Several things were together, which made Han Ruzi a little overwhelmed.

Yuan Jiuding, the Minister of Rites, acted quickly and first went to Donghai Kingdom to convene local officials and relevant people to test it one by one. The whole process was like a judicial review. After removing several irrelevant pieces of evidence, Yuan Jiuding tended to recognize Donghai Kingdom's conclusion: the Wang family was indeed the queen mother's close relative.

The officials of the Donghai Kingdom breathed a sigh of relief. Before they could celebrate, Yuan Jiuding rushed to the Wang family in Lin County.

Officials from both places were very cautious and never allowed to relocate the Wang family. They still stayed in the original village and were not allowed to go out, but they were supported by good wine and meat. Those who came from all over the world had to register with the government first. Only after obtaining permission could they line up to go to the Wang family, but they were not allowed to spend the night.

It was later shown that this move is very useful, otherwise the Wang family's team entering Beijing would likely have expanded several times.

The second-rank official from the court came to the Wang family in person. Not to mention the village, the entire county caused a sensation. Even the county magistrates who were a hundred miles away came to greet him with a group of officials, which was even greater than the emperor's grand occasion when he inspected the Donghai Kingdom.

The emperor had a high status and was frugal. He often refused to enter the city and camped outside the city like a marching army, leaving officials with no way out. However, the Minister of Rites was the object of local officials who could curry favor with him. Even if they could not meet, they would give gifts to avoid being regarded as disrespectful.

Yuan Jiuding didn't care about these foreign officials. Accompanied by the Prime Minister of the East China Sea, the local county magistrate and the county magistrate, he came to the Wang family. He spent three days talking one by one. Finally, he went to see the head of the Wang family in person and asked cordially: "The old man is in good health. Can he go to the capital?"

As soon as this statement was spoken, everyone was very happy.

Since Yuan Jiuding left the capital, he has sent documents almost every day, which is more suspicious than the emperor and the empress dowager. He asked many questions, and then solved them one by one or received positive answers. Until he went to the Wang family, he finally sent a document with only conclusions and no problems: The Wang family is indeed the queen mother's relative.

On the same day, the private message from the young eunuch Zhang Youcai was also sent to the emperor. This was also the only letter he had since left the capital. The content was extremely simple: Wang Cuilian, the daughter of his neighbor Wang Chenggui, was nicknamed "Lotus".

This is the person who called Empress Dowager Cining "Little Sister" when he was a child.

Han Ruzi was no longer confused and personally delivered to her mother with Zhang Youcai's letter and all the official documents sent by Yuan Jiuding during this period.

Empress Dowager Cining didn't read the official documents much, but took Zhang Youcai's letter but read it repeatedly, muttering "lotus" several times. The memories from many years ago finally became clear, and she couldn't help but burst into tears, "Sister Xiaolian, it's her, I remembered it."

The emperor congratulated the empress dowager, and the eunuchs and palace maids inside and outside the house, concubines and queens from each palace came to congratulate.

The next day, the Qinzheng Hall was filled with festive atmosphere. Prime Minister Shen Mingzhi and others congratulated the emperor, and then discussed how to receive Empress Dowager Cining's relatives. It was unnecessary to be a marquis. The emperor's hint was already very obvious and there was no need to challenge, but land, houses, slaves, gold, silver and cloth must be left out.

The emperor asked the Shaofu to give this reward, but the ministers proved that according to the previous rules, this was the expense that the court should have. The result of the debate was that the Shaofu paid 30% and the Ministry of Revenue was responsible for 70%.

Although the debate was fierce, the relationship between the monarch and his ministers was surprisingly harmonious. After lunch, the emperor did not leave and returned to the Qinzheng Hall to discuss the Wang family's entry into the capital, and to handle some necessary government affairs. Seeing that the day was about to end perfectly, Feng Ju, the Minister of Personnel, sent a memorial through the eunuch.

The memorial came from the Secretariat Province, and the content was very simple. It apologized for the Secretariat Nan Zhijin, who believed that he was seriously dereliction of duty, so it asked the Ministry of Personnel to remove him from the list.

This is a very serious punishment. Most officials would rather be imprisoned for interrogation than be removed from the Ministry of Personnel. The former still has room for maneuver, while the latter means completely withdrawing from the officialdom.

However, for the angered emperor, the punishment for expulsion was too light. He usually asked the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate and the Dali Temple to severely punish him. In this way, the convicted officials returned to the officials' hands. As for whether they can be liberated in the end, it is another matter.

If Han Ruzi had not been suspicious of Nan Zhijin, he would have been confused. In anger, he would have asked the official who broke the crystal bottle to be sent to prison.

But he was not angry, but instead smiled. It would be fine if the ministers outside the Secretariat did not participate. The move of the Minister of Personnel Feng Ju further proved that Nanzhi was not simple.

The only question left is whether the prime minister has also participated.

Han Ruzi took a pen and wrote: How to punish people for a while, the prime minister decided to seize them.

Feng Ju took back the memorial and said nothing. According to the rules, he put the memorial that was not in a hurry into the basket and left it to be submitted to the prime minister tomorrow.

After dark, Han Ruzi returned to Juanhou's mansion to spend the night, intending to take advantage of his energy to discuss strategies to pacify the East China Sea pirates.

Cui Teng disrupted the emperor's plan.

