"Jinyiwei?"
In the Prime Minister's Residence, Zhou Quan heard the news from the court. He sat cross-legged on the bed and closed his eyes completely.
It seems as if we have already seen the bloody days coming.
"All of this is my fault. It was my lack of ability and failure to control the people under my command that led to the gradual collapse of the court. Moreover, there are indeed countless corrupt officials in the northern region of the court. Everything is due to my failure to control everything. I There is no iron-blooded means..."
"These fellow villagers and elders of mine are in danger. All the blame should be placed on me, the Prime Minister."
Zhou Quan himself has never done anything corrupt and has always been honest and upright. There is nothing valuable in his mansion and it is a very poor place.
But as the prime minister, he held a high position in the court. Because of some friendship, the villagers and elders he used in important positions were a disaster. He did not use thunderous strikes to the north of the court. His methods were too soft and indecisive, which led to the cholera situation in the court today. , he could not escape the blame, he had already sentenced himself to death.
However, thinking about the friendship between the villagers and elders, he thought about it carefully and decided to send people to call the important officials of the court immediately.
Most of these civil and military ministers from the north were happy to come for the sake of the prime minister.
Ministers of civil and military affairs, gathered together.
These ministers filled the room, and each one of them was a well-known figure, with the support of a large northern family behind him.
Zhou Quan told them directly: "Escape quickly. The establishment of Jin Yiwei has been completed. The higher-ups will definitely make big moves. We are in great danger. Escape as far away as possible. Before Lord Wu An takes action, there may be a chance to escape."
"Either you take the initiative to admit your mistakes, tell all the dirty things you and your family have done, and be lenient if you confess. Maybe Mr. Wu An, for my sake, can give you a good death, and I can let you go. For your family.”
Zhou Quan looked at these officials and understood that all their hands were dirty, so he gave them two choices at this moment.
Hearing this,
These important officials in the imperial court were stunned.
I don't understand why the dignified prime minister suddenly looks like he's waiting for death, and looks like everyone is going to die.
Could it be that this prime minister has the courage of a mouse?
It’s just a Jinyiwei, so what?
Is it really possible to massacre the entire civil and military ministers and so many people?
You must know that these officials from the north collude with each other, and few of them are clean.
If the emperor really did this, at least seventy-eight percent of the important civil and military ministers in the court would be reduced, and the world would be in chaos!
A potbellied official came out, bowed and said with a smile: "Prime Minister, you are worrying too much. In my opinion, Mr. Wu An will never do anything wrong. He has already achieved great success and shakes up the master. Once he plots rebellion, no one can stop him."
"Jun Wu An has just returned to Chang'an City. If he wants to do such a big thing and kill all the civil and military officials, how can Emperor Qinglong agree to such a big thing? How can Emperor Xiaoyao agree? Hasn’t the imperial court become the sole domain of Lord Wu An?”
The people next to him echoed: "Mr. Wu An's power has almost surpassed that of Emperor Qinglong. If Emperor Qinglong gives him such great power, what role does the emperor have? It's better to give up the throne to Mr. Wu An."
"I believe that Your Majesty will not allow a minister to urinate on his head, nor will he trust a minister so much. Your Majesty will definitely not let Mr. Wu An do whatever he wants, and may even restrict him and deprive him of his military power!"
"Yes, it is absolutely impossible for the young emperor and his wife Xiaoyao to reuse Lord Wu An. Otherwise, wouldn't the change of dynasty happen today?"
Some people didn't take it seriously and laughed and said: "Indeed, as long as we use a little trick, we can sow discord between the young emperor and Lord Wu'an, divide Lord Wu'an's rights, and get his army into our hands. !”
Zhou Quan looked at these people's stubborn expressions and sighed deeply.
Disaster is imminent and death is imminent, yet you still have such ridiculous dreams!
Zhou Quan immediately said: "You people, all you think is that it is impossible for Emperor Qinglong to reuse a person so much, and it is impossible to trust a person so much, but what if he just believes it?"
"Emperor Qinglong and Princess Xiaoyao, once they join forces with Lord Wu An, they will have 100,000 elite soldiers outside the city. You will be unable to fly even if you want to run away!"
"The ancient sages have a saying that is good: before doing something, anticipate bad things instead of good things, so that you can be foolproof."
