February 2nd.
Too many things happened in Kyoto today.
When the sun rose as usual the next day, the officials who came to the palace gate early to wait for the court meeting fell into a dead silence.
Because there seemed to be a lot less people attending court today.
In the world of Kyoto, the really important thing is information.
A large part of the reason why the Overwatch Council's status in the Qing Kingdom is so special is that the Secret Agents of the Overwatch Council are like dandelion seeds, taking root in every corner of the Qing Kingdom.
What happened last night has reached the ears of the adults in various mansions in Kyoto.
The Oversight Council took such a direct and unreasonable action, and had no intention of hiding it at all. Last night's action was vigorous and resolute. Except for the officials who were caught in the prison of the Oversight Council, all the people who had no official positions were killed. , including the fast sword Xie Bian.
In the Qing Kingdom, if you want to touch an official of the third rank or above, you need the Qing Emperor in the palace to personally issue an order. However, when dealing with officials below the third rank, as long as there is conclusive evidence, the Supervisory Yuan can kill them first and then report them.
As for those so-called Jianghu people...if they die, they will die.
The second prince's lineage was uprooted.
This cruel and bloody fact made many people in Kyoto feel deeply uneasy.
No one expected that the prince, who had been fighting with His Royal Highness for so many years in Kyoto, would withdraw from the fight for the throne in such a dramatic way.
Although the second prince is surrounded by his in-law family in Dingzhou, the military forces in the court can provide almost zero help to the prince.
What's more, the Ye family seems to have a tendency to be unable to save themselves when the Clay Bodhisattva crosses the river.
The time has come, and the sound of the palace door key finally sounded.
Lu Ze stood in front of Li Chengze and slowly opened his eyes with a calm expression. At this moment, he remembered the simple conversation he had with the Qin family last night.
"In this world, the most shameless, insidious, cunning and unreasonable truth. After throwing away everything, there is only one most powerful truth left, and that is... Let's see who has the bigger fist."
"Fan Xian dared to plan such an unreasonable counterattack tonight because... his fists are bigger than the second prince's."
After peeling off the layers of royal coats called nobility, supremacy, and prominence, the so-called heirs of the royal family are no different from ordinary people in their bones. When it comes time to enter the octagonal cage, everyone will compete with their own fists. size.
The truth is not on paper, but on the edge of the sword.
Truth is only within the range of cannon fire.
Lu Ze still admired the old man of the Qin family very much. At least the Qin family has been able to sit firmly at the top of the Privy Council and the military in recent years. This old man, who is over seventy years old, has definitely contributed a lot. He even participated in the Taiping Villa incident that year. It can go smoothly for so many years.
You know, during the bloody night in Kyoto that year, countless princes, powerful people and their mansions were wiped out.
It's just that the Queen Mother and the Empress were not greatly affected. After all, their identities were special, and the fact that the Qin family's old man could hide safely behind them was naturally related to Emperor Qing's trust.
People say that Chen Pingping is His Majesty's most trusted old black dog.
But in fact, the old man of the Qin family is the real loyal dog who protects the hospital. Otherwise, Chen Pingping would not transform into Pike and try his best to drag the Qin family into trouble, just to make the master Qing Emperor truly cruel. Beat the dog.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
"This Lord Tisi took action against me because of what happened at Niulan Street. Don't forget that your uncle was also a participant."
Walking along the green bricks in the square in front of the palace, the majestic Taiqing Palace in front of them met the early morning sun emerging from the eastern horizon. The golden decorations on the eaves exuded wisps of golden light. Li Chengze whispered behind Lu Ze: "We are here This brother from the Fan family is a very vengeful person."
Lu Ze did not look back, but raised a slightly mocking smile at the corner of his mouth.
My second brother behaved quite calmly at the Moon Worship Tower last night.
He recovered quickly after learning the news, but now it seemed that as the night passed, the seeds of hatred in his heart gradually took root and sprouted.
Until now, the second prince still naively thought that Fan Xian didn't take action against Lu Ze last night?
In the Lin family's mansion in Kyoto, the servants must still be cleaning the blood-stained courtyard at this time. Fan Xian's main target for counterattack this time is the second prince, but on the Lin CCP's side, there are also people affiliated with the Overwatch Council. The killer goes.
Fan Xian is indeed very courageous.
If Lu Ze hadn't been prepared in advance and used the dirty tricks in the shadow of the Overwatch Council, even if his second uncle's force was not low now, he might still end up like Xie Bian in the end.
