Chapter 1744 I am a sharp knife
There was silence in the room for a moment, and the prince finally looked at Eunuch Wu and nodded slightly to him.
Eunuch Wu immediately said, "I will find an excuse to give Xu An to Doctor Zhou tomorrow."
The prince nodded, glanced at Zhou Man and Bai Shan, and asked, "How are you going to accommodate the people?"
The two of them just chuckled and tried to get away with it.
The prince snorted coldly when he saw it and warned again: "Just don't throw your life away."
Manbao was curious about another point, "How will Your Highness deal with the people on the list?"
"Of course, we'll deal with it as we should."
Anyone who dares to be a spy in the palace will basically die.
Not to mention Manbao, even Bai Shan felt a little sad and couldn't help saying, "Your Highness, I saw the notes on the list, and it seems that some people haven't done anything yet."
The prince said, "Just because they haven't done it doesn't mean they are good."
He knew they were sympathizing with those people, and said with a slightly cold expression: "What do you think they are doing in the palace? Just to harm me or the princes and grandchildren? They want to harm the entire country. From the moment they became spies, they can no longer be called human beings."
Manbao muttered, "But they don't have a choice."
Bai Shan pulled Man Bao, and the prince said angrily: "I have no choice. When I was born as the eldest son, no one asked me if I wanted to be the crown prince. When I was appointed as the crown prince, no one asked me if I wanted to be the crown prince."
The three people in the room were silent for a long time.
The prince snorted twice and waved his hand impatiently, "Go away, go get Tang Hexuan who's waiting outside."
The prince became angry when he thought of this. The credit had to be transferred back and forth twice, and people were waiting outside. Who was he trying to fool?
Seeing that the prince had guessed everything, Bai Shan quickly took Manbao to leave and handed the Shura Field over to Lord Tang.
When Lord Tang saw the two men dragging Bai Chengyin or the other two away, he shook his head, straightened his clothes, and solemnly went into the house to be scolded.
After being scolded, you have to deal with the matter.
There were also people from Taiji Palace on the list, and it seemed that they had entered the palace earlier. Although there was a note of doubt behind their names, indicating that they did not seem to belong to the same master as Xu Yu, it was still frightening.
This is a serious matter and must be reported to the emperor. Before the news leaks out, find an excuse to arrest the man and interrogate him first.
However, the crown prince can still make decisions in the Eastern Palace. If he wants to take the people in the Yeting Palace, Taiji Palace, and especially the Taiji Hall, he must get the consent of the emperor or the empress. Otherwise, people who don’t know might think that the crown prince is rebelling.
The prince pondered for a moment and asked, "How credible are the lists Xu Yu compiled?"
Lord Tang thought for a moment and said, "As long as Xu An's identity is true, then this list is 80% credible."
He thought for a moment and said, "Even if she's a spy, she must have something to ask for. She's willing to sacrifice her own life. I believe what she said is true."
"From her notes, it seems like she just observed all these people herself, rather than listing them on a list she should know."
Lord Tang said, "Xu Yu is a very careful and cautious person, and she is also very strong mentally. The Ministry of Punishment has used so many tortures but has not been able to make her give up, but she does not want to die, which shows how strong she is."
He never looks down on anyone.
The prince nodded, and finally got up after taking his things. "I will go find my father, and you go find your superior."
This is to let Yin Li come forward to persuade the emperor.
Lord Tang agreed and went to find Yin Li.
The prince went directly to the emperor.
The emperor was also shocked when he saw the list. When he listened to the prince's retelling of Xu Yu's story, which had been polished by Zhou Man, his face turned even more gloomy.
He put down the list in his hand, clenched his hands slightly into fists, and did not speak for a long time.
"Father, I see that some of the people on the list are quite old. They look like they were in the palace during the previous dynasty. Apart from those few families, who else in the world would send spies into the palace like this?"
The emperor's face turned grim as he asked, "What do you want to do?"
A murderous look flashed across the prince's face as he said, "Catch them all and interrogate them. As long as we find out who it is, we will find the three clans of Gu Yi."
The emperor raised his eyelids, glanced at him, and asked, "You haven't even become emperor yet, and you want to be a tyrant already?"
Prince: ...
The emperor finally found an outlet for his rage, and he launched into a barrage of abuse: "You've read so much that you've become a dog! Didn't you get a copy of the history books from the previous dynasty? How did you read them? Do you think they're made of clay? You can exterminate all three of their clans if you want?"
"Do you know how many people are in the three clans of one family? Ten thousand, ten thousand! Let's not even talk about whether there are provincial governors and military governors among these ten thousand people. Just look at their own people and the tenants they support. Do you think they can't turn the Great Jin Dynasty into the previous dynasty again and make you the last emperor again?"
The prince wiped the saliva from his face and said aggrievedly, "So we're just going to let it go? Father, they started inserting people into the palace more than ten years ago. At that time, I had just been crowned crown prince, and you had just ascended the throne as emperor. What did they want?"
The emperor thought about what happened thirteen years ago. The major event of that year seemed to be the rebellion in Youzhou. Two years before that, he had just ascended the throne...
He thought for a long time before he remembered something, "I think I have held the imperial examination for two consecutive years..."
The prince's brows jumped and he looked up at his father.
The emperor frowned and vaguely found the joint.
Seeing his father's silence, the prince couldn't help but ask, "Father, you don't want to take a step back, do you?"
The emperor came back to his senses, raised his eyelids and glanced at him, then said unhappily, "I'm not stupid! The imperial examination is a national priority. I spent fifteen years to stabilize the situation. Why should I retreat?"
The previous dynasty fell into ruin because the last emperor was ambitious, engaged in constant wars, and imposed heavy taxes on the people. But another reason was that he suppressed the aristocratic families and replaced the Nine-Rank System with the imperial examination system.
As the emperor who destroyed a force of the previous dynasty, he knew only too well that without those aristocratic families and organizations, the rebellion of the previous dynasty would not have been so swift.
Ahem, of course, their Li family was also one of them back then.
But the emperor was willing to slow down and be more gentle in his work, but he still had to do what needed to be done.
The national policy of selecting officials through the imperial examination cannot be changed.
The emperor looked up and saw that the prince was still somewhat indignant. He sighed and asked quietly, "Dalang, do you know what is the most important thing about being an emperor?"
The Crown Prince: "Wise and mighty!"
emperor:……
"no!"
The Crown Prince: "Does that mean you accept advice with an open mind?"
The emperor said unhappily, "Not really!"
The prince was also a little angry and said, "I don't know. Father, just tell me directly, what is it?"
The emperor glanced at him, took a pen from the pen holder, and wrote a word on the white paper with such force that it penetrated the back of the paper.
The prince was incredulous, "Normal?"
"That's right," the emperor said, "Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you're emperor? The reason the previous dynasty fell was because the last emperor was too willful and too impatient!"
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