Han Shizu

The Imperial Prison has always been deserted, because there are not many people who are eligible to enter the Imperial Prison, but in the spring of the 28th year of the opening of the treasure, the Imperial City Imperial Prison in Luoyang is really lively and popular.

Among them, the most special person is undoubtedly the former imperial envoy and the top manager behind the prison, Wang Ji'en.

With the footsteps, the jade around the waist is constantly dangling, and the yellow spike at the end of the jade is a bit dazzling in this dark prison. It is extremely rare to come to the Imperial Prison.

Why Wang Jien was taken down by Emperor Liu, based on Zhang Bin's observation and understanding during his years as deputy envoy, the most important two points are that he deceived the officials too much and made too many claims on his own.

Realizing this, Zhang Bin naturally did not dare to hide anything from Emperor Liu, and reported Wang Jien's reaction and request to Emperor Liu in detail.Even if, Zhang Bin wished to dispose of Wang Jien as soon as possible. As the deputy envoy of the Imperial City Department, he was originally assigned to balance power. Round and flatten at will.

Therefore, Zhang Bin's experience in the Imperial City Division these years can be described as bitterness and tears. He has suffered all kinds of humiliation, and the mental pressure facing Wang Jien is too great.

But there is no possibility of compromise, after all, Emperor Liu is still watching from behind.If you offend Wang Jien, you can still save your life, but if you offend the old emperor... there shouldn't be such an option at all.

Zhang Bin also tried to confront Wang Jien tit-for-tat, and the result of the head-on fight was that he lost even the meager power he had in his hands. The key point is that he couldn't get more support from Emperor Liu. .

The struggle between the dogs' legs is extremely sad without the support of the master.No one knows how Zhang Bin has survived these years, and what kind of mental journey he has experienced, almost like a walking dead.

Finally, the day came for Zhang Bin, who endured the humiliation and humiliation, and finally "cleared the clouds and saw the sun".God can see pity, just yesterday, when he received a secret order from Emperor Liu on the way back from Wang Jien's mansion to celebrate his birthday, there are only four words about Zhang Bin's mood: God has eyes.

Cao Mengde once said that eunuchs are eunuchs, and the power is favored by the world's lord, and it is enough to kill a jailer.Now Emperor Liu has proved this point with facts. Wang Jien's so-called power is really insignificant in front of the old emperor.

And when the deputy envoy Zhang Bin is used to preside over the liquidation task, the efficiency will be even higher. Overnight, Wang Jien's disciples, disciples, and party followers were all controlled. This is what Wang Jien saw when he woke up from a hangover. origin.No one would have thought that the first task of the "Huangcheng Battalion" after its formation was to arrest their direct subordinate leaders.

Passing through many prison cells, it is obvious that the current "occupancy rate" of the edict prison is not low, but with so many people, it is obviously impossible for Emperor Liu to issue an edict to investigate, nor can it be during the period after the edict of decentralization was issued. It is conceivable how these people came here, and under what name they were arrested.

Emperor Liu's expression was very cold and he was indifferent. Under the guidance of the jailer, he went to the innermost cell where Wang Jien was being imprisoned.However, one day later, the situation was completely different. Although he was not shackled, his body was full of embarrassment, and now he looked like a sixty-year-old man.

He had heard the movements in the prison corridor a long time ago. When Emperor Liu's body came into view, Wang Jien's eyes lit up, and his old legs walked to the edge of the prison cell, kowtowing: "Young one, see the official house! See the official house!"

It was like suppressing the blood, no matter where he was, the first reaction to seeing Emperor Liu was always to worship and kowtow, but in this situation, Wang Jien's tone was much sadder.

Seeing this, Emperor Liu's old eyes also showed a touch of emotion, and some memories of the past also appeared in his mind. He stretched out his hand and said, "Zhang Bin said that you want to see me, and thinking of the decades of love, I will I came here to see you!"

