Sign In a Lu Bu Fengxian at the Beginning

Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Zhou Chen sat on the dragon chair throne, looking at Cao Shaoqin below.

Cao Shaoqin bowed to report; "Your Majesty, the Fan family sent people to sneak into Dongchang to rescue Fan Yongdou. Dongchang has already wiped out all these people, and none of the Fan family who secretly entered Luoyang escaped... "

Cao Shaoqin truthfully reported that the Fan family sent people to infiltrate the Dongchang, and delivered a memorial to Zhou Chen.

What is written on the zigzag is the specific process of the Fan family sending people to sneak into the Dongchang, and the Dongchang killing the Fan family and others.

Zhou Chen picked up the package, opened it and glanced at it, with a sneer on his face.

This member of the Fan family is really bold.

They have all become people who the court wants to kill, and dare to enter Luoyang secretly, and sneak into Dongchang to save people?

Do you really think that after Cao Zhengchun left Luoyang, no one in Dongchang would be able to control the scene, and anyone could sneak into Dongchang without any scruples?

Zhou Chen put Zhou Zhe aside, looked up at Cao Shaoqin and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Cao Shaoqin immediately said, "Your Majesty, some captains and generals of the City Defense Battalion and some generals of the Shenwu Guard outside the city have undergone some changes recently."

oh!

Zhou Chen frowned upon hearing this.

The City Defense Battalion is responsible for the defense of Luoyang City Gate and the safety of the city, with 30,000 soldiers and horses.

Not to mention Shenwuwei, that is the capital of Gongwei God, the elite of the imperial court to deter the world.

Some generals in the city defense battalion and Shenwuwei have changed, which is not a trivial matter.

If Zhou Chen's expectations are correct, the changes of these generals should be inseparable from the plans of the three great families and the King of Shu.

Although the Shenwuwei outside the city had been cleaned up before, there were still some generals who were inextricably linked to the wealthy families.

Regarding this point, Zhou Chen was beyond doubt.

Zhou Chen pondered for a moment, then said to Cao Shaoqin, "Keep an eye on these generals, and immediately go and call Du Ruhui and Liu Ye."

Zhou Chen knows,

The plans of the three great aristocratic families and the King of Shu should have begun to be arranged.

Then, Zhou Chen will start the second step next.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cao Shaoqin bowed to accept the order and withdrew from the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

...

After half an hour.

Du Ruhui and Liu Ye walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation hand in hand.

"Chen Du Ruhui."

"Sir Liu Ye."

"I have seen His Majesty."

After Du Ruhui and Liu Ye walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, they bowed respectfully to Zhou Chen who was sitting on the dragon chair.

Zhou Chen raised his eyes and glanced at the two, then his eyes stopped on Liu Ye; "Liu Ye, how is the investigation by the household department?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, more than half of the investigation has been done."

"All the officials involved have been taken down and put in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice."

"A large part of the officials related to the three great families have also been taken down."

"Some of the available people, officials who are willing to serve His Majesty, the minister did not touch them."

Liu Ye bowed and said.

The real purpose of Liu Ye's order to investigate the household department is to eliminate those officials in the court who are inextricably linked to the three great families.

Of course, it is also a major purpose to check the household department.

It's just not the main purpose.

Therefore, Liu Ye will try his best to involve those officials who are related to the three major families, and then take the opportunity to take them down.

Zhou Chen nodded after hearing the words, and then looked at Du Ruhui; "Du Ruhui, where are you!"

"Have you filled in the vacant positions of those officials found out?"

Zhou Chen mobilized the officials of the three wealthy families in such a way as to know the Ministry of Household Affairs, in order not to cause too much turmoil.

Find out a few, and other officials can fill the vacant positions immediately.

This will not affect the normal operation of the court.

"Your Majesty, most of the vacant positions have been temporarily filled by other officials."

"There are still some vacancies, and no suitable officials have been transferred yet."

"However, the vacancy of the positions of these officials will not affect the normal operation of the yamen and the handling of government affairs."

Du Ruhui also bowed and said.

After listening to Du Ruhui's words, Zhou Chen nodded again; "That's good."

"Since everything is going well, let's proceed to the next step tomorrow morning!"

...

the next day.

Morning start.

Civil and military officials entered the Golden Luan Hall in order of their official positions.

"Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live."

After Baiguan walked into the Golden Luan Hall, he knelt down and shouted to Zhou Chen who was already sitting on the dragon chair.

Zhou Chen sat on the dragon chair, looked down at the civil and military officials below, and said, "Everyone is flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Baiguan stood up.

Zhou Chen looked down at the civil and military officials below, and saw that the number of people had decreased and the officials had changed.