The great meeting begins.
Emperor Qing, who was on the throne, looked at the courtiers in the Taiqing Palace with an incomprehensible expression.
The response to Fan Xian and the Overwatch Council's actions last night quickly began, kicking off the war.
The Supervisory Yuan does have the responsibility to supervise all officials in Kyoto, but it has never happened before, like last night, it arrested more than 30 court officials overnight. Although most of them had low official positions, they were at least serious. The official of the capital.
"I declare that Fan Xian, the supervisor of the Supervisory Yuan, has used the national utensils for personal use..."
"I declare, the Oversight Council..."
Contempt of the law, personal use of state equipment, abuse of power, forming cliques for personal gain...
The attacks on Fan Xian and the Overwatch Council from the court were very fierce. The civil servants were naturally hostile to the most deformed Overwatch Council in Qing Dynasty. Even when Lin Ruofu was the prime minister, they had no regard for the Overwatch Council. Good impression, this spy agency that belongs to the emperor is completely above the legal framework and is the most thoroughly violent agency in the world.
Civil servants, regardless of faction, all made their voices heard.
Emperor Qing naturally did not want to see the civil servants and the Supervisory Yuan getting along harmoniously, so the two factions attacking each other became a form of political correctness to a certain extent. It is said that Dean Chen was really annoyed by Prime Minister Lin's eloquent remarks. Chen Pingping, who couldn't find any reason to refute, spat in Prime Minister Lin's face in front of him, and was fined three months' salary by Emperor Qing afterwards.
What was different this time was that the military actually came out to express its dissatisfaction with the invocation of the Control Council.
Originally, the two families were always together when they were in the court. Even if they kept silent, they would not come out to help the civil officials criticize him like they are now. It seemed that the entire court was pressing against Fan Xian.
Emperor Qing had a faint smile on his face.
At this time, he did not ask Fan Xian, but instead focused on Lu Ze.
"Donggong thinks, does the Control Council act inappropriately?"
At this time, everyone's eyes were turned to Lu Ze who was coming out of the queue.
Lu Ze looked calm and spoke softly: "The Supervisory Yuan oversees all officials. This is its duty. If Mr. Fan arrested all corrupt officials last night, and they are all worms in our Qing Dynasty court, then what will happen to the Supervisory Yuan?" What's your fault?"
As soon as Lu Ze said these words, the entire court suddenly became even more silent.
Even Fan Xian himself glanced at Lu Ze in surprise at this time, obviously not expecting Lu Ze to speak from his perspective.
Really interesting.
"But Mr. Fan's sudden and thunderous behavior will inevitably disturb the people of Kyoto."
"My Wan'er got up early this morning and hurried to the Lin family. It turned out that a big thief got into the Lin Mansion yesterday. Fortunately, the guards in the house were on time, so there was no big trouble."
"If anything happens to these two uncles, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to explain to my father-in-law in Wuzhou."
Fan Xian lowered his eyebrows and took the initiative to apologize to Lu Ze: "It was the hospital's negligence. The movement to arrest those corrupt officials was really loud."
Last night's operation was not as smooth as he imagined. In the end, it was discovered in the courtyard that a small team had not returned. Lu Ze's skills in the city clearly exceeded Fan Xian's imagination. The Crown Prince of the East Palace had obviously anticipated the Overwatch Council's plan earlier. action.
What Fan Xian didn't expect was that in Qingguo Capital,
In the capital, Lu Ze actually dared to kill people from the Overwatch Council.
But Fan Xian could only bear this loss.
Lin Cong's identity is naturally not that of a court official, but it would not be appropriate to attribute his identity to a man in white clothes.
Fan Xian didn't have a good impression of Lu Ze at all. When he first entered Beijing, he was tricked by this guy several times. Even his favorite girl with chicken legs was kidnapped by this guy. The most hateful thing is that Lu Ze's status is really special, even if he is a supervisor It is impossible for the court to openly compete with the prince.
Therefore, this time Fan Xian included Communist Party member Lin from the Lin family in the list of this operation.
It's a pity that I still suffered a big loss.
"Your Majesty, if you grant the Supervisory Yuan's special order, you will be able to catch some more moths." Fan Xian looked seriously, glanced at the ministers in the court, and said seriously, "There are too many corrupt officials in the court, please. His Majesty..."
