"How is the trial going at Dali Temple?" After pondering for a long time, Emperor Liu raised his head and asked calmly as if he had changed his mood.
"As far as I know, there is no progress at all!" After hearing the question, Yantuo replied with concentration.
"That Xiang Minzhong, although he is rigid and conservative, does not procrastinate in doing things. If he can be supported by Murong Chengde all the way, he must be someone who can do things!" After hearing this, Emperor Liu said calmly: "Why is this matter? Was it done so sloppily?"
Yantuo bowed his hands and said, "I'm afraid Xiang Minzhong is still waiting for the official's instructions and he won't be killed. He doesn't dare to act rashly!"
"Isn't my instruction clear enough?" Emperor Liu turned his head and looked at Yantuo, looking puzzled.
Yantuo said in a low voice: "Dali Temple has been a bit busy these days. As the officials have worried, there are many people paying attention to Kangning, and there are also many people who can't sit still..."
"As expected!" Emperor Liu smiled dullly, his smile was ugly, and he stroked his hand in the air with a tired force, and ordered: "Let those two people enter the palace!"
"yes!"
Emperor Liu has recently received the most ministers, except Lu Duan and Yang Ye, who are the two envoys of the Imperial City and Wude. After being greeted, Wang Jien and Wang Xuanzhen quickly entered the palace to pay homage. While waiting for the edict outside, the two of them had obviously met. After an exchange, this time it was a rare joint mission between the two companies.
Wang Xuanzhen has changed a lot in the past few years. The original sexy mustache has been replaced by a thick long beard. He is obviously more old-fashioned, but his overall temperament is also more restrained and deep.
Of course, in Wang Jien's eyes, these are manifestations of insidiousness and cunning. Li Chongju's original risky recommendation was not disappointed, and Wang Xuanzhen did a really good job in the position of Wu Deshi.
After all, he grew up in the Wu Desi system and has been in the actual position for a long time. Although Wang Yinwu's influence has been vigorously eliminated before, it is more or less lingering. Coupled with Li Chongju's support, although Wang Xuanzhen's succession is not a natural one, it is considered a success. Shockingly safe.
Compared with his uncle, the biggest difference between Wang Xuanzhen is that he has a very high political vision and consciousness. He knew from the beginning that he, as a military envoy, had to be in power reluctantly, and he was still carrying old scores. If he made any mistakes, he would be That is to settle the old and new accounts together.
In order to solve the problem, the most fundamental thing is not how many people support him, but Emperor Liu's opinion. Wang Xuanzhen gained Emperor Liu's approval by spending sleepless nights and being loyal and sincere in the past few years.
During his tenure as Wude Envoy, Wang Xuanzhen mainly did two things. First, based on Li Chongju's rectification, he further strengthened the work of discipline, completely reversed many bad habits that occurred during Wang Yinwu's tenure, and in-depth solved a large number of historical issues;
The second is the rectification of the prison camps. After the management of the prison camps was officially transferred from the local government to the Wude Division, the previous endless prisoner riots were quickly contained. This all originated from the Wude Division officials. Of course, behind the strong control was the increase in the casualty rate in the prison camps. Many people did not die of exhaustion, but were directly executed in secret. Wang Xuanzhen developed a complete, strict and even cruel supervision system for this.
Wang Xuanzhen, after he truly came to power, was ruthless and far more powerful than his uncle or even any of his predecessors. However, this person knew how to hide and did it carefully. Under his control, the Wu Desi had a dark level.
More, wider scope.
However, after several years of hard work, Wang Xuanzhen's impression on Emperor Liu has been fundamentally strengthened. In Emperor Liu's view, Wang Xuanzhen is probably the most competent and professionally capable among all the previous Wude envoys. After all,
Others, including his uncle Wang Yinwu, all became monks on the way, but Wang Xuanzhen grew up step by step from the Wudesi system.
