The third stop was the Cao Family's courtyard!
The four guards of the Tengxiang Army dismantled the Cao family's private army as quickly as they could, then charged into the inner courtyard of the courtyard. They found nothing!
He escaped!
The Cao Family Head had escaped!
The strange movements in Shanxi finally alerted the mastermind of the Shanxi merchants!
"General, we found a secret passage in the Cao family's backyard. Cao Jun should have escaped from there!”
After the attendant finished checking the Cao family's roster, his expression could not help but turn ugly. Everyone was here, but the main criminal had run away!
He ran in a hurry and Cao Jun did not even have time to take his two youngest sons with him!
Human nature was vividly displayed at this moment!
Sun Chuanting was not interested in this!
On the other hand, Shi Kefa did not hide his disgust. Compared to Chang De Zai, this Cao Jun was simply despicable to the extreme!
"No worries!"
Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand and said coldly,"Pass down my order. The captured Jin merchants, their families, private slaves, and private soldiers are all brought outside the pass to build the capital temple!"”
[Zhujing Temple: A building made of corpses. It is often built with the corpses of the enemy after a general's victory. It is meant to show off martial arts and intimidate the enemy!]
"General, no!"
Shi Kefa immediately stepped forward and stopped him."The Jin merchants have made mistakes and have already brought disaster to their nine clans. However, they are still people of their own country. They can be dismembered, torn apart, killed, and built a capital temple.”
Not only would Jing Guan die without a burial place, but it would also be notorious for ten thousand years!
The status of merchants had already risen through the Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties. If the capital was built, it was very likely that the officials would attack the merchants and lower their status again!
As the saying goes, without agriculture, one would not be stable, and without commerce, one would not be rich!
The reason why the Song Dynasty was able to suppress the past dynasties was mainly because of the powerful economic operation ability brought by the merchants!
Moreover, the biggest supporter of the Donglin Party was the big landlord group led by the Ming landlord and wealthy merchants. Shi Kefa decided to defend the interests of the party to the death!
"This is His Majesty's decree!"
Lu Xiangsheng glanced at him and warned,""Yesterday, His Majesty completed the purge of the four factions of the imperial court. The Donglin, Zhe-Chu, and Qi-Qi factions were almost completely wiped out. Deputy Shi, I advise you to know when to retreat!”
Boom!
A bolt from the blue!
Shi Kefa was a little unsteady. He was helped by Sun Chuanting to regain his composure. He cried out,"That's the entire court's civil and military officials. They are all people who have read poetry and books for the world. How dare Your Majesty! How dare Your Majesty! How dare Your Majesty!"
Puff!
He felt a sweetness in his throat and spat out a mouthful of blood!
In the Donglin Party, he had his teacher, his elders, his elders. They were the ones who carried everything!
"All the evil people in the court should be killed!"
Lu Xiangsheng's eyes turned cold as he said indifferently,""Deputy Shi, you should be glad that your teacher Zuo Guangdou wasn't implicated. Otherwise, you wouldn't be standing here talking to me!”
The Donglin Party, Zhe-Chu-Qi Party, and the other four parties were annihilated. It wasn't just the upper echelons of the four parties that were annihilated, but from top to bottom!
An official in the capital!
A local official!
The local tycoon!
Even the Jinyiwei would not let him go!
"General Lu, what is the current situation in the Imperial Court?”
Sun Chuanting was very happy. He acted as a guide for Lu Xiangsheng and signaled him to talk to the other side to prevent Shi Kefa from being unable to bear it!
Since it was a purge, the process must be bloody!
"Let's talk as we walk!"
Lu Xiangsheng also received the news during the march last night. While he was shocked, he felt a little uncomfortable. He said quickly,"There are only thirty-two officials left in the Imperial Palace!”
"Thirty-two people?"
"Yes, Shanxi has urgently reported to the capital that the chief assistant has reported illness and is waiting at home. The second assistant has retired and returned to his hometown because his disciple is the former commander of Shanxi's army!
Yesterday, the Imperial Censor of the Left Capital, Qi Shijiao, had consecutively visited two cabinet elders. The Grand Scholar of the Profound Language Pavilion, Zhu Guozuo, had resigned due to a prostitute, and the cabinet assistant minister, Han Wei, had been sentenced to death for leaking the test questions and ignoring human lives!”
Hearing this, Sun Chuanting sucked in a breath of cold air. Ye Xianggao, the leader of the Donglin Party, had reported illness to his family. The leader of the Zhejiang Party had resigned. The elder of the Zhejiang Party, Zhu Guozuo, had been demoted for prostitution. The elder of the Donglin Party, Han Wei, had been sentenced to death. No wonder the purge of the imperial court had been so smooth!
"What about the Chu Party and the Qi Party?"
"After Qi Shijiao became the censor of the Left Capital, not only did he fill up the Inspectorate with his disciples, he also stared at the impeachment of the Chu Party officials until yesterday when the court discussed that the Chu Party was on the verge of destruction!
Of course, the Qi faction's rampage eventually attracted the special attention of the Embroidered Uniform Guards. Sixty-four ministers were brought to the Imperial Palace for their crimes, including the Imperial Censor of the Left, Qi Shijiao, and the Minister of Rites, Gu Bingqian. In the end, the Donglin, Zhe, Chu, and Qi factions were all destroyed!”
After Lu Xiangsheng finished speaking, he felt a lot better. No matter how decisive he was on the issue of Jin merchants, he was still a young man in his twenties. His gossipy mind was still very strong!
"I remember that cabinet ministers He Zongyan and Liu Yike are patrolling outside, right?”
"Yes, the cabinet has already sent a letter asking the two cabinet elders to return to the capital!”
"In that case, the cabinet is empty, and so is the court?”
Sun Chuanting had an idea. The problem of the Shanxi merchants had been solved. As the main evidence, it would be a great contribution. He might be able to use this opportunity to return to the capital as a high official!
He had to be proactive when it came to promotion!
"Sun Zhenfu, calm down. The first and second assistant ministers have returned to the prime minister's position to preside over the government and select new officials. It may be true that they have returned to the capital to be entrusted with important tasks, but it will be impossible for them to enter the cabinet and become prime ministers in twenty years!”
Perhaps seeing through Sun Chuanting's thoughts, Lu Xiangsheng shook his head and smiled.""Entering the court as an official at this moment may be a leap to the sky, but it will definitely be disadvantageous in the long run. Moreover, you are the governor of Datong Town, a third-grade official.”
There were many vacancies in the court, and it was an opportunity for countless candidates, but it was also a sinkhole!
It was a leap to the sky, but in the future, he would be questioned by countless people in all aspects. It would be even more difficult to become one of the three dukes and nine ministers. It was better to stay in the ruling party. As long as he had enough achievements, he could step up to the position of the three dukes and nine ministers when there was a vacancy!
Dealing with the Jin merchants had already given Sun Chuanting a huge boost in his political achievements!
Entering the court as an official is not an urgent matter!
"Thank you, General!"
Awakened from his fantasy, Sun Chuanting was sweating profusely. He also understood that he had just fallen into the nightmare of promotion, so he quickly thanked Lu Xiangsheng!
"No worries!"
Lu Xiangsheng waved his hand. He also felt that Sun Chuanting was pleasing to the eye and should be a passerby, so he paused and said,"His Majesty's intention is to leave behind 10% of the wealth of the Shanxi merchants for the Shanxi government, and the increase cannot exceed 50%.”
A trace of good karma had endless uses!
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