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Chapter 145 You really disappoint me

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

The lights are bright.

Zhou Chen sat on the dragon chair, frowning and remaining silent.

Below stood Cao Zhengchun with a respectful look on his face.

Cao Zhengchun sneaked into the Prime Minister's Mansion, and after overhearing the secret conversation between Prime Minister Yuan Bo and the others, he entered the palace without stopping.

Because the contents of the secret talks between Prime Minister Yuan Bo and the others were too shocking.

Even if Cao Zhengchun only heard a few words, he had to go to the palace immediately to report to Zhou Chen.

"What else did you find out?"

Zhou Chen looked at Cao Zhengchun.

Zhou Chen was already preparing to go to bed, but he didn't expect Cao Zhengchun to bring him such important news.

Zhou Chen's sleepiness disappeared instantly.

"Reporting to your majesty, I heard this. It seems that they have basically achieved this in Shu."

"Both the Zheng family and the Fan family are involved."

"Furthermore, strangers have entered the House of the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and the House of the Secretary of the Ministry of Justice tonight. I guess they must be from the Fan family and the Zheng family."

"When the old slave rushed to the Prime Minister's Mansion, they had basically finished their secret conversation, and the old slave only heard a few of these contents."

Cao Zhengchun bowed and said.

When Cao Zhengchun sneaked into the Prime Minister's Mansion, the secret conversation between Prime Minister Yuan Bo and Yuan Ziming was basically coming to an end.

Cao Zhengchun didn't know what Prime Minister Yuan Bo and the others had discussed in secret earlier.

Cao Zhengchun only heard a few sentences that followed.

But just the few sentences that followed were enough for Cao Zhengchun to find out what Prime Minister Yuan Bo and the others wanted to do.

Are the Zheng family and Fan family also involved?

Zhou Chen's eyes flickered.

Zhou Chen did not expect that the Boling Cui family had the audacity to bewitch the Xiaoyao King Zhou Qian and raise a flag to rebel.

After that, three of the seven great aristocratic families, the Yuan family, the Zheng family, and the Fan family, also rebelled and wanted to change the world.

These wealthy families are really not afraid of death.

It seems that what he, the emperor, did made these wealthy families smell the danger.

Otherwise, these wealthy families would not take such a big risk and do something that would lead to the death of all nine clans.

"His Majesty."

"Do you want me to take action immediately, arrest all these people, and directly destroy their mansions?"

Cao Zhengchun said.

Based on the few words that Cao Zhengchun found out about the secret conversation between Prime Minister Yuan Bo and others, it was enough for Dongchang to confiscate their homes and exterminate their families against Prime Minister Yuan Bo and others.

Besides, anything involving this kind of thing.

As long as there is a hint of wind.

That is to say, it is better to kill by mistake than to let go.

Zhou Chen shook his head; "No, since your Dongchang has heard about their purpose, don't rush to take action yet."

"The medicine is too strong, it will hurt your muscles and bones."

"Prime Minister, the Minister of Hubu and the Minister of Punishment are all powerful ministers in the court, and they are also representatives of wealthy families in the court."

"I don't know how many officials in the court are involved with them."

"Once action is taken, these officials in the court will be cleaned up."

"When the time comes, if there are not enough officials to replace them, the center of the court will be paralyzed and turbulent."

Zhou Chen said with a cautious look.

It's not that Zhou Chen didn't want to immediately issue an order to confiscate all these people's homes and exterminate their clans.

But Zhou Chen cannot do this for the time being.

The Boling Cui family and the Minister of Industry have already involved more than 20 officials in the court.

Zhou Chen couldn't imagine how many officials in the court the Prime Minister, the Minister of Hubu and the Minister of Punishment could involve.

This is not even a local cleanup.

This is not as simple as dealing with the Bolingcui family or General Wu Jin's relatives, but at the same time dealing with three powerful families in the seven great families that are deeply rooted in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

These three wealthy families are all extraordinary, and they are all deeper than the Bolingcui family's deep roots in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Among them, the Yuan family of Runan is the first of the seven aristocratic families.

If this can't be decided in one battle.

That would really cause chaos.

These are all things Zhou Chen has to consider.

Therefore, Zhou Chen cannot act rashly without sufficient preparation.

What's more, there is King Zhou Zhi of Shu, and Zhou Chen has to consider the Queen Mother's side.

After Zhou Chen pondered for a moment with a serious expression on his face, he said to Cao Zhengchun, "Cao Zhengchun, call Du Ruhui and Liu Ye into the palace immediately."

Zhou Chen had to summon Du Ruhui and Liu Ye to discuss something important.

As the saying goes, one person is short-term and three people are long-term.

