When the emperor gave an order, the Imperial Forest Army had been prepared and moved quickly. First they surrounded the Anyang Prince's Mansion, and then surrounded the An's Nine Clans.
At first, the nine members of An's clan didn't get any wind, but suddenly they were besieged by the imperial forest army, and they were stunned for a while, terrified and panicked.
The emperor has been on the throne for twenty years, except for some thunderous tricks in the first few years when he ascended the throne. Later, with the sudden death of the empress, he was extremely sad, and his health became worse and worse. The people are becoming more and more lenient. Roughly speaking, at least ten years have passed since the Imperial Forest Army was sent to fight.
Now that he made a sudden move, not to mention shocked the An clan, it shocked the entire ruling and opposition parties.
The civil and military officials were stunned for a long time before they could react. Their gazes shifted from the emperor to King Anyang who was still kneeling on the ground, and their emotions were very complicated.
No one could have imagined that King Anyang would have such a big hand today, it didn't seem like something he could do.
Thinking of this, they all fixed their eyes on An Shuli again.
A few days ago, An Shuli had left the Anyang Prince's Mansion and set up his own family. This was discussed in the capital for a while after dinner. Forced to stand on his own, looking at today's events now, it is obviously not the case.
An Shuli didn't just let the dirty water of the An clan be poured on him, he made it clear that he wanted to punish the An clan.
However, punishing the An's clan and taking advantage of the Anyang Prince's Mansion really cost a lot.
It is really admirable that King Anyang can be obedient to this point.
But then again, King Anyang impeached himself and the An family at the same time. Such a feat of righteousness and extermination of relatives, if you think about it shallowly, anyone would think about it, but if you think about it deeply, civil and military officials can stand in this court Yes, there are not many fools. Gradually, cold sweat broke out on their backs.
The emperor sat high on the golden chair and looked at all the civil and military officials. From the shocked and disbelieving expression on his face, most of them gradually became heavy and broke out in cold sweat. He suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "From today onwards, King Anyang's hereditary title will be cut off, and he will be dismissed from office. I want King Anyang to self-examine, and I will be escorted back to the Prince Anyang's mansion for the time being. Without my order, no one is allowed to step on the ground." Take a step out of Anyang Palace."
King Anyang knelt on the ground and his legs were numb. He was waiting for such a sentence. He kowtowed heavily and painfully, "Thank you, my lord, long live my emperor!"
He stood up slowly, when soldiers came in from outside, they took off his official hat and robe, and escorted him out of the Golden Palace.
From the beginning to the end, An Shuli didn't say a word, the courtiers watched with their own eyes, no one pleaded for mercy, and knew in their hearts that King Anyang didn't need to plead for mercy.
After investigating the An family, the emperor looked angry and looked at the courtiers, "My dear friends, what do you think in the whole world, is there only one An family that is so filthy? Tell me, I have been in the south of Chu for twenty years. The world has always been peaceful, the world is peaceful, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, but who can tell me that the sons of officials oppress the people, the sons of the nobles work for tigers, use expensive things as evil, force the good into prostitution, enclose land, buy officials and sell nobles, etc., there are many cases, only one peace Clan"
None of the civil and military officials spoke, and for a while, they didn't dare to speak out.
At this time, someone outside reported, "Your Majesty, the old county king is requesting to go to the palace."
The emperor stopped talking, looked at the entrance of the main hall, and said in a deep voice, "Please come to the hall, the old prince."
Chenglao County King also came with an excerpt, which was almost the same as the one on Anyang King, and it was the clan that was impeached. He counted seven crimes, including one of his own. The old county king Cheng is a highly respected old county king in the clan. Everyone knows this. Fair and just, all the old and young in the clan, every family, obey him. The royal family's face for the clan has always been valued three points, but whenever they face the old county king, they add four points more and value seven points.
The old county king Cheng has not been in court for many years, but he still stomps his feet, and he is a person who shakes three shocks.
He rarely shows up, but if he does, it must be a big deal.
It is a crime for the old county king to impeach himself against the clan's jurisdiction. The impeachment of the clan's children is supported by the imperial treasury, and they are idle and do nothing. Some of the impeached clan's children are not good at learning, and they also participated in buying officials and selling titles, doing evil things, etc. wait. The seven deadly crimes were eloquent and eloquent. When the court read them out, he was very sad and blamed himself. He asked the emperor to come down, take back his title, and severely punish the clan.
