Chapter 423 General demeanor
Prime Minister Yin Wuhei would "enforce the law impartially" to Han Chou and give the emperor an explanation. He would resign on the grounds of serious illness in return. In return, the emperor would give him all the generous treatment he should have when he retired, and even establish him as a virtuous prime minister against treacherous ministers in history books.
Queen Mother Cining did not understand this particularly, "It is said that she is colluding with the inner minister, and she is the same as Han Chou. Even if Your Majesty is not guilty of his death, there is no need to compromise, right?"
Han Ruzi sat upright in front of his mother, and he could not be too casual, and replied: "Sheng Mingzhi as the prime minister, he safeguarded the interests of the court, so I give him a chance to keep the rules of the court. The emperor has no selfless grudges, and only because of his selflessness can he use public instruments. The court is a public instrument. I appointed the prime minister to deal with rebels, which is trust in the public instruments and that the emperor will understand."
"If he doesn't understand, he will collude with Han Chou even deeper?" Empress Dowager Cining asked coldly, feeling that her son was too kind.
"In that case, I have to break the rules and eliminate the rebels together with the court. It is difficult for public instruments to be made, but they can also be demolished and rebuilt. Emperor Wu did this." Han Ruzi paused and added, "I have the Northern Army."
Some of the northern army entered the city, not only guarding the palace, but also supervising the court. Shen Mingzhi saw it with his own eyes. If he had a trace of reason, he would not choose to oppose the emperor again.
Empress Dowager Cining felt relieved, but she was still not angry. She hated all those who threatened the emperor's safety. She didn't say anything more. After all, her son was ⊕▽门⊕▽门⊕▽门, after all, she grew up and was a smart emperor. She didn't need her to point fingers in everything, so she sighed, "Your Majesty will not leave the palace at will, right?"
"I still have many things to deal with in the Juanhou Mansion." Han Ruzi had long wanted to leave the palace, but was blocked by her mother in the bedroom.
"Since Your Majesty wants to follow the rules of the court, there should be nothing that cannot be handled in the palace." Empress Dowager Cining approached the emperor and saw that her son's face was still pale and her body was still weak, she couldn't help but feel heartbroken, but her tone remained serious. "How many more dangers do you have to go through? Even if Your Majesty doesn't care about his body, will he ignore the mood of me, an old woman? And the concubines in the palace, at least... they saw the prince born."
Han Ruzi smiled helplessly. He had a way to deal with the prime minister, but could not use the same method to deal with his mother. "Okay, since the empress dowager insists, I will discuss leaving the palace after I fully recover."
Empress Dowager Cining hoped that the emperor would always live in the palace, but she didn't want to mention it now and nodded, "Even Taizu was not the great Chu country that was conquered in one or two days. I hope Your Majesty will be cautious and rest intently."
In this way, Han Ruzi failed to leave the palace in time to meet Huang Pugong in Hou's mansion.
But he couldn't rest, so he came to Lingyun Pavilion to handle affairs, summoned Zhao Ruosu, and appointed him as the special envoy temporarily, running between Lingyun Pavilion, Qinzheng Hall, and the Secretariat, passing messages and sending memorials.
News from outside kept coming, and Shi Mingzhi accurately understood the emperor's intentions, and then showed his style of being the right censor, and acted vigorously and immediately sent someone to arrest Han Chou, and asked Jing Yao, who had just been released, to participate in the whole process so that the emperor could rest assured.
Jin Chunzhong was also arresting people, collecting direct evidence of Han Chong's participation in the assassination under the name of Jingzhao Yinfu and the Ministry of Justice. All the Holy Military Superintendents and others were re-interrogated.
The news of the emperor's recovery must be delivered to all over the world in a timely manner to appease the hearts of the people. Han Ruzi also wrote a few letters personally, giving them to Yang Feng from Yunmengze, Chai Yue from outside the frontier, Deng Cui from the Western Regions and others. These people were personally selected by the emperor and naturally they cared more about the emperor's safety than others.
