Han Shizu

Chapter 2016 Reality
Due to the bad nature of the incident, the atmosphere in the imperial team completely changed. Before they arrived at Taikang Palace, everyone who needed to take action took action.Murong Chengtai, the Marquis of Ding'an who was deployed as the capital of the southern patrol camp this time, was under great pressure. He directly summoned the commanders of the Suiluan armies and issued strict orders to patrol the mountains and clear obstacles. If any suspicious persons approached, he would immediately kill them. Serious matters such as driving break-ins must be avoided.

At the same time, the detective officials from the Imperial City Department and the Wude Department also took action urgently. The goal was to investigate the identities of the two trespassers, how they hid in the mountains, how to choose the time to complain, and who was behind it. Providing convenience, is there a bigger conspiracy?
Regardless of how others view it, at least the Imperial City and Wude Division II are treating this matter with the strictest and most prudent attitude.However, it is not easy to investigate clearly. Those forbidden soldiers started too quickly and too harshly, leaving no one alive.

It's not easy to complain about this kind of thing. Just looking at the momentum shown by those Qiu Ba, you can tell that it is not convenient to provoke them at this time.The investigation of the Second Division was naturally led by the Wude Division, which was their home field, and they also started investigating the two corpses.

However, it was not that he had no clue. At least in terms of the direction of the investigation, Wang Xuanzhen had some idea.As a result, subordinates of the Wude Department in Shenzhou and even several surrounding states mobilized to compile the situation before and after the construction of Taikang Palace and the actions of various government agencies in it, no matter how big or small, including some words, deeds and attitudes of officials from various places, all in Shenzhou. side, conduct comparative analysis.

At the same time, Wang Xuanzhen refined and modified his carefully prepared investigation of the situation in Shenzhou. After arriving at Taikang Palace, he immediately went to pay a visit and returned to report. This time, he "told the truth" , no longer providing any cover for Liu Jiqian and Shenzhou.

Of course, the person who was most nervous and angry about this matter was undoubtedly Liu Jiqian, the magistrate of Shenzhou. When he first heard about it, he was so distraught that he almost bit off his tongue.

Where did the thief come from? He actually played this trick on him. He really deserved to die. Being killed by the guards was an advantage to them. They really deserved to be crushed.

Not to mention other things, the occurrence of such a bad situation in his Shenzhou itself means a problem of public security and his ability to control Shenzhou.If it was an assassination, the consequences would be a nightmare for Shenzhou bureaucrats, and he, Liu Jiqian, would bear the brunt.

However, despite being angry, Liu Jiqian could not help but feel worried. When he thought of the word "bloody", he became distracted and felt a coldness on his neck.Liu Jiqian had been unable to feel at ease ever since the day he arrived to welcome him into the city. The old emperor's terrifying eyes had already left a shadow on his heart.

His family knew his own affairs, and Liu Jiqian was not a fool. He knew that he had gone too far in some things in Shenzhou, but after all, it was for the emperor and to fulfill his destiny.Although the approach is open to question, the "loyalty" is real. Based on Liu Jiqian's judgment of the old emperor, it is worth taking a gamble.

If he can pass the test without any trouble, then everything will be fine. He is waiting for promotion. If something goes wrong, Liu Jiqian also has a way to deal with it.But he never expected that the opening would be in such an unexpected way.

Under such circumstances, Liu Jiqian issued an urgent order, and the relevant ministries in Shenzhou were mobilized urgently, especially the prefectural and county police officers, who were all dispatched to investigate and arrest the person with ulterior motives.

Liu Jiqian also didn't believe that going out to express his grievance was just a spontaneous act of two untouchables. There must be someone behind it, someone who wanted to go against him.At a higher level, Liu Jiqian cannot take care of it for the time being, but under the rule of Shenzhou, he is a big fan of Socha, and the people around him are just those who criticize his "politics". Such people are not unheard of in Shenzhou. The specific person remains to be investigated, but there are always suspects.

Of course, in addition to fully mobilizing Shenzhou, there is another more important thing that needs to be done for Liu Jiqian, which is to meet people, meet two people.

The first is King Xu Liu Chengyun. No matter what, King Xu is his most solid and powerful backing. If things really get out of hand, then only King Xu can and is willing to say a few words for him in front of the old emperor. Talked.

As the head of the clan, King Xu Liu Chengyun was lucky enough to accompany him on this southern tour. This was a matter of course. Whatever the benefit, the old emperor always thought of King Xu.During the holidays, the old emperor might forget other people, but King Xu would always receive a reward from the palace. This had been a habit for decades, which shows King Xu's invisible influence on the court.

The result of the meeting with Liu Jiqian and Liu Chengyun was pretty good, which at least made Liu Jiqian a little optimistic.Although the conversation was accompanied from beginning to end by King Xu’s reprimand to Liu Jiqian.
After asking King Xu for help, Liu Jiqian plucked up the courage and went to Taikang Palace to meet the old emperor with great trepidation.The purpose of the audience was naturally to plead guilty to the old emperor for trespassing. The emphasis was on the fact that such "frightening driving" happened under his rule, and he could not escape the blame.

