"Why are there more than 20 prefects' positions vacant all of a sudden?" asked Li Chongsheng. According to the system of senior cadres, local officials such as county governors and prefects are tested once a year and changed every three years, because they are involved in the people's livelihood and public security, and generally will not be transferred at will.

"Bi Songyun's gang, who are not yet in the Ministry of Officials, took advantage of the year-end official examination to remove many prefects and ......vacate their positions," Li Zhi replied.

Under the rule of the Great Qian, there were a total of 32 provinces and 128 prefectures. Since the founding of the country, the Great Cadres have governed the world by dividing officials according to provinces, prefectures, prefectures, and counties. One government governs four prefectures, and one prefecture governs four to six prefectures and counties. Although the border provinces have governors and governors in general, and the rest of the provinces have governors, economic envoys, and festival envoys to govern them, these governors, festival envoys, and governors are only responsible for managing military affairs, border defense, and public security, and some are just princes, heroes, and nobles, and most of them have no real power. It is precisely the prefect who really holds the real power of local finance, people's livelihood, taxation, criminal punishment and case adjudication. People who have lived in officialdom for a long time know it, and there is such a sentence secretly circulating: "If you want to go down to fish, the prefect must grasp it"......

"How do you know these things?" asked Li Chongsheng again.

"It was Tsing Yiwei's people who told Erchen ......" Li Zhi replied in a low voice, and as he spoke, he couldn't help but hang his head slightly.

Li Chongsheng looked at his eldest son, his eyes were indescribably complicated, the emperor pondered for a while, and then said awe-inspiringly:

"You go and order Sun Xun to arrest these twenty-two people, don't torture them, and don't let others know, just interrogate them in detail and submit the confession!"

Li Zhi hurriedly bowed down and replied, "Erchen takes orders!"

......

Tsing Yiwei was really capable, and it only took three days to secretly interrogate the twenty-two foreign officials who were actually granted to the prefect, not only to interrogate them clearly about the princelings and spending money to donate officials, and to draw a case of detention, but also to interrogate a shocking insider:

The prince intends to rebel!

The insider who reported this was Wang Chenwei, who was about to be released to the prefect of Hangzhou. This person has no half of his fame, just because his family is rich, he made money everywhere, climbed the "high branch" of the prince, and became an inferior guest in the East Palace. This time, he heard that the prince was making a big appointment, so he hurriedly checked up and down and bought a Hangzhou prefect who thought he was the "fattest". How do you know that before the official certificate arrives, the person will go to Tsing Yi Wei first. Wang Chenwei was shocked, so he said nonsense, saying that at a banquet in the East Palace one night in a certain year, everyone was drunk and hot, and the prince once praised Zuo Wuwei's general Li Junxian in public for his handsome appearance and outstanding martial arts. Later, he Wang Chenwei heard it with his own ears, and the prince actually said to Li Junxian, if he is the Son of Heaven, you should be crowned the head of the forbidden army, at that time, Li Junxian also raised a glass to thank Yunyun......

In fact, when Wang Chenwei confessed this matter, he didn't say that this was the prince's rebellion. It's just that he is afraid that the donor will be guilty, so he can confess a little more information so that he can clear his name. After all, other donors of official officials are all famous and famous, and they are also officials in the court, so it seems that you are a pure businessman, and you even want to get a prefect to do it, where are you putting the royal law of the great cadres? If you really want to punish the crime at that time, will you Wang Chenwei still be able to escape?

However, that Wang Chenwei forgot to interrogate who their chief official was, that was Sun Xun, who was known as the "ghost face" of the Bei'an Ping Division, and even the ghost had to worry about him, not to mention that you were just a mortal?

There is a saying that "the speaker is unintentional, and the listener is intentional", and when Sun Xun heard the words of Wang Chenwei of the Northern Anping Division, he was immediately overjoyed, and immediately listed a confession and asked Wang Chenwei to sign and draw the detachment.