Wang Ji'en was very familiar with Emperor Liu. Feeling his slight emotional changes, a little hope appeared in his eyes immediately. He got up and grabbed the iron fence, and mourned: "Officials, the little one is innocent! I implore the official, to see clearly, Don't listen to villains' slander and provocation."

"What an astute person you are, don't you really know the purpose of my coming to prison today?" When he opened his mouth, Emperor Liu's old face immediately turned cold, pointing to the surrounding prison cells, and said: "Other things, I won't do anything else for the time being." Ti, how did this messy person in the prison get in?"

Wang Jien's face was slightly stagnant, but his reaction was extremely fast, and he immediately said: "Young one was ordered to monitor the public opinion in Gyeonggi, these are suspicious people, young one—"

Before he could finish speaking, Emperor Liu quickly interrupted him with a stern tone: "I don't have time to listen to your sophistry, if you only have this nonsense in front of you, then I don't have to listen anymore!"

Hearing this, Wang Jien's old face turned pale again, he was stunned for a moment, and then he kowtowed and said in a trembling voice: "For the sake of serving the young one wholeheartedly for many years, can the official keep the young one alive?"

"No?" Emperor Liu replied very simply, "However, for the sake of your loyalty to the royal family for decades, I can leave your whole body!"

"Officials, even though the little one is at fault, I will be loyal to you!" Wang Ji'en was full of fear, tears streaming down his face, and bowed in a very sad way: "Young one, I will do no harm to you."

"You are harmless to me, but you are very harmful to the court!" Emperor Liu finally had a small outburst of emotions, and angrily scolded Wang Jien: "Thanks to you serving me for decades, you even forget what I most taboo Is it? It is because I have been extra lenient to you that I have treated you today without telling you what I did!"

Hearing what Emperor Liu said, Wang Jien's eyes immediately dimmed a lot. Although he had some doubts in his heart, he had already realized that Emperor Liu probably understood all of his shady deeds. At the same time, his life was probably true. I can't keep it.

A huge sense of fear swept over his whole body in an instant, and even his hands and feet were numb. Wang Jien sat slumped in the cold place, showing a somewhat unbearable expression.

However, a generation of great eunuchs is worthy in the end. After a while, Wang Jien raised his head again, his eyes were slightly red, and his voice was calm, with a little hope, he said: "All the crimes of the Imperial City Secretary are on the young one. There is no escape, and I have no complaints. But the younger adopted sons, who obey the orders from childhood, can they be punished lightly?"

Wang Jien's remaining three adoptive sons and their family members also did not escape, and all of them were captured, and they were also imprisoned at this time.Staring at Wang Ji'en for a while, seeing that his expression did not seem to be fake, Emperor Liu still said flatly: "Wang Shouzhong's crime is lighter and he can live, but the other two are not good, and his descendants can be sentenced to exile. Leaving a piece of incense is the last thing I will do to you. Gift!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Hearing this, Wang Jien kowtowed again, with a look of gratitude.

"I'm here to see you off, and it's worth the 40 years of being a master and a servant!" After another glance at Wang Jien, Emperor Liu sighed softly, turned around and left.

"Officials stay!" However, Wang Jien stopped him again.

"What else do you have to say?" Emperor Liu frowned slightly, his tone cold.

Wang Ji'en raised his voice and said solemnly: "Report to the official family, the little one is aggressive, rampant, and jealous, which has caused this disaster. The crime is unforgivable, and I dare not complain. When I am dying, I dare to report to the official family again. In other words, the officials must be careful of the young people around them, and they must not let down their vigilance against those who have ulterior motives."

"Who are you referring to as Xiao Xiao and those with ulterior motives?" Emperor Liu turned around and asked with great interest.

"Yantuo!" Wang Jien said directly without any hesitation.

As soon as the words came out, regardless of other people's reactions, Yan Tuo's face changed drastically, his legs softened, and he knelt down directly, and said fiercely: "Officials, this beast has bullied the king and committed crimes, and he still doesn't want to repent, so don't listen to his slander. ah.

