Gu Chengyu nodded in understanding when he heard this, but then he said: "Weichen has listed a lot of candidates before, even if the chief official who committed the crime does not know, the emperor has already imprisoned some people in Dali Temple. Why didn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince interrogate these people? This matter has been delayed long enough, and if a few people are not found out immediately, I am afraid that it will have a very bad impact on the imperial court. ”

For such a big matter, if the court does not act, how can the people be convinced?

"Alas! How can this palace not know these truths? But if he has no evidence of guilt in his hand, he will be beaten into a trick, if he wrongs them, how can this palace be happy in his heart? are all old ministers in the court, not to mention how much credit they have made to the court, but they have worked hard all these years, and they can be regarded as hard work, right? ”

The prince sighed slightly, what Gu Chengyu said, how could he not have thought about it? I just want to wait until the evidence of the crime is collected and then solve the matter, who thinks that my father can't wait.

"Your Highness! Xia Guan knows that you mean that you don't want to hurt the innocent. You can only imagine that all the officials are waiting for your next move, but you don't move, which will inevitably make them look down on you. In the previous Hejian Mansion corruption case, why did the emperor punish him severely? Some officials were just involved and were liquidated. That's because the emperor can't tolerate these people encroaching on his country, they are all moths that endanger the court. Therefore, once discovered, it must be severely punished and a wake-up call for the remaining officials. ”

"This time, the emperor handed over this matter to you, which is nothing more than a test of your thoughts. It is indeed safe to collect evidence and then send it down, but what the emperor and the court want is to act resolutely. If you are prime minister, you have to get a quick result. Even if it's just a few officials who have committed crimes, once you catch something wrong, rectify it fiercely, deter those officials who are ready to move, and let them see your means and courage. ”

After Gu Chengyu finished saying these words in one breath, he would talk so much to the prince, or because the emperor's time was running out.

Birth, old age, sickness and death, sometimes manpower is irreversible. The crown prince is the next king, and he can only move closer to the crown prince.

The prince looked at Gu Chengyu with a little surprise, he didn't expect Gu Chengyu to say this to him. Before, Gu Chengyu only talked about errands, and never put his heart in front of him, is Gu Chengyu ready to defect?

The prince's expression softened a lot when he looked at Gu Chengyu, Gu Chengyu is a capable minister, if he can willingly assist him, then he can be regarded as an added right-hand man.

After the prince was reprimanded by the emperor in the morning, he had actually woken up. What Gu Chengyu said just now was exactly what he was thinking at the moment.

His father was indeed testing him this time, but he couldn't help but think a lot about it if he wanted to do it well, so he couldn't let go of his hands and feet.

Coupled with the obstruction of some officials in the DPRK and China, he was a little hesitant.

In fact, this matter is really as Gu Chengyu said, it is only right to be strict with a few officials who committed crimes, and to deter hundreds of officials and the people.

"What Gu Shaoqing said is reasonable, it was the benevolence of the women of this palace before. In fact, two days ago, the Japanese palace advocated that those officials be sent down severely, and the rest of the officials would be carefully interrogated after collecting evidence. However, several officials in the DPRK and China have opposed it, saying that there is no evidence of guilt and that they should not act rashly, so as not to let the officials involved who have not yet been arrested get away with it. ”

The prince also regretted a little, even if he started as an accomplice, he would inevitably miss some of the officials involved in the case, but there would not be many fish that slipped through the net.

He should do what he wants, against public opinion.

"Your Highness! It is very necessary to make an example of the chickens and monkeys, even if there will be omissions, but in the end, they will be liquidated, just let them have a few more days! ”

Gu Chengyu frowned, judging from this matter, although the prince has benevolence, he is not decisive enough. I hope that through this incident, the prince can make progress.

There are some things that don't have to wait for the other party to make a move before passively resisting. The prince didn't have the intention of harming those princes before, but usually those princes were kind to the prince?

The crown prince nodded, "This palace is still too far behind my father's emperor. We must take this as a warning in the future and not make such mistakes again. ”

In fact, the prince is already working hard to change, and his methods are much more powerful than before, but sometimes it is inevitable to make mistakes.

If you know your mistakes, you can change them, the prince's greatest strength is that he dares to admit his mistakes and work hard to change them, Gu Chengyu still appreciates him very much.

What superior person can easily admit his mistakes? How much courage does it take?

If Dayan is in a peaceful and prosperous era, the crown prince is undoubtedly the best candidate for the prince.

Seeing the prince's solemn expression, Gu Chengyu smiled, "Your Highness has done a good enough, the emperor has been dealing with the government for decades, and his methods are more ruthless than yours, which is also common sense." You have only just dealt with the government, and you are still a little inexperienced. I believe that it won't be long before you handle the government and politics and you will be handy. ”

When the prince heard this, the expression on his face was a little softener than before, and he even brought a hint of a smile.

"Gu Shaoqing is not only talented, but also eloquent. Back then, my father asked you to go to court from the grade of six grades, and explained the tea tax to the ministers, and you fought the ministers. In that case, he can still get out of the whole body, and this palace has always admired it. ”

This is when Gu Chengyu first became the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and at that time, because of the tea tax, Gu Chengyu was also promoted to the next level. Strictly calculated, not only did he get out, but he also got the benefit of being promoted.

Gu Chengyu smiled dumbly, "That was two years ago, I didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to remember." ”

"At that time, the palace only heard that the champion Lang was six yuan and the first, although it was shocking, but it was not very unusual. But on that day, above the court, your performance entered the eyes of the palace. ”

The prince's tone was gentle, and he could tell that he was in a good mood at the moment.

Gu Chengyu is also in a good mood now, does this mean what he means? It seems that his relationship with the crown prince is further advanced than before.

"It's really an honor to be a magistrate!"

Then the two looked at each other and smiled, each knowing what to expect.

"His Highness has sent a secret guard to track the Tianji Daoist, has there been any news in the past two days?"

Gu Chengyu was still thinking about this matter for the past two days, he was afraid that Tianji Dao would leave the palace to escape. Gu Chengyu always felt that the emperor's body was about to run out of oil, which was inseparable from the pill of the Tianji Daoist.

Speaking of this, the prince's face became solemn again.

He shook his head, "No, yesterday was the five-day deadline. It's just that there will always be a delay in this thousands of miles of transmission, and this palace plans to wait another day. If there is no news today, then send someone to follow the signal left by the secret guard to see if there is anything abnormal. Once you find that something is wrong, you will arrest the Tianji Dao Chief. ”

The prince sighed, and those imperial doctors and folk apricot forest masters all said that there was nothing wrong with his father's body.