"Start playing if there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do."

A sharp voice sounded.

The person who shouted this sentence was none other than Cao Shaoqin.

When Cao Zhengchun was away, Cao Shaoqin naturally replaced Cao Zhengchun and went to court with the emperor Zhou Chen.

When the civil and military officials below heard Cao Shaoqin's sharp voice, they all secretly looked at Cao Shaoqin.

They have seen Cao Zhengchun, the chief governor of the East Factory.

But Cao Shaoqin, the second governor of Dongchang, they have always only heard of him, but never seen him.

Today they finally saw the true face of Cao Shaoqin, the second governor of Dongchang.

"Your Majesty, I have something to play."

As soon as Cao Shaoqin's words fell, Liu Ye, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, stood up and said loudly.

The other civil and military officials were slightly surprised when they saw that Liu Ye, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, was the first to stand up and play a role.

In the past, many officials would not have cared too much about the minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Although the minister of the Ministry of Industry is also one of the six major ministers, compared to the other five ministers, the things that the Minister of the Ministry of Industry usually play do not attract the attention of all officials.

But it's different now, Liu Ye, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, is in charge of checking the household affairs.

In the past few days, how many officials have been captured by Liu Ye, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and thrown into prison.

There is no shortage of some important veterans.

Therefore, no one would underestimate what Liu Ye, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, would stand up for.

"Liu Ye, what do you want to play?"

Zhou Chen looked at Liu Ye and asked calmly.

"Your Majesty, the minister and Mr. Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of Justice, are ordered to investigate the household department."

"In the past few days, the minister has found out quite a few officials."

"Some of the officials confessed to Mr. Zheng."

"I didn't expect that Mr. Zheng, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was actually one of those corrupt officials who also corrupted the law."

"This is some evidence that the minister found out that Mr. Zheng was corrupt and broke the law."

"Please take a look, Your Majesty."

Liu Ye took out a piece of incriminating evidence and said loudly.

All the civil and military officials in the hall changed their expressions when they heard Liu Ye's words.

No one expected that Liu Ye would also find out the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment who was also in charge of checking the household department.

This is really shocking.

Even Prime Minister Yuan Bo's expression changed.

Fan Yongdou, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, has already been involved because of this incident. If Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment is also taken down because of corruption, he, the prime minister, will be the only one left to support the plans of the three great families and the King of Shu.

As the party involved, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, after hearing Liu Ye's words, his expression changed drastically.

"Liu Ye, don't spout blood."

"I'm responsible for checking the household department together with you. Why didn't you know that an official confessed that I was an accomplice?"

"You don't want to frame this official."

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice glared at Liu Ye and said loudly.

Then.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment directly shouted at Zhou Chen who was on the dragon chair; "Your Majesty, I am wronged!"

"Liu Ye, he wants to frame the minister."

"Your Majesty, please check clearly."

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice said, and knelt down on the ground with a plop.

Zhou Chen on the dragon chair ignored the minister of the Ministry of Punishment's call for grievances, but said expressionlessly; "Submit it."

Cao Shaoqin, who was standing beside him, walked down immediately, took the criminal evidence from Liu Ye, and turned back to present it in front of Zhou Chen.

Zhou Chen took the criminal evidence sent by Liu Ye from Cao Shaoqin, opened it and glanced at it.

Zhou Chen didn't need to look at the contents inside.

Because, this is what Zhou Chen asked Liu Ye to prepare for the Ministry of Justice.

After glancing at the contents of the criminal evidence, Zhou Chen raised his head and sneered at the minister of punishment who was kneeling below.

"Master Zheng."

"My minister of punishment."

"You said you were wronged, you said Liu Ye framed you."

"Then take a look at the above things yourself. Did Liu Ye wrong you, or did Liu Ye really frame you?"

Zhou Chen closed the criminal evidence in his hand, and slammed it in front of the Minister of Criminal Affairs who was kneeling below.

Hearing Zhou Chen's sarcasm in the dragon chair, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment felt a little bit in his heart, and a bad premonition arose from his heart.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Justice immediately picked up the criminal evidence that Zhou Chen dropped, opened it and read it.

The content of the criminal evidence made Shangshu's heart sink to the bottom.

There are not only some criminal evidences of corruption by the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, but also some criminal evidences of accepting bribes, unjust and false cases, and other aspects of the Minister of Criminal Affairs.

In an instant, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice understood.

This Liu Ye's so-called investigation of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and an official confessing that he is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, are all nonsense.

The real thing is that the emperor Zhou Chen wanted to touch him, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Liu Ye's investigation of the household department and the officials' confession were nothing more than an excuse for the emperor Zhou Chen to move him, the minister of the Ministry of punishment.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for these criminal evidences to be found by the Ministry of Punishment and the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment just because of the official confession.

