I am a director in Ark. If I am not banned, I will be considered successful.

"The Qingliu faction has always been somewhat of a scapegoat for Prince Yu, the future emperor, and the Yan faction is now even more out of control than the Qingliu faction. Not to mention Yan Song, they even dare to deceive Jiajing. If Prince Yu doesn't have the Qingliu faction to confront him, I'm afraid he will be completely emptied out by the Yan faction!"

"Jiajing is so smart... would he really pretend this would happen?"

Tracy had come to his senses. Although all the advantages were now leaning towards the Yan Party, and even in the play, the three leaders of the Qingliu Party were fighting to the death and Prince Yu was frightened to faint, Tracy still didn't think that Qingliu would really fall.

This did not conform to Jiajing's balancing act, and the downfall of the Qingliu would certainly be a greater hidden danger to Dayan than the downfall of the Yan Party. Yan Song was old, and Yan Shifan was incompetent and extremely rampant. If such a person led the Yan Party and became the number one person under the emperor, he would probably become a "regent" who completely undermined the imperial power!

Could Jiajing really sit back and watch all this happen? Tracy didn't think Jiajing would do that... Unconsciously, Tracy himself began to stand in the king's perspective and began to think about this issue.

However, Tracy, who was seriously thinking about this problem, did not notice Theresia's smiling eyes. Now, Theresia, who was gradually recovering in the eyes of all the Sarkaz, was quietly handing over a lot of real power to Tracy.

Now, everything Tracy has done for the restoration of Kazdel has been seen by the Sarkaz of Londinium. Theresa's authority as the "Demon King" has not diminished, but the Sarkaz have slowly begun to believe that Tracy can also lead them to a better future.

The call for dual emperor rule became louder and louder among the Sarkaz, and the Sarkaz had no objection to Tracy's dictatorship. This "regent" who was originally criticized gradually became a position recognized by everyone.

What's more important is that Theresa's own prestige has not decreased. For some reason, the Sarkaz all believe that it is because of Theresa's return that such a change has taken place in Theresis.

“It seems that it is not possible to let you directly take over the title of ‘Demon King’… In that case, I wonder if you are willing to be the ‘Prime Minister’ of Kazdel.”

Theresa's eyes turned slightly, and she had another idea in her mind. She also temporarily put this idea aside and planned to discuss it with Chen Qi and her brother the king when Kazdel restored his country and she met Chen Qi again.

PS: First chapter today!

Volume 316: Chapter : The fall of the Yan Party, Lin Yuxia's best performance

But no matter what doubts Tracy had in his mind, the Yan Party still had the upper hand. Even after Zhang Juzheng, played by Wen Yue, came with a memorial to dismiss Gao Hanwen and others from their posts and send them out of the imperial city, she and Yan Shifan could only barely stabilize the situation and prevent Yan Shifan from arresting anyone before midnight.

The situation was escalating, and now, the Imperial Household Department finally made new moves. When Lv Fang, played by Lao Li, came with Zhu Qi, the leader of the imperial guards, everyone knew that the order from Jiajing had arrived.

"It's been ready for a long time!" When Chen Hong, played by Lin Qingyan, saw Lv Fang coming, it was probably the first time that he showed such an expectant expression towards Lv Fang, and he immediately said:

"There are three groups of people, Gao Gong's group, Zhang Juzheng's group. Godfather, are you going to see Lord Xu?"

However, at this moment, Lao Li's expression became a little strange. He faced Lin Qingyan and answered in a strange but questioning tone:

"Who told you that you were going to arrest Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Xu Ge Lao?"

"Yan Shifan, Luo Longwen, and Yan Maoqing have violated the Heavenly Law. By order, immediately surround their residences! Do not let anyone or anything escape!"

"I heard that these three people dare to lead the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to arrest loyal officials? The Imperial Guards and the Pacification Office should each send a team to the residences of Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng to arrest Luo Longwen and Yan Maoqing!"

"Zhu Qi... go and send Yan Shifan back to his own home."

