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Looking at the emperor who slowly took over the power of the court, he returned to the dragon chair and stared at the minister standing above the court. Many court officials suddenly felt that this young monarch seemed to have the air of a king, so that many officials couldn't help but bow their heads when they faced his eyes, waiting to listen to the next monarch's holy words.

Looking at these courtiers who bowed down to their orders, Zhao Xu, who received this recital, had fallen in his heart. knows that this Jiangnan officialdom is almost rotten to the roots. In addition to Liu Guangqian, the governor who is still waiting for interrogation, the rest of the civil and military officials on the ruling side of Jiangnan are also waiting to be replaced and purged, which is difficult for a monarch not to be angry.

Usually sing praises one by one, take the court's fortune behind their backs for personal gain, and live a luxurious life like a wine pond and meat forest. This makes Zhao Xu, who is accustomed to diligence and thrift, think that hundreds of officials and Li Min are exemplary. What made him even more angry was that even the court officials who dangled under his nose every day were actually involved in several cases in this case.

Now when I think of these court officials, I often speak for the officials in Jiangnan. At first, Zhao Xu felt that these officials were born in the south of the Yangtze River, and they deserved to say some good things for the officials and people there.

But now that there is Zhao Xiaoxi's twists and turns, there is direct evidence to prove that these court officials who speak for Jiangnan officials actually accepted bribes and did not trouble them, what face does this emperor have? Isn't this a game to be played by these courtiers who hold great power and are originally favored by the monarch?

General Huyan, open the box and present the letters on the top to Fan Xiang and King Xu. If other Qing families are interested, they may as well go over and take a look, this big box of good things! ’

As Zhao Xu controlled the anger in his heart, he gave this order with a calm face. Without saying a word, Huyan Leopard lifted the forbidden army up and opened the tightly wrapped box. The top account book about the bribery of court officials, as well as the letters he wrote to those salt merchants, were handed over under the incomprehensible gaze of Fan Chunren and Zhao Hao, the king of Xu.

When Fan Chunren saw the clear bribery records in the account book, and looked at the remaining account books that had not been turned over, he realized that there was going to be a major earthquake in the officialdom. It seems that this saint secretly concealed from hundreds of officials and thoroughly investigated the corruption case in Jiangnan. This made Fan Chunren, who knew about this matter, also feel cold all over his body.

Although this matter does not involve him, the courtiers recorded very clearly on it are almost all officials who usually stand on his side. Now that these officials are involved in such serious cases, it is inevitable that they will be dismissed from their posts and investigated. Even if he will not be beheaded for public display, exile and imprisonment are no longer inevitable.

After only flipping through a few pages, Fan Chunren quickly respectfully held the board and bent down and said, "The old minister is guilty, please punish the saint!" ”

Seeing that the head of the civil officials quickly admitted their mistakes, the rest of the puzzled civil officials were even more curious, what was written on it when they looked at the things in this box like an account book. Let this prime minister, who can be said to be deeply favored by the empress dowager, take a few glances and take the lead guilty. This is a rare thing!

In the face of Fan Chunren's initiative to ask for guilt, although Zhao Xu, who was a little unhappy with him, also knew that he was guilty of negligence at most. Even if he is investigated, he will not be able to be held accountable for too serious crimes. What's more, this prime minister is also a trusted minister of the imperial grandmother behind the curtain. Playing this tactic of retreating is nothing more than hoping for forgiveness.

Raised his hand and said: "Fan Xiang doesn't have to blame himself too much, if he wants to say that he is guilty, how can I be innocent?" gave the ministers the right to shepherd the world, but they were covered by a voice of praise and praise, and they were ashamed of the people of the world! Now that Fan Xiang has read those account books, how should he deal with them according to Fan Qing's wishes? ”

was thrown over by the young emperor, Fan Chunren knew that this was a temptation, or it could be understood with a disguised punishment. But in this case, it's important to clean yourself up. In any case, in such a big case, almost all of Qingming has his reputation ruined. This is undoubtedly unbearable for him, who cherishes his reputation!

'Holy Lord, according to the will of the old minister, he needs to be severely punished.! ’

'Good! Where are the guards in front of the palace? ’

As Zhao Xu got up and shouted, the pro-army guards standing outside the main hall quickly walked in with weapons on their shoulders. This meeting made many court officials begin to worry about who was unlucky, and it was worth the young emperor to use the palace to arrest him on the spot. This is by no means a good thing for any court official. Because this means that this emperor is really angry!

When the first official of the Ministry of Household was pointed out by Zhao Xu, the minister standing next to this official gave up his position without the help of the pro-army guards, for fear of getting too close and unlucky. Although they did not know why this minister, who could be described as a fan of the faction, would become the first official to be arrested by the emperor.

Just before these ministers could react, Zhao Xu pointed out several high-powered ministers from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Industry. In a matter of moments, these ministers were in danger. I don't understand what happened, so that these ministers who were above the court and could be said to have suffered from the grace of the monarch suddenly became prisoners.

