It had been more than ten days since Ye Lansheng was captured and imprisoned. In mid-June, the weather began to get hot, and the undercurrents and waves in the Jingji court and outside the country became more and more intense.
At first, everyone was still guessing what the emperor's real purpose was. After all, moving Ye Lansheng can affect the whole body. There were too many problems involved in front of and behind him, and the dispatch of the imperial army made many people feel sad. Waiting tightly for the emperor's next move.
But unexpectedly, the emperor's back-up man didn't appear, and he seemed to have no intention of continuing to expand the Ye family's affairs? Are those forbidden troops just coming out to show off their strength? Don't you really want to attack anyone?
On the contrary, Xuan Qingwei's actions were frequent, and he had the intention of stirring up Xuan Qingwei's old illnesses and deep-rooted interests.
Just like what Pang Ban told Shen Hao, in the officialdom, even in a relatively special yamen like Xuanqingwei, there are many people who cannot escape all kinds of human feelings and sophistication, unless they really treat themselves as lonely ministers, just like Pang Ban. . But even if Pang Ban becomes a solitary minister, he can't completely isolate himself from others. He always has family? Is it possible to prevent his family members from colluding with others in his name? At that time, the outside world will not care whether it is Pang Ban's original intention or not, and will directly regard it as Pang Ban's meaning.
So the Black Flag Battalion seemed to be purging the Xuanqing Guards, but the purges were too deep and the problems were dug up too much, so it was not just a matter within the Xuanqing Guards.
And who can guarantee that once such a ruthless purge within the Xuanqing Guard succeeds, this purge will not spread to all the institutions of the Jingji Dynasty?
The most excited person is also the person with the greatest stakes. And as time went by, when the Black Flag Camp sealed another large business, it even provoked some people who had been observing secretly before. This time, the black flag camp moved a business in Jingnan, and behind it was also the business of Jingnan Town's family.
This is something serious! When the time comes, how can there be any eggs left in the nest?
Whether it was for the sake of the connections and interests involved within the Xuanqing Guard, or to avoid being subjected to the same purge in the future, the actions against the Black Flag Battalion and the leader of the Black Flag Battalion, Shen Hao, quickly changed from covert to explicit. On the surface. Threatening, stumbling, creating obstacles, instigating local yamen and even the garrison and the Black Flag Battalion to have conflicts... There are many methods, and they are quite direct, which has really caused great obstacles to the internal purge of Xuanqing Guard. .
However, the "killing" Shen Hao expected against him did not appear. It seems that those who are anxious for his death do not have the courage and determination to kill him directly. Perhaps they think that taking such a big risk is not worth it?
Faced with the intervention of such a large external force, it is strange that the commander of the Xuanqing Guard, Pang Ban, remained indifferent. He neither took action to protect his new commander of the Black Flag Battalion, nor did he stand up to express his stance to scare the surrounding people. It was as if he was deliberately doing so. It was like pushing that poor Black Flag Battalion commander out and letting him crush him.
Some people are wary of Pangban's bizarre attitude.
Others think that Pang Ban doesn't care about Shen's life or death at all, and just wants to use Shen's miserable life to test the outside world's attitude towards such an intense crackdown. Based on the latter idea, everyone felt that they should be more intense and resistant, so as to make Pang Ban give up the idea of trying again and stop him from touching these deep-seated things rashly.
Little did he know that a deliberately brewing storm was quickly coming over them.
It was cloudy on June 13th. It rained a little in the morning, and the sun in the sky was covered by clouds. It was not as hot as yesterday, and there was still some cool breeze. It was a good weather.
But for many people, this good weather does not put them in a good mood.
At dawn that day, Black Flag Camp made new moves.
With the assistance of the imperial army, the Black Flag Battalion sealed sixteen residences in the imperial city in one fell swoop, and the owners of these residences were all high-ranking officials, including both civil and military officials. The lowest grades are all from the fourth grade, while the highest ones are from the third grade!
It can be said that the owners behind these sixteen houses are usually a force in the court that even the emperor must treat with caution. No one has ever dared to block them all in one go so blatantly.
Everyone thought that the commander of the Black Flag Battalion was crazy! Could it be that his previous purge of Xuanqingwei was not going well internally and that he was under pressure from all parties outside and that his brain was abnormal? Isn't this courting death?
Everyone thought that Shen Hao, the leader of the Black Flag Camp, was crazy and seeking his own death, but soon new news came out, saying that the sixteen mansions sealed by the Black Flag Camp had arrested 16 families, young and old. And all the properties related to these people were seized because these sixteen families were involved with Ye Lansheng, involving one word: forming a party for personal gain!
Now most people were silent.
Not only did he not make a sound, he also hid himself, like a frightened quail. While shivering, he only dared to curse Shen Hao, the leader of the Black Flag Battalion, in his heart.
Forming a party for personal gain? It is obvious that he is avenging his private revenge!
With a little care, you can find that these sixteen families are all related by marriage or close business relationship with the Qianhu official who was captured by the Black Flag Camp during the internal purge, and the Jingbei Qin family that was targeted later. These families also have He was definitely the most active when putting pressure on the Black Flag Camp.
They all thought that Shen was about to burst under the pressure, but with a light backhand, he dragged all these violently jumping people into Xuanqingwei's prison.
No wonder Pang Ban didn't say a word about all the previous events. It turned out that he had already been sure of it and was just waiting to see who would jump high and happily so that he could catch them all.
Now who dares to open his mouth to help those sixteen former colleagues who were imprisoned overnight? Whoever opens his mouth is trying to save Ye Lansheng's gang! Xuan Qingwei has reason to suspect that you also have some improper dealings with Ye Lansheng privately? Is he also a member of the group led by Ye Lansheng?
Sixteen families were arrested here, and the Black Flag Battalion on the other side began to speed up the internal purge of Xuanqing Guard.
At this time, even though they felt more threatened by Xuanqingwei's internal purge, which would harm their own interests and the possibility that the purge would hit them in the future, no one jumped out to say anything. Riding on this momentum, the Black Flag Battalion captured three Xuanqing Guard Qianhu officers, a dozen deputy Qianhu officers, and more than thirty Baihu officers in just five days. The rest were left uncounted. With lightning speed, the success of this internal purge was quickly laid.
On the other hand, Ye Lansheng's case is also being pushed forward steadily according to the "Thirty-seven Sins Book", and the case has even become more complete with the addition of sixteen new important figures.
But just when Shen Hao was feeling slightly relaxed, a copper bar with a huge seal disrupted his pace...
