When Hunjun begins to make elixirs

Chapter 161 Midnight
Concubine Yang hid behind the screen.Li Shun sat upright like a bell. After years of palace education, his predecessor's behavior was actually very standardized. Although Li Shun was unruly and unruly in the harem.Since taking office, he has never behaved inappropriately when facing unfamiliar ministers.If the emperor is not secretive, his ministers will be disgraced. The feudal etiquette and dogma not only restrain the officials and the people, but also restrain the emperor.Birds are still controlled by the sky, and fish are still controlled by the water.There is no absolute freedom.

Li Shun asked about the investigation results of the murder case in Nanshan County.

Chaokong bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, since I entered Nanshan County, I have conducted many investigations and found that the Yang family has indeed committed many illegal acts. However, no conclusive evidence has been found for the murder of the imperial official."

Li Shun asked again: "What is Ding Ao doing recently?"

Shenjiwei replied: "Master Ding is reviewing the implementation of the new policies in various places."

The implementation of the New Deal was very difficult. Memorials submitted from various quarters reflected that the North had made fairly good progress despite the war reshuffle and high-pressure situation.Nanfang just shrank his head like a dehydrated tortoise and remained motionless.They are waiting to compete with the emperor.

A problem throughout the country is that the senior officials in the imperial court, except for a few close associates of Li Shun, do not support the New Deal and are sabotaging it overtly or covertly.

Li Shun didn't know what kind of medicine Ding Ao was selling in his gourd. He believed in Ding Ao's ability and didn't want to interfere too much for the time being. Instead, he asked the question he should be concerned about: "Has any trace of the Shenmu Cult been found in Nanshan?"

"I sent people deep into Nanshan, but no trace of the Shenmu Cult was found."

"Go and get a token, mobilize the Shenji Guards, the Jinwu Guards, and the spies from the Internal Affairs Department. Don't just say that you have discovered the Shenmu Cultists in the name of escorts, and control all the military, political and civilian forces in Nanshan County. I want Nanshan County Those gentry and wealthy people all had a few mouthfuls of food in the morning under my nose!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Li Shunjue didn't believe that Dalong's people had not penetrated here, maybe not as clearly as Tianzhu Mountain and Tianlang Mountain.The only breakthrough now is the Yang family.

After the Shenji Guard left, Yang Pei'er walked out.

Li Shun asked: "My dear wife, do you think you have such a great reputation that you can suppress the memorial?"

Yang Pei'er shook her head: "I live in the harem and never interact with the outside world. Even if the emperor favors me, the Yang family will at most rely on the emperor's power to oppress the people locally and will never interfere with the government's affairs."

"That's right, apart from you, there are people in the Yang family in the court. I originally thought it was the Hu Party, but after the previous major case, the remnants of the Hu Party basically can't make trouble. Who is helping the Yang family? Besides, And in my name and yours?"

Li Shun felt that it was most likely a chess piece planted by Dalong in the court.In order to prevent being deceived, Li Shun put the newly formed Internal Affairs Department in charge of supervising hundreds of officials.Since the Yang family was so confident, they let Bao Mingtong try it out to see which link went wrong.

From the time a memorial was written to the emperor's hands, it went through too many procedures, including review by superior officials, transportation, and cabinet discussions.Any problem in any link may result in the memorial being concealed.However, no one dared to do such a thing at the risk of beheading the whole family and extinguishing the nine clans. Even Li Shun did not dare to tear up the memorial at will. All the officials would think it was an insult.

Yang Pei'er didn't know much about government affairs, so she listened to Li Shun's analysis with fear.It is already a certainty that the Yang family is guilty, now it is just a matter of whether the crime is serious or the crime is minor.Her expression was a little dark, hoping that all this had nothing to do with her parents.Li Shun did not go into the details and said that the Yang family coveted the treasure and inheritance of the Yuhu Master.Yang Pei'er added that her mother was the junior sister of Zhenren Yuhu.From this point of view, her parents are very suspicious.

