At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

"Yanger! Yanger! Yanger! Guo Peng! I will fight with you!!"

Yang thought that Guo Yang was dead, and suddenly his liver and gallbladder burst, and he was so angry that he was about to rush up and beat Guo Peng with disheveled hair, but was stopped by Guo Dan.

Guo Peng looked at this scene with cold eyes, didn't care at all, and turned his head to look at Su Yuan who was so frightened that his face turned pale.

"Who told the Supreme Emperor and Supreme Empress about Guo Yang's entry into the palace?"

Su Yuan froze for a moment.

"Old slave... I don't know..."

"Trash! I don't even know this, what use do I need you for!"

Guo Peng's face turned cold, and Su Yuan was so frightened that he knelt on the ground.

"Your Majesty! The old slave is incompetent! The old slave is incompetent! The old slave should go and investigate immediately! Go and investigate immediately!"

"Find it out, then gather all the eunuchs and court ladies in the inner court, and stick them to death in front of everyone, asking them to witness the whole process without closing their eyes, and then tell them that not everyone's entrustment can be accepted."

Guo Peng glanced at Yang who was still struggling, and said with a sneer: "Also, from today onwards, all the attendants around the Empress Dowager will be replaced, and all those who are replaced will be killed, and those who will be replaced will be selected by you yourself.

Tell them, take good care of the Empress Dowager, who dares to worry about the Empress Dowager again, I want their heads, and, everyone who knows about today's events, shut up, as long as there is even a little bit of news about this matter, The inner court should be thoroughly washed with blood. "

Su Yuan was frightened out of his wits and immediately took orders.

"The old slave obeys the order! The old slave obeys the order!"

Then hurriedly ran out.

"Guo Peng!!!"

Yang's sharp shouts were very ear-piercing.

Guo Dan knew that Guo Yang was fine, so he angrily reprimanded Yang.

"shut up!"

"Yang'er was beaten to death by him! Your son was beaten to death by him! You still talk to him! He is your son! Yang'er is not your son, is he! Isn't it!"

Yang didn't care about anything, not even his own life, and wanted to wrestle with Guo Dan again.

"Crazy! See for yourself whether your son has fainted or died!"

Guo Dan was so annoyed that he slapped Yang on the face with great force and knocked Yang to the ground.

Yang fell to the ground just in time to see Guo Yang's tightly closed eyes and trembling lips, and immediately knew that her son was not dead.

She immediately rushed over and hugged Guo Yang.

"Yang'er! Yang'er!!"

Then burst into tears.

To tell you the truth, this cry is very ugly.

Guo Peng picked his ears, pretending he didn't hear it, and just looked at Guo Dan.

"Emperor, emperor, what is the reason for this? No matter how hard it is... Yang'er is your brother no matter what, we are also a family after all!"

Guo Dan's expression was very sad, tears flowed out, and he felt extremely distressed by the scene in front of him.

There was no fluctuation in Guo Peng's heart, and he shook his head expressionlessly.

"Father, it was the same with ice-cutting fishing back then, and it is the same with killing relatives today. Whoever let him hit him, if he honestly does nothing, I have nothing to do.

But he embezzled the land, annexed the property, embarrassing me in front of everyone, making it hard for me to do it. Back then, Zi Lian was almost beaten to death by doing this. Today, it is his turn, and I am fair. "

Guo Peng turned around and turned his back to Guo Dan: "The general situation of the country is about to change. Under such a general situation, no matter who it is, as long as it stops in front of me, I will not let him go, no matter who it is."

Guo Peng's will cannot be stopped, and anyone who stands in the way will be dealt with, that's for sure.

Afterwards, the matter of the emperor's dethroning of King Zhao's title quickly spread throughout Luoyang's official circles, honorable and powerful families through the cabinet's announcement, and even all literate people knew about it.

Everyone knew that the emperor's younger brother was beaten up by the emperor for annexing the land in Zhao County, Jizhou, and then he was deposed as king of Zhao, demoted to a commoner, and settled in a farm on the outskirts of Luoyang.

From now on, he will earn his own living by cultivating the land, and will no longer receive food and court rewards. All his property will be deprived, and there will be nothing left. The whole family will live the life of an old farmer.

