"Chen Ze, the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, has committed corruption, accepted bribes, and had liaisons with foreign vassals. We are ordered to arrest him immediately and await his execution."
In Bianjing City, a large number of soldiers directly under the Imperial City Division rushed into a mansion. With bursts of crying and fear, a large number of Chen family members were arrested one by one.
The people watching all around looked frightened when they saw this scene.
"This, which house is this??"
"The ninth family, in the past half month, the officials have ordered the confiscation of the houses of eight court officials. I heard that they can't even put them in jail."
"We may not know about the others, but isn't Shilang Chen famous for his integrity? Her father is the daughter of the late Marquis, and he even received a royal decree! Such a person is also a criminal."
"Alas! Who knows what the officials are thinking. Since the two princes left, the whole Bianjing seems to have been plunged into a bloody storm. I heard that the central government has stopped. Now only the East Palace and the residences of the two princes control everything."
Outside the gate of the mansion, when a middle-aged official with calm eyes and no anger came out in chains, he looked at Cao Feng with a look of helplessness and said seriously: "Commander Cao knows very well whether I am guilty or not. , if the king wants his minister to die, he must die, but the official family is like this, instead of revitalizing our Song Dynasty, it actually chills the hearts of loyal ministers and scholars in the world. Now it’s time for me, the next step is to be the minister, or even the central government, ladies and gentlemen, the official We have to arrest all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty to understand that we have not taken refuge with King Qi!!"
When Cao Feng heard this, he quickly clasped his fists and said, "Shilang Chen, I am also following orders."
"Bastard, what are you going to do?" At this time, following the sound of horse hooves, Li Guang, the governor who participated in the political affairs, and now the Minister of Civil Affairs, came hurriedly with his people, his face full of anger.
"Brother Li" After looking at it, Chen Ze's eyes flashed with emotion.
"Meet Li Shangshu!!"
"Cao Feng, who gave you the courage to directly arrest the Minister of the Song Dynasty? Do you know that Zhou Shangshu fell ill, and Chen Shilang of Husi is now in charge of the overall situation? According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, a First of all, it requires central discussion and official ruling before a crime can be committed. If you arrest Chen Shilang, who will manage the household affairs?" Li Guang said angrily.
When Cao Feng heard this, he immediately said: "Reporting to Shangshu, I am following the orders of the East Palace. The officials have issued an order to hand over all central power to the East Palace."
"you.."
"Brother Li," Chen Ze shouted and said with a wry smile: "Forget it, the situation is like this, and neither you nor I can change it. But you have to be careful in the future. The government is going to take over the power of each department."
After speaking with some worry, Chen Ze followed the guards and left directly.
"Brother Chen," Li Guang said with grief on his face.
After everyone in the Chen family was taken away, a guard who followed looked at Li Guang and said with some worry: "Master, the official family has begun to move the household department, and the next step may be the official department. Listen, I heard that there are many people now. The official has taken the initiative to submit a letter to resign and plans to leave Bianjing!!"
"Asshole" Li Guang glanced at him and said seriously: "Let's go to Prime Minister Lu's mansion."
"yes"
Soon, in the bedroom of a huge mansion, Li Guang looked at Lu Yihao, who was lying on the floor and coughing continuously, with his face turning pale. Li Guang said worriedly: "Prime Minister, you..."
Since the Great Cleansing of Bianjing, Lu Yihao and his civil and military officials knelt down to remonstrate again, but this time they knelt down and fainted. The officials had no sympathy at all. They just said coldly and carried them all back to their respective mansions to recuperate. , Lu Yihao got the root cause of his illness just because of these two days of kneeling.
"I'm fine!!" Lu Yihao shook his head and said, "Did something happen again??"
"The officials also arrested Chen Shilang"
Lu Yihao trembled all over and said with tears in his eyes: "The official family is going to completely chill all the civil and military officials!!"
"Mr. Lu, what should we do now??"
"The door of Zhongshu Province has been directly closed. Even if I want to save the prime minister, I no longer have the power." After Lu Yihao said in pain, he coughed violently again. His current position as prime minister is just a falsehood.
"Prime Minister Lu..."
"Master, it's not good." At this moment, a servant hurried in and said anxiously: "Someone came from the palace just now, saying that someone is going to attack the ancestor."
"Damn it, Zonggong has already retired from office, why don't they let him go? Who is it?" Hearing this, Lu Yihao said angrily.
