As the saying goes, stay in the green mountains, and you are not afraid of no firewood. There are many people who can say this, but there are very few people who can actually do it. What is Wei Feiyang's future and fate, Yang Zhi doesn't want to think about it. The world of the future is full of unpredictable variables, and who knows? He cares most about the present.

Yang Zhi's outstanding martial arts and resourcefulness, and uninhibited uninhibited temperament, made the emperor both deeply jealous and extremely appreciative; It also made Wei Feiyang, the younger brother of Jieyi, very heartbroken, and regarded him as a celestial. If he is like Xu Wenhan proposed, being a middleman who guarantees both parties is equivalent to tying him to the fate of the emperor and Wei Feiyang, and he is in a big trouble for himself. Yang Zhi knew very well in his heart that he could stay out of the matter and watch the fire from the other side. Whether or not this crisis can be resolved, it is bound to be a thankless task. However, he willingly.

Xu Wenhan once described the emperor as a chess player, which is not an exaggeration. The emperor stepped up the layout one ring after another, and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, millions of heroes, and Daxia Li Min were all chess pieces in his hands. What is certain is that the emperor will never tolerate and will never give Wei Feiyang the slightest chance to become the king. In just these three or five days, he will be able to free up his hands to deal with Wei Feiyang. Therefore, what exactly Xu Wenhan's superficial article with an extremely complex background is, no matter who it is, it can be said to be of great significance.

Xu Wenhan said with a tired face: "The emperor has always prided himself on being a master of great talent, and the imperial power in his mind is stable, which is to seek to monopolize power and make decisions with the sacred heart, and use it like splashing ink to paint." The emperor's mental skills have always been very abnormal, and the emperor has been a hundred times more energetic during this time. It's a shame to say that the foolish brother feels tired and ruthless. ”

In Yang Zhi's view, the emperor's unusual excitement is not difficult to explain, that is, the legendary sense of accomplishment is caused by the blood. Besides, does the emperor dare to have the slightest negligence and slackness?

Xiaoyan was relieved: "Can you not be tired?" To make a huge article, it is obvious that it is true that it is turning over the hands for the clouds and covering the hands for the rain, but it is necessary to cover the ears and steal the bell, and painstakingly erase the traces of carving. Not only to satisfy the emperor, but also to be reasonable in all aspects. If you do it well, it is the emperor's holy benevolence, and if you don't do it well, you will carry the black cauldron. It's me Yang. That's never going to happen! ”

There is a section that Yang Zhi deliberately omitted not to mention: In order to do a good job in this article, I don't know how many innocent people have to take their lives in a daze!

Xu Wenhan said calmly: "Brother Fool, I hope that the world will be unified as soon as possible, and the people will recuperate and live and work in peace and contentment as soon as possible." Even if I spend my life's work, my life will not be in vain. As for personal fame, honor and disgrace. What's the point? I'm afraid that I will have a lot of dreams at night, and this time I will be in the Inner Court Guard Mansion and the Criminal Department Prison almost day and night. In fact, it was already closed two days ago, and I just waited for the emperor to choose the right time to close the case, and I asked myself if I should live up to the emperor's trust. ”

"Although Wei Su is pedantic, he is not a person who does not know the importance of the stakes. I will do what you want with the prince. Several times made him angry and devastated, and he was bent on finding an opportunity to commit suicide. After that, I promised to advise the emperor to dismiss the army and exempt the levy, change the national policy of Great Xia's conquest and expansion, promised to do everything I could to save the prince's life, and forced me to make a poisonous oath, so Wei Su changed his confession according to my wishes. The matter involved rebellion, and Gao Ping, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Guo Ziguang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Tang Yi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, who coordinated the trial, were all veteran ministers of the officialdom for a long time. Many prison officers, jailers, scribes. As long as you lie and threaten, I believe that no one will dare to kill the whole family in the future. ”

