Chapter 140 You are going to make a big deal out of injustice!
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Although the way Cai Wen committed suicide by taking poison was somewhat unexpected, if you think about it carefully, with Cai Wen's temperament, he would never accept the outcome of falling into the hands of his opponent after failure.
Therefore, Cai Wen's death is inevitable, and his character has already destined that once he is completely defeated and there is no hope, he will solve his own life in his own way.
Looking away from Cai Wen's body, Li Huan calmed down and said, "Take these people and Cai Wen's body and follow me back to Green Bamboo Garden.'
As for the way Huang Wenzheng looked at Li Huan just now, Li Huan couldn't feel it, but Li Huan didn't pay attention to it at all. Upon hearing this, Huang Wenzheng hurriedly shouted to the officer behind him: "What are you doing here? Why don't you come and help me quickly?"
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At this time, fish belly white appeared on the horizon, and the sky gradually became brighter. Even though he had not rested all night, Li Huan still seemed very full of energy.
At this time, Huang Wenzheng couldn't help but yawned. He was woken up in the middle of the night. He was very nervous before, so naturally he didn't feel anything. But when Cai Wen died, his mind suddenly relaxed, and he felt an extreme sense of exhaustion.
Bowing, Huang Wenzheng said to Li Huan: "Sir, you haven't rested all night. Now that Cai Wen is dead, you can take a rest.
Li Huan just glanced at Huang Wenzheng lightly and said, "If Mr. Huang is tired, you might as well go back and rest first." After saying that, Li Huan ignored Huang Wenzheng, turned around and walked outside.
Although Cai Wen is said to be dead, Cai Wen is still dead. Everything is just the beginning.
The fire at night lit up half the sky. Many people were originally paying attention to Li Huan's whereabouts, but as a result, more than one person couldn't sleep because of the fire.
Unless you are a young newcomer in Fujian officialdom, you must have a clear idea of who is the person who truly has the right to speak in Fujian officialdom.
As for Han Ling's family being wiped out, he could easily wipe out a thousand households of a royal guard in Fuzhou Prefecture and suppress them. Anyone who is not a fool knows that there are only so many people who can do this.
Just one or two people.
The most suspicious one is obviously Cai Wen.
Many people know that Cai Wen is cruel and ruthless. It is precisely because of fear of Cai Wen's ruthless methods that Cai Wen has been able to truly dominate the sky with one hand in recent years and exist like a local emperor in Fujian.
When many people received the news that a group of people suddenly appeared in the middle of the night and besieged Green Bamboo Garden, and a raging fire broke out in Green Bamboo Garden, many officials, although they said they were extremely shocked, also realized immediately that this
It must have come from Cai Wen.
Looking at the entire Fujian officialdom, Cai Wen is the only one who has the strength, the ruthlessness, and the courage to do such a thing.
Before the results came out, there were only a few officials like Huang Wenzheng who ran out like a fool. It can be said that almost all the officials who guessed the inside story seemed to have not seen the fire and were just hiding at home.
, waiting for the results to come out during the day,
If Li Huan, the imperial envoy, was burned to death in the fire, then they would help Cai Wen cover it up as usual and write a letter to the court together. Of course, if Cai Wen failed, they would not mind watching Cai Wen's jokes.
Of course, there are also some officials who are Cai Wen's party members who are looking forward to Li Huan's death. After all, their interests are consistent with Cai Wen. If something goes wrong with Cai Wen, they are grasshoppers on the same rope as Cai Wen. , in the end no one can escape.
Finally, the sky became brighter and the fire that lit up the night sky was extinguished. A famous official appeared in the homes of officials in Fuzhou City to deliver Huang Wenzheng's news.
All officials went to Green Bamboo Garden.
As soon as the news came out, many officials were at a loss because no matter how they asked, the officers refused to say a word, let alone answer their questions.
Therefore, these officials did not know whether Li Huan, the imperial envoy, was alive or dead.
