I am the king of the dead

Chapter 162 I am a cruel official!
"Now the queen mother is blinded by the superficial humility of that evil emperor. You know! When the emperor was still the king, he was also humble enough!" Sun Jizong said angrily.

My father is a little older, and his heart has softened over the years, even a little honest and humble.

Sun Xianzong also sighed and said: "But we were not there at the time of the court meeting. Now those courtiers dare not make a move. Once the official residence of the evil emperor is built, it will be really difficult for those people to communicate with us." too difficult."

The living room fell into silence again. This evil emperor took advantage of Wala to go south and did too many things, and it was difficult to resist. Now that Qingtian in the capital is reclaiming land, the farm law sees more and more people. If this continues, they still have Who do you rely on?
Sun Zhong looked at the sky worriedly, and said with a sigh: "It is necessary to let the Queen Mother feel the pain."

"Otherwise, it will be very difficult for us to do what the Queen Mother looks like."

The father and son finally decided on a strategy to make the Queen Mother change her mind.

But how to proceed with this strategy?
"How about King Xiang Zhu Zhanqian write a letter to the Queen Mother to persuade the Queen Mother?" Sun Jizong proposed a plan.

The corner of Sun Xianzong's mouth twitched, his elder brother had a lot of bad ideas.

He shook his head and said, "Emperor Concubine, that is also the blood of the late Emperor. If you asked Zhu Zhanqian to write a letter to persuade the Queen Mother, wouldn't that remind the Queen Mother not to make such an ugly mess with Emperor Concubine?"

Only then did Sun Jizong slap his forehead and suddenly realized.

In any case, the current concubine emperor has to call the mother of the empress dowager. Princess Ji is also the consort of the concubine emperor, and Zhu Jianshen, the son of the concubine king, is also the nephew of the emperor. This great person is still in the blood of the late emperor Zhu Zhanji.

If Zhu Zhanqian became the emperor, that would be the empress dowager's last thing to see!

"Then what should we do?" Sun Jizong scratched his head and asked rather helplessly.

The current emperor has a feeling that he has no way to start, and the aggression is like fire, and the power is in his hands.

"The children of Prince Ji's Mansion." The concubine Sun Xuzong suddenly said.

Sun Zhong did not agree, but he did not disagree.

Instead, he looked out of the window and said, "It's hard, the Supreme Emperor is in Yibei. We have worked hard and tried our best to be loyal to the Supreme Emperor."

Is Sun Zhong really loyal to the Supreme Emperor?
Sun Xuzong wanted to deal with those children from Prince Ji's mansion, but Sun Zhong didn't even ask a single question.

But at this moment in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the Empress Dowager Sun held the ancient inkstone and looked at the new characters for a long time, but finally got someone to put it away.

"What should Zizhi Tongjian talk about today?" Mrs. Sun heaved a sigh of relief.

At least the concubine emperor didn't tear his face apart for the great event of the Northern Expedition. Although he looked disrespectful, he didn't do things to the point of outrageous madness.

At least since Emperor Taizong Wen, in all dynasties, she has never received a birthday gift that is too modest, but she has received it, even though she knows it was prepared by the emperor.

But it was given by Yu Qian.

A female scripture officer bowed her head and said: "Today we are talking about Tang Ji 22, the first year of the holy calendar. In that year, the New Year's Day is the same day as the winter solstice, the first month of the moon, and the first day of Jiazi, so it is changed to the first year of the holy calendar."

"Then let's talk." Empress Dowager Sun sat down firmly and said.

The female economic officer opened the Zizhi Tongjian, and said eloquently: "On Yiwei Day in February of the first year of the Holy Calendar, the two nephews of Empress Zetian, Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi, sought to establish the crown prince. They sent people many times. I went to the palace and said that since ancient times, the emperor has never had an heir with a different surname."

"Empress Zetian is quite hesitant. After all, she is only a nephew, not a son."

Wu Zetian went from helping her husband to deal with government affairs, then becoming the emperor, and finally became the emperor. However, in his later years, Wu Zetian also faced the problem of inheriting the throne. Seeing that his health was getting worse and worse, the matter of establishing a crown prince became an urgent need .

But the two nephews Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi thought about it.

