Chapter 64: The attitude of Emperor Jingzhi
The emperor of Jingguo can be regarded as an emperor of a diligent emperor, at least in the years of his reign, there is not much thought of chaos in the country. The remnants of the two countries were suppressed by his hard-line army and then died down.
Under the sharp and long sound of "retreat from the dynasty-" without teeth, Emperor Jingzhi hurriedly returned to the imperial study, and lost his temper in the imperial study, and the dark purple inkstone that had been played by Emperor Jingzhi was smashed into several pieces.
Toothless stood aside, his cheeks twitched, and he stared at the broken inscription on the ground with great pain, hiding his sleeves with his hands, bowing slightly and not daring to speak.
"What the hell are you going to do?!!" Emperor Jingzhi roared around the house, and became angry: "He really shouldn't dare to kill him?
In the face of Emperor Jingzhi's fury, Toothless still bowed slightly and lowered his eyebrows.
Toothless is not only a favorite of the emperor's side, but also has all the information gathered by Jingguo's spy report. Feng Bokang, who was slaughtered all over the house last night, was at most loyal to the country in the first half of his body. When Fan Taiwei and his party proposed that Feng Bokang enter Beijing as an official, he kept an eye on Feng Bokang, and did an investigation on this, and it took more than a month for the information to go to the Mingzhou border to quickly pass over, and what was collected was a full list of bad deeds and unspeakable crimes, killing good people and risking merit, deducting military salaries, suppressing the wealthy to strip silver, and in just three years, this corruption and bribery alone has reached nearly three million taels of silver, and most of these silver have flowed into the capital and are missing.
When this information was collected and presented in front of the emperor's desk, he was also furious, but at that time, Fan Taiwei was in power, and Jingzhi had no choice but to endure it. Now that Feng Bokang's family has been killed, it is equivalent to a broken wing of Captain Fan. It shouldn't be Emperor Jingzhi who is really angry, but the bearded and dignified Captain Fan.
It's just that this Li Xiangru is too angry. Zhou Fuzi and the national teacher had personally taught Li Xiangru not to act too much, but this admonition did not seem to have any effect? Zhou Fuzi was a representative of Confucian sages, and Confucianism has always talked about benevolence and tolerance, and it is unlikely that he will acquiesce in all Li Xiangru's behavior. The national teacher also urged, and it was impossible to let Li Xiangru act like this in the capital. Or is there something else going on in this matter?
Thinking of this, Toothless saw that Emperor Jingzhi's anger was almost over, so he bowed down and stepped forward slightly, analyzing this idea on Emperor Jingzhi.
Emperor Jingzhi was slightly silent, calmed his anger, picked up the lotus seed soup that had been cold, and fell into deep thought.
After a long time, Emperor Jingzhi said slowly: "Dead soldier, the secret expenses of the spy every year are like flowing water, but there is no abnormality at all? Or is there no evidence pointing to Li Xiangru at all?"
Hearing this, under the cold sweat, Wutooth knelt down in panic and said: "The old slave is incompetent, please forgive your majesty!"
This is a manifestation of dissatisfaction with the spy department, as the head of the espionage, he was so dissatisfied and reprimanded by His Majesty the Emperor.
Jing Zhi waved his hand and said helplessly: "That's it, that's it, get up! If these are not in your hands, I will really be suspicious." ”
The implication is that the emperor still trusts Toothless very much.
Emperor Jingzhi walked a few more steps in the study, and asked Toothless suspiciously, "Is there really no evidence?"
Toothless thought for a moment, re-sorted through all the information, then shook his head and replied carefully: "The evidence pointing to him has nothing to check." ”
"Hmm......" Emperor Jingzhi put his hands behind his back. He still knows the ability to espionage, especially in the past few years, he has continued to weaken the power of the family and gradually concentrated power, which is a lot of information from the espionage department. When he was in the court, after Feng Bokang disappeared into the capital overnight, his first suspicion was Li Xiangru.
