Chapter 62: Murder with a Knife
When Emperor Wei changed the name of the country, the power of the three dukes was weakened, and in the fifth year of the Wei calendar, Emperor Wei took the opportunity to revoke the official position of the three dukes, and since then the three dukes have only become a nominal official position, and there is no real power, so the head of the three dukes is just a gimmick.
However, the head of the six ministries is different, but the six ministries have real power, from the appointment and evaluation of management officials, land and household registration management, taxation, engineering, tuntian, water conservancy, military, judicial, and clear division of labor.
Mu Qing's resignation as the head of the six ministries is equivalent to giving up the direct management of the six ministries, and it is also equivalent to losing half of the power.
Many ministers speculated in their hearts that Mu Qing was about to give up, and the battle between him and Emperor Wei had just begun.
Without the position of the head of the six departments, Mu Qing still has the two senior titles of Zhu Guo and the first assistant scholar of the cabinet, and Zhu Guo is just an honor, and the first assistant scholar of the cabinet is the head of the hundred officials, and has the same real power as the head of the six departments.
In the imperial court, it is mainly divided into two major institutions, the cabinet and the six ministries, the cabinet does more comprehensive decision-making, and the six ministries are targeted decision-making, and the two complement each other.
Mu Qing, who originally held these two institutions firmly in his hands, suddenly wanted to give up one, and no one could understand his intentions.
Emperor Wei was also puzzled, but this great opportunity sent to the door, he had no reason not to seize it, and dismissed Mu Qing from the position of the head of the six departments, which was equivalent to weakening half of his strength, and he usually didn't want such an opportunity.
"Since Aiqing insists on this, I can't persuade him again, so I will allow Aiqing to assassinate the position of the head of the Three Princes and the head of the Six Ministries. Emperor Wei said calmly, but he was still a little happy in his heart.
"In this investigation, I also worked hard to love Qing, and I was rewarded with 10,000 taels of gold and 50 horses of brocade. Emperor Wei said again.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Mu Qing kowtowed again.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, Emperor Wei called Zuo Tingwei Yu Ke to the Nine Poles Hall and questioned the entire investigation process.
"Chen Yuke, please meet Your Majesty. ”
"Excuse me, let's talk about the specifics. ”
Although Emperor Wei had the ability to know the general trend of the investigation, the specific details were not very clear, after all, it was impossible for his people to stare people to death twenty-four hours a day.
After the minister arrived in Xuzhou, Mu Daren directly began to investigate, during which Xuzhou General Luo Yongcai cooperated with the ministers throughout the process, and found clues on the first day, Xuzhou General Luo Yongcai's personal army Zhengsun Zhenghao was He Wenshan's person, and He Wenshan ordered to get rid of Liu Chu and others. ”
The whole investigation process went very smoothly, and after the ministers investigated again, and found no other comrades, the ministers returned to Beijing to resume their lives. After Yu Ke finished speaking, he folded his hands and buried his head.
Emperor Wei frowned, the investigation process went so smoothly, why did it look like it was designed in advance?
"Yu Ke, what do you think of this investigation. Emperor Wei asked, the ultimate purpose of the investigation he sent the prison lieutenant to investigate, or to be able to discover some unusual cases. The investigation process was so smooth that Emperor Wei felt that something was not right.
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this matter is too strange, this time the attack on Liu Chu and others is not trivial, but the case was solved so easily, and the ministers who went smoothly have to suspect that they are a waste, it turns out that the case is so easy to solve?" Yu Ke also said in disbelief.
Chen thought that things would never be as simple as they seemed on the surface, and only by finding the disappeared Sun Zhenghao could they be revealed. ”
But now that Sun Zhenghao's whereabouts are unknown, he may have been poisoned, or he may have absconded in fear of crime, and the minister has sent people to search for his whereabouts. Yu Ke expressed his views and arrangements.
"Well, you did a good job, find Sun Zhenghao first, if you live to see people die, you have to see corpses, if you find Sun Zhenghao alive, you can solve the mystery, and if you find the dead Sun Zhenghao, you should also be able to find some clues. ”
Emperor Wei nodded, this attack seemed to be over, but with Emperor Wei's careful thinking, he knew that there was definitely something else, but there was no witness, so he couldn't carry out the next investigation.
