"Aiqing's words are excellent, so let's do it," the emperor got up and stood up, thinking slightly: "Let King Zhao come back, well, add another King Huai." ”

King Huai is the youngest uncle of Emperor Taiding, the uncle of the current emperor, who is more than sixty years old this year, but his vassal country is very close to the emperor, just south of Sili Prefecture, and it will be there in one day.

Pan Lian and the others said goodbye, the emperor left Pengzhu behind, and ordered someone to find Gonggong Mu, and then leaned on the bookcase, looking very tired. Seeing this, Peng Zhu hesitated to leave, but the emperor shook his head slightly.

"Aiqing still remember what we talked about when we met in Xiangshan?"

"Ministers dare not forget all the time. Peng Zhu's spirit perked up, and he stepped forward and said: "Today's evils, the first is land annexation, and the source of land annexation lies in the privileges of the Shi clan, the Shi clan occupies more than half of the land in the world but does not pay taxes, the treasury is empty, there is no money to raise soldiers, there is no money for disaster relief, and the people of the world are poor and have no place to stand, but they still have to support the soldiers of the world, the officials of the world, Your Majesty, a year of hard work, but can not support their wives and children! Otherwise, in a hundred years, there will be something that my ministers dare not say. ”

The Emperor stood up and walked up and down the room, his expression becoming more and more serious, and he had held his breath for too long.

A few years ago, he was also in charge of the country, and at that time he was determined to change the evils of the world, but as soon as he did a little, the emperor immediately stopped him, and the emperor told him, what to say, if the scholars are moved, the world will be in turmoil, as if the world cannot do without them!

What a gift!

At that time, he couldn't confront the emperor, so he could only die down, and the officials who followed him were degraded and exiled, but fortunately, they were not like the subordinate officials of the king of Shaoyang County, who were raided and exterminated.

He couldn't bear it, but Pengzhu told him to endure it, endure it until he ascended to the throne, and endure it until he became the emperor, then they would have enough power to move the great evils of the world!

Now he's waiting, he's the emperor!

No one can stop him, and no one has the power to stop him!

He wants to change this rule for the people of the world!

"Yao Guo, Wang Meng, where are they now?"

Peng Zhu was stunned at first, and then rejoiced, this Yao Peng Zhang Meng was the emperor's cadre when he was in the palace, and followed the prince to eliminate the evils, but unfortunately their luck was not so good, the prince tried his best to keep it, and now the two of them are still exiled, one went to Liangzhou, and the other went to Yuezhou, and today I don't know if I live or die.

"I'll let someone check!" Peng Zhu happily turned around to leave, when an old voice came from outside the door: "The old slave came at the edict and begged His Majesty to see him." ”

"Come in!" the Emperor gestured to Pengzhu, motioning for him to stay.

Gonggong Mu opened the curtain and came in, first kowtowed respectfully to the emperor, and the emperor gently asked him to get up.

"Father-in-law Mu, do you know that Yao Guo and Zhang Meng are there?"

Gonggong Mu hesitated slightly, and the emperor said with a displeased expression: "Back then, their case was sponsored by the internal guard, so they won't forget it so quickly." ”

Father-in-law Mu hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Back to the emperor, Zhang Meng is in Liangzhou, he has been released from detention, but he is not allowed to leave Liangzhou, Yao Guo is in Yuezhou, because of the water and soil, he died of illness the year before last." ”

Peng Zhu's expression was miserable when he heard this, and the emperor sighed heavily and muttered to himself: "They are all loyal ministers!"

Gonggong Mu hesitated for a moment, secretly looked at the emperor, just met the emperor's gaze, he hurriedly lowered his head, the emperor said coldly: "What's the matter? ”

"Old slave Xie Your Majesty," Mu Gonggong Khan kowtowed, although it was early winter, and the sweat on his vest was rising, he adjusted his breathing before he continued: "The emperor directly summoned Zhang Meng like this, it is easy to tell the truth, and the old slave thinks that he should be removed from the crime first, and then conquer the court." ”

"What is the truth for the mouth?" the emperor asked vigilantly, and Gonggong Mu sighed in his heart and explained: "These two people are the crimes condemned by the first emperor, and the emperor first succeeded to Dabao, that is, he summoned the people convicted by the first emperor to enter the court. ”

"Isn't this different?" Peng Zhu interrupted him unceremoniously, a little impatient.

"Of course it's different, but whenever a new monarch succeeds to the throne, he must be amnesty to the world, and this fierce crime can be pardoned, and then requisitioned, first to the petty officials, so no one can say anything. ”

Peng Zhu was stunned, with his intelligence, of course he knew that Gonggong Mu had an excellent strategy, the new monarch succeeded to the throne, and it was an ancient practice to grant amnesty to the world.

Peng Zhu was about to nod yes, but when he raised his eyes, he saw the emperor's face gloomy, and he understood the emperor's mind in a flash. He sighed softly in his heart, the emperor still hasn't gotten full power yet, and the emperor is not at ease with him, so he set up an auxiliary minister, and rumors of a brother and a brother are still looming.

Brother to brother, Peng Zhu firmly believed that this was a conspiracy of the scholars, and they were afraid that the emperor would be extremely unfavorable to the interests of the scholars after he ascended the throne, so they hid in the shadows to make waves and threaten the emperor.

