Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

[His eldest son was the county magistrate in Liangzhou. He was even more ruthless than his father, following his father's example. The people of that county were so cruelly treated by his eldest son that no one lived within a hundred miles. They would rather live in the mountains than be the people under his rule.]

[His second son beat a family to death because someone blocked his way. After killing them, he walked away without worrying about being sued, because his father was the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel. In order to build a relationship with his father, many people were willing to help him clean up the mess.]

[In such a family environment, his daughter is also a character. Just because the scholar she loved had a wife, she killed the man's wife. Even the princesses of Daqian did not do such a thing as forcibly seizing men from the common people, but she, a daughter of an official family, did it.]

[Also, his wife is extremely skilled in handling his concubines]

[So there is no need for such family members to survive, they should all be taken out and humanely destroyed.]

Xu Jinyu's eyes were full of anger. Ordinary people's lives are lives too. Doesn't the Yang family really care about human lives?

Yang Shengfa knew what his children had done. He had specially transferred his eldest son to Liangzhou. Liangzhou colluded with officials in the imperial court, so he was promoted very quickly.

Yang Shengfa had a wish that his father and son would serve as officials in the same court. This would be a good story for Daqian, and it would be much more interesting than having two fathers and sons on the same list.

He had no idea that his second son had beaten a family to death. Afterwards, someone came to him and said that he had helped his second son deal with a minor problem, so he also did that person a favor, and the matter was over.

The daughter's case was simpler. The scholar was not a good person. He wanted to climb up the social ladder but couldn't bring himself to deal with his wife, so the daughter took action.

Now he is lovingly living with his daughter, so how could he feel sad about the murder of his first wife?

It would be fine if Your Majesty didn't know about these things, but if he knew, there is no need to imagine what would happen to the Yang family.

Your Majesty is not an emperor who likes to play the game of tricks. He cannot be called an iron-blooded emperor, but he is not soft-hearted. When he first ascended the throne, he killed people and made rivers of blood in order to stabilize the court.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty of death!"

Yang Sheng buried his head deeply in the ground, no longer thinking of begging for mercy. He only asked His Majesty to let him die quickly.

"Yang Shengfa's family was taken to Zhao Prison, and will be dealt with together with Liangzhou officials after they are arrested and brought to justice. In addition, Yang Shengfa's children will be paraded through the streets after their crimes are cleared."

"Yes!"

The six ministers all responded in unison.

"The Minister of Personnel, Lu Cao."

The Minister of Personnel stood there sweating profusely, knowing that his punishment was coming.

The Ministry of Personnel was completely unaware of what Liangzhou had done over the years. Although he, as the Minister of Personnel, did not participate in it, he could not avoid the crime of negligence.

"I am here!"

"You should personally take people to investigate the Liangzhou matter. After the Liangzhou matter is dealt with, you can decide whether you want to continue as the Minister of Personnel."

"Yes!"

The Minister of Personnel responded gratefully, knowing that His Majesty was asking him to make meritorious contributions while serving his sentence. If he did a good job, he would be able to continue working, but if he did not, his tenure as an official would be over.

"All officials in Liangzhou, regardless of their rank, will be arrested. Those above the rank of county magistrate will be sent to the capital for trial. Those below the rank of county magistrate who have committed a crime will be killed on the spot. Anyone who dares to plead for mercy will be treated as an accomplice."

"Immediately start providing relief to the people of Liangzhou. Purchase relief grains from nearby places, and transfer some potato and sweet potato seeds to Liangzhou to ensure that there will be no civil unrest in Liangzhou."

"The Left Commander of the Central Army is here!"

"I am here."

A burly man stood up.

"Take 50,000 men and the Minister of Personnel to Liangzhou. If any official in Liangzhou escapes, you will be held accountable."

"I obey your order!"

The Left Commander of the Central Army gave a resounding and powerful answer.

In peaceful times, it is extremely difficult for a military officer to show off in front of His Majesty, so he will definitely seize this opportunity.

"Ge Qianfang!"

"I am here!"

"You should personally lead people to arrest all the officials who were promoted from Liangzhou to the capital, and do not let go of those who have retired."

