I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

One day passed.

The incident involving Shen Ye is still fermenting.

A newly crowned top scholar has an affair with a wealthy businessman's concubine. This kind of story is most likely to arouse others' curiosity.

In addition, some people with ulterior motives deliberately spread this matter, and now in the capital, Shen Ye's name can be heard at any time.

"That top scholar hasn't come out to explain yet. I can tell at a glance that he is guilty."

"It's just that the Zhang family didn't seem to say anything these days. I wonder what happened to that concubine."

"What will happen? Either you get divorced or you get locked up and taught a lesson."

"Mr. Zhang has so many concubines, so one or two won't make a difference."

"That's true. This rich man is really happy."

"I don't think Mr. Zhang can be happy now. This scandal has affected his reputation."

It was early morning and people were talking in the teahouse.

"I heard that many officials in the court have used this incident to impeach Shen Ye. I wonder what the result will be now."

"The imperial examination should be abolished. It only selects people with bad moral character..."

People with nothing to do on the streets were not the only ones discussing the matter.

In the imperial city.

Chen Qingyun looked at the mountain of memorials in front of him and had no intention of working at all.

On weekdays, she should have been dealing with memorials from various parts of the court, but now dozens of officials continued to submit memorials to impeach Shen Ye.

Shen Ye, a seventh-rank official who had just entered the court, could actually attract the attention of so many people. The empress couldn't believe it if you said that this group of people didn't have other purposes.

The factional struggles in the court will sooner or later destroy the State of Yan.

As early as a few years ago, when Chen Qingyun had just ascended the throne, in order to stabilize the balance of power in the court, he tacitly condoned these officials' tit-for-tat, which has now led to the current consequences.

Thinking about that, Chen Qingyun still had a headache. The empress had not had enough rest in the past two days, and she didn't even summon Jiang Zuo to the palace to "sleep with her".

Now Chen Qingyun has only one idea in his mind, which is to reform the court, replace all those old ministers who are hypocritical, and replace those old and stubborn forces with a group of obedient and capable newcomers.

The first difficulty of this plan was that Shen Ye was impeached.

Chen Qingyun slowly stood up, opened the door of the imperial study, and asked the guard outside: "Is Jiang Zuo not here yet?"

The guard said, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Jiang was summoned to the palace half an hour ago. I wonder if Prime Minister Jiang has important matters to attend to. I will send someone to notify him now."

"Go."

Chen Qingyun slowly closed the door, returned to his desk, and closed his eyes to rest.

For some reason, it seems that after Jiang Zuo came to the capital, the officials in the court seemed to be making more and more small moves.

“Are they really that scared?”

The Empress murmured.

I had originally wanted to let these old ministers leave in a dignified manner, but now that they are determined to cause trouble, let's just ignore Chen Qingyun's cruelty once again.

As she was thinking about that, a familiar voice was heard outside the palace gate.

"Your Majesty, I am here."

It’s Jiangzuo.

"come on in."

Chen Qingyun opened his eyes and put away his thoughts.

Jiang Zuo slowly pushed open the door, looking a little tired. He yawned and felt a little sleepy.

"Why did you take so long?" Chen Qingyun complained slightly.

Jiang Zuo looked sleepy, rubbed his eyes and said, "I was busy last night and didn't get much rest. I got up late today. Your Majesty, please don't blame me."

"Where have you been?" Chen Qingyun asked puzzledly.

Jiang Zuo forced a smile and said, "Your Majesty will know soon."

"Don't keep me in suspense."

Chen Qingyun was already a little anxious.

The incident involving Shen Ye happened a few days ago and it hasn't been dealt with yet. It's impossible for the empress not to be anxious.

After all, Shen Ye is one of the representatives of the new forces in the court. To protect Shen Ye is to protect the new policies implemented by the empress.

Although Chen Qingyun is an empress worshipped by thousands of people and possesses absolute power, she still has to rely on her ministers to implement her new policies. If the majority of people inside and outside the court oppose the new policies, then Chen Qingyun can forget about reforming the court.

Jiang Zuo still smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be so upset. The matter has almost come to an end."

"It's over?" Chen Qingyun frowned slightly and said, "Now is the time when things are fermenting the most seriously. This morning, I received more impeachment memorials than in the past two days. This group of ministers clearly want to force me to punish Shen Ye."

The truth of the matter is not as the rumors say. If Chen Qingyun directly convicts Shen Ye in order to calm public opinion, wouldn't he be slapping himself in the face?

Jiang Zuo asked, "Does Your Majesty believe me?"

Chen Qingyun suddenly raised his head and said, "Of course I believe you. Could it be that you have already thought of a solution? Didn't you ask for a day yesterday? It should be enough now, right?"

Jiang Zuo nodded and said, "It is not difficult to calm public opinion. The voices in the court are just thunder with little rain."

"You make it sound easy. Now the matter has become more and more serious. Those officials don't want me to be at peace. You decide how to deal with these piles of memorials!"

There was a hint of irritation in Chen Qingyun's words.

It was already troublesome enough to handle state affairs on a normal day, and now something like this happened, it was hard for the empress not to have a headache.

Jiang Zuo said again: "Your Majesty, summon all the ministers to the court immediately and explain this matter to them face to face."

Chen Qingyun said with a worried look on his face: "You're still summoning me? Do you think I'm annoying enough? Stop keeping me in suspense and tell me your plan."

"Your Majesty, please summon all the ministers first and trust me." Jiang Zuo looked calm.

Chen Qingyun stared at Jiang Zuo's confident eyes, sighed and said, "Then do as you say."

In order to resolve the issue of Shen Ye, Chen Qingyun has summoned his ministers more than once.

There is a strange atmosphere in the imperial city today.

When the officials entered the court, they were still whispering. What was different from the past was that now the subject of discussion among many officials had changed from Jiang Zuo to Shen Ye.

In their view, the young talent Shen Ye is likely to become the second Jiangzuo, a force cultivated by the empress herself.

If there are a few more new officials like this, then these old ministers will also lose their status in the court.

While they were discussing, the empress had already arrived at the court.

"Long live my emperor!"

After all the ministers knelt down, there was silence.

Chen Qingyun sat on the dragon throne with a serious expression, not knowing what to say for a moment.

After a moment's silence, she couldn't help but look at Jiang Zuo.

Jiang Zuo also raised his head, caught the empress's gaze, and nodded slowly.

Chen Qingyun took a deep breath and said, "I heard that more and more people have been impeaching Shen Ye recently. Do you want me to do nothing just to resolve this matter?"

As soon as this question was raised, no one answered.

The purpose of these impeachment ministers is to put pressure on the empress...