Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

Chapter 509: Clean up the court and shock the officials!

In the imperial concubine's palace.

After Qin Mang and Hua Rui stood up, Ye Chen asked, "Man'er, didn't Hua Rui come today?"

"Your Majesty, Sister Huarui hasn't been here for a long time."

Qin Man whispered.

Hearing this, Ye Chen immediately understood that Hua Rui obviously knew that she might meet Ye Chen, so she didn't come.

What a clever little guy.

Direza glanced at Qin Man, then bowed slightly to Ye Chen and said, "Your Majesty, I will take my leave first."

Hearing this, Ye Chen nodded slightly.

"Xiang Fei, please go down and rest first. You can come and serve me next time."

Hearing this, Direza's pretty face flushed, and she looked at Ye Chen with fiery eyes. The corners of her mouth raised slightly, and after responding, she retreated generously.

Then, Ye Chen and Qin Man were alone in the Imperial Concubine Palace.

Then, Ye Chen hugged Qin Man's waist, and Qin Man's delicate body trembled slightly.

"Mian'er, do you miss me?"

"Your Majesty, I have been very worried these days. If I hadn't heard that Your Majesty was fine, I wouldn't have been in the mood to play cards."

Qin Man put her arms around Ye Chen's neck and said softly.

Hearing this, Ye Chen smiled slightly, picked up Qin Man and walked towards the bedroom.

Silent all night.

The next morning, accompanied by the sound of bells.

Ye Chen opened his eyes and looked down at Qin Man who was sleeping, his heart filled with doting.

Qin Man's skin was as delicate as white jade, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her hair was scattered on the pillow like a black waterfall, exuding a faint fragrance.

Such a picture of a beautiful woman sleeping soundly is something you can never get tired of looking at.

Ye Chen lowered his head and gently kissed Qin Man on the forehead.

Qin Man slowly opened her eyes, her big eyes filled with confusion.

Ye Chen gently pushed Qin Man and said, "Man, get up and change clothes for me."

Qin Man was slightly stunned, then stood up and carefully dressed Ye Chen.

Put on the dragon robe and the emperor's crown.

Ye Chen turned around and said to Cheng En, "Prepare the emperor's ceremonial guards. I'm going to the Taiqian Palace."

"promise."

Ye Chen took Qin Man's hand again and said, "Man'er, I'm leaving."

Qin Man looked at Ye Chen tenderly and said, "Your Majesty, I respectfully bid you farewell."

Ye Chen nodded slightly, let go of Qin Man's hand, strode out of the bedroom, sat on the emperor's ceremonial guard, and went to Taiqian Palace.

Inside the Taiqian Hall, all officials were paying homage, and the atmosphere was solemn and dignified.

Su Mengjiao, sitting behind the bead curtain, felt a little uncomfortable.

She had just recently learned that Ye Chen was coming, and she immediately felt complicated.

Before that, Ye Chen had not informed her at all.

Ye Chen came here suddenly.

Su Mengjiao understood that Ye Chen was conveying a message to her at this time, that is, his prestige and power were enough for him to come to the court without notifying anyone.

Su Mengjiao felt somewhat dissatisfied, and had a sense of loss as if power had fallen into someone else's hands.

However, she also knew that she no longer had the ability to compete with Ye Chen.

Moreover, handing over Dayu's country to Ye Chen may be the best outcome.

Thinking of this, Su Mengjiao finally compromised.

Soon, Ye Chen arrived outside the Taiqian Palace in the emperor's ceremonial procession.

Upon seeing this, all the officials knelt down and shouted "Long live the emperor".

Ye Chen walked into the Taiqian Hall and came to the front of the dragon throne. His eyes revealed determination and majesty, and he glanced at all the officials.

"Flat body."

Ye Chen said lightly.

The eunuch who delivered the message then shouted loudly, "All the nobles, please stand up."

All the officials stood up one after another and stood in two rows respectfully.

