If you want to say when Emperor Xiao told Shen Jingbing to start investigating these two things, it has to be traced back to the Wenying Pavilion Heroes Meeting last month.

That night, after Emperor Xiao saw Situ Yi being surrounded and killed by the men in black, he went to Shen Jingbing's house.

Originally, Emperor Xiao just wanted to explain what happened that night, but in a blink of an eye, Situ Jingping had already left the capital, so he asked Dali Temple to take over the investigation of these dismissed officials in the capital.

It is really a lot of work to investigate so many officials, but unlike the Criminal Department, Dali Temple is Emperor Xiao's "own son", and the resources it has are not comparable to other institutions.

Although Guo Wei is on vacation, Dali Temple is full of masters in investigating cases, and with the blessing of Emperor Xiao, it didn't take a long time to find out the information of so many officials.

Although it was Xiumu yesterday, in the afternoon, after sorting out all the information, Shen Jingbing had already entered the palace to report to Emperor Xiao.

Shen Jingbing read it out in public this morning, all of which were arranged by Emperor Xiao, in order to warn those restless people in the court.

"Your Majesty spares your life! Your Majesty spares your life! Wechen doesn't dare anymore! ”

The officials who had accepted bribes and Zhou Bangchang, who were read by Shen Jingbing at the scene, hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and none of the crimes they committed could be easily forgiven.

At this point, if they still don't understand what Emperor Xiao means, it will be in vain to have been in the court for so long, but Emperor Xiao is very angry now, the consequences are very serious, and it is not very likely that he can spare them.

"Do you hear that, pillars of the Xiao Imperial Court!"

Xiao Huang didn't care about the officials who were kneeling on the ground begging for mercy at all, but looked at the other officials present angrily and asked.

The officials present were shocked, Xiao Huang's question was very heart-wrenching, a pillar of the imperial court made the officials present embarrassed, how many officials in the super court had clean hands, and everyone was clear in their hearts.

Those officials who embezzled a large amount of money and were not unique to Shen Jingbing were even more panicked, feeling that they were being stared at by Emperor Xiao's death.

No one dared to speak, not even the atmosphere dared to take a breath, so they could only wait for Emperor Xiao to speak again.

"Why don't you speak, didn't you just now make a noise about the collapse of this Taihe Palace, are you dumb now!"

Be quiet! Still quiet!

No one dared to speak at this time, and many officials felt that Xiao Huang's temperament had become irritable since he came back from going out.

The court was trembling several times in a row, for fear of angering Emperor Xiao, but no one expected that Emperor Xiao would take the initiative to ignite the fire this time.

"Yu Qian!"

Seeing that the people present were silent, Xiao Huang began to call the names of officials.

"Minister...... Minister! ”

Yu Qian didn't react, and when he heard Xiao Huang call his name, his body went limp, and he almost fell to the ground.

"What is the annual surplus of the treasury?"

Xiao Huang's heart is very bright, Yu Qian's foundation will definitely not withstand the investigation, but he will return the money from the treasury no more or less.

And Yu Qian still has a hand in the management of the treasury, which is why Emperor Xiao has always kept him as the head of the household department.

"Returning to Your Majesty, under the wise leadership of Your Majesty, in the past few years, my Great Xiao Country has had a smooth wind and rain, bumper harvests year after year, and there is no disaster that needs disaster relief from the national treasury, and the annual surplus of the national treasury is about 800,000 taels of silver, and the surplus is expected to reach 1 million taels of silver this year."

As for the state treasury's income and expenditure, Yu Qian knew it by heart.

"Listen! The annual income of the state treasury is only 800,000 taels, and these so-called pillars of the imperial court, who have gone out on patrol several times, and collected the money from local officials, adding up to one-tenth and twelve of the annual surplus of the state treasury! ”

"Your Majesty is angry, presumably they are just unaware for a while, blinded by money......"

This time, Shen Jingbing had already found his son, and Prime Minister Cai had to come out to defend them.

"Prime Minister Cai!"

Before Prime Minister Cai finished speaking, Emperor Xiao interrupted him, "It's not the money they collect that hurts!" ”

After a pause, Emperor Xiao continued to explain,

"The fact that local officials can spend so much money to buy the Qincha means that they have collected more people's fat and people's ointment!"

As soon as these words came out, many officials knew the source of Emperor Xiao's anger, if the people at the bottom were exploited and oppressed, they would rebel!

