"It's finally subsided."

Niu Ben read the newspaper that had just been issued in the early morning and exhaled softly.

A few days ago, he and Luo Quan took the train to Qingzhou City, and when they returned to their mansions, they received news from all sides.

A big drama unfolded in front of them, and it was then that they realized that so much had happened in the empire in just a few days.

At such a sensitive moment, the two naturally didn't dare to block Xiao Ming, so they stayed at home and watched the development of the situation.

It wasn't until this morning that they saw the news in the newspaper, and the two understood that the turmoil was over.

"It is said that many people have been sinned against this time, and many people have been frightened." Luo Quan said that his hair has turned a lot grayer in the past few days.

Now he doesn't care about anything else, just worried about Luo Xin and Luo Hong.

"That's their own fault, you think carefully, these people who have suffered are not relying on their aristocratic status to oppress the people on weekdays, and now they are just repaying." Niu Ben's eyes are bright.

He has been with Xiao Ming for a long time, and he naturally knows the temperament of this emperor very well, but it is ridiculous that Ge Yiren and others still think that they can twist their arms over their thighs.

"Hey, I can't control the others, now whether my Luo family can be preserved is still undecided, Luo Hong is involved in this matter, this is a big crime to exterminate the nine clans."

At the mention of this, Luo Quan beat his chest and felt remorseful.

Niu Ben sighed, and he comforted: "The Luo family has been a bloody battlefield for the royal family for generations, and the emperor has his own plans in his heart, so don't worry, it's just that this Luo Hong... You have to be prepared. ”

"This rebel... Hey......" Luo Quan suddenly stopped talking.

As soon as his words fell, the butler suddenly trotted all the way to him and said in a loud voice: "Master, Da Lang and Erlang are back." ”

Luo Quan stood up suddenly: "Where is it?" “

"Just entered the city." The butler said.

"Rebel!" Luo Quan picked up his treasure knife that had been on the battlefield for many years, and turned around and walked out of the mansion.

Seeing this, Niu Ben immediately followed, for fear that Luo Quanqi would do something impulsive on his head.

At the same time, Xiao Ming also got the news that the Southwest Army had arrived in Qingzhou.

"Your Majesty, this time Commander Luo Xin only brought ten personal guards to Qingzhou." Qian Dafu said.

"He didn't dare to bring more." Xiao Ming snorted coldly, now the six major military regions have not come back except for Zhu Sansi who is in Alaska, and everyone else has arrived in Qingzhou.

After all, Zhu Sansi's position was too far, and he was not ready to let Zhu Sansi come back.

Getting up and walking to the door, he said: "After tossing for so long, the empire has been in chaos for a while, and now it's time to give the result, let the world calm down, and let's end it at tomorrow's court meeting." “

With that, Xiao Ming walked out of the imperial study.

According to statistics, more than 2,000 people were caught this time who had anything to do with the merchant council, and more than 8,000 old nobles who were in cahoots with Ge Yiren and Luo Hongxin, and these people were all over the cities of the empire.

In the army, in addition to Luo Hong, more than 300 generals were arrested.

Some of these 300 generals are Luo Hong's old subordinates, who have negotiated with Luo Hong to start a joint incident, and the rest of the generals are from the family.

After the matter was revealed, these generals tried to lead the troops to rebel, but the result was that they were arrested immediately by the commander of the army, and only a few cronies around them rebelled.

Because of this, this farce came with ferocity and ended dramatically.

It's just that there is also damage to the empire caused by this incident, and the capture of criminals in modern times is not 100%.

In this era of low population density and zero surveillance facilities, the difficulty of arrest naturally increases exponentially.

But unfortunately, there are still fish that have slipped through the net, and now these are completely missing, including even several generals, and no one knows whether they are dead or alive.

And this is the only fly in the ointment in this incident, but Xiao Ming also understands that nothing in this world is perfect, and you can't have both.

After a day off, Xiao Ming went to court on time the next day.

When the officials got the order, they also arrived at the Zhengda Guangming Hall on time, and they understood that someone was going to hit the ground on the head at today's court meeting.

Sitting down on the dragon chair, Xiao Ming's gaze swept over everyone's faces, and his gaze stayed on Luo Xin's body for a moment and then turned back.

"Today, you Aiqing must also know what I want to say, a few years ago, the Merchant Council for the disaster of Jiangnan, so that the empire suffered a deep disaster, after the defeat of the Merchant Council, the founder of the Merchant Council of the Cao family father and son, the British lackey Cao Kun father and son absconded to the United Kingdom, and in the United Kingdom by the Queen of England canonized as a nobleman, since then, the father and son have done their best to trouble, instigated the members who were lurking in the empire to spread rumors, looking for opportunities to rebel, but God helped the empire, these two thieves were captured in the war of India, The secret stronghold he established in India was also destroyed, and Yue Yun even searched out the roster on his body, and after checking and investigating, the people on this roster were indeed close to the Cao family's father and son, and they were not framed. Xiao Ming said word by word.

Pang Yukun came out at this time and said: "The father and son of the Cao family are chaotic ministers and thieves, and the dirty people who recognize the thief as their father, the lower officials think that the traitor should be punished with capital punishment to set the record straight!" Don't be merciful. ”

"The minister thinks that even after the death of the two, he should rely on the appearance of the two to cast bronze statues for the world to remember, and spurn them for generations!" Zhan Xingchang said.

Xiao Ming nodded, he actually hated Cao Kun more than Ge Yiren.

Ge Yiren at least lost the contest with him for his own interests, and this Cao Kun is a traitor who betrayed the country and was willing to be the dog of others.

He would never have a trace of pity for such a person.

So he said: "According to what the old Zhan Ge said, after publicly hanging the two of them, they should be set up as bronze statues for all generations to spurn, and the masterminds on the list will also be killed!" “

The Battle of India was only the initial stage of a formal war between him and the Great Powers, and after this defeat, the Western Powers might make peace.

But they will only grow more wary of the Empire, and will secretly accumulate strength in an attempt to make a comeback.

Therefore, he did not want the technology of the empire to be stolen to Europe by one traitor after another during this period.

And in order to set an example, he can only adopt a ruthless way and kill the remnants of the merchant council.

Convicting Cao Kun and his son, Xiao Ming sighed slightly, "What followed was the incident that made me extremely distressed, an imperial cabinet minister actually came to oppose me in the name of me, Ge Yiren, what else do you have to say." ”

Xiao Ming looked at Ge Yiren with shackles and said.

Now Ge Yiren has no trace of his former demeanor, but is like an old man in his last years, but even so, he is destined to bear the blame for the mistakes he made.