Chapter 1337 Bloodbath Luoyang
Actually, the rebellion last night had little to do with the senior generals.
Because in terms of system, the Gyeonggi troops are actually led by Zhonglang generals, while in the local area, they are led by Zhechong captains. The frontiers are under the command of governors and military envoys.
The guards of the northern and southern yamen each have a general of the third rank and two generals of the third rank. Usually, they cannot command the soldiers of the guard, so they drink tea and raise them in the guard. Some specific affairs in the guards are also done by Chang Shi and the participating soldiers.
Leading troops is led by Zhu Zhonglang generals.
This practice began in the Sui Dynasty. It is also beneficial to do so, that is, high-ranking generals have the ability and prestige, but they cannot directly command the troops at ordinary times. After paying back the seal letter of returning soldiers, it will return to the Weifu.
It will not threaten the emperor or the court, and there is no need to worry about the self-respect of the soldiers, the chaos of the soldiers, and the tail will not fall.
On the other hand, middle-level generals, namely Zhonglang General and Zhechong Duwei, are used to control the internal and external soldiers. No amount of seniority and prestige is enough. If someone has bad intentions, the imperial court will directly send a general to calm them down immediately.
This system is actually very advanced, and it also ended the phenomenon of domineering and dictatorship by warriors during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
After the mid-Tang Dynasty, for the needs of frontier wars, the Jiedu envoys were established, and step by step, they also served as observation envoys, Duzhi envoys, and field envoys. The tail is too big to drop completely, and each side is separated.
In the final analysis, the Jiedushi was actually due to the corruption of the government military system, and finally turned into a recruiting system, which became a battalion and garrison standing army system, which led to a power imbalance step by step.
Actually, the military riot that happened last night was not a big deal.
It does not mean that there is a problem with the military system that has been operating stably for decades. On the contrary, the failure of the mutiny last night shows that the effect of this system is still good. Some people, but they can't enter the Xuanwu Gate.
Xuanwu Gate is a three-dimensional defense system. Outside the gate are the camps of the North Gate, including Baiqi, Feiqi, and Shenji. Inside Xuanwu Gate, there are also left and right prison gates, left and right Qianniu, and left and right guards. That is, there are several soldiers and horses that are not under each other to defend together.
There are people who are in charge of the door, people who keep the keys, and people who are in charge of closing the door and guarding the door. Anyway, if you want to go in and out, you have to go through multiple checks, and you can't get anywhere.
Qiu Xinggong also contacted some of his own people in Xuanwumen Dang Town in advance, but they were chopped off as soon as they made a fuss.
like water off a duck's back.
In fact, even among the camps outside the city in the middle of the night, only two battalions were in chaos, and the other battalions rushed to the Xuanwu Gate, and they were finally responsible for disarming those people.
There is a problem, but not a big one.
But for the emperor, if something like this happened, then it had to be rectified.
Li Ji is very innocent, but as a privy envoy, he does have unshirkable responsibilities. After all, he is the number one person in the military.
"The minister has neglected his duty, please take the blame and resign!"
"Okay, I agree." Li Yin was expressionless, not detained at all.
Li Ji stepped back with a gloomy complexion.
"Wait a moment."
"After leaving the Privy Council, you go to the Political Affairs Hall first. I will grant you the title of Chancellor Zuo Pushe, and the third rank of Zhongmenshu."
Shang Shu Zuo Pu shot Xu Jingzong in a daze.
Among those who conspired against him last night was Qian Yuanxiu, the son of Qian Jiulong, Chao Guogong, and he was Xu Jingzong's son-in-law. At the beginning, Lao Xu married his daughter to Lao Qian's son, in fact, it was because he was out of power at that time. When he was in a downturn, not only the five surnames and seven families looked down on him, but even the famous Guanlong family looked down on him.
In the end, Lao Xu had no choice but to marry Feng An, a barbarian from Lingnan, Qian Jiulong, a general who was born as a slave of Gaozu, and Qin Lang, an upstart. Anyway, they were all despised nouveau riche.
Although the Qian family was born as a slave at the beginning, their ancestors were actually a famous family in the south of the Yangtze River, and they were nobles for generations. However, they were demoted to be royal slaves because of crimes, and later rewarded Li Yuan as a slave. Wu Dechao is still very powerful.
Although the Zhenguan Dynasty was not as good as before, it was still one of the top upstarts, and the marriage between the two families was not bad at the time.
But in the final analysis, after all, it is the son-in-law who conspired against him now, and the father-in-law might not be implicated.
"Minister Xu Jingzong is terrified, and he has no way to teach his son-in-law. Ten thousand deaths are inevitable. Please resign and go home to deal with the crime!"
Li Yin looked at Xu Jingzong coldly, and said slowly, "Didn't Qian Yuanxiu discuss the conspiracy with Mr. Xu beforehand?"
"I really don't know about it at all, and I dare not hide it, otherwise I will report the rebellious son-in-law to the court and His Majesty as soon as possible."
"Mr. Xu, don't be nervous. If you don't have one, you don't have one. But it's true that there is no way to discipline. Let's go home and reflect on it. The position of Zuo Pushe will be temporarily taken over by Li Gong."
Xu Jingzong dismissed his prime minister.
Removed from all official posts, and was fined 300 households, and fined a thousand catties of copper.
Go home and wait for the crime.
When Xu Jingzong got up to leave, his back was soaked. He almost thought that he would not be able to get out of this door today.
Later.
The emperor yelled at these generals, reprimanding them for being incompetent.
