The autumn wind was rustling, and the emperor held a banquet to see off the second Mongolian prince.
During the banquet, the golden cups were overlapped and filled with nectar, and there was a peaceful dance. The officials of the DPRK and the central government sipped the wine in the cups and looked at the beauty in the spruce who danced barefoot in front of them.
Maybe there's going to be a war.
After that day, the purple chrysanthemum was born, the hibiscus withered, and the sky was like water. The Ministry of War has already prepared food and rations.
The moon is getting round and the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and dim sum shops in the capital have already placed all kinds of moon cakes.
Just when all the restaurants, brothel Chu halls, tea houses, and divination stalls in Beijing were discussing the upcoming war, Xue Xiangyang returned to the capital from Xuzhou.
The lights outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation were brightly lit, and Xue Xiangyang was waiting for the call outside at this time.
Xue Shangshu hurried back to the capital non-stop, all the way in the dust, his eyes were full of fatigue, and a short layer of stubble grew on his chin.
Eunuch Sheng opened the door, turned around and said, "Master Xue, come in quickly."
Xue Xiangyang listened to the faint voices coming from inside, and frowned: "Dare to ask father-in-law, who is outside?"
Eunuch Sheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, Master Xue, there are Master Su and Master Lu inside, and there are no outsiders."
No outsiders
Xue Xiangyang glanced at Eunuch Sheng suspiciously, moving his lips to explain, but in the end it turned into a sigh.
Xue Xiangyang walked into the inner hall, strode to the front of the imperial palace, handed the book to him and said, "Report to Your Majesty, the physical evidence is here, and the person is still being held by the Ministry of Punishment, and can be summoned at any time."
Xiao Yu picked up the book and nodded and glanced.
It was reported to Chu Luwei that he privately engraved his seal and forged customs clearance documents.
The second report to Chu Luwei to avoid the court and privately exchange market with Qi.
Three accusations that Chu Luwei had formed a party for selfishness, and during his tenure as governor of Xuzhou, bribed the local Futai Wu Xiang, the county governor Zou Jiang and others.
Four accuses Chu Luwei of embezzlement and bribery, using the public to seek personal gain.
In addition to Chu Luwei, there are the crimes of He Zhongyi, Xue Xiangrui and others...
The local Futai and Zou Jiang in Xuzhou each wanted to ask for forgiveness, so they took the initiative to tell the details. The witnesses were tried every time, and there was no difference.
In addition, the case involves a wide range of issues and should be re-trialed by the Dali Temple.
In the end, it was the errand that the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment did personally. The charges were clear and the evidence was conclusive. There was neither a serious crime of punishing Sanyi nor escaped a death penalty.
Xiao Yu closed the book and said softly, "Su Qing, Xue Qing."
"The minister is here."
Xiao Yu dipped his pen in ink and quickly drew up an imperial decree, saying: "Tomorrow, all officials involved in smuggling cases will be arrested, their homes will be seized, their properties will be confiscated, and they will be immediately sent to the prison of the Ministry of Justice. If they disobey, they will be shot to death."
"I will obey your orders."
Su Huaian wrote: "Then Wei Chen retire."
Xue Xiangyang said: "Wei Chen retire."
Su Huaian and Xue Xiangyang left the palace side by side, and they were speechless. When they walked to the gate of the palace, Xue Xiangyang took a deep breath, turned around and wrote, "Master Su."
Su Huaian subconsciously thought that this person was here to ask for a room again, "What is Master Xue doing?"
Xue Xiangyang said solemnly: "It's less than three hours away from the child's time. Xue Mou has something to ask for today."
Su Huaian frowned slightly and said softly, "You and I have been colleagues for many years, so you don't have to be so polite."
Xue Xiangyang clenched his fists and said, "Don't lie to Mr. Su, my younger brother and sister still have children in their wombs. I will go to Xue's house later, and I hope the people of Dali Temple will show mercy."
Su Huaian bowed and said, "Master Xue, don't worry, people from Dali Temple are guarding the door."
Xue Xiangyang said: "Thank you."
After a while, Xue Xiangyang turned his back and took a deep breath.
At the age of 19, Xue Xiangyang held the imperial edict and brought hundreds of officers from the Ministry of Punishment. In the same night, he rushed to each family and took people. .
This case can be described as the biggest corruption case in the Yanxi years.
Among them, the most shocking was that the second master of the Chu family, Chu Luwei, a scholar of the Chu family, was imprisoned.
As soon as the news came out, it immediately exploded.
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Cining Palace.
"The Empress Dowager, something is bad!" Eunuch Zhang returned to the Cining Palace out of breath.
Empress Dowager Chu was holding Chu Rong's hand to speak, frowning and turning around, "Are you just entering the palace or what? What are you panicking about?"