That Wang Chenwei was also dumbfounded when he saw the confession, it was clearly written, the prince befriended the generals of Zuo Wuwei, rewarded him privately, banned the army in his hands, plotted ill intentions, had resentment, and intended to do something at any time...... But at this time, Wang Chenwei looked at the pile of torture instruments that Sun Xun had brought over, and it was too late to repent, and he was promised by Sun Qianhu again, so he had to sign his name on the confession and press his own handprint.

On the second day of the first month of the seventy-first year of the Great Qiankang Yuan, before the time, Daming Palace, Chenghuan Palace.

Emperor Li Chongsheng leaned on the imperial couch, holding the confession signed by Wang Chenwei to accuse the prince of intent to rebel, and while carefully browsing and secretly pondering. On the table are twenty-two ironclad evidence of the prince selling official positions. These confessions had been presented to Li Zhi, the king of Chu, two days earlier.

The emperor couldn't help but sneer as he watched.

If you want to say that the prince is selling officials, Thaksin, if you want to say that the prince is rebelling, how can it be!

Because the emperor knew that the crown prince Li Ren, let alone not having this strength, even if he gave him enough troops, he didn't have the guts......

Knowing a son is not as good as a father, Li Chongsheng is clear about his son's character.

He was a gambler, a man of extravagance, a man of indulgence and pleasure, a selfish and lazy man, but he was timid and unambitious, but he was also a cowardly and gentle man.

Such a son, such a character, cannot be established as a prince under any circumstances, let alone put the future of Daqian into his hands......

But why, did he still give him the position of crown prince, and let him sit in the position of prince for forty-six years?

The emperor is a nostalgic person, back then, the prince's biological mother, Empress Wang, and Li Chongsheng had a deep relationship, and the husband and wife were very happy with each other. It's a pity that after giving birth to Li Ren, the queen felt cold and died the following year. In order to commemorate the queen, Li Chongsheng made Li Ren the crown prince, and it has been forty-six years......

In the meantime, there were several times when the emperor was extremely disappointed in the crown prince and wanted to depose him, but then, he still did not touch him.

There are many reasons for this......

At first, maybe he still thinks about his wife, afraid that the queen under Jiuquan will be sad. In addition to the three sons who died early and the sons who died later, there are also the eldest son Li Zhi of Chu, the fourth son of Wei Wang Li Jin, the sixth son of Han Wang Li Zuo, the eighth son of Jin King Li Xi, the ninth son of Song King Li Tang, and the tenth son Yue Wang Li E...... These sons, knowing that the crown prince did not please their father, so they all rubbed their hands and competed for favor, all coveting the throne of the future Son of Heaven. As a result, the ministers also gathered around several princes and divided into several parties, and the entire court situation became complicated and confusing......

If the crown prince is abolished, a new prince will inevitably be established, and the emperor is still undecided in his heart.

Originally, the third son, Li Yi, the king of Zhao, won the trust of the emperor. But since Li Yi was born, he was favored by the Lord of the Divine King Pavilion and became the deputy master of the Divine King Pavilion. The princes of the previous dynasties, once they entered the Shenwang Pavilion and became the deputy cabinet master, they could not compete for the position of the crown prince, which was a rule that the great cadres had set since their grandfather. Because, the Divine King Pavilion is responsible for guarding the great Qianjiang River, and a deputy pavilion master of the Divine King Pavilion is equivalent to half an emperor. His position cannot be replaced by anyone.

If the crown prince is abolished and a new crown prince is not appointed, will the princes revolve around the crown prince's throne and fight each other even more? Won't the court situation be even more turbulent? Won't the ministers be even more uneasy?

There is no new prince to stand up, the old prince can only stay, and if he can drag it out for a day, it will be a day, but he never thought that this delay will be delayed to this day.

Now, the emperor is approaching his eighties, and he himself feels that old age is approaching. God may really not have much time left for him......

It's time to make up your mind!

"Gao Liangshi, go and summon the crown prince!" the emperor beckoned to the chief of the inner court. At this moment, he finally made a decision in his heart......