Chapter 639 Military High Pressure
At the end of the first day of the purge, there were thousands of ordinary religious people detained in Chang'an City. Liu Yu gathered officials from Jingzhao Prefecture, Six Defense Department and Third Department to summarize and think about it a day later. These officials basically had only one expression, that is, the situation was so big that they expected.
All the cells were crowded in one day, and various frame-up reports were common. Some residents in the city offend people, fearing that they would be reported as believers and be imprisoned. In these days, entering a cell was like walking in the Hall of Hell. The people were afraid of being beaten to death and were unwilling to go into the cell.
After listening to the following report, Liu Yu felt that it was time to adjust his strategy and tighten the network first.
"Tomorrow, the ordinary cultists detained in the cell will be registered and released after being released. Some missionaries will remain detained and wait for further instructions from the court."
After the officials left, Liu Yu estimated that there are many religious people in the entire Chang'an City now. If the matter is not handled well this time, it will turn into a large-scale riot. There are also many anti-party members in Chang'an City, and they are also waiting for the opportunity to retaliate.
Liu Yu returned to the inner court. Liu Yu, who originally wanted to have a good rest for a night, was disturbed many times overnight. It was mainly because of a little turmoil in Chang'an City.
As the commander of the General Defense Department and the Minister of War, Li Mi came to the palace to see Liu Yu that night. After Liu Yu learned about it, he ignored it and felt that there was a small chaos in the city. However, Li Mi repeatedly asked someone to pass the message in the inner court, which also made Liu Yu feel the importance of the problem.
He didn't even sleep well, and Liu Yu was in a bad mood. When he arrived at Yaqian Hall, he found that in addition to Li Mi, the right prime minister Han Sheng was also there.
"How serious is it outside?" Liu Yu looked at Li Mi's temporary memorial. Without sending all the letters to the Yaqian Hall, he asked in the face.
Li Mi said: "People set fire and disturb the city everywhere, bandits acted at night, and there were also people who took the opportunity to kill and loot. There was a panic in Chang'an City."
"Where is the King of the King of Jingzhao Mansion... Where is the King of the Prince?" Liu Yu looked around and saw Wang Hu.
Li Mi said: "The Prince's Concubine was running around with the yamen. There were still fire dragon teams in the city to put out the fire, and the Six Defense Department Office was also helping to put out the fire. The city defense was slack, afraid that it would be taken advantage of by outsiders..."
After all, Liu Yu hadn't gone outside the palace, so he didn't know how in chaos outside. Liu Yu looked at Han Sheng on the side and asked, "Why did Han Xiangshu come?"
Han Sheng said with a serious expression: "The fourth prince and the fifth prince... were found dead in a prison tonight..."
Liu Yu was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Han Sheng, and said in surprise: "All dead? Why did you die? We have agreed on it?"
Han Sheng shook his head helplessly and said, "It seems that he was killed by someone."
Liu Yu was a little angry. Now the rebels wanted to assassinate some people in the court. The target was not Liu Yu and the direct political leaders around him, because these people were closely guarded. On the contrary, the princes who had been punished were killed because they were guarded and the court did not pay too much attention to him.
"This is quite cruel." Liu Yu said, "I killed several princes and Concubine Li, and I will put all the shit on me. Han Xiang, go and take a look, and strengthen the protection of other princes and princesses of the Su family living in Chang'an City, so as to ensure that there is no more accidents."
Han Sheng received the order and went to make arrangements overnight, while Li Mi was still staying, waiting for Liu Yu to make further arrangements.
Liu Yu asked Li Mi to follow him into the Yaqian Hall. As soon as he stood still, Wang Hu asked outside to see him. Liu Yu asked Wang Hu to come in. At this time, Wang Hu was covered in dust, as if he had just been robbed and had just been caught in the pond.
"What's the situation?" Liu Yu asked.
"Sir, you go out and take charge, the students... the students can't hold on anymore." Wang Hu was so tired that when he arrived at Yaqian Hall, a foul stinking smell on his body made Liu Yu feel pungent.
After Wang Hu's explanation, Liu Yu roughly understood the situation in the city. Basically, as Li Mi said, there were people making trouble everywhere in the city, including ecclesiastical people, and there were people who made trouble with the people who made trouble, burned, killed, looted, and the entire Chang'an City was not at peace. Wang Hu and hundreds of yamen servants in Jingzhao Mansion were unable to take into account the chaos in the entire Chang'an City after breaking their legs, so they had to come to Liu Yu for help like Li Mi.
"How is the martial law in the city?" Liu Yu asked after listening to Wang Hu's story.
"Sir, if martial law is useful, why is it so far?" Wang Hu said dejectedly, "Just show your power and punish those mobs. Only in this way can the capital be less confused."
Wang Hu admired Liu Yu quite a bit, and he felt that as long as Liu Yu took action, he would definitely stabilize the overall situation.
But now Liu Yu has no other way than to transfer the army into the city. When it comes to which army to transfer, Liu Yu thought about it. Because of its own institutional problems, the two camps in Chang'an City are not his direct descendants. Now it is best to transfer the new army into the city.
Liu Yu immediately issued a warrant, asking Huo Bing to leave the city overnight to mobilize troops. The new army entered the city from the east gate and the south gate, and the whole city was in martial law.
