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Zhao Ping was taken aback, "Where is Zou Ruhai now?"

"After he separated from Steward Wu of Uncle Quliang's mansion, he left the temple and wandered around the city in a carriage. At this time, he was drinking tea at a tea house in the east of the city!"

He immediately ordered: "Send someone to keep an eye on Zou Ruhai's family members to see where they are staying! In addition, you lead a team to arrest Zou Ruhai, don't make too much noise!"

"understand!"

Zou Ruhai was sitting in the private room of the teahouse, beside a young lady who was an upright official, stroking and playing the pipa.

Zou Ruhai's heart was in a mess, he didn't have any intention of drinking tea at all, he kept thinking about how to exonerate himself, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't think of any good way. At this moment, he was like an ant on a hot pot. Walking back and forth in the private room non-stop.

"Just sit and wait like this?" Zou Ruhai's mind was in a mess, and at this moment he suddenly felt a little helpless.

Is there any way to save yourself?Zou Ruhai touched his forehead and rubbed his temples, feeling so agitated that he could hardly control his emotions.

Suddenly, Zou Ruhai thought of a good idea, he immediately got up and walked out of the private room.

When he walked out of the teahouse and was about to get into the carriage, a group of policemen ran over and surrounded him and the carriage, and he found that these policemen were from the Imperial City Division.

Zou Ruhai said calmly, "I want to see the King of Shu!"

The head catcher who led the team looked at him and said, "Zou Shilang will see you, please get in the carriage! Xiaoyi, go and drive the carriage!"

The catcher called Xiaoyi quickly pulled the coachman down, and jumped up to pick up the driving whip. Zou Ruhai got on the carriage calmly, and the catcher waved: "Let's go!"

Before the passers-by on the street could understand what was going on, the policemen of the Imperial City Department escorted the carriage and left.

Zou Ruhai was taken into the detention room of the Imperial City Division. An iron fence separated him from the outside world. There were two soldiers standing guard at the door of the cell. They were ordered not to approach the cell, let alone visit.

After lunch, Zhao Ping came to the detention room and met Zou Ruhai.

The prison door was opened, and Zhao Ping, Sicheng He Yong and two soldiers walked in.

When Zou Ruhai saw Zhao Ping, he was like a cat seeing a mouse. He quickly got up and knelt in front of Zhao Ping and said, "Your Highness, I have committed a crime, and I have important secrets to report!"

Zhao Ping looked indifferent: "Say!"

Zou Ruhai looked at He Yong and the two armored soldiers, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, please hold back!"

Zhao Ping thought about it for a while, Zou Ruhai now had his hands and feet lifted, and couldn't do anything, so he waved his hands: "You guys step back first!"

He Yong and the two soldiers folded their fists and bowed out, and left quickly.

Then Zou Ruhai gave a rough account of the abuse he committed, but he only mentioned some of the circumstances that Bai Shan knew, and did not mention anything about the other circumstances.

After he said this, he said: "Your Highness, I know that I have committed a crime. I must be dismissed from office for my crime. I will also be punished with flogging and hard labor for a year. However, I still have ambitions. Serve my life! I am willing to be loyal to Your Highness, assist His Highness to ascend the throne, and lay the foundation for the Daqian Dynasty! I beg Your Highness to give me a chance, and give myself a chance!"

my wife is mulan

my wife is mulan

Chapter 954

Zhao Ping's tone was flat, "This is the important secret you said? If you only tell me this, I think you and I have nothing to say!" After speaking, he turned and wanted to leave.

"No, no, Your Highness, stay, stay!"

Zou Ruhai quickly called Zhao Ping to stop, he took a deep breath and said, "Well, Your Highness, I confess that the situation in Heluo was caused by the joint efforts of the minister and the imperial envoy Pan Chang'an. Your Highness has also found out a lot. The problem, even if I don't say it, His Highness knows it, so I just say it!"

Then, Zou Ruhai sent him and Pan Chang'an, the imperial envoy, to send officials one by one to serve in the Heluo area one by one, using their greedy money for river management projects and disaster relief funds that had lasted for ten years.

Of course, they have no right to appoint anyone to serve, but they can let certain officials make political achievements. They use their powers and the direction of government orders they get first in the court to give priority to the convenience and resources of the court. Officials, those officials took advantage of these foresighted government orders and various generous resources to achieve very good achievements in certain terms. It happened that the censors found out a problem in the Heluo area, so a certain deficiency appeared. So officials with outstanding political achievements were sent to serve in the Heluo area, and the people who were sent happened to be the ones they jointly picked up.

Zhao Ping was deeply shocked after hearing this, how terrible it is that these two guys actually used such means to control the appointment of officials of Daqian.

The name Pan Chang'an, the imperial envoy, entered Zhao Ping's ears, indeed, it was impossible to play such a big game of chess with Zou Ruhai, the minister of punishment.

However, even if Pan Changan and Zou Ruhai teamed up, it would be impossible to make such a big game. The appointment of local officials must go through the Ministry of Officials. This is the key. Pan Changan and Zou Ruhai must not be the only ones who have made outstanding political achievements.

Why should the officials who are in charge of the investigation of officials' resumes, performance appraisals and reviews give opportunities to Pan Chang'an and Zou Ruhai?Moreover, the appointment of officials must first be approved by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and after the approval of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, it must be submitted to the Minister's Office, which requires a lot of procedures.

