"Xixian Palace Consort Zhuang, Dongwu Palace Consort Qing..."
When Li Xiang walked out of the palace, Qian Ping had already started the purge. Qian Ping had experienced such a thing when he was in Gaochang Kingdom. Wildfires cannot be extinguished, and they will spring up again with the spring breeze.
If we are a little kinder to these people, they may become a big problem for us in the future.
Back in Gaochang, Li Xiang didn't want so many people to die, so he let them off the hook. But what was the final result? The nobles and the army colluded, and we almost lost our battle in Gaochang.
If we were not strong enough in the local area, we might have suffered heavy losses there. Gaochang Kingdom is a channel for communication with the Western Regions. Once we fail there, our troops in the Western Regions will not be able to return. At that time, our losses cannot be measured by the number of people. This represents the failure of the Tang Empire's Western Regions policy, and Li Xiang will also be attacked by a large number of people within the court.
So since that incident, Li Xiang has basically put away his kindness, and when you want to show your kindness, you have to look at who is in front of you. If these people are not very useful, it is best not to let them see your kind side, and it is better to talk to them with a big knife.
Anyone whose name Qian Ping mentioned would die tonight. These people were hostile to the Tang Dynasty. They had gathered a lot of intelligence during this period, though there might not be much evidence. But did they need evidence on the night of a coup? Did they need evidence for the Great Purge?
Even if you only had this idea before and didn't do anything substantial, and didn't cause any substantial harm to the Tang Dynasty, what we are pursuing now is stability. A few heads are just nothing to the Tang Dynasty, but it is enough to stabilize the entire Nanzhao country, so there is no psychological burden in killing you.
In addition to these imperial concubines, many eunuchs and palace maids in the palace were also executed, or they were thrown directly into the labor camp. This was a new department created by Li Xiang, specifically for doing hard work. Once you go in, don't even think about getting out in your life. Of course, they'll paint a rosy picture for you, for example, you can get out after working for ten or twenty years, but Li Xiang obviously had no intention of letting them out when he first established it.
The King of Nanzhao and the Queen Mother sat nearby and listened. At first, they resisted and tried to talk about something about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and wisdom.
But I can't say anything at this moment. One knife outside can kill a person. If you two say too much, although your lives can be saved, the people you care about will be in trouble. One of the eunuchs that Queen Mother Wang trusted most was beheaded because of this issue.
At that time, the Queen Mother wanted to plead for her daughter-in-law. Qian Ping had been explaining for a long time, but the Queen Mother still wanted to take advantage of her seniority. So Qian Ping could not do anything to the Queen Mother. After all, we have been instructed by our superiors to treat the King and the Queen Mother with courtesy.
Only these two people were mentioned above, and the others were not mentioned, so there was no psychological burden at all to take action against the others. Qian Ping immediately dragged out a eunuch steward and chopped him to death. After seeing this scene, Queen Mother Wang naturally had to shut her mouth, otherwise the remaining confidants would have to be killed, and now there are less than one-fifth of their heyday.
"Clean up the area outside. The situation in the palace is now over. Also, notify the troops outside to arrest the people on the list. We must find them alive or dead. Everything must return to normal before dawn."
The killing continued until the second watch of the night, and the whole palace was filled with the smell of blood again, but no one dared to cover their noses at this moment, and no one was willing to say a single extra word. Those people outside had killed countless people that night, and if you had any extra words, they wouldn't mind adding you in.
When they killed the first person, these people might have thought about it carefully, but when they killed the fifth person, it was like a mechanical action. They pulled these people outside and killed them with their swords. So now killing a few more people is as easy for them as eating.
"Your Majesty, we have to ask you to come with us. There are too many large families in this city, and they have a lot of defenses at home. If you go with us, it will save us a lot of trouble."
Qian Ping was being polite, but he had no intention of slowing down. His words were like an order. When His Majesty the King heard Qian Ping's words, he stood up obediently and walked outside. Now this guy was more obedient than a puppet, just to survive.
When the Queen Mother saw this scene before, she would sigh in her heart, thinking that it would be better for the king to be dead if he became like this. However, after seeing so many dead people, she still felt that it was better for her son to be alive.
Of course, we still have to be polite. His Majesty the King is not just a king who has lost his country. If his daughter gives birth to a little prince, he will still be our master in the future. So after leaving the palace, the necessary carriage must be prepared. You can't let the king run there.
The king got on the carriage in two steps at a time. He certainly knew what his current situation was. The reason why he still had a carriage was purely because of his daughter in the capital. Do you really think that Qian Ping and others have an old relationship with him?
From the time Li Xiang left until now, Qian Ping had no idea how many people he had killed, including two eunuchs under his command. Those people were the channels of communication between the king and Qian Ping. He had thought that they would have some feelings for each other, but the first people Qian Ping wanted to kill were those two eunuchs.
When passing by the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion, there was also a bloody atmosphere. Although all the people in the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion had run away before, there were still many people left in the house. Compared with the people selected at the Palace, the people at the Prince of Zhennan's Mansion were not selective and just killed directly.
Li Xiang actually felt guilty towards Nanzhao. If he could wait, he would never have taken over the entire Nanzhao in this way. However, Li Xiang had greater ambitions. The empire still needed an outlet to the Indian Ocean, so it was only a matter of time before Nanzhao was taken down. It was better to do it sooner rather than later...
