As soon as the news of the assassination came out, Yingping was extremely furious in the morning and ordered the Jingzhao Mansion on the next day to find out the mastermind behind the scenes. In order to express his anger, he only said this one thing during the morning court that day and walked away, leaving behind all the officials looking at each other.
But several days passed, and Jingzhao Mansion couldn't find even a single clue.
Yingping stood in the imperial study room, looking at the papers submitted by Cui Ren, then threw the papers on the ground and said angrily: "If Cui Ren can't do it well, don't do it! Such a big case is nothing. I can’t find out! What does he do for food!”
"Your Majesty, please calm down -" Yin Jingting tried to smooth things over, and continued: "Since the thief dared to assassinate Mr. Wen at this juncture, he must have made complete preparations. Well... I think that with the current situation, it is better to respond to the situation unchanged. It's better to change, not to mention that since Mr. Cui took over Jingzhao Mansion, the security in the city has been good, and the number of thefts, big and small, has also been reduced year after year, so..."
Yingping understood the meaning of Yin Jingting's words. He also knew that Cui Ren was an effective member of Wang Yanqing's faction. Yingping's attitude was just to "knock down the mountain and shake the tiger". It was unrealistic for him to find out the real "big mastermind". Since Yin Jingting was interceding between the two sides, Yingping would follow this step. After all, the top priority now is not to punish the culprit, because Wen Junchen has not received any real harm, so these can be let go.
Yingping put Yin Jingting aside, pretending to be still angry, but he did not continue the topic.
After a moment of silence, Yingping picked up the other memorials on the desk and read through them. After seeing the above content, he gradually smiled.
"Prime Minister Yin! It seems that the results have been remarkable in the past six months——"
Yin Jingting knew what Yingping was holding - in the past six months, not only had the national treasury expenditure been reduced a lot, but some land had also been taken back from those "irrelevant" nobles. How could Yingping be unhappy with such a decrease and an increase?
"Haha, this is all the result of the foresight and foresight of the Holy Spirit, Divine Destiny, and Mr. Wen!"
"Prime Minister Yin is so humble! If it weren't for Prime Minister Yin, would An have achieved such great results today?" Ying Ping took Yin Jingting's hand and pressed him against Xiudun'er to show his closeness.
"Hehe... The Holy Lord praises me so much that I am terrified."
"Prime Minister Yin, I have been thinking about it these past few days. Now that we have achieved today's situation, can we plan the next step?"
Yingping and Yin Jingting discussed it over and over again, and finally Yingping accepted to divide the new law into several steps because of Yin Jingting's insistence. The purpose was to implement it step by step to prevent excessive changes that would cause other changes. Now it seems that the effect of this law is remarkable, Yingping Naturally, my ambition is even higher, and I want to take bigger and faster steps.
Yin Jingting was startled for a moment, then showed some embarrassment on his face, and said: "Well... I think... although some results have been achieved, the Holy One should consolidate them instead of... not rush forward. If... if the steps are too big, it will be easy... easy…"
"Easy to pull off the balls?"
"Forehead…"
"Ha ha ha ha--"
Faced with Ying Ping's vulgar jokes, Yin Jingting naturally could only laugh in response.
"Xiang Yin is mature and prudent, I naturally understand, but heaven waits for no one!"
Seeing that the situation was great, Yingping was naturally full of confidence. He was a young man, and young people naturally had the drive of young people. At this time, he simply did not believe that Wang Yanqing's group could turn the situation around.
"But, Your Majesty..."
"Okay, nothing more, I've made up my mind! Just continue step by step -" Yingping interrupted Yin Jingting forcefully.
Yin Jingting couldn't help Yingping's reputation. What's more, the current situation was beyond Yin Jingting's expectation. He had never thought that things would develop so smoothly.
Seeing Yingping's decisiveness, Yin Jingting had no choice but to agree and said: "Yes, it all depends on the sage Qiangang's arbitrary decision, and the old ministers must obey his orders."
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Three days later, in Chang'an, in front of Zhuque Gate.
Suddenly, a dozen young and middle-aged men gathered at the north end of Zhuque Street. They were all dressed in extraordinary clothes, and they looked like they were not ordinary people. These people gathered here at Mao Shi, and they could be seen by passers-by and ministers preparing to go to court, and they It seems to be done deliberately so that ministers and passers-by can see it. These people seemed to have been prepared for it. Whenever a carriage of a court official passed by, they would all kneel on the ground and cry loudly, as if there was some great grievance. When the officials passing by heard the crying, they would open the curtains and look here, but because these people were crying so noisily, they couldn't hear clearly what they were saying.
Pedestrians around stopped to watch the excitement. Everyone whispered to each other at first, and soon they realized that these people were all nobles of the New Tang Dynasty. Their titles were high or low, and among them there were many prominent princes such as second-class and third-class princes. Some people live in Chang'an City, some live in surrounding cities, and some even live hundreds of miles away, but these people all chose to gather here today——
What is this for? It seems that these people all have great grievances.
