Martial Cultivator

It's dawn, it's always gonna be dawn.

The day after the banquet was the court meeting.

That is to say, today, the court meeting will be held again.

But last night the city of God experienced the largest purge in history. Can those aristocratic families and officials who really colluded with Fang Wai be purged in one night?

After all, this is a very troublesome matter no matter how you look at it.

But the normal convening of the court meeting is not releasing a message, that is, last night's purge was not a spur of the moment, but was well prepared.

A lot of things happened last night. The identity of the Chen Dynasty was revealed, the deposed emperor returned, and the ministers forced the palace. Everything seemed very sudden, especially the last two things. No one would have thought of it beforehand, but His Majesty the Emperor's response speed was really real. It's too fast and a bit incomprehensible.

"I heard that at the Punishment Department Yamen, two-thirds of the officials were arrested last night. Now the Punishment Department is empty."

"No, half of the officials in the Ministry of Revenue also suffered. I heard that Zuowei's gang ransacked their homes and confiscated hundreds of thousands of money, all of which were intended to be shipped outside the country."

"What does this mean? I heard that the Yang family was the first to have their house ransacked last night, and a lot of things related to the deposed emperor were found. The Yang family has been keeping quiet these years, so it turned out that they had been preparing for this day for a long time."

"Looking at the battle last night, I'm afraid that Your Majesty has already known about these people's wild ambitions, but he has been holding back and waiting for this opportunity to let them jump out and catch them all in one fell swoop."

"Your Majesty has been on the throne for so many years. Outsiders think that Your Majesty is just a strong martial artist. No one can imagine that His Majesty's strategies are no worse than anyone else's."

"That's fine, there are too many ghosts in Daliang Dynasty, so I might as well clean up..."

The officials who entered the imperial city to attend the court meeting chatted with each other, but the number of officials who usually attended the court meeting at this moment was reduced by one-third today.

Looking at the slightly empty imperial city, the officials looked at each other and sighed at each other.

They all attended last night's banquet.

After the banquet ended, the words of Eunuch Li still rang in my ears.

"I hope to see you all again at the meeting tomorrow."

This was unthinkable. When I thought about it, even the officials who had done nothing felt cold all over.

The weight of this sentence is really too heavy.

As the bell rang, officials filed in and came to the meeting hall, but it was almost full of people standing in the past.

There are now many empty seats in the court hall.

However, the officials still discovered that the Prime Minister still appeared in the court.

After the court ended last night, many people were wondering whether the Prime Minister was also on the list of purges. When everyone went to the morning court today, they did not see him in the imperial city, so they thought that the Prime Minister had already been purged. Although it was cleaned, who would have thought that Mr. Zaifu would still be standing upright in the court.

It seems that the first civil servant in the dynasty not only did not collude with Fang Wai, but also had no connection with the deposed emperor.

This was a surprise to many people.

Because the officials in the main hall were still thinking about last night's story, they seemed very quiet for a while. None of the things they usually whispered about happened today.

Until Li Heng came out holding the imperial edict and began to read the contents above.

"Zhang Jun, the Minister of Criminal Affairs, Liu Ce, the Minister of Household Affairs, the Metropolitan Procuratorate...Dali Temple..."

This imperial edict is unexpectedly simple, without any foreshadowing. It starts with a list of names. These are officials who were found to have colluded with the deposed emperor last night or were from outside the country. Some of them only entered the official position after His Majesty the Emperor ascended the throne. , some of whom entered the official position when the deposed emperor was in power, and there were even more veterans from the period of Emperor Lingzong.

Old ghosts and new ghosts, they are all ghosts anyway.

The list was really too long, and everyone listened to it for half an hour and it still wasn't over yet.

However, no one was in a hurry. Everyone knew that there was only one thing going on in today's court meeting.

After the names on the imperial edict were read out, the charges were announced, and then a group of officials were promoted naturally. After all, a dynasty as big as the Liang Dynasty needed people in all aspects. If a certain yamen lacked officials to operate, it would inevitably cause problems. A series of reactions.

A court meeting lasted a full two hours longer than usual. By the time it was over, many people felt sore in their backs, but they still did not dare to complain at all.

Everyone will probably never forget what happened last night.