It's obvious that it's something that has been prepared to move him, the Minister of the Ministry of punishment.

It's not a sudden idea, but premeditated.

After reading the criminal evidence in his hands, the minister of the Ministry of punishment knelt down softly on the ground, and his whole body lost all strength.

He knew that his Ministry of Criminal Affairs was finished.

Like Fan Yongdou, Minister of the Ministry of Finance, he, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, is about to follow in the footsteps of Fan Yongdou, Minister of the Ministry of Finance.

Seeing that the Minister of the Ministry of Justice had finished reading the evidence, Zhou Chen on the dragon chair looked down at the Minister of the Ministry of Justice who was kneeling on the ground expressionlessly and said, "Do you have anything else to say?"

"Your Majesty has nothing to say."

"The minister is guilty."

Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment flickered his eyes and bowed his head to the ground.

Here is the evidence of the crime, which can be described as ironclad evidence.

What else could he say.

Zhou Chen, who was sitting on the dragon chair, had a flash of surprise in his eyes regarding the attitude of Minister of Justice.

Originally, Zhou Chen thought that the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment would make some sophistry, at least he would have to shout a few times that his officials were wronged.

Unexpectedly, the minister of the Ministry of punishment didn't make any sophistry at all, didn't say a word of injustice, and just obediently admitted it.

This was somewhat beyond Zhou Chen's expectation.

However, Zhou Chen didn't think it mattered no matter why the minister of the Ministry of Punishment gave in so obediently and didn't make any sophistry.

The important thing is that the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment should admit it.

This also saves trouble.

"Come on."

"Drag it out and send it to Dongchang Prison."

"Order Dongchang to immediately search the Minister's Office of the Ministry of Punishment."

Zhou Chen didn't say anything more, just waved his hand.

Two factory guards walked in, went forward and grabbed the minister of punishment, set up the minister of punishment and dragged him outside.

But Shangshu Xingbu didn't show any resistance or even struggle from the beginning to the end.

In this way, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice was dragged out by the factory guard.

The Minister of the Ministry of Justice is different from the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, he will not do anything excessive.

Now, their plans have begun to be laid out.

The Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs knew that as long as he admitted these criminal evidences and persisted until another day, he would be able to see the light of day again.

If he acts too much now, it will be himself who suffers in the end.

Just like Hubu Shangshu Fan Yongdou, even if he succeeds in another day, Hubu Shangshu will be useless as a whole.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice did not want to follow in his footsteps like Fan Yongdou did.

That's why Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment didn't make sophistry and call for grievances, and didn't even resist and struggle, allowing the factory guards to easily drag him out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice was dragged out.

The atmosphere in the hall was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

No one thought that first, the Minister of the Household Department was confiscated and exterminated, and the nine clans were punished.

Now the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments has also been taken down because of the corruption investigation of the Ministry of Households.

In just a few days, two important ministers of Shangshu fell successively.

This put a lot of pressure on the hearts of the civil and military officials in the hall.

Prime Minister Yuan Bo's heart is also quite heavy, the Minister of the Ministry of Households and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment are his most important partners and allies.

Now, Fan Yongdou, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households, has been ransacked and exterminated, and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment has also been taken down.

Only him, Yuan Bo, was left.

This thing is full of weirdness.

Especially at the critical juncture of another day, did the person on the dragon chair really take down the Minister of the Household and the Minister of Punishment only because of corruption?

Prime Minister Yuan Bo pondered in his heart.

Zhou Chen on the dragon chair looked coldly at the civil and military officials below, and said, "I didn't expect that the investigation of the household department is just the beginning, and so many officials have already been investigated."

"Among them, there are two ministers involved in the book."

"It just makes me a little unbelievable."

"Have the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty been corrupted to this extent?"

Under Zhou Chen's eagle-like gaze, all civil and military officials lowered their heads, not daring to take a breath.

After Zhou Chen glanced around, he said sternly to Liu Ye; "Liu Ye."

"Continue to check for me."

"I want to see, how many moths are there in my court of Great Zhou?"

As soon as this word came out.

The hearts of all the civil and military officials in the hall couldn't help trembling.

In the past few days, the Ministry of Household Inspection has found many officials, and today even the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment was taken down.

Still need to keep checking.

Is it possible that His Majesty really wants to clean the court thoroughly?

Even the Eight Sage King Zhou Xian and the Minister of the Ministry of War frowned and were worried.

Such a wanton investigation will put everyone in the officials at risk.

"The minister obeys the order."

Liu Ye bowed and accepted the order.

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