The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

With the help of the Song family, the imperial examination in Jinling went smoothly.Of course, the children of Jinling’s aristocratic families still did not sign up to participate.

Whether the children of aristocratic families participate or not will not affect the progress of the imperial examination at all.The imperial examinations were held mainly for poor students.

King Jing also asked the Song family to collect evidence that the Jinling family resisted the imperial examination and threatened the poor disciples not to take part in the imperial examination.

"Your Highness, if you do this, you will offend the entire Jinling family." Song Qingyun knew that the reason why King Jing did this was partly for personal reasons, because the Jinling families did not take him seriously.

King Jing raised his eyebrows with a disdainful smile on his face: "Do you think I will be afraid of them?"

Of course Song Qingyun knew that King Jing was not afraid of the aristocratic families in Jinling.He continued to persuade: "Your Highness, instead of offending them, it is better to use them for your own use."

King Jing also wanted to take over the aristocratic families in Jinling City for his own use, but he felt it was impossible.

"I'm afraid they don't want to. After all, they have always been the prince's people. They have invested a lot of effort in the prince over the years. If you ask them to suddenly give up the prince and support me, then how much thought and effort have they spent on the prince over the years? All the money will be wasted." Although King Jing is arrogant, he is not a fool.If you are smarter than him, the prince is not as smart as him.

"Although I don't know how much money they spent on the prince, it must be a huge amount." Thinking of the prince, a contemptuous smile appeared on King Jing's face, "The prince and my uncle are both lions. A little money cannot satisfy people who are open-minded. If they give up the prince and support me, it will not only mean that the money they spent on the prince will be wasted, but they will also have to spend another large amount of money to help me. . And I am not the eldest son. In addition to the crown prince and the acting king, there is also a King of Chu above me. They may not necessarily believe that I can get rid of the prince, the acting king, and the King of Chu, and sit on the throne of the crown prince. "

He continued: "The prince that my father values ​​most at present is the King of Chu. Everyone is speculating that if the King of Chu goes to Pengcheng to investigate the truth about the copper theft this time, then the King of Chu will soon replace my good brother. You Do you think the aristocratic families in Jinling City are willing to take risks to support this king?"

King Jing's analysis was so correct that Song Qingyun could not refute it.If it were him and the Li family, he would not be willing to abandon the prince and switch to His Highness Prince Jing, who seemed to have no chance of winning.

"Your Song family is indeed powerful in Jinling City. Those aristocratic families are no match for the Song family together, but for the sake of profit, they will fight to the death with your Song family." Before King Jing came to Jinling City, he didn't know much about the situation in Jinling. , but he knows it very well now. "There is only one outcome for your fight, and that is for both sides to suffer losses, and no one can gain anything from it."

Song Qingyun felt that he had underestimated King Jing.He originally thought that King Jing was just a clever person, but now it seems that King Jing is much smarter than the prince.

"Since Your Highness knows that the fight between our Song family and the aristocratic families will result in both sides losing, why do you still need to collect evidence of the aristocratic families' resistance to the imperial examination?"

"Do you think that if I don't let you collect, no one will collect it?" King Jing looked at Song Qingyun playfully, "I have discovered that you Jinling people are really smart."

Song Qingyun frowned after hearing this.He asked with some confusion: "Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"

"Do you really think that your father in the capital has no knowledge of all the things you did in Jinling?" Through this period of investigation and understanding, King Jing discovered that the aristocratic families in Jinling City are really too arrogant. He didn't care about the imperial court at all, nor did he take his father into his heart. "Do you really think you can treat my father like a monkey?"

Song Qingyun's expression immediately changed and became a little serious.

"Your Highness, what do you mean?"

"Everything you have done over the years, none of it can be hidden from my father. My father sees everything."

Song Qingyun looked shocked at first, and then showed a suspicious look on his face.

"Your Highness, are you sure?"

"Do you feel that my father has not touched you all this time? Is it because he doesn't know what you have done, or is he afraid of the power of you people?"

Song Qingyun said nothing.

King Jing sneered: "You really underestimated my father."

"If the emperor knew everything, why didn't he take action against Jinling City?"

“It’s very simple, just put your long shot to catch the big fish.”

"Catch the big fish, who is the big fish?"

King Jing said nothing and looked at Song Qingyun calmly.

Song Qingyun was not a fool. He immediately reacted: "It's the prince and the Duke of Zhenguo."

"And you little fishes." King Jing said nonchalantly, "With my father's methods and temperament, eradicating you is like squeezing an ant to death."

"Your Highness, your words are exaggerated." Song Qingyun felt that King Jing's words were a bit exaggerated.

"Do you think you people can compare with the soldiers of the four generals under my father?" These Jinling people are really arrogant. "You should know General Song who led troops to Yangzhou a few years ago, right?"

"know."

"The four generals under my father have been fighting with my father since they were young. They have made countless military exploits." King Jing said with a smile, "They all came out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood. What do you think? Are those tribesmen and dead soldiers they raised their opponents?"

"We didn't rebel. Shouldn't the emperor send troops to destroy us?"

"Hahahahaha..." King Jing laughed loudly as if he heard a funny joke.

Song Qingyun didn't understand what King Jing was laughing about.What he just said was neither wrong nor ridiculous.