Then there was a big swap, the generals of the 12th Army of the Beiya, the 12 Generals of the Guards of the Nanya, the 24 generals of the Beiya, and the 24 generals of the Nanya.
The thirty-six Zhonglang generals from the barracks of Fanshangwaifu, the 20 Zhonglang generals of the inner government, and the Zhonglang generals of the Jingji garrison camps in the Beiya government also underwent a major swap.
Of course things can't just end like this.
Although the rebels did not attack the Xuanwu Gate last night, they still caused a lot of harm. Su Gui led people to surround Zhu Wei's manor in the suburbs of Beijing, confiscated more than a dozen other courtyards of Wei's manor, and killed many Wei in one night. The descendants of the clan and their family members guard and servants.
In addition, the families of Su, Li and Shiqiu in Chang'an City also took the opportunity to cause chaos that night, besieging Webster's houses, setting fires everywhere, and creating riots.
Although it was quickly taken down by the Jinwu Guard.
But after one night, Jingzhao Webster suffered heavy losses.
Hundreds of children were killed and injured, and countless guards and servants were killed or injured.
These are naturally to be liquidated.
The abolished prince Li Xiang conspired to rebel and cause rebellion. He was cut in half in Zhongshu Province, given the posthumous title of Li, and buried outside the city as a commoner.
After the abolition, the Su family was cut in half in Shangyang Palace. When he was buried, he was specially ordered to cover his face with hair and stuffed chaff in his mouth.
Su Xu, Su Dan, and all his sons were cut in half, and Princess Nanchang bestowed peace and separation.
Qiu Xinggong, Shi Renbiao, Qian Yuanxiu and other rebel leaders all exterminated the three clans for the crime of treason, and those who followed them to send troops to rebellion that day all exterminated the clan for the crime of conspiracy.
The few battalions of forbidden troops guarding the north gate that night were stripped of their military registrations, and all were exiled to Suiye City in the Western Regions, Heishui Jubei Port, Yongchang Lishui Village, and Luoxidaoni Borneo Army City.
King Han and King Teng participated in the rebellion, they were cut in half, their mother and children were deposed as ordinary people, their family property was confiscated, and they were exiled to Liaodong.
The crown prince and his mother and younger brother Zhao Wang Li Jue were abolished, and they were abolished as common people. They were first exiled to Mulujun City, Persian Prefecture, and then cut in half.
Brothers Li Chongyi and Li Chonghui, the Duke of Qiao, were all cut in half, and their brothers, nephews, and nephews were all abolished as common people, and Li Xiaogong's title was recovered, and at the same time, the titles and official positions of Li Xiaogong's brothers and their nephews were deprived, and they were all exiled as citizens, and exiled in Lingnan, without their citizenship. property.
Several famous clan kings in the early Tang Dynasty, Li Daozong, after Li Yin succeeded to the throne, were liquidated by Changsun Wuji and demoted to death. Although Li Xiaogong died during the Zhenguan period, but now he is still implicated by his sons. After his death, he will pursue titles and official positions, and even his posthumous title will be demoted.
His branch will be expelled from the royal family, and will be officially expelled from the jade ultimatum.
Emperor's company is quite severe.
The masterminds of the Su family, Qiu family, Li family, Shi family, Fan family, and Qian family were all the Zhu family, and the other rebellious partisans of the Zhu family, even those soldiers who were deceived and coerced, were all beheaded. .
Those who did not participate in the rebellion, but because they participated in the night camp, they were all exiled from the army and exiled.
Also killed three princes, except for the third country.
The emperor's uncle Teng Wang Li Yuanying, Han Wang Yuanjia, and the prince Zhao Wang Li Jue, Teng Wang and Han Wang all participated in the conspiracy, but Li Jue was also shot while lying down.
He had given up all his concubines to his father, who knew that he would be implicated if something happened to the deposed prince.
In the final analysis, although he and Li Xiang are not the same mother and brother, they were both adopted by the Su family after all, so they are also being taken care of by the emperor now.
Kill directly, without mercy.
Killed two uncles, two sons, and two cousins.
The imperial clan bleeds a lot.
At this time, no one persuaded the furious emperor.
The abolished prince had no knowledge of the mutiny beforehand. Although Su Gui conspired with Li Chongyi, Qiu Xinggong and others to make Li Yin abdicate as Supreme Emperor and embrace Li Xiang to succeed him as emperor after the event was completed, no one told him beforehand. Li Xiang.
Of course it is impossible for Li Yin to be ignorant, but even if he knew this, he still did not show the slightest affection for father and son at this time, and still ordered the prince and King Zhao to be beheaded in half, and the Su family was also sentenced to be beheaded in half.
Not even a whole corpse was given, and after death, he was killed and stuffed with chaff to express his incomparable disgust for Su.
Among the soldiers who defected in front of Xuanwu Gate that night, thirteen soldiers were granted the title of Marquis the next day, and Sanjue was falsely granted the title of County Marquis. All the officers and soldiers of the forbidden army were beheaded.
Even their family members were sentenced to exile and exile.
It was supposed to celebrate the new year with joy, but because of the big purge after the mutiny, the whole year approached the end of the year, and the atmosphere in Luoyang was stagnant, and everyone was panicked.
Every day, people’s homes are seized and their homes are searched, their family members are arrested and imprisoned, and the vegetable market kills people every day.
Later, the emperor even began to order Yousi to track down the students and scholars in Xuecheng, and to investigate the parades and petitions in front of the palace by the students and scholars before the mutiny. , and six people including Di Renjie, who came to Beijing for the exam, were arrested and sent to prison for questioning.
The six people are therefore called the six gentlemen.
(end of this chapter)