I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 73 Changyi Country's Officialdom Has Changed
The things they discussed were, at best, an explanation to His Highness, at worst, they were perfunctory to His Highness.

How could he know such a thing?

"Your Highness has just been swayed by Tian Tian. At this time, the person who hates him the most is probably the person who deceived him. If we can be honest with His Highness, he may understand our difficulties."

"But if he sees through that we are perfunctory and prevaricating him, then it's hard to say what happened."

After Zhang Wuji finished speaking, everyone agreed.

"Then I will go to the palace now."

"Hey, An Lexiang is too hasty, and it's not the time yet."

"Why is that?"

"We need to show some sincerity first, at least we have to make some eyebrows about the few things just now before we can report to His Highness."

An Le Xiang thought for a while, stood up from the couch, and said with her hands behind her back: "Then I will go to see His Highness in person in three days. I hope that all colleagues can go hand in hand, and don't let me go away empty-handed."

"only!"

For the next three days, the entire city of Changyi became a mess.

But there is order in the chaos, and the chaos is just orderly.

The pavilion guards have to drill every day, and the number of patrols in the city has not increased. At the same time, the number of guards at each city gate has also increased, and the interrogation has also been greatly strengthened. Section members.

Jian Kou took a few soldiers in disguise, and rode to the north in the direction of Onozawa. Among these soldiers was the young man Liu Xiang.

Their task is to trace back to the Song bandits as much as possible.

And the busiest place is the county prison. The county prison, which is not big at all, suddenly crams dozens of people into it, and it suddenly becomes overcrowded.

Except for the corrupt officials caught first, in the next three days, new people were sent in every day, and they were all businessmen who did not hesitate to do business in Hotan.

There are some sensible people whose legs go limp as soon as they enter the county prison, and confess their sins like beans poured out of a bamboo tube.

But there are still some people who fantasize about being tough and keeping their ill-gotten gains.

But without exception, these tough guys were all forced to reveal everything by waterboarding in the end, and no one dared to hide anything.

On the first day alone, the money "confiscated" from these dirty officials and profiteers reached as much as 700 million, which is getting closer and closer to the figure of 800 million.

The experience of rejecting this county magistrate may not be rich enough, but he is very meticulous in doing things.Every morning, he would take people to the county prison to guard it. As long as the clues were interrogated and handed over to him, he would follow the clues and lead people to search.

So much so that in the past few days, when the fine dogs in Changyi saw Zhen Ye, they would droop their ears and hide in the dark alleys with their tails between their legs.

Early in the morning of the third day, after drinking two large bowls of millet porridge at the county temple, Zhen Fu brought people to the Zhongwei's mansion early as usual.

When he walked into the county prison, he heard the sound of torture coming from the execution room.

Zhen Fu didn't wait too long, and Facao Shi Chen Xiu came out of the county prison.

"The officials asked Zhen envoy Jun Jun to be safe."

"Chen Caoshi doesn't need to be formal."

The rank of the county magistrate is six hundred shi, and Chen Xiu is a subordinate of the Lieutenant's Mansion, and the two have no affiliation, so there is not much difference in status.

What's more, both of them are straight and straightforward, so their tempers are also compatible, and naturally they are less polite.

"Chen Caoshi has been working hard, and he has been busy so early."

"I don't have to work hard, I just need to ask questions from the side. It is He Yucheng and the others who have worked hard."

Those who tortured in the lobby of the prime minister's mansion belonged to Fa Cao's people, but those who tortured in this county prison were the affairs of the prison chief and the jailer.

"Then it's up to you to pry open the mouths of these filthy officials in the end."

"Hehe, few of these people caught are really tough, and they will all be recruited with a little torture."

"How many people have been arrested in total now?" Zhen Fu asked, he was only responsible for catching profiteers in Changyi County, and he didn't know much about the others.

"A total of 28 corrupt officials have been arrested, and many of them are officials from other counties. The Prime Minister's Office has already sent the edict to the counties. I calculated it in private, and it must add up to this number."

Chen Xiu stretched out two fingers, the number was really a bit shocking.

"This is not over yet. Who knows if these 100-plus people will confess to more people?"

Calculated in this way, there are not three or four hundred officials arrested, and I am afraid that they will not be able to stop.

There are more than 2000 officials, large and small, in the entire Changyi Kingdom. To take down three to 400 people at once is nothing more than a small exchange of blood.

The two of them looked at the county prison behind them. They were afraid that it would be overcrowded for a long time.

"This time, An Lexiang was cornered by His Highness."

Zhen Ye is not yet 40 years old, and the goatee under her cheeks makes her look very capable.

The two words he said meant something, and he seemed a little dissatisfied with An Le.

"This may not be a good thing. The officialdom of Changyi Kingdom is about to change." Chen Xiu, the Fa Cao Shi, also "complained" accordingly.

"Yes, An Lexiang's benevolence is indeed benevolent, but his treatment of subordinate officials is a bit too indulgent. I don't know how many subordinate officials who made mistakes have been let go." When Zhen Fu said this, there seemed to be dissatisfaction in his eyes.

"Perhaps An Lexiang wants to be known as a good official."

As soon as Chen Xiu said these words, the two of them laughed at the same time, which seemed to be mocking.

There is no distinction between good and bad officials.The former emphasizes moral education and is a follower of Confucianism; the latter emphasizes laws and regulations and is a supporter of Legalism.

The two are yin and yang, and the other is indispensable, but the reputation of Xunli is better, and it is easy to get praise from the county magistrate. Naturally, many people want to package themselves as Xunli.

And Chen Xiu and Zhen Fu are obviously representatives of the cruel officials, and it is normal to be dissatisfied with An Le.

"However, let me tell you, this His Highness is really a wonderful person. He usually looks mad and disobedient, but unexpectedly, he forced Prime Minister Changyi to kill him. It's really a mistake." Zhen Fu sighed a little in his words.

"Brother Zhen, have you thought about something?"

"What's the matter?"

"Perhaps, this Highness didn't hit him by mistake?"

"Brother Chen, please advise." Zhen Fu is the county magistrate of Changyi County, and he is not "qualified" to participate in the virtuous meeting called in the palace on the fifteenth of every month, so he doesn't know much about Liu He.

"Your Highness is different from the previous Highness. He treats the servants and workers in the palace very kindly, and he is not like a person who doesn't know the importance. He made such a big commotion, and I'm afraid it wasn't a whim."

Both Chen Xiu and Zhen Fu were very sensible and knew that there were some things that could not be continued, so they stopped their gossip at this point, because it would be easy to tell the truth if they continued.

"That's all, these are things that the superiors of Bi Erqianshi and Erqianshi should think about. You and my brother should do the things at hand."

"Exactly!"

The two chatted for a while before starting to chat about today's topic.

(End of this chapter)