Empress He also knew the current affairs and did not raise the bar, but just stroked Liu Xie's forehead with a smile, "Your Majesty, Ah Lan is indeed a loyal minister, and he should be rewarded well." ”

This can be regarded as the tacit understanding of the two strongmen, Hou Lan did not stop Queen He from protecting He Jin, and Queen He also gave up relatively profits, which is a win-win situation.

Emperor Ling of Han saw that several people spoke up for Hou Lan, and he was already a favored minister, and now he boldly delegated power to Hou Lan.

Then he said, "It's not easy for you, I promoted you to the Shaofu Shangshu Order, and the prince and the prince, and your Huangmen Order is still in possession." ”

"Ah Lan, this matter must be strictly investigated, and I will leave it to you, so that the group of unfamiliar poultry will know who is the master of this world."

"Do the Holy Commandment!" Hou Lan was overjoyed in his heart, and knelt down to thank him.

Emperor Han Ling finally added, "Uncle Guo is loyal to me, so I don't need to check it anymore, but there is still the crime of negligence." ”

This is equivalent to defining the sex of He Jin, there is no treason, only dereliction of duty.

Looking at Hou Lan's reward, his titles are more important than the other.

Taifu is the prince, the status is higher than the third prince but no real power, this position is rare, it is the meaning of the prince's teacher, and it is generally the new emperor when he was young to find the most prestigious and virtuous person to take on.

And Shang Shuling's position is only a Jiuqing, not as good as the three dukes, but this is a position of real power, and it is the function of the royal family to manage private wealth and life affairs.

In layman's terms, it is to manage everything of the emperor, except for the military.

Hou Lan also walked at the peak of his life at this moment, in the past, he just relied on the emperor's favor, and used the identity of Huangmen Ling to overstep his authority to do Shang Shuling's affairs, and now he is already dealing with court politics above board.

After Hou Lan withdrew, his kind appearance and heart had been accumulated for a long time, and this day was about to change again.

Although the most important opponent now, He Jin, could not be defeated, it did not prevent Hou Lan from dealing with those guilty scholars.

When Hou Lan returned to Shaofu, the first thing he had to do was to replace the original Shangshuling and a few disobedient 'Liucao'.

Sun Ming had told him about this personnel issue before, and suggested that he use many poor students in order to increase his power and buy people's hearts, Hou Lan didn't dare to do it too blatantly before, he still hoped to cultivate from the existing system.

But after this incident, he finally understood that it was impossible for the Shi clan to submit to him, and he also began to drastically cut off many officials in important positions and install his own people, some of whom were recommended by Sun Ming.

Hou Lan issued a number of orders one after another, the first order was to raid the home of Sikong Lu Yu, one of the three dukes, he was already the first offender, they Fan Yang Lu Shi Lu Zhi was famous in the Eastern Han Dynasty for Confucianism, and was dismissed in the first party disaster.

Now it's Lu Yu's turn, his fate is much worse than Lu Zhi's, a major treason crime was charged on his head, he was sentenced to the Nine Clans, and the whole family was executed.

That Guangluxun Liu Ze ran fast, but his family was not so lucky, because he was a royal prince, he could not punish the nine clans, so he could only copy his family and send all his family members to the bitter cold land to do hard work.

And because He Jin was clean, he still couldn't be convicted before Liu Ze was caught, and Hou Ran was not in a hurry.

The rest of the Yingchuan Qi clan, the Chen clan, the Hedong Wei clan, and the Changshe Zhong clan were all deprived of all official positions, the leaders were imprisoned, and the rest of the clansmen were all distributed.

The number of middle and low-level officials who were disposed of was even more numerous, and for a time, families who were afraid of being implicated fled Luoyang overnight.

More people take the opportunity to sow discord, accuse each other of their enemies, or frame their superiors, etc., so that everyone in Luoyang is in danger and suspicious of each other, no one knows that the person who is still talking and laughing with you will denounce you in the next second.

