I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 453
"Is this the news you want to report to me!"

Yang Dao was completely flustered now, he stammered,
"Could it be... Isn't such a big news enough for His Majesty to pardon the crimes of the villain and the Yang family!"

Li Tian shook his head and said,
"This news is indeed of some use to me. It helped me solve a lot of doubts, but at best it can only save me from the Yang family's joint and several crimes, but the crimes on you are not mere news. Pardoned."

When Yang Dao heard that Li Tian was willing to spare the Yang family, his whole body immediately relaxed. He sat down on the ground again, his face was a little miserable, and he looked at Yang Shiqi with a sad face with a bit of joy.

"Father, I have done everything my child can do, but it is still unavoidable. Please forgive my child for being unfilial. I will not be able to do my filial piety in front of you in the future!"

Yang Shiqi couldn't stop his tears, he had been an official for so many years, and he also knew that what Yang Dao did was indeed a huge mistake.

Li Tian's willingness to punish him alone is already the greatest extrajudicial favor to him, Yang Shiqi, to the Yang family.

He crawled forward and hugged Yang Dao, crying bitterly,
"It's my father's fault that he failed to discipline you severely, which made you make such a big mistake! It's all my father's fault!"

"Father, don't be like this. My child's faults will naturally be borne by the child. Your Majesty's willingness to let the Yang family go is already a great kindness to my Yang family..."

Seeing the two of them seeing them off as if they were on execution, and crying so miserable, Li Tian couldn't bear it, and didn't intend to continue teasing them.

So he smiled and said,

"What are you guys doing? I just said that I can't easily spare you kid, but I didn't say that I want your life. Why are you crying like this!"

Hearing that he didn't have to die, Yang Dao hurriedly snorted the mixture of snot and tears on his face, and asked Li Tian in an unbelievable tone,

"Your Majesty doesn't intend to kill the villain?"

Yang Shiqi also reacted at this time, quickly pressed Yang Dao's head, and knocked hard to the ground.

"Bastard, Your Majesty is so kind, I am willing to spare your life, why don't you hurry up and thank me!"

"Yes, yes, thank you for not killing me, thank you for your generosity..."

Boom, boom, knocked his head three times in a row, each with great force, after only three knocks, Yang Dao's forehead swelled up quite a lot.

Seeing that he didn't intend to stop, Li Tian put on an impatient tone and said,

"Although capital crimes are exempt, living crimes are inevitable. From today onwards, you may have an additional identity. Take a good rest and go to the Intelligence Department tomorrow! Someone will arrange tasks for you then!"

Hearing the words intelligence department and mission, Yang Dao was a little confused, but Yang Shiqi, as the chief assistant of the dynasty, naturally knew what these two words meant.

His face changed again and again, and he pressed Yang Dao's head again,
"Stinky boy, His Majesty doesn't intend to kill you, but entrusts you with a heavy responsibility. If you don't hurry up and thank you, I really don't know that the ancestor of our Yang family has blessed you so much."

Yang Dao kowtowed again in a daze.

Li Tian returned to the dragon chair, looked a little tired, yawned and said,
"Okay, it's getting late today, you all should leave first!"

Yang Shiqi quickly pulled Yang Dao up, and retreated out of the hall gratefully.

But Li Tian seemed to remember something again, and called Yang Shiqi back again.

"Shi Qi, stay here for a while, I still have a few words to tell you!"

Yang Shiqi didn't dare to neglect, and hurried up again.

After backing away from the screen, Li Tian sighed and said,
"Shiqi, you also know that many people already know about Yang Dao's manipulation of the tea-horse trade fair. Even if I spared him, it is still difficult to prevent others from using this as an excuse to attack you. You have to be mentally prepared."

Li Tian's words seemed to be a warning to Yang Shiqi, but in fact, the deeper meaning was to say more,
"I have carried this matter on behalf of your Yang family, so you can safely and boldly argue with others."

Yang Shiqi is calm and shrewd, so he couldn't understand the meaning of Li Tian's words, so he cupped his hands and said,
"Your Majesty's kindness, the old minister deeply appreciates it!"

Li Tian waved his hand again and said,
"If you are grateful, don't say any more. It is not without reason that I am willing to help you. The news that Yang Dao brought back this time is indeed very important. This is the reward that your Yang family deserves.

However, he made so much money at once by virtue of the tea-horse trade. He will inevitably be criticized by those jealous people. Even if you pass this test today, it is inevitable that you will not be exposed in the future. You can think about what to do. "

Yang Shiqi looked up and saw Li Tian's half-smile, and immediately guessed what Li Tian really wanted to express.
"The old minister understands that when the old minister returns, he will immediately ask that traitor to count his income and hand it over without leaving anything!"

Li Tian was very happy when he heard what he said, but there was still no change on his face.

"This is not good either. Yang Dao will go to the grasslands to continue to inquire about the news in the future. It will not work if he doesn't have any capital in his hand. Why don't we just pay [-]% of it.

Of course, I will not keep Yang Daobai busy, besides the funding from the intelligence department, I can give him a secret decree, in this way, it should be able to stop many people's verbal criticism! "

Yang Shiqi's face twitched twice, and finally he knelt down and thanked him,

"The old minister complies with the order, thank you His Majesty for your size!"

Seeing that he seemed to have something else on his mind, Li Tian could guess what he was worried about, and sighed slightly,

"Shiqi, are you worried about my arrangement for Yang Dao to enter the intelligence department!"

"Old minister...the old minister did not. It is already a great favor of my Yang family that His Majesty did not kill him. How dare the old minister think about other things."

Li Tian let out a foul breath and let out a long sigh,
"Hey, Yang Dao's identity will be different in the future, and if he goes deep into the dangerous and unpredictable desert again, he will definitely be in more danger. You can be forgiven for worrying about his safety, so there is nothing wrong with it.

Don't blame me for being cruel, Yang Dao's talent is the best candidate for this task, if he completes better, maybe he can come back safely in a year or so.

At that time, if he is willing to enter the court as an official, it is no big deal if I reward him as a fourth-rank doctor. "

As long as you stick to it for a year or so, you can get a fourth-rank official. If this kind of great good thing is placed on others, they might jump high and rush to do it.

But Yang Shiqi was well aware of the danger of the imperial court, so he didn't intend to let his two sons re-enter the officialdom.

But since Li Tian has already said that, he can only pinch his nose.

"Your Majesty loves me so much, I really don't know how to repay him, so I'm here to thank His Majesty on behalf of the dog."

(End of this chapter)