From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1116

When Pang Lixing knelt in front of Empress Zhaojing, Prince Rong felt that his brain was going to crash. The clan members and ministers around him were also stunned. They wanted to retreat, but the Jizhou army was behind them.

Empress Zhaojing looked at Prince Rong and said, "What else? Where are your people?"

Prince Rong was sweating and stammered, "No, no... Impossible! Impossible!"

He suddenly looked at Pang Lixing and shouted, "Pang, what did you say!"

"You said that your majesty valued Zhou Yuan, and Zhou Yuan appointed people based on personal relationships. You were unsuccessful in your ambitions and were depressed."

"You said that you were only loyal to the Chen royal family and the most determined defender of the imperial power. You could give everything for this."

"Ten years! Ten years! You took the initiative to find me! It was ten years ago that you said you were not loyal to the demon concubine and only loyal to the royal family!"

"We have maintained such a close relationship for ten years. It's already We are comrades in life and death, and you actually..."

Pang Lixing said coldly: "Ten years ago, I was promoted to the governor of Jizhou, and His Majesty gave me a secret order to contact you and cooperate with you."

"In the following ten years, all my help to you was approved and permitted by His Majesty."

"Otherwise, how do you think you can do things so smoothly? The inner court is omnipresent, and we have not even been investigated. Why do you think it is?"

"Prince Rong, do you think it's time for you to rebel? No, His Majesty has been giving you opportunities in other ways, waiting for you to get in."

Prince Rong's face has turned pale.

He pointed at Empress Zhaojing and said in a trembling voice: "You...you...you are so scheming...You already have Pang Lixing, but you still brought soldiers from Jiangxi here!"

Empress Zhaojing said indifferently: "Because Pang Lixing has been in contact with you for ten years. Although it was my order, what if you really fall in love with each other? What if he is really won over by you?"

"The imperial power is very fragile. It does not allow any challenge or threat, let alone any mistakes."

"Of course I have to make more preparations to ensure that there is no risk."

At this point, she Looking at Pang Lixing, she smiled softly and said, "After all... you accepted a lot of money from him, but not every penny was reported to the Inner Court, right?"

Pang Lixing's figure trembled, and he immediately knocked his head to the ground and said loudly, "I am guilty of corruption! I have no intention of being disloyal! Please understand, Your Majesty!"

Empress Zhao Jing said expressionlessly, "That's why you can live to this day. Don't think you have concealed some things well. Two of your three concubines are inner guards."

Hearing this, Pang Lixing's scalp was numb and he dared not breathe.

Empress Zhao Jing said, "After this incident, they should retire and live their lives. You have to take good care of them."

After speaking, she looked at Prince Rong and said lightly, "Go on, do you have any other means? Oh, yes, there are two governors in the remaining four regiments of the Beijing Camp who are your people."

Prince Rong gritted his teeth and said nothing.

Empress Zhaojing said: "Are you pretending to be confused? There is no point. I just exposed all your secrets. In fact, there are not two, but the remaining four great governors, all of whom are your people. In the first year of Zhaojing, you stuffed them around me and made them my confidants at the beginning of my reign."

After speaking, she waved her hand and said: "Come over!"

In the crowd, the remaining four great governors of the Beijing camp ran over and knelt in front of Empress Zhaojing.

At this moment, Prince Rong's heart was completely dead.

He covered his face and yelled, "You! You are traitors! I feed you! I recommended you to the throne!"

"You are from the palace, you have forgotten your roots."

Empress Zhao Jing said, "It is true that you cultivated them, but don't forget that people will mature and have desires."

"At the right age, they met a young, beautiful and talented woman, how could they not like her?"

"They liked her, so they got together, got married and had children, and had a happy family."

"Under such circumstances, how could they destroy their own families and rebel with you..."

Prince Rong's eyes were red with anger, and he said angrily, "Guan Miaoshan! You... Poisonous woman! Their wives are all inner guards! Inner guards! "

Empress Zhao Jing said: "Yes, they know they are inner guards, but they believed in love when they were young, and now they believe in family. Their wives have already stated their identities, but they have given birth to a lot of children, and their wives have also expressed that they want to live a good life. Why should they delve into their previous positions?"

"Chen Ke, you don't understand human nature. To take good care of your subordinates, you should first start with family life. When people live, they first care about their family and relatives, and then other things. "

"If you want to do big things, but don't know how to use people, you will never succeed. "

She slowly stepped down from the dragon chariot, her tone was very calm: "I sent outYou can't conquer the people you come into contact with, and the people you send out have all been conquered by me, how can you win? "

Prince Rong gritted his teeth and said, "People should not forget their roots!"

Empress Zhao Jing said, "That's right, I'm afraid they won't forget their roots, so I didn't use them at all this time, I just let them stay."

"In fact, the soldiers in Jiangxi, Jizhou, and Beijing are all under my control."

"I brought them all to Shenjing, this is called saturation suppression."

Prince Rong was furious and said, "What if Pang Lixing and Beijing have rebelled! You can't win even with the soldiers in Jiangxi!"

Empress Zhao Jing said, "My inner guards are omnipresent, and I will know any signs of rebellion from them at the first time."

"Even if they change their minds temporarily, their ideas must not be firm, which means... as long as you die, they will still turn their heads to me."

"In that case, Xiaozhuang will kill you. "

"In this round, you can't win no matter what."

"The most important thing for an emperor is to use people. If you use the right people, everything else is not a problem."

She looked at Chen Ke and squinted and said, "Are you convinced?"

Prince Rong clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said, "Poisonous woman, you are clearly sure, but you want to make such a big fuss. You treat the court and the country as a toy."

"Wrong!"

Empress Zhaojing smiled and said, "Don't think that making such a fuss is useless. The new policy of the Great Jin Dynasty is being rolled out, and everything is in ruins. It is in a stage of great historical change, but the old political system has always been unable to keep up and cannot complete urgent and efficient tasks. It should have been reformed long ago."

"A group of old things are blocking the way, and it is really difficult for me to do it."

"Now you have helped me a lot and brought them all out... If this group of people are killed, no one will stop the new cabinet system. ”

“The great change of the court will be completed within a year.”

“The reform of the central institutions matches the laying out of the new policies, and the Great Jin will really take off.”

At this point, Empress Zhaojing laughed and squinted her eyes and said, “If you hadn’t made such a fuss, it would take me at least three years to clean up these old things.”

“Chen Ke, this is the most insignificant contribution you have made to the Great Jin as a core figure of the royal family.”

“It’s dawn, and you should wake up from your dream.”

After she finished speaking, she got on the dragon chariot and slowly walked towards the palace.

“Farewell, Your Majesty!”

The four generals of the Beijing camp and Pang Lixing shouted loudly, then stood up and looked at the people present.

Pang Lixing said coldly, “Catch them all! Send them to the Northern Pacification Division Summons Prison!”

“Disperse the students who made trouble, arrest the leaders among them, clean up the streets, and sweep away the garbage. "

"Finally... His Majesty has ordered that the city of Shenjing end its lockdown!"