Chapter 53 Chen Pingping: You know it’s a hot potato, but you still hold on to it?
When I was young, the Imperial Study
"My son, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."
Li Chengqian bowed deeply, looking somewhat timid.
Emperor Qing handed over the manifesto in his hand, "This was written by Ye Zheng, take a look."
"Yes." Li Chengqian stepped forward, took the manifesto, then stepped back. After reading it carefully, his expression changed, becoming unnatural and somewhat deliberate.
He only sighed, "I knew that Lord Xiaoye had the talent of a horse, but I didn't expect that his writing was so sharp. This article is full of heroic spirit and passion. Reading the whole article makes people feel excited and their blood boils."
"Especially the line 'cunning, vicious by nature, like a poisonous snake in the bushes, a scorpion on a dilapidated wall, a cold knife in the back, doing evil in secret', when Northern Qi and Dongyi heard it, I'm afraid they would spit out blood countless times."
Emperor Qing smiled playfully, looked at him, and nodded gently, "Continue."
Li Chengqian's face froze.
The so-called manifesto is nothing more than a three-part structure: first, I scold you for your mistakes, then I declare that I want to beat you, and finally I say that I am very awesome.
Fortunately, Ye Zheng’s content was solid, worthy of praise.
"Your explanation is good. You are very attentive." Emperor Qing did not tear down his platform. He reached out and picked up a piece of paper from the horizontal table and handed it to him, "This is the list of officials who will be dismissed in the next few days."
Li Chengqian's hand holding the paper trembled slightly.
Before Fan Xian came to Beijing, his aunt tried to use a palace maid to discredit Fan Xian, but he took the blame. His Majesty then gave him a list of officials to be dismissed, and he gave him another one today.
The officials he dismissed last time were all his retainers in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Personnel. This time...
The list is not long, just a few people.
There are the second brother's retainers.
He also has his own, but he does not have to be a high-ranking official.
Ok?
Does the Emperor approve of the way I treated Ye Zheng this time?
wrong?
If we follow this idea, wouldn't it push Ye Zheng towards the second brother?
I have already made some enemies with Fan Xian, so it would be bad to make them enemies with Ye Zheng as well.
I heard that Ye Zheng saved Fan Xian this time. If you want to win over Fan Xian, you can start from...
It’s just that my aunt…
My aunt can't bring herself to kill you, so just bear with it.
Thousands of thoughts went through his mind, but his body reacted without any slack. He bent his knees and fell to the ground.
"Your Majesty..."
"Okay, let's go down."
As soon as the other party opened his mouth, Emperor Qing had a blank expression on his face and waved his sleeves.
Li Chengqian bowed deeply again, "Your Majesty, I will take my leave."
……
Outside the West City Military Commandery, in an alley
Zhongli, who was supposed to be guarding in front of the cell, appeared here.
The sunset glowed from the west, and some of the shadows were blocked by the eaves, leaving some shadowy corners in the alley.
A few steps away from him, a man who should not be in Kyoto at the moment was sitting in a wheelchair. Behind him, a man dressed in black and with a mask covering his face was half hidden in the shadows.
Chen Pingping looked at the man who he had designed to be removed from the Inspection Institute and placed next to Ye Zheng. At just one glance, he knew that Zhongli had changed his mind.
"I just want to ask you one question, have you discovered the conspiracy between Lin Gong, Si Lili, and the four people in Dongyi City?" His eyes were not as sharp as those of a high-level warrior when he was using his full strength, but they were chilling.
"No." Zhongli replied without any hesitation.
Chen Pingping leaned forward slightly and pierced his eyes.
Zhongli looked at him without avoiding.
Yoshihisa
Chen Pingping's lips curled up suddenly, then his face quickly turned cold, "Zhongli, you should know that the Inspection Institute can directly question officials below the third rank."
"I know." Zhongli nodded calmly, and then said, "My Lord, I am not an official, but a serving archer."
Chen Pingping's gaze paused, and then suddenly a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.
"Okay." He nodded repeatedly.
"I'm very curious, Zhongli, what is it about him that you value?" he asked again.
Zhongli straightened his chest and raised his chin, and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency is as bright as the moon, and you care about the people. You have swept away the deep-rooted malpractices of the Military Affairs Department and have the ambition to reform."
"The ambition to reform?" Chen Pingping repeated in a puzzled tone, and asked in return, "To gain a reputation for honesty and win over the people and the army, is that a different ambition?"
"How dare you slander me, Lord?" Zhongli shouted angrily.
Chen Pingping's eyes twitched.
The third place was supposed to be used to study various poisons and unconventional weapons.
But there emerged such a scholar who cared about the people!
In the Inspection Institute, there were countless times when I couldn't stand some of the other places'... stopgap measures. If they were not Master Fei's disciples, I would have asked someone to deal with them long ago.
Wrong person chosen!
He sighed inwardly.
But Ye Zheng knew a lot about the assassination attempt on Fan Xian and also... saved Fan Xian's life, so he should be grateful to Ye Zheng.
"bell…"
"Dean."
"President Chen." There were three voices in total, almost without any order, sounding at the same time.
