On his first day in court, the prince uprooted Yang Wenyuan's party, causing shock to both the government and the public.
Who is Yang Wenyuan? He is a veteran and powerful official for two generations.
No one knows that almost half of the officials in the imperial court are his direct descendants. It is no exaggeration to say that whenever Yang Wenyuan moves his feet, the whole Daqing will tremble.
If Emperor Qing was afraid of him as a person, it could even be said that he was afraid of his direct descendants.
If force is used directly, it is very likely that officials from various places and ministers in the DPRK will launch an attack together, and the entire Daqing will be in chaos, and it is even very likely to threaten the rule of the Liu family.
Of course, it may be a bit exaggerated, but for the emperor, there is always nothing wrong with taking precautions before they happen.
If he was in good health, he might not have to worry about this matter, but the bad thing was that Emperor Qing himself didn't know how long his body could last.
If, while taking action against Yang Wenyuan's group, he fails to hold on and falls, then he will become Daqing's sinner.
Therefore, this was one of the reasons why Emperor Qing had been worried.
However, what Emperor Qing was worried about was easily solved by Liu Qi.
To be precise, Liu Qi and Lu Liang worked together on this matter.
After Liu Qi became the clan leader, he had no idle time at all. He went to Bai Jinhan not just for fun. As the prince of the prison country, he had no such leisure time now.
On that day, he secretly called all members of the clan to Bai Jinhan for a banquet.
More importantly, they were given a task, which could also be said to be the beginning of delegating power to the clan.
Let them contact the local clan relatives starting from the next day, not only giving high-ranking officials generous salaries, but also giving them certain real power.
In this way, the effect of checking and balancing Yang Wenyuan's direct officials was achieved.
Secondly, he sent Bai Qi, Qin Wei and others to secretly sneak into Yizhou, which was also the location where Yang Wenyuan relied most on military power.
According to Liu Qi's instructions, when Bai Qi arrived, he first contacted his clan relatives, and after taking control of a certain amount of military power, he met with Yang Wenyuan's generals.
As soon as they met, Liu Qi was given the order to go to Beijing to meet the prince of the prison country.
Without Yang Wenyuan's souvenir, the general would naturally refuse. Bai Qi did not talk nonsense with him and directly killed him on the spot.
Seeing this, his subordinates wanted to cause rebellion, but Bai Qi took advantage of his family members. With less than five thousand soldiers, he defeated this group of generals who were about to cause rebellion in less than half a day.
On the other side, Qin Wei was also following the instructions in full swing.
At this point, Yang Wenyuan still doesn’t know. While he was still thinking about whether Liu Qi had passed away, at this time, the networks he had laid out for many years were being eradicated one by one by Liu Qi.
The lists of these personnel were naturally made by Yang Mi.
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In less than three days, Liu Qi's desk was filled with evidence of Yang Wenyuan's crimes, as well as memorials from officials at all levels confessing their crimes. There is also the report on other members of Yang Wenyuan's gang.
Just because Liu Qi said that anyone who confesses to his crime can be forgiven if the crime is not serious. Anyone who knows Yang Wenyuan's crime and fails to report it will still be punished as guilty.
Everyone understands that since the imperial court dares to imprison Yang Wenyuan, it means that Yang Wenyuan no longer poses any threat to the royal family.
In this case, those who were originally wary of Yang Wenyuan's party naturally had nothing to fear. At this time, they began to stand up one after another to show their loyalty to Daqing.
In fact, Liu Qi was very angry when he looked at the sealed memorial.
Why didn't these officials stand up and speak out before Yang Wenyuan fell? Now I know hindsight.
Finally, another three days passed.
Liu Qi went to court again.
This time, he directly asked his subordinate Zhang Dehai to read out the verdict on the case of Yang Wenyuan and others, which caused harm to the country.
Yang Wenyuan is the chief culprit. He has committed several crimes and his crimes are unpardonable. In memory of his many years of service to the imperial court, he was exempted from the execution of the nine tribes and was designated as Yinjiu.
Among them, Jia Siming, the Minister of Household Affairs, Li Shouting, the Minister of War, Duan Yinbo, the former Minister of Household Affairs, and other direct descendants of Yang Wenyuan, were all beheaded in the street, and the three Yi tribes were beheaded.
Officials at other levels will be stripped of all official positions and sentenced according to law. No amnesty!
But among these people, the most regrettable thing for Liu Qi was that the master who assassinated him that day was not among them.
That day, after he thought he had succeeded, he immediately broke out of the siege and disappeared.
I thought I could catch others alive and ask them something useful.
But these people were determined to die, and as soon as the black-clothed master left, they bit the poison in their mouths. No one alive was caught.
In addition, he is the master who saved Liu Qi.
After Liu Qi fainted, seeing that nothing happened, he took advantage of the chaos and left Qingling Garden.
It is worth noting.
Before he left, he actually confessed to Qin Wei himself.
"Be sure to greet Qi'er well."
Qi'er, this person actually calls himself Qi'er, who is he? Also, why did he appear in Qingling Garden?
And the reason why Qin Wei and others were able to feel it in time was because they received the news in advance. Otherwise, I am afraid that I would not have a chance to reprimand Fang Qiu in this court today.
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When Zhang Dehai finished reading, all the ministers were shocked.
Yang Wenyuan's case actually involved nearly a hundred officials, big and small, including many high-ranking officials from the imperial court.
If we include all the people involved, there are probably more than a few thousand people.
This prince is really cruel.
As soon as he had the power, he made such a big move. This has never happened before in all dynasties.
Some people are worried, what should we do if the court loses so many officials?
Some people may think that Liu Qi acted too hastily and should wait until there are officials to rotate. This can also ensure the normal operation of various government agencies and localities.
But Liu Qi was not worried at all about this. Since he dared to do this, he was naturally well prepared.
It's very simple. Many vacancies, which may sound bluffing but do not hold real power, are filled by members of the clan.
Secondly, for some important positions, such as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue and the Minister of the Ministry of War, there are temporarily lower-level officials to manage them. If they do well, they will be promoted, and if they do not do well, they will be demoted.
In addition, Liu Qi also restored the imperial examination system, which had been stagnant since the late emperor, and no longer recruited talented people by recruiting disciples.
This task was handed over to Lu Liang.
At this point, the era of Yang Wenyuan, a powerful official, came to an end less than half a month after Liu Qi took office.
Everyone can feel that from now on, Daqing will be in Liu Qi's hands. Opened a new chapter...
What needs to be said is.
Although Liu Qi's punishment for Yang Wenyuan was to drink a pigeon.
But in fact, he was not killed, but another death row prisoner was found to replace him.
This is also to fulfill the promise made to Yang Mi that day.
Later, he asked Qin Wei to secretly send Yang Wenyuan to a remote and bitter place in Qing State, where he would never be able to step out of the house set up for him again.
But just when Liu Qi was sweeping away the government and the public, the second prince Liu Bi and his wife hurriedly resigned from Liu Qi and wanted to rush back to Jiaozhou.
Not only the two of them, but Liu Bi also brought Lu Niangniang with him, saying that he would take her to live there for a while so that he could take care of his pregnant wife.
Liu Qi agreed without much thought or almost any hesitation.
But this was the thing he regretted the most a month later.
One month later.
Zhang Dehai hurriedly ran to the announcement room.
"Your Highness, I have some clues about what you asked me to do!"