"So, I say you still don't understand my father." King Jing looked at Song Qingyun funny, "My father really wants to eradicate you, and there is no need for any reason."

Song Qingyun didn't believe it: "The emperor has to follow the rules when doing things, right?" "This is of no use to my father. He is not an emperor who grew up reading books about sages. The rules you talk about are nothing to him. No." King Jing said with a straight face, "My father is really ruthless. Not to mention Jinling City, the entire Jiangnan aristocratic family will be destroyed at will. The reason why my father did not take this method to eradicate you is because he wants to fish out Prince and Duke, otherwise based on what you have done, I would have sent Song Weikang and others to come and bloodbath you."

Song Qingyun felt that King Jing was being alarmist, but the look on King Jing's face didn't seem to scare him.

"Of course, part of the reason why my father lets you make trouble is because he is watching a show, and he is watching how far you can go if you are so smart."

Song Qingyun's face was a little stiff: "Your Highness, don't scare me."

"Why am I scaring you? Don't you want to know how my father has dealt with the aristocratic families in the capital these years?" After King Jing finished speaking, he saw Song Qingyun's face was a little dazed and taunted him very rudely, "You guys are really arrogant."

"Please enlighten me, Your Highness."

King Jing was in a good mood and told Song Qingyun a few things about the emperor's dealings with the aristocratic families in the capital in the early years.

After listening to this, Song Qingyun's face became very heavy, and a chill filled his heart.

"The reason why my father did not directly deal with the Zhenguo Duke's office is because the Zhenguo Duke was kind to the Zhao family. Otherwise, my eldest brother and uncle would not be able to run around now." King Jing said, "My grandpa and father The emperor was all a bandit back then, and they would not play your tricks. None of the ministers in the imperial court could hide their thoughts from my father. My father once told the ministers that if they did not touch his bottom line, he would You can turn a blind eye and pretend you didn't see anything. If it touches his bottom line, don't blame him for being ruthless."

"What you have done in Jinling over the years has long touched my father's bottom line. Do you think my father will let you go?" King Jing was very curious in his heart, who gave these aristocratic families in Jinling the confidence to let you go? They think they can play tricks on their father.

Song Qingyun's face turned pale at this moment, and his eyes were filled with fear.

"I asked you to collect evidence of the crimes of those aristocratic families so that you can make meritorious deeds so that you will not fall into the miserable fate of those aristocratic families." King Jing took a deep look at Song Qingyun, "You, the Song family, want to advance and retreat with those aristocratic families. , or do you want to acquit yourself and save the lives of the entire clan?"

Song Qingyun stood up and bowed respectfully to King Jing.

"Thank you for your suggestion, Your Highness. The common people will immediately send people to collect evidence of the crime."

"Those who know the current affairs are heroes. After all, your Song family is not an aristocratic family. You have never been excessively involved in court affairs. This time you have made meritorious service, and you will definitely not be severely punished in the future."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Song Qingyun thought of another thing, "Your Highness, where are the Cao Gang and the Yan Gang?"

"Neither I nor you are suitable to interfere in the affairs of the Cao Gang and the Salt Gang."

"Why is this?"

"Father has his own plans, and we cannot destroy his plans."

After hearing this, Song Qingyun's heart suddenly sank and he asked uneasily: "Your Highness, what is the emperor's plan?"

King Jing shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I guess my father's plan is not simple."

Song Qingyun smiled bitterly and said: "After listening to His Highness's words, I realized how stupid we people are."

"You are not stupid, you are lawless." King Jing could probably guess the thoughts of the aristocratic families in Jinling, "You think that my father is from a grassroots background and is no match for you in his scheming and tricks, but you also don't think that my father is a How to conquer the great Zhou Dynasty."

"Your Highness taught you that we are indeed lawless." They really underestimated the emperor.

"My father attaches great importance to the imperial examination. All you and I need to do is ensure that the imperial examination can go smoothly, which is a great achievement." King Jing reminded Song Qingyun again, "investigate the evidence of the aristocratic families' opposition to the imperial examination. It is best to have someone with the prince's approval." Evidence, you know?”

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the common people understand."

"As for those aristocratic families, you have kindly reminded them before. If they are stubborn, I can't blame you." King Jing comforted Song Qingyun and said, "You have done your best to be benevolent and righteous."

Song Qingyun raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a bitter smile.

"As you guessed, they probably won't abandon the prince."

"It's normal for them not to give up on the prince. It's nothing to make a fuss about." King Jing didn't care.

"They will regret not surrendering to His Highness in the future."

"I don't care if they don't regret it later." King Jing sneered, "I don't have to do it with them." He is not his good elder brother who lowers his status to please the family.

"By the way, Your Highness, should we send someone to keep an eye on King Chu?"

"No need." King Jing narrowed his eyes slightly and said with an unclear expression, "You are no match for King Chu."

"Your Highness, our Song family still has some ideas over in Pengcheng." Pengcheng's Salt Gang is related to their Song family.

"The King of Chu does not need to be dealt with by me. Besides, the King of Chu is going to investigate the prince's stealing of copper. Why should I stop the King of Chu?" King Jing said with a smile on his face, "I hope that the King of Chu will do it right away." Being able to investigate and investigate the truth behind the copper theft." It was a good thing for King Chu to pull down the prince, and he would be a fool to stop it.

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