"Emperor, I got it."
In the royal study, Gu Dayou was attentively reporting to Zhao Zheng."According to Chen Houren, the one who asked him to poison the restaurant was Assistant Minister Wang of the Ministry of Personnel. Assistant Minister Wang promised him that he would give him 50% of First-grade Restaurant's shares after the matter was settled.”
Zhao Zheng had also heard of First-grade Restaurant. He knew that it was a restaurant that earned a lot of money every day.
However, is my life worth 50% of a restaurant?
"An assistant minister doesn't have the guts to do this. Is this all you found out?”Zhao Zheng asked.
"Emperor is wise!"
"I also found out that Assistant Minister Wang gave Chen Houren a painting yesterday. It's the painting of the famous Prime Minister Zhang Zhongzheng of the previous dynasty." I heard that this painting has always been in Prime Minister Li Yan's collection and is worth tens of thousands of gold…"
The meaning of his words was obvious.
The mastermind behind the scenes was Li Yan, and Assistant Minister Wang was probably just an errand boy.
A cold light flashed in Zhao Zheng's eyes.
Li Yan, this old dog, you didn't obediently wait for me to deal with you, but you actually dared to plot against me?
He was really tired of living!
"Did you find anything else? Tell me everything you know."
"Yes, Emperor." Gu Dayou said," I've been sending people to keep an eye on the Li Mansion recently. Although Li Yan hasn't gone out, his eldest son, Li Ling, has been out for the past two days. He's very active. Last night, Li Ling even went to see Prince Ning."”
Hearing this, Zhao Zheng suddenly stood up.
Now he understood everything.
Li Yan wanted to kill him and help Prince Ning ascend the throne.
This kind of routine was very similar to the late Ming Dynasty. If the emperor was disobedient or too shrewd, the ministers would think of a way to kill him and then replace him with an obedient emperor.
Zhao Zheng also knew that Prince Ning was a descendant of King Jing's bloodline. He was a complete pushover. When he heard that there were bandits in his fief, he quickly ran to the capital and never returned.
Such behavior was naturally not in line with the ancestral system.
However, the previous fatuous ruler only cared about pleasure and did not care about him.
"Dayou!"
"This old servant is here!"
"Arrest Assistant Minister Wang's entire family immediately!" Zhao Zheng ordered.”
"This old servant obeys."
"There's more! Send a few trustworthy experts to infiltrate the Li Residence tonight…"
Hearing this, Gu Dayou was shocked and quickly advised,"Emperor, please reconsider!"
He thought that Zhao Zheng was planning to send someone to assassinate Li Yan.
Once the news of the Emperor assassinating his subjects was leaked, there would be great chaos.
Civil officials had their own set of unspoken rules.
That was, whether it was political discord or a mortal enemy, as long as they were in the court, they could not directly kill the other party.
You could choose to suppress your opponent, or even frame your opponent, but you couldn't directly send someone to assassinate them.
Anyone who touched this red line would definitely not be tolerated by the scholars.
Therefore, even if Li Yan hated Yu Qian to death, he did not dare to directly send someone to kill Yu Qian.
The emperor could not kill his ministers without any reason.
Otherwise, if the news were to spread, not to mention that everyone would rebel, at the very least, it would make the scholars of the world feel disappointed and not dare to work for you.
At this point, someone wanted to ask, then why could a minister poison the emperor? Wasn't this unfair?
It was indeed unfair.
Because civil officials were a group.
As for the emperor, he was all alone.
All the scholars in the world could become civil officials in the future. It was obvious which side of the road they were on was crooked.
Therefore, Gu Dayou mustered up his courage to persuade Zhao Zheng.
"Dog slave, what are you thinking about?" Zhao Zheng scolded with a smile. Am I that stupid? I didn't ask you to send people to infiltrate the Li Residence to assassinate them. I asked you to bury something in the courtyard of the Li Residence!”
Although Zhao Zheng was scolding, his tone didn't have the slightest hint of anger.
Gu Dayou dared to persuade Zhao Zheng at this time, which meant that this lackey was loyal to Zhao Zheng and was thinking about Zhao Zheng.
Zhao Zheng knew this.
Gu Dayou also heard Zhao Zheng's tone, he didn't blame him, he was secretly relieved.
"May I know what the Emperor wants to bury?"
"Dragon robe!" Zhao Zheng spat out two words indifferently.”
That's right, Zhao Zheng was planning to frame Li Yan!
Originally, in order to prevent any trouble from happening in the court, Zhao Zheng had planned to slowly deal with Li Yan. First, he would cut off Li Yan's wings, and then he would wipe out Li Yan's entire family.
However, Li Yan's continuous plot to harm Zhao Zheng made him lose his patience.
Since Li Yan wanted to die, Zhao Zheng would fulfill his wish!
Compared to shamelessness and schemes, Zhao Zheng, who had read the history of China for two thousand years, dared to say to these civil officials," You are all younger brothers!
Actually, if Zhao Zheng was determined to investigate Imperial Physician Chen's poisoning case, there was a high chance that he could find Li Yan.
However, this was not safe. It was very easy for Li Yan to be exonerated because Li Yan had a lot of power in the court and there were many Yan followers.
If he didn't die, Li Yan would be wary and there would be endless trouble.
Therefore, Zhao Zheng decided to give Li Yan a hard time!!
……
Hearing that Zhao Zheng wanted to bury the dragon robe, Gu Dayou's heart trembled!
Zhao Zheng continued," We must find someone who is efficient and cannot be discovered. Tomorrow, send someone to spread the news in the city. Tell them that a yellow light has appeared in Minister Li's residence. Then, spread out all your men and keep an eye on the civil and military officials…Do you understand?"”
After listening to Zhao Zheng's plan, Gu Dayou broke out in cold sweat.
This Emperor's methods of harming people were really vicious!
Hiding a dragon robe at home was a great crime of treason, and his entire family should be executed.
In the future, he must not offend the Emperor, and he must not betray the Emperor at all. Otherwise, if the Emperor found out, he would definitely be in trouble…
……
After sending Gu Dayou away, Zhao Zheng didn't stay idle and went to the martial arts field.
Following this, Zhao Zheng summoned the 10,000 Great Qin Tiger Soldiers.
Zhao Zheng felt that Gu Dayou alone wasn't enough, so he brought these 10,000 soldiers out to guard the place!
"Order Qi Jiguang to come and see me!"
During this period of time, Qi Jiguang had already finished handling the funeral matters of his family and came to the palace to serve the emperor.
Currently, Qi Jiguang was a lieutenant of the Royal Guards.
The day before yesterday, Zhao Zheng had specially summoned Qi Jiguang and encouraged him.
After receiving Zhao Zheng's order, Qi Jiguang, who was on duty, immediately rushed over.
"Qi Jiguang greets the emperor, long live our emperor!”
At present, Qi Jiguang was only a lieutenant and did not have an official position, so he could not call himself a minister, let alone a general.
"Rise."
"Thank you, Emperor."
When Qi Jiguang stood up, Zhao Zheng said,"Ji Guang, I know you have great ambitions and great talent. Today, I will give you an important task. If you do it well, it will not be a problem for you to stand out and bring glory to your ancestors!”
Qi Jiguang, who had just stood up, quickly knelt down again and said in a deep voice,""The emperor has orders, just give the orders, Qi Ji Guang is willing to die for the emperor!!”
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