From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 361

Beauty bowl.

This is something that only appears in history books, often in the pre-Qin period. After the abolition of slavery, all dynasties banned it. Only in extremely chaotic times will things like "beauty bowl", "beauty paper" and "two-legged sheep" appear.

Deng Su is a scholar. He has the ideal of serving the court and the determination to govern the world. He was born in a prominent family. Where has he seen such things?

The beauty bowl had a great impact on his heart, and he even had the idea of ​​"let the world be destroyed".

Zhou Yuan could only remain silent.

The shamelessness and viciousness of the feudal aristocracy had no bottom line. It was not surprising for him to see such things during the famine and war.

"It seems that you finally understand the meaning of the new law."

Zhou Yuan stood up and said slowly: "Since you want to worship me as your master, I will accept you as my apprentice."

"Now that most of the Central Plains has been recovered, Yancheng, Yingcheng, Chenzhou, Songyang, Runing, Guangzhou, Shanzhou and other places all need a large number of basic officials to maintain order and court laws."

"Where can I find officials? Where can I find constables? You can do this."

Deng Su knocked his head on the ground and gritted his teeth and said: "Please help me, sir!"

Zhou Yuan said: "There has been a severe drought for two years, bandits have risen everywhere, refugees have swept across the country, and the Spring and Autumn Examinations in the Central Plains have been shelved for a long time."

"You can reopen the Spring Examination to select talents for the reborn Central Plains, fill the vacancies of officials, and find something for the scholars. Do it, don't let them keep staring at the new law. "

"The candidates are not limited to their household registration or background. Except for those with criminal records, everyone can take the exam."

"Another rule must be added. If you follow the refugees to make trouble and make things difficult for the court officials, you cannot take the exam."

"If we continue like this, we will be safe."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan paused and continued: "In order to prevent too many candidates from other provinces from pouring into the Central Plains, the exam deadline should be advanced."

Deng Su whispered: "Students understand, the exam will start in eight days."

Zhou Yuan said: "You will issue a notice in the name of the governor, calling on scholars to take the exam and rebuild the Central Plains."

"Yes."

Deng Su stood up and slowly left the courtyard.

His steps were not as brisk as before, but he was more steady and determined.

Zhou Yuan understood that after this incident, Deng Su finally knew what he should do, and his will finally became firm.

From then on, no one could stop him from reforming the law.

Even Deng Bochi can't do it.

Once a person knows his goal, he can endure everything.

"Beauty bowl?"

Li Yu'an frowned, obviously feeling sick, and couldn't help saying: "Someone can think of such a vicious thing, I might as well kill him with a sword."

Zhou Yuan shook his head and sighed: "That's just treating the symptoms, not the root cause. If you want to really wipe out such a phenomenon, you must cut the knife from the foundation of society."

"The Yun family thinks they are prominent, but they don't know the great trend of the world. Not to mention that there was a queen in his family, even the princes of the current dynasty can't stop the wave of change."

Li Yu'an said: "So, what are you going to do next?"

Zhou Yuan sneered: "What should I do? Are the hundreds of inner guards of the inner court in the Central Plains just eating dry food?"

"I really don't believe that his Yun family is so clean!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan stood up and strode out.

Li Yu'an frowned and hurried to catch up.

They got on the carriage and soon stopped in front of a manor.

Zhou Yuan knocked on the door, and soon a voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

"Abin, I'm here to see the landlady."

The voice in the yard was silent for a moment, and then said in a deep voice: "Really? Didn't Abin go to school? Who are you?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Zhu Ying is accompanying me."

"Is it Mr. Ling? Please come in."

The door opened, and an old woman came up and nodded to Zhou Yuan.

Li Yu'an frowned and said: "Your secret code is different every time?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "Of course it's different, otherwise there is a risk of leakage at any time."

He walked in quickly and saw Ye Qingying who was sorting out the information.

Zhou Yuan got straight to the point and said directly: "Help me check the Yun family, inside and out, and don't worry about anything."

Ye Qingying raised her head, glanced at him, and then lowered her head to ignore him.

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion: "Second Senior Sister? What's wrong with you?"

Ye Qingying sneered: "Oh, you still call me Second Senior Sister, I thought it was the Zhuangshi Master who came, and you just gave orders as soon as you opened your mouth. Do you really think we are your subordinates?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and couldn't help but laugh. The Second Senior Sister was in a bad mood.

He begged for mercy: "Okay, Second Senior Sister, I ask you to help me find out what the Yun family has done wrong."

Ye Qingying saidHe nodded with satisfaction and said, "This attitude is like asking for help. However, there is no need to investigate the Yun family. We have been keeping an eye on them. We have all kinds of evidence. You can take it and have a look."

She took a thick stack of books from the shelf. Zhou Yuan opened it and saw that it recorded in detail the crimes of the Yun family over the years, even including evidence.

Beauty bowls and beauty paper are all small things. There are countless murders and arson.

In order to buy land, he hired thugs to kill people.

In order to seize someone's wife, he poisoned her husband.

In order to open a brothel customer base, he plundered beautiful virgins from the people for publicity and diversion.

He even collected the most outstanding women in the Central Plains in the name of the emperor's selection of beauties, opened a high-end entertainment venue, and made huge money.

In order to monopolize the private salt sales in the Central Plains, he colluded with gangs and bandits, killed people and robbed goods, and forced other salt merchants to go bankrupt.

Every case is too numerous to list.

Even though Zhou Yuan was a tough guy, he couldn't help but take a deep breath after reading it, and sighed: "He is really a local tyrant in the Central Plains. No one is innocent when the family is exterminated."

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but say: "With so much evidence, you can just deal with the Yun family, but Your Majesty hasn't taken any action yet?"

He regretted it after he finished speaking. This kind of thing is obviously not something Ye Qingying can get involved in. In the political game, the eldest sister's foundation is too shallow, and she really doesn't dare to touch such a famous family.

After all, the price to be borne is too high.

Including the previous governors of the Central Plains, they didn't dare to mess around, because there were too many big families with the same blood as the Yun family.

Even if the Yun family was overthrown, other families would take action, and the end would not be too good.

"What? Killing the county magistrate? They can do such a thing?"

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but be stunned.

Ye Qingying said: "That happened five years ago. A magistrate appeared here who was full of justice. When he heard about human trafficking, he took the police to close the four brothels."

"The Yun family's financial resources were cut off, so they naturally could not tolerate the existence of these officials, so they simply buried them alive."

"The daughter of that official is still selling herself in the brothel. Even so, the people of the Yun family often abuse her."

Zhou Yuan shook his head helplessly and sighed: "Kaifeng Prefecture is going to bleed."

He stood up and his face gradually changed He was indifferent and said in a cold voice: "Prepare the evidence, draw up a list of brothels, and close them one by one, starting tonight."

"Let Li He bring a team of soldiers to me! Five hundred people! All wearing swords and armor! Don't be negligent!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Yuan looked at Li Yu'an and said: "It is very likely that there are your people."

Li Yu'an said: "I am all your people, you can do whatever you want to me."

Hearing this, Ye Qingying snorted heavily, her face became extremely ugly, and she couldn't help but muttered: "Witch!"