The most arrogant in history

Ma Zhao pointed northward and said, "The Xiongnu have always been a great threat to the Han people. I hope that Lin'er will go to the north, wipe out the Xiongnu, and make great achievements."

Ye Kun still didn't dare to agree, and said thoughtfully: "Let's adjourn the court. Lord Ma and Lin'er, come to my imperial study and we will discuss it."

Hundreds of officials retreated from the court.

Ye Kun returned to the imperial study and asked Jasmine to make a few cups of tea.

Ma Zhao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, do you have other plans for Lin'er?"

Ye Kun nodded:

"Lin'er is like Ye Feng to me. I value him very much and I am afraid that he will get hurt. My original intention was to support Lin'er when he grows up and our China is strong enough to go overseas and become the king."

"Like Yu Guinong?"

"Yes, it's even bigger than Yu Guinong's territory."

Ye Kun nodded and said with a smile: "So, Lin'er will lead the troops to fight, that's for sure. But I have difficulties, which I cannot tell others."

Ma Zhao clasped his fists and said, "I'd like to hear more about it."

Ye Kun pondered and said, "To put it simply, I am afraid that something will happen to Lin'er. Others will suspect that I am the one who plotted and harmed Lin'er. Because Feng'er is the crown prince, Lin'er is still a threat to Feng'er."

Shangguan Lin was shocked and bowed, "Uncle, I have no ambitions at all. No matter what I do in the future, I will respect the Crown Prince."

"I know." Ye Kun nodded:

"After much deliberation, I decided to let Lin'er go to Huangfu Lin. Huangfu Lin is an old subordinate of the Shangguan family and will naturally take care of Lin'er. It will be the same for Lin'er to train there. As for the Xiongnu, I don't want to use troops for the time being."

Ma Zhao thought about it and nodded, "I understand. Your Majesty means that if Lin'er is with Huangfu Lin, Huangfu Lin will be responsible for everything."

Ye Kun nodded: "Yes."

If Shangguan Lin died in an accident while leading troops under Huangfu Lin, it would have nothing to do with Ye Kun.

If Shangguan Lin can train well, he will be assigned other tasks in the future.

Shangguan Lin nodded: "I will follow my uncle's arrangements."

"Lin'er, when you go there, you must study hard to learn navigation and naval knowledge. In the future, naval battles will be more important than land battles."

Ye Kun looked at Shangguan Lin and said:

"The Black Continent on the east coast of the West Sea is three times larger than the current Chinese territory. If you are capable, it will be yours in the future. I will keep it for you. However, it will take about ten years for our national strength to develop to that point and achieve complete rule."

The Africa that Ye Kun talked about is indeed a good place.

The birthplace of mankind.

However, considering the current population size of China, it is difficult for Ye Kun to fully control it.

Shangguan Lin is one of us, so it would be a good choice to let him manage the African continent in the future.

"I will follow my uncle's arrangement and serve the court." Shangguan Lin said the same thing: "Then I will leave tomorrow and report to General Huangfu."

"Don't worry, you can have some fun in the capital."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "I will rest for half a month and then go to Jiaozhi. When the time comes, I will take a boat from Tianjin Port and take you to Huangfu Lin."

The entire Jiaozhi Peninsula has been completely controlled by Qin Erwu, Wang Meng and Song Poliu.

As the emperor, Ye Kun must go to the Jiaozhi Peninsula in person and declare his sovereignty to everyone.

The decision to visit Jiaozhi during the southern tour was made a year ago.

The Navigation Bureau also built a cruiser fleet specifically for Ye Kun, including two treasure ships, two supply ships, and eight frigates.

Winter is approaching, so it is relatively safe to go to Jiaozhi and you don’t have to worry too much about virus infection.

Shangguan Lin nodded and left with Ma Zhao.

Before leaving, Ma Zhao presented a brief file with the name of the latest batch of death row prisoners.

