"Thirteenth Brother, if you don't tattoo the Xiaoqi Camp, there will be a lot of criticism from the three provinces and the Privy Council. The admonishers have repeatedly complained, saying that this is against the laws of our ancestors."
In Yanhe Hall, the official said gently.
After not seeing each other for two days, Zhao Si found that his face was rosier and he spoke with more energy.
"Then let them criticize you. Sixth brother, you now know what the ancestral law is. It was created by the civil servants to restrain you!"
Zhao Si replied with a smile.
Yes, the essence of the ancestral law is that the civil servants compiled and edited it under the banner of governing the country with filial piety and in the name of the precious instructions of the past emperors on governance. It is the greatest magic weapon in their hands to fight against the monarchy.
Seeing through the essence, Zhao Si felt that it was a bit ironic.
The civil servants looked arrogant, but in reality they were extremely weak.
Because their power depends on the monarch's power. In order to restrain the monarch's power, they took great pains to come up with an ancestral law.
Use the monarchy of the past to restrain the monarchy of the present.
It's really funny, sad, and pitiful.
The official family who was enlightened by Zhao Si has become an immortal and ascended, jumping out of the Three Realms and no longer in the Five Elements.
He laughed and said, "Brother Thirteen is right. In which dynasty and in which generation, the emperor's own soldiers were assassins and traitors? The thoughts of these civil servants are not good for others."
At this point, the officials were a little excited.
"Back then, my father and Wang Jinggong wanted to change the bad habit of tattooing by the Forbidden Army, but they were blocked by some people. I will complete this legacy for my father, starting from the Xiaoqi Camp and Zuo Yiwei."
Yes, brother Huang, that’s it!
If we want to inherit our father's legacy, we cannot let those civil servants who openly carry out Xining's reforms, but actually have small calculations, lead us by the nose.
It seems that during this period, some of the ideas I had unknowingly instilled in my brother began to take effect.
At this time, the official said solemnly to Zhao Si: "Brother Thirteen, I have called you here because something big has happened."
"The day before yesterday, Lin Zizhong (Lin Xi), the Privy Councilor who was also aware of Han Xue's Confucian affairs, went up to investigate and deal with the corruption of the officers of the imperial army in the three yamen. I approved. Then the Privy Council asked Lai Zude (Lai Shao), the Minister of Punishment, to take charge of the investigation.
I heard that more than thirty Forbidden Army and low-level officers of the Xiang Army were investigated and dealt with in one go."
Zhao Si, who was also a member of the Privy Council, knew about this.
It's just that he has been busy with the affairs of the Qiaoqi camp these days, and he feels that this matter is a bit strange - civil servants have never been so proactive in caring about whether there is corruption in the Forbidden Army.
So I put it aside for the time being and wait and see what happens.
The official continued.
"Yesterday, more than a hundred family members of military officers went to the Privy Council and the three provinces to complain and were dismissed. An old man and an old woman, the parents of a certain military officer, joined hands and killed themselves on a stone lion at the gate of Zhongshu Province. The government and the public were shocked. Kaifeng
There is a lot of discussion in the city."
Speaking of this, the official said meaningfully: "This matter is very strange...it also involves the Sanya Forbidden Army and the Gyeonggi Xiang Army. At this time before the trip is about to be reorganized, and such a big thing happened, I'm worried that there will be someone inside
What a secret."
"Brother Thirteen, please investigate this matter carefully and get to the bottom of it."
Zhao Si thought about it for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Thirteenth should take the emperor's instructions seriously. However, this matter requires the cooperation of Kaifeng Mansion and Sanyamen."
"It doesn't matter. I've already informed Wen Qing of Kaifeng Mansion and told him to cooperate with you. And Xu Chunzhuang, the minister in front of the palace, if anything happens, just go find him."
"According to the order!"
Returning to the Chengxin Pavilion of the palace, Zhao Si just sat down and Yu Huatian hurried over to report.
"Huatian, did you know that the parents of a Forbidden Army officer were killed in front of Zhongshu Province yesterday?"
"Back to Your Highness, I came here to report this matter. This matter is related to several things."
"Okay, please tell me the whole story carefully."
"Yes! Your Highness. Three days ago, King Shen suddenly discovered that a very important item of his was missing. A thorough secret search was conducted in the palace. Xu Tongan, the chamberlain who was cleaning the study, happened to be on leave, but he could not be found."
"Prince Shen's Mansion searched and searched, and suspected that Xu Tong'an had stolen it. Further investigation revealed that two guards from Prince Shen's Mansion had also left their jobs and disappeared. They seemed to be Xu Tong'an's accomplices. Prince Shen was angry and panicked, and ordered a thorough investigation.
The two guards of Prince Xin's Palace previously served in the Gongsheng and Shenyong armies respectively, so they were investigated by Tongzhi Privy Councilor Lin Xi and Lai Shao, the Minister of Punishment, the day before yesterday."
Hearing this, Zhao nodded with understanding.
"That's it. The reason is that my twelfth brother had an extremely important item missing. He tracked down the thief and suspected that the two palace guards were accomplices. When he couldn't find anyone, he investigated the case in the Forbidden Army in the name of checking Han Xueru's legacy.
