There is geothermal heat and hot steam in the hot spring room, the temperature is much higher than outside, Zhao Junsheng walked out of the hot spring wearing a bathrobe, a eunuch stood next to Zhao Junsheng and waited for Zhao Junsheng to come out and immediately put on the fur fur for him, he came to the outer hall, and the fireplace was burning charcoal.

Jia Yue, who had been waiting for a while, immediately bowed: "Minister, Jia Yue, see Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was wrapped in a fur fur and put on a soft kang, a small stove on the small table next to him was boiling water, the water in the kettle was already boiling and churning, and the palace maid opposite was about to make tea, Zhao Junsheng waved his hand to him: "You guys go down first!" ”

"No!" The eunuchs and the ladies withdrew.

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at Jia Yue, and while making tea, he asked, "Jia Sizheng, get up and talk, why are you so eager to chase after Huaqing Palace?" ”

Jia Yue settled down, he must always remind himself that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, no matter how favored he is, no matter how much he is trusted by the emperor, he cannot be casual in front of the emperor at any time, and must maintain enough respect and humility.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are two main things to report when the minister came to the audience this time, one of which is more urgent, waiting for the lawsuit is His Majesty's trump card to supervise the world, because of its special functions, it cannot be revealed in front of people, but this time because of Wang Tanzhi, it is almost exposed, and now Wang Tanzhi and other cadres are still absconding, but these people know too many secrets of the lawsuit, especially the location of the headquarters and the branches and the contact method of secret spying, the minister has issued an order to abolish all the previous contact methods, Changed a set of emergency temporary contact methods! In order to avoid greater losses, the minister suggested that the headquarters and branches should be transferred immediately, and the personnel in some key positions should be replaced! ”

"In addition, the minister also suggested that a strict review and screening of the existing officials of all sizes in the waiting court should be conducted, but all those who had close contacts with Wang Tan in the past should be transferred from their original posts first, and then a more detailed and detailed review will be conducted!"

After listening to this, Zhao Junsheng said: "I agreed to transfer the headquarters and branches of the pending lawsuit, but the review and screening efforts are too great, which is easy to cause panic among the internal people, which is not conducive to unity!" Although Wang Tanzhi has failed me, I believe that the vast majority of officials, internal staff, and all field personnel in the waiting court are still loyal to me! Review is OK, screening is OK, but not on the open side, you can only conduct a secret investigation first, and only when a problem is found can the review be formally summoned. I also want to point out that no matter what the relationship between some people in the pending lawsuit and Wang Tanzhi was, as long as these people did not report to him after the wanted warrant was issued, did not contact him again, and drew a clear line with him, no one can hold on to this matter anymore, you choose some reliable people to do this! ”

"No one can die during the interrogation, and the execution can only be carried out if the crime is clear!"

Jia Yue bowed: "The minister understands!" ”

Zhao Junsheng took a sip of tea and looked up: "What else is there?" ”

Jia Yue said: "King Jing's file is obviously problematic, and the minister suspects that the torn page may record the frequent contact between Wang Tanzhi and some ministers of the court and King Jing, otherwise Wang Tanzhi does not need to risk being suspicious to do this!" Also, the record behind the file seems too clean, the minister thinks this is abnormal, and suspects that a spy named Ren Jiu who was planted next to King Jing has been exposed to King Jing by Wang Tanzhi, and King Jing learned of Ren Jiu's identity, or coercion, or inducement, etc., Ren Jiu should have rebelled! ”

"A few days ago, the minister sent someone to investigate Ren Jiu and found that Ren Jiu's family members had all moved away and were missing! In addition, in recent months, except for delivering news to the waiting lawsuit, Ren Jiu rarely left King Jing's Mansion, he was one of King Jing's personal entourage, he should go wherever King Jing went, how could he stay in King Jing's Mansion all the time? This can only show one point, he has been covering for King Jing and reporting the wrong news to the waiting lawsuit! ”

"Therefore, the minister sent someone to implement the family law of waiting for the lawsuit against Ren Jiu, and the minister also wanted to startle the snake through this matter, and now I am afraid that King Jing is also sending people to look for Wang Tanzhi everywhere, dealing with people like Wang Tanzhi, the minister believes that King Jing has more ways than the minister, maybe he can find Wang Tanzhi before the lawsuit!"

Zhao Junsheng took a sip of tea and nodded; "Well, that's a good job! I can't relax on King Jing's side, so I can check carefully, how many officials King Jing has in control, and how many ministers and officials have been coerced by him and have to be driven by him! ”

"The minister understands, but I'm afraid that this matter can't be done in a short time, after experiencing Wang Tanzhi's matter, King Jing will definitely become very careful, and easily will not come into contact with those ministers and officials of the court who are controlled by him! The ministers will find an opportunity to start with the people in King Jing's mansion, which is much better than sending people to keep an eye on them day and night! ”

Zhao Junsheng said: "Okay, this matter is like this, is there anything else?" ”

Jia Yue took out a roster from his arms and presented it: "Your Majesty, this is a detailed count of the forces in the hands of the prince by the waiting lawsuit, the officials whose names are written in red pen have basically been determined to be loyal to the prince, and the officials whose names are written in black pen basically maintain a good relationship with the prince!" ”

"On the side of the King of Shu, I didn't find any situation, and I rarely took the initiative to make friends with ministers and generals, but in the past two days, several officials have visited the King of Shu, and these people are some of the King of Shu who turned to find the King of Shu after not being taken seriously by the prince!"

