"They must be arrested, and they must not be pardoned."
"It's because he is a well-known figure in the scholarly community, so we want to arrest him."
"Isn't his matter also a kind of publicity?"
Cao Mao asked seriously.
Zhong Hui said: "Then if his father is plotting rebellion?"
"Then kill his clan."
"Are you afraid that Deng Ai is no match for Wang Rong's father?"
Zhong Hui didn't say anything more. Although he liked it, work was still work. He couldn't let his personal feelings affect his work. Of course, this was limited to good feelings and couldn't delay work. If he disliked her, it would be hard to say.
Zhong Hui left here.
Cao Mao looked through the memorial list again, but he couldn't stand it. His heart was full of corrupt officials.
He simply put aside what he was doing and walked out of the west hall.
Cao Mao walked unsteadily in the palace, and soon he appeared in front of Zhaoyang Palace.
Mr. Guo stood at the entrance of the palace and was startled when he saw Cao Mao suddenly appearing here.
The emperor has not been here for a while.
Today is different from the past. In the past, the emperor often came to see the queen mother, but he was always at the door and unable to enter.
But now, the emperor's mere appearance here has caused a commotion among many eunuchs in Zhaoyang Palace. Someone immediately went in to report to the Queen Mother, and someone was responsible for welcoming him.
Before Cao Mao could even speak, Mr. Guo made way for him, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is already waiting for you!"
Cao Mao nodded towards him and quickly walked into the hall.
"My son is here!!"
Empress Dowager Guo was in high spirits. It was clearly Cao Mao who had won the power, and the Empress Dowager was completely ignored. However, judging from the mental state of the two of them, it seemed as if the Empress Dowager was the winner.
Zheng Xian was standing next to the Queen Mother and was stunned when she saw Cao Mao suddenly appearing.
Cao Mao bowed to the Queen Mother.
"Mother, my son has come to visit you."
Queen Mother Guo hurriedly asked Cao Mao to sit next to her. Seeing Cao Mao's haggard appearance, Queen Mother Guo was very happy and pitiful.
"Why is my son sick? But what happened?"
Cao Mao did not hide it, and simply informed Empress Dowager Guo about the corruption of officials and Yushitai taking the lead in collecting money.
Cao Mao looked very sad and angry, disappointed with the actions of the officials.
His face still looked a little aggrieved, like a weak and helpless little emperor.
When Queen Mother Guo heard this, she also cursed angrily.
"Why are there people like this in both the DPRK and China?"
"So many traitors have died, can't we have a longer memory?"
"There's no end! There's no end!"
Queen Mother Guo scolded, Cao Mao shook his head.
There is an almost irreconcilable contradiction between the emperor and his ministers. This contradiction will be suppressed as one party becomes stronger, but it will never disappear.
Even if it is as powerful as Tang Zong, the ancestor of Han Dynasty, it is not said that it can completely resolve the conflict.
Cao Mao dare not say that he can completely resolve the conflict between monarch and ministers in his lifetime, but he needs to suppress this conflict as much as possible.
However, now that Cao Mao has great power, military power is the foundation of everything. Originally, he was worried that indiscriminate killing would lead to the loss of officials and no one could use them. But now it seems that the effects of their existence are almost all negative, and it is better to have no one available! !
After this time, I could relax for a long time.
However, you have to survive their invisible counterattack.
Cao Mao continued to complain to the Queen Mother and talked about his experiences during this period.
Queen Mother Guo scolded Cao Mao several times, and finally said to Cao Mao: "My son, don't be sad, these traitors will get their due retribution sooner or later!"
"If you encounter something that cannot be solved, come to me and I will definitely stand up for you!"
Upon hearing this, Cao Mao suddenly raised his head and wanted to say something, but he hesitated.
"Mother"
When Queen Mother Guo saw Cao Mao hesitating and seemed to be asking for something from her, she immediately became elated, but said seriously: "My son, if you need my help in anything, just ask, why are you like this?"
"Don't you take me seriously?"
"Don't dare, don't dare."
Cao Mao said helplessly: "Mom, it's like this. There is almost no one around me who can use it now."
"There are traitors in this Yushitai. It's really difficult to find reliable people. I remembered that my relatives in my mother's family had been generals and were quite talented. They are probably more trustworthy than the ministers. I want them to Come to help”
After hearing these words, Queen Mother Guo hesitated.
Thanks to Cao Mao's blessing, the Empress Dowager Guo had a deep gap with those relatives, and even now the Empress Dowager Guo will not talk about them easily.
But, the emperor was asking for help from him. After thinking about it, Queen Mother Guo felt that apart from these relatives, there was nothing she could do to help the emperor.
Queen Mother Guo pondered for a moment and then said: "Yes, but my son must be more cautious and not trust them too much."
Cao Mao hurriedly said: "Mother, please summon them and ask them to help me."
"good!"
Queen Mother Guo agreed simply.
