Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

Yun Fuyao was very capable. In a very short period of time, he collected all the details and evidence of the crimes of the wealthy families in the capital area of ​​Chang'an.

After Ye Chen finished reading the memorial, he raised his head, his eyes showing a bit of approval, and said in a gentle tone: "Fuyao, you did a great job. I was right about you."

Yun Fuyao was filled with joy when she heard Ye Chen's praise. A faint smile appeared on her face and she said, "Your Majesty, this is all within my responsibility."

"Alright, Fuyao, I'm aware of this matter. You've been traveling so long, so go down and rest first."

Ye Chen knew that the local powerful families had become powerful, but the powerful official Yang Dechang was the biggest threat at the moment.

He must be calm and determined enough, like a lying tiger waiting for the best opportunity.

But at this moment.

Cheng'en suddenly came to Ye Chen with a letter and handed it to him.

"Your Majesty, this is a letter from the northern grasslands, saying it was sent by Lord Tuoba."

Hearing this, Ye Chen was slightly stunned.

Tuoba Liye's letter?

Ye Chen took the letter and started reading it. Yun Fuyao also looked over with confusion.

When Ye Chen finished reading the letter, his brows were tightly locked together, and he handed the letter to Yun Fuyao.

"There's unusual movement from the Tatars. Tens of thousands of cavalry are converging on the Bingzhou border!"

Upon hearing this, Yun Fuyao was shocked and immediately read the letter carefully.

After reading the letter.

"Your Majesty, Bingzhou has a dangerous pass and is mountainous. The Tatars usually station their troops in Youyan and will not attack Bingzhou directly, so they would not station their troops here. Unless the governor of Bingzhou lets the Tatars in?"

The more Yun Fuyao thought about it, the more frightened he became.

If the Tatars could not enter Dayu's territory, there would be no need for them to deploy troops on the border of Bingzhou.

"The Bingzhou governor is Yang Dechang's man."

Ye Chen clenched his fists.

Invite foreign invaders.

Let foreign cavalry trample on the Chinese people.

This completely touched Ye Chen's sore spot!

"I originally wanted to wait until the Tatars retreated, then use Mo Sheng's reputation to label the Jingzhou army as rebels, and then have Di Gui lead his army to defeat them. Finally, I could kick Yang Dechang out of the way."

"Then I'll slowly deal with those powerful families."

“But I didn’t expect that.”

Ye Chen just felt a chill on his back.

Yang Dechang is too insidious, too shameless, and has no bottom line.

If it weren't for Tuoba Lieye, the envoy who was trying to find out the news about the barbarians, Ye Chen would probably not have known the exact news until the Tatar army had already entered the capital.

By then, the people in the capital who were caught off guard would suffer greatly.

Given the current condition of the Digui Army, it would be very dangerous if they were to face the Tatar Army without any preparation.

Ye Chen is likely to fail!

"Fuyao, I have decided to immediately take action against those noble families who have armed their retainers. I must first completely disarm them. What do you think?"

We can no longer take our time.

At this moment, all unstable factors must be eliminated before we can concentrate our forces to deal with the Tatar cavalry heading south.

Ye Chen didn't want to be stabbed in the back when dealing with the Tatars.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

A gleam of light flashed in Yun Fuyao's eyes, and he said, "However, Your Majesty, we still need to inform the Queen Mother first. It would be best to mobilize the Imperial Guards to handle this matter."

Hearing this, Ye Chen immediately looked at Cheng En.

"Cheng'en, I want to go to Kunning Palace!"

"promise!"

Ye Chen knew that the matter was urgent, so after letting Yun Fuyao rest in the side hall, he immediately walked out of the Yangxin Palace, sat in the emperor's ceremonial guard, and went to the Kunning Palace.

Empress Dowager Su Mengjiao was having lunch. When she learned that Ye Chen had arrived, she immediately cleared her lunch and sat upright in the main seat in the hall.

"Your Majesty, what brings you here?"

