Chapter 139

They watched the Jinyiwei's actions nervously, not daring to move or stop them.

They could only pray silently in their hearts that they would not be arrested this time!

Several senior officials even remembered the fear of being dominated in the Hongwu Dynasty!

However, as the number of Jinyiwei gradually increased, the Jinyiwei did not stop, but walked directly to the inner hall.

The officials of the Ministry of Justice who were watching the excitement and feeling uneasy put their hearts back in their stomachs!

It seems that they are not here to arrest them, so let's go and watch the excitement!

Liu Guan, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, heard the noisy movement outside and hurried out immediately.

His face was very ugly. This group of Jinyiwei actually broke into the Ministry of Justice so arrogantly!

"Ji Gang! You dare to break into the Ministry of Justice privately, what crime should you be punished for!"

Although the Jinyiwei came with bad intentions, Liu Guan did not think that he was worse than the Jinyiwei.

Moreover, he thought that he was still the favorite of the emperor, so he was better than a mere Jinyiwei, right?

Ji Gang chuckled and said softly, "There is an imperial decree!"

He respectfully took the imperial edict from the Jinyiwei who was holding a tray behind him.

"Your servant Liu Guan, respectfully welcomes the emperor's holy peace."

"Holy peace!" Ji Gang picked up the imperial edict and read it magically: "Liu Guan, the Minister of Punishment! Those who mess up politics, collude with the enemy, harm the country and the people, and fail to live up to the emperor's grace, can be thrown into the imperial prison! This is the order!"

Liu Guan raised his head and looked at Ji Gang in disbelief.

Around him, the colleagues and subordinates of Liu Guan, the Minister of Punishment, also showed incredible expressions on their faces.

The impression that Liu Guan, the Minister of Punishment, left on them was gentle and incorruptible!

This is a fair and honest official!

Why was he taken back to the imperial prison by the Jinyiwei? Why did he harm the country and the people? Failed the emperor's grace?

If he was taken back to the imperial prison, would the minister still be able to survive?

Once these charges were confirmed, I'm afraid...the eyes of the surrounding assistants showed their thinking about whether they could get promoted.

The assistant minister supported by Liu Guan also didn't know what to do.

Now they can only take one step at a time.

The imperial edict has arrived, they have to believe it even if they don't want to!

Liu Guan's face turned pale instantly.

"Minister, accept the edict."

Ji Gang got off his horse, smiled happily and said: "Don't worry, Lord Liu, save money. I have sent Jinyiwei to search your house. If you are really wronged, I will definitely give you a clear name!"

Hearing Ji Gang's words, Liu Guan's face instantly lost its color!

"Hu! Huhu!" Liu Guan suddenly took a short breath: "Ga~"

He collapsed to the ground!

"Quick! Quick! Save people!" Ji Gang also learned something. You are such a big official, so fragile?

Just because your family was confiscated and exterminated, you became like this?

Chapter 148: Emergency rescue by court officials

Ji Gang brought Liu Guan to the Jinyiwei's prison.

To be precise, it should be to invite Liu Guan to the Jinyiwei's cell.

Ji Gang did not have such great power to use severe punishment directly on an official at the level of the Minister of Justice.

Let alone punishment, no one dared to kill Liu Guan before thoroughly discovering the paper evidence of his collusion with the Japanese.

Unless collusion with the Japanese would lead to other major events, Liu Guan would be eliminated first.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu had already brought a small team of confiscating property to Liu Guan's mansion.

How could the King of Han be missing from such a big event of confiscating property?

He had just been confiscated not long ago! It was a time when he was short of money!

If Liu Guan was really a corrupt official, he could still make up for some of the financial losses from Liu Guan.

Of course, even if Liu Guan was an honest official, the King of Han could at least get some of the assets from the confiscated property.

However, when the King of Han Zhu Gaoxu really entered Liu's mansion.

His eyes narrowed slightly, isn't it wrong, the structure of this room is not right!

Zhu Gaoxu, who was proficient in the methods of confiscating property and hiding money, judged at a glance that something was wrong with Liu Guan's home.

He quickly instructed dozens of Jinyiwei to start operating in those directions!

"Hey, hey..." A servant was about to say something, but the person next to him stopped him in an instant.

"That's the current Han prince, those are the Jinyiwei, how many heads do you have to dare to stop them from doing their work?" Another servant was obviously more sensible.

Even the Jinyiwei could tell the difference!

The house search was still going on in full swing, and Yang Rong had failed to meet His Majesty, so he asked Jin Youzi to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come and intercede.

Liu Guan was a famous clean official, and he was the minister of two ministries and the head of the Censorate.

Of course, he was not so powerful that he could dominate the world.

After all, he had not been the boss of the most important Ministry of Personnel.

He did not completely control a powerful department.

Being an official in the Censorate and the Ministry of Justice was a thing during the Hongwu period.

The officials during the Hongwu period were indeed a bit watery.

Hu Weiyong once, Li Shanchang once, and the empty seal once.

In just thirty years, Emperor Taizu almost plowed the officials in the court like plowing the land, over and over again.

As long as they survived by chance, their official positions would not be too low.

The reason why Yang Rong helped Liu Guan was because of the Ministry of Commerce.

The Ministry of Commerce was an impact on the officials of the six ministries in the court.

Although the impact was not large, and the scope of the Ministry of Commerce was relatively limited.

It was just a transfer of the unimportant taxes of the commercial tax.

The rest is just the work of managing and coordinating merchants.

These powers are naturally not taken seriously by the bigwigs in the court.

But the officials of the Ministry of Commerce have an independent space for advancement, which is related to them!

This means that the path to becoming an official through the imperial examination has been broken.

Although many people's attention has been drawn to this imperial examination by His Majesty, Yang Rong still keenly discovered that the Ministry of Commerce is His Majesty's backup!

He absolutely does not want the state to recruit officials to rely on business studies!

The imperial examination should recruit Confucian children!

"Alas." The prince walked slowly on the path where there were no outsiders, with a trace of sadness on his face.

Today, some old acquaintances of civil servants came to the door to plead for Liu Guan who was arrested.

Zhu Gaochi only then knew that the old man had actually taken action against Liu Guan, the Minister of Punishment!

In Zhu Gaochi's impression, although Liu Guan likes to make money, he does not have a bad reputation. On the contrary, his reputation has always been good!

But the old man actually arrested such a clean official?

The first feeling the prince had was a power struggle!

He muttered to himself, he had only practiced at home for a few days, could it be that the struggle between the old man and the court officials was so intense?

These days, the prince did not leave the prince's mansion at all, but after leaving, he did not pay too much attention to the affairs of the court.

Many things are like this, as long as you don't care about it, it won't bother you.

Zhu Gaochi enjoyed this feeling.

It feels good, but I have to see the old man today.

As soon as he entered the imperial study, Zhu Gaochi had a bad premonition in his heart.

Everything went wrong today, he should have run away quickly!

Zhu Gaochi said to himself in his heart, but now he has come to the old man, naturally he can't just turn around and leave!

Zhu Gaochi saluted Zhu Di calmly and said: "Father, I don't know why the Minister of Justice Liu Guan was imprisoned?"

Zhu Gaochi did not intend to play tricks with the old man, and directly made things clear.

Zhu Di was stunned when he heard this. This... isn't right?