Daxuanti criminal officer

Chapter 276
The next morning, Daxuan Palace, Jinluan Hall.

The weather didn't seem to be very good, it was always gloomy, and the sun could not be seen, making the air damp and cold.

Above the main hall, all civil and military officials stood under the dragon chair, shouting in unison: "The Holy Empress Dowager is in harmony with heaven and earth, and all blessings will be enjoyed forever!"

Xu Zun was also among them, and because of today's arrangements for him, Cai Kun deliberately let him stand in the front position.

Although the Empress Dowager Lin was wearing the royal robes of dragon and phoenix, she did not sit on the dragon chair, but filled a phoenix chair beside the dragon chair.

However, careful people can see that the pendant on the Queen Mother's head is a twelve-pronged crown.

The so-called twelve-pronged crown is a curtain of twelve strings of pearls that just covers the face of the emperor.

Different from the movies and TV dramas that Xu Zun has watched, in order to highlight the characters in the movies and TV dramas, there are usually half-beaded curtains, which only cover half of the face.

But at this moment, the coronet worn by Empress Dowager Lin covered her entire face, so that the ministers could not see her expression of joy and anger, which made people dare not speculate.

In the Daxuan Dynasty, only the emperor could wear twelve crowns, and others could only wear nine crowns at most.

Empress Dowager Lin sat on the phoenix chair and signaled all the ministers to be flat.

The ministers got up and stood up, but all lowered their heads, and none of them dared to look up.

Xu Zun looked at them secretly, and found that he didn't know many people, only Lin Chaofeng, Cai Kun, and the white-skinned, super-tall Prime Minister Qian Qifeng.

"Presumably, all the lovers already know what happened," Queen Mother Lin said loudly, "The Taoist rebels have devoted themselves to hiding, planted layers of hidden stakes in my holy capital, instigated many of my humerus ministers, and even opened up underground channels, It can be described as well-intentioned!

"In the end, they launched the so-called Heavenly Tribulation Operation, and even killed my Wanfu Palace, and almost took my life. I don't know my dear friends..." The Queen Mother glanced at all the ministers, and asked, "What do you think? what?"

poof...

Hearing the queen mother's censure, the ministers who just got up fell to the ground and kowtowed again, shouting "fear".

"Hmph, what's the use of being afraid?" Queen Mother Lin raised her head, "If you face so many assassins against the party, what's the use of being afraid!?
"For this incident, what makes me saddened the most is that many people turned to the rebellious party, provided help for the rebellious party, and even participated in the planning. This really makes me very sad!"

Hearing this, none of the ministers dared to take the blame, and they all lay on the ground and dared not make a sound.

"Okay, let's all get up!" The queen mother waved and said, "No matter what, the Xuanmen's plan to rebel against the party failed in the end. Everything is over, so let it pass!"

Hearing this, the ministers first looked at each other, and then slowly got up.

"This palace has always clearly defined rewards and punishments. Those who have made merit will be rewarded, and those who are guilty will never be lightly forgiven!"

Empress Dowager Lin sat on the phoenix chair and gestured to the chief eunuch.

An old eunuch in brocade clothes immediately stood in front of the ministers with an imperial decree in his hand, and read out:
"Follow the heavens, the emperor ordered!

"After the joint investigation and investigation by the Neiwei House, the Sanfa Department, and the Shenhun Department, it has been confirmed that Lushan Gong Li Ren, as the emperor's uncle, secretly proclaimed himself the Taoist Tianzun. Planning this Xuanmen assassination incident is really a heinous crime, and the crime can be punished!

"Put him in jail first, and then deal with him after the case is clarified.

"As for Li Ren's family members, they were supposed to be executed everywhere, but because of his status as the emperor's uncle, he was extrajudicially merciful, and his sentence was changed to exile at the border, and he will not be allowed to return to the holy capital forever!"

This……

As soon as this edict came out, the hall was in an uproar.

An old minister couldn't help asking: "Isn't it right? Isn't this Duke Lushan already assassinated? How could..."

"It's been found out," Lin Chaofeng said bluntly, "Li Ren simply faked his death. As early as eight years ago, he had already found a substitute to divert his attention by taking the opportunity of indulging in alchemy.

"He himself is plotting secretly. Now that there are witnesses and evidences, he is the Xuanmen Tianzun!"

what……

Some uninformed ministers panicked and couldn't believe it.

However, the cabinet headed by Qian Qifeng and many well-informed ministers remained calm, obviously receiving the news long ago.

"Bi Sheng, the leader of the Zuoge of the Neiwei Mansion, provided information for Li Ren and helped the emperor to abuse him. His crime is unforgivable," the old eunuch continued to read, "He will be sent to the imperial prison for interrogation together, and he will be punished according to his crime.

"According to the investigation, Minister Yingrang of the Ministry of Industry, Minister Yan Hai of the Ministry of Officials, and General Chai Zheng of the Habayashi Guard colluded with the Xuanmen rebellious party and cooperated with each other internally and externally.