It was so busy that it was almost dark that things came to an end. Empress Dowager Cining and the Queen kept sending people to visit and tactfully urged the emperor to rest early.
Han Ruzi decided to see someone again.
Duke Huang Pu had already come to the palace from Juanhou's Mansion. After waiting for a long time, he underwent at least three full-body searches. Even so, when he entered Lingyun Pavilion, he was still following four guards, and he was not allowed to enter the emperor's ten steps.
The entire palace doesn't want to take risks anymore.
In order to keep a distance, Huang Pugong could only kneel down at the door to worship the emperor.
Han Ruzi was looking at the information sent by Jing Yao. It contained Huang Pugong's resume, which was much more true than the previous statement.
Huang Pugong was originally named Huang Ren. He was born in Nanyue. He was also a good citizen in his early years and achieved success in learning literature and martial arts.
When he was in his twenties, in order to buy medicine for his seriously ill mother, he took a risk and formed a gang of scoundrels in the city to steal. Because of uneven distribution of spoils, he fought. Huang Pugong killed more than ten people in a row and took his mother to the sea to take refuge.
This case caused a sensation in the city.
Life at sea is difficult, young and strong, Huang Pugong, who can fight and fight, can be free and easy, but Huang's mother, who is old and weak, is extremely difficult.
Huang Pugong was a filial son. In order to make his mother live a more comfortable life, he robbed everywhere, not only robbed merchant ships, fishing boats, but also did not let other pirates go.
He set rules that if he met ordinary people, he would only rob money and even leave some, so that the robbed people would not have nothing after they docked. If he ran into a peer, he would rob money and destroy the ship, and the people on the ship would throw them into the sea, and life and death would be from heaven.
Huang Pugong became famous and had his own gang, but it also attracted a large number of enemies. The two sides fought frequently. Huang Pugong's command ability was revealed during this period, quickly turning from weak to strong and becoming a domineer at sea.
Huang Pugong has been dominating for more than ten years, but there are too many enemies and the pirates cannot defeat him, so he secretly joined forces with the government.
During a pursuit battle, Huang Pu's fleet was introduced into an ambush circle, and more than ten ships were surrounded by hundreds of official ships and pirate ships. The number was so different. Huang Pu still persisted for seven days and seven nights, broke through the siege several times, but was surrounded again not long after. Finally, the ship sank into the water and was captured by a group of pirates.
At that time, the general on the government side was Yan Pengshi's father Yan Kang. He threatened to start a war against the allied pirates, so he took Huang Pugong back from them and saved his life.
Yan Kang admired Huang Pugong's abilities, brought him back to the East China Sea Kingdom, and then took his mother from the island, trying his best to attract him.
For the sake of his mother's safety, Huang Pugong accepted the recruitment, but he was a robber leader and a serious criminal wanted by the court. There were a large number of pirates outside who hated him to the core and could not join the army. Therefore, he abandoned the old name of Huang Ren and changed it to Huang Pugong. From then on, he became a slave in Yan Mansion and hid for several years. It was not until the government canceled the case and the pirates also forgot him that they gradually appeared publicly.
At this time, he was no longer a thief who dominated the sea, but just a servant in Yan Mansion.
But he was not an ordinary servant. He often followed Yan Kang to give advice, and even went to the battlefield with him to arrange troops and formations. He always won. Yan Kang had made great contributions all the way to the Prime Minister of the East China Sea. Duke Huang Pu was still a servant. When the old master left halfway, he began to serve the young master Yan Pengshi again.
Half a year ago, Qi State quelled the rebellion and a large number of traitors retreated to the sea. Huang Pugong and Yan Pengshi led a warship to pursue the sea and made great contributions. Of course, all the contributions belonged to the master. As a servant, he only received a few more months of wages.
