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"Naturally, it is the good news for the people of Pingyang County. The Zuo family is like an emperor in Pingyang County. Whether it is Jianghu sect or officialdom, their Zuo family has the final say.
In Pingyang County, whether it is an official or a businessman, the consent of the Zuo family is required, and a huge tax is charged, which is double the national tax. The people at the bottom can barely eat a meal, let alone raise children. There is no day to stand up.
Only the generation of Xianxia can make them afraid, but Xianxia will almost only go to subdue demons and kill demons, and will not take care of these things. "The young minister said these words aloud.
Listening to the ears of the surrounding ministers, they felt like sitting on pins and needles, and all of them broke out in cold sweat. Obviously, the families behind these ministers were all in the same situation.
Zhou An scanned the ministers and asked, "Is what he said true?"
The ministers next to him all lowered their heads and dared not look at it. They can tell this kind of thing by looking at it for themselves, and they can't even cover it up.
Lord You said again: "Your Majesty, the Emperor Taizu gave the Zuo family special privileges, and they appointed the officials of Pingyang County."
Zhou An looked at Lord You and asked, "Did you say that you allowed the Zuo family to poison my people? Did you say that you allowed the Zuo family to have no imperial power?"
"Master Zuo offended the emperor, and he has already been punished as he should. As for poisoning the people, this matter may be exaggerated." Lord You said again.
Zhou An smiled and waved his hands and said: "Lingsha, did you hear that, go and collect evidence, let Master You and the officials in the court see if it is exaggerated."
"Yes." Zhou Lingsha spread her blade wings behind her back, flapped her wings and flew out of the court in a blink of an eye.
Now many people are sweating profusely, fearing that the fire will burn themselves. They never imagined that Zhou Lingsha would have such power. If they encounter such a blow, they may not be able to react in time .
Although those disciples are all immortals and evil spirits, they are not always in the mansion.
Zhou An walked up to the last young minister and asked, "What's your name?"
"My humble minister Cai Xianfa." The young man clasped his fists and said.
"Do you think you have the ability to take over the position of the traitor?" Zhou An asked.
Cai Xianfa said in a loud voice, "I am confident that I have the ability to do well, but I don't have enough prestige, my background is not deep, no one will listen to me, no matter how capable I am, there is nothing I can do."
"Hahaha, from now on, you will take over the vacant seat of the traitor. If someone violates the law, report to the queen. At that time, Jin Yiwei will invite them to drink tea and talk about how to be an official. If anyone defends , I will handle it myself," Zhou An said loudly.
"This humble minister obeys the decree and will never fail the emperor's expectations." Cai Xianfa's eyes were shining brightly, and his excited hands were trembling a little.
This time, none of the ministers dared to object, especially the members of the Shangguan family, all of them bowed their heads helplessly. Lord Zuo holds a very high position. This time, it means that an important position in their faction has been poached.
Zhou An sat back on the dragon chair, looked at the queen and nodded.
The queen immediately said: "Lord Cai, you are in charge of the reform of the scientific examination. If someone refuses to accept it and obstructs it, you can cut it first and then play it."
"Queen!" The ministers exclaimed, just now Zhou Anliwei, plus he is the emperor, and Zhou Lingsha is a congenital monk, they can bear it once.
But this scientific research is hurting the family interests of all important ministers, they have to speak up, otherwise they will be dealt with by the family members when they go back.
Shangguan Ronghao stood up and said firmly: "Scientific research is related to the future of the country. There is no need to discuss it again. Whoever dares to object to this matter will be demoted to three ranks."
At this time, the dozen or so ministers in front looked at each other the same way, then knelt down and said in unison: "The scientific examination cannot be changed. If the queen must change it, I will resign from the official position."
The queen showed anger and wanted to persuade, Zhou An continued: "All right, take off your official robe and leave."
These ministers were surprised and angry. Without them, the court would cease to function and all work would be impossible.
You must know that once the ministers here leave, the emperor will not be able to convey his will, which means that the national organization and the emperor are disconnected.
Zhou An said flatly: "Promote a group of people from below to temporarily replace the resigned ministers, and announce to the world to recruit talented people, regardless of their background, the queen will be checked by you personally."
Zhou An then glanced at the other ministers and asked: "Who else wants to resign, I will approve them all today."
Under the attention of those ministers, all the officials who followed them came out and asked to resign. Zhou An really approved all of them, and the queen was sweating. Institutions are coming to a standstill.
Zhou An said with a smile: "Even though the Queen can choose a truly talented person with peace of mind, I will let Zi Yiwei personally supervise the promotion of new officials in all departments.
