high official

Chapter 475 Who Are You?
"Minister..." Wang Xian smiled wryly in his heart. If I dare to say 'no' to this question, it is the crime of deceiving the emperor.I had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "I dare to swear that everything I played is true, and there is no deception."

"Really..." Zhu Di's eyes wandered a little, but his voice became colder and colder.

"It's absolutely true!" Wang Xian shook his heart, raised his head and said: "Young ministers don't do anything, have little talent and learning, and are wrongly loved by His Majesty and entrusted with important tasks. If you are so heartless and don't hesitate to do anything, how can you deceive Your Majesty!"

"Aren't you deceiving too much?!" Zhu Di was furious suddenly, raised his eyebrows and raised his eyebrows, and said, "I ask you, how did Zhang Chun die?" As he spoke, he took a step forward, his voice was like the wind blowing from the Nine Nether Hell, Let Wang Xian feel cold all over again.Once the eyes of this million-killing emperor were gloomy, his whole body seemed to be filled with red and bloody aura. Ordinary people could be scared to death. A bold person like Wang Xian almost peed his pants in fear.

The shadow of a man's famous tree, a butcher like Zhu Di who kills without batting an eye, pushes him out and chops him up to feed the dogs if he disagrees with him. It's as simple as drinking water.What's more, the things Wang Xian did in Shanxi are not just deception and collusion between inside and outside.

But fear belongs to fear, this test still has to pass, Wang Xian bit his lip, sobered up and said: "I have already reported, according to his suicide note and on-site investigation, I believe that he committed suicide."

"Why did he commit suicide?" Zhu Di asked coldly.

"He colluded with thieves, embezzled the army's rations, and caused the army to run out of food. It is a crime that cannot be punished, and he knows that he cannot escape the crime."

"Before you interrogated him, he knew that the crime was inevitable?"

"Corruption and ink are rampant in the officialdom in Shanxi. As a chief minister, he cannot escape the blame. He may know that even if he does not recruit, his life will be over, so he has the idea of ​​suicide."

"Can you completely rule out the possibility of homicide?" Zhu Di asked coldly.

"I can't, but the governor's yamen is heavily guarded, and I don't think there is any kind of brilliant assassin who can kill him in the study without leaving a trace!" Wang Xian made up his mind, pretending to be confused with understanding It's over.

"Arbitrarily determined!" Yong Le snorted, and after a while said coldly: "You never thought that someone forced Zhang Chun to death?"

"I've thought about it!" Wang Xian replied honestly without hesitation.

"Who have you thought about?" Zhu Di asked with flickering eyes.

"I have thought about King Jin, King Han, King Zhao, Dudu Ji, and even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince..." Wang Xian called out a long list of names, and mentioned the people who were capable of killing Zhang Chun, but in the end he didn't say anything.

"Why don't you continue to investigate?" Seeing that he was going to play tricks, Yongle Zhu Di's tone became stricter.

"I dare not." Wang Xian kowtowed his head again, and said loudly, "I can't do anything."

Such a frank answer made Zhu Di hesitate.Because Wang Xian's words are irreproachable, who can ask a small military officer to do something beyond his ability?

"What a helpless one. You are not yet 20 years old. It is really disappointing to say such dull words." Zhu Di said expressionlessly: "I originally wanted to use your youthful vigor to break through those annoying people. You are a ghost, but you have sentenced such a gourd case!"

"Your minister is too young to do anything, your talent is lacking in morality, and you have lost your reputation." Wang Xian hurriedly kowtowed and pleaded guilty: "I have committed the crime of negligence, please punish me!"

"It is also a felony to neglect inspection and harm the country." Zhu Di said sternly, "It's not something that can be passed with two boards!"

Wang Xian kowtowed deeply, feeling cold in his heart, and secretly said to the burrow obediently, it seems that the lightest one is going home to farm...

"Are you wronged?" Seeing that he was scared, Zhu Di walked up to him with a playful tone in his voice.

"Wei Chen dare not."

"If you don't dare, then you'll be wronged. But that's right, you saved the grandson, solved the big case, and sent down the spirit, all of which are great achievements. If it were for someone else, you would have been made an earl long ago." Zhu Di said: " But now you are only a conciliator of the fourth grade, and you will be accused by me, of course you will feel particularly wronged."

"Thunder, rain and dew are all due to your favor." Wang Xian suddenly raised his head and said loudly: "The emperor has his own reasons for how to deal with the humble ministers, and the ministers are willing to accept it!"

"It's still like a human saying..." A smile appeared on Zhu Di's stern face, and he finally walked away from Wang Xian, looking at the portrait of Zhenwu on the wall who was stepping on a turtle and holding a snake, Wang Xian was stealing his eyes Looking around, I found that the Emperor Zhenwu on the portrait was also a man with a black face... he was [-]% like Emperor Yongle.I couldn't help being surprised, I wiped, who is this flatterer, it is really shameless!Take a closer look, and in the lower left corner of the portrait, it is impressively written "Disciple Sun Biyun respects the portrait of Emperor Zhenwu." '

'Sun Biyun, isn't it Xianyun and Grandpa Lingxiao? "Wang Xian suddenly realized, no wonder the old Taoist priest became the number one engineering contractor in Ming Dynasty. It turns out that he has such a god-level flattering skill.

"What are you looking at?" Zhu Di turned his head and saw Wang Xian looking at the painting, and couldn't help frowning slightly. Even Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu didn't dare to breathe in front of him, but this kid dared to look around!

