Chapter Eighty-Six: A Slap in the Face
Until midnight, the office of the Imperial Palace Ouchi Cabinet was still brightly lit, and Guo Xing and several ministers of the Cabinet did not rest, waiting for the outcome of the trial.
Marquis Zhongyong came, with a stack of thick confessions, and said after greeting Guo Xing and several cabinet ministers: "Your Majesty, after the trial, the personnel in the princess's mansion learned that the main people in charge of the weapons transaction in this mansion are Xue Wenxi, the nephew of the captain of the horse, and the third butler Xue Shan is mainly responsible for the caravan outside the mansion, and has been taken and handed over a lot of personnel, and many generals at the border are involved, and the fourth housekeeper has not been caught, and he has not come back from the grassland delivery a few days ago", and handed over the confession after speaking.
Guo Xing looked at this confession and said, "Did Xue Wenxi catch it?"
Marquis Zhongyong said, "No, but according to the interrogation, I learned that Xue Wenxi should be in the capital."
Guo Xing thought for a while and said, "Let the painter paint a portrait according to their description, and he must be held."
Marquis Zhongyong said, "Yes," the minister went to do it immediately, and left after speaking.
Guo Xing patiently read the confession and handed it to Zhang Yanyu on the side, and after Zhang Yanyu finished reading it, he handed it to the rest of the ministers to read it after a circle, and no one said a word.
After reading the confession, although Guo Xing was calm on the surface, he was sad in his heart, why should they sell their robes for this little money, and he didn't deduct a penny of military salary, what are you asking, what are you asking?
I was angry in my heart, and I slowly couldn't control my hand strength, and with a "pop" sound, the tea bowl in my hand was shattered under the agitation of internal force, and the tea flowed in one hand, and the eunuch who was a little clever next to him hurriedly handed over a square scarf and asked Guo Xing to hold his hand.
The eunuchs serving in the house didn't dare to breathe, they all knew that the emperor was on the verge of anger, and several ministers of the cabinet were not easy to persuade, they had all read the confession, and they were also angry in their hearts, and Zhang Yanyu, the down payment, looked at everyone and knew that he could only speak by himself, "Your Majesty, this matter has happened in all dynasties, it is not surprising, it is not worth it to be angry for these moths, and the top priority is to find out these moths and impose heavy punishments to warn future generations."
Guo Xing tried to calm his breath and said, "Shouzhong, is there anything missing?"
Zhang Yanyu thought about it for a while and said to Guo Xing, "Your Majesty, so many weapons are transported out of the city, it is impossible without the cooperation of the people from the Gyeonggi Yamen, and we have to find out this person now."
Guo Xing patted his forehead, he was also dizzy, such an important clue was missing, and said to Zhou Quan, "Send someone to invite Zhou Tai." Zhou Quan went out to make arrangements.
It didn't take long for Zhou Tai to come over, and after coming, Guo Xing motioned to Zhang Yanyu to say what he just said, Zhou Tai knew what was going on as soon as he heard it, and he also suspected that someone was colluding with Princess Wuyang's mansion, but no one knows.
Guo Xing spoke at this time and said to Zhou Quan, "You call Han Li, the commander of the guards."
Guo Xing's imperial guards numbered 1,500 people, with one commander and three deputy commanders, who were only responsible to Guo Xing. Soon Han Li came over and greeted Guo Xing, Guo Xing said, "Han Li, you send eight hundred imperial guards, one hundred people from each city gate, cooperate with the gate, no one is allowed to leave the city without my holy decree, Zhou Tai, you go to Zhong Yonghou, no matter what, dig this person out for me" Zhou Tai and Han Li left after receiving the order.
Then everyone continued to discuss what to do next, Yao Chong of the cabinet came back with Beiguo Gong Ban Sheng, and after greeting Guo Xing, he said, "Your Majesty, Princess Wuyang has no confession, saying that she won't see the Emperor Taishang and won't say anything."
Beiguo Gong Ban Sheng said, "Your Majesty, the captain of the horse can explain it all, but I hope that the pen can leave him a descendant."
Guo Xing snorted and said, "There is still a face for descendants, as far as what he does, I will not destroy his three clans, and it is already an extrajudicial grace" Everyone present took a deep breath of cool air, and said in their hearts Your Majesty, what is the extent of being angry, the Great Jin Dynasty has been in power for so many years, and it is this punishment for rebellion, it seems that Your Majesty is going to kill on a large scale.
Zhang Yanyu, the newly appointed minister of the cabinet, spoke, "Your Majesty, the overall situation is important, as long as the captain can explain everything, it is okay to leave him a descendant, after all, the emperor is too high, and the queen mother also has to give an explanation."
