Except for Zheng Yinian, no other civil or military officials in the court were involved in the case, and no court officials were arrested.
Zheng Xian looked around at the ministers in the hall. Everyone was looking at him with a sense of fear. Could it be that he was going to punish someone?
"Mr. Wang Zhongkui, the Councillor and Governor, please come with us." Zheng Xian said coldly.
With a thud, the tablet in Wang Zhongkui's hand fell to the ground. Two guards came over, took off Wang Zhongkui's official hat, and escorted him away.
"Right Counselor Mao Xinhou, Imperial Secretary Zuo Huarong, Secretary of the Central Secretariat Lü Zhuang, and Grand Secretary of the Advisory Hall Hao Xichuan, all of you, follow us to the Tiger Court!"
The Tiger Court had no power to enforce the Imperial Palace, so the imperial guards rushed in and escorted the officials one by one. The officials were in an uproar; they had never expected so many officials to be implicated in the imperial examination fraud case.
Zhao Huan was even more secretly surprised. However, this Tiger Yasi was really fast in handling cases. It was so easy to solve the case. "Zheng Xian, tell me how the Tiger Yasi judged the case."
Zheng Xian bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for my intrusion. The case will not be reported to Your Majesty until tomorrow. I still need to take a group of people with me."
Zhao Huan said coldly, "I have said that no matter who it is, even if he is a royal relative or a high-ranking official, as long as he is involved in the imperial examination cheating case, he will be severely punished!"
"Your Majesty, two-thirds of the officials in the Secretariat, please grant me your permission to take all of them away."
This statement not only caused a murmur among the ministers, but even Zhao Huan was shocked. The Secretariat, the imperial edicts and decrees drafted by the emperor, all required review by the Secretariat. He Li, the Vice Minister of the Secretariat, was one of the four regents, but it was unknown whether he was involved in the case.
The air seemed to freeze for a moment. After a while, Zhao Huan said coldly, "Permission granted!"
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