But then again, the opposition of the family and magnates led by the Marquis of Wuping to the emperor's implementation of the three new policies of apportionment of land into mu and return of fire consumption to the public has completely come to an end, but it does not mean that these three new policies have been implemented very smoothly.

The imperial power did not go to the countryside, and many local officials directly regarded it as not knowing the three new policies of apportioning the land into the mu and returning the fire consumption to the public. They thought that the emperor was far away, but if they didn't implement it, the emperor would not know that they had not implemented the three new policies. It's a pity that they underestimated the emperor.

The emperor has always been clear about the faces of the magistrates, and he has long sent dragon guards to watch them everywhere. Once it was discovered that the magistrates had not implemented the new policy, the dragon guards directly punished them and then exiled them to Lingnan.

Every time Zhao Yao wrote a recital with the emperor, there were too few people who would call the swamp mansion to the emperor, so the emperor exiled these officials who deceived their superiors and subordinates, and disobeyed and did not act, directly to Lingnan, adding coolies to Zhao Yao.

Knowing that the emperor had directly sent his cronies to inspect the implementation of the three new policies, and that those officials who had not implemented the three new policies had been exiled to Lingnan, other local officials were frightened and did not dare not implement the three new policies.

The emperor was particularly ruthless, and deliberately announced the magistrates who did not implement the three new policies in the early court, and of course their fate was also said. By the way, this matter was also publicly executed in the Di newspaper, so that officials from all over the Great Zhou knew about it.

The officials in the capital are glad that they have honestly implemented the three new policies, and they have not disobeyed the local officials, otherwise their fate may have been even worse.

Wu Pinghou and the others were extremely glad that they had met and compromised in time, and if they had kept protesting according to the original plan, they were afraid that their fate would also be miserable.

However, what frightened the civil and military officials the most was that the emperor had sent his cronies to secretly go to various places to monitor whether the local officials had implemented the three new policies. The most terrifying thing is that these cronies and secret guards can find out everything unconsciously. The secret guards around the emperor won't also spy on them.

For a moment, fear shrouded in the hearts of the Manchu civil and military forces, and they were all speculating whether there were any secret guards who had been monitoring their every move. However, after they thought about it carefully, if someone really watched their every move, then they would have been demoted and even beheaded. It is estimated that the emperor will also send secret guards to keep an eye on it because the magistrates are not good at implementing the new policy. Thinking about it like this, the ministers felt a lot more relieved.

In the study room of the Chu Palace, the King of Chu was chatting with Yang Ling.

Yang Ling asked, "Your Highness, do you think the emperor really sent secret guards to keep an eye on the officials in the capital?" ”

"My father is not so idle, staring at the officials' every move and every word and deed." The king of Chu felt that some people thought that their father sent people to spy on them because they had ghosts in their hearts. "If the Emperor really sent someone to spy on them and know everything they did, would they still be fine now?" Just a few of the ministers in the court have clean butts, if the father really sent someone to keep an eye on them and know all their affairs, then they would have been dealt with by the father a long time ago.

Yang Ling stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I think the emperor will send someone to keep an eye on those families. ”

"The family must be watching, as for the other ministers, they don't." After all, the family is not honest.

"Now many ministers in the DPRK and China are frightened."

King Chu sneered: "It's okay to scare them, let them know that they are afraid." ”

When Yang Ling heard this, he chuckled and said, "No one in the court is not afraid of the emperor." "This incident only made the ministers more afraid of the emperor.

"This is the majesty of my father." Compared with his father, he is really far behind.

"His Royal Highness the King of Han is very similar to the emperor."

When King Chu saw Yang Ling suddenly talking about Zhao Yao, who was far away in Lingnan, he raised his eyebrows slightly: "Where is the tenth brother like his father?" ”

"Your Highness, just a few days after His Royal Highness the King of Han went to the Swamp Mansion, he killed all the officials of the Swamp Mansion." Yang Ling said, "I heard that His Royal Highness the King of Han killed a lot of officials from other state capitals some time ago. ”

The king of Chu knew about this matter, and because of this matter, Zhao Yao was also participated in by the imperial historians.

"Those officials in Lingnan did all kinds of evil, and there was nothing wrong with the tenth brother killing them."

"However, His Royal Highness the King of Han did not leave one behind, doesn't His Highness think this is ruthless?" Yang Ling said, "The emperor has also killed all the families in Yangzhou and the officials of Jinling Mansion before, and in this regard, His Royal Highness the King of Han is very similar to the emperor." ”

"Whether it's the father or the tenth brother, they all kill the people who should be killed."