The little one is loyal and wholehearted to the official family, but because of his old grievances, he accuses me of slandering him. How vicious his intentions are, let the official family learn from him! "

After saying that, Yan Tuo glared at Wang Jien viciously, if eyes could kill, Wang Jien in prison would have been crushed by now.

"Officials, don't forget the story of Yelvjing, the master of Khitan!" Wang Jien said earnestly again, then raised his head and looked at Yan Tuo coldly.There was a little joy in his eyes, as if he was saying: Old thief, I'm down, don't even think about it!
The two dogs, even when they were dying, still did not forget to bite each other. Emperor Liu was very moved. He looked at Wang Jien, and then gave meaningful glances at the frightened Yan Tuo. He turned and left without saying a word.

"Old thief! Leaving your whole body, it's cheap for you!" After Emperor Liu walked away, Yan Tuo got up swiftly and angrily yelled at Wang Ji'en.

"I'll wait for you below! Haha" Wang Jien burst into laughter with an arrogant expression on his face.

Inside the Luanjia, Emperor Liu's body swayed slightly with the bumps. On the side, Yan Tuo was rarely waiting in the Luanjia. It could be seen that he was a little restless. The reason was naturally because of Wang Jien's back bite in the prison.

Emperor Liu was expressionless, but it was difficult for Yan Tuo to maintain his usual calm. His face was a little red, his back was hot and sweaty, and he struggled for a while. Finally, he kowtowed to Emperor Liu and said in mourning: "Official, little one!" Wrong!"

"What did you wrong?" Emperor Liu asked indifferently when he saw his condition.

"That traitor Wang Ji'en knew he was going to die, and wanted to bury the young one with him, so he bit and framed him. What he said was groundless and purely conjecture. I hope the officials will investigate!" Yan Tuo panicked in his heart, but his tongue was still sharp.

Hearing this, Emperor Liu smiled softly: "You two have been fighting for decades, and it's not like I don't know what Wang Jien has in mind, can't I see it? A man who is about to die speaks kindly, and a bird's The sound of dying is also mournful, this man is not even as good as a bird."

Hearing what Emperor Liu said, Yan Tuo burst into tears, and hurriedly said: "The official is wise! The official is wise! That's exactly it!"

However, after Yan Tuo finished worshiping, Emperor Liu said leisurely again: "But if you say it, how many years have you served me?"

"Your Majesty, if you count from the 11th year of Qianyou, it has been 33 years!" Yan Tuo wiped away his tears and replied, he can remember these clearly.

"33 years, it's a long time!" Hearing this, Emperor Liu's old eyes showed a look of nostalgia, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses, and said to him calmly: "I know I'm not easy to serve, can you help me when I'm here?" It's not easy to stay by your side for so long!"

"Being able to serve the official family is really a blessing and an honor that can't be cultivated in a few lifetimes!" Yan Tuo blurted out the words of loyalty.

"You are an old man of Jinyang Palace. In terms of closeness, you are closer than Zhang Dejun. You are now in your sixtieth year. Have you ever thought about the rest of your life?" Emperor Liu asked as if talking heart-to-heart.

Yan Tuo kept nervous all the time, shook his head without thinking: "The young one only knows how to serve the officials, and has no other thoughts, not to mention sixties, who are ancient and octogenarian. As long as there is still breath, the young ones will serve the officials!"

"You old bastard, you still want to serve me until you are seventy or eighty years old? You don't even know why it is a thief to be old and not die. Do you want to be that annoying old thief with me?" Emperor Liu chuckled.

Yan Tuo couldn't laugh at this, lowered his head and said in a trembling voice: "The official's words make me very frightened!"

Emperor Liu smiled, thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Tell me the truth, have you ever thought about going out of the palace and spending your old age peacefully, I can give you a favor!"