For a while, the whole Luoyang chickens and dogs jumped, and everywhere you could see the servants or guards arresting people and raiding the house, and the aristocratic lords who were still high up a few days ago turned their heads and their homes were copied.

In the past few days, Sun Ming has stayed in the mansion very honestly, refusing all visitors, and going to the Hou Mansion to meet Hou Yu when he has time, because the timing is not good, they have also postponed the plan to go on an outing.

It is worth mentioning here that the Xun family, known as the 'Xun's Eight Dragons', is fine, and the Sima family, known as 'Sima Bada' in the future, is also fine.

The Xun family is simply not to die, and it belongs to a clear stream that has the ability but does not participate in the power struggle, of course, after the new head of the family takes office.

After Xun Shuang, the old master of Luoyang, was suppressed, his eighth brother Xun Yang inherited the Luoyang family business, although he was also talented, but unlike the pedantic old-fashioned faction, he was unwilling to participate in anything.

His heart is clearer than anything else, he knows that as long as Mingzhe protects himself, whether it is the eunuch wins, the relatives win, or even the scholars turn over and win, their Xun family can sit firmly in the seat.

Because the management of the government always needs people, it must be inseparable from their group of knowledgeable and capable people to be the backbone of the court.

Then why should their Xun family fight for that 'highest position', anyway, the Xun family has a good background, just be a real official honestly.

Hou Lan likes to see it like this, and he doesn't have much thought about doing things, but he Xun Yang was also promoted because of other people's downfall, and he was promoted to commonplace.

Xun Yang didn't thank Hou Lan for his promotion, so he directly made it clear, "My ability is here, anyway, whatever position you give me, I can, I am not afraid of high positions, and I am not afraid of low positions." ”

Sun Ming's residence has been busy in front of the door these days, and many families have come to seek Sun Ming's protection, and now no one in the entire Jingluo dares to report only two people, one Hou Lan, and one Sun Ming.

But Sun Ming is still very sober personally, and now he can't see any of them, and he can't let them enter the door, and after the guests and members of the major families leave invitations, they leave helplessly with gifts or something.

Hou Lan has been purging in the past few days, and this jumping out to reap the benefits is undoubtedly looking for death, so Sun Ming will not do such a stupid thing.

Sun Ming knows that in this case, the more you can't get carried away, the more you have to keep a low profile.

The visitor who couldn't be pushed away, Sima Tong came forward to refuse instead of Sun Ming, and this kind of thankless errand was what he had to share for Sun Ming as a minister.

That night, Sima Feng, the current head of the Sima family, came to visit in person, and he deliberately chose this kind of time when no one came.

There was also a tied Sima Ye behind him.

Sima attack the word Qida, is Sima Fang's brother, and is also Sima Tong's uncle, with a good appearance, which is somewhat similar to Sima Tong.

Sima Attack seems to be a bit like a dark version of Sima Tong, he is dignified and generous on the surface, erudite and ancient, he was strategic when he was a teenager, and often chatted with scholars, but in fact, he has always looked down on that group of sour Confucians in his heart.

Sima Feng knocked on the door of Sun Ming's mansion, and the doorman inside leaked a gap, and said, "My general said, I don't see anyone, you can go back quickly." ”

After that, he didn't wait for a reply, but closed the door.

Sima Feng hurriedly said, "Wait, I am Sima Yada's Shibo Sima Zheng, please go in and find Yada." ”

stepped forward and stuffed some copper coins to the doorman, the doorman took the money, and when he heard that he was looking for Sima Tong, he didn't dare to slack off, put the money into his cuffs, and went in to report.

After a while, the door opened again, and Sima Tong walked out of it, bowed first, and said, "Uncle Attack is still visiting so late?" ”

Sima Raider smiled bitterly, "Yada, your house has never stopped people since noon, and Shibo doesn't want you to be difficult." ”