Chapter 83: Remnants

"...The minister noticed something was wrong when he arrived at the place. However, the matter is too serious, and the minister dare not leak the news. Therefore, all those who knew the news were arrested and imprisoned for the crime of 'corruption-taking bribes' and causing the people to suffer from floods." Dan Chi exited , Ouyang Yanran said in a deep voice, "I didn't even disclose it to the Marquis of Shouning, and only let my confidantes visit in private. Later, when the flood subsided and the minister returned to Beijing to report his duties, he only took away the people on the scene, and still left people to continue in the south. Track down."

"Now that I have evidence, I dare to report to His Majesty!"

He just came back two days ago, although he had already washed and washed, his brows were still dusty.

Chunjia's face sank like water, and she said: "Ai Qing has a heart, if it wasn't for Ai Qing's maturity to hold the country, I'm afraid I would be deceived too."

Ouyang Yanran said: "This is the reign of the Holy Son of Heaven, righteousness is filling the space between the heaven and the earth, and all kinds of ghost tricks of the younger generation, God's will cannot succeed."

Having said that, the faces of the monarch and his ministers were not easy.

"Since the remnants of the Ji family were able to dig through the dams without anyone noticing, causing floods in several counties and counties, it can be seen that their vitality is still alive." Chunjia said in a deep voice, "If we only arrest them privately as before, we may not be able to get rid of them." The trend! But if you want to arrest publicly, you have to have a reason."

Of course he is not in a good mood at the moment, but it is not very surprising.

At the beginning, he conspired with the regent and killed the Ji family by surprise. The emperor knew what he was doing. It seemed like he could kill the grass quickly, but after all, the Ji family was a prominent family of the three dynasties, and he was also a relative. It is because the centipede is dead but not stiff, it is unlikely that the main family will be killed or injured, and the water will not be able to fight at all.

There are always some remnants who, after escaping the search and arrest by chance, refuse to live a good life in anonymity, but must do something to be loyal to the Ji family.

He has been on guard for the past two years, and now he heard that the flood would never have occurred, or it would not have happened by such a coincidence. breath of relief.

At this moment, discuss with Ouyang Yanran how to kill them all, "It's just that the regent was too useless at the beginning. He kept asking me to let him do things freely, but who knows, he still let these people escape."

"The regent has great talent and lack of talent, and he is not really capable of taking on important responsibilities. The late emperor didn't know it, but His Majesty Shenzong's heirs are weak, and there are only two sons, the late emperor and the regent." Ouyang Yanran sighed. There is no choice. In the final analysis, the first emperor was too young when he died. If he had grown older, the first emperor would have considered adopting a step-child from his clan. I still remember that the first emperor was seriously ill at that time, and the minister was sentenced to The Ji family calculated, relegated to the remote, and went to the palace to bid farewell to the late emperor before leaving, and the late emperor looked dejected."

He praised Chunjia euphemistically, "If the first emperor knew that there was an heir like His Majesty, he would have been very pleased."

The two monarchs and ministers talked bad things about the regent for a while, and returned to the subject, discussing how to wipe out the remnants of the Ji family in a legitimate way?

It is definitely not possible to order directly. Although the truth is exposed, it is estimated that many people who sympathized with the Ji family before will change their attitudes and shout at them.

but……

This is not a good thing for the prestige of the court.

After all, the scope of the flood is not small, and the most affluent states and counties in the whole country have been affected.

The dignified son of heaven, the important minister, taught a group of bereaved dogs who lost their masters to succeed in their calculations, and also lost a great opportunity to suppress Wei He. This is a bit too incompetent!

Monarchs and ministers can't afford to lose this face.

And we also have to consider the neighboring country Weihe, the self-proclaimed Khan Hele who is now carrying Mu'e Khan's family to conquer everywhere. Although the grassland has not been completely pacified, it is almost the same depending on the situation.

Guochao made mental preparations early in the morning, that is, once Hele has secured his position, he will definitely attack the Central Plains.

But because Chunjia took the first step to take charge of the government, killed the Ji family, and beat all the ministers, it seems that he can still hold down the regent steadily. Don't dare to act rashly. Even Chunjia can think about why he either cannot unify the tribes so smoothly, or the backyard is on fire and he can't take care of himself, and so on.

But if the remnants of the Ji family have the ability to create disasters that stretch across several states, even if they just caught the court by surprise this time, it may not be the case next time, how could Hele not be greedy?

At that time, it will be a situation of internal and external troubles.

Therefore, the truth of this matter must be sealed up.

Can't tell the outside world.

At least not yet.

Otherwise, on Weihe's side, all the tribes were already retreating in front of Weihe. Knowing that the imperial court may not be able to intervene with them, there may even be civil strife in the country, and the army's morale will be even more chaotic... This is tantamount to helping Hele , It is not a good thing for Guochao.

The truth cannot be exposed, and if the documents are directly captured in the sea, it will not be good for the emperor's reputation.

After all, the emperor had announced before that the slaughter of the Ji family was an accident, not the emperor's intention.

The common man Ji Sheng's self-immolation was even more accidental, and it was not the emperor's intention.

The unlucky fate of the ex-empress and former Kang Jieyu sisters was also an accident... Anyway, these were not the emperor's intentions!

