Outside the Zhengyang Gate, Shopkeeper Liu stood motionless by the carriage, staring intently at the city gate with his eyes.

At this time, it has been more than half an hour since Jia Jue led Xue Pan into the palace, and there has been no news coming out, Shopkeeper Liu is very worried in his heart, of course, he is not worried about the personal safety of the two, he is worried about whether the emperor will admit that this matter is the credit of the Xue family.

He is not as simple as Xue Pan thought, he understands that once this matter is completed, it will also bring great trouble to the Xue family, and the Xue family will never be able to leave the protection of the Jia family in the future, and he can't help but think of what Xue Pan said, I hope it can be done!

Although it is not clear how much impact the contents of the box can have on the imperial court, but looking at the solemnity on Jia Jue's face, he knows that it is not trivial, there must be a lot of implication behind this, there is no impermeable wall in the world, once the Xue family gets the benefits, they will have to bear the corresponding consequences.

Jia Gui, who was standing next to him, pushed him, "Uncle Xue came out." ”

I saw Xue Pan walking out with a tray in both hands, and the shopkeeper Liu hurriedly stepped forward, but his eyes were staring at the tray, and there was a set of official uniforms in the tray.

Xue Pan: "Old shopkeeper, I saw Your Majesty, Your Majesty praised me for my loyalty, and rewarded me with a martial arts rank from the sixth grade, a martial cavalry captain." ”

As he spoke, he handed the tray to the Xue family servant on the side, and reached out to take out Emperor Tianyou's hand.

The shopkeeper Liu seemed to see a baby, and hurriedly dressed and bowed to him.

Frightened, Xue Pan hurriedly stretched out his hand to support him, "What is the old shopkeeper doing, if my mother knows, she will reprimand me again." ”

Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly wiped his hands on his body, and bowed in the direction of the palace, and then carefully took the edict of Emperor Tianyou from Xue Pan's hand, and looked at it with some nervousness.

"The Legend of the Fairy Tree"

Suddenly, Shopkeeper Liu remembered something and hurriedly asked, "What did Your Majesty say about those boxes of treasures?" ”

Xue Pan smiled bitterly and said: "I'll tell you the truth, I just walked into the study when I received His Majesty's reward, and I don't know anything else." ”

"This, this...."

Shopkeeper Liu was so shocked that he couldn't say a word, Jia Gui said: "How many officials below the third grade can't enter the study for a lifetime, Uncle Xue is lucky enough." ”

Shopkeeper Liu's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered a rumor in the market, God bless the emperor loves money, maybe this treasure will be swallowed by the emperor alone, then the Jia family is a bamboo basket to draw water, no, the Xue family still has to rely on the protection of the Jia family, not to mention bear all the losses, at least half of it is still needed, that is, it needs 300,000.

Thinking of this, Shopkeeper Liu was in a mess in his heart, he didn't know how to remind Xue Pan, once the 300,000 taels were out, the Xue family would definitely hurt their muscles and bones, what should they do later?

...........

In the upper study, Emperor Tianyou sat in front of the imperial eucalyptus and looked at Jia Jue with a smile.

There are dozens of books on the imperial eucalyptus in front of him, Emperor Tianyou carefully read it, the reason why he wants to take advantage of the military victory to rectify the border town, is to guess the corruption of the border town generals, fill their pockets, especially those border generals who take the path of civil officials, both want to be promoted, and have no military merits, can only bribe those civil officials, most of them are born in martial arts, the family background is not solid, can only eat empty salary, collusion with businessmen to smuggle and sell salt and iron tea, these are all expected by Emperor Tianyou, or rather, psychologically he can still accept.

This time, he appointed Wang Ziteng as the commander of the nine provinces for several reasons, one of which was to rectify the rule of officials and purge the officialdom of the border towns; due to the large power of civil officials, coupled with his long-term ignorance of the government and politics, the power of the military department was suppressed by the cabinet, and several border towns in the northwest have been in a state of loss of control over the years, and the military generals and local officials in the border towns have colluded with each other, run amok with corruption, poison the people, and even introduce local taxes without authorization.

For example, the 100,000 stone of disaster relief grain transported to Yan'an Mansion a while ago, according to the secret report sent back by the secret agent of Nanzhen Fusi, most of the disaster relief grain was not transported to Yan'an Mansion, and it was stripped layer by layer along the way, and in the end, less than 20,000 stone of grain arrived in the affected county.

The corruption of local officials can still be endured, but the corruption of the border town generals can not wait any longer, this time the luck is good, the alliance of the three clans is going to Xuanfu, if it is Yulin and other places, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will lose a large area of the northwest territory, if it is not for these evidences in front of him, how can Emperor Tianyou not think that the guards of Yulin and the local officials have already been bought by Zhu Houze, and these officials in the court, the dense list of bribe-takers makes him frightened, if he waits until Zhu Houze dominates the grassland, wave his army south, How can the border towns that have long been infiltrated into a sieve be blocked!

