readytorunbook Chapter 1843 Look down on
Chapter 1843 Look down on
Chen Changli helped Lin Jing up from the ground and had someone take him away. Fang asked, "How could Prince Rong do this? Tell me, is there someone behind you?"
"Yes, Tu Yuanzhou, King Wulan, Quanrong and Hehe are all involved in this matter. If you want to help the emperor clean up the court, kill them." The raised voice was full of temptation. After hearing it, Chen Changli knew it was a lie and kicked the speaker in the chest.
"Are they involved? I know it very well. I won't allow you to fan the flames here." Looking at them one by one, Chen Changli said in a deep voice, "Don't be complacent. As long as Dayong recovers, the Western Regions with Quanrong will all belong to Dayong."
Everyone's faces changed several times: "You are so ambitious, Chen Changli, the emperor will definitely abandon you and make your family worse than pigs and dogs."
"Instead of cursing me, you might as well curse your master and let him be buried with you." Chen Changli glanced at them and continued to interrogate them. After getting more information, he immediately went to the palace to report to the emperor, "The promising young generation of the aristocratic families have been replaced by Prince Rong's people."
The emperor was shocked and angry: "How did he do it?"
"Dajing has been on the verge of collapse for a long time. Prince Rong saw this clearly, and in order to seize the initiative, he set his sights on these people. At that time, the old emperor was crazy about immortality, and all officials noticed it. They were trembling with fear for their lives, which naturally gave Prince Rong the opportunity to take advantage of the situation." Chen Changli speculated.
"Prince Rong knew that my father's bloodline was impure, and he had long been planning to rebel, and had been preparing for this for many years. Although there were natural disasters and man-made disasters at the time, my father was still able to stabilize the situation, and Prince Rong presented himself as a sickly person, so people naturally ignored him." The emperor sighed, "I didn't expect that this neglect would lead Prince Rong to do so many things."
Chen Changli breathed heavily. "Your Majesty, according to their confessions, the person who impersonated Lin Jiawen was the backer of the corrupt official. They have been engaged in human trafficking for many years and have been constantly smearing Dayong, causing many people to hate Dayong."
"I think there are many cases like this in other places. To solve the imperial examination cheating case, we must send people to patrol other places and promote the new policy so that the people know the benefits of the new policy. This way, they will not be deceived after our people leave."
The emperor nodded solemnly: "We will do as you say, but now we need to find out the fakes based on their confessions. With so many people here, I wonder how many noble families will be shocked and saddened by this."
He paused as he spoke, and slowly raised his lips: "The aristocratic families themselves are not clean, and Prince Rong's behavior actually helped me. Chen Changli, do you think I should use this incident to clean up all the aristocratic families?"
Aristocratic families liked to annex land, but Wan Shufang suggested nationalizing the land. The emperor thought about it carefully and found that this suggestion could better protect people's livelihood and give the people more hope.
Unfortunately, after he proposed this idea in the court, he was stopped by many officials from aristocratic families.
He had no one under his command and could not resist. In addition, Dayong was in a state of disrepair, so he could only suppress the matter and change other systems.
"Don't rush into it." Chen Changli also knew the benefits of nationalizing land, but at the moment they really pale in comparison, so he could only shelve the policy, "It should be gradual and cyclical, and it's best to boil the frog in warm water."
The emperor changed his mind and said, "After a few years, I will have extra money to build a salesian home. Doesn't your eldest daughter want to do something? I will leave this matter to her."
Chen Changli wanted to refuse, but then he thought of Chen Xiyun's eagerness and agreed on her behalf, "I will ask some of my daughters-in-law to help."
The emperor was very pleased, and then issued numerous orders to arrest all the fakes. Some people were frightened and came to plead for mercy. He told them the truth without hesitation and asked meaningfully: "Why are you begging for mercy? Did you know their identities all along?"
"It's unfair, Your Majesty." These officials who came from aristocratic families never thought that Prince Rong would do such a thing. After learning the truth from the emperor, they were all numb. "We really didn't know they were fakes and were related to Prince Rong."
"Wow, my son is so smart, filial and sensible, how could he become a fake?" Some people realized it later and cried as if their parents had died.
The others were also sympathetic, but the emperor was watching from above, so they dared not show their sadness. They could only hold back their emotions and said, "Your Majesty, Prince Rong killed the most promising child in our family. He is truly heartless. I would like to ask for your permission to search for Prince Rong's whereabouts and comfort the children's souls in heaven."
"Let's find out the people related to them first. We can discuss Prince Rong's matter later." The emperor wanted to do this very much, but he didn't dare to trust them, so he just asked them to investigate the case.
In order to prevent the emperor from suspecting that they had an affair with Prince Rong, the officials worked very hard, and in less than three days they had exposed some people.
The emperor was shocked to realize that the officialdom of Dayong had been infiltrated by the cancer of Dajing, and the reason why the people of Prince Rong were frantically using test questions to make money was because they felt that the emperor reopened the imperial examination just to purge them, so they wanted to use such means to destroy Dayong's finances and, by the way, make the scholars all over the world disappointed in Dayong.
The emperor was so angry at the truth that he vomited blood, but he held on because after he fell, no one would be able to preside over the matter. "You are a bunch of beasts! You deserve to die!"
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and was completely crazy about killing. Chen Changli and others were busy trying to fill the vacancies in the officialdom.
But now is a good opportunity. In order to completely root out Prince Rong's people and cut off his eyes and ears, no matter how busy Chen Changli is, he takes the initiative to find the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince, now Prince Xin and Prince Ning, and ask them to express their dissatisfaction with the emperor because of this matter and expose those people with ulterior motives.
"Someone in Yongzhou City must have passed the message to Prince Rong. We are going to capture these people and then follow the traces they left behind to track Prince Rong. Therefore, you must cooperate properly and not be discovered."
"Who are you looking down on?" Prince Ning was very calm, but Prince Xin rolled his eyes at Chen Changli, "This matter has been a big fuss for a long time. We know a lot about what happened and have wanted to help for a long time."
Prince Ning looked at Prince Xin, who had gained two kilometres of weight due to his pampered lifestyle, and said, "Old Nine, it seems you are very confident in yourself."
Prince Xin raised his voice instantly: "We are brothers with the emperor. If he has no one else to use, we have to fill in. But what did he do before? He would rather let one person take on multiple duties than ask us for help. Now that he is too busy, he wants to ask us for help. What does he think of us?"
The corners of Prince Ning's mouth were almost curled up: "Of course we are brothers, otherwise, with so many things on our shoulders, we would have given up long ago."
After he finished speaking, he turned to Chen Changli and said, "I have a clue, but I'm afraid you will have to send someone to Meizhou."