Qingliu's impeachment of Hou Xiaokang was soon known to both the government and the public.
Emperor Xiaode was naturally furious and expressed his intention to investigate the matter thoroughly.
For so many years, there have always been people in Qingliu who wanted to gain power and kept impeaching those powerful officials. After all, those who spoke were not guilty. Once they succeeded, they would become famous all over the world.
But usually it's just a small fight.
In order to appease the ministers, His Majesty has always been more appeasing to the meritorious deeds led by the four princes and eight princes. He has never been so angry.
But now, with his foundation firmly established, the emperor's attitude has become stronger.
Now, after seeing the emperor's statement like this, who cares about the truth? All those who are qualified to speak have come forward one after another. Some say that Hou Xiaokang is self-respecting and hiding evil intentions, and some say that Hou Xiaokang is greedy, cruel, and extravagant.
...All kinds of dirty water, real or fake, have been thrown at it. Anyway, everyone knows that now we need something that is detrimental to Hou Xiaokang. Who cares if it is true or false?
The emperor sent an imperial envoy to Heiliao to find out the various crimes mentioned in the impeachment memorial. When things got to this point, everyone could have expected the result.
But everyone still underestimated Emperor Xiaode's skills.
It turns out that the Heilongjiang area was vast and sparsely populated, but the land was fertile. The imperial court had always encouraged people from the mainland to go to Heilongjiang, calling it "crossing the Guandong".
Over time, the nine provinces of Heilongjiang and Liaoning Provinces have a population of tens of millions.
As a result, there was a sufficient reserve of troops and horses.
Because there are three main military targets in the Heilongjiang area.
One is to resist Eros in the north.
The second is to prevent the Koryo Kingdom in the south.
The last one was to suppress several large tribes such as the Horqin Tribe, Wanyan Tribe, Yehenala Tribe, and Hesheli Tribe, which once harmed China.
Therefore, as soon as Emperor Xiaode came to power, he assigned three generals to take charge of military objectives in three directions.
Xiaokang, the hereditary first-class viscount Hou Xiaokang, the grandson of Duke Xiu, was the governor-general of Hei Liao.
After years of operation, these three generals had established a firm foothold, so Governor Hou had no choice but to be impeached one after another.
But among the border crossings, the first to move was not Hei Liao, but Sui Yuan.
At the end of March this year, Suiyuan Jiedushi Ma Chaoxing was awarded the title of Earl of Dingyuan for his contribution in suppressing the Chahar rebellion last year. He was given a sinecure as a counselor in the Metropolitan Governor's Office in the capital, and he was sent to the capital to be promoted.
This Ma Chaoxing embraced Duke Xiu Guofu's lap and rose through the ranks to achieve this position.
The emperor wanted to cut off the power of Duke Xiu, so he naturally had to clean up his wings.
So this horse is the first to bear the brunt.
But the official documents from the imperial court were also reasonable, and Ma Chaoxing couldn't say anything even if he didn't want to.
Because if he dared to have objections, he would be stationed in Yanjing, and several Jiedu envoys in Baotou would have objections to him.
Because those Jiedu envoys were all promoted by Emperor Xiaode.
So everyone was surprised to find that before they knew it, Emperor Xiaode had already controlled most of the key positions in the country.
What’s even more frightening is that this was completed in just four years.
Of course, Lin Zhao could only watch this kind of thing with cold eyes.
With his current status and power in the Great Zhou Dynasty, he has no ability to participate in it.
But after all, he had also been an emperor, and he knew that Emperor Xiaode would not kill Hou Xiaokang with a stick.
After all, the four bastards are big trees with deep roots, and they cannot be easily suppressed unless their wings are thoroughly cleaned.
Therefore, this hereditary first-class viscount only lost his military power in the end, landed safely, and returned to the capital to enjoy wealth and wealth.
Lin Zhao naturally has nothing to do with this, he just focuses on his own work.
Although there are only a few hundred people from the Police Department patrolling the streets of Nancheng, seeing soldiers wearing flying fish uniforms, carrying embroidered spring knives and looking serious walking back and forth on the streets will always make those who work in the Crime Suppression Division feel scrupulous.
