Han Yi, who had been silent, suddenly appeared and bubbling. Therefore, Wu Meiniang was facing a great enemy. She was always waiting for Han Yi to take action. She was not afraid of Han Yi, but Han Yi always refused to take action, which made her feel uncomfortable. However, she did not expect that Han Yi had just done such a trivial thing, which surprised her. You two key big names have met secretly for this matter. Are you as for this?

Little did they know that that night, Changsun Wuji and Han Yi did not talk about any major conspiracy. The protagonist that night was actually Wu Meiniang, and both sides wanted Wu Meiniang to know their relationship.

But no matter how smart Wu Meiniang is, she would never think of this. Even Changsun Wuji, the person involved, did not expect it.

And Xu Jingzong was getting the support of Wu Meiniang, so he ran to find Li Zhi again.

"Your Majesty, the old minister was very puzzled when he saw the edict drafted by the Secretariat. Is there something wrong with this?"

Xu Jingzong said to Li Zhi with a confused look on his face.

Li Zhi was as clear as a mirror, but said, "What's the problem?"

Xu Jingzong said: "The governor of Liangzhou Zhao Chiman is Changsun Quan's nephew. He has a very close relationship with the Changsun family and controls the key to the northwest. He cannot not know about Changsun Wuji and Han Yuan and Lai Ji collusion, but why is he not on the list?"

Li Zhi said: "If you want to say intimate words, Zhao Chiman's family has a close relationship with the royal family and the Changsun family? In addition, Zhao Chiman has made great achievements in Liangzhou in recent years, and everyone can see that Zhao Chiman has made great contributions to Liangzhou's prosperity today. Even Princess Honghua praised him very much. I ordered someone to praise him a few days ago, but there was no definite evidence to prove that Zhao Chiman was involved. Even if he was wrong, I think he could give him another chance to make up for his merits."

Xu Jingzong immediately said: "Your Majesty, this is not possible. Zhao Chiman and Changsun Wuji have a very close relationship. Now that Changsun Wuji has been demoted, if he feels revenge and he has control over the important land of Liangzhou, this is very dangerous."

Li Zhifeng said lightly: "My dear, don't worry too much. I believe that Zhao Chiman can understand the truth and will not do anything ruthless. Just do this."

Although he said with a smile, his tone was very firm.

Because this is an unjust case, who should he protect? The reason is so easy to find. If you have the ability to come up with a certain evidence, you can block Xu Jingzong in one sentence.

When Xu Jingzong saw that Li Zhi was so determined, he did not dare to say anything more. He could only act tacitly with Li Zhi, and not be serious about this.

In fact, Li Zhi was considering this matter very carefully, and he considered it from his own interests. Han Yi was just one reason. He wanted power and reputation. No matter how he cleaned it, the country must prosper. In terms of governing the country, Han Yi relied most heavily on Han Yi, because he knew better than anyone else that Xu Jingzong and others had no ability to govern the country. Therefore, he also promoted Lu Chengqing, Xu Shishi, Wei Siqian, Liu Xiangdao and other people with real talents. Among the rising stars, Wang Xuandao, Ren Zhigu, Cui Jieren, and the ministers with him as the center have formed a scale. From this, it can be seen that he is definitely not a foolish monarch, and there are still many talents around him.

This is the art of emperors. When emperors use people, they cannot just use gentlemen or villains. They must mix them together so that they can be balanced.

Moreover, as long as all these veterans were removed, the Guanlong group would be over. Keeping young people like Zhao Chiman would definitely not endanger the imperial power, because Li Zhi only saved a small number of people, and these people were scattered and could not become a climate. It was not worth worrying. They would dare to make abnormal moves and could take their lives at any time, but these people were a hidden danger to Xu Jingzong and others.

Because Xu Jingzong made this case, he was just a scoundrel. If these people want to hate Xu Jingzong, they will hate him. People like Yuan Gongyu will not hate him, so he is very relieved.

It can be seen that Li Zhi has taken advantage of anyone, because now that Guanlong Group has been cleared, will Xu Jingzong and others have expanded very strongly? Li Zhi has to be careful of this. This is also one of the reasons why he retained the officials around Han Yi. He wants to disperse power to these ministers instead of concentrating them in a certain faction.

Of course, Xu Jingzong was not afraid of Zhao Chiman. How could he be afraid of Zhao Chiman if he was so proud? What he cared about was Li Zhi not fully respecting his labor results, but this problem was not big and could not affect the overall situation at all. Since the emperor was so determined, Xu Jingzong would certainly not be stupid enough to be aggressive.

With the approval of Menxia Province, a large-scale political purge began.

There are very few people who escaped this disaster because of Han Yi. Because his original plan was to send all the rising stars of Guanlong Group to other places for training, the purpose was to be on guard against this day. I will disperse all the talents first, so don’t catch you all. Xu Jingzong would not care about the little sesame officials in the northwest. His eyes were in the court.

For Han Yi, it has nothing to do with me that you cleanse in the court. He has no power in the court. Even the two small places, the Ministry of Revenue and the Sixth Academy of the Sage, are mostly small people. This is why he can always stay out of the matter with so many battles in the court. It is because he has no power and it is difficult to find it if you want to cause trouble for him.

