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    The list continues to read, not only the ministers, but also their staff, confidants and loyal servants.

    Not all of them may be executed, but a group of people will be executed. The crime is to subvert the country and play tricks on the Lord. How can we not execute people?  But most people just dismissed from office, and a few people were punished by being prostituted or flogged.  There are also many people who will be released home after being acquitted.  []

    More people were just brought back to Luoyang to serve as witnesses.

    Not only this list, but also many people in Luoyang were involved, including eunuchs and maids in the inner palace, and officials from various places.  It's just that none of the confidants Wu Zetian brought were among them. This was the original agreement.

    After reading the list, a large group of people lay down in front of Li Wei and begged for mercy.

    Li Wei suddenly became furious and shouted: "Liu Qun, please bring over the poems you just wrote."

    "Well."

    After a while, I brought over a large number of poems, all of which were just flattering works.  Li Wei continued to shout violently: "Everyone, you all grew up reading the books of sages. Many of you have passed the imperial examination for your knowledge, thinking that you are more noble than other officials. The country has also provided a large amount of money and silk for you to squander,  The people endure humiliation and bear the burden, pay a certain amount of taxes every year, and feed you regardless of their own hunger. But what have you done? How many of you have the country, the ruler and the people in mind? I have said many times that ministers should be used directly.  But you continue to try to put down your dignity, go into the toilet, splash ink on your fathers and ancestors, chew your conscience in the mouths of ugly beasts and birds, continue to use sycophancy to try to get ahead, and flatter others to confuse you. What the hell is this?  Burn, burn!¡±

    Many ministers scolded each other and looked at each other in disbelief. This was probably too harsh.  In fact, there are many ministers who have written very pertinent things. Besides, it is a beautiful thing that the new canal is successful and does not work for the people.

    Do we have to find any shortcomings?

    However, this time the involvement is very wide, and there are many reasons.

    Wu Zetian had been in the court for many years, and many ministers were heartbroken

    Not all of them may be traitors, there are some capable ministers who also secretly help

    For example, Liu Yizhi and others.  However, they never expected that Wu Zetian would go too far and actually wanted to build seven temples.  You can be a powerful queen mother with peace of mind. Once you have the power, we can also explain it to the people of the world and the history books, okay?  Li Wei was equally worried about these people.

    "The so-called being a witness, and returning to Luoyang for questioning will actually result in most people being dismissed from office and fading out of the political arena.  Regardless of whether they are guilty or not.

    In order to win over people's hearts, Wu Zetian generously awarded rewards. Although the number of officials and titles cannot be said to be overwhelming, there was already a phenomenon of redundant officials.  The large number of officials places a heavy burden on the country and does not provide much help to government affairs.  Governing a country requires a large number of officials, otherwise it cannot be governed.  But what is the benefit of having too many officials shirking each other's responsibilities or overlapping their powers?

    Before arriving, I was afraid that Xu Yougong would not be able to think clearly, so I specially summoned him into the East Palace and explained to him that you should try the case fairly and convict the crime.  But some officials asked me to handle it, and it just so happened that this case was used to eliminate a large number of officials.

    The last reason is more important.

    masculinity.

    The powerful Tang Dynasty needs a kind of masculinity and an enterprising spirit, and ministers need to have both virtue and courage to dare to speak out and give advice in the court.  Once this spirit is lost and replaced by a gloomy person like Li Linfu in power, without the Anshi Rebellion, the country will soon decline.

    ¡°My mother not only feminized the official name, but also used brutal methods to suppress this spirit.  It was very effective. In just over a year, most officials lost their integrity and turned into fawning people.  Since the mother can use violent means to make officials fall, she can also use violent means to make officials wake up.

    Liu Qun used the tongue of fire to burn the pieces of paper.

    In the bloody dusk, the lying officials retreated.

    Li Wei waved his sleeves and stepped back.

    However, a person followed behind and said softly: "Your Majesty, I have a piece of advice."

