At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

In mid-July, the clean government storm spread to the surrounding area of ​​Luoyang, and all the county guards, county magistrates, small officials, and officials of the local branches of the central department were all affected.

[-] soldiers from Sili Xiaowei's Mansion scattered in all directions, taking people everywhere. By the beginning of August, more than [-] officials had been arrested and brought to justice. The evidence was overwhelming and undeniable.

At the same time, more than 100 people were sentenced to death and executed immediately without delay.

If the circumstances are serious, they will be copied and beheaded by the whole family.

Of course, Guo Jin did not forget the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which was the focus of the attack, so in the Ministry of Civil Affairs alone, two officials were executed because of the large number of corruption.

During this period of time, officials with ghosts in their hearts trembled when they went to work in the palace. They hugged and bid farewell to their wives in advance, handed over their wills, and explained the funeral, for fear that they would not be able to come back, and even their families would be involved.

What's more, they hanged themselves at home, trying to die.

Of course, this was of no use. Guo Jin was furious upon hearing this, and examined the person's crimes more severely. After that, he still punished the crime according to the law, causing harm to his family.

The anti-corruption campaign that Guo Jin ordered Cheng Yu to preside over was not much worse than Guo Peng's. The benevolence and benevolence since he proclaimed himself emperor for more than a year has disappeared, replaced by a murderous aura.

Different from the fearful atmosphere in which the officials were trembling, the people quite approved of the emperor's large-scale punishment of corrupt officials. People in the streets and alleys were praising the new emperor as good as the old one.

Whenever a corrupt official was escorted to the main square in Luoyang to be beheaded in public, a large number of people went to watch.

They would listen to the execution officer read out the man's corruption charges, pronounce the sentence, and watch him be beheaded in public, applauding.

In late August, when the weather was at its hottest, no one in Luoyang was still talking about the business crisis in the Northwest.

Everyone is talking about how many criminals the emperor has arrested and killed today, and how many carts of gold, silver and jewelry have been transported to the treasury.

Once the clean government storm started, it showed no signs of restraint. It spread from Luoyang to other places, from the Gyeonggi area to other states. The new emperor Guo Jin, who had been on the throne for more than a year, seemed determined to use this clean government storm to let the world know about him. It's really Guo Peng's son.

At the beginning, many people were surprised, thinking how Guo Jin, who was so kind and pure when he was the crown prince, became so cruel, but no one thought about it anymore.

Because Guo Jin is already as cruel as Guo Peng.

In late August, the Grand Canal project and the Shu Road project exploded, and it was revealed that relevant officials had embezzled project funds to fill their own pockets—this was the credit of the Linzi camp after the reform, and all evidence was complete and undeniable.

Guo Jin was furious and ordered the three divisions to form a joint investigation team to arrest all relevant officials from the two places.

Prisoners from the Ministry of Industry system, the Ministry of Finance system, the local administrative system, and the Ministry of War warehouse system were all wiped out. Basically, the officials in charge of the two major projects were bloodied, and more than 100 people were sent to the execution ground.

It can be said that the scene was quite spectacular and tragic.

The principal culprit who committed a particularly serious crime was the extermination of the three tribes, and Guo Jin personally ordered the car to be broken, and asked all the officials of the same department to watch as a deterrent and a lesson.

Blood dripping can certainly educate most people for quite some time.

If it recurs later...

Then do it again.

Guo Jin's eyes were red, and he killed here, and there was an urgent promotion of newcomers who had just passed the imperial examination to fight the fire.

Just like Guo Peng's cleansing of scholars back then, killing people here, and transferring a large number of newcomers to fill the vacancies in Luoyang, introducing fresh blood, and clearing up the atmosphere in Luoyang's officialdom.

In a short period of time, many grassroots officials in the imperial court were supplemented.

And this whole process was also seen by Zaoyi.

From the initial doubt and fear to the later numbness, he was used to it.

The clean government storm never hit him, because he did not have any problems. Cheng Yu personally checked his related accounts and found no problems.

But many people around him were shocked and taken away.

There are also some young people he is optimistic about, who were also taken away for investigation because of related issues. So far, only one person has come back alive because he really did not find out the problem.

He has become numb. He lives mechanically every day, handles government affairs mechanically, and repeats the same life mechanically. He still doesn't forget to give Guo Jin a petition.

