Han family achievements

Chapter 132 Execute All
No one expected that things would develop like this.

Originally, they all thought that this discussion was because of Wang Yun's matter, but they didn't expect these people from the Sangong Mansion to appear here.

What's more, he didn't expect that His Majesty, a young man in the palace who hardly ever leaves home, would have found out about them so clearly!

Qiaozheng and the others were terrified, how could they know that the emperor was so clear about such a hidden matter!
Qiaozheng's expression changed, his hands trembled, and the emperor's sudden attack caught him off guard.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me if you are convicted!"

Qiao was thinking of countermeasures, and some people behind him fell to the ground in fear to plead guilty.

Liu Bian stared at Qiao Zheng coldly, and said, "Pick it up and show me!"

Qiaozheng looked at the memorials scattered on the ground, vaguely saw the names of 'Zhang Rang' and others, his heart trembled, his face turned pale, he fell to his knees with a plop, unable to utter a word.

Only then did he wake up, the imperial court did not pursue the members of the eunuch party, but it did not mean that the imperial court had no evidence of people who bought officials from the eunuch party!

Yang Biao, Wang Yun, Dong Zhuo and others sat upright, with their heads down, unable to see their expressions.

Zhong Yao, Li Ru, Liu Biao and the others stared inwardly. They don't know anything about so many things!
"Come on!"

Liu Bian snorted coldly, and said, "Pull him out, and put him in death row!"

As soon as the words fell, the imperial guards rushed in to detain them.

"Your Majesty, forgive me, Your Majesty, forgive me!"

"Your Majesty, the ministers were persecuted, it was Qiao Zheng, it was him, he was the one who persecuted the ministers..."

"Your Majesty, the minister was wronged, and the minister did not participate..."

"Your Majesty, I have found out my crime, please forgive me..."

"Step aside!"

Suddenly, a white-haired half-centenarian broke free from the guards, stood up, and roared at Liu Bian: "Wang Yun messed up the government, killed the officials, and forced the death of orphans and widows. Bring up the old case, the minister refuses to accept!"

Another middle-aged man broke free from the imperial guards, with a sad expression on his face, and said generously: "The ministers were only deceived and did not commit any crimes. Since His Majesty took the throne, he has favored traitors, stayed away from direct ministers, disturbed the court, and was loyal and fearful! Today, I would like to remonstrate with death, Your Majesty, please change course, sweep out the traitors, and clarify the court!"

As he spoke, he was about to crash into a pillar beside him.

The guard grabbed him and pressed him firmly to the ground.

Yang Biao, Wang Yun and others changed their colors. If someone were to be bumped to death in the Jiade Hall in public, then His Majesty would be labeled as a "faint monarch" with a "direct minister's death advice".

"Pull it out!"

How could Liu Bian be frightened by this kind of trick, and said coldly: "Find a place where no one is around and let him hit him, and bury him on the spot if he dies!"

Without further ado, the guard dragged more than 30 people out.

The crowd was wailing and shouting for mercy.

Liu Bian was sitting, and from the corner of his eye, he glanced at the courtiers on both sides.

These people bowed their heads one after another, not daring to speak.

Inside the hall, it was as quiet as no one.

Liu Bian's eyes turned around and fell on Zuo Li.

Zuo Li understood, backed away quietly, and walked out through the side door.

Liu Bian watched Xiaohuangmen take back the scattered notebooks on the ground, and said calmly, "Tell me about the reduction of redundant officials."

All the ministers remained motionless, their eyes focused on Wang Yun vaguely.

"Wang Yun killed Yin Tong and forced the death of his family, so let's not pursue it?" 'Many people secretly said.

This kind of thing cannot be suppressed, even if His Majesty does not pursue it, the saliva of the government and the public will drown Wang Yun!

Wang Yun was depressed in his heart, with a sullen face, raised his hand and said: "Return to Your Majesty, it is estimated that 200 people will be cut today. It will take ten days. The total number of cuts will be 920, and the decision will be finalized before the end of the year."

Liu Bian nodded, and said: "Your family has heard it, I hope that you can work together to eliminate interference, put state affairs first, and accept all kinds of thoughts."

Seeing Liu Bian's plain expression and his calm and prestige tone, all the courtiers felt inexplicably awe-inspiring.

This young His Majesty is becoming more and more dignified.

"The minister waits for the order."

The people here understand the 'big picture', know the 'wind direction', and raise their hands respectfully.

Liu Bian turned his eyes back and forth on the faces of Yang Biao, Wang Yun, and Dong Zhuo, and said: "I will hand over the matter of the salt administration to Li Cao and Hu Cao to jointly implement it. What's your opinion?"

"The minister leads the decree." Yang Biao raised his hand and said.He is eager to push everything out, not to mention that the Yanzheng wants to stab the hornet's nest.

