The mighty ceremony of the three kings entering Beijing turned into an arrest operation, waiting for Zhao Hongjie to lead the Jinyi Wei and the "suspect" to leave, and only King Zhao and Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, were left in Dongzhimen.

The person who should be arrested has already been arrested, of course Shen Yichen has no need to gain an inch, otherwise he will be suspected of committing a crime even if he exceeds the rules.

So Shen Yichen retreated in front of Hu Hu, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, arched his hand and apologized: "Uncle Dazong is disturbed, and now there is King Zhao who wants to enter the palace, you can continue." ”

In the face of Shen Yichen's "apology", Hu Hu was expressionless, and replied in an extremely cold tone: "Shen Zhongtang, this official thinks that he has not underestimated you, but in the end, he still finds that he has far underestimated your ability. ”

"Is today's move a disgrace to the old man?"

As long as the three kings step into the gate of the Jingshi, they are the turtles in the urn, and Shen Yichen can arrest them at any time if he wants to arrest them. But he chose the Ministry of Rites to hold a welcoming ceremony and take people in front of him, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

can mix in the officialdom circle of the Beijing Division, no one is a fool, Shen Yichen made it clear that he wanted to show others.

"Uncle Zong, you misunderstood, the juniors didn't mean that."

Shen Yichen explained with a smile, he really wanted to show others what he did, but it had nothing to do with targeting Hu Hu.

What Shen Yichen wants is to show the world, Prince Daming is nothing more than that!

Of course, if you can deter the civilian-bureaucratic clique headed by Hu Hui by the way, why not?

After all, the other party has broken through the bottom line of the political struggle and began to attack the crown prince Zhu Jianji, if Shen Yichen still maintains a gentleman's dispute, I am afraid that the next target will be himself.

"Okay, then the official will send Shen Zhongtang a word, Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind!"

"Uncle Xie gave a speech, but the pavilion has been in the forest for a long time, and he has seen a lot of wind and waves, but I am very curious who has such a great ability to raise the wind."

Shen Yichen threw out such a meaningful sentence, and he thought about the matter of the crown prince Zhu Jianji, and felt that Hu Hu was the most suspicious. After all, he is the only one in the civil official group who has gone through six dynasties and can have enough influence in the palace, or some connections that are not known to the outside world.

Maybe it's a mask for outsiders to see.

"Uncle Zong, the matter of King Xiang's rebellion still needs to be further interrogated, so the cabinet department will not bother too much here and leave."

Arching his hand again, Shen Yichen was about to turn around and leave, but at this time, a fast horse was galloping in the direction of Dongzhimen.

"Your Majesty's decree summons the cabinet minister Shen Yichen to enter the palace as soon as possible!"

The officials on the horse galloped while shouting the edict to let Shen Yichen enter the palace, with a posture of 100,000 urgency.

"Hehe, it seems that the time when this wind blows is much earlier than Shen Zhongtang expected."

After Hu Hu saw this situation, he said in a mocking tone.

The emperor urgently recruited Shen Yichen into the palace to face the saint, which was obviously related to Yang Xing, the secretary of Honglu Temple, entering the palace to give a confession.

You must know that since Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu became obsessed with alchemy and created people, he could push the court or anything, and the civil and military officials basically couldn't see him. Yang Xing can tell the news so quickly, and the palace sends someone to pass the order as soon as possible, so there is only one result on behalf of the representative.

Shen Yichen led the troops to arrest the kings, not only did he not have a holy decree, but he may not even have a verbal decree behind his back, he was acting completely without permission!

Hu Hu knew that Shen Yichen had a bold and reckless temperament, but he never expected that the other party would be arrogant to such a point, how should he explain to the emperor when he entered the palace?

"yes, then let's retire first."

Shen Yichen arched his hand again, still looking like a cloud and a breeze, this determination made Hu Hu couldn't help but guess whether this son was holding on, or if it was really Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and his face did not change.

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In this way, Shen Yichen followed the crew of the General Administration Department, and quickly came to the imperial study of the Forbidden City, and as soon as he entered, he saw the face of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu, which was so gloomy that it could almost drip water.

Before Shen Yichen could salute, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but reprimand with a slap on his face: "Shen Yichen, who gave you the courage to arrest Prince Ming on the street, don't you know how much impact this will have on the clan clans and how serious the consequences will be?" ”

Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu was furious when he learned the news from Yang Xing, and he took out the charge of rebellion against King Guangtong and asked Shen Yichen to arrest King Xiang, more to grasp the handle of the other party, so as to force the other party to compromise and reduce the pressure brought by the prince and vassal king.

If he wants to cure the crime of rebellion against King Zhu Zhandong, he can take people during the investigation of King Guangtong, and he still needs Shen Yichen to be so publicized today?