Yang Zhi couldn't help but say with a mocking face: "Still swearing? The Weisu Committee is really naïve! It's impossible to gag everyone. In the future, there will inevitably be all kinds of rumors, and you just try to be a little less, just to comfort yourself and masturbate. ”

Xu Wenhan frankly admitted: "That's true. As the old saying goes: the mouth of the people is more important than the defense of Sichuan. How could the foolish brother not know? It's better to do it than not to do it. What's more, if you don't do anything, the emperor will say it in this section in the future, and it will be guilty. ”

Qin Kongyun asked worriedly, "Third brother is saying that the eldest brother has dealt with Wei Suxu's chat with Wei Suxu?" Aren't you afraid of endless troubles? It's good to save the prince's life, and persuade the emperor to dismiss the army and exempt the army from taxation to change the national policy. I'm afraid it's a little difficult. If Wei Su can not die this time, and the promise of the eldest brother cannot be fulfilled in the future, Wei Su will be difficult to clean up again, wouldn't it be very bad? ”

Yang Zhi sneered: "Lovely second brother." Lao Xu and I have been spitting all that lot of saliva in the past two months? The emperor is close to the age of six, and the eldest brother once said that he is fat and hardworking, powerful and worried, and he will not be a long-lived person. Do you think the emperor deliberately pretended to be sick when he passed through Luzhou on the way to defeat the Tang class? Do you think it's a good thing that the eldest brother just said that the emperor is a hundred times more energetic? This time, the prince's rebellion was almost successful. Do you think the emperor won't be afraid when he thinks about it now? ”

"The emperor knew that he was afraid that his life would not last forever, so he wanted to complete two tasks in his lifetime. The first is to ensure the stability of the Great Xia Dynasty and the stability of the people. The borders are easy to defend and try to maintain the status quo, and if necessary, there may even be a slight strategic retreat. The second can be called the overriding task of the state: to choose and carefully cultivate a successor to the throne that the emperor is satisfied with, and to realize the emperor's unfulfilled ambition to dominate the world. ”

"The emperor originally did not intend to take the life of the crown prince, in order to reunite the hearts of the people, accumulate national strength, and smoothly hand over the shift, at least for three or five years, he will not launch an expansion war. Therefore, the eldest brother does not need to promise anything to Wei Su, let alone make any poisonous oaths. Wei Su is simply self-inflicted, and the eldest brother is just pushing the boat with the current. ”

"I see!" Qin Kongyun was stunned, and then said happily: "I'm really dizzy!" You have said a long time ago that my Qin clan can live a relaxed and quiet life for a few years, right? ”

Xu Wenhan and Yang Zhi looked at each other and smiled: "Speaking from the heart, it is also thanks to Wei Su's usual uprightness and naivety, and his involvement is very limited. The prince is much more amicable than Wei Su, and after the dust settles, the survival ** is very strong, and he doesn't need me to make any adjustments, and he can draw inferences from my intentions. The rest, such as the three marquis of the Li family, are insignificant accomplices, so it is enough to treat them as accomplices. They are even more unbearable than the prince, and some even do not hesitate to pile up all the blame on the prince's head in order to survive. ”

When Qin Kongyun heard this, he had an aura that he was a bosom friend with the prince: "People are under the eaves, so they have to bow their heads!" The crown prince has been the prince for 16 years, and the authority of the emperor is walking on thin ice, not seeking merit but seeking no fault, which day is not trembling? As the saying goes, it's better to die than to live, and ants still steal life, let alone people? ”

Yang Zhi and Xu Wenhan couldn't help but smile at each other knowingly: Duke Qin and the emperor have been friends for more than 20 years, and what day is it easy and comfortable that they dare to take it lightly? Qin Kongyun and the crown prince have similar feelings. And no wonder.