That night, when the spy reported back to Li Xiangruzi, the lights went out and fell asleep, and the doors and windows were never opened. Or is it that Li Xiangru's cultivation is much higher? Can he directly avoid the surveillance of the spies?" Toothless cautiously added: "After entering the celestial phenomenon, his cultivation has become a secret. ”
Emperor Jingzhi sneered and said, "If he is really the person who the national teacher said, even if he enters the celestial phenomena, it is impossible for his cultivation to directly step into several levels. Don't forget the greedy nature of that thing inside him. Even if he is a genius, he may be able to compare to the saint who laid out for Kyushu? At the beginning, the saint had Bai Ze's spiritual wisdom, but it still took hundreds of years, how could he, a boy who was just a little lucky, improve so quickly after entering the heavenly phenomena?
Bai Ze is the head of the spirit beasts, and he combines wisdom and can't grow so quickly, let alone Li Xiangru. Emperor Jingzhi's analysis is not unreasonable.
"Still, at least he's been more cunning since last time. Emperor Jingzhi frowned, thought for a moment and sneered: "Let Kaifeng Mansion Yin investigate this matter by himself, at least the attitude needs to be done, otherwise those good ministers who have done bad things should live in fear again, and they may even suspect that I have no kindness behind my back!"
Emperor Jingzhi raised his head and said proudly: "Even so, it's just one more layer of guilt! Compared to the original Lu Changfeng case, what is this? They are aggressive above the court, they are testing the bottom line of the earth, this is a warning to me, let me not go too far, otherwise the fish will die and the net will be broken, so that the country will not be able to sit steadily! Fan Zhongshi, this old immortal thing, still refuses to let go, is it possible that he still can't learn from Li Si?"
Li Si, who had a brilliant life, learned the emperor's outstanding political skills and foresight, and assisted the king to achieve great things. It has made an indelible contribution to the promotion of economic and cultural development. It's a pity that in his old age, he is still obsessed with power, and he will be killed in anger by burning books, and he will be full of people.
Fan Zhongshi's credit is naturally not comparable to Li Si's, but he also has the same thoughts.
Toothless bowed, patted the sycophants and said: "Your Majesty is wise and martial, Jingguo is also proud, and a little disobedience and traitor are just clowns, not enough to shake the foundation of the royal family and the empire!"
Jing Zhi glanced at Toothless and said with emotion: "I'm afraid that this stain will be set on my back!" The literati are angry and think they are arrogant, but they are too addicted to books and can't distinguish between right and wrong!"
Thinking of Li Xiangru, his brows furrowed again, and he said: "It is often said that if you are worried, the world is narrow, if you are resentful, if you are angry, you will be resented, and if you are angry, you will be the enemy! I am afraid that if that kid loses his heart for hatred, not only will he not be able to save the human race, but he will harm the people of the world!"
Toothless stiffened his head and replied shriveledly: "Your Majesty, rest assured, with the teachings of Master Zhou and the national teacher, he will not dare to risk the world's condemnation and go against the grain!"
Emperor Jingzhi stretched out his hand to take out a Confucian book from the shelf, tapped the cover of the book, and sighed: "There is only hope for this." ”
Jing Zhi casually flipped through a few pages of the book, turned around and asked, "How has King Ning been doing recently?"
Toothless pursed his lips and replied: "Cheng Zhuguo's third son has always been close to King Ning, but now he is closer. ”
Jing Zhi sighed when he heard this, and said with interest: "Isn't Cheng Zhuguo a teacher in Lao Qidi? Could it be that Lao Qi did something to dig his own grave that made him feel cold? Or did he open his mind to start trying to put his eggs in two baskets after living in the capital for a long time?"
Emperor Jingzhi still had some impressions of Cheng Xiaokang, the third son of Cheng Laozhuguo, when a minister openly wrote to the court to reprimand Cheng Laozhuguo's son, saying that he was flying in the capital and maliciously hurting people.