Everyone was puzzled. These princes and nobles are living a good life as gods, so they come to sing in front of the palace?
Seeing this, everyone became more interested in these people. The bold and meddlesome people came forward to inquire about it. It turned out that these nobles were here for the new law. As soon as the new laws came out, the titles these people relied on and the gifts given to them by the court were all withdrawn. How could they not be anxious?
Passed from one to another, the news soon spread throughout the crowd. Seeing this scene, the onlookers couldn't help but become more interested, and even put down their work and ran to watch - the little emperor had a headache!
Seeing the excitement, the onlookers secretly said in their hearts.
...
Wang Yanqing's carriage and horses also passed by the north end of Zhuque Street. Suddenly they heard a loud noise outside the carriage, which seemed extremely abrupt compared with the previous quietness. He lifted the curtain and looked out of the car, only to see a group of people kneeling neatly in front of the palace gate, kowtowing as if they had something to appeal for.
Wang Yanqing knocked on the car window, and a servant ran over from the front and asked: "Master, are you calling me?"
"Who are all there?"
"Back to the master, I just went to ask some questions. I said that some princes were there asking for orders. Among them, the Duke of Jin and the Duke of Liang were taking the lead and kneeling there."
"Oh, okay." Wang Yanqing nodded, thinking that Zhao Xingwen and Lin Feng were really in a hurry, having gathered so many people in less than three days.
"Master, should we avoid these people?"
Wang Yanqing was silent for a while, then looked coldly at the howling nobles and said, "No need, just go the same way."
"Okay."
"Wait!" Wang Yanqing had just lowered the curtain and lifted it up. He stopped the servant who was about to run to the front of the car and said: "Let the coachman drive faster later. If these people follow my car, don't worry about it. Even if Don’t stop even if they hit me in front of my car! Do you hear me?”
"The villain knows! Don't worry, sir!"
...
Wang Yanqing's carriage sped past these nobles. Suddenly, a sharp-eyed man jumped up when he saw Wang Yanqing's carriage and shouted loudly: "This is Mr. Wang's carriage - this is Mr. Wang's carriage -"
The crowd kneeling on the ground was quiet for a while, and then immediately became agitated.
Zhao and Lin, the two leaders, immediately followed Wang Yanqing's carriage and cried: "Master Wang - Master Wang - you have to make the decision for us, Master Wang -"
"Yes - Mr. Wang - we are all heroes! If you don't speak for us, the foundation our ancestors have worked so hard to build will be lost -"
"Master Wang - please speak for us! Our ancestors will definitely thank you in heaven -"
"Master Wang! We need to face the Holy Spirit——"
...
Wang Yanqing's carriage still maintained its previous speed without any intention of stopping. There was no sound in the carriage, as if there was no one inside.
Everyone's footsteps gradually stopped, watching the carriage drive towards the palace gate, and everyone stopped chasing.
"Liang Guogong! What do you mean, Mr. Wang?" asked a man about the same age as Zhao Xingwen. Judging from the yellow complexion and deep bags under his eyes, this man looked like a man addicted to alcohol and excessive sexual indulgence.
"Yes, Brother Zhao, this Lord Wang..." Lin Feng also asked.
"You ask me, who should I ask?" Zhao Xingwen said with some uncertainty: "Just wait a minute, Mr. Wang was a close friend of my father and I before, and he will definitely not turn a blind eye to us."
Zhao Xingwen comforted everyone, but in fact he was also a little uneasy. After leaving the palace a few days ago, he quickly found these friends. When everyone gathered together, they felt that it would be a good idea to go together to ask for orders, so they hit it off and decided to go together today. In addition, they also wrote letters to princes and nobles in other parts of the New Tang Dynasty who had suffered the same fate, asking them to go to Chang'an to request orders. The servants of these nobles rushed to various places for eight hundred miles, and the news they brought back shocked them - nobles from all over the country responded one after another and were willing to come. Zhao and Lin were overjoyed and thought that if everyone worked together to build momentum, great things would surely happen!
However, despite being happy, Zhao Xingwen was still a little overwhelmed. He wanted to look for Wang Yanqing again, but thinking of Wang Yanqing's cold and murderous eyes that day, he backed away again. Therefore, today we can only bite the bullet and kneel in front of the palace gate. As for where the situation will develop, we can only take one step at a time.
Zhao Xingwen looked at the strict palace gate, feeling anxious. He ignored the people talking at the side, turned around and returned to his previous position, and knelt down again with a 'pop' sound.
Seeing the leader like this, everyone couldn't say anything more, and they all lowered their heads and knelt down.
It's almost time, and the sun is getting hotter.
Everyone was kneeling in front of the palace gate in agony - if I had known this, it would be better to ask the servants at home to bring an umbrella and some ice-cold drinks to get rid of the autumn dryness.
You have to walk the path you choose, even if you are kneeling!
