It is better to attack His Royal Highness than to compete in the world

The Ministry of Rites was transferred by Ren Chengqing to Jiang Shang to be in charge of the imperial examination. After all, it was the first civil and military examination in Beimo, and it coincided with the first imperial examination of the new emperor.Ren Chengqing also sent Su Yan to call the imperial guards to help prevent violence and so on.The students who took part in the imperial examination this time were not recommended by the aristocratic family, but were selected from various cities, so the rich and the poor were uneven. Jiang Shang and the others had already considered that the Ministry of Rites provided simple accommodation for all the students who came to take the exam. The security in Shacheng is tight.Ren Chengqing originally thought that there would be no problems, but he didn't expect that the problem would end up with the imperial guards.A group of people from all walks of life who came to participate in the martial arts examination had friction with a small group of imperial guards. People from both sides fought in Desert Sand City. The imperial guards were defeated. Dozens of imperial guards died in the brawl, and five people from the rivers and lakes died.

Ren Chengqing was so angry that he personally interrogated both parties in the prison.Knowing that Longyan was furious, the imperial guards begged for mercy one by one, and quickly explained the whole story.During the inspection process, the Imperial Guard found a woman who was taking part in the martial arts examination, and gathered around to watch. Most of the children of the Imperial Guard came from aristocratic families.The woman took the lead, and the imperial guards saw that her companion was injured, and joined in the fight. The woman's friends helped her, and more and more imperial guards followed, and people who did not know the world were also involved.

After the interrogation of the imperial guards, they were people from the Jianghu. Fortunately, there were not many people from the Jianghu who participated in the brawl, only a dozen or so. Excluding the five who died, there were still nine people detained in the prison, all of whom were injured to varying degrees.Ren Chengqing first asked the jailer to bring out the only woman.

Compared with the eyesight of the imperial guards, the woman in front of him is obviously much worse.After looking at Ren Chengqing for a long time, I asked, "Girl, who are you?" Standing behind Ren Chengqing, the serious Zhu Jun almost laughed out loud.Ren Chengqing came to the prison in person because he was in a hurry. He didn't wear formal clothes or a crown, but only a simple white dress with Mo Yin on his waist. At first glance, he still looked like a martial artist.Ren Chengqing glanced at the recorded name of the woman in front of him, Shi Jianying. "I am the emperor of Beimo." Shi Jianying opened her mouth wide in surprise, what, this handsome girl in front of her, with a cold demeanor who looks only eighteen or nineteen years old, is the young empress of Beimo?Shi Jianying seemed to be seriously injured, Ren Chengqing signaled Zhu Jun to give Shi Jianying medicine first, Shi Jianying noticed that there was another person besides Ren Chengqing, she was really a very silent girl.

Ren Chengqing relayed the facts obtained from the Imperial Guards to Shi Jianying and asked if it was true.Shi Jianying nodded in approval, feeling that this young empress was much easier to get along with than she thought. "Since there is no objection to the determination of the facts, I will give a fair judgment in accordance with the law."

After returning from the prison, Ren Chengqing's face became even colder. It was originally a small friction between the two sides, but it turned out that the Imperial Guard molested women in the street.Announced Oji, Minister of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, threw the pleading paper drawn by both parties in front of Oji, and said coldly: "Handle it impartially." With a premonition, and looking at His Majesty's livid face, Oji could only back down holding the certificate.

A few days later, Oji presented the results.There were 57 people from the Imperial Guards who participated in the brawl, and 13 people died, leaving 44 people. Five people were killed, and four people who murdered were sentenced to death and beheaded according to the law.The other party participated in the fight with 14 people, 13 people died, [-] people remained, [-] people were killed, and [-] people were murdered. Because of their fault, they were on the side of the imperial guards. They were exempted from the death penalty and sentenced to exile.This result was considered by Ojido. This time the imperial guards made mistakes first, and they should be punished heavily. It was also during the imperial examination period to reflect the benevolence of the king, so the other party participating in the battle was relatively lightly punished.Ren Chengqing only glanced at it, then threw it back, and asked coldly: "What about Su Yan, I handed over the imperial guards to him, and the supervision is not effective, so don't you need to be punished?" Oji picked up the notebook, bowed his head and stepped back, Su Yan Your Excellency has always been a close minister of His Majesty, how did you know that even Lord Su would not be able to escape this time.Added later, Su Yan's supervision was ineffective, he was responsible for [-], and his salary was fined for half a year. Ren Chengqing's side finally passed.

After punishing the imperial guards, Ren Chengqing was still puzzled. Who was Su Yan?Su Yan had just received the fine, and when he came to see Ren Chengqing, he was still limping, knelt down and saluted with difficulty, but Ren Chengqing stood in front of Su Yan and didn't let him get up.

