After Ruan Jin came back from the palace, he fell ill and collapsed in bed, not only unable to receive guests, but even unable to take care of himself.

When his eldest son, Ruan Jun, heard the bad news, he hurried home, and when he looked at his father, who had lost weight overnight, he immediately became sad, knelt beside his father's bed, and said in a lost voice, "Father, why did you become like this?"

"I brought it all upon myself." Ruan Jin kept coughing, and his big calloused hands gently caressed Ruan Jun's cheeks, and he said remorsefully: "Regret not at the beginning, if I had rejected your second uncle's money and persuaded him to stop, our Ruan family would not have fallen to the land it is today."

As he spoke, he looked at his son and said, "I'm only worried that it will affect you, if you are also involved, my Ruan family will be completely finished."

Ruan Jun just sobbed quietly, not knowing what to say, Ruan Jin then asked, "Is there something about me outside? I'm swaggering through the streets, and I'm afraid everyone will laugh at me!"

Ruan Jun looked at his father's appearance with pity, he couldn't bear to tell the truth, but in the face of his father's eyes, he still said, "It's true that there are rumors of your behavior yesterday, but most of them are lamenting the scars on your body and guessing your intentions."

"Hah, I'm scarred." Ruan Jin chuckled, he stroked his body through the quilt, and said, "I, Ruan Jin, are all scarred from the battlefield, and the title of the Duke of Liao is also shot by me, but unfortunately my title of the Duke of Liao cannot be passed on."

"Father, what the hell is going on?" Ruan Jun didn't know the reason, he was still confused, he only knew that Ruan Jin was demoted in front of the emperor, and he didn't know what happened, although Ruan Jin didn't want to involve his son, but in the face of his constant questioning, Ruan Jin still told him what he had done.

When Ruan Jun heard this, he was also silent, and only after a while did he sigh and say, "Father, you are confused! There are only fourteen of my lords in Great Xia, and my family has no shortage of power and money, so why do you want to do this thing that is easy to keep people in control?"

Ruan Jin was speechless in shame, Ruan Jun couldn't continue to talk about him when he saw this, so he could only take care of his bedridden father while thinking about how to get through this difficulty, fortunately, his position as the commander of the Jinwu avant-garde was not removed, which shows that things still have a turn for the better, and the Son of Heaven should not really want to kill them.

Ruan Jin fell ill, and there was a lot of discussion in the court, especially the officials of the Zhoushan Party were even more fluctuating, and everyone was in danger, and now their backbone Wu Zhongluan returned to his hometown, and Ruan Jin, the Duke of Liao, was dismissed from the post of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War by the Son of Heaven on the grounds of disgrace in front of the emperor, and was confined to the family, and the only pillar was the same old Ministry of Industry Shangshu Zhu Yongyou.

However, Zhu Yongyou is an upright person, and if he discusses Ruan Mei's related cases, he is afraid that he will be scolded by him, and these officials will suddenly be a little nerve-wracking.

Su Yan ignored the thoughts of those officials, and under his instruction, Lian Chengbi publicly took out those paper files at the court meeting, asking the court to investigate strictly, Su Yan pretended to be angry, and roared: "This is my humerus minister, Great Xia has only been established for 20 years, and corrupt officials dare to be so rampant, if I wait for a hundred years later, won't I have to repeat the mistakes of corruption in the previous Ming Dynasty?"

"Your Majesty is angry, and the ministers don't dare."

All the officials were shocked, and they all knelt down, shouting in their mouths.

Su Yan sneered and said, "Don't dare? You don't dare in your mouth, secretly I'm only afraid that one is more daring than the other, I learned the lesson that the former Ming Dynasty was too low and the hundred officials had to be greedy, and implemented a high-salary and incorruptible government, but I didn't expect that this could not satisfy your appetite, do you have to follow the example of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty to kill, peel the skin and fill the grass, and kill people's heads, you really don't dare?!"

When all the officials heard this, they all thought of the bloody records of the early Ming Dynasty and the tragic situation of the officials at that time, and their backs couldn't help but be wet with cold sweat, and they didn't dare to speak, for fear of angering the emperor and becoming the first victim.

Seeing this, Su Yan knew that the effect had been achieved, so he snorted coldly again, and directly named a person, and said, "Where is Fan Zhengen, the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

"The minister is here." Fan

Jeong-eun got up and said.

"The local government colluded with the Jiangning Mansion, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate did not respond, which is a dereliction of duty, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will be fined for one year, and from now on, all provincial inspectors and imperial historians will need to inspect the local government, and work with the provincial inspectors to inspect local maladministration, punish unjudicial officials, and return the clarity of government affairs, and make up for the mistakes, and must not be lax."

