Nine thousand years old [rebirth]

After hearing what Zheng Duobao conveyed, Xue Shu turned his face and gave the young tiger at his feet a sad look.

At this time, the young tiger had already been summoned to his feet by Zheng Duobao's hand, and the stupid look of pacing around people with shaking ears did not have the slightest aura of the king of beasts.I don't know what His Majesty likes about it.

Xue Shu stared at it for a moment, then cupped his hands towards Zheng Duobao, and walked away with an unhappy expression.

After all, he didn't dare to disobey his orders, for fear of making Yin Chengyu even more angry.

He thought about it for a while, and remembered that his subordinates reported that Shao Tian was very stubborn, and he still refused to speak.After all, Shao Tian still bears the title of cabinet scholar, and the subordinates dare not punish him severely, so they can only ask him for instructions.

His Majesty should be happy if Shao Tian can be allowed to plead guilty as soon as possible.

Xue Shu had an idea in his mind, and the corners of his tightly pursed lips relaxed a little. After leaving the palace, he rode his horse to the prison.

It has been three days since Shao's mansion was surrounded by Dongchang fans and Shao Tian was sent to prison.

In the past three days, Shao Tian was locked in the deepest cell of the imperial prison. The guards interrogated him three times in turn, but they couldn't pry his mouth open.Shao Tian is a cunning man. Although he has bad conduct, he does have some intelligence.After being interrogated twice, he found out that Fan Yan didn't punish him severely, so he thought he had a hand in hand, had something to rely on, and his mouth became more and more rigid.

Xue Shu entered the imperial prison, and after listening to the report of the interrogation officer of Shao Tian, ​​he snorted: "The literati next to you may be a little tough, Shao Tian just saw that you are afraid, and it's just a bluff."

He didn't look at the executioner who knelt down to plead guilty, and said in a deep voice, "Take him out and put him on the heavy shackles."

In order to prevent the Shaw Brothers' henchmen from biting back and beating them up, those punishments that are too cruel and bloody cannot be used.But in this imperial prison, there are many ways to torture people without showing any traces.

Shao Tian, ​​who was wearing a prison uniform, was quickly taken to the execution room, and the fan guards chained his limbs to the torture rack, so that he could only maintain a standing posture.

Unwillingly, Shao Tian struggled and cursed, pulling the chains to rattle: "Why, the dog thief in Dongchang finally couldn't wait, is he going to be tortured? Even if I crashed to death in this prison, I would never recognize those Slanderous words!"

"Master Shao misunderstood, our family just wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with Master Shao." Xue Shu sat on the chair brought by the fan servant and looked at him casually.

The fan servant below had already brought heavy shackles of different weights. His eyes swept over those shackles, pointed to the last pair of shackles, and said, "That's it. Master Shao's mouth is hard, if you want to come The spine is also stiff, and it should be able to withstand the three hundred catties of heavy shackles."

After the words fell, four servants lifted up the three hundred catties heavy shackle and put it on Shao Tian's body.

Shao Tian is just a literati, and he is pampered and pampered on weekdays. Let alone three hundred catties, I am afraid that he has never mentioned thirty catties by himself.At this time, as soon as the heavy shackle was put on, the whole person sank heavily, but the chains fixed on his body prevented him from squatting down, so he was forced to maintain a standing posture.

Looking at Shao Tian's blue veins.Xue Shu finally felt a little bit happier as he looked like his teeth were about to be crushed. It seemed that his bones were not as hard as he boasted.

He picked up the teacup in a leisurely manner, and said slowly: "Our family has nothing to do today, and we have some time to have a good chat with Mr. Shao."

After Xue Shu left, Zheng Duobao took the young tiger into the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Youhu recognized the person, and before Yin Chengyu could call out, he trotted up to his lap and put his head on Yin Chengyu's lap.

It is stocky and has a heavy head.Yin Chengyu put down the folder in his hand, and rubbed his fluffy round ears.

Zheng Duobao watched from the side, with a smile on his face.Thinking of the things I hadn't said before, I said softly: "Your Majesty's longevity is approaching, and the Ministry of Rites has submitted a list of rituals for the Longevity Festival. Your Majesty, can you see if there is anything to add or subtract?"

