Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

On June 23, [-] scholars from Yangzhou, Huaidong, petitioned at the Yamen of Yangzhou, hoping that the prefect of Yangzhou would submit a memorial to the imperial court to reduce or exempt the people of Huaidong from taxes.

On June 25, the emergency memorial on Jiangnan West Road came to the capital again, and the number of Cao Cheng's rebels reached [-] in just a few months.

In an instant, it seemed that a violent storm had swept across half of the south.

The city of Tokyo at this time was so oppressive that it was hard to breathe.

On the evening of June 25th, Yu Dajun, a doctor on the right, arrived at the gate of the palace and knelt at the gate of the palace.

He shouted loudly: "Please His Majesty the Emperor, please issue an edict to reduce and exempt southern taxes for five years, so as to reassure the people!"

Chapter 523 Beating to Death (Part [-])

Gao Qiu rolled his eyes and said from the side: "Officials, this Yu Dajun minister has been in contact with. This person is timid and a flatterer. If he dares to kneel at the gate of the palace and say such words, I'm afraid... ..."

"Afraid of what?"

"There must be someone behind this."

Zhao Ning was actually a little surprised.

What surprised him was not that someone asked him to issue a "crime order", but that it was Yu Dajun who came out to be the striker.

As Gao Qiu said.

Who is Yu Dajun?

Cowardly and soft egg!

He is kneeling at the gate of the palace now, playing this game does not match his character design!

Then there is only one reason, there is a fatal handle in the hands of others, once the showdown, death is certain.

"Who is instigating?"

"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. As for who is instigating it, I dare not make a judgment lightly." Gao Qiu said cautiously.

He doesn't talk about Qin Hui anymore.

Objectively speaking, it is possible for anyone.

Who can have a seat in the court, which one does not have his own power behind him?

Zhao Ding, He Li, Qin Hui, Cai Mao.

Even if you put a pig in the position of chief executive, you can cultivate a bunch of your own people in a few years.

Not to mention there are six ministers and ministers.

Is it possible that many officials in the court have farms in the south, and even have a bigger business than Qin Hui in the north?

For example, Cai Mao, the old party leader who was severely injured in the Luoyang case, is it possible that he arranged this drama?

Or He Li, who has been very low-key and low-key, but is trying to regain the position of prime minister?

Or is it Mo Chou who has been pretending to lick the dog, but secretly hooking up everywhere?

Zhao Ning knew in his heart that this Yu Dajun was just a stone throwing stones to ask for directions.

According to the many things that have happened so far, once he compromises a little, countless people will rush in like a torrent.

The memorials before us are a good illustration of this point.

Zhao Ning looked at Gao Qiu and said, "Go, go and ask Yu Dajun, who made him kneel there and say those words, and if he doesn't say anything, beat him to death, until he is killed."

"Yes." Gao Qiu immediately led a group of minions of the Imperial City Secretary to the gate of the palace.

At this time, Yu Dajun's behavior has also spread to the East Mansion.

Miraculously, senior officials such as Zaizhi, Shangshu, and Shilang of the Eastern Mansion remained silent, and mid-level officials such as Langzhong and Yuanwailang did not express their views, and did not even discuss the matter with each other.

Those low-level officials and civil servants even pretended not to know anything.

From this point of view, in fact, everyone knows that someone is instigating behind the scenes, and they all know that this matter will inevitably involve a lot. The relevant people are waiting for the opportunity, and the unrelated people do not want to get involved.

The news quickly spread to the Yamen of Kaifeng Prefecture and to Zhao Gou's ears. Zhao Gou didn't speak, but continued to work.

The six ministries of the three provinces and the government office in Kaifeng all presented an extremely strange atmosphere, which was so depressing that it was suffocating.

There is no sun in the sky, the summer stratus clouds are low, there is no wind, and the heat is unbearable.

Gao Qiu led the people to the gate of the palace.

The bosses of the imperial city were wearing brocade clothes and black shoes, all of them looked icy like sculptures.

As soon as Yu Dajun raised his head, his arms were raised, and he asked, "What are you going to do?"

No one answered his question.

Yu Dajun was taken in and thrown on the ground outside the Daqing Hall.

Gao Qiu was holding a few walnuts in his hand and turned around, with a smile on his face: "Yu Dajun, you are quite courageous!"

"Gao Qiu?"

"Who made you say these things outside the palace?"

Yu Dajun immediately shouted righteously: "Gao Qi! You traitor! You deceive the emperor and do all kinds of evil! Aren't you afraid of retribution!"

Gao Qiu still had a smile on his face, twirling his walnut leisurely, he said: "I ask you, who ordered you to say these things outside the palace?"

"You treacherous minister! How many good people have you killed! You will definitely leave a reputation of eternal infamy!"

"Come here, beat him, beat him hard, until he says so." Gao Qiu showed a traitorous smile.

Several officials of the imperial city held up sticks and tied Yu Dajun to the bench.

Yu Dajun's expression changed drastically, and he shouted loudly: "What are you doing! This is the imperial palace, outside the Daqing Palace! What are you doing!"

No one answered his words, but beat him with sticks.

When the stick fell, Yu Dajun wailed in pain.

Yu Dajun was white and fat, with thin skin and tender meat, how could he stand up to this kind of punishment, and his screams were as miserable as a pig slaughtering scene.

Even the officials in the Pushe Hall and the Shangshu Hall can hear it.

Many officials pricked up their ears, and after listening carefully, their expressions inevitably changed drastically.

The news that Yu Dajun was punished outside the Daqing Hall was quickly spread by the servants in the palace.

Some officials also got the news quickly, but everyone still kept silent tacitly.

After being beaten with more than ten sticks, Yu Dajun was so painful that he was about to pass out.