"Dealing with Pei Xianzhong made me unbearable and very entangled." Pei Xianzhong has recently become famous because of the prince's case, and when he talked about this waiter who unexpectedly lost two taels of weight, Xu Wenhan was quite ashamed: "To be honest. Even I didn't expect that guy to be very tough. Helplessly, in order to exonerate the crown prince and Wei Su, in order to throw him to calm the emperor's heart, I had to harden my heart. I usually hate prison lawsuits and dark grass and human life, and I can't see the reversal of black and white into a trick, I don't want to actually concoct it with my own hands this time! Not to mention that Pei Xianzhong is no longer human. Only one breath more than the dead. In order to make an ironclad case with sufficient evidence, no less than 20 so-called witnesses were brought in by force, and after the confession was postponed, in order to silence them, I still killed them with a torture rod! Although those who become big things are not informal, but the foolish brother asks his heart at midnight, and he is still extremely guilty! ”

Yang Zhi and Qin Kongyun can fully imagine how miserable Pei Xianzhong's situation of shouting that the sky should not be and the earth is not spiritual, and how desperate the twenty or so unlucky "witnesses" are when they have no way to go to heaven and no way to escape. If you have to give them an explanation, it can only be called the law of power in troubled times.

Xu Wenhan is a scholar who has no power to restrain the chicken, and he brews such unjust prisons with his own hands. As you can imagine, you need to endure tremendous psychological pressure. These words seem to have been held in the chest for a long time, and they do not vomit or feel unhappy. After finishing speaking, he let out a long sigh with a slightly empty eye, which seemed to be a lot easier.

The law of power in troubled times is formulated by the strong. Yang Zhi smiled reluctantly: "The Buddha said, if they don't go to hell, who will go to hell?" Serving the country and the people is great compassion, and the eldest brother must not blame himself. -- So, you are going to present the closing recital to the emperor, and you must have already written it? ”

Xu Wenhan said expressionlessly: "Zhao Tianyang, the former general of the Inner Court Guard, does not want to repay the emperor's favor. The madness of holding the prince hostage with the intention of rebelling and usurping the throne is a heinous crime. It is planned to confiscate all family property, and I will be whipped and abandoned the city, and the door will be beheaded. ”

"Former East Palace attendant Pei Xianzhong. Hoping to be rich and noble, instigating the prince not to make progress and repeatedly losing morality, and teaming up with the culprit Zhao Tianyang to hold the prince hostage and plot to rebel and usurp the rear, the crime is extremely evil. It is planned to sentence the confiscation of the family property of the confiscated family, and I will be executed by Ling Chi, and the nine clans of the Pei family will sit together. Abandon the city,. ”

"The former Privy Council Lieutenant Wei Su, who was arrogant and ungraceful, was willing to degenerate and became the chief accomplice of Zhao Tianyang, the culprit of rebellion, and his crime was unforgivable. It is planned to sentence confiscated the confiscation of family property, and I will make a decision, and the Wei family will be seated in a row and nine clans, and the army will be enslaved forever, and it will not be forgiven. ”

"The crown prince Zhao Heng is mediocre and mediocre, and his difficult task has been abolished. Because he is uneasy about his duty, he is deceived by others and tries to rebel against the usurpation of the throne, and his sin is unforgivable. It is planned to sentence him to commit suicide, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will remove his name from the royal family genealogy, and he will not be allowed to enter the ancestral temple of the royal family after his death. ”

The more Yang Zhi listened, the more frightened he became, and said in shock: "Speaking of which, why is it still all a death?" Lao Xu, what the hell is going on? ”

Qin Kongyun explained: "Third brother, you don't understand. If a person commits a heinous crime that requires the emperor's admiration, the presiding judge must re-enact the punishment when determining the guilt. Then the emperor will reduce the crime at his discretion to show the emperor's grace and show the magnanimity and benevolence of the Son of Heaven. ”

Yang Zhi couldn't help but scold: "Hypocrisy! What a fucking hypocrisy! ”

Xu Wenhan said helplessly: "The past dynasties have become a rule, and I just follow the rules. The final result was nothing more than Zhao Tianyang's full house copying, Pei Xianzhong's family was exterminated, Wei Su was at most imprisoned for life and his family was guilty, and the prince Zhao Heng was also imprisoned for life. For other accomplices such as the three marquis of the Li family, I don't bother to recite the verdicts one by one. Most of them are cut officials and knights, fines are paid for crimes, and they will never be used. As you have already said, the so-called presiding judge by order is nothing more than a self-deception and fabrication of incriminating evidence in order to be presentable. ”

Although such a result was expected, the three of them were still in a heavy mood after the discussion.

