Huang Fu Ke was finally relieved to see Qin Jin come back with all his beards and tails, and after learning that Qin Jin had been mistakenly arrested by Zhang Gan, the captain of the city patrol, he immediately said that he must be severely punished to set an example. Who knew that Qin Jin stopped Huang Fu Ke and told him that it was best to deal with this matter in a low-key manner, and it was not appropriate to be overly public.

In this regard, Huangfu Ke was puzzled, but since Qin Jin insisted on not pursuing it, he could only sigh heavily.

Early the next morning, Qin Jin met with the Son of Heaven in the Ganlu Palace, saying that he had some misunderstanding with the Left Guards patrolling the city, so he delayed for half a day, and asked the Son of Heaven to punish him. Li Heng was also confused by Qin Jin's inexplicable encounter, he was prepared for the worst scenario to deal with the mutiny yesterday night, which Cheng thought it was actually a false alarm caused by a misunderstanding.

He really didn't know what to say, Prime Minister Cui Huan had been watching Qin Jin's expression coldly, and he didn't say a word. Li Heng comforted Qin Jin a few words, and asked about the specific details of yesterday, Qin Jin did not hide it, so he made a simple statement about the misunderstanding with Zhang Gan.

"Is there no saint to arrest the important ministers of the imperial court and treat the law as nothing?"

Cui Lian, who had been silent, only asked in a deep voice at this time.

Qin Jin blamed himself and said:

"It's also to blame the minister's negligence, he traveled lightly and didn't show his identity in time, Captain Zhang was dutiful and responsible, and it was understandable to be detained first. ”

Cui Jian narrowed his eyes, his intuition was natural, he didn't feel that what Qin Jin said was all the truth, but he could also feel that the other party planned to calm things down. This seems to be very different from the Qin Jin he knows, according to this person's temperament, it is just okay to be safe, but if he takes the initiative to offend, he will retaliate several times, why did he take the initiative to cover it up this time?

Is there anything unknown to the people? Cui Jian secretly speculated that there must be a secret in this matter of the secret path, but it will definitely be difficult to make a breakthrough here in Qin Jin, and he can only start with that city patrol captain Zhang Gan to investigate this matter thoroughly!

Although Cui Jian and Qin Jin met with a smile and a grudge, it did not mean that he would shield favoritism, if Qin Jin was dedicated to his business and had no fault at all, he was naturally willing to work with him, but if the other party planned to make some moths to cause trouble to the dynasty, this would never be tolerated.

In other words, the reconciliation between Cui Jian and Qin Jin is just to throw away the prejudices of the past and look at what he did from a more objective perspective.

After Qin Jin left the Ganlu Palace, Cui Jian took the initiative to stay and suggested to Li Heng that although Qin Jin's disappearance was a false alarm, the riots in the square outside the Qinzheng Building could not be calmed down, and it must be thoroughly investigated, and those who need to be responsible must come out and be punished, otherwise future generations will follow suit, and Chang'an will have no peace.

Li Heng hesitated for a moment before he said:

"This is a matter within the political affairs hall, and the minister will let it go!"

Of course, he knew that there was Li Fuguo's shadow behind this, and he had the intention to cover it up, but Cui Lian was dedicated to the public, if he frustrated him because of his personal friendship, wouldn't he be as dumb and unknown as the emperor?

As for Li Fuguo, Li Heng only hopes that he will not be too deeply involved, and it is not a good thing to punish him for his restrained behavior.

"The old minister, please allow Your Majesty, and the king of Guangping and the old minister will investigate this matter together!"

Li Heng nodded, all of them were approved.

……

Zhang Gan has been worried after sending Qin Jin away, I don't know if Qin Jin will let him go, in case of revenge, it is extremely difficult to predict the confrontation just by virtue of the identity of the captain of the patrol city, not to mention that he has a relationship with Li Fuguo, and he has always been unfavorable to the king of Guangping, and the person who could have been the backer has no hope at all.

There is also that Li Fuguo, Zhang Gan has already greeted his ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart at this time, this guy is a cowardless ghost who has no responsibility, and he is more dexterous than a rabbit when something happens, if this big black cauldron is smashed on his Zhang Gan's head, it will be unjustly killed.

As a result, Zhang Gan didn't want to sit still, so he planned to come to the door with gifts to ask to see his uncle Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan was the secretary of the Dali Temple and the secretary of the criminal department when he was too emperor to hunt in the west, although he was not welcomed when he got the throne today, but after all, he was deeply connected, and he might be able to help.

When he went out, he bumped into Xue Zheng, a subordinate of his cronies. Xue Zheng was quite concerned about Zhang Gan's visit at this time, so he asked him who he wanted to visit, and when he learned that the person Zhang Gan planned to visit was Zhang Yan, he tried his best to dissuade him.

"The captain must not visit Zhang Yan, otherwise he will be affected by him and it will be difficult to protect himself!"

Zhang Gan asked puzzledly:

"Zhang Gan is my cousin's uncle, and the son of Prime Minister Zhang Shuo, the emperor's concubine, even if he is not treated as today's son, how can he be unlucky?"

Xue Zheng lowered his voice and said:

"Captain is confused, haven't you heard that the brothers of the Zhang family organized officials to plan to serve the thief rebel general Sun Xiaozhe after the Emperor Taishang's Western Hunt?"

