Chapter 683 Golden Wolf
After all, Qin Lang did this time to save face for the powerful officials in Chang'an, and did not touch their dandy and unfilial sons.
Compared with the more than 300 people who were beheaded and killed in the street, the more than 800 people whose heads were beheaded by the vegetable market, and the more than 4,000 people who were exiled to the frontier to farm, those dogs and beasts who bullied others and showed off their pride But they were treated with an amnesty.
Jingzhao Prefecture continued to make efforts, and a series of special rectifications followed.
After the eradication of gangsters and evil, there is another special crackdown on bullying and dominating the market. Monopolizing the market, forced buying and selling, etc., are all included in the focus of rectification.
Hoarding, driving up prices, etc. will naturally be hit hard.
Chang'an's prices immediately fell, not only the price of rice stabilized to 15 yuan per bucket of rice, but even other commodities also stabilized.
The official chaos such as arbitrary fees and fines has also been rectified this time, and the vendors are all applauded.
One day at the end of March, when Qin Lang went to Donggong Road, he encountered a group of arrogant Turkic people chasing a group of businessmen on the street, and sent guards to capture them all. After interrogating them clearly on the street, he learned that it was those Turkic people who wanted to enter the city. A merchant wanted to buy something cheap, but if the merchant refused, they would forcefully buy it. If the merchant ignored it, they would chase after it.
Things are very simple, what is not simple is the identity of those Turkic people, these people are all subordinates of the association rate.
"Mr. Wei, these people are the subordinates of Zuowei Zhonglang General Ashina."
"Association rate? Hmph, it turns out that it is this person's subordinate, no wonder he is so arrogant." Qin Lang knows the association rate, because this person is actually quite noble, because he once led 400,000 riders to besiege Yang Guang in Yanmen The son of Shibi Khan is also the younger brother of Tuli Khan, the nephew of Chuluo Khan and Jieli Khan, and Yang Guozhong is his cousin.
After Jieli was captured in Chang'an, seeing his elder brother Tuli Khan voluntarily surrendering to Tang Dynasty, this rate of association could no longer hold water in Mobei, so he followed him to Chang'an to join him.
Li Shimin conferred on Tuli the King of Beiping County, but he only conferred the title of Zhonglang General to the association leader. Ask the court for the post of governor, the position of general and the title of county king.
The reason is that even a barbarian **** like Ashina Simo can be crowned king in the Tang Dynasty, he is more qualified, after all, he is a noble descendant of the golden wolf.
But Li Shimin would not care about him. After all, Tuli was able to become king, not only because Tuli was the son of Shibi Khan, but also because he was a Turkic little Khan. It was Li Shimin's brother who had been sworn brothers, and he took the initiative to bring many territories and people to join him, so he would naturally be crowned king, general, governor, etc.
But the rate of association ignored it, and he wanted to ask for a higher position. If the court refused to give it, he became resentful. In the end, he even spread this resentment on his elder brother, and directly accused Tuli of treason to the court. He wanted to kill Tuli and inherit Tuli. title, territory, and population. It's just that Tuli is still a person who is more knowledgeable about current affairs after all, and he would take the initiative to join him, so he would not rebel.
In the end, the emperor did not deal with the association rate, but he was even more displeased by the emperor.
When Jie Jie led another brother, Yugu She, to come from the Western Regions, the imperial court directly conferred him the title of King of Shanggu County as a General, which made Jie Jie feel resentful. Not long after, Tuli died of illness, and Jie Jie took the initiative to report to the table, demanding to inherit The elder brother's title was due to the fact that his nephew He Luohu was too young and was born to Tuli and Princess Huainan of the Sui Dynasty.
But in the end, the Zhengshitang still ignored him, and let He Luofu inherit the title of King of Beiping County.
Originally, the rate of association was that of Turkic nobles. To be honest, you can still get along in Chang'an City. After all, Shibi Khan's own son, his two elder brothers have become kings successively, but this guy has no skills, and his temper is quite good. violent.
After being rejected a few times, I became a little bit broken, and I was usually reckless, and the Turkic wolf guards under him were all of the same virtue, as if Chang'an was their prairie.
Qin Lang snorted a few times, "Let these Turkic people apologize to the merchants, compensate for the losses, and send them to the Daming Palace construction site to move bricks for half a month!"
But regarding Qin Lang's treatment, these Turkic people actually pulled out their knives, insulted Qin Lang loudly, openly despised the king's law, and ignored the authority of the prime minister.
"These people dare to openly point their knives at the prime minister, what crime?"
Zhang Chao replied loudly, "You can kill these people in the street with sticks!"
"Then beat him to death." Qin Lang was no longer polite to them.
"We are officers of the Imperial Army, how dare you!"
This group of Turkic people showed their bronze medals. They are the subordinates of the association rate and also the military officers of the left guard. When Tang Dynasty destroyed the Eastern Turkic people, a large number of Turkic nobles surrendered. The titles, and even the many guards they brought with them were incorporated into the Custodian Army, and still belonged to their original chiefs and chiefs.
This originally reflects the kindness and tolerance of Tian Khan, and on the other hand, it also enriches the power of the forbidden army.
Looking at the clamor of these Turkic Hu people, Qin Lang just shook his head.
