The court, which had been peaceful for a while, was thrown into turmoil again by the Eighth Prince who suddenly emerged from the people. The situation on both sides became tense again, and quite a few people began to speak for the Eighth Prince again.
But they said that, that was when Emperor Tianwu was not here, they only knew how to bully the Sixth Prince. Today, when Emperor Tianwu sat on the dragon throne, those people's mouths were all shut, and they dared not say a word.
But they didn't say anything, the old emperor wanted to say something, "Some people have leverage over Old Nine, and they always think that if I give the throne to Old Nine or Old Six who is close to Old Nine, you will have a hard time in the future. Right? Humph!" The old emperor sneered, "Don't think I don't know anything, don't think that my absence means that the past pages have been turned over. Yes, if you can be good and don't make the same old mistakes, Old Six and I don't mind turning over that page, but you bunch of ungrateful people just don't appreciate it, and you believe everything you hear. As soon as there is something in the people, You are ready to act at the slightest sign of trouble. Why, are you afraid now? Are you preparing for a rainy day? What did you do in the first place? You are paid by the court, but you don't follow my wishes, and you don't work for the country and the people, but only for yourself. What use do I have for people like you? Dashun is so great, with countless civil and military officials. It is true that we cannot clean them up all at once, and we cannot clean them up all at once. There are more corrupt and bad-minded officials than just you. If we remove them all at once, it will indeed cause turmoil in the court. Therefore, I used to remove them bit by bit, but when it comes to you, there are not many left."
The old emperor spoke one sentence at a time. Below, the guilty ministers' sweat dripped onto the hall. Then he heard Emperor Tianwu continue to say: "If the rest are all removed at once, it won't cause chaos in the government, let alone the world. You people are so shameless." He looked down coldly for a long time, until many people's calves trembled, and then he felt satisfied. Then he said to Zhang Yuan: "Zhang Yuan, read them one by one, what are their names, what they did in which year and month, let them know clearly. Don't think that I am wronging them, they must die with a clear mind."
As soon as the old emperor spoke, Zhang Yuan immediately stepped forward and opened the long scroll in his hand. There were densely written words on it, and he read them out. People listened and heard which official had done something bad in which year, month, or even on which day. They might have embezzled money, participated in the rebellion of the third prince, or helped the eighth prince to pit his ninth son in the later period, or maliciously tripped up the sixth prince during his regency. There were even cases where the maternal families of the concubines in the palace colluded with the concubines to buy and sell official positions for their family members. One by one, Zhang Yuan read out the details clearly.
It was as if a whole year had passed until Zhang Yuan finished reading, so long and so exhausting. People counted and found that there were eighteen officials involved, and they all knelt down when Zhang Yuan read their names.
Emperor Tianwu felt sad when he looked at them. "Eighteen of you, you can make up eighteen levels of hell. I think people like you should really go to the eighteen levels of hell. Go! Go to hell! My court doesn't want you worms and scum!" After saying that, he tilted his head and spoke again in the direction of Xu Jingyuan, the Minister of Punishment: "Xu Jingyuan, I will leave these people to you. Interrogate them thoroughly for me and let them die with a clear conscience. Also, listen to me, I don't care what you have heard among the people. I only tell you that Lao Ba is dead and has paid the price for what he has done. As for the beast among the people, humph, I don't even like the real Lao Ba, let alone a fake one. From today on, I will only come to court once and do only this one thing, but you should not have any fluke mentality, because my son is already fully grown, and he will deal with people much more severely than I do. You, wish yourself good luck!"
At a court meeting, Emperor Tianwu completely eliminated the last lurking disloyal ministers in the court. As for those officials who were not qualified to attend court every day but were also against the current overall situation and had close actions towards the eighth prince among the people, as he said, the princes have grown strong and there will be no ambiguity in dealing with them.
In the capital of Dashun, the princes tried their best to eliminate the evil forces, and the capital of the former Sui Dynasty also underwent earth-shaking changes under the governance of Xuan Tianming and Feng Yuheng.
Because many former Zong Sui officials were executed, many large mansions in the city were vacant. Two of these mansions were adjacent to each other, and Feng Yuheng requisitioned them. The walls were demolished and merged into one place, becoming the new Baicao Hall. There were also two other adjacent mansions, and the walls were also broken through to become the Baicao Medical College. She brought advanced medical technology, methods and medicines to Zong Sui, and personally performed two limb reattachment operations, two caesarean sections, and two kidney transplants. After this series of operations, the people were completely conquered by her.