Lao Li deliberately emphasized these few words a little, and Zhu Qi, the leader of the imperial guards, immediately understood the order and rushed to Gao Hanwen's residence with a group of imperial guards.

At this moment, Chen Hong, who was full of confidence in the play, was dumbfounded, while Huang Jin, played by Taihe next to him, showed a meaningful smile, and that smile clearly meant "Are you qualified to guess the emperor's thoughts?"

Obviously, Chen Hong guessed wrong. Not only Chen Hong, but also Theresa, who had just realized something was wrong, guessed wrong. The regent was rarely stunned for a moment, then immediately grabbed the remote control beside him, and under Theresa's strange gaze, pressed the "Replay" button.

"Ah, brother Wang, what are you doing?"

"I'm sorry, sister. I need to think carefully about the details that I may have overlooked before." However, Tracy rarely did not cater to Theresa's request on small matters, and began to plan to watch it again from the beginning very seriously. He suddenly found that he seemed to have not appreciated the foreshadowing of the fall of Yan that Chen Qi had laid before.

"Director Chen Qi wouldn't make such a low-level mistake of abandoning logic, so this should be my fault, Wang Mei, let me watch it from the beginning again, and you just have to bear with it for now."

……

"Sure enough, this Emperor Jiajing had Chen Hong deliberately send a wrong signal to the Yan Party in order to completely stabilize the Yan Party. He deliberately let Chen Hong be the one who caused the trouble, so that he would lose face in the eyes of the Imperial Household Department, the Imperial Guards, the Pacification Department, and others, just to make his majesty not be too high."

Seeing this, Zhongyue was more and more certain that his idea was correct. When Jiajing saw the memorial sent by the Yan Party, he had anticipated the actions of everyone, including Chen Hong.

What surprised Chongyue even more was that Jiajing knew that the origin of the Blood Sutra was unknown, but he was undoubtedly shocked by the truth. However, in his rage, he could make a reasonable judgment so quickly... No wonder even the old minister Yan Song made a huge misjudgment on this matter.

I am afraid that no one can understand Jiajing's mind, just like the emperor's mind is something that ordinary people cannot figure out.

As the camera turned, Zhu Qi had already brought the imperial guards to Gao Hanwen's residence. When Yan Shifan saw Zhu Qi coming, she felt relieved. She didn't notice that Zhu Qi ignored her at all, and took the initiative to say:

"Old Seven is here in person? This is Gao Hanwen. Shen Yishi's geisha is inside. Old Seven, you've come just in time. Come with me to take the prisoner away!"

However, Zhu Qi ignored Yan Shifan at this moment. Instead, he glanced at him with a playful and cold look, and then uttered two words dryly: "——By order!"

As soon as Zhu Qi finished speaking, Yan Shifan, Zhang Juzheng and others knelt down one after another. Yan Shifan, played by Lin Yuxia, who had no idea that his death was imminent, did not forget to look at Wen Yue, who played Zhang Juzheng, with a gloating look, and his expression was full of pride.

However, she never expected that the next moment, Zhu Qi's cold words would drag her from heaven to hell. She only heard Zhu Qi's cold words and immediately preached:

"Now, escort Yan Shifan back to the palace to await your order!"

As soon as Zhu Qi finished speaking, everyone on the screen saw Lin Yuxia's originally complacent expression. She didn't even freeze at that moment. It took her a while to react. However, she didn't show any dullness, but suspicion and confusion.

Her expression clearly showed that she was doubting her own ears, and even doubting whether Zhu Qi's mouth was frozen by the heavy snow in the winter. However, Zhu Qi did not give her any chance to react, and just said coldly:

"Master Yan, please come with us. We are here to carry out our mission. Please don't make things difficult for us."

"...I want to see the Emperor!"

However, the first sentence Yan Shifan said after she responded still showed her strong personality. Just as Wei Yanwu and his group had commented on Yan Shifan's character before, "She knows her own shortcomings and uses ferocity and arrogance to cover up her guilty conscience."

Zhu Qi did not have a good face at all towards Yan Shifan, and his reaction was clearly full of personal emotions, and naturally he did not care whether Yan Shifan shouted or yelled.

