And at this time Shanhaiguan.

The autumn breeze is blowing, the weeds are withered and yellow, the sky is high and the clouds are white, what an autumn day!

At this time, Kublai Khan was looking at Bo Chi, who had come from afar, with a smile on his face.

Then he opened his mouth and said, "Bochi, how is it? ”

Bo Yi listened, and then spoke: "Great Khan, the peace is done!" This is the book of Wazuki. With that, he handed the agreement to Kublai Khan.

Kublai Khan took it, looked at it carefully, and then said: "Bochi, you are very good, after reading this agreement, Ben Khan is very satisfied!" ”

"Ben Khan has decided to appoint you as Zaru Khuchi, and he will decide on the affairs of the council. However, for the time being, the follow-up work with the cadres will be left to you with full responsibility. Ben Khan is returning to Mongolia today, so do it. ”

"Yes." Bo Chi said with a happy face, from today on, he can be regarded as a high-level Mongolian leader.

But how could the Great Khan be in such a hurry to meet Mongolia, it must be that something happened to Mongolia, but he didn't dare to ask again.

……

Kublai Khan rode on a horse, led 200,000 iron horsemen, and turned his head to look at Shanhaiguan. I want to be so high-spirited when I come, but when I go back, I am a little decadent, and I don't know when I will be able to return to Shanhaiguan after going back this time!

However, he didn't know that he had never returned to Shanhaiguan in this life!

"Drive, drive, drive......" The Mongol army roared away.

On the customs tower of Shanhaiguan, Wu Yong looked at the Mongolian army roaring away, and said "It's over"!

……

The next day, Yanjing City.

Daming Palace, the imperial study.

Zheng Wen met with Zhou Kuo, the secretary of the Criminal Department, Yang Bo, the left governor of the Inspectorate, and Guo Huai, the secretary of Dali Temple.

Zheng Wen took the lead in asking, "Ladies and gentlemen, how are you doing with the investigation of Ma Yuan's case?" ”

Zhou Kuo was the first to reply: "Your Majesty, this time Ma Yuan's case was thoroughly investigated, Ma Yuan confessed, admitting that he and 37 officials of the Ministry of Industry, including Langzhong Zhu An of the Ministry of Industry, resold materials of the Ministry of Industry and embezzled various project funds of the Ministry of Industry, and it fell into his hands for more than 500,000 taels in more than ten years, and as for other officials, we are still counting ......."

"What? He alone has reached 500,000 taels, and my Great Qian's Dynasty has such a huge greed, it is simply unheard of, it is really an eye-opener for me! When Zheng Wen heard this, he was furious, and he was so stimulated that he interrupted Zhou Kuo's words all of a sudden.

Sensei said that it was Zheng Wen, even when they interrogated him, he was also shocked, and in more than ten years, he made a profit of more than 500,000 silver, which was simply the first huge greed of the Great Qian Dynasty.

"You go on." Zheng Wen calmed down for a moment before he spoke again.

Zhou Kuo spoke again: "Your Majesty, he also confessed that his in-laws, Lang Diping, the right attendant of the household department, and Xia Yong, the deputy envoy of the privy council, the three of them formed a corruption network in the court, accepting bribes, selling official positions, embezzling military funds and many other crimes, but he is not very clear about the specific details of this, please show your majesty!" ”

"What, how can this be? Could it be that there are so many corrupt officials and corrupt officials in my Great Qian Dynasty, I really can't believe it! ”

"I thought that Ma Yuan was just a small problem, after all, my Great Qianchao was mostly Qing officials, but I didn't expect that this series of events would involve so many people, it really chilled my heart!"

"Tell me, what should I do? Yesterday's imperial mausoleum, today's corruption, why are there so many things in my Great Qianchao, can't we live a good life? Zheng Wen said loudly with some tiredness.

Zhou Kuo and the three of them hurriedly knelt on the ground without saying a word.

Zheng Wen saw this, Zheng Wen saw this, so he opened his mouth and said: "Three Aiqing, get up, I also feel it, I don't blame you!" ”

The three of them stood up, but their faces were serious.

