Tibet

'when! when! ’ There was a clear sound of the cloud plate knocking, and the time was up.

The imperial court formed two civil and military teams one after another. The civil officials were headed by Yang Guozhong, the right prime minister, and the military attachés were headed by the prince Taibao and right guard general Yuan Yu.

The officials are arranged according to their official rank. In this great dynasty, all officials of seventh rank and above will participate, and there are hundreds of officials.

Li Ye's casual officer is General Yunhui, from the third rank, located in the middle of the generals. Among the military attaches, there are seven or eight generals Yunhui, and in front are the champion generals, hussar generals and other generals of the guards.

A guard shouted loudly in front of the palace, "The time is up, enter the palace!"

The sound of drums sounded, and the officials walked along the dragon's tail road on both sides towards the high hall.

The Longwei Road is very high and long, and there have been cases where old and frail veterans were unable to climb it.

Hundreds of ministers from the two teams filed into the main hall. There were clear echelons in the main hall, and everyone had their own seat. Among them, senior ministers of the third rank and over sixty years old also had seats.

The ministers were all discussing today's court meeting in low voices. Even Prime Minister Yang Guozhong looked a little worried. The Yunyang incident was actually over. Except for Li Ye's indiscriminate killing of innocent people, all other cases had been closed. However, the emperor suddenly It was turned out for discussion, indicating that the emperor was not satisfied with the handling of the matter.

Yang Guozhong didn't know what the problem was, but several of his officials believed that there were signs of mass incidents starting in various places, which made the emperor start to worry.

At this time, the guards shouted, "Your Majesty has arrived, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived!"

The hall suddenly became quiet. Everyone stood up and straightened their backs. The first person to come was Prince Li Heng. Of course he also had to attend the court meeting. His seat was in the middle of Danbi, below the emperor and above the officials. It is consistent with his status as prince.

Although the emperor Li Longji wanted to change the prince, it turned out that the best time to change the prince was in the fifth year of Tianbao. The Wei Jian case at the beginning of the year and the Du Youlin case at the end of the year almost forced the prince Li Heng to a dead end. If it were not for Gao Lishi After pulling the strings at the last moment, Li Longji failed to consider the candidate for the new crown prince. Then Li Heng would fall off a cliff and be completely deposed as the crown prince.

Now it is not so easy for Li Longji to want to depose the prince. On the one hand, Yang Guozhong's foundation is too shallow and his ability is far less ruthless than that of Li Linfu. On the other hand, the prince is secretly developing his own power, especially after eight years of Tianbao. Under the repeated persuasion of his grandson Li Ye, Li Linfu began to leave a way out for himself, and secretly formed an alliance with the prince to deal with the Yang family.

Under Li Linfu's arrangement, the officials of the prince's faction continued to grow, forming a group of civil officials within the court headed by Prime Minister Wei Jiansu. Outside the court, they were supported by Hedong Jiedushi Cheng Qianli and Hexi Jiedushi Gao Xianzhi.

Li Longji had some ideas and measures to change the crown prince, but he encountered strong opposition from both inside and outside the court. It was very difficult to implement various measures, which made the emperor Li Longji a little hesitant.

The key point is that Concubine Yang is not keen on changing the prince. After all, Prince Ning is not Concubine Yang's biological son. Concubine Yang gradually doesn't like this adopted son. He is not as smart and cute as when he was a child. His reactions are a bit dull and his appearance is much worse. .

Li Heng stood in front of the seat. At this time, the emperor Li Longji walked in from the side. He walked to the dragon couch and sat down. Hundreds of ministers bowed together and saluted, "Long live your Majesty!"

Li Longji smiled and waved his hands, "All my dear friends, please go down without courtesy!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All ministers returned to their respective positions.

The host of today's court meeting was Wei Jiansu, and it happened to be his turn to be in charge. Li Longji made a gesture to Wei Jiansu, which meant that it was time to start.

Wei Jiansu was responsible for all the preparations and arrangements for the court meeting. Then Wei Jiansu would just temporarily announce the content of the court meeting, and then when the court meeting was over, he would announce the end, and there would be no other matters for him.

In addition, there was also a eunuch who was responsible for delivering messages. The hall was very large and the ministers stood far away so that the emperor could not hear them, so someone was needed to deliver the message.

Wei Jiansu stepped forward and bowed to the emperor and the prince, and then said to the ministers: "Today there are three issues. The first issue is the origin and consequences of the Yunyang mass incident, and the third issue is whether Yuan Maitreya's followers should Conviction, the third topic is to discuss Yushitai’s impeachment of General Yunhui for exceeding his authority and moral misconduct, let’s move on to the first topic.”

