Ming Dynasty: Is a mere unruly commoner rebelling against heaven?

Chapter 77: Clean Up the Entire Capital!

After leaving the Hongde Hall, Wang Zhi, who was usually as cold as ice, suddenly thanked Huai En.

"Eunuch Huai, thank you to the East Depot for uncovering the secrets of the late Emperor's death, giving us a chance to avenge the late Emperor."

"Otherwise, the late Emperor would have died so unclearly, and revenge would not have been taken."

"After I die, I will have no face to face the late Emperor!"

The West Depot and the East Depot had been at odds since the day they were born.

It was the first time that the Director of the West Depot thanked the Director of the East Depot.

Huai En wiped the cold sweat from his head and smiled grimly.

"Director Wang, you are not the only old minister of the late Emperor here."

"This old servant has served the late Emperor for more than thirty years, and it's not your turn to say thank you here."

Huai En didn't appreciate it, and Wang Zhi fell silent and stopped talking.

Mou Bin tried to smooth things over: "No matter what, this time it's all thanks to Eunuch Huai's East Depot for finding out the truth."

"The East Depot should be credited with the first功 for the late Emperor's poisoning case."

Huai En looked at Mou Bin again: "Hmph, when your West Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard were in the limelight before, our East Depot was not idle."

"Now, it's time for your West Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard to see the East Depot's handling methods."

After saying this, Wang Zhi and Mou Bin's expressions became solemn.

An invisible pressure weighed on their hearts.

Gao Shun did not participate in their conversation, but walked straight out of the palace.

He had to immediately fulfill His Majesty's decree and could not delay in the slightest!

...

After Huai En left the Forbidden City, he did not delay and went straight back to the East Depot衙门.

Walking into the gate of the East Depot, Huai En immediately summoned Li Guang and Liu Jin.

"Li Guang, Liu Jin, listen carefully to what I say!"

"His Majesty has ordered to go ahead and do it!"

"We must handle this case cleanly and beautifully!"

As soon as he walked in, Huai En exuded a森然 killing intent.

Before, Huai En hesitated, was uneasy, and even afraid.

That was because he did not know Zhu You樘's clear旨意 and acted entirely on his own speculation.

When more and more officials were involved in the late Emperor's poisoning case, and the area involved became wider and wider, Huai En was afraid that Zhu You樘 did not want to clean up so many officials at once.

If Zhu You樘 did not have the idea of cleaning up the civil officials in the capital, then the case handled by their East Depot would not receive the full support of the Ming Emperor.

This case could not be handled.

This was the root cause of Huai En's fear before.

Now, Zhu You樘 has issued a clear旨意.

Investigate! Investigate fiercely!

Zhu You樘 wanted to clean up all the civil officials in the capital at once!

With Zhu You樘's full support, Huai En was no longer afraid of anything.

The knife of the East Depot, which had been idle for a long time, was finally about to be unsheathed again!

And this unsheathing was not a small fight of dozens or hundreds of people.

But tens of thousands of heads would fall to the ground, vowing to kill the capital until heads rolled!

When Li Guang and Liu Jin heard His Majesty's order to let them go ahead and do it.

The last bit of uneasiness and anxiety in their hearts finally disappeared completely.

As long as His Majesty's attitude was clear and he clearly supported them, then they would be fearless and fully investigate.

From second-rank officials to insignificant minor officials, the East Depot would handle them all!

Huai En immediately issued an order: "Li Guang, you immediately lead a thousand番子 to arrest the five hundred or so officials who were newly replaced in the cabinet after the late Emperor's death."

"No need to investigate, arrest them all!"

"If there is any obstruction, kill them without mercy!"

The憂慮 between Li Guang's eyebrows completely dissipated, replaced by a long-lost killing intent.

"Yes, Godfather!"

"Liu Jin, you also lead a thousand番子 to arrest the officials on the East Depot's list."

"Whether they have been investigated or are still suspected, there is no need to investigate further!"

"Arrest them all immediately and execute them centrally!"

"Don't be afraid of involving many people, the more people you bite out, the better!"

"His Majesty wants to clean up the entire capital!"

The smile on Liu Jin's face became more and more灿烂, and his body trembled with excitement.

"Yes, Eunuch Huai!"

Huai En waved his hand, his expression excited: "Go!"

"Remember, handle this matter decently! Beautifully!"

"Let His Majesty know that the East Depot is the sharpest knife in His Majesty's hand!"

"Yes!"

Li Guang and Liu Jin left to receive orders and each went to select manpower.

Huai En then selected three thousand East Depot番子, led by himself, to enter the palace to protect the Forbidden City.

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West Depot.

After Wang Zhi came out of the Forbidden City, he returned to the West Depot衙门 quickly with a solemn expression and without saying a word.

Since knowing that the late Emperor was poisoned, the anger in Wang Zhi's heart could not be suppressed.

At this moment, he needed a grand slaughter to quell the anger in his heart.

At this moment, the first, second, and third heads of the West Depot were not in the capital.

Tonight's 清查 action will be led by Wang Zhi himself.

He vowed to肃清 all the 文武 officials with異心 in the court to告 the late Emperor's spirit in heaven!

Wang Zhi walked into the West Depot衙门 and immediately summoned all the West Depot番子 in the capital.

"All West Depot番子, listen to the order, assemble all!"

With Wang Zhi's order, all the West Depot番子 still in the capital quickly stood before Wang Zhi.

In addition to the three thousand West Depot番子 taken away by the three heads, there were also four thousand番子 active outside the capital.

The remaining three thousand番子, in addition to one thousand番子 maintaining the daily operation of the West Depot.

These one thousand番子 maintaining the daily operation of the West Depot, in addition to monitoring the officials in the capital, were also responsible for connecting the情报 returned by the West Depot番子 active outside the capital, and so on.

Wang Zhi could only mobilize two thousand West Depot番子 now.

But these two thousand番子 were enough.

The West Depot was different from the East Depot and the Embroidered Uniform Guard. In addition to each having ten thousand loyal core elites, the latter two also had a large number of peripheral members.

The East Depot could now mobilize more than 30,000番子.

But not all East Depot番子 were eunuchs. Only the high-level and core elites of the East Depot were eunuchs, and the other peripheral members were mostly normal people.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard had even more, including the Embroidered Uniform Guard密探 hidden all over the world, the Embroidered Uniform Guard had a total of 150,000 people.

But of these 150,000, more than 100,000 were 密探.

They were scattered all over the Ming Dynasty, some even in Goryeo, Annam, Tartar, Siam, Japan and other places, secretly collecting情报 and sending it back to the capital.

Therefore, the Embroidered Uniform Guard could actually mobilize no more than 50,000 combat forces.

The West Depot only had 10,000 core elites, and all the West Depot were eunuchs.

The West Depot was more elite and more loyal, but the manpower was really limited.

Wang Zhi was already considering expanding the West Depot after the late Emperor's poisoning case ended.

Wang Zhi selected two thousand and one hundred people and immediately gave the order.

"You are divided into one hundred groups of twenty people each, and immediately清查 all the 武 officials in the capital one by one. Anyone who has two hearts for His Majesty, kill!"

"The remaining one hundred people will follow me to personally提审 all the generals!"

"Yes, Director!"