"You are all immersed in your own dreams, unable to extricate yourself, imagining that it is impossible for His Majesty to reuse Lord Wu An. If His Majesty really trusts Lord Wu An, you will definitely die!"
His words made everyone present change their expressions.
Zhou Quan said something even more serious:
"You civil and military officials are from the northern region. You were once just local officials. You have not made any outstanding achievements. Your relationship with the late emperor is average, and your relationship with the emperor's aunt is also average."
"What about Zhao Xuanqi?"
"He was highly valued by the late Emperor Jingming more than ten years ago. At that time, the whole country was in rebellion. Only Zhao Xuanqi went upstream and led his troops to serve the king alone to protect the safety of the late emperor."
"A few years ago, Zhao Xuanqi even entrusted a lonely minister to the new emperor to succeed to the throne. The master of the country was in doubt. He held Shangfang's sword and killed the rebellious ministers and traitors in public. He recognized Emperor Qinglong as the only emperor and protected Emperor Qinglong to become the new emperor."
"At that time, if Zhao Xuanqi wanted to become the emperor, it would be easy to change dynasties. No one could stop him, but he didn't!"
"Zhao Xuanqi happened to be Princess Xiaoyao's sweetheart. She once tried to recruit him as her consort in court. After the failure, Princess Xiaoyao never married for so many years. Do you think that's why?"
"Emperor Qinglong is young, and now he only listens to the words of Princess Xiaoyao. Whatever Princess Xiaoyao says is whatever she says..."
"What is the relationship between you guys and Emperor Qinglong? What is the relationship between Lord Wu An and Emperor Qinglong? Do you think His Majesty trusts you now, or will he trust Lord Wu An?"
These words made all the officials' faces change drastically. Many of them turned pale, and some even started to tremble.
An official stood up and said, "That's not possible. We officials represent the northern region. All the powerful landowners in the north obey our orders. Our family has ruled the north for a long time, and no one else has a say in the north. "
Someone else said: "Yes, yes, with our respective powers, we can gather tens of thousands of heavy troops in the north. Once he really wants to attack us and kill us, there will be chaos in the north of the imperial court!"
Some people seemed to want to comfort themselves, so they sneered: "Once there is turmoil in the north, I don't know how many people will die, I don't know how long the war will last, and countless national resources will be consumed. Can Lord Wu An bear such a sin?"
"Even if Mr. Wu An wants to attack us, he will at most have peace talks with us so that he can talk to us and not kill us all!"
"I think so too. It's just a matter of establishing Jinyiwei, so what? At most, Lord Wu'an is negotiating peace with us and doesn't dare to take action against us. How could he risk the chaos in the north and take action against us? This is really too stupid. , if it goes wrong, the newly stabilized government will collapse immediately, but it may very well lead to the collapse of the entire country!"
"As long as we sacrifice part of our interests, Lord Wu'an will definitely let us go. We can even support him in changing his dynasty. Otherwise, if we are desperate, we might not be able to kill him!" Someone said, and his words gradually became fierce.
Zhou Quan laughed so hard that tears fell.
"You think too highly of yourselves!"
"This is the first time I have seen such people with such high ambitions and low abilities. I thought you were just useless people at best, but now I see you are nothing but trash. You guys are all worthless trash!"
"No wonder you were unable to enter the central court of Chang'an before, so you could only live in the local area, waiting to die, and doing corruption and bribery."
"You people are short-sighted. If the prodigal army hadn't killed most of the wealthy noble families in the capital a few years ago, leaving no one available in the court, you would never have been able to come to Chang'an in your lifetime!"
He hated the iron and said: "Heavy troops in the north? Chaos in the north? How funny!"
"Who is Mr. Wu An?"
"An army of 30,000 can defeat the 500,000 prodigal army, and completely kill the arrogant general without even a chance to escape!"
"You dare to face Beimang's millions of cavalry alone, chat and laugh with the Great Chanyu, and persuade those barbarians who kill without blinking an eye to retreat!"
"Later, he defeated the many with less, taking the lead and defeating the allied forces of the princes. Eight princes and kings were beheaded on the spot!"
"Wu An-Jun, Wu An-Jun..."
"You think too highly of yourselves. A rebellion breaks out in the north and can be suppressed instantly in less than half a month. If you losers lead an army, you are not even as good as one of Lord Wu An's fingers!"
