A gift list that flowed out of the house of Liu Shilang of the Ministry of Rites made the people of Kyoto watch a little more excitement without spending money before the New Year's Festival.

More than ten officials were investigated, specifically involving the Ministry of Industry, Guozijian, Sinong Temple, Yushitai, etc., and the Ministry of Rites is the hardest hit area, counting the Ministry of Rites Langzhong who was taken out of prison for fraud before, the six senior officials of the Ministry of Rites, and now only Tang Huai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Liu Jin, the Langzhong of the Ancestral Department, are left.

Although there are no details in the newspaper of Tang Renzhai, in a few short sentences, there are countless undercurrents surging between the lines, which even ordinary people can feel.

Tang Ning got the news last night, and arranged for the people of the Propaganda Department to typeset and print overnight, and until this morning, they had not left work.

Emperor Chen dealt with a lot of people this time, and the Ministry of Rites was almost the only one left in Tang Huai, a bare-rod commander, Lang Zhong of the Catering Department and Lang Zhong of the main guest were imprisoned, and Liu Fengguan, the waiter, was demoted to another state, and he was a don't drive in a state, and it was difficult to come back in this life.

Emperor Chen's treatment of other people, out of Tang Ning's expectations, a seven-grade official, no more than a hundred taels of silver per year, but can easily take out thousands of taels as a gift, like the Tang family, those wealthy families have strong capital, and there are relatives outside the family to run the family business, those officials who should be Qingliu can't explain where the money comes from, it is not surprising that the officials who should be cut down and those who should be dismissed are dismissed.

But Liu Feng is a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and he is a four-grade official, he just received some congratulatory gifts, and he did not take bribes like others, so it is not normal to be punished in this way.

Although Liu Feng hates this person, he may be in a high position, his vigilance is very high, and there is no big stain, even Su Mei didn't find it, otherwise Tang Ning would have taken it out last time, just because he received a congratulatory gift, Emperor Chen degraded him out of Beijing, and most of the family property was confiscated, and even Tang Ning felt a little heavy.

In addition, Emperor Chen also promulgated a regulation by the way, in order to rectify the unhealthy trends in the officialdom, but all court officials should not be extravagant and wasteful, nor should they accept gifts in the name of congratulating their birthdays and marrying relatives.

If it weren't for the 700,000 taels of silver confiscated from Liu's house, Tang Ning would almost believe that Emperor Chen really wanted to purge officials and strictly investigate the behavior of officials in accepting gifts.

After this wave of official clearance, the imperial court has not made any major moves, and if there is no accident, from now on, until Chinese New Year's Eve, Beijing should be more peaceful.

After all, the situation still has to maintain stability, and if it is tossed like this a few times, I am afraid that the system that Chen Guo has built up with great difficulty for decades will also collapse.

Chen Huang has always done things neatly and neatly, not dragging mud and water, one wave of officials went down, and another wave of officials soon came up.

The Ministry of Rites is temporarily concurrently served by the Hanlin Bachelor, and Liu Jin, the Ancestral Department Langzhong, as the only one who is spared in the four Lang, has won the recognition of many people and took over the position of the Ministry of Rites.

Although the Ministry of Rites and the Ancestral Department are at the same level, their status is very different, the Department of Rites is the head of the four divisions of the Ministry of Rites, and this position in the Ministry of Rites has always been prepared to serve as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites.

In a mansion in Beijing, Liu Jin, who had just been promoted to the rank of Rite Minister, came home, and a woman greeted him and asked happily: "Master, they said that you were promoted to the Rite Minister, is it true?" ”

"Women's homes." Liu Jin glanced at her and said: "I said last time, Liu Shilang is in a catastrophe this time, and if you get close to him, you will look for death, you look at the fate of the food department Langzhong and the host and guest Langzhong, if I had listened to you, you would have been a living widow now." ”

"It's all my fault, it's all my fault......" The woman looked apologetic and said: "I am a woman's family, in the future, what the master says, I will never talk too ......much, what the master wants to eat, I will make it for you......"

