It is said that after the Great Zhou Holy Spirit Emperor Wu Cao abandoned the three cool officials, Suo Yuanli, Zhou Xing, and Qiu Shenxian, he reused Junchen as the Zhongcheng of the Zuotai Imperial History to continue to deter the anti-military courtiers.

Lai Junchen was also generously ordered, intending to support the great cause of the cool officials with his own strength.

The servants of the imperial Shi Hou Sizhi, Wang Hongyi, Li Renjing, and Wei Suizhong, Wan Guojun and others saw His Majesty the Emperor unloading the mill and killing the donkey, like frightened birds and anxious.

Lai Junchen comforted them and said: "Don't worry, the higher-level leaders are just killing chickens and monkeys and calming down the people's anger." Now there is an irreconcilable contradiction between the Li family and the Wu family, and there are still many people who oppose the superiors, and the superiors will not abandon our cool officials! ”

Wang Hongyi said: "But I'm worried that our wealth won't last long, and we will come to Zhongcheng Dada!" ”

Lai Junchen explained: "As long as you are human, you will have many desires, and human nature is selfish, and they are all refined egoists. As a superior, they like to enjoy their achievements and their failures. Isn't that so? Then as a subordinate, you must give the credit to your superiors and keep the sins to yourself! ”

"The right thing to do is to always be vigilant and not give up, and not to show courage and courage. If the superior is in need, even his closest relatives can bear to abandon it, even if he lets himself do all kinds of evil things, don't push it back. If we can really do such a thing that goes against human nature, we don't have to worry about wealth not being long! ”

Li Renjing clapped his hands and applauded, and Wan Guojun listened and used his pen to record Junchen's words.

Wang Hongyi arched his hand and said: "If you talk to you, it is better than reading a book for ten years!" Although he has never experienced the imperial examination, the essence of the world's human affection is far better than the champion! Ha ha. ”

Hou Sizhi asked: "We are in the business of cool officials, what should we do next?" Do you want to take it, or do you want to put it? ”

Lai Junchen replied: "In the business of doing cool officials, if the matter is not the biggest, it is not enough to be amazing, and the case does not implicate everyone, it is not enough to show merit!" Therefore, our next step is to continue to vigorously promote the method of involving melons and vines, so that the upper and lower distances are shocked, so that the superiors can feel steady, and we can also invite pets and rewards! ”

Wei Suizhong asked: "May I ask if we come to Zhongchengda, are we cool officials loyal ministers or traitors?" If you want to say that you are a loyal minister, someone will secretly poke your backbone wherever you go, if you want to say that you are a traitor, we really do what our superiors want, and we have also been honored! ”

Lai Junchen thought for a while and replied: "If adultery is beneficial, then everyone will become a traitor, and if loyalty causes harm, then everyone will not dare to be loyal!" The worldly truth is precisely that there are many traitors and few loyalty, which shows that most of the people who are traitors are beneficial to themselves, and loyalty often encounters disasters! ”

"In this turbid and evil world and humane society, what people say is to praise loyalty and hate treachery, but what they do is often more treacherous and less loyal. If we show the truth and seek the truth, we will be able to distinguish between loyalty and treachery! ”

Wei Suizhong suddenly realized and nodded yes.

Lai Junchen continued: "In this world of flowers, it is impossible for people not to make mistakes, so everyone can be condemned! But no one would voluntarily admit their guilt, would they? ”

"Then we will make his crimes visible by means of whistleblowing! You must know that it is human nature for people to quibble about their crimes, so we should not have mercy when we judge, and do not be afraid to use heavy punishments when we are punished, so that no one will dare not confess! ”

"You must know that it is easy for a person to die with a click, but the pain of slow torture is unbearable! So when I use the torture, I want to make him unbearable, I designed ten kinds of flails, such as dead pigs, asking for death, and breaking the family, no one can bear it, haha! ”

"The bachelor can't stand the humiliation, and he is afraid of his relatives, so he has to grasp the weakness of human nature in his profession. If the conviction is not substantiated, then replace it with another crime; If the evil deeds are not manifested enough, then the evil deeds of others are inflicted on him! ”

When Wan Guojun and Li Renjing heard this, they both clapped their hands together!

Under the comfort and drive of Lai Junchen, the cool official career of the Great Zhou Empire continued to flourish.

Lai Junchen recruited hundreds of scoundrels and ordered them to report all over the country, work together, and respond thousands of miles. If you want to frame someone, arrange for scoundrels in several states and counties to report one after another, and the facts are the same, and the evidence is complementary, deceiving the upper and lower!

And the whistleblowers in several states and counties also surprisingly unanimous: "As long as you invite Junchen to investigate and interrogate, you will definitely be able to get the truth!" ”

Wu Cao saw that Lai Junchen was deeply loved and supported by the cool officials, so he set up a magistrate's house in Lijingmen, west of the Luoyang Imperial City, so that Lai Junchen could free his hands and feet to arrest and interrogate, and deter all those who were dissatisfied with him.

