Hearing the words, Long Haotian's expression changed drastically. It was obvious that he wanted to curse, but he held it back in the end. Although his spiritual energy cultivation was not high, he was always the loser every time he was in trouble.

This time, he was already a little scared.

Not only did he refrain from swearing, but Long Haotian also thanked him before leaving. Although he was careless, he was not stupid. He knew that even though he said this, he would not easily leak the Heavenly Silkworm Magic to others because he knew the secret formula very well.

What will be the consequences?

After settling a matter on his mind, he returned to the hall and continued to write. What he wrote this time was a memorial to the emperor. It did not involve the trial case, but a memorial to plead guilty.

This memorial was very difficult to write. He wanted the emperor to think that the reason why he was able to turn the tide today was purely due to luck and not because of his own ability, so as to reduce the emperor's fear of him. But if he really wrote it like this, the emperor would

Maybe it was because he was too reckless and careless, and he was so passionate that he fought an uncertain battle and gambled with the emperor's life.

After thinking about it for a long time, I finally came up with a solution. I just said that I watched the stars last night and found that the purple star was shining brightly. From this, I knew that the time had come, so I obeyed the sky and suddenly attacked. The reason why I was able to stabilize the situation was,

Just because he obeyed the will of God and was protected by the purple dragon energy.

Since he was surrounded by a large number of spies planted by the eunuchs, he did not know that he would meet the emperor before taking action, leaving the emperor unprepared and frightened for no reason. This was one of his sins.

The second sin is to obey authority in a hurry. In order to stabilize the situation, he falsely conveyed the imperial edict and promised that more than thirty officials, including Gao Shizhong, would not die after pleading guilty, and that several garrison generals would be given lenient sentences, as well as Shence Army General.

The official should be in his original position. Such an important matter should be decided by the emperor himself. It is a serious crime to overstep his authority.

The third crime was accepting bribes and withholding stolen money. I had accepted bribes from many officials before, and I had no money from confiscating my house.

To hand it over, this matter must also be written in the memorial. Of course, it cannot be stated that it is to raise military pay and disaster relief silver taels for the emperor. It can only be said that he did not abide by the court's system, and now he has sent all four million taels of silver and related account books.

Go to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

After writing down the three major sins, he pondered for a while and then continued to write. He only said that although he was in charge of the imperial censorship through the grace of the Holy Spirit, his moral integrity was not worthy of the responsibility, and he was exhausted mentally and physically after enduring this period of time.

, but now the situation has been decided, but the main culprit Yang Fugong has escaped. If this person is not eliminated, it will be a disaster. Therefore, he wants to concentrate on hunting down Yang Fugong, so as to eliminate the troubles in the emperor's heart and worry about the future. And the imperial censor is a legal official,

It should be left to an old and prudent official who is proficient in the law.

Writing this way can show that he does not want to form a clique for personal gain, and can dispel the emperor's suspicion of him to the greatest extent. Deep down, he is also tired of the intrigues and trade-offs of being an official. Leaving Chang'an to pursue Yang Fugong is equivalent to regaining his freedom.

Be free and easy.

As the fourth update approached, there were still more than a dozen arrested officials who had not yet been interrogated. They did not dare to delay. They discussed in a low voice with Yang Shuyun to send the results of these officials who had already been tried and concluded to the palace, leaving an update for the emperor.

Time to weigh and decide, and then deal with it in the morning.

He did not need to do the delivery of official documents himself. He trusted Yu Yi very much, so he asked Yu Yi to go with a censor from the censor station to deliver the document. The memorials he had written before were also handed over to Yu Yi one by one.

emperor.

The interrogation came to an end, and he returned to the Yushitai and fell asleep. He only slept for half an hour before being woken up by Datou. Because he had not slept enough, his whole body was cold and his joints were sore. He activated his spiritual energy to speed up his blood and drank another drink.

After a few sips of hot tea, I finally regained my composure and then hurriedly

Cut out the door and ride your horse towards the front.

When he arrived at the palace, he found that all the Shence Army and the garrison had withdrawn. He was not the only official in the court. While he and the Minister of Dali Temple were interrogating the eunuchs, there were many officials who were also ordered to help the emperor control the situation.

,Pick up the pieces.

He is not the only official who is unwilling to go to court. Before this, there were many officials who used various excuses not to go to court, but today all officials of fifth rank and above are present, excluding of course those who were arrested.

Zhang Shan, Zhang Mo and others were also in the court hall, as were Long Haotian and others. The huge court hall did not seem empty, and the number of people was not much smaller than before.

When the time comes, the emperor comes to court, and all the officials kneel down and pay respect.

I don’t know whether it was because he was too frightened before or because he didn’t have a good rest last night. The emperor’s face was very ugly and his expression was gloomy. After receiving the worship from all the officials, the eunuchs sang and read the edict first. Naturally, what he said was what happened yesterday.

The incident stated and exposed the crimes of the Eunuch Party. However, the imperial edict did not mention that the Eunuch Party coerced the emperor and controlled the government. It only said that they did not care about loyalty and filial piety, took bribes and perverted the law, and failed to live up to the divine grace. The reason why it did not mention that they coerced the emperor and controlled the government.

It's because these things are a great shame to the emperor. After all, no one likes to be a puppet at the mercy of others.

The eunuch read out an imperial edict, followed immediately by another. This eunuch was about dismissal from office, seizing titles, and punishing the eunuchs. The order in which the eunuch sang and read was based on the official rank of the guilty officials from low to high. Earlier in Dali

The official documents submitted by the temple and the Yushitai are only for the emperor's reference. The final decision on how to deal with these officials still depends on the emperor's wishes.

As the saying goes, a glimpse of something reveals the whole leopard. After the eunuch read the results of the treatment of seven or eight officials, he knew the emperor's attitude towards these criminal officials. Once disloyal, he would not be used for life, he would kill them all, and they would all be executed and punished for corruption.

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He didn't feel inappropriate about the emperor's behavior, because he could understand the emperor's mood. No one likes traitors. The emperor is also a human being, and he also has emotions and sorrows. He has been suppressing it for too long. The most important thing is that these officials have been

It is not unjust to be sentenced to death.

He remembered very clearly who he had interrogated at the Yushitai. When the eunuch read the name of one of them, he became nervous because he had mentioned the names of these people in a memorial to the emperor.

These were the people he had promised to spare. If the emperor executed them, he would be guilty of the injustice of breaking his promise.

Beheaded in prison.

It was neither a sentence of execution nor a sentence of imprisonment, but the sentence of execution and imprisonment that he had previously decided. Whether the sentence of execution was to be dead or alive was not determined. The emperor neither fully adopted his opinions nor completely rejected his opinions.

The second one is still the same, also waiting for execution.

After listening to them all, all the names he mentioned in the memorial were to be executed and punished for copying corruption, and all the eunuch officials he did not mention in the memorial were to be executed, no matter what position they held or how many years they had served.

Regardless of the severity of the crime, they will be executed without exception.

After the imperial edict was recited, not a single official came forward to plead for mercy, even though everyone knew that such a severe purge would cause turmoil in the court and make government orders unclear, which would only make matters worse for the already precarious Tang Dynasty.

Then there was the third imperial edict, which was to transfer posts to fill vacancies. The eunuch case involved a large number of officials. Severe punishments resulted in many vacancies, and the court sent people one by one to fill the vacancies.

At the end of the third imperial edict, two people were rewarded. Long Haotian performed meritorious service in protecting the emperor, was promoted to the first rank, and was granted the title of General Protector of the Country.
Chapter completed!