I can't say that in the end, Shenjing will stage a big drama to open the door to welcome the new emperor, just like Zhu Di attacked Jinling back then.

Jia Jue kept looking at Emperor Tianyou, and he couldn't help but whisper: "Your Majesty, this matter is not too late, you can't wait, you have to start early." ”

"There's no rush in this matter, they can't run."

Emperor Tianyou looked up at the sky outside the window, and smiled at Jia Jue again: "Tell me about you!" Why did you put the Xue family in the forefront? Could it be that you really fell in love with the girl of the Xue family? If so, I can give you a marriage, and I can also reward her with the status of a village lord or a county lord, as long as you open your mouth. ”

"This!"

Jia Jue's face flushed, and he hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty said that it was funny, the daughter of the Xue family has already signed up for next year's general election, and the minister does not dare to have such an idea." ”

Emperor Tianyou and Dai Quan were stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood, Emperor Tianyou couldn't help but laugh, at this time, Dai Quan said: "Uncle, the wife of the second room of the Rong Mansion has left the relationship, and the Xue family daughter will be brushed down in the first round after the beginning of spring." ”

Jia Jue didn't seem to care at all, and said warmly: "If there is a violation of the system in this matter, Manager Dai can be punished according to the system, and the Jia family will never cover it up." ”

Dai Quan was slightly stunned, but Emperor Tianyou smiled, and waved his hand, "Wang Ziteng has just left Beijing, and he still has to give face, so this matter is over." ”

Dai Quan had no choice but to reply, "Yes." ”

Emperor Tianyou's eyes glanced at the big boxes at the entrance of the hall again, he heard Dai Quan say, these boxes of treasures are worth seven or eight hundred thousand taels, he was distressed for a while, but he remembered the two batches of property sent by Jia Jue before, and his heart was a little balanced, after all, he took the big head, sat up straight, and said to Jia Jue: "You have done a good job, these boxes of property will be rewarded to you, you go out of the city immediately now, and transfer all the Ruishi battalions into the city." ”

"Yes!"

Jia Jue hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "What should I do over there in Yulin?" ”

Emperor Tianyou got up, walked slowly to the window with his hands behind his back, pushed open a slit, looked at the sunset outside, a murderous intent burst out of his eyes, and said: "When the troops were withdrawn, I left 5,000 cavalry from Jizhou and Shanhaiguan to Xiangyang Bo. ”

Jia Jue's Tong Kong shrank in an instant, and he slowly glanced at Emperor Tianyou, who was facing away from him, he didn't expect that the emperor had started the layout early, not counting the infantry army, just 20,000 elite horsemen could solve the useless Yulin Town.

.........

At the time of the third watch, Emperor Zhu Qinde personally commanded the purge, he ordered the forbidden army to block the city gates, and the military envoys rushed to the Yamen of Shuntianfu and the soldiers and horses with the emperor's edict, and strictly ordered them to guard the yamen and not go out, otherwise the Zhu tribe.

Jia Jue and Feng Tang each led the troops and horses of the headquarters to control the east and west cities, Liu Shulin, the secretary of the Dali Temple, and Huang Changrong, the left deputy of the Imperial Palace, and Gao Xin, the military department, were surrounded by regiments, Liu Shulin and Huang Changrong were captured, Gao Xin noticed the abnormality, and committed suicide by taking poison in advance.

Liu Shulin was killed 249 people, Huang Changrong was killed 131 people, the Gao family belonged to Xungui, the emperor remembered the merits of his ancestors, and only killed Gao Xin, a total of 73 people.

Not only these three, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have officials arrested, especially the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Huang Changrong and his line of officials were all punished, large and small more than 100 officials were arrested, among which there are many mainstays in the civil official group, at the beginning of the Chen, the first assistant of the cabinet Wen dialect, the second assistant Zhang Fu and others went to the Qianqing Palace to meet Emperor Tianyou, half an hour later, the news came out of the Qianqing Palace, Zhou Yang, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu, was removed from the post of Shangshu, I was ordered to go home and think about it behind closed doors, Zhu Wuxiang, the king of Shu, was temporarily in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Officials.

Just when everyone thought that the matter was over, another decree came out from the Qianqing Palace, and all officials involved in eucalyptus were beheaded for treason, and the family was convicted of the same crime.

This news caused an uproar in the Manchu Dynasty, under the watchful eyes of the people of Shenjing, everyone was escorted to the entrance of the vegetable market to be beheaded, and the high-ranking officials of the Ming Dynasty, who had infinite scenery, finally ended up with a dead family.

Six days later, Xiangyang Bo Wang Bin delivered a 600-mile urgent military report that the Datong border army had completely controlled Yulin Town, and all the prisoners were already on their way to Beijing. (That's an afterword!) ）