Cao Mao was overjoyed and quickly thanked him.
Queen Mother Guo gently stroked Cao Mao's head, "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, you will never be wronged!"
Cao Mao's eyes were red at this moment, and he was particularly moved.
The two chatted for a long time, and Cao Mao was just about to leave. Queen Mother Guo asked Zheng Xian to send Cao Mao away.
Zheng Xian followed Cao Mao, and she saw Cao Mao's words and demeanor just now.
The unspeakable sadness and grievance made her feel uncomfortable.
She didn't expect that an imperial emperor would be forced to this point by his ministers.
She wanted to comfort her, but she didn't know what to say.
When the two of them walked out of Zhaoyang Hall, Zheng Xian just said: "Your Majesty"
At this moment, Cao Mao turned around, Zheng Xian was dumbfounded, and her whole body was stunned.
At this moment, Cao Mao's face was extremely calm, and his eyes became cold again. There was no trace of the grievance and helplessness that he had just now, and he also had that kind of temperament that was scary just to look at it. Zheng Xian was dumbfounded.
She thought that the emperor was coaxing the Queen Mother to help her, but she didn't expect that the emperor's acting skills were so good. He changed in just a moment and didn't look like the same person!
Of course she wouldn't know that this was a unique skill that Cao Mao's teacher personally taught him, and that ordinary people couldn't master it.
Cao Mao looked at her calmly and said, "You have done quite well these past few days. If you continue to stay with the Queen Mother and ask her not to disturb me, you will be considered meritorious."
"If you miss your family, you can go back to see them without asking me."
Zheng Xian nodded slowly. She seemed to be really frightened by Cao Mao.
Cao Mao ignored her and turned around to leave.
Today's Wei Dynasty needs cool officials.
Zhong Hui is obviously not a very good and cool official. Although Zhong Hui values pursuit above all else, he still has some fondness for the children of wealthy families, especially celebrities.
Unless those celebrities don't give him face first, otherwise, as long as they are polite to him, he will be easily manipulated.
These traitors cannot be eliminated with the loyal ministers and talented people in the history books.
Only those villains who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and those who have a bad reputation in history books, can deal with these traitors.
Cao Mao quickly thought of several people in his mind.
And those at the top of the list are naturally the fools from the Guo family.
Cao Mao didn't touch them at first, just thinking that one day he could put them to use, and now was obviously a good time.
After they were expelled by the Queen Mother, the big clans counterattacked wildly, leaving them in a state of disarray. They have completely withdrawn from the list of big families. No one in the clan is an official anymore, let alone the Confucian classics. He is the only disciple who teaches classics. He is still king in the mountains.
It can be said that now they are really forced to a dead end.
For villains like them, any opportunity to rise and save their lives is so important that they will not miss it, let alone whether it will affect their reputation in Shilin.
How could any influence be worse than being exterminated?
The reason why the Queen Mother came forward naturally had other profound meanings.
In addition to these fools from the Guo family, there is another person, and that is He Zeng.
He Zeng, if you insist on saying that, he is the biggest corrupt official in Wei Dynasty.
Regardless of how filial and polite this guy is, in fact, this guy highly values luxury.
The food cooked in his kitchen even exceeded what the emperors and princes ate.
Every time Sima Yan held a banquet and gathered everyone, he would never eat it, saying that the food was not as delicious as his own food and could not be swallowed.
In other dynasties, this statement would never have been enough to behead nine heads.
But Sima Anshi would not disappoint. He immediately announced that when there would be a banquet in the future, He Gong could bring his own chef in.
In order to maintain his luxurious enjoyment, it is not known how much He Zeng did in private. All you need to know is that with his salary, it is completely impossible to compete with the emperor for wealth.
If the world's corrupt officials were to be dealt with, he should be the first to be pulled out and dealt with.
But, this person seems to have the same moral character as Sima Yan, but he is very cautious in doing things. I only know that he is extravagant, but there is no evidence of bribery and corruption.
In addition, this person is a person who does not care about face at all. He only wants to save his life and enjoy himself. In other words, he is a villain who can deal with anyone ruthlessly.
Such people often have the potential to become cruel officials.
When Cao Mao returned to the West Hall, he already had many thoughts in his mind.
He immediately sent someone again, this time to bring He Zeng to him.
If the sages like Wuqiudian under his command cannot deal with those villains, then use the biggest villain to deal with these villains.
I want to compete with them to see who is more cruel and tyrannical. Since you are unreasonable and wanton, don't blame me for using the same method to deal with you! !
Let you also feel what it feels like to be bullied by a traitor! !
ps: I dedicated a new book to my friend. It’s called "Three Kingdoms: The Dragon Rises from Jiangnan". It’s written by Liu Pan. If you like it, you can read it.
There is also a book called "The Prosperous Tang Dynasty: Starting from Marrying Yang Yuhuan", which I heard is pretty good too.
I don’t know why book titles are getting longer and longer these days.
