"Why, you were speechless after what I said?" Zhu Di sneered.
"My lord, I just don't know why Your Majesty would think of the Crown Prince?" Wang Xian said with a look of astonishment: "What happened in Shanxi has nothing to do with His Highness the Crown Prince."
"It has nothing to do with it?" Zhu Di narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Are you contradicting yourself? Isn't that sentiment about how difficult it is to be a human being and to be an official just made out of emotion?"
"Of course it's because of my feelings." Wang Xian said frankly: "I have been hesitating whether to help the prince and drag His Highness the King of Han into the water. But after a battle between heaven and man, I still made up my mind to be a man.
"Chen Chen, the emperor is the most important thing in everything. Let's put this case to rest." He said with a generous face: "Even if there are some rumors, I am willing to bear the responsibility."
Only then did Zhu Di understand. The corner of his mouth twitched and he said: "Why do you want to protect the King of Han? You should want the King of Han to die, right?"
"I have said that I will never dethrone the public for private reasons." Wang Xian replied: "I will do everything in the interests of the emperor."
"So you are really a loyal minister?" Zhu Di glanced at him and asked.
"As a minister who eats the emperor's salary and is loyal to the emperor, he must be a loyal minister," Wang Xian said without any shame.
"Okay, let me ask you, a loyal minister, why do you want to protect the King of Han?" Zhu Di found it funny. He hadn't seen such a thick-skinned person in a long time.
"If the case is investigated at that time, there will only be two results." Wang Xian said loudly: "One is that no one instigated Zhang Chun, and the other is that someone instigated Zhang Chun. There is no need to mention the former, but only the latter.
, if someone instigates Zhang Chun, a big prison will immediately arise, involving one or more of the people I just mentioned. No matter who is involved, the emperor will be passive."
"You are wrong. I vowed to avenge the soldiers who starved to death." A trace of anger flashed in Zhu Di's eyes: "No matter who is involved, I will not let him go."
"I didn't understand the emperor's attitude before, but now I understand." Wang Xian kowtowed and said, "I ask for orders to go to Shanxi again to investigate to the end."
"..." These words made Zhu Di speechless. In fact, what Wang Xian just said hit his mind. So far, he has basically ruled out the prince's suspicion. The emperor is also a little worried. If the investigation continues, what if?
What will happen to the King of Han? If it is really the King of Han who did it, he must punish him, but if the King of Han falls, then who will restrain the prince? As he gets older and sicker, Zhu Di becomes more and more worried about the prince. But now
It seems that it was a bit too much. The prince was tortured too much, which made the King of Han become more arrogant...
Alas, Zhu Di discovered that the most difficult thing for a king to rule is not the world, but his own home, son and harem.
Seeing that the emperor was distracted, Wang Xian had to wait quietly. He never expected that this meeting would last so long, and his knees were sore and numb as he knelt on the ground.
After a while, Zhu Di came back to his senses, his eyes gradually condensed and he said: "Of course the case must be investigated, but let's put it aside for a while, now is not the time to investigate." As he said that, he stared at Wang Xiandao closely: "I will give you another one.
You have the opportunity to prove to me whether you are loyal to the country or not."
"I will go through fire and water without hesitation," Wang Xian said proudly.
"I won't let you go through fire and water, I will let you go to hell." Zhu Di said with a cold smile: "You, the Jinyiwei Zhenfu, will no longer be in vain from today on. Zhu Liu of Beizhen Fusi was injured during the Jingnan incident.
His health has been poor these past few years, and he wanted to find someone to take over for him so that he could have a lighter job. He told me several times, and this time I agreed to let him take over his shift."
Wang Xian's eyes narrowed. He never expected that what Zhu Liuye said last night would actually come true. However, Zhu Liu's body looked stronger than his own. I'm afraid his poor health was just a decent excuse...
"Why, you haven't accepted the order yet?" Zhu Di rarely talked nonsense with his ministers for so long. It was just that Wang Xian was really interesting, so he talked for a while. Thinking that there were still many state affairs that had not been dealt with, the emperor was a little anxious and wanted to end the summons as soon as possible.
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"I am afraid, I dare not accept the order." Wang Xian kowtowed.
"What's the reason?"
"That's Beizhen Fusi..." Wang Xian said with a wry smile. Beizhen Fusi, the official's signature, is the agency to which Jinyiwei belongs. People change their minds when hearing about Jinyiwei and regard them as eagle and dog spies, but in fact most of Jinyiwei's responsibilities are
Guards the palace and serves as the imperial guard. Those who are really responsible for investigating crimes are the two subordinate Zhenfu Divisions in the north and south. Among them, the North Town Fu Division was added in the 15th year of Hongwu's reign and is responsible for the imperial edicts...that is, the cases designated by the emperor.
It has a prison and can arrest, interrogate, execute and execute on its own without having to go through the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment. Therefore, 90% of the bad reputation of Jinyiwei is due to this yamen. Naturally, Beizhen Fusi is also the most important one in Jinyiwei.
yamen.
"What's wrong with Beizhen Fusi?" Zhu Di asked knowingly: "You are the Jinyiwei Zhenfu. Isn't it unreasonable to take charge of Beizhen Fusi?"
