I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

After learning that Chu Xun was back, Gu Yuanbai was overjoyed.

Chu Xun walked into the hall in a hurry, Gu Yuanbai got up from behind the table and walked out, stepped forward to help Chu Xun, with kind words and gentle expression, "Chu Qing has worked hard."

The two months of hard work and danger were all turned into emotion by the words of the Holy Majesty. Chu Xun burst into tears and said: "I will not disgrace the entrustment of the Holy Majesty. The reason for the spring flood has been written in this memorial."

Gu Yuanbai glanced at the memorial and asked Tian Fusheng to take it, but he was not in a hurry to read it. Instead, he gave Chu Xun a seat and tea first, and let him have a good rest before opening the memorial casually.

Chu Xun was ordered to solve the source of the spring floods and officials who concealed and failed to report. The main thing to deal with was naturally the spring floods. As expected by Gu Yuanbai, because of the sedimentation and continuous rain for several days, Chu Xun went to the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. At that time, there was a faint danger of bursting the embankment.

Fortunately, Chu Xun's theory of water control is not just a theory. He immediately discussed the water control plan according to the terrain, patrolled and adjusted day and night, and finally successfully passed the small flood season.

In addition to water control, that is to check people.It’s not without reason that Chu Xun’s official position is low. His actions are very direct, and he doesn’t know how to adapt to the emperor’s orders. Gu Yuanbai asked him to find out who concealed the source of the news. Ushered in several fatal disasters.But Chu Xun didn't hold back, he immediately went to the local governor and sent troops to arrest those local officials who were planning to fight to the death.

"My lord governor is still on the way with these officials, and I should be able to enter Beijing in two more days." Chu Xun said.

Gu Yuanbai read the list of officials on the booklet, nodded and asked with a smile: "Can Chu Qing find out that these local officials have colluded with the Beijing officials?"

Chu Xun said guiltily: "The minister is incompetent and did not find out."

Gu Yuanbai's face remained unchanged, he comforted Chu Xun a few words, and seeing his haggard face, he asked him to go back to his residence to rest first.

After Chu Xun left, Gu Yuanbai caressed the memorial, his smile deepened, then he threw the memorial on the table quickly, suppressed his smile and said coldly: "Tian Fusheng, send someone to invite Yu Shi Taizhong Cheng. "

After Yu Shi Zhongcheng knew that he was summoned by the Holy Majesty, his eyelids jumped suddenly.

When he knelt in front of the Holy Master, this ominous feeling became even stronger.

Since King Qi was arrested, he has been restless, but he has not seen the Holy One move for many days.He thought that the Holy Majesty hadn't found out, so what's going on now?

The Holy Majesty held the tea, and sipped the tea unhurriedly. Today's brew was still double-well green, which was mellow and mellow. Gu Yuanbai preferred this.

The Holy Majesty was sipping tea leisurely, but the kneeling Censor Zhongcheng had a thin layer of sweat on his head.

This kind of quietness makes one's heart feel like something is wrong, and the beating speed makes it difficult to breathe.Censor Zhongcheng lowered his head, kept speculating in his heart, and finally said in a heartbroken way: "My minister, Feng Chengzhi, pleads guilty with the Holy Majesty!"

Gu Yuanbai finally looked up at him, lifted the teacup and flicked the tea leaves, "What's wrong with Feng Qing?"

Huge beads of sweat slipped from the temples of Yu Shitai Zhongcheng's head, and he said respectfully: "I should pick up all the officials, but I have been slack in recent days, causing many mistakes, and my crimes are numerous and serious, and I have to follow the Holy Majesty for everything." Plead guilty."

"Oh?" Gu Yuanbai said indifferently, "The Prime Minister of Yushitai is responsible for a serious crime, so what will happen to the whole Yushitai?"

Yu Shi Zhongcheng's breath stagnated, and his heart slowly sank into the abyss: "Chen..."

Gu Yuanbai took a sip of tea and said lightly, "Go and bring King Qi."

Yu Shi Zhongcheng was shocked.

Soon, someone brought King Qi into the palace.These days of training made King Qi seem to be more than 20 years old, and his spirits were sluggish. During the three days of starvation, he was even more haggard, not half as graceful and luxurious as before.

