Not wanting to see what the two people's expressions would look like next, Li Xian waved his hand, rolled up the imperial edict, turned around and left the cell.
Seeing His Royal Highness the Prince leave, Zhou Quan, who understood the whole story, looked at the two of them and felt that his anger turned into regret. Once upon a time, he was also like this. Since there is this level of identity, no matter what you say or do, it is determined.
Sometimes, for those who have obtained the status of a dead soldier, death may be something they are more grateful for than living.
Looking at the corner, Zhou Quan picked up two jars of strong liquor without hesitation. This strong liquor was originally a kind of instrument of torture, used to make prisoners drunk so as to make them relax.
But now, it is no longer needed.
Glancing at the door of the cell, Zhou Quan whispered: "The Za family has seen many good men who are tough-talking but soft-skinned. They can withstand so many punishments and still haven't relented. You two are worthy of the Lord. Don't worry, and be full. Get drunk, and when you are drunk, someone will send you on your way. Don't worry about the matter being exposed. The people here are as strict-mouthed as you two."
Hearing what Zhou Quan said, the two people who had been released by the eunuch and fell down could only try their best to lean down as a gesture of thanks.
After sighing at the two of them, Zhou Quan chased them out.
Li Xian did not go far, but stood in the courtyard and looked up at the stars.
It's not that he didn't think of this possibility, it's just that compared to other possibilities, this possibility is more cruel.
This means that if an emperor is just playing tricks, a few heads will fall to the ground.
There is no doubt that this crisis is aimed at him, the prince. And my own reaction, perhaps, is the best answer.
Killing cannot solve everything. However, there is no doubt that this method is the simplest, most direct, and most effective method.
To be an emperor is to learn how to kill. As early as in the teachings of the Imperial Doctrine, Li Zhi had said this more than once, and even Dai Zhide and others had said it more than once. Although you cannot kill people unless necessary, when necessary, this A means, but indispensable.
He accepted this kind of education again and again. Although on the surface, he looked respectful, but looking back, he couldn't accept it no matter what.
That is a human life, not a chess piece on the chessboard. If a chess piece is eaten, it can return to the chessboard. After a person dies, there is no reincarnation.
If possible, he really hoped that he would not become like Li Zhi, who would even squander his life for his purpose.
However, the current situation is that if you are soft-hearted and unwilling to do things, others will not be burdened at all to do them. In this way, the soft-hearted will always be one step behind others.
When Zhou Quan walked out of the cell and saw the prince's appearance, he didn't know what the prince was thinking.
After hesitating for a while, he couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, it's already very late. If you don't return to the East Palace, I'm afraid you will have to stay here."
Hearing Zhou Quan's voice, Li Xian came back to his senses, felt the approximate time, shook his head and said: "I won't go back. Entering the palace at this time will make it easier to arouse suspicion. Stay here and tell Li Xian Just give it a shout and just blend in with the purchasing team tomorrow."
"Yes, I will go down and make arrangements right away."
After agreeing, Zhou Quan turned around, still a little worried, and said, "Your Highness, could you please listen to this old slave?"
Under normal circumstances, Zhou Quan would not talk too much, even if he saw the emperor's intention last time.
Since he's going to talk, it must be important.
Turning around, Li Xian raised his head and motioned for Zhou Quan to continue.
After thinking for a while, Zhou Quan said: "Your Highness, you don't have to pity these people. The old slave is also a descendant of Baiqisi. Although His Majesty's inner guard was not developed by Baiqisi, this kind of secret espionage organization is basically The above is all about changing the soup without changing the medicine.”
"As people who live and die for the royal family, they will not be so humble. Since these people have risked their lives, it means that they themselves think it is worth it. Under normal circumstances, the identities of these people, The old slave can only think that they are criminals who have served their crimes, especially since they still refused to let go after being tortured like this. It is very possible that, just as you said when you defrauded them, they have a child who was protected, and the protection Theirs is most likely His Majesty.”
"Although they died because of this, it is not impossible that one of their children can, under His Majesty's protection, avoid many detours and even directly enter the ranks of officials."
