Mikago

At five o'clock, dawn is approaching.Instead of the winter drum sounding when the curfew ended, the heavy bells on the east side of Chengtian Gate sounded.

The people who heard the abnormal noise pushed open the door one after another, and walked from their homes to the streets in the workshop.The older ones have even begun to talk about the meaning behind the bells to the younger generation.

Although he didn't hear the winter drum, but guessing that the time had come, the guard of Lifang still took out the key and opened the heavy door.

The people who took the lead to wait and see on the street outside Fangwai let out exclamations one after another.

On the streets that should have been empty and deserted, there were puddles of blood everywhere.The rising sun in the east illuminates the scattered weapons and arrows, as well as the crumbling corpses.

Why is this, Yongxing, Anxing, Chongren and other noisy workshops have already been surrounded by the forbidden army, and all the people in the workshops have stayed at home.Anyone who violates the order will be executed.

And the worst one, of course, is Anrenfang in the south of the city.This lifang was once prosperous because it was full of dignitaries, but now it has become the most bloody and terrifying hell.

Xiao Youqian escaped because he got wind of it beforehand, but his party members were not so lucky.

Of the seven eunuch residences in Anrenfang, all seven were broken into.The imperial army, dressed in armor and holding swords, rushed into the mansion, killing everyone regardless of men, women, or children.All of a sudden, the flames flickered, the sound of wailing, and the flood-like turbulent blood even overflowed the threshold and flowed on the stone slab in front of the door!

This sensational and tragic massacre continued until the sunrise.

The civil and military officials who heard the bell and rushed to court, stepped on the blood stains on Zhuque Street and rushed to Zichen Palace.On the land of the imperial city, the white sand and stones are covered with mottled red footprints.

In the Qianyuan Hall, hundreds of officials stood in silence.On the side of the throne, Lu You, the young servant, stood dignifiedly, holding the imperial seal in his hand.

There is nothing on the throne.

The emperor is on a grand tour, and the new emperor has not yet ascended the throne. It was supposed to be the Empress Dowager Xiao who came to court and announced the last emperor's edict.However, at this moment, there was no trace of Empress Dowager Xiao above the main hall.

The officials still waited silently until Zhao Jing slowly walked into the hall.

Another day of sunrise, rising from the far east sky.The golden light is dazzling, illuminating the five-clawed dragon on the Danchi in front of the Qianyuan Hall.But it still can't illuminate the deep court hall, nor can it illuminate the secret thoughts of everyone above the court hall.

Announcing the edict, mourning, congratulating the new emperor on the throne, the new emperor coming to the court, and attending the funeral—the rules have existed since ancient times, and you only need to follow them and follow them step by step.

The sad news of Emperor Huiming's death quickly spread throughout Daning, and the people in various prefectures cried and sacrificed and changed clothes.However, under the sea of ​​clouds and plains all over the country, there is still dark red blood flowing silently.

When the new king ascends the throne, he often pardons the world.However, Zhao Jing did the opposite, and stepped up the pace of hunting down Xiao's remnants.

Xiao Youqian, General Youweiwei and others who fled the city were quickly arrested.Zhao Jing ordered these people to be executed without interrogation.

Not only that, but the heads of Xiao Youqian and the general were also hung on the Mingde gate tower in the south of Zhaojing City.

At the same time, a larger purge is also being rolled out in the middle.

During the last East Palace Rebellion, the prisons of the Sanfa Division were already overcrowded.Now we have to set up another imperial prison to detain officials and their family members who have been involved with the Xiao family.In the imperial city, the places where officials work everywhere are half empty.

Of course, weeding out dissidents is not the only purpose of Zhao Kyung—every time he raids an official residence, he can confiscate piles of gold and silver from it.Xiao Yougan's family alone confiscated 59 hectares of fertile land, 3000 shops, [-] taels of gold, tens of millions of taels of silver, [-] pieces of silk, and countless gold, jewelry and shellfish.The sum of all these wealth even exceeded the national treasury surplus of the Daning Dynasty for a whole year.

After Zhao Jing got the wealth, he didn't put it into the national treasury.He filled a small part of it into his own private treasury, and most of it was allocated to the construction of Taihua Palace.

