Chapter 24: The Smoke and Clouds of the Capital (Part 2)

He said he had tried all the warmth and coldness of the world, but he was afraid he had already felt it. He glanced at Liu Zhenming with a vicious look, intentionally or unintentionally, as if he was accusing him of changing his mind in the face of the battle.

Haha. Master Li’s original intention was to use this matter to make things difficult for me. However, Liu Zhenming’s words turned all his secret intentions into nothing.

"Since what Liu Aiqing said makes sense, I think that's what I should do." I cleaned my throat and said loudly: "Mr. Li, your son, has committed many evil deeds, has already been retribution, and the crime has been relieved. As for Mr. Li, you, myself, I will punish you for not leaving for a month and think about your mistakes."

"Old minister obeys the order." Mr. Li was like a defeated rooster, drooping.

In fact, the founding emperor of the Great Wu Dynasty did have some means. In the past dynasties, various powerful ministers often used their power to grasp the government affairs and undermine the emperor.

However, the founding emperor of this dynasty implemented a system of two divisions of military power. Both the unruly generals and the Ministry of War could only train soldiers. If you want to truly command them to fight, you must issue a tiger talisman from the emperor. The advantage of this is that the people in the court have no military power. No matter which minister you have high power, as long as you have no military power, you cannot beat the emperor. Unless you can get the trust of the emperor and use the trust of the emperor to indirectly control the government. Obviously, Taishi Li used this method, and indirectly controlled the government by being the teacher of the previous emperor. In this way, he formed a force.

However, this kind of control over the government also has its drawbacks. It is that when an emperor no longer trusts a powerful minister, his fate will be quite miserable, just like the current Taishi Li.

Of course, this is something I saw from the file by chance. Otherwise, there would be no need to try my best to build a new army from the beginning. Of course, it does not mean that building a new army is useless. At least in the future, this new army will become my sharpest spear.

"In addition, Ouyang Aiqing also has certain faults." I said lightly: "According to the procedures, if Mr. Li has a case report, he must go to the Prefectural Office of the Capital to file the record first, right? When will the Ministry of Justice intervene directly?"

Ouyang Mi was shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and said nervously: "I know I am wrong, please give me a crime."

"I originally wanted to punish you slightly, but I thought that you were the first offender, so I spared you once." I warned: "If you commit another offender, I will definitely pursue it to the end."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." A cold sweat broke out on Ouyang Mi's forehead. Obviously, he thought about how I dealt with Master Li. I was afraid that one day, this kind of thing would not be good if it came to him.

According to my guess, there must be something unclean between Ouyang Mi and Master Li. Otherwise, Liu Zhenming would not have been able to use secret impeachment to remind me as soon as he came in.

However, during the month when Master Li was away, I had too many things to do. I could take back half of the power he had. At that time, Master Li could only stare at me.

"Okay. You all go back. You don't have to go to the morning court today. I also want to go back to the palace to pay homage to the Empress Dowager." I waved my hand lightly and asked them to retreat, and suddenly said: "Liu Aiqing, the issue of the issuance of national debts must be handled as soon as possible. This is a mission of annihilation."

The heavier the Liu Zhenming I used, the more indifferent the Master Li's expression was. Obviously, he had already hated Liu Zhenming's real rebellion.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for the people." Liu Yingzhu suddenly ran out, knelt down in front of me, and then sobbed.

Liu Sanniang looked panicked and hurriedly ran out, kneeled in front of me and said, "Your Majesty, Yingzhu is just confused for a moment. Don't blame me."

"What happened?" I asked with a frown.

"Sanniang, don't advise me. If Yingzhu cannot fulfill this wish, even if she lives in this world, what's the point?" Liu Yingzhu suddenly showed a decisive look.

"Haha, it's so lively today." Two people slowly walked into the entrance of the hall. One was Tao Qian, the Minister of Rites, and the other was Xu Liang, the Minister of Works.

"The old minister kowtows to the emperor, long live my emperor." Tao Qian and Xu Liang both kowtowed to me.

"Are you two beloved ministers here to rescue you?" I smiled faintly and called them over.

"The old minister said he would go to the morning court today, but he was told that the morning court would be held in Yasong Pavilion." Tao Qian looked at me with a deep meaning: "The emperor is really courageous, and people cannot."

"What are these two?" Tao Qian said, looking at the two women of Liu who were kneeling on the ground, feeling quite confused.

"Mr. Tao doesn't know anything. This is the boss lady of Yasong Pavilion and Liu Sanniang. The other young one is the popular official of Yasong Pavilion, Miss Liu Yingzhu." Liu Zhenming explained to Tao Qian with a fat face with a smile.

