Chapter 1504: Crossing the River and Destroying the Bridge (First Update)
The Empress Tan Tai Zijun’s eyes suddenly widened.

Su Yanxing did not dare to look into her eyes. He lowered his eyes and continued with a stiff face, "Your Majesty... This succession to the throne is the first time in the history of the Beichen Empire that it has not been passed down orally."

"Because Your Majesty never experienced the stage of being a crown princess, and you were not by His Majesty's side before His Majesty died..."

"I'm afraid that a lot of the secret information of the imperial family is in danger of being lost."

"Therefore, I suggest that you go to the Special Security Bureau headquarters immediately and ask them to retrieve all the information about the late emperor Tan Tai Hong Yuan and transcribe it into your own mechanical intelligent storage device."

Empress Tan Tai Zi Jun was shocked: "What?! The succession to the throne is accompanied by secret information passed down by word of mouth?! Is it about the royal family, or about the emperor himself?"

Su Yanxing shook his head regretfully and said, "It's a pity that I don't know the specific content."

"If I knew, Your Majesty would not have to go to the Special Security Bureau. I would have told Your Majesty directly."

"But Your Majesty, do you think that this kind of information, this secret information that has been passed on orally between emperors, can be known to a third party?"

The Empress Tan Tai Zi Jun's face fell almost uncontrollably.

She finally understood why the royal family's mechanical intelligence determined that Huo Yushen's third general inspectorate order was something it had no authority to deal with and reported it for manual review!

And her team...

The secretarial team that thought they had "checks and balances" ingrained in their bones actually trampled on efficiency and priorities!

The result of absolute checks and balances is that nothing can be done and no one is held accountable for any decision!
The Empress Tan Tai Zijun has always boasted that with her intelligence and education level, she would be many times better than the previous Emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan!

But just a few days after ascending the throne, she suffered a heavy blow!
At this time, she finally understood why the previous emperor did not use any checks and balances on the attendants and secretaries in the imperial secretariat...

Because this is her arm, it must obey her absolutely so that she can use it as she pleases!

Now, she doesn't know how many owners are behind this "arm" of hers, making it impossible for her to use it as she wishes, and thus she has missed out on the most important piece of information.

Who can she blame?
Do you blame yourself?

That is absolutely impossible!

This is the biggest shake to her status as an empress, and will make the people of the Beichen Empire believe that a woman being an emperor is unreliable!

The instructions are wrong and they change every day, which means they are unreliable.

Therefore, she would never admit that it was her fault.

Since it was not his fault, it could only be someone else's fault, that is, the fault of Chief Inspector Huo Yushen of the Special Security Bureau.

How could you make such a decision without consulting her as the emperor? !

But if you think about it carefully, Huo Yushen definitely followed the procedures.

There was no way she could use this incident as a reason to punish Huo Yushen.

She had to find an excuse...

The Empress Tan Tai Zi Jun looked gloomy. She stared at the High Priest Su Yan Xing for a while and said, "High Priest, why did you tell me this news only now?"

"Shouldn't you have informed me of this news on the first day of my accession to the throne?"

Su Yanxing said calmly, "Because this is not within the scope of my duties as a priest."

"Because for thousands of years in the Beichen Empire, the succession to the throne has always been very formal."

"Because no emperor has ever died a violent death, this creates the current dilemma."

The Empress Tan Tai Zijun felt depressed.

Therefore, it is not a problem of the high priest's vegetarian banquet!

Whose problem is it then?!
At this moment, she felt a deep hatred for the assassin who assassinated the emperor!

If the emperor hadn't died suddenly, she would have had time to slowly prepare and put herself on the throne of the Crown Princess...

In that case, the inheritance of the empire would not be cut off in her hands.

But what kind of secret information is there in the royal family that needs to be passed on orally between emperors?
The Empress Tan Tai Zijun's reason told her that it shouldn't be a big deal.

Because the imperial power has been running smoothly throughout the past ten thousand years of the empire, there are no royal characteristics recorded in history books that are beyond the ordinary people's understanding.

Except for this "surrender" ability.

However, she already possessed this ability.

It was with this special ability that she overthrew the eldest princess and avenged the Ying family, which allowed her to completely gain the loyalty of the high priest and make him an important endorser of her ascension to the throne.

Otherwise, even if her mother and the Li, Qiu and Rong families all supported her, it would not be easy for her to ascend to the throne.

For example, that Tan Tai and Gui, and the child in Ying Wuxin's belly...

They will all be obstacles for her.

Fortunately, the incident with the eldest princess, Tan Tai Jin Yu, not only did he get rid of the eldest princess and do the high priest a great favor, but he also killed the child in Tan Tai's belly with Gui Heying Wuxin.

She alone is the chosen heir to the throne!
However, even the chosen heir to the throne may be incapable of doing things.

For example, she never expected that the royal family of Beichen Empire still had the tradition of "word of mouth"!

