The most powerful minister in the world

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Autumn has come.

Leaves are falling one after another.

In the past six months, Jiangnan has experienced a major change that has been rare in the past fifty years.

At first, because Mu Jinyi was kidnapped, Jingxi stood still against many officials and aristocratic families in Jiangnan.

As Xiziying grew stronger, he confiscated 21 aristocratic families in one month, and reported a total of 416 officials to the court for investigation, suspension, detention, and questioning.

Among them there are many high-ranking officials of the third and fourth grades.

Within a month, Jingxi was assassinated dozens of times, and five large-scale popular uprisings were suppressed that were single-handedly organized by the four major families.

Nearly 10,000 officers and soldiers of Xiziying died in the battle.

Many book clubs joined together and paraded through the streets.

Shops and shopping streets stopped, and the entire Jiangnan trade route seemed to be suddenly interrupted. Officials from the surrounding provinces and counties came to Jingxi day and night to compete in the ring.

Many villages in the southernmost part of the Jiangnan Waterway have been massacred.

It caused a sensation in both the government and the public.

Many officials from Dali Temple, the Imperial Procuratorate, and the Yushi Department jointly submitted a petition to impeach Jingxi, but they were all suppressed by Emperor Qianyang.

The ministers of Wenyuan Pavilion headed by Zuo Que often conducted official business for three days and three nights without allowing a moment's rest.

It was near the Mid-Autumn Festival, and Emperor Qianyang was sitting cross-legged on the dragon couch in Baohua Hall.

He pinched his eyebrows with one hand, and curls of green smoke emerged from the copper beast's mouth and passed in front of him.

Zuo Que, Zuo Yan and Prince Yun Ziying were sitting under the steps.

Zuo Yannai, Minister of the Ministry of Finance, was Zuo Que's younger brother. They were more than ten years apart and there was not much similarity in appearance.

"Your Majesty, the second batch of silver shipped from Jiangnan has been deposited into the national treasury. This is the catalog. Please review it."

Qian Yang made a vague hum, and the eunuch Tan Si took it to his side and held it in both hands.

Yun Gong opened his eyelids hard and squinted to look at each line.

"This quantity is so large, twice as much as the first batch?!"

Seeing Yun Gong slam the catalog on the table, Zuo Yan cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the south of the Yangtze River has been a prosperous land since ancient times. These clans and gentry are intertwined. They have business in all four countries. I'm afraid this money can... It’s still a drop in the bucket.”

Emperor Qianyang Yun Gong took the wet handkerchief Qin Si handed over and wiped his face with a cold snort: "Last year, there was a flood in Youzhou. I asked them to donate some money. They seemed to want to kill them one by one. The country just took care of them." They are a bunch of chickens and dogs!"

The left eye has a very slender face, without any fat on the cheeks, and the crescent beard is neatly trimmed.

He was seen twirling his beard and saying with a smile: "Isn't it that General Jing has cleaned up everything now? Your Majesty should be happy."

"Ha~" Qian Yang said with a cold face: "There are nearly half a thousand officials under investigation. If I hadn't issued a secret order to ask Jing Xi to pay more attention, I'm afraid only one-tenth of the officials in Jiangnan would be left. Let's Why am I so happy?!"

Zuo Que said: "Our southern border has been in turmoil these years. Your Majesty has been working day and night. It is inevitable that your ministers will get lucky. Some people don't want to be greedy. It can be seen that everyone is greedy. But if he is not greedy, he will only be afraid of losing his official position." I can’t even do it anymore~”

Qian Yang snorted twice: "You old fox, one day I will let someone check your Wenyuan Pavilion?"

Zuo Que spread his hands and said: "Wenyuan Pavilion is managed by your majesty. I am just a person who was assigned to take the lead. However, we are all powerless and cannot withstand the torment of General Jing."

Hearing this, Qian Yang smiled. He turned his attention to Prince Yun Ziying and saw that he was so distracted that he didn't know what he was thinking.

Then he asked: "Prince?"

