For Zai Chun, this was destined to be an extremely failed imperial meeting. The plaque of "difficulty for the emperor" was placed on his head, making him unable to breathe. The intrigues among the courtiers below made him truly understand what "difficulty for the emperor" meant!
Lian Xing seems to be determined to become a conservative. He refuses to surrender to him to the death. He relies on his unique status to do such a fancy job. He is not bullying himself at a young age!
I didn't handle this matter properly, but I didn't expect that this inappropriateness would be taken advantage of by someone who wanted to do this!
On the surface, Lian Xing seemed to be selfless and for the sake of the emperor, but all his words were teasing a very sensitive topic, and that was the slavery system of the Eight Banners!
There are even some faint threats in it, but not everyone can understand it!
Lian Xing's subtext was only one, and that was, 'Look, gentlemen, take a look, the emperor is already preparing to attack the old man of the Eight Banners! '
'He even wants to rob the interests of the banner slaves. Who else in the Qing Dynasty is safe? Don’t forget that the most royal palaces on both sides of the Qinghe River are the royal nobles! '
There is only one thing Lian Xing has to do, and that is to tear apart the last bit of pretense and let everyone know what kind of emperor Tongzhi really wants to be!
Perhaps Zaichun's ideals did not even end with the three emperors of Kangxi, Yongzong and Qianlong, but he was still dissatisfied with such centralization of power! Perhaps Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of Han were his ideals!
Like Qin Shihuang, like Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty! Truly, all the resources of the entire empire are concentrated in one place, and no one dares to rebel. No one in the entire world except the Lord of Hell is his opponent!
As long as I don't die, this world will always be mine!
Such an emperor is a nightmare for all his ministers. With his head on his shoulders tonight, who knows where he will be after the court tomorrow?
Zai Chun smiled, "Haha... It makes sense, it really makes sense! I didn't expect that you, Lian Xing, are really a loyal and good minister! Then I ask you, what should I do about this matter?"
If ordinary ministers heard the emperor speaking in such a murderous tone, they would have stopped talking. But today, even though Lian Xing was trembling, he still kept his head down and continued to reply!
"Long live! I know that what I said today has offended many people, but I feel that I am not wrong! I also know that Your Majesty will definitely understand my sincerity!"
"You want to ask me what should I do about this matter? I don't dare to overstep my authority. Whether it is strict, loose or simple is in the emperor's heart. Your Majesty will naturally have a sense of proportion in his heart!"
"If you have to ask me, I'll just tell you...we should follow the old rules of the Eight Banners!"
"Old rules? Don't be so general and explain it clearly!" Zai Chun said coldly.
"Hey, I'll make it clear! We can't spare those rebels lightly in this matter. Since they dare to attack the new imperial forest army and defy the imperial edict, they even use weapons!"
"Then what else is there to say? Arrest people, interrogate them, behead them, ransack their homes... Our Eight Banners will not keep such unfaithful and unfilial slaves!"
The fifth master Yi Pei, who had been silent for a long time, spoke up, "Lian Xing! Are you trying to raise a big prison? Long Live Master is getting married this year. Are you sincerely trying to smear her?"
"Haha, smearing? It's not like... we can take the time to interrogate! Can't we just not use surgery before and after the Long Live wedding? It will take a year and a half to interrogate, but it won't be the same if we have surgery after next autumn!"
"Every troublemaker will be arrested, and every family who makes trouble will be arrested... You must know that both sides of the Qinghe River are also the country of Long Live Lord, and there is no way for a group of slaves to rebel!"
Yi Pei took a breath of air, "You...you will damage the reputation of Lord Long Live like this!"
"Ouch... What's wrong with you, Fifth Master? Have you eaten fast and chanted Buddha's name? Long live the Lord, how can you be so particular about how to deal with the servants in the house?"
"You really want me to say something unpleasant? Haha... Fifth Master, how did you deal with your servants? In the second year of Tongzhi, the head of your Changping village embezzled your money for seven consecutive years, a total of Two hundred and thirty thousand were embezzled!"
"In the end, the fire couldn't be contained, and it was exposed! How did you deal with it? In the dead of winter, you made that slave stand in the northwest wind, and everyone in Pingzhuangzi in Changchang poured ladles of cold water on him!"
"It was frozen alive and turned into an ice sculpture. It remained standing until the warm weather came in the following spring! In the end, the bones were thrown into the ravine to feed the wolves!"
"Let me tell you, Fifth Master, how do you deal with unfaithful and unfilial slaves? Do you use national laws? Or do you use family rules?"
When the fifth master heard this, his face turned pale and he stopped talking. He turned his head and didn't even look happy!
Lian Xing rushed and all the adults clasped their fists and circled, "My lords, I have offended you...Prince Chun! During the Xinyou period, a housekeeper in your family secretly read your letter, and then went to Prince Zheng who was in charge of the eight ministers. Sent it away..."
"Before you captured Sushun, did you secretly kill him to sacrifice the flag? That slave's family of twelve, young and old, was all sent to a village outside the pass to be sin slaves by you!"
"Have all the female relatives become prostitutes in the village outside the Pass? How do you deal with unfaithful and unfilial slaves?"
"Prince Qing...how did you deal with the affair between your bodyguard and your second wife's first-in-law girl? You threw the living person into a dog cage and fed it to the dogs!"
When Prince Qing Yikuang heard this, he immediately stared: "Hey, hey, hey... I have never provoked you, why are you getting around me? You are not kind..."
"I'm sorry!" Lian Xingyi handed over his hand, "That guard is your slave. According to the national laws and family rules, if the master kills the slave who committed a crime, it is not a crime. Lynching is just as reasonable..."
"Hey... Master Cheng Beile! Why are you hiding? Who else can you hide the things about you from?" Lian Xing pointed at Zai Cheng, the sixth son of the Japs in the class, and smiled.
"The year before last, you fell in love with the daughter of the gardener at home...you sneaked in and got under someone's bed in the middle of the night, but the little girl refused to obey. What did you do?"
Zai Cheng's face turned red, "Hey...Uncle Lian...I treat you as an elder! Don't get around me. Do you think you are good? You have never stolen a servant's wife, don't let me say that." Come out with something unpleasant!"
"Haha... what Mr. Baylor said scared me, so I won't say it anymore. I think the adults present also know the three points..."
"Your Majesty, old slave, what I have said so much actually means the same thing...the master is the master, the slave is the slave, and life is yours, so why are you so polite?"
"These slaves on both sides of the Qinghe River are rebelling...then you can't kill them. Please ask His Majesty to judge for this!"
Xiao Sixi leaned into Zai Chun's ear and whispered, "We know about Cheng Beile. That little girl refused to obey until she died. This... this Cheng Beile actually tore the little girl apart..."
"Huh? Tear it up..." Zai Chun didn't understand.
"Ouch... I'll tell you more clearly when I get back to the palace, I'll just... tear it apart!"
Zai Chun suddenly realized, "Ah... this bastard!"
Zai Chun was so angry, but after looking at Lian Xing and thinking about what he just said, he understood that according to the rules of the Eight Banners, the master has the right to take the slave's life. This is the ancestral system!
Zaicheng's actions are unethical, but you can't do anything about him yet!
The Hall of Yangxin suddenly fell into a deadlock. The ministers lowered their heads and did not dare to look at the little emperor. They were all waiting for the emperor's judgment!
Zaicheng's head was spinning. He opened his mouth several times and didn't know what to say. But at this moment, a familiar figure ran outside the Yangxin Hall!
Zhou Daoying, the eunuch supervisor next to Ci'an, came.
