Li Qianshun, who understood Mo Xuanhe's thoughts, was also happy, and immediately spoke: "Within one day, there was continuous chaos in the capital, and the inspection department was indeed duty-bound, and Li Kan was even more stupid and incompetent. Are you satisfied with this arrangement? The tone of the last few sentences is quite calm.

Mo Yuhe was slightly shocked, and then praised again: "Emperor Shengming, the ministers are obedient." ”

The emperor didn't answer the words, just stared at him and continued: "It's not a problem to deal with Li Kan, but who should fill the vacant position he vacated?" Do you have any suitable candidates for this? ”

Sun Tu also saw the dissatisfaction in the emperor's heart, and at the same time realized that there was probably a trap hidden in his problem, if Mo Yuhe really said the candidate he wanted to recommend because of his carelessness, I am afraid that the next situation of that one will not be too good.

Because what Mo Yuhe did just now was to use the prince's sin to blackmail the emperor to make concessions, even if he was a powerful minister under the Xia Kingdom, but after all, he was a courtier, so it would naturally make the emperor jealous, and it was even possible to have a murderous intention. It may not be possible to really deal with him now, but the emperor has the means to deal with the officials under Mo Yuhe.

But how could Moxuhe make such an obvious mistake? After only being slightly stunned, he once again said respectfully: "This candidate is naturally decided by the emperor." However, in the opinion of the minister, last night's murder can be used as a criterion for selecting a suitable inspector for the chief of the department, and whoever can catch the murderer among the several deputy divisions can replace him. ”

Since Mo Yuhe was not fooled, and the emperor did not dwell on this matter any longer, he nodded and said: "According to your meaning, the three adjutants in the inspection department, as well as several chief officials of the Xingqing Mansion, as long as someone can crack this case and catch the murderer, he will take the position of the chief inspector of the inspection department!" ”

The two monarchs and ministers quickly decided on the replacement of the chief official of such an important yamen, but they did not ask the prince half a sentence at all, which made the prince a little worried while being disappointed, and wondered if his father would have other thoughts about this incident.

At this point, even if the purpose of Mo Yuhe's entry into the palace today was achieved, he didn't say anything more, and quickly got up and retired. It can be said that this time he was really a big victory, not only made the prince bear a lot of charges, but also pulled out a nail in the inspection department, which is better than the effect of grounding the prince in the mansion.

Don't look at this inspection department is only one of the sixteen divisions in the Western Xia Dynasty, only the authority to patrol the safety of the capital, it is more of a chore, but there is not much practical benefit. Even if the crown prince is replaced, the weakening of his power is not too great, but in fact, its symbolic meaning is incomparably great.

Over the years, the prince's party has always been a little marginalized, and it is precisely because the prince sees this that he will try his best to insert his cronies into the important yamen this year. Among them, Li Kan, who is the chief inspector of the inspection department, is a signboard-like existence, making everyone believe that there will always be a time to get ahead with the prince.

But as soon as Li Kan is removed from office this time, the prince's wishful thinking will be completely unsuccessful, and his henchmen will definitely be panicked, and maybe they will deviate from morality. This is the root of Mo Yuhe's attack on the prince's power, after this defeat, the prince will not be able to recover in a year and a half.

The prince was already full of bitterness at this time, but he didn't dare to complain, and when he saw Mo Yuhe retreating, he also subconsciously got up and wanted to leave. But at this moment, the emperor suddenly spoke: "The prince stays, I still have something to say." Mo Yuhe, you step back first. ”

Just this sentence suddenly made Mo Yuhe, who was originally full of joy, change his face, and his steps that were going back froze because of this. After a while, he withdrew from the hall together with Sun Tu, who had already seen the problem.

I am still a little too hasty, although this defeat of the crown prince, but it also makes the emperor dissatisfied and jealous, I am afraid that the emperor will also deliberately suppress himself. It was only at this time that Mo Yuhe understood something, but it was too late and there was no turning back.

At this moment, Mo Yuhe suddenly looked a little weak and old, although it was only for a moment, but it was also keenly captured by Sun Tu who followed him, which made a meaningful smile flash on his face.

I couldn't feel it when I was on the periphery before, but when I entered it today, I found that it actually seemed that Zhongxing was about to rise, and the thriving Xia Kingdom was also full of contradictions and hidden dangers.

The contradiction between the monarchy and the relative power, which the Han court had not been able to resolve since ancient times, also appeared in another way in the Western Xia Kingdom. Moreover, because Mo Luhe is more valuable and has the support of many party nobles behind him, he has more confidence to balance Li Qianshun, the king of a country!

In fact, it would be fine if it had always been Li Qianshun who had been sitting on the throne, after all, his prestige was there, and it was not something that a powerful minister like Mo Yuhe could contend with, but what if he was replaced by the crown prince after he died of old age?

