Steel Dynasty - Chapter 1104

[Chapter 1094 Arrangement]

“Mr. Ge Ge, I’m sorry that I can’t tell you. I have something important to report to the emperor, so I won’t accompany you.”

Yue Yun’s tone was stiff and cold, not hiding his emotions.

Among the many officials such as Pang Yukun who followed Xiao Ming to conquer the world, the civil servants were able to maintain a minimum of harmony with Ge Yiren on the surface, but generals like Yue Yun did not buy Ge Yiren’s account at all.

Ge Yiren looked embarrassed. This was why he wanted to speak for Luo Hong in the first place. The empire’s army was controlled by people like Yue Yun. What could they do no matter how loud their voices were in the court?

“Then I won’t bother you anymore.” Ge Yiren smiled and let the groom continue to go to his mansion.

Yue Yun glanced at the carriage going away, and continued walking towards the palace with the Cao family and his son.

But at this time, the atmosphere in Ge Yiren’s carriage dropped to freezing point.

“What, are you sure those two are the Cao family’s father and son!” Ge Yiren said in shock.

“It’s not wrong. I met Cao Kun in the south back then, and I saw the scar on the back of his hand. The location is exactly the same as that of the man just now.” Ren He said firmly.

Ge Yiren nodded slightly, “No wonder Yue Yun wanted to escort these two people in person. This is a great achievement.”

After saying this, he suddenly remembered something and asked solemnly: “You said you had met Cao Kun, did you Does he have anything to do with him? “

Brother Ge is overly concerned. Many people saw him when Cao Kun was in Suzhou City.” Ren He explained, “Besides, if I have anything to do with him, it’s not too early.” Just escape from the empire, why are you still here?”

Ge Yiren’s expression softened. Although he was dissatisfied with Xiao Ming’s suppression of the nobles, he was also extremely disgusted with the Merchant Council, because the Merchant Council also wanted to take away their rights.

Seeing that Ge Yiren stopped asking questions, Ren He let out a breath, but strong worry flashed in his eyes.

He deceived Ge Yiren. The purpose of his coming to Qingzhou this time was to disrupt the empire, but he did not expect that Cao Kun would be caught so quickly.

As a member of the Merchant Council, he certainly remembered that Cao Kun had a roster in his hands. It was this roster that forced him to come to the imperial capital at the risk of being beheaded.

In order to adapt to the current situation when the Merchant Council was raging in the south, those who joined the Merchant Council signed their names and had their fingerprints printed on this list. The list also contained the oath they recited when they joined the council to overthrow Xiao Ming’s rule.

If this roster falls into the hands of the empire, one can imagine the fate of these people.

Seemingly seizing on this weakness in their psychology, Cao Kun still lingered after the defeat of the Merchant Council, threatening to send the page they signed to the government office if they disobeyed.

This completely cut off their retreat, and they could only continue to fulfill the oath they made when they were in the parliament.

Thinking of this, Ren He’s face became more and more ugly. Now all kinds of thoughts ran through his mind, but in the end there was only one clear and clear thought, and that was – escape!

…

Royal study room.

Xiao Ming summoned Yue Yun after receiving the eunuch’s report.

Before Yue Yun arrived in Qingzhou, Lei Ming had already sent the battle report from Calcutta to his hands.

At the same time, the battle report also mentioned the affairs of the Cao family and his son.

This time Yue Yun came in person, and he estimated that the Cao family and his son had been captured.

Sure enough, as soon as Yue Yun entered the imperial study, he saluted and said loudly: “Your Majesty, the Cao family and his son have been captured by the lower officials. At the same time, they also obtained a roster from Cao Kun.”

“Send it up.”

Xiao Ming’s expression became serious. , Wang Xuan had already told him about the roster issue.

After Yue Yun heard this, he handed the roster to Xiao Ming, and he waited on one side to listen to orders.

After taking the roster, Xiao Ming turned it over, and each name came into his eyes, making him feel more and more chilled as he looked at it.

This roster is three fingers wide, with blue leather and yellow paper. Twenty people are recorded on each page. There are more than 4,000 people on the more than 200 pages. Some of them are marked with crosses. This is during the Civil War. People who died during the period.

But even so, there are still nearly two thousand people without a cross on it. No one knows what role these people play in the empire now.

“Does anyone else know about this?” Xiao Ming asked.

“No, the general escorted the two of them here personally, and did not reveal the news to anyone on the way.”

Xiao Ming nodded. At this time, he picked up the phone and made a call, and soon Li San’s voice appeared on the phone.

“Come to the imperial study immediately. I have something important for you to handle.” After saying that, Xiao Ming hung up the phone.

Yue Yun was a little envious. When he was in Nanyang, he heard that the telecommunications department of the empire invented the telephone, but he had not had time to experience it after he came back.

Now the emperor personally demonstrated it, which shocked him extremely.

The two waited for a while, and Li San came in a hurry.

Xiao Ming handed him the roster at this time, “You should immediately find out where these people are and what they are doing, and arrest them as soon as you have accurate information.”

Li San just glanced at the names on the roster and knew they were Regarding the things of the Merchant Council, he glanced at Yue Yun and said, “Cao Kun has been caught?”

“Yes, I have already imprisoned them in the sky prison. After you sort out the list, I will clean up the civil strife.” It’s time.” Xiao Ming said seriously.

Li San nodded. He knew the seriousness of this matter. During this period, some people had been secretly instigating conflicts in the empire.

After their investigation, they found that among these people were the remnants of the Merchant Council. For this reason, they had been waiting for the opportunity to catch them all.

“I’m going to do it now.” As he spoke, he was still flipping through the roster, and suddenly one of the names made his hand stop.

He placed the roster next to Xiao Ming and said, “Your Majesty, there is also a man named Ren He in Elder Gege’s mansion. He was once a great Confucian in the south.”

Xiao Ming looked at Ren He’s name and narrowed his eyes, ” These Xiaoxiao are so bold that they openly lurk around the cabinet ministers.”

Yue Yun hesitated and said, “Your Majesty, if a fly doesn’t bite a flawless egg, I’m afraid this Ge Yi person is not a good person.”

“It is indeed not a good person. Since he hit the gun, don’t blame me,” Xiao Ming said coldly.

Now that the war in Nanyang has finally come to an end, he can now turn his focus to the interior of the empire.

Since he promulgated the policy of converting nobles into civilians, different voices have become raging in the empire. Naturally, there are people who are secretly adding fuel to the fire.

But at the beginning, he chose to indulge, just to see who couldn’t stand it anymore and who took the opportunity to confuse the public with his lies.

As the saying goes, don’t worry about dancing now, be careful about making lists in the future. So far, Li San has mastered a lot of people’s information.

Now with this roster, the time has come to set an example for others.

This is to make up for yesterday.

(End of chapter)