He said: "The king is most important because he can tolerate things that ordinary people cannot."
Some nostalgia flashed across the emperor's expression, and he said: "The talents of the last emperor of the previous dynasty were not inferior to others, but he was too unruly and did not know how to restrain himself. He thought that the world was in his hands and he could do whatever he wanted."
"He has no tolerance for the common people and does whatever he wants, so he doesn't take the people of the world into his heart and does not regard the common people as human beings; he also has no tolerance for the rich and powerful families, and only takes what he wants..."
"But father, we have not failed the wealthy family this time," the prince couldn't help but steal his father's words, "They are plotting against us."
The emperor raised his eyelids to look at him and said, "For some people, it is a shame for some people that we have reduced the number of nine-grade official selection in recent years and used more imperial examinations to select officials."
The emperor was silent for a moment, thinking that there were only two of them, father and son, in the study anyway, so he simply said clearly: "In the eyes of our Li family, this is the world of my Li family, but in the eyes of those aristocratic families, this world belongs to them.
Rule together with our Li family."
He twitched his lips and said: "I had to re-compile the "Chronicles of the Clan" and re-define the family. As a result, the Cui family could not enter the court for three years. How many heads of each family are officials in the court? But in the court
Who among the officials’ sons dares to disobey the clan leader’s orders?”
"And among the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, how many people are in my Li family, and how many people are in each wealthy family?" The emperor said: "The emperor is rich in Jiuzhou, but Jiuzhou needs people to govern it, such as the head of the village, the county magistrate, etc.
The governor, the governor...it is impossible for the emperor to handle everything in the world in one person, so the world is governed by the emperor and his civil and military officials."
He said meaningfully: "When more than half of the civil and military personnel in the Manchu Dynasty come from rich and powerful families, then the world will be ruled by rich and powerful families and the emperor."
The prince opened his mouth but could not speak.
"So whether it's the reclassification of the aristocratic family, or the imperial examination taking up the quota for the ninth-grade official selection, in their eyes, it's me, the Li family, who is sorry for them." The emperor asked the silent prince: "You want to fight with them
Do you want to be like the last emperor of the previous dynasty and become enemies of the wealthy families in the world and fight for decades more?"
The prince's face turned slightly pale, "Will they raise an army?"
The emperor said slowly: "You are going to attack the three other tribes. If you add weapons and weapons, they will naturally fight to the death in order to survive."
The prince thought for a while, his chest rose and fell sharply, but he still couldn't bear the tone, and couldn't help but said angrily: "Is this how we should just forget about it?"
"Of course not." The emperor's face also turned cold. He clicked on the list on the case and said, "There is no need to think about the Yi and other tribes. You will definitely not be able to find the direct branch, but it is still possible to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys."
The emperor said: "I'm asking you to endure it, but I'm not asking you to be a tortoise. If something happens, you need to turn a blind eye. The closed eye pretends that you can't see something, but the open eye has to do it."
See the way forward clearly."
"Don't always talk about the Yi people. Doing so will only make people think you are violent and unethical. This is a taboo for a king." When he was most angry with Wei Zhi, he only said that he wanted to kill him, but he didn't say that.
Even his family members were killed.
The prince became thoughtful, and after a while he came back to his senses and asked: "What should we do with these people? Kill them all to scare the monkeys?"
The emperor just glared at him, couldn't he think of anything else besides beating or killing?
The prince was glared at and then thought about it, "Why don't you find an excuse for Lord Yin and Tang He to arrest them all and make them their own?"
The emperor said: "The people behind this are not fools. Let Yin Li and Tang He choose one, kill some and keep some who are willing to serve. This will not only kill the chickens to scare the monkeys, but also keep some spies we know."
The prince complained: "There are too many spies in the palace. Can't you think of a way to find them all? I would say it is best to find one. Killing the person behind it will really scare the monkeys."
The emperor shook his head, glanced at the prince and said: "If you don't mention anything else, let's just talk about your uncle and your in-laws. Don't they have any spies in the palace? They can always find ways to find out what happens in the palace.
If we really want to question some of them, should we also question them?"
When the prince heard this, he immediately stopped talking.
The emperor said: "They may not be like the people behind Xu Yu who trained people from childhood and sent them to the palace, but they can make friends with the servants and maids in the palace, bribe them, and get some information from them. Such things are not their problem
There must be no less to do.”
"When I came to the throne, your mother found an excuse to release a group of people. Firstly, she felt pity for the palace maids; secondly, it was because there were so many spies in the palace at that time, including not only people left over from the previous dynasty, but also the former prince, and thirdly,
The prince and people from various wealthy families..." The emperor paused after saying this, and sighed: "It was precisely because the palace released a large number of maids and chamberlains at that time, so some thoughtful people began to recruit some orphans, train them and send them to the palace.
middle."
When the emperor said this, he felt a little sad. Most of the people on the list were not very old, and they should have been bought into the palace in those years.
Regardless of whether they are outside the palace or inside the palace, these people are his people.
They should be like Xu Yu, whose fate is out of their control from the moment they are taken in.
Thinking of this, the emperor looked up at the prince and said seriously: "Dalang, don't underestimate anyone in this world. Look at Xu Yu, she is just a slave. Perhaps in the eyes of you and the people behind her, she is not even human."
Not really."
"But it was her," the emperor said, clicking on the list on the table, "that stabbed them hard. This stab could destroy their years of business."
The emperor has not felt this way for a long time, and he would only feel this way when he was young and on the battlefield.
Because no one knew whose sword, whose arrow, or a stray arrow flying from somewhere could kill him, so he never dared to look down on anyone at that time.
But after so many years in office, the emperor had long forgotten that feeling.
The prince lowered his eyes and thought, if Zhou Man hadn't been sensitive and had noticed something strange early on, and she had actually used that set of poisonous needles, if something had happened to the prince and the child, not only would Zhou Man's head have been lost, but he would also have suffered a serious injury.
It was a shock, you know, he is in urgent need of a child now.
Once something happens to his child, not only the third child, but also the other younger brothers will probably become concerned.
The prince opened his mouth when he thought of this, hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything.
The emperor glanced at him and felt a little satisfied. This child finally learned the truth that some words should not be spoken.
So he waved his hand and said: "Okay, don't worry about this. The Imperial Medical Office is about to open, and there are new students from the feudal state who are going to enroll in the Imperial College. You should worry more about it. Leave all this to Yin Li."
When Yin Li came over, the emperor said what the prince had not finished saying, "Focus on checking the mother's family of the fifth prince."