Chastity Layman

In fact, the rebellion last night had little to do with the senior generals.

Because in terms of system, the Gyeonggi troops are actually led by Zhonglang generals, while in the local area, they are led by Zhechong captains. The frontiers are under the command of governors and military envoys.

Each of the guards in the northern and southern yamen has a regular third-rank general and two junior third-rank generals. They can't command the guards at ordinary times, so they just drink tea and raise them in the guard. Some specific affairs in the guards are also done by Chang Shi and the participating soldiers.

Leading troops is led by Zhu Zhonglang generals.

This practice began in the Sui Dynasty, and it is actually beneficial, that is, high-ranking generals have the ability and prestige, but they cannot directly command the troops at ordinary times. After paying back the seal letter of returning soldiers, it will return to the Weifu.

It will not threaten the emperor or the court, and there is no need to worry about the self-respect of the soldiers, the chaos caused by the soldiers, and the tail will not fall.

On the other hand, use mid-level generals, namely General Zhonglang and Captain Zhechong, to control the internal and external soldiers. No amount of seniority and prestige is enough. If someone has bad intentions, the imperial court will directly send a general to calm them down immediately.

This kind of system is actually very advanced, and it also ended the phenomenon of domineering and authoritarian warriors in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

After the mid-Tang Dynasty, for the needs of frontier wars, the Jiedu envoys were set up, and gradually served as observation envoys, Duzhi envoys, and field envoys. The tail is too big to drop completely, and each side is separated.

In the final analysis, Jiedushi was actually a power imbalance caused step by step because of the corruption of the government army system, and finally turned into a recruiting system, and became a battalion and garrison standing army system.

In fact, the military riot that happened last night was not a big deal.

It does not mean that there is a problem with the military system that has been operating stably for decades. On the contrary, the failure of the mutiny last night shows that the effect of this system is still good. Some people, but they can't enter the Xuanwu Gate.

Xuanwu Gate is a three-dimensional defense system. Outside the gate are the camps of the North Gate, including Baiqi, Feiqi, and Shenji. Inside Xuanwu Gate, there are also left and right prison gates, left and right Qianniu, and left and right guards. That is, there are several soldiers and horses that are not under each other to defend together.

Someone is in charge of the door, someone keeps the key, and someone is in charge of closing the door and guarding it. Anyway, if you want to go in and out, you have to go through multiple inspections, and you can't get it right.

Qiu Xinggong also contacted some of his own people in the town of Xuanwumen in advance, but they were chopped off as soon as they made a fuss.

like water off a duck's back.

In fact, even among the battalions outside the city in the middle of the night, only two battalions were in chaos. Later, the other battalions rushed to the Xuanwu Gate, and they were responsible for disarming those people in the end.

There is a problem, but not a big one.

But for the emperor, if something like this happened, it would have to be rectified.

Li Ji is very innocent, but as a privy envoy, he does have unshirkable responsibilities. After all, he is the number one person in the military.

"Your negligence, please resign!"

"Okay, I agree." Li Yin was expressionless, not detained at all.

Li Ji backed away with a gloomy expression.

"Wait a moment."

"After you leave the Privy Council, you go to the Political Affairs Hall first, I will grant you the title of Prosecutor Zuo Servant, and the third rank of Zhongmen Shu."

Xu Jingzong was taken aback by Zuo Pu of Shangshu.

Among those who conspired last night was Qian Jiulong's son Chao Guogong Qian Yuanxiu, and he was Xu Jingzong's son-in-law. At the beginning, Lao Xu married his daughter to Lao Qian's son, in fact, it was because he was out of power at that time. When he was in a downturn, not only the five surnames and seven families looked down on him, but even the famous Guanlong family looked down on him.

In the end, Lao Xu had no choice but to marry the Lingnan barbarian Feng An's family, the great general Qian Jiulong who was born as a slave of Gaozu, and the upstart Qin Lang. They were all upstarts who were looked down upon anyway.

Although the Qian family was born as a slave at the beginning, their ancestors were actually a famous family in the south of the Yangtze River, and they were nobles for generations. However, they were demoted to be royal slaves because of crimes, and later rewarded Li Yuan as a slave. Wu Dechao is still very powerful.

Although the Zhenguan Dynasty was not as good as before, it was still one of the top upstarts, and the marriage of the two families was not bad at that time.

But in the final analysis, after all, it is the son-in-law who conspired against him now, and the father-in-law might not be implicated.

"Minister Xu Jingzong is terrified. He has no way to teach his son-in-law. Ten thousand deaths are inevitable. Please resign and go home to deal with the crime!"

Li Yin looked at Xu Jingzong coldly, and said slowly, "Didn't Qian Yuanxiu discuss the conspiracy with Mr. Xu beforehand?"

"I really don't know at all, and I dare not hide it, otherwise, I will report the rebellious son-in-law to the court and His Majesty as soon as possible."

"Mr. Xu, don't be nervous. If you don't have one, you won't. But it's true that there is no way to discipline. Just go home and reflect on yourself. The position of Zuo Pushe will be temporarily taken over by Li Gong."

Xu Jingzong dismissed his prime minister.

All official positions were removed, and three hundred households were fined and fined a thousand catties of copper.

Go home and wait for the crime.

When Xu Jingzong got up to leave, his back was soaked, he almost thought that he would not be able to get out of this door today.

later.

Nearly a hundred of the guards, generals, generals, and generals in Beijing heard the call and came.

The emperor yelled at these generals, reprimanding them for being incompetent.

