The ninth prince has entered the palace!
The news spread quickly in the imperial city.
The residence of the second prince, Nangong Wuxin.
"Your Highness, the Ninth Prince has gone to the island."
"Old Nine still refuses to give in."
"Should we do something against His Majesty the Ninth Prince? What if the Holy Emperor changes his mind?"
The second prince glanced at the strategist and shook his head.
"The more you do, the more mistakes you make."
"Besides, you don't know Father. My elder brother and his men have been acting recklessly over the years. Have you seen what he has said?"
"It seems not."
"Because he didn't care about those things at all. Their actions seemed like children playing around to him. But Lao Jiu was different."
"Is it His Highness the Ninth Prince who is disrespectful?"
"You are wrong. He has lost his fear. Everything on the floating island is a manifestation of the emperor's power. Old Nine has offended him."
"Just like in the territory of a great demon, even straying into it by mistake is considered a provocation."
"I see."
"So we don't need to target him. The Holy Emperor will naturally not be in a good mood towards those who touch his bottom line."
"What he gives us is ours. We cannot steal it, and we cannot even think about it in front of him."
Nangong Wuxin continued to go fishing in the backyard, forgetting about his good brother going to the floating island to meet the Holy Emperor.
I never thought that he would be involved in this.
He still stood there like a hermit, not fighting or competing.
He said this while staring at a fish in the pond that was swimming away from the school of fish competing for bait.
"You don't fight or compete, but you fight and compete. You, the fish, always get the most, and you never expect me to catch you."
The disputes in the court seemed to have come to a halt.
Each official has his own duties.
Except for the new head of the "Anti-Corruption Bureau", the Minister of the Supervisory Yuan, Lord Qin.
After he learned that the Ninth Prince had gone to the floating island, he became even more motivated.
Several officials were selected from a large number of case files. These officials were jointly recommended by the princes to serve as officials in the court. It was most likely that there was a certain prince behind them.
"It's not too big or too small, just right for testing. Come on, someone."
An inspector walked in.
"grown ups."
"Give me these guys."
"yes."
The professional ability of the Inspector General is much stronger than those of the Ministry of Justice's yamen runners.
Not talkative, extremely capable, a perfect executor.
Soon Qin Xu's actions were heard by several princes.
The four he captured were all monks from the prince's faction.
The other princes were fine, except that Qin Xu had the shadow of the Ninth Prince behind him.
As for the Holy Emperor’s personal appointment, they didn’t think too much about it. He was just a doctor in the Jindan stage, and they could just replace him with someone else.
Qin Xu is in his prime, so it is best not to offend him. When he is in trouble, we will take advantage of his misfortune and take revenge on him.
The fifth prince, Nangong Wufeng, was very angry.
Tong Wanyi, the captured military doctor, was a person he had high hopes for and was the chief of the Military Selection Department.
This is related to his deployment of military forces in various places.
He sneered at the quarrels among his brothers in the imperial city and in the government.
Controlling military power is the ultimate deciding factor.
Although the Ministry of War only controls 30% of the world's monks, the rest are under the control of the Holy Emperor.
But if one could master some of them, in the fight for the throne, at the very least, it would be an important force that could save one's life.
Now, an important executor, and a doctor who was operating a key general sent abroad, was captured by Qin Xu. The Fifth Prince was really a little annoyed.
As soon as the man was caught, the Fifth Prince went looking for Qin Xu.
He suppressed his anger and said to Qin Xu.
"Master Qin, are you dissatisfied with me?"
When Qin Xu heard that the prince had arrived, he was still a little confused.
He could imagine that sooner or later the great god behind those who were arrested would appear in front of him.
We should investigate corruption, but we can’t investigate everything, right? We can’t investigate everything in depth, right?
So I was mentally prepared, but I didn't expect that the first shot after taking office would hit a key person directly.
"Your Highness, where do you get this statement from?"
As he was personally chosen by the Holy Emperor, he was not afraid of anyone before he was abandoned by the Holy Emperor. He communicated with these princes in a relatively equal manner.
"You just arrested the official I recommended without giving him any respect?"
