Three hundred and sixty seventh chapters sudden change
Early the next morning, officials from Yushitai wrote a letter impeaching King An for corruption, perverting the law, and plundering people's wealth. There were also many official letters in the six departments, citing that King An had formed a clique for personal gain, secretly embezzled food and disaster funds, and had such bad deeds that he couldn't bear to look at them. Then,
Master Yang was extremely angry and took out the letters between King An and his party members, as well as the private money paid to him everywhere. They were all looted from the people, and the evidence was conclusive and could not be denied. At the same time, the corruption case that had been thoroughly investigated before was revealed.
The new development proved to be related to King An, and many people from the King An family were involved.
Long Yan was furious and ordered a thorough investigation into King An's affairs. King An could not explain himself and passed out in the morning court. The emperor ordered the arrest of King An's gangsters and temporarily imprisoned him until the matter was found out and then tried again.
Time changes rapidly.
At noon, the young marquis, who had not appeared in the capital for a long time, suddenly entered the palace to meet the emperor. The emperor, who was discussing matters in the royal study, did not let the officials leave. He directly asked Dongfang Ye to come in and talk. Dongfang Ye brought the secret revealed by King An's dead man.
, which shocked the six officials on the spot.
If the impeachment in the early afternoon had already put an end to King An's situation, then the news brought by the eldest son of Dongfang Marquis would be enough to make King An unable to stand up again. In recent years, King An has suppressed many dissidents.
The officials who were willing to submit to him or those officials who happened upon his good deeds were silenced. King An held the lives of more than a dozen court officials in his hands. In this case alone, King An would definitely die.
The emperor's anger can be imagined, and the last thing that ignited the emperor's suppressed anger happened in the inner palace. The queen sent someone to report that King An's sister, now the good concubine, actually had a witchcraft doll hidden in the palace.
, and the person she cursed turned out to be the current saint. This matter was so serious that the queen could not make a decision, so she reported it to the emperor. The emperor was furious and ordered her to be thrown into the cold palace without hearing the good concubine's explanation.
The successive incidents shocked the entire court. If it is still not clear that someone is trying to make King An miserable, then these officials who have been in the officialdom for many years have been in vain.
No one will stand up and speak for King An. They just hope that this matter will pass quickly and not be implicated.
The only one who has good luck is probably Lord Dongfang. I heard that the eldest son of the Dongfang family sent people to investigate the matter, and it has been proved that Lord Dongfang was framed by Prince An. Now the truth has been revealed, and Lord Dongfang has been cleared.
, and when the eldest son investigated the case of the murder of Lord Marquis, he also found out many evil things that Prince An had done in the past, but he accidentally played a huge role in Prince An's case.
In just three days, King An's case was settled. All of King An's close friends were killed. Most of King An's gang members were also dealt with. The remaining fringe figures were all sick at home and did not dare to show up. The emperor was also
Instead of exterminating all the people, except for the mastermind and others who were executed, everyone else was imprisoned or exiled to the frontier. In short, King An was completely destroyed this time, implicating hundreds of people. The number was huge. The original court officials
I thought that the emperor just wanted to knock down the mountain and sway the tiger, but I didn't expect that this time he actually pulled out the fuel and killed King An and his gang members without leaving anything behind.
Everyone knew that the emperor had been waiting for this day for a long time, but they didn't expect that he could actually act in such a vigorous and resolute manner. Not only did his sight not reveal the slightest hint of wind, he didn't even give King An time to react and make arrangements.
When discussing merit and rewards, the emperor gave the greatest credit to Dongfang Ye and the Yang family, followed by Yushitai and the officials of the six ministries. Of course, Prince Ling and Dongfang Lin were also great contributors. The Dongfang family and the Yang family were incomparable.
People can reach it.
Especially the Yang family, who were originally favorites of the emperor, were even more prosperous in this way. In comparison, the rewards from the Dongfang family were more comforting. After all, the Dongfang family was imprisoned and suffered injustice for many days.
Although he has been cleared of his injustice, he still needs to be given some comfort.
King An's incident made the court officials understand many things, such as the emperor's trust in the eldest son of the Dongfang family and the respect he had for the second son. Everyone suddenly realized that although the Dongfang family had withdrawn from the court disputes, the emperor's regard for the Dongfang family had not
It has never changed. Dongfang Yuan was indifferent and reclusive. The two young masters won awards from the emperor. The second young master was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Industry. He thought that the eldest young master was not in good health and was not suitable to serve as an official in the government, but he also gave him the empty post of cabinet bachelor.
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After the court experienced this incident, everyone thought that the court would be in a state of decline for a long time. However, they did not expect that after the officials involved in An Wang's case were demoted, someone would immediately take over. Only then did they suddenly realize that the emperor had already arranged everything.
I am afraid that only Huang, the mastermind behind the scenes, can arrange this good show.
Of course, at this time, there were only the emperor and Dongfang Ye in the imperial study.
"Ah Ye has the greatest contribution to King An's affairs this time." The emperor was always generous with his praise, not to mention that the one who praised him was Dongfang Ye, his right-hand man.
"Everyone who deserves a reward has already been awarded. The emperor should think about how to fill the vacancy of King An in the future." Dongfang Ye lowered his head half-way, his eyes focused on the water glass in his hand, and his tone was calm.
In the past few years, King An's power has been huge, and the power he has in his hands is also huge, otherwise they would not have had to arrange it for so long.
"I thought you would be very interested." Huang narrowed his eyes and looked at Dongfang Ye.
"Thank you for being disrespectful." Dongfang Ye refused the emperor's offer without moving an eyebrow. In the past, he ran around for the court regardless of his own body and mind. Now that King An's matter is over, he doesn't want to bother with it anymore. He still wants to
As I stay with Liuyun all my life, I naturally have to take good care of myself.
"You know very well who I will hand over my kingdom to in the future. The person I trust most now is you..." Huang looked at Dongfang Ye and rarely spoke out his inner thoughts.
Dongfang Ye frowned. Of course he could guess the emperor's thoughts, otherwise he wouldn't be sitting here. He just asked him to take over Prince An's affairs willingly. He was really unwilling, but he also understood the emperor's thoughts. Prince An
The power in his hands and the military power in his hands always have to be taken care of by someone. Unless the emperor personally intervenes and takes it into his own hands, he will definitely find someone to take care of it.
"It's not impossible to take over, but there are conditions." Dongfang Ye glanced at the emperor. He couldn't change what he decided. In this case, he had better accept it obediently, but he was not a fuel-efficient lamp, so naturally he wouldn't do this.
To take over this hot potato so easily, the emperor must give him some benefits.
"Okay." Huang nodded, without asking Dongfang Ye's conditions at all. Anyway, they both knew the other party's bottom line, and the conditions proposed based on the other party's bottom line were acceptable even if they were painful.
"It's a promise." Dongfang Ye smiled. When receiving benefits, he would never be lenient.
[Author's digression]: The rest of the afternoon, huh...