On November 7, the third year of Zhenyuan, Zhou Qinggang was slightly liberated from the distress of the military rebellion, and something unexpected happened, Ye Wang assassinated Xiao Xuance, the former deputy envoy of the Cargo Colony Mansion.

This matter is undoubtedly worse for Zhou Qing, although Xiao Xuance, the former deputy envoy of the Cargo Colony Mansion, has resigned with Ye Cheng's promotion to the long history, and is no longer a minister of the royal family, but he has been an official of the Cargo Colony Mansion for 20 years, and he has a lot of experience in accounts, Ye Cheng still regards his predecessor as a guest, and often asks him questions, and Xiao Xuance has run the industry under his name very prosperously after his resignation, and is one of the few wealthy businessmen in the imperial capital, and has a good relationship with his colleagues in the old days and the big names of the nobles of the family.

The back garden of the Xiao family is the place where the imperial capital ministers gather, whenever the "Mid-Autumn Festival", there is always the female music, famous food and pure brew set up by the diligent host, the ordinary people are difficult to imagine the luxury and beauty, many times there are the imperial history impeached the Xiao family banquet and drink is suspected of trespassing, using the palace utensils and the luxury goods of the princes, and the imperial history angrily denounces its dirtiness and erosion. But these voices were slowly suppressed by the invisible forces, and the banquet of the "Mid-Autumn Festival" in the back garden of the Xiao family was never interrupted, and even the legend has it that in the snowy weather in the depths of winter, the host still lit countless charcoal basins to entertain the distinguished guests to drink the mellow wine of the Hokuriku, and the singers were naked wrapped in mink fur to serve wine, and the smell of burning spices permeated two streets away.

Such a dignitary figure was solved by Ye Wang with one shot, he waited outside the door of Xiao's house, and rushed up at the moment when Xiao Xuance stepped out of the house and asked if you were Xiao Xuance. This former royal important minister is now a wealthy businessman with no less than ten personal guards, but none of them can stop Ye Wang, Xiao Xuance only had time to shout for help, and was shot through the chest by Ye Wang. The results of the autopsy afterwards showed that the wound on Xiao Xuance's chest was the size of a bowl, which showed the majestic power of that shot, Ye Wang's shot was to kill Xiao Xuance, which was a pure assassination rather than a provocation by force.

Xiao Xuance's guards couldn't keep Ye Wang at all, and Ye Wang surrendered to Jingwei himself with Xiao Xuance's body in a cart after he succeeded. No matter who knew that the person behind Ye Wang was the emperor of the Great Zhou, Jingwei did not dare to open the trial without authorization. The news was immediately sent to the palace forbidden, and Zhou Qing, who was unprepared for this, was almost desperate. The evidence is too complete, killing people in the street, according to the emperor's "Great Law", this is a capital crime, and he has no right to pardon Ye Wang. However, he realized that there must be a reason for this, so he made an exception as quickly as possible and arranged for the "Tian Yuan Seven Imperial History" of the Imperial History Observatory to co-preside over the interrogation.

This is a very special interrogation, such as Ye Wang's case should be tried by Dali Temple according to the convention, in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty, only the leaders of the imperial ministers, people who have reached or approached the "Three Princes" are eligible to be tried jointly by the transcendent Tianyuan Seven Imperial History, and not everyone such a person can have such treatment, and Ye Wang is only a tiger lieutenant at this time. But one piece of news gave Zhou Qing's arrangement a complete reason, that is, almost at the same time that Ye Wang committed the crime, the Ye clan ancestral hall announced that they recognized Ye Wang as the new head of the Ji family. The head of the Ye family, one of the seven major families, committed a crime, and the appearance of the Seven Imperial Historians of Tian Yuan finally had a reason. This is also the painstaking arrangement of Zhou Qing, the status of the Seven Imperial Historians of Tianyuan is extremely special among the courtiers, as "speech officials", impeachment is their job, so the imperial historians rarely have a close past with other royal ministers, and the official requires them to maintain harsh justice, and the "Qing Discussion" force led by them has not been completely infiltrated by the ancestral party.

Zhou Qing arranged for this force to try Ye Wang, undoubtedly to save his loyal henchmen. In fact, Zhou Qing himself was powerless against the power of the "Yanguan", so he also played various tricks to make this trial more complicated, such as immediately starting to confiscate Xiao Xuance's property, investigating the extravagant banquets in Xiao's backyard, and checking taxes in Xiao's business. These apparently attempts to gather evidence for the case have only one purpose – to muddy the waters.

