C37

"Your Majesty, this is the end of the case."

Your Highness, Liu Changsheng and Ye Feian placed a thick stack of documents in front of him and reported the whole matter of the case to Ye Feihan.

Twenty years ago, Yuan Lang was conferred the title of Duke of Peace Country based on his many years of achievements and the trust of the dynasty's emperor.

After that, he recommended Lin Qin to the late emperor, who asked him questions and answers to everything, and was immediately bestowed with an official. From being on duty in the third-grade Wen Yuan Pavilion, he was later brought up from being the Prime Minister of the First Pin city of Shang and became the late emperor's trusted minister along with Yuan Lang and the other two. But in order to curb their growing power, after the ascension of the power, Ye Feihan's father immediately raised his younger brother, who was also the Regent of the dynasty, Guanling King Ye Lianhe.

After the balance between Yuan Lang and Lin Qin, the late emperor was safe and sound for more than twenty years.

Later on, the late emperor wanted to use this method to keep the two sects in balance and leave the officials to his son, Ye Feihan. Therefore, a few years before his death, he gave Yuan Lang and Lin Qin a lot of authority.

As a result, although Ye Lianhe had great power within the imperial court, he could only win over others. It was extremely difficult for him to nurture and promote his own faction.

He had tried to cultivate some trusted aides of his, but none of these people could be used. The only lucky one who managed to make it to the capital was Dong Liang, the president of the Board of Justice.

On the other hand, the two people of Yuan Lang's side were both famous officials of their generation. The three dynasties were loyal and devoted to the royal family, but they could not do anything about their offspring.

As the two of them had to have a good relationship, so would the future generations.

However, although these two were famous scholars, they did not study, nor did they have any skills. They only relied on their rudimentary knowledge and their parents' virtue, and were respectively rewarded with the posts of Minister for the Defence and Department of Wen Yuan Pavilion.

However, after the two of them became officials, they continued to eat, drink and have fun. Later on, they even accepted bribes without restraint.

During this period of time, Ye Lianhe had kept a low profile and maintained a low profile. Besides his few trusted aides, he had no contact with the others.

Since he had already grasped most of the imperial government, this balance was almost broken. In order to keep him in check, the Emperor, in order to keep him in check, did not even care whether the sons of Yuan Lin and his son were capable of doing so.

Even Nightingale had witnessed all this, but he knew that the time was not right, and so he held himself back.

It was just that he had been firmly guarding his Party's Punishment, Rites, and Soldiers, as well as some of the County Lords, and continuously infiltrating his people into other central departments. After that, he had even changed General Zhenyuan, who held a heavy army, to his father-in-law.

In this way, even if Ye Lianhe was eventually overpowered by Ye Feihan, he could still rely on his control of the prefectures to split the land.

Obviously, no one wanted to see this situation. Therefore, there were very few conflicts between Yen Lien-he and Yuan Lin.

Even before the defamation of the officials, Yen Lien-he only took action against those who sided with Yen Fei-an rather than with Yuen Lang.

The reason why he was able to get rid of the two thorns that had pierced his heart was all thanks to Whitey.

It turned out that the person who had harmed Whitey's family was none other than Yuan Lang's grandson, the Prefect of Ming Lin Prefecture, Hou Qing.

Being influenced by his uncle's prime moment since he was young, he was extremely greedy.

When Yuan Ji was conferred the title of a Central Book Province official, Hou Qing, who was at that time just a county magistrate, wrote a letter requesting to be appointed as an official.

Then, Yuan Ji told Lin Qin's son, Lin An, who was previously the assistant minister of the Ministry of Public Affairs, about the matter and gave it to Lin An as a gift.

Lin An had only needed to do a little work to change Hou Qing from a small county magistrate that was less than a hundred li under his jurisdiction into a prefect of the rich and prosperous Ming Lin prefecture in the capital city.

At this time, Ye Feihan needed to suppress the power of Ye Lianhe, so he let Yuan Lin's people take charge of the imperial examinations, selection, and other matters.

Yuan Lang, Lin Qin, and Lin Mu were very old, and these tasks were very heavy and exhausting for them. Therefore, the two of them sent them to their sons, Yuan Ji and Lin An.

Even though Yuan Lang, Lin Qin and Lin Dong were giving their all, the two of them were already in a daze after obtaining such authority.

In less than half a year, the two had established a perfect system for buying officials.

There were people who had tried to get close to the emperor, but most of them had been blocked by the Yuan Lin gang in the three provinces. Occasionally, one or two books would fall into the hands of the emperor, but due to the emperor's fear of being seen by the night, he had turned a blind eye.

But today was different. Ye Lianhe had been working hard for many years and the time was ripe.

At this time, due to the efforts of the Yuan Lin Party, the citizens were seething with resentment, and what surprised Ye Lianhe the most was Hou Qing's desire for the Emerald Lingzhi bestowed by the late emperor of the Little White Family.

Hou Qing relied on his uncle and grandfather to be the prime ministers of the imperial court and acted without hesitation.

But, what he shouldn't have done was covet the imperial gifts.

Ye Lianhe knew that this was the best opportunity. Thus, he called for Gan Liao and Meng Li. Under the threat of benefits, the two of them could only become Ye Lianhe's' vanguard '.

Although the two of them knew that their chances of winning were great, the two of them who had been cautious for their entire lives were still trembling in fear in the hall.

However, what surprised Ye Lianhe the most was Ye Feian's sudden defection.