Chapter 256: Arrest of the Prisoner
"The rest?" Li Yunxing shook his head.
"The most important purpose of this trip to the palace is to establish majesty among the soldiers of the southeast battalion, and it would be best if you could find a few shadows. This trip is indeed cautious, but the main palace must go. ”
Li Yunxing's eyes were deep and his tone was firm.
Now that the situation in the court is chaotic and there are all kinds of constraints, he must minimize them.
Moreover, the Liu family has been entrenched in the southeast for too long, if Li Yunxing continues to let it go, I am afraid that it will really raise tigers in the end.
Li Yunxing's march to the south this time was different from any previous time he left the palace.
Because he left the palace this time, it was not only to give military orders, but also to appease the army and stabilize the situation in the southeast. Even if the government and the opposition have doubts, there is nothing they can do.
Although he is the prince, he is still just a piece of fat in the eyes of many families in the southeast.
Li Yunxing needs to show his authority as the crown prince through this trip, as well as the restraint on them, so that they don't dare to act rashly!
Although Liu Zhongqing didn't want to follow Li Yunxing south, he was hindered by the prince's instructions, so he had to go to the southeast camp.
He originally planned to let Liu Chen drag on in the southeast camp for another ten days, wait until the Xiongnu army pressed the border, and then put pressure on the crown prince to support the second prince to ascend the throne.
But as a result, Liu Zhongqing also had to change his strategy.
Fortunately, there are still some people available in the capital, since Li Yunxing is leaving the capital.
It happened to be the time when Liu Zhongqing could change the sky in the capital.
Last night, he had already written a secret letter, informing Lu Shen that the time had come, and asked him to be prepared to deal with it, and when Li Yunxing left the capital, he could take the opportunity to attack.
This political struggle has always been cruel, Liu Zhongqing is not a pedantic civil official, he will not care about any comradeship, but will choose to step on a bed bug at the most critical time.
Liu Zhongqing's plan was very thorough, and after they left the city, they sent people to Yang Tinghe Mansion to raid their homes.
After the raid, Yang Tinghe and the people left behind were all sent to the Tingwei Mansion, and handed over to the Tingwei Mansion for unified interrogation, and before Li Yunxing returned to the capital, he must get Yang Tinghe's confession and execute him secretly.
In this way, the prince's important eyes and ears in the capital can get rid of one!
This series of plans is all designed for Yang Tinghe.
After the death of Yang Tinghe, the financial power of the DPRK and China will definitely fall, and now the crown prince Li Yunxing has no one available, so he can only be included in Liu Zhongqing's pocket.
What's more, this Yang Tinghe was recommended by Li Yunxing, which further confirmed the prince's reputation for forming a party for personal gain.
In the west of the capital, the Yang family's small house.
Dozens of officials from the Imperial Governor's Mansion surrounded a small courtyard house.
Today, Yang Tinghe went to Sinong Temple before dawn, because the two countries were at war recently, worried that the war was tight and the treasury was not sufficient, Yang Tinghe also racked his brains to find a way to raise money and materials to support the war.
With a "bang", the courtyard door of the Yang family's small mansion was kicked open by the official.
An old housekeeper in the courtyard was cleaning the dust in the hall, and when he heard this voice, his cloudy eyes suddenly burst out, "Who dares to trespass on my Yang family?" ”
"The Tingwei Mansion received a report, and the Yang clan is greedy for military salaries, so I have come to check the accounts, and ask the Yang clan to cooperate with the investigation!" The official who took the lead shouted loudly.
Where did he come from the Yang clan, Yang Tinghe is a native of Jingzhou, his parents died, he never married a wife and had children, and he was the only one left in the entire Yang family.
What's more, he has been a breeze on his sleeves since Jingzhou, and the entire mansion is only two wings, one for himself and one for the old housekeeper.
This old housekeeper is also an old man who followed him to the capital from Jingzhou, and he is now more than sixty years old. If it weren't for the fear that Yang Tinghe and his life would be difficult in the capital, he would have resigned and returned to his hometown.
When the old butler heard this, his face turned pale.
"No way, don't slander good people!" The old butler shouted angrily.
Although he hadn't read much, he had a lot of backbone.
If he believes that Yang Tinghe will betray the court to bend the law for bribes, he would rather commit suicide by hitting the wall!
At this time, Yan Ziping, the left supervisor of the Tingwei Mansion who came with the official messenger, walked in, "Is it true, you don't count." What's more, our Tingwei Mansion is also acting on the orders of the crown prince, where can you allow one of your subordinates to put a beak here?! ”
Butler Yang shook his body when he heard this, prince? Didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just go out of the city today?
Seeing this, Yan Ziping sighed, "I know that you are loyal and righteous, but you should also understand His Royal Highness the Prince, now that the court is in difficulty, and the people are suffering, ......"
Butler Yang snorted coldly, "You don't want to slander good people, my Yang family will never do such a thing that violates conscience!" ”
Why did Yan Ziping have to argue with a sixty-year-old man here, as soon as he raised his wrist, he beckoned the official to come into the house and search.
Butler Yang tried his best to block it, but he couldn't defeat a few officials with thick shoulders and round waists.
After a few moments, there was a crackling sound in the room, which seemed to be accompanied by the crisp sound of porcelain breaking.
Before long, the house was in shambles.
"You guys! You are robbers and bandits! It just doesn't make sense! Yang Da Steward's beard trembled, and he pointed at this group of officials and scolded.
Yan Zi smiled indifferently: "You don't have to worry, we are just routine, and we won't damage the Yang Mansion in the slightest." ”
He said this with a high sound, but who didn't know that they were here to loot things?
After a while, there was a commotion in the backyard.
Immediately, several people carried out a huge wooden box from the well, and when the lid of the box was opened, a pile of gold, silver and jewels was revealed, shining brightly.
Now the old butler is also dumbfounded, this ...... He had never seen such a large box of jewels before, how could it be found in his own well?
Seeing this wooden box, Yan Ziping looked as if he had expected it, nodded and ordered someone to seal the box immediately and carry it to the Tingwei Mansion as evidence.
"What? What else do you have to say? ”
The old butler's hands trembled, and he was so frightened that he felt like he had a stroke, and half of his face stiffened.
His lips trembled, and he pounced on Yan Ziping, grabbing the corner of the other party's clothes with his hand and refusing to let go.
"You, you are deliberately framing!"
Yan Ziping didn't care about this, he directly raised his foot and kicked the old housekeeper to the ground.
"Come, take this thief away!"
"No, don't...... My lord is as incorruptible as water, how can he be corrupt! ”
"No, you don't count." Yan Zi smoothed the corners of his wrinkled clothes, and his brows were twisted into Sichuan characters, this old man didn't cry when he didn't see the coffin!
Yan Ziping waved his hand, and someone immediately stepped forward to pull the old man away.
"To bring him back to the Tingwei Mansion, you must let him tell how Yang Tinghe was corrupt." Yan Ziping looked at the old butler with an indifferent expression, as if the other party was already a dead man in his eyes.
"Others, follow me to Sinong Temple and arrest the prisoner Yang Tinghe!" Yan Ziping shouted.