Wei Jiansu glanced at Li Dai and said, "Now let's ask Jingzhao Shaoyin Li Dai to explain the whole incident."

Li Dai went out to salute, "I am here to see you, Your Majesty, and to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Li Longji nodded, "Li Shaoqing, please tell me!"

Li Dai has been investigating and is confident. He said calmly: "The root cause of mass incidents among people in Yunyang County is crop diseases and insect pests that started in August this year. Farmers have been fighting against pests and diseases, but this year it was too serious, resulting in a reduction in this autumn harvest." 30%, but this year is a single season planting, so the impact is huge. The average wheat yield per mu has dropped from 350 jins to 250 jins, and the yield per mu has dropped by a full 100 jins. After paying rent and taxes, The surplus grain in the hands of farmers is no longer enough to feed their families.

The farmers' anxiety and the Maitreya Cult took the opportunity to incite and incite, resulting in this mass incident involving 150,000 people. Their slogan was to reduce rents and taxes. The Maitreya Cult wanted to use the farmers' emotions to incite rebellion, and then instigate the entire The peasants in Guanzhong participated in the rebellion and achieved their ambitions, which is roughly the case. "

Li Dai's speech was clear and his voice was loud. All the officials in the hall and the emperor could hear clearly.

At this time, Prime Minister Zhang Jun suddenly asked: "So how did the government respond? Can Li Shaoyin elaborate?"

Li Dai was startled. This matter had been discussed by the political affairs hall a long time ago. He had submitted a detailed report and the county magistrate had also punished him. Why did he start asking again?

Li Ye sneered in his heart. Sure enough, the truth was revealed. The Zhang family had to deal with not only himself, but also his father.

Li Dai hesitated for a moment, and then reported the original report: "The county magistrate Liu Jing discovered that people gathered and attacked Wanma Manor, causing casualties. He immediately rushed over night to report to Jingzhao Mansion. After urgent discussions between Beiji and Xianyu, it was decided that I would go to Yunnan. Yangxian stabilized the situation, and Xianyu made arrangements in the capital.

I rushed to Wanma Manor in Yunyang County in the afternoon and learned that the mass gathering was hosted by Yuan Mile and others. I immediately entered Wanma Manor, found Yuan Mile and others, and asked them to stop inciting the people immediately, but not only did they not He obeyed, but instead trapped his humble position and followers in the large warehouse of Wanma Manor. "

"Since they believe that the other party is plotting rebellion, why does Li Shaoyin still negotiate with them?" Zhang Jun asked as he continued to dig traps.

"At that time, we could not conclude that the other party was plotting rebellion, and we knew very little about the Maitreya Religion."

"Really? Then when did Li Shaoyin know that the other party was plotting to rebel?"

At this time, Wei Jiansu coughed heavily and interrupted Zhang Jun's question, "Xiangguo Zhang, the question you asked has been discussed repeatedly in the political hall before and a resolution was formed. We all think this is an emergency. The county government report In a timely manner, the government government handled the situation decisively and the army performed effectively. The only problem was the county government's ignorance and connivance towards the Maitreya Cult. Therefore, the county magistrate was removed from office. Do you think there is any need to repeatedly mention the government's performance in this matter? ?”

The emperor Li Longji also expressed his position: "Xiangguo Zhang, since the political affairs hall has made a decision, don't get entangled in it."

Zhang Jun actually used Li Dai to induce Li Ye to kill innocent people indiscriminately, and then Li Dai, as a father and Jingzhao Shaoyin, allowed his son to kill indiscriminately.

This is very insidious, because if the other party's intention to rebel is known at the end, then Li Ye's initial killings were indiscriminate killings of civilians.

In fact, this was the only loophole that Zhang Jun discovered after repeated investigations. Li Dai only obtained the oath of alliance at the end, and before that, the Maitreya Cult should be considered to be carrying out normal religious activities, so he should not kill people. .

Even if the evidence is obtained afterwards, the guilt can be exempted, but the motive of killing is not right, which is a moral issue. Even if it is to save the father, it will still be regarded as indiscriminate killing of innocent people, which will attract severe moral condemnation.

Since the Han and Tang dynasties, moral punishments in all dynasties have been very severe, and officials were clearly required to put their moral conduct first and their ability second. Once they were found to be unethical, both Li Dai and his son would definitely be dismissed from office.