In Sun Tu's opinion, as the crown prince, Zhao Heng really has no need to engage in such small actions to deal with those power traitors who bring disaster to the country and the people, after all, the status of the monarch and the minister has been determined early, even if the current prince has limited power in his hands, those people will not dare to be disrespectful to him, and as long as a few years pass, the situation will completely develop in his favor. After all, he is the crown prince and the future emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.

But in fact, Sun Tu thought things a little simply, in fact, he was not really an official in the court, and he didn't know what kind of situation Zhao Heng was facing now, and how embarrassing his situation was.

Since ancient times, there has always been an unexpected conflict between the adult prince and the emperor, because once that supreme position is involved, those ethics and morals in the world will be abandoned by many people. Although the Great Song Dynasty has never had a situation where the royal families of the Sui and Tang dynasties were killed by each other, the relationship between the crown prince and the emperor will always continue to be alienated over time, even if they are close relatives.

As the eldest son and crown prince of today's official family, Zhao Heng's situation seems to be even worse, because he not only has to be suspicious from his father - even a literary emperor like Zhao Ji still values imperial power more than anything else, and is even wary of the prince's power in the court will continue to expand and threaten him - but also has to face the fact that his father does not like him.

Yes, as the crown prince, Zhao Heng is actually not loved by his father, and his relationship with his father was very estranged when he was a child, and Zhao Ji was only King Duan at that time. It was only because he was the eldest son in the family that he was made the crown prince by the ministers. And if it is according to Zhao Ji's own thoughts, he would prefer to make his third son Zhao Kai the crown prince, which is actually well known to many courtiers in the court, but they are all strongly opposed. After all, it is the righteousness to establish the eldest as the heir, how can you do the thing of abolishing the elder and establishing the young?

Zhao Heng knows this well and knows where his advantages are, so over the years, he has behaved in front of the ministers, fair and strict, and he is completely like a gentleman and a wise man. In this way, even the powerful ministers like Cai Jing, who have always been soft and obedient, dare not disadvantage him, and the other courtiers are even more supportive. But the more he is like this, the more Zhao Ji is disgusted, after all, everyone likes people with similar temperaments to him, and in his eyes, his son is not like himself at all.

As a result, Zhao Heng, the prince's situation in the court, has become more and more embarrassing, and even some favored ministers have begun to plot to catch him and help the official family abolish the prince, but he has always followed the rules and abides by etiquette, and he has no chance for a while. And Zhao Heng is not a fool, there are many Eastern Palace courtiers around him who can discuss, so he naturally sees all this in his eyes, and also thinks that he can solve the trouble in front of him, and even fight back.

Because they believed that as long as the crown prince could catch the mistakes of some people above the court and knock them down directly, his good name would be spread all over the world. At that time, the emperor will no longer be able to embarrass the crown prince because of some trivial things, and their identities as courtiers of the Eastern Palace will inevitably rise.

Sun Tu's recent plan was seen by them like this, and then quickly used it, which led to today's mutual cooperation, thunder and evil. Of course, it is impossible for them to tell Sun Tu directly about the hidden prince, but fortunately, Zhao Heng's own eloquence is also self-sufficient, and after saying something, he really has something to say about Sun Tu.

I saw him arch his hand: "Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince intends to sweep away the treacherous evil, the ministers should obey Jiwei and obey orders." However, I don't know if His Highness has a comprehensive plan, and he needs to bring people to cooperate? ”

"This ...... In fact, you have already arranged it quite carefully, so I brought people here just to see how you and those under you behaved up close. Also, since Yuehou sent all the manpower to catch the thieves elsewhere, but you stayed here in Dongcheng, you must have other plans, right? ”

"The prince is really wise, yes, the minister did deliberately stay here, waiting for the opportunity to mature, and then do it himself. Because a few days ago, I found out that not far from here in front of Chaoyang Gate in the east is the most important lair of the thieves, and the leader of it is afraid that he is hiding there. ”

Hearing him say this, Zhao Heng's interest was even higher: "There is such a thing? Then why didn't Yue Hou do it for a long time? ”

"I'm waiting for news, and I'm only going to make a move when I've got it everywhere else. And the prince didn't know that if he really wanted to put down these bandits who had been plagued by Tokyo for many years, it was not enough to send troops to search and arrest them like this, and he had to have a plan for the next step. ”

"But what?" Zhao Heng was interested, and even several other officials looked at Sun Tu curiously, isn't today's fanfare enough to suppress the bandits?

And as Sun Tu said what he meant, the faces of everyone present, including the prince, changed. One of them frowned and said, "Isn't this too ruthless, although they have done a lot of evil, but after all, it is also a life." ”

"If you can go to the people and listen to the sufferings of the sufferers who have been harmed by them, you will not feel that there is any problem in dealing with them in this way. Your Highness, if you want to do it once and for all, you must be ruthless. Sun Tu said, and actually got up and made a move.