Hou Sizhi, Wang Hongyi, Guo Ba, Li Renjing, Kang Wei, Wan Guojun, Wei Suizhong and other cool officials gathered under the banner of Lai Junchen, and they all summoned and instigated Luo scoundrels to vigorously carry out the work of informing and weaving all kinds of tricks.

As a result, there are more and more criminals in the magistrate's courtyard set up in Lijingmen, and if a criminal enters, a hundred people will be implicated in it immediately!

And a hundred people go in vertically, and in the end ninety-nine people will come out horizontally.

Wang Hongyi, the servant of the imperial history, had never seen a large number of killings before, and when he saw that the Lijingmen Magistrate's House had become a meat grinder, he jokingly called Lijingmen "Case-by-Case Gate", which means that anyone who enters Lijingmen will die according to the rules!

The civil and military officials and celebrities of the Great Zhou Dynasty are all in danger, and they dare not talk when they see each other. For a time, the government and the opposition were bored.

Because they are all people who enjoy wealth, and the sources of wealth are different, and those who instigate scoundrels are basically people at the bottom of society, and those who are barefoot are not afraid to wear shoes, they specifically stare at the rich and noble people to find all kinds of loopholes, waiting for opportunities to carry out whistleblowing attacks.

There are not many sources of wealth for the rich and noble, and there are not many who love to help the poor, and there are almost no faults and problems, so they are very afraid of those scoundrels who instigate them, and they are afraid that they will stalk and find mistakes.

Besides, even if you really don't have any faults or problems, won't the instigators use the method of informing and implicating you against you?

And once you are targeted by the instigated scoundrels, they will testify in groups, and the melons and vines will implicate you, which will make you invincible with both fists and four hands, and you will not be able to argue with a hundred words, and finally jump into the Yellow River and you will not be able to wash it away!

Courtiers attend court meetings, often inexplicably and suddenly arrested, and then they raid their homes and exterminate their clans, and they don't have time to say goodbye to their relatives and have no reply.

Therefore, the courtiers were so afraid that they would not want to go to Hushan again, so that every time they went to the court, the officials had to say goodbye to their families first, saying: "I am gone, life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky, I don't know if I can meet again today?" ”

Seeing this scene, Wu Cao was secretly happy in his heart, and thought: Didn't King Luo Bin's inscription say that my sins are monstrous? Now, by reporting and exposing each other, who is not guilty?

People, all of them come to the realm of desire with original sin, and the five aggregates are blazing, and they continue to sin in order to satisfy their endless desires, so they have to bear the eight sufferings of the realm of desire!

Through her dense ears and eyes, Wu Cao sensed that the person around her, Zuo Yuxuan, the general of the guard, Zhang Qianqiao, was disloyal to her, and sent Junchen to try the case.

For the emperor, the talents around him are the biggest danger, and of course Lai Junchen also understands this truth. When the Yulin army captured Zhang Qianmiao and handed him over for interrogation, Lai Junchen ordered the jailers to put Zhang Qianmiao in a dark, damp and poor condition in a small dark room.

According to the usual practice, the jailer did not bring food to Zhang Qianqiao all day, and Zhang Qianqiao's general was so hungry that he took out the cotton wool from his clothes and put it in his mouth to eat.

At night, the jailer struck the bamboo pole again and made a loud noise, so frightened that Zhang Qian could not sleep, and stayed up until dawn, suffering severe mental and physical injuries.

In the morning, Lai Junchen came to interrogate him and walked into the small black room. Seeing that the environment in the small black room was worse than that of the pig pen kennel, with feces and urine all over the place, and the stench was stinking, I couldn't help frowning.

The jailer knocked on the bamboo pole to wake Zhang Qianmiao, poured sour vinegar into his nostrils, and then interrogated him. Lai Junchen asked sharply: "Prisoner Zhang Qianqiao, are you guilty?" ”

Zhang Qian said weakly: "I am not guilty, I am loyal to the court, and if I want to add to the crime, why should I excuse it?" When I ran errands for Your Majesty, you didn't know where to farm! ”

Lai Junchen was shocked and shouted: "Prisoner Zhang Qianqiao, what crime should you be guilty of secretly contacting the courtiers, meeting the imperial heir privately, and participating in the succession to the throne?" ”

Zhang Qianqiao argued: "Nonsense, out of nothing!" ”

Lai Junchen shouted again: "You refuse to admit your guilt and surrender to the law, do you know the consequences?" When I came here, no one could survive my punishment! Would you like to take a look and give it a try? Ha ha. ”

Zhang Qianqiao was silent. Lai Junchen got up and walked out, and said as he walked: "I think you are a great general, give you a little time to think about it, don't be ignorant, think that I will tolerate and accommodate you!" ”

Zhang Qianmiao's original status was noble and powerful, where could he bear such humiliation, and when he was frowning and waiting to die, he happened to meet Xu Yougong, the chief criminal, who was going to inspect the prison and passing by the small black house.

