There are few pedestrians on the long street. This has been the norm since the zombie outbreak, just to prevent the spread of zombie poison in the city.
Therefore, most of the people walking on the streets are government officials.
For people living in the city, it is a good thing to be quieter, such as Taoyang Bo's Mansion, which has been closed to visitors for nearly ten days.
Since the Empress Dowager cried at the Ancestral Temple at night, the liquidation of Concubine Duan has returned. Even with the support of the emperor himself, several officials were impeached and dismissed from office.
Naturally, there are also memorials to impeach Tao Yangbo's house, so Cao Jiasheng closed the door to thank guests these days, just to facilitate his own manipulation.
After listening to Concubine Duan's plan, Cao Jiasheng had tried his best to disperse his family members in the past month. Of course, this was all done in secret.
In the study, Cao Jiasheng stood in front of the window and sighed: "I don't know where Yunhui is, but he is still fine!"
Concubine Duan asked him to send someone to Longyou to summon the messenger, and Cao Jiasheng directly sent the errand to Cao Yunhui.
On the one hand, this can keep Cao Yunhui away from the whirlpool, and at least he can survive when he gets to Longyou.
On the other hand, if Zhao Yanxun really succeeds in raising an army, Cao Yunhui can also succeed in following the dragon.
Of course, the first one is to protect capital, and the second one is Cao Jiasheng's extravagant hope.
"I hope he is safe!" Ms. Cao Liu stood aside.
At this moment, rapid footsteps sounded outside the study.
"Uncle, there is an imperial envoy from the Ministry of Punishment outside. Without waiting for the villain to report, he led his troops into the house. Now he is waiting at Zhongqing Hall. Please go and greet him quickly!"
Listening to the steward's hurried words, Cao Jiasheng didn't panic at all.
Cao Jiasheng turned around and said to his wife beside him: "It's earlier than I expected!"
Ever since the Empress Dowager cried at the Ancestral Temple at night, the situation has developed into a disadvantageous situation for the Cao family, and today is not an exception.
"Miaoyin was right...I saw today early!"
Listening to her husband's sigh, Mrs. Cao Liu burst into tears.
She could endure the disappearance of her glory and wealth, but she was saddened by the destruction of her family.
"If it weren't for her, how would the uncle's house end up like this?"
Hearing his wife's words, Cao Jiasheng was speechless.
Everything has happened, and it is meaningless to talk about it now.
Wiping away the tears on his wife's face, Cao Jiasheng said with a smile: "Madam, in the next life... we will still be husband and wife and live a happy life!"
We are almost fifty, and the old couple have not been so close to each other for a long time.
When the two said goodbye reluctantly, they heard shouts coming from outside: "Cao Jiasheng... hurry to the front hall to receive the order!"
Obviously, the imperial envoy in the front office was impatient with waiting.
After bidding farewell to his wife, Cao Jiasheng came to the front hall, which was already full of people.
There are many people in the Cao family, especially after the title, relatives from all walks of life from the previous generation gathered together and enjoyed the glory and wealth together.
While enjoying their wealth, these people used the power of the uncle to bully and dominate the market.
Therefore, now that Uncle Tao Yang's house is in trouble and these people are implicated, they deserve it.
Seeing the head of the family coming, all the men of the Cao family who had been escorted gathered around Cao Jiasheng.
"Uncle...it's fine, what's going on?"
"Uncle, why did the officers and soldiers come to our door..."
At this moment, the top official scolded: "Cao Jiasheng, why don't you kneel down to accept the order!"
Everyone immediately fell silent. Only now did they realize that the imperial envoy had come with an imperial edict.
Kneeling in front of the imperial envoy, Cao Jiasheng kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, Cao Jiasheng, accept the order!"
I saw the imperial envoy opening the imperial edict and reading: "The imperial edict..."
"Investigate Taoyang's residence by selling officials and conferring titles, colluding with cronies, interfering in government affairs, and disregarding human lives..."
Good guy, every crime you read can kill someone with a stick, but Cao Jiasheng has mastered all of them.
To be honest, he was not unjustly accused of these crimes, not to mention that the emperor had given up on him, so he didn't even have the intention to defend himself.
"Such evil deeds are outraged by both humans and gods..."
"I'm going to cut off his official rank and search the uncle's house. The people in the house will be imprisoned in the jail of the Ministry of Punishment. They will be punished after the crime is proven!"
"Appreciate this!"
When he thought about the house raid, many people at the scene started crying, but Cao Jiasheng remained calm.