Others followed suit and raised their hands, saying: "The minister waits for the order."

It took a long time to prepare for the Yanzheng matter, and the wind that should have blown has blown, and no one is willing to take on this thankless job.

"You have no objections, so let's make a decision." Liu Bian said.

Ying Shao has already arrived in Jizhou, and it is just around the corner to control the output of the saltworks.Even if Liu Yan from Yizhou is disobedient, without Liu Bian nodding, the salt from Yizhou cannot enter the seven northern states!
Time to bring up the salt tax!

Yang Biao saw the needle, raised his hand, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, regarding the incident of Zuo servant's shooting, I think it is necessary to investigate carefully, and not to be convicted just because of the few words of the courtier."

Liu Bian glanced at him, then turned to Wang Yun.

Wang Yun did not expect Yang Biao to explain to him, bowing his body with a stern expression and lowered his eyes.

Suddenly, Zuo Li came in from the side door in small steps, came to Liu Bian, bowed and whispered a few words.

Liu Bian frowned, and there is such an unexpected harvest?

Zuo Li stepped back quietly and stood beside Liu Bian.

Just as Liu Bian was about to speak, a Zhonghuang Gate hurried in from the other side, looking flustered, he handed a memorial to Liu Bian, and said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, the memorial just received by Shang Shutai."

Liu Bian remained expressionless, and stretched out his hand to take it. After opening it, he just glanced at it, his eyes suddenly changed, sharp as a knife.

This is Yin Tong's memorabilia, directly admonishing Liu Bian: being unfilial to grandma, abandoning her in the mountains, favoring traitors, killing courtiers, making straight ministers afraid, scholars fearful, the world is in turmoil, the country is about to perish, etc.

"How dare you!"

Liu Bian's eyes were cold, and he looked up at the palace.

The courtiers in the palace were still in a state of bewilderment, and hadn't recovered from what happened to Qiao Zheng and Wang Yun. Seeing Liu Bian's expression, they couldn't help being secretly startled.

What happened again?

Liu Bian suppressed his anger, took a deep breath, looked at the little yellow gate, and said, "Who else knows about this memorial?"

Xiao Huangmen lowered his head, his face turned slightly pale, and said: "Household officer and villain."

Liu Bian nodded, regained his expression, and handed the memorial to Zuo Li.

Zuo Li met Liu Bian's killing intent in his eyes, his face became tense, he took it silently, and quietly backed out.

Liu Bian sat up straight, turned to the courtiers, smiled like a spring breeze on his face, and said loudly: "Qiaozheng and others confessed, it was they who poisoned Yin Tong, forced Yin Tong's wife to death, and framed Wang Qing's family."

All the ministers looked at Liu Bian with the word 'confused' written all over their faces.

Wang Yun framed by Qiao Zheng and others?Such a coincidence?

Besides, His Majesty should be happy that Wang Yun has been vindicated, why did he have the expression just now?

What was written in that playbook?
Liu Bian glanced at the crowd again, stood up suddenly and said, "Qiaozheng and others, execute them all. We'll be here today."

"Back to court." Pan Yin shouted loudly, and quickly followed Liu Bian out of the side door.

Execution Bridge is waiting for more than [-] people!
The courtiers looked at Liu Bian's back with horror on their faces, with shock and doubts in their hearts.

The originally expected conviction and imprisonment of Wang Yun did not happen, but a bridge appeared to whitewash Wang Yun.

Until Liu Bian left for a long time, the Jiade Hall was still quiet, no one spoke, let alone left.

Yang Biao sullenly looked at the crowd from the corner of his eye, and smiled at Wang Yundao: "Master Zi got a blessing in misfortune, I'm glad I can congratulate you."

Wang Yun was expressionless, and secretly heaved a long sigh of relief. He was ready to die, and he never thought that the mountains and rivers would recover, and there was a way to survive!
'Is it true that Qiaozheng and others framed me, or did His Majesty deliberately protect me? '

Wang Yun was uncertain, so he said to Yang Biao with a stiff face, "Thank you, Prime Minister, for speaking frankly for my subordinate."

Yang Biao's fat face trembled, and he said with a smile: "You and I are colleagues, as it should be."

He Yong, Zhong Yao and others saw each other and looked at each other quietly.

Today's incident happened too suddenly and caught off guard, which made them very puzzled.

Especially after His Majesty read the memorial, he executed Qiao Zhengwai for more than thirty people.

Today, His Majesty has always regarded himself as "lenient and benevolent". This is the first time that more than 30 people have been executed with one sentence!
The other courtiers were also thinking about this matter, and had already ignored Wang Yun who was about to fall.

Wang Yun sat there, and it took him a long time to calm down, his eyes gliding over the faces of the people in the hall, cold and indifferent, inferring in his heart which other traitors were involved in framing him.