"I'm looking at the portrait of Emperor Zhenwu. I often hear people say that my emperor is the reincarnation of Emperor Zhenwu. It's true when I saw it today!" Seeing that I should be fine.Wang Xian gradually overcame the fear of meeting the emperor for the first time, and returned to normal levels.

"Huh, you know what a fart." Zhu Di was quite useful, but he snorted coldly and said: "Do you know why I don't reward me for my merits?"

"I don't know." Wang Xian shook his head and said blankly.

"Should I say you are smart or stupid?" Zhu Di asked, "How did you feel during your trip to Shanxi?"

"My biggest feeling is that it is difficult to be a human being and even more difficult to be an official, and my morality is far from enough!" Wang Xian said loudly.

"It's hard to be a man, is it hard to be a minister? Actually, it's not difficult. It's hard not to be a villain, but also to be a good official and a loyal minister." Zhu Di confided with him uncharacteristically: "The prince has the kindness to know you, Mrs. The relationship between Sun and you and brother, when they are in turmoil, you don't want to be ungrateful and run for them, this is not to be a villain, I understand you." But his face sank as he spoke, his voice was cold Said: "But don't forget, you are an official of my Ming Dynasty, not an official of the prince, nor an official of the grandson! My court only wants my loyal ministers, not those who eat the king's salary, but loyal Someone else's second minister!"

Zhu Di's words were not to bluff Wang Xian, but really angry.Because he thought Wang Xian was loyal to the prince, not to him, the emperor.Thinking of a courtier receiving his own salary but being loyal to others, Zhu Di was extremely resentful.The better Wang Xian behaved, the angrier he became.This is also the reason why he has been suppressing Wang Xian.

Emperor Yongle's voice echoed in the hall, shaking Wang Xian's eardrums, and Wang Xian's face turned pale with shock.He just boasted that the emperor wanted to play hard to get, and Zhu Di immediately let him experience it.If he had been under high pressure just now, he would have been able to withstand it, but Zhu Di deliberately let him see hope, thinking that he would be able to pass the test, but suddenly he used his trump card, which caught Wang Xian off guard, tears streaming down his face, and his defenses completely collapsed .

The emperor took advantage of the victory to pursue him, his anger sank in his dantian, and he said in a voice like a bell, "I'll ask you one last time, who is behind Zhang Chun!"

Wang Xian raised his head suddenly, and replied passionately: "Your Majesty, I have the sincerity of my heart to pour out my blood!"

Zhu Di stared at him closely, and spit out a word: "Say!"

"Your majesty is right. The crown prince has the kindness to know me, and the grandson has brotherly affection towards me. I am a mediocre man. If I can get the favor of the two highnesses, I will be so heartbroken that I can't repay it!" Wang Xian said excitedly. .

"Okay, he's a good guy." Zhu Di nodded and praised with a blank expression.

"Before I met my grandson, I was already a courtier of the Ming Dynasty! Since I was young, in front of the horoscope wall in front of the county government, I heard the county magistrate preach the principles of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and my father often told me to be loyal to the emperor! The only king in my heart is the emperor!" Wang Xian said with tears streaming down his face.

"When two lips touch, you can say whatever you want." Zhu Di said coldly, "Do you think I'm a child who can be coaxed around?"

"I'm definitely not lying to the emperor, I have evidence!" Wang Xian said loudly.

"What evidence?" Zhu Di was taken aback.

"I ask the emperor to forgive me for being rude." Wang Xian said.

"Yes." Zhu Di nodded. He didn't know that there was evidence for this thing, so he was really curious.

Wang Xian then unbuttoned his official robe, unbuttoning his belt. The maids turned their heads in embarrassment, and the eunuchs also secretly laughed. Could it be that this kid wants to perform a dance for the emperor to show his loyalty?
Under the surprised eyes of the emperor, Wang Xian showed his strong upper body, and then turned around, only to see two words the size of a fist tattooed on his back - 'loyalty to the emperor'!
When the emperor saw it, his eyes widened at first, then he couldn't help laughing, and cursed: "Put on your clothes quickly, who tattooed you, it's crooked, really ugly."

"My father doesn't study much, but his loyalty never falls behind!" Wang Xian hurriedly put on his official uniform again and said solemnly.But I secretly sighed in my heart, sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy. Last night, my father wanted to tattoo me, but I was a hundred times unwilling. I didn’t expect to use it the next day. I really can’t accept it... It’s just that you know that you have presbyopia Still showing off, can you go to the street and invite a master to stab it more beautifully!
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As soon as Wang Xian said this, the image of a loyal old man who had never read any books suddenly appeared in front of Zhu Di.Although this doesn't explain much, it greatly changed the emperor's impression of Wang Xian... After all, this is still an era of blood theory, and people believe that dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes, and the sons of mice can make holes.

"Didn't you disappoint your father?" Zhu Di looked at Wang Xian playfully.

"No matter how stupid I am, I know that the kindness of the prince and grandson to me is private. Loyalty to the emperor is public! When I say that it is difficult to be a man and an official, I am actually saying that it is really difficult to distinguish between public and private. But how dare I abolish it because of private interests?" Grandpa?!" Wang Xian said excitedly when he saw that his father's trick worked.

"You said that you have never abolished the government for personal reasons?" Zhu Di suddenly felt displeased: "The things you did in Shanxi were not to protect the prince!"

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