Zhumen Hangui

Chapter 479
"Who are they? Report here!" The emperor only felt that there was nowhere to vent the depression in his heart, and his face turned a little blue.

"Ju Ming'an, censor of the left capital, Lin Song, censor of the right capital, Wei Lian, the censor of the right capital, Fu Tingwei, the right servant of the military department, Li Mingquan, a doctor of the household department, Han Sheng, a member of the military department, and Sun Bin, the dragon and tiger general."

Hearing the list reported by Su Yizhao, the emperor couldn't help being furious.

Many of them are high-ranking officials of the court, and they are all veterans of the court!
The border war is about to start, and they actually disregarded the lives of the border soldiers and the people of the court and the country for their own self-interest, and they were even more disloyal to him. How could he not be angry?
"The feudal prefectures and state secret agents have infiltrated our court and planted spies in the court. Some of them have even been lurking for many years. Among them, Suzaku and Xuanwu have been captured. They confessed that the white tiger is still at the border. As for Qinglong, they don't know where they are going."

The emperor asked in a deep voice, "Who is it?"

"Suzaku is a woman from the feudal county. They ordered her to sneak into the fifth prince's mansion, intending to confuse the fifth prince and obtain court secrets. In addition, Xuanwu was captured last night. There are two people in Xuanwu, one of whom is Yushi Youqian. Wei Lian, this person was silenced by his accomplices last night."

"Is there another person?" The emperor asked impatiently.

With so many officials involved, he really wanted to know who ate the bear's heart and leopard's gall.

"It's Lin Song, the imperial censor of the right capital, who was also captured by us last night. He was ordering someone to assassinate the second prince at that time, trying to kill someone to silence him, but we followed the clues and captured him."

In fact, it was Su Yizhao's trick. At that time, Xuanwu asked Xierlin to assassinate the second prince in order to test Xielin.

Su Yizhao then resorted to tricks and asked the fake Xielin to actually assassinate the second prince.

Then she asked Kang Shiwen to drop the second prince and replaced him with a death row prisoner, and asked Xielin to go back and say that he had succeeded.

Xuanwu must have an eyeliner in the second prince's mansion, as long as he doesn't see his face, let Kang Shiwen arrange it, and of course the other party won't think too much about it in such an emergency.

It happened that Xierlin said that he wanted to pass the letter back, because the situation here changed, Xuanwu fell into the trap.

Lin Song just wanted to test it out, but Xierlin really went to assassinate the second prince.

He thought that the second prince was really dead, and he wanted to develop his power again.However, he still didn't show up in person, and he was caught because of following the clues.

Unexpectedly, it was Lin Song, the emperor was very surprised.

He thought that Lin Song and Shoufu were very close, Lin Song had a problem, what about Shoufu?
"He should have developed a lot of power in the court over the years, right? We have to investigate further."

"Master Kang just followed up this matter. There must be other fish that slipped through the net. Anyone who has close contacts with Lin Song will be subject to censorship."

Su Yizhao naturally thought of the first assistant, but Lin Song said that the first assistant was not involved.

It's just that he used Shoufu to divert attention these years and used him as a cover.

And the person Kang Shiwen is currently investigating carefully is the first assistant, E Chongming.

After a long silence, the emperor said, "This case is thanks to you and Kang Aiqing. When news comes from Song Aiqing at the border, many officials will definitely be involved this time."

"It's right for a minister to share his worries and relieve his labors for the emperor." Su Yizhao said so, but what he was thinking about was the reward that the emperor said before, must he have forgotten it?

"The other minister has something to ask the emperor."

"What's the matter?" Facing such a hero, the emperor was a little more patient.

"Wailang Han Sheng, a member of the Ministry of War, is the father-in-law of my niece. He was also involved this time, but he was just greedy for ink and did not dare to get involved in matters outside the customs."

The emperor raised his eyebrows, "How much money?"

"30,000 taels is more than enough."

The emperor pondered for a moment, "Do you want to intercede for him?"

"Yes! After all, it's my niece, I can't bear her suffering."

The emperor looked at Su Yizhao in surprise, "You are affectionate and righteous, but you also know that the laws of the country cannot tolerate it. 30,000 taels is not a small amount, and he and Wang Dou are related by marriage, so they cannot be separated."

Wang Dou's daughter married the second prince as a side concubine, Han Sheng and Wang Dou were so close on weekdays, would Wang Dou confess him?
The emperor took a deep look at Su Yizhao. In fact, Su Yizhao could deal with it secretly. Speaking of this matter, it might not be a sign of loyalty.

"How could I embarrass the emperor? This time, Han Sheng is also guilty and meritorious. He knows everything, but I know that this is far from enough."

The emperor was curious about Su Yizhao's intention, "Then what do you mean?"

"Your Majesty, the local forces in the Xianyang Mansion at the Border Pass are divided, and the people live in hardship. An official should seek the well-being of the people. If Master Han can be allowed to serve as a judge in Xianyang Mansion to control the local chaos and serve as the eyes and ears of the court, he will be considered guilty and meritorious. , presumably the court has nothing to complain about."

The emperor's eyes lit up, he pointed at Su Yizhao and said, "Your boy is clever."

Few officials in the border city are willing to go, and most of the people who go in the end are without foundation.

Those who are ready to make great achievements quickly still have to look at their own abilities.

That is to say, it is difficult to make meritorious service and easy to break.

The Western Capital and the Border Pass are already headaches for the imperial court and officials.However, if you don't hold an important position in the western capital, it's easy to get out.

But on the side of the border, especially the inferior mansions like Xianyang Mansion, forces from various places have been entrenched for many years, and the government is useless.

At the beginning, Su Wenjing spent many years in vain with the local forces, and in the end he gave up his whole body and was promoted to an official, which is very rare.

"I'm sure!" the emperor nodded.

"It's time to go to court!" The emperor thought that the time was almost up, so he got up.

Su Yizhao hastily resigned, she was not qualified to go to court.

Unless it is an important day, you can only go to court from the fourth grade or above.

Just about to leave, the emperor said: "I will send someone back to get the official uniform for you. You and the court will personally describe the case."

Su Yizhao was overjoyed, "I obey the order!"

"Go to court!" With a chorus, the civil and military officials lined up and entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

After all the ministers lined up, the emperor arrived a while later.

"Your Majesty, I respectfully invite you to have peace!"

"You love yourselves."

As far as the emperor could see, there were a few familiar faces missing, and he couldn't help feeling a lot of emotion in his heart.

After all, it is still not enough to resist greed, human nature is like this.

"Today's morning court, you can speak freely without handing over your notes."

The emperor glanced at the three princes in front of him. He was already old, and the princes were waiting to inherit the throne.

Two of them lost power, and the defection of the ministers of the DPRK and China will become more and more obvious.

"Report to the emperor, the minister has the original performance."

The emperor looked over, he didn't expect that the first person to speak was E Chongming, the chief assistant.

"Quite!" The emperor nodded.

"Your Majesty, Dali Temple arrested many officials last night and sent them to prison. I dare to ask, what crime did they commit?"

The emperor snorted coldly in his heart, "E Aiqing didn't know about this? The second prince formed a party for private interests, colluded with outsiders, enriched his own pockets in the name of the imperial court buying armaments, and helped spies outside the pass sneak into our court and seek secret reports. Those officials were all his colleagues. party."

"As a prince, he is so corrupt and perverts the law. Can he be worthy of the common people, and my trust and cultivation in him?"

(End of this chapter)