"How is the trial going at Dali Temple?" After pondering for a long time, Emperor Liu raised his head and asked calmly as if he had changed his mood.
"As far as I know, there is no progress!" After hearing the question, Yantuo replied intently.
"That Xiang Minzhong, although he is rigid and conservative, does not procrastinate in doing things. If he can be supported by Murong Chengde all the way, he must be someone who can do things!" After hearing this, Emperor Liu said calmly: "Why do we do this? Do you have to be so procrastinate?"
Yantuo bowed his hands and said, "I'm afraid Xiang Minzhong is still waiting for the official's instructions, and he won't dare to act rashly!"
"Aren't my instructions clear enough?" Emperor Liu turned his head and looked at Yantuo, looking puzzled.
Yantuo said in a low voice: "Dali Temple has been a bit lively these days. As the officials have worried, there are many people paying attention to Kangning, and there are also many people who can't sit still."
"As expected!" Emperor Liu smiled faintly, with an ugly smile. He stroked his hand in the air with a tired force and ordered: "Let those two people enter the palace!"
"yes!"
Emperor Liu has received the most ministers recently. Apart from Lu Duan and Yang Ye, they are the two envoys of Huangcheng and Wude. After receiving the greeting, Wang Jien and Wang Xuanzhen quickly entered the palace to pay homage. They had obviously had an exchange while waiting for the imperial edict, and this time it was a rare occasion for the two departments to jointly run a mission.
Wang Xuanzhen has changed a lot in the past few years. The original sexy mustache has been replaced by a thick long beard. He is obviously more old-fashioned, but his overall temperament is also more restrained and deeper.
Of course, in Wang Jien's eyes, these are manifestations of insidiousness and cunning. Li Chongju's original risky recommendation was not disappointed, and Wang Xuanzhen did a really good job in the position of Wu Deshi.
After all, he grew up in the Wu Desi system and has been in the actual position for a long time. Although Wang Yinwu's influence has been vigorously eliminated before, there is more or less lingering influence. Coupled with Li Chongju's support, Wang Xuanzhen's succession is not a natural one, but it is still possible. No danger.
Compared with his uncle, the biggest difference between Wang Xuanzhen is that he has a very high political vision and consciousness. He knew it from the beginning. He was a military envoy who reluctantly came to the position. He still had old scores on his shoulders. If he made any mistakes, he would be punished. That is to settle the old and new accounts together.
In order to resolve it, the most fundamental thing is not how many people support it, but Emperor Liu's opinion. Wang Xuanzhen gained the recognition of Emperor Liu through his dedication and loyalty over the past few years.
During his tenure as Wude Envoy, Wang Xuanzhen mainly did two things. First, based on Li Chongju's rectification, he further strengthened the work of discipline, completely reversed many bad habits that occurred during Wang Yinwu's tenure, and in-depth solved a large number of historical issues;
The second is the rectification of the prison camps. After the management of the prison camps was officially transferred from the local government to the Wude Division, the previous endless prisoner riots were quickly contained. This all originated from the Wude Division officials. Behind the strong control, of course, was the increase in the casualty rate in the prison camp. Many people were not exhausted to death, but were directly executed in secret. Wang Xuanzhen developed a complete, strict and even cruel supervision system for this.
After Wang Xuanzhen truly came to power, he was even more ruthless and resolute than his uncle or even any of his predecessors. However, this person knows how to hide and does it carefully. Under his control, Wu Desi has more dark levels and a wider scope.
However, after several years of hard work, Wang Xuanzhen's impression on Emperor Liu has been fundamentally strengthened. In Emperor Liu's view, Wang Xuanzhen is probably the most competent and professional among all the previous Wude envoys. After all, others, including his uncle Wang Yinwu, were all halfway to becoming a monk, but Wang Xuanzhen grew up step by step from the Wudesi system.
