Everything was as Xiao Chen expected, that afternoon, Lin Han and Shi Mingtao were all imprisoned, and they were still high-level Jinyi Wei Zhao Prison.

Although Shi Mingtao has no official status, because it is a case that the emperor ordered to investigate personally, he can be regarded as a prisoner.

But the two of them had a good life in Zhao Prison, Xiao Chen had already greeted them in advance, and both of them knew it in their hearts, so they ate well and slept well.

Compared with the crimes of other relatives, Li Hong and Liu Wenzheng participated in their trivialities, for example, Lin Han relied on his identity as a relative, so he was very arrogant and rude, not only against his boss, but also against Li Feng's prince.

In Jiangdong, he did not get along well with local officials, and many officials had participated in him.

He even led troops to break into the yamen of Governor Lin Dongyang, pointing fingers at Lin Dongyang, and speaking loudly, although the argument was about official affairs, but his arrogance and arrogance and rudeness can be seen.

Shi Mingtao's sin is even more obvious, that is, relying on the identity of the queen mother's nephew to engage in illegal smuggling, I heard that he has business dealings with Dongying, Burma, Siam, Northern Xinjiang, Rus, and even Western countries.

But our Great Zhou explicitly ordered that overseas trade was not allowed, and he was perverse and committed a crime against the wind, and he must be severely punished to set an example!

Although the sin was not worth mentioning at all, both Li Hong and Liu Wenzheng suggested that he be publicly beheaded in order to appease public anger...... It's obviously too heavy.

If both of them have to be punished for this little crime, then the other relatives collude with foreign countries, contact foreign countries, form private parties, secretly raise armoured soldiers, interfere in places, and withhold money and food...... How to sentence the grave crime of waiting?

You can't peel the skin of daylily, cut it with a thousand knives, and divide the corpse of five horses?

As a relative, Li Wanjiang naturally couldn't bear it, so after listening to the advice of Zhu Xiaochuan and others, he immediately summoned several confidant ministers, including Xiao Chen, to come to the meeting, saying that it was a discussion, but he stood with his hands in his hands and was silent for a long time.

He didn't speak, and the big guy couldn't speak, and there was a deathly silence in the Diligent Palace.

"I feel that although they have too much power in the local area, they are still loyal to me, just like Xiao Chen, who is also the governor in power, I may be able to do his own thing in Yanyun, but Xiao Chen's loyalty to me has not wavered in the slightest." Li Wanjiang didn't open his mouth for a long time, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he shocked Xiao Chen.

I said, "Why did you call the court meeting and find me?"

So they wanted to take advantage of me.

While not cleaning up my relatives, I will clean up my master by the way, right?

It shouldn't be, he Li Wanjiang doesn't have that much courage! You dare to arrest the master today, tomorrow the old man, Zhuge Xiaosheng, Dugulou, and Yan Pingqiu will dare to rebel directly and go south!

Why do you still want to recover Yizhou? Believe it or not, the master's brother and second brother will give you a north-south attack, and the flowers will bloom on both sides?

But having said that, I was still a little apprehensive after all.

"Your Majesty, the sin of a foreign relative's is not in dictatorship, but in forming a party." Zhu Xiaochuan pointed out the biggest danger of his relatives in the first war.

"Well, but despite this, their crimes are not obvious, and the Queen Mother has just become a Buddha, I want to save some face for them, what do you think Aiqing?"

As soon as Li Wanjiang's words came out, Xiao Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it seems that Li Wanjiang is just using himself as a small example, but he doesn't plan to clean himself up, otherwise he will never easily turn the conversation away.

"Your Majesty, when their crimes are revealed, it will be a rebellion!" Since it's none of his business, Xiao Chen must say something that the emperor likes to hear.

"Aiqing's words are not too much?" Li Wanjiang expressed surprise, "I thought it wasn't enough. ”

"Your Majesty, prevention is better than making amends." Wang Anbang also spoke, and what he said was even more serious.

"What's more, it's a big trouble! The hundred officials in their fiefdom now only know that they have relatives, but they don't know that there is an emperor, because the appointment and election of the local hundred officials are all decided by themselves, and the selected list cannot be interfered with by our officials! Like this, the country will be the country? Will you be a gentleman? ”

"Especially the generals who sit in the local area, the generals under their command are all their confidants, and even more, they don't listen to the announcement! Our military department ordered them to come to Beijing several times to report on their work, but they refused for various reasons, and only sent a few deputy generals to deal with the matter, such as the last time the military department summoned Qin Gang to Beijing, he only sent Yu Feihu. ”

Lu Jing also seriously pointed out the disadvantages of his relatives leading troops, and gave examples.

The edicts of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War represent the emperor, and they do not listen to the dispatch of the two departments, that is, they do not respect the will of the emperor, so the crime of resisting the decree and disrespecting them is enough to kill them all!

In fact, they can only kill their heads, and they will kill all of them, and if they can't be cleaned up this time, there will be disasters in the future.

Because as long as you kill one of your relatives, your majesty, all your relatives will become frightened birds, do you know where they will fly?

Now that the Queen Mother is dead, these birds have all taken the initiative to throw themselves into the net, so they must be caught in one net, and one must not be spared!

What exile, what dismissal, what cuts are all nonsense, and the symptoms are not the root cause.

After the death of the Queen Mother, Wu Zhong, the commander of the Nine Gates, was already under martial law in the whole city, and everyone was only allowed to enter, not to go out, let alone people, not even a bird could fly out.

So the news of the Queen Mother's death has not yet spread, which leaves us with considerable leeway, and now is the time to do it.

Otherwise, once the news leaks out, you will miss the best time, and then clean it up, but it will be half the effort.

"Alas...... How did it come to this? Sure enough, the words of the Queen Mother who taught me at the beginning are the truth, it is easy to fight the country, it is difficult to sit on the country, it is really difficult for me! Li Wanjiang let out a long sigh and looked at everyone almost pleadingly, "No matter what, the Aiqing people must always leave a few relatives for me, right?" This is tantamount to making a decision.

"Although the emperor is the Son of Heaven, he also has flesh and blood affection." Chen Wenqi said, "Although it is a righteous annihilation, it cannot be generalized, like Shi Mingtao and others, although there are mistakes, there are extenuating circumstances, their hearts can be punished, and their people can be forgiven." ”

"There is also Lin Han, although he is a Jiangdong general, he is not involved in forming a party for personal gain, and he has very little contact with other relatives, like him, the emperor can forgive one or two at his discretion, thunder and rain and dew, all are the emperor's favor." Wang Anbang said.

"Speaking of Lin Han, the minister is about to invite the emperor, although this person is arrogant, but he has the ability to lead the troops, and the prince of Zhongcheng also admires him very much, and a few days ago he sent someone to ask me for him, wanting him to go out with the army and make meritorious contributions, and the minister thinks it's okay." Lu Jing said.

"Then remove all of Lin Han's titles, let him fight Wanyun as a soldier, if he can make any contributions, it will not be too late to activate it, as for Shi Mingtao, although the death penalty can be avoided, the living crime is inescapable, his house was raided, and all his belongings were confiscated...... Leave him a house. Li Wanjiang readily agreed.