"I'll leave this matter to you, just tell me what you need or manpower. Investigate secretly and don't let too many people know. Emperor Wei admonished.
"Minister, obey the order. ”
"Alright, you go down. ”
Emperor Wei waved his hand, Yu Ke bowed and took a few steps backwards, turned around and left the Nine Poles Hall.
After Yu Ke left, Emperor Wei called Wei Infinity in.
"In line with my will, let the Ministry of War draw up a decree to remove Luo Yongcai from the military post of General Xuzhou, transfer him to Luo Yongning, Jizhou, and seal him as the backbone general of the fourth grade. ”
"The minion commands. Wei Wuxing was about to retreat, but Emperor Wei still had orders, so he quickly stood up straight and continued to listen.
"Then draft the decree, appoint Liu Tianzhao as the general of Xuzhou, the official to the third grade, and the honor to the army. Emperor Wei said again.
Wei Infinity's heart moved, Xun turned to the guard army is the rank of the third grade, and then it is the pillar country from the second grade, and like Mu Qing, above the pillar country is the big pillar country of the second grade, and then up, it is the national prince.
Since the founding of the predecessor of the Wei State, the Chen State, there have only been a few canonized princes, which is not much different from the glory of being crowned a king with a different surname.
Since Emperor Wei ascended the throne, he has sealed two national dukes, one is the Duke of Anton, General Anton, General Jiuxing, and Yang Xingxiong, the general of Zhengyipin Dongjiang.
The other one is An Chang Guogong, General An Chang, General An Chang, General Nine Stars, and General Zhengyipin, the god of war Liu Warring States.
"The minion commands. Wei Infinity was about to retire again, but Emperor Wei had something to say, so Wei Infinity had to stand still again and lean over to listen.
"Raise Liu Tianzhao's star rating to nine stars. Emperor Wei thought about it and said.
Wei was stunned, the nine-star general, there are only four in the Great Wei at present, namely Yang Xingxiong, the general of Eastern Xinjiang, Xue Nankai, the general of Southern Xinjiang, Yan Zhenyue, the general of Western Xinjiang, and Zuo Xiuping, the general of Northern Xinjiang.
Among the Kyushu generals, the highest is an eight-star general, and no one has reached the nine-star level.
Wei Infinity felt that the sky was about to change, but he was a eunuch and was not allowed to discuss the government in vain, so after he received the order again, he waited for a while, and found that Emperor Wei did not continue to give orders, so he bowed down and retired.
The next day, the news of Luo Yongcai's demotion and Liu Tianzhao's promotion spread to almost all officials. Many people can't believe that a Kyushu general was demoted like this, and he went to be his brother's deputy.
What's even more unbelievable is that the one who replaced Luo Yongcai's position turned out to be Liu Tianzhao! One of the seven fierce generals under the former Liu Warring States, his identity is too sensitive, a member of the Liu family!
The reason why Luo Yongcai was demoted was that as a general of Xuzhou, it was a dereliction of duty to let ten seeds of hope die in Xuzhou.
The reason for Liu Tianzhao's promotion was that he had a meritorious role in repelling the werewolf cavalry.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the reason why Luo Yongcai was demoted seems reasonable, but it is just an excuse. This matter is at most the responsibility of negligence, between the importance of the deceased person, at most fines and military justice.
The reason for Liu Tianzhao's demotion seems reasonable, but it is also an excuse, just by repelling the 100,000 werewolf army, he can sit in the position of the general of Kyushu? If this is the case, many generals in the frontier who are of the fourth rank and the fifth rank have the record of leading the troops to repel the 100,000 enemy troops, can they all become generals? Obviously, it is impossible!
"Is Your Majesty going to reactivate the people of the Liu family?" A minister keenly smelled a hint of the smell and pondered the meaning.
"Liu Chu is the son of Liu Warring States, and Liu Chu's appearance has affected some of His Majesty's decisions. Some people think so and think that this matter has something to do with Liu Chu.
Many people began to think that His Majesty might be paving the way for Liu Chu, and wanted to train Liu Chu to become the next Liu Warring States, after all, Liu Chu's strength and talent are obvious to all.
However, on the third day, before the ministers digested these two messages, another blockbuster news caused a sensation, Xuzhou set aside a total of 250,000 soldiers from the five guards, and replaced them with 250,000 border troops in eastern Xinjiang.
