On this night, Su Yonglin decided to be the most romantic person in the world until his death.
Also on this night, Qiao Feng collapsed and confessed everything he had done and everything he knew.
Jiang Chengyue, the minister of Dali Temple, who personally wrote the notes, wrote three whole pages, and his wrist was sore that he couldn't stop writing.
Qiao Feng gave a total of thirty-nine names, and these thirty-nine people were all so-called "Jiangnan Old Man".
They all served in the Central Government, some in the imperial court, and some within the Renaissance Association, covering 21 departments in both the government and the public.
They didn't all work in Zhongdu at first, but because they were dissatisfied with the status quo, they found him and automatically moved closer to him.
They didn't have many ideas at first. They just wanted to come to Zhongdu, establish a foothold in Zhongdu and seek greater development prospects. In essence, they also wanted to stay together and keep themselves warm so that they would not be forgotten.
But as the group grew in size and strength, it naturally began to pursue more ambitious goals.
For example - get what you "deserve".
They gradually formed a small circle in Zhongdu that was unknown to outsiders. It was very closed to the outside world and was unwilling to accept outsiders unless they were brought in by the elderly.
This circle has indeed gone through a lot from being "unable to get on the stage" at the beginning to later becoming what some officials who want to work their way up call the "step to the sky."
At least Qiao Feng didn't think at the beginning that he could build a power circle by relying on his status and power in the organization department, and become a person respected by this circle, and became the vague "leader".
Among these thirty-nine people, there were many people with higher status than him at first, but now, he is the undoubted "leader".
If he says something, people in this circle will try their best to help him with whatever he wants to accomplish. This allows him to gain some power that originally did not belong to him, and also makes his "golden name" become louder and louder.
With his status as the deputy director of the Organization Department, he could not have such honor, but he succeeded by relying on the success of the circle and felt the wonderful taste of power.
It’s also becoming more and more profitable.
In addition to the affairs of these thirty-nine people, Qiao Feng also revealed some matters that he had handled indirectly through them, and also exposed some highly "motivated" bureaucrats who were trying to get closer to their faction.
There was no need for him to keep hiding it. He just wanted to tell all these people in one breath. At the same time, he also wanted to see what Su Yonglin would do when faced with such huge resistance.
Execute them all?
Aren't you afraid of chilling people's hearts?
Aren't you afraid that the foundation of the entire Ming Dynasty will be shaken?
Su Yonglin is really not afraid.
If people's hearts are cold because of this kind of thing, then it means that this is not the people's hearts that Su Yonglin needs at all.
As for the foundation.
The existence of this circle is what truly shakes the foundation of Ming Dynasty.
After Qiao Feng confessed, Shen Ge, whose face turned black with anger, went directly to Ludian with his confession, slapped the evidence on his face, and directly ordered the law guards to arrest him.
Then, through the confession of Lu Dian, whose psychological defenses completely collapsed, a group of "talents" in the imperial court who helped Lu Dian deceive others and weave information cocoons were also exposed.
In order to shut up those who tried to report their illegal activities, the old people headed by Qiao Feng began to reach into the Ming Dynasty's judicial system.
They relied on their deep qualifications and successful relationships with various superiors, subordinates, and seniors in the military system to develop moles.
Relying on these moles, they successfully disrupted several attempts by honest officials to report their criminal activities, and then took the opportunity to dispatch them to remote areas with no way of returning, thus maintaining the existence and stability of their circle.
Some important departments were invaded and infected by them, becoming their fortress of evil, and Su Yonglin didn't know all of this.
Then the Metropolitan Procuratorate exploded.
Immediately afterwards, Shen Ge pried out the moles in the Department of Law and the Supervision Department of the Revival Society from their mouths, and strung the clues from inside Zhongdu to outside Zhongdu.
Based on this clue, Shen Ge and others learned that at first, this interest group was limited to exchanging information within Zhongdu. However, as the number of people increased, the relationship became more complicated, and people outside Zhongdu were also ready to take action. To catch this line.
The Ming Dynasty was a centralized power, and only in Zhongdu could supreme power be wielded.
All officials who have further expectations for their lives do not want to show their talents in Zhongdu, but there are only so many positions in Zhongdu. If one wants to come in, it means that one must go out.
Then the number of "businesses" of this interest group began to increase, and more and more people participated.
As the interrogation continues to deepen, over the past few years, the network of interest lines with Qiao Feng as the starting point and key core has gradually revealed its true identity. Through this large-scale network of using personnel power to exchange interests, it has finally been revealed to the world.
After Su Yonglin learned more about this matter, Lei Lei was furious.
He discovered that among the four departments of the Ming Dynasty, the Third Department of Justice and the Ministry of Supervision, only Dali Temple was clean. The other three departments all had moles, deceived the superiors and concealed the truth, acted recklessly, and did very bad things.
There were problems with the Supervision Department and the Organization Department of the Renaissance Society, and there were also problems with several other departments in the imperial court besides the Staff Department.
Ren Chengzhi, one of the former deputy directors of the Supervision Department, died of illness two years ago due to hard work. Tao Ying, the newly promoted deputy director, was Qiao Feng's subordinate in the army, and the two had a close relationship.
Before Qiao Feng's incident, some Fuxing members learned of Qiao Feng's illegal behavior from various channels, so they complained to the Supervision Department about Qiao Feng, but Tao Ying stopped them all.
The two worked closely together to expel these revival members from Zhongdu in a very legitimate manner without attracting the attention of other departments.
Without Tao Ying's protection, Qiao Feng's path would not have been so smooth.
This matter was not mentioned in detail in the report of the Organization Department, and Qiao Feng's work report did not mention the friendly relationship between him and Tao Ying, so even Su Yonglin did not notice this.
During this process, even the Skynet Army had a mole. Su Yin found out that one of the leaders of the Skynet Army in Zhongdu was deceiving the superiors and deceivers, covering up the eyes and ears of the Skynet Army spies, making it possible for those who had concealed the truth. Things happened more than once in Zhongdu.
This made Su Yonglin particularly angry.
The Skynet Army is a secret organization that is only open to the public on a small scale.
There are actually not many people who know the existence of the Skynet Army, but basically only the top leaders of the Central Capital, the top leaders of each province, and the military and political leaders of each corps know the accurate information about the Skynet Army, and they are obliged to keep it strictly confidential.
In the eyes of most people who know what they are and don't know why, the Skynet Army is a very ghostly existence.
Some people think that the existence of the Skynet Army is equivalent to the Imperial City Division of the former Song Dynasty, and they are the emperor's confidants and minions of the Emperor. However, those who truly understand the Skynet Army will just laugh it off and deny this knowledge in their hearts.
Compared with the Skynet Army, the Imperial City Division is like a child playing house.
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