"That is Du Chong, the current Minister of Justice!!"
When Lu Yihao heard this, he immediately said angrily: "If I had known at that time, I would have asked the two princes to teach him a lesson. The villain will succeed. No, Zonggong is the benefactor of the original prime minister. I will go there personally."
As soon as Lu Yihao stood up, he felt a little unsteady.
"Prime Minister, you can't be angry anymore and go down to your post," Li Guang said immediately.
"No, you may not be able to go. Hurry, go to Weininghou Mansion."
"Hou Mansion??" Li Guang was stunned.
"Although the two marquises have left, the Weining Army is still there. Now only they can protect Duke Zong from such grievances. The official family does not dare to break directly with the Qi State and let the Duke go to Qi State. His virtuous life must not end up in a miserable situation," Lu Yihao cried.
After Li Guang trembled slightly, he immediately nodded and said: "Okay!!"
Soon after, outside the gate of the Zongfu, a large number of soldiers were seen repeatedly searching several carriages.
"Hey, how dare you do this?" Zong Ying, who was stopped by the soldiers, said angrily.
"Okay, let them search and see if they can find any evidence that I have secret connections with the Qi Kingdom." I saw Zongze slowly walking out.
"Father!!"
Du Chong took a look, and a chill flashed across his face.
"Found it." At this moment, a soldier suddenly came out with a book and handed it to Du Chong as if he was flattering.
Du Chong took a look, looked at Zongze who looked calm, and said seriously: "Zong Gong, what's going on with this Qi Guoyongzhi?"
"Impossible!!" Zong Ying was startled, Zong Ze pulled slightly, shook his head and said: "Du Gongmei, it seems that you are determined to deal with me."
"I don't dare to lower my rank. It's just that my grandfather is anxious to leave. I'm afraid he is not going back to his hometown to retire, but to go to Qi to enjoy the glory and wealth!!"
"Bastard!!" At this moment, an angry voice suddenly sounded, and a burly general rushed over with a large number of forbidden troops, roaring: "Let's see who dares to touch Duke Zong!!"
After saying that, the general immediately got off his horse and said anxiously: "Zong Gong, are you okay?"
"It's okay," Zongze said with a hint of relief after looking at it.
"Kong Yanwei, what do you want to do?? You are going to disobey the East Palace's order," Du Chong said angrily.
"Don't you dare to scare people, I will tell you the truth today, if you dare to slander my ancestor, I will kill you right now." Kong Yanwei directly held the handle of the knife with his right hand.
Du Chong took a look at it, held the Qi Heroes' Zhi, and said coldly: "Zonggong has privately kept Qi's books, and I have been ordered by the East Palace to investigate them strictly. Anyone who dares to stop them will be rebelling and causing rebellion!!"
"What a loud tone." Right here, among the shocked eyes of a large number of people, hundreds of elites roared over. There was a bit of coldness in their eyes. Lu Junyi was standing at the front holding a spear, coldly He said in a loud voice: "When did the heroic ambition of our country of Qi become a rebellion? Why, the imperial court has ordered to abolish our country of Qi?"
"Weining Army" Du Chong's expression changed.
After Lu Junyi got off his horse, he walked step by step in front of Du Chong and said coldly: "It seems that teaching your son a lesson is not enough. I have to teach you a lesson too. Only then do you, the Du family, know that some things should not be mixed up. Do you believe it?" Don’t believe that the Marquis will be back tomorrow!!”
"you.."
"Get lost!!" Lu Junyi shouted angrily.
"Go away!!" The soldiers of the Weining Army also shouted.
"You..." Du Chong's face turned pale, but looking at the soldiers with murderous intent on their faces, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, okay, let's go."
After Du Chong took the people away, Lu Junyi came to Zongze and said with concern: "Zong Gong, I will personally send someone to escort you back home!"
After seeing this, Zongze smiled bitterly, looked at Kong Yanwei and said, "Yanwei, thank you for today, but be careful next time."
"Don't worry, Mr. Zong, don't delay, leave as soon as possible." Kong Yanwei said worriedly. With the current situation in Bianjing, if Zongze stayed, it was not a crime, but it would probably become a serious crime.
Soon, in the Chuigong Hall, looking at the aggrieved Du Chong, Zhao Ji frantically overturned all the memorials on the table to the ground, and said with hatred on his face: "Even Zong Rulin has failed me, Song Dynasty." !!”