This matter needs to be discussed with a feasible plan.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cao Zhengchun bowed and left the Yangxin Hall.

After Cao Zhengchun left, Zhou Chen's face was a little gloomy, and he murmured to himself, "Old Jiu, Old Jiu, you really disappoint me."

"For the sake of my mother, I have given you a chance. I hope you can see clearly the situation in front of you, but you don't know how to cherish it and want to seek death."

"Do you think I don't know that Zhang De's poisoning of me involves you?"

"Do you think I don't know that you are the biggest chess player behind this?"

"Now, you are actually involved with a wealthy family. You really don't know how to write the word 'death'."

A hint of coldness flashed in Zhou Chen's eyes.

Before, when Zhang De poisoned Zhou Chen, Zhou Chen had already found out that there was also the shadow of Shu King Zhou Zhi behind it.

But because of the Queen Mother, Zhou Chen temporarily suppressed it and did not touch Zhou Zhi.

Zhou Chen gave Zhou Zhi a chance, hoping that Zhou Zhi could see the situation clearly, be the King of Shu in peace, and stop having any evil thoughts.

Unfortunately, it seems that Zhou Zhi did not cherish this opportunity given to Zhou Chen.

Not only did he not say anything because of his evil thoughts, he also intensified his behavior and mixed up with wealthy families, hoping to change his life.

This made Zhou Chen very disappointed.

"Lao Jiu, since you don't give up, let me see what means you have and how big a wave you can make."

Zhou Chen's eyes flickered.

…

Half an hour later.

Liu Ye and Du Ruhui, led by Cao Zhengchun, walked into the Yangxin Hall.

"Your Majesty Liu Ye."

"Chen Du Ruhui."

"I have met His Majesty."

Liu Ye and Du Ruhui walked into the Yangxin Hall and bowed respectfully to Zhou Chen who was sitting on the dragon throne.

Liu Ye and Du Ruhui didn't know why Zhou Chen was late and summoned them to the palace for something important.

Just now on the road, they asked Cao Zhengchun, but Cao Zhengchun was too shy and did not say anything clearly.

This made Liu Ye and Du Ruhui couldn't help but guess that something big had happened.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible for Zhou Chen to summon the two of them in the middle of the night, and Cao Zhengchun still had an expression that was too taboo to say anything more.

Zhou Chen raised his eyes and glanced at Du Ruhui and Liu Ye and said, "Keming, Ziyang, you don't need to be polite, get up!"

"Why am I summoning you to the palace so late? I have something to discuss with you."

"Someone is interested in this chair under my butt and wants to change it!"

As soon as Zhou Chen said these words.

The expressions of Du Ruhui and Liu Ye couldn't help but change.

You've taken a fancy to the chair under His Majesty's buttocks, and you still want to change your life?

Isn't this just someone who wants to sit on the throne and commit regicide?

Sure enough, they guessed it, and something really big happened.

From the looks of it, Your Majesty knows who it is and has found out the information.

Du Ruhui and Liu Ye were thinking a lot.

"Cao Zhengchun, tell Keming and others about the situation."

Zhou Chen glanced at Cao Zhengchun again and said.

Zhou Chen believed that Cao Zhengchun was very strict and would not reveal any information to Du Ruhui and Liu Ye on the way here.

This is also one of the major reasons why Cao Zhengchun became the governor of Dongchang and the emperor's trusted eagle dog.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cao Zhengchun nodded, and immediately told Du Ruhui and Liu Ye the news they heard at the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When Du Ruhui and Liu Ye listened to the news that Cao Zhengchun found out in the Prime Minister's Mansion, their faces became serious.

The three major aristocratic families and the Prime Minister are okay. Although it is a bit troublesome, as long as they plan properly, they can't cause any big trouble.

The person who really made Du Ruhui and Liu Ye serious was King Zhou Zhi of Shu.

This royal matter has never been easy to deal with, and the court ministers were even less willing to get involved.

Du Ruhui and Liu Ye are naturally no exception.

This King of Shu, Zhou Zhi, was the Nine Emperors of Zhou Chen.

There is also a queen mother behind.

This would be even more troublesome than dealing with the three major families and the Prime Minister.

Seeing that Du Ruhui and Liu Ye had finished hearing the news about Cao Zhengchun's spying, Zhou Chen said directly, "You have also heard the news about Cao Zhengchun's snooping in the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"What do you think?"

"How do you think this matter should be handled so as not to cause too much turmoil in the court?"

Zhou Chen looked at Du Ruhui and Liu Ye.

One of these two people is Du Duan in Fang Mou Du Duan, and the other is a talented person who helped the world in the Three Kingdoms.

Zhou Chen wanted to see if these two people had any good methods or suggestions to deal with the matter at hand.

