With the help of the Song family, the imperial examination in Jinling went smoothly. Of course, the children of the family in Jinling still did not sign up.

The participation of the children of the family does not affect the conduct of the imperial examination at all. The imperial examinations are mainly held for poor students.

King Jing also asked the Song family to collect evidence of the Jinling family's resistance to the imperial examinations and threatened the disciples of the Han family not to be allowed to participate in the imperial examinations.

"Your Highness, if you do this, you will offend the entire Jinling family." Song Qingyun knew the reason why King Jing did this, and part of it was because of personal reasons, because the families in Jinling didn't take him seriously.

King Jing raised his eyebrows, and a disdainful smile appeared on his face: "Do you think this king will be afraid of them?" ”

Of course, Song Qingyun knew that King Jing was not afraid of the families of Jinling. He continued: "Your Highness, instead of offending them, you should take them for your own use. ”

King Jing also wanted to take the families of Jinling City for his own use, but he felt that it was unlikely.

"I'm afraid they don't want to, after all, they have always been the prince's people, they have invested a lot of effort in the prince over the years, and if you let them suddenly give up the prince to support me, then the thought and money they have spent on the prince over the years will be in vain." Although King Jing is conceited, he is not stupid. If he is smarter, the prince is not as smart as him.

"I don't know exactly how much money they spent on the crown prince, but it's definitely a lot of money." Thinking of the crown prince, King Jing showed a contemptuous smile on his face, "The prince and my uncle are both people with big mouths, and a little money can't satisfy them." If they give up the crown prince to support me, it will not only mean that the money they spent on the prince before will be wasted, but they will also have to come up with another large sum of money to help the king. And this king is not the eldest son, in addition to the crown prince and the acting king, there is also a king of Chu above this king, they do not necessarily believe that this king can get rid of the prince and the acting king, and the king of Chu sits on the throne of the prince. ”

He continued: "The prince who is most valued by my father at the moment is the king of Chu, and everyone is speculating that if the king of Chu goes to Pengcheng this time to investigate the truth of the copper theft, then the king of Chu will replace the good big brother of this king. Do you think the families of Jinling City are willing to take risks to support this king? ”

King Jing's analysis was very correct, so that Song Qingyun couldn't refute it. If he were the Li family, he would not be willing to abandon the prince and switch to His Royal Highness King Jing, who seemed to have no chance of winning.

"Your Song family is really powerful in Jinling City, and those families are not the opponents of the Song family, but they are desperate to fight with your Song family for the sake of interests." King Jing didn't know much about the situation in Jinling City before he was in Jinling City, but he knew very well now. "There is only one result of your fight, and that is to lose both, and no one can please anyone."

Song Qingyun felt that he had underestimated King Jing a little. He originally thought that King Jing was just a clever person, but now it seems that King Jing is much smarter than the crown prince.

"Since His Royal Highness knows that the result of the fight between our Song family and the family is that both sides will lose, why do you still collect evidence of the family's resistance to the imperial examination?"

"Do you think that if this king does not let you collect, no one will collect it?" King Jing looked at Song Qingyun playfully, "This king found that you Jinling people are really smart. ”

Song Qingyun listened, and his brows furrowed. He asked with some confusion: "Your Highness, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Do you really think that everything you did in Jinling was unknown to your father and emperor who were far away in the capital?" Through this period of investigation and understanding, King Jing found that the families of Jinling City were really too arrogant, and they didn't take the court in their eyes at all, nor did they take their father and emperor in their hearts. "Do you really think you can treat my father like a monkey?"

Song Qingyun's face immediately changed and became a little serious.

"Your Highness, what do you mean?"

"None of the things you have done over the years can be hidden from your father, and your father can see them all."

Song Qingyun was shocked at first, and then showed a suspicious look on his face.

"Are you sure, Your Highness?"

"Do you think that my father has not touched you, because he doesn't know what you are doing, or is he afraid of the power of your people?"

Song Qingyun did not speak.

King Jing let out a sneer: "You really underestimate my father. ”

"If the emperor knows everything, why didn't he do anything to Jinling City?"

"It's very simple, put a long line to catch a big fish."

"Catch the big fish, who is the big fish?"

King Jing didn't speak, and looked at Song Qingyun calmly.

Song Qingyun is not a fool, he reacted immediately: "It's the prince and the prince of Zhenguo." ”

"And you little fish." King Jing said casually, "With the means and temperament of my father, eradicating you is like pinching an ant to death." ”

"Your Highness, you are exaggerating." Song Qingyun felt that King Jing's words were a bit exaggerated.

"Do you think you guys can compare to the soldiers of the four generals under my father?" These Jinling people are really arrogant, "General Song who led troops to Yangzhou a few years ago, you should know, right?" ”

"Yes."

"The four major generals under my father's emperor have been fighting with my father since he was a child, and they have made countless military exploits." King Jing said with a smile, "They all came out of the sea of corpses and blood, do you think those tribes and dead soldiers you raised are their opponents?" ”

"We didn't rebel, shouldn't the emperor send troops to exterminate us?"

"Hahaha......" King Jing laughed out loud as if he had heard a funny joke.

Song Qingyun didn't understand what King Jing was laughing at. There was nothing wrong with what he had just said, and there was nothing ridiculous about it.

