Sign a Lu Fengxian at the beginning

Chapter 153 Ji Wusheng’s speculation

Luoyang, the capital of the gods.

In the past few days, as the emperor issued an order to kill the nine clansmen of the Household Department, Fan Yongdou, a thorough investigation of the Household Department began.

The atmosphere in the courtroom became tense.

Every day, officials in the DPRK and Central Government were dismissed, their homes confiscated and their families exterminated by Dongchang.

Regardless of whether they are officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs, other officials, or officials from the Fifth Department of the Ministry of Industry, as long as they are found to be involved in corruption in the Ministry of Household Affairs, their homes will be confiscated and their families will be exterminated by Dongchang.

For a time, the prison of the Ministry of Punishment was overcrowded.

On the surface, the officials whose homes were confiscated were all related to corruption in the Ministry of Revenue.

But in fact, if someone analyzes them carefully, they will find that most of these officials have a common characteristic, that is, they are inextricably linked to the three wealthy families.

Prime Minister's Mansion.

Prime Minister Yuan Bo and the Minister of Punishment sat respectfully below.

Sitting on the main seat was a young figure.

In the Prime Minister's Mansion, the only people who can make Prime Minister Yuan Bo, the host, give up his throne are members of the royal family.

That's right, the young figure sitting on the main seat is none other than King Zhou Zhi of Shu.

Zhou Zhi glanced at Prime Minister Yuan Bo and the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, and said, "As far as I know, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance only told Dongchang some things about the corruption of the Ministry of Finance."

"The Minister of Revenue has not said a word about our affairs so far."

"But I still feel a little uneasy. What do the Prime Minister and Zheng Shangshu think?"

Zhou Zhi looked at the Prime Minister Yuan Bo and the Minister of Punishment.

Fan Yongdou, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, was unable to withstand the torture of Dongchang and confessed to Dongchang about the corruption in the Ministry of Revenue.

Zhou Zhi already knew about this matter.

While Zhou Zhi was happy, he was also a little worried.

Although Fan Yongdou, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, has not said a word about their conspiracy to Dongchang so far, no one can guarantee that the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue will be able to strictly guard this matter in the future.

Therefore, Zhou Zhi had the opportunity to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion today to meet with Prime Minister Yuan Bo and the Minister of Punishment to discuss this matter.

"Your Majesty, Fan Yongdou probably won't say anything about us."

"If he really tells Dongchang about our affairs, then the Jiexiu Fan family will never have a chance to turn around."

"He knows the importance."

"However, the Fan family has already sent people to Luoyang."

"When the time comes, the Fan family will handle Fan Yongdou's matter personally."

Prime Minister Yuan Bo pondered for a moment and said.

The Minister of Punishment also nodded; "Yes! Your Majesty, there shouldn't be any accidents regarding Fan Yongdou."

"The most important thing now is that your Majesty is checking the household department. Many of our officials in the court have been arrested."

"If this continues, within a few days, our power in the court will be wiped out."

The Minister of Punishment looked solemn.

In the past few days, the officials in the household department who have been arrested are basically their power in the court.

Although the Minister of Punishment is also the chief official responsible for investigating the Household Department, with Liu Ye, His Majesty's confidant, there is no possibility of him operating secretly.

I could only watch helplessly as these officials were confiscated and exterminated by Dongchang.

If this continues, their power in the court will gradually be disintegrated.

When the time comes, they will change the world, and it will not be so easy to control the court.

After hearing what the Minister of Punishment said, Zhou Zhi and Prime Minister Yuan Bo also frowned.

Zhou Zhi and the Prime Minister naturally understood what the Minister of Punishment meant.

But the investigation of the household department is the order of His Majesty in the palace, and there is absolutely no way to stop it.

Unless they take action as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhi's eyes flashed as he looked at Prime Minister Yuan Bo and asked, "Prime Minister, how is the Fan family doing?"

Prime Minister Yuan Bo said, "Your Majesty, the Fan family has been reduced to pieces and dispersed to make some noise."

"This can be considered a mistake. I didn't expect that His Majesty would send Cao Zhengchun to annihilate the Fan family."

"With the involvement of the Fan family, Cao Zhengchun and Lu Bu probably won't be able to return to Luoyang in a short time."

Originally, they were still thinking about how to lure Cao Zhengchun, the half-stepping celestial governor of the East Factory, out of Luoyang.

Unexpectedly, because of the Fan family's affairs, Emperor Zhou Chen actually sent Cao Zhengchun to kill the Fan family.

This is exactly what Prime Minister Yuan Bo and others want.

After all, Cao Zhengchun, the governor of the East Factory who was half a celestial being, had a great influence on their plans.

If they can lure Cao Zhengchun out of Luoyang, then their plan will have the greatest chance of success.

