Chastity Layman

The arrest and imprisonment of the six gentlemen aroused the anger of countless students and scholars. Everyone spontaneously held a larger-scale student petition parade. The emperor directly sent Jinwu Guards to drive them away and arrested thousands of students and scholars.

This incident became more and more serious, causing panic in the capital.

Many ministers couldn't help but began to write to the emperor, asking for the pardon of these young scholars.

There were also requests for a lighter punishment for the case of inversion.

······

Qi Guogong and Guanglu Qing Qin Jun had just left the palace in front of the saint. They stood in front of the palace gate and turned their heads to look back at the palace gate. They saw that the palace gate was heavily guarded. The generals, the generals, are now also ordered to dress neatly every day, and each town has a palace gate or a battalion.

Today is New Year's Eve, and tomorrow is New Year's Eve.

But Luoyang still doesn't have the slightest atmosphere of the approaching New Year, and even many diplomatic missions from foreign states are concerned about this atmosphere. If it weren't for the officials of Honglu Temple to persuade them to stay, many of them probably would have left long ago.

Worry and fear every day.

Anyway, Luoyang City has not lifted the martial law so far. There are patrols and guards everywhere on the streets, at the gates of the city, and at the gates of the city. The golden holiday is coming, especially the first month of next year is the year of the big competition, so there are extraordinarily many foreign scholars entering Beijing this year, and businesses are counting on this wave.

But when the imperial decree came down, who would dare to disobey it.

It is said that thousands of rebels have been beheaded this time, and more than ten thousand people have been exiled. The incident of the Six Gentlemen has not yet subsided, but it has already caused thousands of people to be expelled from their studies, and many scholars have been deprived of their qualifications Fame.

No one can beat that emperor.

Anyway, under the emperor's toughness, the students are a little restless. Although the students are very enthusiastic, their fathers and brothers dare not do this. Now they take their children home and confine them at home for self-reflection. Students raise people, as well as officials from various places in Beijing, who are responsible for taking people away, and then sending people back to their hometowns to be disciplined by their families.

More than 3,000 students are still imprisoned in the prison.

The emperor has even decreed that the examination in the first month of next year will be cancelled.

This year's imperial examinations are gone, including the county and township examinations that were previously passed, as well as the achievements of Tongsheng, Xiucai, and Juren, all of which are abolished.

The emperor is so obstinate.

If you are hard with him, he will be harder.

A group of scholars dare to talk about state affairs and accuse the king?

There was no mass killing, it was because Li Yin endured it, but if he was not strict, the scholars would only become more and more troublesome.

Although in this way, countless scholars and students were implicated and unlucky, but the emperor didn't care.

Qin Jun thought of the scene when he met that uncle just now, and was still a little nervous.

Because of the mutiny, the two aunts and eight cousins ​​were recalled to Luoyang halfway, and they were not exiled to Fangzhou for the time being.

With the turbulent situation during this period of time, this matter has actually changed a little.

From now on, when the emperor's uncle summoned him, he also talked to him about these things that had happened during this period of time. After talking about it, the emperor's uncle said that he still believed in the Qin family's loyalty.

Therefore, after careful consideration during this period, it was decided to reappoint Qin Shu as Zhaoyi, Qin Wan as Zhaoyuan, Li Xian as Taiyuan County King, Li Hong as Shangdang County King, Li Zhe as Changping County King, etc. Several queens are all Princess Princess.

This news surprised Qin Jun.

He thought to himself, maybe it was because of this mutiny that the emperor killed many more people, and because of the petition of the scholars, the atmosphere in the court was a little tense, so the emperor changed the punishment for the aunts and cousins ​​at this time.

Although he was only reappointed as the ninth concubine, and the eight cousins ​​were also named county kings, it was a good step after all.

Especially compared to the fate of the abolished prince and Zhao Wang brothers who were cut in half, their situation is undoubtedly even more rare.

For this, Qin Jun is of course very grateful.

The emperor then dismissed Qin Junguang Luqing from his post, and conferred him the post of General of the Right Leader, all of whom were from the third rank, but they were all titles with little real power.

Nowadays, the ranks of generals and generals in the imperial court have gradually evolved into a kind of title addition, or rank, or a sequence of transfers, without much actual power.

After all, if they are going abroad, they will be awarded the post of marching commander of a certain way, and if they are outside the town, they will usually be awarded the post of governor of a certain governor's mansion, or a certain military envoy, guard envoy, etc.

