The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 651
In the capital, the wind is biting cold.

There are few pedestrians on the long street. This is the normal state after the outbreak of zombies, just to prevent the spread of corpse poison in the city.

So on the streets, most of the people walking are official figures.

For the people living in the city, it is a good thing that it is quieter, such as Tao Yangbo Mansion, which has closed its doors to thank visitors for nearly ten days.

Since the empress dowager cried at the Taimiao at night, the liquidation of the concubine Duan has come back again. Even with the emperor himself to protect him, several officials were still impeached and dismissed.

Of course, there are memorials to impeach Tao Yangbo's mansion, so these days Cao Jiasheng thanked guests behind closed doors, just for the convenience of himself.

After listening to Concubine Duan's plan, Cao Jiasheng has tried his best to dismiss his family members in the past month, but of course this was done in secret.

In the study, Cao Jiasheng stood in front of the window and sighed, "I don't know where Yunhui is, but he's fine!"

Concubine Duan asked him to send someone to Longyou to send a message, and Cao Jiasheng directly assigned the errand to Cao Yunhui.

On the one hand, this can keep Cao Yunhui away from the vortex, and at least he can survive in Longyou.

On the other hand, if Zhao Yanxun really succeeds in raising troops, Cao Yunhui can also have a meritorious service.

Of course, the first is capital preservation, and the second is Cao Jiasheng's extravagant wish.

"I hope he is safe!" Cao Liushi stood aside.

At this moment, hurried footsteps sounded outside the study.

"Uncle, the imperial envoy from the Ministry of Punishment came outside. Before the villain could report, he led troops into the mansion. Now he is waiting in Zhongqing Hall. Please hurry to meet him, uncle!"

Hearing the butler's hurried words, Cao Jiasheng didn't panic at all.

Cao Jiasheng turned around and said to his wife beside him, "It's earlier than I expected!"

Ever since the empress dowager cried at the Taimiao at night, the situation has developed to the unfavorable situation of the Cao family, and today is really not an exception.

"It's still Miaoyin who can see it... I saw today!"

Listening to her husband's exclamation, Cao Liu's face was full of tears.

She could endure the disintegration of prosperity and wealth, but she was saddened by the destruction of this family.

"If it wasn't for her, how could the uncle's residence have ended up like this?"

Hearing what his wife said, Cao Jiasheng was speechless.

It's all happened, and it doesn't make sense to talk about it now.

Wiping the tears off his wife's face, Cao Jiasheng said with a smile, "Ma'am, in the next life... we will still be husband and wife and have a peaceful life!"

They are almost fifty, and it has been a long time since old couples have been so intimate.

When the two bid farewell, they only heard scolding voices from outside: "Cao Jiasheng... Hurry up to the front hall to receive the order!"

Obviously, the imperial envoy in the front hall was getting impatient.

After bidding farewell to his wife, Cao Jiasheng came to the front hall, which was already full of people.

The Cao family has a large number of people, especially after being knighted, relatives from all walks of life from the previous generation gathered here and enjoyed the glory and wealth together.

While enjoying wealth and honor, these people took advantage of the prestige of the Bo family to bully and dominate the market.

Therefore, now that Tao Yangbo's mansion is in trouble, implicating people like them is what they deserve.

Seeing the head of the family coming, all the men of the Cao family who were escorted over gathered around Cao Jiasheng.

"Uncle...it's all right, what's going on?"

"Uncle, why did the officers and soldiers come to the door..."

At this moment, the chief official scolded: "Cao Jiasheng, don't kneel down to accept the order!"

Everyone immediately quieted down, and it was only now that they knew that the imperial envoy had brought an imperial edict.

Kneeling in front of the imperial envoy, Cao Jiasheng kowtowed and said, "Cao Jiasheng, accept the order!"

I saw the imperial envoy opened the imperial decree and read: "Shangyu..."

"Uncle Cha Taoyang's mansion sells officials and nobles, colludes with cronies, interferes in government affairs, and disregards human life..."

Good guy, every crime he read could kill someone with a stick, but Cao Jiasheng took all of them.

To be honest, these crimes did not wrong him, not to mention that the emperor had given up on him, so he didn't even have the intention to defend himself.

"Such evil deeds, people and gods are all angry..."

"Destroy his official rank, search the uncle's mansion, and all the people in the mansion will be imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of punishment, and they will be released after the crime is found out!"

"Kin this!"

