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"If Your Majesty does not use the old minister, the minister should also speak to His Majesty."

The old general stood up, knelt on the ground slowly, and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, at this time, it is better to swing the knife quickly rather than slowly, sooner rather than later. If there is any delay, things will become more and more troublesome."

"As long as the Forbidden Army supports His Majesty, if a scholar dies, Da Jin will still be Da Jin..."

Ye Ming had been guarding Jimen Pass in northern Xinjiang a few years ago, and later returned to Beijing to deal with Ye Sheng's funeral, and then stayed in Ningling to observe his filial piety. Emperor Yuanzhao didn't know him very well, and even met him once or twice. Seeing the old general kneeling in front of him, the emperor panicked a little.

He stepped forward, helped Ye Ming up, and sighed: "The old man is loyal to the country, and I know it in my heart, but if I become a tyrant not long after I ascended the throne, there will be more people who will move their minds."

The little emperor has been on the throne for less than a year, and his throne is unstable. If he kills his ministers without authorization, his reputation will be ruined. At that time, many clans and many of his brothers will have a chance.

The taboo is taboo here.

Ye Ming's voice is a little hoarse because of his poor health.

"Your Majesty, the court only cares about swords and guns, not reputation."

"The late emperor..."

When he said this, he didn't continue, but the meaning in the words was already very obvious.

Back then, the Renchen Palace, the first emperor, seized power and succeeded to the throne, which was also an eternal infamy, but he has mastered the orthodoxy and the forbidden army, and the regime has been as stable as Mount Tai for more than ten years.

Emperor Yuanzhao rubbed his forehead in pain, and said with a wry smile: "Old Duke, let me think about this matter, I can't make up my mind for a while."

Ye Ming bowed his head and said, "The old minister will wait for His Majesty's will in the Duke's mansion."

With that said, he was about to get up and say goodbye.

The emperor personally sent him to the gate of Weiyang Palace, before parting, he said: "Master Li refused to come back in Yongzhou, can the old Duke write him a letter to persuade him to go back to Beijing and help me. "

Ye Ming glanced back at the emperor, then nodded silently.

"Your Majesty opened his mouth, and I naturally obeyed. But even if Chang'an is willing to return to the capital, when he returns, the capital will be in a different situation."

Emperor Yuanzhao lowered his eyebrows and said, "I understand."

Ye Ming bowed to say goodbye, then walked slowly down the 81st floor of Weiyang Palace.

The young emperor just stood at the gate of the palace, quietly watching Ye Ming go away.

After a while, he sighed, and said enviously: "It would be great if I had such a mother clan."

Xiao Zheng, who was behind him, lowered his head and said, "If you are a big family, you cannot become a descendant. This is the rule established by Emperor Wu."

Because there were many precedents of foreign relatives intervening in politics in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, after Emperor Wu destroyed the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he set such a rule that the prince's official wife's family could not be a big family of fourth rank or above, to prevent foreign relatives from being involved in politics.

Emperor Yuanzhao looked at the background of Ye Ming walking away, and sighed again.

"Just now, as long as I nod my head, the Ye family can help me and solve all the troubles in the capital. The Ye family can also help me kill those annoying civil servants..."

"such a pity."

The emperor turned his head and walked back to Weiyang Palace.

"Unfortunately, I have a fourth brother."

………………

The situation in Beijing is getting worse and worse.

Several ministers were placed under house arrest at home, and the imperial court added a few more ministers to the Shangshutai as interim positions, but the emperor had never been in power, so the selection of candidates for the Shangshutai could only be completed by court discussion and court push, and finally entered the Shangshutai. Shangshutai is still these civil servants.

Yimen's servant Zhong Fangwei led four newcomers to deal with state affairs.

However, the public opinion field in the capital became more and more heated under the operation of people with good intentions, and some vivid stories began to spread in various squares in the capital.

For example, how beautiful that noble man of Chu is, for example, some details about Yuanzhao's son and mother.

Some people said it was true, as if he climbed the window of Weiyang Palace and saw it with his own eyes.

And Shen Kuan, Yan Shouzhuo and others' disciples and former officials also began to exert their strength. Many people jointly signed a letter to the court, and did not mention the matter of the emperor's messing with his mother, but only asked the court to release several prime ministers.

At this time, some caring people began to think of ways to get past the blockade of the imperial guards, and wanted to enter the homes of several prime ministers to "talk" with them.

On the side of Emperor Yuanzhao, it was as if nothing had happened, what to do every day as usual, and the grand court meeting held once every ten days was also held as usual.

However, the three words "Chu Guiren" became a taboo in the imperial court. After an official mentioned these three words, he was directly thrown into the Dali Temple by the imperial guards for slandering the emperor.

On the bright side, the capital has calmed down.

But the underground undercurrent is getting more and more turbulent.

In order to cope with this situation, the internal servants recalled almost all the Plum Blossom Guards, and Emperor Yuanzhao also called Hou Jingde and He Song into the Weiyang Palace for a conversation every three days, and rewarded them and the imperial guards with a lot of things. win over people's hearts.

As for Li Xin, he was still waiting and watching in Jincheng.

At this moment, a major event happened.

On November 27, the first year of Yuanzhao, a murder case occurred in a private house in Liyang County, Gyeonggi Province. There were more than 30 people in the family, except for a son who was studying abroad, all of them died.

When the Liyang County Government rushed to this family, they were terrified to see the tragic scene.

They hurried into the capital without stopping, and reported the case to Jingzhao Mansion.

The people in Jingzhao Mansion were also very frightened. Jing Zhaoyin himself immediately entered the palace and reported the matter directly to Shangshutai. The temporary prime ministers of Shangshutai were stunned after seeing this case.

Because of this family whose family was wiped out...

Surname Chu!

Chapter 914

Indeed, Chu Guiren made this kind of wrong thing, and she can't make up for this big mistake by herself. Sooner or later, her whole family will be dragged out to liquidate it to make up for the wrong thing she committed.

Emperor Yuanzhao hated this stupid woman so much that he would attack her family sooner or later.

But...it shouldn't be this time!

Even if the Emperor Yuanzhao wanted to do something, whether it was all family members who were copied and beheaded, or the Yi tribe, it should all be done through the court, not like now, where the whole family was killed overnight for no reason!

Prime Minister Fang Ziwei also frowned when he got the file of this case. On the surface, it seems that this is almost certainly the emperor's murder to cover up people's eyes and ears, but in fact the emperor is unlikely to do such a stupid thing at this time, so he must It was someone with ulterior motives who did this case.

He is the only official prime minister in the Shangshutai. After getting this case, he stuffed it into his sleeve without saying a word, looked at Jing Zhaoyin in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "Mr. There is a lot of involvement behind this incident, it is not as simple as a case of extermination, your Jingzhao Mansion will take people to Liyang now, and take over this matter in an all-round way. Get it under control."

Today's Jingzhaoyin is surnamed Zhou and named Shunde. He is the third Jingzhaoyin after Li Ye. He has been in charge of Jingzhao Mansion since the seventh year of Taikang. Now it has been four or five years, and he can be regarded as an old mansion governor.

He also understands the pros and cons of it, otherwise he would not have sent a murder case to Shangshutai in a hurry. , and... I am afraid that someone did it on purpose, and it is too difficult to block the news."