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- Li Gang panicked when he heard what Chao Yong said. Although he didn't want to leave a name in history, he definitely didn't want to be infamous for thousands of years. For these noble literati, reputation is more important than life.
Chao Yong looked at Li Gang's change of expression and continued: "In my opinion, the decadent Song Dynasty and the mediocre Zhao Ji do not deserve any loyal ministers at all. Is there anyone else who wants to be Zhao Ji's loyal minister? Come forward, I am not short of swords. Axeman, all will be executed in five days. I heard that Cai Jing made a monument to Yuanyou's party membership. Later, I will also make a monument to the traitors of the Song Dynasty. Although your position is lower, I still reluctantly let you and Cai Jing. Let¡¯s go together.¡±
A few years ago, Cai Jing took full power and listed 309 people including Yuan You, Yuan Fujian, Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, and Qin Guan as traitors. His names were engraved on stone and promulgated to the world, hoping to make his political enemies infamy for eternity. However, people like Sima Guang only had different opinions from Cai Jingzheng and did not do anything evil themselves. Therefore, the Yuanyou party membership monument did not become a traitor monument among the people.
The situation is different for Cai Jing, Zhu Meng, Wang Fu and Cai You. Zhu Meng presided over the Huashi Gang in the south of the Yangtze River, which made the people in the southeast boil with resentment. It can be said that the Fang La Uprising started entirely because of him. Cai Jing has controlled the government in recent years, and has enacted many harsh policies, causing great complaints among the people. Although Wang Fu and Cai You were less famous in the countryside, all officials knew that they were flattering the emperor, and their reputations among scholars were extremely bad.
There is no doubt that once the four of them are engraved on the monument, it will be a real traitor monument, and I am afraid that the people will reviled them when they see it.
Although Li Gang was a clean figure and the people's livelihood in the court was excellent, not many people knew about him. Once he was with the four people, he would be regarded as a traitor and be scolded together.
If Chao Yong asks the historian to record them as the five thieves again, the truth will be completely lost in the long river of time in a few decades. And he, Li Gang, will always be reviled as a traitor.
Li Gang thought of the horror, pointed at Chao Yong and said, "Tyrant, tyrant."
Wu Song saw that Li Gang was rude to Chao Yong, so he stepped forward to teach Li Gang a lesson.
"Hold on, I'll have a few words with him."
Wu Song stopped when he saw Chao Yong speaking, but his strong body still gave Li Gang a heavy sense of oppression.
Even many veterans on the battlefield would be frightened by Wu Song's majestic body and strong killing intent when facing Wu Song, but Li Gang remained calm.
Wu Song's threat was to him. Not as good as Chao Yong's few words just now.
Chao Yong pointed to Zhao Ji and said to Li Gang: "Is he a tyrant?"
"If he were an ordinary minister, he would definitely not dare to comment on the emperor at will, or his comments would be blindly flattering.
But Li Gang said: "Although the current emperor has some faults, he is a benevolent master. But he can tolerate the faults of his subordinates, and he is definitely not a cruel king."
"Ha ha ha ha"
Chao Yong couldn¡¯t help laughing after hearing this.
Li Gang was embarrassed by Chao Yong's laughter, and scolded him: "He is indeed a bandit, so rude."
Chao Yong looked at Li Gang with disdain and said: "I thought you were a loyal and upright person. You are worthy of being reused, but it turns out you are just a fool. Is Zhao Ji a benevolent master when he is tolerant to you ministers? Why didn't he How much kindness does he give to the people of the world? Ask the people of the world, is Zhao Ji the merciful Lord?"
Li Gangdang was speechless.
Chao Yong doesn¡¯t even bother to recruit people like this anymore. He waved his hand and said, "Drag him down and kill him together in five days."
Li Gang was not afraid of death, but he did not want to be killed with Cai Jing and others. He saw two soldiers approaching. Immediately go grab the personal weapons.
Chao Yong¡¯s soldiers are all elite men. How could they be robbed of their weapons by a scholar? Just as Li Gang rushed over, his wrist was twisted.
Seeing that he couldn't grab the weapon, Li Gang bumped into the pillar next to him.
The soldier twisted Li Gang's wrist, seeing that he was seeking death, so he quickly grabbed Li Gang, and another man also stepped forward and grabbed Li Gang's other arm.
Chao Yong looked at Li Gang and said, "If you commit suicide, I will kill you all over the house."
Li Gang originally thought that he would find an opportunity to commit suicide after going down, and would never be taken to the execution ground with Cai Jing and others. After hearing what Chao Yong said and thinking about the family, he had to give up the idea of ????suicide, but he looked at it unwillingly. Looking at Chao Yong, he said: "Li Gang has been an official for many years and has never lost his integrity. Why do you treat me like this?"
Chao Yong sneered: "Do you still feel that you are a loyal minister and should be praised by others?"
Li Gang said: "It's up to you to decide whether you are loyal or traitorous. Li Gang has a clear conscience when he asks himself."
"I have a clear conscience. The people in the north are suffering from the confinement of their fields. After generations of accumulation, once they are captured, the people are displaced and starve to death everywhere. The people in the south are suffering from the flowers and stones."In order to carry the flowers and stones, many people's houses and tombs were destroyed. How can you not be loyal to them and come up with a death sentence? Now that the corrupt Song Dynasty is about to perish, you have jumped out to be loyal to the Song Dynasty. Can I understand that you are the guardian of this decadent Song Dynasty? "
Li Gang felt that he had a clear conscience just now, but he also felt a little red after being criticized by Chao Yong.
