Great Ye Empress

Chapter 484 Murder

Xie Yunchu nodded in response.

The first thing Xie Yunchu, the minister of government, took office, was to ask the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the corruption of the third prince and his party. Although the third prince was dead, corruption was not uncommon during his lifetime, and house raids were inevitable.

Master Xia, the Minister of Punishment, led someone to copy the mansion of the Third Prince, and copied all the money into the state treasury.

Master Xia already knew who the Three Princes Party was. He used the two officials mentioned in the handwriting of the prefect of Maozhou who went to coerce and lure him as a breakthrough. The investigation went very smoothly. Every day, officials were dismissed and imprisoned.

For a time, Bianjing Xungui was uneasy again. After all, when the third prince was in the limelight, there were not a few people who voted for the third prince.

Now that the new emperor is enthroned, the liquidation is about to begin, and none of those who should be liquidated can escape.

This month approaching the end of the year, whether it is Zhongling Lane, where dignitaries live, or Jien Lane, Shuangjie Lane, and Honghu Lane, where Xungui lives, people raid their homes every day, and women's relatives cry every day.

Xie Yunchu handled the case with thunder, and there were rumors that Xie Yunchu was borrowing the case of the third prince to rule out dissidents.

Xie Yunchu ignored what outsiders said. In January, four new decrees were pushed for rectification.

Over the years, there have been many officials in Daye, and their functions overlapped, causing officials to be lazy, and various ministries to shirk each other. There were even frequent occasions when the emperor had reviewed the memorial, but was delayed in implementing it, which also led to a burden on the national treasury.

Officials in various ministries were overcrowded, resulting in an imperial examination every three years. Except for the top ten, or Jinshi from outside the family background, the rest of the selected talents could only be elected.

The first thing Xie Yunchu did was to reduce officials through assessments. Those who failed in the assessments were dismissed, and they were re-assessed among the elected officials, and they were assigned positions according to their abilities.

For a time, officials in the DPRK and China were panicked, and many officials sent gifts to the Xie Mansion, hoping to keep their official positions.

There are also officials who hold elections looking for ways to find a way, hoping to get a good official position after this assessment.

Xie Yunchu and the people of Xie's family are all willing to come, and all gift-givers are accepted...

Only instruct the name of the person who will give gifts in the future, and write down what they have given. The list and things are all handed over to the Censor Desk.

Many people went to Xie Yunchu to take this opportunity to exclude dissidents.

However, Xie Yunchu was stubborn and merciless. He used the salaries of officials from the Ministry of Household in previous years, and he could only overlap with many officials. With the support of Emperor Xiao Zhiyan, although there were difficulties... but they were still implemented in difficult times.

Seeing that Xie Yunchu was reforming while receiving gifts, Xiao Zhiyan's desk was piled up like snowflakes from Xie Yunchu's embezzlement, and Xiao Zhiyan kept them all.

Xie Yunchu received the news on the 21st of the twelfth lunar month that Xiao Wulang arrived in Bianjing five days later to attend the funeral for the late emperor. Li Nanyu was also accompanying Xiao Wulang.

Until Xiao Wulang arrived in Bianjing at noon on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, there was still no news of Ji Jingci.

On the night that Xie Yunchu woke up to look for Ji Jing's resignation, Liang Xiangchun went back and used the power of the Yan Gang to help Xie Yunchu find people, and even went to the Cao Gang to ask for help from the Cao Gang.

But Ji Jingci has disappeared like the world, and has not been found until now.

Some people say that Ji Jingci may have already died in the belly of the fish.

But Xie Yunchu firmly believed that what Mrs. Xie said, no news...is good news.

Perhaps, Ji Jingci has been rescued.

Now, as long as she is unswerving, she will carry out the new policy they planned for Da Ye.

When Ah Ci comes back one day and sees the remarkable results of their New Deal, I will be happy.

Xie Yunchu didn't have time to take off his official uniform. He was wearing a fox fur cloak and stood outside the city gate with a stove in his hand, waiting for Xiao Wulang and Li Nanyu.

"Rokuro! Look...is that Senior Brother Xiao!" Yuanbao pointed into the distance.

Xiao Wulang, who was dressed in filial attire, was at the forefront. Xu Shi saw Xie Yunchu, and he whipped the horse faster.

In fact, Xiao Wulang set off from Chengdu Mansion long before he received the news of the late emperor's funeral.

He was with Li Nanyu at that time, and suddenly received news that the third prince framed Xie Yunchu as a woman and wanted to behead Xie Yunchu.

Both Xiao Wulang and Li Nanyu knew that Xie Yunchu looked cute, but he was a stubborn man. Xie Yunchu was demoted to Maozhou for a trial because he refused to take off his clothes. Want to take the opportunity to kill Xie Yunchu.

Although he knew that the whip was out of reach, Xiao Wulang didn't think much about receiving the news, and immediately had people prepare horses and rush towards Bianjing.

Who knew that after only three days of walking, he received the news that the emperor had died and Xiao Zhiyanling had ascended the throne.

To Xiao Wulang, although the first emperor was not a good emperor, but... his love for Xiao Wulang is true!
Hearing the news of his father's death, Xiao Wulang could hardly hold back.

"Applause..." Xiao Wulang reined in his horse, turned over and got down,

Seeing Xiao Wulang getting closer, Xie Yunchu handed the hand stove to Yuanbao, took a few steps forward, and saluted Xiao Wulang: "Senior Brother Xiao..."

Xiao Wulang clenched the reins tightly, looking at Xie Yunchu with complicated eyes.

Having been on the road for several days, coupled with his grief, Xiao Wulang was extremely thin, his cheeks and eye sockets were sunken, green stubble appeared on his face, and his eyes were bloodshot and red.

During these days, Xiao Wulang learned that the whereabouts of the master Ji Jingci’s resignation is unknown. He heard that Xie Yunchu was in the rank of Shangshuling and became a grandmaster. He heard that Xie Yunchu was rectifying the administration of officials. Many people who were demoted were cursing Xie Yunchu along the way, and said Xie Yunchu took advantage of the rectification of official governance to exclude dissidents and receive gifts, but those who gave gifts stayed, and those who did not were demoted, and made a fuss about Xie Yunchu's identity as a woman.

As soon as these words were passed on, Xie Yunchu's original name had been shaken among the common people and scholars.

"When... when did you join forces with King Yan?" Xiao Wulang asked.

Xiao Wulang is not a fool. If Xie Yunchu hadn't joined forces with King Yan, how could he have become a master?
How could the Xie Clan of Chen County be so popular in the courtroom!
"When the Seventh Prince had an accident." Xie Yunchu answered truthfully.

"You once said that King Yan is not suitable to be an emperor..." Xiao Wulang looked gloomy, and the grievances between him and King Yan, others did not know Xie Yunchu but knew clearly, "Why now?"

Xiao Wulang admitted that he was wrong at the beginning. King Yan was indeed not suitable to be the emperor, but he turned his head... Xie Yunchu helped King Yan up.

"The seventh prince is stupid, and Senior Brother Xiao has no intention of taking the throne. If the Third Prince ascends the throne...how will the New Deal be implemented? Senior Brother Xiao is for the New Deal...I have no choice."

"But you had no choice but to kill Master!" Xiao Wulang's eyes turned red, as if tears would fall from his extremely long eyelashes when he touched it, "Don't tell me that Xiao Zhiyan didn't kill Master! Why did the master fall into the water so well? It is said outside that King Yan's people can't save people, are they saving people or killing people?"

Xiao Wulang always knew that King Yan did not like his master Ji Jingci, and he knew it at an early age.

(End of this chapter)