The capture of Chen Yuan was much easier than Li Ling thought. There was no resistance or escape, nor any twists and turns. When Yang Zhen surrounded the inn, entered the door in person, followed the guest room and searched the guest room, he quickly caught Chen Yuan, who was still sitting quietly in the room.

Then he was obediently bound and was taken to the governor's office and came to Li Ling. He was not as panic, angry or arrogant as he imagined, but so calm, as if he was not a prisoner meeting an official, but a friend meeting or business dealings in the mall, and there was a hint of peaceful smile on his face.

This surprised Li Ling a little. After waving his hand and letting more people go out, he carefully looked at the middle-aged man who was 60 or 70% similar to Chen Tian and said, "It seems that you have expected this result to be there? Since that's the case, why not leave Wuchang and Huguang as soon as possible?"

"What's the use of leaving? Can I leave Wuchang and escape Huguang, but can I escape from the world of Great Yue?" Chen Yuan replied slowly, "What's more, I actually want to see Lord Li and see what kind of person the imperial official who can make His Highness feel embarrassed."

"Haha... Now you see it, do you have any ideas?" Li Ling was not in a hurry to get to the point and said with a smile.

"It's indeed extraordinary, especially in terms of temperament, which is extremely comparable to ordinary officials."

"It's over the award, it's not easy for you..."

"But Mr. Li, your eyes are too short-sighted after all, and it is really a big weakness."

"Oh? How do you say this?"

"Isn't this obvious? Lord Li, you have accomplished great things for the court over the years. For example, in the southwest and in the south of the Yangtze River, you have been conspiring to defeat the traitors of the Luotian Sect. Before that, in the northern border, you have made more contributions than the soldiers... According to the contributions you have made over the years, I think you should have a place for both the Privy Council and the Political Affairs Hall. But as a result, you are just a fourth-rank official in the court now, and it is really hard to get on the stage.

"Do you know why you made so many great contributions but were still suppressed? It is because of your weakness that you only know how loyal to you today, but forget that those above you have made great contributions to the emperor. They are above you in terms of qualifications and relationships with the emperor, so how could you pass by them?

"But you are still confined to your own eyes and are only thinking about being loyal to the emperor. You are really short-sighted and foolish! The emperor will eventually grow old. One day the world belongs to the current crown prince. Didn't you think you would join the crown prince too early and become the future minister of the dragon?"

"So, in your eyes, to serve the prince is the real long-term vision?" Li Ling smiled again, "Is this the purpose of your willingness to come to see me like this?"

Chen Yuan looked at him deeply, and Zheng pointed: "That's right. What I said is clear enough. It won't take too long. The world will be the prince. When the new king is established, the emperor and the ministers will automatically abdicate. With Lord Li's age and your contribution, wouldn't it be within your reach? And what you have to do is change the party at this time. This is not a difficult situation for you, right?"

"What you said is really exciting. But I want to ask you a few points."

Seeing that Li Ling seemed to be loose, Chen Yuan felt happy and hurriedly said, "You said, I will definitely speak out."

"First, the prince has been in power for some time. Over the years, in the Eastern Palace, some officials in the court were willing to use it for him. For many years, the qualifications and contributions of these people will be smaller than me. At that time, the prince will put me, a minister who has only become the minister who has been serving the past at this time? Will he not be afraid of the coldness of the people and bring endless troubles?"

Chen Yuan was stunned. Before he could say anything, Li Ling raised two more fingers: "Secondly, I have been a lot of bad things about the prince in the past few years, and even because of me, many of his confidants around him lost their lives. I am afraid that the hatred of these people's family and friends for me will not be easily eliminated? If the prince will not only not avenge them, but will instead entrust me with important tasks, do you think those people will accept it?"

"This prince naturally has a way to comfort him. By then, you have already been in the same palace and the grudges of the past will naturally be eliminated!" Chen Yuan explained vigorously, but the confidence of this statement was obviously not as full as before.

Li Ling smiled and did not argue with him. He stretched out his third finger and said, "Thirdly, I am not very confident in this. After all, I offended the prince too many times before, and it ruined him so many major events. Will he forgive me for all my previous mistakes?