Zhang Gan was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said:

"This is all a matter of chasing after the wind, there is no evidence that can be put on the table, and it will just go viral among the people for a while, and it is impossible to do it!"

"This is a mistake, this matter really can't be fake, it can't be fake, sooner or later, the imperial court will punish these ministers who have defected to the enemy, otherwise how can the heroes be allowed to deal with themselves? It's just that now the time is not right to endure it, if the captain intends to be peaceful for a long time, he must cut off relations with him from now on and never communicate again!"

This advice made Zhang Gan sweat coldly, and he did know that Zhang Yan and Zhang Jun had organized many cronies and officials to arrange to surrender to the enemy, but they were later forced to terminate because of Qin Jin's entry into the city. Moreover, during the siege of the city, the Zhang Yan brothers have always been in contact with Sun Xiaozhe, and if this matter is raised, I am afraid that it will ......

Zhang Gan coughed dryly to hide his gaffe, and said:

"After all, Zhang Yan and I are uncles, how can we completely get rid of it?"

Xue Zhengzhi said:

"Draw a clear line at this time, in case the court is liquidated in the future, there will be room for turnaround!"

As a result, Zhang Gan also secretly made up his mind. However, he did not expect that disaster would inevitably come to him.

Three days later, when Li Heng visited the Emperor, the Emperor Taishang expressed serious dissatisfaction with the law and order in Chang'an City, and demanded that the main responsible officials who were responsible for guarding and patrolling outside the Xingqing Palace that day must be severely punished.

Li Heng has always shown himself as a filial son, so naturally he will not disobey the emperor's will in such a trivial matter. So, a piece of edict arrived in the political affairs hall, Cui Jian and King Guangping originally intended to start with Zhang Gan, but they had always been afraid of the Zhang family behind this person and had scruples, and now that they got the edict, they immediately locked Zhang Gan and a cadre of cronies into prison and tortured them.

By now, it seemed that it had gone beyond Cui Lian's expectations, and he had been trying to keep the whole thing within the scope of dealing with the violation of the rules of the law, but after the wind rose on the flat ground, there would inevitably be a torrential downpour of rain.

There is a royal history to impeach the prime minister Cui Jian and the king of Guangping for shielding the eunuchs, and the law is enforced unfairly. Which of those eunuchs who gathered a crowd to make trouble outside the Qinzheng Building did not violate the rules of public order? Gathering a crowd to make trouble and causing a disturbance of more than 1,000 people can be immediately beheaded. It's been more than seven days since the incident, and no one has paid for it!

Cui Jian frowned at these bullets, he knew that it was impossible to calm things down, maybe a storm of power struggle was coming. He has been an assistant minister in Huan Hai for half his life, and this sense of smell is extremely keen, and he knows that the initiative has been unconsciously transferred to the hands of others.

And those people just want this matter to continue to ferment and expand to achieve ulterior purposes!

Thinking of this, Cui Lian couldn't help but feel a little secretly resentful, Qin Jin, Qin Jin, look at the good things you provoked.

Sure enough, more officials participated in the group that condemned the eunuchs. For a long time, the transcendent status of the eunuch group has faintly overshadowed the courtiers, and this subtle change began with the morale of the Colliers, and reached its peak during the period of Li Fuguo, not only controlling the power of soldiers and horses inside and outside the imperial city, but also profoundly affecting many decisions of the Son of Heaven. This also made the courtiers completely reduced to the situation of being arbitrarily manipulated by the eunuchs, and this dissatisfaction could naturally be easily covered up by the authority in the prosperous era, but now the court has already lost its prestige after several catastrophes, so all the dissatisfaction has completely exploded through this inconspicuous accident.

Under the finger of Qianfu, Li Heng was surprised to find that the spearhead was faintly aimed at Li Fuguo. But he knew that Li Fuguo was venting a bad breath for himself, and if he sacrificed Li Fuguo because of the indignation of the masses, how would he deal with himself in the future?

As a last resort, he had no choice but to issue an edict again, and all the eunuchs who made trouble should be beheaded, and all the generals and ministers involved that day would be held accountable.

Guangping Wang Tieqing found Cui Lian with a blushing face.

"The edict of the Son of Heaven has been issued, and the beheading of more than 50 people at a time may not be enough to eliminate the boiling resentment, and it may lead the court to an unpredictable wrong path. Cui Xianggong, is there no other way?"

Cui Jian has always been tenacious, this time he also felt dazed and powerless, he suddenly missed Fang Xuan a little, although this old guy does not like to follow the rules, but the fierce and ruthless methods often make it difficult for political opponents to parry, if he is in Chang'an, he will not make the situation ruined.

"King Guangping, please forgive the old man for saying bluntly, things have developed so far, whether it is the Son of Heaven or the Emperor, it is impossible to stop it!"

King Guangping's face changed slightly, and he said:

"Isn't it just killing dozens of eunuchs? How can it be so complicated?"

At this moment, Li Yu even suspected that Cui Chuan was old and exhausted, but he soon knew that the situation was really not something that could be controlled by a few people.

After the edict was issued to kill the eunuchs who gathered to make trouble, the red-eyed courtiers frantically targeted another group that was making a big splash. That is, when Chang'an was out of control and besieged, many officials who openly and secretly defected to the enemy, and the first incident was to completely uncover the death of Chen Xilie and the filthy deeds of colluding with traitors.

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