On the first day of the new year, people took to the streets and found that the streets were full of soldiers and servants, the city gates were closed, and the number of officers and soldiers guarding the city increased significantly. The people who had lived in the capital for a long time knew that something big must have happened in this move, and then the front page of the civil declaration detailed the mutiny that had taken place in the palace, and issued an edict and a notice to reassure the people.

Public opinion in the capital was in an uproar, and people congratulated the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of the West Palace on their safe and sound, while denouncing the criminal acts of the King of Huainan. The court meeting held by the imperial court as usual completely calmed the hearts of the people, and the people declared their high-profile intervention in the affairs of the imperial court this time, and successively published commentary articles criticizing the evil deeds of the king of Huainan for his disloyalty, injustice, benevolence and filial piety, and guided the public opinion of the world to unanimously condemn the king of Huainan.

Near noon, the gate of the capital opened, and the market returned to a normal state, but some people found that the Jinyi Guard and the criminal department were arresting and confiscating the officials' mansions, and the capital's magnates were silent, for fear of being implicated. Immediately, the civil declaration published a list of arrested officials in a timely manner, and appended evidence of the collusion between these officials and the king of Huainan, and finally emphasized in the name of the imperial court that it was strictly forbidden for officials to collude with the king of Fan.

According to the usual practice, before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, all departments of the imperial court are on holiday, except for some personnel on duty. This year, I have been working since the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the Jinyi Mansion and the Three Law Divisions are conducting surprise trials, while the cabinet and officials of various ministries are mobilizing materials to guard against the official rebellion of King Huainan.

The influence of King Huainan is not comparable to that of Ding Lei and his ilk, he is the younger brother of the first emperor, and theoretically has the legal status to inherit the throne, which can unite a large number of civil and military officials. The most important thing is that the king of Huainan and other kings secretly communicate with each other, and the extent of the support of the other kings is not known for the time being, if the other kings support the king of Huainan, it will be a disastrous consequence for Dahua or the imperial court, which means that a full-scale civil war is about to break out.

Three days before the New Year, Han Fei never left the palace, and stayed in the side hall of the imperial study at night to prevent accidents in the palace. In these three days, on the one hand, the palace guards, eunuchs, and palace maids were comprehensively cleaned up and rectified, and all suspicious people were sent out of the palace, and those who were involved in the king or the criminal officials involved in the case were directly killed. Because the eunuch Hao Renbin participated in the mutiny, the imperial horse supervisor was the key target of rectification, Hao Renbin committed suicide in fear of crime, and all the chief eunuchs of the imperial horse eunuch were killed, and Han Fei transferred the steward eunuch of the Nine Princesses' Mansion into the palace to serve as the chief of the imperial horse eunuch.

Another aspect is the adjustment of court officials. This time, many officials were arrested, and the official positions were vacant, which was a good opportunity to expand his power, and Han Fei instructed Gong Jing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to quickly install a trustworthy person. Du Yun understood Han Fei's intentions, he did not participate in the competition this time, and the other bigwigs also gave up the idea of competing for positions because of Han Fei's authority.

The last important aspect is the handling of the offenders involved. In accordance with Han Fei's principle of using thunderous means to deter rebellious ministers and thieves, the Jinyi Mansion and the Three Law Divisions worked overtime, and the offenders were tried and convicted. In fact, the evidence of the collusion between the criminal official and the King of Huainan has been investigated in advance through the Zifu and Jinyi Mansions, and this time it is just a legal procedure. The final verdict is as follows: all the criminals involved in the case shall be beheaded, their family property shall be confiscated, and the families of the criminals shall be beheaded or sold into slavery or confiscated into the army and exiled according to the severity of the circumstances.

The failure of the mutiny is a dead end, this is the rule of the previous dynasties, and there is not much discussion among the government and the opposition, but one of them has been beheaded all over the house, which has caused some discussions. The Xue family, a relative of the Empress Dowager of the East Palace, was deeply involved in the mutiny, and it was not surprising that he was beheaded by all the houses, and people were discussing, after all, it was the Empress Dowager's family, whether it was possible to pardon some people. Han Fei learned about the rumors outside, and deliberately let people release the news that the Empress Dowager of the East Palace was just the daughter of the Xue family who picked it up, and the Xue family was not good to the Empress Dowager at the beginning, and the Mrs. of the Xue family, who raised the Empress Dowager, was not killed.

