After binding the loving mother system, I was so bad

Before Gu Nanxi could think of a countermeasure, the enemy hiding in the dark could no longer hold back and launched a thundering attack.

At two o'clock in the fifth watch (around three forty-eight now), officials who were preparing to attend the morning court walked out of their homes one after another, walking towards the palace gate under the moonlight.

Censor Jiang, who was always stern, raised his right hand, covered his face with his wide sleeves, and yawned quietly.

I don’t know what happened last night, my right eyelid twitched the whole night. My heart felt heavy and I couldn’t sleep.

"Good morning, Lord Jiang." Doctor Li caught up with Censor Jiang from behind.

Censor Jiang looked back and found a dense circle of blisters on the corners of Doctor Li's mouth: "Ask the family to make some mung bean water to relieve the internal heat."

Doctor Li had a bitter face and patted his bulging belly: "I drank a big bowl of it this morning, but it didn't work."

Censor Jiang did not ask Doctor Li what was so worrying about, but he was sure that he was worried about the wife of Marquis Yongchang just like himself.

His family and the Li family have long been closely connected with the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion, sharing honor and disgrace. If the wife of the Yongchang Marquis falls, he will not be in any good situation either!

Doctor Li finally couldn't hold it in anymore, and he approached Censor Jiang and asked quietly, "What are they doing recently? The day before yesterday, when I went to Fuquan Teahouse, I heard from Song Da that the group of people often went to the private room of Fuquan Teahouse, and they seemed to be plotting something."

Although Censor Jiang didn't know what had happened, with his keen political sense, he knew that the wife of Marquis Yongchang had secretly clashed with that group of people several times!

"If an enemy comes, we will fight him; if a flood comes, we will block it with earth. We have done nothing wrong, so we are not afraid of any tricks the other side may use." Censor Jiang put his hands behind his back, like a green pine, he would rather break than bend!

Doctor Li muttered quietly: "I'm afraid that if someone wants to accuse you, they will find a pretext for it!"

As the two of them were thinking, the palace gate appeared before their eyes.

Before officially entering the palace, officials who were familiar with each other greeted each other.

At this time, each camp and faction can also be seen.

"Imperial Censor Yan looks at you strangely." Doctor Li carefully reminded Imperial Censor Jiang.

Censor Yan was the person who took over Censor Jiang's position after he was demoted.

He kept adjusting his official robe, and from time to time he glanced at Censor Jiang with a provocative look.

Doctor Li immediately judged that this person was definitely going to cause trouble!

"You have to be careful. You don't have any leverage over them recently, do you?"

Hearing Doctor Li's reminder, Censor Jiang remained calm and said, "No."

The wife of Marquis Yongchang divided all the chores among her three children. Su Xuanming was too busy to handle it, so he asked his sworn brothers to run around in circles.

My son is good at studying, but he lacks experience when it comes to mundane matters and often comes to me for advice.

How can I have the time to cause trouble?

Doctor Li was worried. After three whip sounds, he and Censor Jiang lined up in a queue. After being searched by the guards and having their identities verified, they lined up to enter the hall.

Civil and military officials were divided into two rows according to their positions, standing in the east and west respectively.

Starting from Emperor Taizu of Zhou, the rules of the previous dynasty were changed. The prime minister was no longer allowed to be seated during the morning court session, and all officials had to stand during the court session.

However, after the new emperor ascended the throne, Grand Tutor Tong became the first senior official of the Zhou Dynasty to have a seat at the grand court meeting!

Censor Jiang glanced at the head of the civil officials, Grand Tutor Tong, inconspicuously, and was surprised to find that Lord Cui Sanlun, who had never liked to attend court, also came this time.

As for Lord Zhu, he returned to Nanjun early to deal with some handover matters.

There was an air of impending storm in the palace.

Lower-ranking officials shrank their necks and lowered their heads, fearing that they would be implicated.

Censor Yan straightened his neck, raised his chin slightly, and looked eager to try.

Censor Jiang and Doctor Li glanced at each other imperceptibly, and both of them were very nervous, thinking that Censor Yan had come with ill intentions.

After the young emperor took office, officials from various departments submitted reports.

"Your Majesty, this year's drought is severe and all of Hezhong and Henan have no harvest."

The young emperor looked at the Minister of Revenue and said, "Open the warehouses and distribute grain according to the procedures. In the two counties of Hezhong and Henan, the commercial tax on grain trade will be reduced by half."

The Great Zhou Dynasty had a complete set of procedures for disaster relief, and granaries in various places were full.

Because the financial revenue of the Zhou Dynasty mainly depended on commercial taxes, as long as the commercial taxes of the two counties were reduced, driven by interests, grain merchants would continue to transport grain to the two counties.

At the same time, in order to prevent grain merchants from raising prices, the official relief grain is the ballast of grain prices!

Grain merchants traveled thousands of miles to the two counties to sell grain, and they certainly had to hire some local people, which in turn expanded local employment.

If the victims have hope, there will be no civil unrest.

This method has been proven to be effective after several generations of practice.

After dealing with this matter, the young emperor was just about to leave the court when he saw Censor Yan stand up with an intrepid look on his face.

"I have a report to make!"

The young emperor thought to himself that this was not good, but he could not stop the censor from speaking, so he just nodded with a sullen look on his face.

Censor Yan: "I want to sue the Marquis of Yongchang for betraying the emperor's grace, colluding with the northern border, and intending to rebel!"

Cui Sanlun thought to himself, as expected, that girl Gu Nanxi guessed it right!

Early this morning, Gu Nanxi sent someone to knock on the door and asked me to go to court, saying that if there was any change, she wanted me to send her a message.

Cui Sanlun: "Where's the evidence? You are just making empty promises, stop slandering me!"

Everyone's eyes were on Censor Yan. He pulled out a small wooden box from his wide sleeves and spoke with clanging power.

"Of course I have evidence. In addition to physical evidence, I also have witnesses!"

The wooden box was first handed to the emperor to look at, and then the emperor passed it to the officials.

Cui Sanlun opened it and saw a letter inside with four big words "Spring goes and winter comes" written on it.

The letter was written by the Left Envoy of the Northern Territory to an unknown person, and the content was to discuss how to divide the Great Zhou.

Cui Sanlun sneered: "That's it? I can forge seven or eight letters like this in an hour."

Censor Yan: "Of course there is more than one. This letter was handed over by the personal guards of Yongchang Marquis. It was also his personal guards who said that Yongchang Marquis colluded with the northern border and intended to rebel!"

hissing...

My dear guards, the credibility of this matter has increased several points!

Censor Yan bowed deeply and said, "Your Majesty, I beg you to send troops to surround the Yongchang Marquis' Mansion immediately, arrest all the people in the mansion, and bring them to justice for further interrogation!"

Cui Sanlun naturally disagreed: "To convict a marquisate based on one person's letter alone is not in line with the procedures and will easily discourage the generals!"

"Yes, that's right. How can you just confiscate a house without solid evidence?"

"The innocent will be innocent, and the wicked will be wicked. If the Marquis of Yongchang has not committed any crime, he will naturally let them go after the interrogation!"

"You said it so lightly, but do you know how much of a blow this arrest would cause to the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion?"

"It's better to miss it than to let it go! Which is more important, the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion or the safety of the Great Zhou?"

The two groups were quarreling so loudly that they were almost about to take off their shoes and start fighting each other.

Doctor Li was also anxious. The Ministry of Justice was full of Tong Taishi's men. Even if no guilt was finally determined, who knew what dirty tricks would be used during the interrogation?