"A million-strong army can't do anything to him, a million cavalry can't do anything to him. How many million-strong armies do you have? How many million-strong armies do you have?!"
Zhou Quan stood up and pointed at someone: "How many millions of troops do you have?"
The man's face turned pale and he immediately stepped back, shaking his head.
Zhou Quan pointed at another official: "What about you? How many millions of troops do you have under your command?"
These people shook their heads wildly, their faces became extremely pale, and their bodies were dripping with sweat.
Zhou Quan looked at their frightened expressions and said again: "There is chaos in the north? If I kill you, the north will be in chaos? So he doesn't dare to kill you? This idea is simply too funny!"
"You see him as a gentleman and look like a helpless scholar, but you look down upon him like this. He is a killer. Have you forgotten what he did in the south?"
"For the sake of the stability of the world and the stability of the south, he killed 300,000 people. He killed all the 300,000 surrendered troops directly on the spot. How many civil and military officials do you have in the dynasty? Why doesn't he dare to kill you? Do you have hundreds of thousands of heads to chop off?"
"Do you all have 300,000 heads together?!"
This sentence was like the straw that broke the camel's back, completely shattering the confidence of these important officials. They were sweating profusely, and some of them were trembling continuously, and even their teeth were chattering.
They were completely awakened from their sweet dreams and saw this fact clearly!
So they resigned one after another and returned home, trying to find a way to face it and find a way to break the situation.
Zhou Quan watched these people retreat and sat on the bed exhausted.
He seemed to have seen the outcome of the matter, so he said to the servants: "Prepare a coffin for me."
"It doesn't need to be too expensive, just an ordinary coffin will do. I like the color of vermilion."
The expressions of the servants all changed greatly.
They didn't expect that the current prime minister, who was also one of the court's Tuogu ministers, didn't even think about resisting, so he just surrendered!
If you resist, you might as well be defeated!
Unfortunately, Zhou Quan had no intention of resisting. After the servant bought the coffin, he lay down in the coffin and slept, choosing to give himself a decent death.
At least leave yourself a whole body!
No matter what he said, he was still the prime minister of the imperial court, so he chose to give himself a decent way to die!
There is nothing wrong with a thorough guess.
Within a few days, under the orders of Zhao Xuanqi and Emperor Qinglong, the newly created Jin Yiwei quickly dispatched with thunderous means.
Jin Yiwei, wearing a flying fish suit and an embroidered spring knife on his waist, listed out conclusive evidence, arrested each of the court ministers and sent them to prison to pronounce their crimes.
The Jin Yiwei used thunderous means to arrest people crazily!
Every one of them counts, as long as they are court ministers who have made mistakes, whether they are ninth-rank sesame officials or first-rank officials, they will all be arrested without fail!
If you dare to resist, you can kill them on the spot.
The power of Jinyiwei is beyond everyone's imagination, and the iron-blooded methods he possesses are even more frightening to everyone!
No one thought that His Majesty would give Jin Yiwei such great power and would agree to Lord Wu An’s brutal killing!
In just a few days, more than half of the ministers in the imperial court were reduced. All officials who committed corruption were arrested. No official who committed any mistakes or crimes could escape punishment.
Their evidence was openly uncovered by Jinyiwei, and then pasted on the notice at the execution ground. The verdict was announced loudly in front of countless people, and then beheaded directly.
Crisp and neat, without any sloppiness!
In the past few days, more heads have been chopped off in the vegetable market than in the past ten years. All of them are court ministers, all of them are important ministers from the north!
After collecting enough evidence, Jin Yiwei cooperated with some army generals and headed to the northern region at lightning speed to carry out a large-scale cleansing of the northern region.
Officials in the north could not sit still and wait for death. Some people started a rebellion and wanted to resist.
However, he was soon defeated and killed!
To the elite soldiers trained by the imperial court, these rebellions in the north were simply like chickens and dogs, vulnerable to a single blow.
The so-called rebellion was quickly extinguished without even setting off a spark, and perished faster than anyone imagined.
In the northern region, he was killed and bleeding!
A large number of powerful landowners died, a large number of villains were imprisoned, and the entire north was wiped out!
Jinyiwei killed everything, and the evidence was conclusive, and the killing was justified, making it impossible for anyone to refute.