Dealing with the aftermath of the mutiny and stabilizing the situation was an important step for Han Fei to consolidate his position, and the next step was to concentrate on preventing a possible rebellion by King Huainan. This is not a worrying thing, news from various channels has come, and the king of Huainan is already preparing to raise troops to rebel after learning that the mutiny in the capital failed.

"Grandpa, this is the latest information received, the king of Huainan is obviously rebellious, he is already training the army, according to the secret detectives of the Purple Mansion, many guards have taken refuge in the king of Huainan, and the contact between the kings has become more frequent recently, and there is a tendency to be in the same stream!" Ling'er has been following Han Fei and reporting the latest information to him at any time.

Han Fei groaned slightly, and ordered: "Ling'er, let Xuanwu stay in the capital, the three of Qinglong, White Tiger and Vermilion Bird will lead their troops to closely monitor the movements of all parties, and the spies of the beggar gang will assist!" In addition, the fastest way to send orders to Lingnan Province, so that Du Liang led the invincible fleet sergeants to rush to the mouth of the Yangtze River to standby! ”

"Grandpa, the Armada is a sea ship, I'm afraid it will be ...... in the inland river"

"It doesn't matter, what this seat needs is their people, the invincible fleet sergeants are equipped with new firearms, and when they go ashore, they are the Shenji Battalion, this army will not be paid attention to, and they can surprise the enemy's heart at a critical time!"

"Grandpa Shengming!"

Seeing Ling'er's excited appearance, Han Fei couldn't help but slap her plump buttocks, and scolded with a smile: "You also learned to pat on the back?" ”

"What's the ...... The slave is telling the truth! ”

"Okay, let's go and pass on my life, and by the way, tell my family, I'll go back to live at night!"

After Ling'er left, Han Fei closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then got up and rushed to Cining Palace.

After Jia Yuanchun, the empress dowager of the West Palace, moved to Cining Palace with the emperor, Han Fei's three wives and some concubines took turns to accompany him in the palace, and Jia Zheng's wife, Mrs. Wang, also entered the palace to visit, Jia Yuanchun's panicked mood has stabilized, but the little emperor was frightened out of an illness, and after Han Fei's personal diagnosis and treatment, there was no major problem, but because of this, Jia Yuanchun's hatred was also increased, and the result was that all the criminals involved in the case were killed regardless of the severity of the circumstances.

Han Fei rushed to Cining Palace, and when he saw the ninth princess Zhang Wanyi inside, he waved her hand and asked her to take the little emperor to play, and then said to Jia Yuanchun, the empress dowager of the West Palace: "Queen Mother, based on the intelligence of all parties, the situation is very serious, and the intention of the King of Huainan to rebel has been obvious, but it is worrying that the King of Fan has the potential to unite!" ”

"They are all chaotic ministers and thieves, they should be killed!" Jia Yuanchun scolded hatefully, and also understood that the situation was critical, and asked anxiously: "Brother Fei, can the imperial court be sure to defeat the traitor?" ”

"The Queen Mother is relieved, my father has stockpiled a huge amount of new firearms in recent years, and with these, my brother is confident that he will defeat the rebels!" Han Fei hesitated for a moment, and then said: "What the minister brother is worried about is that Beihu is taking advantage of the chaos to go south, if the court is attacked by the enemy, the people's hearts will be in chaos, and the minister brother thinks about it for a while, and plans to send an important minister to guard the northern border!" ”

"The affairs of the government and politics, the non-brother decides on his own, the mourning family just wants to put down the rebellion as soon as possible and live a peaceful life for a few years!" Jia Yuanchun sighed and said, "Yesterday, my mother entered the palace, I listened to the meaning, the family wants to restore the duke, what do you think?" ”

"Whose idea was this?" Han Fei is very angry, "The national crisis is at the head, I don't want to serve the country, but I want to fight for fame, isn't this hatred for Jia Jiala?" is not afraid of the failure of the counterinsurgency, is the Xue family's today the Jia family's tomorrow? If you don't fight and make a duke, who can be convinced? If you have made great contributions to the country, not to mention the duke, even if you are crowned king, others will have nothing to say. The Queen Mother doesn't pay attention to them, wait for Ming'er, and the ministers will go to Jiafu to talk about them! ”

"Alas, they are indeed excessive, and the mourning family will not agree to them!"

Han Fei finished handling official business and left the palace relatively late. He did not go back to the Han Mansion directly, but went to Wang Ziteng's mansion.

Wang Ziteng knew that Han Fei's sudden visit must have something important, so he hurriedly invited him to the secret room.

Han Fei stared at Wang Ziteng and said slowly: "Wang Xianggong, can this seat trust you?" ”

(End of chapter)