The generals and generals of the various guards have indeed been reduced to a kind of general titles. When the generals already have martial ranks, these general ranks have become a sequence for the promotion of high-level generals.

For example, the current actual promotion sequence is that the Bei Ya is at the top, the Nan Ya is at the bottom, and the Nan Ya is twelve guards, and the left and right leading guards are at the bottom, and the left and right guards are at the top.

Going up such a level, for example, the lowest level is the right-leading general, then the left-leading general, and then to the left-back general, and then the right Jinwu general to the left Habayashi general. Further up is the general, leading the general from the right first, and then looping again until the general to the left.

Of course, if the merit is high, you can also skip the grade.

But it has indeed been reduced to such a thing.

For Qin Jun, this post was only changed from Guanglu Temple Yamen to Youlingwei Yamen to drink tea in the future. Even Guanglu Temple was originally in charge of specific affairs, but when it came to Youlingjunwei, he really took care of it. There is nothing to do, the general affairs are for the long history and military personnel, not to mention the important things.

The emperor told Qin Jun that he admired his talent very much, so he let him stay in Luoyang to serve in the Luoyang Dynasty. The emperor returned the post of Guangluqing to Qin Xun and bestowed him the Duke of Licheng County.

However, this is a loose title, a false title, which is very different from the original Duke of Qi.

But at any rate, it can be regarded as giving face to Qin Qiong's son-in-law. A false county magistrate and an idle Guangluqing can be regarded as a show of the emperor's gratitude to the Qin family.

When he left, the emperor also left a special sentence, "There is no need to return the house of Duke Qi to Qin Xun. You can live in peace of mind. You are the eldest grandson of the Qin family and my nephew. Work hard. I won't treat you badly, let alone your Qin family."

······

In the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, the first day of the first month.

The Zhengdan Grand Court Meeting was held as scheduled, and more than a hundred foreign envoys from all over the world came to congratulate, and envoys from various places in the Tang Dynasty also gathered in the Golden Palace.

The Grand Dynasty will be very lively, but because of these unexpected events years ago, the New Year's atmosphere in this Zhengdan has always been a little depressing.

After the Great Court Meeting, various rewards are routinely given.

The emperor announced the rewards for the soldiers. All the guards and soldiers in Luoyang, the eastern capital, were rewarded with money and food for March, and a set of spring clothes.

Civil and military officials also have their salaries increased for one month.

Elderly people over sixty, sixty-seven and eighteen-tenth grades each have generous gifts.

For this grand reward, Ji Xiang, the transfer envoy, gave out a total of six million coins.

The killings at the end of the year were a bit more ruthless, and the rewards for the New Year will naturally be more generous, especially for the forbidden army. The cleansing of the forbidden army was too severe before, which once caused many complaints from the forbidden army.

In particular, the Son of Heaven first personally promised to kill Qiu Xinggong and other traitors to be enshrined as marquises, and he did confer the title of Thirteen Marquis afterwards, but he killed these people again in a blink of an eye.

Many imperial troops were cut in half, and even killed.

Everyone felt that they were wronged, and those who were inexplicably implicated in being demoted or exiled because of this were even more dissatisfied.

Troubled and troubled, the emperor never compromised.

The one who was said to be killed was killed, the one who was said to be exiled was not pardoned, and the one who should be ransacked was also unambiguous.

Originally, a minister came up to play, please change the new name this year.

It means that what happened last year is a bit unlucky, change the name of the new year, and Vientiane will be renewed.

By the way, there will be a wave of amnesty after the yuan change, and a group of people will be pardoned along the way, including some of the rebellious criminals last year, so as to ease the atmosphere of the situation.

But Li Yin refused.

So this year is still the year of Kaiyuan, the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan, and there is no amnesty.

However, when the Hanlin scholar read out the edict, he read that the second concubine of the Qin family was named Zhaoyi and Zhaoyuan, the nine concubines, and the eight princes they gave birth to were all named county kings, and Qin Jun was granted the title of right leader. General, when Qin Xun conferred the news of Guang Luqing, the Duke of Licheng County, etc., it still inevitably moved many people in the court.

Announcing this decree at the Zhengdan Dynasty obviously has a profound meaning.

Could it be that the emperor was afraid that the previous treatment of the Qin family would arouse the resentment of the Qin grand master in Lu Song, and then rebel like the Su family?

So did the emperor finally compromise?

He didn't compromise with King Su Han and others, and he didn't compromise with those forbidden soldiers who participated in the mutiny because they violated the emperor's rebellion. The mutiny happened, so they had to be dealt with the most severe blows, even if it was his own prince, King Zhao, who had no evidence to show that He participated in it, but because he was the adopted son of the Su family, he also ruthlessly killed him.