He also felt that he caused the magnification of this clean government storm, and he felt that as long as he resigned, he could end this terrible storm.

Of course, all the petitions fell into the sea, and there was no response——

Guo Jin was busy with the real clean government storm, so she didn't have time to entangle with him.

Go away and stay, don't bother me!

Guo Jin's original goal of deterring veterans has already been achieved, and it can even be said to have been overfulfilled. No one would think that they can use political offensives to blackmail Guo Jin.

Yuan Cong's veterans, as well as the heroes who later followed Guo Peng to build the Wei Empire, all kept silent, trembling, walking with their heads down and daring not to raise their heads, and no one dared to say a word to others, for fear of getting into trouble.

Zaozhi did this, and now it is basically abolished. The officials were so frightened that they trembled tremblingly. Those who didn't know it thought they dreamed of going back to Yande, back to the era when Guo Peng roared and killed the Quartet.

But when he woke up, he realized that it was the Xingyuan year.

Guo Jin's goal has already been achieved. Now, he is infinitely bringing his ferocity closer to Guo Peng's level, just like Guo Peng II.

Didn't the emperor change?

Why is it the same as not changing the emperor?

This is not right!

But their ideas are not within the scope of Guo Jin's consideration, he only knows that he is really like a real emperor now.

No, this is the real emperor!

He can start a political storm and control it to the terror of his courtiers!

This is the symbol of the real emperor!

He has never felt that his power makes him feel so happy today, even though at the same time all the officials are in absolute panic.

At the beginning of September in the second year of Xingyuan, Guo Jin's bloodshot eyes returned to normal a little bit. At this time, he had basically regained his sanity from the initial irritability.

The main reason is that killing many officials made him vent his anger, and when he vented his anger, he regained his senses.

Now Cheng Yu is in charge of the specific matters, and he finally has the time to take a good look at the things that he didn't take care of before.

For example, the matter of Zaozhi.

Although at first he used Cheng Yu to attack Zaozhi, he never expected Cheng Yu to pull out the carrot and bring out the mud as soon as he moved, turning the political action into a pure clean government storm, sweeping away all factions regardless of faction, and showing his glory.

After regaining her senses, Guo Jin looked at the five petition forms that Zaozhi had handed over during this period of time, feeling rather proud.

But this is not enough, in order to establish his uncompromising authoritative image.

It's not enough to just kill people, you need to punish your heart, if you don't kill your heart, it means you haven't done anything.

This is not a simple clean government storm, but also to let you know-I, like my father, must not be offended!

So what to do?

killed?

Guo Jin felt that killing was a bit too much, so she asked Cheng Yu to ask.

How do the victors in political struggles deal with the losers?

Cheng Yu looked at Guo Jin's triumphant appearance, sighed insignificantly, and then gave his own suggestion.

"To deal with Zaoyi, killing is not the best policy, but punishing the heart is the best policy. I suggest that Zaoyi should be deposed with crimes, and his decades of meritorious service will go to waste."

Guo Jin thought about it and thought it was very good.

"Mr. Zhongde's words are very kind, so do this!"

So Guo Jin issued an imperial decree to Zaoyi, reprimanding Zaoyi for not being a good minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, not being a good leader, and not guiding his subordinates to lead by example, so that there are so many corrupt officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs to seek national interests.

As the Minister of Civil Affairs, Zaoyi has never discovered, paid attention to, or prevented such a situation from happening for a long time. The entire Ministry of Civil Affairs is full of smog and shady scenes.

Didn't Zaoyi feel that he had made a big mistake?

Now that there are so many corrupt officials in front of him, can he still feel that it is the right thing to do by himself?

How can such an ineffective official continue to formulate national policies in a high position?

Originally faced with such a situation, Zaozhi should be severely punished, as an example to others, and all senior officials should be told not to slack off.

But Nian Zazao is only an official from Yuan Cong, who worked diligently with the Supreme Emperor and contributed to the founding of the country, so no additional punishment will be imposed. He will be dismissed from the position of Minister of Civil Affairs and his title, and only keep the land rewarded by the Supreme Emperor. Go home and retire!

You want to resign?

I prefer not to let.

I will depose you myself with just cause!

You don't want to go home in glory!

Don't even think about blessing future generations!

