After the rebirth, I became the darling of the tyrant

The next day, Xiao Tingshen issued an imperial decree to the six ministries, announcing both inside and outside, completely removing all military power from Gu Chen.Gu Chen was transferred to the Ministry of Accounting, taking Qi Qian's place, and became Minister of the Ministry of Accounting.

The Household Department is Dajing's pocketbook, and the Household Department Minister is equivalent to being in charge of the money and grain of the entire country. The real power in his hands is not insignificant. However, compared with Gu Chen's previous honor and favor, it is somewhat overshadowed.In addition, the Gu family has only been in charge of military power since the time of Emperor Tai|Zu, and the [-] troops in the six prefectures of Yanbei are in charge of the Gu family by default.After Xiao Tingshen made this decree, the ministers in the court inevitably discussed a few words in private, trying to figure out Xiao Tingshen's real intention.

"Mother, I heard that Wang Yongke was found in Shangyang a few days ago." Gu Chen said to his mother, "General Yan has sent someone to look for it. Now all the prefectures and counties have issued arrest documents at sea. I think he should Will be caught soon."

It is now the end of July.The weather is hot, flowing with gold and stone, and there is no wind at all.Gu's mother ordered someone to build an exquisite and unique pergola in the yard, and planted some lush vines, covering a piece of emerald green shade.Gu Lian found a small bamboo table from the storeroom and placed it under the awning, and placed a few bamboo chairs. In the evening, the whole family would gather under the awning to enjoy the cool air.

Now that Gu Chen's work is done, the notebook is also handed to Xiao Tingshen. Xiao Tingshen means that he will deal with it together when Wang Yongke is captured, so he holds down his notebook and does not take any action.In addition, Gu Chen was transferred to the household department and relieved of his errands in the Beijing camp, so he was much freer.

"So big brother's revenge is about to be avenged!" Younger sister Gu Lian slapped her palm and said excitedly, "Brother, when will he be caught?"

Gu Chen smiled: "It should be in the next few days. There are still seven or eight days' journey from Shangyang to Shenjing, and it will take some time for the news to reach the capital."

"Are you busy with these things these days?" Gu Lian pursed her lips, and her eyes showed a trace of grievance, "I haven't seen you for many days... I agreed to accompany me to pick out hairpins, but it turned out not at all. I can't see your people! Mother always said that you are busy with business..."

Gu Chen laughed, and couldn't help comforting him softly: "Don't be angry...it's my fault. I was a little busy a while ago, and I don't have much time to accompany you. I'm idle these days, and I just go to the household department to order a dick every day. Tell me, whether you want to choose hairpins or rouge, I will accompany you."

"Really?" Gu Lian instantly jumped up, "I think..."

"Stop pestering your second brother all the time." Gu's mother interrupted Gu Lian with a smile, "He finally rested for a few days, and you pester him again." She turned to Gu Chen, with a trace of worry on her brows: "Chen'er, how are you doing in court recently?"

After pondering for a while, Gu Chen said, "I'm fine. Mother heard that His Majesty has removed my military power?"

"Of course I heard about it." Gu Lian couldn't help but interjected again, "Brother, you don't even know how snobbish those people are. Some time ago you were promoted, and they desperately handed out posts to the mansion, giving gifts and asking for money. Seeing you is as annoying as a fly. A few days ago, I suddenly heard that you have no military power, and you disappeared immediately. I wish I could hide eight feet away from us. You really treat our Gu Mansion as a plague god!"

Gu Lian was young, and while speaking, he grabbed a leaf in his hand, obviously very angry.Gu Chen shook his head helplessly and smiled, and said to his mother, "Mother, don't worry, I'm fine, I'm fine."

In fact, Gu Chen had expected such a reaction from the ministers of the DPRK and China.Some time ago, he was just promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War because of the arrest of a traitor, and he was in charge of the soldiers of the world, not to mention the Beijing camp, so he was naturally very popular.However, once the military power was removed and he was transferred to the Minister of the Household Department, although he was not demoted, in the eyes of outsiders, this was a secret demotion.

After all, he acted for Xiao Tingshen in the affairs of the emperor in private, and after all, he was only dealing with the officials involved in the case.And there are still half of the officials in the court who were not involved in the case. They didn't know that Gu Chen had acted on behalf of the emperor, so they naturally thought that after Xiao Tingshen dealt with the Wang family, he began to fear the Gu family who also had a large army.

Not to mention these people, even when Xiao Tingshen said that he wanted to get rid of Gu Chen's military power, Gu Chen also misunderstood him a little bit... Gu Chen is one of the people who can't tell, let alone those outsiders?

Therefore, it is predictable that they will come to make friends and break up in a herd.

Gu Chen didn't care about these things, his mother was just worried that he would be jealous of the emperor, and Gu Lian was just out of righteous indignation.The letter from Gu's father didn't mention this matter at all, and the whole family didn't care about it, so they were left alone in the cold.

Gu's mother knew that Gu Chen was a cautious person and would not easily say unsure words.Since he said he was fine, he must be fine.She nodded, leaned back on the recliner, and didn't ask any more questions.And Gu Lian also changed the subject in an instant: "Brother, I want to eat plum cakes from Qianhelou tonight."

"Okay, I'll buy it for you later."

"I still want to eat cloud cake."

"Buy them all."

"I still want to eat lantern cakes..."

"Wouldn't it be indigestible to eat so many sweets at night? I'll eat Dengzhan Cake tomorrow, and I'll ask Dr. Zhao to give you a prescription for digestion..."

Sure enough, as Gu Chen expected, at the beginning of August, Yan Sheng led the troops back to Beijing, and a prison car came back with him.