Yun Ziying turned around, bowed and said, "Father, what do you want to tell me?"

Qian Yang wiped the sweat from his hands: "I read the note you gave me a few days ago. You think Jingxi is too murderous in Jiangnan and violates the court's loyalty and forgiveness. It happens to be two important ministers of the court today. We are all here, let’s discuss it together.”

"Here~"

Zuo Que roared and said with a smile: "The prince has always had a good relationship with General Jing Xiao. Why is he being impeached?"

"Zuo Ge's old words are serious. Although Jing Xi and I have known each other since childhood, there must be no ambiguity in the face of major issues. Besides, I have not impeached Jing Xi. I just feel that the court cannot reward him for this matter."

"On the contrary, we should avoid the more serious ones and punish him lightly to appease the people."

Qian Yang: "Well~ I'm very pleased that the prince can always think about the country. Okay, you two don't be restrained. Just say what you have to say."

"Ahem, Zuo Yan, please tell me first."

Zuo Yan twirled his beard, lowered his eyes and said slowly: "I think these people should be killed. We are not in Jiangnan, so we don't know the depth of it. I'm afraid these people have considerable connections in the court."

"Otherwise there wouldn't be so many people signing a petition to impeach General Jing Xiao."

Zuo Que took over the conversation and said: "Yes, these people are the worms of the southern country. If they are allowed to continue, they will be no less than two hundred thousand soldiers. General Jing Xiao is decisive in killing and has no worries about his relationship network in the DPRK. Very courageous.”

"You old fox, with me here to support him, who can still rebel?"

Zuo Que said with a smile: "That's natural. Without the secret decree given to him by His Majesty, he wouldn't have dared to do such a big thing."

Hearing this, Yun Ziying stopped talking, and Zuo Yan said appropriately: "Your Majesty, I think that the prince's concerns are also important. If the string is too tight, it will easily break. I would like to ask your majesty to explain. I want General Jing to give him some comfort."

Qian Yang rubbed the jade bracelet in his hand and thought again and again: "No~"

Zuo Que and Zuo Yan in the hall looked at each other one after another. Among all the officials in the court, the two brothers were the most valued. Firstly, because their abilities were extraordinary and beyond the reach of ordinary people, but because the Zuo family was the first one in that year. A family that supports the Yun family to become the No. 9 Five.

The history therein cannot be described in a few words.

Therefore, the monarch and his ministers always talk about everything they know, and talk about everything they know.

The two brothers could more or less guess what Qianyang was thinking.

An emperor has too many things to consider, and one move often affects the whole body.

The newly crowned prince Yun Ziying may have only guessed the first level.

But he forgot that there was another King Annan in Jiangnan.

He had a very vague impression of his uncle. He only remembered that he was a serious man. When the late emperor was still alive, his uncle was known as the cold-faced king.

When King Annan was settled in the south of the Yangtze River, Prince Yun Ziying was only five years old.

Over the years, he has also heard how dangerous the battle for the rightful son was, but it has always been a taboo for Emperor Qianyang.

There are still many veterans in the court who were still participants back then. Zuo Que was the prime minister at the time and is still the prime minister now.

Of course Yun Ziying also hopes that after he succeeds to the throne, Zuo Que will still be the prime minister.

After a long silence, Tan Si, who was slightly bent at the side, said, "Your Majesty, the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital has been ordered to come here to take a pulse. Look..."

"I've been busy for a while, so I forgot about it. Okay, you all should step aside. Regarding Jingxi's stay in Jiangnan, Wenyuan Pavilion will be responsible for following up. I guess it will be over in the next few days."

"Well, Your Majesty, what about your body?"

"Oh, it doesn't matter, maybe I haven't slept much recently and I'm a little sweaty," Qian Yang said with a playful smile: "Anyway, I'm just stronger than an old fox like you."

"Oh ho ho~" Zuo Que said, twirling his beard, "I still want to be the prime minister again~"

"Then you have to live for a few more decades, and you still have to be happy, right?"

Qian Yang raised his eyebrows at his son and smiled.