Chapter 475: What are the chances of success in attacking Da Zhou?
"Your Highness, I know you are under the control of Prince Guangling and have reservations about everything you do. It's understandable that you didn't save them. However, you're using these gentlemen as scapegoats, which is too..." The Minister of Personnel swallowed the word "heartless" and offered a word of advice: "Please don't let the ministers down."
The wise king did not take the words of the Minister of Personnel seriously. In his opinion, everyone has their own selfish desires, and as long as their own interests are not harmed, they will not care about the life and death of others at all.
They only care about how much benefit their family can gain after supporting him to ascend the throne.
What's more, the ministers who supported him had invested too much in him. How could they just withdraw from him?
"Lord Yin, everyone has their own destiny. Even if they die, they must die a worthy death." The virtuous king didn't think the Minister of Personnel would go against him for not saving those people. "You have been most loyal to me, always considering my best interests. I have seen and remembered all the kindness you have shown me over the years. When I ascend to that position, I will surely promote you to a higher rank."
The Minister of Personnel thanked him and left Prince Xian's palace through a secret passage.
As soon as he sat in the sedan chair, his shoulders slumped and a strong feeling of fatigue swept over him. His cloudy eyes revealed confusion and worry about the future of the Yin family.
Although it is said that wealth and honor are achieved through risk, one must still have the life to fight for them.
If he only had this one life, it wouldn't matter.
But he had to consider the lives of more than a hundred people in the mansion.
Before coming to see the virtuous king, he always believed that the virtuous king would become the emperor of Northern Qi.
After meeting the virtuous king, he heard that Zhao Yi had avoided the assassination attempt by the Northern Qi emperor and turned the tables, thus weakening the virtuous king's power, so he no longer thought so.
The fact that the Emperor of Northern Qi could govern Northern Qi so well was inseparable from the assistance of the imperial tutor.
The virtuous king was very much like the emperor of Northern Qi. He was not only aggressive and competitive, but also conceited.
How can they defeat Zhao Yi?
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When the Northern Qi Emperor learned that Zhao Yi had captured important officials, he was furious and immediately ordered Eunuch Liu, "You personally go and invite the Imperial Preceptor to the palace, and then send someone to summon Prince Guangling. When Prince Guangling arrives, there's no need to announce it to the palace; have him wait outside."
The Emperor of Northern Qi figured it out after all. Zhao Yi asked him to thoroughly investigate the assassination case, which was just a prelude to the case of the virtuous king, in order to get rid of the virtuous king's right-hand men.
But the Emperor of Northern Qi could not find any fault at all.
Therefore, leaving Zhao Yi outside the palace was also a form of punishment.
The Emperor of Northern Qi paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back and a gloomy expression.
After an unknown amount of time, he heard the voice of a eunuch outside the hall paying his respects to the imperial teacher.
The Northern Qi Emperor looked up.
The palace door opened.
The imperial tutor slowly stepped into the hall, wearing only a green robe embroidered with silver thread and auspicious cloud patterns, but it fully displayed his elegant and noble demeanor, which was out of place in this magnificent palace with carved railings and jade bricks.
He couldn't remember who had commented on the Imperial Teacher, but perhaps the comment described the Imperial Teacher very aptly, so he still remembered it to this day.
[The whole body is as bright as snow, without a speck of dust from the world.]
Even though the imperial tutor had been in the officialdom for many years, he had not been influenced by the secular world.
However, although he had not seen the imperial teacher for only half a month, the Emperor of Northern Qi felt like it had been half a year.
"Imperial Preceptor, I heard you've been worshipping Buddha at the National Temple lately." The Northern Qi Emperor frowned slightly. The Imperial Preceptor usually only stayed at the National Temple for a few days, but this year he seemed to be going there more frequently. "More than twenty years ago, you met Master Xuqing and became acquainted with Buddhism. If I hadn't already secured my throne and was determined to attack the Great Zhou, I'm afraid you would have converted to Buddhism long ago."
"Ahem..." The Imperial Tutor coughed softly a few times. "Your Majesty, I have been ill recently and have just gone to the Imperial Temple for retreat. I have felt a little better in the past two days, so I will return home to recuperate."
The Emperor of Northern Qi looked at the Imperial Preceptor carefully and discovered that his lips were pale and he looked much thinner.
"Why didn't you send someone to tell me you weren't feeling well? How can you stay healthy eating the simple vegetarian meals you eat in the temple? I'll send a royal physician to the Imperial Preceptor's residence to take good care of you." The Northern Qi Emperor offered a few words of concern before getting to the point. "You've probably heard about the major events that took place in the capital today. I summoned you to the palace to get your opinion on how to deal with Prince Guangling."
He originally planned to wait until Zhao Yi finished solving Feng Zhihuan's case before killing Zhao Yi.
But he was still afraid of the Great Zhou, so he asked the imperial teacher to come to the palace to make a decision.
How to justify Zhao Yi's crime and shut up the Great Zhou.
"The Prince of Guangling committed a crime?" The Imperial Preceptor asked, puzzled. "Your Majesty, are you referring to the Prince of Guangling killing the Censor without authorization? Or did he bypass you and the Three Judicial Departments and arrest several ministers, committing a crime of usurpation?"
The Emperor of Northern Qi was stunned by the question and hesitated whether he should tell the imperial teacher about what the virtuous king had done.
"According to the law, anyone who commits the crime of usurping power will be sentenced to exile at the very least, or immediate execution at the most serious. Even if Prince Guangling is the heir to the throne, he must be dealt with according to the law." The Imperial Preceptor said sternly, "Otherwise, if this loophole is opened, other princes and grandchildren will follow Prince Guangling's example, arresting one today and executing another tomorrow. Wouldn't that disrupt the order of the court?"
After hearing the impartial words of his imperial tutor, the Emperor of Northern Qi hid the words about the virtuous king's crime in his stomach.
He was worried that if the imperial teacher knew about it, he would ask him to punish the virtuous king according to the law.
"I have investigated the crimes committed by those individuals and have ordered the Prince of Guangling to arrest them." The Northern Qi Emperor said this briefly, changing the subject. "Imperial Master, with Northern Qi's national strength, what are the chances of success in attacking the Great Zhou?"
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