Pengzhu followed the emperor for many years and was one of the few cronies that the emperor did his best to survive.

"Your Majesty, when the new monarch ascends the throne, he should give amnesty to the world to show the emperor's favor, and Gonggong Mu said very much. ”

Peng Zhu's interjection stopped the emperor's anger in time, and the emperor stared at Mu Gonggong, who lowered his head and said nothing, and after a while, the emperor's expression gradually eased.

"Okay, Pengzhu, immediately draft an edict of amnesty for the world and hand it to Shang Shutai. The emperor paused, and added with a slight contemplation: "The thief in the rebellion case five years ago will not be pardoned!"

Mu Gonggong's heart trembled slightly, the rebellion case five years ago happened during the prince's imprisonment, and the prince wiped out more than a dozen scholars in one fell swoop, among which the first offender, the Xingyang Du family, was exterminated. In fact, this case is very clear in his heart, and he even knows how it happened.

The so-called rebellion actually did not exist at all, the prince at that time was now the emperor in charge of the country, Yao Guo proposed Pingtian Shu, asked to sort out the world's acres, and then according to the Juntian Decree formulated by Taizu, thoroughly investigate the shade of the clan slaves and maids, the purpose of which is to provide a basis for the next step to collect the tax of the clan lords.

Yao Guo's purpose was detected by the scholars, the scholars desperately opposed, the court disputed, the prince then forcibly tried in Xingyang, the Xingyang scholars took the Du family as the core, held a group to oppose, and the implementation of the decree was difficult, during this period, the county order responsible for the implementation suddenly died, the prince sent someone to investigate, and it was Yao Guo who carried out the investigation, Yao Guo quickly came up with the result, the county order died of murder, the murderer was not caught, but there is evidence to prove that it was instigated by the Du family.

As a result, the Xingyang rebellion case broke out.

But Father-in-law Mu knew that the evidence was forged, Yao Guo bribed the subordinates of the Du family in order to eliminate the obstacles of Pingtian, and came forward to testify against the Du family, and this subordinate was actually an internal guard.

The Du family in Xingyang was wiped out, but the result surprised the prince and even the emperor very much, the resistance of the scholars became stronger, the political struggle in the court was more bloody, and the escaped family of the Du family launched a crazy revenge with private soldiers, and the scholar class provided cover for them.

The center of the storm, the Xingyang Shi clan, their reaction was even stronger, in a short period of time, Yao Guo was assassinated six times, the prince was angry, took tough measures, so more than a dozen Shi clan were implicated, Xingyang Gaoping Rencheng, the head was rolling, and the blood stained the Xingyang River.

The blood did not suppress the Shi clan, the Shi clan's resistance was even stronger, Xingyang rebelled, Yao Guo was surrounded in the county seat, and the messenger for help was constantly sent to the state capital, but the garrison just did not move, and the Shi clan secretly provided food, ordnance and other materials for the rebels.

The rebellion gradually spread to Gaoping Rencheng, and seeing that there was another civil strife, Emperor Taiding made a decisive move, terminated the reform, and withdrew Yao Guo, but the rebellious Xingyang rebels were not soft and resolutely quelled.

The emperor still remembered the Xingyang Du family, the culprit, even though he gave amnesty to the world, he did not pardon them.

"Gonggong Mu, all the internal guards in various places are mobilized, pay close attention to the garrisons in various places, as well as the vassal kings, especially the king of Qi and the king of Qin, and let me stare them to death. ”

"The old slave commands. ”

Gonggong Mu retreated worriedly, the emperor frowned deeply, and Peng Zhu reminded in a low voice: "Over the years, there has been more and more criticism of the internal guards in the imperial court. ”

The emperor was silent for a while before he said, "I know, I'm not in a hurry now, let's see." ”

Pengzhu nodded silently.

The emperor still remembered the words of the first emperor on the sickbed, monitoring the ministers with internal guards, who were the eyes and ears of the royal family and the emperor's sharp blade, even if they didn't like it, don't move easily.

But this sharp blade must be in the hands of those who trust.

Gonggong Mu sighed out of the room before he sighed in his chest, the emperor is young, he is still impatient, the government is so easy, he has not forgotten the Xingyang rebellion case, how can the scholars forget again, they are watching the actions of the new monarch.

Amnesty to the world, by the way, pardoned the gate lord clan involved in the Xingyang case, which is equivalent to releasing a signal to the scholar class, so that the scholar clan can rest assured, but the emperor did not understand his thoughts, which also released a signal, the scholar clan knows what the emperor is going to do.

Pinching the resignation letter in his sleeve, Father-in-law Mu sighed again, controlling the internal guard, the power is very great, and those who have not been in this position do not know that this power is beyond imagination, but it is an extremely dangerous position, and the person who occupies this position must have the absolute trust of the emperor.

The first emperor had absolute trust in him, but what about the new monarch? No, it was not that there was a problem with his loyalty, but that the emperor would not believe him.

Just like when the first emperor was the crown prince, he served by the side of the first emperor, and the prince also had the head of the imperial palace and the eunuchs beside him. Back then, he wanted to send his apprentice to the imperial palace, but this arrangement was ruined by the queen mother at that time.

Now, it was so difficult for him to get out of the way.