Zhang Qianqiao thought that he was the only life-saving straw in his life, so he shouted excitedly: "Xu Zhijun, Xu Zhijun!" "Who is it?" Who's calling me? Xu Yougong asked.

Zhang Qianqiao said: "It's me, Zhang Qianqiao, the general of Zuo Yuxuanwei!" Does Xu Zhijun remember me? Xu Yougong approached the cell door to take a closer look, and said in shock: "It turned out to be General Zhang, why is he here?" ”

Zhang Qianqiao said: "It's a long story, I haven't eaten yet, let's make a long story short!" His Majesty suspected me of being disloyal, so he sent me to prison. Xu Yuanjun should know that I am a person, and I am always loyal to Your Majesty! ”

Xu Yougong nodded and instructed the jailer to bring him food to eat. Zhang Qian grabbed the food and devoured it. After eating, Zhang Qianqiao told Xu Yougong about his grievances, hoping that Xu Yougong would report the situation to his superiors and save him from the pain!

Xu Yougong said that he would convey General Zhang's opinions and demands to his superiors and help him redress his grievances.

At that time, the judges competed to be cruel under the example of Lai Junchen, but there were also good people, such as Xu Yougong and Du Jingjian, who still adhered to the principle of fair and forgiveness in handling cases, and gave the prisoners a little hope, and the prisoners all said: "If you meet Junchen, Hou Sizhi will die, and if you meet Xu Yougong and Du Jingjian, you will live." ”

Xu Yougong went back after inspecting the prison. The jailer reported the incident to Lai Junchen, saying that Zhang Qianqiao had sued Xu Yougong for grievances and said a lot of slanderous things about Lai Zhongcheng.

When Lai Junchen heard this, he was furious, thinking that the prisoner Zhang Qianmiao did not take the king in his eyes, so he repaid it, and ordered the guards to drag Zhang Qianmiao out and whip him with a stick, beating him loudly, and finally slashed with a knife and beheaded him in the city!

At this point, several generals who followed Emperor Li Zhe of Wu Cao's abolition, such as Pei Yan, Liu Yizhi, Cheng Wuting and Zhang Qianqiao, were all killed!

Therefore, it is a very dangerous errand to abolish the emperor, and it is better not to do it if you don't have divine power to protect the body.

Soon after Zhang Qianqiao was abandoned, another person close to the emperor had an accident.

Luantai Shilang and Si Shi Shi Fu Youyi had a dream at night, dreaming that he climbed the Zhanlu Palace, drank and slept in it, had a good time, and sat on the throne and ruled the world.

When I woke up, I found that it was just a dream of Nanke, and I couldn't help but be disappointed! Then I reminisced about it alone for a long time. This Fu Youyi doesn't know why he has this dream, maybe it's because he was promoted too quickly, changed his official uniform too often, and success came too easily, so he got carried away!

Later, Fu Youyi couldn't help but tell a confidant about his dream, and who knew that the confidant would immediately submit a letter to Tongkuang.

The next day, after Fu Youyi went to court, he was arrested by Lai Junchen and sent to the Case.

Fu Youyi was also imprisoned in a small black room, and was subjected to many insulting punishments such as starvation, non-sleeping, vinegar nasal irrigation, feces and urine incontinence, etc., like Zhang Qianqiao!

Fu Youyi is also a literati scholar and an elegant person, where has he ever seen such a filthy and bitter scene, his nerves were strongly stimulated, he was humiliated and cried on the spot, and lost his mind.

As soon as the jailer didn't pay attention, Fu Youyi committed suicide by hitting the wall.

Next, there were high-ranking officials such as Luantai squire Le Sihui and the right guard general Li Jingjing were also sent into Lijingmen by Lai Junchen, went in vertically, and came out horizontally!

In the face of the whistleblowers of the cool officials, the indiscriminate arrests, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were all worried about being purged, and they were all cautious and silent!

Since the vertical arch, Wu Cao appointed cool officials to kill hundreds of nobles and relatives of the Li Tang clan, and hundreds of ministers were involved, and the following victims of assassination Shi and Lang were innumerable.

So much so that every time Wu Cao distributed an official hat, the palace maids and household maids who were waiting around him whispered, pointing to the officials who came to take office and said, "Oh my God, the ghost servant is here again!" ”

In less than a month, the official who happily came to take up his post was indeed arrested, and then his family was raided and exterminated! Leave a mess of chicken feathers.