Chao Yong smiled and said: "Since you want to be buried for this foolish king, I will grant you the honor of being a traitor. It is fitting for a foolish king and a traitor to be a traitor. Well, drag it down and we will be executed together in five days."
Li Gang also woke up at this time. It turned out that he had never been a true loyal minister, but just a trace of persistence in his heart. If he was really loyal to the Song Dynasty, then whether it was for the sake of the Song Dynasty or for the people, he should die early and remonstrate early. Maybe he could awaken Zhao Ji and change the fate of the Song Dynasty. Instead of waiting until the fall of the Song Dynasty, you have to use your life to be a loyal minister.
Although it is not something that ordinary people can do, it is not something that ordinary people can do, but what he wants to do is also not something that ordinary people can do. The same death, if one had died to remonstrate when Zhao Ji had just ignored the government, it might have awakened Zhao Ji, which would have been more serious than Mount Tai; but waiting until the Song Dynasty fell to die would not have helped, and it could be said to be lighter than a feather.
When the two soldiers saw Chao Yong's order, they dragged Li Gang out without hesitation.
Li Gang didn¡¯t yell or struggle.
Chao Yong looked at the civil and military officials in the hall and lost interest. He sat on the dragon chair and said nonchalantly: "Once again, those who are willing to submit to me should stand on the left, and those who want to accompany the Song Dynasty to perish should be on the right."
As soon as he finished speaking, several people stood directly to the left.
Chao Yong saw the others dilly-dallying and said impatiently: "I'll count to five and drag out all the ones still on the right."
"one"
Zhao Ji also looked at the officials below. It can be said that the salary of the Song Dynasty was higher than that of previous dynasties. The original intention was to make the officials' lives more comfortable, which would reduce officials' corruption and bribery. However, there were no corresponding severe sanctions. The corruption of Song Dynasty officials But it is not any less than before.
"two"
"three"
Chao Yong counted neither fast nor slowly. When he counted to three, the officials swarmed to the left to grab them.
"Four"
"five"
After counting five, everyone went to the left.
Zhao Ji saw that all five of his civil and military officials had rebelled. He was also greatly shocked. He looked reproachfully at Su Yuanjing. In his opinion, Su Yuanjing was also a clean figure in the court. His favorite villains had rebelled. He It's understandable, but these Qingliu should fight to the death.
When Su Yuanjing saw Zhao Ji's reproachful eyes, he could only respond with a helpless expression. He was not afraid of death, but he was really afraid of being known as a treacherous minister, being engraved on a monument, and being reviled by future generations.
Chao Yong looked at everyone and said: "Although you have all surrendered, not all of you can become my ministers. If there are people who have done many evil things among them, they will still have to be held accountable in the future if they are found out."
Some treacherous ministers originally thought that they could save their lives by changing their banners, but they did not expect that Chao Yong was still preparing to settle the score in the future. But people who haven't done anything evil on weekdays feel that Chao Yong has done a good job in this regard, and they have a sense of identification with Chao Yong.
Chao Yong also knows that now he only controls the palace. If he wants to control the city of Tokyo without any bloodshed, he still needs the cooperation of these civil and military officials.
"Who is in charge of the Imperial Guard in the capital?"
The newly appointed commander in front of the palace, Duan Chang, came out tremblingly and said: "Prince, the villain Duan Chang has just taken over the position of Gao Qiu and is in charge of the imperial army."
Chao Yong pointed at someone casually and said, "Did you use your power to bully others and take human life lightly during this period?"
Hearing this, Duan Chang couldn't help but his expression changed with fright, and he looked nervously at the person pointed at by Chao Yong.
The man hurriedly said: "Master Duan is careful, I have never heard of him doing evil."
Chao Yong pointed at another person and said, "What about you, have you ever heard of his evil deeds?"
The person who was pointed out this time was Zhang Bangchang. Zhang Bangchang thought hard and said flatteringly: "I have never heard of him doing anything evil, but when he was an infantry lieutenant, he followed Gao Qiu's lead. , maybe he helped Gao Qiu do a lot of bad things."
Duan Chang heard this and said hurriedly: "The prince is aware that although the villain is nominally in charge of the infantry, Gao Qiu used the favor of the emperor, no, Zhao Ji to usurp my authority. The villain I didn't dare to resist, but I didn't help Gao Qiu do any bad things. Gao Qiu and Liang Shicheng formed a party, and they only covered the sky with one hand in the court. When he did evil things, there would be people rushing to do them, so he didn't need me at all. ¡±
Hearing this, Chao Yong nodded and said: "Yes, there is also Master Liang."If you don't tell me that you have become such a traitor, I will forget about it. Take Liang Shicheng out for me. "
Liang Shicheng originally thought he could escape, but he was betrayed by Duan Changgai. He collapsed on the ground in fear and was dragged out by the soldiers.
When Duan Chang saw Chao Yong looking over, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and said, "The villain really didn't do anything bad. The prince is aware of it."
Chao Yong nodded and said: "Get up, you are one of the rare good officials in the Song Dynasty if you don't bully others. I'll give you a reward. You go to the harem and choose a concubine from Zhao Ji to suppress your shock."
"ah?"
Duan Chang didn¡¯t expect that Chao Yong would actually give him a reward, or such a reward, so he couldn¡¯t help but scream in surprise.
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