"I want all the people in Daqian to know that if they don't serve their officials well, I will kill them even if they retire."

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Emperor Xuan issued a series of orders in a cold tone. In recent years, he was busy restoring the messy empire caused by the previous emperor, and he killed few people.

These officials forgot that he was an emperor who never showed mercy when it came to killing people.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

All the officials in the Chrysanthemum Garden knelt down and praised him.

Emperor Xuan waved his hand to ask the officials to stand up, and then turned his attention to Liu Yunniang.

Liu Yunniang knelt beside Yang Shengfa in a daze, not understanding how things happened so quickly.

Originally, she wanted to beat the drum to report the incident, but the conditions for Daqian to beat the drum to report the incident were that it had to be about major military or national affairs, extreme corruption and evil, or extraordinary injustice and tragedy.

The situation in Liangzhou does meet this condition, but before the drum is beaten to report the incident, the court still has to punish the offender with thirty canes to prevent malicious petitions from unjustified people.

Liu Yunniang's father was once an official, and she knew that the caning in the court was not a bamboo board.

The board of the court caning was made of chestnut wood, and was very heavy. The end used to hit people was shaped like a mallet, and was covered with iron sheets with barbs on them. Every hit from the caning would result in blood.

An experienced bailiff could make it so that a person couldn’t even withstand ten strokes of the cane.

Liu Yunniang didn't think she could survive thirty beatings in court, and there were many officials from Liangzhou who were promoted in the capital. If Liangzhou found out that she hadn't seen him, it would be a question whether she could even stand before His Majesty.

Fortunately, she heard from passers-by that a large number of officials including the Left Prime Minister and the Right Prime Minister had come to attend the chrysanthemum banquet at Princess Yunran's mansion. Liu Yunniang thought that it would be okay to hand over the evidence of Liangzhou to the Left and Right Prime Ministers.

Liu Yunniang sneaked in early with the water delivery vehicle. She was early. If she was a step later, the Yun Ran County Lord's Mansion would have tightened its defenses and she would not have been able to get in.

I’m so lucky that His Majesty has also come into the Chrysanthemum Garden.

Everything that happened next went so smoothly that Liu Yunniang felt a little dazed now, wondering if she was dreaming.

How could His Majesty leave the palace so easily? He just let me run into him, was pulled down, and then pulled back.

And what a coincidence, His Majesty also discovered the abnormality in Liangzhou and had even investigated it thoroughly, just waiting for someone to expose it, and he was the one who exposed it.

It was such a coincidence that it seemed like it was designed. Could it be that being able to successfully bring the things from Liangzhou to the capital was part of the plan?

I am just a small chess piece in this game.

At this moment, Liu Yunniang's eyes were full of admiration as she looked at Emperor Xuan.

Faced with Liu Yunniang's admiring eyes, Emperor Xuan felt a little embarrassed for a rare time. If it weren't for Xu Jinyu, the Liangzhou incident would probably have been discovered only after the civil unrest broke out.

"Hey! Liu Yunniang, tell me who you are and how did you escape from Liangzhou?"

After swallowing her saliva, Liu Yunniang said the words she had prepared long ago: "I am the wife of the magistrate of Huangyun County under the jurisdiction of Liangzhou Prefecture."

"My husband went to Liangzhou to take up his post last year. As soon as he arrived at Huangyun County, the chief clerk and county lieutenant hinted that my husband should follow the steps of his superiors."

"My husband only brought my family and a few servants with him. There was no one, no soldiers, and we couldn't send the letter. We could only keep our troops in place and secretly investigate the situation in Liangzhou, and find an opportunity to send a woman to deliver the letter."

"That means your husband is imposing the same messy taxes as his superiors?" Emperor Xuan asked coldly.

When Emperor Xuan asked this, sweat suddenly started to flow down Liu Yunniang's head.

How could she say that her husband was forced to go along with the corrupt officials, or that he did not impose additional taxes?

I can't say anything, I can only bury my head again.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me!"

[This sister...]

At this time, Xu Jinyu's voice was heard, with a hint of surprise and a bit of disbelief in it.