Zhou Zhi heard this and nodded.

Now that Lu Bu and Cao Zhengchun, the two half-step heavenly beings, are no longer here, then the emperor Zhou Chen does not have his two biggest trump cards.

This makes planning much easier.

"In this case, let's arrange it as soon as possible!"

"Prime Minister and Zheng Shangshu, what do you two think?"

Zhou Zhi looked at the Prime Minister Yuan Bo and the Minister of Punishment and asked.

Prime Minister Yuan Bo and the Minister of Punishment looked at each other and said together, "It all depends on the prince's arrangement."

Not to be missed.

This is the best time when the two half-step heavenly beings Cao Zhengchun and Lu Bu are not around.

It is also the easiest time to deal with the emperor Zhou Chen.

Prime Minister Yuan Bo and the Minister of Punishment naturally understood.

This is the time they were waiting for.

Naturally not to be missed.

Little did they know, in addition to Cao Zhengchun and Lu Bu, there was another person in the palace who was no less evil than Cao Zhengchun and Lu Bu, waiting for them.

If they knew that there was someone as terrifying as Cao Zhengchun and Lu Bu, I don't know what they would think.

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Royal Palace.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

Zhou Chen sat on the dragon chair and looked at a piece of news in his hand.

It records all the specific situations of the four northern states during this period.

And standing below was Cao Shaoqin, who had a tired face.

Cao Shaoqin's task of assisting Fang Xuanling in regulating officialdom in the four northern states has been completed.

Therefore, Cao Shaoqin returned to Luoyang to repeat the order.

After Zhou Chen finished reading the news in his hand, he raised his eyes to look at Cao Shaoqin below, who had a dusty face; "Although some of the news above is no longer important, you, Cao Shaoqin, did a good job."

"I hope that your Dongchang will be able to penetrate every hole in the future. Nothing can be hidden from your Dongchang."

"Instead of like now, the Huang Tianjiao matter has already passed, and you, Dongchang, have fully investigated it."

"This is not the Dongchang I want."

"Understand?"

Zhou Chen looked at Cao Shaoqin and said calmly.

The news sent by Cao Shaoqin about all the four northern states during this period included all the news about Huang Tianjiao, as well as the news about the Yuan family and the four other wealthy families using Huang Tianjiao to plot against Grand Master Wen Zhong.

Although this information is no longer important to Zhou Chen now, at least it allows Zhou Chen to figure out all the details of the four northern states.

It's just that I came a little late.

"Your Majesty, don't worry, I understand."

Cao Shaoqing immediately bowed and said.

This information was only discovered by Cao Shaoqin later.

"How is the layout of the East Factory in the four northern states?"

Zhou Chen asked again.

Cao Shaoqin immediately said, "Reporting to your Majesty, there are people from Dongchang in every city and prefecture in the four northern states."

"The entire four northern states are under the supervision of Dongchang, and any disturbance cannot be hidden from Dongchang."

Zhou Chen nodded after hearing this.

When he asked Cao Shaoqin to go to the four northern states, he not only asked Cao Shaoqin to assist Fang Xuanling in rectifying the officialdom, but also asked Cao Shaoqin to bring the entire four northern states under Dongchang's supervision.

From now on, no matter what happens in the four northern states.

Zhou Chen, the emperor, wanted to know immediately.

"That's good."

"Recently, the bandits in the four northern states have shown signs of resurgence. What's going on?"

Zhou Chen just saw from the news that there were riots in some places in the four northern states.

This made Zhou Chen look at Cao Shaoqin in confusion.

The corrupt officials in the four northern states were captured.

The wealthy and aristocratic families were also cleaned up.

Disaster relief funds are also fully in place.

How could there still be riots?

"Your Majesty, according to the investigation by the factory guard, these riots are caused by people from the Jiexiu Fan family."

"General Lu and General Zhang have already brought their troops to hunt down those who have caused trouble in the Jiexiu and Fan family."

Cao Shaoqin recounted what happened in the four northern states in the past two days.

After Zhou Chen heard this, he couldn't help but sneer at the corner of his mouth: "This Jiexiu Fan family actually sent people to the four northern states to cause chaos. They really don't know whether to live or die."

The four northern states had hundreds of thousands of anti-rebellion troops from the imperial court's two battalions of Shenwu Guards in the north and south, and Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and Fang Xuanling were there, so the Fan family sent people to those lush green areas to seek death.

As for the Fan family's purpose of doing this, Zhou Chen could guess it without even thinking.

It is nothing more than to contain Lu Bu and the Shenwu Guards of the North and South Battalions to suppress the rebellion, and prevent them from returning to the court.

"Haha, I thought I would contain the counter-rebellion army of Lu Bu and the Shenwu Guards and prevent them from returning to the court."

