Speaking of Jinyiwei, we must mention Zhu Yuanzhang, the most politically intelligent emperor in Chinese history. Yes, Zhu Yuanzhang is definitely not the emperor with the most civil and military achievements in Chinese history, but he is definitely the most politically intelligent emperor. In terms of political wisdom, even Qin Shihuang, the emperor of the ages, was a few streets short of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Xiang Zhuang is one of Zhu Yuanzhang's die-hard fans. Zhu Yuanzhang's political wisdom can be summed up in two words - checks and balances.

First, the Secretariat and Prime Minister system were abolished, and then a cabinet system was established. From then on, the prime minister who monopolized power became the Grand Secretary of the Palace and Pavilion. In fact, they were the emperor's secretary. If the secretary did not have the support of the emperor, they would not be able to do anything. Even a eunuch could ride on their heads and shit, which greatly consolidated the imperial power.

Then the Censorate was reformed to make it directly responsible to the emperor, and adopted the method of checks and balances with small control and large control, giving the censors the power to say anything, give any opinions, and even big officials, and even princes and nobles to report it. Thus, more than 100 censors in the Censorate were turned into the emperor's eyes and ears, greatly curbing **.

Finally, the Jinyiwei handled some things that could not be done through normal judicial channels through imperial prisons. For example, the case of Prime Minister Hu Weiyong's rebellion was simply a matter of Zi Wuxuyou. The truth was that the Huaixi landlord group headed by Hu Weiyong relied on the merits of Long Youyi to try to divide the power from the emperor. Zhu Yuanzhang took action to consolidate the imperial power.

However, this kind of thing was originally something that Zi Wuxu had. If you investigate it through normal judicial channels, there would definitely be no result. Therefore, with the Jinyiwei, the Jinyiwei was given the right to set up a prison for imperial edicts.

Xiang Zhuang highly praised the cabinet system and the censorship system that uses small systems to control the big system, but it is obviously not the time now. At this stage, Xiang Zhuang still needs the imperial court Xiang and the Grand Marshal Xiang Tuo to help him handle military and political affairs, otherwise he would have to do everything himself, and Xiang Zhuang would be exhausted. He is not a workaholic like Zhu Yuanzhang who reviews memorials for sixteen hours a day.

As for the system of censors with small controls, it is even more undesirable now. If we really want to implement this system, the entire Chu court will be in chaos in an instant, from the imperial court to the county magistrate and pavilion chief. I am afraid that I will not say anything and dare not do anything. The generals who lead the troops will also have to hang their seals back to the capital.

However, it is OK to imitate the Jinyiwei granted the power to set up the imperial prison to Emu Cliff.

Xiang Zhuang ordered Qu Bucai to say, "Old Qu, I will leave the matter of banning to you to investigate. You should know how to do it, right?"

"King, I know how to do it." Qu Bucai's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he said, "However, it is the responsibility of the Tingwei Mansion to investigate and prosecute officials. If it is handled by Eumu Cliff, it seems that it is inconsistent with the control?"

"What is the system? My destiny is the system." Xiang Zhuang waved his hand and said in a deep voice, "I will now give the Ebony Cliff the power to investigate officials, from the Duke and the common people, Ebony Cliff can be investigated."

"Now" Qu Bucai responded with a loud bang, and turned around happily.

Qu Bucai had to be excited because he knew that the era of Ebony Cliff had begun. At this moment, Qu Bucai had clearly seen it. Officials in the court were shaking under the shadow of Ebony Cliff...

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Late at night, Sun Ping, the uncle of the inner-straight, was suddenly awakened by a huge noise. When he was hurriedly put on his body, he saw the old housekeeper hurriedly moving in and gasping for a report: "The head of the family is not good. A large group of armored soldiers just suddenly broke in. The housekeeper and the servants tried to stop them, but they all cut over."

"What?" Uncle Sun Ping said in surprise, "Who dares to be so arrogant in the capital and important areas?"

Before he finished speaking, someone kicked the door from outside, and then a large group of soldiers in black-clad armor swarmed in with torches. The bright horizontal sword reflected a dazzling coldness under the light of the fire, which made his uncle Sun Ping dazzled. When he finally saw the situation in the room clearly, he saw several cold horizontal swords that had been placed on his neck.

"What do you want to do?" Uncle Sun Pingqiang calmed down and shouted sternly, "What do you want to do? Don't you know that you are accomplices in the important places of Jingji? Also, do you know who I am? Tell you that I am the chief of the inner minister, and all matters in Jingji are under the jurisdiction of my official..."

"Uncle Sunping, I know you are the inner historian." As soon as he finished speaking, a Xuanyi School had already walked in.

Uncle Sun Ping looked at him calmly, but his face became tight. He sneered and asked, "Who are you?"

"Who is I? You will know when I get to the ground." Xuanyi School smiled sinisterly, then waved to the left and right soldiers, and said with a grim voice, "Take away"

"Let's go" the two soldiers in black-clad armor twisted their arms back, pushed them up and left.

As soon as he left the room, Uncle Sun Ping was surprised to find that his old father, who was already unemployed, had also been taken out. Although Uncle Sun Guan was already a big old man, the soldiers in black armor were like wolves and tigers, and they had no intention of regulating the old man at all. Uncle Sun Guan just walked slowly and was whipped hard on his back, baring his teeth in pain.