"Maybe he just wanted to use me. After he really ascended the throne, he would use a trick to hide all the birds and hide them, and cook them with a rabbit? Even if you are a confidant around the prince, you may not be able to really make such a decision for him. Even if you do it, it will not count, and I will not believe it!"

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed, and then he sighed: "Your words are a bit heartbroken. You can't let the prince really leave you a handwritten order and swear not to pursue you in the future, right? If this is true, the prince is willing to write, would you dare to accept it?

"Actually, you still underestimated the prince's mind. The emperor is so broad-minded. How could he always think of revenge because of your original mistakes? As long as you are beneficial to the court, the prince will definitely use it for you in the future!"

"Yes, the emperor's broad mind is not something that ordinary people like us can compare with. In his eyes, nothing is more important than the imperial power in his own hands. Therefore, whether it is the frontier soldiers or the people of the world, in his eyes, they are just chess pieces, and they can be sacrificed..."

When Li Ling said this, a sharp light flashed in his eyes: "In fact, even if these three concerns are eliminated, there is still a last point that I cannot agree with! That is, you will use any means to destroy countless people's families and destroy them, causing the entire Huguang to fall into a famine, and almost killing thousands of people!

"Compared with such sins, whether you silence the entire Ma family or colluding with some officials, it is not a sin! Although I, Li Ling, are not talented and want to do something for the future, I am not ashamed to be with people like you. How can such a person who is unvirtuous be the king of my Great Yue in the future?"

Li Ling's sudden outbreak surprised Chen Yuan and said in surprise: "You..." But he didn't know what to do with it for a moment.

The smile on Li Ling's face became sarcastic: "If you don't know what you do unless you don't do it yourself, do you really think that those activities will not be found out?

"Why are the local officials and officials sent to Huguang so bravely that they dared to force up the food price despite the local disaster? On the one hand, it is naturally because the money is touching, which makes them less worried, but the bigger reason is that there are always people behind them being encouraged.

"This person who can make many officials believe is probably the "God of Wealth" that represents the power of the prince? The so-called God of Wealth is certainly good at making money, but if he really puts it in the shopping mall, his ability to make money is probably the same. He relies on more on the collusion between officials and businessmen, and he acts with the power of the prince, and takes advantage of the situation like this time to rob the people and harm the people and make himself rich.

"In order to get more money for the prince, he even did not hesitate to let the Luotian Cult traitors make profits. It is really a loyal duty. What are you doing when there are Luotian Cult traitors in various parts of Huguang? Are you still trying to raise the price of food at all costs?

"It was not until I arrived, to prevent me from being caught, that you were calm. But things had already accumulated a lot of trouble, and the Luotian Sect's rebellion was ready. If I hadn't seen through everything in time and suppressed it, I was afraid that Huguang today would have been full of war and chaotic troops!

"And this is the good thing you, the loyal ministers and pillars of the country, do! It is the choice you made for the current crown prince who will be the lord of the world in the future!

"If a prince like this is really the King of Great Yue in the future, it will be a great misfortune in the whole world! No matter how selfish and stupid I, Li Ling, would never do such a thing. I am not afraid to tell you the truth. Don't say that Sun Cong is just a prince now. Even if he ascended the throne and became emperor, I will never bow to him and be his subject with what he did. All I have to do is to drag him down and let him pay the price for the mistakes he made.

"Emperor, he is not worthy at all! This is the answer given by me, Li Ling. Are you still satisfied?"

Shen Yuan looked at Li Ling with a shocked face, unable to believe his ears. There are such a bold and ruthless person in the world?! How could he dare to say such words? Was he crazy?

That's the prince. He is a minister, but he really dares to say what he wants in his heart completely? And he said it in such a disdainful and intense tone, as if in his eyes, the so-called prince is a small and medium-sized official in the court who is not worth mentioning!

Under the huge impact, Shen Yuan even forgot to refute Li Ling, and only looked at the other party in a daze. After a while, his eyes were red and pointed at Li Ling: "You...you are so brave, you..."

"The bolder ones are still behind. I not only say it with my mouth, but also with actions to prove it!" Li Ling's eyes were as cold as a knife, and he cut off the other party's accusations. "Come on, take him down and take him to prison. After I take Shen Tian, ​​I will kill them together to uphold justice for those suffering and disaster-stricken people!"
Chapter completed!