The common people are like this. They love the land under their feet, not the royal family who manages the land. Who rules the land is not the key, but how to rule it. Speaking of which, the Li family did a good job in the past. Before Li Jian came to power, all the emperors loved the country and the people, and they all built this land wholeheartedly. It is not an exaggeration to say that they loved the people like their own children.
But since Li Jian came to power, the lives of the people have been getting worse day by day. In the past, whenever there was a disaster among the people, the previous emperors would even take out their own money to distribute to the refugees, doing their best to ensure that the refugees could at least survive the disaster.
But what about Li Jian? The first thing he did after taking office was to increase taxes, saying that it was to fill the treasury, but in fact it was to make up for the money he had spent in the years of seizing the throne.
The people did not understand why the new emperors always reduced taxes, but Li Jian wanted to increase them. It was fine to increase taxes, but he wanted to increase taxes on the disaster-stricken areas as well. This was hard to accept.
The people in rich areas can at least afford the tax increase, but the refugees have already suffered from the disaster. Your Majesty not only does not open the national treasury to release grain and silver, but you actually collect money from them. They have all suffered from the disaster, where does the money come from?
Take Chicheng, the southeasternmost city of the Sui Dynasty, for example. It was the hottest city in the Sui Dynasty, where it would rain even in winter. When Li Jian first came to power, a flood had just occurred there, destroying countless houses and fertile fields. The people were miserable and fled to other places. Many people fell on the way and never got up again. The last thing the late emperor did before his death was to provide aid to Chicheng. Not only did he empty one-third of the national treasury, but countless court officials also took action to help the people of Chicheng overcome this difficulty.
But Li Jian killed his father to ascend the throne, and the previous emperor died before he finished his aid to Chicheng. The one-third of the silver in the treasury was called back by Li Jian while it was on the way, including the silver and clothes collected by the court officials, but he did not return them to the owner, but took them into his own hands.
The court officials had asked several times, but Li Jian, the new emperor, with the assistance of Chunyu An and Duanmu Anguo, was extremely ruthless. All the court officials who participated in the aid operation were dismissed from their posts one after another. Especially those who asked for their money and belongings back were punished more severely, and two of them were even beheaded by Li Jian.
With such an emperor in power, who dares to go against him? Therefore, the conscientious ministers who were lucky enough not to be cleared chose to keep their mouths shut, and except for attending court every day, they never said a word. The emperor neither agreed nor opposed the proposal, anyway, I will watch you do it, just to get a salary to support the family. And those who are in the same breath with Li Jian are happy, and they show off their power all day long, and they almost have the word "arrogance" written on their faces.
If the court officials were like this, let alone the common people. Not only did the people of Chicheng curse Li Jian, but the people of Beijing also hated the emperor. He could kill his own father and even his own brother. How could you expect such a person to love his fellow countrymen like his own sons? It was good enough that he didn't treat the people like his enemies.
Therefore, when Li Jian was in trouble, when the royal family was in trouble, no one was willing to stand on his side, and all chose to join Dashun. Now, Feng Yuheng's Baicaotang has made another move, and the people of Zong Sui are like discovering a new world. Not only are they surprised that Feng Yuheng has such a superb medical skill like a fairy, but they are also madly envious of the people of Dashun for being so happy. With such a miracle doctor to protect them, what kind of disease can't be cured!
Therefore, people sent their children to Baicao Medical College. In their opinion, as long as they followed Feng Yuxing, even if they could only learn a little bit, they would become outstanding figures.
Of course, Baicao Medical College still does not accept everyone and not everyone can enter. Feng Yuheng also applied the freshman review standards of Dashun Jingdu Medical College to Zong Suilai. All students who are eligible to enter must go through three checks and four reviews, and also take exams before they can be qualified for admission.
Some people say that getting into Baicao Medical College is harder than taking an imperial examination. But others say that no matter how difficult it is, they still want their children to try, because it would be a wonderful thing to think that one day people will no longer suffer from diseases, and those diseases that are currently considered incurable can be cured!
Therefore, even though the admissions review for Baicao Medical College is very strict, there are still long queues in front of the college entrance all day long.
In addition, after Feng Yuheng picked out four of the vacant official residences, Xuan Tianming had people register the rest, and then picked a day to hold a public auction at the government office.
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