The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

In less than two days, the news that His Majesty canonized the daughter of Marquis Zhongyong as the side concubine of the Crown Prince spread throughout the capital, and the dignitaries in Kyoto sent congratulatory gifts to Marquis Zhongyong's mansion one after another. Now that she has become a relative of the emperor, the status of Zhang's clan has become more stable.

At the same time, everyone lamented His Majesty's great love for the prince.

Look at the prince's concubines, the champion marquis holds hundreds of thousands of troops, the Zhongyong marquis holds the patrol battalion, Zhuge Yuanba commands the six guards, and Li Mingchong is the chief assistant of the cabinet. Is this formation reminding the prince to usurp the throne quickly?

Of course, this is a joke. If the crown prince dares to usurp the throne, those people will not support him. They are still loyal to His Majesty.

The common people and powerful officials all felt this way, let alone other princes!

For example, Xiao Feng.

He always thought that as long as Xiao Rui didn't ascend the throne, he still had a chance! Throughout history, there are many deposed princes, as long as they continue to work hard, they will have a chance to drag Xiao Rui down. But now that he heard that Xiao Rui was going to marry Zhongyonghou's daughter again, he felt so enraged that he smashed his beloved hand to pieces.

Princess Cao Wan, who came over after hearing the news, comforted her and said, "My lord, don't get angry and lose your health. The prince keeps trying to win over powerful ministers. Your majesty won't say anything now, but after a long time, there will eventually be suspicions. In that case, why not kill him?" Prince?"

Xiao Feng glanced at Cao Wan coldly, and said expressionlessly, "Get lost!"

Cao Wan's body froze, and her heart was instantly distressed.

Since His Highness came back from Yinzhou, he seemed to be a different person, becoming cold, cruel, and smart, completely different from the simple and honest before.

And he never entered his bedroom again, leaving himself alone in the empty room. It would be fine if he pampered other concubines, he didn't care about other concubines, he practiced martial arts all day long, and seemed to be in a daze.

Today, she wanted to come here to make suggestions, but was humiliated by him so indifferently, Cao Wan felt desolate in her heart.

Raising her head to look at the prince again, her eyes were cold, Cao Wan covered her face and left.

"Hmph... If it wasn't for hiding it back then, this king would have married a superficial woman like you? Now I don't have to hide it anymore, and finally I don't have to endure it anymore."

"Women are accessories. If you fall in love deeply, I will never make such a mistake! My goal is to become the emperor of Great Xia, and the emperor who will rule China through the ages. No emotion can influence me, nothing! "

"Xiao Rui, Xiao Rui, I will let you understand that the love between a man and a woman is like a knife, and the person who can stab it will be dripping with blood! Your father was hurt by love back then, and you will follow his old path!"

"Strong! This is my ultimate pursuit!"

Xiao Feng had a fierce look on his face, and then practiced palm techniques in the room.

I saw that the palms are fierce, and matched with You Long's pace, this set of palms is even more fierce than the last time I fought against Xiao Rui.

Could it be that this set of palms is called...

Among the several princes, except Xiao Feng, others also have their own thoughts.

Xiao Ze and Xiao Yuan smiled and sent congratulatory gifts directly. Wu Wang Xiao Ze is a smart person, he has seen through everything, while Xiao Yuan was frightened by His Majesty and the Crown Prince's feigned death, and his little thoughts were completely extinguished.

Xiao Jing couldn't eat grapes and thought grapes were sour, so he cursed again and again in his palace.

Xiao Yan was envious, he had just married Nalan Yanran, and felt that his life had reached the pinnacle, and he could finally keep pace with Seventh Brother. Unexpectedly, Seventh Brother was too vigorous, and he took in a fourth daughter-in-law at once, tall, really tall!

As for himself, there are two concubines who are already burning incense, Xiao Yan no longer dares to hope to marry the second side concubine, because he is afraid that Kong Xun'er and Nalan Yanran will tear him apart.

In the end it was Jin Wang Xiao Lie.

Now when he hears Xiao Rui's name, he feels disgusted and has a headache, so one can imagine his attitude.

...

Zhang Ruoxi was canonized as the concubine of the prince and needed to hold a marriage ceremony, but Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi, and A Zhu were named his wife and Zhaoyi, so they only need to issue an order to announce it to the world. .

Now that the decree has been issued, the three women have also changed from female officials to heroines of high rank. Now it is not convenient for Zhuge Liuying and Li Ruoxue to attend the bed, so naturally it is the turn of the three daughters.

So these few days, Xiao Rui is relatively busy, so it must be raining and dew, so today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow...

Fortunately, Xiao Rui practiced martial arts and had a good back, otherwise he would really be unbearable.

Of course, there are also embarrassing places.

A Zhu and Lu Zhi's love for Xiao Rui is now a matter of course. But Lu Su didn't know Xiao Rui well, and both of them were awkward during the first break.

But it doesn't matter, as time goes by, love will naturally develop over time.

According to Xiao Rui and Zhang Ruoxi's birthdays, the Ministry of Rites and the Clan's Mansion selected the time for their marriage, which was set on November 22, and there was still a month to go.

Xiao Ruigui is the crown prince, so naturally he doesn't have to do it himself. He still has other important things to do, such as...doing something to Yang Feiyuan.

His Majesty ordered Dongchang and Jinyiwei to cooperate with the Metropolitan Procuratorate in thoroughly investigating the corruption of granaries in various state capitals across the country. According to Xiao Rui's reminder, Du Shaonian, the censor of Zuodu, directly sent a confidant and Dongchang and Jinyiwei to Chang'an for a secret investigation.

