Unparalleled Concubine

Li Xin sat back on his chair, with a blank expression on his face: "Although you are doomed to die, as long as you confess to your party members, I can make the decision to let your respective families survive and let them go to northern Xinjiang to serve as an army."

"If you don't cooperate, Shen Kuan will be your fate."

Lord Jing'an's voice was cold.

"The Shen family will be slaughtered by the whole family. None of Shen Kuan's former disciples will be able to escape. You should be familiar with the story of Gua Man's copying."

The vast majority of scholars have no backbone, and when life and death are imminent, these people can easily bow their heads.

No matter how righteous and awe-inspiring the moment before, few people can persevere when the sword and ax are added to the body. Maybe Zhang Qu and his servant Zhong Huan Chu were able to do it back then, but now these few people obviously can't.

Among the four people, some were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground. They managed to pick up the writing brush in their hands, but they trembled so badly that they couldn't write.

Li Xin was not in a hurry, and asked Habayashi Wei to clean up Shen Kuan's body, while he himself sat on a chair and closed his eyes to rest, waiting quietly.

Around noon, Yan Shouzhuo was the last one to stop writing. Each of these four people wrote a long list, and the least one had more than 20 names.

There are both Beijing officials and local officials.

Li Xin asked people to collect all four lists, put them in his sleeves without looking at them, then looked at these four people with a blank expression, and said coldly: "Now start writing the confession."

Yan Sikong gritted his teeth and looked at Li Xin.

"What confession letter does Li Taifu want us to write?"

"Naturally, making friends with friends, plotting to abolish the emperor, harboring evil intentions, and plotting evil!"

"What's more, your previous crimes were all written down on paper."

Lord Jing'an half-closed his eyes, and smiled without emotion.

"Of course, it's up to you to write or not."

Chapter 924 Professor Emperor

Li Xin came out of Weiyang Palace in the morning and went to the prison of Dali Temple. It was already afternoon when he walked out of the prison of Dali Temple. There is a list of papers, and there is also a statement of guilt.

Before leaving, he asked twenty or thirty Habayashi guards to guard the Dali Temple prison. Without his order, no one was allowed to enter or leave.

In fact, Li Xin's approach was indeed straightforward and very enjoyable, but it was actually very unruly.

For example, no matter how serious Shen Kuan's crimes were, he couldn't stab him so directly, it was a big taboo.

In ancient times, tribes formed civilizations, and since then, Zhuxia has endured for thousands of years. The biggest reason is the word "rules". Various rules constitute this society. In the dynasty era, the state apparatus like the court, It is made up of layers of rules. No matter who is in this state machine, they must act according to the rules.

Unless you have the ability to turn the table over and start over, even the emperor has to follow the rules.

Otherwise, they will inevitably be hated by the whole group and be "kicked" out of this circle by the joint efforts of the group.

Take this incident as an example, Li Xin got the emperor's order, he can interrogate several prime ministers, and he can also investigate and deal with it according to the rules. After the final evidence is convincing, he can kill him as he wants.

But he couldn't just kill a minister appointed by the first emperor without saying a word. Doing so would inevitably meet with backlash from the government and the opposition.

People with vested interests hate unruly people the most.

Li Xin can also be regarded as a state machine, or a vested interest in this set of rules. He shouldn't have done this, but he did it because he had his own considerations in his heart.

After leaving the prison of Dali Temple, it was almost noon, and he didn't have time to eat at this time, so he walked directly to Weiyang Palace.

In Weiyang Palace, Emperor Yuanzhao had been waiting for a long time, and when he heard Li Xin came, he immediately asked Xiao Zheng to invite him into the study. After Li Xin entered the study, the emperor took a deep breath and asked, "Teacher, how is the situation? "

"It's almost settled."

Li Xin asked Xiao Zheng to hand over the stack of papers in his hand to the emperor's desk, and then said calmly: "This is the confession of several other people besides Shen Kuan and the list they wrote. Since they have pleaded guilty, the courtiers Forcing His Majesty to delay the administration will naturally become nonsense, the leader of the bandit has already confessed, and there will be no big movements for the rest of the people."

"As for the lists."

Li Xin lowered his head slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Most of the officials involved in these lists are high-ranking figures in the imperial court, and they can make a big fuss."

Emperor Yuanzhao took the papers in his hand, and after flipping through them almost once, he raised his head and looked at Li Xin in astonishment, his voice trembling: "Teacher, you... want to kill all of these people?"

"Of course not."

Li Xin shook his head helplessly: "The power of the civil servants is intertwined. The list written by these people almost involves every yamen and even various places in the capital. Not to mention that His Majesty has not yet fully grasped the government affairs, so it is true that they are not easy to move. If we can kill them all, the Jin court will be in chaos immediately, and the disaster will be far greater than these people."

Emperor Yuanzhao scratched his head, a little puzzled.

"The teacher made a big fuss..."

"It depends on how His Majesty uses it."

Lord Jing'an said slowly: "In these lists, some are chief officials of various yamen. If your majesty wants to promote his deputy, you can take this opportunity to kill him and promote his deputy to the top position. I am loyal to the new dynasty, and I have no complaints."

"If your majesty is unwilling to kill them, you can also invite them into the palace. First, show them the list and the confessions of several prime ministers. These people must be scared to death. As long as your majesty is in front of them , crossed their names off the list, or threw a piece of paper into the stove in front of them, telling them that the list had been burned."

"Then whether these people are sincere or false, they will be moved to tears, and His Majesty's goal of winning people's hearts will be achieved."

The more Emperor Yuanzhao listened, the brighter his eyes became, and finally he looked at the list in his hand, as if he had found a treasure.

"The teacher is really very wise. With just a few words, he straightened out such a complicated matter."

"There is no great wisdom."

Lord Jing'an smiled calmly: "It's just some small means to manipulate people's hearts. This kind of small means was often used by the late emperor. After following the late emperor for a long time, he can naturally learn from it."

In fact, when Li Xin first entered the capital in the early years, he was able to survive in the face of a puddle of muddy water because of his ability to control people's hearts. After Emperor Taikang ascended the throne, many things were given to him by Li Xin .

Emperor Yuanzhao, who had been tense for a long time, finally relaxed a lot. He asked Xiao Zheng to put away the papers, and then looked up at Li Xin.

"Teacher, how should Shen Kuan and the others deal with it?"

"They all have to die."

The Marquis of Jing'an said as a matter of course: "The chief culprit must be punished, otherwise it will not be enough to deter people's hearts, but the few of them, except for Shen Kuan, and the family members of the rest can be exempted from the death penalty."

"As for Shen Kuan."

Li Xin was silent for a while, and then said: "Just now in the prison of Dali Temple, I have already killed him."

The emperor let out an "ah" in surprise, and stood up from the chair directly.

"Teacher, Shen Kuan is a minister, the prime minister of the former emperor's dynasty..."

"Let's say he committed suicide in prison."

Li Xin took a deep breath, and continued: "At this time, without using thunderous means, those scholars don't know how long they will have to argue. In terms of words, how many people in the capital are their opponents? There are many yamen in the court. If there are no scholars, which yamen does not have their disciples and grandchildren?"

"If you don't cut the mess like this, this matter will never be settled."