In the Song Dynasty, there was no law. Chapter 277 of the main text: The emperor is a tiger after all. When Zhao Jun arrived at the Dazongzheng Mansion of Muqin's house, he only saw the bodies of Zhao Yunrang and his wife.
The young Zhao Zongshi just sat obediently on a chair outside.
He doesn't know.
His parents died quietly in the inner room.
He was still confused and just watched a large number of Imperial City Guards rush into his family's mansion. He was at a loss and sat there awkwardly.
It was not until a large number of Imperial City Guards stormed into the Zongzheng Mansion, took away all his family members, and brought out the bodies of his parents that he realized what had happened.
Zhao Zongshi rushed forward crying, then was pulled away by the soldiers. He was like a madman, and his cries seemed to be heard throughout the mansion.
"Zhiyuan."
Cao Xiu stood aside, seeing the wailing in the mansion, and could not bear it and asked, "What should we do?"
"Catch him first."
"Then what?"
“Then he was imprisoned.”
"Is it just closed?"
"What can we do? Kill them all?"
"All right."
Cao Xiu had no choice but to agree.
Zhao Jun's eyes moved between Zhao Yunrang's descendants who were captured in the mansion.
He actually hadn't figured out how to deal with them.
He is from the lineage of Zhao Kuangyin, and in terms of relationship with Zhao Zongshi, he is a very distant ancestor who has nothing to do with him.
Anyway, they are not direct relatives. Logically speaking, Zhao Yunrang's family rebellion has nothing to do with him. In ancient times, it was not an exaggeration to execute the entire family.
But Zhao Zongshi was the grandfather of Song Zhezong after all, and Zhezong Zhao Jun still loved him very much. He was also the last wise ruler of the Northern Song Dynasty. It was such a pity that he died like this.
Although the trajectory of history has changed, under the butterfly effect, it is possible that Cheoljong may no longer exist.
However, for the sake of Zhezong, he did not kill him directly.
Let Zhao Zhen worry about it.
Anyway, it’s none of his business. It’s none of my business whether he is killed or not.
He immediately ordered the house of Zhao Zongshi to be raided, and then left and went to the Sanya.
In the afternoon.
The news of Zhao Zhen's assassination spread throughout Bianliang.
The army then began a large-scale sweep.
Arresting nobles everywhere.
Of course, the children of nobles do not just stay in their own mansions.
This group of people is actually a minority.
At this time, most people are either hanging out on the streets or living a life of luxury in brothels, restaurants or gambling houses.
The result was that all the brothels and gambling houses thought the government was cracking down on prostitution and gambling, and there was chaos for a while.
It was not until this time that the people of Bianliang understood why the imperial court suddenly took action.
The palace coup in the back garden also frightened all the officials. The civil service group quickly began to take sides and wrote letters to attack the group of generals and nobles, which suddenly made everyone want to kill them.
The civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty had been divided for too long. Although the statement "The one who sang out as the top scholar outside Donghua Gate was a good boy" was an isolated evidence, it could not be considered as official history.
But it is also a fact that in history the civil service group tried desperately to suppress the military group.
This included impeachment of a large number of high-ranking officials of the Privy Council who were military generals, such as Ma Zhijie, Wang Deyong, Zhang Qi, and Di Qing.
They could even fabricate false accusations, such as the Chief Censor Kong Daofu once impeached Wang Deyong for having an unusual appearance and the possibility of rebellion.
Therefore, this time it can be said that the nobles have fallen into trouble and everyone is calling for their execution.
Instead, the imperial court began to worry that if they were too harsh on the generals and nobles, everyone in the army would be insecure, so they quickly issued an order from the Constitutional Council, stating that only those who committed serious crimes would be punished, and the rest would not be implicated.
So in the next few days, Bianliang was full of captured sons of nobles. Even if they were lucky enough to escape from Bianliang, they would soon be wanted.
Among the hundreds of sons of military families and nobles, more than 10,000 were arrested in Bianliang alone, except for more than a dozen who saw the opportunity early and had not committed any serious crimes and immediately asked the Cao family to convey their willingness to obey the court.
In addition, various places are also investigating the children of military officers and nobles who are serving in local positions.
If we include the ordinary middle and lower-level officers who have connections with generals and nobles, I am afraid that at least 30,000 people will be arrested.
This does not include the soldiers and lackeys in the army.
The Imperial City Prison was overcrowded, so they had to borrow the Kaifeng Prefecture prison to detain these people.
Until July 17th.
This incident lasted for about twenty days.
Most of the envoys sent to investigate military records in various places have basically completed their tasks.
Except for the garrison troops in some remote areas in the south, the rest of the envoys had already written down the situation in memorials and submitted them back to the Ministry of War.
Fu Bi coordinated the data, summarized it, and rewrote it into a memorial and submitted it to the Constitutional Council.
Chongzheng Hall in the afternoon.
It was early July, the beginning of autumn, but the temperature did not drop.
The so-called autumn tiger means that the temperature rises sharply in autumn and is as fierce as a tiger.
The sun was scorching hot, and everyone was wearing cool silk shorts, a bit like the silk Tang suits of later generations.
Zhao Zhen and Zhao Jun simply wore T-shirts and shorts.
Speaking of which, Zhao Jun also went to Sichuan in April. Summer was about to arrive, so the clothes he brought in his suitcase were basically T-shirts, linen trousers, beach pants, breeches and the like.
Eight years have passed, and I haven't worn these clothes much because I'm afraid of wear and tear. I can only keep them as a treasure, so now I wear clothes that I designed myself.
The afternoon was the time when the sun was at its hottest. The sunlight came in through the paper windows, making the entire Chongzheng Hall unusually bright.
Everyone is still the same.
Zhao Zhen sat behind the desk, with six chairs on each side of the desk.
Zhao Jun sat in the first seat below and to the left of Zhao Zhen. Opposite him was Lu Yijian, and next to him were Wang Zeng and Fan Zhongyan.
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