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Chapter 1116 Cleaning up the Court

No one thought that the truth of the matter was like this. The imperial court had always opposed bribery, and even if some people had dirty hands and feet, it would have to be done in private.

But Xue Zhao and his group directly demanded and bribed him, and they did so blatantly. They went to other restaurants to eat and drink the best, and then they wiped their mouths and left.

How can such a good thing happen in this world?
Even so, some people were still unwilling to give in and continued: "Even so, Mrs. Jiang of the Lu family should not use such methods. What does this make the people think? Behind the scenes, they don't know how to talk about the court and the emperor!"

"Master Zhang's words are wrong!"

Mr. Kang was silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help but stand up.

He glanced at Master Zhang and continued: "Mrs. Lu is helping the Emperor to clean up the moths. What's wrong with that? Besides, it doesn't matter if the people know about it. Just let them discuss it. After all, the Emperor loves his people like a son. Even if there is discussion, it will only be good discussion, rather than spreading bad rumors. Does Mr. Zhang think that the emperor does not have a good image in the eyes of the people? "

He easily flattered the emperor, and at the same time, he bit Mr. Zhang back, which was really high.

The man's face turned green with anger, but he still endured the anger in his heart and expressed his loyalty to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I have no intention of doing this!"

"Okay, I very much support Mrs. Lu's approach in this matter. These people should be remembered. Everyone involved will be demoted to the common people with a fifty-fifty ban. They will never have the opportunity to become an official in this life. In addition, these people's families If the government is not strict, all the officials at home and in the court will be demoted two levels and fined for one year. I hope that all my beloved ministers will take this as a warning."

This punishment is too severe, downgraded by two levels. God knows how difficult it is to move up two levels. How many years of struggle will it take?

What's more, the original yamen was downgraded by two levels, and the position was replaced by his former subordinate officials, and they were changed from leaders to petty officials. There must have been people in the yamen who have offended in the past few years, and the days to come will be even worse. It's harder to imagine.

A group of people originally thought that the emperor was already wary of the Lu family, and if they took the opportunity to say bad things about Jiang Jiuniang, the emperor would definitely favor them. However, they did not expect that the emperor would favor the Lu family so forcefully. So what was the meaning of the test at the previous banquet? ?Tried to be lonely?
It wasn't until the matter was concluded that Lu Baichuan slowly stood up and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for upholding justice for my wife. The Cao family's affairs have made progress. Your Majesty, please take a look."

This was his thank you gift to the emperor.

Since coming back, none of them have cared about the Cao family's affairs. The emperor's people have been dealing with it for so long, but there has been no progress at all. Lu Baichuan actually had some evidence in his hands, which he was supposed to give to the emperor after returning to court. As a result, the emperor tested his wife like that at the banquet, so he kept the evidence, which came in handy this time.

The emperor did not expect that Lu Baichuan could give him such a surprise. It seemed that although he was expressing his anger on the surface during this period, he actually went to help him check it out in private.

Thinking of what I had done before, I couldn't help but feel regret again.

The emperor was happy, but some people in the court were panicked. They were people who had dealings with the Cao family. They thought that if Lu Baichuan didn't intervene in this matter, many things would not be discovered. But Lu Baichuan made such a move. , so cruel!
Everyone felt weak standing up, their legs were extremely weak, and they just hoped that they had not been found out.

The little eunuch handed the things that Lu Baichuan took out to the emperor. When the emperor opened them and took a look, the smile on his face froze instantly.

After a while, he raised his head and looked at the crowd of civil and military officials below. His face was so gloomy that it made people feel that he was about to be dragged out and beheaded in the next moment.

"Okay, that's great!"

The emperor sneered, feeling that he was too kind to these people, otherwise he would not have raised so many moths.

Since he came to the throne, he has been cracking down on officials who engage in improper activities in order to avoid the occurrence of officials protecting each other. As a result, such things still exist in the court, and many people are implicated.He read a bunch of names, and a group of people came out. They didn't bother to say anything and just went to jail.

Coincidentally, several of these people happened to be the elders of Xue Zhao's group.

Xue Zhao's father was among them.

As a result, the morning meeting was originally intended to denounce Jiang Jiuniang's extreme behavior, but unexpectedly it turned into a clean-up in the hall, with everyone in the hall wailing, but no one dared to intercede.

Fortunately, he was only imprisoned, not directly convicted.

After all, this evidence was handed over by Lu Baichuan alone. It has not been verified and must be verified according to the above content before he can be convicted.

But even this was enough to keep the courtiers clamping their tails for a long time.

Outside the palace, Jiang Jiuniang didn't know what happened in the court. She had someone carry a chair and sit at the door of the restaurant, waiting for the people on the street to come back.

Anyway, she was idle, so she asked those who came to redeem people to hand over the money in advance for verification. If the amount was correct, they could pack it up and take it away as soon as the person came back, without having to worry about queuing.

Xue Zhao's mother screamed at the side and lost all strength. Her son was so injured that he was forcibly taken to the street. The Lu family was determined to make things difficult for the Xue family. She had already made up her mind to pick him up in the evening. After her son returned home, she asked her husband to contact her family connections and join forces to bring down the Lu family and avenge her son!
The capital city is very big, so the so-called street parade means that you have to visit all the main streets. It would be good if you can complete the tour in a whole day today.

So, everyone waiting at the door to watch the excitement went to the restaurant to eat. Even if something like this happened, the restaurant's business was so good that many customers had no seats and had to queue up to eat.

At noon, the news from the palace finally came out. The young man from the Xue family came over panting and said in a panic: "Madam, it's not good!"

Mrs. Xue was already angry. When she saw this, she immediately cursed: "You dog slave, you are in trouble because a dog can't spit out ivory from its mouth! If you have anything to say, please tell me!"

The boy took a few deep breaths, and then said: "Something happened to the master! He was found to have contact with the Cao family during the morning court, and he has been sent to prison!"

"What, what!"

Mrs. Xue screamed, rolled her eyes and fainted.

The Xue family was in a mess. Before the other families had time to watch the excitement, they saw someone coming from their own family to tell them that something had happened at home as well.

The door of the restaurant was very lively for a while. Jiang Jiuniang spoke to Mrs. Yu with a scared look on her face: "Fortunately, we asked them to pay the money before, otherwise they might not care about us now."

Yu nodded seriously: "You are the third brother and sister who has the foresight!"

Jiang Jiuniang wanted to wait outside for the parade to come back and then collectively shock her, but now that something like this happened, these people couldn't make any waves. She suddenly felt bored, got up and walked inside, saying: "Sister-in-law, let's go , count the money!”

(End of this chapter)