Palace City, Jinluan Palace.

The empress sat on the throne, her crown hanging down, covering half of her beautiful and charming face, making her look even more dignified and elegant.

At the bottom of the steps, civil and military officials were lined up on the left and right, holding wat tablets in their hands, bowing their heads and taking a deep breath, standing still.

In the queue of generals, Qin Yi was wearing a purple official uniform, holding an ivory wat tablet in his hand, staring at the wat tablet, as motionless as a sculpture.

This was his first time to go to court. Before that, he had heard other officials tell him many things to pay attention to when going to court. One of them was that he had to keep his eyes on the wat board and not look directly at the empress to show respect.

So after entering the palace, Qin Yi kept staring at the ivory tablet without saying a word, except for taking a sneak look at the empress.

Tomorrow, he will go to Yunanjun Town. Today is his last day in Zhanjing. It happens to be the day of the morning court, and he is an official in Beijing and must go to court.

Therefore, in this temple, he heard many officials reporting various matters.

For example, King Mu sent back a letter reporting on disaster relief matters.

Chi Yuanwu sent back a military report, saying that the remnants of the mountain bandits had resurrected and had gathered into several forces and continued to gather in the mountains and forests, but their numbers were sparse and not something to be feared. He was leading his troops to pacify them one by one.

There are also many government affairs in various places, such as salt tax payment, water conservancy projects, border affairs... and so on.

Qin Yi listened for a while and felt quite bored, so he raised his eyes slightly and looked at the empress.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he raised his eyes, he met a pair of clear and bright eyes. Qin Yi was shocked and quickly looked away.

He never thought that he would be caught by the empress just for deserting.

What's going on? Why is the empress looking at her?

Qin Yi was shocked, but he didn't dare to raise his head any more.

It won't be fun if the empress catches her again.

At this moment, Qin Yi glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw a purple-robed official coming out of the queue at the front of the civil service ranks to respectfully present a memorial.

Depending on where the opponent is standing, he is either at the second level or at the third level.

Qin Yi immediately calmed down and listened carefully.

"Your Majesty, as far as I know, the number of officials imprisoned for the Red Heart Sect has been increasing continuously. So far, there are 284 people. In just a few days, the number has increased by more than 200. There must be innocent people among them!"

Another purple-robed civil servant came out and echoed, "Your Majesty, the people in prison know that they cannot escape their blame, and they may deliberately frame them in order to bring trouble to the court and bring disaster to others. We have to be on guard!"

The Minister of Punishment, Gan Zhixing, the father of Gan Zijin, whom Qin Yi had met before, stood up and said loudly, "Master Zhao, by saying this, do you want to show that the Punishment Ministry framed others?"

"Sir Gan, I don't mean this at all. I'm just worried that the thieves are talking nonsense and the punishment department will be gullible, so that innocent people will be harmed!"

The Minister of Punishment stood up and reprimanded, "That's nonsense. I've specifically issued an order. Don't unjustly accuse others. Every person in prison has evidence of wrongdoing!"

The purple-robed civil servant snorted, "Under severe punishment, what evidence can't be concocted?"

"You!" the Minister of Punishment was furious and was about to scold him when Wen Xiang stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this case has been concluded so far. If we continue to pursue it, it may affect many innocent people. Please help me."

Your Majesty, please think twice and don’t pursue it further!”

When Qin Yi saw this, he immediately understood that there must be too many civil servants in prison, and the civil servant group was suffering, so he gathered together to remonstrate with the empress and asked the empress not to pursue further investigations.

Even Wen Xiang has fallen into disgrace. It seems that they have suffered a lot.

I just don’t know if the Criminal Department really arrested innocent people.

After thinking for a moment, Qin Yi shook his head.

He believed that the teacher was not a man who would do anything and would not allow the Ministry of Punishment to do things that wronged others.

Presumably the accusations made by many civil servants are nonsense.

"I asked the Ministry of Punishment to catch anyone and not let them go. By saying this, do you want to show that my move was a foolish move?" the empress frowned lightly and said coldly.

Qin Yi was slightly startled after hearing this.

Soon I realized that it was not the teacher's intention, but the empress's intention.