Seeing that the old father was also arrested, Uncle Sun Ping's face turned pale. He knew that this must be a secret connection between the officials of the capital and Wu County, seeking to stop the capital from being moved. Uncle Sun Guan raised his old hunchback and said loudly: "Don't panic, the sky cannot fall."

Looking at the uncle Sun Guan who was gritting his teeth, a grim smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth. It was impossible to tell that the old man's mouth was quite hard, but when he arrived at the ground, he wanted to see if your mouth was still so tough?

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That night, in addition to Shusun Guan, Shusun Ping and his son, there were thirty-six other officials who were arrested at the same time. The officials in the capital were all uproar and asked the Tingwei Mansion why he ignored the laws and arrested people for no reason. However, he was confused by the Tingwei Xiang Qi and summoned the officials of the Central Bureau to ask, the Tingwei Mansion did not arrest anyone last night, and the officials who held accountable were stunned. Except for the Tingwei Mansion, there seemed to be no other government office in the capital to take charge of the criminal name, right?

A group of civil and military ministers who had a little understanding of the inside story went straight to the palace and urgently met Xiangzhuang.

"King, the Ebony Marine dispatched armored soldiers last night and arrested more than 30 officials in one go. Even the old tutor who was idle at home was arrested." Xiang He said furiously indignantly, "Qu Bucai acted in such a rebellious manner, which was simply accomplice. I requested to send him to the Tingwei Office for strict interrogation."

Xiang Tuo also echoed repeatedly: "That's right, the Ebony Cliff is too messy."

Xiang Zhuang had no expression, but just swept to Bailixian with his eyes.

Bailixian understood and immediately knelt down from the table and stood up to Xiang him. Xiang Tuo said, "The emperor and the Taiwei didn't know anything. The reason for arresting people at the night of the Ebony Yai was."

Bailixian easily guessed Xiangzhuang's thoughts. Xiangzhuang was unwilling to divide the throne, and it was impossible to compromise with the capital. The officials of Wu and County and gave up moving the capital. It was inevitable to take heavy measures to rectify the officials of the two places. However, the officials of the two places did not make any mistakes. It was obviously not enough to hand them over to the Tingwei Office for handling, so it would be natural to hand them over to the Ebony Cliff.

"There is a reason for the incident?" Xiang looked at Xiang Zhuang and said skeptically, "What's the reason?"

Bailixian blurted out his mind and said, "Because they secretly communicated with the enemy country and intended to treason."

Xiang Zhuang shouted inwardly, Bailixian deserves the reputation of being quick-witted, and he really has the excuse to find.

"What, treason?" Xiang He was stunned when he heard this, and then said, "Even if this is the case, this matter should be left to the Tingwei Office for review. Ebony does not have the right to punish the name of the king, so what qualifications are there to take people at will?"

"The treason is very involved, and the Tingwei Office cannot handle it." Xiang Zhuang said lightly, "Ziyi, Ziyan and Ziliang, you are all here today, so I will announce a life sentence to you. Starting from the Shusun case, the Emu Ya will be reorganized into the Xuanyi Guard. In addition to spying on the news of the enemy country, it is also responsible for thoroughly investigating major cases and major cases that the Tingwei Office cannot handle."

Xiang and Xiang Tuo were silent. No matter how stupid the two of them were, they could guess Xiang Zhuang’s intentions at this time. The king’s move was clearly to bypass the Tingwei Office and use the newly established Xuanyi School Captain to eliminate the court officials who wanted to get rid of him, but could not find any good excuses for a while, such as Shusun Guan, Sun Shuping and his son, more than 30 officials.

Moreover, the king said just now that this was announcing a decision rather than asking them for advice. In other words, the reason why the Ebony clan wanted to arrest people was because the king wanted to eradicate the officials such as the uncle and son. As for the reason, it was mostly because of the feudal discussion. As for the secret communication with the enemy country and the intention to treason, it was just an excuse.

Xiang and Xiang Tuo smiled bitterly. They knew that after the three guards of Hu Ben, Tianlang and Xiaoqi, there would be another Xuanyi Guard in the Great Chu Palace, and the extra Xuanyi Guard would become a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the imperial officials that could be cut down at any time. Unlike the other three guards, they were only responsible for protecting the safety of the royal family.

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Almost at the same time, Qu Bucai interrogated Shusun Guan in the newly established imperial prison.

Shusun Guan calmly asked Qu Bucai and said, "Q Bucai, what is my crime?"

Qu Bucai shook his head and replied calmly: "The old tutor is actually innocent."

Shusun Guan was a little surprised. Qu Bucai directly admitted that he was not guilty, which was a little unexpected. He paused and asked sternly: "Since I am not guilty, why should I suppress me? Ebony is so rebellious, aren't you afraid of arousing public anger? I, Da Chu, are there no national laws?"

Qu Bucai asked calmly: "Dare you ask the old tutor, what is the national law?"

Shusun Guan replied sneered and said, "The so-called national law naturally refers to national laws."

Qu Bucai shook his hand and said lightly: "Old tutor, the king's order is the command, and the king's order is the imperial edict. The so-called national laws are all established by the king? So I want to say that Chu has national laws, but there are also royal laws above national laws."
Chapter completed!