This matter was probably unknown even to the Queen Mother, which is why it has become what it is now. The Empress Tan Tai Zi Jun took a deep breath and said, "Then I will summon the Chief Inspector of the Special Security Bureau and the Director of the Information Department to see if they can provide any useful information."

The high priest Su Yanxing suddenly felt something was wrong. Thinking of Huo Yushen's chief inspector's order, could it be that he didn't have time to stop him?
However, he refrained from asking.

Although everyone knows that various forces have their presence in the Imperial Secretariat, no one would be stupid enough to admit that they have placed people around the emperor unless it is absolutely necessary.

Therefore, he just kept his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart, watching the Special Security Bureau Chief Inspector Huo Yushen and the Information Department Director Lin Xianyou come to the new imperial study in the palace and bow to the Empress Tan Tai Zijun.

Empress Tan Tai Zi Jun did not bring up the matter herself, but summoned the high priest and said, "High priest, can you tell them what information related to the royal family they need to retrieve from the Special Security Bureau?"

Su Yanxing cursed the empress in his heart for "destroying the bridge after crossing the river", but he still maintained a cautious expression on his face and said, "Because the late emperor passed away suddenly, I am afraid that some information may not have been passed on to Your Majesty in time."

"Your Majesty wants to see if the Special Security Bureau has any information on this that you can use for reference."

The Empress Tan Tai Zijun was not very happy after hearing what Su Yanxing said.

Su Yanxing was selling her out by saying this.

It was Su Yanxing who brought it up first, but now it seems like she, the emperor, can't wait to dig up the secrets of her ancestors...

She was unhappy in her heart, but she didn't show it on her face, but she didn't nod either. She just said, "I really don't have the opportunity to spend time with my father day and night, otherwise I wouldn't have waited for the high priest to remind me."

"I want to thank the high priest! Now I understand why the empire set up the position of high priest. It is indeed to help our royal family find shortcomings and make up for them, and ensure that the Tan Tai royal family will last for thousands of years!"

"Now, Chief Inspector Huo, Director Lin, do you know anything about this?"

Lin Xianyou is the Director of the Information Department, a position he has held for just over a year.

He chose his words carefully and said, "Your Majesty, the information I manage is all related to the general public of the empire. I have not seen any information related to the royal family."

Huo Yushen added: "Information related to His Majesty the Emperor is classified as top secret by the Special Security Bureau."

"These are all direct orders from His Majesty the Emperor to the Special Security Bureau."

"These orders involve the deepest secrets that only His Majesty the Emperor knows."

"For the Special Security Bureau, there are only code names, operation processes, and operation results."

"And every time the throne changes, the information about the previous emperor in the Special Security Bureau will be destroyed."

"For this reason, I have issued a general inspection order, ordering the destruction of all action instructions related to the late emperor Tan Tai Hong Yuan, and reporting them to the royal mechanical intelligence for review."

When Su Yanxing heard this, he quietly raised his head and looked at the Empress Tan Tai Zijun.

In order to stop Huo Yushen from destroying the files and documents from the previous emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan, Su Yanxing sent a letter to the royal secretariat, requesting to enter the palace to meet the empress.

As a result, the Empress's Royal Secretariat was extremely inefficient and it took two days to approve his application.

And I don’t know if two days will be enough…

As a result, Huo Yushen said, "Your Majesty, I will follow the procedures and send all three general inspection orders to the royal mechanical intelligence for review."

"It approved all three of the GIO orders yesterday."

"One of them is to destroy all files and documents related to the late emperor Tan Tai Hong Yuan."

"After receiving the approval, our Special Security Bureau destroyed all files and documents related to the late Emperor Tan Tai Hong Yuan yesterday."

Su Yanxing's face turned pale.

Sure enough, two days were enough for Huo Yushen to destroy all the files and documents related to the late emperor Tan Tai Hongyuan.

This is also a routine operation of the Special Security Bureau.

However, the Special Security Bureau usually only does this kind of thing before the Chief Inspector leaves his post.

Huo Yushen seemed to be a little hasty.

However, this is also within the scope of the Special Security Bureau's regulations.

After all, the rules and regulations of the Special Security Bureau do not specify when it should be destroyed.

Before it was a convention, now people just follow the rules.

You can say that the other person is not tactful enough, but you cannot say that the other person did something wrong.

This is going to be difficult...

Su Yanxing frowned.

The Empress Tan Tai Zi Jun was also feeling depressed.

She couldn't help but ask, "Completely destroyed? Can't it be restored?"

"It's all electronic information anyway. Can it really be destroyed completely without leaving any trace?"

Unexpectedly, Huo Yushen said: "Your Majesty, the orders issued by the Emperor to the Chief Inspector of the Special Security Bureau are not electronic information."

“It’s all verbal communication and then recorded on paper.”

"The so-called destruction is physical destruction. Even the ashes are thrown into the sewer."

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