Yang Ling raised his eyes and looked deeply at the King of Chu, and asked sharply, "If you are Your Highness, can you kill all those guilty officials?" ”

The King of Chu was stunned when asked, and then he said, "I will." ”

"Your Highness, you won't!" Yang Ling's words were very categorical, "Your Highness, you will kill half of them, leave half of them, and you won't kill them all." You know that their sins are unforgivable, but you will leave half of them forgiven. ”

The king of Chu was speechless by Yang Ling's words. Although he said just now that he would, if it really happened, he would not rush to kill them all as Yang Ling said.

"Your Highness, you will implement the law and not blame the public, but the emperor and His Royal Highness the King of Han don't care, they think that the officials have committed a big crime, no matter how many people there are, even if it is tens of thousands, they should be dealt with according to the law." Yang Ling said with a serious face, "Your Highness, this is the biggest difference between you and the emperor. ”

"Sir, do you think that my father should not have killed so many officials?"

"The emperor killed it well, but I don't think it's necessary to kill them all, it's not good for the emperor's reputation, and it will make the emperor leave a cruel reputation in the history books."

King Chu said: "Father doesn't care about reputation. ”

Yang Ling asked again: "Your Highness, can you be as indifferent to your reputation as the emperor?" ”

The King of Chu pondered for a while and said, "As long as it is good for the people, I don't care about reputation." ”

"Your Highness, take the emperor's insistence on building the canal a few years ago." Yang Ling said, "The money spent on building the canal will not be talked about for the time being. It is said that hundreds of thousands of people are needed to build the canal, and during this period, many people died in the process of building the canal, because of this incident, the people were very dissatisfied with the emperor. In the first two years, many people opposed the construction of the canal, but the emperor insisted on continuing to build it, if it were you, would you continue to build it in the face of the dissatisfaction and scolding of the people? ”

As soon as the King of Chu was about to answer, he heard Yang Ling say: "Your Highness, when you learn that thousands of people have died in the process of building the canal, you will be soft-hearted and will stop repairing. ”

"I ......" King Chu wanted to say that he would continue to cultivate, but he couldn't lie.

"Your Highness, you'll stop." Yang Ling knew the character of the King of Chu very well, "I remember that His Royal Highness the King of Han was involved in the construction of the canal, and he proposed to the emperor where to repair it, right?" ”

The king of Chu bowed slightly and said: "The tenth brother is very good at repairing water conservancy, and how to rectify the Yellow River back then was also the proposal of the tenth brother, so my father wanted to repair the canal, so he asked the tenth brother's opinion." So, the tenth brother proposed to build a canal from south to north. ”

"I have to say that His Royal Highness the King of Han is really powerful, and he is even proficient in water conservancy." Yang Ling brought the topic back again, "If it is His Royal Highness the King of Han, he will insist on building the canal like the emperor, even if many people die." ”

King Chu did not refute Yang Ling's words.

"When His Royal Highness the King of Han arrived at the Swamp Mansion, he built a lot of construction, built wharves, built official roads, built restaurants, etc., and the people of the Swamp Mansion were not enough for him, and he also transferred exiles from other state capitals to work in the Swamp Mansion."

King Chu frowned: "Sir, do you think this is not good?" ”

Yang Ling sighed: "His Royal Highness the King of Han wants to build the Swamp Mansion, but he is too anxious, he just went to the Swamp Mansion, he should focus on recuperation, instead of doing so many things." The people of the swamp mansion can't afford to toss His Royal Highness the King of Han. ”

The king of Chu did not expect this.

"Your Highness, you are different from the emperor in this regard, there is nothing wrong with you." Yang Ling smiled and said, "Your Highness, you have a soft and benevolent heart, which is your merit. Yang Ling didn't know that the advantages of the King of Chu in his mouth were disadvantages in the eyes of the emperor.

King Chu looked at Yang Ling and said with a very solemn expression: "Mr. Xie praises." ”

Yang Ling didn't say anything more, and changed the topic to talk about King Zheng's imminent return to Beijing. A few days ago, the emperor ordered King Zheng to return to Beijing.

King Zheng was on his way back to Beijing at this time.

"Your Highness, don't you really send someone to intercept and kill King Zheng halfway?" If he guessed correctly, King Dai and King Jing had already sent someone to assassinate King Zheng.

The King of Chu said with a gloomy face: "Let him die halfway through, it can be regarded as cheap for him." ”