"Who?"

Zhao Xin frowned slightly, not knowing who Qiao Sanniang was talking about. She seemed so hesitant and serious.

"Mr. Feng Zhong, Junior Minister of Rites," Qiao Sanniang replied.

"The Junior Minister of the Imperial Court...Feng Zhong?"

Zhao Xin frowned slightly and then remembered this person. His expression suddenly straightened and he became serious.

When he heard the title of Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, he didn't react for a moment.

He was very troubled by the chaotic official system of the Qin Dynasty. The official system of the Han Dynasty was chaotic and complicated.

Although the original author referred to the Han Dynasty model when arranging the official system of the Qin Dynasty, he added many things at random. In short, it was an intrusion.

However, when he heard the name Feng Zhong, he suddenly remembered who this old man was.

This person is probably one of the few "diehards" in the original plot who would rather die than surrender when the protagonist of the original novel destroyed the Qin Dynasty.

He remembered that the protagonist in the original novel described the old man in eight words: "I don't know the time, I am foolishly loyal and filial."

Finally, when the protagonist expelled him, he mocked the protagonist as a thief who stole the country, and then crashed to death at the bottom of the stairs.

The protagonist was furious, but still gave him a proper burial for the sake of his reputation as a wise ruler. However, all members of the Feng family were killed by several surrenderists who wanted to please the protagonist.

Of course, those people didn't have a good ending either.

When he was reading the book, he didn't have any strong feelings. He just felt that the guys who were executed by the protagonist afterwards deserved it, and he felt happy when the protagonist executed those guys.

But now, standing in his position, I feel differently about this matter.

No matter what the ability of such a person is, he is definitely a loyal minister.

Although the one who is loyal may not be him, but Daqin.

But so what? He is the emperor of Daqin now, he is Daqin.

Being loyal to the Qin Dynasty is equivalent to being loyal to him.

Even if such a person cannot be reused, he must never be allowed to end up with his family destroyed.

He immediately asked, "What happened to Feng Zhong?"

Qiao Sanniang hesitated and said, "Well, I once overheard a guest say that some time ago, whenever Feng Shaoqing got drunk, he would curse Prime Minister Cui and His Majesty... Your Majesty."

"Well……"

Zhao Xin was stunned, looking at Qiao Sanniang with a mixture of laughter and tears, "Sanniang, is this what you want to tell me?"

"no."

Qiao Sanniang said quickly, "What I want to say is that according to that guest, ever since Your Majesty took back the power of the palace ban and warned Prime Minister Cui in the Qinzheng Palace, this old gentleman seems to have been contacting some old ministers to overthrow Prime Minister Cui.

And the Cui family seems to have already known about it..."

“…”

Zhao Xin's face turned cold as he asked, "Have you told Mu Zhi and the others about this?"

Seeing his gloomy face, Qiao Sanniang felt a little uneasy, but she didn't hide it after all. She whispered, "I did."

"What do they say?"

"Mr. Mu Zhi said that great things must be accomplished with sacrifice, and that the Qin Dynasty must have loyal ministers to serve the country for its rebirth."

As Qiao Sanniang spoke, she secretly glanced at Zhao Xin's expression, a little unsure whether it was right or wrong to tell Zhao Xin about this.

Because Zhao Xin's face was obviously getting darker and darker.

Hesitating for a moment, not sure if he wanted to make up for something, he quickly added: "Actually..."

But before she could finish, he interrupted her with a wave of his hand and said coldly to the outside: "Go and tell Liu Muzhi, Wang Xuance and the others that I want to see them in the North Study within an hour!"

A voice outside the originally silent door said without any emotion: "Yes!"

Then it fell silent again.

Only light footsteps were heard moving away quickly.

Zhao Xin then took a deep breath, and speaking in a slightly slower tone, he said to Qiao Sanniang, whose face had turned pale, "Sanniang, you did very well. I have no doubts about their loyalty and decision-making ability. I just want to tell them.

A foolish ruler, a wise ruler, or a tyrant, only I have the right to decide what kind of ruler I want to be. They are not qualified to make the decision for me!"

After saying that, he stood up, flicked his sleeves, and walked out.

The moment he turned around, the expression on his face turned cold again.

What a bunch of bastards, they actually learned to make decisions for me!

“Here!”

Qiao Sanniang breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to catch up. Only then did she feel her back was a little wet.

At that moment, she deeply felt what it meant to live with a king like living with a tiger.

At that moment, the pressure emanating from Zhao Xin almost made her tremble.

Fortunately, things did not seem to get too bad, and the emperor did not seem to doubt the loyalty of Mr. Mu Zhi and others.

She had no idea that with the system, Zhao Xin didn't need to guess anyone's loyalty, he could tell at a glance.

He was angry that those bastards looked down on him.

They actually compare him with those hypocritical bastards in history.

He is not stupid, how could he not understand what Liu Muzhi and others were thinking - good things are attributed to the emperor, and bad things are blamed on himself!

Just like the protagonist in the original plot, who watched his subordinates kill Feng Zhong's entire family.

If we consider it from a political perspective, this is certainly correct.

Since ancient times, hasn't this been what loyal ministers of wise rulers have done?

But is he a wise ruler?

No, and I don’t want to be.

Zhao Xin disdains to be such a wise ruler!

With a lofty ambition to despise the kings of all generations and anger at being treated as a hypocrite, Zhao Xin quickly walked down the stairs.

The guards arranged by Yu Huatian outside, who were sometimes bright and sometimes dark, couldn't help but feel a little confused when they saw His Majesty walking so fast.

Fortunately, Yu Huatian was well trained. After a brief disturbance, they immediately gathered around Zhao Xin in an orderly manner.

However, in this way, the stairs of Tianxiaju, although wide, also appear narrow.

When we reached the second floor, a group of people happened to come out from the end of the corridor, and the two sides bumped into each other at the stairs.

Both sides had a meal.

The leader of the guards arranged by Yu Huatian was a captain of the Western Factory named Yuan Liangta. He was one of the more powerful masters under Yu Huatian and was also very loyal.

The only flaw is probably that he is a bit too cool, but for a spy chief, it is hard to say whether this flaw is an advantage or a disadvantage.

It was a rare opportunity at this time as his immediate superior was not around, so he became the head of the emperor's personal guards. Naturally, there was something wrong in his eyes, and he looked at everyone with hostility.

They saw that the group of people glanced at them and then walked towards the stairs on their own without any intention of giving way to them.

Yuan Qianhu's face turned ugly at that moment. He snorted coldly and shouted, "Get out of the way!"

He raised the whip in his hand and lashed at the group of people.

However, although he was cool and hot, he still had some sense of propriety, so the person he was targeting was obviously a house slave.

The group of people seemed to have not expected that they would actually start fighting as soon as they said so, and even dared to attack them. They could not help but feel shocked, angry, and even stunned.

This is the capital of the Qin Dynasty. Is it possible that there are still people here who don’t recognize it?

He actually attacked these people. Are he blind?