Zhang Gong said: "In today's day, Xue Shangshu personally led his troops to seize the residence of the great scholar of Chu."
The Empress Dowager Chu narrowed her eyes, and she was calm and composed, "Who? You said Xue Xiangyang?"
"Xue Shangshu and Dali Temple Shaoqing Su Huaian, who took it together." Eunuch Zhang handed the secret report to the Empress Dowager Chu: "The Empress Dowager, please take a look."
Empress Dowager Chu took two deep breaths, unfolded the secret report, and said softly, "Did you go with the imperial edict?"
Zhang Gong said: "Without His Majesty's will, who would have the courage to move the Chu Palace..."
Chu family, Chu family.
A black shadow flashed in front of Empress Dowager Chu's eyes, and she fell down as soon as she closed her eyes.
Eunuch Zhang turned around and said, "Go and pass on the imperial physician!"
"Yes, yes, the slaves are going!"
The autumn wind was rustling, the shadows of the trees were hanging down, Xiao Yu was discussing matters with the important ministers, the door of the Hall of Mental Cultivation opened, and Eunuch Sheng bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Cining Palace came to report, and the Empress Dowager just passed out."
The emperor turned his head slowly, "Has the imperial physician gone?"
Sheng Gong said: "Ning Yuanzheng has passed."
The courtier remained silent.
The emperor wants to move the Chu family, whether the empress dowager is really dizzy or fake at this time, everyone has their own conclusions.
"The elders of the pavilion should go back today. The queen mother is seriously ill, and I have to go to the Cining Palace."
The important officials nodded together and said, "Your Majesty is well, and the Queen Mother is well."
Xiao Yu strode towards the Cining Palace.
The footsteps of the emperor approached, and the eunuchs, palace maids, and imperial physicians quickly dispersed.
Xiao Yu walked to the Empress Dowager Chu and said softly, "Is the Empress Mother okay?"
The four eyes were facing each other, and the Empress Dowager Chu's eyes were scarlet.
She half-stands up, looks at him motionlessly, and says bluntly, "The emperor personally controls his mother's house, isn't he afraid that the world will stab you in the spine?"
Xiao Yu raised his hand to screen away the crowd, and said, "This is the document handed over by the Ducha Yuan, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple. With these four counts of Chu Luwei, even the Queen Mother Gu Nian, I can't be a high-ranking minister and care about my country in vain. etiquette."
Xiao Yu handed the book in his hand to the Queen Mother Chu.
Empress Dowager Chu took it, and after looking through it, she muttered to herself: "Four counts, good, really good."
Xiao Yu added: "From the local to the central, he has been doing smuggling and trade for six years. He is in the same party in the DPRK and China, using his power to seek personal gain. Does the mother know how much money Chu Lu is greedy for? There is no tax in the year I ascended the throne. He has a lot of money in Luwei's mansion!"
The Empress Dowager Chu's pupils trembled, like shattering, revealing a trace of terror that had never been shown before.
The party is divided.
These four words, when he supported him to ascend to the throne, made Chen Jing try his best, but now, they have become the count of beheading.
The Empress Dowager Chu changed her tone, from low to high: "The Chu family has been assisting His Majesty for many years, and His Majesty has completely disregarded the situation. He has to use the old case from ten years ago to put the knife on the Chu family's neck?"
"An old case of more than ten years..." Xiao Yu turned around and put the account book in front of the Empress Dowager Chu, and said word by word: "This is the account book of smuggling trade, what year, month, and day, every transaction is written clearly and detailedly, The queen mother wants me to take care of my love, so who will take care of the court's law and discipline?"
The Empress Dowager Chu shook her body, as if she could not stand.
The late emperor was afraid of the Chu family, so he let her have children and pets all his life. She did everything possible to let Xiao Yu grow up under her knees, and she couldn't easily push him to that position, wasn't it just to make the Chu family rely more on him in the future
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"That's the younger brother of Ai's family, who has done a lot for you in the past. Are you really so ruthless that you have to kill him?"
Xiao Yu looked at the queen mother and said, "I have treated the Chu family very generously! If they were really cruel, the Chu family would have more than four counts! This account book is smuggling at a light level, and collaborating with the enemy at a serious level. Otherwise, This matter is left to the queen mother to decide, whether the queen mother wants me to pick off Chu Luwei's head, or to remove the plaque of the Chu family!"
Every word the emperor said was like a knife that kept stabbing into Empress Dowager Chu's heart.
There is really no mother-son relationship at all.
Empress Dowager Chu clutched her chest, her breathing faintly trembled: "Aijia is with your mother and son. Even if there is no natural grace, there is support. How can you... How can you... You have no conscience..."
Xiao Yu closed his eyes and said, "My mother has raised me for a while, and I will support you for a hundred years, but that's all."
After all, he turned to leave.