Su Mengjiao saw Ye Chen and said in a calm tone.

At this moment, she was wearing a golden brocade dress, exuding a noble and domineering temperament.

Ye Chen handed over Tuoba Lieye's letter and said in a low voice, "Queen Dowager, please take a look at this letter. The Tatars are making unusual moves. I intend to take action against the powerful families. I must not allow unrest to break out in the capital while I am dealing with the Tatar cavalry. I beg for your support, Queen Dowager."

Hearing this, Su Mengjiao immediately became nervous.

She quickly stood up, finished reading the letter in her hand, pondered for a moment, and her voice became steady and cold.

"Emperor, I allow you to mobilize all the imperial guards."

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded.

"Then Queen Mother, I will take action after the sun sets."

It would be too conspicuous to do it during the day.

After Ye Chen discussed the course of action with Su Mengjiao, he left Kunning Palace and returned to Yangxin Palace in the emperor's ceremonial procession.

When the sun sets and it gets dark.

Ye Chen left the Yangxin Palace and came to the city gate. This time, he didn't even change his dragon robe.

After waiting at the city gate for a while, Shen Qiu arrived with a carriage.

At this moment, Shen Qiu was wearing black men's clothing, and he still exuded a cold aura, and his eyes were even sharper than before.

Behind the carriage followed two teams of armored and armed imperial guards.

This time, Ye Chen directly led eight hundred imperial guards out of the palace.

Although the number of servants in the mansions of powerful and noble families may be thousands, they are all scattered.

Ye Chen wants to defeat them one by one.

When darkness enveloped the capital.

The north gate of the palace suddenly opened wide.

The imperial guards filed out.

The carriage followed the imperial guards.

Ye Chen asked Shen Qiu to take command and dispatch, and he had only one request.

It just has to be fast!

The imperial guards acted swiftly and orderly, surrounding an earl's mansion in a very short time.

At the Earl's Mansion, Ding'an Earl Fang Taiqi was not too panicked when he heard the news.

He was proud of his high status as one of the three great earls in the capital, and thought that the imperial guards could not do anything to him. Moreover, he had more than fifty fully armed servants in his house, so he thought that protecting himself should be no problem.

He simply had a ladder brought, climbed up and stuck his head out of the wall.

"I am the Earl of Anding. Are you, the Imperial Guards, planning a rebellion? How dare you even surround my mansion?"

Upon hearing this, the imperial guards did not move.

Then, Fang Taiqi saw a carriage stopped in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, a man in a dragon robe stepped down from the carriage.

"Lord Anding, look at who I am?"

Fang Taiqi's body began to tremble.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty."

Fang Taiqi couldn't believe his eyes at all. The emperor actually brought the imperial guards to surround his mansion.

"Lord Anding, what is your intention in secretly arming your servants?"

Hearing this, Fang Taiqi was so scared that he almost fell to his knees.

"Your Majesty, I...I am only here to protect the safety of the palace. I have no other intentions."

"Humph, protection? Do you think I'm a three-year-old child? Open the door quickly. If you don't, I'll take action directly."

After saying that, Ye Chen didn't wait for Fang Taiqi to respond, he waved his hand and the imperial guards rushed forward.

Ladders were set up and people began climbing the wall.

Fang Taiqi did not resist.

Ye Chen came in person. If a count like him dared to act recklessly, it would be disobeying the order and rebellion.

He dare not.

So he could only watch helplessly as all the servants were arrested and their weapons and armor were confiscated.

Afterwards, Ye Chen went to the mansions of other wealthy and powerful families without even looking at Fang Taiqi.

Every time they arrived at a mansion, the nobles would resist in various ways at first, but as soon as Ye Chen appeared, these people, like Fang Taiqi, all fell silent.

If any servants tried to resist or escape, they would be caught and beheaded!

As the dawn was about to break, more than 4,000 servants of the nobles in the capital were captured and killed.

From then on, all the armed servants of these powerful people were wiped out!