Prime Minister Shen Mingzhi and a group of officials knelt on the ground and implored the emperor to return to the palace to live. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The assassination of the great general Cui Hong was located a few streets away from the Tihou Mansion, and the minister could not turn a blind eye to this.

Han Ruzi asked the eunuchs to help the ministers up one by one, but he couldn't help but wonder in his heart, which of these people really cared about his life or death.

"If an assassination kills me back to the palace, if I am not safe in the capital, what is the point of me as an emperor? Instead of asking me to return to the palace to take refuge, Zhu Qing should bring the assassin to justice as soon as possible to calm my heart. ”

Several ministers of parliament were ashamed, especially the prime minister Shen Mingzhi, the matter of debt collection was voluntarily taken over by the emperor, and no one else was allowed to interfere, the prime minister could stay out of the matter, but the safety of the capital was within his scope of responsibility, and it was an important duty, and he had to be responsible for the assassins running around the city.

"Please give your majesty a little time, three days, three days at most, and the minister will wipe out all the assassins." Shen Mingzhi boasted about the sea.

"How else?" The emperor still refused to let the prime minister go.

Shen Mingzhi glanced up at the emperor and said in a deep voice: "As long as an assassin slips through the net, the minister is willing to hand over the seal so that the virtuous minister can be." ”

Several of the other ministers in the palace hung their heads lower and said nothing.

"The world is turbulent, the capital is chaotic, Your Excellency, as the prime minister, is my share, you should do your best to blame, how can you give up the words of the virtuous? Let the world think that the monarchs and ministers of Great Chu are vindictive? ”

Shen Mingzhi was even more ashamed, kowtowed, and said: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister only needs three days." ”

Han Ruzi sighed lightly, "Tomorrow, the Empress Dowager will be provincial, you can't reschedule it because of an assassination, Shen Xiang should first ensure tomorrow's safety, as for the arrest of the assassin, I will not give a deadline, Shen Xiang will do his best." ”

In this way, no minister dared to persuade the emperor to stay, and Han Ruzi still returned to the Marquis Mansion.

Jin Chunzhong asked for an audience and brought news to the emperor, "Prime Minister Shin issued an order to the Jingzhao Yin Mansion and the Patrol Division, demanding that all the Assassins in the city must be eliminated within three days. ”

Although the emperor did not give a deadline, Shen Mingzhi was really anxious, he heard a strong distrust from the emperor's words, and before the discussion was over, he issued an order to the Jingzhao Yin Mansion and the City Patrol Division through the officials in the palace, this is not a formal order, but a will of the prime minister himself, but the officials below dare not disobey it at all.

Just on the way back to the Tired Marquis Mansion, various official offices inside and outside the capital had already taken action and began to arrest people.

Jing Zhao Yin's Mansion took the lead, and Lian Danchen had already set his sights on seven targets, Jing Zhaoyin was given a time limit of three days, and the time limit for his subordinates was shortened to two days, Lian Danchen couldn't wait any longer, before dark, he had to arrest these seven people.

Jin Chunzhong came to ask the emperor if he should do this, and his original plan was to stay put, wait for the seven to connect with more accomplices, and then catch them all.

"Since the prime minister has given the order, the government can do whatever it wants, you don't intervene, but you must keep an eye on the movements in the city, and if there is anything abnormal, inform it immediately."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Kim Chun-chung understood what the emperor meant, the prime minister could exercise power, but not beyond the boundary, and the emperor still could not fully trust the minister," an assassin confessed. ”

"What did he say?"

"It is said that Yun Mengze sent forty or fifty people on this trip, and he began to enter the capital in batches as early as a few months ago, with a maximum of three people traveling together, and they did not contact each other after entering the city, and all of them were transmitted by an intermediary. In last night's assassination, twelve people were in charge of watching the wind, and only one assassin was the one who fled. They had been masked before they met, but the Assassin confessed that there were not many of Luan Banxiong's men who could assassinate alone, and that the one who had been Luan's son last night was probably Luan Kai's son. It is said that Luan Kai's martial arts are very high, and he is a killer cultivated by Luan Banxiong, and he has emerged among the Yunmengze bandits, and he was originally going to represent Luan Banxiong to participate in the alliance leader competition, but he came to the capital secretly, and he should have come relatively late. ”

Han Ruzi nodded, unlike the previous chaos in the capital, at least he was no longer confused, as long as there were trustworthy courtiers, the Great Chu Mansion could still exert extremely powerful power, but unfortunately there were still too few people he trusted, and he still needed to wait and see the court controlled by the prime minister.

Jin Chunzhong continued, "Their leader in the city is a man named 'Holy Army Division'. ”

Han Ruzi sneered, "The Holy Army Master, and the Qi Seeker, Yang Feng is looking for this person in Yunmengze, I didn't expect him to come to the capital, this person is more special, if you have his whereabouts, arrest him immediately, don't wait for my will, try to catch him alive." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jin Chunzhong hesitated for a moment, but still spoke: "There is indeed a clue, Wei Chen got a reminder from Lord Shaofu Qiao, Zong Zhengqing Han Chou is very likely to be the organizer behind the debt collection merchants, Yun Mengze has a number of assassins hiding among the merchants, which is convenient for passing on news in the city, plus some other clues, Wei Chen dared to guess that the person named 'Yun Xiong' is the so-called Holy Army Master, and the person who shelters him is Han Chou." ”

"Luoyang Hou really likes Luoyang, and he is not small. As long as you confirm that the Holy Army Division is in Han Chou's place, even if you arrest someone, it doesn't matter if it's the Zongzheng Mansion or the Prime Minister's Mansion. ”

After all, the authority of the Xuanyi envoy is too small, Han Ruzi summoned Cai Xinghai and gave a decree to the two of them, allowing them to act cheaply today and tomorrow, and the prime minister and below must cooperate and not be blocked.