The news of Wang Yongke's arrest spread throughout Shenjing within a day. There were those who were happy, those who were watching, and those who were worried.Immediately after the morning court the next day, all the officials gathered in the Zichen Hall, Xiao Tingshen spoke the first sentence and said:

"General Yan returned to Beijing yesterday, and reported to me in detail the results of the suppression of the rebellion and the process of catching the rebels." , for three generations of relatives, all adult males will be beheaded, those under fifteen will be exiled, and females will not be enslaved by officials."

The voice fell, and the entire court hall was silent.Xiao Ting paused for a moment, his eyes suddenly fell on Gu Chen, and when he spoke again, his voice became softer and softer: "I have now found out that it was Wang Yongke and the Baiyi people who died in the Battle of Huaihe River that year. Because of collusion. Wang Yongke colluded with the enemy and treasoned the country, killed Zhongliang...sentenced to abandon the market."

Gu Chen raised his head, meeting Xiao Tingshen's eyes.Xiao Tingshen said every word, as if he was solemnly fulfilling the promise he made at the beginning: "I will issue an edict to make the truth public to the world, and give justice to the soldiers who died tragically back then."

After he said these words, Gu Chen's heart felt as if a big rock had fallen, full of swollen but extraordinarily soft.

The truth and justice that he had been pursuing since his previous life, in this life, was finally handed over to him by Xiao Tingshen himself.

He was still in a trance, but Xiao Tingshen had already moved his eyes away, and his eyes suddenly became cold.There was a sharp sword-like light in his eyes, and several ministers couldn't help lowering their heads when they saw it.

Xiao Tingshen went down the stairs, walked up to the ministers step by step, and finally stopped in front of Cai Min suddenly.He looked down at Cai Min in a condescending posture, and saw that the servant of the official department lowered his head and trembled unconsciously.

"Next, there are still some accounts to be settled." Xiao Ting raised his lips deeply, with a smile that was not a smile.He took out a letter from his sleeve, which was the correspondence that Yan Sheng had seized from Wang Yongke earlier.He held the letter and handed it to Cai Min: "Cai Qing, this seems to be your handwriting."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Cai Min was shaking like a sieve, sweating unceasingly, "Chen, Chen..."

Xiao Tingshen just waved the letter in front of everyone that day. Although most people were terrified, it was only a false alarm after all.The culprit was not within the scope of Gu Chen's screening, so Cai Min and others didn't see Xiao Tingshen having an attack for several days, so they felt a little lucky and hoped that this matter had passed—even though this was not in line with Xiao Tingshen's usual style.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Tingshen was waiting for them here.

Cai Min was speechless, and fell to his knees on the ground with a plop.Xiao Tingshen threw the letter in front of him, raised his head, and glanced over the faces of all the officials.

"Wei Dequan, announce the imperial edict."

The eunuch took a step forward and said loudly: "Cai Min, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Yuan Xinghao, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Bai Song, Minister of the Ministry of Industry——cut the decision."

There was a sound of wailing in the middle of the court, and several Longxiang guards stepped forward and dragged the three people out, and the sound of wailing and begging for mercy was endless.

"Qin Yun, a doctor in the Ministry of Officials, and Yang Hua, the censor of Zuoqian, will be demoted two levels, and will be fined for one year..."

Wei Dequan spoke one name after another, and for a while there were those in the hall who wept bitterly, and some knelt down to thank the emperor for not killing him, but none of them complained.Xiao Tingshen dealt with every official involved in the case according to Chen's previous screening and investigation.And these people also knew in their hearts that if it weren't for Gu Chen, their fate this time would inevitably be the same as Cai Min and others.

After the morning court, Gu Chen still walked down the steps in front of the Zichen Hall alone, and then someone chased him up: "Master Gu, Master Gu!"

Gu Chen stopped and saw a minister with a mustache walking towards him quickly.He knew this person, and it was Qin Yun, a doctor in the Ministry of Officials, who had been demoted two grades and given a one-year salary by Xiao Tingshen earlier. He was also the first person Gu Chen visited when he screened the officials involved in the case.

Qin Yun walked in front of him, and couldn't help but give a deep bow: "I thank Mr. Gu for saving my life!"

"Master Qin doesn't have to be like this." Gu Chen stretched out his hand to support him, and said helplessly, "It's His Majesty's grace, I'm just following His Majesty's order."

Qin Yun has been in the officialdom for more than ten years, how could he not be able to tell whether what Gu Chen said was the truth or a lie, and immediately bowed again: "Mr. Gu, there is no need to refuse, this courtesy is what a low official should do. If it weren't for Mr. Gu Dealing with it, I'm afraid..."

According to Xiao Tingshen's temper and behavior style, he is already decapitated by now.

He didn't get up until after the salute. Gu Chen noticed that because of Qin Yun's unusual behavior, the officials after the dynasty had already paid attention to them. A few officials who were not involved in the case were unknown, so they were standing at a distance from each other. chat.Before Gu Chen could say anything, Qin Yun had already said, "Are you free for a while? There is a new restaurant in Shenjing Dongfang. It is authentic Shandong cuisine. I will accompany you to have a drink or two?"

Gu Chen blinked——Qin Yun's attitude was very sincere, and he didn't know how to decline this kind of invitation for a while, so he could only hope in his heart that Xiao Tingshen would notice his situation and rescue him.Unexpectedly, as soon as he thought of Xiao Tingshen, a young eunuch came to him. It was Shao An, one of Wei Dequan's cronies.

Gu Chen breathed a sigh of relief instantly, thinking that Xiao Tingshen came at the right time, so a smile appeared on his face.He watched Shao An walk in front of him, and bowed respectfully.

"Master Gu," he said, "The Empress Dowager has a decree, please come over."

Gu Chen was taken aback for a moment: It wasn't Xiao Tingshen, but...the Queen Mother?