Zhou Qing has realized that from the simple level of the case, Ye Wang must be a capital crime, and only by complicating the case, maybe he can save this friend's life. Therefore, the people who carried out the raids and tax clearances were all the cadres of the Imperial Party, and the samurai who were strong against the hundreds of people had to immediately act as tax officials and messengers at this moment, and act in the imperial capital at a faster speed than the henchmen of the ancestral hall. Ye Wang's confession revealed the reason why he assassinated Xiao Xuance, and he determined that Xiao Xuance was one of the people who visited Ye Cheng that afternoon, and he was secretly mixed in with his name.

His assertion is that his brother's death is not a self-judgment, but a political transaction, and it is not Ye Cheng himself who embezzles, but the forces behind him. Now the people behind Ye Cheng want to coerce Ye Cheng to commit suicide, thus covering up all the evidence of the crime. And Xiao Xuance is precisely the loyal henchman of the person behind the scenes. In other words, the hatred between Xiao Xuance and him is - killing his brother.

The evidence is that Ye Cheng once left a letter to Ye Wang, and the officials of the post station confirmed that Ye Cheng did send a letter that afternoon, and this letter was sent to the Ming Kingdom, and the strange thing is that it was turned back on the day it was sent to the end and divided into two parts, one was handed over to Ye Ende, one of the elders of the Ye clan ancestral hall, and the other was handed over to his younger brother Ye Wang. So when Ye Wang received this letter, more than a month had passed since Ye Cheng's death.

It can be believed that Ye Cheng recommended his younger brother to take over the position of the head of the Ji family in the letter, which prompted the Ji clan ancestral hall to recognize Ye Wang. But what Ye Cheng revealed in the letter to Ye Wang, future generations can no longer pursue it. Because on the day of the trial, Ye Wang swallowed the letter in front of the Seven Imperial Historians of Tian Yuan. This strange thing is clearly recorded in the court records, when Zhou Qing personally attended the hearing, and many important ministers of the ancestral hall party also attended, and Ye Wang calmly tore up and swallowed the letter written by his brother in front of the emperor and important ministers.

From this point of view, the evidence obtained by Ye Wang—this letter—was not sufficient, and could not prove the cause of his brother's death, and could not allow him to identify the main messenger behind it in the court. Or he himself doesn't know who it is, and one of his purposes in killing Xiao Xuance should be to force the person of the main envoy to show up. But this strategy has undoubtedly failed. He realized that this behind-the-scenes force was so deeply hidden, and even surrounded by the Seven Imperial Historians of Tian Yuan and the important ministers of the imperial family, he no longer believed that the defense in the palace would have any practical effect, and even his lord Zhou Qing himself could not protect himself at this time. So he swallowed the letter and chose not to say anything more, believing that the flame of the spear in his hand was better than words.

The emperor can't kill people, but Ye Wang can, at this time he just needs to find out who the person behind the scenes is. Zhou Qing is very clear to stand with the brothers who helped him start a family, this habit is exactly the same as his ancestor Zhou Yin. Therefore, despite Ye Wang's impulsive and offensive deeds in the palace of important ministers, Zhou Qing still wanted to protect this iron horse that would pull the chariot for him. He almost angrily dismissed the various recitals of the ancestral hall party to punish Ye Wang, even though they were well-founded and aggressive at this time.

Ye Wang destroyed the last evidence, if it wasn't for him trying to shield his sinful brother, why would he destroy his brother's last letters? And in front of the Manchu ministers. Zhou Qing didn't explain, but asked the ministers in the past, whether they wanted to cut off the dignity of the Ji family, one of the seven families, and send its new head Ye Wang to the gallows? This rhetorical question repelled the attack of the ministers and ruined the decision that no one dared to make in the Ji clan, even the ancestral hall elders who were in control of the overall situation behind the scenes. Ye Cheng's dying attitude also affected the Ye family's ancestral hall, making the attitude of some elders inclined to Ye Wang, the new head of the family, to a certain extent, balancing the political situation in the imperial capital and adding some bargaining chips to the imperial party. The ancestral party was unwilling to establish the entire Ji family with lush foliage as its enemy at this time.