"Empress Zetian summoned Prime Minister Di Renjie to inquire. Di Renjie said: His Majesty Emperor Taizongwen of the Tang Dynasty, weathered the wind and rain, personally braved the frontier to rule the world and passed it on to his descendants. Emperor Gaozong Xiao entrusted his second son to His Majesty."

"Di Renjie said again: Your Majesty wants to transfer the position to another family, so don't you care about God's will?"

"Aunt, nephew, mother and son, who is closer? If your majesty makes a son, he will be served in the Taimiao for thousands of years, and the inheritance will be endless. If you make a nephew, you will never hear that your nephew is the son of heaven, but your aunt will be in the temple." Those who also."

The female economic officer paused at this point, but the Empress Dowager Sun managed to understand the conversation.

The female economic officer didn't give much explanation, it was just a passage in Zi Zhi Tong Jian.

Empress Dowager Sun closed her eyes and thought for a long time, then slowly opened her eyes and said, "Continue talking."

Is the son or the nephew important?

Di Renjie gave the answer to this question, and Wu Zetian finally made up his mind not to make the Wu family the heirs of the emperor.

The female scripture official continued to speak eloquently: "Empress Zetian and Tang Gaozong's son Li Xian were still kings of Luling at that time. Di Renjie persuaded Empress Zetian to take Li Xian back by his side, but Empress Zetian was quite hesitant. .”

"That night, Empress Zetian dreamed that a big parrot had broken its wings, so she asked Di Renjie to interpret the dream. Di Renjie said, these two wings are His Majesty's two sons. If they are used, they will vibrate."

"Sun Wanrong besieged Youzhou and moved to the imperial court..."

The female economic officer continued to talk about Zi Zhi Tong Jian, but the Empress Dowager Sun interrupted the female economic officer's lecture, and said rather puzzled: "Empress Zetian appointed a crown prince, what's the follow-up? How about the siege of Youzhou?" Where are you going?"

The female scripture officer didn't understand, so she said, "That's what Sima Guang wrote."

"This measure is capitalized, it is not achieved overnight, it is continuous, it must be intermittent!"

"Tell me about the selection of the crown prince, and then talk about the siege of Youzhou."

"Your order." The female scripture officer searched for a while and said: "On March 28, the king of Luling fell ill in Fang County, and the Queen of Heaven ordered Li Xian, the king of Luling, to return to Luoyang to recuperate. When the king arrived at the capital of God, he paid homage to Empress Zetian."

"In September, Li Xian abdicated as the king of Luling and became the heir of the emperor. Then the Empress of Heaven agreed to make Li Xian the crown prince."

Only then did Empress Dowager Sun nodded in satisfaction. Wu Zetian not only proclaimed himself the emperor, but even ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. When he finally established the crown prince, he still established a son.

In fact, the truth is very simple. The general has a son, the marshal also has a son, and the nephew also has a mother.

The friendship between relatives, four words, right and wrong, is not difficult to discuss.

Even if a son is born of a concubine, he still calls himself a mother, but a nephew is not.

"How is Prince Ji's son now?" The Queen Mother Sun didn't let the female officer go on, but asked another matter.

An eunuch said in a low voice: "Back to the Queen Mother, Prince Ji's mansion has been repaired, Princess Ji and Prince Ji's son have moved in, Xing'an Dadang has been busy, selected a lot of people, and gave a hundred to the school lieutenant, specially guarding them." Palace."

"You tell Xing'an that there must be no mistakes."

The eunuch bowed his head and said, "I take orders."

Xing'an attached great importance to Prince Ji's Mansion, he gave a hundred school lieutenants, and also dispatched extravagant officials and eunuchs, firstly for surveillance and secondly for safety.

Now those children in Prince Ji's Mansion, especially the eldest son Zhu Jianshen, are a card in the hands of His Majesty to control the Empress Dowager.

How many children of Ji Wang Zhu Qizhen lived in Ji Wang's mansion?
There are four in total.

Zhu Jianshen was three years old, Zhu Jianlin was two years old, Zhu Jianshi was ten months old, and Zhu Jianchun was three months old.

