fast and ferocious

Chapter 424 Analysis with the Emperor (Part [-])
The two entered the main hall one after another, and the emperor sat on the dragon chair with a dragon root and a coiled dragon, and said: "I asked them, 'What are you anxious about? Why are you so anxious because of the floods in the south of the Yangtze River, and the emergency at the border? Two corrupt officials made you so anxious? Did you see yourself?'”

"They will have to defend themselves."

"I told them, Zhu Shengwen and Qu Liang, I sent people to investigate secretly. If I don't have the evidence, how dare I arrest them yesterday? I have helped the Metropolitan Procuratorate. What's the use?!"

"Now they should be honest, right?"

The emperor took a sip of the tea offered by Dequan and said, "Tomorrow they will change the method again... Let me tell you a few words, I feel more at ease, did you make new progress when you entered the palace?"

Qin Wubing immediately had a serious face, kowtowed on his knees and said, "I request that you investigate Zhu Shengwen and Qu Liang's corruption case!"

The emperor frowned and said:

"You get up first, I know that you have investigated the murder case at the posthouse in Tonghui County yesterday, and it is all right to order you a new errand, but it is not right now, you should go with Uncle Jiu first, and wait for you to find out some clues , I will have my own will."

Qin Wubing stood up slowly, the emperor thought he was dissatisfied, and said:

"Think about it for me. Uncle Jiu is now investigating, and they are all arguing. If I make an order at this time, I don't have to wait until tomorrow morning. The officials who handed the sign today are indispensable. I can kill them all at once. Are you paving the way?"

"Your Majesty, don't get me wrong. I didn't think carefully about this matter. Brother Jiu was busy all night last night. He went to my house in the morning. When he talked about the interrogation of Zhu Shengwen and Qu Liang last night, I heard that Qu Liang had lied. Let Brother Jiu go back to rest. I went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for another trial, but I was blocked by the Secretary of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Then I went to the palace to ask for an order. Now that I heard what the emperor said, alas, this is just like being a human being. Being a good person is difficult. It’s even harder to be a good emperor! To be honest, it’s even more difficult to catch up with a foolish emperor, and they will kill him all over the house just because he’s dissatisfied with such a trivial matter, but they are more cautious in their words.”

Dequan broke out in sweat again.

"You said Qu Liang wasn't telling the truth?" The emperor didn't mind.

"Yes!"

Qin Wubing told His Majesty the inferences he had said to Prince Xiang in the morning, and His Majesty's face became more serious when he heard it.

"...I haven't done anything about the Minister of the Ministry of War right now, so I ordered someone to keep an eye on him."

Seeing that Qin Wubing said his mouth was dry, Dequan handed over a cup of tea, the temperature was moderate, Qin Wubing took three sips and said, "One more cup."

"According to what you said, if I don't take that person out again, the entire Li family will probably surrender!" After the emperor finished speaking, he glanced at Dequan.

Dequan bowed and exited the main hall.

The emperor said solemnly:

"My princes are still underage, and my relatives are not strong. They would not make arrangements so early. My brothers... There were not many people left. If they started making arrangements more than ten years ago, they are sitting here now. It’s not me! Who else cares about the world of the Li family?”

"Huh? The emperor thinks that the person behind the scenes is rushing to the world?"

"You don't think so?"

"Has the emperor ever thought that if people in the royal family control all this...they can't hide it!"

The emperor leaned forward and said, "Speak carefully!"

Qin Wubing scratched his forehead, organized his words and said:
"For example, Brother Nine and I are in Yangjiazhuang. Those people who want to shout all know that King Cheng is behind them. Another example is the eight Xichuan brothers. No matter how they hide what they do, they can see that they are behind it. They can't control this kind of thing, and the subordinates must know who to work for, right? They don't just buy people, but pay more attention to people's hearts! How can they do it if they want to buy people's hearts without reporting their names?"

The emperor nodded.

Qin Wubing continued:
"Looking at this scientific examination fraud case again, the person behind the scenes wanted to bury his whole body in the soil, which is not the way of the royal family. Besides, even if it was, the time has come, how long will it be before the net is closed?"

"According to what you said, he started the layout more than ten years ago, or even 20 years ago, so why did he come? Just for money?"

"In such a big game of chess, it doesn't make sense to just do it for money, but you say he is doing it for power? Indeed, there is no power that cannot keep the money, but I don't see why he wants power other than money? That's how I see it Yes, it stands to reason that the six ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple and even the local officials may have people arranged by him. It’s like building a road, and you can think of it! But the road is repaired, except for corruption, it seems that no one else is transported. Not long ago, the Xichuan rebellion, the south of the Yangtze River was flooded, and foreign enemies invaded, if he has other intentions and doesn't take the opportunity to achieve his goal, what are we waiting for?"

The emperor squinted his eyes and said: "Not only did he not cause trouble, but the rare officials at all levels worked together in those few months, otherwise, we would not have overcome the difficulties so quickly!"

"That's right. Besides, although the late emperor said that he was tolerant and lenient in his later years, his literary and martial arts were still on par with Yao and Shun. If someone really dared to overstep, how could the late emperor let him go?"

The emperor took a deep breath, frowned even tighter, and said, "The more you talk, the more confused I become!"

"I told the emperor this way, and my mind became a little clearer."

"Speak carefully!"

"Your majesty, don't look at his intricate layout. These only show that this person is extremely intelligent. I just want to know what character traits this person has. First, he has no intention of competing for the world. The emperor also said just now that the most difficult time a few days ago , These officials are also cooperative, the emperor thinks again, the emperor wants to rectify the officials, in the final analysis, he wants to rectify the corruption of officials, they are crazy, I found the shopkeeper of the shop at home two days ago, and learned that I want to do business in the capital It must have a relationship with officials, otherwise, don’t even think about making it big.”

The emperor's face darkened: "They are competing with the people for profit!"

"How could they care about anyone's profit! At least so far, what that person has done makes me think that he only wants to make money! Second, he is ruthless! In order to weave this net to get money, he is determined Strict rules, all participants must strictly abide by, in the past ten or twenty years, there are definitely not a few people who died because of him!"

"Thirdly, he is familiar with the officialdom, but the people in the officialdom are not familiar with him. I have been thinking about it for the past few days. You said that he has so many high-ranking officials in his hands, so he is not afraid of who will kill him together? Your Majesty Thinking about it carefully, anyone who is obsessed with power, other than wanting to hold real power, who would like to be manipulated by others? On the one hand, they feel that they can do it themselves and don’t want to listen to others, on the other hand, what they want is to feel superior! Talk to the emperor They are still thinking about resisting, but with that person, they only have to obey orders, who wants to? Especially after sitting in a high position."

"You mean, they don't actually know who that person is?"

Qin Wubing nodded and said:

"At first, I also thought this was a case that could be found by following the vines, but I realized later that if you really can find the melons by following the vines, that person has already been arrested. No matter how powerful he is, he can't be covered! Some people are filled with righteous indignation and want to get rid of him because of justice. After all these years in the court, there will always be a few people with justice in their hearts, right? There will be some people who want to borrow a knife to kill people, and untie the ropes tied to their bodies, right?"

"That's true! What the emperors of all ages feared the most is not that their courtiers form cliques, but that they are united! The reason why the father has not been suspicious for so many years is because the courtiers are still calculating to eliminate dissidents. They seem to be very clear about what can be done. Fight, what can't fight."

"You can see that person's methods!"

(End of this chapter)