Not long after Yu Qian's death, Emperor Jingtai, who had been deposed as king, also died suddenly at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve.

The orthodox emperor then buried Emperor Jingtai in the west mountain on the outskirts of Beijing with the gift of the prince, and buried Jinshan, and at the same time issued an edict ordering Jing Zhaoyin to immediately destroy the Shou Mausoleum built by Emperor Jingtai, and all the concubines of Emperor Jingtai were also given death and burial by the decree of the orthodox emperor.

Not to mention that the attitude of the orthodox emperor was extremely tough, and the violent death of Emperor Jingtai was also unusually sudden, and it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no hidden secrets, and the ministers of the court and the central government could not avoid it.

Moreover, Shi Heng, Xu Youzhen, Cao Jixiang and others also began to fight openly and secretly with each other, causing everyone in the DPRK and China to endanger themselves, and the situation in the DPRK and China was in turmoil, and also made the DPRK and China no longer have the energy to pay attention to other matters.

Since Shi Heng took the lead in helping the orthodox emperor to restore the throne, Shi Heng's desire for power began to expand rapidly.

In a short period of two months, more than 60 of Shi Heng's younger brothers and nephews took the risk of merit to become officials, and more than 4,000 of his subordinates' relatives and friends deceived officials.

Because of political discord, the ministers of Jingshi were often expelled from the court by Shi Heng on the pretext of political discord, and even directly arrested and imprisoned some upright ministers on the pretext, which made the government and the opposition very chaotic.

Shi Heng also openly accepted bribes to promote Sun Hong to the rank of servant; Chen Ruyan, Xiao Xuan and other six people are Langzhong; Liu Bendao was a squire, and since then, all of these people have become Shi Heng's hardcore henchmen, and they have saddled up for Shi Heng to expand his power in the court.

Shi Heng is like this, and Cao Jixiang is not far behind!

At this time, Cao Jixiang was quite powerful, although it was not as powerful as Shi Heng's huge power, but it was also one of the best in the court, and the ministers of the court and the central government privately called Cao Jixiang and Zhongguo Gong Shiheng "Cao Shi".

Cao Jixiang was originally a eunuch and did not know how to write and ink, so he strongly advocated that all major events should go through the cabinet, hoping to win over cabinet members to support him, but Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, and other cabinet ministers were not very interested in this.

Moreover, Cao Jixiang was very greedy, and when he introduced civil and military officials, he often only looked at the amount of bribes he received, regardless of whether the person was competent or not.

The orthodox emperor also saw this to some extent, but because Cao Jixiang had contributed to his restoration, he did not directly reprimand him, but only secretly ordered the minister to suppress him a little, and Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, and others were worried that they could not find an opportunity to suppress Cao Jixiang, so they began to take action.

In the blink of an eye, the relationship between Cao Jixiang and the cabinet reached a deadlock, and Cao Jixiang was very dissatisfied with the practice of "revenge" of the cabinet ministers, so he became enemies of the cabinet ministers everywhere in the DPRK and China.

At the same time, Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng openly seized the people's land many times, and even did not let go of the private property of some ministers, and even Cao Jixiang also set his sights on an imperial village!

The two were also repeatedly impeached by the Ombudsman for these things.

Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng have become arrogant and domineering, where can they stand such checks and balances, they are furious, this time Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng stood together, jointly played to the orthodox emperor, impeached the supervision officials, and secretly ordered the officials of the Ministry of Shangshu Wang Ao to conduct an inspection, all supervision officials in the court who are over the age of 35 can continue to stay in office, and those who are less than 35 years old must be transferred out of Beijing.

So in just a few days, a total of thirteen officials in each yamen of the thirteen imperial histories were transferred to the state judges, and twenty-three people including Wu Zhen were transferred to the magistrates.

This move immediately shocked the whole court, and Liu Juntao was also furious when he heard the news, and even moved the idea of sending the Jianfeng Division of the Inspection Department to secretly assassinate Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, and Xu Youzhen, but this move made Hu Dexing, deputy chief soldier, and Lan Siqi, head of the Central Department, dissuade them.

After all, at this time, the DPRK and China are already chaotic enough, if the Jianfeng Division launches an operation, regardless of whether the action is successful or not, it will make the situation in the DPRK even more turbulent, and even endanger the country!

