The King of the East China Sea knew very well that his identity was too sensitive and it was impossible to take revenge directly, so he could only kill people with a knife, so he secretly observed and looked for a potential enemy of the Empress Dowager Shangguan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Jing Yao was one, but his influence on the emperor was too weak, and he never followed up after filing a lawsuit, which made the king of the East China Sea very disappointed.

Mrs. Ping Enhou is considered half, but she can gossip at most, and subtly exhaust the Empress Dowager Cining's favor towards the Empress Dowager Shangguan, and she has not succeeded so far.

The King of the East Sea must find a more effective helper.

He had been watching the emperor's actions coldly, speculating about who would rise and who would fall, in preparation for the future.

Han Ruzi knew this, and after thinking about it for a long time, he felt that only the King of the East China Sea could see the flaws of the leaker.

The people around the emperor were all cautious when they saw it, and only when they left the emperor's sight would they reveal some of their true colors, Han Ruzi couldn't see it, but the king of the East China Sea, who was observing all the time, could.

"I still have to say it first, I'm really just guessing, maybe it's not accurate at all, Your Majesty must find out before making a conclusion." The king of the East China Sea was much more cautious than before, and he easily did not dare to accuse others in front of the emperor.

Han Ruzi nodded, but the King of the East China Sea still refused to speak, walked to the table, pulled up the cuffs, and gently wrote a name on the table with the index finger of his right hand.

"What about the evidence?" Han Ruzi was not surprised by this name.

The King of the East Sea wrote another name.

Han Ruzi frowned slightly, "How could these two people be connected?" ”

The King of the East China Sea said with a smile: "Your Majesty may not know, these two people compete for favor fiercely, and they never show it in front of Your Majesty, but they often bet in private, I occasionally hear one or two sentences, and the content of their bet is to see who is better at figuring out Your Majesty's thoughts." ”

"Is he so smart?" Han Ruzi was very puzzled.

The King of the East Sea took two steps back, "He may not be the one who is smart. ”

Han Ruzi woke up, "I will investigate clearly, you can step down." Don't meddle in the affairs of the palace anymore, you are staring at me, and there are people staring at you. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The King of the East China Sea retreated to the door, he couldn't help it, and said again, "Emperor Si was definitely poisoned by my mother, if she had this in mind, she should be properly prepared, and she would never panic for a while, so that I was taken into the palace by Jing Yao unprepared." ”

Han Ruzi nodded, indicating that he understood what the King of the East China Sea meant, but he might not agree.

"If this matter is not investigated, there will never be peace in the palace." The king of the East Sea also wanted to persuade him, but the emperor waved his hand, and the king of the East China Sea had no choice but to withdraw from the tent.

Han Ruzi also had doubts about Emperor Si's death, but now he can't investigate, it will cause a lot of suspicion, destroy the stability of the palace that was restored with great difficulty, and there is no clue, and he can't investigate thoroughly.

This matter can only wait until the court stabilizes.

After meeting the king of the East China Sea, Han Ruzi went on business as usual, reading the chapter, summoning advisers, and being busy, and the reply from the capital had not yet arrived, but some local officials had already sent the chapter, and extremely euphemistically said that the situation of local private slaves was not serious, and it was mostly done by some wealthy businessmen, and they were about to take measures to crack down.

The officials are protecting the powerful families, but also protecting themselves, in case the emperor thunders and rains a little, and finally can't be ruthless, then the officials who were too active at the beginning will be retaliated.

The punishment of the Yan family of the East China Sea Kingdom shook the world, but it was not enough to show the emperor's determination.

Han Ruzi therefore needed Nan Zhijin, this old official was sometimes more effective than the Holy Decree, he could convince the ministers that the emperor really wanted to fight against the water, so that there would be fewer fights, and the "last battle" was unnecessary.

Seeing that it was getting late, Han Ruzi ended the day's affairs, the advisers retired, and several eunuchs packed their tents.

Zhang Youcai asked, "Your Majesty is dining here, or is you going back to the sleeping tent to dine with Concubine Shu?" ”

"Right here."

