Chapter 18: The Death of a Confidant

About the hat of the henchmen.

Liu Chengjiang is the prime minister of the dynasty, except for the emperor, he is the biggest. Who could have fought against him when he was in power? But the prime minister was ultimately defeated by the imperial power.

After all, what does the emperor want to do with this group of bureaucrats? Where does the emperor want the big ship of Zhao to go? Although Liu Chengjiang is close to the emperor, he is not the material for reform, although Liu Chengjiang has been in power for many years, he has also done things seriously, but the foundation is not so clean, which just gives the emperor the opportunity to solve him.

Reform is a stone, thrown into the court, causing ripples, and it is also a test for the emperor to identify the loyalty of the courtiers. Reform is a major event, vested interests are not willing to give up interests easily, the emperor must take full control of the political situation, and lay the foundation for subsequent in-depth reforms. Therefore, in addition to Liu Chengjiang, those who the emperor thinks are in the way must also be dealt with.

Seeing that the emperor deliberately targeted Liu Chengjiang, everyone below was in danger, and if he didn't step on others, he might be the one who was trampled on.

The little emperor took advantage of the settlement of the matter of forming a party, and many corrupt officials were also pulled down on the charge of being a party henchman. The Great Purge of the Imperial Court was carried out in full swing.

Although the reform plan written by Yun Jintong is conservative, he is a man of action after all, and the emperor does not want to kill him, but the people below do not think so.

Jing Hui thought that the emperor wanted to get rid of Liu Chengjiang, and he should serve himself wholeheartedly and show loyalty to the emperor, and Yun Jin was Liu Chengjiang's right-hand man, so he must not be indulgent, not to mention that he had to get various evidence from his mouth such as Liu Chengjiang's collusion and corruption and bribery, so he instructed Han Ju to torture him strictly.

Liu Chengjiang has the grace of knowing Yunjin. For readers, there is nothing more important than this. Yun Jintong didn't know whether the "evil deeds" of Liu Chengjiang who "guided" him to confide were true, but he was absolutely unwilling to follow those people to pour sewage on Liu Chengjiang.

Yun Jin is a literati with a thin body, where can he withstand the big punishment and serve. Although more and more "Liu Dang" were imprisoned later, Han Ju couldn't spare the effort to torture him every day. But those bloody scars have worsened because they have not been treated in time.

Two months later, without warning, it seemed like an inevitable result. The Yun family got a message: Yun Jintong died.

Yun Fan brought back a jar of ashes.

Yun Jintong died, and the above did not continue to investigate, it seems that this political storm is over when it affects Yun Jintong, and it does not affect the Yun family.

For the Yun family, it was a bolt from the blue!

Li Xiangyu has lost a lot of weight after many days of hard work, but he has been working hard to support him, and he always has hope in his heart. When she saw Yun Jintong's columbarium, she couldn't support it anymore, her eyes went dark, and she fainted.

Outside the window, it was dark, the autumn rain was dripping, and the cold had climbed up the steps, step by step towards the house.

Yun Shu sat at the head of the bed, trembling at her sleeping mother. She didn't dare to touch the jar of ashes, how could it be her dear father? If tears can dissolve this pain, if crying blind eyes can change back to her father, she is willing.

When the lamp was in hand, Li Xiangyu woke up, but he didn't want to open his eyes, as if he didn't open his eyes, those things didn't happen, and Yun Jintong would come back.

At the beginning, he said that he was questioning, took people away, never returned, and finally questioned people to death, and there was no evidence that the husband was guilty of a certain crime, and the crime deserved. It's just that he fell ill in prison again, and his condition was not under control and he died, and he didn't even leave his body, only a jar of ashes.

If the common people have disputes, they can go to the official court to reason, but the court is unreasonable, but there is nowhere to redress grievances. You can't say that the emperor did wrong, and even if he did, who could hold him accountable?