Even though Meng Wu had long known about Meng Ao's change, he was still amazed by this change. Yesterday, Meng Ao's return almost shocked the entire Meng family, almost causing them to pull out their swords. After Meng Ao's explanation, they were only half-convinced.
Lu Buwei's head was lowered, and his hands were drooping. He was sleepy.
Lu Buwei was the Prime Minister, but he was not the head of the civil officials in the strict sense. The head of the civil officials in Qin should be the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister was the Prime Minister's deputy.
However, although the prime minister was not deposed, it had been a long time since someone had held the post. As time passed, the prime minister became the head of the civil officials.
The civil and military officials knelt on both sides of the hall. As soon as Ying Zheng appeared, everyone fell silent. In the huge Qilin Palace, only the faint sound of breathing could be heard.
"I have a memorial!" Zong Zheng and the imperial censor suddenly spoke in unison.
Ying Zheng pointed at Zong Zheng.”
Zong Zheng was in charge of the royal family and imperial clan affairs. He was one of the nine ministers.
"I want to impeach the commander of the Shadow Secret Guardians, Zhang Han!”
"Impeachment of Zhang Han?"
" Why?" Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes slightly and asked blandly.”
"Your Majesty, Zhang Han is arrogant because of the favor he has received. He relied on the Shadow Secret Guards to gain Your Majesty's favor and acted recklessly. He allowed the Shadow Secret Guards to attack the Imperial Clan's residence and captured 13 members of the Imperial Clan in two days. This subject negotiated with him and asked him to produce evidence, but not only did he not produce evidence, he acted arrogantly and forcefully captured people. He simply ignored Great Qin's laws!”
"Are you done?" asked Ying Zheng with a calm expression.”
Zong Zheng's heart trembled.”
"Alright, it's your turn."
Ying Zheng looked at the Imperial Censor.
The Imperial Censor hesitated for a moment before gritting his teeth."I want to impeach the commander of the Black Ice Platform, the Northern Universe Palace! He ordered his subordinates to arrest the chief justice and the chief guard. As one of the nine ministers, the two held important positions. Not to mention that the Black Ice Platform had captured 36 other officials. If so many officials were captured in one day, the country would be in turmoil!”
"Are you done?"
Pa! Pa! Pa!
Ying Zheng threw a stack of bamboo slips at them and said,""The Shadow Secret Guardians and the Black Ice Platform are directly under me! Their actions are my will. It is my privilege to act first and report later. Do you need evidence?”
The two of them were hit in the face by the bamboo slips, but they did not dare to move at all under the pain. They lowered their heads in fear.
"See for yourself!"
The thirteen Royal Clans all had evidence of collusion with the Secret Shadow Guards.
One hundred and eighty Shadow Secret Guardians were purged and executed on the same day.
Moreover, each of these thirteen royal families had occupied at least a thousand mu of fertile farmland, causing tens of thousands of people to be displaced.
Moreover, these 13 people were bribed by the Zhao, Wei, Han, and Chu countries with large sums of money.
Each of them had received at least 3,000 gold in bribes.
In this era, one thousand gold was already considered a wealthy merchant, and ten thousand gold was enough to make one rich and famous. Even Lu Buwei at his peak did not have ten thousand gold.
As for the 38 officials, including Lord Chang Ping, they were all bribed by Lord Chang Ping.
Not to mention the position of the chief justice, Wei Wei was also one of the nine ministers and was in charge of the guards of the palace gate. However, he was also bribed by Lord Changping and received more than 13,000 gold.
Thirteen members of the imperial clan, including the thirty-eight officials, had betrayed the court's secrets at least eighty times. Although many of the secrets on Lord Changping's side had been tampered with by the net, at least half of them had been leaked.
The two of them looked at the bamboo slips one by one, and the more they looked, the more shocking it became.
Privately occupying more than a thousand acres of land, accepting bribes from other countries, colluding with foreign enemies, selling the secrets of the imperial court, and betraying the court.
Every crime was either the extermination of three clans or the death penalty of being split into two. Moreover, there was conclusive evidence for all of them. There was no exception.
It was just that the Shadow Secret Guardians and the Black Ice Platform had taken down too many people in one day, and it involved various departments. Although it would not cause a upheaval in the country, it was inevitable that there would be a short period of chaos.
The imperial censor looked at Lu Buwei, wanting him to come out and say something, but who would have thought that the latter would look down on him, as if everything in the palace had nothing to do with him.
In the end, the Imperial Censor said bitterly,""Your Majesty…although the evidence is conclusive, what if there is a mistake? I suggest we review it again.”
His duty was to submit memorials and supervise the civil and military officials. If one of these people was missing, his crime would be lighter.
" Even the chief justice has been captured," Ying Zheng sneered." Where do you expect me to find another chief justice to investigate?"”
The more Ying Zheng spoke, the angrier he got.
"As an Imperial Censor, the Imperial Court has actually found thirty-eight officials who colluded with foreign enemies, plotted a rebellion, and sold the secrets of the Imperial Court. Great Qin's Imperial Censors needed people who could do things, not people who could do nothing.”
"There's no need for an investigation. The evidence is conclusive, so we'll deal with them according to Great Qin's laws!”
Sensing Ying Zheng's towering rage, the imperial censor felt his scalp tingle, but he still braced himself and said,""Your Majesty, Lord Chang Ping is the son of King Chu. Do you need to take into account the Chu Country…"
"Are you stupid?"
"Why does Great Qin need to explain its actions to Chu?" Ying Zheng interrupted him. Lord Chang Ping had sold so many secrets of the imperial court to the Chu Country. The Chu Country had ill intentions.”
Ying Zheng's face was full of disgust." You must be out of your mind. From what you're saying, I thought that the State of Qin would live under the nose of the State of Chu?" Are you a minister of Qin or Chu?”
The Imperial Censor's body trembled." I'm naturally a subject of Great Qin. The six countries are already hostile towards Great Qin. If I rashly kill Lord Chang Ping, it might cause the Chu Country and Great Qin to become enemies, which will be detrimental to Great Qin…"
Ying Zheng was too lazy to listen to this stubborn old man's long speech, so he interrupted him directly, not hiding his disgust for him at all.""I don't think you're suitable to be a censor anymore.”
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