"Does General Su feel that the temple here is too small to accommodate General Su?"

"Your Majesty should understand what I mean. Your Majesty hasn't moved the Imperial Guards for a long time, and it's not because the teacher is unknown."

"Today General Su asked the Imperial Guards to kill five people in order to give me a reason to mobilize the Imperial Guard; tomorrow General Su wants the garrison to slaughter a city in order to give me a reason to mobilize the garrison; Is it possible to kill me with Beimo’s replacement reason? Su Yan, knowing your identity, I allow you to be proud of your talents and favors, but I will not allow you to deceive others.”

"Su Yan is very clear about his identity. Your Majesty is now the emperor of Beimo. His Majesty obviously has a faster way, but he has to adopt a roundabout policy. From the day I met His Majesty, Your Majesty is not such a cautious person. The bait, to capture the second prince of Xijing alive; the lone army went deep into Nanzhou, forcing Nanzhou to retreat. Why should the domestic aristocratic family continue to be decisive, and those who violate it will be killed. Your Majesty holds my Beimo army in his hand, so why should the aristocratic family be afraid?"

"The aristocratic family is also the people of my Beimo. I don't want to kill any of my people. Anyone who disobeys my will will be killed. If there are only people who flatter me in Beimo, leave Beimo. It's not far away."

"Special treatment in special times, now that the aristocratic family is too big to lose, why not cut the mess quickly?"

"No reason can be an excuse to kill. Once the family is turned against, it doesn't matter if we win in the end, our people in Beimo will suffer from another war."

"The aristocratic family has long been rotten. It oppresses the people below, confuses the public above, excludes dissidents internally, and colludes with each other externally. This cancer should be eradicated long ago."

"Even if I have the courage of a strong man to break his wrist, will other countries give Beimo a chance to recuperate? General Su can afford the gamble because for General Su, success will last forever, and failure is a big deal. But I can't gamble because I On the shoulders are the people of Limin in Beimo."

"Is this how Your Majesty looks at your ministers?" Su Yan suddenly raised his head and stared at Ren Chengqing, who looked back fearlessly.

"General Su, think about it for yourself. Do you regard this Beimo as your motherland, do you regard me as your king, and do you regard the people of Beimo as your compatriots? Or is it all your game of chess? General Su, go back and think about it carefully." Bar."

"I don't regret my son, I don't regret this move, I will leave." Su Yan limped back, Ren Chengqing sighed,

"The tumor is poisonous, I will definitely clean it up bit by bit, this matter cannot be rushed." After speaking, Lan You called a soft sedan to take Su Yan back.

Now that the matter of the Imperial Guards has happened, even though Ren Chengqing blamed Su Yan, he still plans to take this opportunity to rectify the Imperial Guards.The imperial guards are all composed of descendants of aristocratic families, and they are too loose. In Ren Chengqing's view, they are far from fulfilling the duty of protecting the palace.The current commander of the Imperial Guard, Huang Zhan, and Ren Chengqing also felt that this person could not afford the Imperial Guard, so he took advantage of this to remove Huang Zhan from his post, and Ren Chengqing had already decided on the candidate for the rectification of the Imperial Guard, namely Han Guangli, the King of the South.The Han family is one of the few kings with different surnames in Beimo, with a distinguished status. Han Guangli himself was born in the army.His son, Han Dingping, is the chief commander of the Imperial Guard, and he is very skilled. He is one of the few young talents in the Imperial Guard.Firstly, Han Guangli's identity was enough to suppress the Imperial Guards, secondly, he knew enough about the Imperial Guards, and thirdly, since he didn't love military power, he knew enough about current affairs.

Ren Chengqing announced Han Guangli, first comforted him, and then told Han Guangli her requirements for the Imperial Guards, and those who failed to meet the requirements would all be kicked out of the Imperial Guards.Although the imperial guards were quite critical, the scene of Ren Chengqing beheading four imperial guards was still vivid in his memory, and no one dared not to follow.

At the same time, Ren Chengqing was also supporting Liang Guang to rise from the garrison.When seizing the palace, although Liang Guang had the merits of following the dragon, but it involved betraying the first emperor and concealing the garrison, so Ren Chengqing didn't reward him in public, but only summoned Liang Guang in private to express his appreciation and appreciation. support.The garrison also understands that Ren Chengqing's transition of power is not normal. If this army was not handed over to Ren Chengqing by the former emperor, it would certainly not be able to gain Ren Chengqing's trust.The imperial city garrison could not gain the emperor's trust, so there was no need for it to exist.Therefore, the leader of the garrison also promoted Liang Guang in many ways, making Liang Guang the link between the garrison and Ren Chengqing.

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