Ma Di rushed to Chang'an after a long journey and walked straight into the mansion of Tingwei where the interrogation was taking place. He shook his riding whip, glanced at Li Yan who was blowing his beard and staring, and smiled: "General, it's hard work."

Li Yan was stunned for a moment when he saw Ma Su, and then shook his head: "Youchang came so quickly."

"It won't work if you don't hurry up." Ma Su smiled meaningfully: "His Royal Highness the King of Jin has captured Luoyang, and you haven't investigated the cases in the Prime Minister's Mansion clearly yet? When will the military merits of His Highness the King of Jin start to be discussed? There are hundreds of thousands of troops.

, I consume countless amounts of money and food every day, and if you delay for one day, you are just adding to my burden for another day."

Li Yan knew clearly that his mission was over, and it was time for Ma Di and others to appear next.

"Youchang, I'm really not good at these things, so you should take over."

"No, since the general is in charge, of course the general is still in charge. I want to see a few people."

Ma Su's words were incomprehensible, but Li Yan understood. He waved his hand, indicating that Ma Su could help himself.

Ma Di first came to Yang Yi's cell.

Yang Yi was leaning against the wall and sitting in the corner. He had no injuries on his body, but his face was very bad and his eyes were weak. Yang Wei was lying on the side, motionless, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

Hearing Ma Su's footsteps, Yang Yi rolled his eyes twice and suddenly became energetic. He rolled and crawled to Ma Su's side. Before he could speak, tears welled up: "You Chang, save me!"

"I can save you, but you must save yourself first!" Someone took a small bed, Ma Di sat down and looked at Yang Yi: "You are responsible for the current accounts of the Prime Minister's Mansion. You have an extraordinary memory. A few years ago

I can remember all the accounts clearly. I don’t believe you don’t have any evidence in your hand.”

Yang Yi hesitated for a moment: "There is some evidence, but it has nothing to do with the Prime Minister."

"It's okay. If you give me the evidence, I will understand if it is related to the Prime Minister." Ma Di smiled: "You don't have some evidence, but I do. Comparing the two, things that were originally unclear will become very clear.

Already."

Yang Wei in the corner suddenly moved: "Can you guarantee the lives of our father and son?"

"Aren't you just worried about the little conflict between your father and son and the Wei family's father and son?" Ma Di said bluntly: "Do you think the King of Jin will lower himself and argue with you over this little thing? If there is any grudge, the Prime Minister and I were

To design and let their father and son serve as bait, this crime is much greater than yours."

Yang Wei breathed a sigh of relief and sat up: "I also have some evidence related to the Prime Minister's leaked technology."

"That's great." Ma Su clapped his hands and laughed: "In this way, not only can you save your lives, but you may also be able to become a county magistrate or something."

Yang Yi sighed and lowered her head in frustration.

"Okay, Mr. Wei, the matter has come to this, and there is no point in regretting it. It is better to recognize the situation clearly. With your ability, if you persist for a few more years, you may be able to serve as a prefect. This is also an acceptable result for the Yang family."

Yang Yi said nothing more. Ma Di turned around and went to Gu Tan's cell. Although Gu Tan was wearing prison uniform, he was neatly dressed and his hair was combed meticulously. He was sitting upright and kneeling in the middle of the cell when he heard Ma Di's words.

The sound of footsteps. He opened his eyes and smiled.

"You're finally here."

"Are you waiting for me?"

"Of course." Gu Tan nodded: "Although I respect the Prime Minister's personality, I don't agree with the way he does things." He paused and then said: "Although my brother has been placed in important positions by His Highness the King of Jin, this is not the case.

It means I should die."

Ma Su glanced at Gu Tan and nodded. They are all very smart people, so they don't need to speak so clearly, they can just explain it in one point.

Ma Di quickly walked out of the cell and said to Li Yan: "General, you can start the trial. After you are done, you can have a peaceful sleep."

Li Yan shrugged helplessly and ordered another trial.

Two days later, the results of the interrogation came out. It was proved from all aspects that Jiang Wei raised dead soldiers. With the cooperation of Zhuge Liang, he replaced Hu Benlang with dead soldiers. In the name of escorting the envoy of the imperial edict, he went to Qingzhou with the intention of assassinating Jin King Wei Ba.

