At the end of the year, Taiping City is the most worthy of talk, it must be the fall of the Great Liang God of Wealth, and no one in the market can believe that Xing Tai, who has been in the household department for six or seven years, is so greedy that people dare not imagine. In the past six or seven years, he has collected no less than one million dollars, and those who know the inside hate this household secretary even more. The eight arsenals of Daliang are the foundation of Nanjing, and once there is a war, there will be an unprecedented situation. There is an unwritten rule in the officialdom of Daliang that the only thing that is to accept bribes or be corrupt is not to touch the interests of the military.

In particular, the salaries and silver of the major military tents are especially untouchable, and in the eyes of many people, the fact that the Hubu Shangshu was overshadowed this time is nothing more than touching his hand to the eight arsenals. Nowadays, the arsenal is a taboo for His Majesty today, especially the military generals of the DPRK and China, who have long been looking forward to a tough battle to obtain military merits. Otherwise, it would not have been because of the civil uprising in the three northern states, and a group of generals fought for their heads, and finally His Majesty the Emperor appointed Liu Ce to take charge of the troops in a hurry.

However, in January, Taiping City was in chaos, and His Majesty the Emperor had a very short time although he was in the morning every day. The government of a country is controlled by the crown prince, and the suppression of the party of the king of Qi gathers evil strategies. The fall of Hubu Shangshu was just the beginning, and the King of Qi, who was in the palace of the King of Qi, was worried and could not sleep at night.

After the early dynasty, King Qi was in the study, constantly flipping through the books, and he was never able to meditate. Zhou Jin, who came to visit, was cautious, never expecting that Xing Tai would fall at this time. Now the six ministries that have befriended the King of Qi are only the Ministry of Industry, but in addition to the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Rites are closer to the prince. The Ministry of Rites seems to be useless, but it is irregular, and the henchmen of King Qi have been demoted one after another, especially the Criminal Department took advantage of Xing Tai's corruption case to pull most of King Qi's henchmen down in one fell swoop.

Zhou Jin said, "Your Highness." ”

King Qi suddenly asked: "Find out who is behind the calculations of this king, and who are the two people who gave Zhang Bai the account book." ”

Zhou Jin, who had been collecting information for King Qi, was expressionless, and now the intelligence line of the Red Sleeve Move was invisibly cut off before the incident. This matter is very clear that Yang Chen did it, Yang Chen has declared war with King Qi after the emperor's birthday, for this matter, King Qi is really powerless to deal with the prince and at the same time turn to deal with Yang Chen, who has nothing to do with it, never thought that the red sleeve move was cut off at the same time, and a new intelligence network has not yet been established to happen such a thing.

Zhou Jin said with both hands: "The red-sleeved move was simply cut by Yang Chen, and now the red-sleeved move is just a building." Originally, I could still know some news from the mouths of some noble sons, but a Zhao Gongzi appeared a month ago. The origin of this person is unknown, but someone has seen Zhao Gongzi and Liu Zhixing walking together for a while, and there is no news about the rest. After stirring up the red sleeve move into a mess, it disappeared without a trace, and there is no news so far. As for the swordsman who challenged the masters of all walks of life, it was indeed from Liu Zhixing's thirteenth battalion, but it was not Lu Lin, and the Liuhe Sword was just a cover-up. This person is Liu Zhixing's willing general, named Gao Xiaolong, who is not very old. ”

Especially when he was not very old, King Qi had a heart attack in his throat, and the forces in the rivers and lakes that King Qi had planted all over Taiping City were challenged by this person one by one, but he couldn't find anything wrong. The rivers and lakes will naturally have the rules of the rivers and lakes, as long as there is no death case in Taiping City, the Taiping Mansion will not care more, even if the situation is serious, it will only be dealt with with by fighting.