These four children are young now, and the oldest Zhu Jianshen is only three years old. Zhu Qiyu put them all in the Prince Ji's mansion. They are indeed under surveillance, so why not protect them?
Xing'an is inspecting the warehouse of the gunpowder factory at Wanggong Factory. Xing'an will never forget what His Majesty told you. He also talked with Xu Siqi, the president of Shijing Factory, about the charcoal furnace and Jingtai steel furnace. , to prevent His Majesty from asking, wouldn't it be embarrassing for him to ask three questions?

As His Majesty's Da Dang, he cannot be said to be omniscient and omnipotent, and he has to cover everything.

Wang Gongchang's progress is very good, with a smile on his face.

As soon as Xing'an walked out of Wang Gong's factory, he saw a eunuch running over desperately, and said out of breath, "Something happened to Prince Ji's mansion!"

"What happened?" Xing'an asked with a frown.

The eunuch panted and said: "The... the extravagant officials sent by the ancestors were poisoned to death!"

"The extravagant member is poisoned to death." Xing'an's originally cheerful face suddenly turned fierce, and he asked: "The extravagant official has a generous burial, immediately seal the entire Prince Ji's mansion, and make sure to catch the real culprit!"

Chaotang is like the current Wang Gong factory, a little spark, and it ignites with a bang!
Since His Majesty took the throne, he has been reluctant to see the faction.

Why did His Majesty enter the palace to offer congratulatory gifts?I just don't want to push Queen Mother Sun to the opposite side, form a clique, and start a tit-for-tat confrontation with His Majesty!
This will be a great harm to His Majesty's New Deal and to His Majesty's great cause of the Northern Expedition.

Your Majesty would rather suffer some grievances than to crush the Oirat people to ashes. Now that the Prince Ji's mansion has just been moved, something like this happened!
Fortunately, Xing'an made the arrangement in advance, otherwise, if he poisoned a child from Prince Ji's mansion, Xing'an would not be able to explain to His Majesty, nor to Daming.

The eunuch finally recovered his breath and said: "I've caught it, tied it up very firmly, with a sock stuffed in my mouth, it's impossible to kill myself by biting my tongue."

Xing'an attached great importance to Prince Ji's Mansion, and his arrangements worked, although there was still something about poisoning.

Earlier, Xing'an reported to His Majesty to clean up a group of cooks who were empty-paid in Taichang Temple, which really offended the cooks.

Xing'an rushed to Prince Ji's Mansion in a hurry, Lu Zhong had already arrived at Prince Ji's Mansion, and the interrogation began in the courtyard of Prince Ji's Mansion.

The interrogation method used by Lu Zhong is a torture called waterboarding.

He tied the three prisoners to a bench, one of them raised his feet, his head was up and down, and he covered the faces of the prisoners with a square scarf, and then poured water on it, and the victim would be continuously suffocated status.

According to Lu Zhong's past experience, under this method, [-]% of the people will receive him directly.

Xing'an once asked curiously, what about the remaining [-]%?
Lu Zhong said that the remaining [-] percent were scared to death.

Lu Zhong must settle this case as quickly as possible in front of the concubine and side concubine of Prince Ji's mansion.

"Cool official! Cool official! Uuuh..." The three prisoners immediately fell into a state of sustainable suffocation.

Lu Zhong kept his face cold all the time, and said, "Stop, get the towel."

"Cruel official! You will die! If you waterboard me now, you will die by waterboarding in the future!" A prisoner roared angrily even though he was dying.

"I'm the cruel official!"

"It's His Majesty's decision to drown me, hack me to death, or send me to the imperial hospital. What about you, are you still refusing to confess?" Lu Zhong raised his hand again.

How powerful is waterboarding?

In just a few breaths, these three people were feces and urine, and the whole person was as limp as cooked noodles, slumped on the bench, their faces were pale, and their eyes were empty.

If this happens again, among the three criminals, some of them must be unable to bear it and will die.

Qian covered her face, feeling sick for a while, but Ji Wang Beishou, she has to be in charge of the Ji Wang Mansion, and a mother is tough, she can only bear the discomfort and hold on.

"I'll confess." Seeing Xing'an's raised hand, a chef wailed, knelt on the ground, and said tremblingly.

　Today is still the fourth watch!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)