hsntnovel Chapter 2163 The Prince's Mission
Chapter 2163 The Prince's Mission
Just as Li Shen was enjoying himself, an eunuch came to report.
"Pass~~" Li Shen took a sip of his drink and said a word.
A moment later, Wang Xuance was brought over.
"I have met the prince."
"Well, how's the matter going?" Li Shen asked indifferently.
"My Lord, it has not been done." Wang Xuance replied.
"Failed? Why aren't they afraid of death?"
Hearing that it had not been done, Li Shen took off his sunglasses and turned to look at Wang Xuance.
“Your Majesty, I have already given them hints, but I don’t know if they really don’t understand or what, no one has brought it up.
It was Pei Ziyu who was trying his best to persuade me, but there was no substantive action. "
Wang Xuance bowed and reported. He was also a little puzzled as to what these people were thinking.
"You were too obscure and they couldn't understand you. What did you say?"
Li Shen was also a little confused and asked quickly.
"Your Majesty, I just did what you usually do. I told them that this matter is not easy to handle and I didn't say anything final.
But they were indifferent.”
Wang Xuance has followed Li Shen for so many years and has learned a lot. Every time Prince Ji tells His Majesty that something is difficult to handle, doesn't he always get money?
Why is it that when it’s my turn, I don’t react?
Li Shen frowned after hearing this. He felt that it was no problem. Even if the matter was difficult to handle, it didn't mean it couldn't be done. Wasn't there anyone in this group of people with a more flexible mind?
"Your Majesty, how about...I should be more direct?" Wang Xuance saw Li Shen frowning and asked directly.
Li Shen shook his head quickly after hearing this:
"Hey~~~? How can you be so direct about this? Wouldn't that make me seem like I want it too much?
We are all men of letters. How can we be so vulgar in our conduct? It is disgraceful to my status as a king.
Besides, if they take the initiative to give it to me and if I ask for it myself, the results will be different and cannot be done.
Don't be in a hurry. Lock them up for a while and try those murder cases and those who bullied men and women first.
Kill one a day, then tell them the news to scare them first.
By the way, you have to get the money before you kill someone."
"Yes, I will follow your orders, Your Highness." Wang Xuance had actually guessed this result a long time ago.
Although he had not discussed it with King Ji, his years of experience allowed him and King Ji to have a very tacit understanding of cooperation.
Moreover, he was well aware of Prince Ji's style of doing things. Prince Ji did not care about those officials who were guilty who were just greedy for money, so he could give them lenient sentences.
But those who involve human lives, accept bribes to do things for others, and bully men and women, will never be forgiven by King Ji, and the crime is basically punishable by death.
It's just that Prince Ji wanted to blackmail them again before they died.
“We can’t delay this matter too much, otherwise it will delay the government affairs of Xizhou. I will find a way to make them understand.
You should know what to do with the rest of the things. You must show no leniency to those diehards and let them know that the imperial court has zero tolerance for corruption.
As for those who are just greedy for money but sincerely serve the people, I can give them a chance."
To be honest, Li Shen did not hate those greedy officials. They were embezzling the court's money anyway.
But you have to work sincerely for the people and perform your duties conscientiously.
Li Shen will not let go of those bad elements who aid and abet the tyrant and bully the weak.
"Your Highness, there is one more thing. I think there is something wrong with Pei Ziyu." Wang Xuance reported.
"Oh? What do you think is wrong with him?"
"My Lord, Pei Ziyu has been lobbying me to be lenient with these criminals.
He spared no effort to persuade me to find a way to save them from death.
Logically, as the Chief Secretary, he is responsible for failing to supervise this matter and should be implicated. At this time, he should try his best to draw a clear line and stay out of it.
I wonder if he has something wrong and we haven't found out yet?"
Wang Xuance recalled what had just happened and felt that there must be something wrong with Pei Ziyu.
Anyone would have stayed away at this time, fearing that they would be implicated, but Pei Ziyu kept saying that he could not be killed.
Li Shen smiled slightly after hearing this:
"Haha, of course he has problems. Not only him, but also General Li who came from Longxi has problems.
Take a look at it.”
As Li Shen spoke, he waved his hand behind him, and Shi Tou immediately stepped forward, handing two pieces of paper to Wang Xuance.
Wang Xuance took it and read it carefully. He was a little surprised. It contained evidence of Pei Ziyu and General Li's corruption and abuse of power.
Many of them are even accurate to a certain day and are written in great detail.
He looked up at Li Shen and was shocked. Prince Ji indeed had another intelligence system.
He had noticed before that Prince Ji knew many things before him.
At first, I thought it was Prince Ji who notified him first, but now it seems that Prince Ji has an organization to gather information.
No wonder Prince Ji’s Mansion spends money like water and is always short of money.
Wang Xuance knew very well how much money it cost to maintain an intelligence system. It was more expensive than supporting an army of 100,000.
"Your Highness, is the information here reliable?" His people had also been investigating in Xizhou for a long time, but they did not find these things.
"Don't worry, this information is very reliable. This is the information given by the higher-ups." Li Shen nodded casually.
"Above?" Wang Xuance was stunned. Wasn't this found out by King Ji?
"Prince."
Li Shen uttered two words.
The crown prince? This made Wang Xuance even more confused.
"Your Highness, the prince gave you these evidences of crime. Does that mean... to kill him?" This was the first possibility that Wang Xuance thought of.
The prince is now no different from the emperor, just lacking a title. It is time for him to train his own team. As the saying goes, a new emperor appoints new ministers.
Anxi Protectorate is such an important place, it is natural for the prince to want to place his own people there.
To place someone in the position, someone has to give way, but that is not that easy. All forces are competing, and the only way is to find evidence of the crime and then kill him.
In Xizhou, apart from Guo Xiaoke who is His Majesty's man, the other two chief officers are these two people, one is from the Pei family and the other is from the Longxi Li family. It is impossible to move them, and the only way to do that is to die.
But Li Shen shook his head:
"On the contrary, the prince is afraid that I will kill them both."
"Ah?" Wang Xuance was extremely surprised.
“Although these two are from aristocratic families, they are not from the main family, but branches.
The prince was impressed by their talents and wanted to recruit them as pawns of Anxi.
It's just that these two people are somewhat related to the family, and they also have some bad habits, so the prince wants me to help polish them.
And take this opportunity to make them pledge allegiance to the prince."
Li Shen rocked in his rocking chair and told Wang Xuance the truth. Wang Xuance understood it instantly. How could training from scratch be as fast as picking up someone who already has one?
The relationship between these two people is not that complicated, their foundation is not deep, and their abilities are good, so they are favored by the prince.
(I remember that Datang Daily changed its name, but I forgot what it was changed to. If anyone remembers, please let me know.)