The emperor sat alone in the palace and pondered for a long time. He put down Wu Huaiyu's secret folder, turned around with his pen on the screen behind him, and crossed out the words "Xue Wanche, Governor of Lingzhou" on it.
After a pause while picking up the pen, the emperor added a line next to it: Chief Shi Wu Huaiyu photographed the governor.
Less than three months after Xue Wanche took office, such a bad situation occurred in Lingzhou. In the eyes of the emperor, Xue Wanche had a great responsibility, which showed that his ability was not enough.
The emperor suppressed his anger and assassinated the governor and governor of Lingzhou twice within half a year. This was outrageous.
Sitting in front of the case, Li Shimin wrote another edict dismissing Li Daozong from the post of Guanglu Qing.
Lingzhou.
The emperor's decree was delivered by an eight-hundred-mile horse. Governor Xue Wanche was recalled to the capital to recover from his injuries. Chief Shi Wu Huaiyu took charge of the governor's affairs on his behalf.
Yang Gongren, the Guanfeng envoy of Guan Nei Dao, is also on his way.
The situation in Lingzhou was heard by the emperor. The emperor was furious and demanded that the two assassinations be quickly detected and the relevant culprits must be arrested.
The emperor also gave Wu Huaiyu the privilege of acting expediently, and those involved in relevant cases could be killed first and later punished.
Wu Huaiyu now holds the military talisman, and he can directly mobilize troops and horses from the three states. In addition, the three states of Hui Qingxia will each mobilize 2,000 people to Lingzhou, all of which are controlled by Wu Huaiyu.
As long as Lingfu's soldiers do not leave the country, there is no need to report to the Imperial Ministry of War to obtain military talismans. Anyone related to this case can be killed by Wu Huaiyu first and then dealt with directly.
This is huge power.
It is also a great deterrent.
When Wu Huaiyu and others received the order, Xue Wanche was a little dazed. He had only taken office less than three months ago, and now he could only return to Beijing in despair.
"What happened in Lingzhou has a long history of Lao Wu."
"Captain, please feel free to return to the capital to recuperate. Leave everything here to us in advance."
Xue Wanche was recalled but was not directly dismissed from his post, but he returned to Chang'an as the Governor of Lingzhou. How could he be called a Governor?
The Dudu Mansion's Lushi Junjun, Liucao Junjun and other officials, as well as all the generals, generals, town generals, garrison chiefs, school lieutenants and other generals, all undertook the order to see the actual situation of the Lingzhou Dudu Mansion's current affairs.
First in command.
Cao Xuan and others also felt a great threat.
Xue Wanche left in despair.
Wu Huaiyu also discussed matters directly with everyone.
"Cao Shenjun, three days have come. What's the result?"
If they don't have an explanation today, they won't be able to leave the Yamen lobby.
Above the Yamen Hall, Cao Xuan also came prepared.
Facing the young boss's questioning, he stepped forward without haste and took out a notebook, "Back to Wu Changshi, I have been investigating with all my strength in the past few days, and finally found the traces left by the traitors.
Now we will submit the evidence we have to the long history."
As Doulu Huairang said, they will introduce a scapegoat.
Wu Huaiyu took it and looked through it carefully for a while.
Perhaps because of the fierceness he showed this time, Cao Xuan and the others did not dare to randomly bring in a few kittens and puppies to replace them. Above was a list, including the sons of the Peng family, one of the six major local families, and the Lingzhou family.
The captains in the local regiment, as well as several military officers from the governor's office and the governor's office, the governor, the governor,
There are even three fifth-grade generals in Lingzhou Zhenbian, Zhoubian, and Fubing.
This list involves a wide range of people, including dozens of people. They include local powerful families, such as the Peng family and several others, as well as officials from the governor's prefecture, prefecture and county offices, and even people from the military. Not only the Tutuan,
Near the city, there were government soldiers, state and town soldiers, and even some of his mother-in-law Hu tribes from the Tibetans also participated.
