Chapter 209: The Nine Clans are in danger, and the literati and officials feel very failed!

After Tang Tong said that, Zhang Gui asked: "What is the situation in the three outer rooms you have in your mother's family? Are there any officials in the court?"

Tang Tong replied: "The governor is wise! Their father and brother are all officials in the court."

After hearing this, Zhang Gui felt nervous and asked, "Who are there? Let's tell the truth!"

Tang Tong didn't dare to hide it, so he told Zhang Gui what he knew: "There was a soldier Zhang Fengxiang who married his niece to a noble and noble family as an outer room; there was also a censor Yuan Yaoran who married his niece to a noble family as an outer room..."

Zhang Gui nodded and ordered the civil servant school in the inner factory who was taking the transcript: "Be sure to write down this!"

Then, Zhang Gui asked Tang Tong again: "What do they ask you to do?"

"No! Huye dare not lie!"

Tang Tong replied.

As a guerrilla general of the Guards, Zhang Guiliang Tang Tong would not willingly obey the orders of these gentry. After all, the Guards' guerrillas are more powerful than the generals in the battalion.

The Ming army system was divided into the ward system and the battalion system.

The system of ward has long been in name only.

This is what everyone knows.

In the battalion system, the most prestigious military officer is the general.

However, because of the empty salary, many generals actually don’t have many soldiers to command.

Although Tang Tong was just a guerrilla, he commanded thousands of elite guards, and he was not low in raising integrity and silver. The key was that he had a bright future. If he was willing to be a lackey of a gentry, it would only be a brain problem.

But what Zhang Gui had to admit was that although these gentry did not let Tang Tong be his lackey, they were already corrupting the entire Guards by sending women to marry, causing the internal official schools of the Guards to begin to have a relationship with them. This is also a silent corrupt way of moistening things.

It can be imagined that in a few years, I am afraid that many middle and high-level generals of the Guards will become their relatives, which will thus protect their interests.

Next, Zhang Gui investigated other suspected senior officials of the Guards.

Most of them cooperated and answered their situation truthfully.

Fortunately, Zhang Gui felt that the internal investigation of the Guards is still timely, and not many people have been corrupted. Most of them have just had a marriage relationship with some gentry, but they have not reported it truthfully to the superiors. Strictly speaking, it is not a serious violation of discipline.

Even so, these people were transferred from the core circle of the Guards next.

Or they were sent to southern Liaoning to commit crimes and made meritorious service.

Or they were transferred to the local government as an official.

In any case, the internal internal of the Guards must be pure enough. Anyone's ideological and propositions and family situation must be clearly understood without any concealment. Not only must they be clear, but they must also be sure that they will not have any involvement with the great bureaucrats and landlords.

After all, this is the basis for the implementation of the new policy.

While Zhang Gui carried out a major purge within the Guards, Wei Zhongxian also carried out a major purge on the court officials outside the country.

Ministers such as Liu Ruozai and Wei Guangwei who mistakenly thought that the emperor fell into the water and forced the empress to hand over the crown prince had already issued an imperial edict.

In addition, due to the martial law of the city lockdown, they did not even have the chance to escape.

After Liu Ruozai was sent to the imperial prison, he met his nephew Liu Yumo.

Liu Ruozai asked Liu Yumo in a furious manner: "What is this situation? Ye Chengxue, didn't you say that you have successfully let Zhu Youxiao fall into the water and die? Why did Zhu Youxiao suddenly return to Beijing again?!"

Liu Yumo said: "Uncle, Ye Chengxue is a detailed work of the West Factory! You and I and Wang Yongguang were all deceived by him!"

"What?!"

Liu Ruozai sat on the straw pile in horror, looking at the black dust cell, and silent for a long time.

Then, Liu Ruozai cried and said, "Then it's over! Even the nine clans can't be saved!"

Wei Guangwei, who was also in the prison cell, couldn't help but yelled angrily: "Why should I cry? The one who should cry should be the servant, so I shouldn't believe Liu Yinping's words! What do you believe in His Majesty that he has fallen into the water and will not be cured! As a result, he will be in danger of the nine clans."

Liu Yumo said at this time: "I thought it was foolproof at that time, but no one expected that Mr. Zhang was prepared for this! Now that we can't even let His Majesty fall into the water, we gentry have no hope."

"At least we have no hope."

Wei Guangwei sighed helplessly.

There is indeed nothing to be tried in the entire emperor's case of falling into the water, because Liu Yumo took the initiative to explain everything, Liu Ruozai and Liu Yumo naturally wanted all nine clans to be destroyed, and Wei Guangwei and others who participated in the palace together could not escape the death penalty.

These people were then taken to the execution ground after being confirmed and executed.

For the scholars and officials, this was their failed attempt.

But what made many scholars and officials even more failed was that they arranged informants in the Guards, and even became relatives and friends with the Guards officers, and thus realized the plan to gradually synchronize the Guards for their own interests, which was actually destroyed by Zhang Gui because of this.

So, they had to deal with it.

However, Zhang Gui had already taken action first.

After submitting the results of the investigation of the Guards by the inner factory to Tianqi, he suggested to Tianqi: "Your Majesty, I believe that any civil servants and noble families who have begun to marry the guards should no longer serve in the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army, especially the Ministry of War! This will ensure that the soldiers of the court will not become private soldiers of several families."

Tianqi nodded: "This is what we have to do. For example, Zhang Fengxiang, the Minister of War, actually married his niece to Tang Tong as an outdoor room. It is hard not to guarantee that there is no other thought in it!"

So, Zhang Gui began to prepare to instruct the censor to impeach Zhang Fengxiang.

But when Zhang Gui just returned to his Marquis' Mansion, he saw Zhou Neng coming over with a serious expression: "Marty! Someone lost a head in our Marquis' Mansion, and this head is a student from my Xilin Academy, named Lu Cheng!"

After hearing this, Zhang Gui was stunned for a while, then lowered his face and said, "This is a provocation!"

"If the uncle really thinks this way, it's just a provocation. But in fact, this can only be regarded as a reminder."

At this time, a red-robed official walked out of a sedan chair and touched his beard under his jaw without anger.

Zhang Gui looked back and showed his anger, gritted his teeth and asked, "What did you do?"

"How could it be that I did it?"

This red robe official is Zhang Fengxiang, Minister of War.

Because Yuan Keli was promoted to the Minister of Personnel, Zhang Fengxiang also served as the Minister of War.

Because Zhang Gui asked this, Zhang Fengxiang replied with a smile.

Then, Zhang Fengxiang said: "I came here to see my uncle. If my uncle wants to save thousands of students from Xilin Academy from being slaughtered by all the thugs in Jiangnan, I should ask me to go to your mansion for a cup of tea."

After hearing this, Zhang Gui asked with a cold face: "You actually organized private soldiers to slaughter me Xilin?"

"Uncle Guo, we are forced to no avail. Didn't you do this in the Guards to waste all our efforts for several years?"

After returning, Zhang Fengxiang said, "As long as the uncle agrees, if Tang Tong and other officials who have married us are not transferred from the Imperial Guard Battalion or the main battalions of the Guards, Xilin Academy will be safe!"

"Everyone knows that Xilin Academy is the place where the uncle trains new policy officials. The court will implement the new policy nationwide, and first of all, it will require many officials who support the reform. These officials basically rely on Xilin Academy to train them. Therefore, I believe that the thousands of teachers and students in Xilin Academy are very important to the uncle?"
Chapter completed!