"Will you have a chance?"

Zhou Chen sneered in his heart, glanced at Cao Shaoqin and said, "Now that Cao Zhengchun is not here, you will be in charge of the East Factory when you come back."

"Keep an eye on the whole of Luoyang for me."

"Especially the Prime Minister and the Minister of Punishment, they cannot let go of any trouble."

Cao Zhengchun left Luoyang, and Zhou Chenzheng was worried that there was no one in Dongchang who could suppress the situation.

Now Cao Shaoqin is back and happens to be in charge of Dongchang.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cao Shaoqin bowed and said.

"Go ahead."

Zhou Chen waved his hand.

Then, Cao Shaoqin exited the Yangxin Hall.

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Shu land.

Prince Shu's Mansion.

After King Zhou Zhi of Shu left Shu and returned to Luoyang, Ji Wusheng had the final say in everything in the King's Palace.

At this time, Ji Wusheng looked at a letter in his hand and frowned.

This letter was urgently sent by King Zhou Zhi of Shu from Luoyang.

The above content is about the news that Emperor Zhou Chen inspected the household department and ordered the death of Jiexiu Fan family.

After Ji Wusheng read the contents of the letter, he felt indescribably weird.

The prince had just made plans with the three great families and returned to Luoyang. His Majesty arrested Fan Yongdou, the Minister of Household Affairs, conducted an investigation of the Household Department, and even ordered the death of the Jiexiu Fan family.

This is too much of a coincidence.

Ji Wusheng's eyes flickered.

Although the letter made it very clear, it was because Fan Yongdou, the Minister of Household Affairs, rose up in the Jinluan Palace to assassinate His Majesty, which led to the Jiexiu Fan family being ordered to be destroyed by His Majesty in the palace.

Keji Wusheng always feels that this matter is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

"wrong."

Ji Wusheng suddenly thought of something, his expression changed, and he stood up directly.

"Here comes someone."

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure quietly appeared beside Ji Wusheng.

"Immediately send someone to check if there are any strangers asking about the situation in Shu recently."

"Especially if there are strangers asking about everything about the prince."

"I want the news right away."

Ji Wusheng said seriously.

"yes."

The figure disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Ji Wusheng's face was indescribably solemn, and he was walking back and forth.

"I hope it's not what I thought, otherwise it will be troublesome."

Ji Wusheng thought to himself, feeling a little restless.

Ji Wusheng had already thought of a possibility, that is, His Majesty in the palace already knew about the secret connections between King Zhou Zhi of Shu and the three major aristocratic families.

His Majesty in the palace then took down Fan Yongdou, the Minister of Household Affairs, and gradually cleaned up the officials of the three aristocratic families in the court in the name of checking the Household Department.

Then, deal with and eliminate the three major families one by one.

If this guess is confirmed, the trouble will be really big.

Ji Wusheng couldn't even imagine that if this were really the case, then when King Zhou Zhi of Shu returned to Luoyang, wouldn't it be like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth?

…

Half an hour later.

The figure quietly appeared next to Ji Wusheng again.

"Master Ji, it has been found out."

"Since the prince received the imperial edict, there have been strangers asking about the situation in Shu."

"In the past few days, many strangers have been checking on the prince."

"These people all have foreign accents."

As soon as this figure appeared, he said immediately.

Hearing this figure's words, Ji Wusheng's expression turned extremely ugly.

Sure enough, what are you afraid of?

These are the people who inquire about the situation in Shu and investigate the governance of Shu King Zhou.

Needless to say, who else could he belong to besides the one in the palace?

These people are probably factory guards.

Ji Wusheng had a sullen face and walked back and forth.

Now that his suspicion has been confirmed, what should he do next?

Ji Wusheng frowned. After walking back and forth for a few times, he turned to the figure and said immediately, "Immediately block all intersections in Shu. No one can be allowed out of Shu."

"Mobilize all our manpower to investigate these strangers who are inquiring about Shu and investigating the prince."

"Any trace of them found will be dealt with directly."

"No matter who it is, no one can be let go."

Ji Wusheng said with a cold face.

At this time, Ji Wusheng knew that he had to use this method to kill these strangers who were inquiring about Shu and investigating King Zhou Zhi of Shu.

It doesn't matter whether these people found out the news about King Zhou Zhi of Shu or found out about the situation in Shu.

The important thing is that only the dead are the most reassuring.

"Yes, Master Ji."

This figure took the order and left again in the blink of an eye.

After the figure left, Ji Wusheng walked back and forth restlessly.

"No, we must inform the prince immediately."

"Otherwise it will be too late."

Ji Wusheng stopped walking back and forth, turned around and left in a hurry.

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(End of chapter)