Chapter 16: Demons

"So the reason why you slaughtered the village was completely at the behest of that old madman of Yuchenzi?" the big man frowned. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 infoObviously, Yuchen is more difficult. Although he was born as a prince, he did not have as much power as ordinary people imagined.

As an imperial family, not only do you have to compete with other brothers for favor, you have to be respectful to the emperor at ordinary times, and those who want to inherit the unification have to be cautious in their words and deeds, lest they be found fault with by those ministers, so as to be deprived of the right of inheritance for no reason.

It can be said that as long as he is an ambitious prince, before he ascends the throne, every moment is walking on thin ice. And those who have given up the throne early to compete for the prince can behave stupidly enough, so as not to be realistic. If you are a prince and show your wisdom and talent everywhere, what do you think of the emperor, except for wanting to rebel, the emperor can't think of any other reason.

In fact, every emperor's favorite clan is the kind of limited gentlemen, and the favorite ministers are capable and foolish and loyal.

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At this time, the prince in the stockade, according to his words and deeds, is obviously a person who is unwilling to live under others.

And one of the basic attitudes that this kind of person adheres to before ascending to the throne is to try not to offend people. If you want to clean up someone, there will be an opportunity when you ascend to the throne.

Ordinary people don't care, there are two kinds of people who can't be offended, one is a favored minister, or a courtier. This kind of person does not rise step by step through formal channels, basically because of the emperor's favor, so as to ascend to the sky step by step, although this kind of power as long as the emperor's attitude towards him changes, it will be scattered like rootless duckweed, but when they are favored, even the most powerful prime minister has to tolerate it.

And the other kind of people are the kind of ministers with great prestige, such as some elders of several dynasties and some scholars. The power of this kind of person is too strong, and sometimes he can even make the emperor into an ornament, so the princes are naturally afraid of this kind of person.

And Yuchenzi is the first kind of person. He was very much loved by the emperor, and sometimes the emperor even obeyed him, thanks to the emperor's favor, Yuchenzi had the power to compete with the prime minister in the court and the opposition in just a few years, and those Confucian scholars scolded him for "demon ways" behind his back, but no one dared to embarrass him head-on.

To say that Yuchenzi relied on the emperor's favor to concentrate on power, it is estimated that the clan and the ministers would have worked together to get him down, and no one could tolerate him. The strange thing is that although there are many people who are attached to Yuchenzi, he has no interest in power, he likes to study ghosts and gods, immortals, and these ethereal things.

And he studied these not to fool the emperor or gain the faith of others, but he himself thought so, when the conspirators in the court and the opposition guessed his actions with conspiracy theories, they were often whipped by reality, and after a few times, everyone knew that Yuchenzi was not a figure like those demons that appeared in history, not a figure who coveted glory and wealth, but a "good person" who concentrated on studying his own things. As long as others don't mess with him, he won't mess with others for no reason. In the court where people's hearts are most sinister, there is such an upright person.

In short, Jade Dust is a rather harmless person immersed in his own world.

A harmless person, of course, he doesn't have to bother to deal with him, all the princes who are interested in the unification invariably ignore him, and at the same time, everyone except the emperor gave Yuchenzi a crazy evaluation.

The headache of Yuchenzi is that he often says some sensational remarks, and the emperor is still very trusting. And those who have good deeds collect information about the emperor's holy decrees, and in recent years, nearly half of the holy decrees have been opened by the emperor for Yuchenzi.

Yuchenzi's excuse for ordering the bandits to slaughter the village this time is a god's chattering reason, "This place is full of luck, and demons will be born, and if you want to maintain the eternal rule of the dynasty, you must strangle the demons in the cradle, and at the same time, the blood and qi of the village can also wash away the evil fortune of the demons, so that they will never recover." ā€

If you want to slaughter the village, of course, you can't use a regular army, so you will force the civilians to rebel. In the past dynasties, the imperial court has either openly or secretly raised some forces that are specifically responsible for doing dirty work, in the Ming it is the spy forces that are attached to the emperor, and in the dark it is some bandits who secretly recruit peace, etc., and they specialize in dealing with some shady things for the imperial court.

And the Yanyun bandit group is the force that was secretly recruited by the imperial court, and with the degree of favor of Yuchenzi, knowing the filthiness in this is obviously very simple, so it is logical for him to order the bandits to slaughter the village.

"Is there an escapee in Tu Village?" Yan Yun said embarrassedly, "There is one." With that, he wiped the cold sweat that didn't exist on his forehead.

"Waste, hurry up and clean things up, don't let Yuchenzi trouble you, you still have a lot of things to do. The prince said coldly.

Although it is often said that "the emperor needs to love the people like a son", the real situation is "as long as people feel that the emperor loves the people like a son", as for the factors that may cause people to distrust this sentence, it can only be brutally stifled.

Suspiciousness is an emperor's natural skill, and any factor that can lead to hidden dangers is simply a hidden danger in the eyes of the emperor.

Yan Yun said with a fierce knife: "This thing is not easy to do, it's not that the grass people shirk it, but the kid who escaped is now hiding in Dingcheng Huangfu, and Huangfu Huanghualong is not only a martial arts tycoon who is famous in several provinces, but also a sworn brother with the son of the Falling Moon Sect, which is really not something that we people can afford to provoke." ā€

Obviously, the bandits nested in the stockade have not heard of the changes in the Huang Mansion, otherwise Yan Yun dared to pat his chest and promise the prince that he would definitely present the head of the fish that slipped through the net within one day.

Hearing the words of the leader of Yan Yun's bandits, the prince was unexpectedly not angry, but his eyes flashed a few times. Bowing his head and thinking about something, he suddenly spoke: "Maybe he really gave birth to a demon." ā€

Then the prince said: "Give the information of the fish that slipped through the net to Yuchenzi as it is, and for a period of time, you put aside other things first, and concentrate on dealing with the fish that slipped through the net, regardless of conspiracy, or exchange of interests, or forcible killing, in short, everything you do next has only one goal, that is, to kill the fish that slipped through the net." ā€

After giving instructions to the bandits, the prince carefully considered his decision, and finally came to the conclusion that it was "beneficial to himself".

"I hope that the fish that slipped through the net is difficult enough, and it is best that we can sacrifice a few more people on our side, so that we can have some evidence for Yuchenzi's demonic remarks, and killing a demon, in addition to pleasing Yuchenzi, must please his father, because this demon is killed for the country, no matter what people say, some taboo things are still rather believed. ā€