Guo Xing knew what Zhang Yanyu meant, so the emperor didn't say it, but the queen mother had to save face, the queen mother was not thin on Guo Xing, Guo Xing walked back and forth a few times, stopped and said to Beiguo Gong Bansheng, "You go and tell him, whether you keep the descendants or not, it depends on whether his confession is worth it."
Beiguo Gong Bansheng responded with a "yes" and went out, going to try the captain of the horse.
After waiting for a while, it was already late, Guo Xing said, "Let's stop here today, let's go and rest, let's talk about anything tomorrow."
Everyone gave Guo Xing a salute and planned to go back, Zhang Yanyu said, "Your Majesty, you are in danger of my Great Jin, you must not be angry with yourself, these moths are not worth it" Guo Xing nodded, waved his hand, and everyone went back.
Wei Guogong Hu Tao didn't dare to stay all the way, knowing that the matter was too big, he gritted his teeth and insisted until the second half of the night when he rushed to the summer resort, Wang Tao, the head of the summer resort, looked at it, isn't this Hu Lao Guogong, why did he come here in the middle of the night, his heart was shocked, and he sensitively realized that something was wrong, something was wrong.
As soon as Hu Laoguo saw that it was Wang Tao, he said to Wang Tao, "One hundred thousand urgent, hurry, I want to see the emperor."
Wang Tao saw the appearance of Hu Lao Guogong, and the dust on his clothes was fluttering, and he knew that he was in a hurry, and said, "Lao Guogong, you will rest first, and I will go to report to the emperor."
Guo Wei had already rested, together with the Queen Mother, when he was asleep, he heard someone shouting about himself, so he opened his eyes, and the Queen Mother also woke up, the old man's sleep was easy to wake up, Guo Wei asked, "Who is shouting outside".
As soon as Wang Tao saw that Guo Wei had woken up, he said, "Your Majesty, it's the old slave Wang Tao."
"What's the matter?" asked Guo Wei
Wang Tao said, "Your Majesty, Hu Tao, the Duke of Weiguo, rushed to the summer resort non-stop, saying that 100,000 people are anxious to see the emperor."
Guo Wei was completely sober when he heard this, Hu Lao Guogong was the old man of the court, can he let him come to see him non-stop, it must be in addition to the big thing, so he said: "Change clothes", the palace maids came in to serve Guo Wei to dress, and the old queen mother also got up, knowing that Hu Lao Guogong must be a big deal when he came over.
Guo Wei met with Hu Laoguo Gong in the side hall of Chunxiao Palace, and when he saw Hu Laoguogong's appearance, he knew that he was rushing over non-stop, so he said, "Something happened."
When Hu Laoguo saw Guo Wei, he told Guo Wei the truth about the matter, Guo Wei was shocked after hearing it, turned around and was furious, and said in his mouth, "Catch it well, dare to do this, dare to do this."
Guo Wei couldn't do it, he stood up and walked back and forth, trembling all over, this was angry, grabbed the vase next to him and slammed his mouth and said, "Kill, these bastards, kill, no matter who it is, kill, I will treat it as if I don't have this daughter" The surrounding eunuchs and palace maids were dumbfounded, how could the emperor be so angry.
The Queen Mother heard the shouts of the Emperor Taishang and came over, and persuaded Guo Wei next to her, and persuaded Guo Wei for a long time before she persuaded Guo Wei, Guo Wei sat next to him and gasped for breath, and the Queen Mother asked Hu Lao Guogong what was going on, Hu Lao Guogong looked at Guo Wei, Guo Wei was speechless, nodded, and Hu Lao Guogong told him about Princess Wuyang, including Guo Xing's decree to put the princess and the concubine in prison.
After hearing this, the old queen mother fainted, her lips trembled and said, "How can this be, how can it be like this," After speaking, she sat on the ground all of a sudden, and the palace maid and eunuch next to her hurriedly helped the queen mother.
Guo Wei stood up and said, "Pen, ink, paper, inkstone."
Wang Tao hurriedly sent someone to get it, Guo Wei picked up the brush and wrote it, and after writing, he handed it to Wang Tao and said, "Send someone to the emperor, just say that none of them can be pardoned, no matter who it is, I and the Queen Mother will not return to Beijing."
Wang Tao responded and went down to arrange someone to send it, Guo Wei turned to Hu Laoguo and said, "You can stay here today, and you will leave tomorrow."
Hu Lao Guogong stood up and said, "Your Majesty, you have to pay attention to your body," how many years have the two been together, Guo Wei nodded. Hu Laoguo went down to rest.
Early the next morning, after Guo Xing got up after resting in the imperial study, he said to Zhou Quan, "You go and find out the progress of several adults", and Zhou Quan responded.