He cursed: "Gao Qiu! You will die!"

"Yu Dajun, don't you naively think that someone will stand up and intercede for you?"

Gao Qiu still had a smile on his face, and that smile was as cheap as it could be.

"Look, the front of the Daqing Palace is so empty, you can't see a single ghost, who do you expect to show up?"

Yu Dajun was gasping for breath, his forehead was so painful that he was sweating all over his body, and his buttocks were opened.

"Gao Qiu! Let me see His Majesty if you have the ability!"

"Want to see His Majesty? It's up to you? You're a little admonishing doctor? Tell me, who told you to say those things outside the palace, as long as you say it, I will spare you, you know, our imperial city The company always pays attention to leniency for confession and strictness for resistance."

"Gao Qiu! If you have the ability, you are in this palace, beat me to death! Kill me! How dare you!" Yu Dajun shouted fiercely, his heart swayed.

"That's what you said." With a kind face, Gao Qiu said directly to the executioners of the imperial city, "Fulfill his request, beat him to death, throw him into the wild to feed the dogs. "

"Gao Qiu, I am admonishing Your Majesty now! I am admonishing Your Majesty! Now the hearts of all people in the south are shaking, I am here for good words! Good words are here! If you beat me to death today, won't you be afraid that people in the world will scold you! "

Gao Qiu said: "Cut off his tongue first, so as not to bluff."

A secretary of the imperial city walked over with a sharp dagger, and the other pried open Yu Dajun's mouth, and then pinched Yu Dajun's tongue out with pliers.

Yu Dajun was so frightened that his whole body twitched, and he said tremblingly, "I...I said...I said..."

"Wait a minute." Gao Qiu stepped back and said to Yu Dajun, "Let's talk."

"It was Shao Pu, it was Shao Pu who asked me to speak up."

"Fuck your mother! Shao Pu is now in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, how could he crawl out in the middle of the night and go to your house to tell you!"

"It's really Shao Pu, he told me half a month ago..."

"It seems that you won't cry when you see the coffin!" Gao Qi stood up and waved his hands, "Keep beating!"

"It's really Shao Pu..."

Chapter 524 Lin Yuan (Second Change)

After a few more blows, Yu Dajun lost consciousness.

"Captain Gao, he's dead."

"This guy, usually takes too much tonic, and his body is weak, so he can't help beating." Gao Qiu said to the people around him, "So you should take less tonic in the future, you understand?"

"Know!"

"Give me some extra tonic, and I'll keep it for you."

"..."

Gao Qiu returned to Wende Hall to return to his command.

"Your Majesty, the man is dead."

"He didn't say?"

"He said Shao Pu asked him to do this?"

"Shao Pu?" Zhao Ning pondered.

Gao Qiu said: "Your Majesty, when Yu Dajun was tortured, no one stood up."

Yu Dajun, that idiot, was probably caught by someone to kill him, and then he was promised to be an official, intimidated and lured.

But he didn't know that at this time, he was probably reduced to an abandoned child.

Killing Yu Dajun, for Zhao Ning, not only did not bring back the situation, but it might make the situation worse.

At least for now, this group of people who launched wars and opposed tax increases stood on the moral high ground and once again played the role of victims in order to win the sympathy of people all over the world.

All the offensives of the interest groups behind this matter are, objectively speaking, playing the public opinion card.

Yu Dajun died today, and tomorrow it will be rumored that he is a loyal minister, risking his life to speak out.

Once this kind of public opinion spreads in the court and forms a general trend, more people will believe it, and more and more people will join in.

Zhao Ning said: "You ransacked Yu Dajun's house and arranged for his crimes. A newspaper about his death will be published early tomorrow morning."

"Yes, I will arrange it now." Gao Qiu immediately understood.

He walked to the entrance of the main hall, turned around suddenly and said: "Your Majesty, there are no newspapers in many places in the south. I'm afraid there will be some rumors about Yu Dajun's death."

Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed from the black clouds outside, illuminating Wende Hall brightly, and half of Zhao Ning's face was also shining brightly.

He said calmly: "I know, where there are newspapers, publish them immediately."

"Yes!"

rumbling...

After the lightning came thunder, and not long after, the torrential rain poured down, covering the entire Tokyo city.

Yu Dajun's body was dragged down, and the servants cleaned up the blood outside the Daqing Hall.

Prime Minister Zhao Ding entered Wende Hall with heavy steps.

"His Majesty."

"Show your sword." Zhao Ning stared at the map, "These people have already forced their way."

"Is Your Majesty really going to implement the New Deal in the South?"

"They forced me."

Zhao Ding said: "Right now, Yangzhou and Jiangning are making serious troubles. If the court takes a tough attitude, it may backfire. There are rebels on Jiangnan West Road, and officials from Liangzhe Road have also come to the court many times to ask for tax reduction. Once the new policy is promulgated If we continue, we will have no room for maneuver, unless the order is changed overnight, which will do too much damage to His Majesty's prestige."

"Zhao Ding, the situation has reached the most critical moment. If we compromise with them, the court's taxes will not be able to support the current huge military expenditure on the northern front. If we want to destroy Xia Fajin, the south must join in, and no one can stay out of it."

Zhao Ding was also sweating coldly on his forehead, but his tone was still very calm. He said: "Of course I know the pros and cons. It's just that at this point in time, there's too much resistance to go south to the New Deal. I'm worried that there will be chaos inside the Song Dynasty. This is not chaos in one city and one pool, but chaos in various places, which will shake the foundation."

"The Battle of Liaodong disrupted the military layout of the Jin people. Now the Jin people have not yet adapted to the new situation and are making adjustments. Once the Jin people are adjusted and increase troops in Liaoyang and Hebei, we will be even more passive!"