Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty-Three Subversion Cognition
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wei Yong's calm expression, and his heart couldn't help but tighten.
Wei Yong's reaction was completely different from what he had expected when he came here. Naturally, he didn't say anything. Wei Yong said that he was willing to die and his debts would be wiped out.
For a moment, Liu Mingzhi was at a loss and didn't know what to do.
Holding the scabbard tightly, Liu Mingzhi stared at Wei Yong opposite him with complicated and cold eyes.
"My third uncle's family was wiped out, my second brother was sent to the frontier, and my sister was forced to live in a brothel and hide her name. How can such a deep hatred be as simple as death as you said?
Do you think that if you are willing to die, you can make up for the pain my third uncle's family has endured?
Didn't Prime Minister Wei think of this matter too simply?
To die to pay one's debt is the most ridiculous fallacy.
There are many things that even death cannot make up for!"
Wei Yong glanced at Liu Mingzhi's somewhat painful and resentful eyes, turned around and poured himself a cup of tea: "Then I wonder how the prince plans to let the old man make up for the past incident in the past, so that it can be settled?"
Liu Mingzhi fell silent, staring at Wei Yong in confusion, not knowing what to say. Even death could not make up for the grievances. Is there any way to make up for it?
What solution is more costly than death?
Dignity is priceless? That’s pure fucking bullshit.
The so-called dignity is also divided into people and things.
"I would like to know what happened back then?"
Wei Yong looked at Liu Mingzhi in surprise, lowered his head and turned the tea cup he bought in his hand, pondering for a moment.
"With the prince's strength, it shouldn't be a problem for me to find out what happened in the past. The prince can get the cases sealed in the archives at his fingertips, so why bother asking me again?"
Liu Mingzhi sneered and shook his head with strange eyes.
"Prime Minister Wei, we all serve as officials in the same dynasty, and Prime Minister Wei is my predecessor. The people in the archives room should know more about it than I do!
In a word, I don’t believe the so-called truth of what happened in the few records in the file. I want to hear the truth from your own words.”
"What was the reason for the grudge between you and your third uncle back then? Is it true that, as the rumors say, your third uncle killed your illegitimate son...your son with an unselfish face? Then you took revenge for personal gain.
, to falsely accuse my third uncle of colluding with the White Lotus Sect to rebel against the Party, and ultimately destroy his family?"
Wei Yong looked at Mr. Liu blankly for a long time and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"I'm afraid the rumors that the prince said are more than that. Is it possible that the old man lost his moral character after drinking, had an affair with his wife, and gave birth to his only illegitimate son. After his brother found out about it, he became furious and cut off his life.
Because my only bloodline was cut off by the Ling Governor, I had no chance to succeed, so I launched a bloody revenge on the Ling Governor!"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wei Yong in astonishment: "You...you...you all know?"
"Haha... The power of the old man is overwhelming. If you don't even know these things, you won't be able to sit in this position."
Liu Mingzhi was silent for a long time, looking at Wei Yong with complicated eyes.
“What does it mean to have power over the government and the opposition for a while?”
"literal meaning."
"I want to know what the truth was back then. What Prime Minister Wei said made me even more suspicious of how true the rumors about this matter were."
Wei Yong looked down at the tea cup in his hand and fell silent. Only when the tea in the cup became cold did Wei Yong raise his head.
"Forget it, no one is here anymore, let's just talk about it!"
After hearing this, Liu Mingzhi sat down and showed a listening attitude.
"Your Majesty should know that your third uncle was Ling Daoming, the governor of Yangzhou. So should your Majesty know what rank the governor of Yangzhou is?"
"Below the fourth rank!"
"What the prince is saying is that nowadays, the governor of Yangzhou in the past, not long after Ruizong ascended the throne, is just a mere official of the fourth rank."
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wei Yong in confusion: "What does the rank of official have to do with the grudge between you and my uncle?"
"My lord, don't be anxious, I'll listen to what I'm telling you."
"When Ling was the governor of Yangzhou, he was an official of the fourth rank. At that time, Lao Cheng was already one of the six ministers and an important minister in the court, and he was an important minister who won the favor of your majesty."
"The six ministers of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce have different grades, ranging from the first grade to the first grade. However, the lowest grade minister of the Ministry of Industry is also a senior official under the first grade."
"When I had a grudge against your uncle Ling Daoming, he was a first-rank official from the first rank."
"Then, does Your Majesty know where the order that your third uncle Ling and his family were arrested came from?"
Liu Mingzhi looked at Wei Yong suspiciously: "Of course the imperial edict was issued from the hands of the father."
"That's right, it came from His Majesty's hand."
"May I ask, Your Majesty, given your current position, is it difficult to take revenge on a fourth-grade official who has a grudge against you?"
"I am the first-ranked prince and have the same rank as a prince. It is only a piece of cake to deal with the governor of the state capital who is ranked fourth-rank!"
Wei Yong chuckled and gave Young Master Liu a thumbs up: "Your Majesty, you are so proud."
"In this case, does the prince think it is not difficult for me to take revenge on Governor Ling back then? Is there any need to falsely accuse Governor Ling of colluding with the traitors of the White Lotus Sect?"
"I only need to express some thoughts slightly, but the people below are flocking to show their flattery to me. It is not a trivial matter for them to unite to deal with a mere fourth-grade Zhongzhou governor."
"Too small to be worth mentioning."
Liu Mingzhi's body trembled, and he vaguely felt something as he looked at the sneering Wei Yong.
Wei Yong looked at Young Master Liu's flashing eyes, poured out the cold tea in Young Master Liu's cup, and refilled a cup of hot tea.
"How can an official of the fourth rank falsely accuse his Majesty of his crimes? Even if he is the governor of a prosperous place, he will not be able to ask your Majesty to personally come forward to convict him."
It is enough for His Majesty to take a look at the document from the Third Law Department and personally issue an order to deal with a state official who is from the fourth rank. How free do you think His Majesty is?
After the prince entered the court, it can be said that there is no one in the world who is closer to Your Majesty than the prince, who is more favored by Your Majesty, and who understands Your Majesty better.
So based on what the prince knows about your majesty, is your majesty this kind of person?"
"Since the old man and Governor Ling have a personal grudge, and everyone knows that family scandals should not be made public, how can the old man not understand? How can he bring his personal grudge to His Majesty? The whole world will know about it?"
"I....."
Liu Mingzhi hesitated to speak. The impact of Wei Yong's words on him was so great that it made him feel a little dazed.
As he asked the relevant departments to investigate the truth of what happened back then, Liu Mingzhi knew that the grudge of the past was a bit complicated, but Liu Mingzhi never imagined that it would be so complicated.
It can be said that it subverted all the knowledge I had in the past.
"Then, based on the prince's understanding of your majesty, even if I want to borrow a knife to kill people, how much ability do I have to borrow your majesty's unparalleled sword?"
"It is said among the people that the old man and Duan used the royal power to control the government and the public, and formed cliques for personal gain. Before the prince entered the court, he thought so too."
"But what happens after the prince enters the court? What happens after he gets to know His Majesty?"
"The Ming Dynasty King who was called an unparalleled hero by the common people's historians, the ministers under his rule had the power to dominate the government and the public."
"It's too flattering to be an old man."
"At best, I am the Prime Minister and a first-rank official of the current dynasty. At worst, I am just a chess piece in His Majesty's hands."
"What's even worse is that it's just a dog!"
Liu Mingzhi sat weakly on the chair and stared blankly at the self-deprecating Wei Yong.
"What's going on? Could you please give me some advice, Prime Minister Wei?"