At noon, everyone came over, basically it was clear, after agreeing to Xue Kui's request, Xue Kui was all recruited, and there were many people involved, Liu Lei, the guard of Xuanzhimen, and Xu Hui, the guard of Dongcheng, were also found out, Xue Wenxi was also caught, and many states and counties were accounted for by the personnel of fifty-four people, the border pass was the most infiltrated, Yunzhou was infiltrated by 16 people, Youzhou was infiltrated by 22 people, all of them were generals with troops, Guo Xing looked at the confession is trembling, the number of officials involved in Beijing reached thirty-nine, looking at a series of lists Guo Xing was shocked and uncomfortable。
All the people present are important ministers of the imperial court, Guo Xing is very sad, and under the discussion with those present, the Duke of Beiguo went to Youzhou with the holy decree to escort people into Beijing, and his family was detained locally.
Zhongyong Hou went to Yunzhou with the holy decree to take people to escort them into Beijing, and the family members were detained locally, and the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate took the holy decree to the states to take people, and the city gate was opened three days after the Qin sent to prevent the news from leaking.
Zhongyong waited for the holy decree to go straight to Yunzhou, the old man worked hard, he hated these people too much, and Guo Xing strongly asked to go to Yunzhou.
Zhongyong waited to arrive at Yunzhou Tianyong City was quiet, no one was alarmed, and he found an inn until the evening before going to the Yunzhou Governor's Mansion to find Guo Jun, handed over his name card and said, "Go to report quickly, there must be no mistake, the porter was stunned when he saw the name of the post written on the [Dajin Zhongyong Hou Hong Zhen].
The porter is also a clever person, and directly said, "Hou Ye, please inside", and the subordinates led Zhongyong to the living room and served fragrant tea.
Guo Jun has already fallen asleep, he has just inspected Yunzhou recently, and he is going to enter Beijing after the arrangement, and he is fine, he fell asleep early and was stunned after being woken up, how to be loyal and brave to come, or at this time, isn't he presiding over the reform of the military department in Beijing, is something wrong, something must be wrong, otherwise he will not come at this time.
Thinking about things in his heart, he didn't delay a moment when he got up, and as soon as he met Zhongyonghou, he understood the meaning revealed in Zhongyonghou's eyes, and said directly, "Master Hou, follow me."
After speaking, he strode forward and walked in the direction of the study, and at the same time explained to the housekeeper, "No one came to me tonight, you know."
The housekeeper is also a clever person and said, "The prince slept early in the morning, who would come to find the prince," Guo Jun nodded.
Guo Jun and Zhongyong Hou sat down separately, and Guo Jun said, "Master Hou, you came here at this time, is there something wrong?"
Marquis Zhongyong looked at Guo Jun and said, "Lord Wang, let me ask you a question first, how do you control Yunzhou" Marquis Zhongyong had to ask, this was specially explained by Guo Xing when the old marquis came, and after asking this question, he told Guo Jun what happened.
Guo Jun was strange in his heart, how to ask me this question, as a prince, there was still a sense of arrogance in his heart, and he said, "Master Hou, Jun doesn't dare to say it well, but I can know that there is a wind and grass on the ground in Yunzhou."
Marquis Zhongyong now knew Guo Xing's intentions, and said calmly, "The prince is no wonder, this sentence was specially explained by His Majesty when he came, and the purpose of this visit can be said only after asking."
Guo Jun was stunned for a moment, what the hell is this old seventeen, and he was thinking about it in his heart, when he saw Zhongyonghou take out a fold and handed it to Guo Jun and said, "You can see what is going on by playing this."
Guo Jun opened the fold and looked at it, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, his face changed color several times, and finally he stood up, trembling back and forth, completely angry, he just said that he controlled Yunzhou before, and the back slapped his face came, a whole sixteen people, smuggling weapons under their noses.
Guo Jun said to the old Hou Ye: "Hou Ye, this. This.. Is it true?"
Zhongyong Hou nodded and said, "It's true, Your Majesty has put Princess Wuyang and the concubine commander all in the prison, the concubine has confessed, and the capital city gate was opened three days after we left, and the rest is also asked to be arranged by the prince to arrest these moths", and handed the list to Guo Jun after speaking.
Guo Jun looked at the list on it, and his heart was dripping blood, he didn't expect that many of these people had made meritorious contributions, and two of them were officials who he planned to promote this time.
Guo Jun trembled with the list in his hand, and said, "Master Hou, are these people confirmed?"
The old marquis sighed and said, "After many interrogations, many people have confessed to verification, it can't be wrong, Your Majesty is also very sad, if it is inconvenient for you to do it, I will do it, I will bring the holy decree."
After a long while, Guo Jun said in a hoarse voice, "I'll do it, after all, it's my problem, I'll find an excuse to call them all to Tianyun City, and take them down when the time comes."
Speaking of this, Guo Jun paused for a while, "I will go to Beijing with Hou Ye to ask for guilt" Guo Jun, as the governor of Yunzhou, it is impossible to have no responsibility, at least a dereliction of duty is inevitable.