Even if it turns out that the deposed prince Li Xiang didn't know about it beforehand, and was even imprisoned in Shangyang Palace when the incident happened and didn't know about it and didn't participate in the mutiny, the emperor still killed him mercilessly afterwards.

Even Empress Su, who had been a husband and wife for more than 20 years, did not let go of her in the end, and she even copied and beheaded the entire family of the Su family, punishing the three clans.

Li Chongyi and other clans and relatives were not spared, even those who participated in the mutiny in a daze, but they didn't let them go anyway.

All those involved in this matter, no matter active or passive, were purged by Emperor Lei Ting.

This shows that the emperor can't tolerate any sand in his eyes, and he has no tolerance for rebellion.

But for the Qin family, the emperor finally compromised.

It may be said that the previous emperor was just probing, so he had some reservations about the Qin family's attack from the beginning, but Qin Lang never overreacted at all, nor did he have any complaints, and even paid taxes to the court as always, paying taxes to the emperor He paid tribute and sent his son to Beijing Chaoji.

With such a gesture, the emperor naturally had to express something. After the Mutiny of the Su Clan's Xuanwu Sect, the Qin family's reaction was even more rare and loyal?

So kill and punish the deposed prince and his party, and then show kindness to the Qin family?

Another decree was read out.

But it was a cover for the children of the Wei family. This mutiny, the most unlucky one was the Wei family. The Su family had already been driven into dust, so they pulled a back when they were dying. This time, Wei Shi almost suffered a catastrophe. , Hundreds of people died.

Although a top-notch family like Webster has many branches and many descendants, it cannot withstand such torture. Er Wei cried in front of the emperor all day long, and Zhu Wei also submitted memorials, but people cannot be resurrected after death. Now it is appeasement to confer the official ranks of the Weis in the court, and to give some young Wei's children the grace to become officials.

However, for Webster who had suffered a catastrophe, there were not many people who really mourned for them, and they might even feel a little bit happy.

While enjoying Zhu Wei's misfortune, everyone also had respect for the Qin family.

After all, in front of today's conceited emperor, the Qin family who can always stand invincible is indeed worthy of their admiration. In contrast, elders such as Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, and the newly purged martial arts Su family, even It was the clans of the royal family, as well as those ignorant generals, who showed Qin Lang's power even more.

Previously, the Qin family's second concubine and eight kings were abolished, and Qin Lang's six brothers were expelled from the people. The situation of the Qin family suddenly became critical. If it weren't for Qin Lang's overseas autonomous territories and strong strength, he might have stepped down a long time ago. Following in the footsteps of Changsun Wuji. But even if he wasn't implicated for a while, many people still felt that sooner or later the blame would still be on Qin Lang's head.

But who would have imagined how long it had been before Qin Lang made a move, but the emperor restored his second concubine as a concubine, and his third son as a county king, and even Qin Xun, a trash, worshiped Jiuqing again and granted him the title County Duke.

Does this mean that the emperor is also afraid of the Qin family's power?

Some people even secretly speculated there, whether there was Qin Taishi's action in the last change of Xuanwu Gate? After all, although the martial arts Su family is also a famous family in Guanzhong and the family of the prime minister, but the Su family does not have a single general, yet they were able to contact so many famous clan kings and meritorious generals in such a short period of time. The support of low-level officers actually caused a mutiny, even if it was defeated, it was not easy.

Is there any Qin Taishi secretly involved?

In other words, if Grand Master Qin also decided to carry out a mutiny like the Su family, wouldn't the chance be greater given Grand Master Qin's connections and prestige in the army?

In other words, Qin Taishi raised troops and raised the flag directly in Lu Song, can the court punish them?

Either way, the current results are surprising.

Some people even thought there that after this mutiny, Webster was severely injured, and Webster's reputation was even worse, especially because of the emperor's severe purge, which caused many people to spread their resentment on Webster. on the head.

In fact, some people in the court have long guessed that the emperor favored Erwei, and even named Wei as the empress. Inside, he might still want to help the famous family Wei to suppress the Qin family. Now that the Su family, the deposed prince, and King Zhao were killed, the current Wei I'm afraid that I won't be able to help and suppress the Qin family.

So is the emperor going to find another force to unite with Wei to suppress Qin, or should he simply make the Qin family's nephew the crown prince?

After all, Qin Lang still showed a high degree of loyalty this time.