"I accept the decree, thank you!" Cao Jiasheng kowtowed calmly.
Several of his children were secretly sent away half a month ago, and he didn't care so much about the life and death of the people around him.
"Come here, tie them all up and take them away!"
The soldiers in the mansion immediately became busy. Some kidnapped people in the front hall, some went to various mansions to affix seals, and some entered the inner house to drive away the female relatives.
The entire Tao Yang uncle's residence was filled with weeping and howling.
Generally speaking, the investigation of the uncle's mansion would be a topic of discussion in the capital, but right now there is another major event that overwhelms the collapse of the Cao family.
For example, at this moment, the Lin family, Lin Guanhai, the current imperial censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, sighed in the study: "Who would have thought that Southwest would really rebel..."
After Zhao Weilong ascended the throne, Lin Guanhai made great efforts, so he was promoted from an ordinary censor to the censor of Qianshi.
Because his daughter was married to King Yong, Lin Guanhai, a clean figure among clean figures, was immediately ostracized in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and eventually became the laughing stock of others.
Some people say that he is like a dragon and a phoenix, others say that he is afraid of power and has no character for a scholar...
But now, with the new emperor standing up for Lin Guanhai many times and handling several major cases himself, Lin Guanhai has stood up again in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
In his study at this moment, there were two or three censors, all of whom were allies of Lin Guanhai.
"Who would have thought that the two newly appointed envoys would dare to deceive the imperial court and lie about the progress of the suppression campaign!"
"If the imperial court had noticed it early and taken precautions in advance, today's disaster would not have happened!"
Lin Guanhai nodded, but did not continue his in-depth analysis.
The campaign against zombies in the southwest has been unsuccessful for two years, and many of the officials responsible for it have been severely punished.
According to Lin Guanhai's information, six governors and dozens of officials had their heads chopped off by the imperial court due to the failure of the campaign.
Of course, these are all matters when Emperor Tai'an was in power.
After the new emperor came to the throne, he did not resort to thunderous measures. The situation in the southwest was gradually improving, and everyone in the court was very happy.
Unexpectedly, half a month ago, an inspection censor's memorial exposed this carefully crafted lie.
When Emperor Tai'an died, only one-third of the cities in the two southwest counties were occupied by zombies, but now more than half of them have been occupied.
When the study was quiet, I heard a young censor say: "I think the imperial court was too persuasive. In order to save their official positions and their heads, those people colluded and deceived..."
This was a bold statement, and Lin Guanhai immediately reminded him: "Be cautious, speak carefully..."
In fact, Lin Guanhai quite agreed with these remarks, and the southwest was indeed responsible for the rebellion against the imperial court.
"Right now, let's think more about how to solve this matter!" Lin Guanhai said in a deep voice.
At this time, someone said: "At the moment, they are just disobeying the order and have not openly rebelled... Maybe there is still room for redemption!"
"The imperial court can send people to Shu County to find out the situation first!"
"As long as the imperial court is shown to be generous, it is not impossible for those people in the southwest to return from their lost ways!"
This sounds simple to say, but extremely difficult to do.
But Wei Zhenzhang smiled and said: "Actually... this matter is not entirely without benefits!"
The censor next to him asked: "What are the benefits?"
Wei Zhenzhang said: "If this were not the case, the remaining forces of Concubine Duan would not be eliminated so quickly!"
Because the Empress Dowager cried at the Imperial Ancestral Temple at night, there was a huge quarrel in the court over Concubine Duan.
When the new emperor came to power, Concubine Duan's great efforts were known to both the government and the public, so Zhao Weilong made great efforts to protect Concubine Duan.
Otherwise, this matter is nothing to argue about. Concubine Duan's enemies inside and outside the court could easily kill her and let her go to heaven to accompany Emperor Tai'an.
When the rebellion in the southwest occurred, Zhao Weilong naturally put the peace of the court first and had to make concessions.
Wei Zhenzhang's words pointed out these inside stories, so that everyone in the room looked at Lin Guanhai.
Speaking of which, Lin Guanhai and Concubine Duan are still in-laws.
Regarding this matter, Lin Guanhai had no trouble at all.
Concubine Duan interfered in politics in the harem, interfered with the selection of the crown prince, destroyed the ancestral laws and the court system... these things made him disgusted.
At this time, Wei Zhenzhang was heard sighing: "It's a pity that Concubine Duan is still alive!"
Several people around him just wanted to strangle him to death. This young man really didn't want to pick up any of the pots.
