Chastity Layman 2

Article 1394 Dismissal

evening.

Cheng Chumo brought a group of brothers, nephews and nephews to the door, and the public reason was that the two well-connected families had a meal together.

"I didn't know that guy was so bold. I apologize to you, Saburo. I really didn't know his purpose at all beforehand."

In the study, Cheng Chumo took the initiative to apologize to Qin Lang.

"Is the polo game exciting today? Did you play two swings?"

A large piece of pine logs was burning in the fireplace, and orange flames rose up.

Holding a glass of wine, Qin Lang smiled and changed the subject.

Cheng Chumo seemed a little restless, hesitant to speak.

"You don't want to persuade me to try to usurp the throne, do you?"

Cheng Chu remained silent.

"You really think so?"

Cheng Chu took a sip of wine silently, and then said, "Actually, I did think about it. When the Supreme Emperor was in power before, he really acted absurdly, and he was completely foolish. To be honest, I wondered more than once at that time, could it be We just watch him torment the world like this, and watch him liquidate and kill the heroes of our country little by little?"

"I thought about resisting."

"So later Da Lang came to me and said he wanted to enter the palace, and I agreed without hesitation."

There were only two people in the study, and there were guards from Lu Song outside the door.

Qin Lang thought of the pitiful Supreme Emperor sitting in a wheelchair.Li Yin did disappoint many people, and made many people accumulate resentment.

"He has now abdicated as the Supreme Emperor, sitting in a wheelchair in Shangyang Palace, he can live for another three to five years at most." Qin Lang said.

"Saburo really doesn't mean..."

Qin Lang smiled, "Isn't the current situation very good? Everyone is happy, the foolish emperor abdicates, the virtuous young emperor is in power, the power eunuchs and treacherous eunuchs are killed, and the treacherous villains are expelled. Vientiane is renewed, and the Tang Dynasty has restored peace. scene."

"No one wants a civil war, let alone a war?"

Hearing this, Cheng Chumo nodded with some complicated thoughts.When the Supreme Emperor was in power before, he acted without scruples and unscrupulousness. Ministers and heroes like Cheng Chumo also accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction.

At that time, if Qin Lang raised his troops to rebel, maybe he might really respond.

But now that person has abdicated as the Supreme Emperor.

Everything is back on track.

He, Cheng Chumo, is still the king of Dong'e County bestowed by the new emperor, and he is a privy envoy, how can he be wronged if the emperor treats him like this.

Qin Lang looked at his expression and completely understood.

Rebellion is also about timing, and usurping the throne requires a big environment.

The support of the people is even more important.

What's more, Qin Lang really didn't want to rebel.If Li Yin insists on going against the grain and insists on forcing Lu Song, Qin Lang can only be forced to accept the move, but he will try his best to play tricks, and even use other strategies to force the emperor to compromise. Unless it is a last resort, he does not want to go to war.

Now, there is no reason to usurp the throne.

The emperor is his nephew and son-in-law, and the newly conferred crown prince is his own grandson. The political structure of the Longshuo Dynasty was shaped by Qin Lang, which is a very beneficial beginning for the Qin family.

Some of Cui Yixuan's words were indeed reasonable, but not all of them were true.

As long as Qin Lang is not like Huo Guang, he will not let go of the government until his death, and even insist on oppressing the emperor. Killing Empress Xu, and then forcing the emperor to make his own daughter the empress, this kind of practice, not to mention the emperor, can't bear it, even ordinary men can't bear it.

As for the death of Changsun Wuji, in fact, it is still inseparable from the word power. The eldest grandson refused to let go of power. What Li Yin wanted was the emperor's dictatorial power, not Changsun Wuji leading a group of elders, but instead overriding the power of the prime minister. When he was above the imperial power, he would veto the emperor's authority at every turn, could Li Yin bear it?

Furthermore, it was indeed smooth for Qin Jun to support Li Xian, but the most critical factors were, first, whether he supported the prince, or the oldest prince without a prince.

Second, Emperor Li Yin was critically ill at that time, and was even completely paralyzed. Except for moving his eyes, he could neither speak nor write.

It was under these circumstances that Qin Jun joined forces with Cheng Chumo and other noble ministers to make things so smooth. This was not a rebellion by the Qin family, but to ensure the legal inheritance of imperial power in a critical situation.

It was also the Xuanwumen Palace Change, and the interval between them was very short. The Xuanwumen Palace Change planned by the Su family failed. The biggest reason for their failure was that their behavior was essentially a rebellion, because they rebelled against the Emperor of Tang.