In the eyes of outsiders, Wude Si is becoming more and more mysterious, and he is becoming more and more similar to the Imperial City Secretary in terms of fear. Wang Jien, an old eunuch, naturally pays more attention to the changes in Wude Si, and it is precisely because he understands that ordinary people are not like him.
Knowing the situation, I have just become more wary of the younger Wang Xuanzhen than ever before. This kid is really not a good person.
Even when he was entering the palace, Wang Jien was still observing Wang Xuanzhen's calm and indifferent face with his peripheral vision, his eyes full of fear and jealousy. With Wang Xuanzhen's age and qualifications, he actually controlled the largest spy agency in the Han Dynasty.
In terms of actual power, he is almost equal to him, an old official, or even more powerful than him. With the waves coming from behind, how can Wang Jien achieve a true psychological balance?
However, when they arrived in front of the emperor, the two kings lowered their eyebrows and bowed respectfully. After casually glancing at the two of them, Emperor Liu called out, and then went straight to the point, saying: "Tell me about the results of your investigations these days! Listen.
Who said Dali Temple is very lively?"
Obviously, putting Kang Ning in Dali Temple was just a fishing operation by Emperor Liu. I think many people can see this, but even if they can see it, when interests and future are closely related, not many people can
If you can hold it back, Dali Temple will not be so crowded.
Tonight was the beginning of Emperor Liu's "closing of the net". At the same time, he was particularly curious and concerned about what kind of web of interests of the powerful and powerful Kang Ning had "woven".
There is a division of labor between the Imperial City Department and the Wude Department in terms of specific investigations. The Imperial City Department mainly targets nobles, while the Wude Department is responsible for bureaucrats. Due to seniority issues, Wang Jien naturally had to report first, and the submission was not too generous.
Wang Jien began to introduce the report in detail...
The focus of Wang Jien's submission was still a list, a list of people involved with the Kang family and classified according to the degree of involvement. Due to Emperor Liu's high attention, Wang Jien did not dare to discount the investigation of this matter. Therefore, it was basically based on the
Repay the truth.
There are indeed many nobles who have benefited from the Kang family, and the various nominal contacts are even more dazzling, but there are still a few who are truly "collaborating" with the Kang family. Although Wang Jien did not dare to directly make the judgment on behalf of Emperor Liu, the report
The tendency is this.
Emperor Liu examined it carefully, with no expression on his face. He raised his eyelids slightly and asked, "Is Guangyang's Mansion also colluding with it?"
Wang Jien: "Recently, the Kang family has been very attentive to Guangyang's uncle's house, especially recently. Before Kang Ning was arrested, they even visited the house in person. After his arrest, the Kang family sent a box of gifts to the uncle's house...
."
Emperor Liu only thought about it for a moment and then asked again: "Did Li Chongjin also borrow money from the Kang family?"
Wang Jien was obviously very familiar with these situations, and he answered almost without thinking: "It was Li Yanchang, the son of Uncle Gu Yang, who owed a large amount of gambling debt. In order to avoid being found out and scolded by Uncle Gu Yang, he secretly borrowed money from the Kang family.
, this matter seems to have already happened. Uncle Gu Yang gave Li Yanchang a severe beating and went to the Yangyi Marquis Mansion in person yesterday. What the two discussed specifically has not yet been ascertained."
There was still no emotion on the old face. After remembering it for a while, Emperor Liu asked about the situation of other nobles, including his uncle Li Ye, and also listened to the more detailed investigation results about Wang Yansheng's family.
In general, the relationship between the nobles and the Kang family is that one is willing to fight and the other is willing to endure. The Kang family spares no effort to please and bribe them. The nobles, especially the descendants of the nobles, enjoy the filial piety of the Kang family with peace of mind, and even pay tribute to them.
Emperor Liu felt that they were collecting "protection money".
Most of the people targeted by the Kang family are those noble men and women, who are inevitably motivated by Kang Ning. But in general, the nobles are still reserved. After all, the disparity in status and the dignity of the nobles make most people not take it seriously.