The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

When Xiao Rui got off the carriage, he saw Yang Feiyuan waiting in front of the mansion, and walked down the stone steps to meet him, respectfully said: "His Royal Highness is here to welcome you, I hope you will forgive me."

Xiao Rui smiled and said: "While passing by your mansion, I suddenly realized that I have never visited Mr. Yang. I am taking a bath today. I expected Mr. Yang to be at home, so I came to bother you."

"Your Highness can come to make the humble house luxuriant. Your Highness, please come into the mansion for tea!" Yang Feiyuan laughed.

Xiao Rui nodded, followed him into the mansion, and said as he walked: "The architectural style of your lord's mansion is magnificent, and the scenery is vast and heroic, which is completely different from the usual graceful water town. Mr. Yang's hometown is in Chang'an, right? It is based on the style of my hometown. When the army in charge of the palace was marching westward to conscript Zhao Dajun, it happened to be passing through Chang'an, but it was a pity that he didn't enter the city because of the rush. If I knew it then, I would have gone to Yang's house."

Yang Feiyuan heard the surprise of Xiao Rui's words, and he smiled cautiously: "His Royal Highness personally supervises the army, and this is why the soldiers of the Great Xia are invincible and have made such great achievements! This is the blessing of the Great Xia!"

Good guy, he deliberately talked about him left and right, and didn't take Xiao Rui's words at all.

Xiao Rui was not annoyed, nodded, and continued: "Where is the capture of Dazhao? Firstly, the generals such as Chang Shenghou and Zhenyuanhou led the troops well; secondly, the soldiers fought bloody battles; Sufficient, I heard that all the food that supported the Zhao army this time came from the Xijing Warehouse, which shows the importance of this treasure land in Chang'an. Your Excellency is the Secretary of the Ministry of Households, responsible for the world's fields and grain. The victory of this Western Expedition to Dazhao There must be a credit for Mr. Yang."

Yang Feiyuan smiled. Although there was a smile on his face, his heart was heavy. The prince's visit this time is indeed menacing, and he pointed to the old house of the Yang family and the Xijing warehouse in a few simple words.

When he came to the teahouse and sat down, Yang Feiyuan ordered someone to serve good tea.

Yang Feiyuan stretched out his hand to signal, and said: "His Royal Highness, try the taste of this sparrow tongue tea. Although it is not as rich and rich as Royal Tea, it is also carefully selected by Suzhou Tea Garden. Please don't dislike it, Your Highness."

"No, no, although imperial tea is famous, it's just because of the imperial character, not tea. The real good tea is reserved for those who understand tea. Master Yang's tea is good tea, look at the clear tea soup, Refreshing, it is definitely a first-class good tea." Xiao Rui took a sip, and it was really good.

Yang Feiyuan smiled and said: "If your Highness likes it, there are still some at home, so please accept it."

Xiao Rui said: "Then I won't be polite, haha..."

After a few cups of tea, the bedding is almost done.

Xiao Rui began to ask: "My lord Yang, some time ago there was a discrepancy in the amount of grain stored in the world counted by the Ministry of Accounting, which made His Majesty furious and ordered the three divisions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei to conduct a thorough investigation. Not only do you have the right to be the censor of the capital, but you are also in charge of this matter, we both have a duty to do it, so today is just a chance, I wonder how Lord Yang thinks about this matter?"

Yang Feiyuan sighed: "Reporting to Your Highness, I am deeply ashamed. I failed to manage the household department well, which led to serious problems in grain storage. I cannot absolve myself of the blame. The important matter of grain storage is related to the country, and now it has been embezzled by corruption. I am deeply ashamed." Sad. Your Majesty sent the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei to jointly investigate. After all, state officials from all over the country colluded. Better deter state officials. Just..."

After a pause, Yang Feiyuan showed difficulty.

Xiao Rui asked: "Master Yang, there are no outsiders here, please speak freely, just what?"

Yang Feiyuan sighed: "It's just... there are many state government grain depots with problems, involving a wide range of areas and many officials. If the investigation is carried out recklessly, it may cause turmoil. The law does not blame the public. Once the public is punished, the lower officials are worried about the impact. The order of the imperial court is stable. Moreover, the fourteen prefectures of Anxi have just been established and there is a shortage of officials. The large-scale thorough investigation of corrupt officials will have a certain impact on the management of the fourteen prefectures of Anxi."

D!

Hearing these four words, Xiao Rui suddenly realized that this should be Yang Feiyuan's scheme! He deliberately took out so many problematic state capitals, with the intention of not punishing the public with the law, so as to win the chance of exoneration for his family.

Indeed, His Majesty also has to consider the situation, which official is not greedy for money? There are too few honest officials like Hai Rui, who dares to say that they are clean and honest?

For example, in the TV series "Da Song Mentioned Judges" that I watched in my previous life, Song Ci handed over the evidence of countless officials' corruption and bribery to the emperor, and finally the emperor set it on fire. Does he not want to check? He thought, but he knew that he could not investigate, the law does not blame the public! So many people have been detected, who will govern the country?

When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when people observe it, there will be no disciples. This is the truth.

Seeing Xiao Rui in a daze, Yang Feiyuan asked, "What do you think, Your Highness?"

Xiao Rui came back to his senses, and immediately smiled: "Master Yang is right, the law does not blame the public, and for the sake of the order of the court, it is true that you can't mess around. But it is still possible to kill chickens and monkeys, and you have to be ruthless. , You must be ruthless when you use your sword, so that you can warn corrupt officials. As for who is a chicken and who is a monkey, what does Master Yang think?"

