The Blood Crown

The tree fell and the monkeys scattered, Xie Zhongren's decline, and Yan Zilian died of illness one day, dragging his entire party into the abyss.

The trial of Xie Zhongren is still going on, and the liquidation of the eunuch party has been carried out in the capital and the local area at the same time. The gentry who were persecuted and oppressed three years ago are fighting back in a desperate way, and the memorials of impeachment and remonstrance fly like snowflakes every day Entering the capital, a wall of copybooks was piled up on the Wenyuan Pavilion, and there were countless documents waiting for the emperor's approval.

Emperor Zhaowu couldn't do government affairs without the eunuch in charge of the chief of ceremonies. He intended to appoint Yu Jiti, but Yu Ji couldn't read and couldn't find a suitable candidate for a while, so he summoned the prince Chen Chun who had already started to participate in politics, and shared the burden for him. To be able to breathe a sigh of relief from this battered government affairs.

This is against the law, but no one cares about it now, the court is about to fall into chaos, the eunuchs and the gentry are attacking each other, as if they have returned to three years ago overnight.

Meng Duo knew that there were internal and external troubles at this time, and the court could not be chaotic. After discussing with several important officials, he admonished Emperor Zhaowu and only punished the first offenders. The overall situation is important, secondly, it can buy people's hearts, and thirdly, in the future, these officials will have all the handles in their hands, and they can handle them at will without worrying about losing power.

Power is such a thing. If it is not in your hands, it is in my hands. Even if you just grab one tail, you will desperately want to grab more. Once you grasp it, you will not let it go even if you die.

For an emperor like Emperor Zhaowu who has been lazy for decades, he has already been tortured enough. Hearing that these ministers have reached their point, there is no reason not to follow.

Since the coercion does not ask, the first offender will be severely punished. Dali Temple arrested 29 backbones of the eunuch party, including 12 in Beijing and 17 in the local area. It is the great crime of the Yi people who copied their families.

Because Yan Sikong provided enough evidence, the three justices took what should be taken, and the judge who deserved the trial quickly sent a large number of eunuchs to prison.

But the Guangning case that Yan Sikong was most concerned about turned out to be dissatisfying.Firstly, the case is very old, and secondly, Han Zhaoxing has not been brought to justice and cannot be interrogated. Although Zhao Fuyi has stated the situation to Emperor Zhaowu according to Yan Sikong's request, he has never seen it himself, so he cannot serve as evidence, and Ge Zhong died. Yan Sikong dared not take out the statement of indictment that was forced to be imprisoned before.In Xie Zhongren's case, "Yan Sikong" has become famous all over the world. Perhaps some old people in Liaodong remember his name. If he takes out Ge Zhong's criminal statement at this time, he will not be able to explain the source of the book. On the contrary, it will reveal that he pays too much attention to the Guangning case, and if someone with a heart checks it, his identity can be turned upside down.

So he can only hold it in his hands temporarily, and on the day when he really holds the power, he must let the whole world know who actually guarded Guangning and Liaodong back then.

Although the court was chaotic these days, there was good news from the border. General Zhao Fuyi blocked Zhuo Letai and won the first battle. Although it was only a temporary retreat from the enemy, it was the only good news in recent years for the dying Liaodong.

At this time, the power of the eunuch party is exhausted, but because the crimes are too numerous to record, the involvement is too large and too wide, the three justices are working on the case day and night, and it will take at least a year or two to try it all. Emperor Zhaowu finally After being able to rest for a while, he came back to his senses and thought of Feng Ye.

At this time, Feng Ye had already led the army from Huguang to the northwest. Most of his marches were in Qianzhou Prefecture, where the terrain was dangerous, with poor mountains and bad waters, and most of them were barren and barren lands. , it is only a matter of time.

The imperial court was not worried that he would win the Hetao. Originally, the Hetao was reluctantly taken back after the defeat of Wala, but there was a mixed population of Yi and Xia, and there was perennial turmoil. It is far worse than decades ago, even if Feng Ye wins the Hetao, he can only get a good horse, so there is nothing to fear.What's really scary is that Hetao borders Datong Mansion, and Datong Army used to be Feng Jianping's old army. If Feng Ye lures him to surrender and says he surrenders Datong Army, then he will really have the power to overthrow a dynasty.

At this time, the troubles in Liaodong were suspended, and the case of the eunuch party needed to be discussed in a long-term manner. Emperor Zhaowu naturally began to worry about the wolf king's chaos.

Zhao Fuyi had secretly written a letter, recommending Yan Sikong as a lobbyist, and Zhu Lanting, who had been promoted to the commander of the garrison, also played many times. In addition, Princess Wanyang ran to the palace without a head for three days, begging Emperor Zhaowu to let Yan go. Sikong, Emperor Zhaowu originally had a prejudice against Yan Sikong because of Xie Zhongren's incident, but seeing Wan Yang's "bulging" belly day by day, he had no choice but to invite Meng Duo to discuss how to deal with Yan Sikong.

Meng Duo had just begged Emperor Zhaowu to pardon a group of Xie Zhongren's henchmen. Yan Sikong's crimes did not result in death, and he was also included in this list.

Emperor Zhaowu proposed at the right time to demote Yan Sikong from the right servant of the Ministry of War of the third rank to the patrol censor of the seventh rank, and send him to Hetao to talk about surrendering to the wild.

Meng Duo didn't know how powerful it was, and didn't feel it was wrong, so the matter was settled like this, just like Yan Sikong's plan.

After being imprisoned for more than a month, Yan Sikong ushered in his own sentencing, and only paid a very small price in his opinion, and was able to return home.Because of Meng Duo's care, he didn't suffer any crimes in prison except for the ten lashes, but he was restless day and night, worried, and lost a lot of weight.

Although there are many dangers in it, he is not very sure. He is afraid every day, for fear that everything will be overturned when he wakes up, but in the end he still wins.Xie Zhongren was waiting for his own trial in prison at this time. He got revenge and pulled out the poison that had been rooted in Dasheng for 30 years in one fell swoop!

He is finally worthy of his biological parents, adoptive father, and adopted brother, and also worthy of his mentor who died with hatred. He can finally unload the burden that he has carried for half his life and do what he really wants to do.

He is going to see Feng Ye. After three years, he is finally going to see Feng Ye. He will use the rest of his life to realize the ambition he and Feng Ye made when they were young!