"There's nothing wrong with Zheng Beke and Duan Yuyan. I'm very happy that you can do this."
Lin'an, which had been quiet for many days, finally started to become lively tonight. The businesses that had been closed for a long time all lit up firecrackers. The streets were filled with crackling sounds, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder. Son, the smell of blood from Wang Xie and his soldiers was finally suppressed.
The Lin'an government office gained a lot today. More than 70 people were guillotined just by the guillotine. If you include those who were exiled, Xin Ciying handled more than 100 cases with extremely high efficiency.
The emperor refused to let anyone leave. The most important thing was that Zhao Huan, Empress Dowager Wei, and the old princess were not allowed to leave. He had to drag them to watch the execution, which made the old princess vomit repeatedly. Empress Dowager Wei burst into tears. Watching the Kaifeng government office There was blood on Mo Ren's ankles in front of the lobby, and the Holy Emperor Xiaociyuan turned into a puppet, unable to speak or make expressions.
After waiting until dark, the old princess declined Zhao Guan's family's suggestion to invite her to have dinner here. Many victims who had won the lawsuit had hope and dispersed.
The sun still rises, and the days will eventually pass.
If you want to live, you must live. No matter who becomes the emperor, you must live.
The ministers, who had seen the emperor's past behavior, were already a little numb to the murderous Zhao Guan family, as if the emperor should be like this, and as if the emperor had always been like this.
Although those who came from the prefectures and counties later had heard about the actions of the Zhao Guan family, it was not until they met today that they realized that the emperor's words to them when they were in Chui Gong Hall last year were not just threats.
He can really do it.
So, when it gets dark and everyone sees His Majesty the Emperor sitting high in the lobby of the government office, leaning on a chair, showing no expression, and can only see his vague figure...
They all had the same feeling as Su Shangshu - he seemed a little lonely.
But soon, this idea was abandoned by everyone. Officials need generals, soldiers, soldiers, literature, military, and women.
Most importantly, he also has the power to take human lives at will.
How could he be lonely?
I don't know how long it took, but when the shouts of vendors began to be heard on the street, the emperor finally moved.
Seeing him stretching a long way, all the ministers suddenly felt speechless.
Normal people wouldn't be able to stay with such a strong smell here, except for the man named Wang Qi, who has been sniffing greedily... This man is just like his father, both of them have abnormal brains. But the official actually took a nap here.
Without waiting for their words of comfort to come out, Liu Bang lit Zhao Ding:
"Come for a walk with me."
In this way, there is a scene of a group of nobles walking on the streets of Lin'an.
Before Pharmacist Guo talked about Zheng Zhuanggong, Liu Bang had not thought of this method.
In fact, it is not impossible when you are extremely confident in yourself and have strong control over the court.
The advantage of this is of course that you can keep your reputation, but the disadvantage... maybe you accidentally do something like raising tigers to endanger yourself.
After several considerations, he finally chose an inappropriate but very correct method. Naturally, he had to wait a little longer before the money promised by the old princess could be received.
So when Zhao Ding's performance in Lin'an came to his ears, he quickly understood the old man's intentions. It didn't mean how much he knew or trusted this man. After all, no matter how good the relationship was with someone, there were many She might betray herself, just like Lu Wan back then, who could also betray herself.
The most important thing is Liu Bang's trust in himself... Zhao Mi has the responsibility and power to supervise the country. No one knows the situation of the Song Dynasty better than him.
Similarly, no one knows his own strength better than him. This strength refers not only to the soldiers under his command, but also to the attitude and reaction of the generals in the Song Dynasty.
After all, all military documents had to go through Lin'an first.
Therefore, he will definitely not betray himself. This is a game of zero and one hundred, and everyone knows how to choose.
That eliminates the idea that Zhao Ding is a walleye, and there is only one possibility left.
This old boy is playing the same trick as Zheng Zhuanggong, and wants to give himself the reputation of killing his brother.
Since he was not in Lin'an, he allowed Zhao Huan...in a controllable circle, allowed him to misjudge the situation, allowed him to expand his ambitions, and allowed him to awaken his own instinct of a man's desire for power.
