Aspiration

Chapter 230 Investigating the Murderer
Although Hao Yaoqi is still an active general in the army and the deputy minister of the Ministry of National Defense, he has not actually participated in the management of the army much in recent years. He was conferred the title of Duke the year before last and a lifetime member of the House of Lords.This time he was suddenly asked to lead the army to track down the murderer who assassinated Li Laiheng, and he must have had some difficulty.However, fortunately, his old team was stationed near the capital, and it only took him half a day to transfer them to the capital.

Originally, the army that controlled the capital was a group army of Li Yan's younger brother Li Jun. It was the garrison of the capital, and it was also called the Imperial Guard in ancient times.For some reason, Li Yan asked Li Jun to hand over the guard power to Hao Yaoqi.Hao Yaoqi is very satisfied, this is trust, this is trust in an old man at a critical moment.

Hao Yaoqi went to see Li Yan.

Li Yan said, dude, I have to ask you to come out of the mountain at a critical time. Now there are forces making waves, and we have to stand up when the country is in crisis.

Hao Yaoqi's blood boiled, he asked, who is so rebellious?Li Yan said that the enemy is hiding too deeply, and it is not yet certain.He said, it may be a political careerist, or it may be a remnant of the occupied country, so you have to strictly check the people who come and go in the capital. If you think it is necessary, Li Jun is familiar with the situation in the capital, and you can also let He does something for you.Hao Yaoqi said, that is of course very good.Then he asked again, how is Prime Minister Li Laiheng now?

Li Yan frowned and said, Prime Minister Li Laiheng is currently being treated in a very secret place, and his life is not in danger. Don't worry, your main task now is to destroy the conspiracy that assassinated Li Laiheng.

When Hao Yaoqi thought about this problem, he felt that it was very difficult, so he asked Lao Jiu to come out and help.

Li Yan sneered, this person is too scheming, and the person who sniped Li Laiheng this time is his subordinate, so we can't rely on him. Besides, this person disappeared suddenly. I don't think he is the murderer, it is already against him Very kind.

Hao Yaoqi had a fiery temper, and when he heard it, he was furious, grandma, this man turned out to be an ambitious wolf.

On the contrary, Li Yan advised Hao Yaoqi not to be excited. Now that things are not clear, no one can believe it, but they can't doubt randomly. What kind of person Lao Jiu is, he will naturally know in the future.

Hao Yaoqi started to act, and he took the initiative to invite Li Yan's younger brother to participate in the search.

Needless to say, Hao Yaoqi's actions soon had results. He caught more than 300 suspicious elements, most of whom were from occupied countries. For example, Japan and Annan had a large number of death squads lurking in the capital.Of course, more people are locals. After checking, they are all retainers of so-and-so.So, a few days later, some officials in the capital were involved.

Hao Yaoqi was furious.

Unpredictable people, really unpredictable people!Li Laiheng has contributed so much to the country and brought our Great China Empire to such a glorious position, are you still making trouble?He severely beat the captured ministers, and soon, all of them readily admitted their crimes, saying, General Hao, just kill us, and we plead guilty.Hey, if you don't plead guilty, who can survive your beating?
More than ten days later, news came that Li Laiheng died.

Li Yan was taken aback, and thought to himself, this news is terrible, if it is allowed to spread, the situation may be difficult to deal with.Therefore, he held a meeting, first to refute the rumors, and second, to declare a state of emergency.

This so-called state of emergency is a very serious situation, which means that all laws and regulations in the country are implemented at the highest level, public opinion is strictly controlled, curfew and martial law are imposed when necessary, and so on.

Emperor Chongzhen also heard the news of Li Laiheng's death from serious illness, so he summoned Li Yan.

Li Yan had to go to see Emperor Chongzhen, because of the constitutional monarchy, the final appointment of the prime minister had to be signed by the emperor to be legal, and besides, the emperor was the spiritual leader of the people, so Li Yan had to go to see Emperor Chongzhen immediately.

Of course, there are dangers everywhere now, and every step may be pierced by a thousand arrows. Even if Li Yan controls the people with security power, he cannot be paralyzed.Li Laiheng was shot and killed under strict security.

Li Yan went to the Forbidden City.

The security of the Forbidden City is self-contained, and the Royal Guards are in charge of the security. They are all loyal people of the original Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Li Yan stepped into the Forbidden City like a solitary boat floating into the sea.

"Li Laiheng is dead?" Emperor Chongzhen has long ignored life and death, and he is very indifferent. He has died once, and he is not afraid of death anymore, so when he asked about Li Laiheng's death, he was not at all emotional. No.But it cannot be said that he has no feelings for Li Laiheng.

Li Yan replied: "Going back to the emperor, I really don't know."

"You can't tell? I believe what others say, but I don't believe what you say." Emperor Chongzhen said.

Li Yan said that it is really not clear.

However, Emperor Chongzhen thought that Li Yan was lying, and he kept asking, which meant that it was very clear that you could keep it from me, and you might need my help at that time.So he said something that wasn't very pleasant.

Li Yan was also angry, and smiled coldly, "I can't help it, Your Majesty, no one will believe what I say at this time. So, I just don't say anything. For example, when ministers ask me about this, I will say Prime Minister Li Laiheng." She is unscathed, and will soon return from illness. But, Your Majesty, you certainly won’t believe it, will you?”

Of course Emperor Chongzhen didn't believe it, but since it was a constitutional monarchy, all he could do was to intervene, and everything else had to be done according to the constitution.

The Constitution stipulates that when the Prime Minister is unable to exercise his powers, the Deputy Prime Minister replaces the Prime Minister.

So, now Li Yan has become the actual prime minister.

However, this did not make Li Yan happy, he was thinking about Li Laiheng's life and death.

In life one must see people, in death one must see corpses.If Li Laiheng was not found, Li Yan would have trouble sleeping and eating. He sent spies to look for Li Laiheng's trace.

No. 15 days after Lee Raehyung was injured, he finally opened his eyes.

"How's the situation?" The first thing Li Laiheng did when he woke up was to ask about the situation in the country.

"Just barely."

Lu Qin could only answer "barely", because Lu Qin found that the situation in the whole country was not optimistic, and the various factions showed signs of splitting, and even Li Yan had already begun to eliminate dissidents.

Throughout the capital, the ministers began to panic.

Li Laiheng's face became gloomy. It is not an easy task to govern such a big country well. If internal instability and external forces take advantage of the opportunity, the situation will be difficult to deal with.

(End of this chapter)