"The minister respectfully obeyed the holy decree to arrest King Xiang for the crime of instigating and participating in the rebellion of the king of Guangtong, and as soon as the suspect arrived in Beijing, the minister led the Jinyi guard to arrest him, and he did not dare to slack off in the slightest!"

Shen Yichen replied to Zhu Qiyu with righteous words, you gave the order to take King Xiang, right, the conviction of treason was also arranged by you, I am loyal to arrest people as soon as possible, is there any problem with this efficiency?

Hearing Shen Yichen's answer, Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu suddenly stood up from his seat and stared at the other party's chest rising and falling violently. I wanted to open my mouth to scold and refute, but I didn't know what words to use for a while, it was true that the holy oracle was issued by myself, and Shen Yichen's thunder order was executed.

The only problem is that he didn't explain in detail how to implement it at the beginning, after all, no one could have imagined that Shen Yichen would arrest the prince on the street!

"It's nonsense, after all, King Xiang is the uncle of Emperor I, the son-in-law of Emperor Renzongzhao, and he should be treated with courtesy."

"On the premise that there is no conviction at present, you led the Jinyi guard to arrest in front of everyone, which means that there is no room for turnaround, causing all the feudal domains in the world to rebel, do you bear the responsibility?"

Zhu Qiyu was simply furious, politics is an art of compromise, even as an emperor, you have to abide by the game specifications, it is impossible for Shen Yichen not to understand this truth.

If Zhu Zhandong, the king of Xiang, is arrested on the street, then he must be convicted regardless of whether he participated in the rebellion or not. Because this is a matter of the face of the Son of Heaven, if he gets an acquittal in the end, it will be a great blow to the majesty of the emperor, and the consequences may be more serious than making an unjust, false and wrong.

You must know that the two successive events of the abolition of the queen and the easy storage have dealt a serious blow to the Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu who was ordered to protect the prestige and merit of Jiangshan Sheji.

The reason is that Zhu Qiyu's previous merits after the abolition of Yi Chu were done from the perspective of "justice", and he turned the tide with a halo of personal heroism. But once it comes to Yi Chu, what he did at the beginning became greedy for the throne and wanted to seize the throne, from "justice" to "seeking personal gain".

As the saying goes, the public is eternal, and the private is temporary, and the gold content of the two is simply very different. Even if Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu was not like this, no one in the world would listen to his explanation, and he couldn't explain it.

If the prestige is not enough, it will not be able to deter the feudal domains, if the rebellion of King Xiang becomes that Mars, which triggered the situation that Emperor Jianwen was against the whole world, and Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu did not have enough confidence that he could suppress it.

"Your Majesty, Rong Chen said an offensive word, do you know why the feudal lords will stir up trouble from time to time after succeeding to the throne?"

Shen Yichen still maintained a calm expression, and asked Zhu Qiyu a rhetorical question.

"It's just a matter of being a concubine!"

Standing in front of Shen Yichen, Zhu Qiyu did not hide many of his inferiority complex and obscure thoughts.

He knew very well that his concubine had succeeded to the throne and challenged the etiquette and law system in the hearts of many people, especially if the clan vassal king had ambitions, he was even more indignant.

"Wrong, Your Majesty."

Shen Yichen shook his head, saying that what Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu said was not right.

"What Your Majesty really lacks is thunder means, and the emperor needs to be awe-inspiring many times."

Whether it is benevolence or righteousness, or weakness, Jingtai Emperor Zhu Qiyu's character is not ruthless and ruthless enough.

For example, after the civil official group learned the news of Yi Chu, a group of corrupt old fritters dared to murder the prince Zhu Jianji, so that Zhu Qiyu's heir had no choice but to continue to make Zhu Jianshen the prince.

But if Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu is ruthless, how can there be any story of easy storage, in the four years since he ascended the throne, Zhu Jianshen can spread the news of his death countless times, and the grave grass can grow three zhang high in the wind.

After all, the Forbidden City is in the hands of the emperor, isn't it easier for him to do anything than the civilian clique?

Of course, Shen Yichen would not say these things in ordinary moments, the reason is that different positions have different interests. If Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu is really a ruthless imperial machine, then many of his actions that exceed the rules will be life-threatening, such as finding a loophole to arrest King Xiang in public this time.

"The clever words are like yellow, and the cheekiness of the face really opened my eyes."

Zhu Qiyu was not persuaded by Shen Yichen's simple words, he knew that the other party was transferring the contradiction and washing away his own faults. Under normal circumstances, I would probably pinch my nose and admit it, but the affairs of the clan are very extensive and have a great impact, and Emperor Jingtai does not dare to guarantee that there will be no troubles!

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten about the Emperor?"

"If you hadn't made up your mind at that time, then the feudal domains might not just be provoking trouble, and the rebellion of King Guangtong against King Xiang would not only be instigating and instigating, maybe the feudal domains would have already started up at this time."