Cao Xuan stood there, somewhat proud, waiting for Wu Huaiyu's disposal.
Cao Taigong was planning behind the scenes. This time they did not say that they would unite to fight against the imperial court, nor did they randomly push a few people out to fool them. Instead, they investigated the two assassinations very seriously.
All relevant people told Wu Huaiyu without any concealment.
Now let's see how he handles it.
There are a lot of people involved here.
Cao Taigong's move was very powerful. It was a wise way to protect one's own safety, but it also implied that retreat would lead to advancement. By the way, the Peng family, which had always been at odds with each other, was also kicked out this time.
The six major families in Lingzhou are not monolithic. They have always fought openly and secretly. The Cao family and the Peng family have always fought fiercely. Both families are descendants of the Huns. However, when the Cao family moved east to Hedong, the Peng family was moved to Guanzhong.
This assassination was planned and contacted by the second son of the Peng family. Peng Weizhong was similar in age to Cao Xuan, but he was not good at riding and shooting but was more strategic. He was also born with leg diseases and was known as Peng Laizi.
Peng Laizi was a bastard born to Hu Ji. He was almost thrown into the toilet by his father and drowned because of his birth disability. He had not loved anyone since he was a child, but this guy had a tough life and even worked very hard.
When this guy grew up, he used to eat, drink, whore, and gamble, and was notorious for a time. Later, he changed his mind and started to participate in family affairs.
This is a ruthless man. His brother Peng Weizheng is as tall and handsome as Cao Xuan. He is a serious son of Lingzhou. Peng Weizhong is disabled and wretched but ruthless and unrestrained. But for such a person, he has gradually become acquainted with both black and white in recent years. He has friends all over the world and his hands and eyes are all over the world.
After the death of old man Peng Zhu, the old man of the Peng family worked as an official in other places. The Peng family in Lingzhou gradually came to be truly in charge of Peng Weizhong. His glamorous brother became just a facade. Especially those behind the scenes of the Peng family.
Private casting, smuggling, trade, slave catching, loan lending and other affairs were basically controlled by Peng Weizhong.
Peng Weizhong was very dissatisfied when the imperial court wanted to ban private casting.
Even if the imperial court wanted to regain Shuozhou, Peng Weizhong was unwilling because he had close contacts with Liang Shidu in Shuofang and frequent smuggling. He even believed that if the imperial court regained Shuofang, the special situation in Lingzhou would no longer exist.
He hopes that Lingzhou can maintain the old situation.
It was this guy who took the initiative to contact Liang Shidu last time, provided information, and helped Liang Shidu's assassins assassinate Wu Huaiyu.
And now, he took action directly in person, contacted a group of cronies, and took action directly against the three heads of Lingzhou, but unfortunately he still failed.
Although their affairs were relatively secretive, and Wu Huaiyu's four principals were not even aware of it in advance, Cao Taigong personally took action afterwards and quickly found out some clues. This Cao Taigong was even more ruthless, and took the initiative to follow the other four
Family connection.
The five families formed an alliance and wanted to sell the Peng family.
Not only does he abandon his pawn to save his rook, but he also eliminates an opponent.
The five major local powerful families took action together, and the efficiency was faster than that of the Shuofang Bureau of the Criminal Division. The six major families had been in Lingzhou for many years, but none of them actually planted spies in the other's family.
"Wuchang Shi, we have investigated clearly that the two assassinations were planned by the Peng family. Please order Wu Chief Shi immediately to arrest the Peng family rebels."
In the hall.
Peng Weizheng, who was standing next to Cao Xuan, never expected that it would fall on him. He had a good relationship with Cao Xuan. Although Cao and Peng's families were not on good terms, they were good friends. They ate, drank, whored and gambled, and they were partners.
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"Cao Xuan, please stop slandering others."
Peng Weizhong was getting anxious. He really didn't know about the daring things planned by his second brother. Peng Weizhong acted without consulting this eldest brother at all.