"Do you know why I often send Qin to the states to make rounds! If I don't send Qincha, wouldn't my country be scraped by them! ”

"Your Majesty, this matter is mainly at fault with the officials in various places, and the Qin Cha who was sent down was only bewitched by officials from all over the country, I hope that Your Majesty can open the net and be dealt with lightly!"

"I hope Your Majesty will open the net!"

Many officials shouted that the officials who were found out were all senior officials of the imperial court above the fourth grade, and they were all important figures in the government and the opposition, and if they were punished for serious crimes, they would definitely set off a storm.

"All the Qin cha that Shen Shaoqing read just now will be demoted by three ranks, fined for one year, and not promoted for five years, and will be limited to hand over all the bribed money to the state treasury within five days, and then other violations of law and discipline will be dealt with separately!"

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Xiao Huang's punishment seems to be severe, but in fact, he has been extrajudicially gracious, at least no one has lost his life, but his demotion is not a loss of black yarn hat.

"As for Zhou Shilang, he has no king's law, buys murder, kills people, and harms his colleagues, thinking that you are not young, I promise you to return to your hometown."

For this punishment of Zhou Bangchang, the court officials have nothing to say, and Emperor Xiao has always warned them, play and make trouble, don't joke with the lives of colleagues,

What Emperor Xiao hated most was not the quarrel in the court, nor the confrontation between the two parties, but the court officials buying murder colleagues.

However, what made them speechless was that Zhou Bangchang had only been an official for fifteen years, and now he had just passed the age of not being confused, why was he not young, Dong Taishi was already over the age of sixties, and he was not wearing many positions and was in a high position.

"The punishment will be supervised by Dali Temple."

Leaving things to Dali Temple, the "pro-son", Emperor Xiao is also quite relieved.

"Obey the order!"

Shen Jingbing received the order, and Guo Wei, the secretary of Dali Temple, was on vacation, and he was responsible for this matter.

"Retreat!"

Emperor Xiao waved his sleeves, explained two sentences to Changde, and walked out of the Taihe Palace.

The officials present looked at each other, although Emperor Xiao was a little violent this time, but it was a bit heavy, and the storm at the beginning thought that someone was going to lose his head this time.

Only Yu Qian was secretly happy in his heart, this time there was money coming in again, although it was not much compared to the taxes collected every year, but no matter how small the mosquito was, it was meat.

"Li Shangshu, Yang sacrificial wine, the emperor announced that the two people raised their hearts to meet in the palace."

After Emperor Xiao left, Chang De walked in front of Li Yingzhi and Yang Sheng and asked the two of them, which was specially explained by Emperor Xiao before leaving.

……

When the Hundred Lives Hall in Dangzhou City, Murong Zhao came to the inner room early in the morning,

Last night was the night that Murong Qianqian kept watch for Ouyang Kai, and at this time she was already asleep on the table.

Murong Zhao cautiously walked in front of Ouyang Kai, and he wanted to quietly give Ouyang Kai a needle.

Without unlocking Ouyang Kai's life and death acupoint, Murong Zhao directly gave Ouyang Kai the Xuanyang Seven Needles.

After yesterday's stimulation, the toxins on Ouyang Kai's body have slowly begun to transfer to Ouyang Kai's heart.

Seal Ouyang Kai's life and death acupoint to prevent the toxin from eroding Ouyang Kai's heart veins, and then use the Xuanyang Seven Needles to slowly force the toxin to transfer to Ouyang Kai's limbs.

This was the only way that Murong Zhao came up with after thinking about it for a long time, and it was the only way to save Ouyang Kai's life.

But this method Murong Zhao had never used before, and in the case of sealing Ouyang Kai's life and death acupoint, whether the Xuanyang Seven Needles could play a role smoothly became a very critical issue.

This method also has drawbacks, that is, Ouyang Kai has to abolish at least one hand or one foot, which is absolutely cruel for a knight who walks the rivers and lakes.

But in order to save Ouyang Kai's life, Murong Zhao had to make this cruel decision for Ouyang Kai.

Yesterday, Murong Qianqian's seal on Ouyang Kai's life and death acupoint had been broken by the toxin, and the two silver needles fell on Ouyang Kai's life and death acupoint respectively, and Murong Zhao was already sweating profusely.

Twisting up a golden needle, Murong Zhao quickly landed it on Ouyang Kai's head and face.

The effect of this needle was quite significant, and the toxins on Ouyang Kai's face quickly faded.

Useful!

Murong Zhao was overjoyed in his heart, and a night's mental activity was not in vain.