Chapter 1212

The king of Yizhou died of the military situation of the disorderly army and flew into the capital with wings. After receiving it, the emperor was very sad and shed tears. Then people were forced to disclose the news to the Empress Dowager and let the Empress Dowager recuperate well.

When King Yizhou died, all the private troops he kept were dug up. The next step is to deal with the aftermath.

After a thorough investigation, the emperor found that some of the officials and aristocratic families following the king of Yizhou followed him more than ten years ago.

It is reasonable that at least three ethnic groups should be killed in a rebellion. As many as 20000 people need to be questioned for such an involvement.

Wei Zhi and others pleaded for mercy, hoping to only ask the first offender.

After thinking about it, the emperor agreed and asked Wei Zhi and others to find out what the people involved had done over the past ten years. They were punished according to the law. Many people had committed acts of occupying good land and murdering their lives. In the past, they were all hiding their feelings from each other, so they were not investigated.

This time, many people can't stand the investigation because of the involvement of Yizhou Wang's case.

The Ministry of punishment was so busy that old Tang and Wei Zhi had to stay in the Ministry of punishment to deal with serious criminals.

However, a considerable number of people have been wronged.

But no matter whether they are wronged or not, those involved must be copied and lose their property first, and then whether they are within the scope of "forgiveness" stipulated by the emperor. If they are released, everything must start again.

But with so many people screened one by one, it is estimated that it will take half a year or even longer to complete the audit.

Then he was busy with the Ministry of officials. This time, several assassins were involved, especially the officials of Jiannan road.

Although he was not killed as an accomplice of the Yizhou king, for example, the captured assassin Zhang and the assassin Zizhou who wrote to plead for guilt, all of them had to be replaced in the end.

At this moment, the Ministry of officials can't transfer so many people. The key is that if we take people from this place, there will be a shortage of people in that place again.

Therefore, the official department was also bald. Finally, he proposed with the emperor that he wanted to take a big examination in the official department after the spring. This time, the big examination was only for the Imperial College, and then for the national big examination after the spring.

The emperor considered and agreed.

Things began to get organized. The official guard in Changqing Lane also withdrew. Bai Shan and Bai Erlang could go to school again. Man Bao also began to quietly try to sit in the medicine shop.

Then, the Imperial Palace, which was controlled by the queen like an iron bucket, was leaked in. At this time, Yan Li was already on the road with the coffins of Yizhou king and his son.

The Empress Dowager heard that Yizhou Wang had died in the disorderly army, so she vomited a mouthful of blood and fainted. Xiao hospital was rescuing half of the imperial doctors in the imperial hospital, and finally robbed people back.

At that time, the emperor was discussing with the ministers in his study. When he heard the speech, he immediately left the state affairs and went to the rear palace. He waited outside the Empress Dowager's Hall in person.

The queen stood beside him and looked at him apologetically.

The emperor stretched out his hand to hold her, gently patted her on the shoulder and sighed, "I don't blame you. It's the limit that you can hide so many days."

The queen said, "it's not Ying. It's Zhang Bin's mother. When she came to see her in the palace, she quietly contacted the people in Yunfeng palace."

She paused and said, "Yunfeng is now locked up in the cold palace by me. Has your majesty decided what to do?"

The emperor asked, "what does Zitong think?"

"Yunfeng is a girl. She can't know about her father. Xinqing is only eight years old. Let them comfort their mother's heart."

The emperor replied in a low voice, which was the reason why he didn't lock Xinqing up with his father and brother.

Xiao Yuanzheng and others withdrew and reported to the Emperor: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager woke up and just refused to take medicine."

The emperor stretched out his hand and said, "give me the medicine."

Worried, the queen stepped forward: "Erlang."

The emperor turned back and smiled at her and said softly, "it's all right. You're not in good health. Go back to the Palace first."

The queen watched him carry the medicine into the house with worry. After a while, the palace people in the Empress Dowager's Palace also withdrew tremblingly.

There were only mother and son left in the huge palace. The emperor put the bowl on the table, reached out his hand to gently help his mother up, and whispered, "mother, take some medicine."

The Empress Dowager turned her head aside and ignored him.

The emperor held up the spoon and saw that she didn't want to take medicine, so he sighed and withdrew his hand, "how can mother take medicine?"

The Empress Dowager didn't speak for a long time. She turned to look at the emperor and said in a hoarse voice: "in my life, there are only six most important people. Your sister left me very early. The pain of losing her son is like cutting her heart. I thought I wouldn't experience it again, but you let me bear it three times, even your father..."

The emperor clenched the bowl in his hand, the tip of his nose was sour, his eyes were red, and raised his head, "mother, do you blame me for the death of your eldest brother and father?"

The Empress Dowager knocked down the medicine bowl in his hand, grabbed his sleeve and said angrily, "if you hadn't killed Saburo, how could your father turn white overnight and go so early?"

The emperor opened his mouth and said, "mother, I don't regret killing my third brother. I have no way back. At the beginning, he cut off my way back, but my father sat in the back of the town with one eye closed. I can only kill him, I can live, and hundreds of thousands of my soldiers can live."

"What about the old five?" the Empress Dowager's chest fluctuated and her eyes were red. "He can't fight you. The tens of thousands of private troops he keeps are just like children playing in front of you. Why can't you let him live? You can either seize the nobility, demote to the common people, or exile... "

"Mother," the emperor interrupted her, "it's all accidents. There are no eyes on the battlefield..."

"No accident!" The Empress Dowager said firmly, "if you really want to, how dare Yan Li kill him?"

She said, "Yan Li left Beijing before Wulang came to Beijing. You already knew, didn't you? Then why did you delay until now? You locked him in the palace. How did he escape? Tell me, how did he escape? "

The emperor did not speak.

The Empress Dowager's heart was painful and angry. She couldn't help slapping him in the face and crying: "I have only two sons, only two of your brothers. Why are you so cruel? He is your own brother, he is your own brother..."

The emperor knelt to the ground in silence.

The Empress Dowager cried bitterly, "and Xin'an and xin'ping. How old are they? What do they know? Xinping hasn't married yet. Is your heart made of stone? "

The emperor lowered her head and let her beat and scold. The queen stood outside the hall listening to the movement in the hall. After half a ring, she sighed and sent the palace away a little. Then she turned and left.

The emperor was afraid that she would cry too faintly. While being beaten, he stretched out his hand to hold his mother.

Tired, the Empress Dowager leaned powerlessly on the pillow and twisted her head into the bed. "I don't want to see you. Go."