"So, I said you still don't know my father." King Jing looked at Song Qingyun with a smile, "My father really wants to eradicate you, and he doesn't need any reason. ”

Song Qingyun didn't believe it: "The emperor has to act according to the rules and regulations, right?" ”

"This set is useless to my father. He is not an emperor who grew up reading the books of sages, and the rules you talk about are nothing in his eyes. King Jing held his face and said, "My father is really ruthless, not to mention Jinling City, the entire Jiangnan family will be destroyed." The reason why my father didn't take this method to eradicate you is because he wants to fish out the crown prince and the prince of Zhenguo, otherwise with what you have done, Song Weikang and them would have been sent to wash you in blood. ”

Song Qingyun felt that King Jing was alarmist, but looking at King Jing's expression, it didn't look like he was scaring him.

"Of course, part of the reason why my father let you make trouble is that he is watching a play, and he is watching how smart you can go."

Song Qingyun's face was a little stiff: "Your Highness, don't scare me. ”

"What did this king scare you for, don't you ask how my father and emperor have dealt with the family in the capital over the years?" After King Jing finished speaking, he saw that Song Qingyun's face was a little dazed, and he mocked very unceremoniously, "You are really arrogant. ”

"Your Highness, please."

King Jing was in a good mood, so he told Song Qingyun a few things about the emperor's deal with the capital family in the early years.

After Song Qingyun listened, his face became very heavy, and a chill filled his heart.

"The reason why my father didn't deal with the Zhenguo Mansion directly was because the Zhenguo Duke was kind to the Zhao family back then, otherwise how could my eldest brother and uncle still be able to jump." King Jing said, "My grandfather and father were both bandits, and they didn't play your game." None of the ministers in the court could hide the thoughts of my father, who once told the ministers that if he didn't touch his bottom line, he could turn a blind eye and not see what he did. If it touches his bottom line, then don't blame him for being ruthless. ”

"What you have done in Jinling over the years has long touched the bottom line of my father, do you think my father will let you go?" King Jing was very curious in his heart, who gave these families in Jinling the confidence to make them think that they could play their father's emperor.

Song Qingyun's face turned pale at this moment, and his eyes were full of horror.

"This king asked you to collect the evidence of the crimes of those families, so that you can make meritorious contributions to your crimes, and you will not fall into the miserable fate of those families when the time comes." King Jing glanced at Song Qingyun deeply, "Do you Song family want to advance and retreat with those families, or do you want to make meritorious contributions to save the lives of the whole clan?" ”

Song Qingyun stood up and respectfully bowed to King Jing.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your advice, the grass people immediately sent someone to collect the evidence of the crime."

"Those who know the times are Junjie, your Song family is not a family after all, and has not been excessively involved in the affairs of the imperial court, this time for meritorious service, it will definitely not be severely punished in the future."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Song Qingyun thought of another thing, "Your Highness, what about the Cao Gang and the Yan Gang?" ”

"The affairs of the Cao Gang and the Salt Gang, this king and you are not suitable to meddle."

"Why is that?"

"Father has his plans, we can't destroy our father's plan."

After hearing this, Song Qingyun's heart sank suddenly, and he asked uneasily: "Your Highness, what is the emperor's plan?" ”

King Jing shook his head and said, "This king doesn't know, but this king guesses that his father's plan must not be simple. ”

Song Qingyun smiled bitterly: "After listening to His Highness's words, I know how stupid we people are. ”

"You're not stupid, you're lawless." King Jing could probably guess the thoughts of the families in Jinling, "You think that my father was born from the grassroots, and he is not your opponent by playing tricks, but you don't want to think about how my father and emperor defeated the Great Zhou Dynasty." ”

"Your Highness has taught us that we are indeed lawless." They really underestimated the emperor too much.

"My father attaches great importance to the imperial examination, you and I only need to ensure that the imperial examination can be carried out smoothly, which is a great achievement." King Jing reminded Song Qingyun again, "Investigate the evidence of the family's opposition to the imperial examination, and it is best to have evidence of the prince's instigation, you know?" ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, the grass people understand."

"As for those families, you have kindly reminded them before, if they are obsessed, you can't blame you." King Jing comforted Song Qingyun and said, "You have done your best." ”

Song Qingyun raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a bitter smile.

"As you guessed, they probably won't abandon the prince."

"It's normal for them not to give up on the prince, there's no fuss." King Jing didn't care about that.

"They will regret not surrendering to His Highness in the future."

"They don't regret it, and this king doesn't care." King Jing sneered, "This king doesn't have to be them. "He's not his good big brother, who surrenders his identity to please the family.

"By the way, Your Highness, over there of the King of Chu, should we send someone to keep an eye on it?"

"No, I don't." King Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with an uncertain expression, "You are not King Chu's opponent. ”

"Your Highness, over there in Pengcheng, our Song family still has some solutions." Pengcheng's Salt Gang has a relationship with their Song family.

"The king of Chu doesn't need this king to deal with it, and besides, the king of Chu is going to investigate the prince's theft of copper this time, why should this king stop the king of Chu." King Jing said with a smile on his face, "This king wishes that King Chu would be able to investigate the truth of the copper theft immediately." "It is a good thing for the king of Chu to pull down the crown prince, and he is a fool to stop it.

The typhoon has landed in the past few days, are the old irons in Fujian okay?

It rained heavily in Fuzhou tonight, and many places were flooded, so the veterans of Fuzhou must pay attention to safety.