Yang Feiyuan naturally knew this truth, so he said: "Your Highness is right. Killing a chicken to warn a monkey can form an effective deterrent. But the lower official thinks that this chicken is best to be dumb. Once killing it involves more troubles, The gain outweighs the loss, when the time comes, instead of killing a hundred people, they will make a mess and lose their original plan."

As expected of a cabinet scholar, he threatened himself.

Yang Feiyuan's meaning is very straightforward. It is okay to kill chickens to warn monkeys, but the Yang family is not this chicken, because the chicken of the Yang family is too big. Once it is killed, it will inevitably involve more corrupt officials. Pollutants, and even more crimes. When the time comes, it will get out of hand, and it is not what His Majesty wants to see.

It seems that Yang Feiyuan must have a lot of evidence in his hands.

But he thought about one thing wrong.

Yang Feiyuan thought that the Yang family was the target, but in fact he was His Majesty's target, and the Yang family just took away his incidental spoils.

So Xiao Rui said with a smile: "Master Yang is very right, but this chicken is too big, and the influence is too bad. In addition, I can choose to kill this chicken, even if this chicken yells and even involves more There are so many sins, I can turn a blind eye and close one eye, after all, the law does not blame the public! Don't you think so?"

Yang Feiyuan's expression changed.

Xiao Rui's words were too harsh, and Yang Feiyuan only wanted to touch the Yang family, and let the other crimes go unpunished, so he was determined to touch the Yang family!

There are many powerful families in Daxia, why did you choose the Yang family?

Yang Feiyuan couldn't figure it out, and he still couldn't understand that he himself was the target.

"Your Highness, is this really the case?" Yang Feiyuan asked.

Xiao Rui smiled, and said: "Actually, it's too cruel to kill one to scare others. It's not enough to injure one's muscles and bones to deter them. It's advisable for a strong man to lose his arm."

Yang Feiyuan was startled, and immediately understood Xiao Rui's hint. He fell into deep thought for a moment, and did not speak for a long time.

At this moment, the steward of the mansion was shaking in front of the teahouse, as if he had something to report to Yang Feiyuan.

Yang Feiyuan came back to his senses and saw this scene, and said: "Your Highness, I will return as soon as I go."

Xiao Rui nodded and continued drinking tea.

Yang Feiyuan came to the hall and asked, "What's wrong?"

The steward said respectfully: "Reporting to the master, the steward of the Prince Jin's Mansion asked for an interview, saying that there is an important matter that needs to be seen face to face with the master."

Yang Feiyuan nodded, and then walked to the front of the mansion.

...

Seeing that Yang Feiyuan had something to leave, Xiao Rui didn't care, but continued drinking tea. At this time, the hall was silent, and he suddenly heard footsteps behind the side room door, the sound was extremely low, but it immediately attracted Xiao Rui's vigilance.

Someone was eavesdropping!

Who is the one?

Xiao Rui walked over quietly, and then suddenly opened the door.

"Ah..." a female voice exclaimed.

It turned out to be Yang Qing inside the door, she was hiding behind the door to eavesdrop, when the door was suddenly pulled open, her slightly tilted body could no longer stand still, she immediately fell towards Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui had quick eyes and quick hands, and immediately supported her.

"Are you okay?" Xiao Rui asked.

Yang Qing threw herself into Xiao Rui's arms, a jade hand was still held by Xiao Rui, she blushed immediately, then hurriedly got up and shook her head.

Xiao Rui joked: "Princess Jin, the habit of eavesdropping is not good."

Yang Qing lowered her head in embarrassment, raised her black hair on her forehead with her hands at a loss, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness the Crown Prince laughed."

Xiao Rui nodded, then returned to his seat and sat down.

Yang Qing took a deep breath and regained her composure. She was even more worried about what she had just heard. She was intelligent, so she naturally understood some tricks.

"Your Highness, can you show mercy?" Yang Qing couldn't help asking.

Xiao Rui looked at Yang Qing in surprise, the smile on his face returned to cold, and he asked, "In what capacity are you begging my subordinates to show mercy?"

"I..." Yang Qing was speechless for a moment.

After a while, Yang Qing said: "Although I am the concubine of Jin, I am also the only daughter of my father. Naturally, I am begging in Yang Qing's capacity."

Xiao Rui sneered and said: "If you are begging as the concubine of Jin, then I have to ask you if you have forgotten your identity. If it is Yang Qing... Your identity as Miss Yang is not the same as this palace. Familiar with me, why does Bengong want to show mercy to you because of your face?"

Yang Qing pursed her lips, she knew that it was too impolite for her to ask those words, but seeing the fierce confrontation between the prince and father, she was worried, so she said it in a hurry.

"Now that you are the concubine of Jin, you need to adjust your position. I will pretend that I didn't hear what you said today. The matter of the Yang family has to be decided by your father. You should also be aware of the evil deeds of the Yang family in Chang'an " Xiao Rui warned.

Yang Qing sighed, and decided to have a good chat with her father afterwards.

In fact, she didn't have much affection for the Yang family in Chang'an. Although her uncles and uncles were there, if she didn't go back for a long time, the family affection would fade away, especially after the death of her grandfather and grandmother.

But for Yang Feiyuan, it is still his home.