Chapter 266 Purple Air Canopy (2)
The third day of October, the nineteenth year of Jiayou.
In autumn, the sky is high and the air is fresh. The sky and clouds above the city of Haojing become exceptionally clear.
Lu Yi, wearing the Kunpeng-patterned prince's robe, rode a black cloud beast, and led a large group of elite Yulin cavalrymen to patrol the periphery of the imperial city. Wherever the group passed, countless people on the street looked sideways, not daring to look directly at these elite Yulin cavalrymen with monstrous murderous auras surging all over their bodies.
It’s not that Lu Fu did anything to the people, but the people have been frightened these days.
Emperor Tianqi Yinhui returns and uncovers a major case of treason!
Many important officials of culture and education colluded with several princes of Beiming Province and secretly allied with the Qinglang clan and the Heilu clan of Dazhou in the far north. When Yinhui was leading the army in person, they harmed the army and caused Yinhui to fall into the hands of barbarians. He then herded sheep by the great lake in the far north for twenty years.
Afterwards, many treacherous ministers and rebels headed by Zhu Chong colluded with General Le Wu in an attempt to shake the country of Dayin and did unspeakable things.
Just then Yinzhen returned and led a group of loyal ministers and capable generals to restore order and defeat the rebels' conspiracy.
Emperor Yinyuan voluntarily abdicated and handed the throne back to his biological father, and the first thing Yinzhen did after returning to the throne was to order a purge of the court.
On that day, in the city of Haojing, countless local garrisons, who followed the orders of the Lewu Army and stationed in the streets and markets of Haojing to suppress the market, were slaughtered by the Yulin Army and the Canglang Cavalry, and a river of blood flowed.
On that day, the demonized imperial guards of Haojing under Le Wu's command were suppressed by old monks such as Shenzui using their magical powers. They were already beyond help, and were directly ordered by Lu Yu to be killed.
On that day, Lu Yi held the emperor's staff and axe and rushed to the four gates of Haojing to subdue the four expeditionary armies. Le's trusted generals attempted to lead the army to resist, but were suppressed by Lu Yi. The four expeditionary armies surrendered and were brought under the control of the trusted generals sent by Yinzhen.
With military power back in his hands, Yinzhen officially raised the butcher knife.
For more than half a month, the city of Haojing was in a bloody mess, with countless heads killed.
All the cultural and educational officials who were involved in Yinzhen's personal expedition, regardless of their status, were punished along with their entire clans.
Those who were involved in the Empress Dowager and the general's attempt to usurp the throne and have the Empress Dowager ascend the throne to become emperor were also executed along with their entire family.
Except for Pan Man and others, all the hostages who had once jumped up and down and were considered the cancer of Haojing City were ordered by Yinzhen to be pushed out of the south gate of the imperial city and beheaded in public on the same day.
Crown Prince Yinyuan, who was jubilant and excited like a monkey in heat, personally led a large group of palace guards to search and search the houses. One mansion after another was emptied, and carts of gold, silver and jewelry were transported back to the imperial palace warehouse like water.
These days, the water in many canals in the city of Haojing has turned light red.
While he was killing people, Yinzhen's handwritten edict was also sent to the headquarters of various aristocratic families in Dayin. Super wealthy families like the Lu family of Jingyang all received Yinzhen's edict, asking their current heads of families to come to the capital of Haojing to meet the emperor.
The wording of the imperial edict was very impolite.
Yinzhen directly told the heads of each family that if they refused to come to Haojing for an audience, they would certainly be accomplices of the rebellion, and when things were investigated later, they should not blame him for not considering the relationship between the emperor and his subjects.
Back then, he had ambitiously led his army to fight in person, hoping to take advantage of the defeat of the Blue Wolf Clan and the Black Deer Clan to bring the northernmost Dazhou back under the control of Dayin. He would use this as an opportunity to gradually restore the country and restore Dayin to its heyday .
Unexpectedly, he was stabbed in the back by a group of ministers, his personal expeditionary force was completely wiped out, and he was captured and taken to the north to herd sheep and eat coarse-grain cakes for twenty years!
One can imagine the resentment in Yinzhen's heart!
His choice of words and sentences were naturally not polite.
In particular, on his way back this time, the Beicuo Hou and other princes of Beiming Province who led the troops to besiege and kill him had confessed that during the twenty years that Yinzhen had been herding sheep in the north, the Beicuo Hou and other princes had not paid even a penny as tribute to Haojing!
The Queen Mother issued a secret decree, exempting them from paying tribute.
However, all their original tributes were given to the Qinglang Clan, with the only condition being that the Qinglang Clan would never leak the news that Yinzhen was still alive, and would not negotiate with the Dayin Court to ask the Dayin Court to redeem Yinzhen and others!
This is...
Very sad.
Because I am sad, I am furious.
Yinzhen, who returned to the throne, was like a wounded beast, at his most violent and dangerous!
If the spiritual will of heaven and earth had not revived, Yinzhen might have adopted a gentle approach and used his clever tactics to gradually win over these civil and military officials and generals, and slowly re-consolidate his authority.
It is even possible that he will compromise with Zhu Chong and others.
But... after witnessing the terrifying strength of Lu Yi, meeting the old monk Shenzui, and entering the Great Vajra Temple and successfully embracing the thick thigh of Buddhism, Yinzhen felt confident that he could do whatever he wanted!
Then, Yinzhen went crazy.
So Yinzhen left no room for maneuver.
So, Yinzhen really got the job done!
Yinzhen launched a frantic revenge and purge in the court. There were civil and military officials inside and outside Haojing who were unwilling to let the curtain fall and wanted to fight back desperately.