"Although he has been exterminated by Taoism, the crime is unforgivable. Officials were dismissed, family property was confiscated, and family members were exiled...

"In addition, in this assassination incident, all those found to have affairs with Taoism will be strictly investigated and dealt with, and all will be sentenced to death!"

After reading, the whole hall was silent.

Many ministers didn't know the inside story, and they never thought that there would be so many people involved in this assassination.

Xu Zun was also thinking to himself, it seems that Empress Dowager Lin already knew that Li Ren was not a Taoist Tianzun at all.

Therefore, his punishment can be regarded as giving the royal family enough face, otherwise, according to the ancient law, the crime of treason must be punished by the nine clans.

In addition, Xu Zun also discovered that the Queen Mother only disposed of three senior officials, Bi Sheng, Ying Rang, Yan Hai and Chai Zheng.

Regarding Liang Guogong Xue Guihua that Li Ren mentioned that night, as well as transfer envoys, prison envoys, etc., he did not mention it.

Obviously, this was a decision made by the queen mother after deliberation, because the name of the person Li Ren confessed that night was not credible, and he was also suspected of framing.

Especially for Liang Guogong Xue Guihua, this person has a very high prestige, and he has already been assassinated by Xuanmen. It is obviously not appropriate to condemn him...

"I have ordered the House of Internal Guard to continue to investigate this case thoroughly, so please listen to me," the Queen Mother Lin said to the ministers, "If there are still people who have an affair with the Xuanmen rebellious party, feel free to surrender, I can forgive you , keep your family safe.

"But if it is found out by me," the queen mother said fiercely, "the nine clans will all be wiped out, and there will be no tolerance!!!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded quickly, and some even trembled in fright.

The Empress Dowager glanced at the officials and raised her hand to the old eunuch again.

"If you are guilty, you will be punished, and if you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded," the old eunuch said, "In this assassination incident, fortunately, there is a loyal and good protector, so I hereby reward you for your merit.

"Lin Chaofeng, chief executive of the Internal Guard Mansion, listens!"

Hey?
Xu Zun was surprised, he didn't expect that the first person to accept the seal was the chief executive.

"The chief executive commanded properly, adapting to the situation, led the guards to serve the king, and was specially appointed as the general of the auxiliary country, and the second rank of the official."

"Thank you... Thank you Queen Mother Long En!"

Lin Chaofeng quickly knelt down and kowtowed, but by the time he kowtowed, his face was already red.

Because, he, the head of the internal guard, is himself a second-rank official. He used to be called the general of the Fuguo, but now he has become the general of the Fuguo. In fact, there is no change!
"Chaofeng," the queen mother added, "you have been so busy these days, you have worked hard!

"Duke Lushan dared to commit chaos and plot wrongdoings because he took advantage of his Zong Zhengsi's network.

"Therefore, I order you to take over the royal family's official affairs, set things right, and thoroughly investigate those royal relatives!"

"Yes!" Lin Chaofeng thanked her.

"In addition, there is another important matter to entrust to you," the queen mother said again, "this time the Taoist assassins used my imperial temple to cause trouble, this is really a great shame for the royal family!

"I order you to supervise the renovation and construction of the Taimiao starting today, and you must monitor it every day, so that you don't make any mistakes.

"Otherwise, you are a sinner of my Daxuan royal family!"

"Yes! I... I obey the order..." Lin Chaofeng kowtowed in gratitude, sweating profusely.

He already understood that the Empress Dowager gave him no rewards, it was clearly punishing him for his dereliction of duty!

To put it bluntly, let him go to the construction site!

Sure enough, when the old eunuch thought of the next person to be canonized, Lin Chaofeng immediately collapsed to the ground.

"Cai Kun, leader of the Right Pavilion of Neiwei, stepped forward to accept the seal." The old eunuch read.

Cai Kun hurried forward and knelt down.

"Leader Cai Ge is quick-witted, well-directed, and has done a great job in rescuing him," the old eunuch read, "I am promoted to the Chief of the Internal Guard, and will take office immediately."

"Ah?" Cai Kun was surprised at first, and then quickly kowtowed to thank him.

Obviously, Cai Kun was also quite surprised. He didn't expect that he would suddenly become the head of the internal guards. You must know that only the royal relatives could take this position.

But I didn't expect that a person with a foreign surname would actually...

At the same time, Cai Kun was sweating profusely, realizing that he might have completely offended Lin Chaofeng.

"Tangzhou punishes Xu Zun, step forward to listen!"

At this time, the old eunuch began to read the decree again.

Hearing his name suddenly, Xu Zun was in a daze for a moment, paused for two seconds, and then hurried out to salute.

"Xu Zun's strategizing, the Ming Dynasty's autumn, and his contribution is indispensable." The old eunuch read, "Hereby confers——Daxuan as a criminal officer!!!"

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(End of this chapter)