These days passed, and the investigation had results, and it was sent back to Du Shaonian in a fast-paced manner.

Du Shaonian got the criminal evidence, immediately asked to see Xiao Rui, and presented the criminal evidence to him with his own hands.

This guy, Li Mingchong, who stole his teacher, turned the thief of Thunderbolt Hands with one hand. He can investigate the evidence, but he will definitely not ask the teacher for the crime.

Xiao Rui didn't make things difficult for him, after a few compliments, Du Shaonian left with a smile on his face.

Turning over the evidence, Xiao Rui frowned.

Sure enough, as judged before, the Xijing warehouse was short of nearly two million shi of grain, which was privately swallowed up by Yang Kaiyuan's younger brother Yang Kaiyuan and the officials of the Xijing warehouse, and then sold to Qi at a high price.

The new grain discovered by the supervisory censor last time was indeed transported urgently to deal with the investigation.

In addition to embezzling grain, Yang Kaifa also shoddy it, bought the worst grain at a low price, and then mixed it with stones, chaff, etc. to exchange the grain in the Xijing warehouse and sell it.

At the same time, loopholes were found in the accounts of Xijing Warehouse. Every year, grain disappeared for various reasons, which was naturally what Yang Kaifa did.

Using the Xijing warehouse alone, Yang Kaifa makes hundreds of thousands of silver every year.

In addition, the Yang family occupied fertile land in Chang'an. According to preliminary investigations by Dongchang and Jinyiwei, the Yang family owned more than 10,000 hectares of fertile land. These lands were leased to farmers at high prices to exploit the common people.

What is this concept?

The fertile land owned by the Yang family has already caught up with the Wang Jue of Wanhu in Shiyi!

In addition, the family mansion built by the Yang family can no longer be described as a mansion. The scale is comparable to two landscape gardens. There are many guards in the house, and it is equipped with Daxia style weapons. If the circumstances are serious, it will be punished as treason.

Others, such as the construction of super-standard cemeteries, and the rides on horses and horses that do not conform to the rules, etc., are not uncommon.

Of course, there are countless cases of disregarding human life and bullying the people by hegemony. Once Dongchang and Jin Yiwei launch an investigation, it will be easy to collect evidence.

It seems that the Yang family is used to being the local emperor in Chang'an. They feel that the sky is high and the emperor is far away.

Xiao Rui put this heavy criminal evidence on the table, touched his chin, and copied all the money from the Yang family?

He Shen has been greedy for hundreds of millions of taels of silver all his life, and the Yang family has a long history, so will there be less silver?

But Xiao Rui also understood that it was not so easy to move Yang's this time. The Yang family has existed for so long, there are too many officials involved, and there are many connections with other powerful families, a tough move may affect the whole body!

Even if Daxia is completely under His Majesty's control, he still has to rely on the family and powerful families. It would be very happy to directly destroy the Yang family, and it is very likely that he will turn against other aristocratic families. This is what His Majesty does not want to see.

So His Majesty wisely handed over this matter to Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui didn't want to be a gun either, but the matter had come to this point, so he had to do it. Therefore, Xiao Rui needs to grasp a measure, that is, to achieve the goals of himself and His Majesty, but also to make other families and powerful families panic, without arousing their resentment and doing evil.

My purpose is for money, I don’t need too much, 50 million taels is enough, which is completely enough to subsidize the people and buy new crops when the next spring harvest comes.

As for His Majesty's purpose, it is natural that Yang Feiyuan needs to leave the cabinet, or even become the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

That being the case...

Xiao Rui had an idea.

This day came to Hugh Mu again.

Xiao Rui woke up naturally after sleeping, looking at Lu Pheasant next to him... well, it should be Lu Su, well, he often misidentifies the wrong person, who knows that the two sisters look almost exactly the same, it is difficult to tell the real from the fake. If it wasn't for the mole on Lu Su's chest, he wouldn't have recognized it.

After breakfast, Xiao Rui went out of the palace to Yang Mansion.

Xiao Rui is going to talk to Yang Feiyuan to see his attitude. If he is obedient and willing to cooperate, Xiao Rui gets what he wants and is willing to keep his Yang family alive, all he needs is to cut off his wrist.

But if he takes action and decides to hit the rock with an egg, then Xiao Rui can only resort to head-on tactics.

This time he came here very suddenly. Yang Feiyuan was surprised when he heard the news, and then his face became pale.

Beside Yang Feiyuan, sitting impressively is Yang Qing, Princess Jin. She has been living here all this time, but she did not expect to meet Xiao Rui here today.

"Why is His Royal Highness here?" Yang Qing asked.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world. Although the People's Procuratorate, Jinyiwei, and Dongchang sent people to Chang'an, it was very hidden, but he also heard the wind, and the Chang'an family also sent people to spread the news, saying that someone was secretly investigating and was in charge of managing Xijing. The officials in Cang disappeared for no reason, and they may have been arrested.

Yang Feiyuan knew from the beginning to the end that when His Majesty ordered the clearing of the grain fields and the inventory of the world's granaries, his family would be in trouble. He wrote many times to persuade the elder brother and younger brother of the family to stop, but they are too greedy, thinking that they are the minister of the household department and the cabinet scholar, so they can protect them well. how close.

Now it seems that the time has come.

But he didn't expect that the prince would condescend to come to the mansion. This was a good signal, and Yang Feiyuan saw the only hope in the dark.

"Daughter, you avoid it for the time being, as your father wants to welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." Yang Feiyuan said in a deep voice.

Yang Qing sensed her father's worry, she nodded and did not leave, when Yang Feiyuan went to meet Xiao Rui, she hid in the side room next to her.