Yunxi didn't pay attention and continued: "Yesterday Yan Zhenzhi and others were dealt with by me. Do you think there is anything wrong with my treatment?"
Zhao Diyi said: "Your Majesty, I think that the treatment against them is too harsh and goes against the way of a saint."
Yunxi asked: "Oh, what should I do if I am a saint?"
Zhao Diyi said: "The sage repays kindness with kindness and repays hatred with straightness."
Yunxi said: "It's a pity that I am not a saint. Although emperors have been called saints in all dynasties, how many can be regarded as saints?"
"From my own perspective, I can probably be considered a villain."
Zhao Diyi said: "How can your Majesty be a rigid and stubborn person who doesn't know how to change things?"
"Since your Majesty has succeeded to the throne, the clan has praised you as filial and the common people have praised you as virtuous. This is the second best thing."
Yunxi smiled and said: "It turns out that you have such a high opinion of me. I am really surprised." (Note)
After laughing, Yunxi said: "Do all your people evaluate me like this?"
Zhao Diyi said: "No. Some people think that your majesty is tyrannical and unworthy of being a king. However, I think that your majesty is still a wise king, but just like Qiao Zhou who persuaded the emperor of the Shu Han Dynasty to surrender, it is difficult to make a contract."
Afterwards, Zhao Diyi asked without waiting for Yunxi to speak: "In fact, there is no need to say anything else, but Your Majesty, I dare to ask, how did you find out?"
Yunxi said: "This is actually a coincidence. At first, I just thought that you knew my affairs too clearly. Many things that people from other dynasties could not know so quickly can actually be known right away."
"So I guessed if someone around me leaked the secret."
"At first I suspected that they were eunuchs, but then I thought about it again. The eunuchs around me were all lonely people, and there were never people from Jiangsu and Zhejiang. I treat the people around me very kindly, and they have no relatives outside the palace who can be punished.
People are holding people hostage, so although it is possible, it is extremely unlikely."
"As for my concubines, it's even more impossible. Let's not talk about whether they can know these things. It's impossible based on their position. If something happens to me, they won't be able to benefit. Although relatives outside the palace may be
You are taking advantage of them, but they know that these things are also difficult, so it should not be the case."
"In this way, the only possibility is that it is the person next to me, whether it is Tongshi Sheren or Zhongshu Sheren, it is possible."
Zhao Diyi said: "So His Majesty was looking for this person when he was selecting people a few days ago?"
Yunxi said: "This is only half of the reason. The other half is that I really want to promote those who have real talents and learning among you."
Zhao Diyi continued: "Your Majesty, I believe that there were no omissions or problems in my countermeasures at that time. How did your Majesty find out?"
Yunxi said: "I didn't actually notice your problem at the time. I just felt that your method at that time was a bit familiar, as if I had seen it before."
"Then yesterday, I suddenly found out who had used a similar method. It was Xu Hui, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Hubu and the last one from the five provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, who had used this method."
Zhao Diyi said calmly: "But there are too many people in the world who can imitate this method, and those who imitate this method are not necessarily accomplices of the five governments of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Besides, I am from eastern Zhejiang, a fellow villager of Mr. Fang, and he was also Fang back then."
Your Majesty recommends me to serve as a minister to His Majesty, so why would Your Majesty have doubts about me?"
Yunxi said: "What you said makes sense, but when you spoke before, I remember that your accent was not your usual accent."
"The accents in different parts of Caojiang are very different, and it's hard for me to distinguish them clearly. I actually don't know the accent you spoke at that time. But yesterday, after I learned that the method you used a few days ago was the method Xu Hui used, I
Come to think of it, your accent that time seemed to be similar to the Huzhou accent."
"It just so happens that Xu Hui is also from Huzhou, so I was wondering why you happened to have a Huzhou accent and happened to use the methods that Huzhou people had used."
"Then I ordered the people around me to go to Jinyiwei and Zhensi to check your past. It took me all night and half a day to finally find out that you had studied in Huzhou."
Zhao Diyi said: "But Your Majesty, you still have no clear evidence to prove that I am an accomplice of the five governments of Jiangsu and Zhejiang."
Yunxi said: "Yes, I don't have direct evidence. But I don't need direct evidence. I am the emperor, and everything in the world belongs to me. So what if I have wronged you?"
"Besides, if you really don't reveal anything in my straightforward words, I won't do anything to you. I'll just let you serve as a local official. I can just send you away from a distance, and I won't necessarily remove you."
Drop you."
Zhao Diyi lowered his head, and then said in a strange voice: "Then I should just pretend to be stupid today? Can I still save my life?"
Yunxi said: "Of course it's not that easy. Even if you do that, I can send you to the King of England, and then write a few words to him, and your family will be able to collect your body in two months. As long as
It’s just a matter of reputation.”
Zhao Diyi raised his head and said: "It seems that since your Majesty started to suspect yesterday, I have no chance of survival."
Yunhe didn't answer. In fact, he might not necessarily kill Zhao Diyi, but it makes no sense to say this now.
Zhao Diyi then said: "Everyone who wants to know already knows. There is only one last question left. How will your Majesty deal with me?"
Yunxi said: "You? I will send you to the Ministry of Punishment to be tortured and interrogated to see if there are any other accomplices. After that, you will probably be punished with similar results to Yan Zhenzhi. To be honest, I
I haven’t thought it through completely.”
Zhao Diyi said: "Although I have now said that there are no other accomplices from the five Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the court, your Majesty will not believe it, and I am reluctant to commit suicide. It seems that I can only suffer the punishment quietly."
"I heard that the new guy from the Ministry of Punishment who is called the 'Three Whips Liu' is very powerful. I think I want to try it myself to see if he is very powerful."
Yunxi didn't speak.
Zhao Diyi then bowed and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, I have nothing to say. I think your Majesty also has nothing to say."
Yunxi waved his hand and ordered people to take him down.
Yunxi should be happy after discovering the hidden person around him and completely solving this disaster, but he couldn't be happy.
'Probably it's a pity that such talents can't be used by me.' Yunxi thought.
But no matter what, Yunxi can finally relax and live a peaceful year.
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Note:
Zigong asked: "How can such a person be called a scholar?" Confucius said: "It is shameful to act in one's own way, and to serve in all directions without dishonoring the emperor's orders, this can be said to be superior."
He said: "I dare to ask the next question." He said: "How should the clan be called filial piety, and the township party should be called brother?"
He said: "I dare to ask the next best thing." He said: "You must be true to your word, and your deeds must be fruitful. You are such a villain! You can also do the second best."
He asked: "What are the people in politics like today?" Confucius said: "Hey! What's the point of those who fight against each other?"