The evidence is conclusive and unmistakable. It is also clear that Zhuge Dan, Ma Zhong, Zhuge Ke and others accepted the Prime Minister's instructions, cooperated with the Prime Minister's actions, and prepared to seize military power and eradicate their dissidents.

Immediately afterwards, someone else submitted a letter, suspecting that the Prime Minister's office had unclear public and private accounts. Two major items were unclear. One was his military expenditures when he was in Guanzhong. The difference between the income and expenditure was tens of thousands of gold, and he had to recover the arrears from the Nanyang family.

Corresponding to the money incident, it can be concluded that there are financial violations in the Prime Minister's Office. Secondly, when Jiang Wei was the prefect of Dunhuang and Jincheng, almost no commercial tax revenue came in, and it was not used for official affairs in Dunhuang. Most of it was

All became the cost of raising private soldiers. Using the country's wealth to raise private soldiers is suspected of treason.

Soon, someone else wrote a letter saying that when Guan Yu fought in Xiangyang, the Prime Minister had dissuaded the late emperor from sending troops to aid on the grounds that Guan Yu had an arrogant character, was arrogant in taking credit, and would be difficult to control as a young master in the future. He was responsible for Guan Yu's defeat in Maicheng and the loss of Jingxiang.

When there was a conflict between Liu Feng and Meng Da, the prime minister advised the late emperor to consider the future and take the opportunity to remove Liu Feng. When Meng Da was in trouble, he deliberately leaked the news and tried to use Sima Yi to remove Meng Da. The late emperor died and the emperor ascended the throne.

, the Prime Minister deliberately appointed Liao Li as the captain of Changshui School to anger Liao Li, and demoted him to a commoner to eliminate dissidents.

Then, the charges were listed one after another, many of which were far-fetched. But overall, what Zhuge Liang did not only exceeded the authority of a minister, but also the methods used to attack political opponents and eliminate dissidents were too vicious.

, wielding power to an appalling degree.

A few days later, the emperor issued an edict to seize Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's title, regain all his honors, confiscate his family property, and make his family members no longer official slaves. Since Zhuge Liang himself was dead and had governed the country for many years, he was considered a meritorious figure, and he would no longer be held accountable.

Jiang Wei misappropriated public funds, raised dead soldiers, and intended to assassinate important ministers of the country. He also supported his own troops and humiliated the country by losing his troops. He committed a heinous crime. The Yi tribe.

Zhuge Jun, Zhuge Dan, Zhuge Dan, Ma Zhong and others participated in the murder of King Wei Ba of Jin and attempted to launch a mutiny. The crimes were unpardonable and they were all sentenced to death. The Yi tribe.

Shangshu ordered Jiang Wan and Prime Minister Chang Shi Zhang Yi to conspire with the Prime Minister. Liu Min and Liu Yu personally participated in the operation and executed them.

Guang Luxun Dong Yun, Deputy Prime Minister Yang Yi, Gu Tan, who joined the army, and others also conspired with the Prime Minister, but no secrets were involved, and the reports were meritorious, so they were demoted to common people.

…

…

With the arrival of Ma Su, a case that had been delayed for more than half a year was solved quickly, and the Prime Minister's Mansion was uprooted. Except for Jiang Wei, whose life and death were unknown due to his capture, none of the people Zhuge Liang trusted back then were

They could not escape. The punishment they received was also related to the degree of trust they received. The more trusted Zhuge Liang was, the heavier the punishment they received. After the purge, there was no one in the court who could speak for Zhuge Liang anymore.

When the storm had not completely passed, Ma Di came to the palace of the hussar general Wu Yi.

Wu Yi frowned. He knew that Ma Di was just a crow and would not bring any good news. He suddenly came from Chengdu, of course, not to serve the emperor, but to speak for Wei Ba. From his ruthless purge of the prime minister

You can tell from the government that this person can do anything now.

"The hussar general despises me a bit." Ma Su said with a smile.

Wu Yi smiled slightly: "Ma Jun is vigorous and vigorous. He is bold and bold. How can Yi dare to despise Ma Jun?"