More than one or two people were shocked by this incident.

This incident is tantamount to announcing to the world that the emperor Qingzhang's determination to change the tax system is unshakable, and even his younger brother's title was abolished for doing so—that is the only prince in the Guowei Empire.

Except for Guo Yang, Guo Peng has never granted titles to other Guo's children. Guo Jia, who is known as the most important minister of the clan, is also a marquis.

All the children of the royal family do not have a prince.

Of course, this news is not a big deal, and there are more terrifying things to come.

The cleansing of officialdom in Jizhou.

chapter 1274 the wrath of the emperor

Because no one reported Guo Yang's annexation of the land, the emperor knew nothing about it, so after the incident, the emperor was furious.

Cao Cao and the inner court received a strict order from the emperor and sent a professional team to Jizhou to investigate the matter, vowing to investigate the matter thoroughly without any omissions.

Whoever dares to play sloppy with him on this matter, the emperor will let that head fall.

Subsequently, the joint investigation team sent by Cao Cao and the inner court entered Jizhou.

After investigation, the joint investigation team found out the source of Guo Yang's land, only to find that the land that Guo Yang merged was not a few thousand mu, but more than [-] mu.

The land of Jizhou was remeasured and divided after Guo Peng defeated Yuan Shao.

Except for the Haoqiang manor that cannot be cleaned up, the rest of the land has been measured, and Jizhou has a large population and a high degree of development. These more than [-] mu of land are by no means unowned wasteland.

According to the investigation, the 5 mu of land included not only the land of Tuntian farms looted by Guo Yang, but also the land of some powerful manors in some places.

The farmers on the land shed tears and complained to the officials of the joint investigation team about their previous experiences, saying how they were forced to become tenants and work as cattle and horses for Guo Yang since they were free.

I thought that the good times were coming, but after a few years, I became a tenant again. This is too bad luck, and there is no reason for it.

The same is true for the land in the Haoqiang manor. After questioning, the investigation team learned that Guo Yang also used cruel means to kill the men of the Haoqiang family, seize the land, and even occupied the beautiful women in their family.

The rest were sold.

Guo Yang not only bullied the common people, but also bullied those traditional local tyrants who had nothing to do with the court.

Because their land is richer, far more fertile than Tuntian farms, but they have no connections, or no power, and cannot fight against him, so they also wantonly plundered the local powerful manors.

It can be said that it is very fair-fairly destroys the family and destroys the family, and does all kinds of evil.

Of course, this was expected by Guo Peng, and he didn't find it strange. This is Guo Yang's traditional skill.

But there were also things he didn't expect.

The joint investigation team not only found out that Guo Yang annexed land in the name of Zhao Wang and bullied men and women, but also found out that Guo Yang's wife, Li's family, relied on Guo Yang's royal status to annex [-] land in Jizhou and Qingzhou. More than acres of things.

They are also, not only bullying the common people, but also relying on their being relatives of Zhao Wang's family, bullying those who have no power in the local area, or they have a little status but they can handle it.

After all, the land and property of Haoqiang Manor are much more than that of Tuntian Farm these days, and the future troubles are not serious, so these local tyrants are really unlucky.

Ordinary people can still survive as tool people. These local tyrants are either killed or sold, or directly occupied. The children of the Li family are all earning a lot of money, eating fat and farting crotch.

So the local tyrants in Jizhou and Qingzhou were indeed messed up by Guo Yang and the Li family.

Of course, the common people did not escape.

These matters involved two states, involved many officials, and more people knew about it, and the time span was as long as five years.

But in the past five years, no one reported the matter to Guo Peng.

None of them.

Just because he is Guo Yang, Guo Peng's younger brother, the only king, the royal family.

So Tuntian Farm and Haoqiang Manor were plundered by him, and the officials turned a blind eye to it, and even wiped his ass and finished it, so that this matter would not cause large-scale turmoil.

Guo Peng was really angry.

With one order, the whole family of Guo Yang's wife Li's family was ordered to be killed.

All the men were beheaded, the women were sold into slavery, and the family property was confiscated.

