Thinking that the emperor and Hetai would be forced to be helpless and embarrassed by themselves, Prince Hui only felt very happy. So although he restrained himself and remained calm, there was still a hint of pride in his voice, and he leaned over and said.

"The emperor still remembers that Lord Shang Shuhe of the Criminal Department set a time limit with his ministers to catch the murderer, and tomorrow is the first seven days of the minister's mother and concubine, I don't know if the murderer has been caught? ”

The emperor nodded, but before he could speak, the ministers came out one after another, and shouted nonsense.

"Emperor Qi, since tomorrow is the first seven days of the concubine, today should hand over the murderer, so that the concubine can die. The soul returns to heaven. ”

The minister also thought that it should be so. ”

"Yes, what several adults said is extremely true, as a person who is a scholar of the Criminal Department and a law enforcer, he should do what he says, and he can't break his word and get fat. ”

"The minister thinks that Lord Shangshu doesn't have to go to the early court, and it is better to go all out to catch the murderer if he has this time. ”

The minister seconded. ”

The minister seconded. ”

Such a one-sided form shows Prince Hui's status in the minds of the courtiers.

Hetai stood among the hundred officials, his face expressionless, and his eyes were covered with a layer of cold frost. Look at the crowd and wait.

This is a condemnation? Today is only the sixth day, and before he has spoken, he dares to say that he has broken his word and gained weight.

Second, second, what will this group of mediocre people do besides second? A bunch of sycophants!

The emperor looked at the hundreds of officials below, and he was also very displeased, in the court of this country, the appeal of a courtier is so great, it is an absolute bad omen. And the ministers have only one voice, which is really unpleasant, this court of hundreds of officials, Prince Hui's henchmen have accounted for as much as half, it can be said that there is a hundred responses, there is a big event on weekdays, one by one seems to share worries for the emperor, but they are all unanimously to help Prince Hui speak, as long as Prince Hui speaks, they are all seconded voices, but there is a kind of coercion of the emperor's will, in this kind of court, how happy is the emperor.

The thoughts and decisions of the king are not the same as those of the hundred officials in many cases, but a person, even if you are the emperor, how can you be the enemy of the mouth of the hundred officials.

Therefore, his greatest wish is that there is not only one family in the court, but there can be many voices to truly discuss matters. The real ones can express their opinions, choose the right ones and implement them.

Only when the hundred officials really talk about things for their hearts and set off for the country, not by whose face they speak, and no longer stand in line for whose interests, can they truly return to the court, share worries for the king, and seek benefits for the people, and the king can have absolute control over the hundred officials. so that they can serve the country and the people.

And to have this kind of control, so that all the officials can listen to themselves, first of all, it can't be a hundred officials, on the contrary, it must not be unified, even if there are factions, the strength between the factions must be equal, and there can be no form of crushing by one side, so that the factions can check and balance each other, if the two rows fight, each will also throw a mouse taboo, and in the end can only find the emperor to rule, will be willing to listen to the emperor, the emperor's words can play a decisive role, so that they no longer refute.

Therefore, in the courts of all dynasties, there are loyal and virtuous, and there are also treacherous people. It is clear that he is a corrupt official, and the evidence is conclusive, but the emperor still protects him and does not want his life, why? It is to keep corrupt officials to check and balance the clean officials, and the clean officials are good, because the clean officials are too honest, too charitable, how complicated the governance is, and it is impossible to be soft-hearted in many things. Too honest, too charitable, no taxes, no money, the treasury is empty, if there is a war, if there is a palace, if there is no money, what will you do?

Therefore, the admonitions of the Qing officials cannot be all obeyed, a country is so big, there are so many things happening, some must be ruthless, if the whole dynasty is full of clean officials, some things can not be handled well, corrupt officials are bad, traitors are hateful, but some things have to be used by them, and they cannot be perfected without being corrupt officials.

Therefore, the two coexist, one is indispensable, the Qing officials and the corrupt and the traitorous exist at the same time, they can check and balance each other, if the emperor feels that the Qing officials do not adopt, there will be corrupt officials who oppose it, and because there are Qing officials staring and reporting, corrupt officials do not dare to be too arrogant, greedy do not dare to be too blatant, mutual jealousy, mutual restraint is the best balance situation, this is the emperor's technique.

The emperor also understands this emperor's technique, but the omissions of the past few years have led to the dominance of Prince Hui's family, even if there are some courtiers who are interested in the emperor, they can't compete with it, and it is not easy to do it without looking at him.

Therefore, the emperor urgently needs someone who can be strong and dare to compete with Prince Hui, which is why he is now doing his best to help Hetai enter the court, and he does not hesitate to give him a token and a secret guard in person, hoping to help him solve the case as soon as possible, it is because he desperately hopes that Hetai can quickly gain a foothold in the court, and then continue to grow, so many years of the court has been occupied by Prince Hui, he strongly needs someone who can take away part of the power of hundreds of officials, and this candidate is Hetai.

