At this moment, Zhong Hui was also silent like the rest of the ministers.

In the hearts of the ministers, there will definitely be problems with this autumn harvest.

After all, the emperor is arbitrary, the traitors are in charge, the loyal and good are persecuted, and the scholars are tortured, this is simply the worst situation, in such a situation, what can go smoothly?

Well, the autumn harvest is a problem, or a big problem.

After the emperor's angry slaughter, food revenues increased.

The ministers all knew that the problem of corruption in the local area was very serious, but they did not expect it to be so serious.

Can this all be improved?

What to say now?

Although traitors are in power, loyal and good people are persecuted, and the people are struggling to make a living, the grain output has increased.

This almost smashes the faces of the ministers and scholars.

Although they were the emperor's henchmen, they also felt some hot pain on their faces at the moment.

Zhong Hui was the first to react, he looked up and laughed, pointed in the direction of the palace, and then pointed at himself.

"There are saints and virtuous ministers in the world, and a good harvest after the autumn is not a matter of course?"

The ministers reacted and nodded hurriedly.

"That's right."

As long as they take the credit for the autumn harvest as their own, then it is naturally okay, but they absolutely can't, let this credit be counted on He Zeng's head.

Otherwise, He Zeng will kill even harder in the future.

He Zeng is now the most ferocious eagle dog around the emperor, seeing who bites whom, taking the emperor as his backer, no matter what family or imperial faction you are, it is absolutely unambiguous to be caught.

This gave the ministers a headache.

At this moment, several Shangshu seemed to have just seen Biqiu Jian, and they all became enthusiastic and hurriedly greeted each other.

Biqiu Jian responded to them, but he was definitely not too enthusiastic.

Knowing that Biqiu Jian was coming, Wang Chang, Chen Tai, and Xun Yi, the three Shangshutai bigwigs, also came to visit.

Seeing Wang Chang, Biqiu Jian was finally the first to bow and greet him.

Wang Chang is still very popular with these generals.

Wang Chang was very happy with his arrival, and gathered many officials from Shangshutai to welcome the famous general.

When everyone sat down, Wang Chang took the lead in speaking, asked about the situation in Huainan, and praised the affairs of Yangzhou.

"I've seen it, this year's grain can be improved so much, and it has a lot to do with Yangzhou, Yangzhou's grain output has skyrocketed this year, which is enough to see the general's ability to govern!"

Biqiu Jian hurriedly replied, "This is because of Your Majesty's kindness. ”

"Previously, His Majesty sent people to send many new tools to Huainan for me to use on a large scale, which has greatly improved Huainan's grain, and by next year, the grain output will definitely increase even more."

Hearing this, several Shangshu's eyes lit up.

"The general governs the government well, but this is also because of the coincidence, there are people like Ma Gong in the world, which is the reason for the harvest after the autumn."

It was as if they had found a plausible explanation for themselves.

Biqiu Jian didn't say anything more.

Xun Yi listened to everyone's words, and couldn't help it at the moment, and said: "General, can you please give advice in front of Your Majesty, how can you deceive people too much to the point where they can't be cured!" ”

Biqiu Jian said calmly: "I am a foreign general, and I don't know about the affairs of the temple. ”

"He Zeng even dared to catch the Shangshu, and His Majesty didn't listen to our advice, if you didn't advise, we wouldn't even be able to make up the six Shangshu!"

Biqiu Jian was a little surprised, "Catch Shangshu?" ”

It's hard to say about the rest of the temple, but a few Shangshutai scholars are all the emperor's confidants, how dare they do it to them?

Xun Yi said slowly: "Pei Xiu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was just arrested by He Zeng a few days ago."

Biqiu Jian frowned, he knew why Xun Yi was looking for him.

Because Pei Xiu was recommended by Biqiu Jian.

"What crime?"

"There is no crime at all, it is just that I went to the court late because of the dismissal of the night before"

Originally, the Imperial Historical Observatory only had the power to supervise, but did not have the power to take people.

However, He Zeng changed this model, and he set up a prison in the Imperial History Tower, which was not in line with the temple's decree at all, but the people who played the impeachment were arrested by He Zeng.

The officials of the Wei and Jin dynasties were accustomed to being casual, lawless, and pretentious, and under the impact of He Zeng, they quickly regained themselves and became sober.

I didn't dare to come to He Zeng to make trouble again.

He Zeng really could kill.

After Wang Rong was arrested, He Zeng went to the table to impeach Wang Rong for disobedience and murder of his father, and demanded that he be punished.

Wang Rong's father died.

Wang Hun, the former assassin of Liangzhou, was not in good health, and when he learned about his son, he suddenly fell ill and died on the way back to Luoyang.

Just when everyone thought that Wang Rong's crime could be removed and let him visit his father, He Zeng played a song, believing that Wang Rong's death was due to Wang Rong, and Wang Rong's behavior was equivalent to killing his father, and should be punished according to the crime of killing his father.

This made the ministers unbelievable.

And Wang Rong is of the same clan as Wang Xiang, if he is punished by the three clans, there will be a lot of people involved, and many big clans have a marriage relationship with them.

The ministers were extremely frightened.

