Outside the city gate, two clerks were sitting in front of a table.
The two of them sat here indifferently, yawning, and their eyes were full of sleepiness.
They have been sitting here for a long time, and they were ordered to receive the dead who came to surrender.
Before arriving, the officials gave many instructions, asking them to act with caution and to take them seriously. They even asked them to speak as kindly as possible so as not to scare the dead.
They made a lot of preparations, but after taking office, they discovered that it was not necessary at all.
There will simply be no chance of anyone surrendering themselves and returning to the government's rule.
In fact, these little officials had already predicted this. After all, this was not the first time they had done something like this. They had done it before, tricking those people into coming and killing them to take credit.
Every time a noble person in the county lacks credit, he will use this trick.
How could these people, who had left the government and lost their identities due to various unexplained reasons, come and surrender just because of a word?
But they cannot say these words to superiors.
Since they want to do it, they can just execute it. Why bother to say more?
Just when the two of them were about to fall asleep, someone stood in front of them.
The clerks quickly looked up, and standing in front of them was a thin young man with a face covered in mud, ragged clothes and a dirty beard.
The clerk subconsciously touched his waist, "What do you want to do?!"
"I am a dead man."
The clerk then came to his senses. He stuck his head out and looked into the distance, and found that there were people walking towards this direction, in groups of three and three, and there seemed to be more to follow.
The clerks were all shocked.
Does anyone really dare to come?
He hurriedly picked up the pen and said, "Okay, what's your name?"
"Wang Chong."
"County Lord! It's done! It's done!"
Lu Qubing rushed into Gao Changgong's house with a look of ecstasy.
Gao Changgong was writing something, and when he saw Lu Qubing, his eyes were full of joy, "What? It's done?"
"It's really happened! We still have to let Brother Taozi handle this matter!"
"Just now, several city gates sent people to inform them that dead people are beginning to come to surrender. The west city gate alone has already received eighty-four dead people. The number is still increasing and we can prepare for the granting of houses and land."
"OK!"
Gao Changgong couldn't help but clap his hands.
"You should also pay more attention to things in the city."
He pointed to the paperwork in front of him.
"I'm going to report these things to the temple."
Gao Changgong's face was very solemn, and he said: "In Cheng'an Yidi City, this move is huge and can easily cause panic in the surrounding areas. Although Mr. Yang is not familiar with me, he is a capable minister. If he can help, I will
I’m not afraid of causing any other trouble.”
Lu Qubing was quite calm at the moment, "I'm afraid he won't. After seeing your memorial, he will only become more eager to drive you away."
"Oh? I thought Mr. Lu respected Mr. Yang the most."
"I really respect Prime Minister Yang. He is moral and honest. Over the years, he has been practicing benevolent government and using methods to remedy the temple's faults."
"When His Majesty ordered the construction of a palace and recruited 300,000 people, Duke Yang quickly issued an order to pardon the land taxes from various places where people were doing corvee work. He also ordered soldiers to escort the people who had completed their work back to their hometowns and saved many people."
"He also promoted many talented people, regardless of their origins or their own likes and dislikes. Most of the people he promoted were honest and upright, and they were able to govern all parties."
"He can also manage the affairs of the court properly, and the spring plowing and autumn harvest are not delayed. If it weren't for him, the world would have been in chaos."
"It's just that although Prime Minister Yang is a capable minister, he is by no means a courageous and direct minister. What your Majesty does is illegal. As a prime minister, he does not want to advise, but helps your Majesty to commit crimes. I know that he often escorts prisoners to
Your Majesty, for Your Majesty’s pleasure in killing.”
"He definitely doesn't have the guts to help the county magistrate show off his skills around the imperial city. He has always sought stability. Now that such a big thing has happened in Cheng'an, I think he will be even more eager to drive you away."
Gao Changgong nodded and praised Lu Qubing repeatedly, "Lu Jun has made great progress. In the past, Lu Jun was just a direct minister, courageous, but lacking in knowledge and talent. But now it is different. Lu Jun has a censor."
Such talent."
"However, no matter what Mr. Yang thinks, he still has to send letters and memorials to his house. He can't govern the world well by blindly taking into account the overall situation and tolerate concessions."
"I hope Mr. Yang can understand my approach."
Yecheng.
In the dark hall, only the torches in the hands of the soldiers could illuminate some places.
The hall was damp and smelly.
The hall, which was supposed to be sacred and majestic, now looked gloomy and gave off a ghostly aura.