Because Li was Guo Yang's wife, she managed to save her life under Guo Dan's begging, but she was also deposed as a commoner and lived with Guo Yang in a farm on the outskirts of Luoyang.

Because he couldn't kill and was not enough to vent his anger, Guo Peng added an additional clause that he would never pardon Guo Yang's family.

They will always be farming on the outskirts of Luoyang and paying taxes, and they will never stand up, even the descendants of Guo Yang.

Even the right to be surnamed Guo is deprived. Guo is not allowed to be surnamed, only Li can only be surnamed. He will be deprived of the status of the royal family forever, and he will never be able to stand up.

This is the harshest punishment other than death.

It's useless for anyone to intercede, Guo Peng is determined to do this, and he will not spare any sympathy.

That's not to say, after that, Han Hao, the governor of Jizhou, and Mi Zhu, the governor of Qingzhou, were dismissed and put in prison to await trial.

The sheriff of Zhao County who committed the crime by Guo Yang and the sheriff of Qi County who committed the crime by the Li family were executed, and the entire family was exiled to Yunzhou.

Relevant officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Finance were held accountable.

This matter was investigated to the end.

Including the village chiefs and several township chiefs of several villages in the village who tried to resist the annexation but failed, and were finally framed for corruption and dealt with.

Those village and township heads did not want the land of the farmers to be annexed, and they did not want the farmers to be reduced to tenants, so they fought hard.

However, people kept their words light, and these things were not reported, and they were kept in the county. In the end, they were also dealt with in a fair and fair manner for corruption.

Then there was the cooperation of the local government, making false accounts to deceive the central government, and even deceiving the inspectors, all of which were exposed.

Guo Peng was trembling with anger.

As a result, more than a dozen county magistrates and county chiefs were executed, and the entire family was exterminated. All participants were either killed or exiled. More than 700 people were implicated before and after.

Afterwards, the scale and intensity of Qingzhang land increased again.

A joint investigation team composed of more than 1000 inner court eunuchs and officials whose family land did not exceed [-] mu went to the Kanto region to conduct a strict investigation.

The [-] guards were divided into two groups and went to Jizhou and Qingzhou respectively.

The emperor even mobilized the army, which shows the great determination and strength of the emperor this time.

No one can escape.

In the end, this matter was magnified, and just after a thunderstorm broke out, two governors were pulled down, including Guo Peng's very trusted veteran and former pariah legend Mi Zhu.

He also lost everything and was questioned.

The Mi family was taken over by Guo Peng, and an investigation began. Any act of breaking the law and discipline may lead to the downfall of the entire Mi family.

In the palace, Mi Zhen stayed behind closed doors and did not express any views on this matter, no one knew her attitude on this matter.

So from Luoyang to the place, people were panicked.

The emperor first attacked the people around him, and the attacks were very ruthless. Even his younger brother was deprived of his royal status, and he would never stand up after being beaten.

If things continue to escalate, no one knows whether these senior officials at the governor's level have any hope of survival.

So obviously, the local sheriff, the county magistrate, and even the head of the village may all be implicated.

At present, dozens of officials have been sacked for this, and more than [-] people have been implicated and executed. Who knows how many more people will be implicated and die next?

The Luoyang catastrophe involving nearly 4 people was not long ago. Anyone who is familiar with Guo Peng knows that a new round of political storms is about to begin.

When will it end?

How many people are going to die?

no one knows.

But this time, Guo Peng even used the army, obviously out of anger.

Therefore, from the central to the local, no one dares to say that he will survive.

The supervision system established in the early years from the central government to the local Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Finance was required by Guo Peng to conduct a self-examination, and the accounts over the years were required to be re-examined. Check it out.

Zaoyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was directly punished by Guo Peng to lose his title, abolish Shiyi, and deprive his two sons of their Yinfeng.

Wang Can, Shangshu of the Ministry of Finance, was scolded bloody by Guo Peng. He was fined two years of salary, title and food, and was almost convicted.

Cao Cao, the chief assistant of the cabinet, who was in charge of auditing, was scolded by Guo Peng. He was fined for salary, title, and food.