Xu Wenhan thought for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "When it comes to carrying the black cauldron, I'm afraid I'm not alone. Does the third brother still remember the two giant businessmen who were ordered to be arrested on the 16th day of the first lunar month? ”

As long as Yang Zhi doesn't care about himself, he has never paid much attention to it, and he really didn't think about it for a while. But Qin Kongyun remembered it clearly: "Those are the two colleagues whose family wealth is comparable to that of my Qin family, Huang Jixian, a wealthy businessman in Xianyang, and Guo Pei, a wealthy businessman in Jincheng." The emperor's decree that day was to order the prefects of the two places to be arrested and strictly interrogated on the grounds of harboring different aspirations, colluding with the prince's party, and secretly aiding the golden silk. ”

Yang Zhi asked blankly, "What does this have to do with me?" ”

Xu Wenhan replied: "It's really none of your business, but from today onwards, it's your business!" ”

"Clear-eyed people know that the charges given by the emperor to the two giant businessmen are just trumped-up, but they just want to take the opportunity to suppress the old chaebol forces in Guanzhong and Jincheng. If you think about it carefully, almost half of Xianyang is surnamed Huang, and half of Jincheng is surnamed Guo, as the saying goes, a strong dragon is difficult to fight the head snake, what can the prefects of the two places do? The so-called arrest and strict interrogation, with Huang Jixian and Guo Pei's big money smashed down, that is, going through the motions. A few days ago, the recitals of the prefects of the two places were sent to the imperial review, and nine out of ten sentences were in defense of the two brothers. The emperor was furious and scolded the prefects of the two places in the imperial approval. ”

Yang Zhi said: "The two prefects must have been dazzled by the white silver, and they are indeed daring. The old oilman of officialdom who can climb to the position of a local magistrate, why is he so uninteresting? The emperor has always been interested in benefits, and he is by no means a master of empty cannons. The two prefects are too unreasonable! ”

"Although Jiangsu and Zhejiang are prosperous and rich, but in the Southern Tang Dynasty, the emperor will be a little unable to do it for a while. Now that there is the intention of dismissing the army and exempting the levy, then there is no reason to reach out to the Qin family again for the time being, do you think he is not distressed? The East is not bright, the West is bright! ”

Qin Kongyun was greatly embarrassed: "The third brother is wrong to say later!" I, the Qin family, regard it as the responsibility of the generation of heaven to gather wealth and use it for the country, how can I say blackmail? How can it be compared with Huang Guo and the others? The third brother doesn't want to mess around! ”

Xu Wenhan said with a smile: "No matter what method is used, it is always a good thing to be able to fill the treasury." That Huang and Guo can become a big man, and they have their own merits, and they immediately realized that this matter may not be good. They sent capable confidants and cronies to Chang'an, and the day before yesterday they went to the palace of the king and the foolish brother to ask for a meeting, but they were all blocked. It is expected that King Fu and the other two Zaifu Shangshu will also cook in this way, and they will not pick up this hot potato. And today, in front of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the emperor openly ordered me to ask the third brother for ....... ”

How clever is Yang Zhi's scheming? laughed and said, "Wonderful! Wonderful! You are instructed to consult, and I am ordered to rip off the bamboo! I can't avoid making a little fortune by the way! It's not the first time that Lao Tzu has been a villain, and it's not too much to carry such a glittering black cauldron ten times a year or eight times. If there is such a good thing next time, the emperor must remember me! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) )