"That's true." Ma Su did his duty and sighed: "I can't do it if I don't hurry up. General Hussars, the opportunity is fleeting, like a white horse passing by. If we don't seize it, not only will our lives and wealth be guaranteed, but Chang'an may suffer another disaster.

A military disaster."

Wu Yi raised his eyebrows: "Why do you see it?"

"The King of Jin took Luoyang in a battle. Naturally, the reason was that Luoyang was divided into separate areas and could not work together. However, even if they wanted to defend it, could they hold it? The King of Jin was not a famous general, but he handed over the command of the army.

Lu Xun. Don’t General Hussars feel jealous of this trust and respect?”

Wu Yi stroked his beard and was silent.

"The world is so big, King Jin has four out of five, and the situation is already very clear. Even if the Hussars General wants to fight with all his strength, he may not be able to turn the tide. Not to mention the 100,000 troops under the King of Jin, even the men and horses in Sima Yi's hands.

You can't resist it, right?"

Wu Yi's face became even more ugly.

Wei Ba captured Luoyang, and Xiahou Ba and others surrendered. Now only Sima Yi of Jinyang and Wang Ling of Hedong were left in Wei. Wei Ba did not launch an attack, and they did not express their intention to surrender. They seemed to have forgotten each other.

However, everyone understands that when Wei has surrendered, neither Sima Yi nor Wang Ling has any other way out except surrender.

Not surrendering just because not surrendering is more useful.

For example, attack Guanzhong.

Wu Yi now has more than 20,000 people, but the most he can really control is 10,000 people. The rest of the people are hard to understand. Moreover, Guanzhong is dominated by followers of Tianshi Dao. Wei Ba destroyed Wei State, but retained

A Wei king was born, Cao Yu, the former King of Lu. Cao Yu’s wife was the daughter of Tianshi Zhang Lu, and his admiration for Tianshi Tao had been fully demonstrated. In this case, the followers of Tianshi Tao would fight for Liu Chan

Is it the right thing to do with Wei Ba?

"I also heard that the King of Jin not only got the imperial seal, but also found the queen of Emperor Xiaoxian." Ma Di continued: "The queen of Emperor Xiaoxian is named Cao. No matter how strong she is, for the benefit of the Cao family, she

I’m afraid I won’t be so determined anymore. General, do you want to wait until the King of Jin declares that the Chang’an court is against the orthodoxy before taking action?”

Wu Yi took a breath of air.

Wei Ba captured Luoyang, and four out of five people in the world did not come to Chang'an. Why? He was waiting for Liu Chan to take the initiative to abdicate. If Liu Chan refused to abdicate, it didn't matter to him. He held the imperial seal in his hand, so he could

Move out the deposed Empress Xian of the Han Dynasty and directly inherit the tradition of the Han Dynasty. At that point, the Chang'an court will have nothing.

What's even more troublesome is that if Wei Ba wants to do that, he will definitely have to borrow the power of the aristocratic families in Luoyang, including his original power and the newly conquered Wei power, and these people in Chang'an will lose their opportunity, and even

He might become Wei Ba's enemy. If that happened, wouldn't those people hate those who were qualified to persuade Liu Chan to abdicate? If he still refused to take action, someone would soon jump out to take the credit.

He looked at Ma Su, slowly stood up, and bowed to Ma Su respectfully: "Youchang, it's better for you to be aware of the subtleties and make a decisive decision. Otherwise, I will really be a sinner for the ages."

Ma Su smiled and returned the salute: "General, you fought alongside His Royal Highness the King of Jin back then, so you should know him best. I'm just showing off."

…

Jiang Wei blocked his forehead with his hand to block the dazzling sunlight. He had stayed in the dark dungeon for countless years. When he suddenly left the dungeon, he felt that it was too bright outside. The sunlight was like a needle, stinging his eyes and hurting his heart.

Not appropriate.

Not long ago, he was woken up from his sleep, pushed into a pond, and ordered to wash himself off. His tone was so bad that he wanted to drown himself in the pond. However, he still restrained himself.

own impulse.

Just because of one sentence: King Jin wants to see you.

He survived the defeat. He endured so much pain and humiliation just for this day. He wanted to ask Wei Ba a few words before he could die with peace of mind and follow in the footsteps of the prime minister under the Nine Springs.
To be continued...