The villain and the powerful official secretly read the diary and broke my plot every day

At this moment, the court officials in the hall had different thoughts in their minds. The six ministers and several senior officials looked gloomy when they saw the memorials handed to them by Gu Yanqing. Even Qin Mao, the old man who usually had the most stable emotions, couldn't help but curse when he saw the evidence of the crimes of those Yuzhou officials.

"These scum, these beasts! They are unworthy of being my subjects! They are unworthy of being my subjects!"

Everyone had guesses about what was happening in Yuzhou, but unfortunately no one could get any substantial evidence.

Because the officials of Yuzhou had colluded with the local gentry for generations, they had long turned that state into their own forbidden zone.

The people of Yuzhou had no place to seek justice and gradually became numb.

But this time, the divine stone that fell from the sky gave the people hope and made the gentry feel fear.

Since ancient times, common people have revered gods, and those gentry are also mortals, so naturally they are also afraid of the so-called gods.

When they began to panic and get afraid, the impenetrable wall of Yuzhou began to show cracks.

When cracks and flaws appeared, it gave Gu Yanqing the opportunity to intervene.

Fan Qingming's people lived up to everyone's expectations and found the account books that Han Song had given to others in advance. In addition, Gu Yanqing had already obtained evidence of the crimes of the Yuzhou officials, and the Liang brothers had spared no effort to help sow discord. Internal strife had already begun within the small group in Yuzhou.

Yuzhou was going to be in chaos, but it couldn't be allowed to be in complete chaos, because once a major disturbance really occurred, the unarmed people would be the ones who would suffer in the end.

In order for Yuzhou to pass through this stage painlessly, a group of officials with serious crimes must be dealt with to stabilize people's hearts. At the same time, a group of officials with lesser crimes must be left behind to continue to deal with those gentry and do the aftermath work.

This is what is called killing one group and winning over another.

Those who were wooed would naturally work extra hard to expose the crimes of others, desperately trying to prove their loyalty to the court. They would even imagine a better future for themselves...

After all, the big picture that Gu Yanqing painted for them was really attractive.

**

"Yuzhou is far away from the capital, and even they chose to conceal such a huge incident. These memorials in my hands were secretly written by several loyal officials in Yuzhou who refused to go along with the corrupt and were ready to die. They risked their entire families being killed, and traveled day and night to deliver them to me."

In the hall, Gu Yanqing's voice became increasingly cold: "My Lords, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

"kill."

Meng Xiang, who had always been at odds with Gu Yanqing, spoke with particular solemnity today: "If we don't kill them, it won't be enough to appease the public anger! If we don't kill them, it won't be enough to comfort the souls of the victims in heaven!"

"Master Meng is right!"

Chu Guoan, a fence-sitter, was the first to respond, his face brimming with righteous indignation. "Do those officials in Yuzhou really think they're local emperors? Do they still have His Majesty in their sight? Do they still have this court? They're a bunch of traitors, and everyone has the right to punish them!"

As soon as Chu Guoan finished speaking, countless civil officials and military generals began to respond. Everyone was extremely indignant. Even the officials from the Censorate wanted to scold him several times on the spot and curse all the officials in Yuzhou for eighteen generations.

If Jiang Jiang were present, she would have wanted to hand each of them a keyboard—

When it comes to criticizing people, the Censorate is absolutely professional.

"Today, my dear ministers, your opinions are remarkably unified."

Although Emperor Jianping was smiling on the dragon throne, the indifference in his eyes was almost frozen.

Although Gu Yanqing had informed him in advance that there was a way to resolve the predicament in Yuzhou, when the evidence was actually presented to Emperor Jianping, he still felt a tightness in his chest, and the anger in his heart continued to burn -

Those guys bully men and women and do all kinds of evil things. They are always ready to kill an entire family.

Is this world mine or theirs?

"Since the evidence is irrefutable..."

Emperor Jianping's gaze swept across the court officials, finally landing on two people. "Du Minglu, Huo Zhiyuan, you two will lead your men to Yuzhou and bring all the criminals back to the capital. I will also arrange for people from the Divine Investigation Department to assist you in the investigation. Any resistance will be killed without mercy."

"According to the order!"

In the crowd, two tall men bowed in response. They were the Minister of Justice Du Minglu and the Minister of Justice Huo Zhiyuan.

The two men hurriedly retreated after receiving the emperor's order, after all, time was pressing.

At this moment, the atmosphere in the hall was still tense. Everyone knew that things were not over yet. On the contrary, all the struggles had just begun...

**

The news of the divine thunder falling from the sky in Sanfeng City soon spread to a small area in the capital, of course, only within the residences of various officials.

Jiang Jiang waited at home for a whole day until Jiang Chaosheng returned from the Ministry of Industry. Only then did she learn about this from Jiang Chaosheng.

The big stone in my heart finally fell to the ground.

The drought thunder really came as promised.

"Did the divine thunder cause any damage?" Jiang Jiang deliberately asked Jiang Chaosheng during dinner.

Jiang Chaosheng shook his head: "I don't know about this matter. The Minister didn't tell us, but I saw that he looked tired, so I don't think this matter is that simple."

Right.

After the cotton warehouse of Guangmao Trading Company in Sanfeng City was burned, government officials arrived at the scene immediately, controlled the situation, blocked all news, and then immediately sent people to report the news to the capital.

Now, His Majesty and the officials in the capital are the only ones who know this news.

In the original novel, the nobles in the capital also took the opportunity to buy cotton at this time and then sold it at a high price.

It is this information gap that we are targeting.

After all, the fire at Guangmao Trading Company was witnessed by many people, and they had many employees, so the news would leak out sooner or later...

After dinner, Jiang Chaosheng went back to his room to rest. After all, he hadn't been back for several days. If Lord Liu hadn't sent someone to call him back, he would have stayed in the kiln factory for a few more days.

At the same time, the stewards of the major families in the capital all received almost the same order -

Buy cotton!

Buy now!

Countless carrier pigeons and express letters were sent out of the capital one by one. The sky tonight seemed particularly lively.

In the Imperial City, Emperor Jianping took a sip of liquor, turned around and looked at Gu Yanqing beside him, and slowly said, "When did you have a counselor who understands astrology by your side? Even I didn't know."

Upon hearing Emperor Jianping's words, Gu Yanqing calmly replied, "On the boat to Yuzhou, I met an old man who claimed to be knowledgeable in astronomy and geography. He even predicted that there would be a thunderbolt in August. I was skeptical at the time, but Your Majesty also knows that I am... a gambler."

Gu Yanqing is indeed a gambler, a crazy gambler.

Seven years ago, when he was only seventeen years old and a rookie, he dared to bet his life and property on the unpopular Third Prince, and then...

He won the bet.

When Zhou Chen ascended the throne, he rose to prominence and became the prime minister.

And now...

Gu Yanqing still dared to continue gambling.

He even dares to bet bigger!

"Oh? There really are such extraordinary people in this world. They are indeed a thousand times better than those guys in the Imperial Observatory who can only talk after the fact."

Emperor Jianping seemed to be interested. He narrowed his eyes and asked Gu Yanqing, "Gu Qing, why didn't you recruit him? This old man is a living immortal!"

"I also wanted to recruit him, but unfortunately, he looked down on me. He said that my luck... was about to end."

When saying these four words, Gu Yanqing's tone and expression remained as calm as water.