You can't even imagine all the benefits that a retired official can have!

Offending the emperor, offending the emperor, and being hated by the emperor, this is obviously not a good ending.

Zaoyi got nothing, but was deposed as an official of Yuan Cong.

Zao Zhi did not have the treatment of Cao Ren, who returned home with glory, Zao Zhi did not even have the treatment of a normal retired official, only the land that Guo Peng rewarded him, and no pension.

From then on, it was really necessary to cultivate and study the family heirloom.

The only good thing is that his son is still an official, and his grandson can continue to study.

But what's the point?

Zaoyi's political property that he had worked hard for decades in the officialdom of the Wei Empire was wiped out, and nothing was left. The Zao family, which could have been developed by relying on his achievements and prestige, became ashes.

After working hard for most of his life, he ended up like this in the end. How could this not be the reason why he rashly offended the emperor?

When the news spread, the entire court was filled with gloomy and gloomy atmosphere.

But to be honest, there are not many people who sympathize with Zaozhi, and not very few people who hate Zaozhi.

Because in the eyes of quite a few people, the reason why Emperor Guo Jin set off a clean government storm and killed officials wantonly was because Zaozhi was too deceitful.

Chapter 1579 Splitting the Ministry of Civil Affairs

From the point of view of some officials, the main reason why Guo Jin set off a clean government storm was Zaoyi's excessive behavior.

Previously, when the Northwest crisis had just occurred in the Western Regions, Zaoyi united with the opposition officials in the court to exert too much political pressure on the emperor.

He repeatedly asked the emperor to depose Northwest Commerce, and refused to agree to the emperor's rescue measures.

The emperor wanted to rescue the business in the Northwest, but he took the lead in making troubles, resolutely refused to admit or support, and even refuted Wang Can, Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance, without any face.

But everyone knew that it was the emperor himself who instructed Wang Can.

After the Northwest crisis spread to Yongzhou and Liangzhou, Zaozhi's reaction became more violent. He linked up with the opposition officials in the court to submit the form to the emperor, taking turns to submit the form, continuously submitting the form, and engaged in information bombing.

It is to put political pressure on the emperor.

One by one, they finally broke through the bottom line of the emperor's tolerance, and rebounded after bottoming out.

In the body of the current emperor, his father's blood flows.

This is great, Guo Jin was forced into a hurry, no matter how he used Cheng Yu, he killed a lot of people, the relaxed atmosphere in the hall was gone forever, and he returned to the horror and chill of Guo Peng's era.

The high officials and dignitaries kept silent, not daring to say a word, for fear of offending the emperor and making the emperor point his finger at them.

The life of the middle and low-level officials also became difficult. The supervisory officials scattered out, and the terrifying pawns wandered around, making them unable to eat or sleep well. They were afraid that they would be taken away by the pawns at any time and thrown into the If you want to live, you can't ask for death.

It's all Jujube's fault!

It wasn't that Zaoyi bullied and oppressed the emperor so much, the emperor would not have been forced to follow Guo Peng's old path!

It's good now, everything is over, the emperor has awakened, and Guo Peng is back!

The glory of Zaozhi himself, Yuan Cong's veteran, is gone, and everyone's good days are no longer there.

This kind of thing that harms others and benefits oneself, Zaoyi can really do it.

For a while, most of the terrified officials complained about Zaozhi, hated Zaozhi, and secretly cursed Zaozhi indiscriminately.

They didn't dare to get angry with the emperor, and they didn't think that the emperor made a mistake first, so they simply shifted the object of venting and focused their anger.

The cabinet officials who sent the imperial decree to the Ministry of Civil Affairs also didn't look good on Zaozhi, and read out the imperial decree to depose Zaoyi happily, feeling as if a great revenge had been avenged, and turned his face when he left.

The Ministry of Criminal Affairs used to be the department everyone hated the most, but now the Ministry of Civil Affairs has become the department everyone hates the most.

Knowing that the emperor was going to depose Zaozhi, many officials were even a little happy, and felt inexplicably relieved, thinking that Zaozhi was officially finished and everyone could come back to life.

Zaozhi received the imperial decree and watched the emperor's treatment of him, feeling infinitely desolate in his heart.

He looked around, but the subordinates of the Ministry of Civil Affairs seldom felt sad.