Immersed in the beautiful hope for the future for a while, Tong Jing gradually had a heartfelt smile in his eyes.

However, he quickly regained his mind and turned his attention to the practical matters of the moment.

Picking up a document on the desk, Tong Jing's eyes gradually darkened, and a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "What about the Zhao family, what about the first family of Great Qi, and what about the most prominent relatives of the dynasty?"

"Now that Your Majesty's layout has been completed, there is no longer a hand left for you, and even Yanmen Pass has 60,000 forbidden troops, what else do you have that you can't touch?

"Only by erasing your power from Bianliang can I embody the means of dealing with the big family of Tokyo as the Yin of the Tokyo Prefecture. When I achieve this goal, Your Majesty will know that I have the ability to suppress all the families!"

Thinking of this, Tong Jing closed the plan document to deal with the Zhao family's industry.

At this moment, Li Yan returned.

"You came back just in time, you have always been in charge of the seizure of Zhao's various shops and industries before, to find a suitable reason that there will be no trouble, how much energy is needed, you will continue to do this matter, Zhang Jing will hand it over to Cai Guan. ”

It is very important to deal with the Zhao family, and there is no room for a little difference, Tong Jing will only hand over this matter to someone he trusts, and Zhang Donglai will not consider it.

Having said this, Tong Jing saw that Li Yan's face was a little strange, not as respectful as when he usually faced him, but looked at him directly, and looked thoughtful, his face was also a little red, as if he was about to say something big, and he felt wonderful, so he asked, "Why didn't Cai Guan come?"

In order to gather the strength of the Hanmen against the family, the emperor currently does not implement a particularly strict policy of civil and military diversion among the officials of the Hanmen, Tong Jing is the chief official of the Bianliang Tokyo Mansion, and he also has some control over the garrison here - only partially, after all, the world's armies are under the command of the Dadu Governor's Office.

But it is this part of the power of moderation that is enough for Tong Jing to use chicken feathers as an arrow and actually meddle in the affairs of the garrison, so Cai Guan also regards him as a Shangguan on weekdays, and this time he went out to deal with the affairs of Zhang Jing in Xinghua Village, and he should come to him with Li Yan to restore his life.

Li Yan's answer was unexpected by Tong Jing, and he couldn't help but stiffen: "General Cai Guan is dead." ”

How could Cai Guan die? He was only in the middle stage of the Yuan Shen Realm! Zhang Jing was only in the early stage of the Yuan Shen Realm, and the highest cultivation among the river bandits under his command was only in the Imperial Qi Realm. Even if there are many people on the other side, as long as Cai Guan is not bent on seeking death, how can he be killed by the river bandits? !

Tong Jing's mind turned sharply, barely suppressing the surprise and shock in his heart, he asked in a deep voice with a cold face, "How did General Cai die?"

Li Yan said: "Suicide." ”

Tong Jingrao is a deep city government, and he was also disturbed by this answer, his face changed greatly, and he shouted loudly: "What nonsense! Okay, how could General Cai commit suicide?!"

Li Yan said with an endorsement: "Because General Cai sympathizes with the people, he doesn't want to aim the knife in his hand at the homeless, and he doesn't want to be the enemy of Zhang Jing, who has given thousands of homeless people a way to live, but Shangguan has an order, and he has to strangle the homeless, and General Cai has no way out, so he can only cut himself!"

Tong Jing slapped the table and suddenly got up, pointed at Li Yan's nose from afar, and was so angry that he rushed to the crown: "Li Yan! Are you crazy? You dare to say anything! General Cai is desperate for the country's harm? What is the matter with you? Where is Zhang Jing?"

Tong Jing was furious, if it was before, Li Yan would definitely be very afraid, but at this moment he was completely unmoved: "What Xia Guan said is the truth.