"Obey!" Fan Zhengen was aggrieved in his heart, and he was punished for a year for some reason, but he could only agree, not only could not complain, but also showed his gratitude to Dade.

After the court meeting, the officials left the palace in twos and threes, discussing this matter, Ruan Jin's experience made those officials involved in the case a little uneasy, Pingguo Gong Zhou Hezhi walked to the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion of the Navy Army, but his heart was reminded of the clansmen in his hometown who often swaggered through the city under his banner, he gave Ruan Jin gifts to wipe their butts several times, if he was found out, his career would be over.

Just when Zhou Hezhi was thinking in his heart, Zeng Wenxiao, the military selection division of the military department who was good friends with him, walked up to him and gently touched Zhou Hezhi, who was thinking, and pulled his consciousness back to reality.

"Ping Guogong, what are you thinking?" Zeng Wenxiao saw that he was uneasy and asked.

Zhou Hezhi didn't want to tell others about it, he only shook his head and didn't answer, Zeng Wenxiao also sighed, and said: "In my opinion, the Duke of Liao is only afraid that it is not as simple as the loss of honor in front of the emperor, he followed the example of Qin Lian yesterday and walked through the streets and alleys, there must be something else hidden, but I don't know what he said to the Son of Heaven after entering the palace."

Zhou Hezhi glanced at him and felt that Zeng Wenxiao had something to say, so he asked, "Zeng Langzhong has any conjectures?"

"It's just unfounded arbitrariness." Zeng Wenxiao first stacked a layer of buff on himself, and then said: "The younger brother of the Duke of Liao is the core figure in this case, and the Guild of Liao Guo chose to ask for the guilt to see His Majesty with such fanfare at this time, in my opinion, nine times out of ten he took the initiative to ask His Majesty for his guilt, hoping to exchange for His Majesty's leniency, His Majesty did not order the Jinyi Guard or the Three Law Divisions to take him away, but just grounded him on the grounds that the imperial pre-cede was not light, or it was ......

"What is it?" Zhou Hezhi saw that he was out of action halfway through his speech, and hurriedly asked.

Zeng Wenxiao stopped, stared at Zhou Hezhi's face, and said, "Or maybe he took the initiative to confess to the person involved in exchange for His Majesty's extrajudicial mercy."

"No way, absolutely impossible." Zhou Hezhi's face immediately sank, and he refuted the other party's words with a straight face: "He can still fight firmly with us even when the situation is in a downturn to resist the Qing Dynasty, how can he betray us at this time? Don't say that again, or you won't blame me for being ruthless."

Zeng Wenxiao expected his reaction, he closed his mouth and said no more, and after the two of them walked forward for a distance with their own thoughts, Zhou Hezhi just wanted to say something, but a group of people came from the front, all of whom were wearing flying fish suits, and stopped the two of them.

Zhou Hezhi looked at their clothes, and thousands of possibilities suddenly flashed in his mind, and the person in charge glanced at them expressionlessly, sneered, and said, "Ping Guogong and Zeng Langzhong are here, just right, let's go one more trip to the province."

"What do you mean?" Zhou Hezhi's face changed drastically, and he asked rhetorically.

But the other party ignored him, and only said to himself: "At the behest of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Zhou Hezhi, the Duke of Pingguo, connived at the children of the shield clan to oppress the good, bribed the court officials, and locked him in brocade clothes to the Imperial Prison, and handed over to the Three Law Divisions for trial on the same day."

When his words fell, Zhou Hezhi only felt like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, his face instantly turned several shades white, the man was still continuing to announce the decree, and Zeng Wenxiao was taken down together, and those brocade guards with sabers at their waists immediately stepped forward and tied Zhou Hezhi, who was still in shock, with his hands behind his back, Zhou Hezhi subconsciously wanted to resist, but found that the strength of those two people was so great that even if he was a fierce general on the battlefield, he couldn't break free.

"Please, two adults."

The Jinyi Wei Baihu sneered, and with a wave of his hand, the two of them were escorted to the edict by the Jinyi Guard, Zhou Hezhi's eyes inadvertently swept over the officials who were also going out, and found that many of them were also openly taken away by the Jinyi Guard, and for a while the shouts of injustice and angry reprimands were endless.

Numerous officials were killed

The news of Jinyiwei's removal spread far and wide, and soon spread to the Liaoguo Mansion, and after Ruan Jin, who was bedridden, heard about it, he became even more anxious, many of the officials who were taken away had the same interests as Ruan Mei, and they were all taken away, and it was probably not far from him.

Just when Ruan Jin was so anxious in his heart that he was almost about to sleep and eat, the people in the palace suddenly broke in in a hurry and reported to him, "Master, someone from the palace has come, and they have brought His Majesty's message."