"I want to see the emperor! I want to see the emperor!"

Yan Shifan's voice became louder and louder, but it still could not conceal his guilty conscience. Zhu Qi then ordered his men to organize the troops and transferred all the soldiers away. Then, this heart-pounding final showdown between the Qingliu and the Yan Party ended in a somewhat "anticlimax" way.

There was no coup, no conflict, not even casualties. The armed struggle that would have resulted from the development of all party disputes did not occur.

However, it was this scene that made everyone feel no relief, but only a sense of surviving a disaster. Because fate was not in their hands, this game was just a gamble, and there was only one referee, and that was Jiajing!

Jiajing's will determined the outcome of this party struggle, and just a slight difference in thought determined the fate of all of them. This also indirectly reflects Jiajing's terror. The Yan Party lost control, and the Qingliu fought to the death, but even in this situation, Jiajing still completely controlled the court and was still the "god" who could kill anyone he wanted.

Although Jiajing did not have any direct involvement in this scene, he perfectly showed everyone that when an emperor with centralized imperial power wants to execute a united faction, as long as the method is correct, he can completely wipe it out!

On the screen, Zhang Juzheng, played by Wen Yue, had just been confronting Yan Shifan and was not at all at a disadvantage. But now, Yan Shifan was taken away and the mansion suddenly became empty. She belatedly felt a chill coming over her and could not help but tighten her cotton cloak.

On the other side, the car carrying Yan Shifan returned to Yan's Mansion. The situation had been decided, but Yan Shifan was obviously still unwilling to accept the reality.

"Show me the imperial edict!"

"It is not our job to read out the imperial edict. Lord Yan should know that we are only responsible for arresting people." Zhu Qi responded by suppressing her anger. However, this sentence once again angered Yan Shifan, and she immediately cursed:

"With you, without an imperial decree, you dare to arrest me? And you dare to surround my house?!"

After saying that, Lin Yuxia raised the car window again. However, this time, Zhu Qi pressed down the window with one hand, so that no matter how hard Lin Yuxia tried, she couldn't raise the window again.

At this moment, Zhu Qi finally revealed the source of his "hatred" towards Yan Shifan, played by Lin Yuxia, his former boss, a man named "Shen Lian".

Apparently, this person was also one of the officials that the Yan Party persecuted and eliminated. Yan Shifan, played by Lin Yuxia, immediately changed his expression and his tone suddenly weakened by three points. He asked in an incredible tone:

"You...you want to take revenge?!"

"That's right!" However, Zhu Qi answered so quickly that people couldn't even react, as if this was a trivial matter to him and he could kill Yan Shifan here at any time without even worrying about the emperor's accountability.

"Master Shen Lian, you were my boss back then, Zhu Qi, and you are also the boss of all the brothers here today."

"Back then, Lord Shen submitted a memorial to accuse you two dead rats, and you died miserably... Do you think we have all forgotten?"

As he spoke, one of Zhu Qi's hands unconsciously touched the door handle of the car. With a slight force, a crack-like mark appeared on the handle, which was enough to prove the great resentment in his heart.

Yan Shifan, played by Lin Yuxia, obviously also noticed this. She gradually realized that the overall situation was already decided. Instead, she seemed a little fearless and said with forced calmness:

"Well... then you can kill me and avenge him!"

"...Yan Shifan! You and your father are two dead rats. You killed so many loyal people. You died just like that. Isn't it too easy?"

However, just as Zhu Qi finished speaking, there was a strange silence, and suddenly there was a loud noise! ​​Zhu Qi actually tore the entire car door open! Lin Yuxia, who was still in shock, was exposed with a horrified expression!

"what!"

"boom!"

Finally, as Zhu Qi's palm slapped the hood of the car, the car was immediately disassembled as if by countless invisible mechanical arms! Accompanied by a gust of strong wind, all of a sudden, all the parts of the car flew around, leaving only the sofa in the back seat and Lin Yuxia.

Under the strong wind, Lin Yuxia's official hat and cloak were all blown away. In an instant, as Lin Yuxia's lavender hair scattered in the wind, she woke up as if from a dream, and her expression became completely dull, desperate, and lifeless.

