Although Xie Shaoling may seem unreliable, he is strict in managing his troops.

He led 60,000 guards into the Taihang Mountains for more than ten days, not only to train the troops, but also to familiarize themselves with the terrain of the Taihang Mountains in preparation for the treasure hunt later.

There was a third objective: to ascertain the origins of each member of the guard and to find out their backgrounds.

He suddenly pulled people into the deep mountains for training, and those in the guards with ulterior motives would naturally try to pass information out.

By intercepting the information they transmit, we can gain a thorough understanding of their respective positions.

To be honest, during those ten-odd days of training troops in the Taihang Mountains, he ate pigeon for every meal—roasted pigeon, pigeon soup, braised pigeon...

I'm so tired of eating it!

But I must say, well-trained homing pigeons have firm, elastic meat with a delicious taste, much more delicious than ordinary pigeons!

Even those guards who were able to remain calm inevitably slipped up during the month or so they spent in Jizhou County.

Xie Shaoling purged them time and time again.

All means of transmitting information outward were controlled; not even a fly or mosquito could get out.

Those who tried to pass messages out learned their lesson and experienced firsthand the consequences of violating military regulations!

Therefore, the incident that happened to the guards on their way back to the capital was kept completely secret until the emperor personally led all the officials out of the city to greet them.

The only one who knew the truth was the emperor.

That's why their return journey was so smooth.

Those who longed to seize a share of the Jiang family's wealth felt their hearts breaking when they saw the endless rows of sealed boxes guarded by the imperial guards.

Once these things have passed the emperor's notice, they can never belong to them again!

What makes Xie Shaoling so aloof? Why is he completely unmoved by such extraordinary wealth?

Cutting off someone's livelihood is like killing their parents.

Although that wealth never belonged to them in the first place.

But in their scheme, that's what they deserve.

At that moment, many people gritted their teeth and sentenced Xie Shaoling to death in their hearts.

They will not be able to swallow this insult if Xie Shaoling does not die!

"Prince Xie did not take a single penny. All the money and goods seized were registered, packed, sealed, and escorted back to the capital in the presence of 60,000 guards," Sun Yan reported to the emperor.

The emperor had no doubt about this.

Sun Yan was his most trusted subordinate; she would never deceive him. As for Xie Shaoling, despite his dislike for him, he still trusted Xie Shaoling's character.

Considering the value of this batch of money and goods, he decided to leave Xie Shaoling alone for the time being.

While fabricating charges isn't difficult, too many people are envious of the Jiang family's wealth and resources, and he can't give them the opportunity to covet it!

The emperor intended to let Xie Shaoling off the hook for the time being, but the powerful families and nobles were not happy about it.

Xie Shaoling deserves to die, and the Jiang family should also have a share of the wealth they have accumulated.

As a result, the day after Xie Shaoling returned, even more memorials impeaching him were submitted to the court.

Suddenly, Xie Shaoling felt as if the whole world was against him.

His first court session after returning to the capital consisted entirely of listening to others impeach him.

Although he had anticipated this outcome, Xie Shaoling still held back and held back, managing not to behave improperly in front of the emperor or confront those who impeached him.

Faced with numerous impeachments, the emperor's expression turned grim.

Leaving aside the group that had been impeaching Xie Shaoling, most of the extra people here today are after the Jiang family's wealth.

The emperor could not tolerate anyone taking money from his pocket, so he kept a dark face throughout the morning court session, looking even worse than Xie Shaoling.

As the morning court session was drawing to a close, Xie Shaoling finally spoke, voluntarily relinquishing his military power to the emperor and returning the military tally.

The emperor's gloomy expression, which had lasted all morning, finally eased considerably thanks to Xie Shaoling's tactful understanding.

But in doing so, the faces of those who impeached Xie Shaoling with great fervor became especially despicable.

Inside the Chongzheng Hall, the emperor looked at the mountain of memorials, his entire being radiating a low-pressure atmosphere.

Whenever faced with this pile of memorials that seemed to never end, he would always think, "If only I had a few more people to help me read them!"

But if he were to actually ask someone to help him, he would doubt whether that person was capable, trustworthy, or would betray him. Would they deliberately omit any very important information?

His suspicious nature forced him to do everything himself, and he dared not entrust anything to others.

He sighed deeply, sat up straight, picked up a memorial, opened it, and began to skim through it.

It was an impeachment of Xie Shaoling.

What a waste of his time!

Look at the title, forget it, move on to the next one!

It was still an impeachment of Xie Shaoling.

Look at the title, forget it, and move on to the next one.

It's still impeachment.

He glanced at the title and tossed it aside, then picked up another book.

It wasn't an impeachment, but the whole thing was just empty praise and flattery, completely meaningless!

He didn't even bother to look at the title, just tossed it aside and picked up another book.

Another impeachment!

I flipped through more than a dozen books, almost all of which were impeachments against Xie Shaoling, with all sorts of strange and absurd charges against him.

As the emperor looked at these memorials, he suddenly felt that Xie Shaoling had become the enemy of the world. He wondered if Xie Shaoling would be able to sleep at night.

However, Xie Shaoling has always been very resilient and probably won't take these impeachments to heart at all.

The emperor quickly flipped through the memorials, discarding the meaningless ones, which Zhang Shunde sorted out, while the useful ones were placed on his right for later study.

In a quarter of an hour, he had already read through most of the memorials. Memorials were scattered all over the table and the floor, and Zhang Shunde couldn't pick them all up. As for the right side, there were only two lonely ones.

The emperor grew increasingly impatient as he read, and at the same time, he flipped through the memorials faster and faster.

Another memorial impeaching Xie Shaoling. He had originally intended to discard it, but upon reading its contents, he paused.

The memorial stated that the people of Jizhou were deeply grateful to Xie Shaoling, building temples and statues in his honor, and offering incense three times a day, bowing and worshipping him...

The emperor read it once, then again, and then once more. After reading it a third time, he forcefully threw the memorial in his hand away.

Zhang Shunde was rather unlucky. He happened to be picking up a memorial in the direction the emperor had thrown it, and the corner of the memorial that the emperor had angrily thrown out just happened to graz his face, right near his eye.

Zhang Shunde felt a sharp pain in the corner of his eye, and tears welled up uncontrollably. He quickly reached out and covered his eyes.

"Building temples and statues for him, making him bow and worship, where does that leave me?!"

"He's gone too far!" The emperor was burning with rage, but his voice was as cold as if it were filled with ice shards.

The author of this memorial was a lieutenant general among the guards who accompanied Xie Shaoling to Jizhou to quell the rebellion.

"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Upon seeing this, Zhang Shunde immediately knelt down.

"Go, summon Sun Yan to see me. I want to question him thoroughly about whether this really happened!"