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Chapter 225 Punishing the culprit severely regardless of coercion
In the East Nuan Pavilion of the Palace of Nourishing Heart in the Forbidden City, Emperor Jingyang stood in the corridor with his hands behind his back, listening to the stories of the two eunuchs behind him, and looking at the increasingly thicker dark clouds in the sky, without any trace of joy on his face.

Zhang Ran has already reported the process of getting rid of Luo Sigong and Zhao Mengxiang in detail, and the first credit should be given to a horse supervisor named Zhang Yongling.Two years ago, he was sent to Nanhai Zihuangzhuang to train orphans in marching and combat techniques, and his achievements were obvious to all.

After being notified by Zhang Ran, Zhang Yongling personally selected forty orphans with the best water skills. Before dawn, he quietly rowed to Pegasus Pond, holding hollow reed poles in his mouth and sneaking into various waterways to wait.

It was not Luo Sigong and Zhao Mengxiang's idea to send a boat into Pegasus Pond to search for wild ducks, but Wang An's suggestion.With him as the emperor speaking to the most popular eunuch, the two senior eunuchs did not dare not listen, so they could only lead their men to the boat. Naturally, they were jointly framed and there was no return.

It doesn't matter if Luo Sigong and Zhao Mengxiang only send their men on the boat. Zhang Ran will also propose to patrol along the shore. When they reach a secluded place, they will still be ambushed by the orphans and the Yumajian warriors.

It's just that the process is a little more complicated. You have to catch the orphans alive first, without obvious trauma, and then take the orphans to a place in Pegasus to drown them, creating the illusion of falling into the water.

"The storm is about to come, and the wind is filling the building...Wang An, Zhang Ran, you two have done your job well. Each of you will receive a bullfighting uniform and an underground palace on both sides of the mausoleum corridor."

Hong Tao was very satisfied with the result, and the reward was naturally indispensable, but he was still unsure about how to control Jin Yiwei.Out of caution, Wang Zhizhen did not participate in this killing operation, let alone know about it.

Yesterday, he was summoned to the palace for a face-to-face interview. He was naturally overjoyed to be reinstated. He also promised to serve the emperor in the future. When he returned, he would immediately clean the fourteen offices of the two divisions and the east and west divisions to eradicate all violations of law and discipline. A person who has too close connections with foreign ministers.

But that's what he said, but it can't be done.As the saying goes, freezing three feet did not happen in a day. The reason why the Jinyiwei went from being part of the emperor's personal army to being leaked everywhere now is not the responsibility of Luo Sigong and Zhao Mengxiang.

The purpose of getting rid of them was just to avoid being harmed. He wanted to quickly transform Jin Yiwei into the emperor's minions by replacing some management personnel. Not to mention that Wang Zhizhen didn't have this ability, he couldn't do it either.

"Thank you, Lord Long Live, for the reward..." Wang An and Zhang Ran didn't think so much, and they were even more overjoyed by the emperor's reward.

Bullfighting uniforms are honorary clothing and are rarely worn except during celebrations and court meetings to show favor.But it is a real benefit to have the future tomb close to the entrance of the emperor's mausoleum.Being a eunuch is destined to be inseparable from the palace for the rest of his life. It is useless to think too much about money and beautiful women. Only honor and posthumous affairs are really important.

"The remaining meritorious people will be selected into Jinyiwei, and will be awarded official positions of less than 50 households according to their merits and abilities, and each will be rewarded with [-] taels of silver. In Jinyiwei, the Gongwei Qiansi and the picket department will be added, led by the commander, and the Dongchang and Yuma supervisors will be stationed Envoy, can you understand what I mean?"

After much deliberation, I was temporarily unable to solve all the problems left over from history, let alone offend too many powerful people. I decided not to make a big move against the Jinyiwei first, but to use Li Daitao's method of evacuating the real power department of the Jinyiwei and selecting adults from the orphans. who join.

On the surface it looks like a signboard, but in fact it is not a system at all.The newly established Guards Department and Picket Department were directly under the jurisdiction of the commander, and were also supervised by the East Factory and the Royal Horse Supervisor.This is also a reminder to Wang Zhizhen not to be mean, I'm keeping an eye on you all the time!

"My servant understands...here is the list of Luo Sigong and Zhao Mengxiang's remnant party ascertained by Dongchang. We still need to know what kind of charges should be dealt with." Wang An naturally understood such a simple and clear method and did not add any additional comments.However, the emperor had to make a decision on the specific implementation method of the purge of personnel within Jinyiwei. There were a lot of people involved, including relatives of powerful people, and they had to be treated differently.

"...What do you think?" Hong Tao was not happy about being the bad guy again, so he turned to Zhang Ran.

"Uh... I think that the internal affairs of Jinyiwei should be resolved by the king's commander himself. If someone's illegal behavior is discovered and there is irrefutable evidence but cannot be considered, the right way is to trouble the prince again."

"Hehehehe, you are making rapid progress. We all know that taking the right path will harm others! Let's do it like this, but the scope should not be expanded. Find a few culprits to confiscate their homes and confiscate the army, and get rid of all the accomplices. The same goes for the dudes. Find two to scare them. That’s it, don’t make people panic.”

Zhang Ran's suggestion made Hong Tao look at it with admiration. Political struggle is really training for people. It has only been a few years, and a reckless man who used to be straight-forward can actually kill people.However, in view of the cases that have occurred in history, they must be reminded not to take the opportunity to engage in large-scale involvement, let alone to avenge private revenge.

The main theme at the moment is stability. A large number of Liaodong border troops and border residents will soon enter the border. There are also disasters in various places that need to be dealt with carefully. We must not cause trouble anymore. As long as no one rebels and rebels, we can endure it and get through it. Let’s talk this year.

The sensational incident of the drowning of the Jinyiwei commander gradually calmed down after the new commander Wang Zhizhen was introduced.The courtiers did not agree with the emperor on this matter, which was equivalent to acquiescing in the choice of successor.

Later, two Qianhu Shangshu within Jinyiwei listed many illegal acts of the late commander Luo Sigong and commanding officer Zhao Mengxiang, and the investigation part of Jingdong Police Factory was true.The emperor became furious and ordered the two men's homes to be searched. As a result, dozens of letters and papers were found in the secret compartment of the bookcase.

If you have the Tao, it is a good thing not to betray others, and it is not a good thing to betray others.These letters were written by Jinyiwei insiders and court officials. The contents involved money transactions and the amount was not small. They were not legitimate income.

This time the emperor did not act arbitrarily, but took the letter to the cabinet and asked the bachelors to come up with a solution.After all, there were more than a dozen Beijing officials involved, as well as more than a dozen local officials. If the Unalloyed were to arrest them all, I'm afraid the impact would be bigger and bigger, which would be detrimental to the stability of the court.

The cabinet ministers certainly knew how to deal with this problem and quickly came up with a solution.The core idea is eight words: the first culprit must be punished, and the accomplices will not be punished.

Anyway, Luo Sigong and Zhao Mengxiang are also dead, so let's sacrifice our reputation and family again.As for being an ally before... Bah, who is an ally with someone who is corrupt and perverts the law? This is such a slander!
At the same time, several papers for impeaching Li Zhi and Yuan Keli were also rejected as being based on no evidence.This is called a political game. If the emperor does not engage in an expanded attack on civil servants, then the civil servants will not try to grab the emperor's close officials by their pigtails. Everyone will take a step back and live in peace.

Of course, it will still be the same time to find faults with each other in the future, and the attacks will be more accurate and ruthless.Once one side has an absolute advantage, it will not show mercy at all. It must put death first and then act quickly.

(End of this chapter)