Liu Jin glanced at her with satisfaction, enjoying the majesty of the head of the family, straightened his chest, and said, "Let's have two pork knuckles first, I've been busy for so many days, and I've lost weight......

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Tang family.

Approaching the end of the year, the rest of Beijing was celebrating, but the Tang family was gloomy, and the officials who came to visit were also full of worries and described as withered.

These days, among the officials of the Duanwang family, there are countless people who have a heart hanging and dare not let go.

Liu Shilang and others in the Ministry of Rites, some people were demoted, some people were imprisoned, no one knew whether it would be them if it would be their turn next.

At the court meeting in the past few days, King Kang pursued and fought fiercely in response to this matter, and he was bound to take this opportunity to eradicate King Duan's wings, and no one dared to guarantee that after they entered the court, they would be able to walk out safely.

"King Kang is already preparing for a joint impeachment, I'm afraid that it will be raised tomorrow morning, and he really wants to kill us all!"

"It's all to blame Liu Shilang, how could that kind of important thing be stolen by thieves!"

"What's the use of blaming him, who can know that Your Majesty will be so angry because of a gift list?"

"Lord Tang, what can I do......

……

Everyone surrounded Tang Qi and kept talking, in addition to complaining about Liu Feng, it was to seek a solution to the problem.

If this matter is not resolved, they will have trouble sleeping at night and sleeping and eating.

Tang Qi sent everyone away, walked out of the room, came to a certain wing, looked at the middle-aged man, and asked, "Mr. Xu, have you thought it through?" ”

Mr. Xu stood up and said, "The one who knows the times is Junjie, since he is in the Tang family, Xu has no other choice. ”

Tang Qi's face softened slightly, and said, "Mr. Xu knows what happened recently, right?" ”

Mr. Xu nodded and said, "I've read the newspaper." ”

Tang Qi said: "King Kang took advantage of this to chase and fight, and refused to give up, if he didn't do something and let him do so, it wouldn't be long before he could set foot in the East Palace, when the time comes, it will not be a good thing for you and me, I don't know if Mr. Xu has any countermeasures for this?" ”

Mr. Xu shook his head and said, "It's too early." ”

Tang Qi looked at him and asked, "What's too early?" ”

"Lord Tang just said that King Kang will set foot in the East Palace soon, but it's too early." Mr. Xu said: "Whether it is King Kang or King Duan, it is impossible to set foot in the East Palace for a long period of time, this time may be a year or two, or ten or twenty years, but it is by no means now." ”

"What do you mean?" Tang Qi frowned and said, "Mr. Xu, don't go around in circles, let's just say what we should do." ”

"Do nothing." Mr. Xu took a sip of tea and said, "Just watch King Kang do it." ”

Tang Qi looked at him, his eyes were slightly cold, and said, "Don't do anything, wait for King Kang to wipe us out, Mr. Xu won't be joking, right?" ”

"Lord Tang doesn't know King Kang." Mr. Xu looked at him and said: "King Kang, this person, has no brains, and is stubborn and self-serving, it's okay if he doesn't do it, if he does, he will make ......a mistake, not to mention, you don't have to do anything, King Kang and King Duan, it's not time to tell the winner, Lord Tang only saw King Kang chasing after you, didn't you see that Your Majesty didn't adopt his opinion?" ”

"Prosperity must decline, things must be reversed, a person can be proud, but not too proud." Mr. Xu put down the teacup and continued: "Your Majesty doesn't want to see the premature result of the dispute between King Kang and King Duan, before that, no matter what you do, it will be in vain, otherwise, after the last time the household servant helped King Duan embezzle tax silver, King Duan would have been defeated." Lord Tang has lived in the court for a long time, and there will be no reason for checks and balances. ”

After listening to his words, Tang Qi was silent for a long time, his eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

He glanced at Mr. Xu and said, "Mr. Xu's words, the official will consider it, these days, Mr. Xu will rest here, if there is anything needed, just order the subordinates to do it." ”

He walked out of the room and soon found himself in another hall.

Tang Huai sat on a chair, and there was a figure standing in the hall.

Tang Qi walked in, looked at the young man, and asked, "Are you an undercover agent sent by King Kang?" ”