"As a superior, you should learn from His Majesty. As long as you can give conditions for your subordinates to go through life and death, then there will be too many people who are willing to die for you. This can be regarded as a deal."
After saying that, Zhou Quan bowed his hands and left.
Looking at Zhou Quan's leaving figure, Li Xian seemed to understand something, but also seemed not to understand.
What is certain is that I, who received compulsory education and has always been a good citizen, now come to ancient times and cannot accept this kind of behavior that regards human life as nothing.
But, like Zhou Quan said, this is a transaction.
If everyone under his command thinks this deal is worth it, perhaps what the emperor did is not so evil.
Do you want to let yourself learn from the emperor?
Remaining doubtful, Li Xian sat down and was about to think about it, but thinking of tomorrow's court meeting, he could only force himself to put aside this doubt for the time being.
If you think about it with your heels, you will know that what happened today must have shocked both the government and the public.
The prince is not qualified to directly execute criminals. Even under normal circumstances, the emperor does not have this qualification.
No matter what, if someone kills someone, he, the prince, must bear the responsibility.
The court meeting early tomorrow morning will definitely be overcrowded, and there will definitely be countless people impeached.
Maybe at the beginning, he was a little worried about how to deal with it, but now Li Xian has made up his mind to mess up.
Say it for yourself? It's quite unnecessary. He can already foresee tomorrow's scene. Not to mention his choice of words, even if he doesn't say a word, he won't be punished. After all, the first thing the officials have to deal with is the top bosses in the court.
And even if they can capture these towers, behind the towers, there is still a majestic pass waiting for work.
After fully understanding how scheming the emperor was, Li Xiancai did not believe that he had not prepared any countermeasures.
Since no matter whether you struggle or fail, you will end up with nothing, then you might as well let your words rest.
The door cards of the East Palace are usually opened at dawn, and ordinary court meetings are probably held at this time.
Normally, it would be difficult to have a seamless connection while living outside the palace.
However, there is a Tongxun Gate in the East Palace, which is connected to the Taiji Palace, and the Taiji Palace is a place with extremely loose guards.
Perhaps it is impossible for a group of people to enter the East Palace from the Taiji Palace, but it is still no problem for one person to come out and deliver the clothes.
So, in the carriage outside the palace, Li Xian finished changing his clothes and appeared swaggeringly on the way to the court where officials were going to court. Ignoring all the pointing fingers, he walked towards Danfeng Gate.
Whenever there is an important event, whether it is to watch the excitement or to contribute, all the courtiers in Beijing will usually arrive.
It's the same now. There was no cover-up in what the prince did. After learning about this incident, even Zhang Wenguan couldn't help but sweat for the prince.
The power of life and death, although it has always been in the hands of the emperor. However, since the emergence of tyrants such as Jie and Zhou, Mingjun has never given up this right in order to improve his reputation and prevent his descendants from being too embarrassed, but he has never relaxed the shackles on this right.
It has evolved to this day, although the emperor can still decide a person's life or death with a single word, but that is only when he is furious and does not care about any cost. In ordinary times, the emperor cannot kill people casually.
Even if the emperor has such power, let alone the prince.
As the future emperor, the prince's problems in this matter can almost be said to be fatal.
Zhang Wenguan, who was guarding Danfeng's door, saw the prince walking over slowly and couldn't help but anxiously stepped forward to greet him. He sighed: "Your Highness, you are really confused. Although those stewards did something wrong. It is possible to be executed on trial, but it is too inappropriate for you to personally order them to be executed without going through the procedures of the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. Although you are doing this to calm the people, you will still be attacked."
Seeing that Zhang Wenguan's anxiety did not seem to be hypocrisy, Li Xian said awkwardly: "When I found out about this incident, I was so angry that I didn't think about what would happen next. But in the final analysis, I was the one who broke the ban first. No matter how I deal with it, I will accept it." That’s it. If the prince breaks the law, he should be guilty of the same crime as the common people."
"ah?"
Zhang Wenguan didn't expect the prince to say such a sentence. If he heard this sentence on a normal day, it would definitely be like thunder, but when he heard it today, it didn't sound so good.