And more importantly, the prince actually admired the Han people more than him. Li Qianshun attached great importance to the sinicization of the DPRK and China in order to consolidate his imperial power and suppress the existence of such an existence as Mo Yuhe. But what about the prince? I'm afraid he was really led astray by those Han scholars, and he only wanted to sinicize because he admired Han culture, which was obviously impossible to be accepted by the party nobles, which was also the root of the serious contradiction between him and Mo Yuhe!

Today, Mo Yuhe took the opportunity to suppress the crown prince and seemed to be a continuation of the contradictions between the two sides, but in fact, it also concealed the struggle between the party and the aristocratic group and the imperial power. This is obviously something that Li Qianshun, the king of Zhongxing, cannot bear, and I am afraid that he will do something next to suppress the party and nobles, so as to balance the power between the DPRK and China.

"It seems that there is a lot of peace here, but in fact, there have been contradictions for a long time, just a vat full of gunpowder, as long as a spark falls, this situation can be completely shattered!" Sun Tu already secretly had a plan in his heart: "After all, the previous two accidents were just trivial matters, and they couldn't break the balance in front of them, but if there was really something important and the person was suddenly killed, could this balance be maintained?" ”

It's time to make some big moves in this Xingqing Mansion and make the capital of Western Xia a mess!

Whether it was Mo Yuhe, who was walking in front of him, or Li Qianshun's father and son, who were still in the palace, they didn't know that the real danger was imminent. For the royal father and son, the biggest threat at hand is still the party aristocracy represented by Mo Yuhe.

Seeing that there was no one else in the palace, the prince couldn't help but mutter: "Rebel and thief! ”

"You come forward and speak." The emperor suddenly spoke, which made the prince stunned for a moment, and then stepped forward with some trepidation—since adulthood, the two fathers and sons have become estranged a lot, and they are generally not short away from each other.

"Come closer." Seeing that the crown prince was still some distance away from him, the emperor beckoned his hand again with an expressionless face.

This made the prince's heart move, seeing that his father behaved so kindly to him, he should have to support himself well in the future...... Thinking about it, he hurriedly took a few steps forward, and by this time the two were only a foot apart.

And at this moment, the emperor suddenly raised his hand straight, and with a snap, a heavy slap slapped the prince's cheek, which made his whole body blind, and a red palm mark quickly appeared on his white face. After a long time, he knelt down on his knees in horror: "Father, the emperor ......"

"This slap is to teach you not to be as rash as this time! You are the prince of my Xia Kingdom, and you were actually suppressed by a subordinate and had no power to fight back, do you think that when this matter spreads, how will the subjects of the world view you, and how will they view my Li family? Well? The Emperor looked down at his frightened son with a gloomy face, and his tone was full of anger that hated iron but not steel.

"Do you know how many years and months it took me and how much effort I spent to cut off the original eight wings of the party one by one, and this is where we are today! But what about you? Zhi Dacai didn't say anything, and he was still bent on making my Xia Kingdom completely sinicized, do you know what the end of this will be? I'm afraid that as soon as I die, a large number of Dangxiang clansmen will jump out and kill you all with the excuse of Qingjun's side! Do you know why Mo Yuhe's power has risen so much in the past few years, and he can even compete with me, the emperor? Just because you showed your determination to sinicize a few years ago!

"If you really have the ability, you just want to strengthen my Xia Kingdom. But look at what you've done in the past few years, and what are the results now? Hmph, in a few years, only one Li Kankan has been allowed to sit in an important position, and now his official position has also been lost. You really think that my Xia Kingdom can be strong with those sour and rotten Han scholars, it's ridiculous to the extreme! If I don't wake you up today, I'm afraid that you will make more and bigger mistakes one day, and by that time, my Li family's country will be ruined! ”

Years of dissatisfaction with what the crown prince had done finally exploded at this moment. Under the fierce reprimand, the prince was already shocked and sweating like pulp, but he didn't even dare to breathe.

Looking at his son's behavior like a frightened rabbit, Li Qianshun's eyes were even more annoyed: "This time, you go back and think about it yourself, if you can't figure things out to me, then you don't have to continue to be the crown prince." King Cheng and King Yue may be more suitable than you to be the king of my Xia Kingdom! ”

This was already quite serious, and it also made the prince even more frightened, and he repeatedly kowtowed to admit his mistake, and promised that he would definitely change it before leaving in despair.

And after seeing him walk out of the side hall, Li Qianshun let out a long sigh. The others didn't know why he had to get involved in the battle between Song Liao again, only he knew that it was not that he was so happy, but that he wanted to use this to calm down the internal disputes in the Xia Kingdom, and instead put everyone's attention on the outside world!