With Lin Yuxia's appearance, this should have been a beautiful scene. However, at this moment, she was wearing a robe and had lost all her arrogance. She was just like a rat crossing the street. She had lost her dignity and looked extremely miserable...

"Bastard! Take him inside."

Zhu Qi's words finally put an end to everything. The Yan Party was defeated without any struggle and was defeated in a confused manner. I am afraid that Yan Shifan will never understand why he was defeated.

But no matter what, Chen Qi now knows that the beloved Emperor of Dayan must be following suit, waiting for his show and doing another cleanup of Dayan.

At least now, Chen Qi felt that the Emperor of Dayan would definitely be very satisfied with this "reference answer".

PS: Today is the second chapter! As usual, there will be another chapter in the evening! (Today is the second day of the college entrance examination! I still wish all the candidates to do well~ I will do well here too, please subscribe and support me~ I am exhausted for a while...)

Volume 317: Chapter : "Fighting among Officials" in the Great Yan Court

"So, the Yan Party has fallen, and Yan Shifan has been arrested. In the next scenes, the Qingliu Party has become the only one in power in the officialdom of Dayan. The situation in Dayan should be much better, right?"

Now, after watching all the current episodes of "The Great Yan Dynasty", the new young people of Great Yan, represented by Chen Huijie, followed Chen Qi and walked towards the direction of the imperial palace, intending to meet the Emperor of Great Yan and explain the next scenes.

With the fall of the Yan Party, the plot of "The Great Yan Dynasty" has now officially entered the second half. If it were in the past, these young people headed by Chen Huijie would have cheered for the fall of the Yan Party, which exploited the people and was greedy, but after experiencing a baptism, none of them feel very happy now, but instead they are more depressed than each other.

Obviously, they all knew that although the Yan Party had fallen, it did not mean that all officials associated with the Yan Party would be held accountable - this would lead to a large-scale gap in the middle-level court. Judging from Jiajing's character and the Zhejiang City case, he would never do this.

"So that means even if the Yan Party falls, the corruption will not change in practice."

Chen Huijie is now gradually becoming clear about one thing. With the official situation in Dayan in the play, there are too many officials who are in cahoots with the corrupt officials. All of them are vested interests. Unless there is a wave of reckless bleeding, it is impossible to change the official environment.

Even if Jiajing himself had given up, he only used the Yan Party because, in such an official environment, the Yan Party could take more money out of the mouths of corrupt officials and enrich the national treasury.

Even though the Yan Party was so powerful, it could not control the corruption of all its officials. Now that the Yan Party has fallen, will corruption disappear? Especially since it is impossible for all these people to be liquidated.

"...At least, now that Qingliu has taken control of the court, the atmosphere in the Great Yan court can be more serious." Zuo Le, who was standing aside, also spoke optimistically after some thought:

"The Qingliu at least claim to have drawn a clear line between themselves and the Yan Party. Although their political goal is to overthrow the Yan Party, they also have a sense of righteousness... Even if they cannot stop the corruption of court officials, they should be able to curb it."

"It seems that this is the only hope we can have." Lin Yuxia also nodded, but it was rare for her to agree with Chen Huijie in attitude. She was not optimistic about the future of Dayan in the play, and she was even more skeptical about whether the Qingliu Party could still change the atmosphere of the court.

After all, for Lin Yuxia, those Qingliu who were willing to sacrifice their entire city to defeat the Yan Party in the party struggle were not good people. They just wanted to replace the Yan Party. Even if Xu, Gao and Zhang can maintain the bottom line of Qingliu now, can the future leader of Qingliu do it?

Moreover, the Qingliu faction is dominant and the suspicion of undermining the imperial power still exists. Now Jiajing can still control the situation, but what about the next Prince Yu? He looked like he was scared to death by his own father. Can he really control the Qingliu faction?

The three of them each had their own concerns in their hearts, but without exception they were all worried about the country and the people... Although they were worried about the country in the play, they couldn't help but put themselves in the shoes of the other party and think about what they could do to change Da Yan's situation in the play.

