That night, Yan Xiwen tossed and turned in bed.
Qin Mowen and Ning Yuchun also had trouble sleeping. Even the retired old man Nangong Yiyu felt that something was wrong with the new emperor.
Yan Xiwen had thought more about this matter than anyone else, because he and Fu Xiaoguan had spent the longest time together and understood the words Fu Xiaoguan had said the most.
The law is the standard!
What it actually maintains is the most basic moral bottom line!
Anyone who breaks the law must be punished by it. Only then can there be fairness in this world!
Even after Fu Xiaoguan ascended the throne, he put forward the idea that everyone is equal before the law, and this idea was written into the Constitution of Daxia!
The Constitution clearly stipulates that imperial power cannot be above the law!
Imperial power must also abide by the constraints of the law!
In Yan Xiwen's view, this was an unprecedented event, because all the laws in the past dynasties were actually used to restrain the people or the officials below.
No law is binding on imperial power, and imperial power is always above the law.
He said that such a power structure meant that those who held imperial power were destined to be able to arbitrarily change the law, deny the judgments made by the law, interfere with the enforcement of the law, and make the originally sacred law worthless.
And now, the thing that Fu Xiaoguan had been extremely worried about is happening, and it just happens to be happening to the new emperor Wu Tianci!
Perhaps in Wu Tianci's eyes this is just a trivial matter——
After all, he is the emperor. If he wants to pardon someone, it is just a matter of the emperor's words!
In the past, this was not wrong.
But now... Wu Tianci was totally wrong!
Then Yan Xiwen thought that Wu Tianci had not recalled Tuoba Wang since he ascended the throne, and the two of them should not have any intersection at least for now... Could it be that Tuoba Wang wrote a private letter to ask him for help?
Oh right, he suddenly had an extra 50 million taels of silver...
Yan Xiwen didn't dare to think further. If this was true, it would be too terrible, because the emperor's actions had seriously violated the criminal law!
He is taking bribes!
The great Emperor of Daxia accepted bribes... If Fu Xiaoguan knew about this, what would he think?
Of course, this was just speculation, but Yan Xiwen wanted to meet with Ji Yungui, the head of Tianji Pavilion, to get to the bottom of the huge sum of 50 million taels of silver that came from an unknown source!
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The next day, Yan Xiwen brought the Ministry of Revenue's revised road network planning document for the two Yueshan roads to the Imperial Study.
Wu Tianci was in the imperial study, bent over his desk, reading a booklet on the table.
Liu Jin bowed and stood beside him, whispering, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Yan requests an audience."
"Oh...please ask Minister Yan to sit for a while. I will take a look at the design of this villa to see if there are any omissions."
Yan Xiwen sat in front of the tea table and saw Wu Tianci writing and drawing on the desk. After waiting for half an hour, Wu Tianci put down the pen with a look of joy on his face.
"That's perfect. There must be something interesting in the courtyard. I've added a beast house... Well, give these drawings to the Ministry of Works and have them build it according to this design."
"Once it's built, send people to various parts of Daxia to capture those ferocious beasts and keep them in the beast kennel. I'll have free time to practice archery!"
He handed the booklet to Liu Jin, who bowed and withdrew. Only then did he sit opposite Yan Xiwen.
"Prime Minister Yan, what's the matter?"
"I have two questions for the Emperor."
Wu Tianci made a pot of tea and said, "Prime Minister Yan, please speak."
"First, the road network design for the two passes through the mountains has been completed. Please approve it with the Emperor's seal before submitting it to the Cabinet for review."
Wu Tianci raised his eyebrows, "What's the second thing?"
Yan Xiwen took a deep breath and said earnestly, "Tuoba Changhuan offended the emperor back then. He was armed with a gun and intended to murder the emperor!"
Wu Tianci's hand holding the teapot suddenly paused. He frowned and raised his head to look at Yan Xiwen.
Their eyes met, and Yan Xiwen added, "According to the Ministry of Justice, carrying a firearm is a serious crime in itself, and on top of that, he nearly killed the Emperor. This is an aggravated crime and warrants immediate execution!"
"The Emperor, considering that Tuoba Wang was the Governor-General of the Western Xia Autonomous Region, and Tuoba Changhuan, who didn't know it, was also in the Emperor's good graces. He defended Tuoba Changhuan, and that's why he was given a light sentence of three years in prison."
"I heard that the Emperor intends to pardon Tuoba Changhuan... Your Majesty, this is against the law. Please do not disregard the law for such a small matter!"
Wu Tianci gently put down the teapot and did not put it on the stove to boil.
He also withdrew his gaze and did not meet Yan Xiwen's gaze again.
He looked out the door.
It's raining outside.
"Prime Minister Yan, what you're saying is... if I want to pardon someone, do I also need the approval of the Ministry of Justice and a vote of the Cabinet?"
"No, according to the Daxia Constitution, Your Majesty does not have the power to pardon any criminal!"
silence.
The silence on Wu Tianci's face gradually turned into anger.
He was still staring at the spring rain outside the door, but his cheeks were heaving. He swallowed and took a deep breath, trying to suppress the anger in his heart.
However, he failed to suppress it.
He stood up suddenly, picked up the teapot on the table, and dropped it to the ground with a "bang..."
"You... are bullying me too much!"
He stared at Yan Xiwen, his eyes filled with undisguised anger. "You, you, you are relying on your friendship with my father to deliberately turn me into a puppet!"
"You have ulterior motives, and none of you are a good person!"
"emperor!"
Yan Xiwen roared, startling Wu Tianci.
"What? Yan Xiwen, are you still thinking of rebelling... Someone come... Someone come...!"
The imperial guards rushed into the imperial study. Wu Tianci pointed at Yan Xiwen and said, "I command you to capture this traitor!"
The commander of the imperial guards took a look and realized that everything was over, as this man was the Prime Minister of Yan!
How did he offend the emperor?
This person cannot be caught!
"emperor……"
"Don't you even listen to what I say, you bitch?"
"Your Majesty!" Yan Xiwen also stood up at this moment and bowed. "Your Majesty also needs to be reasonable. I dare to ask Your Majesty, which law have I violated?"
Wu Tianci suddenly choked, "You, you are committing insubordination!"
"Your Majesty, I am loyal to Daxia, but I am extremely disappointed in you!"
"Your Majesty, you may do whatever you want to me, but I still ask Your Majesty to examine yourself!"
"I earnestly seek the long-term peace and stability of Great Xia, the eternal prosperity of the First Emperor, and the eternal peace and prosperity of the people of the world!"
"I have worked with the First Emperor for many years, and even when we argued, it was over the political views of the Great Xia! Yet, Your Majesty has accused me of insubordination... Your Majesty, could you please read the Constitution?"
"If Your Majesty wishes to abolish the Constitution compiled by the First Emperor... I naturally oppose it. As for what crime Your Majesty wants to punish me with, that's up to you!"
"This first matter is extremely urgent and involves the rural revitalization plan. I request Your Majesty's approval so that I can submit it to the cabinet for review!"
Wu Tianci's face flushed red. He stared at Yan Xiwen fiercely, then turned away.
"I don't agree!"
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