readx;?readx; Chapter 646 The praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch is behind

The person who appeared in the room had a pointed face, and a pair of eyes that were small but shining, revealing that the person's inner self was not as ordinary as it appeared. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

This is exactly Hou Xin, who was ordered to come here, and it has been five years since he took over as the spy secretary. Five years is enough time for a child to become a young man, and it is enough for him to turn from a rookie to a gloomy intelligence chief.

"Lord Rong Bing, even if what Xu Tancheng said is true, he will never believe that the family is not involved...... Dogs can't change their......" Hou Xin's voice was tired and hoarse, obviously the sequelae of the starry night: "What's more, these guys who are thinking all the time about how to beat down our arrogance and restore our former glory." ”

"What about the evidence?" Qin Lei closed his eyes and said.

"The prince taught the humble duty that day, in the process of solving the case, there is a very important principle that whoever benefits from the case is suspected; The first beneficiary is often the first suspect. Hou Xin said in a deep voice: "If we turn against the forces we have single-handedly raised, and we live or die, even if we win in the end, we will lose a lot of money, and our reputation will be greatly affected." And the only people who can benefit from it are those big families...... They will take the opportunity to make a comeback and coerce us to make concessions in order to achieve the goal of re-arguing with the prince. ”

After thinking for a while, Qin Lei nodded faintly and said: "Yes, the new policy still shakes the unbreakable status of the Shi clan, even if the lone king gives more compensation, it is not as comfortable as the original dominance." ”

"The prince is wise." Hou Xin's face was slightly excited: "So my subordinates think that today in my Great Qin, there is no stage for the existence of the scholar clan, they are outdated, and it is time for the curtain to close!" "At the end of the day, there was some hysteria.

"So you've been hiding it from the Lone King?" Qin Lei stared at Hou Xin and said word by word: "When can the Espionage Department deceive the monarch and act without authorization?" ”

"The crime of despicable duty deserves death, and I am willing to do whatever you want." Hou Xin knelt down straight, but his face was still the same as before: "The prince often teaches humble duties to put a long line to catch big fish." Those treacherous and cunning families hide themselves behind things, as if they have nothing to do with everything. If you don't catch their feet, the prince will not be ruthless to deal with them! ”

Qin Lei naturally heard the dissatisfaction in his tone...... Hou Xin has always thought that he is too tolerant of the family...... For those who have been kicked out of the court, the water dogs should be beaten so that they will never be able to turn over. Instead of worshipping it as the emperor as it is now.

"No one is satisfied!" After listening to his words, Qin Lei didn't get angry, but sighed and said: "The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, and the ancients did not deceive me." Only then did he glance at Hou Xin and said calmly: "You are very smart, you know that the Lone King is the time to use people, and he will not easily move you." Is it because you see this that you dare to cross the bottom line of loneliness? ”

"I don't dare to leave anything to chance, and before I decided to do this, I already thought I was a dead man." Hou Xin also said calmly: "No one can violate the power of heaven and not die, and lowly duty is no exception, but as long as you can remove the last obstacle for the prince's imperial hegemony, you can die a humble death." ”

"Do you think you can do it?" In the face of a guy who has been calm from beginning to end, all accusations and anger are meaningless, Qin Lei can only talk about the matter: "It is impossible for the Lone King to kill them all, these people are deeply rooted in my Great Qin, you don't know where their tentacles have stretched." But it is precisely because they are flourishing in Daqin that they have many worries and have never dared to confront each other. But once they are cornered, they have to fight to the death. ”

"The prince understands what he said, although I really want to kill all these silverfish, I also know that it is impossible." Hou Xin said in a deep voice: "I just want to beat them up, let them be honest for ten or eight years, and when the emerging forces grow up and have checks and balances between them, everything will be fine." ”

"You all go down, I have something to ask him alone." Qin Lei waved his hand, and Shi Kang rushed out with his subordinates, emptying the room for the two of them.

