"The slave thinks that Wu Xukuan's momentum does not depend on his ability alone, although he has mastered the transfer of troops, but he is not directly in charge of the army, and only with the military power he has now, it is not enough to directly overthrow the Eastern Qianjiang River, he needs to support him in many ways, so what Wu Xukuan represents, is not him alone, but a group of people, everything is due to interests, whether it is the commander of the guards and horses, or the imperial history, Shangshu, cabinet members, all because of various interests and he is in the group, wanting to steal the country together."

Zhou An, in fact, said a piece of nonsense.

The situation is clear to everyone.

The empress did not interrupt Zhou An, and listened to Zhou An continue.

"And with the current momentum in the hands of the saints, directly eradicate Wu Xukuan, I am afraid that he has more than enough heart and insufficient strength, and forcibly launches it, but it may backfire, forcing Wu Xukuan to directly raise troops to rebel, but if it is only against Wu Xukuan's subordinates, arrest a group, kill a group, and gradually weaken the power of Wu Xukuan's subordinates, and cause them to be suspicious of each other and infighting, it is not impossible."

"Arrest whom? Kill whom? How to catch? The Empress spoke.

Zhou An said the simplest and most difficult way to decide, and at this time, the empress was talking about the difficulty.

"If you arrest some low-ranking people, Wu Xukuan won't care, it's useless, but if you catch important ministers, Wu Xukuan's reaction will be very fierce, and if he goes too far, he will directly rebel."

"Moreover, at this time, those people in the court have either voted for Wu Xukuan, or they are afraid of him Wu Xukuan is as wide as a tiger, Wu Xukuan's eyeliner is all over the yamen of Qianjing City, the slightest wind and grass, Wu Xukuan will immediately know, my holy decree has just come out of the inner court, Wu Xukuan can know its details, how can this person be caught? Who is willing to arrest Wu Xukuan for me? ”

"Besides, arresting people needs a reason, and they need evidence of their evil, so where should this evidence come from? As long as the news leaks slightly, even if there is evidence, Wu Xukuan can send someone to destroy the evidence immediately, and even cause a bloody case, and there is no evidence for his death. ”

The empress is very clear about her current situation.

Although she is still the emperor, she will remove whoever she says to recall, and whoever she says to arrest will arrest him...... However, all this is okay in theory, and once it comes to practical implementation, there will be big problems.

First of all, it is a question of how to ensure that Wu Xukuan's bottom limit is not encountered, and Wu Xukuan's bottom limit is ...... For example, if you directly arrest the Household Department Shangshu, this is directly arresting Wu Xukuan's right-hand man, Wu Xukuan will definitely blow up directly, and he will rebel immediately.

Therefore, the important ministers could not move easily.

There is no point in catching those who are too low, you can only catch those who are not too high, but not too low, and have some real power.

But the resistance was too great.

Wu Xukuan's eyeliner is everywhere, the empress ordered to arrest people, and the person in charge of arresting people may be Wu Xukuan's person, and the person in charge of interrogation is also, and the arrest is for evidence, if there is no evidence, the empress will arrest people indiscriminately, which is equivalent to deducting a basin on his head, and the hat of the faint monarch is directly put on, which is equivalent to giving Wu Xukuan an excuse to force the palace again.

There are few clean people under Wu Xukuan, and there is almost no possibility of arresting the wrong person, but if there is no actual evidence to arrest people directly, in terms of the current situation, it will lead to a series of disastrous consequences.

It is easy to arrest and kill people, but in practice, there are really obstacles everywhere.

"Holy Lord, the slave knows that your concerns are nothing more than three points, one is afraid of stimulating Wu Xukuan to rebel directly, the other is that the following is afraid that it will not be implemented effectively, and may even prevaricate with reasons for you, so it will not be executed, and the third is that if you arrest people without evidence, you are afraid that you will be stigmatized as a faint king, which will give Wu Xukuan the opportunity to attack you."

"Well, you summed it up well." The Empress nodded.

"Holy Lord, the slave thinks that two of your three concerns can be avoided."

"Which two?"

"First, I am afraid of stimulating Wu Xukuan to rebel...... The slave thinks that since Wu Xukuan can endure it to this day, he will not easily rebel by force, as long as he does not move his few henchmen who hold heavy power, everyone else can move! As long as you don't rush it and take it one step at a time, it may not be impossible. ”

"Second, the stigma of the faint monarch will not let you bear it, in recent years, Wu Xukuan has killed many loyal and good people by means of framing and framing, he can do this, we can too, and the person we want to arrest and kill is definitely not loyal and good, he is a traitor, even if the evidence of their evil deeds is destroyed, it is not difficult to create evidence."

"This ......" The empress changed her face, and Zhou An actually told her that she could fabricate evidence to arrest and kill people?

"Holy Lord, in extraordinary times, you can only use extraordinary means." Zhou An persuaded, "Moreover, the slave feels that as long as you don't leak the news in advance, it is not difficult to get the real evidence that some people have done evil, they are not clean." ”

“…… Well. The empress was silent for a moment before she responded lightly to a nasal voice, but immediately added: "Then you mean that the only problem is that the following will not be able to execute effectively?" ”

"Yes." Zhou An said, "This is the biggest problem, as you said, all the yamen in Qianjing City have Wu Xukuan's eyeliner, and there are many people who follow him openly and secretly, I don't know how many, if in a conventional way, who is arrested by your order, it must be hindered everywhere, and from your order, to the final arrest of people, you need to go through many links, but any link is likely to go wrong, acting like this, I am afraid that I will arrest people, I can't find evidence of his crimes, and finally I have to release them ......"

The current empress can't be a "faint monarch", now is not a peaceful and prosperous era, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty are not all loyal to her, if she becomes a faint monarch in the mouth of others, Wu Xukuan will oust her from power, and it will become "logical".

Therefore, the empress must also bind her actions within the framework of the law.

She had to follow the rules, too.

This is the most troublesome place, she has to abide by the rules, but the yamen in Qianjing City are inextricably linked with Wu Xukuan, although they don't dare to do things for the empress openly, but it is too easy to use means secretly.

The Empress was silent.

Contemplation.

Catch a batch, kill a batch, it really doesn't work, it's too difficult.

The empress suddenly felt that something was wrong, and she raised her eyes to look at Zhou An.

It was Zhou An who told her to catch a batch and kill a batch, how can she say that until now, it seems that Zhou An also thinks it won't work?

"Xiao Anzi, you have something to say, don't go around with me." The empress spoke, "If you really have any way, just say it and listen to it, and there is no need to hide it." ”

"Yes...... In fact, the slave wants to say, it is feasible to catch a group and kill a group! There are solutions to other problems, so it's not a problem, the only problem is that the following will definitely be poorly executed, and it will ruin your big things, therefore! ”

Zhou An suddenly raised his head when he said this, looked at the empress and said: "The slave thinks that the Holy Lord can set up a new yamen and give it the right to patrol and arrest, and the officials of this new yamen are all selected from your cronies and guards to ensure that they are loyal, and they will do this arrest and murder for you, isn't it done?" ”