This is a limited-time privilege for two days only.

As soon as Jin Chunzhong and Cai Xinghai left, King Donghai and Cui Teng came.

The king of the East China Sea also recommended himself to use the Tan family's connections to track down the assassin two days ago, but after making a contribution, he did not continue to investigate, seeing that the matter was getting bigger and bigger, he was willing to stay out of the matter.

Cui Teng is different, his father's assassination completely angered him, more than half a day has passed, and the anger has not weakened, but has become more and more vigorous, "Your Majesty, you can't wait any longer, the capital is so big, block the city gate, can the assassin still fly out?" ”

"Jing Zhao Yin Mansion and the City Patrol Division have already started to arrest people, don't worry." Han Ruzi persuaded, and did not forget to remind, "Without my will, you can't mess around, just stay honest in the Cui Mansion or here, and I will give the Cui family justice." ”

"Well, I listen to Your Majesty." Cui Teng was still angry, "The queen sent someone to deliver the letter, she was very anxious, saying that when the queen mother was over, she would go home to visit her father the day after tomorrow, but she still needs His Majesty's permission, I don't know if Your Majesty has received the recital?" ”

The queen is also a "minister", and the emperor's permission is required to leave the palace.

Han Ruzi put a stack of recitals on the table, and the one on top was the queen's recital, Han Ruzi read it again, wrote down the reply, allowed the queen to leave the palace, thought about it, and added a few lines of words, saying that he was going to visit the general in Cui's mansion with the queen.

He handed the chapter to Cui Teng along with the reply, "Give it to the eunuchs outside, let them send it back to the palace immediately, and prepare early." ”

"Your Majesty wants to come to the Cui Mansion in person!" Cui Teng was overjoyed, the anger in his chest finally dissipated a lot, and he ran out with the music in his hand, "I'll go home and prepare!" ”

The King of the East China Sea stood next to him and smiled, and Han Ruzi asked, "I just visited the general with the queen, why is Cui Teng so happy?" ”

"Your Majesty has read a lot of history books, haven't you noticed? The emperor came to a certain family in person, it is a great honor for this family, Emperor Wu and Emperor Xian have been to Cui's mansion, and now it is Your Majesty, the Cui family is as pampered as ever, how can you not be ecstatic? When the general heard the news, he was afraid that his injuries would be a few points better. ”

The reply has been written, and Han Ruzi can't change it anymore, "The general is seriously injured, I should go and visit." ”

"Of course, although there is no explicit provision, but according to the custom, if the minister of Zhengyipin is bedridden, the emperor should send an attendant to visit, if he has an incurable serious illness, the emperor should also be before the bed, not necessary, but should. I heard that the general's injuries are indeed very serious, and he has just been able to open his eyes and cannot speak, so His Majesty should go and take a look. ”

There was a bit of schadenfreude and jealousy hidden in the words of the King of the East China Sea, but Han Ruzi just didn't understand it.

"Your Majesty will come to the Cui Mansion in person the day after tomorrow, and the decree will be made today, Liu Jie and Cai Xinghai are busy."

"How far in advance do you usually have to prepare for this?"

"At least ten days, a month is the best, and there are even half a year or a year in advance to start preparing for the pick-up. However, the Cui family is rich, more than once to take the car, and has rich experience, it will definitely not take so long, two days should be enough. ”

Han Ruzi sighed and said, "The Imperial Palace, the Tired Marquis Mansion, I don't remember how long I haven't left these two places. ”

"Your Majesty's safety is a big matter, and it is an exception to be able to leave the palace and live in the Tihou Mansion permanently."

Han Ruzi smiled slightly, "Let's put aside the matter of assassins and visiting the general, I ask you, if you want to promote an official, what should you do according to the 'convention'?" ”

"How many grades do you want to go up?"

"It's very high." Han Ruzi refused to make it too clear.

"That's an exception, is there a vacancy in the promoted official position?"

"Yes."

"The prime minister and other ministers have not recommended this person?"

"Nope."

"Well, has this person made any meritorious contributions recently?"

"It has been established, but it is not a great merit, and it cannot be compared with those soldiers."

The King of the East China Sea smiled: "Your Majesty is too sincere, if you have to brave the arrows and stones and fight bloodily to call it a great achievement, then Wenchen will never have a chance?" There are two kinds of credit, one is visible to everyone, the head, cattle and horses, etc. are all proof, and the other is visible to the emperor, this person's actions either affect the general trend, or show extremely rare loyalty, which is considered a great achievement. For example, Zuo Cha Yu Shi Xiao Sheng, really speaking, he didn't do anything, and the harm to the Huns was not as good as ordinary soldiers, but he was captured and unyielding, and committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, which shows his loyalty, His Majesty gave him a great merit, and no one objected. ”

"Hmm." Han Ruzi nodded, understanding the difference.

When the king of the East China Sea retired, he was more proud than Cui Teng in his heart, the emperor still needed his advice, and the most important thing was that he could guess the emperor's thoughts through suggestions and pave the way for the future.

After Zhuo Ruhe came back from Yunmengze, he would inevitably rise to prominence, this was the conclusion of the King of the East China Sea.

The king of the East China Sea guessed wrong, Han Ruzi was actually thinking of another person.

The entire capital is capturing the Assassins, but the emperor is thinking about how to transform the imperial court, and he also wants to pave the way for the future. (To be continued.) )