The panic of the ministers was not over, and Pei Xiu was arrested again.

At this moment, Pei Xiu was standing in the cell, staring at Guo Zhi who was standing outside very solemnly.

Several dogs of the Guo family were sent to He Zeng's command, and they formed an alliance of thieves.

Guo Zhi is now serving as the middle of the imperial history, and he cooperates very well with He Zeng, mutilating innocent people, which is outrageous.

"I am not guilty, if I miss a major matter, you can pay it back with your life."

Pei Xiu's eyes were displeased.

Some time ago, he felt upset because of too much government affairs, so he found a time, closed the door, and dispersed in the mansion to relieve his fatigue.

It's just that I didn't expect that because of this incident, I delayed the next day's business and went half an hour late.

Then, he was caught here.

Pei Xiu was very unconvinced.

When will you be able to arrest people again? You can only impeach, and you have to let Shangshutai's criminal department or court lieutenant come to arrest people, besides, you just delayed some time, and you didn't miss the important thing, why is this so?

Guo Zhi stared at Pei Xiu in front of him, and said with a sneer: "The big thing you said is a big thing that followed Tao Qiu to rebel, right?" ”

"I heard that you are dissatisfied with the temple's disposal of Tao Qiuyi, so you neglect government affairs, so it seems that you are the same party that Tao Qiuyi has never been arrested?!"

Pei Xiuren was shocked.

"Bloody mouth!!"

"I've never had any contact with Tao Qiu, how could I be his comrade?!"

Guo Zhi ignored his explanation and said:

"Then why are you deliberately neglecting?"

"We already have evidence that you've contacted Tao Qiuyi!"

"Don't deny it!"

Guo Zhi immediately took out his own evidence, and he showed the letter to Pei Xiu in front of him.

"In February of the sixth year of Jiaping, Tao Qiuyi once played to curb the horse merchants in the state and not to sell horses to Huai, at that time, Ling agreed and dared to say that you are not Tao Qiuyi's fellow party ??!"

Pei Xiu's face turned red.

"You might as well just say that I have a word in my name, but I am Tao Qiuyi's comrade!"

Guo Zhi put down the letter with a smile, "It's good for you to confess, you can't get out of it anyway." ”

"He Gong has an order, there are too many sinners piled up in the prison, and there is no need to wait for the autumn queen, and they can be executed after asking about the crime."

"Whether you admit it or not, after ten days, you will be dragged out and executed, as well as your people"

"Come on, prepare some more scattering for Pei Gong, so that he can enjoy it before leaving!"

Guo Zhi gave the order, and then turned around and left the place.

Pei Xiu's face was dazed.

In the following days, Pei Xiu's treatment took a sharp turn for the worse, and he began to be imprisoned with those who were about to be executed, and every day those who were corrupt and perverted the law were taken out and executed.

Pei Xiu could still keep calm, thinking that as His Majesty's confidant and important minister of the temple, He Zeng should not dare to attack him, but seeing the continuous decrease in the number of people around him, and the time when officials reminded him, he finally couldn't bear it.

There was some fear in his heart, too.

Are these madmen really going to behead themselves for demonstration?!

Pei Xiu shouted that he wanted to write a letter to the people outside, but was ruthlessly rejected by these people who held him.

At this moment, in the Yushi Terrace, there are also people running for Pei Xiu's affairs.

"Xun Gong, save my brother! He is by no means a fellow party of Tao Qiuyi! ”

Pei Kai knelt in front of Xun Miao, his face full of despair.

Xun Miao's Youbei Mansion is under the name of Yushitai, and strictly speaking, Pei Kai is also an official of Yushitai.

Knowing that his brother was imprisoned, Pei Kai was very eager to rescue people.

However, although Pei Kai has a father who is a assassin, but in this temple, he is still soft-spoken, he looks for it, and finally targets his own chief official Xun Miao.

At this moment, Xun Miao was full of all kinds of letters in front of him, and he was quite busy.

Seeing Pei Kai like this, he couldn't help laughing.

"You've been reluctant to give up for the past few days, so it's for this."

Pei Kai was a little unhappy in his heart, you just don't help, and you shouldn't laugh so gloatingly, right?

Xun Miao waved his hand, "Your brother can't die, so take care of the things in your hands with peace of mind." ”

"But don't talk about this to the outside world, if you say half a word about it, then your brother will definitely die."

Seeing that Pei Kai was still very confused, Xun Miao didn't explain, "In a few days, you have to accompany me to Bingzhou, your current age is not enough to understand the major events of the temple." ”

"There are a lot of things you need to learn, if you want to become a minister who governs the world, you can't do it by being outstanding, you have to pay more attention to government affairs in the future, don't worry about it."

Xun Miao reprimanded a few words very unceremoniously, and then drove Pei Kai out.

These days, Xun Miao has been extremely low-key, and has always done his own thing, so he didn't get into any trouble.

Pei Xiu's experience, Xun Miao guessed it very early, His Majesty ordered the officials not to drink alcohol and disperse, you, as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, take the lead in dispersing, who will you do?

But it's not like you're going to kill him because of that.

Let's see if this guy can have a long memory.