Don't dare to take action, the security everywhere has improved a lot.
Originally, the trivial cases in the streets and alleys were handled by the Shuntian Prefecture's police officers, but Jin Yiwei handled the errands with such dedication, they now had a lot of leisure.
There is nothing going on on the street, but since April, there has been no idle moment for Shuntian Prefecture. From the Prime Minister Sun Shaozong down to the clerks, arresters, and the most ordinary servants who are not working below,
No one is free because there are few cases outside.
Sun Shaozong was introduced to Lin Zhao by Jia Lian.
Although he was a civil servant, he came from a military family, and his elder brother Sun Shaozu was the commander of the patrol camp in the capital.
Sun Shaozong was tall and strong, and he looked like a general and warrior at first glance. In fact, he was indeed gifted with supernatural powers and could carry a cauldron.
However, he was actually a fox-skinned man. He did not take the route of a military commander, but took the route of a civilian official, until he reached the second position of Shuntian Prefecture, where he was the prime minister of Shuntian Prefecture.
When Sun Shaozong defected to Lin Zhao, he had much the same idea as Pei Lun and others, that is, they both saw that Lin Zhao had a bright future, so they wanted to come over as soon as possible to embrace him.
After Lin Zhao drank several times with Sun Shaozong, he reported it to the emperor, arranged for someone to write an official document, signed the seal, and personally brought it to Shuntian Mansion and handed it over to Sun Shaozong.
The two of them murmured in the duty room for a long time. After Lin Zhao left, Sun Zhaozong summoned all Shuntian Prefecture officials for a meeting to investigate the cases over the years.
He wanted to make statistics on the large and small cases that happened every year and were reported by the people, involving cases of robbery and deception.
Shuntian Mansion, like other government offices, is procrastinating in doing things, and doing official business is not as energetic as doing private business.
Therefore, Sun Shaozong proposed this matter in the name of the public, but sent a lot of gold and silver in the name of a private person. No matter how secretly everyone complained, they could not get away with it. They had to go all out.
Sun Fucheng himself is a very skillful person, not to mention that there is a big brother of Jinyiwei behind him. He wants to clean up these things, so everyone naturally understands the meaning behind it, and with gold and silver in hand, they naturally dare not slack off.
So soon, the records of criminal cases such as theft, robbery, abduction, and deception every year in the capital over the years were compiled and sent to Lin Zhao.
I don't know how to count them. When I counted them, even Lin Zhao was shocked.
In the past few years, all the criminal cases in the capital have involved millions of taels of gold and silver, and tens of thousands of people have been victims.
Lin Zhao did not dare to neglect and immediately went to see the emperor.
Emperor Xiaode was also shocked: "It is said that at the feet of the emperor, the most virtuous place, there are so many deceptions, deceptions, and traps to harm people. These are all reported by the common people, plus those who have not reported to the official,
Isn't it more? Is it possible that our capital city of Great Zhou is so restless?"
For a moment, he walked back and forth in the Wenhua Palace with his hands behind his back, and finally stopped and said in a deep voice: "Lin Zhao, I order you to take full responsibility for this matter, and you must clean up the capital! We will crack down on crime severely! I
We want to change the capital into a bright and prosperous world!"
Hearing the emperor's statement, Lin Zhao immediately knew that Emperor Xiaode had great ambitions, and immediately raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will go all out for this 'severe attack'!"
In mid-May, the guards in uniforms of the patrol department were reading official documents loudly in the streets and alleys, where people gathered. These soldiers were different from before. Although the weather was hot, they wore neat clothes and armor, and their knives were placed squarely on their waists.
One person unfolded the official document and recited it, while the other stood aside solemnly.
In addition, the officials of Shuntian Prefecture and the commanders of the Five Cities Military and Horse Department were also standing aside. It was obvious that the three families had joined forces.
"...Stealing, violent robbery, fighting in the street, gathering people to cause chaos and other illegal things should be punished severely and severely. Don't say it was unforeseen..."