Xiyao put aside her thoughts and continued to preside over the corruption case in the inner palace. She used Si Zhenghuili, the chief eunuch of the palace, and Liu Qian'an, the chief eunuch of Kunning Palace, with the title of junior eunuch, as the main personnel to interrogate the corrupt eunuchs.
, she, a queen, cannot interrogate in person.
Xiyao also asked Zhiyi to send Wang Bu and the other three people to a house respectively in a polite manner. The three of them were basically satisfied with whatever they wanted, but they were not allowed to go out.
Although Hui Li was a female, she was very good at interrogation. Coupled with the undoubted facts, many people honestly confessed their affairs without much resistance. Therefore, more and more people were arrested, and all yamen involved in external procurement were
Basically everything is involved.
Of course, Xiyao did not arrest everyone involved. Even if several yamen related to procurement were not directly involved, most of them knew about it. If they were all arrested, there would not be many people in these yamen, and the effect would be similar to that in history.
This is the result of Zhu Yuanzhang's purge of six departments because of the Guo Huan case.
Therefore, Xiyao only ordered those who were directly involved in corruption, excluding those who only received money because of their high position and power. Of course, Xiyao also recorded such people, as he had never done so since the middle period of Hongwu.
In the case of corruption in the inner palace, of course, Yunxi had to make the final decision.
He was busy like this, and soon it was time for dinner. After Xiyao learned that Yunxi would not come to Qianqing Palace in the evening, she called on her cronies who were involved in the case to eat with her.
During the meal, since everyone present was a close relative, Ting Le looked around and saw the serving maids in the distance and then said to Hui Li: "Hui Li, how on earth did you get those eunuchs to speak? They have
What’s there to be afraid of?”
Hui Li glanced at Xiyao. Xiyao seemed to be laughing and did not speak. Hui Li shook his head gently towards Ting Le.
After dinner, Huili privately said to Ting Yue: "Let me tell you. Because their bodies are incomplete, eunuchs always think about growing that thing after they gain power; even if it doesn't grow back in this life, it won't grow back."
I hope I won’t devote myself to eunuchs in my next life.”
"So I asked Liu Qian'an to tell them: 'Now that the evidence is conclusive, if you don't say anything, you will die after being tortured. It's not like the guards can't deal with you at will."
"Furthermore, if you don't say anything, someone will be found in the mass graveyard after your death and you will be eunuchs for the rest of your lives. And if you cooperate honestly, even if you still cannot escape death in the end, you will be allowed to be buried with one
That thing made of clay.'"
"Then most people confessed honestly."
Although Ting Le was still a virgin, he certainly understood what Huili meant by 'that thing' in the palace.
Tingle said with a blushing face: "I'm really convinced that I can come up with such an idea. How did you come up with such a poisonous idea?"
Huili's face was a little red, and he said softly: "Then don't ask, I will definitely not tell you. And you must not tell anyone else about this matter. You must not tell anyone else."
Ting Le said: "I know."
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After Yunxi returned to Qianqing Palace, although he was still reviewing the poems, he was so absent-minded that he didn't read a single poem for a long time.
Yunxi simply threw all the folds aside and gave an order: "Today's more urgent folds can be issued after the auxiliary officers have approved them. They don't need to be reviewed by me. They can just stamp them."
But a copy must be kept in the palace."
Then Yunxi returned to his dormitory.
The auxiliary officers and ministers present looked at each other, wondering what had happened. This was the first time since Yunxi came to the throne that he had delegated power when he was not sick.
But they didn't dare to ask after looking at Yun Xi's face, so they could only continue to do their work. However, after work in the evening, many people happily shared this matter with their friends. Nowadays, the public rental housing for middle and low-level officials
It was also suitable for officials to chat, so the news that "Yun He had no intention of dealing with political affairs" spread among the entire official class in Beijing at an alarming rate.
Naturally, Yunxi didn't know that the news that he was not interested in dealing with political affairs had spread throughout the capital officials in just one night, so he went back to his dormitory and stayed alone.
Wang Xi naturally knew why Yunxi was like this, but he was not in the right position to persuade Yunxi. As for others, except for Huang Fu and Huang Lu, who had just entered the palace, all the eunuchs close to Yunxi were arrested or locked up.
No one can persuade me.
No one knows what Yunxi was thinking tonight, except Yunxi himself.
The next day Yunxi got up in the morning and went to court as usual. This could not be stopped. But Yunxi was also absent-minded.
Although Yunxi is usually not very attentive because there is nothing important in the morning, but today's distraction is far worse than before. Not only Wang Xi, who was standing next to Yunxi, appeared, but also those standing in front of the audience.
The six ministers and the four assistant officials all saw it.
But at this time, although the civil servants still believed that the emperor's affairs were not family matters, but state affairs, they still would not speak easily when they did not know what was going on, unlike their colleagues two hundred years later in history.
generally.
There were almost two worlds inside and outside the palace. After all the eunuchs who were purchasing the goods were arrested, the outsiders could only get news from the guards. But the average guards didn't actually know what was going on, and the guards who knew more about the inside story didn't know what was going on.
Dare not speak.
Yunxi attaches great importance to leaking secrets, so that what happened in the palace has not been revealed until now, except for those very few top nobles who can bury nails in the palace.
Yunxi came to Qianqing Palace immediately after leaving the court. At this time, Xiyao had also gotten up and was dealing with the corruption case in the palace.
Yunxi thought for a moment and did not ask to find Xiyao. Instead, he came to the place where Huili and others were interrogating the case.
Huili didn't sleep much last night. After dinner, she was busy until midnight. Yinshi got up again and was busy sorting out files and interrogating prisoners. But even though she only slept for an hour and a half, her eyes were still red.
But there was no sign of fatigue.
Hui Li had just finished interrogating a person and immediately asked Liu Qian'an who was standing aside: "Have you written down everything that the young prisoner from the Knitting Bureau just said?"
Liu Qian'an slept half an hour longer than Huili yesterday, but he was very sleepy at this time. They usually went to bed at 10:00, and even if they got up at 10:00 in the morning, they could sleep for almost five hours, so he felt very sleepy today.
Very tired.
Suddenly Liu Qian'an heard the words of greeting and quickly replied: "It's all been recorded, and not a single word has been left behind."
He nodded and was about to continue speaking, but suddenly he heard the young eunuch at the door shouting: "I have seen your Majesty!"