In the government hall, there were more than a dozen ministers kneeling on the ground, including young and old, and many of them came from aristocratic families.
Officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs shuttled among them and roughly took off their official robes and jade belts.
This is what happened in the court. If a doctor fell down in the court, a group of guards and people from the Ministry of Punishment would rush into a certain government office and arrest a group of principals.
If a minister falls, one of the ministers in the palace may be captured.
And when Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs fell, dozens of people were implicated, including more than a dozen people who went to court alone.
Thousands of people beat broken drums, and ten thousand people wore broken shoes. As soon as the court came to court this morning, before the emperor could say anything, a group of ministers jumped out, including people from the six tribes and nine temples. It was time to distance themselves from the Li family, and it was time to impeach them. and reported impeachment reports, scrambling to be the first, deeply afraid of being implicated.
Huang Laosi just watched silently, nodded, or remained silent.
Li Wenli, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was from the Li family. Li Wenli, the helmsman of the Li family and who had friendship with almost all officials, fell into panic.
Among the six departments and nine temples, there was only one government office in which no official came forward, no one asked for punishment, and no one impeached or reported him. That was the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Qiu Wanshan was very proud. He was very proud of that stop.
Lao Qiu has the qualifications to be proud. It can be said that even if the entire court is involved with the Li family, it is impossible for Lao Qiu to do so.
Because the first person to quarrel with the Li family in the court was Qiu Wanshan. He would take advantage of every opportunity to discuss anything in the court. Even if any maid in the palace had nothing to do this month, Qiu Wanshan would jump out and say if there was anything. It is possible that Li Wenli sneaked into the palace in the middle of the night.
"I have definitely never thought about it..."
Huang Laosi finally spoke, looking at the officials lying on the ground begging for mercy, he said lightly: "The Li family has so many party members."
As soon as the word "party member" came out, the officials were frightened.
You must know that some of these officials who apologized were indeed very close to the Li family. After all, they were ministers of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Even if they were on the same level, the younger members of the family had to ask Li Wenli if they wanted to become officials.
Of course, there are also people who are not so close, but who have had an "exchange of interests" between the two parties.
Anyway, it was noisy after the court started today. Some people wanted to distance themselves from each other, so they reported it.
And some people want to prove that they don't have a deep relationship with the Li family, but they have "cooperated" on something in private. They think it's not a big deal, so they take the initiative to stand up and plead guilty.
Basically, there are very few people like Zhou Youwei who are as close to the Li family as wearing black silk stockings. As soon as the word "party member" Huang Laosi came out, these prostrate courtiers were like falling into an ice cave. A heart fell from the chest into the large intestine.
What do you mean by a party member? They are an accomplice!
What is an accomplice is the same crime.
What is the equivalent of charges? It means that Li Wenli may, may, should, 80%, yes, must rebel, and those who are reported and take the initiative to plead guilty, maybe, may, should, 80%, yes, must rebel.
The matter was more serious than they imagined, but before these ministers could cry out that they were wronged, Sun An took out the imperial edict from the table and rattled off two or three thousand words. Been corrupted, starting from today, the imperial court will carry out tax inspections with great fanfare and intense gongs and drums. The Ministry of Household Affairs will take the lead, and the Qianqi Camp will assist. One will be caught, one will be imprisoned by the Punishment Department, one will be interrogated by Dali Temple, one will be beheaded by Jingzhao Prefecture, and one will be arrested. road service.
When Wei Changfeng left work, he wrote a few hundred words on Jiliwala. The general meaning was that all the colleagues in the Ministry of Revenue were united and determined to follow the emperor and thoroughly investigate the tax affairs.
Huang Laosi waved his hand and said two words to disperse the court.
The officials were dumbfounded, both those kneeling on the ground and those standing in the class.
It seems that dealing with Li family accomplices and tax inspection are not the same thing, but in fact, they are also the same thing.
Because the Li family was also greedy for tax money, according to Tao Shaozhang's original intention, he was the first to check Xiao County's tax money, which led to so many things being involved.
So now if anyone stands up to stop the emperor and says that he cannot be investigated, he will be suspected of being a member of the Li family.
Huang Laosi was the first to walk out of the political hall, followed closely by Sun An, leaving behind ministers with different expressions.
Not to mention the reaction of the ministers, Huang Laosi let out a big sigh of relief as soon as he left the political hall.
Since he ascended the throne, he can finally do what he wants to do in an upright and bold manner.