Chen Pingping only felt a flash before his eyes, and a figure seemed to flash over from the alley.
The shadow sensed Ye Zheng, spoke up to remind him, and then became secretly alert.
His eyes passed over the shadow and fell on Chen Pingping's face. Ye Zheng bowed and saluted, "President Chen, I haven't seen you for a long time. Are you all right?"
After saying that, without waiting for Chen Pingping's response, he turned his head to look at Zhongli beside him, frowned and said, "Why don't you obey my orders and guard the cell?"
Zhongli lowered his eyes slightly.
"Go back!" Without waiting for him to speak, Ye Zheng shouted again.
Zhongli Li bowed, hesitated for a moment, ignored Chen Pingping, and turned away neatly.
"Master Xiaoye has good means." After Zhongli walked away, Chen Pingping praised with a smile.
"Dean Chen and Zhongli have helped me a lot, I am very grateful." Ye Zheng looked a little ashamed and embarrassed.
Little Fox!
Very thick-skinned!
Chen Pingping cursed inwardly.
"Dean Chen, apart from me and Zhongli and Wen Di, who interrogated the female swordsman from Dongyi City, only Your Majesty knows about Lin Gong's plan to assassinate my eldest uncle." Ye Zheng was not in the mood to beat around the bush with him and went straight to the point.
A cunning little fox!
Chen Pingping cursed in his heart again, but looked very satisfied. He nodded and suddenly asked, "Fan Xian doesn't know?"
"You are the second person to ask me this today. You might as well go and ask my eldest uncle." Ye Zheng smiled and said, "President Chen, are you coming in person or calling someone else to come? His Majesty said that you should take over the assassination. It is better to do it today than to wait for a day. Take over these four hot potatoes in Dongyi City as soon as possible."
"You know it's a hot potato, but you still keep holding it in your hand?" Chen Pingping said with a smile and winked at the shadow beside him.
The latter hesitated.
"It's okay." Chen Pingping looked at Ye Zheng very deliberately, shook his head and smiled, with an expression that said 'I believe him'.
right?
So why is your index finger sneaking under the armrest of your wheelchair?
Ye Zheng was speechless. He looked at the shadow and said, "Sir, do you think I am a person who repays kindness with enmity?"
The shadow said nothing, but just stepped on the ground and flew into the air, quickly disappearing among the undulating roofs.
"Dean Chen is surrounded by experts." Ye Zheng sighed and looked at Chen Pingping and said, "It's a hot potato, but I'm not as lucky as my eldest uncle. I have to fight for everything on my own."
He just opens his mouth without changing his expression!
"Master Xiaoye has great ambitions." Chen Pingping's praise was somewhat sarcastic.
Born in the Ye family, you have to rely on yourself for everything?
"Master Xiaoye, why do you think Lin Gong planned to assassinate Fan Xian?" he suddenly asked.
Ye Zheng's face straightened and he said, "I don't know."
Seeing his attitude, Chen Pingping stopped talking.
Then both of them fell silent.
Fortunately, Shadow's martial arts skills were excellent and he came back soon.
Afterwards, Yan Ruohai from the Fourth Inspection Office led people from the Fourth and Seventh Offices to the West City Military Department to remove the four female swordsmen from Dongyi City.
……
Ye Mansion, Study
"Just hand it over to the Inspection Office." Ye Zhong stroked his beard lightly, as if relieved. He was silent for a while, then said solemnly, "For the next period of time, you should be at peace, work on your new policy of the Military Affairs Department, and make some preparations. The day for conscription has been set."
"Father, the betrothal gift is not the same as the wedding, and there is no need to..."
Before he finished speaking, Ye Zhong's gaze came over, and Ye Zheng immediately changed his words, "Okay, I will do my job well, return home on time, and never cause any trouble."
"What a mess. It's right not to cause trouble, and it's also right to concentrate on official duties. You must also take some time out on weekdays to visit Fan Mansion." Ye Zhong said earnestly.
Ye Zheng nodded repeatedly with a very serious expression.
"If you continue to act like this, come with me to the martial arts hall and have a fight first, then we can talk." Ye Chong snorted.
"Father, please let me relax a little at home."
Hearing his youngest son's words, Ye Zhong's heart twitched. Today's incident in the imperial study, with all the open and covert attacks, must have been extremely tiring to deal with.
Thinking of this, his expression eased slightly.
"Father, now I have been appointed as the commander of the military department. In the future, we will attend court together as father and son. I am afraid the day when you leave Beijing is not far away." Ye Zheng suddenly said.
This is the biggest gain this time.
"Why didn't you leave Beijing?" Ye Zhong realized that his tone had unconsciously become serious. He tried hard to restrain himself and finally his voice became muffled.
"My son's momentum is so strong, isn't it right for a father to give way to him?" Ye Zheng said with a smile.
"You are good at planning, but I'm afraid it may not go as you wish." Ye Zhong sighed.
The younger son clearly remembered what the person said and just repeated it, so why didn’t he react?
That person said...
"There will always be opportunities if you go out and gain experience." The youngest son expressed what he was thinking.
Ye Zhong was stunned for a moment, looked over, and frowned, "You are not..."
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(End of this chapter)