Chapter 65 Emperor Qing: Wenhe, how do we kill those corrupt officials?

Late night
Emperor Qing's bedroom
Su Wenyi sat on a small stool, looking helplessly at Emperor Qing who was lying on the chair.

This Lao Liu called me over here late at night again.

Can't we do it at another time? During the day?

As soon as I got home, Eunuch Hou was waiting at the door as if he was on time.

Last time he came to find me, he knocked on the door for a long time, but this time, he just asked someone to guard my door.

I was busy the whole day. In the afternoon, I solved a problem and also reported the assassination incident on Niulan Street.

It is still necessary to do a face-saving project, after all, this assassination is of great importance.

Tomorrow, at this time, there will probably be a lot more people in the dungeon.

I thought I could have a good sleep tonight, but I never expected to be brought here.

Su Wenyi couldn't help but ask Emperor Qing: "Your Majesty, if you have anything to say, please just tell me."

"It's late at night. You can go to sleep tomorrow. I will be busy arresting people tomorrow."

Eunuch Hou, who was standing nearby, heard what Su Wenyi said to Emperor Qing and secretly gave Su Wenyi a thumbs up in his heart.

Su Wenyi, you are truly a warrior!
When Emperor Qing heard Su Wenyi's words, he glanced at Su Wenyi and said, "Aren't you in no hurry?"

Su Wenyi stood up and said, "If you have nothing else to do, I will leave now."

Emperor Qing saw Su Wenyi stand up and said, "You killed a group of people this afternoon and also threw many of them into the dungeon."

"Why, are you worried about Zhuge's backup plan?"

After hearing this, Su Wenyi said without thinking: "Zhu Ge, I don't take it seriously at all."

"The reason why I dealt with those people was just to make them behave more obediently."

"It doesn't matter whether you are mine or not, it's enough to be loyal to your duties."

When Emperor Qing heard the words "perform loyally", he snorted coldly.

"Humph! Performing your duties faithfully? The evidence you sent is enough to put more than half of my civil and military officials on death row!"

"You have done your duty faithfully, but this thing is already in my hands."

"If I'm the only one who knows, that's fine."

"But more than one person knows about this. Tell me, what should I do?"

After listening to this, Su Wenyi finally understood that Emperor Qing, the Sixth Prince, had asked him to come over because he wanted him to give some advice.

The meaning of what I just said is very clear. If I can come up with a solution, then there will be no problem.

But if it cannot be solved, for the sake of the stability of the court, then this matter must be made into a secret that belongs only to Emperor Qing, the Sixth Prince.

The easiest way is to kill myself. After all, there are only a few people who really know about this matter.

As long as he kills himself and Zhuge, this secret can become a sharp weapon in the hands of Emperor Qing.

In the future, if any official does something that is not to his liking, Emperor Qing can directly produce this evidence.

Although for Lao Liu, killing anyone is just a matter of words.

But we can't turn everything into ambush by horse bandits. One or two is okay.

What if there are more than a dozen or dozens? Then we need evidence.

It is possible to fabricate evidence, but fabricated evidence can never be as good as the real thing.

It seems that Emperor Qing, the Sixth Prince, is preparing to take action against corrupt officials!

But it’s better this way. If he doesn’t want to take action against corrupt officials, he won’t be able to proceed to the next step.

Su Wenyi pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Your Majesty, then you want to..."

Emperor Qing saw that Su Wenyi had taken the bait, so he took advantage of the situation and said, "There must be a way to deal with so many corrupt officials."

"If we kill them all at once, I'm afraid it will cause a stir in the court."

"Northern Qi is still eyeing us covetously. If the court is in turmoil at this time, disaster may occur."

Su Wenyi pretended to be enlightened and said to Emperor Qing: "Your Majesty, so this is what you are talking about."

"Your Majesty, although these corrupt officials are greedy, I think they are still of some use."

"I think it's not necessary to kill them all. It's enough to kill a few evildoers to deter them."

"As for the rest, as long as they can do something, they will be greedy if they want."

Upon hearing this, Emperor Qing was furious and said, "According to what you said, wouldn't my Qing Kingdom be filled with corrupt officials by then?!"

Su Wenyi looked at the angry Emperor Qing and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet."

"Let the people from one place and four places work together to plant secret agents in the homes of all corrupt officials."

"For the Inspection Office, it is not difficult to plant or instigate a person in the home of a corrupt official to serve as a hidden spy."

"With the existence of hidden agents, we can clearly know how much those corrupt officials have embezzled."

"Finally, every once in a while, we'll find a few of the most corrupt people and kill them."

"Raise some, kill some, and release some."

After saying the last nine words, a look of joy appeared on Emperor Qing's face.

Emperor Qing stood in the same place and kept moving around.