"Your Majesty's Message?!"

Ruan Jin was shocked, struggling to get up from the bed, the next person hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and walked to the courtyard with difficulty, the eunuch in palace clothes was already waiting in the courtyard, and Ruan Jun was talking something, after Ruan came in and out, he was afraid in his heart and knelt directly on the ground without saying a word.

Seeing this, the eunuch didn't talk nonsense, and said crisply: "According to Your Majesty's instructions, Ruan Jin, the Duke of Liao, has failed the emperor's trust and is in the same stream as the corrupt people, and should be severely punished, but he will be severely punished for his hard work and high achievements, and he will be born and died for the country, and he will be dealt with lightly as appropriate, removed from all official positions, and only retain the title of Duke of the country, and be fined for one year, and the embezzled money will be confiscated, and if there is a next time, he will be severely punished."

As soon as his words fell, he saw Ruan Jin's face overjoyed, and he shouted long live, his body began to tremble uncontrollably because he was too excited, and Ruan Jun on the side hurriedly stepped forward to help him up.

After Ruan Jin stood up, the eunuch kept his mission in mind, and he said indifferently: "The miscellaneous family has something to say to the Duke of Liao, so let's step back for the time being."

Although Ruan Jin was puzzled, he still motioned for Ruan Jun and the people in the palace to leave, and after there were only the two of them in the courtyard, the eunuch walked up to Ruan Jin and said softly: "Liao Guogong, the reason why you can handle it lightly this time, do you know why?"

"Why?" Although Ruan Jin is a big boss, he is still vaguely aware of something in the face of the current situation.

"Thanks to His Royal Highness the Prince's forgiveness." The eunuch said, bowed his hand to the sky slightly, and told Ruan Jin that it was the crown prince who persuaded the emperor several times to recite Ruan Jin's past military exploits on the battlefield, and to deal with him lightly as appropriate, so that His Majesty would let him go lightly, but just dismiss his official and let him hand over all the money, so that he could stay at home and live for the rest of his life.

If it weren't for the prince's persuasion, with the emperor's plan, his Ruan family would have to be sent to the Three Law Divisions for trial, even if he Ruan said that Ruan Jun didn't know anything, Jinyiwei would have turned his bottom upside down.

After listening to the eunuch's words, Ruan Jin's gratitude to the prince in his heart was naturally indescribable, and he sighed again and again that the prince was really lenient, and at the same time, he was glad that he was born and died on the battlefield when he was young and made great achievements, otherwise, he would definitely be taken away in public like those colleagues.

The eunuch then left the Liao State Mansion, Ruan Jun returned to his father's side, he wanted to find out what the eunuch and his father had just said, but Ruan Jin did not retell it all, but just told Ruan Jun that His Royal Highness the Prince was kind to their Ruan family, and when the prince ascended the throne, Ruan Jun must be loyal to the prince and not let down the prince's kindness to their family.

Although Ruan Jun was puzzled in his heart, he still agreed again and again, and swore to his father that he would definitely follow the prince with all his heart in the future.

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On the other hand, the will of the imperial court was soon sent to the provinces along with the extensive post station system, and the inspectors and envoys of the provinces did not dare to slack off on this matter, and took action one after another to increase the supervision of officials at all levels in their jurisdictions.

And for those local officials and nobles involved in the case, the imperial court did not tolerate it, and for several days in a row, Jinyi Wei Ti rode away from the gates of Jiangning Mansion, or crossed the Yangtze River by boat and headed north.

Hebei Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, Beiping Mansion, Jiading Bo Mansion.

Jiading Bo Yang Chengzu did not know that a catastrophe was coming, he had already dismissed all the slaves and concubines who had been robbed in the palace, and gave them a large amount of hush money to ensure that they would not run out to sue him again.

He thought that this would be foolproof, and after a few days of nervousness, he was back to living a happy life.

On this day, he was inspecting the barracks in Beiping City, and was about to go back to his house to rest after completing today's inspection work, but just as he was talking to a group of officers, there was a sudden sound outside

There was a jumble of horses' hooves and a tumult.

When Yang Chengzu heard these movements, his face suddenly became a little unsightly, the battalion ordered that horses were not allowed, how could anyone dare to openly violate military regulations under his nose.

Dissatisfied, Yang Chengzu led everyone to the source of the noise, and saw a team of Jinyi guards openly breaking into the barracks, led by the Jinyi guards Baihu looked at the soldiers surrounding him, held up the token, and shouted:

"Beizhen Fusi handled the case, and on the order of the Son of Heaven, arrested Jiading Bo Yang Chengzu, if there is anyone who obstructs it, he will be killed!"