Jin Yiwei will investigate the resigned officials and the families behind them. If there is any violation of the national law, it will be investigated immediately. If there is any resistance, I will let Wan Yaowang and Baihua Empress deal with it personally. "
These ministers had just taken off their official robes and were about to leave with hatred, when they all turned pale with fright when they heard these words.A resigned minister said with a look of disbelief: "The Wan Yao King and Bai Hua Empress were brought by Emperor Taizu, how could they obey the orders of your mere deposed emperor?"
Zhou An laughed loudly, looked outside and shouted: "Lord Zuoxiang, no, it's the Emperor Taizu, and you brought the Wan Yao King and my Empress Baihua?"
Hearing this, all the officials were shocked, and even the queen stood up straight in shock, staring at the door with wide eyes.
Chapter 66 The Emperor VS Taizu
At the entrance of the main hall, Prime Minister Right really walked in, looking at Zhou An above with a cloudy expression.
Zhou An asked the queen to be on top, and walked down by himself. All the officials stood back and looked at this scene with disbelief.
"Taizu, you and I are already innate monks, and you use the corpse of the right minister as your avatar, do you still want to be my courtier and share my worries?" Zhou An sneered.
The Prime Minister on the right didn't respond, and when he walked to the front, all the ministers next to him got out of the way. The adults of his faction wanted to complain to him, but found that he couldn't get close, and was blocked by a breath.
Standing in front of the Prime Minister, Zhou An said with an aloof attitude: "Even if you can fool their eyes, all the ministers and the families behind them support you, so what? The families behind them are all united, and I can do the same." Extinguish it, but it will take some time.
Back then when you put down the throne and went to ask the immortals, didn't you just realize that no matter how great the power is, as long as you don't enter the innate world, you are no more than a mortal after all, and the immortals can easily destroy it.
If it weren't for the immortal cultivators who were unwilling to be contaminated with too much karma, the so-called emperor could be beheaded by Feijian hundreds of miles away.The rise and fall of a dynasty is nothing more than a play in the eyes of immortal cultivators.
You and I fight, you win, everything about me is yours, and you will be the emperor of the Qianyuan Empire in the future.
I win, and I will bury you in a magnificent manner and send you to the imperial mausoleum. You will keep all the information and treasures you have collected over the years, so you dare to fight? "
Zhou An's words made all the officials dizzy. Is this really the former deposed emperor?Suppressing a big family across the country by one person is something they dare not even think about.
Moreover, everyone has seen the strength of the Taizu Emperor before. It is completely idiotic for the deposed emperor to dare to confront the Taizu Emperor head-on, but at present, Zhou An does not look like a fool.
Shangguan Rong thought about the changes in the palace during this period, and the elixir that Zhou An gave to him could make him reach the third level of innateness in one go, so it shouldn't be a big deal for him to surpass the third level of innateness.
And the father in front of him, if he was really Taizu, then everything that happened before must not have been done by Taizu. The only possibility is that Zhou An pretended to be Taizu.
Wanting to understand this, Shangguan Rong opened her mouth wide, the shock could no longer describe her mood at the moment.
"Last time you combined Wan Yao Wang, Hua Wuyue, and Xianbao-level ethereal map to beat me. Are you sure about one-on-one this time?" Taizu looked surprised, but there was a bit of admiration and joy in his eyes.
He originally planned to use the right minister as his avatar, so as to cause chaos in the court, so that Zhou An would have no time to pay attention to the battle of righteousness and evil. After all, the combination of Wan Yao Wang, Hua Wuyue and Zhou An is enough to make him jealous and dare not be tough. Come.
"No joke." Zhou An looked at him calmly and said.
"Okay, as my descendant, you are very courageous, and it is rare to have the achievements you have today." Taizu has no reason to refuse, this is the best opportunity, otherwise you will break Zhou An, Huawuyue, Wan Yaowang, etc. It is not difficult to form a team of three, not to mention there are four immortals with unfathomable strength.
Zhou An stretched out his hand, and Taizu's mask and a whole set of Qianyuan Dragon Armor appeared. He threw it in front of Taizu and said, "Return to the original owner. This avatar, Right Prime Minister, can't show your strength. I'm waiting for you at Kaiyuan Square."
Taizu looked at the battle armor and mask he had used to conquer the country, and hummed, black energy rushed out of the right minister's body, wrapped around the Qianyuan Dragon Armor and flew out of the hall.
"Queen, you can bury the body of the right minister." Zhou Anhua flew out in the form of a streamer.
"Yes." Shangguan Rong saluted, this time with a special respect, and there was already a little more awe in his eyes.