Zhang Youcai immediately arranged, and soon, the tent became orderly, and the meals were delivered, very simple, a bowl of rice, four dishes, sent here from the kitchen, had to be checked many times, so it was a little cold.

Han Ruzi finished eating quickly, Zhang Youcai personally came to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Han Ruzi said, "Let someone else do it." ”

Zhang Youcai stepped out of the way and motioned for the two eunuchs at the door to come over and take the dishes and chopsticks away.

There were only two people left in the tent, Zhang Youcai looked around to see if there was anything missing, and Han Ruzi stared at Zhang Youcai.

Zhang Youcai finally noticed the emperor's gaze, and said blankly: "Your Majesty...... What are the commands? ”

"You can't guess?" Han Ruzi asked.

Zhang Youcai scratched his head, "I can't guess, Your Majesty, remind me, do you want something, or do you want to see someone?" ”

"I heard you've been making bets lately?"

"Bet? I didn't...... Oh, it's Cui Teng, who is chewing his tongue in front of His Majesty? We are not betting at all, and without betting, how can it be called a bet? Zhang Youcai was angry.

Han Ruzi smiled and said: "Okay, it's not called betting, but there are also wins and losses, let's talk about it, do you lose more or win more?" ”

Zhang Youcai couldn't hold back and grinned, "Out of ten times, I can win seven times, Cui Teng wins three times, and at least one time depends on cheating." ”

"Why do you two play as human beings...... This game? ”

Zhang Youcai put away his smile and said a little nervously: "Your Majesty, I didn't do anything wrong, right?" In the future, I will never win or lose with Cui Teng. ”

"It's okay, I'm just curious." Han Ruzi didn't want to scare Zhang Youcai, so he tried to ease his tone and expression.

Zhang Youcai still noticed something, and his face changed slightly, "Actually...... Actually, it's nothing, Cui Teng said I'...... said that I fell out of favor, and said that I was just a eunuch, and that I couldn't fight a war or govern the country with a civil culture, and it was useless at all, I said...... I said, who could serve Your Majesty better than I am? As soon as Your Majesty frowned, I knew what His Majesty was thinking......"

Zhang Youcai's voice gradually became smaller, and he immediately raised it again, "I know it's wrong to say nonsense, but that's Cui Teng, who shows his face in front of His Majesty every day, His Majesty trusts him the most, Cui Teng won't ...... It shouldn't be spread randomly, right? ”

"No, Cui Teng doesn't have the guts, nor the cleverness."

Zhang Youcai finally smiled, "But it's not right for me to talk nonsense, in the future, I will only concentrate on serving the emperor and not play with others." ”

"It's okay, it's okay to play, when did you start?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, it's been more than a year, and it may be almost two years." Zhang Youcai agreed, but decided in his heart that he would never "bet" with Cui Teng again.

"If Cui Teng talks about you again in the future, you will tell him that the emperor is willing to entrust you with the only prince, is this still called falling out of favor?"

Zhang Youcai smiled, "yes, why didn't I think of it?" ”

"Because you and Concubine Hui are both 'hard-working people', when you go to serve her, you don't feel like you're helping me, but helping Concubine Hui, right?"

"Your Majesty's guessing of my mind is much more accurate than I guessing Your Majesty's mind."

Han Ruzi smiled, "There are so many 'hard-working people', I will only send one of you to serve Concubine Hui, this is trust." ”

"I see, Your Majesty, I won't think about it anymore."

"Well, stand down, call Nan Zhijin, if there is no important matter, I will not see anyone else today."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhang Youcai stepped back, and his steps were much easier.

Han Ruzi would rather believe that Zhang Youcai was just an unintentional mistake, within ten steps, he only had this eunuch left, and he really didn't want to drive him away.

Nan Zhijin soon arrived, looking respectful, but also calm, obviously not believing that the emperor could really find out who leaked the secret.

