Chapter 244 Center
The imperial capital, Lanling City.

This is the center of the entire Great Blue Dynasty, and it can even be said to be the center of the world!

Although in the battle eighteen years ago, the Great Blue Dynasty was even beaten all the way to the imperial capital.

But that battle was a one-country fight between the Great Blue Dynasty and seven other countries!

And in the end, the Blue Dynasty won!

Therefore, the reputation of the Central Empire still exists, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Lanling City is the center of the world.

As the imperial capital of the Great Lan Dynasty, Lanling City used to have a permanent population of over one million.

After the Ming Dynasty's Xinhai Reform, many old urban areas were demolished and rebuilt, and new buildings were built to accommodate more people.

Today, the population of Lanling City has exceeded two million!

From outside to inside, they are the outer city area, the inner city area and the imperial city.

The Imperial City is naturally the center of Lanling City, the 'center of the world'.

The Great Blue Dynasty changed from an imperial system to a dual monarchy many years ago.

The so-called dual monarchy, in simple terms, means that the emperor and cabinet ministers govern the country together.

The emperor has the power to appoint cabinet ministers and the power to veto cabinet resolutions.

He still looks high and mighty, like the Son of Heaven.

But a large part of the power is indeed divided among the cabinet.

In most cases, the emperor does not need to manage specific affairs, and the central cabinet can make decisions on all world affairs with just one word!
Therefore, the Cabinet Court and the Golden Throne Hall in the Imperial City are considered the two "hearts" of the Imperial City.

Almost all major events in the world are decided in these two places.

September 5, the 27th year of Hongguang.

Lanling City, Imperial City, and Cabinet Court.

It is called a courtyard, but in fact it is a large palace.

The Cabinet of Internal Affairs, the Cabinet of Justice, the Cabinet of Inspection, the Cabinet of Supervision, the Cabinet of Justice and the Cabinet of Stopping War, a total of six cabinets together formed the central cabinet of the Great Blue Dynasty.

Anyone who can become a cabinet minister, even if he is just an ordinary cabinet member, is respectfully called "cabinet elder" by other officials.

In fact, the average age of cabinet officials has always been over 50 years old, so the title of "cabinet elders" is well-deserved.

In the center of the Cabinet Courtyard there is a Zixu Hall. There are tables and chairs in the hall, and the long tables are piled with files and books.

There were people constantly coming in and out of the hall. Eunuchs would either come in quickly with files in their arms and carefully place them on the desk of some minister, or send out files that had already been decided.

These files that come in and out are like a constant flow of blood, flowing in from all parts of the body of this giant called "Big Blue Dynasty" and then flowing out again.

The huge Central Empire survives and changes under this circulating "blood".

The busyness of Zixu Palace starts in the morning and lasts until the evening.

Every day, the six cabinets first conduct a "preliminary review" of matters that require decision-making, then send them to the Zixu Palace for a "final review", and finally stamp them with the seal of the Central Cabinet before sending them to various places.

In the Zixu Palace, in addition to the elders of the six cabinets, there are also some officials who do not belong to any of the six cabinets.

They have a more honorable title, called "Grand Scholar of Zixu Palace".

These people all report to the Prime Minister of the dynasty, and together with the Prime Minister, they participate in the "final review" of all matters of the six cabinets.

Amidst the hustle and bustle, a Grand Secretary of the Zixu Palace, whose official uniform had a purple star pattern embroidered on it, suddenly stood up and walked towards the long table in the middle of the hall with a file in his hand.

Seeing this scene, all the busy officials in the hall stopped talking and looked over.

"Teacher, this file requires your decision."

The Grand Secretary of the Zixu Palace walked to the long table, bowed, presented the file in his hands with both hands, and spoke softly.

Behind the long table, the man called "teacher" by the Grand Secretary of Zixu Palace sat upright. In addition to the sun in front and the moon behind, there were a total of eighteen purple stars embroidered on his dark blue official uniform.

