"So, she may have spun a big net outside the palace!" Su Li frowned.
"It's just that she is behind bars now. Will these people really still work for her and be driven by her?" Li Rufeng asked.
"Normally speaking..." Xiao Lin muttered, "It's just..."
"It's just that Concubine Shu is not an ordinary person!" Su Li thought, suddenly remembered something, and asked quickly: "Your Highness, have you sent someone to take a look at Concubine Shu's palace? Have you found the dark room that Zhang Mingxuan mentioned?"
"The darkroom was found, but before we could enter it, there was a collapse!" Xiao Lin replied, "I guess there is a trap set up inside! We are sending people to dig now, but it will only be a short while, so I am afraid it will be difficult to find anything!"
"I wonder who Concubine Shu has attracted..." Li Rufeng muttered, "Who did Zhang Chu meet when he left the palace? It's a pity that we were too slow and the thread was broken!"
"He is the one who can help her reach the top!" Xiao Lin's eyes flashed slightly.
If you want to seize the throne, you have never relied on the words of the civil servants in the court, but the iron fist of the military attache. .z.br>
The iron teeth and bronze teeth of civil servants can never be compared to the gold and iron horses of military attachés.
And those who may be used by Concubine Shu...
Xiao Lin took a pen, wrote down a long list of names, and handed it to Li Rufeng.
"Let the secret guards keep an eye on these people. If they find anything unusual, they will kill them without mercy!"
Li Rufeng nodded and quickly made arrangements.
Su Li's thoughts still stayed on Concubine Shu, and her words kept echoing in his mind.
"What kind of instructions did Zhang Chu want to convey when he brought Concubine Shu out of the palace with these words?" She was puzzled. "What kind of divine punishment? She kept saying it over and over again before she was imprisoned. , now the old matter is brought up again, how can all the people stop the disaster, and the corpses are lying thousands of miles away, what on earth does she want to do?"
Xiao Lin was also confused. He thought for a moment and said: "The thoughts of a person like her are beyond the reach of normal people! Since she wants to send a message, I will give her a convenience and let her send it as much as she can!"
That night, he intentionally or unintentionally relaxed the control of the Division of Punishment and ordered people to keep an eye on him secretly.
However, Concubine Shu acted as if she couldn't see it at all and never said a word again.
In contrast to her calmness, Jiang Fei and others who were imprisoned in another area were jumping up and down, showing the virtues of the wallflowers to the fullest.
After entering the Shenxing Division, several people scolded the concubine Shu, praised the prince, took off their clothes, bit off their fingers and wrote letters in blood to express their loyalty to the prince, and each confessed and blamed themselves. He burst into tears, crying until his voice became hoarse, and kowtowed until his head was broken. It was so noisy that the guard who was guarding his head was buzzing, and he almost vomited out the overnight meal.
Su Li was amazed, "After all, he was an important minister of the dynasty, a military prince, and the Prime Minister and Assistant War God. How come he has no character at all?"
Li Rufeng laughed: "As for the favored ministers around the emperor, every one of them is a yes-man! In addition to eating, drinking, having fun, and being greedy, what else do you think they will do on weekdays?"
"When filth becomes the norm, innocence becomes a sin!" Cheng Ying lamented, "How can such filth tolerate upright and upright ministers? In the past, His Highness always stood up for capable ministers, but was suppressed and suppressed by the emperor. Up to now, all the civil and military officials in the dynasty are weak and incompetent! Your Highness, you will be in charge of the world in the future, and I am afraid that no one will be able to use it! Most of those people before were also killed by the emperor..."
Li Rufeng recalled the past and felt sad, angry and desolate, "His Highness tried his best to protect him, so he tried his best to kill. In fact, at that time, we should have seen his sinister intentions!"
Xiao Lin couldn't hide the pain in her eyes when she thought of those people who had lost their lives in Xiao Emperor's hands.
In fact, he also noticed Emperor Xiao's fear of him, and gradually stopped interacting with those outstanding ministers.
He hoped to use this method to protect those people from himself.
But later he discovered that even though he was a stranger to those people, they still could not escape the fate of being ostracized and killed.
Birds of a feather flock together.
For an arrogant and luxurious emperor, ministers who ask for orders for the people and show compassion for the world are his natural enemies, a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh, they must be pulled out quickly!
It's a pity that he was too foolish and filial in the past. He knew clearly that Emperor Xiao was such a person, but because he was his father, he did not dare to say anything disobeying, but he was often hesitant and depressed in his heart.
Now that I have given up those unnecessary thoughts of loyalty and filial piety, I feel relaxed!
"We are a great country with talents emerging in large numbers. If you plant a plane tree, it will attract the phoenix!" He said, "Autumn is coming, it is a great time to select talents! This time, I want to break the old system of descendants from a poor family. , promote talents in any way!"
He wrote furiously and worked on the case all night long. In the early morning of the next day, the prince's warrants were frequently issued from the East Palace, causing another earthquake in Kyoto.
This time, the people at the epicenter were naturally the four families of Jiang, Li, Wen and Xiao.
Jiang Fei and his daughter rebelled, and their crimes were unpardonable. It was inevitable that their homes would be confiscated and they would be imprisoned and exiled.
The Li family and the Wen family were also in danger. Their property was confiscated and all their property was confiscated. Their children were all imprisoned and sent into exile thousands of miles into the wilderness after the verdict was announced on a certain day.
Xiao Yun's situation is quite special. Because Princess Yun had wanted to reconcile before, the prince granted pardon and only took away Xiao Yun's title, leaving the mansion and family property intact.
In addition to Princess Yun's children, Wen Jin'an of the Wen family was also pardoned.
Of course, these are all trivial matters, and the prince does not care much. What he really cares about is the upcoming autumn.
In order to show the sincerity of the imperial court in seeking talents, all poor scholars can apply for a certain amount of scholarships.
All talented people from the Xiao Dynasty can take the exam, regardless of gender, regardless of high or low, regardless of concubine, rich or poor, as long as the family background is innocent, all are eligible to participate.
As soon as this order was issued, the entire Xiao Dynasty was in a state of excitement. Everyone rushed to tell each other and cheered!
Compared with the deaths of the four ministers in the court, this news is what the people really want to see, and it is also news that is good for them.
Over the years, just a status has ruined the dreams of many scholars, and it is even more difficult for students in poverty. Life is not easy, let alone other things.
For these people, the prince's order is simply a timely help. It is clear that autumn is freezing, but their hearts are like spring flowers blooming for the first time.
For the Su family, this day is the real spring.
Along with the warrants to search the four families, there was also the order from Zhao Xue, the head of the Su family.
The third son of the Su family, Su Ziyan, was restored to his post and was still the general of Huaihua.
When General Su passed away, his title of first-grade military lord was inherited by Su Ziyan. He was responsible for reorganizing and reviving the old Iron Eagle Army. The Su Mansion that had been confiscated was returned to its original owner.
In order to compensate the Su family, the Ministry of Household Affairs allocated another 50,000 taels of silver for the Hou family to use when they returned to Beijing.
As soon as such news spread, the officials who had bullied the Su family could not stand back, but the martyrs gathered in front of Jiang Mansion cheered in unison.