Liu Juntao also understands this truth, so he can only forcibly suppress the anger in his heart.

Soon, Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng clashed over the official positions in the DPRK and China, the two had a conflict, and many henchmen around them also began to fight with each other, which suddenly split the DPRK and China into two major forces, and the already turbulent court became a "battlefield" of struggle in a blink of an eye!

Seeing this, Yang Xuan and Zhang Peng took the opportunity to impeach Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng, and the two united more than 20 imperial historians to jointly play the orthodox emperor, believing that Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng are traitors in the current court and must be eliminated as soon as possible.

But the orthodox emperor couldn't make up his mind for a while, knowing that Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang had gone too far, but he still remembered the merits of the two, so he didn't officially issue an order to punish the two, but just passed on an edict and reprimanded Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng without any substantive punishment.

Faced with the impeachment of the Korean Chinese official and Yushi, Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng immediately abandoned their previous suspicions, and the two soon colluded again.

Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang thought that these imperial histories did not have the courage to oppose them, and there must be bigwigs in the court who supported these imperial histories behind them.

The first people Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang suspected were the cabinet minister Xu Youzhen, who had already entered the cabinet, and Li Xian, who was also a cabinet minister.

In the argument between Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang, it is believed that the imperial historian Zhang Peng is the subordinate of the eunuch Zhang Yong, who was executed when the orthodox emperor was reinstated, and the imperial historian Yang Xuan is an accomplice of the imperial historian Zhang Peng.

You must know that the eunuch Zhang Yongke was the confidant eunuch of Emperor Jingtai, when the orthodox emperor was imprisoned in the South Palace, the eunuch Zhang Yongke did not let the orthodox emperor suffer, and the idea of pouring lead on the lock of the Nangong door is said to have been proposed by this eunuch Zhang Yong.

The orthodox emperor was furious when he heard the news, and regardless of whether the reports of Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang were true, he directly ordered that Yang Xuan, Zhang Peng, and the imperial history who participated in the impeachment were all imprisoned.

This time, after the news came out, it can be said that the government and the opposition were in an uproar, and Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng even went up and down, persecuting Yushi Yang Xuan, Yushi Zhang Peng and Yushi who participated in the impeachment through their own henchmen.

In just four days, Yang Xuan, Zhang Peng, and the impeachment of the imperial history all died in the imperial prison.

After that, Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng attacked the cabinet minister Xu Youzhen together, and constantly criticized Xu Youzhen in the court.

Xu Youzhen didn't understand why Shi Heng and Cao Jixiang suddenly did this to themselves, before the three of them jointly supported the restoration of the orthodox emperor, but they made suggestions and made great efforts in it, and now that the matter has succeeded, Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng actually took revenge and began to suppress themselves!

Xu Youzhen's heart was also ignited with monstrous anger, and Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng were pressed step by step, and they also began to unite their henchmen to fight back.

All of a sudden, the ministers of the DPRK and China were forced to stand in line, one side was attached to Cao Jixiang and Shi Heng, and the other side stood with Xu Youzhen.

Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the matter, these ministers fought for the sole purpose of attacking each other, with the result that most of the affairs of the DPRK and China, big and small, came to a standstill.

Seeing this, the orthodox emperor was also quite distressed, and at the same time, he was quite disappointed with Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, and Xu Youzhen, and began to think about countermeasures in his heart.

The news that Shi Heng, Cao Jixiang, and Xu Youzhen were fighting each other in the DPRK and China was soon detected by the Shandong Town Intelligence Department and sent back to Jinan Fucheng.

After Liu Juntao saw it, he sneered and said to Hu Dexing, the deputy commander-in-chief: "These three traitors started fighting so quickly, it's really dog eat dog!" ”

Hu Dexing also gloated and said: "Zongzhen, are we trying to find a way to add a fire and let these three bastards fight and lose both?" ”

Liu Juntao pondered for a moment and said: "The three thieves are fighting inwardly, and our Shandong Town should not get involved in it, otherwise it is very likely that the three thieves will re-talk and unite with the outside world." ”

Hu Dexing also nodded when he heard this.

At this moment, Liu Zi'an walked in quickly and said, "General Town, the whereabouts of the Bingxian family have been investigated!" ”

Liu Juntao and Hu De stood up violently, both of them very excited.

"Proceed immediately as planned!"

"Order!"