Taihua Palace, the magnificent palace that Emperor Huiming had been dreaming of but never saw with his own eyes, will also become the most fanatical illusion in Zhao Jing's heart.

On the one hand, he ransacked his family and destroyed his family, and on the other hand, Zhao Jing was very generous to those who were loyal to him—Jiang Qiguang, the young minister of Taipusi, is the best example.

This former "horse raising boy" has now become a servant under the door.All six parts of Daning fell into his control.

As Zhao Jing's father-in-law and the current head of state, Tang Quan also took over Xiao Youqian's authority and became Minister of the Book.

It was like a bowl of muddy water that had been disturbed became clear again.A new order is gradually forming quietly.

These days, Lu You stayed in the funeral palace to preside over Emperor Huiming's funeral.However, thanks to Swiss Franc, the turmoil from the outside world never left his ears.

"Have you heard? That Fu Zhenghuai was taken away by people from Dali Temple this morning...

"There is also the son of the Shaofu Shaojian who used to mess with you, and his house was ransacked...

"Zoran, why don't you speak, what are you thinking?"

It wasn't until Tang Ruilang's question revealed faint worry that Lu You raised his head and smiled faintly.

"If I had heard these things a few years ago, I should have felt very happy. But now, these people are nothing to me."

"It's natural, don't think too much about it."

Tang Ruilang patted the back of Lu You's head: "In the past, when you stood at the foot of the mountain, you saw a small slope as a big obstacle. But now that you are standing on the top of the mountain, you naturally don't think it is anything. This is Good thing...you should be able to feel a little more relaxed."

"easy?"

Lu You repeated this word, but became bitter instead: "I always thought that the most important thing for me to enter the palace was revenge. However, until this moment, I suddenly felt that I had lost my goal. Maybe it was easy, but it also felt light and unreal. a feeling of."

"The sense of reality is made, not imagined."

Tang Ruilang touched his earlobe, and promised softly: "We can do many, many things together. As long as I'm by your side for a day, I promise you won't feel empty."

Lu You's ears felt hot, and he quickly turned his head away: "I don't want to see where this is!"

Tang Ruilang smiled mischievously: "I mean we can do many things that are beneficial to the country and the people together, but you, what are you thinking?"

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Seven days later, Emperor Huiming went to the funeral.

This is not the first funeral that Lu You has experienced, but it is without a doubt the most honorable and luxurious.

At an auspicious moment, the body of Emperor Daxing left the funeral palace and was carried up to the dragon.It was transported to the outside of Zichen Palace, and then loaded on a huge cart.

On Chengtianmen Square, Zhao Jing and all civil and military officials paid farewell gifts to the coffin.Then the car started from Chengtianmen Street, surrounded by tens of thousands of people, and carried Emperor Huiming to his final resting place.

Accompanying the car to go to the imperial mausoleum, in addition to the hard-working eunuchs and the elegy, there were originally [-] benefactors, all of whom were young men from the families of nobles and ministers, who surrounded the car the whole time.

However, due to the two eradication campaigns by the DPRK and China, the number of teenagers who met the original specification was less than 34.In desperation, the Ministry of Rites had no choice but to greatly relax the conditions, and even [-] or [-]-year-olds were mixed into the queue of Ban Lang.

Lu You and Rui Lang are the leaders among the three hundred men.They are completely naked, walking on both sides of the cart, at first glance they really look like immortals leading the way.

The funeral procession went to the imperial mausoleum on foot, and it took another five days before returning to Zhaojing.

In the past five days, the number of heads on the city gate has increased from one row to two rows.

Fortunately, it was already the beginning of winter, and the bloody and rancid smell would not disperse in all directions, but looking up and looking at the heads of those people who were covered in white and dying, it would still make people shudder.

However, this is just the beginning - on both sides of the city gate, there are still rows and rows of sea arrest documents posted.

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It takes three years for ordinary people to serve their parents with filial piety.However, the emperor observed the funeral using the calculation method of "replacing the month with the day".

Thirty days later, Zhao Jing changed his mourning clothes.And the first thing he did was to ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to secretly bring Ye Yueshan back to Zichen Palace from Jixian Temple.