Friends and relatives of the two guards, in order to find out their whereabouts and clues."
Yu Huatian gently flattered, "Your Highness is wise."
It's not me who is wise, it's my brother who is wise.
The Imperial City Division should also have found out the ins and outs. What does it mean that the imperial brother asked him to preside over the investigation?
Zhao Si thought for a while and then spoke slowly.
"First of all, although I don't know what the object that Brother Twelve lost is yet, I can tell that it is very important. It is so important that Brother Twelve, who always likes to hide behind and do evil in secret, is anxious."
"Your Highness clearly saw Wanli. Prince Xin was able to stir up trouble in the past. It seems that he secretly connected Lin Xi and Lai Zhishao. If that object was not important, Prince Xin would not have revealed all his cards in such a panic."
Yu Huatian bent over slightly, his eyes rolling and shining.
Zhao Si smiled, "So I am very interested in this object."
Yu Huatian remained silent this time, quietly waiting for Zhao Si's next words.
"There are two things we must pay attention to. First, if Xu Tongan really stole the object, then he was most likely under the instigation of someone else. Who could it be? Second, the ins and outs of this matter, East School
The office can be found clearly, but the Imperial City Department can't find it out?"
Yu Huatian hesitated and replied: "Your Highness, the Imperial City Division has a strong background and will definitely be able to find out."
"By the way. Then why did the emperor ask me to investigate instead of asking the Imperial City Secretary to quietly investigate?"
Yu Huatian thought for a while and answered cautiously: "Will the officials let His Highness conduct the investigation in a big way, while the Imperial City Department is doing the investigation secretly?"
Zhao Si laughed loudly, "Then we will do the same thing. I will lead people to investigate with great fanfare, and you will investigate in secret. Remember, keep an eye on Xu Tongan's line."
"As you command!"
After Huatian left, Zhao Si sat on a chair and thought for a while, then called Cao Duo over.
The two discussed for a while and made arrangements before Cao Duo left first.
Then he called Cen Meng over again.
"Mengzi, you are from Kaifeng Mansion. You grew up here. Are you familiar with everything here?"
"Your Highness, may I ask what you are referring to?"
“Those people and their livelihoods are hiding from the light of day.”
"His Highness, I am a bit familiar. I am a young man who is not sensible. I have been hanging out in Kaifeng City for a few years. I know some people, both bright and dark, white and black. I later corrected myself, but I still have connections."
Zhao Si smiled, "Mengzi, I heard that you still have a nickname in Kaifeng City, Zi Zai Lang?"
Cen Meng chuckled, "Your Highness is making fun of me. I still have friends and friendships in the market, so I handle some things privately under the name Cen Zizai. That's why I got the name Zizai Lang."
"Okay. Mengzi, you and Fanzi select thirty capable people from the palace guards and organize them into a team, ready to be called upon at any time."
"yes!"
After Cen Meng left, Zhao Si sorted out the situation.
After the test of celebrating his birthday in the Qingshou Palace, Zhao Shi understood that with the Empress Dowager Xiang present, he would not be able to succeed to the throne by using the method of establishing a direct descendant but not an elder.
She can easily defeat this statement - "I am the late emperor and empress, I have no children, and no one from the official family is my legitimate son."
According to the rule of "establishing a leader rather than a virtuous person", except for the ninth brother who has an eye problem, the eleventh and twelfth brothers who are in front have a better chance than themselves.
what to do?
How is it possible for Queen Mother Xiang to change her mind? How is it possible to clear and reverse decades of obsession in the old lady’s heart in just a few months?
Kill her?
This is a good idea.
But I have the manpower and channels in the palace to inquire about information and say a few nice words, and there is no problem. If they want them to poison the Queen Mother, who has the courage?
Liang Congzheng, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng?
Even if they had the courage, they would not dare to let them take risks without sufficient assurance. If anything failed, they would definitely be traced to themselves.
By that time, the emperor's brother would not be able to protect himself and would be completely left in the cold.
what to do?
If you can't solve the problem, get rid of the person who caused the problem.
If the empress dowager who caused the problem couldn't solve it, she could just solve the other two people who caused the problem, her eleventh brother and her twelfth brother.
It is not necessary to kill them, just let them be ruined and disqualified from inheriting the throne.
When the time comes, I will have the military power to protect myself, and I can confidently kill anyone who dares to compete blindly.
After this sudden incident, Zhao Si realized that this might be the perfect opportunity to completely cool down his twelfth brother, Zhao Mata.
On this point, the emperor also knew it very well.
It seems that the silence of Zhang Shun's family made the imperial brother deeply disgusted with the twelfth brother, so he deliberately gave himself a chance to "revenge".
Just right!
The eleventh brother, Zhao Ji, had secretly joined forces with Zhang Dang, and took advantage of the emperor's brother's dislike of him jumping up and down to fight for the throne, and directly became the King of Suining, one step away from the throne.
Now it's Brother Twelve's turn.
It's just that Zhao Si had a hunch that if the truth came to light, Brother Twelve wouldn't be as simple as being demoted by one level.
"Your Highness," Li Fang's voice outside the house woke Zhao Si.
"The golden lady asks to see you."
Golden lady, golden slave?
What does she want to do with herself? This chapter has been completed!