Seeing this, Zheng Wen said in a voice without a trace of emotion: "Check it!" I want to see how many people are involved in the case! ”

Yang Bo, the imperial historian of Zuodu, came out, this is a little old man, about sixty years old, a little short, and said: "Your Majesty, let's delay the investigation!" ”

Yang Bo's words, Zheng Wen knew that this was to make Zheng Wen push back, the current situation is already very turbulent, and with this, it is undoubtedly even more turbulent!

But Zheng Wen is also a strong-willed person who does not hit the south wall and does not look back, once he decides, he makes a decision quickly, and he does not drag the mud and water!

So, Zheng Wen said undoubtedly: "No need to persuade anymore, I have already decided." ”

"The edict ordered Zhou Kuo, the secretary of the Criminal Department, to be the right, and Yang Bo, the imperial envoy of the left capital, and Guo Huai, the secretary of the Dali Temple, to be the deputies, and to merge into the case of Ma Yuan of the Ministry of Industry, and thoroughly investigate the case!"

"Whoa!" "Whoa!" "Whoa!" The three of them answered in unison.

"Go! I will let the Yulin Army accompany me, don't lose hope! ”

The three of them retreated in unison.

Zheng Wen sat on the throne and breathed a long sigh of relief, he was really tired!

Zheng Wen felt deeply tired, physically tired, mentally tired, tired like never before!

And this is one of the "three major cases" at the end of the 16th year of Jianqi, the Ministry of Industry impeachment case!

This case was caused by the fall of Ma Yuan, the squire of the Ministry of Industry, who impeached Sun Hua, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and a series of cases arising from this, so it was called the "Ministry of Industry Impeachment Case" by historians!

This case has a wide range of involvement and involves a large number of officials, setting a precedent in the history of the cadres and leaving a strong mark in history!

From the central government to the localities, on both sides of the Yellow River, up and down the Yangtze River, almost the entire area ruled by the Great Qian.

From high-ranking officials in ministries to local county orders, there are more than 2,000 high-grade officials involved, and tens of thousands of non-graded officials are involved!

It's really unheard of, unseen, Zheng Wen has been hacked in the hearts of the scholars for a long time.

However, it also opened the curtain on the biggest anti-corruption work in the history of the Great Cadres.

And this is also one of the biggest achievements of the "New Deal for the Establishment of Armed Forces", which has been written by the history books of later generations!

……

At this time, in the lobby of the Ministry of Rites, Liu Jian, Qin Fei, and Yanwang Zhengzhuang were secretly interrogating the officials involved in the Imperial Tomb case.

There were three tables standing in front of him, Liu Jian was sitting in the hall, and Qin Fei and Zheng Zhuang were sitting under the tables slightly behind him on the left and right.

Liu Jian patted Zuo Chaogang, and then said loudly: "Xie Xiong, as the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Xu Yang's Shangguan, in the case of the Imperial Tomb, did you coerce Xu Yang?" ”

Xie Xiong stood at the foot of the hall and said expressionlessly: "Prime Minister, I have been wronged, although I am Xu Yang's superior and have been in close contact with him, I have never coerced him?" ”

"It's not you, is there someone else, is there someone else in the Shangguan he mentioned in the confession?" Liu Jian asked again.

"My lord, I've also read that confession, and the 'Shangguan' in it does refer to me, but it's completely empty to say that I coerced him, there is no such thing at all, I am close to him, and that is just a colleague." Xie Xiong opened his mouth to argue.

Liu Jian listened, and said again: "You said it wasn't you, so why did he mention you before he hanged himself, did he deliberately defile you?" I can't see it! ”

When Xie Xiong heard this, his face was flushed with anxiety, and he immediately argued: "My lord, you have to investigate clearly, I can't tell if I'm full of mouths now, but I really haven't coerced him, as for why he framed me, I really don't know." ”

Liu Jian listened, but kept looking at him, feeling that what he said seemed to be true, but knowing people and faces but not hearts, who knows what Xie Xiong thinks.

In fact, Liu Jian also knows that after the parties are dead, I am afraid that he will not be able to ask anything substantial, and the two confessions may not be true!