Suddenly hearing this, Yan Tuo was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "I never thought of this, I just want to serve the official family wholeheartedly. Besides, even if I leave the palace, the world is so big, there is nowhere to go!"

"Don't you have an adopted son in Hedong? You have grown up now, you can go back to Taiyuan and enjoy the service of descendants!" Emperor Liu said softly: "To tell you the truth, Zhang Dejun violated my taboo, of course It is not a pity to die, but I have no doubt about his loyalty to me. I would not be happy to give him death!

You, like Zhang Dejun, are my old slaves, and you also have feelings.You have served the imperial court for 33 years and have seen too many secrets about the royal family. This is not a good thing for you.

While I can still move, I can give you a decree of grace.I have already lost a loyal servant, and I don't want you to have any troubles in the future."

Hearing what Emperor Liu said, Yan Tuo thought to himself, as long as the officials trust me, who can do anything to me?While thinking about it, there was a moved look on his face, and he said: "The officials are so considerate of the little ones, and the little ones will be remembered forever, and will never be forgotten. However, the little ones only want to serve the officials for the rest of their lives, and they don't want to covet Personal comfort and enjoyment!"

Emperor Liu silently looked at Yan Tuo with scrutiny in his eyes. After a long time, he smiled lightly and said, "This is just my occasional thought. If you don't want to, I won't force you. However, the chance is only this time. If you miss it , there will be no more!"

Yan Tuo immediately said: "Forgive me for speaking out boldly, even if I die, I will die in the palace and by the side of the officials!"

"Hehe." Emperor Liu smiled again, and his mood seemed to improve: "It's rare that you have such loyalty!"

As he said that, Emperor Liu completely recovered his usual indifference, raised his finger and said, "I know you have a long-standing grudge with Zhang Dejun, and I'm afraid it's uncomfortable for you to bite me just now! In this way, if you send Zhang Dejun on the road, you will also act on my behalf." Give him a ride!"

"Yes!" Such an order, to Yan Tuo at this time, was simply ecstasy. There were too many surprises and reversals, so he responded immediately without thinking too much.

After finishing speaking, he stepped back from the Luanjia respectfully, and soon, there was another sound of hooves of a fast horse.Listening to the gradually receding movement, Emperor Liu's eyes were extremely indifferent.

On that day, Wang Ji'en, the once mighty envoy of the imperial city, died in imperial prison.This had a huge impact on the Imperial City Department. A major rectification that could be described as traumatic and bone-shattering began. Most of Wang Jien's disciples, disciples, and confidantes were brought to justice in the follow-up rectification.As a result, the Imperial City Division's momentum plummeted, but Emperor Liu said that from now on, he would travel lightly.

Such a change left the onlookers dumbfounded, and many bureaucrats didn't know whether to be happy or not. The happy thing is that this power is dead, and the power of the imperial city is declining. However, this does not seem to be the efforts of their loyal ministers, but overall , should be happy.

And a few days later, before Emperor Liu's fifty-ninth birthday, Yantuo, the chief servant and chief servant who was rampant in the inner court, disappeared in the process of carrying out an ordinary mission of Emperor Liu, and nothing happened more suddenly.There were a lot of rumors in the palace, but it was certain that Yan Tuo died, and many people knew how he died.

The reason for killing Wang Ji'en is needless to say. As for Yan Tuo, it is more obscure, but in comparison, Yan Tuo is somewhat wronged.To put it bluntly, there are some reasons for killing one's heart. Of course, Yan Tuo has done a lot of taboo things, especially in recent years, but what really made Emperor Liu feel murderous is that this person made Emperor Liu realize that A restless heart fuels the flames in those inconspicuous places
Of course, what Wang Jien said in the prison also reminded Emperor Liu that his murderous intentions had suddenly arisen and had a violent attack.

Facts once again proved that in the era of Emperor Liu, it was difficult to have a political turmoil that did not kill people or shed blood.