Moreover, the Guanlong Group is already corrupt and the internal strife is also very powerful. Therefore, this great purge is a great thing for Han Yi. He will clean up all the garbage inside to avoid being dragged down. His way of using people is that he is not too much, and he can't take care of it if he has too much energy. Changsun Wuji was unable to turn the world back in the end because the plate was too big and could not control it. Of course, Han Yi would not repeat the same mistake.

Therefore, even though Han Yi kept some people, the scale of this cleaning was still unprecedented. Although there were two times before, they were targeted, which were individual ministers. This time, it was large-scale, no matter whether you had anything to do with this matter, as long as you have a close relationship with Changsun Wuji, or who opposed Wu Meiniang and Xu Jingzong, you would have to be demoted.

As a result, a large number of noble officials were demoted or killed. Yu Zhining and Gao Luxing were demoted one after another, and the Guanlong group was basically cleaned up. Among them, Wei, Pei, Liu, Xue, and Guanzhong were not spared.

Of course, these four major families have great power, with many branches. Death of such a few people will not shake their roots, but will only weaken their power in the court to a certain extent.

After these officials left, a large number of seats were vacant in the court, but don’t worry, Wu Meiniang had a very clear plan and had already asked Li Yi Mansion to promote a group of people to stand by. As soon as they left, these people immediately made up. Although these were promoted by Li Yi Mansion, it was because of Wu Meiniang that they could leaps over the dragon gate, and they naturally became Wu Meiniang’s people.

Therefore, Wu Meiniang's power in the outer court has been greatly improved.

At the same time, these people are all commoners, and these vacant official positions were originally monopolized by the nobles. Because the nobles have hereditary and ancestors, they are now occupied by the commoners, thus breaking the ruling pattern of the noble family. A new political pattern has been quietly born, which is the bureaucratic class.

This is naturally the most favorable political pattern for the emperor, because the distance between officials and the emperor was widened by 108,000 miles, and the imperial power was greatly improved. The emperor was above his superiority, and the ministers could only look up to him.

At the same time, the status of merchants has also been improved to a certain extent, and the reason is the same. In the past, the distance between nobles and merchants was too far, but now officials are all from common people, so the distance between merchants and officials is equivalent to getting closer a little.

In addition, Li Zhi also did a very special thing, which was to regain the titles and towns of Li Daozong and Li Ke, and to establish a temple for Li Ke. Because when Li Ke was sentenced to death, he was demoted to a commoner, and now he is recognizing Li Ke's royal identity. This is actually political propaganda and arouse everyone's memories. You see, Changsun Wuji had done a lot of unethical things before, and he was likely to rebel.

Of course, this was just a preliminary rehabilitation, because Li Zhi also participated at that time, and Li Zhi could not completely deny what he had done at that time. Li Ke's descendants still did not get rehabilitated. His purpose was to disgust Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and others, so that the people would agree that Changsun Wuji was not a good person, and this was also the basic process.

But no matter what, things finally came to an end.

Those who suffer will have to accept their fate. Those who escape this disaster will quickly go to the temple to fulfill their wishes.

Some people are able to escape this disaster, not because of the blessing of gods, like Zhang Daxiang.

Zhang Daxiang, who had been trembling at home for several days, finally appeared in the Ministry of Revenue today.

"Damn! You're here to work! I've never seen you a arrogant minister like you. You'll just leave the stall if you say you're a stall." Han Yi immediately laughed and scolded when he saw Zhang Daxiang.

Zhang Daxiang first smiled embarrassedly, then immediately stepped forward, bowed and said gratefully: "Thank you, Shangshu Han for saving his life."

Although he didn't know what happened, anyone who had close relationship with Han Yi escaped this disaster and was not implicated. Could he not know in his heart?

"What kind of life-saving grace?" Han Yi said very seriously: "I swear to God, I haven't said half of it for you, you saved yourself."

Zhang Daxiang couldn't help but be stunned.

Han Yi said: "You have been working diligently for the country in the past few years. You have not fought with others in the court like Tang Lin. This is the reason why you are not implicated. Otherwise, even if I want to protect you, I will not be able to protect you. In fact, as a minister, you can do your own things well. Don't think about fighting for power and profit. No emperor likes such a minister. As long as you are dedicated to sharing your worries and working for the country, your Majesty can see it."

Zhang Daxiang nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, yes, Zhang must remember this warning from Shangshu Han."

Having said that, he also knew that fortunately he chose to hang out with Han Yi, otherwise he would not have been busy with official duties every day, and would definitely have fought with Tang Lin and the others with Li Yi Mansion. In that case, he would not be able to escape.

Han Yi smiled and said, "Then you should know how to do it now, right?"

Zhang Daxiang was stunned and looked at Han Yi in confusion.

Han Yi said: "Of course, you should do things quickly. If you are not here these days, I can't even close my eyes when I am busy every day. Now that you are back, I have to take a break and give you a chance to perform. There is a reason for proving that you can stay in the Ministry of Revenue in front of everyone."
Chapter completed!