Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 494 92 Five Lakes Company under the pillow-5

In the Prime Minister's Mansion of Ezhou, Chen Dong had a sneer on the corner of his mouth. Cao Liangshi, Minister of War, Wu Zilong, Minister of Rites, Wen Xunzhi, Minister of Punishment, and a dozen other people sat in line, staring at a person standing in the political hall with piercing eyes.Dozens of gazes made the envoy from Bianliang, the supervisory censor, Wan Qixi tremble with fear.Thinking of the previous envoys from Bianliang, Ezhou either closed the city gates and refused to accept them, or let the envoys in, asked about the situation of the emperor of Bianliang, and never killed the envoys.

"A slave of the emperor is more important than a feudal lord. I am the envoy of the emperor. Chen Shaoyang and others should know the rules of propriety."

Wan Qixi secretly said in his heart, he calmed down, coughed and said: "Chen Xiang, the so-called soldiers who subdue others without fighting are also those who are good. Our court and Daliao have settled down. The emperor believes that the most important thing at present , is to stop worrying about vendetta and killing, but to treat friends and neighbors with benevolence, so that the two countries stop fighting. Ezhou disobeyed the imperial court's will, supported the soldiers with self-respect, and established its own name. It was disloyalty and an enemy of Daliao , Hitting a rock with an egg is really unwise."

These days, the Liao army fought south and north, except that Zhao Ke was still detained in the camp outside Bianliang City, the officials of the Song Dynasty who dealt with the government in the city were still safe, and many states and counties still obeyed Bianliang's orders.A large number of officials abandoned their posts and fled to Xiangyang or Ezhou, and Zhao Zhifu and Qin Hui brought in privates to fill the vacant official posts.And this Wan Qixie is one of Qin Hui's new confidantes.Now Xiangyang and Bianliang each have emperors, and they are negotiating with the Liao Dynasty to stop the war. In all fairness, the Liao people are more at ease with Zhao Ke, but the Bianliang monarchs and ministers are really prisoners of the ranks, and they have no strength in their hands, so in the matter of peace negotiations He suffered a disadvantage, seeing that Xiangyang and the Liao Dynasty were flirting with each other. If the peace negotiation in Xiangyang was successful, everyone in Bianliang would be like a rebellious minister.Zhao Zhifu, Qin Hui and others were as anxious as ants on a hot pot.This time the Liao army and the Song army faced each other in Shuzhou. In order to delay the time, they sent envoys to persuade them to surrender. Other ministers did not dare to go to Ezhou. Empress Liang must be of great use. If she can persuade Chen Dong and others to accept the peace agreement, it will be a great contribution.

When Chen Dong heard this, he was furious, slapped the table, stood up, pointed his halberd at Wan Qixie and said: "You are full of nonsense, are you really the emperor who asked you to pass the decree? "Other Ezhou court officials also glared at Wan Qixi.

Wan Qixi's heart skipped a beat, and he forced himself to be calm and said, "Why did Mr. Chen say such a thing, do you want the seal of the imperial decree?"

Chen Dong sneered and said: "You don't mention it, the emperor's imperial seal has already fallen into the hands of the Liao thieves. You must have come here with this seal. You must have been ordered by the Liao thieves. Bianliang fell, and the emperor was taken into captivity. I'm waiting like a lone minister and evil son. I only wanted to ask about the current situation of the emperor when I let you into the city. Who would have thought that you, as a courtier of the Song Dynasty, had sold your conscience to power and Liao thieves a long time ago, and said such stupid words Really dirty our ears." He paused, then turned around and asked, "According to the court law, what should this person be guilty of for his words and deeds? "

Wen Xunzhi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, got up and said: "I believe that this person conspired to betray the dynasty and take refuge in the Fan Kingdom. He committed a heinous crime, and his words and deeds can be regarded as treason. The Ministry of Punishment will cooperate with Dali Temple and Yushitai Put this man on trial."

"Chen Shaoyang, Wen Xunzhi, how dare you?" Wan Qixi was shocked and angry.The crime of treason belongs to the list of heinous crimes. Once convicted, it will harm the whole family, and may even be punished with extrajudicial torture such as scorpion, scorpion, and scorpion.He, Chen Dong and others used to be ministers in the same palace, and they really did not expect that they would be so cruel.

Chen Dong sneered: "The three divisions will interrogate you, and you have been given justice." He turned his head to Wen Xun and said, "This person is a traitor to the country and a lobbyist for a foreign country. We can all be witnesses. It is not too late. If it is too late, it will cause trouble to 'disturb' people's hearts. I also ask Mr. Wen to arrange the public trial of the three divisions as soon as possible. This public trial will be carried out in accordance with the laws of the court, and the truth will not interfere."

Wen Xunzhi bowed and said yes, and immediately ordered Wan Qixie, who was like a mourning concubine, to be brought down for trial.

Said it was a joint trial by three divisions.In fact, in Ezhou, the scale of the three divisions of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Marble, and Yushitai is far from being comparable to that of Bianliang. The place where the trial is still in the Zhizhou Yamen of Ezhou, but the judge is replaced by Wen Xunzhi, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Zhang Yanling, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Xu Rubi, the supervisory censor, were all the backbone of Lishe who were at odds with the "treacherous" party since the revelation of the post case began.Ezhou advocates "respecting the emperor and not obeying the orders of chaos". The first priority is to draw a clear line with the puppet dynasty in Bianliang. Deliberately confuse Ezhou and Bianliang courts.All the ministers in Ezhou were really angry, and this time they wanted to kill chickens and monkeys, warning the hypocrites who lobbied for the Liao thieves and confused black and white.