"well said!"
Unlike the confused Zhang Wenguan, Dai Zhide cheered loudly when he heard this sentence.
Slowly walking out behind Hao Chujun, Dai Zhide nodded and said happily: "After I learned about what His Highness did, I originally decided to impeach His Highness with Yan Guan in the court today. However, since I heard His Highness today, This statement made Wei Chen give up his thoughts. Zhang Wenguan was right. Those stewards had already committed capital crimes. In such an emergency period, it was natural to use heavy punishment. If those people's heads stayed for a moment longer, it would affect their lives for a moment. People's hearts. Although His Highness's move is wrong, it is excusable. In addition, you are the prince and have a distinguished status. It is estimated that you will receive the most serious punishment later, which is just to shut up and think about it for a few days. "
If it was understandable that Zhang Wenguan was anxious and wanted to protect the prince, Dai Zhide's words made many people open their mouths.
With Dai Zhide's temperament, even if the person who made the mistake was the prince he supported, he would not be lenient. Why on the contrary....
However, no one was surprised when they thought about what the prince just said.
Should the prince commit the same crime as the common people if he breaks the law? This is putting your status under the law! No wonder Dai Zhide was so surprised that he even turned to protect the prince. Although it is just an extravagant wish, it would not be a bad thing if the prince's mentality can keep him from ascending the throne as emperor.
After all, there are many people in the world who trample the law, but the one who does it the most is the emperor!
Dai Zhide also knew that this was an extravagant hope. After all, imperial power could really change a person from head to toe. No matter how kind a prince was when he was in the East Palace, after sitting in that position, he would seem to change everything deep in his heart. Desire, boundless amplification.
Although I know this is a luxury wish, I still can't help but pursue it. This is how people are.
Seeing the palace door open, Dai Zhide held his hands and started to stand in line.
Li Xian also closed his mouth and came to the head of the civil service.
Now that the world is at peace, the status of military generals is indeed inferior to that of civilian officials. Although the prince was seen standing on the side of the civil servants, no one on the side of the generals thought much about this position.
The last time the prince was willing to take the risk to stand up for the generals and speak out for the generals, it was already commendable.
Wen left and Wu right, two asymmetrical strips began to move towards the palace gate.
The person who caused the asymmetry in the team was naturally Li Xian. He was the prince. Standing at the head of the civil servants, no military general dared to go with him. The only qualified veteran was now enjoying a publicly funded tour in Xiangzhou, deeply hidden in the snow. With.
After Li Zhi became accustomed to holding court meetings in Yanying Hall, he simply designated Yanying Hall as the hall for political discussions.
Because it was summer, in addition to the cushions for sitting on, each official also had a towel to wipe away sweat.
Just looking at this towel, I knew that today's court meeting would not be over for a while.
After everyone found their positions, Li Xian looked to the left side of the throne. If nothing else happened, Li Zhi would come out from behind soon.
His prediction was correct, Li Zhi did come out, but what shocked everyone was that on the right, the Queen of Heaven also came out together.
The coming of two saints is just a saying. Under normal circumstances, the emperor and empress will not appear together.
Today was so unusual that many people were frightened and began to guess the reason.
I guess it happened after sitting down. As Jiang Hao said "the court meeting begins", Li Xian led all the civil and military officials to salute together. He shouted: "Greetings to the Saint and the Queen of Heaven."
"Pingshen, please sit down."
It can be seen that Li Zhi's complexion is very good. Sitting on the throne, he looks at Zixiong with such majesty that he completely suppresses the Queen of Heaven.
It's been a long time since I've seen such an emperor, and many people are curious about what kind of miraculous medicine the saint took.
Li Xian knew very well that although hereditary hypertension and asthma are diseases that cannot be cured, they can still be cured as long as they pay attention to conditioning and ensure that they do not suffer from the disease often.
Li Zhi is in good health, which is a good sign.
Li Xian knew very well that in the late Gaozong period, the Queen of Heaven was able to seize power because the power of the courtiers was split and Li Zhi himself was half-dead.
