Chapter 773: A dilemma
Ning Tongyi is an extremely energetic person, all government affairs are handled by himself, he only sleeps two hours a day, and he is in good spirits, even if the mountains of tricky government affairs are handled in his hands, he also handles them in an orderly manner, so he never needs the master, and he also despises the officials who use the master, and looks down on the group of the master, in fact, as he said, the master is a group of supernumerary personnel who help the chief official to deal with the cumbersome government affairs.
But it is precisely because they are non-staff personnel and have a large amount of government power in their hands that this has led to even more serious corruption!
If this group of people is pulled out and beheaded, there will definitely be good people who have been wronged if they are all cut off, but if you cut one and put them one by one, there will definitely be countless fish that have slipped through the net!
In Daqi, the powerful master can even directly influence and manipulate a political official, thus becoming the shadow official behind them, they are more murderous and bottomless than these officials, because they are hidden behind the scenes!
And often after the fall of the first ruling official, most of the masters patted their butts and turned their heads to leave, and then went to the next official to continue to serve as a dog-headed military advisor, or turned into a large field with the gold and silver accumulated by corruption, and became a squire landlord, and since then they have been at large and drunk with money.
It can be said that these masters have become a terrible tumor in the corrupt officialdom of Daqi, causing the collective hostility of many aspiring and promising officials.
Ning Tongyi quickly put Ji Chen's matter behind him for the time being, after he drove away the other officials, he knelt down and kowtowed a few times regardless of the dirty flood on the ground that had not receded, he choked up and said: "The guilty minister Ning Tongyi is too late to save the car, please punish His Highness!"
Zhao Hanqing smiled and said: "Hurry up, what is Aiqing's crime? But Ning Aiqing is here, so she can rest assured, and she can sleep well with peace of mind!"
Ning Tongyi didn't get up, he still kowtowed: "Your Highness, don't leave your guards and courtiers to visit privately in the future, otherwise today's tragedy will definitely recur!"
Zhao Hanqing smiled bitterly: "Lone knows, Lone knows it's wrong, get up quickly, the water on the ground is cold, and it's dirty." ”
Ning Tongyi got up at this time, he bowed down and said: "Your Highness is as good as a stream, which is a holy act. ”
Zhao Hanqing didn't like to listen to people's sycophants, so he diverted the topic and gritted his teeth: "This disaster, Li Tian is too guarded to take the blame! I want to severely punish Li Tian and peel him to Ling Chi!"
Ning Tongyi seemed to have expected what Zhao Hanqing said, he bowed down again, and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness...... No!"
Zhao Hanqing's face suddenly became gloomy, staring at Ning Tongyi deadly, and said, "Why not? Just because he is a lonely person, can he not move?"
Ning Tongyi sighed softly and said, "Of course you can move, but it can't be now!"
Zhao Hanqing said in a deep voice: 'Why?'
Ning Tongyi was silent for a while, and said in a slightly tight voice: "The four princes have begun to connect in private, preparing to attack His Highness at the next court meeting!"
Zhao Hanqing's heart tightened, he immediately knew that if his fourth brother dared to launch such an attack at the Great Dynasty Meeting, it meant that this was a general attack, and the fourth prince was going into battle shirtless, and the other party was obviously very sure!
Ning Tongyi said astringently: "Your Highness, if the four princes succeed, then Your Highness ...... I'm afraid there will be something I can't bear to say!"
Zhao Hanqing squeezed his fist hard, he knew that although what he did had made the people of the world live a good life for a few years, but he was fighting corruption everywhere, which had already caused countless officials to complain, and the huge prestige he gained also made the emperor feel threatened...... Abolish the Prince!
Zhao Hanqing, who has been in the power field all the year round, instantly figured it out: The reason why he can't deal with Taishou Li Tian now is because the other party is likely to make a fuss about Li Tian and use this as a breakthrough to attack the prince's camp, as long as Li Tian is convicted, then the officials of the prince's family behind him will be connected and pulled off the horse one by one, and the power of the prince's family will be dealt a heavy blow, and then the collapse of the entire prince's camp will be bringed!
If you can't even protect your own people, who would dare to serve the prince?
Do you rely on ideals, do you rely on righteousness?
Officialdom battles are not like fighting methods, nor are they like war, but they are equally thrilling, from small to big!
How many times have there been great upheavals in ancient and modern times, and which one did not start with the smallest breakthrough?
The prince and Ning Tongyi, who are well versed in this, do not dare to be careless at all, the battle for the heir is extremely dangerous, if you win, you will become the emperor, and if you lose, you will not be a good citizen!
Zhao Hanqing's eyes were red, and he sighed helplessly and sadly: "In order to keep the position of this prince, I am ...... To protect a bastard who is corrupt and perverts the law, is stupid and incompetent, and kills hundreds of people!? What kind of truth is this, what kind of world is this!?"
Ning Tongyi also felt the same way, his eyes were red, and he knelt down again: "Chen, guilty!"
Zhao Hanqing laughed sadly and angrily: "You are not guilty! What is guilty is this bastard who is not clear and does not distinguish between good and evil!!"
Ning Tongyi was shocked, immediately turned his head to look out the window, and said to Zhao Hanqing in horror: "Your Highness, be cautious!"
Zhao Hanqing ignored the blood oozing from his neck because of excitement, he snorted coldly and changed the topic: "What about the father, does the father know the news here?"
Ning Tongyi said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty already knows!"
Zhao Hanqing immediately asked with anticipation: "What is the attitude of the father?"
Ning Tongyi said: "Your Majesty did not say a word. ”
Zhao Hanqing was disappointed, his heart was painful and sad, he felt like an outcast, and even his father did not support what he did.
Zhao Hanqing slowly sat down, and he said bitterly: "At this time, how is it good?"
Ning Tongyi had obviously made the draft, and he said without thinking: "Divide and unite, release friendliness!"
Zhao Hanqing asked puzzledly, "What do you mean?"
Ning Tongyi said in a deep voice: "This assassination incident is nothing less than a painful warning to His Highness: the Great Cultivator has officially entered the market! In the past, in the dispute between His Highness and the Four Princes, the cultivators only watched from the sidelines, but this time it is completely different. The next struggle can be imagined, there will definitely be more cultivators entering, and at that time, if His Highness does not have the support of cultivators around him, he is afraid of ...... The situation will change dramatically!"
Zhao Hanqing understood, he was stunned for a moment, and said, "Aiqing means ......" After saying that, he raised his eyebrows and said angrily: "No, you must not involve your little sister in it!"
Ning Tongyi also seemed to anticipate Zhao Hanqing's reaction, and said, "When the minister came, he heard that Li Chengfeng, a disciple of the Lingshan Sect, had killed the two major demons, can this person be wooed?"
Zhao Hanqing was stunned again, he once again fell into entanglement and pain, he and Li Chengfeng hit it off at first sight, admired him very much, and was very grateful to Li Chengfeng for fighting to the death in Taiyang City, and he was very grateful for the righteous action, and because of this, he was unwilling to pull Li Chengfeng into this terrible whirlpool.
Once Li Chengfeng is involved in it, it is equivalent to Li Chengfeng being forcibly pushed to the vanguard position of the prince's camp, and he must face the hostility of the entire cultivation world, and what awaits him will be the attack of the entire cultivation world.
And if Li Chengfeng is not co-opted, then Li Chengfeng is very likely to be co-opted by the four princes, then this is tantamount to being an enemy!
What to do?
Zhao Hanqing was in a dilemma for a while, and heaven and man were at war.