Datang: Acting as a celestial mystery at the beginning

Sure enough, something big is going to happen, His Majesty's big move is not just as simple as catching a few people.

From the start, they were hooked.

The family officials following Wang Gui's heart beat faster at this moment, and they also felt that something serious was about to happen. I'm afraid it will not be so easy to let go of what happened today!

Changsun Wuji and others were laughing in their hearts, His Majesty's move is wonderful!

As for the other courtiers, they were even more trembling at the moment, not even daring to breathe too hard.

"Why, does Wang Qing find it difficult? Or, what you said just now is also deceiving the emperor?"

Li Shimin's face became cold again, and his cold eyes were staring at Wang Gui.

"no……"

Wang Gui turned around, looked at the officials, and said, "You all stand up consciously! I don't want to call names."

At this moment, Wang Gui had no choice but to sacrifice them to save himself, hoping that the people he promoted, as well as those from the Wang family, would be smarter and take the initiative to stand up.

However, it is human nature to be afraid of death. Under such a premise, who would dare to stand up and die?

"Wang Qing, it seems that no one is willing to stand up." Li Shimin's voice sounded again.

Feeling Li Shimin's gaze, Wang Gui gritted his teeth and thought to himself that I will have a hard time today, and you don't want to be comfortable. He immediately dragged a lot of people out, most of them were officials of the Wang family.

If he didn't do this, he would overthrow himself and could only give reasons for his dereliction of duty. Then the position of Doctor Yushi would probably be replaced by Wei Zheng.

"Your Majesty, it's them!" Wang Gui cupped his hands.

The faces of those people were ashen, their bodies were trembling, and they wanted to speak up to refute, but feeling the oppressive atmosphere, under Li Shimin's sharp gaze, and thinking of Wang Gui's identity, no one dared to speak up.

"Just them?"

Li Shimin said with a smile: "Doctor Yushi is from the third rank, these people are just officials from the fifth rank, Du Qing!"

"Chen is here!"

Du Ruhui cupped his hands and said.

"Do you usually discuss political affairs with officials under the fifth rank?"

Li Shimin asked.

"Generally speaking, very rarely, they have urgent matters and they will propose to their superiors. If the superiors cannot solve it, they will come to the minister."

Du Ruhui said truthfully.

"Wang Qing, you heard it too, is there any more?"

Li Shimin looked at him again.

Wang Gui's heart trembled, His Majesty felt that there were too few people and their grades were too low, so it was not easy to deal with it, right?

Li Shimin has already arrested more than 100 officials, and if he wants to arrest others, he is not worried. Is there no one in the court to help him?

In desperation, Wang Gui could only grit his teeth and look back at the people behind him.

Feeling Wang Gui's gaze, they began to be afraid, and hurriedly avoided daring to look at each other.

"Your Majesty, of course there are a few of them..."

Wang Gui quickly pointed out that several people were officials of the fourth rank and above, and they were members of the other six families.

They also knew that it was Li Shimin who deliberately wanted to mess with him this time, and it was useless to resist, so they could only admit it silently and accept the arrangement of fate.

However, the eyes they looked at Wang Gui were full of resentment, and they hated him thoroughly.

"The Wang family is indeed loyal to the emperor and patriotic. First, they paid back the salt and iron taxes, and then took the initiative to point out the traitors in the court. They are honest and upright. I am very pleased. I will reward you heavily later."

Li Shimin looked at several officials of the Wang family, and continued: "You are also members of the Wang family, you should have been bewitched, I will not pursue it for now."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Those few people were overjoyed.

Wang Gui's mind was blank at first, but at this moment he suddenly woke up, screaming in his heart that it was over!

His Majesty took the initiative to let the members of the Wang family go, and coupled with the payment of salt and iron taxes, it seemed to be telling everyone that the imperial court was cooperating with the Wang family to engage in the other six families.

Thinking of this, Wang Gui closed his eyes in pain. He knew that from today onwards, there would be gaps in the seven families.

Once this kind of gap occurs, it is impossible to sew it up. It is just a joke that the five surnames and seven hopes are connected with each other!

This scheming of divorce is used extremely well, it can be said that it kills without blood.

Sure enough, the eyes of the officials pointed out by Wang Gui were even more resentful.

"Everyone except the Wang family will be handed over to Dali Temple for review first. If they are found innocent, they will be dealt with separately. If they are guilty, hum!"

Li Shimin didn't really want to punish them thoroughly. These people's foundations are relatively clean, and they haven't done anything bad. They can continue to use them, but demotion is certain.

This is also his method of internal mobilization. With so many officials captured, there will be a large number of vacancies in the court. Although he recommends capable poor people to fill them and promote lower-level officials, it will be difficult to get back to normal for a while.

There are many officials of the aristocratic family who are in important positions, and there are also many idle positions. Li Shimin and the others have discussed and took this opportunity to demote these idle positions, officials with clean backgrounds and relatively high positions, and temporarily fill various vacancies at the lower levels. In the middle, work with the underprivileged.

However, in a high position, one can only work hard for Du Ruhui and others, who hold several positions, and after temporarily coping with this period of time, they will be able to stabilize.

After a while, a guard came in and took them all down.

"Okay, if there is nothing else, let's retreat!"

Li Shimin waved his sleeves and walked out of Tai Chi Palace.

Then, the rest of the officials were able to leave.

"Wang Gui, you are doing well, your Wang family is going to be over!"

At this time, an official from the Li family who was following behind him pointed at his nose and cursed, then left angrily.

"It turns out that the Wang family has long betrayed our seven families, and we only found out today, okay!"

An official of the Cui family sneered, turned around and left, but his heart was full of anger, and it was not easy to explode in the Tai Chi Hall.

The officials of the other aristocratic families, with that look, have as much resentment as they want.

"This time, not only the Wang family is finished, but the other seven families are also almost finished."

Wang Gui shook his head.

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