"Everyone, what else can you say about the reduction of redundant officials?" Wang Yun's voice sounded in the quiet hall.

Everyone's expressions were terrified, and many people unconsciously bowed slightly to Wang Yun, showing respect.

More than [-] people in Qiaozheng will be executed. Who dares to make irresponsible remarks on "reducing redundant officials"?
Yang Biao looked at Wang Yun, and suddenly became vigilant.

After today's incident, not only did Wang Yun not fall, but his position became more stable and his power increased greatly!

Seeing that no one said anything, Wang Yun turned to Yang Biao and said, "Prime Minister, what do you mean?"

Immediately, Yang Biao looked friendly and said with a smile: "Master Zi, let's do it according to your wishes, draw up the rules, and ask me to stamp it."

Wang Yun remained motionless, and said, "Shangshutai discussing matters?"

Yang Biao stood up and said with a smile to the crowd: "Everyone, let's discuss matters at the Shangshutai."

Following Yang Biao, Wang Yun stood up, and the others followed suit, quietly making eye contact with familiar people, instead of gathering in twos and threes to discuss as in the past.

He Yong and Zhong Yao had just left the Jiade Hall, and they walked together, away from the crowd.

He Yong said: "Zhong Tingwei, you said, is it really Qiaozheng and others?"

Zhong Yao said, "Yes and no."

He Yong understood, remembering Liu Bian's look at the memorial, and he clearly felt the killing intent in Liu Bian's eyes.

He Yong and Liu Bian were not as close as Xun You, so he didn't have the courage to ask, and always felt uneasy.

"Xun Shangshu, are you going back to Beijing soon?" He Yong asked.

Zhong Yao nodded and said, "I received his letter yesterday, probably within a day or two."

He Yong hummed, still thinking about it.

He found that without Xun You, Liu Cao had lost his backbone, and everything was not going well, making it difficult to make decisions.

Speaking of it, Shangshutai seems to be peaceful now, but in fact there are many factions, and the estrangement is clearly visible.

As the prime minister, although Yang Biao has no friends or party, he is the most powerful one invisibly, after all, he is the prime minister.

Followed by Wang Yun, he handles the most government affairs, plus the supervisor's "reduction of redundant officials", everyone in the government and the opposition should be polite and dignified when they see him.

Then, there are the six Caos, headed by the official Cao Shangshu Xun You, and the three Caos are combined with one Cao.

As for the Jiuqing outside, many people are the "remnants" of eunuchs and relatives, and their minds are unpredictable.

Zhong Yao, He Yong said, and came to the meeting hall of Shangshutai, and he was startled when he entered the door—the King of Bohai, Liu Xie, was also there.

It's not surprising that Liu Xie is here, this was decided more than two months ago.What stunned them was that Liu Xie was not sitting by the side like before, but sitting side by side with Prime Minister Yang Biao!
Not only the two of them were stunned, but the others were equally puzzled.

Including Liu Xie himself.

He was sitting next to Yang Biao. Compared to the fat Yang Biao, Liu Xie looked very thin.

Liu Xie had a sullen face, sitting upright, even though he was precocious, he was still very nervous to meet the eyes of so many court officials.

He was full of worries about Liu Bian's arrangement in his heart, but he couldn't resist, so he had no choice but to cooperate.

When Yang Biao saw that everyone had arrived, he calmly said solemnly: "Today, let's talk about the reduction of redundant officials. The Shangshutai has set a limit of ten days. If you have any difficulties, you can speak freely."

No one spoke, most of them were pretending to be thinking.

More than 30 people jumping up and down, such as Qiao Zheng, are about to be executed. Who dares to talk too much?
Yang Biao glanced at Wang Yun, turned to Liu Xie beside him, smiled and said, "What do you think, Your Highness?"

Liu Xie kept his face motionless, and said: "Your lords are discussing matters, and this king listens to the government according to the order. He does not make discussions, and he has no right to make decisions. Please feel free to discuss politics, and don't care about this king."

Yang Biao blinked his small eyes, and immediately said with a smile: "That's the end of today's matter. Will Your Highness come to His Majesty with me?"

Liu Xie looked at him and said, "I'm going to take my grandmother into the palace for the New Year later, so I won't be with the prime minister."

Yang Biao's expression remained unchanged, but he was secretly surprised.

Take Empress Dowager Dong into the palace?Why?
Who doesn't know that Empress Dowager Dong wanted Liu Xie to succeed her wholeheartedly, and she was the master of the Twelve Attendants when the first emperor died.

Empress Dowager Dong was very responsible for that palace change!
Not only Yang Biao was shocked and uncertain, Wang Yun, Zhong Yao and others were also secretly vigilant.

At this time, in Yongle Palace.

Empress Dowager He frowned, and shouted to Liu Bian, "I don't agree, let that old woman die on the barren hill!"

(End of this chapter)