Because there is a shortage of people in the country, Ye Kun explained that unless the criminal is extremely evil, the death penalty cannot be imposed.

Those who can be killed or not should not be killed.

The death penalty will only be imposed for serious crimes such as patricide, treason, and rape of women, which are extremely unpopular among the people.

Even so, Ye Kun had to personally review and approve all the death penalty cases sentenced every month.

Ye Kun drank tea and looked through the list and brief case report left by Ma Zhao.

"Wang Shuang of Hebei Province, his entire family rebelled, and named his own country Chu, proclaiming himself the Emperor of Chu... He made his son the Crown Prince, and his first wife, Ding, the Empress... He was sentenced to beheading..."

Ye Kun was surprised: "Why are there still people rebelling?"

Jasmine came over to take a look and whispered:

"I heard about this incident. It is said that this man is mentally ill and crazy. He claims to be the emperor. He was arrested by the local county magistrate and sent to the capital. I heard that his family is very poor. They only have a few small tiled houses and dozens of acres of land. The whole family can barely make ends meet."

"is it?"

Ye Kun couldn't help but smile: "Then he shouldn't be sentenced to death, it was just a joke. But Ma Zhao sentenced him to death and sent his whole family to a hard labor camp. It's too harsh."

Jasmine said, "But this is how rebellion has been handled since ancient times. Not punishing the entire clan is considered very lenient."

"No, I need to intervene in this case. I can't handle it the way it has been done since ancient times."

Ye Kun shook his head and called Huang Ye: "Go and inform Lord Ma Zhao to re-examine this case. Bring forward all the criminals. I want to interrogate them personally. I will go there this afternoon."

Huang Ye nodded and ordered someone to deliver the message.

Ye Kun ate a quick bite in the study and headed to Ma Zhao's lobby of the Ministry of Justice.

Sang Buzhi and Guan Bao, upon learning that the emperor was going to try a case of rebellion, also came to watch the fun.

Guan Bao is now Sang Buzhi's deputy and deputy prime minister of the Ninth Ministry. He is also in a high position of power, equivalent to the three highest officials in the past.

Ma Zhao was waiting outside the hall and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, this is just a small case, why are you still personally involved?"

"Human lives are at stake. This is not a small case."

Ye Kun sat down in the lobby and said, "Show me the detailed files, the criminal's confession and evidence."

The deputy of the Ministry of Justice had already found the files and asked Ye Kun to take a look at them.

Ye Kun looked at the file carefully and couldn't help but smile.

I guess this guy named Wang Shuang shouldn't have died.

However, not only did he proclaim himself emperor, he also announced at home that he would exile Ye Kun to Jiaozhi to open up wasteland and raise monkeys!

Ma Zhao smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, this man is talking nonsense and blaspheming the royal dignity. He must be killed. Although he proclaimed himself emperor and was just fooling around, we cannot condone him and encourage the people to despise and disrespect the royal family."

"Nonsense."

Ye Kun shook his head: "Even if he scolded me, it is not a crime punishable by death. There are many psychopaths in the world, and there are countless people who talk nonsense. As long as there is no actual rebellion and no incitement to the people, let him go."

As they were talking, the prisoner's entire family was brought in.

Wang Shuang was about fifty years old. He was handcuffed and shackled, wearing shackles and had disheveled hair.

His wife and two sons were also in shackles, looking as if they had lost all hope in life.

Ye Kun sighed and said loudly: "Wang Shuang, I am Ye Kun, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Raise your head."

Wang Shuang shuddered, knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, I am guilty... I deserve to die."

"What's your crime?"

"I...should not proclaim myself emperor at home..."

"Indeed, we shouldn't do that." Ye Kun nodded and said with a smile:

"You haven't even finished your dragon robe and crown, yet you're already proclaiming yourself emperor. You're too hasty. And you're from Hebei, but you call yourself the emperor of Great Chu. Great Chu should be in the south."