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After discussing with Xu Congyang, King Qi and Xu Congyang found that there was no suitable candidate. In comparison, the guards were mixed with mermaids, so naturally they couldn't choose from them. choose.

Although the emperor said that the King of Qi could choose any general to serve as the commander of the guards of the palace, the King of Qi naturally knew that this was not the case, at least Xuanyuan Shao could not choose.

Still with the help of Xu Congyang, King Qi finally called Ma Zhongheng, who had just been transferred from the imperial guards to Wujingwei as the general banner not long ago. , made a great contribution. After the Tongtian Temple incident, the post of Wujing Wei General Banner was vacant, and Ma Zhongheng was transferred to serve as the General Banner.

Compared with the General Banner of Wu Jingwei, there is naturally a lot of difference in the oil and water of the commander of the royal guards, but compared with the political future, the future of being the commander of the royal guards is naturally much more lenient. Of course, the risks to be taken will be much greater.

Ma Zhongheng was born in the army, and he obeyed his orders. He was transferred to be the commander of the guards of the palace. It was no different. He had an errand in Wujingwei and reported directly to the Qi Palace. Now the guards of the Qi Palace are all under the command of Ma Zhongheng.

As for the chief official of Ruo Wangfu, Xu Congyang recommended Lu Haosheng from Guozijian. This man was originally the head of Guozijian.

King Qi got off the carriage, and someone had already knocked on the gate of the palace. King Qi entered the mansion and went straight to the side hall. Although it was midnight, the side hall was still brightly lit. Five or six officials in official robes were looking Waiting anxiously, hearing the news that the King of Qi was returning to the mansion, several officials hurriedly arranged their clothes, Lang Wuxu, the minister of the household department, was the first to greet him out of the hall.

King Qi looked quite tired, and he didn't care about the officials saluting. He entered the side hall, sat down, and said loudly: "Bring water!"

The servant brought tea, King Qi poured half a bowl in one gulp, put down the teacup, saw all the officials looked at him eagerly, shook his head with a wry smile and said: "The date has been set over there, and after three days, beheaded for public display!"

Everyone was taken aback, Lang Wuxu said: "Your Highness, even if the execution is really going to happen, it can't be so fast...!"

"The evidence is convincing. The people from the Ministry of Punishment put all the evidence under the eyes of this king. They have already found witnesses." King Qi frowned. , There is no way to talk about it. The prince said that the father and the emperor entrusted him with the heavy responsibility of supervising the country, and the responsibility is heavy. Since the Ministry of Punishment has submitted the file and the evidence is solid, he can't bend the law for personal gain."

"Bah...!" An official couldn't help spitting: "Your Highness, this is all the trick of the prince behind his back, otherwise how could it be such a coincidence, the Holy Majesty has just left Beijing for a tour of the north, and the criminal department's yamen began to attack our people Stare, and it's only been a long time, to find so much evidence, it was well prepared... Qiu Junyu from the Ministry of Punishment is a dog under the crown prince, whoever the crown prince tells him to bite, he will bite...!"

King Qi frowned and said, "I want to know whether those people who were arrested were really corrupt and broke the law? I have seen all the evidence."

All the officials glanced at each other, and someone said: "Your Highness, you also know that Qiu Junyu is a mad dog. He has been in the Ministry of Criminal Justice for many years. Arrested to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and then come out, there will not be a clean inch on the body...!"

"Your Highness, this is the princeling party's public revenge and eradication of dissidents." Lang Wuxu said cautiously: "Your Highness, you think, the prince said that he wants to rectify the administration of officials, and the investigation should start with the Beijing officials, but so far, all those who have been investigated and arrested by the Ministry of Criminal Justice He is one of us, the Ministry of Criminal Justice did not investigate a princeling official, he came here for us, for His Highness."

"Your Highness, if this continues, the arrogance of the princelings will become more and more arrogant." An official said with red eyes: "A few people will be arrested today, and some will be interrogated tomorrow. This fire will soon burn our heads Come up, they are deliberately trying to deal with His Highness!"

An official said one after another: "Your Highness, we can't sit idly by, we must fight back!"

"Counterattack?" King Qi frowned and said, "How to counterattack?"

Lang Wuxu hurriedly said: "Your Highness, at this point, I can only ask you to present the excerpt to the Holy Majesty. In the excerpt, the prince's actions are clearly presented to the Holy Majesty. The Holy Majesty is wise and naturally knows what the Prince has done. This is what I want to do...!"

"What do you say in the scriptures?" King Qi looked at Lang Wuxu, "Could it be that you tell your father that the crown prince avenges his personal revenge, eradicates dissidents, forms a clique and monopolizes power, and intends to plot rebellion?"

Everyone looked at each other, Lang Wuxu lowered his voice and said: "Of course you can't say that, but the meaning... the meaning must always be known to the Holy One."

King Qi sneered and said: "What evidence is there for this memorial? There is nothing wrong with the crown prince's order to rectify the administration of officials. It is reasonable to say that there is nothing wrong with the criminal department's yamen investigating the officials in Beijing. The people he took away were all It is not wrong to find witnesses and physical evidence in advance, and the evidence is very sufficient, even during the entire investigation and interrogation, it was handled by the Criminal Department, and the crown prince did not intervene in the open...!"

"But all of this must be instigated by the crown prince...!" an official said immediately.

King Qi stretched out his hand, "Evidence, give me the evidence!"

The official bowed his head, not daring to speak.