Xu Liya has very little information about these places. To put it bluntly, she is in charge of the three-acre area of ​​Tianzhu Mountain. She either hears about the situation in other places or has a one-sided understanding.

Prefect's Yamen.Ding Ao reviewed the new policies in each county.Shenjiwei sent Bao Mingtong's letter.Ding Ao opened it and laughed: "These people finally jumped out."

The main problem in Gao Wuyong's case is to figure out why he was murdered.During the days when Bao Mingtong took office, he checked the county documents and searched for the reasons. He found that in recent years, the Yang family's Nanfeng Village and Beifeng Village in Nanshan County had seized a lot of villagers' land, but they had not used it for farming. It is to drive away the villagers.

Ding Ao was keenly aware that this might be the reason.Because this place was mentioned many times in the administrative diary left by Gao Wuyong.That's why Bao Mingtong was asked to conduct an inspection there in the name of promoting the promotion of land allocation.As expected, the Yang family was very friendly to the new county magistrate at first, and sent people to invite Bao Mingtong to banquets several times.Bao Mingtong refused because of his busy schedule.

When Bao Mingtong found out about the land issues in Nanfeng Village and Beifeng Village, the Yang family fell out and sent people to threaten Bao Mingtong.Bao Mingtong immediately raised his sword and posted a list to collect evidence of crime.The Yang family actually ignored the court's face and beat the common people who complained in front of the government office.Unfortunately, the records in Gao Wuyong's diary are too simple. Maybe others have tampered with it and the reason cannot be known.

What secrets do these two villages have?He also sent Shenji Guards to investigate, and there was nothing suspicious. After the villagers were driven away, there were two deserted villages.It seems like it’s time for him to leave for Nanshan County to see if it’s a dragon’s pond or a tiger’s den!The reasons have been found, and the violent resistance to the New Deal has a very bad impact!
He called the accompanying officer: "Take the warrant given to me by the emperor and go to the Fifth Military Preparation Area to mobilize five thousand elite soldiers. The day after tomorrow, I will go to Nanshan County!"

He came to the door where Gao Wuyong's old mother was, knocked on the door, and then entered the house.Gao Mu was always taken by his side. She was fed, drank and entertained, which was considered as a filial piety for the deceased colleague.

Under Ding Ao's care, Gao Mu gradually recovered. Seeing Ding Ao's arrival, Gao Mu quickly saluted: "Have you found anything, sir? Can you redress my son's grievance?"

Ding Ao helped Gao Mu up: "Old man, you don't have to be like this. Gao Gao was loyal to the country, but he was killed by a traitor. I also sympathize deeply. In three days, we will leave for Nanshan County."

Gao Mu looked grateful and knelt down to thank her: "Thank you so much, sir!"

In the middle of the night, Ding Ao disguised himself and set out accompanied by Shen Jiwei.He lied to both the police officer and Gao Mu.Because he noticed there was a spy around him.My stay here for so long has already aroused some people's vigilance.Recently, there are always people around the police officer and Gao Mu asking for news.He just wanted to use the words of these two people to confuse those people.

He arrived at Nanshan County at dawn and went straight to the county government office without delay.He called Bao Mingtong.Bao Mingtong was also surprised by Ding Ao's arrival: "Why didn't Mr. Ding say anything when he came?"

Ding Ao said: "Soldiers need to be quick. I heard that there was a violent boycott of the New Deal here, and the impact was bad! It must be dealt with as soon as possible!"

Bao Mingtong immediately understood what Ding Ao meant: "Sir, our county government officials are useless and they don't dare to attack the Yang family."

Ding Ao sneered and said: "No matter how powerful the Yang family is, can it be greater than the emperor?" He said to Officer Yuelang beside him: "Can you please summon Lingyuelang here and go with Bao Zhixian to arrest him."

(End of this chapter)