On the day when Zhao Huan really made a move to replace him, no matter what Liu Bang did, he finally had a saying that the teacher has a reputation.
Although Prime Minister Zhao knew that the officials knew about his purpose, when he pointed it out directly, he still had some complicated emotions spreading in his heart...
When did he and the officials reach such a tacit understanding?
When did I have the idea to protect His Majesty with my life?
Then I thought that in the end, all the efforts were in vain. After all, Zhao Huan had already shown signs of that. It was a pity that the official family came back faster after all.
At this time, he did not answer, but followed silently.
"If I had my temper, Zhao Huan would only end up worse than Qin Hui."
"But, but, I can't do it. Even if I become the emperor, I still can't do it."
"Qin Shihuang is not afraid. He kills when he wants. I want to learn from him, but to be honest... the knife is always most useful when it is not exposed. When it is exposed, there is no other way."
Zhao Ding only thought about the official family because Zhao Huan was not dead, so his interest was not very high at this time. He paused and continued to remain silent after all.
He knew that the emperor was not talking to him, he just wanted someone to talk to.
After all, he was getting older. It was already a bit difficult for Zhao Ding to walk these few steps. He breathed lightly and looked at the back of the man in his prime in front of him...
I know I can't keep up with him.
"You should put important things first... As long as the Northern Expedition is successful, you will be the first person under the Taizu of this dynasty. At that time, you will not need to disturb the ten filial piety emperors. "
Liu Bang finally stopped. Zhao Ding looked up and saw that he had already arrived at Yue Mansion.
There was a person hanging on the right beam of his door, and the cry of the young man who sued Zhao Huan could be heard from behind, and the official... He just looked up at the corpse and didn't say a word for a long time. .
"You made a mistake about Zhao Ding. You made a mistake about two things."
"I hope the officials will make it clear."
"First, there is a premise for Zheng Beke and Duan Yuyan. It is a legal dispute between the monarch and the clan. You are my prime minister and my beloved minister, but you cannot be that Zheng Zhuanggong. As Zheng Zhuanggong, you can only let I’ll do it.”
Prime Minister Zhao nodded: "I overstepped my bounds... but I don't know what the second wrong thing is?"
"The second thing..." Liu Bang called Wang Xiaoer to the front and waited until he got closer before answering Zhao Ding:
"The second thing is that Zhao Huan is going to die. We can't wait until the Northern Expedition is over. I can't hold back this anger, not even for a day."
"By the way, there is the third thing...don't compare your Taizu and Taizong with me in the future. They are different."
Zhao Ding chewed the emperor's words carefully and saw him putting a hand on Wang Xiaoer's shoulder, pointing at Ji Wu and saying:
"Do you want revenge?"
Wang Xiaoer didn't know that much, but seeing that his brother-in-law and the current emperor were unable to do anything to him, when Liu Bang asked about it, he already felt a lot of timidity.
"No, I don't want to."
Liu Bang squeezed his shoulders so hard that his nails were embedded in his flesh, but Wang Xiaoer didn't even dare to shout loudly, he just winked and winked, and it all showed on his face.
"Do you want revenge?"
"The officials... don't want to."
Then, the emperor slapped him on the head:
"You said it yourself, your father entrusted Ji Wu to you. Is he looking like this now what you want to see?"
"Even if I can't stop it, now I don't even think about revenge!"
Wang Xiaoer faltered: "I don't want to cause you any trouble... The villain just accepts his fate. The fifth brother and the villain are both poor and mean, and they cannot live a good life... Now that the fifth brother is dead, it is retribution." coming."
"God doesn't think our family can enjoy such a prosperous life... Your Majesty, just think that we are nothing and let it go."
After Liu Bang heard this, he raised his big hand as if to give him another blow. But when his hand was in the air, he thought of Lao Wangtou's old face again, and he couldn't put it down anymore.
After all, the strength was gone, and he stroked Wang Xiaoer's back:
"That's all, it's me who is making things difficult for you."
After saying that, he no longer looked at his brother-in-law, but went straight up the steps and stood in front of the former Lin'an rogue.
Even though it was already dark, Liu Bang could still see the dense scars on his body... The weather was still cold, and there was no smell on his body, as if he had just died.
