After listening to what Zhao Ji said, the emperor fell into silence for a long time. The emperor had never paid attention to what kind of tea each minister drank at home or how many concubines they had in the backyard.

What the emperor cares about or hears may just be what others want him to know.

At the same time, the emperor also realized that Zhao Ji knew all these details that he had never cared about, even those private things that the ministers had never thought about.

This shows that Zhao Ji has extremely powerful means.

Moreover, during the one-day house search yesterday, Zhao Ji was able to follow the clues and find out so much information, which is enough to show how capable Zhao Ji is.

Zhao Ji didn't even have the slightest intention of hiding anything and told the emperor everything so frankly. In fact, the more the emperor thought about it, the more shocked he was.

It's not that Zhao Ji was unaware of the emperor's fear, but Zhao Ji still said so, which actually meant that Zhao Ji was not afraid of the emperor's fear.

"Master Ye is such a person. I know a person by his appearance but not by his heart. If that is the case, I believe that you, the Regent, must have conducted various investigations. Then the things written in this account book are also very credible!"

The emperor looked into Zhao Ji's eyes and said.

Zhao Ji did not comment.

Seeing that Zhao Ji did not respond, the emperor could only bite the bullet and say, "The reason why I asked you to come here is because I want to discuss something with you!"

Zhao Ji then put down the tea in his hand and smiled: "I am the regent of the Heavenly Dynasty, and naturally the regent of the emperor. If the emperor has any instructions, just speak up and I will definitely fulfill your orders!"

The emperor hesitated for a moment, and finally spoke: "This booklet is full of names. Although there are some people like Master Ye whom I did not expect, there are also some who are talented in their daily lives. I have long known that these people are greedy, and I naturally pretend not to see things that are not excessive in my daily life. But now there are too many of them, and they are all written in this booklet. It is said that one cannot blame everyone... this..."

Zhao Ji naturally knew what the emperor was hesitating about.

If the people and amounts written in this booklet were really used to punish people, I'm afraid two-thirds of the people in the court would be gone immediately.

The remaining one third cannot finish all the work.

The most important thing is that if all the people leave, the core operations of the entire Celestial Empire will come to a halt.

Therefore, the emperor did not dare to act rashly, but if this matter was handled with great fanfare and then let go lightly, it would only further encourage the bad atmosphere in the court.

After this booklet was handed over to the emperor, it was like being on a tiger and unable to back down. The emperor himself didn't know how to deal with it.

In fact, matters like this were usually handled by the Regent Zhao Ji, but because of the Censor's incident, Zhao Ji had already angered the Emperor.

Therefore, Zhao Ji did not intend to take on many things himself, and pushed some of the work in his hands to the emperor, asking the emperor to handle it personally.

However, the emperor is so overwhelmed, how can he figure out these things?

Therefore, in the face of such a major event, the emperor naturally did not dare to act rashly. He came to Zhao Ji, actually hoping that Zhao Ji could give him some advice.

"Your Majesty, do you think that the law should not punish everyone?" Zhao Ji did not answer immediately, but asked back.

The emperor's eyes flashed with confusion at this moment: "If the law does not punish everyone, this matter will only help those people with evil intentions to be arrogant, and they may even think that I am condoning them in this matter!"

When Zhao Ji heard the emperor say this, he nodded slightly. After experiencing the incident with the Censor, the emperor finally grew up and was no longer as naive as before.

"What if we uproot all those who have made mistakes?" Zhao Ji said with a smile.

"This won't work either. It will definitely be a major event that will damage the vitality of the court..." the emperor said with a wry smile.

"It is precisely because I have thought over and over that nothing seems right that I want to ask the Regent for advice on how to deal with this matter. After all, I have only recently started to deal with government affairs, and the late emperor died early, so no one has taught me systematically. I hope that the Regent will not hold my faults against me..."

The emperor kept a very humble attitude and his eyes were very sincere.

Zhao Ji and the emperor looked at each other for a few seconds. About half an incense stick of time had passed before Zhao Ji lowered his eyes and raised a very faint smile at the corner of his mouth: "Actually, this matter is not difficult to handle at all!"

"The difficulty of the whole thing lies in your Majesty. What do you want to achieve? If your Majesty just wants a clean political environment, then you only need to punish all these people and fill the prisons with people. Then the people who take over later will naturally not do the same thing!"

"But in this case, Your Majesty, you will have to frantically recruit talents from the court to fill these vacancies..."

"If the emperor is not seeking a clear political situation, but a stable court, then there are naturally other ways!"

Zhao Ji gave a mysterious smile.

At this time, the emperor had been completely led by Zhao Ji. From what Zhao Ji had just said, the emperor felt that Zhao Ji must have had an idea or a solution in mind, which was why he had said such a long list of preparations.

"Lord Regent, don't keep me in suspense. What I want is naturally a bit of stability. We haven't recovered from the blow from Southern Xinjiang some time ago, and the earth is turning over again during this period. Nothing needs stability more than now!"

Zhao Ji looked at the current emperor and smiled. Although the current emperor was a little dumber and still had some childishness like when he was a child, it had to be said that the emperor rarely acted like a troublemaker.

Especially compared with the previous emperor.

"Let me give the emperor some advice!" When the emperor heard what Zhao Ji said, his ears suddenly pricked up and he looked at Zhao Ji with expectant eyes.

"We just need to spread the gossip and say that the emperor already knows exactly who is bribing and even the exact amount, and that he intends to expel these people from the entertainment industry in the near future!"

As Zhao Ji spoke each sentence, the eyes of the others became brighter and brighter. It was obvious that these people had roughly guessed what Zhao Ji meant.

"When this news spreads everywhere, these ministers with guilty consciences will naturally start to panic. At this time, releasing some half-true and half-false gossip will be enough to deceive these people!"

"At least those who have bad intentions. At the same time, the emperor directly announced in the court that if anyone can voluntarily hand over the same amount of money as the bribe you paid to others, the emperor will no longer pursue the responsibility of these people this time."