Immediately after the enthronement ceremony was Yin Chengyu's birthday. Due to the tight schedule, the preparations were hasty, and they were generally arranged according to the Longevity Day of the late emperor.

After reading the list, Yin Chengyu scratched out a few items and said, "Since it is the Longevity Festival, we should enjoy it with the people. All these unnecessary expenses will be avoided, and the saved money will be sent to the Sian Chay Hall in the city."

Zheng Duobao took the form and bowed down.

But Yin Chengyu suddenly remembered that Xue Shu's birthday was only one month away from him.

He thought for a while, then picked up a pen and wrote a few things, and asked Zheng Duobao to buy them.

Xue Shu stayed in the prison for most of the day, and did not return to the palace until the end of Haishi.

Holding Shao Tian's confession in his sleeve, he went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation in a good mood.

If it was not busy at this hour, Yin Chengyu would have already had a rest, so he went straight to the bedroom.

With Zheng Duobao not around, no one knew Yin Chengyu's orders during the day.The servants in the palace saw him coming in, but no one stopped him, they just whispered "Your Majesty is going to rest", and stepped out of the way.

In the inner hall, Yin Chengyu had already bathed, changed into loose pajamas, and was leaning on the Luohan couch, reading a book.Hearing the voice, he raised his eyes and saw Xue Shu walking in ostentatiously.

He was not surprised, he only raised his eyebrows and said lazily: "Trespassing without a call, what should I do?"

"I have something to report." Xue Shu approached, took out the confession in his sleeve and presented it to him: "Shao Tian has already pleaded guilty."

"So fast?" Speaking of business, Yin Chengyu immediately diverted his attention.He sat up straight and carefully looked at Shao Tian's confession, which confessed to cheating in the imperial examination and framing Xie Wendao.

Although the evidence was conclusive, Shao Tian was sent to prison again, and it was only a matter of time before he confessed his guilt.But Yin Chengyu never thought that he would admit it so soon.

It saves the effort of pulling and sawing.

After one Shao Tian fell, the other Shao's cronies can also start to clean up.

Yin Chengyu handed the confession to Xue Shu, and said, "Go and tell Xie Yunchuan some words first." Seeing that Xue Shu frowned, he was afraid that he hadn't thought of this, so he said: "With Xie Yunchuan's ability, this first assistant Sooner or later, the position will be his. Now you sell him a favor and ease the relationship, which is beneficial and harmless."

Although Xue Shu forbids him to think about "what if", the road that needs to be paved still needs to be paved.

Xue Shu naturally understood what he meant, and said with a smile: "The minister rescued Xie Yunchuan once in the Sun Miao case, and he mentioned him a few times later. Now he can't wait to treat the minister as a great benefactor, so he doesn't need to deliberately sell favors."

Unexpectedly, he would get such an answer, Yin Chengyu paused, and looked at him inexplicably: "Oh? I didn't know you were so close, but I was too worried."

His tone was light, without too much emotion, and at first it sounded like he was just saying it casually.

But Xue Shu is so perceptive, he recalled that when the other party mentioned Xie Yunchuan in front of him twice before, his expression and tone seemed a little weird.At that time, he didn't think deeply about it, but now it's the third time, and he doesn't dare to think too much and he understands it.

He leaned against the edge of the Luohan bed with one knee, his body bent down, his eyes firmly locked on the person in front of him, and there was a trace of uncertainty in his voice: "Your Majesty is jealous?"

Yin Chengyu leaned back to distance himself, but did not answer.

But Xue Shu was almost sure, he pressed the other person's shoulder, looked for his eyes to prevent him from escaping, and asked repeatedly: "Is Your Majesty also jealous?"

Yin Chengyu didn't want to pay attention to him.

He naturally knew that there would never be anything between Xue Shu and Xie Yunchuan, but it was one thing to know intellectually, and another thing to see Xue Shu get close to others.

Probably in the past, Xue Shu only had him in his eyes and never looked at others more.Now I suddenly saw him pretending to others, even though he knew it was just a polite greeting among colleagues, he still felt uncomfortable.

He used to think that Xue Shu was like a wild beast, always likes to enclose territory and is too possessive.