Now there are only two confessions as so-called "evidence", and they just point to Xie Xiong, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and then think of Zheng Jiao, the king of the Tang Dynasty.

But is it really him?

Not necessarily, it could also be defiled by someone else.

Isn't it clear in your majesty's heart? He knew it very well.

This is a case with no substantive evidence, but behind the case it is precisely pointing to the princes, and almost all the so-called "evidence" is directed at Tang Wang Zhengjiao.

This is a political case, there is no right or wrong, only winning or losing, and judging from the current situation, Tang Wang Zhengjiao is undoubtedly the biggest loser.

Because after Zheng Wen issued a thorough investigation, he undoubtedly showed the government and the opposition that the emperor had endorsed the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites, but the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites, which were most likely to become political victims, had just jumped out of the whirlpool.

So if you want to find a victim, the best is undoubtedly Tang Wang Zhengjiao, because all the "evidence" shows that it is him.

And Zheng Wen appointed Liu Jian as the chief judge to preside over the case, because he didn't want this case to affect the entire court, so he could only spin between their brothers, but no matter who lost, Zheng Wen won.

And Liu Jian also knows very well in his heart that as the prime minister and the head of a hundred officials, of course he hopes that the court will be stable, and he does not want his subordinate departments to become victims.

Therefore, Liu Jian said again: "Okay, in that case, Xie Xiong, you stand aside first, Tang Wangye is almost here, let's wait for him." ”

After a while, Tang Wang Zhengjiao, accompanied by several guards, walked into the hall of the Ministry of Rites.

As soon as Liu Jian saw it, he ordered: "Come on, find a chair for Tang Wangye to sit down." ”

After a while, wait for Tang Wang Zheng Jiao to sit down.

Liu Jian was the first to speak: "Tang Wangye, it is said that you and Xie Xiong are very close, and your Tang Wangfu and Li Kang of the Ministry of Industry are very close, aren't you?" ”

Zheng Jiao was silent for a moment before he spoke: "Yes, these orphans admit it." ”

All these are well known to the government and the opposition, and it is impossible for him to deny them, and he cannot deny them.

Liu Jian listened, nodded, and then said, "That's good!" In the confessions of Xu Yang and Li Kang, they admit that the case of the emperor's tomb was instigated by this 'prince', and this 'prince' refers to the prince of Tang, right? Liu Jian asked straight to the core.

When Zheng Jiao heard this, a look of anger flashed on his face, and he said loudly: "How can it be that you mean Lonely?" Is it possible for anyone to have so many princes in the court? Obviously, someone knew about the relationship between Tang Wangfu and them, so they came to defile Yulone. ”

"It was best for my father to treat Lone during his lifetime, how could Lone make a fuss in his mausoleum. This is obviously someone who is trapped in loneliness. I hope the Prime Minister will check clearly! ”

"Moreover, Lone thinks that this matter was done by Lone's eldest brother Yan Wang Zheng Zhuang or Lone's second brother Zheng Tong."

Why? Lonely for a reason. ”

"My father liked loneliness the most during his lifetime, and for the sake of loneliness, he often suppressed the two of them, which was known to the government and the opposition, and this was because the two of them were not angry with their father and the emperor when he was alive, so they defiled the loneliness."

"As for Xu Yang and Li Kang, Gu admitted that he was Lone's henchmen, but a long time ago, Xu Yang was the henchman of Lone's second emperor brother Zhou Wang Zheng Tong, and Li Kang was the henchman of Lone's eldest brother Yanwang Zhengzhuang, but later they switched to Lone."

"Therefore, Lone thinks that these two are Lone's two imperial brothers' henchmen lurking here, so it is clear that Lone's two royal brothers are framing Lone!"

At this time, Zheng Jiao knew in his heart that in this political case, if he couldn't prove his innocence, and he didn't want to lose too badly, he could only desperately drag others into the water and confuse the situation, so that he could have a chance to get out.

So he didn't hesitate to drag Yan Wang Zheng Zhuang and Zhou Wang Zheng Tong into the water!

But who is the final mastermind?