Han Ruzi didn't say anything about the leak first, and pointed to the piece that had been collected and said: "The officials of several nearby counties refused to admit that the situation of private slavery was serious, as if all problems were unique to the East China Sea Kingdom. ”

"These recitals should be sent to the capital first, and then transferred to Your Majesty." Nan Zhijin only cares about "rules".

"It's all copies, and they were originally being sent to the capital." Han Ruzi did not completely break the rules.

"Your Majesty has a heart, then it's nothing." Nan Zhijin still refused to offer advice.

Han Ruzi was silent for a while and said, "You haven't been in contact with the leaker for a long time, have you?" ”

Nan Zhijin refused to answer.

"You said there was only one leaker, but I think there is more than one."

"There is indeed only one, Your Majesty thinks too much, and this person only provides reference, Weichen figured out the holy will, mainly relying on the reply, each emperor's reply has its own characteristics, after figuring it out, you can guess many things, unless...... Alas. ”

Nan Zhijin didn't guess that the emperor would start from the private house slaves, and he was caught off guard, and he is still haunted by it.

In fact, this was an accident, Han Ruzi only learned about this kind of thing during his hunting tour, so naturally he couldn't reveal his intentions in the reply, "What are my characteristics?" ”

"It's not important, Weichen knows that he is guilty of capital crimes, and he has nothing else to think about."

"We're still making a bet."

"The minister doesn't gamble with the king, and the minister admits defeat."

admits defeat, but refuses to help, Nan Zhijin refuses to admit defeat in another way.

"No, I'm thinking it's funny." Han Ruzi hummed heavily and said a name: "Cui Hong." ”

Nan Zhijin lowered his head, and his voice did not change, "Is Your Majesty guessing, or is you asking?" ”

"No need to guess, no need to ask, the matter is clear, the queen did not give birth to the prince, but Cui Taifu was willing to hand over the southern army, it must be because of something else."

"Mrs. Cui was not in good health after her assassination, probably because she really wanted to retire."

"It's possible, but I have proof."

Nan Zhijin glanced up, "Oh? ”

"Cui Teng has been making a bet with Zhang Youcai, the little eunuch next to me, to see who is better at guessing my mind."

"The second son of Cui has always been known for messing around, and this move doesn't mean anything."

"The flaw is here, Cui Teng is famous for messing around, he has never had a long time, but the bet with Zhang Youcai lasted for a long time, he didn't have this kind of perseverance."

"No one should be a disgrace."

"Of course, so call Cui Teng over and ask. Cui Teng is a fool, like Zhang Youcai, he doesn't know what he is doing, but he must have been encouraged by his father, as long as I ask, he will say anything. ”

Nan Zhijin was silent again.

"As long as I call Cui Teng, I don't just ask, I have to investigate to the end, Cui Hong has to take responsibility for this, and no one can stay with the officials appointed by the Cui family." Han Ruzi paused, "The queen will not be affected, but she will have nothing to do with the Cui family from now on." ”

Nan Zhijin raised his head, "Your Majesty is wise and martial, why don't you use it in the world and have to confront the courtiers?" ”

"The court is me, every word and deed of the officials in the court and the central government will eventually be counted on my head by the people, and if I want to rule the world, I must first rule the court. Nan Zhijin, if you want to kill yourself, I won't give you this opportunity, you have two paths to take, one is to continue to serve as the imperial historian, continue to figure out my thoughts, let's have a contest to see if you can guess accurately, or if I can hide it, and the other is to help me and let the ministers understand that it's time for them to give a step. ”

Nan Zhijin stared at the emperor and said for a long time: "Your Majesty knows why ministers are often vain and unwilling to really help Your Majesty?" ”

"Why?"

"Because Your Majesty's ideas don't last long, it's not Your Majesty's fault, all emperors are like this, but once the rules of the imperial court are established, it is a matter of decades or hundreds of years, how can the unchanging and changeable imperial court cater to the fickle and changeable Your Majesty?"

"My heart remains the same, agriculture is the foundation, the prosperity of Chu must first prosper agriculture, and I will never let go of those who privately store domestic slaves."

Nan Zhijin bowed to the ground, "Okay, please start with yourself first." (To be continued.) )