This is the real intention of his adventure to expose the other party today. Because Sun Tu knew very well that although he could let the people from the three yamen jointly search for the bandits in Sanssouci Cave, he was not qualified to completely exterminate them. The person who really brought them together had to nod their head in order to achieve their ultimate goal.

But at this moment, Zhao Heng hesitated: "This ...... After all, it hurts the peace of heaven and is contrary to the teachings of the saints. Shall we educate and rule all the peoples, based on mercy, and kill them all because they have gone astray? "After years of living according to the rules, coupled with the influence of those civil officials around him, his temperament is a little soft after all.

"Your Highness, the evil that these people have done is far beyond our imagination, and if it were not for this, it would be extremely difficult for those bandit leaders to be frightened and willing to listen to our will to testify against the traitors of the court and the Chinese who protect them, so that they will not be able to truly put an end to the trouble. Maybe this time they are leveled, and in a few months, these bandits will be able to make a comeback again. ”

"Yuehou, are you alarmist?" Finally, a gray-haired official on the side couldn't help it: "What's wrong with the prince practicing the way of mercy in order to influence those bandits?" If it is really according to what you say, it is a big mistake, if it is known that all this is dominated by the prince, how will the people of the world view the prince in the future? ”

"What Master Wang said is that even if they make mistakes, they should be handed over to the judicial yamen for disposal, how can they be arbitrarily condemned to life and death?" Several others nodded in agreement. And as soon as they opened their mouths, Zhao Heng, who was already unsure of his idea, swayed more and more: "Yue Hou, can this matter be flexible, after all, it is hundreds of lives......

Sun Tu looked at the prince in a daze for a moment, and then spit out a breath of turbidity. It was only at this time that he saw the other side of Zhao Heng hidden under his shrewdness, in fact, he was not strong in his heart, and he was not a person who could achieve great things at all.

This can also explain why, as the crown prince, he obviously has a way to deal with those powerful traitors, but he has to go to the trouble of Sun Tuping's bandits. In the final analysis, he was worried that he would be suspicious of Zhao Ji, so he could only do some small tricks behind his back, which was not something that a responsible person could do at all.

Maybe he did think about eliminating harm for the people, but this had to be based on the fact that he could benefit and would not be implicated. And once things are out of his grasp, he would rather give up. As for the consequences of this, he could not have bothered with it.

Other officials, including Di Huchen, may also have the heart to eliminate harm for the people, but in their eyes, nothing can compare to the safety of the crown prince, even if it is only a possible problem in reputation, they cannot take the slightest risk for the life and death of those low-level people.

After thinking about all this, Sun Tu's heart was cold again, in fact, in essence, there was not much difference between Zhao Heng and Zhao Ji in front of him. Even if he looked like he was more like a Ming Jun than his father, it was only because of his current status, and the officials of the East Palace around him had no power. Once he really takes control of the Great Song Dynasty, who knows what it will look like in the future.

Just when the atmosphere in the hall seemed a little depressing, a burst of footsteps suddenly sounded outside, and then a guard appeared outside the hall: "Your Highness, someone outside the store claims to be a subordinate of Yuehou, and he has come to deliver a few messages." ”

"Oh? But have all the bandits elsewhere been pacified and swept away? Seeing this, Zhao Heng hurriedly asked, hoping to break the dull atmosphere in his eyes.

Sun Tu also turned his head to look over, only to see that the man hurriedly unfolded a secret letter and read it: "The nests of bandits in the southwest, southeast and other places have all been broken, and there are more than 300 thieves, and more than 500 people have taken advantage of the chaos to escape into the waterways below, and have been ordered to garrison the entrances of various waterways. In addition, in the courtyards of Songying Lane and other places, 32 corpses were found, all of them were women and young children, who were killed after being kidnapped by bandits......"

Originally, a few people were happy because of this good news, but when the second half of the news was read, their faces changed suddenly. And Sun Tu, even if he was prepared, when he heard the number of thirty-two corpses, his eyes still sank suddenly, and the killing intent in his heart was even stronger.

Thirty-two bodies were found, but what about those that weren't? I'm afraid burying the corpses in the lair was just a stopgap measure, and they should have transported more corpses out of the city sooner. Also, this is just one place in Tokyo, and what about the entire Great Song Dynasty? I'm afraid that the number of victims will be counted in the thousands, right?

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It has entered the most critical moment of Dangping Sanssouci Cave, please come to a few tickets, and I will let Sun Tu take those scourges and stone them to death。。。。。