Chapter 1042 Smiling like a knife

The city of Chang'an was not quiet all night, and this incident naturally left a very strong mark in later history books, and even an allusion was circulated... The night arrest of Zhengong. Chang'an City has not been short of such shocking events in recent years, but no matter which happened before, it was more uneasy than Fang Jie arresting people this night. When King Yi and Yang Yin rebelled, Emperor Tianyou also ordered the city to arrest people. Officials of all sizes, as well as family servants, killed tens of thousands of people. The carriages that transported bodies outside the city every day were not enough.

Yang Jian killed many people when he first returned to the court, but Yang Jian killed few officials.

Wei Mu was in charge of Chang'an and killed people, but to others, he was just a lunatic.

The whole night when Fang Jie's subordinates arrested people, in the eyes of those discerning people, represented another meaning. No matter how the people killed people before, the sky in Chang'an City has not changed. However, Fang Jie's move this time may indicate that a new sky will soon cover Chang'an City.

This is a signal, a square solution must completely stabilize the court.

Fang Jie did not enter Chang'an City, but this does not mean that Fang Jie would not kill after entering the city. However, most successful people in history would not kill the welcomers. Although most of these welcomers were false speculators, successful people should learn to accept all this.

But obviously, Fang Jie did not intend to accept it.

Just after midnight, the Chang'an Mansion's yamen was taken over by a large number of Knights' Schools, and all the officials who were on duty at night were put out of their weapons and threw them into the prison. Not long after, they had many companions. There were many prisoners in the Knights' yamen, but they could not keep these many people. The Chang'an Mansion's yamen was soon overcrowded.

When it was almost dawn, the prison cells of the Ministry of Justice were also full.

Even so, a large number of criminals were taken to the Black Flag Army camp to control. The outside world could not guess how many people were arrested that night, but there was no doubt that this number must be particularly amazing.

Unexpectedly, after the Chang'an Prefecture Chief Pei Dazhi was taken down, the elderly people from various families who had been in Chang'an City for many years could not sit still. Carriages stopped outside Changchun Garden one by one. Fang Jie did not see any of them, but they made people remember that these people were all from the He family.

Even if Fang Jie didn't see them at all, it would be a big gain for these people.

When it was time for the morning court, Fang took off his clothes and changed into court clothes, came out of Changchun Garden and went straight to Tai Chi Palace. Although the eldest princess of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Qinyan had already handed over all the court affairs to him, he was nominally still a court official in the Sui Dynasty, so the eldest princess still had to preside over the morning court every morning. However, she handed over the memorials to Fang Jie and would not make any decisions at the court meeting. She seemed to be in the mood and did not face these court ministers. Relatively speaking, she preferred to be in Tai Chi Palace's original residence by the window and stared at the whole afternoon.

There are so many people coming to court today than usual, so that the already empty Taiji Hall seems even more empty. Except for the civil servants and generals of the Black Flag Army, all the officials in each yamen are vacant. No one knows what happened last night now, so the courtiers outside the Black Flag Army all have extremely serious faces.

No one knew what Fang Jie would do next. And they were not taken down last night. Who knew if a large number of cavalry schools would come in at the court to capture them all? But they didn't dare not come because if they didn't come, they would clearly give Fang Jie a reason to start.

In the past, before going to court, the court officials would gather together in groups of three or three and whisper, and even after entering the hall, people would talk a few times. But today, everyone was very quiet.

After Fang Jie walked into the hall, the courtiers turned to look at him and then quickly lowered their heads. No one dared to look at Fang Jie's eyes, as if poisonous arrows could be emitted from those eyes.

As soon as Fang Jie entered the hall, civil servants and generals from the Black Flag Army bowed down and saluted: "I have seen the lord!"

Compared with those stupid and frightened court officials, it is clear.

Fang Jie waved his hand and walked to the front of the queue to stop. Originally, Yang Qinyan arranged a seat for him, but Fang Jie refused to accept it. It was not until Fang Jie stood at the position that the subordinates of the Black Flag Army stood up. Compared with those uneasy courtiers, the Black Flag Army were all very calm, as if nothing happened last night.

At this moment, Mu San came from the inner court, entered the hall and first gave a lecture to Fang, then stood up and said loudly: "Your Highness the Princess said that you won't come to the morning court today. All the officials and officials of the court reported to Duke Zhenguo to know that it is up to Duke Zhenguo to make a decision."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the courtiers took a breath.

Everyone thought that the eldest princess Yang Qinyan could be bullied, but now it is obvious that this woman's mind is really terrible. Fang Jie asked the Black Flag Army to take so many people last night, and Yang Qinyan could not have known it. I won't come to the morning court today, obviously I want to avoid this matter. Now, the eldest princess put aside this matter and pretended to be ignorant, ignored it, and let the side solve it. Those who originally planned to use the eldest princess could not even see her shadow.

In fact, last night, many people went outside the Tai Chi Palace and asked to meet His Royal Highness the Princess. But Yang Qinyan asked someone to tell the people outside that the Tai Chi Palace would not open at night. This is the rule. No matter how big the incident happened, they would have to wait until the morning court tomorrow to discuss it. Those who were turned away had to wait, but the morning court would not come at all.