Seeing Gu Yuanbai at this moment, King Qi naturally hated and was afraid, he tried to put on the appearance of the emperor's uncle, but when he saw Yu Shi Zhongcheng kneeling beside him, his eyes widened and his whole body trembled in shock.

Two middle-aged and elderly people in their 50s and [-]s knelt in front of them, each sweating more than the other. Gu Yuanbai was still drinking tea, calm and unhurried.

"Your Majesty," King Qi couldn't bear it first, and he asked frightenedly, "Who are you?"

"I asked the two of you to come here, and you still come to ask me why?"

Gu Yuanbai looked at Yu Shi Taizhong Cheng, Yu Shi Zhong Cheng trembled twice under his gaze, and forced himself to be calm: "My lord, my minister..."

"Yushitai," Gu Yuanbai interrupted him, and he said every word, "Supervising the place and supervising the officials are my eyes and ears, and the place to uphold the law. I trust Feng Qing, after all Feng Qing During the reign of Emperor Xian, Qing wrote many times to investigate my wrongdoings. From this, I believe that Feng Qing dares to speak out, is a good minister who is impartial and selfless, and is a model for all officials in the world."

Yu Shi Zhongcheng's heart was pounding, trembling and fearful.

"But I found that you are not as good as I thought." Gu Yuanbai's tone became colder and colder, "Your eyes are not fixed on Baiguan, but on me. You reached out to Concubine Wan, Why, the position of Yu Shi Taizhong Cheng can't satisfy you, and you plan to go further, and even want to pull Zhen from the throne?"

Censor Zhongcheng felt chills all over his body and was terrified.

Yu Shi Zhongcheng had never seen Gu Yuanbai like this.

The Holy Majesty treats his ministers preferentially, listens to advice, and is known as a virtuous person. Yu Shi Taizhong Cheng knows that it is not easy for the Holy Majesty.

But how terrifying the Holy Majesty is, he only realized after Gu Yuanbai sent troops to surround Qi Palace.

That day, the doors of the officials' rooms in the entire capital were closed tightly, and the cries and howls of the clan prince's mansion resounded through the entire street. Yu Shi Zhongcheng was in his own mansion, his teeth chattering from fright.

But at that time, everything that should be done has been done, and the pirate ship has already set sail. No matter whether the person holding the rudder is in the right direction or in the wrong direction, he will not be able to get off the ship.

"Chen, Chen..." Yu Shi Zhongcheng's voice trembled, "I didn't..."

"You have!!!"

Gu Yuanbai threw the teacup in his hand violently, and the teacup shattered beside Yu Shi Zhongcheng, and the water stains in the cup splashed on Yu Shi Zhongcheng and King Qi, both of them were so frightened that they were dizzy.

The guards in front of the gate and the servants in the palace all knelt down, and there was no sound in the whole palace.Yu Shi Zhongcheng felt as if he was suffocating, and he was so frightened that his heartbeat felt like it was about to stop.

Gu Yuanbai's face was full of anger, the anger burned his liver and lungs, and his breathing began to be heavy.Gu Yuanbai calmed down his mood and anger, his face was expressionless, the more the emperor was like this, the more frightened the people below.

King Qi's legs were already weak, and he collapsed to the ground, trembling and frightened uncontrollably.

The piece of hollow jade found in Prince Qi's mansion was thrown in front of the two of them.

Looking at the hollow jade pendant and the emperor's expressionless face, King Qi and Yu Shi Zhongcheng completely collapsed on the ground, full of despair.

The Holy Majesty seldom gets angry, especially with the people at Yushitai.Because the people at Yushitai themselves have the responsibility to picket officials, what the emperor needs is that they dare to speak, not dare to speak.In order not to frighten them, the emperor treated the people at Yushitai very kindly.

This was Yushi Zhongcheng, and it was also the first time King Qi had seen the Holy One get so angry.

The faces of the two were pale with fright, and their eyes were empty. At this time, the emperor threw another memorial in front of Yushi Zhongcheng, and said in a cold tone: "Look."

Censor Zhongcheng picked up the memorial with trembling hands, opened it, and found that it was the list of local officials in the surrounding areas during the small flood season of the Yellow River.