In this way, Chang'an City returned to a high-pressure state of military pressure, which was also the method used by Liu Yu to rush Su Yan to step down. It was to temporarily suppress the chaos in Chang'an City with force. After the army guarded all the streets and key passes in the city, it sent Jingzhao Prefecture Office and soldiers from the Sixth Defense Department to check the followers of the Three Puritans.
This high-pressure military attitude will not last only for one month as the beginning of the year. This state will always exist before the three Puritans were completely eradicated. Liu Yu also decided to cooperate with the actions of force in the implementation of all government orders, and at the same time, a group of new troops stationed in other places will be transferred to Guanzhong to prevent the people of the Three Puritans from using their political relations to usurp the throne.
When Li Mi and Wang Hu heard the orders given by Liu Yu, they knew that the good days of Chang'an City were over. Now the court was going to start a reorganization with the Three Puritans. This was like a war without military wars. Whoever was more cruel would be able to laugh to the end. After Liu Yu finished making arrangements, he shouted to Wang Hu: "Go out to do business and have not calmed the riots in the city, so don't even want to sleep!"
Wang Hu left the palace in disappointment and stood firm at his post, while Li Mi wanted to discuss some arrangements for the army after entering the city on behalf of the Ministry of War.
In the second half of the night, the new army began to enter the city in batches, and entered the street intersection in the city from east and south, taking over the original martial law responsibilities of Jingzhao Prefecture and the Sixth Defense Office.
Huo Bing was responsible for leading troops into the city this time, and Liu Yu also intended to make such arrangements. Although Huo Bing was impulsive, what the army wanted to enter the city this time was his impulse. After the martial law, anyone who took advantage of the chaos and caused trouble could be killed on the spot. Unless you have to see a doctor and have children at night, or there is an official road to guide you, the people will have to bear all the consequences.
As soon as the army entered the city and had a little conflict in a few places in the city, Chang'an City was basically quiet. After all, the army was different from Jingzhao Prefecture and the Six Defense Department. The soldiers were not used to the problem and would not stuff the people in the yamen. Those who were caught did not need to ask whether they were the commander or the accomplice. They would kill them. As long as a few were killed, the rest would be afraid. When the people who came out to cause trouble saw that the situation was wrong, they would quickly disperse. Even if they could not go home, they would find a place to hide them. If they were caught, they would die.
When it was almost dawn, Liu Yu was still waiting for news in Yaqian Hall. Judging from the feedback from all parties, Chang'an City had basically settled down.
Although the army can quickly calm the situation when entering the city, follow-up problems will arise. After dawn, the ordinary life of the residents in Chang'an City will be unsustainable, and the subsequent martial law of the court will cause the entire Chang'an City to enter a long-term depression.
When Tianming, officials from the Shangshutai, including Han Sheng, Sui Yu and Chai Jin and other big and small officials arrived, Liu Yu held an extraordinary meeting and mainly explained the matter.
Because the court's repeated wars against the outside world have ended, and the money and food are no longer particularly nervous, Liu Yu is preparing to temporarily open many places in the city as porridge farms, one is to help the needy people, and the other is to prevent ordinary people from being displaced due to this incident. Liu Yu asked Sui Yu to be responsible for this matter, strictly investigate the issue of filling the upper and lower levels of private pockets, and ensure that the residents in Chang'an City can settle down.
At the same time, Liu Yu also prepared a complete set of measures to prevent some sudden situations. In terms of opening and trading, Liu Yu followed the experience of martial law in the city last time, and opened one hour a day to change the market in several important locations in the city. In order to prevent illegal merchants from hoarding some daily necessities, Liu Yu also asked Sui Yu to arrange for the Trade Department to sell affordable daily necessities, including firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea on the market. As long as you are responsible for these seven things, the people in the city will be generally at peace.
After explaining the matter well, the people from Shangshutai quickly went down and arranged the matters. Sui Yu stayed alone and discussed some matters of civil and military contact with Liu Yu. Because now that the army enters the city, many affairs in Chang'an City must be mainly military, and the government must temporarily obey military arrangements. Therefore, Sui Yu hopes that Liu Yu can open up a channel so that the court can have a certain degree of coordination with the generals entering the city.
"I will leave this matter to the Ministry of War to handle it." Liu Yu nodded, "You go and do yours first, and you will bring the news over when you look back."
When Sui Yu left, Liu Yu did not immediately summon a group of ministers who came to see him. Now no matter who was in Chang'an City, he was in danger. Even officials went to the palace to inquire about the news. Liu Yu made some arrangements for personnel and transferred Sui Yi, who had been in the Ministry of Rites, to the Ministry of War to help Li Mi. In his official position, Liu Yu asked Sui Yi to temporarily serve as the Minister of War. His real responsibility was to be responsible for the communication between the Jingzhao Prefecture, the Commerce Department, the court and the Six Defense Department's yamen in the city to follow up on the army stationed in Chang'an City, and forward all the news to Liu Yu.
After Liu Yu called Sui Yi and arranged the errand, Sui Yi took a breath and asked, "Is it... too complicated?"
"It's not too complicated. Your current position is important. In addition, I will send a group of people to help you do things. You will also do things carefully these days. When the matter is over, you can be named a marquis and a prime minister. You have to do things with your heart."
Liu Yu drew a big cake. Although it was nothing, this trick was very good for Sui Yi. Sui Yi had been in the Ministry of Rites for more than half a year and was almost suffocated. He was the kind of person who couldn't stay idle. After so long, he was eager to do something big. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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