The next day, it was time to go to court again. Every minister who entered the palace was nervous. The emperor had already raided several houses yesterday, and now they had no idea what the emperor was thinking.
At this moment, an elderly minister walked out of the team at the signal of other ministers.
He clasped his hands together, frowning, his tone filled with worry. "Your Majesty, the late Emperor instructed me to supervise Your Majesty and not allow you to kill too many people. Yesterday, Your Majesty confiscated the homes of many of your ministers without reason. If this continues, I'm afraid it will dishearten the ministers."
However, after hearing the minister's words, Xie Qi simply raised his hand to signal the eunuch behind him.
The eunuch immediately stepped forward, holding a thick memorial in his hand.
Just when everyone was confused, Xie Qi said calmly: "Read."
When the eunuch heard the imperial edict, he immediately spread out the memorial and began to read it word by word.
"Chen Zhenggan, the Minister of Justice, engaged in corruption and abuse of power for personal gain, and his misdeeds are all under investigation."
As the eunuch was reading, another eunuch spread out a record book in the court for all the ministers to see.
"Wu Houze, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, collaborated with the traitor Zhou Lan and betrayed his country. His crimes are extremely heinous."
The next second, a group of guards entered the hall and brought up the evidence of treason found in Zhou Lan's home, as well as various conspiracy letters found in General Zhou's home, and the leader of his private soldiers.
After the private soldier leader was brought up, several generals looked incredulous, because they knew this person. After all, they had followed General Zhou before, and they had seen this person often looking for General Zhou.
Moreover, every time he went to look for General Zhou, Zhou Lan would not let them into the tent, so this person could not have been someone the emperor randomly picked to frame General Zhou.
If the emperor had not found them on short notice, then it could only be that General Zhou really had private soldiers. At this moment, those generals who were angry about General Zhou's death had nothing to say.
Meanwhile, the eunuch was still reading: "Minister of Personnel Sun Duxing abused his power and accepted bribes. Evidence was found in a secret room in his residence.
Minister of Revenue Feng Shenxing embezzled public funds for his own personal gain, and the evidence of his crimes is clearly visible in the account books."
Every time the eunuch mentioned a minister's crime, he would display the evidence of their guilt in front of the ministers in the court.
The ministers listened to these words with serious expressions, their eyes fixed on the evidence before them, and a strong shock surged in their hearts.
They finally realized that the emperor's confiscation of their property was not without reason, but because they had all committed unforgivable capital crimes.
Not only that, the emperor was able to so quickly and decisively catch all the filthy people in the court in just one day.
Such swift and decisive measures and outstanding imperial spirit frightened every minister present.
When the eunuch finished reading out the crimes one by one, the entire court was silent.
At this moment, Xie Qi slowly said, "My dear ministers, rest assured. I will not kill any loyal minister by mistake, and of course I will not let any villain go."
When the ministers heard these words, they were struck by lightning. They all fell to their knees and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and your virtue is known throughout the world. You are truly a blessing to our dynasty and a blessing to the people!"
Just after this court session ended, Xie Qi sent troops to expose the various crimes of the ministers whose property had been confiscated to the public.
The notice office in the capital suddenly became lively. After reading the notice, the people finally understood why the emperor wanted to confiscate the property. After seeing the crimes of the ministers, the people applauded the emperor's act of confiscating the property.
They also praised the emperor's wise decision-making and praised him as a good emperor who truly cared about the people.
However, Xie Qi, who had just left the court, was now sitting in the imperial study, handling important state affairs. Zhan Ze was also left in the palace by Xie Qi to assist him in handling government affairs.
Xie Qi sat at the front of the imperial study, and Zhan sat right next to him.
Zhan Ze straightened his back and concentrated on writing something on the desk in front of him, as if everything in the outside world had nothing to do with him.
Xie Qi would occasionally pause what he was doing and turn to look at Zhan Ze, who was sitting silently beside him. He opened his lips slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but after a moment's hesitation, he ultimately kept the words to himself.
In this way, every time Xie Qi finished reading a memorial, he would turn his gaze to Zhan Ze, then silently turn his head away and continue to deal with the next memorial.
This happened over and over again, and Xie Qi's eyes revealed an indescribable sorrow.
Zhan Ze knew the emperor's thoughts yesterday, so when he felt that almost impossible to ignore gaze at this moment, he did not feel as uncomfortable as before.
Zhan Ze stopped writing, slowly turned his head, met Xie Qi's gaze, and said softly, "Your Majesty, are you tired? If you feel tired, you may want to rest for a while. I am willing to share your worries on your behalf."
When Xie Qi heard this, his eyes lit up instantly. Then he stood up, picked up all the articles and memorials on his desk, and placed them on Zhan Ze's desk.
Xie Qi: "Then I'll leave the rest to you, my dear. I'm tired and will leave now."
After Xie Qi finished speaking, he immediately ran away, as if he was afraid that Zhan Ze would regret it.
Zhan looked at the emperor who had disappeared and the pile of articles and memorials on the table, and was so angry that the brush in his hand was broken into two pieces.
He was talking about sharing the burden, not letting him do everything. The emperor was so lazy that he threw all the government affairs to him.
Zhan Ze took a deep breath and picked up another brush. Although the emperor was too lazy, he at least knew now that the emperor was not the kind of person who was extremely licentious.
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