When the dynasty was dismissed, some officials congratulated each other. Many officials had wasted many years in their original positions. After this purge, many seats were vacated, so they naturally took a step forward.

But most of them are those who are not even qualified to attend court meetings on weekdays.

Officials who are qualified to participate will be able to stand in the same hall as them at the next court meeting.

The courtiers were very touched, but could not change anything.

The courtiers dispersed, and people came slowly from outside the imperial city.

The young man in black shirt waited in front of the palace gate for a long time, and finally got the news that he could enter the palace.

Chen Chao looked at Li Heng who was standing in front of the palace gate, thought for a while, took off the Yunni from his waist, and handed it to the guard at the side.

Li Heng glanced at Chen Chao, smiled, and said nothing more. .🅆.

Chen Chao soon followed Li Heng to Bailu Garden, and then left alone.

Emperor Liang still stood under the pavilion, waiting for him quietly.

When Chen Chao arrived, Emperor Liang turned around and looked at him. There was no blame on his face, and there was no anger in his eyes.

Chen Chao said seriously, "I'm sorry."

When he walked out of the second prince's residence last night, he also said he was sorry. That apology was to the late Queen and Her Royal Highness the Princess.

They all regarded Chen Chao as their junior and took good care of him, but Chen Chao still killed their son and younger brother.

So sorry.

But they couldn't hear it. The Emperor Liang in front of them was his uncle and was very kind to him, so he came to say sorry to him.

Although Chen Chao had realized what Emperor Liang meant last night, he still had a choice. He could not kill anyone.

But still killed.

So sorry.

Emperor Liang looked at him and said, "If you were killed by your second son, I won't find anyone to say I'm sorry."

Chen Chao was silent.

"He will have to pay the price for the things he caused. I didn't help you or punish him. The final result is up to you to work hard. It is true that I am his father, but I am also your uncle. If the two don't help each other, that's all I can do."

Emperor Liang shook his head, "This is a difficult thing on both sides. It's my first time doing it, so it's inevitable that I won't do it well. If you want to blame me, blame me."

Chen Chao asked, "How does Your Majesty plan to inform the people of the world?"

The second prince died, and why he died was something that the world should know.

"I will declare to the world that he colluded with Fangwai and I will give him death."

Emperor Liang looked at Chen Chao and said calmly, "This will shock the world."

Chen Chao

He frowned and asked in confusion, "Isn't your Majesty worried about his reputation in the annals of history in the future?"

His son colluded with Fangwai and was sentenced to death. Although the reason was legitimate, there are not many emperors who killed their sons in the history books.

"How much better can my reputation be?"

Emperor Liang shook his head and said, "There are not many more."

"Finish what you have to do while you are alive. I don't care about what happens after death."

Emperor Liang walked out of the pavilion, patted Chen Chao on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "I really didn't expect you to chop him to death last night. It's not just me, no one can think of it."

Chen Chao said, "When I was very young, he wanted to kill me. I was a commoner and I couldn't argue with him no matter what. I don't know why he would do this."

"There have been similar stories in history books, so it's not a strange thing."

Emperor Liang said, "But can you remember the stories that happened when you were so young?"

Chen Chao thought for a while and said, "I couldn't remember it at first, but then I went to a place and saw a coffin..."

Before Chen Chao finished speaking, Emperor Liang shook his head and signaled that he didn't need to say any more, "Everyone should have some secrets of their own, and there is no need to tell everyone else."

"I got a page and wanted to ask my uncle to help me read it."

I don’t know why, but Chen Chao mentioned that incident.

Emperor Liang looked at Chen Chao.

Chen Chao took out the page.

Emperor Liang said, "It seems that this page is very important to you."

"A lot of times, I'd be dead without it."

Chen Chao said seriously.

Emperor Liang said, "It is as important as your sword, so don't let it leave you."

As he spoke, Emperor Liang waved, and Li Heng came here holding Yunni.

After Emperor Liang took it, he personally hung it on Chen Chao's waist, and then said with satisfaction, "I said, you can carry your sword anywhere in the world, and this will always be the case."

Chen Chao held the page, looked at the knife at his waist, and was silent for a long time.

Emperor Liang looked at him lovingly.

"I want you to be the guardian envoy, do it now."

Just when Chen Chao was lost in thought, Emperor Liang's voice disrupted his thoughts.

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"No more today."