This incident is not clearly recorded in the official history, but the records of various private histories show that the Ye clan ancestral hall is repaying Ye Cheng, the head of the family who was removed from the family tree, for his great contribution to the family. The elders of the Ye clan must be grateful, because Ye Cheng sacrificed himself to save hundreds of Ye clan disciples in the Cargo Colony Mansion. In fact, all the Ye children at that time were involved in the biggest corruption case in the history of the Zhou Dynasty, and if it were not for Ye Cheng's suicide, or if the detailed accounts were preserved, these Ye children would not have escaped death.

The person who saved the family must be rewarded, even if he cannot leave his name in the family tree, which is established by the blood of the family. Of course, there is another reason why the ancestral hall party does not dare to continue to openly attack Ye Wang - Zhou Qing did show his determination to completely turn his face with the Manchu ministers for this reason. At this time, Zhou Qing was already trapped and fighting, and the ancestral party was worried that if the pressure continued, Zhou Qing would give up his dignity as emperor and launch a counterattack. The ancestral party is not worried, they have an absolute advantage.

At this most critical time, the man who changed history returns. After the deadline for Baili Yu to think about it ended, he walked out of the small courtyard on Qutang Island, the original Chu Wangfu, which was once Li Zesi's official residence, and stepped into the political arena of Jiuzhou again. After three years of transcription, Baili Yu has matured, and as a power gambler, he is more fierce and decisive when placing bets, because the opponent on the opposite side of the gambling table is also more cruel at the moment. The current situation does not allow him to think too much, at this time, the wise man Chu Daoshi, who had given him support and guidance, has passed away, and he must independently face the turbulent Tianyuan political situation and make a decision!

Zhou Qing couldn't wait to seal Baili Yu as the "Lantai Order". This position was not very honorable, and it was responsible for taking notes when the important officials of the imperial family and the emperor were secretly discussing, but it had the special power to observe the highest political secrets. In fact, throughout his life, the "emperor" Bai Liyu is not very high in official positions, but which position he sits, which position is the position of power, and the official title is just a floating name. Even if the secretary position of "Lantai Order" was awarded to Baili Yu, it also caused an uproar in the government and the opposition. At this time, no one doubted that the secretary who came out of the divination prison was actually the first strategist in the Zhou Qing shogunate, and the biggest mastermind behind the scenes was this person who single-handedly subverted the political situation in the Eastern Continent. And now that this person has finally walked into the sun, he will sit at the head of the Three Princes and Nine Emperors, recording their words and deeds during the meeting with the emperor, and the leaders of the family will finally have to face this young man from humble background but full of aggression like wildfire. What Baili Yu brought to the family was faintly a kind of fear.

But Zhou Qing can't wait, he must let his strongest fighter go out immediately and turn the tide on the verge of collapse! At this time, the situation of Tian Yuan is indeed dangerous, and Baili Yu is indeed a person who was born to turn the tide. Baili Yu immediately threw out the famous tax law that was extremely high in the history of Dayin - "Eleven Tax Laws". It is difficult to say whether this urgently introduced law was proposed by Li Jingrong, an important ally of the Jiang family in Wanzhou, and with the rigor of this tax law, there must have been a person or organization who is extremely proficient in criminal law behind it. According to this new tax law, in order to cope with the current emergency situation and to assist the imperial family in paying for the Hokuban offerings, the vassal states must pay one-tenth of the tax income to the imperial family in addition to the previous taxes and offerings to the imperial family, as a "special tax for the clan", and it is paid on a monthly basis. The increase in the "one of ten taxes" on the basis of the existing taxes can not be said to be not harsh, and the emperors of the past rarely dared to go to the monarchs of the vassal states to "scrape the ground" in such a heavy way.

The princes reacted fiercely to this tax law, which touched the fundamental interests of the princes, resisting most of them and accepting very little. Except for the Ming State and the Chu State, which had long been miserable because of the barbarian locust attacks for many years, and intended to fight the Northern Expedition, the rest of the princes either delayed and refused to accept it, or kept silent for the time being, and were unwilling to express their support.

There are many misunderstandings about the position of the Lantai Order, the Lantai Order is actually a false position, just because Baili Yu does not want to be famous in the world, Zhou Qing arranged for Baili Yu to serve in this false position, and when the court was discussed, he hid behind the screen behind the throne of the Taiqing Palace to listen, and the rest of the time he stayed in the Qinzheng Hall to participate in political affairs and review the chapters. Both the government and the opposition saw that the approved recital was signed with a private seal of "diligence and meticulous work", and at first thought it was a private seal used by Emperor Wu of Zhou to encourage himself. However, after a short time, the ministers realized that there were two fonts on the recital sent back, and they were convinced that someone close to him read the recital on behalf of the emperor, and the private seal of "diligence and detail" belonged to this person.

