The court, which had been calm for a period of time, was once again thrown into turmoil by the sudden emergence of the Eighth Prince among the populace. The tension between the two sides was once again pulled apart, and quite a number of people began to speak up for the Eighth Prince.
But that was before Emperor Tianwu arrived. They only knew how to bully the Sixth Prince. Today, when Emperor Tianwu sat on the Dragon Throne, those people all shut their mouths, not daring to say another word.
But even if they didn't say anything, the old Emperor wanted to say something. "Some people have something on the Ninth Prince. If I give the throne to the Ninth Prince or the Sixth Prince who is close to the Ninth Prince, then you will have a hard time in the future. Isn't that right? Hmph! " The old Emperor sneered. "Don't think that I don't know anything. Don't think that just because I'm not in court, it means that I've turned the page of the past. Yes, if you can be good and don't fall into your old habits, I and the Sixth Prince wouldn't mind turning the page. But you bunch of ingrates just don't appreciate our kindness. You listen to the wind and jump to conclusions. Whenever there's a disturbance among the populace, you're ready to make trouble. What, now you know fear? Now you know how to plan for a rainy day? What were you doing in the past? You eat the court's salary, but you don't follow my wishes. You don't work for the country or the people, but only work for yourself. What use do I have for people like you? In the grand Da Shun, there are countless civil and military officials. That's right, it cannot be dealt with all at once, and it cannot be dealt with all at once. The corrupt and evil officials are not just limited to you. If all of them were dealt with at once, it would indeed cause unrest in the court. That's why I used to remove them bit by bit. But when it comes to you, there's not much left. "
The old Emperor spoke word by word. Below him, the guilty officials were sweating profusely. Then they heard Emperor Tianwu continue. "If I remove all of them at once, it won't cause chaos in the court, and it won't cause chaos in the world. You people really don't want face when it's given. " He looked down coldly for a long time, until many people's legs were trembling. Only then did he feel satisfied. Then he said to Zhang Yuan, "Zhang Yuan, read them out. What are their names, what year, what month, and what they did? Let them know clearly in their hearts. Don't think that I've wrongly accused them. Even if they're going to die, they should know. "
As soon as the old Emperor spoke, Zhang Yuan, the old Emperor, the old Emperor Tianwu, and the old Emperor Emperor. There were densely written words on it, and he read them out loud. When the people listened, they really did know which official they were in which year and which month. It was so detailed as to what day they did bad things, whether it was corruption, or whether they participated in the Third Prince's rebellion, or whether they helped the Eighth Prince cheat his Ninth son, or whether they maliciously sabotaged the Sixth Prince when the Sixth Prince was in charge of the country. There were even cases where the maternal families of the concubines in the palace secretly colluded with the concubines to buy and sell official positions for their descendants. Stroke by stroke, item by item, Zhang Yuan read them out clearly from his mouth.
By the time Zhang Yuan finished reading, it was as if an entire spring and autumn had passed. It was so long, so torturous. The people counted. There were a total of eighteen officials involved. When Zhang Yuan read out their names, they all fell to their knees with a plop.
Emperor Tianwu looked at them and felt sad. "Eighteen of you. You can make up the eighteen levels of hell. We feel that people like you should go to the eighteen levels of hell. Go! Go to hell! Our court does not need vermin and scum like you! " After saying this, he tilted his head and spoke in the direction of the Minister of Justice, Xu Jingyuan: "Xu Jingyuan, We will hand these people to you. Interrogate them properly for Us. Let them die with understanding. Also, all of you listen to Us. We do not care what you have heard among the people. We will only tell you that the Eighth Brother is already dead. He has already paid the price for what he had done. As for that bastard among the people, hmph, We do not even like the real Eighth Brother, much less a fake one. From today onwards, We will only attend court once, and We will only do this one thing. But you should not have any wishful thinking. Because, Our son is already fully fledged. When he deals with people, He will be much more heavy-handed than We are. All of you, pray for good fortune! "
In this court session, Emperor Tianwu completely eradicated the last of the officials with disloyal intentions in court. As for those officials who did not have the right to attend court every day, but were also at odds with the current situation and were close to the Eighth Prince among the people, it was as he said. The princes were already fully fledged. When dealing with them, they would not be careless at all.
In the capital of Dashun, the princes worked hard to get rid of the unruly forces. And the capital of the original Zong Sui, under the governance of Xuan Tianming and Feng Yu Heng, underwent a drastic change.
Because many of the original Zong Sui officials were killed, many large manors in the city became empty. Two of these manors were next to each other and were requisitioned by Feng Yu Heng. The walls were torn down and merged into one place, becoming the new Hundred Herb Hall. There were two other manors next to each other, and the walls were also torn down, becoming the Hundred Herb Medicine School. She brought the advanced medical technology and methods as well as medicine to Zong Sui, and personally performed two amputation surgeries, two caesarean sections, and two kidney transplant surgeries. After this series of surgeries, the hearts of the people were completely conquered by her.