So when the emperor stopped at the Xuanwu Gate, the Su family and the other generals who pretended to be deceived almost immediately turned their backs.

The emperor is still alive, who dares to rebel?
After all, it was only a few decades since the founding of the Tang Dynasty. At this time, Zhenguan Kaiyuan flourished for more than 30 years. The prestige of the Tang Dynasty was at the peak of the sky and won the hearts of the people. Even if the emperor did things a little messy, it was mostly the elders in the court who felt unhappy and lost their interests. Xun Chen and others are the main ones, and the real low-level people have not been affected much.

Since the Kaiyuan Dynasty, the emperor has rewarded the army and the soldiers generously, and they are very supportive of the emperor.

Qin Jun and the others succeeded under the banner of entering the palace to quell the chaos. They said that Quan eunuch in the palace conspired with Wei Xiao and others to murder the emperor, and this was so smooth.

The smooth change of the palace actually shows that the authority of the Tang Dynasty is still on the side, not that the Qin family is really invincible.

Cheng Chumo, Niu Jianwu, Qu Tuquan, Yuchi Baolin and other generals who fought side by side with Qin Jun, but most of them were united under the banner of King Qin.

Qin Lang will not be inflated, and will not mistakenly think that the Qin family can already replace the Huangtang Li family.

Just like the failed palace change of the Su family, many nobles and relatives participated in it, and there were even a few clans, but it failed so quickly.

Just like the hesitant expression that Cheng Chumo didn't hide from Qin Lang at the moment, he might have really thought about rebelling against Li Yin before, and it was because the emperor went too far, even jeopardizing the interests of the Cheng family.

In the case of endangering oneself, it is of course possible to do the opposite.

But it's different now.

Now the court and the emperor not only did not endanger the interests of the Cheng family, but even the new emperor gave the Cheng family greater power and interests, so Cheng Chumo became a royalist party.

This is a normal situation.

Even Cheng Chumo, who has the closest relationship with Qin Lang, has this attitude. It is conceivable that if Qin Lang really plans to go one step further and usurp the throne like Yang Jian, the consequences will be very serious.

The Li family of Tiantang still represents the interests of the vast majority of nobles and relatives in the world, and even has a very high prestige and popular support among the common people.

So how can the Qin family compete with the royal family?
Yuwenhu was still the guardian of the Yuwen family back then, but the major kingdoms and generals in the Northern Zhou Dynasty still opposed him usurping the throne as emperor, because it was not in everyone's interest for the more domineering and powerful Yuwenhu to be emperor. Instead, a young and unprestige Yu Wentai's son becomes the emperor, which can make everyone more at ease, and their own interests will be more stable and safe.

Then why did Yang Jian successfully usurp the Yuwen family's throne in the end?

One reason is that after the Yuwen family killed Yu Wenhu, the powerful minister, they had already taken extremely strict precautions against the clan. After that, it would be difficult for the Yuwen family to have a clan with real power and prestige.

Secondly, after Yu Wenyong's death, his son was incompetent and had been tossing and tossing around for many years. The people who had been tossing and tossing for a long time were dissatisfied.

Furthermore, Yang Jian himself was the son of Yang Zhong, the twelve great generals, and he married the daughter of Duguxin, one of the Eight Pillars, and the Yang family also had a very good relationship with the Li Hu family of the Eight Pillars through marriage. Empress Dowager Yang's father is the little emperor's grandfather.

Coupled with the support of Zheng Yi from the Zheng family in Xingyang at that time, and Gao Jiong, an old retainer of his father-in-law Duguxin, and other powerful gentry, Yang Jian achieved the position of prime minister step by step and was able to monopolize the government.

Therefore, Yuwen's family is not popular, the emperor is young, and the clan is weak. However, the Guanlong Group, the core of the ruling class in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, has a good relationship with Yang Jian. After the aristocratic group and others ensured sufficient benefits, everything became a matter of course for usurping Zhou and Li Sui.

Although in the end Hebei, Shuzhong and other places still had important ministers and generals who raised troops to serve the king, this general trend could not be changed.

Later generations said that it was the easiest for Yang Jian to win the country, but it was also because of the right time, place and people, and various favorable conditions came together.

Without conditions, if you insist on going against the sky, it will be too difficult.

A hero like Liu Bei is hard to become a hegemony, and a ruthless man like Cao Cao is still one step away.

Time also, potential also, almost must.

If it was the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and Qin Lang had such power and such an alliance of interests, then of course he would take that step without hesitation.

But now the situation is completely opposite.

Datang is in full swing.

The new emperor is also known as a virtuous person.