This means that he is an 18th-level official, the pinnacle of cabinet officials and the pinnacle of civil servants in the Great Blue Dynasty!
The man had slightly gray hair on his temples, a goatee, and was born with double pupils, which made him look intimidating.

His name is Ye Ze'an, and he is the Prime Minister of the Great Lan Dynasty.

Under one person, above ten thousand people!

Ye Ze'an took the file handed to him and quickly read it through his head.

After reading it, his expression remained unchanged and he called out two names without hesitation.

"Fang Xingmao, Duan Qi."

The two cabinet members whose names were called quickly stood up and saluted Ye Ze'an:

"The subordinate is here."

One of these two people is a member of the Inspection Pavilion, and the other is a member of the Stopping War Pavilion.

Ye Ze'an: "You two are in charge of Feng Province's affairs. What do you think of the case of Zhang Zongyang in Datong Prefecture?"

The files in his hands contained memorials from Bian Jingru, the governor of Datong Prefecture, and Lu Wenzhen, the inspector of Feng Province.

The two of them expressed their opinions and accused the other of guilt in a harsh tone!
Fang Xingmao and Duan Qi knew very well that the Prime Minister's character had always been vigorous, decisive and efficiency-oriented.

What I hate most is smooth accidents and ambiguous attitudes.

So the two of them prepared their speeches in advance.

Fang Xingmao, a member of the Inspection Cabinet, was the first to speak:
“Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I have carefully read all the files on Zhang Zongyang’s case submitted by Datong Prefecture. There are indeed some doubts. A key witness has pointed out that Xu Jing, a former professor of the Zhige Department of Wu’an University, colluded with Western spies to murder students of Wuda University. He also planned to frame the martial arts sect Tiefengmen, intending to use his magical powers to devour the magical powers of Tiefengmen’s leader Gu Xianfeng, so as to break through the realm of Grandmaster.

As far as I know, this Xu Jing is probably the president that Feng Province Inspector Lu Wenzheng is looking for for the future new university. This matter is related to the establishment of a new university and involves many things, so I can't make a conclusion for the time being. "

It was a grandmaster and a new university. What Fang Xingmao said made many cabinet members present change color slightly.

After listening to this, Ye Ze'an did not say anything, but just looked at another cabinet member, Duan Qi.

Duan Qi immediately said:

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, I have also carefully read the case file of Zhang Zongyang. The evidence is complete and all the evidence is irrefutable. I believe that any qualified judicial official can close the case after reading the case file! As for the identification of the so-called key witness mentioned by Minister Fang just now, I find it ridiculous!

Is it possible to accuse a martial arts master of colluding with Western spies based solely on a confession without any actual evidence?
On the contrary, the evidence is irrefutable about the deal between the Datong Prefecture's martial arts sect Tiefengmen and the Western spies, so how can it be said that Xu Jing framed them all?"

Ye Ze'an listened to Duan Qi's speech expressionlessly and said:

"Just state your conclusion."

"Yes."

Duan Qi said loudly, "I believe that all the accusations made by Datong Prefecture's garrison commander Bian Jingru regarding Zhang Zongyang's case are completely false. There is no real evidence, and they are just slanderous words!

Bian Jingru, the governor of Datong Prefecture, falsely accused his superior, which is one of his crimes.

The second crime was that the execution ground was hijacked by criminals within his own jurisdiction, allowing the criminals to be taken away and causing loss of face for the court.

On the day of the execution, he failed to protect his colleagues, resulting in the killing of an official. This is his third crime.

For such multiple crimes, he should be dismissed from his post as garrison commander!"

As soon as these words were spoken, many people present changed their expressions.

Ye Ze'an still had no expression on his face, and turned to look at Fang Xingmao:

"Do you have anything else to say?"

Fang Xingmao said calmly:

“Your Excellency, the Prime Minister, Xu Jing, two other professors from Wuda, and more than a dozen special lecturers submitted their resignation notices to Wuda on the day they were kidnapped at the execution ground. This shows that it was premeditated.