Tao Qian then said, as if he understood something: "That Liu Sanniang, I don't know why she looks so familiar?"

"Mr. Tao, are you Mr. Tao from the Ministry of Rites?" Liu Sanniang suddenly knelt down in front of Tao Qian, hugged his thighs, and sobbed loudly.

Damn, the old fox pretends to be serious all day long, but he secretly likes this kind of genius. Otherwise, why did Liu Sanniang cry like something when she sees him?

Liu Zhenming and that fat man exchanged a warm look, and both guessed that Liu Sanniang would be Tao Qian's old beauty, right?

"Mr. Tao, have you always been an honest official and never got involved in places of love and miserableness?" With my support, Liu Zhenming couldn't help but shake his fat meat and joke with Tao Qian.

"Sanniang, if Tao Aiqing has something to let you down, tell me that I will decide everything for you." I also laughed evilly. There is a rare opportunity to make fun of Tao Qian.

The two of us were ridiculed by the fact that even Xu Liang, who had always been honest, couldn't help but glance at Tao Qian and Liu Sanniang with suspicious eyes, and looked full of suspicious expressions.

Tao Qian began to laugh and cried, and said to me: "Your Majesty, please spare me. The mother of the old minister is not a vegetarian. If this joke is heard in her ears, how can I live my life from now on? I don't recognize you, Miss Liu Sanniang, please don't hold my thighs?"

"Mr. Tao, do you really don't know me anymore? Am I so?" Liu Sanniang still grabbed Tao Qian's thighs tightly and looked at him with her eyes blinking.

"What?" Tao Qian trembled violently, with a hint of excitement in surprise: "You, are you really like this? Sure enough, indeed, no wonder I think you look very familiar."

"Tao Aiqing, what else do you have to say now?" I laughed and said, "Rushi, Rushi. How intimate you are."

"Liu Aiqing, I didn't expect that Tao Aiqing and you and me are also fellows. Haha." Liu Zhengming and I laughed out loud with similar smells.

"Mr. Tao, you have always been the person I respect the most. I never thought that, alas." Xu Liang couldn't stand it anymore and smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Your Majesty, where are you all thinking about?" Tao Qian said with a serious look: "It is undeniable that the old minister did admire Miss Liu for a while, but this was already a thing of the past. We are innocent."

"Innocence?" Liu Zhenming screamed strangely: "Innocence, she hugged you so intimately?"

"Your Majesty, please give me a chance to explain?" Tao Qian's dead old fox had a bitter face, with a look of tears.

"Okay, it doesn't matter if you want to marry her back." I smiled faintly, "Don't be afraid of your tigress, I will help you decide everything."

Tao Qian was about to faint and decided not to ask for explanation. So he pulled Liu Sanniang and said, "Ruo, get up quickly, kneeling on the ground is not a word."

"Mr. Tao, you must make the decision for Rushi. Rushi's husband died so miserably." Liu Sanniang suddenly hugged Tao Qian's trouser legs and sobbed.

Tao Qian's face suddenly dimmed, and he shook his head and sighed: "Mr. Tao was also very sad in his heart when Brother Liu's death. That day, after I learned that something happened, I rushed to Liu's mansion as soon as possible, but found a fire. After the fire was rescued, there was no living person in the mansion. At that time, I thought you, I thought you had already...ah."

"Yingzhu, hurry up, come and meet Lord Tao." Liu Sanniang immediately called Liu Yingzhu over and said to her: "This is Lord Tao that I often mention to you. He is your father's best friend."

"What? Are you the daughter of Liu Zhe's family?" Tao Qian looked surprised and immediately cursed at Liu Sanniang: "Rushi, what's wrong with you? He knew that I was an official in the court, why didn't I bring Yingzhu to me? Although I, Tao Qian, don't have much money, I still have some food for you for three meals. Why, why do you want to get such a flesh-and-blood business? Even if Brother Liu Zhe dies, he will not be able to rest in peace."

"Mr. Tao, I don't blame Sanniang for this matter, because Yingzhu wants to take revenge." Liu Yingzhu widened her eyes and showed a firm look.

"Oh, why are you doing this?" Tao Qian smiled bitterly: "The price paid for revenge is too much."

"What? Liu Zhe?" Xu Liang was also surprised: "They are Lord Liu's family?"

Damn, I was confused. Who is Liu Zhe? But now it’s not convenient to interrupt and see the situation before talking. So I called Liu Zhenming to me and asked him to explain to me, who is Liu Zhe?
Chapter completed!