Left Prime Minister Ye Lansheng's family of more than 80 people were all sent to the Xuanqing Guard Prison overnight. Not only that, the Ye family's children who were scattered all over the place were also grabbed by the necks like flapping chickens and taken back to the imperial city. imprisoned. In just two days, the huge and beautiful Ye family collapsed, and the speed was so fast that it made people's hearts tremble.
What crime did the Ye family commit? Not only did the Xuanqing Guards come out, but also the Imperial Army?
On the day that the Ye family's accident happened, I don't know how many people were anxious. These people all have deep-seated interests with the Ye family and regard the Ye family as their backers or main connections. Now that the Ye family has fallen, it is a huge blow to them. Anxiously, they were looking for other ways to find out the whole story, but what frightened these people was that all their usually familiar relationships remained silent this time, or even simply hid from people.
This sign is very obvious. People don't dare to get involved in the Ye family's affairs for fear of getting into trouble.
Of course, although these people who have no way to seek help claim to be "high-class" or "top-class", in fact they are not the group of people who stood at the top of the Jingjiu Dynasty.
The nobles, aristocratic families, and cultivators within the high gates and red walls are the ever-changing masters of the Jingjiu Dynasty. Usually hiding behind various "high-ranking people", ordinary people would never know their abilities and true strength. Now that the government is shaken, they can't sit still, but they get the information directly and accurately.
The Ye family cannot be saved. The emperor planned to kill everyone in the Ye family, and anyone who jumped out to stop him would be in trouble with the emperor.
On the same day, there were officials who knelt in front of the Wanmin Palace and begged the emperor to leave a way for Ye Lansheng to survive because of Ye Lansheng's hard work and merit. He also said that the emperor should take into account the virtues of the emperor and his ministers and not kill the heroes indiscriminately... You can express your plea in a high-sounding way. There are only these officials, and people who don’t know what they are talking about are easily fooled by them.
But just one day passed, and these officials became silent. Because the Right Prime Minister Cao Guobang cited thirty-seven major crimes as the basis for the arrest of Ye Lansheng, and said that this case is currently being investigated by Xuanqing Guards, and the final result has not yet been released, so whoever speaks more at this time will be punished later. The more things can go wrong, the more things can go wrong.
In addition, at the same time that Cao Guobang took out the "Thirty-seven Sins Book", four of the six departments in the imperial court were being questioned by Xuanqing Wei. The first people called over were Shangshu and Zuo Shilang.
It's scary, and it's hard not to think about it. The "Thirty-Seven Sins Book" written by Right Minister Cao Guobang did not have the names of these four ministers and Zuo Shilang. Now these people have been invited to inquire by Xuanqing Wei. The problem here is not small. At least they are the emperor. Distrust of these people.
Thinking back to the previous rumors in the court, as well as the positions of these people in the royal examination before the emperor ascended the throne, and the close relationship between these people and Ye Lansheng, it seems...
On the third day, everything was so terrifying and so inevitable. The people of Xuanqing Guard will not disappoint. Their gate is easy to enter but definitely difficult to get out. It is said that "if you enter Xuanqing Guard, you will escape death." "Sheng" is really too appropriate. The Minister of the Fourth Ministry and Zuo Shilang had been called into the Xuanqing Guard for questioning for a day. Except for Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Works who came back that night with a pale face, there was no news about the others. Not only that, the residences of the seven people who were left in Xuanqing Guard were all blocked by the imperial army and were not allowed to enter or exit.
The situation did not improve at all after that, and even got worse. Most of the people in the entire temple were silent. Except for normal official duties, all temporary matters were suppressed. No one dared to stand out at this time. Even the military personnel who were watching the excitement could no longer laugh at this time. Because just last night, two well-known generals in the army were taken away from the army camp by Xuanqing Guard with His Majesty's order, and they have not returned yet.
Four ministers, three Zuo Shilang, and now two military generals... This series of events made everyone unconsciously lower their heads in front of the emperor. This was also the first time. I felt that the young emperor sitting on the throne had a coercion that was very similar to that of the late emperor.
Fear is only part of it, and all the big guys in the temple are familiar with this. There is nothing to be ashamed of in fearing the emperor. But the other part is actually the question that the civil and military officials in the temple are thinking about repeatedly in their hearts, and that is the emperor's purpose.
At present, it seems that the emperor's idea is not just to deal with Ye Lansheng's group. Because it is not necessary to deal with Ye Lansheng's gang members in the army. Even if there are Ye Lansheng's supporters in the army, it is not necessary, because this will push the army and civilian officials into the same position targeted by the emperor.
But if the emperor is targeting more than just Ye Lansheng and his cronies, what is the purpose?
Another thing that these lively bosses are extremely concerned about is that the emperor quietly mobilized the imperial army this time. This kind of thing is even more chilling when you delve into it. It can be explained that the emperor is not confident about the current strength of the military and that they will maintain restraint or loyalty in Ye Lansheng's case. It can also be explained that the emperor is demonstrating his power, which is a power directly controlled by him, such as the Xuanqing Guard and the Forbidden Army.
If this happens, the problem will arise again. What does the emperor want to do by showing off his power like this? To scare people? Or to shock who?
Obviously, Ye Lansheng's henchmen don't need to use the imperial army to scare them. Who is that?
But just when many temple bosses were anxiously speculating about the emperor's intentions, everything seemed to be gradually improving again. Suddenly, no new news came out about Ye Lansheng's case for two consecutive days, and no one was called to "question" by Xuan Qingwei again.
Many people subconsciously turned their attention from the emperor to Xuanqing Guard. After all, it was Xuanqing Guard's people who were responsible for investigating the case. What were they doing? Have you received instructions from the emperor to stop?
But it’s not surprising to see this. Xuanqingwei actually got into trouble again. To be precise, it was Shen Hao, the commander of the Black Flag Battalion, who was causing trouble.
If everyone hadn't been distracted by the turmoil in the temple, the show in the Black Flag Camp would have been exciting and scary. But now I have a different feeling, that is, there is also a kind of anxiety and anger in the fright, and there is also some fear.
Clean up the interior! And it was based on the intensity of internal purges at the Black Flag Camp before.
From corruption to dereliction of duty, to bending the law for evil, this internal purge led by the Black Flag Battalion directly adopted a bottom-up approach, starting with the report letters in the copper cabinet that were not taken seriously by most people. , at first it only affected some soldiers of the Xuanqing Guard, then the warriors and school commanders, and then quickly reached the level of small flags and general flags, and then a few days later, the first hundred households were chopped into pieces. Two pieces were hung on the door of the local Xuanqing Guard House. After being cut in half, the man screamed on the door for a full hour before he died...