Faced with two of the officials shouting grievances, Zhao Xu sneered: "You are embarrassed to shout grievances, Fan Xiang, show them the account book you just read." I think your affairs are kept secret, but I have forgotten the truth that you can't make friends. In those account books, the matter of accepting bribes from salt merchants in Jiangnan is clearly recorded.

Among them, there are also two confessions from the governor of Zhejiang and the envoy, do you want me to show it to you? If it weren't for Taizu's order, the killing of the scribe is unknown, and I really want to drag you out of the noon gate and behead him on the spot. Now the human and material evidence is ironclad, and there is no way to sobble with it. ”

Hearing Zhao Xu say the four words Jiangnan salt merchants, even the military attache of the previous dynasty couldn't help but look at him, knowing that everyone knew about it. Only the emperor was kept in the dark, but it was finally revealed. It's just that they are very curious, do they dare to risk the chaos of Jiangnan officialdom to deal with such a tricky matter?

Looking at Fan Chunren's expression and throwing the account book in front of them, these courtiers who couldn't believe that the salt merchants dared to betray them like this, looking at the detailed bribery records recorded on it, they were like mud snakes with tendons paralyzed on the spot. knew that they thought they were secret, but in the end, they couldn't hold the fire and broke it.

Seeing these courtiers looking disgraced and desperately begging for mercy, Zhao Xu said with disgust: "Drag these scum down, hand them over to the three divisions for trial, and immediately seize and confiscate their family property." Aren't you greedy for money? Today, I let Er and the rest of the entire family be destitute, and see how Shi Er and the others are still in the wine pond and meat forest. ”

Dragging away these court officials involved in the Jiangnan corruption case is clear to many reformist officials. These prisoners are all officials of the conservative Fan Chun-jen faction, and now something has happened to them. Thinking that these civil officials who are loyal to the emperor should be able to get a few good positions. It's just that in this situation of the emperor's anger, no one dares to show this excitement on his face.

If someone hadn't reported to me that a large number of illegal salt had appeared in the Lianghuai region and pretended to be official salt to make a lot of profits, I am afraid that I would still be in the dark. Faced with the situation that the treasury could not make ends meet, I and the Empress Dowager and other members of the royal family all reduced their food just to squeeze out more money to supplement the Li people and border troops who needed to be appeased everywhere.

Now it's good, I and the Empress Dowager have a lot of tea and light meals every day, and Liu Guangqian, the governor of Liangzhejiang Road, even the bed where he sleeps is piled up with silver bricks. This is really a meritorious minister of the court, a good minister of mine! Just because of these scum, he accepted bribes from him, and he fooled me here for him, so that I felt that he did his duty in office.

But right now, in front of me, almost sixty percent of the officials of Jiangnan officialdom have been bribed by salt merchants, and the salt tax decree sold by the imperial court is a null and void. Not to mention the wanton sale of illicit salt, disrupting the salt markets in other places, and making a large amount of ill-gotten gains. The evil of his heart and the magnitude of his sin can be described as the crime of deceiving the king and killing him!

Do you feel worried that Jiangnan will get out of control, so you will have the mentality of getting by, and plan to continue to hide it from me. Do you think that I am young and easy to deceive, then I will tell you today, if you dare to stretch out your hand to be greedy for the court's money, I will pick off his head. ’

After some murderous words came out, the scolded and sweaty courtiers knelt down and pleaded guilty. This made Zhao Xu feel the supreme power of the king for the first time, but he also knew that these officials would have the mentality that more things are better than less, and they were not worried that after the performance, they would cause trouble and become the scapegoat of the court.

Just when Zhao Xu seemed to be righteous, the Empress Dowager Gao behind the curtain didn't want this grandson to be too excited or angry. Cough lightly, and tell him to pay attention to the image of the king, and not to lose his honor in front of these courtiers.

Zhao Xu, who was interrupted by this cough, felt good, and then reined in his excitement and sat back on the dragon chair to calm down these ministers who pleaded guilty.

Then he began to follow the method discussed with the Empress Dowager Gao before, read out the holy decree that had been prepared a long time ago, assigned a new Liangzhejiang Road Zhizhou, and ordered the officials to select and evaluate officials from other places, and prepare to add to the Jiangnan officialdom that was about to be purged. This also means that after this decree is issued, there will be some people who will be happy and some will be worried.

Compared with these things, the officials present all wanted to know who would uncover the lid of this gunpowder-like Jiangnan corruption nest. Isn't the other party worried at all, a situation is out of control, so that Jiangnan, who bears nearly half of the taxes of the imperial court, will be in turmoil?

Only Zhao Hao, the king of Xu, who was the emperor's uncle, finally breathed a long sigh of relief at this moment. Because only he knows that the Qin Cha who is in charge of investigating the Jiangnan corruption case this time is the second son who was supposed to stay in the territory, but went to Jiangnan to uncover the powder cartridge. Now it seems that this second son must have made a great contribution to the court and the royal family this time!