The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 403 Clear rewards and punishments
Things have changed in Luoyang.

When the news of Guanqiu Dian's arrest spread, Luoyang was shocked.

Didn’t the General of Chariots and Cavalry just make great achievements in Huainan?
Why was his son arrested?

Subsequently, the court issued two decrees.

"General Guanqiu Jian, for his meritorious service in defeating the State of Wu, was promoted to Grand General of Chariots and Cavalry, with additional fiefs and a higher rank."

"Zhongshi Zhongcheng Guanqiu Dian failed to discipline his students strictly, mistakenly employing treacherous criminals and failing to recognize their names. He was stripped of his official title and demoted to a commoner."

When these two edicts came down, all the ministers were stunned.

Is it really about clear rewards and punishments?
Can you still do this?
Then they also learned that Zhong Hui was investigating the Censorate, and soon the Ministry of Justice's lackeys began to take action.

The setting sun hangs on the horizon, and the sunset glows a soft light.

A carriage slowly drove over, followed by hundreds of fully armed soldiers. These people were obviously the soldiers of the central army.

They followed the carriage in an orderly manner, their armors colliding with each other, making a neat sound, and their footsteps made it sound like the muffled sound of war drums. The carriage soon stopped at the door of an extremely tall mansion.

When Zhong Hui got off the carriage, seven or eight people were already standing at the door, looking at him warily.

The butler frowned and stared at Zhong Hui angrily.

"What do you want?!"

The butler was not afraid of Zhong Hui, and several servants around him even raised their weapons.

Zhong Hui ignored these people and just ordered: "Charge in and kill anyone who stands in our way."

Hearing this, the butler felt a chill on his back, and for some reason, he simply gave way.

Zhong Hui led his men to rush in here.

The soldiers quickly controlled many entrances and exits of the mansion, and Zhong Hui walked all the way to the main hall and walked in with a swagger.

The person sitting inside was Minister of the Interior Wang Su.

At this moment, Wang Su frowned, his expression gloomy and uncertain.

As early as when Zhong Hui and his men were walking on the road, the officials in Luoyang had already learned the news.

Wang Su naturally sent people to keep an eye on it, just to see who was in trouble.

Wang Su never expected that Zhong Hui would come to his mansion.

If someone else came, Wang Su would definitely think that this was an order from His Majesty.

But Zhong Hui cannot be viewed in the same way as ordinary people. He came to his own mansion perhaps because of the emperor's order, or perhaps he acted on his own will. After all, he dared to do so.

"Prince!"

Zhong Hui saluted casually and then looked around his mansion.

Such rude behavior angered Wang Su even more. Wang Su slammed the table in front of him and shouted, "Zhong Shiji!"

"Don't think that the Minister of Justice can act recklessly!"

"I am an upright person. I have served in office for many years and have never done anything that has betrayed the country. I am not afraid of you framing me!!"

Wang Su said this with great confidence.

Zhong Hui smiled and nodded. "What Wang Situ said is correct. I have searched the Censorate for a long time and have not found anything that is unfavorable to you."

Wang Su was stunned. "Then what do you want to do by bringing people into my mansion?! Do you know what kind of crime this is?"

Zhong Hui explained: "I came here to arrest someone."

"You haven't committed any crime, but there are criminals in your mansion that the Censorate needs."

Wang Su was about to scold him when he suddenly remembered something and his face turned pale.

Zhong Hui laughed again.

"Lord, this is your youngest son, Wang Kai, the Deputy Minister."

"Is he in your house now?"

At this moment, Wang Su was speechless and his face became extremely ugly.

Among Wang Su's four sons, the eldest son died early, the second son was loyal and honest, and the third son was humble. Only the fourth son had no morals and was smooth in dealing with people, which made Wang Su very uneasy, so he brought him to his side to train him.

Seeing that his son was getting older, Wang Su let him take part in the examination and appointed him as a palace attendant.

Since Zhong Hui dared to come here, he must have solid evidence.

Wang Su didn't understand how his son, who had just held the official position for less than three months, could be involved with the Censorate, but at this moment he didn't dare to get angry anymore.

He looked at the people around him and said, "Let them all leave. I have something to tell you."

Zhong Hui nodded, and the rest of the people left.

Wang Su suddenly sighed and motioned Zhong Hui to sit next to him.

"What did he do?"

"A scholar reported him to the Censorate for having someone take the exam for him, using deceptive tactics to get a position as a Deputy Minister. He bribed the Censorate officials to suppress the incident, and then had the Censorate frame the scholar and expel him from Luoyang."

Zhong Hui narrowed his eyes and looked at Wang Su, "Lord, I heard that his assessment was arranged by you. Don't you know the situation?"

At this moment, Wang Su really couldn't help it.

This so-called Yuanwailang was a candidate for Langguan, and even those who had not graduated from the Imperial College could take the exam. Wang Su was not considered to be abusing his power for personal gain. He had not expected that for such a simple test, his son would actually need someone to take the exam for him.