Cui Teng was sent to Yunmengze to deliver a letter to Yang Feng. He should have come back long ago, but it was delayed several days. He arrived at the Juanhou Mansion an hour earlier than the emperor. He was exhausted and didn't even return home. He heard that the emperor was still in Qinzheng Hall and might not have come here to spend the night tonight. He was very disappointed, but he still refused to change his dirty clothes and was unwilling to wash away the dust on his face. He must keep this image until the emperor returns.

King Donghai joked about him, but Cui Teng looked at him disdainful and refused to say what news he brought back.

As soon as the emperor returned to his mansion, Cui Teng immediately ran to the gate to pick him up.

"Cui Teng?" Han Ruzi almost recognized that the beggar-like person in front of him was the second son of the Cui family.

"It's me, Your Majesty, this journey, crossing mountains and rivers, changing horses and not changing people"

Donghai Wang murmured in a low voice: "What else do you want to do if you can't pass through the mountains and rivers?"

Han Ruzi had to praise her a few words before Cui Teng stopped talking about the hard work along the way.

When he arrived in the study, Han Ruzi asked, "What is the news over Mr. Yang?"

Cui Teng winked.

"Hmm?" Han Ruzi didn't understand what he meant.

Cui Teng winked again.

King Donghai said: "Your Majesty, Cui Er is too hard to open his eyes. Let him go and rest."

Cui Teng said angrily: "I'm asking you to go out. I want to report the secret matter to His Majesty alone."

King Donghai laughed and said to the emperor: "We will all stay in the front yard tonight and fall as we pass."

The emperor was full of energy and often had chats at night. The servants did not dare to be lazy and were always ready.

"Okay." Han Ruzi really wanted to talk to Donghai and others again. He summoned three relatively good naval generals and would meet tonight no matter what.

King Donghai retreated and the eunuchs left. Cui Teng walked to the door and looked out a few times, turned around and returned to the emperor, with a serious expression, but there was too much dust on his face, which made him look like a scoundrel who was about to ask for money.

"Yunmengze sent someone to assassinate His Majesty."

"This is not their first time." Han Ruzi said calmly.

Cui Teng opened his eyes wide in surprise, "Are you not afraid or worry?"

"Of course I'm worried, so I'm ready for it."

Although the number of guards in Juanhou Mansion is far less than that in the palace, from generals to soldiers, as well as eunuchs and palace maids, they are all people trusted by the emperor. Most of them come from previous divisions and the miserable people in the palace. They all know each other, and the command is just a routine matter. It is impossible for strange faces to get away with it.

When Han Ruzi received a lesson, he must ensure safety within ten steps before he had power thousands of miles away.

Cui Teng blinked in confusion, "But Yang Feng repeatedly told me to remind His Majesty that you must be careful this time and not be careless. He also said that His Majesty will understand as soon as he heard it."

Han Ruzi frowned slightly, "What did Mr. Yang do there?"

Unlike the officials of the court, Yang Feng sent a small number of official documents and the content was simple. If we judged it only based on the words on paper, Yang Feng seemed to have done nothing in Yunmengze, and he would win over the so-called heroes of the world every day.

Cui Teng scratched his head and stayed by Yang Feng for several more days. He did not understand the eunuch's intentions, "Yang Feng is choosing the leader of the gang."

Han Ruzi was shocked.

The court did not intend to mobilize Yunmengze within one or two years, and Yang Feng did not want troops. Long before the emperor decided to "use bandits to control bandits", he had already attracted many heroes from the world and explained the righteousness. The most important statement was not to be loyal to the emperor and the court, but Luan Banxiong helped the Huns invade Da Chu.

It’s not enough to gather popularity, but everyone has to have something to do. It’s the military’s business that attacks camps and plunders. People in the martial arts world are not good at this kind of thing, and they don’t bother to do it. They feel that they have belittled their identities, as if they have become hawks in the court.

People in the martial arts world have a common name, so Yang Feng used his name to stimulate everyone. First, he publicized Luan Guanxiong's behavior of surrendering to the enemy and he cautiously attributed the charges to only one person, rather than all the bandits in Yunmengze. Then, he suggested that there were many things in the martial arts world and needed a leader.

When choosing the leader, you should look at the character and the martial arts. The former depends on the recommender, and the latter directly compete.

Lian Yunmengze people can also participate in the election of the leader, but there is a condition that no matter what the result is, they must hand over the Taizu sword to the leader.

The news that Taizu's sword has been spread among the people has been circulating in the world, and it is becoming more and more exaggerated, and it has even been raised to the level of a magic weapon. It is said that whoever can hold this sword will become the supreme position: in the world, the leader of the alliance, the prime minister in the court, the great tyrant in the place, and the rich in the famous capital, even if he falls into a place of dust, he can still hold a courtesan.

The day in late autumn is getting colder day by day, but the battle for the leader and Taizu's sword is in full swing.

After hearing this, Han Ruzi was both surprised and admired. Yang Feng's conduct was both the style of Deng Cui and Chai Yue, both unexpected and orderly. He deliberately raised the status of Taizu's sword, combined it with his reputation, and incited the enthusiasm of the people in the martial arts world.

For Han Ruzi, it was just a memorable sword. It would be better to be able to be recaptured. If it could not be recaptured, it would have no effect on him and the entire court.

"How many people are coming to Beijing for assassination?" Han Ruzi finally began to take the news brought back by Cui Teng seriously.

"The specific situation is not clear, but Yang Feng received the news that Luan Banxiong seemed very sure of this assassination."

"Hey." Han Ruzi was not afraid at all. He was fishing for big fish in the court, but he didn't expect that the big fish in the world swam over first. To be continued.

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