"That doesn't seem to be the reason for hiding it from me." Before the door was closed, Qin Lei said loudly: "Actually, you are Xiang Zhuang dancing the sword, intending to Pei Gong, and you want to destroy the royal spy, right?" ”

"I can't hide anything from the prince." Hou bitterly laughed and said: "This is indeed the main reason why the lowly duty is not reported, because the lowly duty is ...... You seem to have put too much trust in Princess Ha Duong. ”

"When is it, you're still playing tricks with me." Listening to the footsteps gradually disappearing, Qin Lei suddenly smiled, and as he spoke, he got up and personally helped Hou Xin up, and said with a gratifying face: "The clothes are not as good as new, the people are not as good as the old, or the old brothers are intimate." ”

Hou Xin's face showed a smile of relief, but he still insisted: "I don't understand what the prince means. ”

"Good boy!" Qin Lei patted him on the shoulder vigorously, and said in a low voice: "It's hard for you to carry this black cauldron for me." ”

"It has always been the prince who carries it for us." Hou Xin said in an inaudible voice: "It is an honor to be able to carry it for you once." ”

"Is the action arranged?" Qin Lei asked softly.

"It's been a year of preparation," Hou Xin said confidently, "and it can be launched at any time." ”

"Okay, just put your head around your neck for the time being." Qin Lei suddenly raised his voice and said, "When the matter is done, we will slowly settle the account." As he spoke, he squeezed his eyes at Hou Xin.

"Subordinates thank the prince for not killing." Hou Xin also squeezed his eyes, and everything was silent.

There are some words that you can't say, especially when you want to tear up your promises when you have big words in your ears.

When the reform was in its third year, Qin Lei knew that some things could not be postponed any longer, otherwise his new policy would be dragged into the abyss by the powerful inertia of the old forces...... Although the New Deal has gone fairly smoothly under his strong implementation, there have been some bad signs.

For example, those imperial historians who were in the limelight in the first year of Tianyou......

That year, the Beijing officials were basically cleaned, and the local officials were left with one of the five, and there were so many vacant seats from the local to the central government, even if Qin Lei used all the cooks in Qinghe University Hall, it was impossible to fill the holes.

So good things fell on the heads of these poor and scummy imperial histories. Because of the 'meritorious cleaning', it is hot, and their two leaders have entered the cabinet, Wang Anting is even more of the first assistant, ranking first among the hundred officials. The imperial historians can naturally find a series of fat shortages in the court.

Moreover, the officials who came out of Qinghe University Hall were very shallow in experience and qualifications at that time, and they couldn't compete with these 'whole masters' at all. Qin Lei also knew about this situation, so he did not forcibly interfere, seeing that the second king and his subordinates had a big package, and even won the high position of five Shangshu and six provincial governors, for a time the court was full of the so-called 'clear stream', these people called themselves 'Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty', but the history was called 'Yushi Party'.

Qin Lei basically had a tacit attitude towards all this. He is very aware of the skills of the scholars in Qinghe Garden, and there is a saying that 'wearing a dragon robe does not necessarily mean that you are an emperor, and a bald head does not necessarily mean that you will be able to chant a mantra', and he suddenly helped them to a high position, and they could only fall worse and worse as they go. This is also useful for those who can only make small reports.

Therefore, he tolerated the fact that the 'Qinghe Gang' was subservient to others, and strictly honed them through the examination method, accelerating the speed of their maturity, and just waiting for the fall of the Yushi Party, he could be on top in the blink of an eye and completely realize his control over the government.

Yes, the Imperial History Party will definitely fall, because this is the perfect time for corruption...... The imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate has all been changed, and the revival yamen in various places is still being prepared, and there has not been time to send supervisors to the court, for more than two years, the Great Qin Dynasty has not had a royal history official, what a good hotbed!

And those Yushi parties did not live up to Qin Lei's expectations, and soon learned how to deceive superiors and subordinates, loot money, and after a few years of hard work, they all got rich in their pockets, completely got rid of poverty and became rich, but they also caused serious damage to the new deal.

Therefore, in order to eliminate dissidents, and in order to make the new policy go smoothly, Qin Lei must eliminate all the Yushi Party!

In such an environment, it is impossible for his 'Qinghe Gang' to be clean, but in order to punish the former and the latter, cure the disease and save people, it is also beneficial and disadvantageous to knock those future authorities hard.

And he must further weaken the strength of the family, so that they will completely lose their influence on the court situation, and be their rich man with peace of mind.

and his bewitching eldest sister, in Qin Lei's opinion, an underground force that cannot be fully controlled is not as good as not having one......

Even his stupid third brother, instead of letting him continue to steal high positions and provide an umbrella for the lawless, it is better to let him retire early and retire in his old age, although he is not yet thirty years old......

