Qiu Yan, who was standing two steps behind Zixi, walked down to the Dan Majesty, took the jade plate from the little eunuch's hand, turned around and went up the temple steps, and returned to the side of the dragon chair.

"Your Majesty, Wan Hongxiao, the prefect of Fengzhou, bent the law for bribes, accepted bribes, colluded with the local salt merchant Yan Ting, and used his power to earn wealth within two years, but forced more than a dozen businessmen to be cornered, mortgaged their wives and daughters, and finally ......the family was ruined."

"In Tongzhou City's township examination last year, the city lord Chu Qiming cheated in the township examination and dropped the test papers of the Tongzhou candidates' first name, Xie Yuan Ji Lingfeng and his nephew Chu Qingze, so that the name of Xie Yuan, which should have belonged to Ji Lingfeng, was replaced by Chu Qingze, so Chu Qingze was able to participate in this year's Spring Festival, while Ji Lingfeng was injured by Chu Qiming's men in the appeal process, and he is still lying at home, bedridden because he can't pay the consultation fee."

"From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, there were cases of generals being assassinated one after another in the army of Nine Lotus City. The minister sent people to investigate, and the results of the investigation showed that six middle-level generals in the Nine Lotus City army died at the hands of the same people, and these assassins had no grudges with them, and the reason why they assassinated these generals was only to plant people in the army......"

As the words of indifference as ice fell to the ground, the hall was silent, so quiet that it could be heard.

The young prime minister's face turned pale little by little, and slowly faded away all the blood.

The regent did not continue, was silent for a moment, and said lightly: "There are many other things like this, all of which are in this booklet, and I would like to ask Your Majesty to take a look." ”

Glance?

Zixi's eyes turned slightly, and she swept over the stacks of books, letters, and objects on the tray in Qiu Yan's hand, and her eyebrows were cold.

"I always thought that the Lingguo should be Heqing Haiyan, a stable dynasty in Sheji......" A light arc swept across his lips, and Zixi narrowed his eyes casually, "It turns out that when I didn't know, there were still so many unknown illegal and criminal things happening. ”

"Your Majesty." The regent lowered his eyes and said in a light tone, "This booklet, one incident after another, is not due to accident, nor is it because of the corruption of the officials of the Ling Kingdom, but because there are people behind the scenes. ”

When the ministers heard this, their faces immediately changed.

Someone behind the scenes?

Manipulating what?

"Whether it is the death of the general of the army in Jiulian City, or the transfer of the Tongzhou Township examination papers, or the collusion between officials and businessmen in Fengzhou to enrich their own pockets, someone is planning behind the scenes." Nan Mohao's tone was cold, it was infiltrating the planning of the year of Hantan, "And all these actions are just to install people in the army and the court." ”

Placing people in the army and the imperial court?

Whose manipulation?

What is the purpose?

The ministers were shocked, and almost immediately thought of what these actions meant—was this a rebellion?

Corruption and bribery, collusion between officials and businessmen, filling their own pockets, and saving wealth - there will be abundant silver.

Insert people in the army, and in the future, they will be carried up step by step, until they slowly control the entire army - and then they will have troops.

Transferring the examination papers, and letting people who have no real talent and real learning impersonate to enter the DPRK and the Central Committee as officials - in order to finally control the government?

At this moment, no one in the civil and military affairs questioned the possibility of controlling the army and controlling the government—no one was a dull person who could serve in front of the Son of Heaven.

It may sound inconceivable to rely on a few generals to control the army and control the government with one examination paper, but they know very well in their hearts that this matter can be done.