Thinking about it, the empress planned to uproot the Chixin Sect, so she would rather kill the wrong ones than let them go. Anyone who was accused of being evil would be arrested and interrogated in prison.

The Criminal Department is under the teacher's command, and any identification involving military generals may be suppressed, while any identification involving civilian officials will be reported, so that the number of people arrested among the civilian officials continues to increase.

Among these people, there may be really innocent people who have never colluded with the Chixin Sect, but there were very few officials in ancient times who were not greedy.

Therefore, it was impossible to prove that these people colluded with the Chixinmen, so the Ministry of Punishment collected their violations of laws and disciplines and reported them to the empress, so that they could be sentenced one by one.

Thinking of this, Qin Yi frowned slightly.

This is not a bad thing. It would also be good to take this opportunity to clean up the court.

It’s just that there are close to 300 people in prison. If the crackdown continues and the number of officials in Beijing continues to decrease, it may damage the fundamentals and cause everyone to be in danger and have no interest in government affairs, which is detrimental to the overall situation!

After thinking about this, Qin Yi raised his head and looked at Wu Xiang.

I saw Wu Xiang looking at the wat board, silently.

Unable to help but frown, Qin Yi hesitated.

He wanted to dissuade the empress, and if the purge continued, hundreds of Beijing officials would be imprisoned, which might have unimaginable consequences.

Anyway, it has been confirmed that these guys don't know the identity of the murderer behind the scenes, so there is no need to implicate him any further.

He was just worried that his move would ruin the teacher's plan. He didn't know if the teacher would be happy to see this situation come to fruition.

But after thinking for a moment, Qin Yi decisively left work.

Although he is a disciple of his teacher, it does not mean that he has to listen to his teacher in everything. He just needs to follow his own principles and do what he feels is right without any regrets!

"Your Majesty, if this situation continues, it will not be beneficial to the country. It should be concluded as soon as possible so that the officials and the people can feel at ease and avoid panic." Qin Yi held the wat board and said loudly.

Hearing this, all the civil and military officials were shocked and couldn't help but turn around and look.

The civil servants did not expect that Qin Yi was a military general and a disciple of the Prime Minister, and the person who broke the news would actually stand up and help speak, which was like the sun coming out in the west!

And many military attachés were also surprised and filled with disbelief!

As a military general, why did Qin Yi speak for civil officials?

While everyone was surprised, there was also a hint of helplessness, secretly sighing that Qin Yi was too naive!

Wen Xiang is a first-class minister, and even his attempts to dissuade him are ineffective. What can Qin Yi do if he speaks out?

But how could we know that the empress frowned slightly and asked doubtfully, "Qin Aiqing really thinks that this should end like this?"

When many civil servants heard this, they were ecstatic!

There's drama!

Maybe, the empress will really agree!

While they were happy, they were also deeply surprised!

When Wen Xiang spoke up, the empress directly refuted it. Qin Yi spoke up, but the empress began to think about it. Why?

Qin Yi held the wat tablet in his hand, nodded and said, "Nearly three hundred people have been imprisoned. Whether they are the secret agents of the Chixin Sect or those who were corrupt and perverted the law, they have all been captured. There is no need to pursue them any further."

The empress pursed her red lips and pondered.

At this moment, a man in the front row of military commanders stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I second my opinion."

When everyone saw it, they were surprised. It turned out to be the Prime Minister of Wu. He also agreed with Qin Yi?

Qin Yi looked up and couldn't help but wonder.

Unexpectedly, Prime Minister Wu looked back and nodded slightly.

Even if Qin Yi didn't say anything, he still planned to dissuade the empress.

After all, if it continues, it will be detrimental to the government.

Although I don't like civil servants, I have to admit that without civil servants, it will be difficult for the court to function only with military commanders.

Therefore, for the sake of the national destiny that is approaching, we should not blindly attack dissident parties for our own selfish interests. We should stop doing so in moderation.

But he didn't expect that Qin Yi would step forward first.

It seems that this son is indeed benevolent and righteous, has a view of the overall situation, and will not disregard the fate of the country and the people for his own selfishness. He has excellent character!

With the Prime Minister taking the lead, many generals, although they didn't quite understand, stood up and agreed.
Chapter completed!