Although there are so many things that must be done, an obstacle lies in front of Qin Lei - he is now the nominal number two of the Great Qin Dynasty, and the actual number one, these people are all under his command, and he has already said big things like any leader, 'breathe together, share fate'. The voice is still lingering in his ears, how can he be embarrassed to turn his face and deny people, and raise a knife to kill people?

But these things can't be left out, so Qin Lei decided to find someone to carry the black cauldron, and after looking around, he chose his intelligence leader, Hou Xin...... First of all, this kid is a spy, which is very in line with the image of a conspirator that people know; In addition, the spy department and the royal secret spy business overlapped, and the two sides competed with each other and never got along, and Hou Xin also had the motive to start. And Hussein is his smartest subordinate, with a hint of clarity......

Both conditional and motivated, well, it's you!

Therefore, Qin Lei was not as angry as he showed in his heart, because a year ago, he already knew that there would be today. Even the fact that things have come to this day comes from his pre-planning.

But the masses don't know it, and that's the benefit of chess players.

But there are only a few people in the world who are qualified to play chess. The giants of the previous generation have fallen one after another, and he is the only chess player left in the entire Great Qin Dynasty, overlooking the performance of the chess pieces with a calm expression...... Without the opponent, he becomes the master of the entire chessboard, and even if the chess pieces perform well, he can turn the tide between flips and turn his will into the situation of the Great Qin Dynasty.

It's certainly pleasant to play like this, but it's also easy to get bored, so Qin Lei doesn't plan to delay any longer, he wants to end this domestic game of chess as soon as possible and go to the stage of the Three Kingdoms War to find an opponent.

Qin Lei's first target was his imperial sister, Princess Heyang. According to the intelligence, this woman has contacts with all the big clans, and in addition to providing them with information, she has even conspired with them, and is the key figure in the whole incident.

Princess Heyang arrived as promised, she wore a pink tulle dress, maybe it was a hot day and she was sweating, and the clothes were tightly attached to her body, outlining a thrilling figure. But she didn't use this to confuse Qin Lei, because she knew that it was useless at all.

She was originally stationed in the Eastern Capital, but after receiving Qin Lei's order, she did not dare to slack off, and finally rushed to Shangyang City at noon on the third day, and she was ordered to meet without even breathing. As a result, as soon as they met, they were forced to ask by Qin Lei for a while, and even used questioning words such as 'where is the intention'.

"But I wronged my sister to death." After relieving himself a little, Heyang had to explain: "The so-called non-reporting of knowledge is actually nothing to report, what you said today, the gang of people under my sister have long been commonplace, I don't think it's surprising, naturally I won't report it again." ”

"Don't talk about the old imperial calendar." Qin Lei waved his hand and said: "Now is the new policy of God bless, the ink of the decree strictly prohibiting the unauthorized setting of cards has not dried, so you are used to blatant violations, don't you think it's surprising?" As he spoke, he put the cup on the table and said in a deep voice, "What is it that is not willing to fall?" ”

"Okay, okay, you're the boss, you have the final say." Princess Heyang knew that she couldn't resist him, so she was ready to perfunctory first: "I'll go back and let them correct it." ”

"Sister Huang's kung fu to avoid the important is simply a must." Qin Lei sneered coldly: "If we were ordinary people, I killed you, and then promised that I would definitely correct it, would you forgive me?" Will the government let me go? ”

Heyang is such a smart person, she immediately understood what Qin Lei meant, stared at Qin Lei with resentful eyes, and said in a sad tone: "Then what do you want to do to me?" ”

"Sister Huang, don't worry, I won't hurt you." Qin Lei shook his head and said, "But you have to let the royal secret spy fully cooperate with the rectification of the spy department." ”

"That's fine." Heyang agreed, but listened to Qin Lei add slowly: "I mean, the kind that is unreserved and fully cooperative." ”

Heyang's complexion changed suddenly, he supported the table with both hands, leaned over to stare at Qin Lei, gritted his teeth and said, "Do you want to kill them all?" ”

In order to avoid being dazzled by her white chest, Qin Lei lowered his head slightly, looked at the purple sand teacup on the table, and said casually: "That's not enough, if there is, change it, and if you don't, you will be encouraged." ”

"Hehehehe...... Princess Heyang laughed sadly: "Boiled beans burn beans, beans cry in the kettle; It's the same root, why is it too anxious to fry each other? What a hurry!! ”

Qin Lei's cheeks were said to be hot, but fortunately, his skin was super thick, and he couldn't see it at all. Raised his head in annoyance, looked at He Yang angrily, and roared in a low voice: "If you are strict with yourself and don't get involved with those big families, how can things come to this point?" ”

"It's just a pretext!" Princess Heyang snorted coldly and said, "I see that you are clearly a lone husband, and you can't tolerate anyone's lone husband!" ”

"I'm not a lone husband." Qin Lei shook his head and didn't explain.