The public trial of the third division is to open the yamen to allow the military and civilians to observe the trial and execute the sentence.The people in Ezhou City were concerned about government affairs. As soon as they heard that the three divisions were going to have a public trial, the people in the nearby market went to watch the trial one after another.Everyone craned their necks, some were curious, some were gloating, some were gnashing their teeth in hatred.Vendors selling all kinds of snacks and fruits walked and stopped among the crowd, making it as lively as a temple fair.Because the space in the yamen is small, most of the people are standing on the street outside the state yamen, whispering to each other about the situation of the public trial.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way." The yamen servant protected Fan Xuzhou and Zeng Chucai as they passed through the crowd.Those who have a county school or above can enter the court for hearing.Behind them whispered: "Which yamen master is that, so majestic?" Someone replied proudly: "You may not know if you ask others, but I am right. Look at the attire, these two are county scholars. Mr. Zheng, it can be seen that officials do not pay homage, and if they enter the palace on horseback, even if it is a joint trial of the three divisions, there will still be a seat in the hall."

"Well, so powerful? This master Xuezheng still cares about the case?"

"When they want to take care of it, they take care of everything, and when they don't want to take care of it, they're the ones who let go."

"It's amazing, but it's a pity that I, Xu Jiujin, am not a material for studying."

Fan Changheng stood in the crowd, looking at the state government with red eyes.On the third day of living in Ezhou, he learned from his fellow villagers that Xinyang Mansion was hit by a military disaster, and the area around his hometown was empty, and his grandfather and father were all dead.Relying on his good calligraphy, Fan Changheng managed to find a job as a scribe in the Ministry of War. He planned to wait for Zhao Xingde to return to the army before transferring to the Baoyi Army. Came here for the trial.There was even some kind of excitement and excitement in his heart. The pent-up and anger in his heart for a long time seemed to have finally found an outlet.

The sea of ​​people in front blocked his view, Fan Changheng stood on tiptoe and looked in the direction of the gate of the state government office, but he still couldn't see anything.He was very restless: "If the imperial court doesn't kill the scholar-bureaucrats, why not let this traitor go?" A word lingered in his heart, and he couldn't bear it more and more, so he was about to blurt it out.

Finally, Fan Changheng could no longer control himself, and shouted with all his strength: "Kill!"

There was such a loud roar that it almost deafened their ears. The people around them turned around and looked at Fan Changheng strangely. Two of them even moved timidly away from him.Fan Changheng seemed even more excited, and shouted twice again: "Kill! Kill!"

Almost at the same time, people started shouting from all over the crowd outside the state government office, "Kill the traitor!" "Kill this traitor alive!" "Kill!" "Kill!" Among them, many of them fled to Ezhou because of the devastation of their homes.As for the locals in Ezhou, although many of them don't even know what the Khitan people look like, they also have a bitter hatred for the Liao thieves and even the rebels of the Song Dynasty who worked for tigers.Today, it was very easy to meet the traitor Wan Qixie, who was tried by the third division. The anger of everyone was almost ignited in the shortest time.Many people have never even met Wan Qixi, heard what he said, and don't know what he has done, so they subconsciously vent all the suffering they have suffered on this traitor and summon up all their strength , and shouted "Kill!" in the direction of the state government.

"kill!"

"Kill!" "Kill!" "Kill!"

The emotions and voices fermented rapidly, as if they exploded in an instant, turning into a violent hurricane from a fork, which swirled violently in the air, resounding through the entire state government, torrenting endlessly.All the shops on the Main Street of the State Yamen Gate were closed and locked.There was an inexplicable excitement on the faces of many people. The children were lying on the window looking excitedly, looking forward to going to the street to watch the excitement like Lantern Festival lanterns, but they were pulled back by their mothers in a panic.The voice became louder and more rhythmic, almost to the point where the whole city could hear it.

"The hearts of the people are available, and the hearts of the people are available!" Cao Liangshi, Minister of the Ministry of War, clenched his fists excitedly.

As a result of the joint trial by the three divisions, Wan Qixi was executed extrajudicially. Although the third division did not implicate his clansmen, Wan Qixi once served as the prison director of Jinghu North Road and had a lot of land near Ezhou. All these properties were collected into the imperial treasury.In consideration of the dignity of the imperial court, the family property of the courtiers left in Bianliang, Xiangyang and Ezhou were not moved.The confiscation of Wan Qixie's family property this time set a precedent.Ao Taosun, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, is also ready to move. Qin Huai, the governor of Bianliang, is from Jiangning, and many of the other courtiers are from the south. ease.

Chen Dong's face was serious, he nodded, and didn't say much.

The voice of tens of thousands of people shouting "Kill" spread to Ezhou School, and scholars and students all looked at each other in blank dismay.Not long after, someone well-informed spread the news, and the scholars who were still sitting upright listening to the lecture just now couldn't help but whispered, and many of them had expressions of excitement on their faces.

Huang Jian didn't stop the students. He closed the book and stared out of the window. In the quiet courtyard surrounded by branches and leaves, there was an invisible sense of uneasiness.The world is so big that there is no room for a peaceful study.A complex and incomprehensible expression flashed in his cloudy eyes, and he let out a long sigh, hiding his long thoughts...