The people were extremely cooperative and applauded this.
Many people even actively cooperated with Jin Yiwei, provided Jin Yiwei with beneficial information and intelligence, and made great contributions.
The imperial court also encouraged the people at the bottom to expose and report, and could even recommend some capable talents to become officials. If the recommendations were made properly, rewards would be given.
Suddenly, countless people reported it and recommended it.
The cooperation of the lower level, plus the cooperation of Jin Yiwei and the upper level, combined to form a dragnet to impose sanctions on these northern officials.
In just three months, countless corrupt officials throughout the north were punished, and no one could escape.
And those wise men with a reputation for integrity and talents with the ability to govern the country were found by the Jinyiwei one after another, or they were directly invited to leave their homes and become officials.
The Jin Yiwei's intelligence is extremely powerful. No one who should escape will be able to escape, and no one who should be killed will be spared. And they will not miss those famous and talented people. They will invite those talented people out of the mountains for the imperial court. Then Real talents are reused to benefit the people.
In this way, the north is stable!
The stability of the north is faster than anyone imagined!
The entire Northern Wei Kingdom, whether it is the south or the north, whether it is the local or central government, has completely returned to a state of clarity and is full of vitality!
It has been difficult for anyone to find a corrupt official from the Northern Wei Dynasty. This decadent country that was about to overthrow burst out with powerful vitality at this moment and regained prosperity!
"Jin Yiwei did a good job!"
Zhao Xuanqi sat alone in the room, looking at some Jin Yiwei information placed on the table, looking at the copywriting that had happened these days, and he praised Jin Yiwei for what he had done.
He praised: "Bai Ren does a very good job. No matter what he is dealing with, he can do it perfectly. He is indeed a talent."
"The Jinyiwei he led has a sufficient intelligence network in their hands, and they are all highly skilled in martial arts. They are indeed the sharpest swords in the world. Now the north has been completely pacified and the country has been completely wiped out."
"The country has been completely stabilized!"
"In Chang'an City, there are no longer enough prisons. Seventy-eight out of ten important officials of the imperial court have been imprisoned, which means there is not enough manpower to handle the government affairs!"
"It seems that we can't kill these people directly. We have to let them live a little longer and let them handle court affairs in their cells. Only by sorting out the things in their hands and handing them over will there be new officials who can replace them. , then kill them and let them die a good death. If they don’t cooperate, then they will live and die!”
The only trouble that Zhao Xuanqi lamented was that there were not enough cells in the court, and there were too many people imprisoned!
The mistakes made by many officials are too numerous to list.
In this era, if a person makes too serious a mistake and causes too deep a sin, it will endanger his family!
There are simply not enough cells!
Just when Zhao Xuanqi was happy for the country to be clear and peaceful, and when he was fantasizing about the country's future, someone suddenly knocked on the door.
"Please come in!"
Following Zhao Xuanqi's voice, Bai Ren opened the door and walked in slowly.
Zhao Xuanqi glanced away and immediately asked: "There are a lot of things going on recently. Jinyiwei has so many things waiting for you to deal with personally. You are a very busy man. How could you find me at this time?"
Bai Ren held the document in his hand and said with some hesitation: "I have captured a prisoner in the past few days. We cannot deal with this prisoner. Only you, Mr. Wu An, can deal with it."
Zhao Xuanqi was stunned and said with a sneer: "What kind of prisoner is so important? Even when Prime Minister Zhou Quan died, you didn't necessarily think so cautiously!"
He bowed and saluted, and then said: "He is an old friend of yours. Apart from you, we don't dare to take action at all."
Zhao Xuanqi racked his brains, but he couldn't think of anyone in the world who was so important.
Bai Ren is now the commander of the Jinyi Guards. Who makes him dare not take action? Who can only handle it by themselves?
Zhao Xuanqi had a puzzled look on his face.
Bai Ren looked at Zhao Xuanqi's appearance. He walked up to Zhao Xuanqi, stuck out his head and whispered a name in his ear.
It was this name that made Zhao Xuanqi's expression change drastically!
Zhao Xuanqi stood up from his seat instantly. Because the movement was too violent, the table in front of him collapsed with a violent sound.
His face became filled with mixed emotions. He never thought that the so-called old friend would be this person!
This name actually appears here.
Wang Shilin!
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