Shen Yichen must strengthen the determination of Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu and implement the "Regulations of the Sect and Domain", and there is no room for the slightest compromise and retreat. He knew very well where the emperor's heart was, and only by moving the Emperor Zhu Qizhen out could he bring the other party enough sense of crisis.

Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, the expression on Zhu Qiyu's face changed, no longer just angry, but with an inexplicable heaviness and trance.

The imperial study was quiet in an instant, and the wind and birds outside the window seemed very clear at this moment. Time passed like this, Shen Yichen didn't strike while the iron was hot, he believed that Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu could accept his persuasion and understand that the advantages of being tough outweighed the disadvantages!

"Shen Yichen, I remember that when King Ji of Jingyuan conquered Luchuan, I said that the trespass was the last time, don't let me down."

"This time, you've made a decision for me again."

Hearing Emperor Jingtai Zhu Qiyu say this sentence faintly, Shen Yichen instantly felt that the situation was not good, he did use the method of cutting first and then playing to force the emperor to admit the facts.

This is the disadvantage of being in a high position, when you have been in power for a long time, you are used to thinking that you can control everything, including the emperor. Obviously, Shen Yichen's operation once again touched the bottom line of Zhu Qiyu's monarchy, and the nature of the whole thing has completely changed.

"The minister deserves death, and I ask Your Majesty to forgive me!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Shen Yichen's face immediately showed a look of horror, and then confessed his mistake to Zhu Qiyu.

For emperors, many times what they value is not the result, but the attitude of their courtiers. You must stick to the end when you should be tough, and never be hard when you should bow your head, Shen Yichen's power has not reached the level where he can control the emperor.

"Shen Yichen, do you know that I value you very much, and I know that you are the minister of the auxiliary country. But sometimes, I can't help but wonder if you don't seem to have the fear of the emperor. ”

Zhu Qiyu said these words meaningfully, and the feeling that Shen Yichen gave him was unique, that is, he couldn't feel the humility and fear of ordinary civil and military officials in the face of the emperor.

At first, Zhu Qiyu regarded this as an appearance of a powerful minister, so he made many checks and balances, making him a "lonely minister" of the government and the opposition, unable to form a party for personal gain from the outside world, and even become a civil and military official.

As a result, now Zhu Qiyu is more and more aware that Shen Yichen's performance is not the arrogance and arrogance of the ministers, he seems to be in an equal position, to dialogue with the king and even act.

Without reverence, it means that there is no absolute surrender to the king, which may be even more terrible than the power of the courtiers. After all, the root of the arrogance of the powerful minister lies in the power, and as long as his power and henchmen are abolished, he becomes no different from ordinary officials.

Shen Yichen is completely different, no matter what position he is in, he is always the same.

Zhu Qiyu's words made Shen Yichen feel a violent aura of danger, no matter how humble and humble he was on the surface, he never had a fear of the emperor's personality in his bones, which was essentially different from other officials.

It's just that Shen Yichen didn't expect that the emperor would feel it so deeply that he said it clearly.

"The ministers are loyal and patriotic, there are no two hearts, and please let Your Majesty know it!"

Shen Yichen continued to show his loyalty on the ground, but his mind was thinking about how he would deal with the worst if the worst came.

"I know that you don't have two hearts, and if you have ambition, you won't do these things offensively, but instead hide yourself deeper."

After that, Zhu Qiyu suddenly changed the topic and said: "You handle the affairs of King Xiang well, so that the vassal domains will not have any more troubles, and you must save his life." ”

"Yes, the minister obeys."

"Stand down."

Just step down?

Shen Yichen was puzzled at the moment, could it be that Zhu Qiyu said this just to give himself a warning?

"You must be wondering why I let you back down like that."

was guessed what he thought in his heart, Shen Yichen knew that he couldn't hide it, so he could only admit: "The minister is stupid, and he really doesn't understand." ”

"Because the turmoil of the abolition of Yichu must be calmed down as soon as possible, and the people can't withstand the toss of the rebellion of the feudal domains, King Xiang has to propose to kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys."

"As for you, Yu Shaobao is right, sycophancy has prevailed in the court, and your presence can keep me alert and sober, and do my part as a king."

"I'm not a faint king after all......"

Zhu Qiyu let out a long sigh, he knew that Shen Yichen was difficult to control, but he knew better that this son was beneficial to the country and the people.

For the sake of the emperor's suspicion and the stability of the throne, he went to ask for the crime or moved the murderous intent, how is that different from Song Gaozong, who chased Yue Fei back with twelve gold medal arrows?

In history, Zhu Qiyu suppressed his murderous intent towards Qian until his death, and now he has also controlled himself and understood Shen Yichen's behavior from the perspective of his family, country and world.

The more publicized the process of dealing with King Xiang, the more it can deter the world's vassals, and the Son of Heaven will not dare to cause trouble under the power of thunder!