Although Li Yuntian wanted to accompany his wife and children at home, and according to the order of the imperial court, he had quelled the rebellion in Jiaozhi for nearly four years, and he could take a big vacation after returning to Beijing, but as Emperor Xuande's most respected and trusted courtier, vacation has undoubtedly become a luxury for him.

Early the next morning, Li Yuntian, who was yawning, put on his official uniform under Zhou Yuting's service, and rushed straight to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

This is not that Li Yuntian is in a hurry to take office because he was promoted to the imperial history of the Zuo Tuo Capital, but that the people in the Imperial Court are now panicked and the situation is chaotic, so he was sent by Emperor Xuande to appease the frightened and frightened imperial historians of the Imperial Procuratorate

In the fifth year of Xuande, the highest prefect of the Imperial Procuratorate, Liu Guan, the imperial history of Zuodu, was sent to the edict of Jinyiwei by Emperor Xuande because of corruption and perversion of the law, and was sent to the border of Liaodong after interrogation.

Gu Zuo, who was in charge of the affairs of the Imperial Procuratorate, took the opportunity to vigorously rectify the administration of the Imperial Procuratorate, and since the sixth year of Xuande, he has deposed 20 superintendents of the imperial history and relegated them to various guards in Liaodong.

Not only that, there were eight inspectors of the imperial history were demoted by Gu Zuo, and three of the inspectors were dismissed, so if you count it, nearly a quarter of the inspectors of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were replaced, which is something that has never happened in the Metropolitan Procuratorate since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Due to Gu Zuo's drastic investigation of the culpability of the supervising imperial historians, the atmosphere in the Imperial Procuratorate became extremely tense, and the supervising imperial historians lived in fear every day, and God knows when they would be implicated.

Under the influence of this panic and dreary atmosphere, the daily affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate have been greatly affected, and the routine brushing of the two capitals this year has to be postponed.

Now, the supervision of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is divided into three factions, one faction is invested in Gu Zuo's sect, one faction remains neutral, and the other faction is fighting against Gu Zuo in groups, and they are fighting in private.

The reason why Emperor Xuande let Li Yuntian rush back to the capital was that in addition to the fact that the rebellion in Jiaozhi had already been put down, there was another important reason, that is, to let him ease the tense situation within the Metropolitan Procuratorate, ease the fighting between the two sides of the confrontation, and make the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate unofficial as soon as possible.

Li Yuntian has always had a very gentle attitude when trying cases, usually opening up to those remorseful criminals, and never innocently implicating the families of those criminals, plus he almost never used torture instruments during the trial, and completely relied on conclusive evidence and meticulous reasoning to find out the truth.

Therefore, whether it was the corrupt officials who bent the law in the Jingcang case or the rebellious officials who followed the Han king, they were all convinced by Li Yuntian's verdict, which also made him famous in the officialdom and made the officials admire him very much.

In Emperor Xuande's opinion, if Li Yuntian was in charge of the Imperial Procuratorate, those supervising imperial histories would undoubtedly be much more relieved, and everyone knew that Li Yuntian would not kill them all like Gu Zuo.

Besides, the affairs of the Imperial Court are not something that any official in the imperial court can get involved in, as the elite of the two Jinshi in the two lists, the imperial historians are all arrogant, only those high-ranking officials and dignitaries from the imperial history and Hanlin can suppress them, otherwise they will not buy it even if they are given by the six branches.

When Li Yuntian came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, there were already a lot of imperial histories gathered in the courtyard of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and they were talking in groups of three or five there, and the expressions on everyone's faces were extremely strict, which made the atmosphere of the scene extremely dull and depressing.

"Brother Li!" Suddenly, a Guozi-faced Yushi who was talking to someone saw Li Yuntian who entered the door, first stunned slightly, then his face was happy, and he hurriedly greeted him.

After hearing the voice of the national character face Yushi, the Yushi at the scene looked at Li Yuntian one after another, and then many people rushed over happily and greeted Li Yuntian with their mouths.

More than a dozen imperial historians did not go to join in the fun, and looked at the scene in front of them with suspicious expressions, as if they couldn't figure out what was going on.

"Who is this man?" While a middle-aged errand officer passed by with a stack of official documents in his hand, a tall and thin imperial historian pointed to Li Yuntian, who was surrounded by everyone, and asked puzzledly.

"Lord Yu, he is the Zhenwuhou who quelled the Jiaozhi rebellion." The middle-aged officer bowed down and replied when he heard this.

"It turned out to be Master Li!" The thin and tall imperial historian suddenly realized, and couldn't help but look at Li Yuntian, no wonder he was wearing a four-grade official robe at a young age, it turned out that he was the famous Zhenwu Hou, and he was also the new Zuo Du Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"What kind of system is the Metropolitan Procuratorate's wanton uproar?" At this moment, a cold voice sounded in the courtyard, and a sturdy man wearing a seventh-grade official robe came out of a room on the side, looking at the imperial history who were gathered around Li Yuntian and talking and laughing with an expressionless face.

"Hmph, it's just a fox and a fake tiger, do you really think you can use a chicken feather as an arrow?" Facing the sturdy man's rebuke, an imperial historian standing beside Li Yuntian couldn't help but snort coldly and sneered at each other.

"You ......" The sturdy man's face sank when he heard this, and he pointed to the imperial historian who was about to say something, and suddenly saw Li Yuntian wearing a fourth-grade official robe on the side, and immediately swallowed the words behind, and looked at Li Yuntian in surprise, not knowing who this young fourth-grade official was.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's office time for everyone to disperse, the official has brought some local products from Jiaozhi, everyone comes over to get it when the value is scattered, and go home to try it." Li Yuntian glanced at the sturdy man quietly, and then smiled and said to the imperial history around him.