Cao Xuan looked at Wu Huaiyu, waiting for him to speak, with a bit of pride on his face.
Don't you want the result, the assassin, or the mastermind behind it? I'll give it all to you now. It's up to you whether you dare to arrest someone.
Wu Huaiyu looked at the list again.
The list is very long.
It's not just the Peng family, there are many local small and medium-sized powerful families, and many officials and generals are implicated.
He was curious about who could pull this trick. It was definitely not the little rooster-like Cao Canjun in front of him. This person was just an embroidered pillow.
Wu Huaiyu laughed heartily.
"Cao Shenjun, Liu Shenjun, you are indeed quick and efficient in your work. Earlier, I, the Chief of Staff, misunderstood the traitor's slander and wronged you.
To be honest, it is the Peng family who are accusing you of rebellion and rebellion."
Peng Weizheng was now panicked and his face was pale. He kept saying that he was wronged, and even quarreled with Cao Xuan in public, and finally got into a fight.
Seeing these guys punching and kicking around, Huaiyu felt very happy.
The current situation is exactly what he wants.
Divide them and let them eat dog first.
After all, Peng Weizheng was unable to defeat four people with only two fists. Cao Xuan and his brother-in-law Liu Xian led people from other families to beat Peng Weizheng. They usually called themselves brothers, but now they all used their fists to kill him. After a while, Peng Weizheng was beaten to death.
He lay there motionless like a dead dog.
"stop."
Huaiyu calmly stopped them.
"Push this traitor out and kill him."
Huaiyu then clicked on the three participating fifth-grade generals on the list, ordered them to be pushed out and beheaded.
"Cao Canjun, Liu Canjun, Han Canjun," Huaiyu named the young masters of the remaining five families and directly asked them to lead the government officials to arrest the Peng family and other rebels.
"Su Sima, Niu Tongjun, you will lead the Yanzhou soldiers and a few soldiers to arrest the rebels, count their property and confiscate it, and deprive the entire family of children from official status."
Things didn't end so simply.
The assassin needs to be caught, but the most important thing is that it was caused by privately forging these. Naturally, we cannot let go of the opportunity now.
Cao Taigong and others were also ruthless people. They knew that they could not defeat Wu Huaiyu this time, so they simply pushed the Peng family and others out as scapegoats, and blamed all the illicit casting on the Peng family and others.
But Wu Huaiyu is not so easy to talk to. He needs to take this opportunity to express clearly and completely to each family and local officials and generals that the matter of selling money to make weapons and making illegal money privately is over.
No matter how profitable these things were in the past, or how the tacit understanding was reached before, from now on, it is all over.
Originally, we had discussions with each company, but now there is no need.
Of course, everything is the crime of the Peng family and the rebels. The Cao family and others have never participated in these acts, and these matters will not be investigated and liquidated in the future.
The premise is that each family can stop here and completely withdraw from these activities of selling money to cast tools and privately minting coins.
The crimes committed by the Peng family were not only the assassination of court officials, but also the two major crimes of selling money to cast utensils and privately minting coins.
"Since the Kaiyuan Tongbao coins were minted in the fourth year of Wude, the imperial court issued an edict that anyone who dares to steal the coins will die and his family will be ruined. Peng Weizheng, Peng Weizhong and others have been selling money to cast coins, stealing private money, and smuggling prohibited items over the years.
It is a heinous crime to collude with the puppet Liang. Now, because the Lingzhou Governor's Office wants to crack down on illegal castings and smuggling, he has taken desperate risks and blatantly colluded with the puppet Liang to assassinate court officials. This is a heinous crime."
Wu Huaiyu took the list handed over by the five Cao and Liu families, as well as the petition they handed over, and directly announced the demise of the Peng family with the privilege granted by the emperor to act cheaply.
Then the civil servants, big and small, involved in the case, as well as the traders involved, were all uprooted.
Even for the three fifth-grade generals, Wu Huaiyu ordered Su Lie to arrest them and execute them on the spot.