When the ministers were in public court, in private meetings, and even in solitude in the study, they speculated about the true identity of the person who read the cantata, or they made outright judgments, or they tested each other, but they could not prove it. Gu Ye, the imperial historian of the left capital, was impeached on the table, saying that the emperor had no selfish affairs, let alone private ministers. Emperor Wu of Zhou smiled and said, "I allow the secretaries to recruit talents and consult the staff, will the secretaries not allow me to raise a scholar and a private minister?" The ministers were speechless, and they couldn't do it. But after that, it was inevitable to be suspicious of each other, and everyone looked like the emperor's private ministers, all of whom closed their doors to thank guests, and were cautious in their words and deeds, for fear that if they were a little careless, their words and deeds would go straight to heaven.

Emperor Wu of Zhou thought that this would help prevent his ministers from forming parties for personal gain, and he was happy to stand idly by. Eleven Tax Edicts This edict is not like Zhou Qing's handwriting, and the important ministers of the clan immediately knew that there was a spicy figure behind the scenes for Zhou Qing, and many years later, when Emperor Baili Yu had been circulated among them as the name that Tian Yuan could not provoke, this edict would still be taken out as evidence.

The nearer Jin Ge is blazing, the situation is sudden, the beacon is even lifted on the side, and the gallop is endless. The government and the opposition are talking about each other, although the old and small officials in the field are all rumored: Qiang Kou is on the side, and there will be something in the northern Xinjiang! I am not virtuous, Fang Deng, I am a great treasure, I am respectful of the mandate of heaven, and I am grateful to the people, I would rather see Li Shu hanging upside down, and Lu Yan actually sitting down when he is declining?

However, the major events of the soldiers cannot be taken lightly, so don't you hear that "100,000 people, move to make a profit"? The day's sales in the brigade are not worth a lot of money, and the world's endowment is given to serve this battle, and it will not be given. I heard that the first king made the law, and he must be completely cautious, face the enemy, and be prepared. The special edict was passed on to the counties and counties, the map of the acres of land was inspected, the fields were carefully surveyed, and there were no escapees from the omissions, and the tithes were paid in addition to the fields and the annual tributes, and the tithes were paid into the book, which was called the "tax". Although the private person invades slightly, he does not waste the righteousness. If the world is in public interest and does not prosper, the country will fall into the tomb, although it is a truth, it cannot be helped.

Shi Li Zesi, the chief of divination, did not seem to have provided any support for Zhou Qing's reign, except for confirming that Zhou Qing did indeed hold the edict of enthronement drafted by his father. He still didn't go to court, but lived in his small mansion, meditating all day long in front of Bai Li Yu, the subordinate who committed the crime. Baili Yu copied the astrological scroll, and Chu Daoshi took a nap. He spent the rest of his life napping, and the records of the divination warden clearly show that he "closed his eyes all day long, as if he were thinking, and when he was close he was snoring." Originally, this seemingly dim-witted old man should not have become the heart disease of the ancestral hall, but Li Zesi's actions in the heir snatching incident made the elders of the family have to be afraid of this person. Moreover, Li Zesi has the power of secret arts, which is awe-inspiring.

This unexplained power made Li Zesi seen as a prophet of bad luck, angering him, or suffering from fate. And Li Zesi is an "imperialist party". This old man, known as "the strongest secret Taoist in the fifty-seven years of Zhou Wen", is in the imperial capital, and he is simply a god-like existence. He is the projection of the great god of stars on earth, and his eyes are the mirror that God has given to the world to see his future.

However, this god-like Li Zesi suddenly died one day. Li Zesi's death was without any warning, according to historical records, he got up in the morning and ate a bowl of corn porridge and a piece of sesame pancake, and then meditated as usual every day, supervising Baili Yu to transcribe the dossier. He once told the sprinkler in the divination prison that he would make Baili Yu feel very much pressure to introspect himself, but this did sound a bit ridiculous. However, as soon as he sat like this, Li Zesi died. At sunset, the servants came in to sweep the house, only to find that Li Zesi, who had been closed all day, was no longer breathing.

The strongest mystic artist in the history of the Great Zhou Dynasty died in a long sleep.