nucmednet Chapter 446: The Art of Emperor, Game between the Emperor and His Ministers
Chapter 446: The Art of Emperor, Game between the Emperor and His Ministers
Tianxi immediately understood what was going on. While blocking the lady's sword, he shouted, "Catch the assassin! Protect the prince, madam!"
Clank, clang, bang!
The sound made the doctors tremble with fear!
There really is someone who attempted assassination!
Finally, the sound stopped.
The door also opened.
A man covered in blood was dragged out.
Rong Song wiped the blood off the sword with a cold face.
The doctors poked their heads out of the house one by one and saw that one person was dead and the house was in a mess!
The tables and chairs were overturned, the vases were broken all over the floor, and there were traces of a fight everywhere.
Their eyes were suddenly filled with horror!
The guards outside rushed in and quickly surrounded the doctors!
"Protect the Crown Prince!"
Ji Chuhe's hair was a little messy, and she walked out of the room with a look of fear on her face, holding on to the door frame as if her legs were still weak.
"With only a few doctors like these, there are actually three assassins who want to take the prince's life! One has been killed on the spot, and the other two have escaped! Who hates the prince so much that they want to kill him! Who recruited those people when we were registering just now!" Ji Chuhe shouted loudly.
The guards went to check immediately.
Soon, the registration records were brought to Ji Chuhe.
"These three people were recruited by the governors of Yanqiu, Changyan and Dingsui counties!"
"Good! Very good! These three county magistrates must give me an explanation!" Ji Chuhe was so angry that he was shaking all over!
She swept her eyes over everyone with a hint of hatred, "Kick all these people out! From now on, whoever dares to find a doctor for the prince under the pretext of caring for him is trying to harm him!"
"Yes!" The guards immediately drove the doctors out.
The inn returned to peace again.
Mianzhu and Tianxi also cleaned the house.
"Rong Song, you are now in charge of interrogating those two men. No matter what method you use, you must make them reveal the mastermind behind this." Xiao Yan'an ordered in a deep voice.
"Yes." Rong Song took the order and left.
"Prince, after what happened today, we can live in peace for a while. However, you still have to do something. We have suffered such a great injustice, we must cry out and let everyone know!"
"Of course!"
A memorial was sent to the emperor, lamenting the experience of being poisoned and assassinated.
An urgent letter was sent to Prince Huaiyang and his wife.
Another letter was sent to the Rongguo Mansion.
Then, Xiao Yan'an wrote a letter to everyone he knew in the imperial capital, expressing his fear that he would die suddenly and expressing his gratitude for their acquaintance.
Lord Jin has a share, and so does Luo Haoqing, who has greeted Xiao Yanan once.
Xiao Yan'an ate grapes and thought carefully, who else had not been written about.
Tianxi's hands were blistered from grinding ink, and he would start grinding as soon as the prince gave the order.
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The emperor looked at the memorial that had just been delivered to him. Xiao Yan'an was in tears. Every word he wrote contained fear of death and a strong desire to survive. He even requested to return to the imperial capital as soon as he felt better.
This is how the emperor imagines Xiao Yan'an should be.
However, he didn't believe that Xiao Yan'an was so afraid of death now.
"Snap" he closed the memorial and threw it aside.
"Your Majesty, Duke Rong requests to see you." He reported to Chao Sihai in a low voice.
"Xuan."
Duke Rong strode in, "Your Majesty!"
"Duke Rong, please excuse me. Please take a seat."
"Your Majesty, I just received a letter from the Crown Prince. He was poisoned and his life is hanging by a thread! I only have this one grandson, and I am really worried. Please allow me to go to Funing in person to bring the Crown Prince back!"
"Duke Rong, calm down first. The situation is not as serious as you think. I have also received Yan An's memorial, and have issued an order to the Third Prince, asking him to protect Yan An's safety. Then they will return to the capital together."
Upon hearing this, the Duke frowned even more, "Your Majesty..."
"Duke, I have something else to tell you. Please take a look at this." The emperor took out a secret letter.
Duke Rong took it and his face changed drastically after reading it. "Your Majesty, this is impossible! How could the Minister of Agriculture embezzle the disaster relief grain? Someone must have deliberately framed the Minister of Agriculture!"
"I think so too, so we must investigate this matter thoroughly! Duke, you must not leave the imperial capital at this time, for I am afraid that there will be changes in the court."
This sentence directly blocked the Duke.
"Okay, I will stay in the imperial capital and not go anywhere."
"It's just right that the Duke is here today. There is something I want to discuss with you."
"What does Your Majesty want to discuss with me?"
"Who among the civil and military officials in the court is most suitable to serve as the Minister of Agriculture? I would like to hear the Duke's opinion."
"Your Majesty, didn't you say that the Minister of Agriculture was wrongly accused? Why did you replace him?"
"Because the position of Grand Minister of Agriculture is extremely important. It is ranked as one of the Nine Ministers, second only to the Three Dukes. It is in charge of money and grain, national treasury taxes, and agricultural supervision in various counties, water conservancy, and many other important duties. It is not just about knowing how to farm and understand farming."
Duke Rong sneered in his heart.
Back then, when the emperor had just ascended the throne, the war had lasted for a long time, resulting in the destruction of the grain seeds that had been used to cultivate the fields. The people planted rice, but the grain that came out was either black ears or had few grains. If the Minister of Agriculture had not discovered that there was a problem with the seeds, and had not disregarded his own safety to go to the State of Qi to secretly bring back new rice seeds, and then carefully cultivated them for several years, how could Daxia have had its warehouses full of white rice!
Not only that, the Minister of Agriculture also cared about other crops, such as planting and grafting fruit trees, raising delicious carp in rice fields, and using ducks to control locust plagues. Any one of these would be of great benefit to future generations, wouldn't it?
In the emperor's mouth, he turned out to be someone who only knew about farming!
"Your Majesty, apart from the Grand Minister of Agriculture, I really can't think of anyone else who can be qualified for the job." The Duke evaded.
"Duke, please take another look at this." The emperor took out another memorial.
The Duke took a look at it and immediately recognized it as the handwriting of the Minister of Agriculture.
"The Grand Minister of Agriculture has petitioned me more than once, hoping that I would allow him to retire and return home, and that I would grant him some farmland and a fruit orchard, nothing more. It was because the Grand Minister of Agriculture had the idea of retiring that his subordinates started to run rampant, and they put the blame on the Grand Minister of Agriculture!"
"So that's how it is." The Duke looked as if he had suddenly realized something.
"So, I must handle this matter properly. The Minister of Agriculture should also go back to live out his days. How can I let him go like this? I will definitely let him return home in glory."
Duke Rong understood that it was imperative to replace the Minister of Agriculture!
In fact, to put it bluntly, the position of Da Si Nong is like an accountant in the backyard of a family who is in charge of all the family property.
This person must be the master's confidant.
Your Majesty, you need a trusted confidant to take on this important task.
After so many years in office, it is a good ending for the Grand Minister of Agriculture to return home in glory.
"Your Majesty, I think that the new policy implemented by the court has been very effective. Since the appointment of other officials requires assessment, why not use the new policy to select the position of Minister of Agriculture as well? What do you think?"