In the eyes of outsiders, Wude Si is becoming more and more mysterious, and he is more and more on par with the Imperial City Si in terms of being feared. Wang Jien, the old eunuch, naturally pays more attention to the changes in Wude Si, and it is precisely because he understands that ordinary people do not Knowing the situation, I have just become more wary of the younger Wang Xuanzhen than ever before. This kid is really not a good person.
Even while entering the palace, Wang Jien was still observing Wang Xuanzhen's calm and indifferent face with his peripheral vision, his eyes full of fear and jealousy. With Wang Xuazhen's age and seniority, he actually controls the largest secret service agency in the Han Dynasty. In terms of actual power, he is almost equal to him, an old official, or even more powerful. With the waves coming, how can Wang Jien achieve a true psychological balance? ?
However, when they arrived in front of the emperor, both kings lowered their eyebrows and bowed respectfully. After casually glancing at the two of them, Emperor Liu called out, then went straight to the point and said, "Tell me about your investigation results these days! I heard that Dali Temple is very lively, who are there?"
Obviously, putting Kang Ning in Dali Temple was just a fishing operation by Emperor Liu. I think many people can see this, but even if they can see it, when interests and future are closely related, not many people can If you can hold it back, Dali Temple will not be "popular".
Tonight was the beginning of Emperor Liu's "closing of the net". At the same time, he was particularly curious and concerned about what kind of web of interests of the powerful and powerful Kang Ning had "woven".
The Imperial City Division and the Wude Division have a division of labor in specific investigations. The Imperial City Division mainly targets nobles, while the Wude Division focuses on bureaucrats. Due to his qualifications, Wang Jien naturally reported first and presented a not too thick report. Wang Jien then began to introduce it in detail.
The focus of Wang Jien's submission is still a list, a list of people involved with the Kang family and classified according to the degree of involvement. Due to Emperor Liu's high attention, Wang Jien did not dare to discount the investigation of this matter, so he basically reported the truth.
There are indeed many nobles who have benefited from the Kang family, and the various nominal contacts are even more dazzling, but there are still only a few who are truly "collaborating" with the Kang family. Although Wang Jien did not dare to directly make the judgment on behalf of Emperor Liu, the tendency of the report was this.
Emperor Liu examined it carefully, with no expression on his face. He raised his eyelids slightly and asked, "Is Guangyang's Mansion also colluding with it?"
Wang Jien: "Recently, the Kang family has been very attentive to Guangyang's uncle's house, especially recently. Before Kang Ning was arrested, he personally visited his house. After his arrest, the Kang family sent a box of gifts to the uncle's house."
Emperor Liu only thought about it for a moment, and then asked again: "Did Li Chongjin also borrow money from the Kang family?"
Wang Jien was obviously very familiar with these situations, and he answered almost without thinking: "It was Li Yanchang, the son of Uncle Gu Yang, who owed a large amount of gambling debt. To avoid being found out and scolded by Uncle Gu Yang, he secretly borrowed money from the Kang family. , this matter seems to have already happened. Uncle Gu Yang gave Li Yanchang a severe beating and went to the Yangyi Marquis Mansion in person yesterday. What the two discussed specifically has not yet been ascertained."
There was still no emotion on the old face. After remembering for a while, Emperor Liu asked about the situation of other nobles, including his uncle Li Ye, and also listened to the more detailed investigation results about Wang Yansheng's family.
Generally speaking, the relationship between the nobles and the Kang family is that one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. The Kang family spares no effort to please and bribe them. The nobles, especially the descendants of the nobles, enjoy the filial piety of the Kang family with peace of mind, and even pay tribute to them. Emperor Liu felt that they were collecting "protection money".
Most of the people targeted by the Kang family are those noble men and women, who are inevitably motivated by Kang Ning. But in general, the nobles are still reserved. After all, the disparity in status and the dignity of the nobles make most people not take it seriously. The Kang family takes it too seriously.
(End of chapter)
