On the second day of September in the twenty-seventh year of Xianlong, a major event occurred in the Zhou Empire that shocked both the government and the public.
The Holy Emperor suddenly issued an order to arrest and imprison Chen Liangfu, the left prime minister, Wang Shizhi, the censor, and Wei Chongwen, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites.
For a time, everyone in the Chen Party was in danger.
The Chen Party was one of the most powerful cronies in the Xianlong Dynasty. It occupied many important positions in the court and had a strong voice.
But because of this, he was hated by many people.
When the Chen Party was in trouble, the officials in the court, regardless of rank or camp, began to add insult to injury and accused Chen Party officials of various crimes.
Those who have a grudge will take revenge, and those who have a grudge will complain.
When the tree fell and the monkeys dispersed, those fence-sitters quickly drew a clear line with the Chen Party. Those who had been deeply branded as the Chen Party did not have such good luck, and were liquidated one by one.
Few people who are able to hang out in the court are clean, it just depends on whether they have a backer to protect them.
Now that the backer has fallen, these people have also suffered misfortune one by one.
Those who are dismissed from office are dismissed from office, and those who are imprisoned are imprisoned.
Emperor Xianlong did not intervene in this matter because he knew that the other factions would quickly fill the vacancies left by the Chen Party. This was a process of redistribution of power.
The reason why the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple were not allowed to interrogate Chen Liangfu was because Chen Liangfu was suspected of colluding with the enemy and treason, colluding with the Mobei barbarians and even the demon sect, selling salt and iron, and crossbows to the enemy.
It concerns the face of the court and should not be heard in public.
The bad guy had the first-hand evidence of Chen Liangfu's crime, and it was Emperor Xianlong's wish to keep the trial to a minimum.
The bad guy Feng Hao also knew the Sacred Heart very well, and it only took him three days to submit the guilty pleas of Chen Liangfu, Wang Shizhi and others to Heaven.
The emperor Lei Ting was furious and ordered the left prime minister Chen Liangfu, the imperial censor Wang Shizhi and a group of cronies and more than 3,000 family members to be beheaded in public display.
For a time, the execution ground outside the West City was full of heads, and the smell of blood filled the air and could not dissipate for a long time.
It was impossible to kill more than 3,000 people in one day. In order to act as a deterrent, the imperial court decided to kill 1,000 people every day. It took three days to kill all the criminals.
The heads of Chen Liangfu and others were ordered to be hung on the wall of Zhuque Gate for public display, and their bodies were hastily buried in mass graves.
The Chen Mansion and other prisoner's official residences were searched one after another, and millions of taels of silver and more than 100,000 taels of gold were found.
This dirty silver was of course put into the national treasury.
This sudden reshuffle of power made the bad guys famous. In addition to the bad handsome man Feng Hao being remembered, a small man in green robe also came into the sight of Gong Gong.
This person is none other than Zhao Xun.
It is said that Zhao Xun was the first to find the clues and evidence of Chen Liangfu's collaboration with the enemy and treason.
The name Zhao Xun was a bit unfamiliar to these court officials, but after contacting his father Zhao Yuan, these court officials understood.
It turned out to be the crown prince of Chengguo.
All members of the Cheng Guogong family are loyal and good, and a tiger father has no dog sons. It is not surprising that Zhao Xun can be so outstanding.
The emperor had clear rewards and punishments. He rewarded Feng Hao, Zhao Xun and others with a hundred taels of gold, a thousand taels of silver, and three hundred bolts of silk. He also granted Zhao Xun the title of "walking with a sword before the emperor".
This is more of an honorary title.
Because Zhao Xun was a bad person in his job, he did not have much time to go in and out of the palace.
But the advantage of having this title and position is that it will be much easier for Zhao Xun to enter the palace and meet the saint in the future.
Zhao Xun was naturally extremely grateful for this. After thanking the emperor for his kindness in the direction of true north, he breathed a sigh of relief.
On the one hand, he felt relieved that he had finally found out the truth about this complicated and confusing serial case.
On the other hand, he understood that at this moment he had truly achieved Jane in the Emperor's heart.
As a minister, it is not easy for the emperor to remember.
Especially in such a brilliant way.
Zhao Xun did it, and at least at this moment he had a good impression in Emperor Xianlong's mind.
Of course, Zhao Xun also realized the dangers of the court through this incident.
Although Chen Liangfu was sinister, shameless and scheming, he used various means to create false impressions, and Zhao Xun was almost fooled.
But are people outside Chen's party pure and innocent? Are those Gonggun princes who shouted and killed Chen's party wholeheartedly serving the public good?
Zhao Xun knew that of course not.
The world is as dark as crows, and no matter which faction is in power, they will exclude dissidents for their own interests.
If Party Chen is like this, what kind of Wang Party has been replaced? Party Li and Party Liu have also changed the soup but not the medicine.
It's just that the real person in power, Emperor Xianlong, wanted to see this situation.
The so-called emperor's mental skill is actually nothing more than a balancing skill.
The emperor pays attention to checks and balances.
As long as all the major factions in the court work together, no one will threaten his power or the throne.
From this perspective, the Chen Party, which has become a dominant party in recent years, will be liquidated sooner or later. Even if Zhao Xun does not find out the fact that Chen Liangfu collaborated with the enemy and treason, the emperor will accuse Chen Liangfu of another crime.
After thinking about this, Zhao Xun felt a chill down his spine.
In this era, the power of the emperor is greater than that of heaven, and the emperor is the master who holds the power of life and death. The others are just a group of wage earners. No matter how high they climb, they may fall down at any time and be shattered to pieces.
At this point, Zhao Xun extremely hopes to go further on the path of spiritual practice.
In the past, he only practiced to become stronger, but he never thought about why he wanted to become stronger.
Now he understands that practitioners may be the only group of people who can resist the imperial power and protect themselves.
Moreover, the level of the practitioner must be high enough.
Otherwise, just one slap from the palace's most powerful man, the eunuch Zheng Jie, could kill an ordinary cultivator like an ant.
How strong do you want to become?
Not to mention becoming a peerless strong man like Yuan Tiangang, the Supervisor of Qin Tian, and the Mountain Chief of Haoran Academy, but also a second-grade master like his mentor Wu Quanyi, right?
In today's Chang'an City, fourth-grade people are everywhere, and fifth-grade people are not as good as dogs.
Only masters of level three or above will be respected.
However, Zhao Xun still has a long way to go before reaching this goal.
But now Zhao Xun's resources are top-notch. With the help of two Taoist masters, Yuan Tiangang and Wu Quanyi, I believe his cultivation will improve rapidly.
Of course, after such a major case was concluded, Zhao Xun urgently needed time to relax.
During this period of time, his nerves had been tense and he was almost nervous to death.
And when it comes to relaxing, there is probably no place in the entire Chang'an City that is more suitable than Pingkangfang.
Zhao Xun was so proud of the spring breeze that he called Jia Xingwen and Wangcai went to Pingkangli Goulanli to drink flower wine together.
The little fat man was naturally very happy about this.
"Good luck, let's have chicken tonight."
Now Wangcai has learned Zhao Xun's mantra and repeats it freely.
Zhao Xun couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. Did he lead the little fat man into evil?
