Sir, don't shoot! [Quick Transmigration]

In recent days, officials have disappeared one after another in the DPRK and China. It is rumored that they have received secret decrees and went to work for the emperor.

The court rules are strict, and those who are absent from duty without reason and fail to go to the court will be fined a salary, and if the sentence is severe, they will be jailed.In the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, it might not attract attention if one or two officials disappeared.

Most of the absentee officials are petty officials below the sixth rank, and the positions are scattered throughout the six ministries regardless of rank.

Then there was a new rumor in the court, saying that the emperor was going to start to rectify the corrupt officials, and first let the big fish not catch the net, and took some small shrimps for surgery.

Compared with the late emperor who was old and frail, Emperor Yanxi's diligent administration is obvious to all, and the actions to rectify the administration of officials are also expected by everyone, and similar rumors are rampant.

But a few days later, the new emperor, who had always been diligent in government affairs, suddenly claimed to be ill and would not go to court until he announced his recovery.

The emperor's intention was to let the officials of various ministries deliver the memorials directly to the palace, and if there were any important matters that needed to be reported in person, they would go to the palace to meet separately.

Now they don't even have the opportunity to gather together to discuss after the court every day, and the officials are even more confused about what is going to happen next.

On weekdays, the courtiers who behaved well and sat still, and who did not form a party for personal gain, had the right to regard this period of time when they were not in court as a rest.However, Zuo Cheng's party, who was secretly confronting Emperor Yanxi, became vigilant after this turmoil.

For a long time, a group of officials headed by Zuo Cheng has dominated the government-run salt and wine business, cleverly set up a name to extract the treasury tax money, and took bribes to openly buy and sell official positions.All kinds of acts of favoritism have a lot of implications.Among the missing officials, many were related to these activities.

These officials disappeared silently, presumably have something to do with the emperor.

But Prime Minister Zuo and the Queen Mother bribed Emperor Yanxi's close servants, and after asking for a long time, they didn't see any action from the emperor.

Regardless of whether Li Yuanyin's claim of illness is true or false, he is indeed competent as a patient.He was lying in the bedroom all day long, sleeping for most of the twelve hours a day, not only did he not give any secret orders to the Ministry of Punishment, let alone give any instructions to the Habayashi Army.

So who were those officials arrested?Where did it go?

After all, Prime Minister Zuo couldn't hold back anymore, and sent letters to a few familiar cronies, asking them to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss how to deal with it.

At night, several carriages stopped in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and officials in plain clothes sneaked into the mansion.

Several people gathered in the main hall, and on the table were stacks of books, IOUs, rosters and other documents.

"Burn them all. When the emperor wants to do this, what can we do with empty words? If we are not careful, we will get the reputation of killing courtiers indiscriminately. I'm afraid the queen mother will take this opportunity to make changes in the palace. God."

"What to burn? You said it too. The Empress Dowager is responsible for us when something goes wrong. There are so many account books, each of which is filled with real money. How can we just burn it?"

Some people advocate destroying the evidence as soon as possible before the emperor can find out, but some people are concerned about the huge interests hidden in it and are reluctant to stop.

The two groups of people quarreled so loudly that they almost knocked off the roof.

At this time, there was a clamor outside, and the voice of servants shouting and obstructing, but it soon fell silent.

Then there was a rush of footsteps, and two teams of guards wearing black silk robes and carrying knives at their waists poured into the hall and surrounded the crowd.His demeanor is neat and capable, exuding a chilling air.

"Bold, who are you, dare to trespass on the prime minister's mansion?"

Judging from the appearance of this group of people, they are definitely not ordinary bandits, but Prime Minister Zuo looked at their clothes for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out which group of officers and soldiers they were.

The Ministry of Punishment has been controlled by their hands, and the Habayashi Army is under the supervision of the Empress Dowager, so it can be determined that no action has been taken.Whose are these guards who appeared out of thin air?

Zuo Cheng glanced at the faces of the group of people, and suddenly recognized a familiar face in the leader, he had seen it before in court.

"Are you the only son of Zhou Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites? You were sent to prison for a crime a few days ago." The person Zuo Cheng was referring to was naturally Zhou Lancang, "You are still guilty of crimes, and if you rush into my house rashly, you are not afraid of me suing the government. , take all of you down!?"

