising to the sky and fell into deep thought. After a long time, she called softly: "Your Majesty... can you still fight?"

(End of this chapter)