"okay."
The emperor was upset by the crying of the people below. He raised his hand and waved it as if to shoo away flies. The next moment, the entire hall was silent again, and the people who had just cried bitterly stopped their voices uniformly.
"Pangban."
"I'm here."
"Xuanqingwei's "Pure West" operation is very successful. According to your original plan, all the bugs in Jingxi will be caught. No one will be left alive. Those who deserve to be killed will be killed. Anyone who dares to obstruct will be punished. As for Places outside Jingxi will be handed over to the Criminal Department for investigation."
Pang Ban didn't say much and just bowed. Although this result did not reach the optimal result, it was able to clear out Jingxi and it was a huge blow to the civil service group. Pang Ban believed that after obtaining this oracle, the land of Jingxi would be turned upside down by using the methods used by Jingxi to pacify Jiang Cheng.
"Ma Xuanlin."
"I'm here."
"Xuanqing Guard will hand over first-hand information from outside Jingxi to your Criminal Department. According to that information, your Criminal Department must investigate it strictly. I will give you two months. I will ask you the results again within one month. If I find that you are perfunctory, I will let Xuan Qingwei take over the matter again. Do you understand?"
"Wei Chen understands that he will not disappoint His Majesty!"
This is a hot potato, and if it falls into your hands, you will definitely be beaten by all kinds of people inside and outside. But Ma Xuanlin had to take the initiative to ask Ying to take over this job. It would be better for him to wield the sword than if the handle of the sword fell into Xuanqingwei's hands, right? At least you can know the location and depth of the knife.
The emperor nodded, stood up, said "retreat from the court" and turned around to leave. Before leaving, he pointed at the pile of unfinished documents at Pang Ban's feet. The secretary quickly came over and moved them away.
This scene made the eyes of all the civil servants jump. Because such a large pile of documents must belong to the same case files as the ones Pang Ban read before. But they don't know the content. God knows how many cases outside Jingxi there will be in it? What if the emperor reads it and writes it down, but if the Ministry of Punishment fails to investigate the case a month later, wouldn't it be a disaster?
"Master Pang Da, do you still have a copy of the files that His Majesty took away just now? Our Ministry of Punishment wants to keep a copy."
Pang Ban glanced at Ma Xuanlin, who was walking over with a smile, then ignored him, turned around and bowed his hands to Yang Yansi to say goodbye, and left Wanmin Palace directly.
Who cares about you?
Ma Xuanlin was left with a pale face.
As soon as the emperor left, the hall became lively, with people whispering or laughing, and all the military officials were smiling and letting out a breath of bad breath. In particular, it is foreseeable that the Ministry of Punishment will carry out a major reorganization within the civil service establishment in the next month, and it is unknown how many people will be treated as abandoned cannon fodder.
The dog-eat-dog scene is the best. Thanks to Xuan Qingwei this time.
Tsk tsk, Pang Ban, this smiling tiger, is really powerful. He can strike hard without saying a word. It's a pity that Your Majesty still sided with the civil servants, otherwise it would be a big show if the Xuanqing Guards came to clear out all the local yamen departments, and they would definitely make life worse than death for these guys in the temple. Pity.
Ye Lansheng walked behind, but his eyes passed by him. A hunched figure looked like an old monk who had woken up from meditation. He smiled and nodded to him, and then walked away slowly.
That is Cao Guobang, the right minister. He is eighty-nine years old and has cultivated to the fourth level of Qi Refining Realm. He has always been suppressed by Ye Lansheng, and he does not resist or get closer. He seems to have made up his mind to be a lonely minister, just like the man named Pang. This time, I didn't expect that the isolated guy would not be implicated.
Things are impermanent!
"Master Ye, should there be a charter for this matter?" Bai Changqing asked in a low voice from behind. He knew very well that Ye Lansheng still had the final say as to what the Ministry of Punishment would do after taking over the matter, so he thought it would be better to settle it as soon as possible.
A month is not a long time.
Ye Lansheng nodded and walked out of the palace without greeting anyone. The group of people followed Lu out of the palace and entered the Ministry of Justice. This would be the main investigation location in the future. Ye Lansheng chose this place to meet.
After the tea was poured, the attendant was called out. There were more than ten people sitting in the meeting hall of the Ministry of Justice. Among the six ministries, except for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Works, no one was present, and the officers in charge of the other four ministries were present. The Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, as well as several representatives from the Xiu clan, all looked gloomy at this time.
"Master Ye, this time Xuanqing Guard came well-prepared, and His Majesty deliberately indulged us. Now we are in a difficult situation."
Ye Lansheng said nothing.
But the person next to me interjected: "The most difficult thing is the pile of files that were taken away by His Majesty. There are countless cases from places other than Jingxi in it. It's like having a knife hanging over your head, which makes people uneasy."
"And Jingxi, are we really just going to watch Xuanqingwei act recklessly this time? If Xuanqingwei takes heavy action over there, I'm afraid it will be difficult to follow me again in the future [www.xbqg5200.xyz] We are of one mind."
"It's so difficult! It's a helpless move for Jingxi to be given up."
Naturally, with so many people gathered together, they wouldn't sigh. Everyone's eyes were fixed on Ye Lansheng, who was silent and seemed to be thinking. This first civil servant will decide the fate of many people today.
The discussion in the conference hall gradually died down, waiting for Ye Lansheng to speak.
After a long time, Ye Lansheng said: "Everyone, it is true that we were careless when Pang Ban succeeded this time, and there are indeed many bad bugs inside. Although this lesson is painful, it is not a good opportunity for self-examination. Therefore, I propose Let’s investigate from the bottom up and deal with it strictly in accordance with His Majesty’s requirements.”
This is the safest way, but those below who are implicated but want to be rescued are in bad luck.
"all?!"
As soon as Ye Lansheng finished speaking, everyone here was a little stunned. If everything was strictly handled, it might not be much better than if Xuan Qingwei was in charge.
Ye Lansheng shook his head. If he really did this, the civil service system of the entire dynasty would definitely fall apart, and even he, the left prime minister, would definitely be unstable.
"Let's allocate according to the old rules. Each will send out as many people as possible, and then add or subtract."
Everyone was silent. Although they all find it ridiculous, they have to admit that this method can indeed solve the biggest problem simply and directly.
To put it simply, the "assignment" that Ye Lansheng refers to is actually based on how many of you here are willing to push your subordinates to die in the Ministry of Punishment.
Gather the number of people, and if you gather enough people, the whole thing can be brought to an end.
Sacrifice a small number to save a large number of people. Of course, those officials who were directly involved in the smuggling case could not be saved. They must die. What needs to be protected are those who have been implicated and the problem is actually not too big.
Finally, Ma Xuanlin put away a dozen pages of paper, all of which were full of names, totaling 2,611 people. These people are also divided into several levels, some are pushed out to beheaded, some are exiled or imprisoned, and some are dismissed from office and fined. Finally, some adjustments need to be made based on the information reported from Xuanqing Guard.
