In the case of Huang Zheng of the Ministry of Officials, because the Imperial City Guards and Supervision Department has been secretly investigating for a period of time, the officials involved in the case have been basically locked up by screening the official appointments, dismissals and recommended personnel in which Huang Zheng participated.

Therefore, the workload of the Criminal Department is not very large, and after contacting the Ministry of Supervision, it is very simple and fast to take people according to the list.

It was simple to arrest officials, but the family care of these officials, the raid of family property, and the arrest of court officials in such a short period of time and on such a large scale made the atmosphere in the capital suddenly tense.

There are also court officials, seeing that officials continue to go to prison and their mansions are being raided and guarded, they all feel weak and bottomless.

With such a wide range of screening officials, who knows who will be implicated next?

The busiest are the officials of the Criminal Department, these people don't care about their weak hearts, and they don't have time to think about what they have or don't have just to try cases every day.

, the officials involved in the case are pampered on weekdays, and none of them are hard-boned, and after a little interrogation, they will bring out the people involved in the case inside and out.

Huang Zheng is only an intermediate role, the main person is Yu Dongyang, the right attendant of the ministry, and there is one Lang Zhong, one outside the staff, and one director, and there are several low-level officials who run errands.

Unexpectedly, during the trial, Huang Zheng and Yu Dongyang confessed that the distribution of the silver involved in the case was also a copy of Prince Xiang.

The two confessed: When Huang Zheng entered the ministry, he took the path of Yu Dongyang. This case of selling officials has been in business for a long time, at least before Huang Zheng entered the ministry.

According to Yu Dongyang's confession, the first two wealthy people who used huge amounts of money to drill official positions were recommended by Prince Xiang and Princess Xiang. After the deed was completed, Prince Xiang and Princess Xiang took 20% of the silver money obtained.

After that, this kind of quick money business was out of control, and every time a sum was made, Prince Xiang and Princess Xiang would divide it from one to two percent depending on the situation.

In the past ten years, there have been two times when the middle price increase was too ruthless, and the other party counterattacked, and the matter almost reached the criminal department.

It was Prince Xiang and Princess Xiang who knew the signs early, stepped forward in time to deal with the bitter master, and put pressure on some officials who heard the news, and the matter finally came to an end.

As a result, Prince Xiang and Princess Xiang became their biggest protector/umbrella.

The trial process of the criminal department's case of selling official positions can be described as devastating, and it has progressed very smoothly. On the 17th day of the lunar month, the court began to arrest the culprit, and on the 23rd of the lunar month, the case had been tried clearly.

King Jiang, who has been leisurely for many years, has worked extremely hard these days, observing the entire trial process day by day. also let the officials and convicts who participated in the trial observe His Royal Highness King Jiang throughout the whole process.

Although everyone knows why King Jiang is here, every time they see Huang Zheng appearing in the lobby in embarrassment, everyone will look at King Jiang twice.

But King Jiang can get into the position of being in charge of the affairs of the royal clan, so he is naturally a smart person.

In this situation, of course he can't control what others think of him and how they think of him. But he showed the identity that he was ordered by the emperor to supervise the trial of the case of the Criminal Department.

In other words, His Royal Highness King Jiang is the money of the minister.

There are many people who are disdainful in their hearts and are in the mood to watch a good show, but the emperor did let King Jiang supervise the trial of the case.

In addition, the psychological quality of King Jiang is very good, even if he is really rescued by Huang Xuan, he is calm and calm, and there is no embarrassment at all.

That is, when the case was pulled out of Prince Xiang and Princess Xiangjun and the Xiangjun Palace, King Jiang's face changed slightly, and he looked shocked and angry. He has been cautious for so many years, and it is simply too bad for him to conspire with people who do illegal things.

The twenty-third day of the lunar month is a small year in the traditional sense, but Cao Yizhe, the secretary of the Criminal Department, is worried.

On his desk, there is a sorted file. But he picked it up and put it down, put it down and picked it up again, and he couldn't make up his mind, whether he would send it to the cabinet in person or send his subordinates to send it.

There are a number of officials involved in this case, but the other officials who need to be held responsible are by no means the only ones.

Huang Zheng and these officials have been exploiting the loopholes of the imperial court for so many years and making profits from them, but no one found out, and in the end, the emperor himself shook it out.

At the very least, the official secretary and several officials in charge could not escape the blame. There are also several cabinet elders in the cabinet department, who also have the responsibility of supervising unfavorable.

According to the emperor's previous annoyance, if he insisted on holding the relevant ministers responsible, needless to say, the officials were involved in so many cases, and it would not be an exaggeration to describe it as a robbery. There are also other departments and officials......

Rao is criminal department is used to torture to judge cases, but this time, the criminals, everyone is in the same hall, and the New Year is approaching, and Cao Yizhe is also related.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Cao Yizhe still brought the case file by himself, went to the cabinet department, and asked a few cabinet elders how to proceed next.

In the cabinet, He Shouli took the file handed over by Cao Yizhe and asked him to sit aside.

"Lord Lao Cao personally went on a trip, Lord Cao has a heart." He Shouli said while flipping through the file.

The emperor made a big fuss because of the case of the sale of officials and the robbery in Hushan, and the cabinet has been paying attention to the trial process of the case. At this time, it is to glance at it and see if there are any omissions in the plot that the cabinet understands.

Watching He Shouli hand over the file to Zhan Kangwen on the side, Cao Yizhe asked: "This matter, alas, the lower officials came to consult a few ministers, there are many people involved in this case, is the file presented like this?" ”

Seeing that it is a big year, the officials are already in chaos, if someone else is involved, I am afraid that it will make the courtiers panic, right? What he means is that it is best to delay until the end of the year, so that everyone can have a peaceful New Year.

There is also the princess, when Prince Xiang was still there, this princess, who was famous for her beauty, was also famous for her bad temper.

Prince Xiang died, and she was given an outer room and an outer room, and the bad-tempered princess made a fuss for a long time, and in the end the emperor and the royal family gave in.

Now, this princess is actually the major shareholder of Huang Zheng's case...... The case was revealed a year ago, I don't know what the emperor will do?

He Shouli looked at Zhan Kangwen.

Zhan Kangwen had already closed the file and said: "Just hand it over, stretching out the head is also a knife, shrinking the head is also a knife, rather than spending this year with fear, the old man is still willing to solve the matter as soon as possible." "The royal affairs are naturally taken care of by the royal family, and they are courtiers, and they can only accept their own mistakes.

Cao Yizhe nodded secretly, this exhibition is a little slippery, but he will not be uncertain when he encounters things. Huang Zheng's case, several cabinet elders, at most, is responsible for poor supervision. For such a little responsibility, it is really boring to spend a New Year with apprehension.

He Shouli nodded and said to Cao Yizhe: "This case was named by the emperor and handed over to Lord Cao to handle. Now that the trial has been concluded, Lord Cao will ask for a meeting with the old man and report to His Majesty. ”