Lao Zhuguo, who has always rarely spoken above the court, was in a hurry this time, and he knocked the civil official over on the spot, with a fierce momentum, and the character of the calf protector was clear at a glance! For this, he deliberately went to investigate Cheng Xiaokang, but said that Cheng Xiaodang was not only extraordinary in martial arts, but also quite chivalrous and courageous, and the most unaccustomed thing was that the family bullied the people, and also hated the hypocrisy of the literati and Confucianism and the full mouth of benevolence and morality. In the capital, he can be regarded as a tyrant, but this tyrant is deeply loved by the people, which makes the prince of Feiyang and the earth tingle in fear. Lao Qi has been wooing him to let him enter the military camp to lead the troops, but this Cheng Xiaodare is still arrogant and bluntly refuses in the face of Lao Qi, and the spy news that the smiling Lao Qi returned home because Cheng Xiao dared to refuse and was furious, and fell a lot of things.
Toothless bowed his head and replied: "Your Majesty is wise! When the Seventh Prince was burning the city to absorb the Lu family's army, he was a little anxious and killed many generals. Cheng Laozhuguo himself felt guilty about that incident, and he was afraid that he was really a little chilled. ”
Emperor Jingzhi closed the book, nodded and said: "If you want to charge into battle to kill the enemy, Lao Qi must have some ability, under the teaching of Cheng Laozhuguo, his military talent should not be underestimated, but it is a pity! He did not give full play to his talents, but racked his brains to meddle in the affairs of the imperial court." Alas...... What else?"
Emperor Jingzhi was evaluating his son, and Toothless naturally didn't dare to express his opinions.
Zhang Heyu entered the mansion as a staff member, secretly entered the mansion, planned the future for King Ning, and constantly enveloped the scholars of the scholar clan. Several gangs in the capital have also become an external force for King Ning, doing things that are inconvenient to do. ”
"Oh...... Zhang Heyu?" Jingzhi muttered. Zhang Heyu, a teacher at Bailu Academy, is known as a little sage. Although he has never been an official in the court, even he has heard of this reputation. I really don't know, what means did this old eleven use to win over Zhang Heyu, who has always wanted to concentrate on learning, to enter the mansion?
Emperor Jingzhi sat in front of the case, tapped his slender fingers on the table, and said, "That is to say, the team of the seventh has been formed?"
Toothless nodded and replied, "It should be like this." Some of the gangs he brought together were mixed, and they were also combined into a gang called the Fish Gang. During this time, he was able to take over Ning'an Town quickly, and it was inseparable from the credit of these teams, especially Cheng Xiaodang, who directly brought in a team of forbidden army followers to assist. Toothless carefully observed Emperor Jingzhi's expression, after all, the forbidden army is not something that anyone can mobilize.
"Staff Zhang Heyu, charge Cheng Xiaodare, Jianghu Fish Gang. Jing Zhi muttered lightly, didn't care that the forbidden army accompanied King Ning into Ning'an Town, looked up and looked at Toothless, and said: "It seems that this old eleven has a master behind him!
Toothless breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, this kind of compliment, judging by the experience of Toothless's entourage for more than forty years, was a real compliment. Emperor Jingzhi did have the idea of wanting to put power and raise King Ning as emperor.
Emperor Jingzhi smiled and looked at Toothless a few times, as if all the anger just now had been eliminated, and asked, "What is Li Xiangru doing now?"
Toothless turned his head to look in the direction of Ning'an Town, and then turned back and replied respectfully: "At this time, I am afraid that I have entered the secret headquarters of the Tsing Yi Gang with the third lady of the Tsing Yi Gang and went to obtain the spirit of the alien beast." ”
When Emperor Jingzhi heard this, he slowly walked to the window, gently pushed open the window, looked at Ning'an Town, and said in a low and long voice: "The secret altar of the Tsing Yi Gang, that is also the small world of the Shixuan Fairy......"