Because of Wang Xiang's incident, he hated this kind of academic fraud to the extreme.

He was not aware of these things and was extremely angry at the moment.

But no matter how angry he was, he was still his son, and the whole matter concerned his own reputation and the reputation of the entire clan, so he still had to act with caution.

"Does anyone else know about this?" Wang Su asked.

Zhong Hui laughed and said, "Currently, only a few people know about it."

Wang Su said, "My youngest son does not have the moral character to be an official. I can dismiss him and let him stay at home to study peacefully. He will never go out and cause trouble for others again. As for the scholars he bullied, I can also compensate them."

"But this matter cannot be spread, and you cannot take my son away."

"Oh?"

Zhong Hui was a little surprised.

"Just because you are Situ, you are forcing me to ignore your son's crimes?"

"I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate."

Wang Su snorted coldly, "Zhong Shiji, stop being so pretentious."

"If you really want to capture my son, why did you come to the Situ Mansion? Wouldn't it be easier outside?"

"I don't have time to do anything. All I need to do is create a big commotion and I'll hand over my son."

"But what good will it do you to capture my son?"

"If you want to establish your authority, with Shi Bao and He Zeng, there's no way my young son will get his turn."

Wang Su continued, "Didn't you come here to ask me to help you get rid of the thieves in the world?"

Zhong Hui couldn't help but clap his hands.

"As expected of Lord Situ, you are much smarter than the last Lord Situ!"

"If he were as smart as you, he wouldn't have died from being given alcohol."

Zhong Hui murmured.

Wang Su was not afraid of his threats. He continued, "I was promoted by Your Majesty. Previously, I was only close to the Sima family and had no relationship with other major families. Now I am wholeheartedly assisting Your Majesty. The promotion of Your Majesty's official functions is also due to my contribution."

"Even if you could kill me, only the ministers would be happy. It would not benefit Your Majesty or you in any way."

"Tell me, what do you need me to do?"

Zhong Hui's expression also became solemn.

"Actually, there's nothing else to do. Just like you said, you just helped me get rid of the thief."

Zhong Hui slowly expressed his thoughts.

Zhong Hui needed several important ministers to support this matter, and Wang Su would definitely be the first one to be won over. Zhong Hui was not afraid that he would not yield, after all, he had his son's matter in his hands.
Wang Su, Zhuge Dan, and Sima Zhao jointly wrote a letter to the emperor, begging him to punish the traitors in the world and persuading him to use cruel measures to end the chaos.

Then, the three of them could handle the counterattack of the ministers.

I can tear up the family tree with peace of mind.

As for local resistance, Zhong Hui was not too worried, as he had already made preparations for the four expeditions and four garrisons.

When Zhong Hui triumphantly left Wang Su's mansion, Wang Su personally saw him off to the door.

After Zhong Hui left, the rest of the family came to ask what had happened.

Wang Kai also hurried out from the backyard and stood beside his father. "Father? What happened?"

"How dare Zhong Hui bring his soldiers to force his way into our residence?!"

Hearing Wang Kai's words, Wang Su slowly turned his head and stared into his eyes.

Wang Kai sensed something wrong from his father's gaze, and he quickly took a few steps back.

Wang Su suddenly showed a kind smile.

"I heard that you have a wide circle of friends, and that your friends have all gone to the Censorate?"

At this moment, Wang Kai suddenly felt that he could not walk anymore.

"Ah, Father, I. I."

At this moment, Zhong Hui had already returned to the West Hall. He was holding the document in his hand, with a rare hesitation on his face.

"Alas, what a pity, what a pity."

"What a pity for his talent. What a pity for such a gentleman. How could he only care about money?"

Cao Mao's face didn't look good.

"There's nothing to regret. He's only been a Huangmen Lang for a few months, and he's already so arrogant. If he becomes a higher official in the future, won't he cause even greater harm?!"

"For people of this character, the greater their talent, the greater the harm they cause."

The person Cao Mao was talking about at this moment was naturally Wang Rong.

Compared with Wang Kai's crimes, Wang Rong's crimes were much more serious. Seizing farmland, accepting bribes, and building many mansions were no longer matters of cheating in exams or suppressing impeachment.

After hearing these things from Cheng Ji, Cao Mao immediately sent Jiao Bo and Zhang Hua to collect evidence.

The evidence is conclusive and Cheng Ji is not talking nonsense.

Cao Mao also decided to formally arrest Wang Rong.

Zhong Hui has always loved these famous scholars, so he was a little hesitant.

The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove could have been made into the best publicity men.
Wang Rong was very famous, and arresting him would cause a huge sensation. In addition, his father was the governor of Liangzhou. To arrest him, Liangzhou had to be taken care of first, otherwise there was a possibility of rebellion in Liangzhou.

What's more, Wang Rong's family was extremely powerful and had many marriage partners.

Zhong Hui felt a little tricky at this moment.

(End of this chapter)