But no matter what, since this fire has been ignited, it will not be so easy to put out. Regardless of whether Li Huan is alive or dead, they, officials in Fuzhou officialdom, must be present.
Not long after, all the officials, including those who had accompanied Gu Huang, Cai Wen, Qian Zhong and other officials to welcome Li Huan the night before, arrived at Green Bamboo Garden.
When a group of officials arrived at Green Bamboo Garden, each of them couldn't help but show a horrified look.
The originally exquisite Green Bamboo Garden was now reduced to ruins, and many unextinguished flames could even be seen burning.
Some police officers were carefully carrying out some corpses from the ruins.
Some of these corpses were burned into disfigurement by the fire, while others were not affected by the fire and remained intact.
It can be seen that these corpses are all wearing night clothes and are strong, resembling those fishermen who are trying to survive at sea.
But when they saw these corpses, all the officials felt as if they were the pirates that Cai Wen had raised in the legend.
It's just that neither Cai Wen nor Li Huan was seen at this moment, which made all the officials feel confused.
Several officials gathered together and talked in low voices.
"Brother Ma, look at how the Green Bamboo Garden has been burned. I'm afraid the imperial envoy is in serious danger!'
"Brother Chen is right. However, if the imperial envoy is killed, we should do our best to arrest the thief and give an explanation to the spirit of the imperial envoy in heaven and to the imperial court.'
"Yes, yes, the damn pirates are so arrogant that they even dare to kill imperial envoys!"
Needless to say, nine out of ten people who whispered such things were Cai Wen's followers.
Of course, in the huge Fujian officialdom, no matter how notorious Cai Wen is, there are still many people who are unwilling to join Cai Wen's evil deeds.
However, these people are often weak and do not pose any threat to Cai Wen's party. As long as he does not take the initiative to bring trouble to Cai Wen, Cai Wen will turn a blind eye to some of the actions of these people.
It doesn't matter who is behind it. No matter how much Cai Wen covers the sky with one hand, he doesn't want to cause trouble for himself.
Therefore, in the Fujian officialdom, there are officials who belong to Cai Wen's party, and there are also other factions, such as some officials who are attached to Youbu Zheng Qian Zhong, and there are also officials like Huang Wenzheng who are not attached to anyone.
At this time, many officials were in front of the Green Bamboo Garden, looking at the ruins and talking about it.
Suddenly, a group of uniformed guards and elite soldiers were seen slowly coming from a distance. The leader was Li Huan, whom they had met yesterday.
When these officials saw Li Huan walking over with Wang Yangming, their hearts suddenly thumped. Some of their expressions changed drastically while others showed astonishment.
"How is it possible, he is still alive!'
"Where is Mr. Cai? Mr. Cai has always done everything. Now that he has taken action, how can he let Li Huan go?"
Several of Cai Wen's confidant officials were already panicking, and cold sweat even broke out on their foreheads. The most important thing was that they saw Qian Zhong, the right governor, Huang Wenzheng, the prefect, and almost everyone. colleagues, but only Gu Huang, the governor of the left, and Cai Wen, the inspector-general, were not seen.
These two people can be said to be the core of their party. Without these two people, they would be like poisonous snakes whose heads were suddenly beheaded.
"The imperial envoy has arrived!"
With a shout, all the officials felt their hearts trembled.
Led by Qian Zhong, all the officials bowed to Li Huan and Wang Yangming.
"Let us pay homage to your lord!'
Li Huan did not speak, and all the officials naturally maintained their posture of saluting, which made many officials feel uneasy. After taking a few breaths, Li Huan slowly opened his mouth and said: "You don't have to be polite."
When Li Huan spoke, many people finally breathed a sigh of relief.
But the next moment, Li Huan said coldly: "Gu Huang and Cai Wen are so crazy that in order to prevent the imperial envoy from investigating the case, they actually sent thieves to attack the imperial envoy's honor guard with the intention of killing people and silencing them. This is really treasonous. You are all the same. Are these two accomplices?'
