Wei Wuhou

Chapter 726 The Emperor's Gift 2
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There is actually an imperial edict?This is the doubt of everyone in the hall!
But it was just doubts, they still had to kneel on the ground obediently, waiting for Yu Zhong to read the imperial edict.

They were all kneeling from the beginning, and although some of the older ones couldn't bear it, they still persisted.

Everyone knew that the court meeting in front of them was of great importance, and the monarch was even more angry at this time. No one wanted to cause trouble at this time and bring trouble to himself and his family.

The previous three edicts had severely punished a son and thirteen clans, and everyone couldn't help but start to worry about the next edict.

I don't know how many families will be destroyed and how many heads will be cut off after this edict...

Afterwards, I saw Yu Zhong and his own servant: "The imperial edict said..."

Upon hearing these two words, all the officials in the hall trembled in their hearts. They were a little afraid of the word "Zhaoyue" at first.

"...There is a widespread tendency to form cliques in the court, so that the cliques unite and fight against dissidents. When the widow succeeds to the throne, the swords are fierce, casualties occur, and the family and the country are in trouble..."

Why did you talk about the formation of the party again, and it was also related to Wei Wuji's struggle before he succeeded to the throne!
Immediately, many people in the hall secretly thought that it was not good, and the monarch was going to attack the family again!

Sure enough, Yu Zhong went on to say: "I have heard that this trend is especially serious among the aristocratic clans, and there is even a theory of the four major clans..."

Although the four major clans are recognized, they are more acquiesced, and some of them are directly mentioned in the imperial edict.

So, when they heard these three words, the hearts of the rest of Wang, Zhao and Zhang's families jumped into their throats.

"The widows succeed to the throne, and they should make reforms. This faction must be rectified...The imperial edict, the three clans of Wang, Zhao, and Zhang will all be demoted to one level..."

Demotion by one level... Is this the punishment for Wang Zhaozhang's third group?

Is this punishment heavy?According to the previous concept, this is of course extremely serious. The most important thing for the inheritance of the family is the title.

But if compared with the Xie family, who is also one of the four major families, this punishment is much easier, and it is not even considered serious.

However, when the edict was read here, Yu Zhong continued to roll the roll.

These four families were not the only ones Wei Wuji wanted to punish. Since the Wu'an family was on the opposite side with him, they would all be punished.

Therefore, in this imperial edict, Wei Wuji demoted all Wu'an clans whose titles were above Shaoqing to one level, and fined those below Shaoqing.

Because of the wide range of people involved, this edict took nearly half an hour to read, and even Yu Zhong's voice became a little hoarse at the end.

If the three previous edicts are included together, the court meeting has already started for more than an hour, and all the officials in the hall have knelt for more than an hour.

But now, people in the family no longer have the time to care about the feeling of their knees, and everyone is mourning for their family.

Demotion directly to one rank is simply cutting their heart!
But no matter how much they care about, it is not as important as the lives of themselves and their family. They have no other choice but to accept it.

But at this time, in the eyes of Wang Jian and others, Wei Wuji's handling method is actually good news.

Cutting the title means that the previous grievances have been cancelled, and Wei Wuji did not go crazy as they imagined, trampling the entire Wu'an family underfoot.

This proves that the original Wu Yangjun has been transformed into a qualified monarch, and he already knows how to use the power in his hand correctly.

For the monarch, there are no absolute enemies in the world, only objects that can be cooperated and used!
Wei Wuji can strangle all the Wu'an family, but what happens after the strangulation?That was the moment when the whole country collapsed.

Yes, now the aristocratic clan can't speak in the army, and their nephews, nephews, relatives and friends hold important positions in the eleven counties of Wei State.

Not only that, if Wei Wuji wants to control the country well, he has to rely on them to govern the country and collect taxes, money and food.

The first emperor, Zhaohou, did not stand on the opposite side of the family before he succeeded to the throne, but in the end it was not that cooperation with the family was redundant.

Therefore, in the eyes of Wang Jian and others, this court meeting is not the beginning of the bad luck of the family, but the beginning of cooperation with the monarch.

So, I saw Wang Jian and Zhang Lin standing up straight, and then they bowed with joy and sincerity: "Your Majesty's holy judgment, the ministers are willing to be punished!"

The other ministers and patriarchs who had been silent before, when they saw Wang Jian and others acting like this, they also abandoned their silence and kowtowed to Wei Wuji, who was above Dan Majesty.

But what Wang Jian and others didn't know was that it was the scene of other people following them and bowing down just now, which made Wei Wuji suddenly get rid of their thoughts of the three tribes.

That's right, now that Wei Wuji has become a monarch, he knows that he needs to rely on the family, but he doesn't need the family to have his own leader.