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Mu San looked at the faces of the court officials and felt a little proud and a little depressed. He is now a legitimate official, but because he was a eunuch, it is most convenient to go to and from the Tai Chi Palace, so he is in charge of the affairs of the palace for the time being. Although the feeling of the harem chief is very pleasant, he wants to stand in the Tai Chi Palace like other people in the Black Flag Army to participate in political affairs.

"Last night."

Fang Jie turned around and looked at the court officials, his eyes slowly swept over.

"The Cav College and my personal military camp took some people. Those who are still here are at ease. All I ordered were people who were not good for the court. As for what crimes they had committed, there will be a notice in the future. I will only order a few people to talk about why I should take them."

"A while ago, there were traitors in Chang'an City who caused chaos, controlled the government, dismissed all officials, and sentenced the monarch to the ruthlessness. This person did not show his true face, so many people still don't know his identity. Later, there were rumors that this person was Emperor Taizu of the Great Sui Dynasty... How nonsense is that those who made up such lies were clear to subvert the Great Sui Dynasty. What's ridiculous is that some people believed such lies."

"As far as I know, most of the royal children in the city died at the hands of this person. If this person was resurrected by Emperor Taizu, would he commit the cruel act of massacreing his descendants? Many people don't understand this obvious truth. During those days, you are afraid that you are all in this Taiji Temple? I never force everyone to maintain a constant loyalty to the Sui Dynasty. It is understandable that you are compromising and seeking fullness in order to compromise. This is also the reason why I will not pursue everyone present, because you are just compromising and not following the thief."

"If the rebels kill so many royal nobles, what's the difference between such a crime? Lou Kongyu, Minister of Justice, Wu Hao, Minister of the Dali Temple Duan Chun, Chief of the Chang'an Prefecture Pei Dazhi... These people, holding the power to maintain the laws and regulations of the Great Sui Dynasty, became accomplices of the rebels in the rebellion. Needless to say, you know better than me, how many of the royal families in Chang'an City were arrested by them in person."

Fang Jie paused for a moment and continued, "The eldest princess didn't come to court early because she couldn't face such a person and could still stand in the court!"

The courtier lowered his head, and no one dared to interrupt.

"I thought to myself that after entering the city, I would work sincerely with all my ministers to stabilize Chang'an and even the world. But this is just my wishful thinking... The evil people will be punished by the evil people, so I will be the evil person who will punish the evil people. I should use the heavy sanctions in troubled times. I will only say these words once and will not mention them again in the future."

"I want to discuss something with you."

Fang Jie slowly paced in the hall: "The Xiaoqi School yamen has been interrogating overnight since last night, and no one can hide secrets in the Xiaoqi School yamen. However... the staff of the Xiaoqi School is limited after all, and I will not be busy with other things these days... Dugu, come and coordinate and arrange it, and everyone in the morning court will go to interrogate."

Fang Jie smiled and said, "There is another advantage to do this. No matter how powerful the Knight School is, it is not familiar with the matter in Chang'an City. The arrested people have known you for many years. You don't need to interrogate them. You know what secrets they have. As long as you see you sitting there, they will not be allowed to stop them."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was shocked.

ruthless!

Fang Jie's move is too ruthless.

Let the court officials interrogate the court officials, and one of his former colleagues sat in the lobby to judge the other became prisoners. Both the prisoners and the judges knew each other very well and could not hide the filth at all. If the questioning continues like this, the person sitting in the lobby may not be turned into prisoners.

If you continue to judge this, all the civil and military officials in the court will not be able to leave anyone behind.

At this time, the court officials were either frightened or angry, and Fang explained that this was clearly intended to catch them all in one place.

"this……"

After the young emperor ascended the throne, the old minister Yu Aishan, pondered for a moment, walked forward and bowed and said, "The Duke of China is so clever that those who do evil will have nowhere to hide. However... all the civil and military officials in the court are involved in this matter, and it is impossible to estimate any other matters in the court. If the court stops, it is useless to the people. In the opinion of the old minister, it is better to ask all the ministers to come back home and think about what the crimes of the traitors who were arrested, and then write a note to present it to the Duke of China."

In fact, when he said this, he was bargaining. He had no other considerations. If he said this, Fang Jie could ask him a question, since you all know what crimes those people have, why not expose them? If Fang Jie asked, it would be a dead end, and there would be no solution. If Fang Jie didn't ask, there would be room for easing.

I have to say that Jiang is still old, and Yu Aishan's move seems to have forced himself to lose his way out. Isn't it also a matter of retreating?

"It makes sense."

Fang Jie smiled slightly: "Then let it be. Let's take more thoughts when you look back. Those traitors who are not dead will be sorry for the dead souls, right?"

The implication of this sentence is that if those people do not die, you may be bitten to death.

"But it depends on the decision of the Duke!"

Yu Aishan breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and quietly wiped the sweat from his palms into his cuffs.

Fang Jie is truly forcing people to die without paying his life and leaving the life and death of those arrested to the court officials. In order to protect himself, the remaining people can only punish the arrested people to death. However, obviously Fang Jie does not intend to kill all the civil and military officials in the court. Since there is room for nothing, he can still get along with him in the future.
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