Li Huan's face turned cold as he spoke, and he snorted coldly: "Come here, help me capture these rebels who are plotting to assassinate the imperial envoys and intending to rebel.'
Li Huan's words frightened everyone. Although they knew when they saw Li Huan that the matter would not be settled so easily, they did not expect that Li Huan would detain them like this. It’s a hat that no one can bear.
That is a serious crime of rebellion. If it is really confirmed, even if the nine tribes are not killed, at least the three tribes will not be able to escape.
Plop, plop, as soon as Li Huan finished speaking, several officials were frightened and fainted.
As for the other officials who were not frightened and fainted, they all looked pale and looked at Li Huan with a bit of horror. Suddenly an official shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, you are wronged. I am wronged." Ah, the lower officials reported Zuo Huai, who was in charge of the Qin government, and the doctor Zhu Ming, they are all Cai Wen's confidants.
Among them, Zuo Huai, the director of the Inspection Department, and Qin Zheng, the chief officer, were among these officials. Hearing this, he felt his head buzzing. He almost instinctively pointed at the official who reported them and cursed angrily: "Fu An, you fucking rest." If we want to slander others, we...Ge Men are just getting closer to Cai Wen, and they are not his henchmen anymore.
Li Huan sneered when he saw this, waved his hand and said: "Come here, take down Cai Wenzhi's comrades Zuo Huai and Qin Zheng!"
Immediately, several guards in Jinyi came forward with shackles in their hands like menacing deities. Without saying a word, they directly shackled the two people who were pointing at Fu An and yelling curses at them, and dragged them aside among the officials.
Seeing this situation, some officials immediately reacted and imitated Fu An one by one and began to report the accomplices of Cai Wen and Gu Huang among them.
In just a blink of an eye, only about one-third of the dozens of officials who were still standing here despite the officials reporting each other were left.
On one side were a few officials who were in shock and escaped, and on the other side were officials who were shackled and kept yelling and cursing, even crying.
Li Huan ignored the curses and roars of these officials and turned his attention to Qian Zhong, the right chief minister.
Qian Zhong was a traditional civil servant, and he was naturally disgusted with Li Huan's identity as a royal guard, so he didn't give Li Huan any good looks at all.
Qian Zhong also noticed the way Li Huan looked at him, but he insisted that he had nothing to do with Cai Wen and Gu Huang at all. Even when a group of officials reported each other, no one reported him.
Qian Zhongze, who maintained his identity, said to Wang Yangming who was standing next to Li Huan: "Master Wang, as a supervisory censor, can you just sit back and watch Li Huan take advantage of the officials based on unfounded reports?"
person?'
Wang Yangming couldn't help but look at Qian Zhong when he heard this.
However, after listening to Qian Zhong's words, Li Huan suddenly sneered and shouted loudly: "Bold Qian Zhong, you are indeed Cai Wen's comrade. Come here, why don't you take down this traitor!"
Qian Zhong couldn't help but was stunned, and then he realized what he was doing, pointed at Li Huan and yelled: "How dare you do this, thief, there is no need to blame him. Wang Yangming, you just watch this thief arbitrarily arrange for me and other civil servants."
A crime?'
Regarding this Qian Zhong, to be honest, Wang Yangming really thought at first that he was an honest official who dared to fight with Cai Wen and Gu Huang. Who knew that after taking Gu Huang for interrogation last night, he found out that the reason why Qian Zhong was the same as Qian Zhong
If Cai Wen and Gu Huang don't deal with them, it's entirely because they have competing interests.
There is also a group of people standing behind Qian Zhong, and they also have an interest group. They do things like murder, arson, and disregard of human life as much as Cai Wen and Gu Huang.
It's just that relatively speaking, Qian Zhong's group is weaker than Cai Wen and Gu Huang.