This is also the purpose of his special mention of the four major clans in the imperial edict, to remind these people to be vigilant and not to collude with each other in the clan.

Of course, whether the remaining three clans are really going to be eliminated depends on their next performance.

If you continue to jump around among the clans, you will be looking for your own death.

Finally, Wei Wuji said slowly, "Misters, get up!"

Calling everyone to wake up means that the killing spirit of the court meeting is over! Everyone thought so.

Kneeling on the ground for a full hour, even a reckless man like Hu Hansan felt a little uncomfortable, let alone those old guys in the aristocratic family.

Just like Wang Jian now, after the younger people around him stand up with soreness and pain, he is still kneeling on the ground helpless.

Fortunately, when the people around him saw the old man's plight, they extended a helping hand in time, and Wang Jian was helped up.

And there are quite a few older people like Wang Jian. When everyone around them went to help them, the whole court class became a little chaotic.

Before Wei Wuji got angry, Guo Liangdong, the prime minister who reacted faster, turned his head and shouted behind him: "Everyone, in the court hall, don't make noise and move around!"

Guo Liangdong's reprimand was more of a reminder, and most of the people here could have thought of this, so these people repeatedly complained: "Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Everyone has taken the initiative to admit their mistakes, so can Wei Wuji continue to hold on?So he didn't care about this trivial matter.

After everyone stood still, Wei Wuji pretended to say: "It was just said in the imperial edict that if you have any opinions, you can raise them at the court at this time!"

He is really pretending, he has already written the things in the imperial edict, which is the doomed ending, who the hell is going to stand up and question it now.

Therefore, after asking this question, all the ministers replied: "Your Majesty has no faults with the Holy Spirit, and the ministers have no objection!"

In fact, Wei Wuji hoped that a few unsightly people would jump out, so he wouldn't mind killing chickens for monkeys to see.

Since there is no objection, the punishment of the entire Wu'an family is considered to be passed.

Originally, this matter should have been difficult to pass, at least Wei Wuji's father, Wei Hou who is now known as Wei Zhaohou, did not succeed in this matter.

At this time, there was a solemn silence in the hall, and all the people present were also discouraged by Wei Wuji's thunderous means, and they all stood obediently, only thinking about muddling the court meeting.

However, to everyone's surprise, Wei Wuji said again: "Yu Zhong, declare the widow's last edict!"

And the imperial edict... Now everyone doesn't know what to say!

You killed, killed, and punished, what else do you want?Can the king do whatever he wants?
That's right, the monarch can really do whatever he wants, so I saw Yu Zhong holding out the fifth edict and reading: "The edict says..."

Just when everyone was worried, after listening to a few words, they realized that this was not the case, because the edict was a compliment from the beginning.

Sure enough, after reading seven or eight scenes, the imperial edict directly entered the topic, and began to reward those generals who followed Wei Wuji all the way.

The first one to be awarded was Xu Anhong who is still in Xiangping Daying. This person has made a lot of efforts in Wei Wuji's way to the top, even Hu Hansan is convinced.

As a result, after the entire Great Wei State lost Wei Wuji, the lord, there was another Shanyang Lord.

The second batch of titles were Han Xiaoling and Du Yu Yuanming who followed Wei Wuji all the way, and their titles were all raised to the rank of Shaoqing.

Of course, there was another emperor in the second batch. Before that, Wei Wuji promised to restore the title to Zheng Chang of Xiguan Daying, so Wei Guo had another Chengyang Lord.

The third batch was Xu Guanxiao and others that Wei Wuji met in Changping camp, their titles were a little lower and they were promoted to the first rank of imperial army.

The last group were Wei Wuji's own descendants, such as Wang Xiu and Hu Hansan. The highest rank among them was Wang Xiu, who was promoted to the first rank of imperial army, and most of the others were at the first rank of Shangzao and doctor.

The above-mentioned people all achieved the position of general, so after the removal of the Thirteenth Brother clan, Wei Wuji immediately created more knight-winners to supplement them.

Naturally, everyone in the family has no objection to this. It is impossible for them to block the rise of the generals who are in charge of military power. That is undoubtedly courting death.

Sure enough, after hearing the award, the generals who were already somewhat discouraged were all very excited, and paid respects to Wei Wuji, who was on the throne, to thank him.

In the state of Wei, titles were extremely difficult to obtain. Many generals worked hard all their lives to get a second-level rank or a third-level rank.

But now, these people who followed Wei Wuji were directly recruited by the fifth-level superiors, and even the sixth-level Yujun... This is something that many people dare not even think about.

Thus, amidst the joy of the generals and the indifference of the family members, Wei Wuji's first grand court meeting after succeeding to the throne came to an end.

(End of this chapter)