When they read about ransacking the house, many people at the scene burst into tears, but Cao Jiasheng remained calm.

"Minister, thank you!" Cao Jiasheng kowtowed calmly.

Several of his sons and daughters were secretly sent away half a month ago, and he didn't care that much about the lives of those around him.

"Come here, tie them all up and take them away!"

The soldiers in the mansion immediately got busy, some kidnapped people in the front hall, some went to the various mansions to put up seals, and some entered the inner house to drive away the female relatives.

The entire Taoyangbo mansion was full of crying and howling.

Generally speaking, the Chancellor's House would be a topic of conversation in the capital, but right now there was another major event that overwhelmed the collapse of the Cao family.

For example, Lin Guanhai, the current censor of the Lin family at the time, sighed in the study: "Who would have thought that the southwest is really reversed..."

When Zhao Weilong ascended the throne, Lin Guanhai made great efforts, so he has been promoted from an ordinary censor to a censor.

Because his daughter was married to King Yong, Lin Guanhai, a clear stream among the clean streams, was immediately excluded in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and eventually became the laughing stock of others.

Some people say that he climbs the dragon and attaches himself to the phoenix, others say that he is afraid of power and has no literati style...

But now, the new emperor has stood up for Lin Guanhai many times, and he himself has handled several major cases, Lin Guanhai has stood up again in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

At the moment in his study, there are two or three censors, they are all allies of Lin Guanhai.

"Who would have thought that the two newly appointed envoys would dare to deceive the imperial court and lie about the progress of the purge!"

"If the imperial court finds out early and takes precautions in advance, there will be no disaster today!"

Lin Guanhai nodded, but did not continue to analyze in depth.

In the past two years, the zombie eradication campaign in the Southwest has suffered steady failures, and many officials in charge have been severely punished.

According to Lin Guanhai's knowledge, there are already six envoys and dozens of officials who have been beheaded by the court because of the failure of the Qing Dynasty.

Of course, these are all matters of Emperor Tai'an's reign.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, he did not implement thunderous tactics, and the situation in the southwest was gradually improving. The whole court was very happy at first.

Unexpectedly, half a month ago, a memorial to inspect the censor exposed this elaborate lie.

When Emperor Tai'an died, only one-third of the cities in the two southwestern counties were occupied by zombies, but more than half of them have now fallen.

When the study was quiet, only a young censor said: "I think the imperial court is persecuting too much. Those people collude with each other in order to keep their positions and their heads..."

These words can be described as bold, Lin Guanhai immediately reminded: "Zhenzhang, be careful with your words..."

In fact, Lin Guanhai agrees with these words, and the southwestern rebel court is indeed responsible.

"Right now, we should think more about how to solve this matter!" Lin Guanhai said in a deep voice.

At this time, someone said: "Right now, they are just not doing things according to the order, and they haven't explicitly rebelled... Maybe there is still room for redemption!"

"The imperial court can send someone to Shu County to ask about the situation first!"

"As long as the Ming court is magnanimous, it is not impossible for those people in the southwest to find their way back!"

This is easy to say, but difficult to do.

But Wei Zhenzhang said with a smile: "Actually... this matter is not completely useless!"

The censor next to him asked, "What are the benefits?"

Wei Zhenzhang said: "If it weren't for this, the remnants of Concubine Duan would not be eliminated so quickly!"

Because the empress dowager cried at the Taimiao at night, there was a lot of quarrel in the court about concubine Duan.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, Concubine Duan made great efforts to protect Concubine Duan.

Otherwise, there is nothing to quarrel about this matter. Concubine Duan's enemies inside and outside the court can easily kill her and let her go to the sky to accompany Emperor Tai'an.

When the southwestern rebellion happened, Zhao Weilong naturally wanted to put the court harmony first, so he could only be forced to make concessions.

Wei Zhenzhang's words revealed these inside facts, so that everyone in the room looked at Lin Guanhai.

Speaking of which, Lin Guanhai and Concubine Duan are still in-laws.

Regarding this matter, Lin Guanhai remained silent.

Concubine Duan's harem intervening in politics, meddling in the selection of the crown prince, destroying the laws of the ancestors, the court system...all of which made him disgusted.

At this time, Wei Zhenzhang sighed again: "It's a pity that Concubine Duan is still alive!"

The people next to him just wanted to strangle him to death, this young man really didn't know which pot to turn on or which pot to lift.

(End of this chapter)