There were two people who robbed the execution ground that day. One of them was named Hao Yi. He and Xu Jing had an old grudge many years ago, and this person has always been a thorn in Xu Jing's heart.

When Xu Jing fought with Hao Yi that day, he used the soaring cloud power of Gu Xianfeng, the leader of Tiefeng Sect, which shows that he has the ability to devour other people's magical powers.

First, he would swallow the magical power, then he would untie the knot in his heart, break through the realm in one fell swoop, then he would resign from Wuda and go to the provincial capital of Feng Province, and finally he would apply to become the president of the new university as a grandmaster. This was the plan of Xu Jing and Feng Province Inspector Lu Wenzheng!"

"Humph, it turns out that Mr. Fang is just trying to hurt my heart!"

Duan Qi snorted coldly.

Fang Xingmao didn't even look at him and said loudly:

"Whether it is a heart-breaking or not, all of you present here are not fools, so you can naturally tell the difference. Or, can you, Lord Duan, guarantee that Feng Province will not allow Xu Jing to use his status as a grandmaster to apply for a new university in the provincial capital of Feng Province in the future?"

"you"

Duan Qi glared at him and was about to retort, but was interrupted by Ye Ze'an:
"enough."

Then the hall fell silent again.

"In the case of Zhang Zongyang in Datong Prefecture, the evidence is irrefutable. Until there is new evidence, we will handle it according to the conclusion of the case that has been closed."

Ye Ze'an began to announce his resolution:

"The execution ground was robbed, colleagues were killed, Datong Prefecture garrison commander Bian Jingru should bear the primary responsibility, he will be fined three years of salary, and he must catch the murderer within three months and recover the kidnapped prisoner, otherwise he will be severely punished!"

Upon hearing this resolution, everyone present had their minds racing.

Duan Qi had previously said that Bian Jingru had three major crimes, but Ye Ze'an only mentioned the last two in the end, and did not even mention the first one, "slandering his superiors."

Moreover, the punishment for Bian Jingru also left a lot of room, giving the opponent a chance to make amends.

This shows that Fang Xingmao's "heart-piercing" remarks did work.

In fact, as Fang Xingmao said, no one present was stupid.

Over the years, the Lu family has been running the new university, and now everything is ready except for the east wind.

Under such circumstances, no one would believe that there was nothing fishy about Xu Jing's series of actions!
However, Ye Ze'an did not seem to be opposed to the idea of ​​the new university being located in the provincial capital of Feng Province.

At least for now, as long as Lu Wenzhen can get a grandmaster, the possibility of the new university falling into the hands of the Lu family is the greatest.

"Your Excellency, the Prime Minister."

At this moment, another Grand Secretary of the Purple Void Palace stood up and saluted Ye Ze'an and said:
"On the evening of May 5, all 25 officials of the special train investigation team sent by the provincial capital of Feng Province were killed."

He told the story of how a special train to the provincial capital of Feng Province was intercepted.

After listening, Ye Ze'an's eyes turned cold:
"Have you found the murderer?"

"Based on the traces left at the scene and the confessions of the survivors, we can preliminarily determine that the murderer is a man who calls himself the Blood-Faced Ghost."

"Blood-faced ghost?"

"Just now, Mr. Fang said that there were two murderers in the robbery of the Datong Prefecture execution ground. One of them was called Hao Yi, and the other was this blood-faced ghost."

"In that case, tell Bian Jingru that if he fails to capture the Blood-Faced Ghost within three months, he will no longer be the garrison commander!"

Ye Zean said coldly.

After finishing speaking, he looked at everyone present:
"Do you have any objections?"

All the officials in the hall stood up and said in unison:
"Just follow what the Prime Minister says!"

On this day, the name Blood-Faced Ghost entered the sight of the empire's top leaders for the first time.

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