The cylinders were all stained with dark blood and gave off a foul smell.
There seemed to be something crawling on the ground, which made people shudder.
Gao Yang was sitting in the upper seat, already drunk.
The ministers were trembling and sitting on both sides, looking straight at the wine and meat in front of them, not daring to swallow it.
In the middle of the ministers on both sides, there was a pile of human heads. The heads were piled up to look like a hill, which was the Jingguan.
Facing such a bloody scene, Gao Yang's appetite increased greatly. He tore off the meat of the thigh bone in his hand and poured wine into his mouth.
"ah!!!"
"Ah~~~"
In front of Jingguan, a man was stripped of his clothes, naked, and pushed to the ground. Two soldiers picked up big sticks and were beating him with sticks.
The stick fell one after another, and wounds appeared on the man's body one after another, causing him to scream loudly in pain.
And this person is none other than Gaoyang King Gao Shi.
Seeing Gao Shi being beaten, all the officials lowered their heads, and no one came forward to remonstrate.
Yang Min was sitting at the front, and he quietly nudged the young man sitting next to him with his elbow.
The young man sitting next to Yang Min was dressed differently from the others. He was only about fourteen or fifteen years old and thin. At the moment, he just lowered his head and remained silent. After being touched a few times by Yang Min, he looked like this.
Then he raised his head and looked at Yang Min.
Yang Min looked at Gao Shi who was being beaten, and then looked at the emperor.
The young man lowered his head and trembled all over.
A trace of worry flashed in Yang Min's eyes, and he touched the young man with his elbow again.
The young man trembled, stood up slowly, walked out under the gaze of everyone, and saluted Gao Yang.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please, please forgive me, Gao Gao"
Gao Yang threw the wine cup in his hand at him fiercely. The wine cup almost hit the boy and fell in front of him. The wine splashed all over the boy. The boy was so frightened that he stood motionless.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, where is your Majesty?! How many sires do you have?!"
Gao Yang was furious.
At this moment, another person came forward and saluted Gao Yang. This person was only in his twenties, but he was tall, with bright eyes, a majestic appearance, and was very majestic. "Your Majesty, King Gaoyang is not checking for a moment, please.
Please forgive his crime, but if he continues to torture with the rod, I'm afraid he will die here."
Gao Yang burped and waved his hand drunkenly, "Stop it!"
The soldier finally stopped, and Gao Shi cried and shouted: "Thank you, Your Majesty! Thank you, Sixth Brother!"
Gao Yang pointed at the young man kneeling in front of him again, but looked at the young man kneeling aside, "Xian, you can do whatever you want from now on, just don't kill this little stammer!!"
Gao Yan trembled all over and was so frightened that he quickly paused without saying a word.
All the ministers were silent. It had not been a day or two since His Majesty went crazy and said crazy things, so they would not be surprised by what Gao Yang said.
But Yang Min's face at this moment was extremely ugly.
He looked at the sluggish young man, and then at the young man who nodded. His originally kind face suddenly turned unkind, and his eyes were full of anger.
"Peach branch!! Peach branch!!"
"Help me go back."
Gao Yang said drunkenly, and a soldier hurriedly came over, supported Gao Yang, and staggered out of here.
“I’m waiting to see you off your Majesty!!”
Everyone kept saluting until Gao Yang left.
Gao Yan raised his head and looked at the young man kneeling beside him, motionless. He still maintained the same look as before, not even blinking.
Gao Yan looked at his strange appearance, shook his head and sighed, calling softly: "Your Highness? Your Highness?"
Prince Gao Yin was motionless, his whole body was as stiff as a dead person.
As soon as he stretched out his hand towards the prince, a pair of big hands suddenly pulled the prince up. The prince stood up and woke up.
Gao Yan raised his head and found that it was Prime Minister Yang Min who was dragging the prince up.
Yang Min lowered his head and looked down at him, and Gao Yan calmly raised his head to look at him.
"King of Changshan."
"Mr. Yang."
ps: Later, Wen Xuan ascended the Golden Phoenix Tower and summoned the prince to be imprisoned with a sword. The prince was pitiful and troubled, and kept cutting his head repeatedly. Wen Xuan was angry and hit the prince three times with a riding whip. As a result, he was in a state of palpitations, talking and eating, and his spirit was occasionally disturbed.——
"Book of the Northern Qi Dynasty: The Fifth Chronicle of the Emperor"
Chapter completed!