"If you are not a single husband, why do you resist the family like this? They are our kind, and those lowly people are not worthy of our company. After venting, Ha Yang frowned and said incomprehensibly, "Why can't I understand your behavior?" ”

"Maybe I'm a xenomorph." Qin Lei shook his head slowly. This road was originally lonely and incomprehensible, so he had to go on hard, and there was no turning back: "Hand over the secret spy roster within three days, and order them to stand by and wait for the investigation." ”

"Dream on!" Princess Heyang was finally completely enraged, Huo Ran got up and said, "You can just let the horse try, and see if our royal spy is a soft persimmon pinched at will!" ”

"Okay." Qin Lei nodded and said, "Then let's see." ”

Princess Heyang angrily left the hall and got into the carriage, wanting to leave here. But he was stopped by the black-clothed guard at the door and said, "The prince has a life, and the outside is very turbulent now." For your safety, please do not go out, Your Highness the Eldest Princess. ”

"Imprisonment is imprisonment, and it sounds so good." Princess Heyang in the car said in a muffled voice.

At the time of the meeting between the two highnesses, Hou Xin had already commanded his spy agents to start a nationwide manhunt in the name of 'eliminating spies'. Those palace spies who were hidden in the darkness revealed their bodies one after another, leading the guards sent by the prince to various places, and began a purposeful arrest operation.

After seven full years, the hard work of the two successive directors, and after paying an unimaginably high price, the spy department finally corrupted several key figures in the royal secret spy system. Only then did Hou Xin dare to promise Qin Lei that as long as Princess Heyang did not appear, they could wipe out the royal spies.

When the prince put Princess Heyang under house arrest, those high-ranking traitors of the royal secret agents finally had no hope, confessed the complete intelligence system as it was, and even took the people of the spy department to arrest former colleagues everywhere, and in just two days, they swept away the minds of the provinces and provinces.

The leaderless royal spy was paralyzed...... Once you can't get in touch with the upline, you don't know what to do, so you can only lie dormant and wait patiently, which gives the opponent a chance to break through.

It took another month for the Espionage Department to search for more than 1,700 royal agents from all provinces and localities.

This huge result could not make Hou Xin happy, because according to the information he had, the number of Princess Heyang who went offline should be about 2,500 people, which means that at least 800 people have sunk into the sea and will never be found again...... It's all unstable!

But he can't solve this problem, because in the process of catching, it is inevitable that the fish will die and the net will be broken, as long as one dies, then all his downlines will completely lose clues...... The higher the status of the deceased, the more people will go unpunished.

In addition to ordering all localities to strengthen the search for royal spies, Hou Xin could only pray to God, hoping that these people would keep to themselves from now on and stop making waves and disturbing social order.

What is quite surprising is that Princess Heyang's newlywed concubine, Zhao Chenghe, is still his leading deputy commander in the newly formed Zhendong Army, and does not seem to be affected in any way. People have to believe that the prince's words that 'the stability of the army is overriding everything' are definitely not false.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand this matter, after all, Zhao Chengsi has made contributions to the royal family, and this matter has nothing to do with him, if Qin Lei is casually involved, it will chill the hearts of the soldiers...... He is not afraid of the hearts of the Han family, the hearts of the bureaucrats of the Han Shu clan, or even the hearts of the common people, but he is afraid of making the army cold.

In a letter to Zhao Chenghe, Qin Lei said in black and white: "Jun and my sister are halfway husband and wife, each with their own pursuits and careers, and they have long been famous for not interfering with each other. Therefore, there is no reason to implicate each other. And returned the unscathed Princess Heyang to Zhao Chenghe.

But Zhao Chengsi knew very well that the prince said this, but he didn't want him to leave immediately and make him look bad. But if you really think that the prince has no mustard and will be promoted and reused as always, it would be a big mistake...... With such a stall, coupled with his original identity, he has come to this point in his life, and there is no point in struggling.

It's better to resign in two years, and it's good to retire to the countryside with the princess and be a rich man.

But not everyone is as wise as him, and some people plan to roll up their sleeves and fight with Qin Lei!