"Master Xiang is serious." Zhou Lancang took a step forward, flashed a token, and said with a sneer, "I'm doing business according to the order. If I offend you, I'm afraid I'll ask Master Xiang to forgive me."

The gold medal in his hand was engraved with the words "Zhou Lancang, the commander of the school's security department".

Zuo Cheng thought about it for a long time, and he couldn't remember when he heard of this organizational unit.But that gold medal represents the emperor's will, but there is no doubt about it.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Yanxi's actions came so quickly.

"According to the decree, what is the decree? I am a first-rank court official in the court. How can I let you take it with empty words? Even if the imperial decree wants to arrest people, you have to have evidence!" Zuo Cheng bit the bullet and told Zhou Lancang Negotiating, at the same time gesturing behind the back, signaling the servants to clean up the account books on the table quickly.

"More than 20 officials, hundreds of pages of confessions, do they count as evidence?"

Zhou Lancang turned his head and pointed his eyes slightly, and one of the black-clothed inspectors slapped the table with his palm, stopping the servant who was secretly trying to take away the ledger.

"It's hard to violate the holy will, and I have to ask all the officials to follow me. If there is anything to break up, let's talk about it after seeing the prison official."

Dozens of school inspectors escorted several courtiers into the boxcar, and took away the servants and servants present as witnesses.

The disturbed female relatives gathered at the entrance of the hall, panicked, the timid ones wept on the spot, and the bold ones pointed at Zhou Lancang and cursed: "You dignified man, why are you willing to be a running dog? You arrested courtiers indiscriminately, framed Zhongliang, in the future, he will definitely not die well—"

It was Zuo Cheng's youngest daughter who spoke, and Zhou Lancang gave her a sideways look, but didn't bother to argue with her.

If even this group of officials can be called Zhongliang, then most of the courtiers in the court can be called sages.

As for the name of eagle and dog minions, Zhou Lancang was already mentally prepared to bear the infamy when he took over the job.It's just that he doesn't care what others think of him.

Everything he did was for Li Yuanyin, as long as he could help the other party open up a peaceful and prosperous world, the momentary notoriety didn't matter.

Good and evil, loyalty and treachery, after the storm recedes, we will see the difference.

Within the West Palace.

"Prime Minister Zuo was arrested!?"

The queen mother, whose feet were soaking in hot water, suddenly opened her eyes and kicked away the servant who was wiping her feet.

"When did this happen?"

"Yes... just not long ago, it seems that the arresters were the emperor's men. I just got the news."

"The emperor is becoming more and more shameless. He is so stupid that he even arrested his own uncle." The queen mother stretched her hands and asked the maid to put on a phoenix robe for her. "His mother is not dead yet."

Originally ready to go to bed, the Empress Dowager, who was only in her underwear, combed her hair again, put on a hairpin crown, and seemed to be refreshed again.

"Come here." She looked at another servant who was kneeling on the ground and asked, "Where is Habayashi Wei now?"

"Back to the Empress Dowager, Habayashi Wei is still outside the palace, performing the duty of guarding the palace city."

"That's good." The Queen Mother remained calm, thinking quickly in her heart.

Since Li Yuanyin dared to arrest Prime Minister Zuo, it meant that he might have some evidence of Prime Minister Zuo's chaos.After all, Li Yuanyin is the Son of Heaven. If this conclusive evidence is clearly presented, whether it is in the court or among the people, the wind will definitely be one-sided, which will not be conducive to the Queen Mother's ruling in the long run.

But now, Li Yuanyin has not publicly charged Zuo Cheng with a definite crime, but sent people to arrest the courtiers late at night. If he took the opportunity to beat him up, he would have a chance to give Li Yuanyin a solid reputation for being fatuous.

Most of the guards in the palace are at her disposal, so she can take this opportunity to put Li Yuanyin under house arrest, and then find another opportunity to let Zuo Cheng and other courtiers write a letter to depose him, and justifiably replace another obedient puppet on the throne.

The Habayashi guards are outside the palace city, and it is difficult to rescue the fire near the distant water. If Li Yuanyin wants to transfer, it will take at least half an hour, not to mention that the guards inside and outside the emperor's palace have been bribed. is a breeze.

In just a few breaths, the Empress Dowager had drawn up a plan and made a decisive decision.

"Someone dispatched the guards from the palace to the emperor's bedroom and guarded them strictly, not even a single mosquito could be let out for me."

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