This discovery shocked Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan.
At this moment, Tan Tai Hongyuan looked at the evidence in front of him and said to Huo Yushen sadly, "Yushen, tell me, am I not good enough to them? Can't I give them the same treatment that the Judge Organization can give?!"
Huo Yushen said calmly: "Your Majesty, these people have betrayed your trust. It is not your Majesty's fault, it is those people's fault."
With just one sentence, the emperor's mood, which was almost filled with self-pity, was reversed.
Tan Tai Hongyuan suddenly felt much more comfortable.
He sneered and said, "You're right! These people have betrayed my trust! It's not me who has wronged them, it's them who have wronged me! - Damn it! If it weren't for you, Yu Shen, finding out, who knows what they would have done!"
"This time they're trying to assassinate the princess, but next time, will they try to assassinate me?"
Tantai Hongyuan gnashed his teeth and said, "I will kill all three of their clans!"
Before the establishment of constitutional monarchy, the emperor could execute nine generations of his clan.
After the establishment of constitutional monarchy, the emperor's power was limited by the constitution, and he could only execute three generations of his family at most.
However, when it came to the point of exterminating three clans, the emperor did not have the final say alone.
It also requires the joint signatures of the cabinet and the Senate.
If any party opposes, the entire clan cannot be punished.
Huo Yushen did not respond, but stood there straight, as if he was not a person, but a knife or a gun. He had no sense of presence at all, but was full of power.
It was this feeling that made the emperor feel extremely safe and comfortable.
He walked around the imperial study, which was as spacious as a banquet hall, and finally calmed down.
Standing in front of the huge French window with his hands behind his back, he looked out at the imperial gardens that were being tended by the royal gardeners like a paradise on earth, and asked in a deep voice, "What else? What else did you find out?"
Huo Yushen simply stated, "The Imperial Guard, the Internal Guard, and the Secret Guard, totaling 1,150,300 men, are registered. Of these, 365 have joined the Judges. Of these, 71% are of noble descent."
"Eighty percent of these people were already members of the Judges' Organization before joining the Imperial Guard, the Inner Guard, and the Secret Guard. However, they bribed the officials in charge of background checks during the investigation to be selected."
Tan Tai Hongyuan's pupils shrank almost imperceptibly.
Huo Yushen continued, "There are a total of 104,888 people registered as direct staff members of the royal family."
"Among them, 23,54 people had falsified their resumes, and their claimed identities could not be found."
"These 23,540 individuals are inextricably linked to the members of the Judges' organization and the 172 individuals in the royal family responsible for background investigations."
"So I imprisoned 365 people from the Imperial Guard, the Internal Guard, and the Secret Guard, along with 23,540 people directly under the Imperial family, and 172 members of the Imperial family."
Tan Tai Hongyuan sneered and said, "Those royal family members are living too comfortably. The 365 people you have picked out from the Imperial Guard, the Internal Guard, and the Secret Guard will be directly investigated by the Special Security Bureau. You don't need to hand them over to anyone else."
"As for the more than 20,000 ordinary staff members directly under the royal family, you should hand them over to the Disciplinary Department of the Cabinet for investigation."
"But these 172 members of the royal family don't need to be handed over to the cabinet or your Special Security Bureau. Just hand them over to me. They are my family affairs!"
The royal family actually refers to those members of the Tantai clan who did not become emperor.
There are so many people with the surname Tan Tai. Even if they are the children of the previous emperor, only one child can ascend the throne. The rest will become ordinary members of the royal family after five generations.
In the Beichen Empire, royal family status within five generations was equivalent to that of nobility.
After five generations, they can only be ordinary citizens.
The clan of Tantai also has its own administrative agency, called the Forbidden House. Like other clans, it is responsible for managing clan members and looking after the clan’s properties.
The members of the royal family who were able to serve in the Forbidden City were always close relatives of the emperor, not distant relatives who were separated by more than five generations.
These people had already received countless benefits from the emperor, yet they still falsified background checks.
Tan Tai Hongyuan shuddered at the thought of the serious consequences of doing so.
He stroked his chin with his hand, slowly extended his fingers one by one, and gave orders to Huo Yushen.
"First, these 172 members of the imperial clan, including their wives, husbands, and adult children, even those who are already married, must all be taken to the imperial hunting grounds and shot. Also, call upon all members of the imperial clan serving in the Forbidden Palace to observe."
"Secondly, all property belonging to these 172 members of the imperial clan must be confiscated and stored in the inner treasury. Their underage children must all be demoted to commoners and sent to orphanages. They are not allowed to continue using the surname Tantai."
"Third, this operation doesn't need to be kept secret. Not only does it not need to be kept secret, it must be widely publicized! I want to show those people what happens if they mess with me!"
"They probably forgot that if they offend the emperor, at best, millions of people will be killed, and at worst, blood will flow for thousands of miles!"
After Tan Tai Hongyuan finished speaking passionately, his official in the Secretariat had already written the imperial edict beside him.
Tan Tai Hongyuan read it carefully and then stamped it with the imperial seal himself.
Huo Yushen could only act with a legitimate reason if he had this imperial edict stamped with the imperial seal.
He turned and left, leaving behind a lingering aura of solemnity and murderous intent.
Watching his receding figure, the Zhongshu official beside Tantai Hongyuan's eyes flickered, and asked worriedly: "Your Majesty, you have given Inspector Huo so much power, aren't you worried..."
Before he could finish his words, Tan Tai Hongyuan suddenly drew his sword.
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