"Thank you, Brother Li!"

"Thanks to Lord Li, I'm waiting for this blessing!"

"It's an honor for Master Li to think of us on the day of Jiaozhi."

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When the imperial historians heard this, they all bowed their goodbyes to Li Yuntian, and then left with a smile and a smile, changing the previous gloomy atmosphere.

The sturdy man couldn't help frowning when he saw the scene in front of him, and secretly guessed Li Yuntian's identity in his heart, and couldn't figure out who this Lord Li was sacred, as if those imperial histories respected him very much.

"Cochin? Could it be ......" Suddenly, the sturdy man thought of something and stared at Li Yuntian with a shocked expression.

Among those officials who have just returned from Jiaozhi, there is only one such a young four-rank master, and that is the newly promoted Zhenwu Hou who has made great achievements in Jiaozhi, and he is also the new Zuo Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Realizing this, the sturdy man's face suddenly became a little ugly, he never thought that Li Yuntian would come to the Metropolitan Procuratorate on the second day after returning to Beijing, which made him inadvertently collide with Li Yuntian just now, in case Li Yuntian holds a grudge, he will not have a good time in the Metropolitan Procuratorate in the future, is Li Yuntian a person who is easy to provoke?

"Brother Xie, why are you gathered in the courtyard?" Li Yuntian and the national character face imperial history talked and laughed and went to the public house of the imperial history of Zuo Du, and when he arrived at a secluded place, he asked quietly in a low voice, it was obvious that those imperial histories would not gather in the courtyard for no reason.

"Lord Gu vigorously rectified the rule of officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which was originally a good thing, but his methods were too rigid and extreme, which made everyone panic, so he was ready to jointly impeach him for his dictatorship and arrogance in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the party was the same as the other. Alas, since everyone is a colleague, why bother to kill them all! ”

The national character face Yushi is the Zhejiang Provincial Supervision Yushi Xie Heng, Li Yuntian's friend in the same department, sighed helplessly when he heard this, and seemed to be quite dissatisfied with Gu Zuo's behavior.

"Master Gu is the imperial history of the left capital, representing the face of our Metropolitan Procuratorate, if he is impeached by everyone, our Metropolitan Procuratorate will become a laughing stock of the outside world." Li Yuntian didn't expect that the situation in the Metropolitan Procuratorate was already so bad, and he actually forced Xie Heng and others to impeach Gu Zuo by name, so he pondered for a while and said, "You wait to tell everyone, let everyone not act rashly for the time being, and the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate should be resolved internally." ”

"I understand." Xie Heng's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he nodded hurriedly, secretly breathing a sigh of relief.

With Li Yuntian's words, he was also relieved, and he could also give an explanation to everyone, since Li Yuntian did not want the civil strife in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he would definitely intervene in this matter, and Gu Zuo's power in the Metropolitan Procuratorate would inevitably be restricted at that time.

"By the way, who was that person just now, it doesn't seem to be the new imperial history." Then, Li Yuntian remembered something and couldn't help asking, the person in his mouth naturally referred to the sturdy man who had reprimanded everyone for making noise before.

In Li Yuntian's impression, he didn't seem to have seen this person, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate paid attention to seniority, and those new imperial historians all had their tails between their legs when they came in, and they definitely didn't dare to behave so presumptuously in front of Xie Heng, the old imperial historians.

"The new superintendent recommended by Master Gu." Xie Heng couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this, his words were full of disdain, "It's just a person who is in Beijing to fill the vacancy of Zhixian County, relying on Gu Zuo to show off his power in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he is really a despicable villain." ”

"Lift people?" Li Yuntian felt a little surprised, since Emperor Yongle began the imperial history, it has basically been served by two Jinshi, and after Emperor Xuande ascended the throne, the imperial history is even more Jinshi, and he has never allowed non-Jinshi officials to enter the Imperial Procuratorate as the imperial history.

"Brother Li, help!" At this moment, a surprised voice came from the front, interrupting Li Yuntian's thoughts, and he looked up to see a man wearing a seventh-grade official robe running over in a hurry, followed by several five big and three thick brocade guards.

"Brother Ma, what do you mean by that?" After seeing the anxious man's appearance clearly, Li Yuntian asked in surprise, the person who asked him for help turned out to be the Guangxi Provincial Inspector Yu Shi Ma'an, it seemed that he had caused some trouble, otherwise how could there be someone from Jinyiwei?

Ma An is a Jinshi of the Wuxu Branch of Yongle Nian, with an arrogant personality, one year higher than Li Yuntian, not only in the same department as Cui Hui, the governor of Guizhou Province, but also Cui Hui's hometown, and the relationship between the two is very good.

Cui Hui almost killed Li Yuntian when he patrolled Jiangxi, so he became a mortal enemy with Li Yuntian, as Cui Hui's friend Ma An was naturally full of hostility to Li Yuntian, and when Li Yuntian first came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to take office, he opened his mouth to ridicule Li Yuntian for relying on Zhou Yuting's nepotism to enter the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Li Yuntian didn't expect that Ma An's arrogance would ask him for help, which was really beyond his expectations, and he vaguely felt that the situation in the Metropolitan Procuratorate was already tense to the extreme.

"Brother Li, Gu Zuo relied on the emperor's favor to wantonly install cronies in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and did everything possible to collect evidence of our corruption and perversion of the law, wanting to take the opportunity to eradicate dissidents in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, ask Brother Li to uphold justice, and return the Metropolitan Procuratorate to a clean up." Ma An came to Li Yuntian, threw his hand at him, and excitedly accused Gu Zuo.