Chapter 174: On the line
The ministers in the hall, including the Khitan leader Li Jinzhong, who was the first to bear the brunt of the enemy, were waiting for the emperor's edict.
In the eyes of both of them, there is still a great chance of survival this time.
After all, they were the leaders of the eight Khitan tribes and had a high prestige in the Khitan. The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty should also let them go back to appease the Khitan tribe for the sake of maintaining stability.
What's more, they had already confessed their guilt and imposed the law, which gave the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty a step forward. The Tang Dynasty is now suffering from internal and external troubles. There is a rebellion in the Yangzhou in the southeast and a Tubo invasion in the northwest. Where can they still have the ability to open up a third battlefield in the northeast? If the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is knowledgeable, he should know how to stop when he sees the good.
Moreover, with so many important officials of the Tang Dynasty pleading for them, the court style is quite beneficial!
This time, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was a mute who had to eat even if he had to eat, and even if he didn't eat!
Unexpectedly, Yang Yao slowly stood up and sneered, "Li Jinzhong, Sun Wanrong, collude with Wu Sansi to rebel first. I am grateful to him for not being Wang Hua and forgive the two. Unexpectedly, the two of them have a wolf ambition, and they have become more aggressive, and they collude with Pei Yan to rebel, which is unforgivable! Three days later, at the Luoyang City Gate, Ling Chi will be executed!"
Lingchi executed?!
Everyone was shocked when they suddenly heard that the emperor had given such a harsh punishment.
Even Li Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong could hardly believe their ears. Is this Emperor of Tang going crazy? I wonder if there were hundreds of thousands of Khitans standing behind them?
Li Jinzhong asked back, "Master, if I were tortured to death, would I want to force the Khitans to oppose the Khitans?"
Yang Yao said coldly, "Li Jinzhong, listen well! Sun Wanrong dared to shoot arrows at me and shot my crown. His regicide is obvious. The Khitans have rebelled, so I still need to force me to rebel?!"
In the clear sense, shooting the emperor with arrows must be a death sentence, and it is an unforgivable death sentence! But if you say in private that Guan Zhong also shot Duke Huan of Qi, he really shot it. It was a much worse nature to take Duke Huan of Qi, which was much worse than Sun Wanrong's nature.
However, Duke Huan of Qi still forgives Guan Zhong afterwards, and does not blame him before and even reuses him.
Therefore, whether the emperor is shooting or not is not the point. The point is whether the emperor should take advantage of the issue and make it clear.
Yang Yao's immediate attitude was to deliberately capture Sun Wanrong's offense and directly exaggerate the Khitans to the cross of rebellion.
Li Jinzhong was speechless by his refutation. No minister, including Di Renjie, dared to come out to persuade him. Who dared to stand up in public and say that Sun Wanrong should not be subject to the most severe death penalty when shooting the emperor at the arrow?
Believe it or not, the emperor will directly charge him for accomplice?!
Di Renjie was silent for a while, and was it impossible to refute directly, or was it necessary to go indirectly, "Master, now wars are everywhere, if the Khitan rebelled, how should we deal with it?"
Yang Yao said slowly, "Di Gong, the Zhengshi Hall issued an order to summon it to Bohai and Marine, and ordered the two tribes to reorganize their arms and prepare for war. Taking advantage of the Khitan main force being annihilated, the leader Li Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong were executed by our Tang Dynasty Lingchi, and the leader had no leader, and attacked the eight Khitan tribes. After the matter was completed, divide the land, population, and money of the Khitan!"
"Zhang Qianxu, General of the Right Yulin Guard, I will ask you to lead 30,000 troops to Youzhou, join the two countries of Bohai and Mohe, and jointly attack the Khitan!"
He looked at Sun Wanrong, coughed, and continued, "Since the traitor Sun Wanrong claims that the Khitans are endless, then General Zhang's mission is to join the Bohai and the Marine tribes, and massacre the Khitans. I want to see whether the Khitans are extremely killed or endless!"
Yang Yao issued an order to massacre the Khitans in the court. As the military commander, Xue Na really couldn't understand the emperor's thoughts!
Everyone thought that when it was time to kill, the emperor wanted to forgive him. For example, the Wu family and the ministers who followed Pei Yan.
Everyone thought that when it was time to forgive, the emperor wanted to kill, and torture him. For example, Li Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong in front of him.
However, after defeating the Empress Dowager and Pei Yan, Yang Yao's authority had reached its peak, and Xue Na could no longer speak out for advice like before.
Zhang Qianxu stood up hesitantly and asked, "Master, is there too few soldiers to attack and destroy the Khitan?"
Yang Yao said coldly, "General Zhang, there are too few soldiers and horses. You can still recruit soldiers and horses in Zhechong Prefecture, Hebei! I agree that all the money that voluntarily joins the army to attack the Khitan in Liaodong will belong to you!"
Yang Yao's edict was very simple. It can be translated as: the men of the Tang Dynasty were willing to participate in the looting of the Khitans, and all they robbed were theirs.
Rely on the ability of the battlefield to make profits. If you kill more, you will grab more! If you grab more, you will earn more!
The emperor of the Tang Dynasty actually publicly encouraged the burning, killing and looting of Liaodong in the court. This is completely a rebellion against Emperor Taizong's pacification policy!
Li Jinzhong and Sun Wanrong knew that his death was coming, so he shouted and cursed Yang Yao, "The foolish lord! The foolish lord!"
Yang Yao was too lazy to pay attention to these two people, so he sent Wang De to the scene, blocked the two of them, and slapped them ten times in the face.
Di Renjie sighed, "Master, Emperor Taizong treats his neighbors well and achieves the reputation of Tian Khan. However, the Master changed the national policy, which seems to be biased."
Tian Khan?
It’s just a false reputation, but it’s just for marriage, giving women, skills, and craftsmen!
During the reign of Emperor Taizong, Songtsen Gampo of Tubo was only 100,000 troops, and even struggling to defeat Songzhou was very difficult. As a result, after sending Princess Wencheng to marry him, he raised Tubo to a white and fat man with big arms and round waists.
By the time Lunqinling was in power, Tubo's strength had long doubled. He could gather 400,000 troops to defeat Xue Rengui of the Tang Dynasty, laying the foundation for the rise of Tubo in one fell swoop.
This is the credit of Emperor Taizong. I really don’t care about leaving the name of Tian Khan to myself and leaving the troubles to my descendants!
Don’t bother with me, such as Khan, or the Turks, if you don’t surrender, I will support other forces and directly reduce the number of people and destroy the clan!
Of course, if you openly oppose Emperor Taizong's national policy, you can only think about it in your heart and not make it public.
Yang Yao sneered, "Duke Di, this is the time and that is the time! During the reign of Emperor Taizong, some people dared to shoot the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty?!"
He once again brought out the incident of Sun Wanrong shooting the emperor with his arrow, and his intention was very clear. Khitan, I have been destroyed! No one can force me again!
Since the emperor ordered the public looting of the Khitan territory in Liaodong as bait to mobilize the soldiers of the Zhechong Prefecture in Hebei to go to Liaodong for war, Zhang Qianxu had nothing to say, so he could only take the order, "I, go to Hebei Road to recruit soldiers and go to Liaodong immediately!"
In the court, the ministers were silent.
Chapter completed!