After Du Ruhui and Liu Ye pondered for a moment, Du Ruhui cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I have some doubts."

"Like the Yuan family in Runan, the Fan family in Jiexiu, and the Zheng family in Rongyang, these seven wealthy families have never made a big bet on the entire family, even if they are competing for the title of a prince."

"Not to mention such a risky move of hooking up with the prince and changing the situation. This is not in the interest of the wealthy family."

"I wonder what makes these wealthy families among the seven great families take such risky actions."

Du Ruhui's words made Zhou Chen frown involuntarily.

yes!

Under normal circumstances, a wealthy family will not bet on the fate of the entire family. This is the way for a wealthy family to survive.

But this time, why did wealthy families like the Runan Yuan family place such heavy bets on the King of Shu?

Zhou Chen had not thought about this issue before, but now after what Du Ruhui said, Zhou Chen felt a little strange.

It stands to reason that what Zhou Chen did during this period was a bit irritating to the wealthy family.

But we shouldn’t let the seven wealthy families like the Runan Yuan family directly take risks and hook up with the King of Shu to rebel!

This is somewhat unjustifiable.

This kind of choice is only made when there is no other choice and there is no other way out.

So what makes the Runan Yuan family and other wealthy families take risks to do such a thing, even if they risk the fate of the entire family!

Zhou Chen frowned and thought.

Unless the Runan Yuan family and other wealthy families have already committed some serious crime, just like the Boling Cui family, which committed the death penalty of exterminating the nine clans.

Wait, the Boling Cui family?

Zhou Chen's eyes flickered for a moment, and what did he immediately think of?

"The Yuan family in Runan, the Zheng family in Rongyang, and the Fan family in Jiexiu."

"It turns out that you were also involved in the changes in the four northwest prefectures."

A hint of coldness flashed across Zhou Chen's face.

Zhou Chen had long known that the changes in the four northwest prefectures were planned by more than just the Boling Cui family.

There must be other aristocratic families or forces.

But among the seven aristocratic families and other forces, Zhou Chen was not sure who was involved.

It's fine now. After what Du Ruhui said, Zhou Chen suddenly figured out everything that happened before.

These three families have not escaped.

Zhou Chen took a deep look at Du Ruhui and said, "Keming, have you guessed this a long time ago?"

Du Ruhui shook his head: "Your Majesty, I was just a little confused. After His Majesty said it, I finally understood this."

"hehe."

Zhou Chen sneered.

"Keming, whether the three of them have anything to do with the affairs of the four northwest prefectures or not, it doesn't matter now."

"What I'm asking now is, what do you think should be done about what Cao Zhengchun heard about in the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Zhou Chen looked at Du Ruhui with a sneer.

If you dare to play rough tricks with this emperor, you really think he is an emperor who is easy to talk to!

Facing Zhou Chen's sneer, Du Ruhui's scalp felt numb.

Du Ruhui knew that if he couldn't come up with a good solution, he wouldn't be able to survive today.

"Your Majesty, since they are all related to the affairs of the four northwest prefectures."

"Then between ministers, why not start from this aspect and defeat them one by one."

"There was a problem with the disaster relief funds of the four northwest prefectures before, and His Majesty has not thoroughly investigated it."

"Your Majesty has just come up with this reason and starts with the Ministry of Household Affairs."

"In this way, we can temporarily mislead others, stabilize the situation, and slowly purge officials without causing too much turmoil."

Du Ruhui thought for a while and said.

In Du Ruhui's view, if this matter was carried out by hooking up with the King of Shu and rebelling, it would suddenly arouse the resistance of the three major families.

By then, even if the three major families are wiped out, the court and the local area will be in turmoil.

It would be better to use other excuses to mobilize the officials in the court first, and then gradually start to spread.

Zhou Chen heard Du Ruhui's words and immediately understood what Du Ruhui meant.

Let’s start with the household department, which coincides with Zhou Chen’s.

What Zhou Chen wanted to do was to move the Minister of Household Affairs first, because Zhou Chen had already laid the groundwork before.

Zhou Chen, the money that Zhou Chen used to confiscate his family and exterminate his family, all went into the Ministry of Household Affairs as bait. Zhou Chen always let Dongchang keep an eye on him and did not take action.

Now it's time to stir the rat inside.

Just using this to win over the Minister of Household Affairs will not arouse too much suspicion from the three major aristocratic families and Prime Minister Yuan Bo.

The advantage of doing this is that it can temporarily stabilize these people.

"Any more?"

Zhou Chen looked at Du Ruhui again.

Du Ruhui made several suggestions in succession.

After Zhou Chen heard this, his expression did not change much, making it difficult to tell his true thoughts.

(End of chapter)