The people were like this. What they loved was the land under their feet, but they did not love the people of the Imperial Family who managed this land. Who would rule this land was not the main point, the main point was how to rule it. Speaking of which, the Li family did well in the past. Before Li Jian ascended the throne, the many Emperors were all patriotic and loved the people. Every one of them built this land wholeheartedly. It was not an exaggeration to say that they loved the people like their own children.
But ever since Li Jian ascended the throne, the lives of the people became worse by the day. In the past, whenever there was a disaster among the people, the previous Emperors would even take out their own personal silver to distribute to the refugees, doing their best to allow the refugees to at least survive the disaster.
But what about Li Jian? The first thing he did after ascending the throne was to increase taxes. He said it was to fill up the national treasury, but in reality, it was to make up for the money he spent like water during the years he fought for the throne.
The people did not understand. Why was it that when new Emperors ascended the throne, they would reduce taxes, but when it came to Li Jian, he actually wanted to increase taxes? If he wanted to increase taxes, then so be it, but he also wanted to increase taxes in the areas affected by the disaster, this was hard for people to accept.
Increasing taxes in rich lands, the people could at least afford it, but the refugees had already suffered from the disaster. Your Majesty did not say to open the national treasury to release food and silver, and was even collecting money from them. They were all affected by the disaster, where would the money come from?
Just take Chi City in the southernmost part of Zong Sui for example. That was the hottest city in Zong Sui, a place where it would rain even in winter. When Li Jian ascended the throne, there had just been a flood there, destroying countless houses and fertile lands. The people were in great pain and fled to other places. Many people collapsed on the way and were unable to get up again. The last thing the previous Emperor did when he was alive was to provide aid to Chi City. Not only did he empty a third of the national treasury, countless court officials also took action, wholeheartedly helping the people of Chi City get through this crisis.
But when Li Jian killed his father to ascend the throne, the previous Emperor did not even finish providing aid to Chi City before he breathed his last. One-third of the treasury's silver taels were on the way to be transported, but Li Jian recalled them again, including the silver and clothes collected by the courtiers. However, he did not return them to them. Instead, they fell into his own hands.
The court officials asked a few times, but Li Jian ascended the throne as a new Emperor. With Chunyu An and Duanmu Anguo's assistance, his methods were not normal. All the court officials who participated in the assistance were removed from their positions one after another, especially those who spoke up to ask for their silver and items back. They were punished even more, and there were even two who were killed by Li Jian for some reason.
With this kind of Emperor in power, who dared to go against him? Therefore, those court officials who were lucky enough not to be cleared out chose to keep their mouths shut, other than attending court normally every day, they did not say anything else. The Emperor's suggestion was neither approved nor opposed, anyway, you do it while I watch, it was just for the sake of getting a salary to support my family. And those people who were on the same side as Li Jian were happy, all of them flaunting their prowess all day long, almost having the word arrogant written all over their faces.
If the court officials were like this, there was no need to mention the people. Not only did the people of Chi City curse Li Jian, the people in the capital also hated this Emperor. He could even kill his own father, could even kill his own brothers, how could you hope for this kind of person to love others like his own children? It was already good enough that he did not treat the people like his enemies.
Therefore, when Li Jian was in trouble, when the imperial family was in trouble, not a single person was willing to stand on his side, all of them choosing to rely on Dashun. Now, when Feng Yu Heng's Hundred Herb Hall made a move again, it was like the people of Zong Sui had discovered a new continent. Not only were they shocked that Feng Yu Heng actually had such god-like medical skills, they were also crazily envious that the people of Dashun were actually so fortunate. With this kind of divine doctor protecting them, what kind of illness could not be cured!
Therefore, the people all sent their own children to Hundred Herb Medicine School. From their perspective, as long as they followed Feng Yu Heng, even if they could only learn a little, they would become amazing people.
Of course, Hundred Herb Medicine School was still not a place that would accept just anyone and would allow anyone to enter. Feng Yu Heng used the standards for new students in Dashun's Capital Medical School to Zong Sui, all the students who could enter had to go through three checks and four checks, and they also had to take an exam to gain the right to enter.
Some people said, wanting to enter Hundred Herb Medicine School was even harder than taking the imperial exam. But some people also said, no matter how hard it was, they wanted their children to try, because as long as they thought of the day when people would no longer suffer from illness, and those illnesses that seemed to be incurable now had hope of being cured, how wonderful would that be!
Therefore, even if Hundred Herb Medicine School's entrance examinations were very strict, there was still a long queue at the entrance of the school all day long.
Other than that, those empty official residences, after Feng Yu Heng picked out four, Xuan Tianming had people register the other residences, then chose a date to hold a public auction at the government office.
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