This person has almost all the shortcomings that are disliked by others. He is greedy for money and lust, afraid of life and death, pretends to be powerful, and puts on a show... If he is given a little power, he might become a disaster for everyone.
If this happened to someone else, not to mention a hero, even a slightly normal person, maybe Liu Bang could endure it.
But it happened to be this person, and it happened to be this person who he didn't take seriously and didn't take a serious look at... The monks said that bad people can become Buddhas instantly by putting down the butcher's knife, but good people should do good deeds and accumulate merit for ten lifetimes.
It may seem a bit biased, but I don't think so. It may be much more difficult for some people to put down their butcher's knife than for them to accumulate merit for several lifetimes.
Ji Wu is the same person as the bad guy who put down the butcher's knife. It is ten or a hundred times more difficult to ask him to do something heroic than to ask him to keep his peace and avoid getting into trouble.
"Otherwise..." Mr. Zhao followed up, "Let's give this brave warrior a grand burial. If he knew what I was doing and knew the official's intentions, I'm afraid he would be satisfied."
Zhao Ding took it for granted, but for him, if the emperor could work hard to avenge himself...even if he failed, he would still shed tears and be satisfied.
"Don't say such useless words. If you die, you will die. Apart from paying for your life, everything else is false."
"But the official family..."
He actually wanted to ask if there was any way to deal with Zhao Huan perfectly.
Not only do we want him to die, but we also want everyone in the world not to blame the emperor for this matter, and we also want the clan members of the Zhao family to accept this fact without any complaints...
Even if a god reincarnates, I'm afraid he won't be able to do it.
I don’t know how long the emperor looked at the corpse. He refused to remove Ji Wu and was unwilling to reveal what he wanted to do.
The more this happens, the more worried those close to him become.
"Zhao Ding makes a note and goes to do a few things."
"I'm here."
"First, keep an eye on the one hundred thousand, no, one hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver. As long as they pay the money, no matter when, no matter what I am doing, they will speak to me immediately."
"Second, let someone send some things from the palace to the Yue Mansion... mainly for Mrs. Yao, just to say that I appreciate her love and thank her for what she did today... The things are not expensive, but they must be intimate."
"Third, order someone to attach the golden body to Guan Yu again. When Xin Ciying is interrogating these people tomorrow, don't pay attention to them. He will ask who has touched them and just chop them down."
Zhao Ding responded repeatedly. These things were not a big deal, but since the emperor had spoken, just keep an eye on him.
"There is another one." Liu Bang pinched the bridge of his nose with his two fingers and rubbed it fiercely. "Then what is the situation of the Queen Mother's expenses now?"
This woman was extremely greedy and greedy for money. She had only been back for a month and had already amassed a lot of property.
Zhao Ding thought for a while: "The Queen Mother added two more palace servants yesterday. Now the cost for one day is one thousand guan."
A woman who has no use except disgusting herself can spend a thousand dollars a day...
Liu Bang didn't hesitate at all: "Reduce."
Zhao Huan understood it easily. After all, Queen Mother Wei was the emperor's biological mother. Even if the officials wanted to skin Zhao Huan, they could not touch Queen Mother Wei.
But now that he saw the emperor's reaction, Prime Minister Zhao became a little confused again... He seemed to have never seen his majesty clearly.
He was confused, but Zhao Ding knew that this was a good thing, so he asked:
"Officials, how much less."
"Three meals a day, nothing else is allowed."
Before Zhao Ding could react, Liu Bang quickly added:
"Even if you have three meals, don't overeat on food. Breakfast is steamed buns and porridge, lunch is porridge and steamed buns, and dinner is small, just porridge."
this……
Zhao Ding advised: "Is it too much? After all, she is the Queen Mother, but she doesn't even have the taste of meat."
"It seems a little bit."
Just as Mr. Zhao was about to speak, he heard the emperor say:
"Add an extra fried cypress over there. If it's too oily, it won't be considered vegetarian."
After saying this, Liu Bang asked everyone to disperse, and he took the guards of the Imperial City Division back to the palace.
(End of chapter)