It can be said that Qian Zhong, Cai Wen, and Gu Huang are basically the same person. If you are really confused by their appearance, you are blind.
After hearing this, several Jinyi guards stepped forward and arrested Qian Zhong amidst his angry curses.
I originally thought that Li Huan was only interested in Gu Huang and Cai Wen. Once he captured the officials of Gu Huang and Cai Wen, Li Huan would have to rely on him as the Chief Secretary and Right Chief to stabilize the hearts and minds of Fujian officials.
When Li Huan clears out Gu Huang and Cai Wen's confidants, he can follow behind and place his own people in the important positions previously occupied by Gu Huang and Cai Wen's people.
You must know that in the Fujian officialdom, apart from Cai Wen and Gu Huang, only Qian Zhong can stabilize the overall situation and prevent chaos in the Fujian officialdom.
Just now, I was secretly laughing at Li Huan. This really did him Qian Zhong a big favor. I never expected that Li Huan would act so unscrupulously, and even his right-hand chief minister would be taken down at once.
When the shackles were really put on him, Qian Zhong couldn't help shouting at Li Huan: "Li Huan, if you arrest me, who will stabilize the people of the officialdom for you, and who will handle so many civil affairs affairs, you will not be afraid of what will happen."
Unrest?'
Li Huan looked at Qian Zhong with disdain and said, "Do you really think that without you, the world would be in chaos?"
As he spoke, Li Huan waved his hand and said: "Take him down, put him in prison, and wait for his punishment!"
Huang Wenzheng's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his whole body was trembling. He really didn't expect that Li Huan's attack would be so cruel, and almost all the officials in Fuzhou City were wiped out.
There were originally dozens of officials, but now there were only sparsely less than a dozen people left.
When Li Huan's eyes fell on Huang Wenzheng, Huang Wenzheng immediately softened and knelt directly in front of Li Huan and said: "My lord, this official is really not a comrade of Cai Wen!'
Li Huan just snorted coldly and said: "Prefect Huang, Fuzhou Prefecture cannot be in chaos. I would like to ask you, can you stabilize Fuzhou Prefecture?"
Upon hearing Li Huan's words, Huang Wenzheng immediately assured Li Huan: "Don't worry, sir, I will do my best to stabilize the situation in Fuzhou for you.
Looking at the remaining officials, these officials' hearts suddenly jumped up. At this moment, they had seen that Li Huan was not as easy to talk to as they thought. If they really offended him, they would probably
Like Qian Zhong, he will be put on a hat by Jin Yiwei and taken away.
Looking at these frightened officials, Li Huan said slowly: "Before the imperial court sends personnel down, you will assist Mr. Wang in handling local government affairs.
After hearing this, more than a dozen officials took a deep breath and nodded repeatedly.
Many people in Fuzhou City rushed over early to watch the excitement from a distance.
After fermenting for most of the night, the news that the imperial envoy's headquarters was attacked by thieves at night and burned to the ground by a fire had already spread throughout the streets and alleys of Fuzhou City.
However, these common people who came to see the excitement were amazed after seeing the green bamboo garden that was burnt to white. They lamented the ruthlessness of the thieves and also looked at the group of officials.
Everyone knew that if such a big thing happened in Fuzhou City, someone would definitely be unlucky, but the next development left countless people stunned.
Imperial envoy Li Huan, who was thought to have died in the fire, appeared unharmed and even ordered dozens of officials to be captured.
Those were dozens of famous, privileged and high-ranking officials, accounting for almost half of the high-ranking officials in Fujian's officialdom. They were taken down by Jin Yiwei when they said they would take them down.
Anyone with some knowledge was stunned by Li Huan's actions. You must know that it was during the Hongwu period when Emperor Taizu was in power that such a sensation of arresting dozens of high-ranking officials at once occurred.
Sexual things.
Many scholars in the crowd were shocked when they saw this scene, and their expressions changed drastically.
You must know that among the officials who were arrested were their relatives and teachers.