If it was just such news, everyone would be surprised at best, after all, such a large-scale replacement of regional soldiers is still unprecedented.
However, the identity of the replaced soldiers made people's hearts surge with turbulent waves, and the 250,000 soldiers who were exchanged from the eastern frontier to Xuzhou were the Liu family army under the command of the former Liu Warring States! That is, the 250,000 soldiers now under the command of Yang Xingxiong, the general of the eastern frontier.
Even if Liu Tianzhao was named the general of Kyushu, he even allocated the former 250,000 Liu family troops to him.
People speculate that Emperor Wei is going to support Liu Tianzhao, or just support Liu Chu to pave the way for his future.
"Praise that boy, Your Majesty, you're afraid you won't be able to wait for him to come back." ”
In the lake pavilion in Mufu, Mu Qing held a stove and lay on the recliner leisurely, it was already spring, and the weather was getting warmer, but Mu Qing was still wearing winter clothes, and he still needed to rely on the stove to provide heat.
"I don't sell my country, but I can sell people. Mu Qing sneered.
It is impossible to betray the country, and it is absolutely impossible for anyone to commit a traitorous act to outsiders, from high-ranking officials and generals to ordinary people.
But people's hearts are sinister, and betraying the country will not do it, but selling people is a common thing.
What should I do if I have a relationship with someone in Dawei and can't level my opponent?
The first is to ask the Jianghu forces of the Great Wei to settle the opponent, and the second is to go to other countries to recruit powerful Jianghu figures to settle the opponent for themselves.
If you find the forces in the Great Wei to come forward, that is your own knife, and if you look for the forces of other countries, that is someone else's knife, it is a knife to kill people.
Borrowing a knife to kill people is more difficult to prevent than doing it yourself.
"Kill 10,000. Mu Qing whispered.
A tall figure with a sword appeared on Mu Qing's side, killing ten thousand, within a hundred steps, one sword to seal the throat, no matter how strong the opponent is, with only one sword, almost no one below the three realms of Taixu can stop it.
"What do you command? Kill Wan lowered his head and asked.
In this life, he has only lost to one person, the sword master Wan Ziming, the goal of his struggle for the rest of his life is to defeat Wan Ziming, so he changed his name to "kill Wan", the meaning is self-evident.
And if you want to improve your strength, in addition to cultivating hard, you need all kinds of natural treasures, which means that you need a lot of money, and some treasures are not necessarily bought if you have money, you also need to have connections, resources, and channels.
Connections, Mu Qing has, resources, Mu Qing also has, channels, Mu Qing also has, money, Mu Qing has countless wealth.
Therefore, after killing, he was willing to follow Mu Qing's side in exchange for what he needed.
"If you go to various countries, they must be very interested in this son of Liu Zhanguo. I have a detailed report of the boy in my study, and you will copy a few of it, and give it to the kings of the nations. Mu Qing said with a smile.
"My lord, why don't you let me shoot directly, killing Liu Chu is a matter of handiness for me. Killing Wan asked puzzledly, thinking that there was no need to be so troublesome, and it would be over with a sword.
"Your sword is too easy to recognize. Mu Qing shook his head.
Kill Wan was stunned, and then understood that he killed Wan is also a celebrity, and if he makes a move, the traces of murder left behind will be easily investigated.
The wounds left by each swordsman are different, and the murderer can be deleted according to the wound, even if the size of the wound is deliberately changed, the clues can still be found.
"The kings of various countries hate and envy Liu Zhanguo, they finally got rid of Liu Zhanguo, and now Liu Zhanguo's heir has actually appeared, and he has also gone to the Linglu Academy, what do you say they will do?" Mu Qing smiled and looked at the killing ten thousand on the side.
Kill 10,000 points, and laugh along. What would they do if the other Eight Kingdoms kings knew about Liu Chu's existence, and also showed extraordinary talent and strength, and entered the Linglu Academy?
There is no doubt that they will do everything they can to strangle Liu Chu, all countries are really afraid of Liu Zhanguo, they all have psychological shadows, they can't watch Wei State create another Liu Warring States, that will make them collapse!
Therefore, this time to kill people with a knife is perfect, and there are many people who want to kill Liu Chu!
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