Due to the bad nature of the matter, the atmosphere of the imperial team has completely changed. Before they arrived at Taikang Palace, everyone who should take action took action. Murong Chengtai, the Marquis of Ding'an who was deployed as the capital of the southern patrol camp this time, was under great pressure and directly
Summon the commanders of the accompanying armies and issue strict orders to patrol the mountains and clear obstacles. If suspicious persons approach, they will be executed immediately. Serious matters such as trespassing and driving must be avoided.
At the same time, the detective officials of the Imperial City Department and the Wude Department also took action urgently. The goal was to investigate the identities of the two trespassers, how they hid in the mountains, how to choose the time to complain, and who was behind the instigation.
Providing convenience, is there a bigger conspiracy?
Regardless of what others think of it, at least the Imperial City and Wude Division II are treating this matter with the strictest and most prudent attitude. However, it is not easy to investigate clearly. Those forbidden soldiers started too quickly and acted too much.
It was so cruel that not a single person was left alive.
It’s hard to mention this kind of complaint. Just looking at the momentum shown by those Qiu Ba, you can tell that it is not convenient to provoke them at this time. As for the investigation of the Second Division, the Wude Division is naturally the main one. This is their home field, and at the same time, they are from
The two corpses began to be investigated.
However, it was not that he had no clue, at least in terms of the direction of the investigation, Wang Xuanzhen had some idea. As a result, subordinates of the Wude Department in Shenzhou and even several surrounding states mobilized to investigate the situation before and after the construction of Taikang Palace and the actions of various government offices.
The actions, no matter how big or small, including some words, deeds and attitudes of officials from various places, are all summarized in Shenzhou for comparative analysis.
At the same time, Wang Xuanzhen refined and modified his carefully prepared investigation of the situation in Shenzhou. After arriving at Taikang Palace, he immediately went to pay a visit and returned to report. This time, he "told the truth"
, no longer providing any cover for Liu Jiqian and Shenzhou.
Of course, the person who was most nervous and angry about this matter was undoubtedly Liu Jiqian, the magistrate of Shenzhou. When he first heard about it, he was so distraught that he almost bit off his tongue.
Where did the thief come from? He actually played this trick on him. He really deserved to die. Being killed by the guards was an advantage to them. He really deserved to be crushed.
Not to mention other things, the occurrence of such a bad situation in Shenzhou itself means problems with public security and his ability to control Shenzhou. If it is an assassination, the consequences will be very serious for Shenzhou officials.
It is simply a nightmare, and he, Liu Jiqian, is the first to bear the brunt.
However, besides being angry, Liu Jiqian could not help but feel worried. When he thought of the word "bloody", he lost consciousness and felt a coldness on his neck. Ever since the day he arrived to welcome the driver into the city, Liu Jiqian had been unable to feel at ease. The old emperor's
The terrifying look in his eyes had already left a shadow on his heart.
His family knows his own affairs, and Liu Jiqian is not a fool. He knows that he has gone too far in some things in Shenzhou, but after all, it is for the emperor and to fulfill his destiny. Although the method is questionable, his "loyalty" is real. With Liu Jiqian
The judgment of the old emperor is worth a gamble.
If he can pass the test smoothly without any trouble, then everything will be fine. He is waiting for promotion and promotion. If something goes wrong, Liu Jiqian also has a way to deal with it. But he never expected that the opening would be in such an unexpected way.
Under such circumstances, Liu Jiqian issued an urgent order, and the relevant ministries in Shenzhou were mobilized urgently, especially the prefecture and county policemen, who were all dispatched to investigate and arrest the person with ulterior motives.
Liu Jiqian also didn't believe that going out to express his grievance was just a spontaneous act of two untouchables. There must be someone behind it, someone who wanted to go against him. At a higher level, Liu Jiqian couldn't take care of it for the time being, but under the rule of Shenzhou, he was doing a lot of searching.
, the left and right are just those who criticize his "politics". Such people are not unheard of in Shenzhou. The specific ones still need to be investigated, but there are always some suspects.
Of course, in addition to fully mobilizing Shenzhou, there is another more important thing that needs to be done for Liu Jiqian, which is to meet people, two people.
The first is King Xu Liu Chengyun. No matter what, King Xu is his most solid and powerful backing. If things really get out of hand, then only King Xu can and is willing to say a few words for him in front of the old emperor.
Talked.
As the head of the clan, King Xu Liu Chengyun was lucky enough to accompany him on this southern tour. This is a matter of course. What are the benefits? The old emperor always thinks of King Xu. During the holidays, the old emperor may forget other people, but
King Xu gets a reward from the palace every time. This has been a habit for decades, which shows King Xu's invisible influence on the court.
The meeting with Liu Jiqian and Liu Chengyun turned out quite well, at least making Liu Jiqian a little more optimistic. Although the conversation was accompanied from the beginning to the end by King Xu’s reprimand to Liu Jiqian.
After asking King Xu for help, Liu Jiqian plucked up the courage and went to Taikang Palace to meet the old emperor with great anxiety. The purpose of the meeting was naturally to apologize to the old emperor for trespassing, focusing on him.