    Li Wei turned around and saw that it was Song Jing.  He also opposed Li Wei's approach, but His Majesty was so kind to him that he was embarrassed to say it in front of everyone.  Moreover, it is vaguely involved in everything that has happened in the past few years, and I can't grasp the seriousness of it.

    "you say."

    "Your Majesty, many people have died over the past year."

    "Um."

    "When Your Majesty first arrived in the Eastern Capital, many people were in panic all day long, fearing that more people would die. Your Majesty quickly turned from chaos to order, and the country immediately entered a stable state. Today, His Majesty has brought this matter to light again, and it is such a big deal.  How is the movement different from a year ago?"

    "Song Qing, do you know how many people have died this year? From the people in Jiangnan who were bewitched by Xu Jingye to the officials, people and soldiers in the two capitals."

      "There is such a thing, and your Majesty should repay it with kindness. Killing again to control killing, in the opinion of the minister, is not the way of the king."

    "Song Qing, your idea is good. There is a danger on the way. Why didn't I deal with it in Dongdu, but I dealt with it on the way? Go talk to Wei Qing, maybe you can understand my painstaking efforts." Zi Bu said his mother was evil.  , it¡¯s hard to say it.

    Dongdu has his mother in charge, and there are many rebellious officials. If dealt with in Dongdu, it may lead to some rebellion.  No one should underestimate the mother's ability.  Therefore, on the way, he was surrounded by 10,000 soldiers from Qinghai to guard his safety.  All he brought with him were officials and a small number of servants, family members and envoys from the inner palace.  There is no need to consider the envoys, nor the small number of servants in the palace, but the officials are what they have to deal with.

    Instead, the matter was revealed halfway.

    No matter what the reason is, as a confidant of the mother, can I keep these people from the court to the local government in the future?

    He then said: "I have also left Xu Yougong behind. In terms of Kuanping, none of you can match him."

    Send Song Jing away.

    Continue all the way west.

    But because of the incident in Luoyang, all officials had a heavy burden on their hearts.  But because of Song Jing's persuasion, Li Wei finally relented.

    Knives were not used much, so Wu Chengsi, Wu Sansi and some other relatives were sentenced to death, but other relatives were eventually let off. Not all of them were spared, nor were they demoted.  That's right, he completely gave up his official position and title, took away his land and government, and became a commoner.  And some people added the four characters "Never Recruited" when making the decision.  Many officials and jailers were sentenced to this sentence one after another.

    There were only a few people in the inner palace, most of the confidants were taken away by Wu Zetian, and there were also not many people who were sentenced to death.  However, many eunuchs and concubines were expelled.  Whether it was humane or inhumane, the palaces in Luoyang became quiet.

    This is especially true for officials, only extremely

    A few, such as those in Shenzuo, were sentenced to death and beheaded. Others, including Qian Weiwei, became ordinary people in a few days.

    Li Wei did not explicitly declare that exile would be abolished in the future, which required a transitional process.  The intensity of border management will gradually increase in the future, and the border can no longer be used as a place of exile.  In the long run, the centrifugal force at the border will increase, which is not conducive to the consolidation of border political power.

    But a new kind of punishment emerged, still being exiled, and its form was very similar to the reform through labor in later generations.  Sentencing some people to the death penalty was too much, but it was too lenient once they were stripped. There were also some government servants and soldiers who were ruthless and had no reputation. No matter how they were stripped, it would not hinder them.

    Therefore, some places were cleared east of Atami, and they were transferred there for labor reform.  In fact, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty did this before when he returned to Qinghai, but the premise was migration, not punishment, and many innocent people who had committed minor crimes were also involved.  Later, the Qingming Dynasty also liked to move some guilty ministers to Liaodong to participate in labor or military service.

    Li Wei did not do it as thoroughly as he did this time.

    But in general, not many people were executed. Every minister who sentenced the death penalty had a reason to die.

    As for Qian Weiwei and others, if they were stripped to the ground, it would be a very light punishment to be honest. As the case got deeper and deeper, based on what he had done, even a sentence of exile would be no more than a sentence.
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