Looking at Murong Yao and Xu Wanrong who were tied up, and then looking at Song Lin standing beside them, Shen Xu was a little at a loss for a moment.
"What do you mean?"
"I thought about it, why should we go to such great lengths to fight? I will just kill him directly, and you notify your brother to ascend the throne. Once the emperor is dead, no one will oppose your brother. There is no need to go through so much trouble and cause so many innocent people to die." Song Lin leaned against the cabinet and expressed his thoughts.
Several people looked shocked as if they had heard something incredible.
Murong Yan laughed dryly twice and asked, "That being said, how did you get that person out?"
"I called a carriage and brought the people out."
As soon as Song Lin finished speaking, the shock on everyone's faces became more intense. Kidnapping the emperor? Is this something that can be done by just calling a carriage?
"Well... If I hadn't tied up the Queen, I could have carried him out by myself. But you said this woman was bullying Xiuxiu too much, so I tied her up as well."
Xu Wanrong looked at the people at the table with horror. She was still sleeping soundly, and before she could react, she was put in a sack and brought here.
Seeing Song Lin and Ye Fan, she was still a little confused. Among these people, she was the one who instigated Ye Fan to abuse and bleed Ye Wanqing.
What did these people want to do by tying her up? But her mouth was gagged and she couldn't make any sound.
Yan Ze walked over, squatted down and looked at her, "Tsk tsk, your bone structure is indeed good, but your mind is too vicious, it's a pity that you have such a beautiful appearance."
Xu Wanrong listened to the man in front of her who looked like Ye Fan, speaking words that were unfamiliar to her. The fear in her eyes was beyond words. She was so scared that her eyes turned red and she shrank behind Murong Yao.
Murong Yao was equally terrified. Although Murong Yan also changed his appearance, he could recognize that light-hearted and mischievous way of speaking even if it turned into ashes.
It turns out that Song Lin, Ye Fan and Murong Yan are all in the same group!
He was played around by Murong Yan from beginning to end, and he was complacent, thinking that he had won the throne and embraced the beauty.
Several people looked at Shen Xu, asking with their eyes what her next plan was.
Shen Xu scratched his head, "He suddenly tied someone up here... I don't know what to do next."
"Xiu Xiu, I just want to protect you."
"You are so thoughtful."
Ye Wanqing suggested: "Let's send someone to the southern border to discuss it with Big Brother tomorrow."
"Let's call Fu Yi to Yong'an City. We have the emperor in our hands, and the rules of this country are in our hands." Chen Xu stroked his chin and thought, "I have to trouble Brother Ze to go to the palace and order the withdrawal of the Western Wilderness Army. And notify all the city lords to come to Yong'an City. Before the war ends, it's time to put Yanyang Kingdom in order."
"Hehe, I'm lucky enough to see the elegance of a female prime minister ruling the world."
"Don't tease me."
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On the second day, the news of Murong Yao's assassination and disappearance spread in the palace. The loyal ministers kept the news secret and dared not make it public. They all arranged their forces to secretly search for Murong Yao's whereabouts.
Yan Ze returned to the court accompanied by Song Lin. Facing the questioning of Censor Xu, Yan Ze directly produced the evidence that Censor Xu had forged documents of the Beihai Kingdom to frame Prime Minister Liu, and quickly dismissed the man from his post and investigated him.
Jiang Yulou seemed to have sensed some crisis and asked for leave early in the morning. When the Yulin Guards came to report, he was no longer in the mansion and was said to have left the city overnight.
Yan Ze issued some decrees according to the contents of Shen Xu's plan and recalled the Western Wilderness Army that had already set out to fight back to the territory.
Since Murong Yao's last action against the Liu family had already shaken the foundation of Yanyang Kingdom, the dissatisfaction of various places towards the emperor became more and more intense. After just sitting in the court for a while, the accumulated problems from various places came flooding in, and memorials were sent up like a mountain.
There is no such thing as peace and prosperity for the country. All of this is just an attempt to cover up the truth.
Yan Ze had never seen such a scene before, so he pretended to be sick and hid in the palace. Before the afternoon, he brought everyone to the palace.
Looking at the piles of memorials with all kinds of questions, everyone suddenly felt powerless and had no idea where to start.
"Is Murong Yao a pig? He has dragged this kind of problem until now. I really don't know what the emperor is for!" Murong Yan buried his head in the pile of memorials, cursing as he read them.
As Chen Xu flipped through the memorials, he couldn't help but complain, "I didn't expect our Yanyang Country has so many problems. Agriculture has shortcomings, business is not guaranteed, and there's this. When you can't even get enough to eat, you're still pursuing cultural construction and flattering others."
"Why does Dongyi City have so many problems? This pile contains memorials submitted by officials from prefectures and counties." Ye Wanqing sat next to Murong Yan and divided the memorials according to their jurisdiction. The table in front of her was already piled high with memorials from Dongyi City.
Murong Yan replied, "In the past, the Li family was in charge of the people's livelihood and government affairs in Dongyi City. The people lived a relatively good life. Now the problems have been exposed."
Hearing this, Song Lin also sat down and picked up a memorial to read.
"Brother-in-law, do you understand?" Murong Yan asked him with interest, holding his chin.
Song Lin read it carefully and replied, "It's all empty talk."
Murong Yan introduced enthusiastically, "I can tell you've never written a memorial before. This is how it is in our Yanyang Kingdom. The format of memorials is complicated and focuses on the writing style. To understand the facts, you have to start from the third paragraph."
"Review your memorial." Shen Xu gave him a look that said, "Don't even think about slacking off."
Song Lin disagreed with this behavior and said puzzledly, "What a waste of time! Isn't the role of the court to solve practical problems? If the governors and city lords are all focused on writing beautiful memorials, won't their actual efficiency be greatly reduced?"
"Brother-in-law, what you said makes a lot of sense. Because all the officials in the court before were from the Liu faction, and the Tongzhengsi responsible for screening memorials were also from the Prime Minister's Office. They had a unified format, and as they wrote, they all unified it.
This directly led to some memorials submitted by less skilled military officers being screened out due to poor writing skills, and gradually evolved into a state where Yanyang State prioritized civil service over military service."
Song Lin frowned, "Wouldn't that delay military operations?"
Murong Yan shrugged. "Why do you think Nanguan City hasn't been taken yet? From the moment you submitted your military report, it still needed to go through layers of approval. That's why the original policy of Yanyang State was for each prefecture and county to have their own military arrangements."
"What if someone rebels?"
"To rebel, you have to take Yong'an City. To become emperor, you need support. Otherwise, if the provinces and counties don't pay their taxes, it's useless to be a figurehead emperor."
Song Lin said, "Then can my uncle become the emperor?"
"Yes, I'll be the first to support it."
"Murong Yan!" Shen Xu slammed the table hard, "What are you talking about!"
Song Lin quickly stood up, walked over to her and rubbed her hand, "Does it hurt?"
"Ah Xu." Murong Yan put down his pen, changing his usual nonchalant demeanor and said seriously, "I think you should go to the southern border to see for yourself. Fu Yi is really more suitable to be an emperor than I am."
Shen Xu was silent for a long time, then slowly uttered a few words, "It's up to you."
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