Ye Chen just said slowly: "I came here today because I think there are people in the court who are colluding with those Tatars and are traitors to the Tatars. I will punish these people severely."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of paper and handed it to the eunuch who was delivering the message.

The messenger eunuch took the paper and began to read the names one by one.

Every time a name was read, the corresponding minister's face changed drastically and he quickly knelt down to protest his innocence.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged."

"Your Majesty, I have never colluded with the Tatars!"

"Your Majesty, I didn't do that. I absolutely didn't do that. Your Majesty, please be clear!"

Ye Chen didn't care about the officials' cries of injustice.

He knew in his heart that his move was to cleanse the court and replace Yang Dechang's people.

He didn't care whether these people were actually connected to the Tatars or not.

He said yes, and these people do!

"Take these people away."

Ye Chen ordered.

The imperial guards immediately stepped forward and roughly dragged away the ministers who were crying out for justice.

The court became much emptier as a result.

"These people have committed heinous crimes. I will have them punished according to the law. In addition, I also plan to promote some officials."

Ye Chen took out another list and handed it to the eunuch.

"Begin reading."

The messenger eunuch took the list and read out the names one by one.

This time, behind these names are the official positions to which the owners were promoted.

These names are all the Grand Secretaries who remained in the court after the last imperial examination.

Every time a name was called out, the promoted Grand Secretary would excitedly step out of the line and kneel down to express his gratitude.

Ye Chen looked at these newly promoted officials with anticipation in his heart.

These are all his people!

Eliminate powerful officials and their cronies, cultivate your own confidants, and accomplish everything in one go

Among all the officials, no one dared to object.

At this time, Su Mengjiao looked at Ye Chen's every move through the bead curtain with mixed feelings.

Ye Chen started to purge the court and cultivate his followers so quickly.

Moreover, no officials were able to stop him, which showed that Ye Chen had a deep foundation and was already well-established.

She already knew that Ye Chen was about to take control of the entire court's civil service system.

All she could do was to give Ye Chen some support at the appropriate time.

After Ye Chen purged the civil servants in the court and promoted a large number of his own people, he turned his attention to another group of people in the court.

These people originally stood in opposition to the civil officials, many of whom were also Yang Dechang's followers, and most of them were nobles.

These are all military generals in the court.

Ye Chen narrowed his eyes and said slowly, "Many soldiers have made great contributions in this battle with the Tatar army. I plan to recruit them into the court. After they enter the court, they will immediately take the military officer examination. As long as they pass the examination, I will arrange military positions for them."

As soon as Ye Chen finished speaking, those nobles who were military generals were all shocked.

They didn't expect that Ye Chen had just dealt with the civil officials and was now going to take action against the military officials.

Ye Chen then handed a list to the eunuch who was delivering the message.

The eunuch who delivered the message read out the names one by one.

Most of those promoted were descendants of noble families, not only from the Di Gui army, but also from the imperial guards who had been protecting Ye Chen and had long been tamed by Shen Qiu.

Although these people all come from noble families, they are also loyal to Ye Chen.

After the eunuch finished reading out the name, Anding Earl Fang Taiqi finally couldn't help but stand up.

He bowed slightly, clasped his fists, and said, "Your Majesty, isn't this a bit inappropriate? Promoting them to the court after just one victory is really too much."

Upon hearing this, Ye Chen's eyes became stern, and his aura erupted like a volcano.

"Is it inappropriate? Lord Anding, if you feel dissatisfied, you can go and fight the Tatar army yourself. When the Tatar army came, none of you present stood up. Now that the Tatar army has been repelled, do you still want to suppress the meritorious soldiers?"

"Hmph, how presumptuous!"

"Pass on my imperial decree. Anyone who dares to say this is inappropriate will be executed!"

Ye Chen's words hit everyone's heart like a heavy hammer. Fang Taiqi and other nobles dared not say anything.