Just like at this moment, there are several scholars in the crowd. Among these scholars are mainly a scholar named Qian, and this person is Qian Yu, the nephew of Qian Zhong, the right governor.
There was an uncle who held the high position of Chief Secretary and Right Chief of a province. It can be imagined that among these scholars, Qian Yu must be the target of everyone's fawning and friendship.
Originally looking at Cai Wen and Gu Huang's party officials being captured by the Jin Yiwei, Qian Yu couldn't help showing a look of joy on his face.
He is not a fool. He naturally knows that his uncle is fighting with Cai Wen and Gu Huang. If he can take advantage of the collapse of Cai Wen and Gu Huang to expand the Qian family's power, the Qian family will definitely be able to defeat them all.
Soaring into the sky
But soon Qian Yu was dumbfounded because he saw that his uncle was also captured by the Jin Yiwei.
Hearing Li Huan slap Qian Zhong, Qian Yu almost jumped out and yelled at Li Huan.
However, Qian Yu did not jump out, but a scholar couldn't help but stood up and yelled at Li Huan: "Traitor, in order to create a big case, you directed such an assassination scene yourself to frame him.
Mr. Cai, Mr. Gu and others, how unjust you are. You have deceived others, but you can never deceive scholars like us.
Qian Yu narrowed his eyes when he saw the scholar. He recognized him at a glance as Zuo Ming, a tribesman of Zuo Huai, the chief secretary who had been investigated by security earlier.
As Zuo Ming jumped out, several more scholars stood up and bluntly said that Li Huan was confusing right and wrong, arresting court officials wantonly, and trying to launch unjust prisons, but he was really a traitor who was causing harm to the country and the people.
Jing Zuo Ming and Jing Shizi shouted like this, and many people watching the excitement all around showed doubts. They originally clapped their hands and applauded Li Huan for ordering to take down many officials, but now they all used He looked at Li Huan with suspicion.
"You are so brave. Who gave you the courage to slander the imperial envoy like this?
Li Huan just glanced at Chen Yao indifferently, but Chen Yaodang jumped out, scolded and swung the embroidered spring knife in his hand to smash Zuo Ming's several scholars, and at the same time ordered others to kill these scholars one by one. was caught.
Seeing this situation, Huang Wenzheng couldn't help but sigh: "Master Li, these scholars may not know the truth...
Obviously out of his instinct as a scholar, seeing the actions of these scholars, Huang Wenzheng subconsciously felt some sympathy.
Li Huan glanced at Huang Wenzheng lightly, and Huang Wenzheng was frightened by Li Huan's look. He quickly said to Li Huan: "My lord, from what I see, these scholars do not know what is right and wrong. They actually sympathize with the traitors and slander them at will." The imperial envoy committed a heinous crime and should be severely punished.'
Seeing that those scholars were also arrested, many literati among the crowd couldn't help but shut their mouths. Judging from the situation, this imperial envoy is someone who is not easy to mess with. He is extremely petty. Don't let him be heard by then. When they arrived, they met the same fate as Zuo Ming and others.
However, because Jin Yiwei arrested several scholars from Zuo Ming, the literati in the crowd were already extremely disgusted with the identity of Li Huan and others as Jin Yiwei. Now it is not as simple as disgust.
Under the escort of the Jin Yiwei, dozens of shackled officials staggered down the long street one by one, including several scholars from Zuo Ming.
On both sides of the long street, the common people who had never seen such a scene were dumbfounded, while Qian Zhong, Zuo Huai and others cursed Li Huan.
When these people were taken to the government prison, the whole city of Fuzhou was boiling.
Qian Mansion
Qian Yu rushed home all the way and told his father Qian Yong that his uncle Qian Zhong was imprisoned by Li Huan for being an accomplice of Cai Wen. He was all muscled up but wore a Confucian robe, giving people and Feeling strange, Qian Yong slapped the table, smashing the solid wood table into pieces.
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