"The adults could not restrain the land annexation, and could not properly resettle the displaced people, resulting in Bianliang starving to death every year 100 people, hundreds of displaced people had no choice, in order to seek a bite to eat, they could only choose to go up the mountain for thieves, down the river for bandits, which caused Baigou Tai Sui Zhang Jing to grow bigger and bigger, so that it developed to the point of plundering the township.

General Cai wanted to report the matter to the imperial court, but he was afraid of disobeying the power and authority of the lord, and poor General Cai was loyal and unmatched, unable to attack the unarmed homeless, and afraid of the adult's punishment, so he could only commit suicide in Xinghua Village, wanting to attract the attention of the imperial court.

When General Cai was dying, he did not forget to entrust the lower officials to report the situation of Bianliang Mansion to the imperial court, so as to give the people a way to live.

"Now that the officials are back here, they just want to ask Master Tong to know his way back and take the initiative to explain his mistakes and crimes to the imperial court. In this way, the lower officials can also enjoy the friendship of their comrades. ”

After hearing these words, the extreme shock made Tong Jing's pupils dilate, and the blood on his face suddenly faded cleanly, and he looked at Li Yan, who was talking eloquently and righteously, as if he didn't know each other at all.

But instead of continuing to get angry, he calmed down.

He sat down behind the table again, and looked at Li Yan's eyes that became cold.

Li Yan was his right-hand man, but he knew that now the other party had betrayed him, which made him extremely uncomfortable and made him extremely angry.

He no longer regards Li Yan as a colleague, and now he completely regards the other party as a political enemy.

knocked on the table, called in a confidant official, and whispered two words, asking the other party to go down and quickly find out what was going on in Xinghua Village, so he looked at Li Yan without arrogance and said indifferently:

"Li Shaoyin, you suppressed the river bandits, causing General Cai to die, and you still dare to speak out in front of this official?

"It's just that you killed General Cai, and you even dare to reverse right and wrong and smear the overall situation of the Bianliang military and government, do you really think that if you take refuge in some nobles, you can do whatever you want? This official told you that if you harm Your Majesty's great plan, no one can protect you, and it is useless for you to have ten heads!"

In the end, his eyes like arrows were staring at Li Yan, as if he wanted to pierce his heart with ten thousand arrows, and his words revealed the wisdom of perceiving everything, the confidence of controlling everything, and the inviolable majesty, and it was like a big mountain, which wanted to crush Li Yan alive into flesh.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, in Tongjing, Li Yan behaved abnormally today, and he must have no fear when he turned his face to face with him. Therefore, there is only one reason for the other party to do this, that is, to take refuge in the family! It is not new for a poor official to become a minion of the family, and only by taking refuge in the family can Li Yan dare to break with him, a second-class master.

Li Yan couldn't help but feel his heart beating like a drum when he was taken by Tong Jing's strong man, and his face was a little pale, and the long-standing fear of Tong Jing returned to his body, making him feel very nervous.

"Come on, put Li Shaoyin in prison and keep him under strict guard! If the matter of the river bandits and wanderers in Xinghua Village is not investigated, Li Shaoyin must not be allowed to step out of the cell for half a step, and he must not be allowed to contact anyone!" Tong Jing took in Li Yan's expression, and already knew that the other party had a ghost in his heart, so he immediately gave a tough order.

If it were an ordinary time, Li Yan would definitely be at a loss at this time, but this time is different from the past, he has confidence now, so although he is afraid in his heart, he takes root under his feet and does not move.

After Tong Jing's order was issued, it was not his confidant officials who entered the door, but many middle- and upper-level officials in Tokyo Prefecture, and all of them had complicated faces. When they came to the church, they stood with their hands in their hands, and did not speak.

Zhang Donglai, who had just withdrawn, was now standing at the front of the crowd, looking at his nose and nose, looking at his heart, looking like he had made up his mind to fight with Tong Jing endlessly.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere became eerie.