Now it's my turn to realize that everyone is inevitable.

Yin Chengyu pursed his lips and remained silent, while Xue Shu was still pestering him with questions, joy and disbelief hidden in his lowered voice.

Yin Chengyu was so entangled that he couldn't help it, so he could only push him away by pressing his chest, and said a little annoyed: "You can be jealous of General Tiger, why can't I?"

"Naturally."

Xue Shu suddenly hugged him vigorously, rubbing his face against his neck.The whole person is like a large beast that suddenly got a treasure but doesn't know what to do, it can only hold the treasure tightly and hide it in its arms, even the voice trembles with excitement: "I'm just... just so happy. "

He tightened his arms, and the face buried in Yin Chengyu's neck was filled with joy from the corners of his eyes and brows.

Yin Chengyu was infected by his joy, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl up.

Let him hug him for a while, then stretch out his hand to push him: "Go to take a bath, your body is full of the smell of the imperial prison."

How to convict Shao Tian, ​​the three divisions discussed for two days before drawing up the final result and submitting it to the imperial court.

What Shao Tian committed is unforgivable, and the death penalty cannot be escaped, but when to kill him is a question worth discussing.

Yin Chengyu looked at the notes handed over by the third division, thought for a long time, and decided to kill him in March of the next year.

There are many other uses for keeping Shao Tian.

After Shao Tian's decision was made, the government and the public were shocked.The officials who had been in close contact with Shao Tian panicked, looking around for news, lest they would be implicated.

Yin Chengyu watched them coldly, and ordered Dongchang to keep an eye on these people, and sure enough, he caught several key people by following the vine.

Over the years, Shao Tian has been in a high position and has done a lot of corruption and perverting the law.It's just that because of the long time, Shao Tian handled things carefully and cleanly, so it would take a lot of time and effort to investigate now.But it would be much easier if the same party confessed.

With Dongchang following, soon another group of Shaw's cronies were imprisoned.

These officials identified each other in order to get rid of the crime, and all the evil things committed by the Shao's gang members over the years were presented to Yin Chengyu.

There are countless incidents of neglecting human life, corruption and accepting bribes. Yin Chengyu was furious and ordered all officials involved in it to be severely punished.All of a sudden, the government and the opposition were in turmoil, and no one dared to speak out to intercede.

In just a few days, the number of officials standing on the Huangji Hall has decreased by [-]%.

Especially the household department, because Shao Tian served as the secretary of the household department, the top and bottom of the household department were colluding, and the huge amount of corruption shocked the government and the public.Yin Chengyu's hair fell, and the entire household department was half empty.

The rest of the officials were overwhelmed by the emperor's wrath, and in the face of a shortage of manpower, their work efficiency was even higher than before.

There are capable ministers in the court, but more of them are mediocre people.Officials who can stand in the Emperor's Palace are at worst born with Jinshi, and it's not that they are lacking in talent and learning.It's just that during the nearly 20 years of Emperor Longfeng's reign, these people have become accustomed to doing nothing but eating and waiting to die.What's more, like those officials in the prison, they took the opportunity to amass money wantonly and pay attention to the law, and became moths in the granary.

Yin Chengyu wants to kill Shao Tian, ​​but also to get rid of these moths and clear up the atmosphere in the government and the public.

"There are too many vegetarians in the court." Yin Chengyu flipped through the secret report that Xue Shu handed over, and said calmly, "Take this opportunity to frighten and rectify, and the rest of the people will be obedient in the future."

Xue Shu said: "I have sent my sons to search the house according to the list. Recently, the officials of the court and the central government seldom even drink and gather together. After the court, they will stay at home."

"It's also good to give them a long memory."

Over the years, all the officials have only had the impression of Yin Chengyu being benevolent and generous, but they have never had the opportunity to see such a decisive side of him.

In just a few days, more than [-] officials, big and small, had their homes searched and executed.There are still dozens of people who have not yet been convicted of crimes and are still in imperial prisons.Every day at Caishikou, people go to see corrupt officials being executed early in the morning.

After this incident, I am afraid that no one in the ruling and opposition parties will dare to say that the current Holy One is benevolent and tolerant.

The emperor, who had just taken power, could not wait to show his sharp minions.