Emperor Qing's eyes lit up as he said, "Raise one group, kill one group, and release another group. Interesting! These nine words are really interesting!"

"Nurture, kill, and release are the essence!"

"If we raise a group of them, we can confiscate their property at any time if something happens in the future."

"Kill a group of extremely vicious and corrupt officials to warn others, and demote another group to let them know that I still care about the relationship between the monarch and his subjects."

"But if those corrupt officials knew that this plan was yours, they would probably want to eat you alive!"

"In that case, you will come with me tomorrow morning."

"You proposed this method, so you should supervise it."

"Just as you said, let's start with the officials in Kyoto."

When Su Wenyi heard that he had to go to court, he was about to refute.

At this time, the system's voice sounded again!

Poison System; "It is detected that the host is using tricks to harm civil and military officials."

"Reward: One hundred secret agents (who have infiltrated the civil and military officials' offices)!"

Hearing the system's prompt, Su Wenyi said helplessly: "Your Majesty, you can attend the morning court."

"Well, there's nothing to do now. Can I go back and rest?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Qing raised his hand again and said, "Don't worry, there is one more thing I want you to do."

"I want to depose the Prime Minister and take back his power."

"In the current court, the disciples and former officials of Lin Ruofu have become too powerful to be eliminated."

"Even if I want to depose you, it won't be that easy."

"Even if we find an opportunity to take down Lin Ruofu, we can't completely eliminate his disciples and former officials."

"Wenhe, what do you think I should do about this?"

After listening to this, Su Wenyi frowned again and began to think.

Sure enough, this Lao Liu has been wanting to depose the prime minister for a long time.

Strictly speaking, Emperor Qing is more like a cold-blooded version of Zhu Yuanzhang. No, strictly speaking, he is even more ruthless than Zhu Yuanzhang.

Emperor Qing not only wants to use the temple's technology to strengthen the Qing Kingdom, but also wants to centralize power.

Deposing Lin Ruofu was just a superficial act. What Emperor Qing really wanted was to get the power of prime minister back into his own hands.

It just so happens that this time I can take advantage of Lin Gong’s incident to get rid of Lin Ruofu at one go.

After getting rid of Lin Ruofu, he would step in and threaten Lin Gong's life to force Lin Ruofu to hand over the list of his students and former officials.

But if it’s just this, I’m afraid it’s not enough.

After all, if he really just wanted to depose the prime minister, it would only take a word for Emperor Qing to do so.

The real key lies in what system to use to replace the position of prime minister.

After the power of the prime minister is recovered, what should be used to replace it?

Cabinet? This system can indeed be introduced.

But this cabinet system cannot be expressed by one’s own mouth.

We must let this old man figure it out himself!
Su Wenyi hesitated for a moment and then said, "Your Majesty, this assassination on Niulan Street may be related to Lin Gong, the second son of Prime Minister Lin."

"Your Majesty may take advantage of this incident to let Prime Minister Lin retire."

"And we can also get the list from the other party, but if that's all, there will still be disadvantages."

"After all, Your Majesty, what you want is to take back the power of the Prime Minister, not just to replace someone else as the Prime Minister."

"In this case, you must have a suitable system to replace the prime minister."

"Your Majesty, I do have an immature idea."

Emperor Qing's eyes lit up and he said, "Oh? Tell me about it!"

Su Wenyi said tentatively: "If we find a few capable officials from below, and let them take on the positions of the former prime ministers."

"For these people, a small room is specially provided for them to handle government affairs. They are not given official positions or status, and the room is not fixed."

"This way, not only can we train officials, but we can also completely take back the power of the prime minister."

"More importantly, it will not make your Majesty too tired in handling official business."

After hearing this, Emperor Qing couldn't help but smile.

Then, Emperor Qing looked at Su Wenyi with admiration and said, "Wenhe, you are truly my lucky general!"

"In just a short while, you solved two of my biggest concerns."

"Wenhe, I want to reward you!"

"I should have rewarded you for what happened to the adjutant last time."

"It just so happens that these three things have three merits in total. Tell me, what do you want?"

After hearing this, Su Wenyi said without thinking: "Why don't you reward me with some silver and give me a title?"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I am not picky. Any title will do."

After listening to this, Emperor Qing laughed and said, "Hahaha, just a title and some silver?"

"Wenhe, if it's just like this, it would be unworthy of your three great achievements!"

Su Wenyi spread his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I really don't want anything."

"After all, apart from raising a bear and a tiger, which cost me some money, my other expenses in life are basically not that big."

"Otherwise, you can give it to me?"

After thinking for a moment, Emperor Qing suddenly said something that surprised Su Wenyi.

"How about I grant you a marriage?"

(End of this chapter)