However, as the three of them followed Chen Qi, remaining silent and contemplative, they were getting closer and closer to the magnificent hall, when they heard bursts of commotion and... fighting coming from the hall.

"There's a sound of fighting in the hall? What's going on?"

Apart from Chen Qi, who was not as powerful as others, Lin Yuxia was the first person to notice something strange in the hall because of her racial advantage. When she said this, Zuo Le and Chen Huijie's faces changed drastically.

"Something has happened in the palace! Someone is trying to assassinate His Majesty?! Damn it! What are the Imperial Guards for?"

"There is no time to think about these things, we have to go quickly!" Chen Huijie immediately drew out Chixiao and rushed to the palace without saying a word, and Zuo Le followed closely behind to protect the emperor.

However, Lin Yuxia was relatively calm. After taking three or four steps, she suddenly noticed that Chen Qi beside her looked leisurely. She stopped and turned around to ask:

"Why do you look so relaxed? Do you know what happened in the hall?"

"Uh... probably. His Majesty the Emperor will be fine, but the situation over there is probably very chaotic."

Chen Qi glanced at the icons on his [minimap] and saw dozens of blue dots representing "friendly forces" constantly intersecting in the location of the hall, as if someone was stepping over someone else, or colliding with each other. He could roughly guess what the situation in the hall was.

"Let's go and have a look quickly. The emperor is fine, but this scene is rare to see in a hundred years. I believe we will not regret it."

……

"You are the Yan Party!"

"You are the Yan Party of Dayan!"

"Damn it! You are a hardcore member of the Strict Party and you have the nerve to say that I am a member of the Strict Party?!"

And just as Chen Qi said, the hall was now in chaos. There were no assassins here, and the Emperor of Dayan himself was surrounded by several imperial guards. There was no threat to his life at all.

But in contrast, the ministers were now in chaos in the hall. Ministers wearing red or blue robes were fighting each other in the hall. The imperial guards who were on high alert around them didn't know what to do. They had to stand still and try to limit the fighting of the ministers to the hall as much as possible.

There was no way. Although they were the imperial guards and strictly speaking they only obeyed the emperor, the emperor had not given the order to stop them. Even if a minister was beaten to death here, they dared not take any action.

The cause of all this was simply the sudden thorough investigation of the salt tax of the previous five years by the Emperor of Dayan. Not only the salt tax, but also the household tax, capital tax, customs duty and other major taxes related to the lives of the people of Dayan were suddenly mobilized by the Emperor of Dayan and a thorough investigation began.

This thorough investigation lasted for half a month, and the entire Ministry of Revenue was mobilized to recount and verify the tax amounts for the past five years. The Emperor of Dayan quickly came to a conclusion that was extremely similar to that in "The Dayan Dynasty".

"Can someone explain to me why the taxes are getting lower every year? I have issued a tax reduction policy, but why does the amount of tax reduction not match the accounts? Why is it that some areas that have been tax-free for several years still cannot collect taxes after the deadline?"

"You guys, do you think I'm blind? Do you want to learn from Yan Song and Yan Shifan and deceive the heaven?!"

"If you want to be a member of the Yan Party, I am not the Jiajing Emperor! If I want to overthrow you, I will not allow you to become powerful! Those who have come to their senses, please stand up on your own! Don't wait for me to put the knife on your neck! If you turn back now, I can still show some mercy."

In the court, when the Great Yan Emperor received these accounts, he angrily reprimanded all the officials. But now the Great Yan Emperor had detailed evidence in his hands. Through a method similar to that of Jiajing, he clearly knew at which link the corruption had gone wrong, so it was basically determined who to arrest.

However, this action caused a butterfly effect that the Great Yan Emperor had not expected. Before the Great Yan Emperor could say who to arrest, a minister took the initiative to stand up and said:

"Your Majesty is wise and wise! I want to submit a petition to impeach the emperor! Although we don't have treacherous ministers like Yan Song and Yan Shifan, we do have those who are as greedy as Yan's party, and I want to impeach one of them!"