Seeing that he had finished reading, at this time, Gu Yuanbai said: "Censor Zhongcheng colluded with local officials, took bribes, and used these ill-gotten gains to win over the King of Qi. Colluding, driving local officials to fish and meat the common people, all of them are too numerous to write down! I hate that Yushitai is used for picketing, but it is corrupt by itself. There are still a few good officials in the whole Yushitai! A few are clean!"

Censor Zhongcheng and King Qi suddenly raised their heads.

They never did any of these things!

Gu Yuanbai looked at them with cold eyes, and continued to speak slowly: "Do you plead guilty?"

"Chen..." Yu Shi Zhongcheng's mind was throbbing, and he felt depressed.

Gu Yuanbai said coldly: "For the sake of the two of you voluntarily pleading guilty and voluntarily denouncing these local officials, I can spare you the death penalty."

For a long time, under the cold gaze of the emperor, Yu Shi Zhongcheng burst into tears. He slowly raised his hand, bowed deeply, and knocked his head heavily on the ground, "I confess my sin."

The hat that the emperor gave him directly lost the face of Yushi Zhongcheng. After confessing the crime, a Yushi Taizhongcheng became corrupt, and he knew what would happen.

The entire Yushitai, the entire magistrate, will be investigated by the Holy One.

But the emperor only gave them this one way to go.

The sage forgave them what they premeditated, so they don't have to die, and they don't have to be implicated, but the price is no better than death.

Their whole family will be exiled, deprived of their origin, banned from taking the imperial examination, and will be sinners for generations, leaving a bad reputation forever.

King Qi saw that Yu Shi Zhongcheng recognized him, his dull eyes moved, and he looked up at Gu Yuanbai.

After meeting Gu Yuanbai's eyes, he suddenly shuddered.

Gu Yuanbai snorted coldly and began to give orders.

Censor Zhongcheng was abolished, his Beijing citizenship was deprived, and he and his family were exiled for three generations in the desolate places in the east of Guangnan to do coolies. Within three generations, they were not allowed to return to Beijing or participate in scientific examinations.Deprive King Qi of his title, demote him as a commoner, expel his clan status, confine manors outside Beijing, never set foot in the capital, and cannot participate in scientific research within three generations.

As for Yushitai, there has been such a big corruption, the emperor doesn't trust Yushitai anymore, he wants to wash Yushitai again.As for the local officials who were caught by Chu Xun, they colluded with the Beijing officials, not only for concealing and failing to report, but they were all executed by him.

The sentence that should be sentenced, the exile that should be exiled.

More importantly, Yushi Zhongcheng personally admitted that he had many collusions with local officials.

What does this mean?

Gu Yuanbai couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This means that he can start a vigorous anti-corruption campaign.

In this big battle, he can use thunderbolts, soldiers and horses to investigate and explore in depth on a large scale. As we all know, anti-corruption activities have always been a means for the rulers to get rid of certain people.

Yushitai ah.

Finally, he will truly become my eyes and ears.

After the imperial decree came out, the court was shocked.

Everyone in Yushitai was in danger. Doctor Yushi was about to retire, but now he took over the big job. He sighed day and night that he was a step too late, and now he is walking on thin ice.

King Qi and his party have been kicked out of the capital, and their family are all nobles raised in Fugui Mountain.After being kicked out this time, everyone looked dazed, whether they were old or young, looking at all the people, they suddenly felt helpless with nowhere to call home.

The forbidden soldiers looked fierce and wanted to drive them into the manor where there was nothing. From then on, they were not allowed to step out of the manor, and they would be locked up until they died.

The youngest son Gu Wen, even when his father and brother were struggling in prison, never suffered the slightest bit of harshness.He clutched the corner of his mother's clothes uneasily, crying, "My beads! My beads!"

His mother wiped her tears and said nothing, the Holy Majesty drove them out of the palace, where did they take other things besides their own brocade silk and some jewelry?

King Qi's face was so hopeless that he was expressionless. He didn't know how he ended up in this situation after he had deliberately delivered a wrong message at the beginning.

When he heard Yaozi's cry, he suddenly came back to his senses. King Qi grabbed Yaozi's neck, his eyes were about to pop out of their sockets, "I'll strangle you, I'll strangle you to death! It's all your fault! your fault!"

Crying and pulling chaos, adults' low cries and children's cries are disturbing.

Several eldest sons of King Qi watched this scene with chills.

Can a pampered family survive after leaving the name of the royal family and arriving in the desolate manor?