By the way, he also confessed some of his reckless and rash actions during his administration in Shenzhou, as well as some of the "small mistakes" he made, which aroused dissatisfaction and criticism from others.In short, get a vaccination first.Although the old emperor has behaved a bit confused in recent years, he is still clear-sighted as long as he is serious. What he has seen and heard in the past few days after arriving in Shenzhou has already attracted his sufficient attention.

Therefore, the little tricks Liu Jiqian played in front of him had no technical skills at all, and could almost be seen through at a glance.However, the old emperor did not attack him on this matter. On the contrary, he comforted him with words, showed his understanding for his hard work in the past two years, and asked him not to blame himself for small things.
After sending Liu Jiqian away, the old emperor met Wang Xuanzhen in the dormitory that had not been completely tidied up, and listened to his detailed report on the military, political and civilian conditions of Shenshen Prefecture.

Talking about military, political and civil affairs, there is actually only one focus, the construction of Taikang Palace. In the past two years, all aspects of things in Shenzhou have revolved around this matter.

Wang Xuanzhen was naturally someone who knew the key points. He introduced Liu Jiqian's actions in detail one by one.Generally speaking, there are only two points in Liu Jiqian's actions, blindly embracing the situation and excessive abuse of the people, and the two are causally related.

It is normal to use the money and grain stored in official warehouses to hire laborers, or even to use strategic grain reserves for military and disaster relief purposes. It is also possible to deduct wages and rations from laborers by calling on officials and citizens to raise donations, and then use the construction of palaces to build a large It’s not unusual to pile up exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes for a clear purpose.
These are the traditional skills of bureaucrats, but what really makes the old emperor silent are those practices that completely lose the bottom line and principles and disregard human life.According to Wude Si's preliminary investigation, more than [-] people died during the construction of Taikang Palace under the rule of Shenzhou alone. Some families still had corpses decorated and buried, while some could not even find the corpses. As for where the people went, Either they fell off a cliff, or their bones were buried on the foundation of a temple, or they were simply thrown into mass graves.
Even so, Liu Jiqian still wanted to intercept the pensions of the deceased laborers, not to enrich his own pockets. The money and food were used by him to build the palace and improve all aspects of the infrastructure that might be involved in Luan Jia's visit.
And this last point was the most unacceptable to the old emperor and almost made him break his defense.Co-author, in his name, he abused the people and took human lives lightly, but he still showed a face of utmost loyalty. Depending on his intentions, he had to be moved to thank them for their loyalty.

Even so, the old emperor knew it well, and even told Liu Gui as early as last year, asking him to at least look good on the surface.No project, especially a big project, can kill people, but that's not how it was done. This was far from the old emperor's expectations.

Similarly, just for the situation in Shenzhou, if you are angry, you will be angry, but it will not let the old emperor break his defense.However, if the true face behind the construction of Taikang Palace turned out to be this, then even the old emperor would feel panicked.

Some things are hard to deceive yourself!What is like this in Shenzhou, what about other prefectures and counties? Even if they are not as dry as Liu Jiqian, and the situation is better, I am afraid it will not be much better.
In the palace, even the candlelight was affected by the depressing atmosphere and was swaying. The old emperor had been silent for a long time. Wang Xuanzhen felt uneasy and even faintly regretted. Did he say too much?

"With such a harsh government, how can people's livelihood be safe? How can the people of Shenzhou not complain and hate me? How can I travel here to escape the summer with peace of mind?" After a while, the old emperor finally spoke and murmured to himself. .At this moment, the old man's face revealed a somewhat pitiful expression.

Wang Xuanzhen immediately said: "What does poor local governance have to do with your Majesty? Even if the people have complaints, they will only blame the local government. How can they blame your Majesty? Towards your Majesty, the people will only respect and fear you. Even if they suffer, they will only look forward to it." I hope Your Majesty can be kind and save you, and have no other thoughts. To hate the saint is to be punished by God..."

I have to say that Wang Xuanzhen's rhetoric is really pleasant to the ears of the current old emperor, at least not inferior to the beautiful voice of the Jiaofang singer.The key point is, what does the evil done by local officials have to do with my emperor?
Of course, the old emperor did not deceive himself to this extent, he was just trying to comfort himself.After thinking for a moment, he sneered a few times, and then rudely reprimanded: "Bullshit! You treat me as a fool. You don't even understand the simplest truth. How can you claim to be innocent? How can people be so easy to bully? "

"I don't dare!" Wang Xuanzhen immediately knelt down to apologize.

Although he was reprimanded by the old emperor, Wang Xuanzhen felt more relaxed. He was most afraid of the old emperor's attention at the moment. Why didn't he report these situations earlier? Although he had prepared reasons and rhetoric, it would be better if he could not use them. use.

Judging from the current situation, the old emperor's focus is obviously in a direction that is beneficial to him.A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist. He doesn't care how unlucky others are, just don't involve him, Wude Si...

(End of this chapter)