Most of the middle- and upper-level officials in Tokyo Prefecture trespassed into Tong Jing's public court without receiving an order, which made Tong Jing's heart sink and he had a bad premonition.

If it's just the officials of the family who "force the palace", it doesn't matter, after all, they are a minority, and they can't set off a big storm, but there are still many poor officials present, and that is Tong Jing's fundamental strength! Without these cold officials, he is just a bare pole mansion Yin.

Otherwise, Hugh blames the official for severely punishing the law, and writing to Your Majesty, and sending all of you to prison for punishment! How important is the overall situation of Bianliang Mansion, and how much Your Majesty attaches importance to it, don't you know that you dare to commit rebellion at this moment, this is an enemy of Your Majesty! Who can protect you?!"

Tong Jing moved the emperor out, and these words were said to the officials of the Hanmen, "Now step back immediately, this official can not hold you accountable, dare to delay a little, even if this official can let you go, Your Majesty will definitely not tolerate it!"

If this attitude was displayed in an ordinary time, the officials in the hall should be afraid, but now no one retreated.

Li Yan cleared his throat, now that there were so many people present, his courage grew, and he dared to look directly at Tong Jing again: "Master Tong, you colluded with the big families of Bianliang, connived at the other party's annexation of land, and disregarded people's lives, causing thousands of people to be displaced and die, and now it has caused Zhang Jing to be in trouble, and one hundred and ten people in Xinghua Village have died because of this, and the dereliction of duty is very serious, we can't continue to work with you."

"Just this morning, Xia Guan and others have jointly sent a letter to the imperial court, asking Your Majesty to cure your crimes!"

Hearing the words of the joint letter, Tong Jing's face suddenly became extremely ugly.

He didn't know that Li Yan used the evidence of the crimes of these poor officials, as well as the large amount of money given by Zhao Ning, to force and induce them to defect to the Zhao family - these cold officials have similar experience and virtue to Li Yan, and their choices are of course similar to Li Yan's - but he understands that once the book is sent, the situation will be out of control.

Zhang Donglai stepped forward at this time and said loudly: "Xiaguan has already persuaded Master Tong before, but Lord Tong has no people in his heart.

"Not only that, over the years, Lord Tong and some businessmen have colluded with each other, accepted bribes and perverted the law, created non-existent crimes and wantonly suppressed the family industry, causing the heavens to be angry and resentful, and now we have sent the evidence of Lord Tong's crimes to the imperial court!"

These words made Tong Jing very angry, and he suddenly got up from his seat again, but his face was as white as paper, and he didn't say a word for half a sound.

Supporting the Hanmen to annex the land and creating a lot of displaced people is nothing, and it is not a big problem to fail to properly resettle all the displaced people, but the place that caused the other party to cause trouble failed to deal with it in a timely and effective manner, and let Cai Guan cut himself on the spot, which is a very serious problem.

Now the officials under his command are all against him, and he can't even manage the government well, which is a manifestation of his incompetence to the extreme.

One or two families said that he was unfair and had the emperor to protect him, and he may not be very afraid, but many families said that he was corrupt and perverted the law, and it was difficult for him to protect himself - is it true that the deep-rooted influence of the family is all false?

And now it is still a combination of family officials and poor officials!

The situation is completely out of control.

What does the emperor want a Tokyo Prefecture Yin who can't control the situation and has become the target of everyone?

Tong Jing's heart was in despair.

He knew he was done.

Until this moment, he didn't know how he finished playing.

Obviously, the day before, he was still an important minister who was expected to be the prime minister.

Why did everything change so much overnight?

Who is targeting him?

Tong Jing couldn't figure it out.

But he knows at least one thing.

The man who dealt with him in the dark must have been terrible to the extreme.

If it wasn't very strong, how could the other party quietly gather the strength of the Hanmen and the family of Bianliang Mansion into the same camp, and give him a fatal blow with a thunderous momentum, so that he didn't even have room for a backhand?

Who the hell is this person?!