However, the most important thing is the appointment of the Ministry of Officials, which is selected by the head of the Department of Officials from among officials with outstanding achievements. As long as there is no problem here, the higher the approval process, the less likely it will be rejected. Because it is impossible for the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Order of the Minister of Shangshutai to personally investigate the resumes and achievements of the appointed officials, unless they are the officials they like, they will pay special attention and arrange them.

Zhao Ping thought of this and looked at Zou Ruhai, "Who else is there besides Pan Changan, the imperial envoy? You two alone are not enough to support such a big stall, right? The appointment of local officials must go through the Ministry of Officials. Without the cooperation of the Ministry, it is impossible for the officials you have promoted to be assigned to the places you choose!"

Zou Ruhai shook his head and said: "The Ministry of Officials is not run by the minister's family. Although we strongly support certain officials, as His Highness said, the officials selected by the Ministry of Officials may not necessarily be supported by us, so the chance of success is not high, but anyway The officials we pick up have achievements, so they will definitely be promoted! But there is one thing that can increase our chances of success, that is, once the officials we pick up have made achievements in a certain period of time, Pan Changan will immediately send a censor Go to the Heluo area to investigate the case, pull out a radish, there will definitely be a hole, and the only officials who have achieved political achievements during this period of time are the officials we have won, so he has no suspense to occupy this hole!"

Zhao Ping tried his best to suppress the shock in his heart, "I have to admit, the planning is perfect! But I want to know, Pan Changan did play a big role in this matter at Yushitai, so what is your role? ?”

Zou Ruhai said: "Of course it is to cooperate with Pan Chang'an. The censor sent by Yushitai wrote a letter of impeachment after investigating the case. The officials who were under trial were escorted to the city by the officials sent by the Ministry of Punishment to wait for trial. The Ministry of Punishment is in charge of the prison. Isn’t the scene an easy task for the Ministry of Criminal Affairs? It’s not surprising that the officials under trial died of illness on the way! Of course, this method is used for those officials who have no problems, but for those officials who have real problems, these methods are not used at all Now, the officials of the Ministry of Punishment can use heavy punishments to interrogate them to death!"

These words came out of Zou Ruhai's mouth as easily as drinking water. Obviously, this person did this kind of thing not once or twice, perhaps so many that he himself could not remember clearly.

Zhao Pingzhi felt the chills in his head, and he cursed Zou Ruhai and Pan Changan in his heart for being so utterly conscientious that they used their power to do such insane and ugly things.

After Zou Ruhai finished speaking, he kowtowed and said, "Your Highness, I sincerely serve His Highness. As long as His Highness saves my life, I will go all out for His Highness in the future, and the supervision of local officials will almost be invalidated!"

After being silent for a while, Zhao Ping ordered with a cold face: "Send someone to watch Pan Chang'an for twelve hours a day. If I want to go to the palace to meet my father again, I must dig out this moth!"

He Yong hesitated for a moment when he heard the words, he thought for a while and cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, do you think this matter should be more prudent? After all, the Imperial Envoy is an important official of the court, and was appointed by His Majesty himself. Such an important official did such a dirty thing. , if it spreads out, I am afraid that the government and the public will think that His Majesty does not know people well, which will damage the majesty of the emperor!"

Zhao Ping waved his hand and said: "This king didn't ask you to arrest him immediately, but just asked you to send someone to watch him. Isn't this king going to the palace to report this matter to the emperor? Do you think you want to deal with a royal envoy?" Is this king able to make the decision?"

"Yes, yes, this subordinate will go now!" He Yong cupped his hands and turned to leave after speaking.

Zhao Ping calmed down and rode back towards the imperial city with a few guards.

Along the way, Zhao Ping thought a lot. It's not that he hadn't thought about fighting for the throne before. Zou Ruhai's words just now did have some effect, causing waves in his peaceful heart, but he quickly vetoed the idea of ​​exonerating Zou Ruhai. He knew that even if he used Zou Ruhai and his methods to win a large number of officials who supported him, by then the Dagan Dynasty would be rotten to the root, and what would be the salvation of the Dagan Dynasty, which was full of corrupt officials?How long can it exist?And if those corrupt officials are not satisfied, I am afraid that they will turn their faces and deny him in an instant, overthrow him, and install another emperor who can satisfy their greedy nature, and then the big work will really come to an end.

Also, Zhao Ping didn't dare to have this kind of idea of ​​seizing the throne. As a prince, he knew more than anyone else, and his father still had a lot of cards in his hands. The conversation will soon reach Father Emperor's ears.

It was almost evening at this time, and Zhao Junsheng had finished processing the memorial and was about to leave the Palace of Qinzheng. As soon as he walked out of the hall, he saw a eunuch leading Zhao Ping over.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the King of Shu said that he has something to see!"

Zhao Ping came forward to pay his respects: "My son, pay respects to the emperor!"

Zhao Junsheng waved to the eunuch, and then waved to Zhao Ping, asking him to follow.

The father and son walked towards the inner palace, passing through many palaces along the way.

"What, there is something important?"

"Yes, my son has to come!"

"So you didn't want to come?"

Zhao Ping had a bitter face, "Royal father, that's not what I mean!"