"That's wrong. I was the one who took it according to the case file. I just randomly picked a few copies from the case file. I can only blame the person you recommended for having bad luck."
"Okay, okay, even so, let's make a deal. You release him right now, even if you catch him later."
When Qin Xu heard this, his eyes lit up.
It seems that the captured person was doing something very important, which made the prince come here in such a hurry.
It must be something big, most likely related to the fight for succession to the throne.
"Your Highness, I don't know who you are here for."
"The Minister of Works, the Minister of Rites, and the Minister of War."
These three people were jointly recommended by him and his good brother, and it was also a means for the princes to protect themselves.
Compared with those old foxes in the government who have been holding power for their entire lives, if they place their own people in the government, their background will be uncovered within a day.
Therefore, when the princes of all dynasties recommended their own people, they would recommend them jointly, either jointly with the princes or jointly with some noble families.
Some of these recommendations are made just to give face, while others are from real people.
Qin Xu also knew about this.
Ministry of Industry? Not really. A place with a lot of money and resources would not be that meaningful for the succession.
Ministry of Rites? It is possible. The Ministry of Rites has always been extremely important in a complete management system.
Ministry of War? Probably not. Military power, which prince would be so brave? Anyone who dares to touch military power must be the crown prince. Without the emperor's will, no one can touch military power!
"Your Highness, don't be anxious. We need to check whether the situation of these three people is true, right?"
"How long do you plan to investigate?"
"Even if I want to release him, it will take about a month. It won't be a problem."
When the Fifth Prince heard this, he was shocked: “A month or so?”
That's terrible. The day lily is already cold.
It's the final step, and if you do this to me, all my efforts will be in vain.
It is so difficult to arrange our own people among the border troops, it is as difficult as climbing to the sky.
He slapped the table and stood up.
"Is it okay? No, it will take too long, three days at most!"
Qin Xu picked up the teacup that the Fifth Prince had knocked over, without any annoyance.
"Look at you, you're in a hurry again. I'm talking about the normal process."
The fifth prince also heard the hidden meaning.
"Tell me what you want."
"Your Highness, don't dare to talk nonsense. What can I ask for? I am just doing errands for the Holy Emperor and keeping the court clean. What can I ask for?"
The Fifth Prince just looked at him without saying a word, with some contempt in his eyes.
As if to say, I'm watching you perform.
"How about this, I can release the person today, and I will slowly investigate the matter. But I'm afraid that he will run away as soon as I release him."
"I can guarantee it."
Qin Xu picked up the teacup and sipped it slowly.
No more words were spoken.
"I can leave a talisman behind!"
"Your Highness, we are all respectable people, there is no need, how about this, pay a sum of spirit crystals as a guarantee."
The fifth prince cursed in his heart, "Damn it, just for the spirit crystals, why didn't you just say so earlier?"
He was familiar with this scene. Even the princes had to give certain benefits when doing things.
If you don't follow the unspoken rules, you will never be able to integrate into this system.
"Two hundred spirit crystals per person, I think that's reasonable."
"Okay!" This price is very expensive. Even the official price is equivalent to two million spirit stones per person.
However, now that he has given away the spiritual crystal, time is the most precious thing, and not delaying things is the most important thing.
As for the spirit crystals of the other two, they naturally paid for them themselves. Two million spirit stones would definitely be painful for a cultivator at the fourth or fifth level of the Golden Core, but it would not cause any serious damage.
It’s worth buying a life.
Qin Xu accepted the spirit crystal with satisfaction, went to the prison himself, and sent the person out.
He took out two hundred spirit crystals and kept them for himself.
Fifty spirit crystals were distributed to his subordinates.
He gave thirty of the one hundred spirit crystals to another minister and seventy to the censor's entourage.
He handed over the remaining 250 spirit crystals to the Holy Emperor's treasury.
He is infinitely loyal to the Holy Emperor!
This imperial city is still the best. It’s so fast to get to Lingshi.
Call an inspector.
He was so happy that he shouted "Master."
"We just released those three. Keep a close eye on them. We need to know where they have been in the past few days."
"Yes." The inspectors were full of energy. Lord Qin was a good official who was loyal to the emperor and the country and caring for his subordinates.
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