At this moment, there is a holy order saying that he does not want the remnants of the Ji family to have any chance of life. Isn't this a slap in the face?

But it’s not okay to cover up, Chunjia said that the regent is incompetent, but in fact she knew in her heart that after the Ji family was destroyed, when the iron was hot to hunt down the remnants of the Ji family, because the court still honored the Ji family, The regent cannot openly and widely exterminate, it is difficult to leak.

No, it should be said that it is impossible to be watertight.

... After a long while of secret discussion between the monarch and his ministers, Ouyang Yanran resigned with a solemn expression.

After he left, Chunjia sat alone in the hall, pinching her brows, and only after a while did she get up to review the memorial.

In the harem, Yun Fenghuang listened to Chen Jinglai's report that Ouyang Yanran went to the palace alone to meet the saint for a long time before retiring, and pondered slightly: "Could it be because of Ouyang Fulu's marriage with Yun Xike?"

"Haven't you already agreed on this matter?" The Qing people next to him said softly, "Master Ouyang, why bother?"

Yun Fenghuang said: "I just agreed not to object... Maybe Ouyang Yan is not at ease?"

She thought about it for a while and felt that Ouyang Yanran's old cunning and cunning should not be so incapable of doing things, and in his capacity, he didn't need to discuss with the emperor for a long time, but just pondered, "Could it be for state affairs? But the flood in the south is only flat, I haven't heard of it." What else happened?"

Chen Jing also said: "The servant girl sent people out to do errands two days ago, and when she came back, she said that she had met the merchants in the south, and said that the people there said that they had suffered disasters in recent years, so this time the disaster relief was the fastest, and the imperial envoys were all doing their best for the people. Please - life, it can be seen that today is really the son of Shengtian. It sounds like after the flood in the south is calmed down, it will be peaceful?"

"...It's not something that the harem has to worry about." Yun Fenghuang pondered for a while, then said slowly, "Forget it, will you see His Majesty come over later? If His Majesty comes, I will inquire about it myself."

After a while, Chunjia really came to Huanhua Hall, Yun Fenghuang welcomed him and sat down, observing his words, he waved back and said, "Your Majesty seems to have something on his mind?"

"I heard some troublesome news today." Chunjia didn't hide what she meant, and said slowly, "The flood in the south is caused by the remnants of the Ji family. You all know that I chose to stand for the Ji family at the beginning... If they were to be arrested openly, the charges would not be publicized, but what reason should I use?"

It's not easy!

There is no reason to blame them, they don't have to do anything, I can think of 800 reasons every minute to make them deserve their death!

Yun Fenghuang swallowed the words abruptly: Now it is easy to help Chunjia frame the remnants of the Ji family, but when she needs to frame other people later, what should Chunjia do if she doesn't believe her?

Aren't the previous lessons not enough?

The noble concubine sighed in her heart, persuading herself to be virtuous and virtuous, and said seriously: "Why do you need His Majesty to worry about such trivial matters? Is it true that all the civil and military people in the Manchu Dynasty are just doing nothing? Your Majesty spoils them too much!"

Chunjia laughed dumbfounded, and said: "It's not that the ministers don't work hard, it's just that I don't want too many people to know about this matter."

"Then why did your Majesty tell the concubine himself?" Yun Fenghuang looked at him with a smile on hearing this.

"You are not an outsider." Chunjia said, "Actually, what worries me is not the flood, anyway, it has been cleaned up, and after this incident, I can more or less catch clues, so that these remnants of evil will not be lurking all the time. Acting in secret, the court knows nothing about it!"

He let out a breath slowly, "What I'm worried about is the north!"

Yun Fenghuang was surprised and said: "Could it be that this flood... has something to do with Wei He?"

"It's not necessarily Wei He." Chunjia shook his head, and said, "I think it's too coincidental that this flood occurred."

"This..." Yun Fenghuang thought for a while and raised his eyebrows slightly: Indeed, the flood happened suddenly last year. At that time, the whole court was discussing intensively, trying to take advantage of Wei He's misfortune and intervene. Control the future master of the grassland.

And just when the temple was scheduled, news of floods came from the south, so that the court was forced to give up its involvement in Weihe's civil strife, and even handed back the mother and son of the Dayan family who had volunteered to vote.

She pondered and said: "It's really a coincidence... If it wasn't for the flood, the country would have already approached the grassland! Huh?"

Yun Fenghuang came to his senses and said, "Since this flood has something to do with the remnants of the Ji family, why did the troops come to the grassland before the Kingdom sent troops?"

Isn't it more troublesome to cause floods after the country sends troops?

Even more vicious, when Guochao and Hele were beaten to death, let the dam burst and flood the most affluent counties and counties, and then add some unlucky prophecies, nursery rhymes, etc., that would be called Chunjia, etc. The people are busy and busy, and they are overwhelmed!

So from this point of view, the remnants of the Ji family seemed to be taking revenge on the court and Chunjia, taking advantage of innocent people and national power, but in fact... it turned out to be merciful?

With the grievances between the remnants of the Ji family and Chunjia's uncle and nephew, there is no possibility of being unbearable!

this……

Yun Fenghuang recalled that Xia Chunjia said that he was worried about the North, and was startled: "Your Majesty suspects the Northern Army???"