"According to the investigation of the secret agents of the waiting lawsuit, the Xingyuan Society of the underground black market of Xingyuanfang, which was exterminated by the Right Xiaowei a few days ago, was secretly supported by the Taifu Supervisor and the Marquis of Guangping, Mao Xiu, and the principal of the Xingyuan Society was a Roman named Constantine, and it was found that this person paid sixty percent of the profits to Mao Xiu every month. In addition, he also has to fight Zuo Jin Wuwei, the county government, and the bad handsome ······"

Zhao Junsheng touched his chin and looked at Jia Yue: "An underground force like Xingyuanhui is a cancer in Chang'an City, if it is not covered by the government and big people, it will not be able to exist for a long time, it stands to reason that the lawsuit should have been staring at it a long time ago, why wait until Xingyuan will be exterminated by the right Xiaowei before reporting to me?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the lawsuit has always been secretly supervising hundreds of officials, although the ministers and others understand that the Xingyuan Society must be covered by people and big people in the official government, but this big man who supports him behind his back has not been detected, until the right Xiaowei dispatched a large number of soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress the Xingyuan Society, Konstantin sent his henchmen to risk absconding to Mao Xiuzhi for help, and Mao Xiuzhi surfaced!"

Zhao Junsheng, Hua Mulan, and Wan Yutong returned to Chang'an City from Huaqing Palace on the ninth day of the first month.

The next day, Zhao Junsheng announced Mao Xiu's audience.

The Winter Pavilion of the Royal Palace.

A plate of charcoal fire is placed in the middle of the warm pavilion, the eunuch throws some charcoal into it every once in a while, this charcoal is high-quality charcoal, there is no trace of smoke, there is no smell, the brazier is connected to the bellows, there is no need to pull the bellows, the charcoal can be completely burned by itself, only when the coal is burned, the bellows will be pulled, although the coal can withstand burning, but there is a smell.

A eunuch led Mao Xiuzhi into the hall and reported to Zhao Junsheng who was sitting cross-legged on the kang and wrote: "Your Majesty, the eunuch of the Taifu is Mao Xiuzhi's audience!" ”

Mao Xiuzhi was in his sixties and nearly seventy years old, and he immediately stepped forward and saluted: "Minister Mao Xiuzhi to see Your Majesty!" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked up, put down the pen and greeted warmly: "Respect, come on, come on, give a seat, serve tea!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Mao Xiuzhi was flattered, but the more enthusiastic Zhao Junsheng was, the more uneasy he was in his heart.

On the night of the first day of the first lunar month, Right Xiaowei suddenly surrounded Xingyuanfang and exterminated the Xingyuanhui leaders who organized the black market, as the biggest backer behind the Xingyuanhui, Mao Xiuzhi only knew the beginning and end of the matter after listening to the report sent by Konstantin's henchmen, he thought of extinguishing the mouth at the first time, but the matter exceeded his expectations, and before dawn, the arrested Konstantin and other Xingyuanhui cadres were all secretly executed.

Mao Xiuzhi has been living in fear these days, he can't guess why the emperor suddenly made a move against Xingyuanhui, and whether his relationship with Xingyuanhui has been exposed? Or is it for some other reason?

Zhao Junsheng picked up the pen and continued to review the chapter, wrote a few words and looked up at Mao Xiuzhi, "Mao Gong, why are you trembling?" Is it cold? Come on, bring the brazier to Mao Gong! ”

The two eunuchs immediately carried the brazier to Mao Xiuzhi's side, and Mao Xiuzhi squeezed out a little smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

This huge winter pavilion relies on this brazier for heating, it can be seen how big the fire is, now Mao Xiuzhi is sitting next to it, and it didn't take long for him to sweat on his forehead and vest.

The tea was served, and it began to brew, steaming.

Zhao Junsheng took the time to stop his pen and said, "Drink tea!" ”

"Yes!" Mao Xiuzhi picked up the teacup, he really couldn't drink it, he was roasted and sweaty, and the tea was hot? Isn't it going to sweat and prostrate?

Zhao Junsheng chatted with Mao Xiuzhi while reviewing the recital, and the teacup that Mao Xiuzhi had just reached his mouth immediately stopped, and after a while, Zhao Junsheng beckoned him to drink tea again.

"By the way, do you know that on the night of the first day of the first lunar month, a gang named Xingyuan Society, which organized black market transactions in Xingyuanfang, was exterminated?"

Mao Xiuzhi drank a few sips of hot tea, it was like sweat, he was shocked in his heart, his face changed drastically, and he had to answer Zhao Junsheng's question.

"Back to Your Majesty's words, the minister heard about it!"

Zhao Junsheng stopped and glanced at Mao Xiu, and then continued to review, "Do you say those people deserve to die?" ”

"Damn, absolutely damn it! These people really ignore our laws, set up a black market, trade a large number of prohibited items, and are lawless! Mao Xiuzhi said loudly in a firm tone.

Zhao Junsheng said again: "Before these people were executed, they confessed, saying that they had people in the court and the government to support them, and they confessed a lot of people, and one of them was still a member of the court, do you think these people deserve to die?" ”

When Mao Xiuzhi heard this, his face turned pale on the spot, he still didn't understand the purpose of Zhao Junsheng calling him today, it was obvious that he knew that Xingyuan would be his support, so he knelt on the ground with a thud.

"Your Majesty, the old minister is guilty, please punish Your Majesty!"