Then, Emperor Qing and Fan Xian started singing together.
Lu Ze quietly retreated, knowing that the real drama was coming next. As expected, Emperor Qing brought out the assassination incident in the suburbs of Beijing some time ago. Then, with the help of the Overwatch Council, he directly knocked out Qin Heng, the guard of Kyoto. A series of big moves followed.
Ministry of Punishment, Ministry of Household Affairs, Dali Temple, Metropolitan Procuratorate...
This time Emperor Qing's thunderous tactics caught the officials off guard. It turned out that the Overwatch Council's actions last night were just an appetizer, paving the way for today's main course. A flash of thought flashed across Li Chengze's face. I was shocked. Although I recovered quickly, I still felt a sense of loss. It turned out that what happened yesterday... my father had tacitly approved of it.
whetstone...
Once upon a time I was the Prince's whetstone.
Now I've become Fan Xian's punching bag again?
The emperor then resorted to thunderous measures. At present, the brewing work has been almost done, and many things can be solved by taking advantage of today's opportunity. Therefore, he signaled the eunuch who announced the decree to issue the following decree, which included the reduction of the power of the Supervisory Council. It's surprising.
This made the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty find it hard to believe.
Although there was a lively criticism of Fan Xian and the Overwatch Council in the court today, in the end the Overwatch Council was directly taking orders from His Majesty, and it was definitely difficult for His Majesty to make a decision to reduce the Overwatch Council's power.
Fan Xian's face turned extremely ugly when he heard this order.
Obviously, he did not expect that Emperor Qing's last move would be a huge blow. Even now that he had just completed the task, Emperor Qing could so decisively reduce the power of the Supervisory Yuan who helped him with matters.
The rank of the presiding officials in the Overwatch Council has not been reduced, but their power to supervise the officials has been greatly weakened.
The most critical thing is that during the interrogation process, exclusive officials from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment must be present, and it must be completed within the specified time. This has dealt a heavy blow to the independence of the Supervisory Yuan, at least for big operations like last night. , it will never happen easily again.
This heavy shackle clamped on the head of the giant beast of the Overwatch Council.
Fan Xian could only accept the order and thank him.
"His Majesty."
"Such a large-scale transfer of court officials has not been approved by the court or reviewed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and it will take time to review each case. It is both illegal and unreasonable to arrange new official transfers in such a hurry."
Lu Bingyi, a scholar of Zhongshu University, frowned and started arguing with Emperor Qing.
For these Zhongshu scholars who are truly dedicated to the Qing Dynasty, the fight between parties is secondary. Instead, it is the Qing Emperor's large-scale work that transcends the law and completely regards the rules as nothing. The problem is far more serious than killing a few corrupt officials. serious.
It's just a pity that Emperor Qing has made up his mind this time, and things are finally done.
At this time, all the civil servants and generals suffered a huge blow, and even the Supervisory Council itself did not get any advantage. The ministers marveled at His Majesty's strong and soft imperial skills, and their anger naturally focused on Fan Xian, especially the Privy Council members. Those few.
This time even the Kyoto garrison, which had just been in their hands for a short time, was forced to hand it over.
Even though it was because of the assassination in the suburbs of Beijing, everyone still felt unspeakably difficult.
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Prince Lu Ze's party was also affected. Of course, the most affected among them was the second prince. This sensational court meeting came to an end amidst intense discussions. The real winner seemed to be only the one on the throne.
At the entrance of Taiqing Palace, Fan Xian was deliberately waiting for Lu Ze.
Lord Tisi of the Overwatch Council didn't seem to care much about court etiquette, and even stood side by side with Lu Ze at this time.
Lu Ze smiled and said directly: "Master Xiao Fan, do you have anything to do with me?"
Although Chen Pingping and Fan Xian had hinted that there was no need to take action against Lu Ze, he still chose to take action last night, but he only lost a small team of elite members of the Overwatch Council. Even now, he still doesn’t know how the Lin family fell into the gutter. Go.
Fan Xian whispered something to Lu Ze.
Lu Ze's face gradually became calm as he listened to these rebellious words.
"Since you dared to attack my second uncle last night, don't blame me for returning the favor."
"I heard that your younger brother from the Fan family likes to play Pai Gow with an abacus? I hope he can still use his right hand smoothly after today."
Lu Ze ignored Fan Xian's increasingly ugly face, chuckled lightly, and left first.
madman?
Who is the real madman?