King Qi closed his eyes and pondered for a long time and said: "This matter is here, for the sake of today, it is better to get Xing Tai out of the prison." Even if you can't be exonerated from the crime, at least you have to protect the old and young of Xing Tai's family, after all, you have followed this king for many years, and you can't let your subordinates chill at this time. ”

Zhou Jin thought for a while and said: "Your Highness, now that Xing Shangshu has become settled, it would not be good if His Highness stretched out his hand too long for the prince to hold the handle." If Xing Shangshu's family can be protected, Weichen has a plan. ”

Suddenly, King Qi's eyes lit up, and during this time, because of the Hubu Shangshu Xing Tai's heart was numb. watched a confidant and important minister being arrested and degraded because of a corruption case, and there was no one available in his hands for a while. Now he is surrounded by the support of military generals who have followed him for many years, which is something that the prince cannot compare with no matter what. The King of Qi had a solid foundation in the army, and the crown prince who had never entered the military camp was mostly a Chinese courtier. Now that the civil and military relations have been formed, those who support the king of Qi are gradually revealed.

"Zhou Qing said quickly."

Zhou Jin replied seriously: "Delay, delay and delay." ”

To the great disappointment of King Qi, the criminal department was in the hands of the prince. The government is almost in the hands of the crown prince alone, how to drag it out. Zhou Jin saw King Qi and said thoughtfully: "Your Highness, what Weichen said about the delay is not a case, but life and death. As far as Wei Chen knows, His Majesty said very little in the last court, and the crown prince has the responsibility of supervising the country in order to monopolize the government. At this time, His Majesty is most afraid of something, the crown prince is in the imperial power. This is a situation, if it is the second case, His Royal Highness does not have to care about Xing Shangshu's life and death now. ”

As soon as these words came out, King Qi was suddenly shocked, obviously thinking of something. I dare not imagine that the emperor neglected the government and placed it in other dynasties, perhaps because His Majesty the emperor was greedy for pleasure and ignored the government. However, King Qi knew that his father had not built a palace since he ascended the throne, and the harem concubines were just forcibly selected by the Ministry of Rites. He has been conscientiously governing a country all his life, and he once snatched a big character from the weak country from Southern Chu, and it was no longer the Northern Liang but the Great Liang.

In the twenty-two years since he became the emperor, he has never neglected the government, and even the death of his mother has never been neglected in the government. It is impossible to retreat into the background in this battle for hegemony, and now there is only one situation, and King Qi does not dare to imagine. I was a little afraid in my heart, if my mother was alive, I wouldn't be so passive. Now that the palace is empty, the crown prince has a queen who can control every move in the palace. But King Qi is now black-eyed, and he doesn't know what his father's health is.

Because of the ban on birthday, he lost the favor of his father. The original layout was eliminated, but he didn't expect that the prince would take the opportunity to rise up instead of being decadent because of Ji Yulian's entry into the palace. On the contrary, he was first cut off by Yang Chen, and then there was the Xing Tai case.

Zhou Heng said slowly: "Your Majesty is seriously ill, Your Highness should think about it." As long as His Highness ascends the throne, everything will naturally be solved. ”

King Qi closed his eyes and pondered, and Zhou Jin saw the opportunity and said: "Now that the crown prince is in power, His Royal Highness can't fight for it." The government has always been His Highness's weakness, Xing Shangshu was involved in a corruption case, and only the Ministry of Industry was left among His Highness's six ministries. The Ministry of Industry is far less important than the Ministry of Household in charge of the wealth of the world, and Xing Shangshu was sent to the prison, which is not harmful to His Highness, as long as His Highness now cuts off all involvement, he will not admit it. The money that Xing Shangshu has collected over the years is enough for His Highness to make a big move, with His Highness's private soldiers of 3,000 armor soldiers, plus the patrol battalion will have 30,000 personal soldiers. Now the most important thing for His Highness is to get the support of the great Sima Lin Shuai. ”

Heavy breathing has never thought of coming to this point, King Qi has always been a little incomprehensible to his maternal uncle Lin Xie. So far, I don't know if Lin Xie can support him at an important juncture, and now that his mother has passed away, I really don't know if Lin Xie will fully support it. just said lightly: "This king knows, don't mention this matter until it is absolutely necessary." ”

Zhou Jin is no longer speaking, his previous remarks are already rebellion. Although the patrol battalion plus 3,000 armor soldiers are added, it is no longer the forbidden army led by Xu Dian. The 50,000 forbidden troops of each dynasty and each generation are directly under the emperor, and the commander of the forbidden army is not allowed to send troops unless the imperial call. It can be said that it is the last line of defense of the palace and Taiping City, and who dares to talk about Xu Dian sitting in the forbidden army.