Wei Chengqing, a member of the Fengge House, was on duty in the Hanlin Academy, in charge of the edict, and saw that Wu Cao was more murderous than men, making the officials unhappy, and advised her: "Your Majesty is really good to kill?" If you continue to kill like this, who will dare to be an official in the future? ”

Wu Cao smiled and said, "Wei Qing came to Taoguang Garden at night to clear the view, and he knew the answer!" ”

In the evening, Wei Chengqing wore a silver turtle bag, passed through the prison guard, and came to Taoguang Garden Shangqingguan, just as he wanted to meet the Sanqing Patriarch, but saw that Lingxu saw that Ye Fashan, a real person, led the male and female disciples who had received the Taoist urn to welcome the view.

Wei Chengqing hurriedly bowed and saluted, and Ye Zhenren brushed the dust and helped him up.

During the ceremony, Wu Cao hugged down in front of the inner servants and Gong E. Wei Chengqing, Ye Zhenren and all the disciples bowed, and Wu Cao also returned the salute to Ye Zhenren.

Wu Cao smiled and said: "Lingxu is exempt from being a real person!" There is no moon tonight, and the light of the lamps and candles is not enough to illuminate, so please light a fire on the Jiao altar to illuminate the surroundings! ”

The male and female disciples piled firewood on the Jiao altar and lit it, and the fire was blazing, and the Jiao altar was as bright as day. After a while, many moths flew from the distant woods, and they rushed into the fire, and they were all burned to death, but there was still a steady stream of moths flying to their deaths!

Wu Cao pointed to the moth corpses scattered around and said to Wei Chengqing: "Wei Qing, you see the moths fighting the fire and killing themselves, because their nature is difficult to change!" ”

Wei Chengqing suddenly realized and said: "There are so many people in this world who covet high-ranking officials and generous people! As long as there are high-ranking officials, no matter how His Majesty kills, there will still be a steady stream of people who want to be officials, where can they kill them all?"

Wu Cao laughed, and Ye Zhenren said: "The sage sees the subtleties and discerns things!" Poor Dao also realized a truth: when pies fall from the sky, be careful that there is a trap waiting for you on the ground! ”

Wei Chengqing said with a smile: "No wonder people say that they want to be with excellent people, and they will benefit a lot from being with excellent people in just a few words!" Hehe. ”

In January of the first year of Ruyi, Wu Cao met with the officials recommended by the envoy at the Vientiane Shrine, and all of them were promoted and used, regardless of the virtuous and foolish.

Some tried to appoint Fengge Sheren and gave things, and some tried to serve as foreign langs, servant imperial history, supplements, relics, and school scholars. This was the beginning of the system of trial officials in Chinese history.

Because there are too many probationary officials, a random person in Luoyang City is a high-grade official, and the people of the time joked: "Make up for the car and pick up the missing bucket; Push the imperial history, and the bowl is off the school book. ”

When a large number of probationary officials expired, they needed someone to assess whether they were qualified, and Wu Cao was really too busy, so he appointed Wei Chengqing as a heavenly official squire, in charge of the selection and evaluation of officials.

On the one hand, Wu Cao slaughtered to subdue the world, and on the other hand, he distributed Lu positions to win the hearts of the people in the world, which embodied the truth of moths fighting fires and satisfied his own political needs.

When dealing with incompetents, Wu Cao found that one was deposed or one was killed, and he would never be soft!

Wu Cao's leadership and employment art is superb, and he is coerced by the handle of punishment and reward to control the world, and the government is self-explanatory, and he is discerning and decisive, so the world's heroes and talents are also vying to be gathered under her banner.

At that time, the gangs of the Great Zhou court were mainly divided into two factions: one was the Li Tang Old Minister's faction, and the other was the Whistleblower Luo Weaving faction. Wu Cao sat upright on the throne, smiling at the strengths and weaknesses of the two factions, and he was like a fish in water!

The kings of the Wu clan sided with the Whistleblower Luo Weaving faction and supported Lai Junchen. Lai Junchen summed up his experience in organizing scoundrels to fabricate evidence, implicate melons, and make false accusations, and recorded them in the case file.

In his spare time, Lai Junchen and Wan Guojun, the judge of the criminal judge, jointly wrote a part of "Telling the Secret Luo Weaving Sutra", which is divided into 12 volumes, talking about reading people, controlling power, protecting oneself, investigating adultery, asking for crimes, melons and vines, etc., concise and to the point, summarizing the experience of cool officials in telling secrets and weaving.

Lai Junchen arranged for the judge to tell the "Whistleblower Luo Weaving Sutra" to the cool officials who were not highly educated, and asked his subordinates to copy and learn, which improved the level of the cool officials' whistleblowing and weaving.

The appearance of "Whistleblower Luo Weaving Sutra" indicates that the Whistleblower Luo Weaving School has temporarily gained the upper hand in the imperial court!