Chapter 238 Compromise

"okay."

The emperor was annoyed by the crying of the people below, and he waved his hand as if trying to chase away flies. The next moment, the whole hall was silent again, and the people who were weeping bitterly stopped their voices in unison.

"Pang Ban."

"The minister is here."

"Xuan Qingwei's "Jingxi" operation was very successful. According to your original plan, all the insects in the Jingxi boundary were caught clean, and no one was left behind. Those who deserved to be killed were killed, and those who should be shut down. The places other than Jingxi will be handed over to the Ministry of Criminal Investigation."

Pang Ban didn't say much, and bowed to answer. Although this result did not achieve the optimal result, it can be regarded as a big cut of the civil official group if it can clear the whole area of ​​Jingxi. Pang Ban believed that after receiving this oracle, the land of Jingxi would be turned upside down by using Jingxi's method of appeasing Jiang Cheng.

"Ma Xuanlin."

"The minister is here."

"Xuan Qingwei will hand over the first-hand information other than Jingxi to your Criminal Department. According to the information, your Criminal Department must strictly investigate it. I will give you two months. I will ask you the result within one month. If you find that you are perfunctory I will let Xuan Qingwei take over again. Do you understand?"

"I understand, I will not disappoint His Majesty!"

This is a hot potato, and it will definitely be beaten inside and outside after it falls into the hand. But Ma Xuanlin had no choice but to take the initiative to ask Ying to take over this job. It would be better for him to wield the sword than to leave the handle in Xuan Qingwei's hands, right? At least the position and depth of the knife can be well known.

The emperor nodded, got up and said "Retreat", turned and left. Before leaving, he pointed to the pile of unfinished documents under Pang Ban's feet, and the clerk hurried over to remove them.

This scene made the eyelids of all the civil servants twitch. Because such a large pile of documents must belong to the case file as Pang Ban had read before. But they don't know the content. God knows how many cases will belong to other than Jingxi? If the emperor read it and wrote it down, wouldn't he suffer if the criminal department failed to investigate the case a month later?

"Pang Da, do you have backups of the files that His Majesty took away just now? Our Ministry of Criminal Justice wants to keep a copy."

Pang Ban glanced at Ma Xuanlin who was walking over with a smile, then ignored him, turned around to say goodbye to Yang Yansi, and left the Wanmin Palace.

Who cares about you?

Ma Xuanlin was left with a pale face.

As soon as the emperor left, the hall became lively, whispering to each other or laughing, Wu Zhi was smiling and let out a bad breath. In particular, it is foreseeable that the Ministry of Criminal Justice will carry out a major rectification within the civil service establishment in the next month, and it is unknown how many people will be treated as abandoned sons and cannon fodder.

The dog-eat-dog scene is the best. Thanks to Xuan Qingwei this time.

Tsk tsk, Pang Ban's smiling tiger is really powerful, and he made a ruthless move without saying a word. It's a pity that His Majesty still chose to help the civil servants, otherwise it would be a big show if Xuan Qingwei wiped out all the local yamen's establishments, and guaranteed to make life worse than death for these guys in the temple. Pity.

Ye Lansheng walked behind, but his eyes flicked past him. A hunched figure, like an old monk waking up in meditation, smiled and nodded at him, and then walked away slowly.

That is right minister Cao Guobang. An eighty-nine-year-old old man in the fourth level of the Qi Refining Realm. Those who have been crushed by Ye Lansheng all this time, neither resist nor move closer, seem to have made up their minds to be a lonely minister, just like the one surnamed Pang. This time, I didn't want this guy who was isolated to be implicated.

Things are impermanent!

"Lord Ye, there should be a regulation for this matter, right?" Bai Changqing asked in a low voice from behind. He knew very well that Ye Lansheng had the final say on what to do after the Ministry of Criminal Justice took over the matter, and he thought it would be better to settle it as soon as possible.

A month is not a long time.

Ye Lansheng nodded, and walked out of the palace without calling anyone. A group of people followed one after another out of the palace and entered the Ministry of Criminal Affairs. This will be the main place for investigation in the future, and Ye Lansheng chose this place to meet.

After pouring out the tea, the attendant was called out. There are more than ten people sitting in this meeting room of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Except for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, no one was present among the six ministries, and the chief officers of the other four ministries were all present. The Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Officials, and several representatives of the Xiu clan all looked gloomy at this time.

"Lord Ye, this time Xuan Qingwei came prepared, and His Majesty deliberately indulged us. Now we are a little bit hard to get off."

Ye Lansheng didn't speak.

But the person next to him interrupted: "The most difficult thing is the stack of files that His Majesty took away. There are countless cases in places other than Jingxi. It's like a knife hanging on the head, which makes people uneasy."

"And Jingxi, are we really just going to watch Xuan Qingwei act recklessly this time? Once Xuan Qingwei uses heavy hands to rectify that side, I'm afraid it will be difficult to be united with us in the future."

"It's difficult! Jingxi's abandonment is also a helpless move."

Naturally, so many people gathered together would not sigh, everyone's eyes were fixed on Ye Lansheng who seemed to be thinking silently. The number one civil servant will decide the fate of many people today.

The discussions in the conference hall faded away, and everyone was waiting for Ye Lansheng to speak.

After a long time, Ye Lansheng said: "Everyone, we were careless when we were tricked by Pang Ban this time. In addition, there are indeed many bad bugs inside. Although the lesson is painful this time, it is not a good opportunity for self-examination. Therefore, I propose Let's start from the bottom and strictly follow His Majesty's request."

This is the safest way, but those below who are implicated but want to be rescued will be out of luck.

"all?!"

As soon as Ye Lansheng finished speaking, everyone in the room was a little stunned. If everything was strictly dealt with, it might not be much better than Xuan Qingwei.

Ye Lansheng shook his head. If he really did this, the civil service system of the Manchu Dynasty would definitely fall apart, and even he, the left minister, would definitely be unstable.

"Let's distribute according to the old rules. How many people each contributes, and then add and subtract."

Everyone is silent. Although they all feel absurd, they have to admit that this method can indeed solve the biggest problem simply and directly.

To put it simply, the "assignment" that Ye Lansheng mentioned is actually to see how many of you are willing to push your subordinates to the Ministry of Punishment to die.

Gather the number of people, and if you gather enough, you can put an end to the whole thing.

Sacrifice a small part to preserve a large number of people. Of course, those officials who were directly involved in the smuggling case cannot be saved, they must die. Those who need to be protected are those who have been implicated and the problem is not too big.

In the end, Ma Xuanlin collected more than a dozen pages, all of which were names of people, a total of 2,611 people. These people were also divided into several levels, some were pushed to beheaded, some were exiled or imprisoned, and some were dismissed from office and fined. Finally, some adjustments should be made based on the information reported by Xuan Qingwei.