Traveling through the emperor, overthrowing the empress dowager at the beginning

In Taiqian Palace.

After listening to Ye Chen's words, Cao Chang's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Because he has been leading troops for a long time.

His skin was a little tanned, and now it was even darker.

"Your Majesty, can't you spare the life of my second son?"

"Duke Fuguo, not only did your son participate in the entire process of plundering people and forcing them to work as miners in the Qinling Mountains, he also opened a copper mine. You should also know what this means. Do you think I can forgive him?"

Ye Chen was very persistent and slammed the dragon table hard.

"I have already shown leniency and spared his young son. If Duke Fuguo is still not satisfied, will he force me to follow the law and exterminate his entire clan?"

Ye Chenli shouted.

Upon hearing this, Duke Fuguo trembled all over. At this moment, he truly felt the tremendous pressure.

From the moment he entered Taiqian Palace and started talking to Ye Chen, Ye Chen gave him the feeling that he was as heavy as a mountain.

It was so heavy that he could hardly breathe.

Moreover, Ye Chen's tone was very calm before, and the conversations between him and Ye Chen were all reasonable and well-founded. Even if it were to be spread out, no one would think that Ye Chen had done anything wrong.

This is the real emperor.

When dealing with someone, even asking you to refute him sounds so unreasonable.

Ye Chen even spared Cao Kun's youngest son, which seemed quite benevolent to outsiders.

Cao Chang already felt the situation was getting tricky.

"Your Majesty, are you really unwilling to let my son go?"

"Duke Fuguo, it's not that I won't let your son go, but your son has violated the law of the land, which is unforgivable!"

Ye Chen made his attitude clear and he would never make any concessions.

"I just returned to the capital today and am still a little tired, so I'll take my leave now. I will come and ask again tomorrow. I hope that next time, Your Majesty will not be so stubborn!"

Cao Chang gritted his teeth and spoke as forcefully as possible, but after clasping his fists, he turned and left.

Ye Chen watched Cao Chang leave, but remained seated on the dragon throne.

I don't care about his tough words at all.

Not long after Cao Chang left, Su Mengjiao's voice was heard from behind Ye Chen.

"Your Majesty, if you do this, Duke Fuguo will definitely not let it go. Next time, Yang Dechang will definitely come with him."

Su Mengjiao could almost guess that Cao Chang would definitely seek help from the powerful officials when he went down.

Ye Chen and Cao Chang had an unpleasant quarrel, which completely pushed Cao Chang towards Yang Dechang and others.

"Hmph, even so, Queen Mother, do you think that after implementing the examination system and arresting Cao Chang's son, I can still win over this veteran frontier general?"

Ye Chen shook his head. These military nobles, especially those who held heavy troops and occupied high positions, were destined to stand against him.

More importantly, he has his own bottom line.

He will not let any of Cao Kun, Cao Tao, or even any of the noble families who have committed crimes go.

However, he had not yet completely forced those powerful ministers to step down and taken complete control of the government, so he could not kill all these nobles.

He can only take it step by step.

Sometimes you even have to make some concessions.

But this concession is definitely not without bottom line.

Cao Kun did so many wrong things, he deserved to die, otherwise those nobles would not take him as the emperor seriously.

After Ye Chen takes control of the government, he will not let go of anyone, not only Cao Kun, but also Cao Tao and even Cao Chang.

"Emperor, since you have said so, I will not say much. Anyway, as long as you fight against the powerful ministers, I will support you."

Su Mengjiao bit her lower lip hard.

Ye Chen's bad attitude towards Cao Chang made her feel quite complicated. After all, his father, the King of the Northern Territory, was also a minister who controlled a large number of troops on the border.

However, he also thought about his father's advanced age and the fact that his only remaining son was disabled. He was afraid that no one would be able to inherit the title of King in the North in the future.

Naturally, he was not worried about Ye Chen implementing a new talent selection system, nor was he worried about Ye Chen directly confronting those veteran generals and nobles.

On the contrary, if Ye Chen could overthrow those powerful officials and replace all the veteran frontier generals who hold heavy troops, it would be a good thing for Su Mengjiao.

After all, all power in the court belongs to the imperial court.

Dayu's country was stable.

As the Queen Mother, she can become the support of the entire Northern Royal Family.

And saw Su Mengjiao leaving.

Ye Chen also stood up and walked out of the palace, got on the sedan chair and headed towards Chunxue Palace.

It wasn't even noon yet, and he wanted to go listen to a couple of songs.

As for Cao Chang, Ye Chen planned to wait and see how the situation develops.

After leaving the palace, Cao Chang immediately asked someone to hire a carriage.

"Go to the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

Cao Chang's expression never improved, and remained gloomy as if water could drip from it.

When he arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion in a carriage, the servants quickly opened the door.

"My Lord, my master has long ago instructed us to pick you up here, saying that you will definitely come."

"Ah."

Cao Chang nodded and followed the Prime Minister's wife to the courtyard for receiving guests.

A banquet had already been set up in the courtyard. At the banquet were not only Yang Dechang but also Gao Yunhe and the Imperial Censor Chen Xiu, who had not appeared in the court for a long time.

"Haha, Duke Fuguo, please take a seat."

Yang Dechang pointed to an empty seat.

Duke Fuguo glanced at the people present, sat down directly on the seat, and then looked at Yang Dechang.

"Prime Minister, how could the emperor have changed so much? Who cured him?"

Cao Chang was very puzzled and said, "Why do I feel like this emperor is like a completely different person?"