Jing Yao found several soldiers on board participating in the war in the Donghai Kingdom. They praised Huang Pu Gong in unison, and just said that the nominal chief general Yan Peng Shi was just right. After a soldier drank too much, he revealed more details, claiming that Yan Peng Shi was actually forced to board the ship and was scared to death on the ship. He threatened to kill Huang Pu Gong several times.
Han Ruzi put down the paper in her hand, looked at Huang Pugong at the door, and "lifted his head up."
Huang Pugong looked up, his eyes still lowered, and he did not dare to look directly at the emperor.
Huang Pugong, who was over forty years, had not much of his general demeanor left. He looked like an honest and honest servant, but when he knelt in front of the emperor, he did not tremble or panic. He knelt down and lowered his eyes just to enforce the rules. Under his superficial respect, he felt a rare calmness.
He is like a stubborn stone under the sea.
"Mr. Huang Pu, is your mother still here?" Han Ruzi asked.
Huang Pugong looked up at the emperor, looked a little surprised, and immediately lowered his eyes, "Report to Your Majesty, Caomin's mother died seven years ago."
"I want to support my son but my parents are not here, which is pitiful and lamentable."
Mr. Huang Pu just kowtowed and said nothing.
Han Ruzi picked up the paper on the table again, looked at the lines of words, and asked, "You also studied literature and martial arts when you were young. Why did you refuse to be a fame and a place to serve the country? You can not only support your mother, but also shine on the family, but you are willing to be a thief?"
The emperor actually learned about what happened more than 20 years ago, and Huang Pugong was even more surprised. "The Caomin participated in the civil and military examination, but he failed the exam. At that time... the Caomin was reckless and ignorant, and urgently needed money. People were helping him in time. I just thought they were confidants and thought they would repay their lives, so I joined the gang."
"But you later killed all your accomplices."
"When they pulled me into the gang, they were friends, and when they committed the crime together, they were accomplices. Afterwards, they had to share the spoils, but they had to discuss the high and low status. Moreover, it was not Caomin who started to fight first. They fought first, beat and scolded each other, and revealed all their scandals. Caomin was anxious and felt that he had seen the wrong person... Caomin was reckless and ignorant at that time."
When he was young, Huang Pugong was indeed reckless and he drew his sword against each other in a disagreement, which was a very normal behavior for him.
Han Ruzi vaguely saw the image of a man from the martial arts world and asked again: "Why are you fighting against pirates when you flee to the sea?"
Huang Pugong was silent for a moment, "When Caomin first arrived at the sea, he visited several famous thieves. They saw me bringing my mother and heard that I had killed my companions and were unwilling to accept me into the gang. I... Caomin was reckless and ignorant at that time."
Han Ruzi felt even more surprised, "From when did you no longer be reckless and ignorant, but instead willing to be a slave in Yan Mansion?"
Huang Pugong, who had been calm, finally trembled, "Caomin's mother suffered all her hardships in her life, and she could hardly get out of bed in the last few years. Before her death, she said, 'My life is spent on you. If you think that you are still responsible for your mother, don't make trouble anymore. Even if you are a slave, as long as you can live your life safely. You will live for a long time and you will not be sad for your knowledge in the spring of your mother."
Huang Pugong burst into tears. Because of his mother's words, he was willing to be a slave in Yan Mansion and turned all his passion and ambition into a gambling excitement, but it would occasionally be revealed. At that time, he would rush onto the warship and rush towards the enemy regardless of everything.
Han Ruzi was silent for a long time and remembered his mother. He suddenly felt that he should stay in the palace for a while.
"If you were asked to wipe out the thieves in Yunmengze, how many soldiers would be needed?" Han Ruzi cut off his personal thoughts and asked about the serious matters.
"The thieves are very popular, but they are actually fighting on their own. The grass-roots only need three thousand elite soldiers, but the soldiers will be chosen by the grass-roots."
"When can the war begin?"
"If there is no time, fight when it comes, retreat when it is finished, and wait for an opportunity to fight again. If you do this three or five times, the thieves can break it."
Huang Pugong stood up and replied that he had already scored five or six points in the general's style. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!