Then came a big swap, the generals of the Twelve Army of the North Yam, the twelve guard generals of the South Yam, the twenty-four generals of the Beiya, and the twenty-four generals of the South Yam.

The thirty-six Zhonglang generals from the barracks of the Fanshangwai government, the 20 Zhonglang generals of the inner government, and the Zhonglang generals of the Jingji garrison camps in the Beiya government also underwent a major swap.

Of course it couldn't be over like this.

Although the rebels did not attack the Xuanwu Gate last night, they still caused a lot of harm. Su Gui led people to surround Zhu Wei's manor in the suburbs of Beijing, confiscated more than a dozen other courtyards of Wei's manor, and killed many Wei in one night. The descendants of the clan and their family members guard and servants.

In addition, at night in Chang'an City, Su Li Shiqiu's family also took the opportunity to create chaos, besieging Webster's houses, setting fires everywhere, and creating disturbances.

Although it was quickly taken down by the Jinwu Guard.

But after one night, Jingzhao Webster suffered heavy losses.

Hundreds of children were killed or injured, and countless guards and servants were killed or injured.

These are of course to be liquidated.

The abolished prince Li Xiang plotted rebellion and caused rebellion. He was given the title of Li in Zhongshu Province, and was buried outside the city as a commoner.

After the abolition, the Su family gave him death. When he was buried, he was ordered to cover his face with hair and stuff chaff in his mouth.

Su Xu, Su Quan, and other disciples were cut in half, and Princess Nanchang bestowed peace and separation.

Qiu Xinggong, Shi Renbiao, Qian Yuanxiu and other rebel leaders all exterminated the three clans for the crime of conspiracy, and those who followed them to send troops to rebellion that day all exterminated the clan for the crime of conspiracy.

The few battalions of imperial guards guarding the north gate that night were all deprived of their military registrations, and all were exiled to Suiye City in the Western Region, Heishui Jubei Port, Yongchang Lishui Village, and Luoxidaoni Borna Army City.

King Han and King Teng participated in the rebellion and were killed in half. Their mother and children were deposed as ordinary people, their property was confiscated, and they were exiled to Liaodong.

The abolished prince and his mother and brother Zhao Wang Li Jue were abolished as common people and exiled to Mulujun City, Persian Prefecture.

Brothers Li Chongyi and Li Chonghui, the Duke of Qiao, were all cut in half, and their brothers, nephews, and nephews were all abolished as common people, and Li Xiaogong's title was recovered, and at the same time, the titles and official positions of Li Xiaogong's brothers and their nephews were deprived, and they were all exiled as citizens, and exiled in Lingnan, without their citizenship. property.

Several famous clan kings in the early Tang Dynasty, Li Daozong, after Li Yin succeeded to the throne, were liquidated by Changsun Wuji and demoted to death in other places. Although Li Xiaogong died during the Zhenguan period, but now he is still implicated by his sons. After his death, he will pursue titles and official positions, and even his posthumous title will be demoted.

His branch will be expelled from the royal family, and it will be officially expelled on the jade certificate.

The emperor's implication is quite severe.

The masterminds of the Su family, Qiu family, Li family, Shi family, Fan family, and Qian family were all the Zhu family, and the other rebellious partisans of the Zhu family, even those soldiers who were deceived and coerced, were all beheaded. .

Those who did not participate in the rebellion, but because they participated in the night camp, were also expelled from the army and exiled.

He also killed three princes, except for the third country.

The emperor's uncle Teng Wang Li Yuanying, Han Wang Yuanjia, and the prince Zhao Wang Li Jue, Teng Wang and Han Wang all participated in the conspiracy, but Li Jue was also shot while lying down.

He had given up his concubine to his father before, who knew that he would be implicated if something happened to the abolished prince.

In the final analysis, although he and Li Xiang are not the same mother and brother, they were both adopted by the Su family after all, so they are also being taken care of by the emperor now.

Kill directly, without mercy.

Killed two uncles, two sons, and two cousins.

The clan bleeds profusely.

At this time, no one persuaded the furious emperor at all.

The abolished prince had no knowledge of the mutiny beforehand. Although Su Gui conspired with Li Chongyi, Qiu Xinggong and others to make Li Yin abdicate as Supreme Emperor and embrace Li Xiang to succeed him as emperor after the event was completed, no one told him beforehand. Li Xiang.

Of course it is impossible for Li Yin to be ignorant, but even if he knew this, he still didn't show the slightest affection between father and son at this time, and he still ordered the beheading of the prince and King Zhao, and the Su family was also sentenced to be beheaded in half.

He didn't even give a whole corpse, and after death, he was killed with a hair and gagged with bran to express his incomparable disgust for the Su family.

Among the soldiers who defected in front of Xuanwu Gate that night, thirteen soldiers were granted the title of Marquis the next day, and Sanjue was falsely granted the title of County Marquis. All the officers and soldiers of the forbidden army were beheaded.

Even their family members were punished by exile.

It was supposed to celebrate the new year with joy, but because of the purge after the mutiny, the atmosphere in Luoyang was stagnant as the year approached, and everyone was in a panic.

Every day, people’s homes are seized and their homes are searched, their family members are arrested and imprisoned, and the vegetable market kills people every day.

Later, the emperor even began to order Yousi to track down the students and scholars in Xuecheng, and to investigate the parades and petitions in front of the palace by the students and scholars before the mutiny. , and six people including Di Renjie, who came to Beijing for the exam, were arrested and sent to prison for questioning.

The six people are therefore called the Six Gentlemen.