"Only when the criminal evidence of these officials is convincing and the Ministry of Punishment imposes the death penalty, the dossier will be submitted to the crown prince for approval." King Qi said slowly: "This is the power and responsibility of the supervisor. At one point, there is no conclusive evidence that the crown prince avenged his personal revenge. You asked me to present the papers to my father, but I couldn’t produce any evidence. When the time comes to submit my papers, my father asked me what evidence there is. How do you ask me to answer?"

The officials looked at each other in blank dismay.

It is true that after the emperor left Beijing to inspect the north, the crown prince supervised the country and held great power. As the leader of the princeling party, the crown prince was naturally merciless to the members of the royal party.

The six ministers and the four ministers have all traveled north with them, leaving behind Qiu Junyu, Minister of Punishment, and Song Ling, Minister of War.

After Yu Buqun, the former minister of the Ministry of War, passed away in the northwest, Song Ling, the left servant of the Ministry of War, temporarily acted as the minister of the Ministry of War. Congmuhua couldn't even effectively control the Ministry of War. He was able to sit on the position of minister of the Ministry of War. Of course, he was good at officialdom communication, but also because of his seniority and his military strategy.

Originally, the old Shangshu from the Ministry of War was also going to accompany the northern tour in the original plan, but on the eve of leaving Beijing, the old Shangshu fell ill, and the palace even sent an imperial doctor to treat it, and it was indeed a serious illness. Only stayed in the capital, until now, still closing the house to recuperate at home.

As far as Qiu Junyu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishments, people have always thought that this person is the emperor's favorite dog. Although this person has a cruel temperament, he has one characteristic that the emperor admires most, that is, he is lonely and has no family. For the clear Qin Dynasty, this is really a strange thing.

Perhaps because of Qiu Junhao's notoriety, everyone knows that he is a cruel official who is almost perverted, so at least on the surface, few officials are willing to associate with this cruel official.

It is precisely because of Qiu Junyu's loneliness that he sits firmly in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

It was only after the emperor's northern tour that the Ministry of Criminal Justice thoroughly investigated the Qi royal party, which made many officials suddenly realize that this cruel official of the Ministry of Criminal Justice seemed to belong to the prince.

In terms of purging the Qi royal party, Qiu Junyu did his best. This cruel official already made the Ministry of Punishment his home, and it was not uncommon for him not to return to his residence for several days.

Everyone knows that the crown prince is definitely behind the bloody storm against the Qi royal party this time, otherwise the princelings would not be safe, and the members of the Qi royal party fell one after another.

However, the prince did it perfectly. From the beginning, he only said one sentence to rectify the administration of officials, and he didn't say much else. However, the Ministry of punishment fully understood the meaning of the prince and cleaned it up wantonly. No one could produce evidence that the Ministry of punishment thoroughly investigated The officials are guided by the prince behind the scenes. After all, the thorough investigation of corrupt officials is also the responsibility of the Ministry of Punishment.

As far as the officials of the Qi Royal Party who were thoroughly investigated by the Ministry of Criminal Justice can almost produce real evidence, there are all personal and physical evidence, and there is no way to argue if they want to refute. Everyone knows that the Ministry of Criminal Justice is really well-prepared for this shot. For the officials they arrested, they were able to present all the evidence of corruption and violation of the law and relevant witnesses in front of the criminals in the first place. , allowing the execution of criminals is also a matter of duty.

Most of the members of King Qi's party were the former subordinates of King Han. After they joined King Qi's sect, they were once powerful. To a certain extent, their power even surpassed that of the princelings.

Moreover, in the eyes of most officials, it would be a matter of time before the emperor abolished the prince, and it would be a sure thing to change the king of Qi. Therefore, in the eyes of members of the Qi royal party, the future is bright.

But after the emperor's northern tour and the crown prince supervising the country, the Qi royal party discovered that everything was far beyond expectations.

What's even more frightening is that after the emperor left Beijing for a tour of the north, the crown prince just used the Ministry of Punishment as a tool. The simplest and crudest method had already suffocated the Qi royal party.

The Qi royal party had almost no power to fight back.

At this time, the officials of King Qi's party finally understood that the big tree of King Qi they relied on was really not a towering tree. The shadow of King Qi was covering them, but at this moment they finally woke up, without the protection of the emperor, the tree of King Qi was really weak.

Qi Wang Yingren also understood at this moment that these officials who took refuge in him were really a bunch of drunks and rice bags. They were all arrogant and unpredictable on weekdays. Millions of soldiers, but when the matter came to an end, he realized that there were not many of these guys who really helped, and there was not a single person who really came up with a good plan for the large group of yelling.

The only Xu Congyang who can be trusted is now in Zhongshu Province. Countless things are piled up on Xu Congyang's body all day long, and he can't get away from him at all.

After the crown prince punched him, King Qi had discovered his own weakness, and he also clearly realized that he and the crown prince were not equal opponents at all.

Lang Wuxu and the others whispered in a low voice, all of them looked very anxious, and King Qi looked very solemn, he glanced at everyone, and finally said: "Don't you all claim to be smart? What's the matter? At that time, you have no idea?" Sneered: "A group of people who have a lot of wine and food, if you don't want to come up with a solution, the people from the Ministry of Punishment should go to your home."

Everyone was even more flustered, Lang Wuxu pondered for a moment, finally approached, and said: "Your Highness, it's not that there is no way, but... it's just that this way is a bit difficult."

"What way?"

Lang Wuxu said softly: "Since the Crown Prince used the Ministry of Punishment to kill us with a knife, we... if we destroy that knife, we might not be able to turn defeat into victory!"