However, under the violent suppression of Lu Yi, Lu Yu and others, all resistance was like eggs under a millstone and was easily crushed into pieces.
Early in the morning, they walked around the imperial city. When the clear and melodious sound of jade chimes was heard from the tower of the south gate of the imperial city, Lu Yi happened to lead the team to the south gate of the imperial city.
The army stopped at the edge of the South Gate Square. Lu Yi, along with Ah Hu, Yu Dianhu and hundreds of other personal guards, slowly came to the vicinity of the South Gate and looked at the large group of officials who had gathered there.
Basically I don’t know any of them.
Those officials that Lu Yi knew, whether they were recommended by aristocratic families as "Ju Xiaolian" or "Ju Xiucai", or those who passed the imperial examinations in the cultural and educational system, have basically been purged these days.
Some of the officials who can stand here today were recommended by Lu Xiu and others. They are talented, capable and good-character talents among their relatives and nephews.
More than one hundred civil and military officials, including Lu Xiu, accompanied Yinhui in the north while he ate coarse-grain cakes for twenty years. They protected Yinhui in such a harsh environment and risked their own lives to protect him while he fought all the way back to Haojing... This was the reward they deserved.
Some officials were recommended by Yinyuan. Although Yinyuan was a complete tyrant in recent years, he also had people like Lu Yi in his pocket. It was easy for him to recruit some unsuccessful talents as the emperor.
Yinyuan voluntarily abdicated and returned the throne to Yinzhen. He recommended a group of officials to the court, which was naturally a deserved reward.
The remaining officials were headed by a group of gorgeously dressed old men.
These old men were wearing robes with Kunpeng patterns. Their clothes were gorgeous, but there were no specific marks of their official titles. The Kunpeng clothes they wore were purely formal dresses given as rewards.
They are the heads of the real aristocratic families in Dayin.
Among them is the head of the Jingyang Lu family, the contemporary patriarch of the Lu family, Lu Yan.
This is a man with a sturdy build, graceful demeanor, and excellent maintenance. Although he is over 80 years old, his skin is still fair and his hair is as shiny as that of a young man.
Behind him stood more than twenty men dressed in official robes of various colors, looking high-spirited and imposing.
Especially the handsome man in his early forties who followed closely behind Lu Yan, his face was flushed with a smile in every pore.
Lu Yi immediately understood what was going on.
In the previous case where the Duke of Lai's Mansion was haunted in broad daylight in Gaojing, the Duke of Lai's Mansion in Gaojing was massacred, and no one in the mansion survived.
The Duke of Lai's Mansion was the face of the Jingyang Lu family in Gaojing, the tentacles of the huge family in Gaojing City, and the mouthpiece. This location was also crucial for the Jingyang Lu family, not to mention that the Duke of Lai's Mansion itself represented boundless wealth and the ultimate that Dayin could enjoy.
It had been several months since the Laiguogong Mansion was massacred, but the Lu family of Jingyang had not reported the new candidate for the Duke to the court.
Lu Yi could figure it out with his buttocks. The Lu family in Jingyang would probably beat their brains out for the position of Duke.
Looking at the spirit and energy of the handsome man next to Lu Yan today, there is no doubt that he is the final winner of the family struggle.
As long as Lu Yan reports his name to Yinzhen, according to the unspoken rules of the Great Yin court... this lucky man will become the new Duke of Lai, and the full-powered representative of the Jingyang Lu family in the court, and the wealth of the Duke of Lai's mansion, like mountains of gold and silver, will become his possession.
only……
These days, Lu Yi was busy suppressing the riots in the market and suppressing the backlash of the officials who committed crimes. He didn't care about many things, but a lot of news naturally reached his ears.
I’m afraid that Lu Yan and this lucky guy will be disappointed!
Tsk tsk!
The heavy palace door slowly opened.
A group of noble officials marched into the imperial city in formation.
Today, there are no eunuchs carrying sedan chairs to do business at the gate of the imperial city...all officials have to rely on their own two feet to walk in.
Lu Yi looked at the backs of these officials and laughed.
Yinzhen's methods are very different from Yinyuan's, and these officials will suffer in the future.
According to the information he had received, all nobles in Haojing would be evaluated at the end of each year, and the tests would be on various skills such as horse riding, archery, weightlifting, and fencing.
If you fail to complete the course within one year, you will be fined.
If he fails to do so within two years, he will be beaten with a stick.
If you fail to do so within three years, your title will be stripped!
Yinzhen must eradicate the corrupt and decadent habits of the nobles of Dayin and let them become the pillars of the country again - as for the backlash of the nobles... haha, he has the Great Vajra Temple as his backing, and he has also begun to practice the Buddhist techniques of the Great Vajra Temple. Would he be afraid of the backlash of these "mortals"?
At a whistle from Lu Yi, the elite cavalry of the Imperial Guards who had just followed him on patrol rushed over and formed a battle formation outside the South Gate.
These days, Lu Yi is responsible for the public security of Haojing City.
Especially today, Yinzhen formally held a court meeting with the newly formed court team, and many important appointments were to be made.
Lu Yi did not go to Fuyao Palace, but led the army personally and guarded outside the South Gate.
Time passes by little by little.
Suddenly, Lu Yi felt something.
He squinted his eyes and looked up, he saw the green fortune umbrella above his head rolling violently.
The area covered by the umbrella reached a size of ten acres, and the color of the green energy was constantly deepening. Gradually, a wisp of purple energy rose from the center of the umbrella and quickly spread in all directions.