"Your Majesty, although the rank of Fusi in Beizhen is light, his powers and responsibilities are extremely heavy. I am still young and have no experience in prison. If something goes wrong, even if I pay for it with my life, I will not be able to recover the loss of the Emperor." Wang
Xian hurriedly said
"You are too modest. You have solved such a complex case in Shanxi with so many difficult officials." Zhu Di snorted and said, "Now you are pushing back and forth. Are you worried that you will be a wolf among the sheep?"
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"Your Majesty..." Wang Xian nodded weakly and said, "I'm really worried about this." He had not too few enemies, and they happened to be all concentrated in Jinyiwei, from Ji Gang to Zhuang Jing, Pang Ying to Xu Yingxian.
They all want their own lives. For me, is there anything more exciting than going to work in Jinyiwei?
"Who said you can't abolish the public because of private interests? Personal honor, disgrace, misfortune, public or private?" Zhu Di was very good at using each other's spears to attack each other's shields.
"This" Wang Xian had no choice but to say: "I don't care about personal honor and disgrace, but there are obstacles all over the place. How can a humble minister live up to the emperor's high expectations?"
"You don't have to worry about this. I will ask Governor Ji not to embarrass you." Zhu Di said calmly: "There are many princelings imprisoned in the prison, don't you want to take care of them?"
"Your Majesty, is this okay?" Wang Xian didn't believe it. As soon as Zhu Di said it, Ji Gang would not embarrass him, but the emperor's last sentence made him unable to refuse.
"I don't know either." Zhu Di said expressionlessly, "It depends on what you think."
"I have no choice but to catch the duck..." Although he had no choice but to do so, Wang Xian had no choice but to take on this burden.
"Others are fighting over Guanbei Town Fusi, but you are better off." Zhu Di snorted and said, "It's like I'm forcing you."
Wang Xianxin said, aren't you just forcing me? He smiled and said, "I'm just very scared."
"Don't just worry about it. If you mess up the errand, come and see me." Zhu Di coughed and said, "I'll give you a case to practice first. What do you think of the fire outside the door at midnight last night?"
"If I don't investigate, I have no right to speak." How could Wang Xian get into the mood so quickly?
"Then hurry up and investigate," Zhu Di said: "Within three days, I want to know how the fire started, whether it was arson or misfire, no matter which one, who set the fire? If he is not dead, arrest him
Bring to justice
"Yes" Wang Xian responded quickly and loudly.
"Go down." Zhu Di coughed violently and waved his hand tiredly.
"Wei Chen excuses himself." Wang Xian kowtowed and then slowly got up. He moved his knees with small movements to speed up the return of blood. When his legs felt a little, he slowly withdrew.
After leaving the palace, Wang Xian's legs returned to normal. When he saw the eunuch who had brought him here, he came over and took him back the way he came. When he was far away from the emperor's palace, the eunuch showed a smile and said, "I'd like to ask you to comfort me in the future."
Please take good care of me, sir." It seems that he heard the emperor's appointment of Wang Xian.
"It's easy to talk about." Wang Xian touched his nose and said with a smile: "But the Fu Division in Beizhen handles all imperial cases. I'm afraid I can't get along with my father-in-law. Even if the subordinate officials want to take care of me, they can't."
"Haha, your Excellency, you won't say that when you understand the situation." The eunuch who delivered the order smiled and said, "In short, there are a lot of people in the Zhenfu Department. Your Excellency, please don't let those brats deceive you."
"Haha, it's possible. I'll have to ask my father-in-law for advice when the time comes." Wang Xian said with a smile.
"I'm happy to help, but it's a pity that my family doesn't know the ways. Even if I want to help, I can't help you." The eunuch who passed the order imitated Wang Xian's words and said with a smile: "I don't understand. I heard that the reputation of the Thirteen Eunuchs is very good, sir."
If we want to gain a firm foothold, I’m afraid we can’t do without their help.”
"Thank you for reminding me." As he spoke, the eunuch sent him to the Meridian Gate, stopped and said, "Sir, we will see each other in the future, so I won't say we will meet again in the future."
"Let's have a drink together when we have time," Wang Xian said with a smile.
"It's easy to talk about." The eunuch was a little happy, because no matter whether he was civilized or martial, he was not willing to play with dead eunuchs like them. It was rare to meet Wang Xian, a master who did not discriminate against eunuchs.
In front of the Meridian Gate, it was not the place to talk. The two briefly exchanged a few words, and the eunuch left in a hurry. Looking at his back, Wang Xian only wanted to ask one question - Brother, the eunuch with your mother's last name has never introduced himself.
, Wang Xian is not allowed to ask rashly, because if someone does not introduce themselves, it is simply unnecessary, uninteresting or inconvenient. No matter which way, asking is asking for trouble. But now it seems that it should be the first way.
, that dead eunuch should be a well-known celebrity, but Wang Xian didn't know him.
But how did Wang Xian Shang know that he was going? He couldn't ask anyone casually. It would be too embarrassing and if the news got to the ears of the dead eunuch, he would offend others. He had no choice but to shake his head and go out of the Meridian Gate.
Outside the Meridian Gate, Zhou Yong had already been waiting there with his horse, but Wang Xian did not take the reins. Instead, he walked into the scene of the fire and ordered: "Don't clean up yet."
The people who were busy in the field looked up after hearing this, and saw a fourth-grade military attaché talking. They shook their heads, ignored his orders, and continued to clean up with their heads down...
Wang Xian is so embarrassed. Alas, he has expanded. He has expanded. He is so pretentious that he is struck by lightning.