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Chapter 57 Morning Morning

the next day.

Early in the morning, all the officials were waiting outside the palace gate, waiting to go to court.

According to the past, when the palace door was not open, officials would gather together in twos and threes and chat quietly.

But today, none of the officials were in the mood to gather together and talk. They all stood there quietly, waiting for the palace door to open.

Moreover, every official's face was different from usual, looking worried.

In fact, what happened yesterday had such a great impact on Baiguan that it still makes Baiguan feel a little scared.

General Wu Jin, one of the four most powerful ministers of the country, had his home confiscated and his family exterminated.

How shocking this is.

Who is General Wu Jin?

That was the head of the state, one of the four great auxiliary ministers left behind by the late emperor, and the powerful minister in charge of the southern camp and the six southern camps of the Twelve Shenwu Guards.

Coupled with his peak Grandmaster strength, it is no exaggeration to say that he can respond to every call in the court.

Even the elders of the Three Dynasties like Grand Master Wen Zhong were extremely fearful of General Wu Jin.

But just such a person died yesterday, his family was confiscated and his family was exterminated.

At the same time, more than 20 court officials including the Minister of Libu and the Minister of Rites were also confiscated and exterminated.

Any one of these officials is not someone with real power.

But yesterday, they were all taken down in one fell swoop.

Even Empress Wu Ying, who was once the Second Holy Emperor, died in the square outside Yangxin Hall yesterday.

Such a sudden change made all the officials frightened for a moment.

I was afraid that I would be implicated or affected in some way.

Especially up to now, the city of Luoyang is still under martial law, the four gates and nine cities of Luoyang are still blocked, and the imperial guards and factory guards in the city are still arresting people and ransacking their homes.

It would be strange if this made all officials not frightened.

"Click."

The palace door is wide open.

All the officials entered the palace together and came to the outside of Jinluan Hall.

According to their official positions, they followed both sides of the royal road and entered the Jinluan Hall in an orderly manner.

After all the civil and military officials entered the court.

Zhou Chencai wore a dragon robe and walked out from the special royal road beside the Jinluan Palace, stepped onto the dragon platform, sat on the dragon chair, and looked down at the ministers.

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

All the officials knelt down and kowtowed in salute.

Zhou Chen leaned slightly on the dragon chair and looked at the officials kneeling below. There were more than twenty people missing.

Especially when there should have been four people kneeling in front, but now there was only Prime Minister Yuan Bo kneeling alone.

Needless to say, those missing officials were all confiscated and exterminated by Zhou Chen yesterday.

This is because Zhou Chen did not engage in any serious involvement, but only ordered the removal of important officials from the queen's relative's party.

As for those unimportant officials, Zhou Chen did not move.

It's not that Zhou Chen is soft-hearted, but Zhou Chen knows that if he wants to involve himself in a big way, he will order the arrest of all officials related to his relatives and the party.

I am afraid that at least half of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty will be missing.

At that time, who will handle the government affairs?

The center will be paralyzed.

In that case, the gain outweighs the loss.

It is better to keep these people for now and brew them slowly later.

Zhou Chen looked at the kneeling ministers below and said calmly, "Everyone is at peace."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Only then did the officials dare to stand up.

This has always been the rule of the morning dynasty.

If the emperor did not give the order to stand up, all the officials would have to kneel all the way to the morning.

"When there is something going on, we will start, and when there is nothing going on, we will retreat."

Cao Zhengchun's sharp voice sounded.

All the officials bowed their heads and fell silent.

No one stood up to speak out.

In fact, in today's morning court, all the officials didn't know how to respond.

Looking at the Jinluan Hall, which should have been full of officials, it was now much empty. There were more than twenty colleagues missing, and all the officials had to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

At this time, only silence is the best choice.

"how?"

“Is it possible that the country and the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty are in peace and harmony?”

"You don't have anything important to do, right?"

Zhou Chen glanced at the ministers expressionlessly and spoke slowly.

"I remember that you all went to the Empress and the Grand Tutor's office together for half a month."

"Why, now that you have lost so many colleagues around you, you are all mute?"

Zhou Chen's eyes stopped on Prime Minister Yuan Bo at the front.

"Prime Minister, yesterday more than 20 officials from the General's Office, including the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of Rites, had their homes confiscated and their families exterminated. You don't know about this, right?"

"Don't you have anything to play?"

When hundreds of officials broke into the palace before, this old fox caused a lot of trouble for Zhou Chen.

Now that Zhou Chen had a chance, he naturally couldn't let this old fox go.

"Reporting to your Majesty, I am also wondering about this matter."

"The general, the Minister of Personnel, the Minister of Rites, and more than 20 court ministers were convicted for some reason. The emperor wants to confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans."

"It has caused turmoil in the court, and the officials are in disarray. I would like to ask the emperor to clarify the confusion for the old ministers and officials."

Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Yuan Bo stood up and said expressionlessly.

Now that the emperor has named him, Prime Minister Yuan Bo can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.

However, Prime Minister Yuan Bo is also an old fox, and his words are very good, and he did not give Zhou Chen any chance to make an breakthrough.

Solve the doubts?

Zhou Chen sneered in his heart.

What an old fox. Seeing that General Wu Jin and others had their homes confiscated and their families exterminated, what he said was impeccable.

It makes it difficult for people to seize any opportunities.

Zhou Chen moved his eyes away from Prime Minister Yuan Bo and glanced at Baiguandao, "You should be the same as the Prime Minister and want to know why the generals, officials and ministers were convicted!"

"Then I will tell you."

"General Wu Jin conspired with more than 20 officials, including the Minister of Personnel and the Minister of Rites, to commit a mutiny, and was therefore convicted."

"Moreover, I also found out that the Queen's party conspired to murder me."

"Didn't you all clamor for evidence before?"

"I will give you the evidence now."

After saying this, Zhou Chen glanced at Cao Zhengchun next to him.

"Cao Zhengchun."

"Show all the evidence to the officials."

"Let all officials see how loyal and patriotic I am, a good minister of Zhou Dynasty."

Zhou Chen had a sarcastic look on his face.

When Cao Zhengchun heard this, he immediately walked down with a small booklet and handed it to the officials.

To be honest, the officials were a little shocked when they heard Zhou Chen say that General Wu Jin, the Minister of Civil Affairs and others were plotting a mutiny.

They did not believe that General Wu Jin and the Minister of Civil Affairs would conspire to rebel and mutiny.

But Zhou Chen brought out the evidence, and the officials had no choice but to see what kind of evidence it was.

Baiguan took the small book from Cao Zhengchun with doubts.

The official opened the small booklet and took a look.

Their expressions all changed.

Even Prime Minister Yuan Bo couldn't help shaking his hands after seeing the contents on the brochure.

Although there are only a few pieces of evidence recorded above, all of them are shocking.

And the evidence is conclusive.

Every piece of evidence is enough to confiscate the family and exterminate the entire family.

After reading these incriminating evidences, all the officials were silent.

(End of chapter)