"beat!"
"Beat till death."
Zhang Chao reminded Qin Lang in a low voice, "It would be fine if they were just subordinates of the Jiesu Society, but since they are all left guard military officers, aren't they?"
"What? Am I still unable to fight?"
Qin Lang just laughed, "I violated the law. I even beheaded Wang Junkuo and Luo Yi. How many small Turkic military officers are I afraid of?"
The movement here has long attracted many pedestrians to stop and watch, wanting to see how these Hu officials who often run amok in Chang'an will be dealt with this time.
Unexpectedly, after revealing their identities as officers, they were still so unceremoniously ordered to be beaten by Qin Lang.
Qin Lang's guards were all first-class elites. They quickly forced these people off their horses with bows and crossbows, and then beat them with sticks in the street, one stick after another, without mercy.
Instead of stopping after hitting ten or twenty sticks, they kept hitting until blood and flesh splattered, until these people were silent.
"Report to the Prime Minister of Qin, and everyone will be killed on the spot!"
"Send these corpses to the Yamen of Jingzhao Mansion, and then notify the association leader to collect the corpses." After speaking coldly, Qin Lang continued to go to the East Palace.
There are many naturalized Hu nobles in Chang'an, and now they are all high-ranking officials and rich salaries in the court.
Who can get used to it? For military generals, everyone fought with real swords and guns on the battlefield, and they may only get a general post in the end, and some of them didn't even get a title.
Why did these Hulu confer kings and dukes as great generals as soon as they came?
Especially these Hulu who were crowned kings and dukes were once their defeated generals.
The civil servants in the court were even more dissatisfied, especially those who came from noble clans. They had a high self-esteem and always had a sense of superiority.
Nowadays, a group of barbarians have jumped to high positions in the court, and it is even more uncomfortable to trample them under.
But this is also the emperor's official policy. To win over and unite the attached barbarians, everyone is dissatisfied, and nothing can be changed.
Eastern Turks perish and surrender, Tuyuhun perish and surrender, Dangxiang surrender, and even Yiwu surrender, Lingnan surrender, Khitan and so on surrender. Over the past few years, there have been too many surrendered barbarians, causing Chang'an city to be full of these barbarians.
The emperor often said that Hu and Yue danced together, which was a scene of prosperity, but there were tens of thousands of Hu people in Chang'an City, which really made people dissatisfied, especially because many barbarians enjoyed many privileges, and even became superior to the Tang people.
The news that Qin Lang had killed a group of military officers of the left guard with a cane in the street quickly spread. After the Zuo Wei yamen heard it, a group of generals were still angry. Why didn’t Qin Sanlang give us Zuo Wei any face? He used to be from Zuowei Langguan.
When they heard that the Turkic people were killed by the stick, they immediately lost their anger and went back to drink tea.
Turkic people, they are not their own people anyway, and they have long been tired of seeing them, and they will die when they die. Who asked them to mess with Qin Sanlang? Don’t you know that one is called the Iron Face King?
Report the news to the palace.
The emperor, who was teaching Li Zhi to play chess with Empress Changsun, just hummed after hearing the report, and there was no more.
"Relying on His Majesty's favor, these barbarians are indeed becoming more and more excessive. The concubines can often hear their arrogance and lawlessness in the palace. Now that they meet Saburo, they have hit an iron wall."
Li Shimin just laughed, not commenting.
But since the emperor kept silent, he naturally supported Qin Lang's actions by default.
"I originally wanted Chengqian to go to Jingzhao Mansion to practice hard, but it turned out that Qin Sanlang showed his strength with his fists and feet. It was a miscalculation."
"The prince is young after all. Besides, Qin Lang's work is also under the name of the prince. If there is no prince to support him, he will not be able to flex his muscles in Jingzhao Mansion so smoothly, right? The prince also took the risk for him, and the credit goes to the prince. A portion." The queen said.
Li Shimin suddenly said, "The rain in March has been raining endlessly, and the rain is continuous, and the Taiji Palace is humid. I want to go to Lishan to soak in warm soup. The queen just happened to take Lizhi and her siblings to go together." Stay for a while."
"What about Chang'an?"
"Let Cheng Qian supervise the country. The crown prince is getting older and has already served. Now it seems that his performance is not bad. I will let him share more and let me relax."
"Your Majesty, are you really relieved?"
"There is nothing to worry about. Mount Li is near Chang'an, and the prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall are still staying in Beijing to preside over government affairs. What can happen?"
Li Shimin was also straightforward, and immediately passed the decree, and the royal driver patrolled Lishan, accompanied by the queen, princesses and princes.
The imperial edict ordered the crown prince to supervise the country, and the prime minister of the Zhengshitang and the Zhan Shifu of the East Palace jointly governed and worked. After the decree was issued, he packed up his things on the same day and left Chang'an to go to Lishan to soak in the hot springs under the protection of the Baiqi Battalion of the Habayashi Army.
As for Qin Lang killing more than a dozen Zuowei Turkic military officers of the sixth and seventh ranks, the emperor didn't fart.
The emperor left a decree, don't report to disturb him for non-military affairs, all matters will be handled by the crown prince.
(end of this chapter)