Unparalleled Concubine

His face was a little distorted.

"None of these people is of one mind with me!"

"I am the emperor, the son of heaven!"

Xiao Zheng stood beside the emperor with his hands down, bowed his head and said: "Those civil servants always want to obey the rules. Although they are sometimes hateful, they are indispensable to manage the world, and there are certain things that only they can do."

"It's impossible for them to let me dismiss!"

The emperor blushed and said angrily: "If this continues, I will have to let those old guys go, and then they will do whatever they want!"

After the Son of Heaven got angry, he discussed some specific countermeasures with Xiao Zheng, such as prohibiting people from the Zhong family and Ye family from having any contact with the palace, prohibiting anyone from entering or leaving the inner palace, etc...

What's more, you can...try to get in touch with Shen Kuan and others.

After the two of them finished talking about these things, it was almost noon. When Xiao Zheng was about to deal with the prime ministers in Shangshutai, his godson Xiao Huai rushed in and knelt down on the ground, throwing himself on the ground.

"Your Majesty, godfather..."

The emperor sat on the dragon chair and ignored him.

Xiao Zheng helped Xiao Huai up, frowned and asked: "In front of His Majesty, there are no rules, what happened?"

Xiao Huai was out of breath, and tremblingly said: "Godfather, something is wrong..."

"There are imperial students in the Imperial College who are talking bad things about the palace. At this moment, dozens of imperial students are standing at the gate of the Imperial College, saying...saying..."

"say what……"

Xiao Huai's voice trembled, he bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty...the late emperor's nobles were hidden in the palace, and then...several prime ministers entered the palace to persuade them, but His Majesty gave..."

When Xiao Zheng heard the words, he also knew in his heart that he was stunned.

He turned his head and looked behind him. The young emperor's face was already livid and he was gnashing his teeth.

"Let Qianniuwei and Habayashiwei arrest people, one by one, arrest all these rumormongers, throw them into the Jingzhao Mansion, ask them to beheaded!"

The emperor's eyes were red.

"There are also old men like Shen Kuan, Yan Shouzhuo, who were dragged out and killed by me. I just asked Hou Jingde to bring the imperial army's left camp into the capital. Let's see who dares to say anything against me!"

"Your Majesty, rest your anger."

Xiao Zheng knelt on the ground and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, killing people is not difficult. There are hundreds of Plum Blossom Guards in the capital. It is easy for Your Majesty to kill anyone. The problem is how to end after killing people."

"Zaifu can be killed, but he can't be killed for no reason, otherwise the Jin court will be in great chaos in the future. Your Majesty, you are too young, and I am afraid that you will not be able to control the capital..."

The emperor gritted his teeth.

"Is it okay to just watch them slander me like this?"

Xiao Zheng was silent for a while, and finally lowered his head.

"Let's drag it on first."

He looked to the south and smiled wryly.

"The letter sent out urgently by the servant six hundred miles should be delivered to Lord Li in a few days."

"If he is willing to return to Beijing, no one will be able to move, Your Majesty..."

Chapter 908 Huo Guang's Story

As far as the current situation is concerned, Emperor Yuanzhao's powers are extremely limited, and it is basically impossible to judge several ministers from the court, nor is it possible to remove their positions as assistant ministers.

It is actually not difficult to solve this dilemma now. The three imperial guards in the capital are all in the hands of the emperor. Willing to make up his mind to kill a few ministers directly, and then use the three imperial guards to arrest all the troublemakers, one counts as one, and kills them all on the spot. No one dares to mess around anymore.

But when the time comes, the son of heaven messes with his mother, and the reputation of tyranny and bloodthirsty will spread. He is only 14 years old and has many brothers, and most of his uncles are still alive. Thinking, then the throne changes hands, only in an instant.

To put it bluntly, the influence of his mother family, the Shanyin Xie clan, is too small. If Emperor Taikang hadn't intended to support Xie's family in the last few years, Emperor Yuanzhao would have few people available under his command now. Next, he can't afford to kill so many people.

In fact, even if Li Xin returns to Beijing and wants to stabilize the situation, that's about all he can do. It's just that Li Xin can handle it, but the little emperor can't.

After the Great Court Meeting, Xiao Zheng asked people to clean up a palace for collecting books in the imperial city, and invited all the prime ministers who were originally locked in the Shangshutai to enter, and forbid anyone to visit.

At the same time, Emperor Yuanzhao summoned Kong Yu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and after receiving the support of the Ministry of Rites, he sent Habayashi guards to disperse the Tai students in the Taimiao Temple, and posted notices that any troublesome Tai students would be expelled from their fame and status as Tai students.

Most of those who can study in Taixue are scholars or Juren, and fame is their culprit. After the notice was posted, these Taixue students immediately stopped their flags and dared not talk nonsense.

However, gossip in secret is still unavoidable.

In this way, the young Emperor Yuanzhao confronted the courtiers.

Emperor Yuanzhao asked Xiao Zheng to send the letter to Li Xin, and sent it to Yongzhou in six hundred miles.

Yongzhou is more than 400 miles away from the imperial court. One person and three horses in the six-hundred-mile express post station will change horses or people when they pass by the post station. They can run five or six hundred miles a day. The post envoy of the capital took a look at the city of Yongzhou. He did not enter the city, but flew towards Qiyang County.

When it was almost dusk in the afternoon, the post envoy came to the gate of Li's house at the foot of Qishan Mountain, dismounted from his horse, and knocked on the door.

"Hurry up six hundred miles from the capital!"

The postman's voice was a bit hoarse, and after shouting several times in a row, a porter finally came to open the door. After asking clearly why he came, the porter didn't let him in, but just took the letter from the capital from him, and turned around. I found Li Xin who was grilling meat with his wife and children under the pavilion in the backyard, and bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty, it was sent over six hundred miles away from the capital."

Li Xin turned the mutton kebabs that had been roasted into golden brown in his hands, handed them to the eldest daughter, and said with a smile, "Come on, Ah Han, this is ready to eat."

Little Ahan inherited her mother's foodie attributes, and immediately took it after hearing the words, and smiled sweetly at Li Xin: "Thank you, Dad."

The Ninth Princess gave Li Xin a blank look, as if complaining that he was biased.

Li Xin just wiped the oil stains on his hands with a handkerchief, turned around and took the letter, and asked lightly, "Who sent it?"

There are not many people who are qualified to send letters within [-] miles, because running [-] miles a day hurts people and horses, and often kills horses. Generally, only the military newspaper of the Ministry of War will send letters with this specification.

The concierge of Li's mansion is also the general of Jing'an Hou's mansion, he lowered his head and said in a low voice: "The man said that it should be sent by the palace."

Li Xin became interested. After opening the envelope, he took out three full pages of letter paper. He half-closed his eyes, and after reading the three papers from front to back, a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"Okay, I was still thinking about how to stabilize the situation in the southwest two days ago. It's only been a few days, and the capital has given me such a big surprise."

Li Houye folded the letter paper, stuffed it back into the envelope, and said with a smile: "It is said that scholars rebelled and failed in three years. I didn't expect that these big-headed scholars are not generals, but they want to do Huo Guang's story."

After hearing Li Xin's words, Princess Nine also put down the mutton skewers in her hand, and looked at Li Xin curiously: "Who is Huo Guang?"

"What happened in the capital?"

Li Xin stuffed the letter into his sleeve and chuckled: "It's nothing serious, it's just that some people don't want your eldest nephew to be the emperor anymore."

The expression of the nine princesses changed slightly.