Qin Lang really insisted on rebelling, how many people would support him and follow him?
For personal ambition, betting everything recklessly is gambling, or betting hard when you know you will lose, that is stupid.

There are many powerful ministers in history, and more rebellion failed.

They all misjudged the situation.

"Chu Mo, my grandpa and I were guarding the palace gate for the holy ancestor, and the holy ancestor praised us as the gate gods of the Tang Dynasty. My grandpa has now become a parallel martial saint in the martial arts temple, and he is honored in national ceremonies. I have been enshrined as the emperor of Qin, what do you think I am not satisfied with, and I have to be that rebellious minister and traitor?"

Cheng Chumo's face turned red.

He could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"Saburo can think this way, he is really loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and this country is fortunate."

He thought for a while, "Old man Cui Yixuan, thanks to my mother's trust in him, he actually wanted to kill Saburo and my Cheng family! Damn it, I'll kill him."

"Forget it, after all, he is your uncle."

"It's just that my mother belongs to the southern ancestral house of the Cui family in Qinghe. Besides, Mrs. Cui is not my own mother, so I can do it in a righteous way." Cheng Chumo showed a murderous look.

"Forget it, Cui Yixuan is over 70 years old after all."

"They can't just be so cheap, they must be punished."

Qin Lang thought for a while, "Cui Yixuan is more than 70 years old, let him be exiled as a citizen, exiled to Lu Song, and handed over to the Qin family to take care of him. As for his three sons who are governors, I heard that they are quite capable. It's a pity that he might as well exile all the Qilin grandchildren of his Cui family to Luzon."

"As for the rest of the Cui family, there is no need to implicate them."

"Isn't it too cheap? If you don't make a good warning, I'm afraid there will be many thieves coming." Cheng Chumo said.

"Then confiscate and confiscate all the property of Cui Yixuan and his son, and add one more thing. They will live in Luzon forever. If they are not pardoned, they will never return for life!"

Changliu does not belong to any of the first-class exiles. It is a new addition during the reign of the Supreme Emperor Li Yin. There is no limit to the number of miles and no limit to the sentence. outlying areas.

Moreover, before being exiled, all official positions and titles must be taken away. This kind of long-term punishment also declares complete political death.

Cui Yixuan is over 70 years old, but his three sons are all outstanding, and now they are all governors, and they are all third-rank governors of Shangzhou.Most of his seventeen grandsons are young talents, and five of them have Jinshi, and the rest have Juren status. Now some of them serve as county magistrates in the local area, some join the army in the state, and some are in the temple of the capital. official.

The most outstanding are Cui Yixuan's second son Cui Shenqing's three sons, Cui Lin, Cui Gui, and Cui Yao. The three brothers are all Jinshi, and they are already fifth-rank Beijing officials. It can be said that the future is boundless.Cui Yao also married Princess Yonghe, the seventh daughter of emperor Li Yin.

It can be said that Cui Yixuan's branch is developing explosively today, not only the most conspicuous in Qinghe Cui Nan's ancestral house, but even the entire Qinghe Cui family.

But now, Qin Lang intends to directly kill Cui Yixuan and his family, remove their nationality and become a citizen, live in Luzon forever, and confiscate all their property.

There are more than a hundred people in their big family, men and women, who will be escorted all the way to Luzon in the South China Sea wearing shackles, and will be scattered and exiled to various places in Luzon. , even this kind of unspoken rule, within three generations, you can't return to the Central Plains, you can't take part in the imperial examination, and you can't select Fubing, anyway, it's completely over.

"Why don't I arrange someone to kill him at the post station on the way." Cheng Chumo said.

Those who are worthy of the sentence of exile are all great ministers, such as Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, etc., who used to be in border areas such as Changliu Qianzhou.

Although Changsun Wuji arrived in Qianzhou alive, and at first he kept the quasi-first-grade supplies, but later the emperor sent Yuan Gongyu to force him to hang himself.

And Changsun Wuji's eldest son, Changsun Chong, who was also the brother-in-law of Emperor Li Yin, was also exiled to Lingnan, and now he can't find anyone else.

Changsun Chong disappeared in Lingnan, not because he ran away, but because he was killed in Lingnan, and it was also ordered by the emperor. Even if it was expensive to deal with such long-term people, the emperor wanted to kill them, a secret decree, a post Cheng, or a county lieutenant, can kill them directly, even without a public reason.

Even report a sudden death afterwards, or simply report a missing person like Chang Sun Chong did.

"Let them go to Luzon to make use of their residual heat, even if they are the students of sociology professor Daofan who go to a remote desert island." Qin Lang said.

(End of this chapter)