But he didn't expect Zhou Jin to kneel down and shout heavily: "Please think about it early, don't treat people at the right time, now is not the time for a woman's kindness." Weichen guessed that eight or nine would not be far from ten, could it be that His Royal Highness had to wait until the palace door was closed. ”

After a long time, King Qi slowly got up and said, "Get up, this king will think about it." As for the person behind Zhang Bai, there is no need to check, if there is no mistake in the king's heart, it should be that person. As he spoke, he pushed open the door to the study and looked at the sky.

"I am afraid that you have come to this king to choose you out in this matter, so that you can calculate. Lu Zhao doesn't know if you are the prince's person, or if you are really bitter in other people's calculations. It's time for you to get your muscles moving. ”

said to Zhou Jin in the study: "It's time to use a step to make the prince suffer some hardships." This king is also good to confirm one thing. Zhou Jin is about to have Chinese New Year's Eve, so you can slow down and let some people have a good year. ”

Slowly walked out of the study and looked at the King of Qi with a god in his eyes: "Weichen obeys the order, then ......"

Before he finished speaking, King Qi said directly: "Ship it out as you want, whether you can use it or not, you need to prepare." It's time for some things to be sent to Taiping City, and they can be used for other purposes when necessary. ”

Towards Wu Yufeng, who appeared like a ghost, he said: "Go, the sword should also appear on the rivers and lakes once." Remember to come back before the fifteenth, and the king should go out too. ”

The officials of Dali Temple were anxious and angry because of the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver that had disappeared, and it was just one night that Xing Tai's private mansion treasury was as much as 800,000 yuan. There are also manors in various places, and the treasury and silver courts in various places suddenly disappeared in order to have time to collect them. Zheng Minglou, the chief judge of Dali Temple, rushed to the palace overnight to ask the emperor to send heavy troops to find the thief. I only saw Gonggong Wei, and Gonggong Wei only said one sentence: "Transfer troops and invite Master Zheng to the military department." ”

Zheng Minglou is now also a relative of the emperor, and the youngest daughter Zheng Yarong is the concubine of the king. As one of the few pure ministers of the Great Liang court, he is not in any party. This is also one of the reasons why the emperor handed over the case to Zheng Minglou, because there were many officials from the Criminal Department who presided over the case, and the problems were repeated again and again, and the case could only be dealt with head-on. It's just a case of corruption, and there are more than 100 people in the household department, Shangshu Xingtai, as well as officials in the DPRK and China, and local officials. He even made up his mind that he would return to his hometown as soon as the case was over.

This case involves a large number of people, and the people of the crown prince and the king of Qi are among them. Offending any party is not something that a Dali Siqing can afford, and how can his son-in-law, Xiao Minggui, the king of Jin, be a prince far away in Jinyang, and there is no one in the court.

When Gonggong Wei mentioned Zheng Minglou of the Ministry of War, Liu Ce first thought of him, as long as Liu Ce was pulled off the horse, he might be able to deal with this case. Leaving the palace overnight, Liu Ce was shocked when he heard that Xing Tai's private bank was missing, and he only said one sentence: "Lord Zheng, don't worry, Your Majesty has a certain number in his heart, and how many people and officials are needed to listen." ”

Hearing Liu Ce's words, Zheng Minglou had bitterness in his heart, what does it mean not to worry. It's not in a hurry to get to this point, when will it be? Rushed back to Dali Temple overnight to send someone to investigate.

It wasn't until Zheng Minglou left that Liu Zhixing appeared and said, "Dad, do you think this matter was done by King Qi." ”

Liu Ce just smiled indifferently and said, "Twenty years of happening will happen again." ”