Chu Wensheng gave him a trump card. Through the Li family's incident, the imperial power was not completely stabilized during this period, but was similar to a short-term BUFF. Anyone who dared to go against the imperial power could be Huang Laosi poured dirty water on him, saying that he was an accomplice of the Li family.
On the way back to Jingyi Hall, Huang Laosi saw Chu Wensheng who had been guarding the door.
Obviously he was so happy that he wanted to become best friends with Lao Chu, but Huang Laosi still had a calm expression on his face. He winked at Sun An and walked into the Jingyi Hall in groups of five or six.
Sitting behind the desk, Chu Wensheng was also led in by Sun An and bowed down.
"My lord, Chu Wensheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Industry, pays homage to Your Majesty."
Huang Laosi muttered without raising his head: "Sit down."
Chu Wensheng was used to it. Chang Chengyou was dying every day, as if everyone owed him twenty dollars.
Huang Laosi pretended to look at the memorial on the desk and said: "Nothing has been done. Although he captured Li Ke alive, he did not report it to the court and acted on his own initiative. But he only obeyed the authority when the matter was urgent. Since The Li family has revealed its rebellion, so your actions are understandable."
Chu Wensheng never expected Huang Laosi to say anything good. He lowered his head and remained silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a long silence, Huang Laosi raised his head and started to get upset again.
No matter if you follow the script or the procedure, you still have to be frightened. Why are you silent again?
Originally, no matter how arrogant Lao Chu was, he knew that he had to kneel down quickly, not to mention asking for forgiveness, but at least to say that he had realized his mistake and would not do this again in the future. He followed the emperor firmly behind him. What did the emperor say? What does he do? He is no longer good at making decisions.
But now Chu Wensheng feels very unhappy.
You asked me to win over Fanman, and I went, but my eloquence was not good, so I brought the person over directly. You tell them, is it okay?
I brought Fanman back to Beijing, but the Li family didn't agree and wanted to punish me, so I brought it back to the Li family and let you figure it out. Is that okay?
No problem, let’s not talk about whether the process was followed or not, at least the errands were not done wrong, right?
But what about you, Chang Chengyou? You damn thing took advantage of me not being in the capital to promote my son to become the deputy commander of Qianqi Camp. Are you still a human being?
Qianqiying is still the deputy commander. It is estimated that it will be difficult to find a wife in the future. Is this something that humans do!
What troubled Chu Wensheng the most was that he had scolded Qianqiying before, even with the generals, saying that the deputy commander of Qianqiying was definitely a bitch full of butt-eyes.
Finally, I discovered that the clown was actually myself...
Huang Laosi probably also noticed that Chu Wensheng seemed to be dissatisfied with him because of something, so he lowered his head and spoke calmly.
"There is one more thing, let's go and do it. It's about the soldiers."
Chu Wensheng raised his head: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"
"The King of Wu has secretly bribed many generals in the army and has revealed his betrayal. You will complete this errand. If this errand is done well, I will again appoint you as the right minister of the Ministry of Industry."
Chu Wensheng didn't respond, as if he was deep in thought.
Huang Laosi was unhappy: "Is there any difficulty?"
Chu Wen said loudly: "It can be done, but your Majesty needs to assign 500 elite cavalry to the humble ministers."
"Five hundred cavalry?" Huang Laosi nodded slightly: "Okay, then I will assign you five hundred cavalry to find all the people in the eight camps of Jingwei who have taken refuge with the King of Wu!"
"Ah?" Chu Wensheng raised his eyebrows and asked subconsciously: "Just uncovering the rebels in the capital?"
Huang Laosi was also stunned for a moment: "What do you think?"
"I thought... Your Majesty wanted me to go to Weijiang to capture King Wu and bring him back to the capital."
Their eyes faced each other, big eyes staring at small eyes, and they were silent for a long time.
After a long time, Huang Laosi finally suppressed the extremely strong impulse in his heart, and almost waved his hand violently to let Chu Wensheng leave.
He was afraid that Chu Wensheng would stand in front of him again, so he really nodded in agreement.
It wasn't until Chu Wensheng left Jingyi Hall that Huang Laosi slowly calmed down his restless heart.
"The King of Wu is on the south side of the Weijiang River. After all, he is quite popular among the people..."
Huang Laosi sighed deeply: "Before King Wu raises the flag to rebel, I will not be the first to use Chu Wensheng!"