Such "frightening" things happened under his rule, and he cannot escape the blame.
By the way, he also confessed some of his careless and rash actions in the process of governing in Shenzhou, as well as some of the "small mistakes" he made, which caused dissatisfaction and criticism from others. In short, let's take a precaution first.
Although the old emperor has behaved a bit confused in recent years, he is still clear-sighted as long as he is serious, and what he has seen and heard in the past few days after arriving in Shenzhou has already attracted enough attention from him.
Therefore, the little trick Liu Jiqian played in front of him had no technical skills at all, and was almost seen through at a glance. However, the old emperor did not attack him on this matter. On the contrary, he even comforted him with some words.
I show my understanding for the two years of hard work and ask him not to blame himself for the little things.
After sending Liu Jiqian away, the old emperor met with Wang Xuanzhen in the dormitory that had not been completely tidied up and listened to his detailed report on the military, political and civilian conditions of Shenshen Prefecture.
Talking about military, political and civil affairs, there is actually only one focus, the construction of Taikang Palace. In the past two years, all aspects of affairs in Shenzhou have revolved around this matter.
Wang Xuanzhen was naturally someone who could grasp the key points. He introduced Liu Jiqian's actions in detail one by one. Generally speaking, there were only two points in Liu Jiqian's actions. He blindly faced the problem and abused the people excessively.
And the two are causally related.
It is normal to use the money and grain stored in official warehouses to hire laborers, or even to use military and strategic grain storage for disaster relief. It is also possible to deduct wages and rations from laborers: gathering officials and people to raise donations, and then using the palace to build a large
It is not unusual to pile up exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes for a clear purpose.
These are the traditional skills of bureaucrats, but what really makes the old emperor silent are those practices that completely lose the bottom line and principles and disregard human life. According to the preliminary investigation of the Wude Division, only under the rule of Shenzhou, the construction of Taikang Palace
, the death toll reached more than 700 people. Some families still had corpses arranged for burial, while others could not even find the corpses. As for where the people went, they fell off a cliff, or were buried under the foundation of a temple, or maybe they were simply thrown into mass graves.
Even so, Liu Jiqian still wanted to intercept the pensions of the deceased laborers, not to enrich his own pockets. The money and food were used by him to build the palace and improve all aspects of the infrastructure that might be involved in Luan Jia's visit.
And this last point was also the most unacceptable to the old emperor, and it almost made him break his guard. Co-authored, in his name, abused the people, took human life lightly, and still showed a face of utmost loyalty. Depending on what he meant, he had to
Touched and grateful for their loyalty.
Even though the old emperor knew it well, he even told Liu Gui as early as last year, asking him to at least make it look good on the surface. There are no projects, especially big ones, that don't kill people, but that's not how they are done.
, this is really far from the old emperor’s expectation.
Similarly, just the situation in Shenzhou, the anger will make the old emperor break the defense. However, if the true face behind the construction of Taikang Palace is like this, then even the old emperor will
Feeling panicked.
It is difficult to deceive oneself and others about some things! What is like this in Shenzhou, what about other prefectures and counties? Even if they are not like Liu Jiqian, the situation is better, but I am afraid it will not be much better.
In the palace, even the candlelight was affected by the depressing atmosphere and was swaying. The old emperor had been silent for a long time. Wang Xuanzhen felt uneasy and even vaguely regretted. Did he say too much?
"With such a harsh government, how can people's livelihood be safe? How can the people of Shenzhou not complain and hate me? How can I travel here to escape the summer with peace of mind?" After a while, the old emperor finally spoke and murmured to himself.
.At this moment, the old face showed some expression of compassion.
Wang Xuanzhen immediately said: "If local governance is not good, what does it have to do with your majesty? Even if the people have complaints, they will only blame the local government. How can they complain to your majesty? To your majesty, the people will only respect and fear you, and even if they suffer, they will only look forward to it."
I hope that Your Majesty will be kind and save you, and have no other thoughts. If you hate the saint, you will be punished by God..."
I have to say that Wang Xuanzhen's rhetoric is really pleasant to the ears of the current old emperor, at least not inferior to the beautiful voice of the Jiaofang singer. The key point is that the evil things done by the local officials have nothing to do with my emperor.
close?
Of course, the old emperor did not deceive himself to this extent, he was just trying to comfort himself. After thinking for a moment, he sneered a few times, and then rudely reprimanded: "Bullshit! You treat me as a fool, even the most superficial one."
You don’t even understand the truth, you can claim to be innocent, how can people be so easy to bully?”
"I don't dare!" Wang Xuanzhen immediately knelt down and apologized.
Although he was reprimanded by the old emperor, Wang Xuanzhen felt more relaxed. He was most afraid of the old emperor's attention at the moment, so why didn't he report these situations earlier? Although he had already prepared reasons and rhetoric, it would be best if he could not use them.
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Judging from the current situation, the old emperor's focus is obviously in the direction that is beneficial to him. He is a dead Taoist friend but not a poor Taoist. He doesn't care how unlucky others are, just don't involve him, Wude Si...