Hetai's style of accidents, and martial arts, especially that night dared to face Prince Hui, his fearlessness and momentum made the emperor feel very satisfied, how to say that it is also his own son, the power falls in the hands of his son, than in the hands of Prince Hui, it is still stronger, and although Hetai has made great contributions to the country, he has never been proud of his achievements, and he seems to have a dispensable indifferent attitude towards wealth and power. Such people, from some places, are very safe.

Now that he is once again caught in the middle of the word, he feels that his plan is correct.

"Heshangshu?" the emperor turned his eyes and looked at Hetai.

Many courtiers who seconded Prince Hui looked like they were watching a good show, hum! Everyone watched, even if Hetai was the prince, what if he couldn't do what he said, see how he could get away with it, and see if the emperor dared to cover up in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.

Those silent Plains Marquis and the others had a wait-and-see neutral attitude, they neither echoed Prince Hui, nor did they favor Hetai, unless Hetai took justice, these people might dare to help a few words.

Compared with those imposing Prince Hui's henchmen, Dali Siqing and Yu Shi Dafu have not said a word since the court, and they have been targeted by the emperor, if they say too much, it may be inappropriate, and they think that as soon as they go to the court, the emperor should announce the news of solving the case as soon as possible, even if the emperor does not say it, Hetai will immediately play this invitation to suppress Prince Hui, but I didn't expect that the emperor didn't say a word, and Hetai didn't know if he didn't plan to say it, or he was preempted by Prince Hui before he had time to say it.

Now seeing that the ministers led by Prince Hui are attacking Hetai with this matter, the two of them are very anxious, but it is inconvenient to say more, and they are not sure what the emperor is thinking at this time, so they can only keep silent with strange expressions.

Qian Shilang wanted to clarify, defend Hetai, and tell these people, you have looked away, Master Shangshu has already solved the case, but he looked at Hetai silently as usual, and the emperor didn't ask himself, so he also put up with patience first and waited for the changes.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is about to perform, and he doesn't want to be preempted by the Prime Minister, the assassin has been captured, and he has confessed. Hetai said lightly.

Zhu and Cui secretly said in their hearts, pull it down, what was preempted first, you deliberately made Prince Hui difficult, and then put him in the army.

Others don't know the inside story and think that Hetai is in the Arabian Nights.

First of all, Prince Hui is extremely unbelieving. Glaring at him, he said, "Impossible, when did you catch it?" Xin said that he received a report from eyeliner, and he only found a tattoo yesterday, and the tattoo was still his own suspicion. Then he went to Surabaya to have a feast and did not leave until dusk. How could it be that he said that he had solved the case early this morning, and he confessed that he had been detained, and he deceived the ghost.

As soon as he opened his mouth, the rest of the people also questioned.

Caught it?;No, didn't you hear the wind?And how did you catch it like no one, so you didn't ask for credit, and only said when questioned?

"Lord Shangshu, the stakes are very high, can you make jokes?"

"yes, there's still a day, and it's still too late to catch it. ”

Hahaha! Someone laughed.

"This official is in charge of this case, when will the murderer be caught, and you must be notified first?" Hetai snorted coldly and said disdainfully.

"You ......" Those people obviously didn't expect Hetai to be so blind and didn't take them seriously, and they suddenly became angry and didn't know how to refute.

"You don't need to report it to us, but since the murderer has been caught, you should always make it clear to Prince Hui now. An official said with a sigh of relief, he wanted to see how Hetai justified himself. So far, many people still think he is talking nonsense.

"Tell me clearly? I'm afraid I don't understand, otherwise I can't wait to ask for credit. An official said contemptuously.

"I don't understand, I don't understand, it's a crime of deception, and no matter how great the merit is, it will be difficult to offset his crime. Another official said, even Hetai's back road is blocked, so if Hetai is really untrustworthy, even the emperor can't exonerate him.

"Before the official could speak, you convicted the official? Even if the prisoner has to confess and draw a prisoner to admit his guilt, you wait for a person who is not a law enforcer, and the other has no real evidence, so you are thinking about it here and vainly convicting yourself of the crime of bullying the king?" Hetai took two steps closer to the two officials, and suddenly shouted: "Believe it or not, this official will immediately be arrested and imprisoned for the crime of false accusation!"

A chill in Hetai's eyes was everywhere, and he burst into tears, and the two officials suddenly panicked, and unconsciously took a step back, seeing that he was so convincing and vigorous, the two of them couldn't help but beat the drum in their hearts, could it really catch the murderer? If it is true, then it may not be impossible to catch himself and ask for the guilt, because he really can't stand up to thinking about what he says, and it really shouldn't be to frame the minister, not to mention that he is still a prince and a prince. He is a battle-hardened general. What do you have? It's just Prince Hui, but if something really happens, Prince Hui won't fight hard for himself.

Seeing that the two arrogant officials took a step back in fright, Hetai showed a sneer: "Are you afraid? If you are afraid, shut your mouths, and don't hang around in front of this official and say some unfounded nonsense." This official doesn't have the time to talk to you too much. If it weren't for you sycophants, this official would have finished his performance to the emperor a long time ago. ”