The emperor sat high on the golden palace, looked down, and looked at the gray beard and hair of Cheng Lao County King, his heart was like a tide rushing in for a while, and it rushed to his eyes, making his eyes red in an instant.
The emperor thought at this moment that the country of Southern Chu could not be finished, because unlike the Back Liang, there was no extravagance prevailing in Southern Chu. The prince Yunchi, both civil and military, controls the world, has the princess concubine's beauty, secretly plots, and has no hands in the world, has An Shuli in the court, supervises the affairs of the country, works hard, has Lu Zhiling outside, leads the army, and Mei Shuyu, Cheng Guzhi, Cheng Zixiao and other upright and passionate young people of the younger generation twisted into a rope and ran for the peace of the world.
The emperor thought, with tears in his eyes, he stood up from the golden chair, walked to the front of Chenglao County King, and saluted Chenglao County King with the honor of the Son of Heaven.
Cheng Laojun hurriedly avoided, and seeing the emperor's eyes filled with tears, he also shed tears with red eyes.
Nan Chu Jiangshan has come to this point, whether it is the emperor, the old county king Cheng, or a sensible person, they all know that it is time to clear up the upper and lower levels. Otherwise, internal and external troubles will eventually invade the capital and disintegrate the Southern Chu River.
There is nothing to do, there is nothing to do, the Southern Chu government and the people have to go through this blood baptism. Remove dirt, punish corrupt officials, destroy the old system, and establish a new life.
The emperor choked up and said, "The old king loves the country, and I am very relieved." After he finished speaking, he said loudly again, "The old king assisted the clan affairs, but he was negligent, which made the clan children go astray. Wang Zhiguo, from today onwards, the old county king's title will be dismissed, and he will be demoted to a commoner."
As soon as this remark came out, all the civil and military officials in the court were in an uproar, and some people couldn't help but stepped forward to intercede.
As soon as the old Duke Cheng waved his hand, he didn't need anyone to intercede, and immediately knelt on the ground, "Thank you, Lord Long En"
The emperor closed his eyes, helped the old prince up with his own hands, and ordered, "Come here, pass on my order, and the imperial guards will investigate the clan." After saying that, he ordered the little eunuch who was waiting beside him, "Send the old prince back to the mansion. "
"Yes." The little eunuch immediately responded and helped the old county king go out.
The commander of the imperial guards got the order, and immediately led the people straight to the clan.
After the old Duke Cheng left, the emperor stood in the court hall, looked at all the civil and military officials, and said in a deep voice, "My dear friends, do you still have your own impeachment and self-examination?"
Everyone was stunned by these two incidents, and seemed a little unable to react for a while.
An Shuli said lightly at this time, "If you have any, stand up and investigate yourself. The emperor thinks about the merits of the adults who have helped the country, so he will deal with it lightly. Otherwise, if you ask me to investigate, who's family will be found?" On top of that, I am quite selfless."
The courtiers were shocked, and suddenly someone stood up.
So, if there is one, there will be two, one after another, within an hour, most of the courtiers have already entered the court.
There are few students from poor families who are officials, and in the end, they stand sporadically in the court hall.
At this moment, everyone knew that Nan Chu was going to change the world.
Just when the crown prince was out to quell the chaos, the imperial court was in a position to reserve backup support. This incident happened by surprise and caused a sensation.
This is an ordinary morning, and it is also an ordinary-looking early dynasty, but it is destined that Nanchu will usher in earth-shaking changes on this day, cleaning up all the major families in the world, but the storm that detonated the center started from this morning. , destined to be recorded in history.
This is also the largest self-examination and self-cleaning in the history of Southern Chu. Because when An Shuli and Huayan joined forces earlier, they had already considered the contingency measures that may cause harm after many things happened, so they weighed the pros and cons of the gains and losses thoroughly The two, after executing it, everything is within controllable range.
Just as An Shuli expected, he used the Jinglu soldiers and horse camp stationed outside Beijing.
Mei Shuyu led people to assign tasks. For a while, apart from Jingguo Gong's mansion, there was really no second mansion that would not be affected. Even the Mei family and the Zhao mansion were connected Neither the Zhao clan nor the Zhao clan survived.
For a moment, everyone in the major mansions in Beijing was in danger and panicked.
It is impossible for such a major event not to be blood-stained, so after Huayan woke up, she asked Steward Fu to inquire about the news of Chaozhong and Jingzhong, and to keep an eye on the movement of each prefecture. She counted and counted all morning. Three or four hundred people.
On this day, the history of Southern Chu turned a thrilling page.