Imperial City.

The Palace of Shame.

News from Yangzhou is the first to come here.

After Qiao Baimei issued the imperial edict, she rushed back to Xijing in a hurry and brought a series of news from Yangzhou.

"...Master, I really didn't expect that Heliancheng would dare to attack other officials and kill so many people..." After Qiao Baimei finished speaking, she still looked angry on her face.

After hearing Qiao Baimei's words, Emperor Jianye showed a look of thought in his eyes, but waved his hand and said, "Go down."

Qiao Baimei wanted to say something, but at this moment he could only salute respectfully and retreat.

"What do you think?"

Emperor Jianye looked at Wen Baishan standing beside him.

Wen Baishan had already fallen into deep thought after hearing the full news.

Li Fan will definitely take action against Heliancheng, and he and the emperor have expected this before.

After all, Li Fan is not the one who will not avenge his grudges.

But to his surprise, Li Fan actually let Heliancheng break free.

And Helian City was destroyed... he actually killed Gao Nanshi and other officials in Yangzhou?

No matter how you look at it, there are all problems... "Master, Helian Chengpo is definitely not a reckless man. He will not do anything like using other officials in Yangzhou. Besides, there is no rift between Gao Nanshi and Helian Chengpo."

Wen Baishan spoke carefully.

Emperor Jianye smiled and said, "Be straightforward, don't hide it like this."

Wen Feishan was silent and then said, "The murderer is not Heliancheng."

Emperor Jianye smiled and said, "You said directly that Li Fan would die if he killed someone?"

"Looking at Yangzhou, who is so bold and so bad-handed except him!"

Upon hearing this, Wen Baishan sighed with a look of helplessness.

"However, he killed the man by Li Fan. The blame is that Heliancheng has to be taken care of. There is no way. Who made this Yi Gua stupid?"

Emperor Jianye said, "Forget it, if he doesn't kill Heliancheng, he will give me face. I have to close my eyes and ignore the officials in Yangzhou."

He picked up a letter, which was sent by Lin Jianshen from Yangzhou, and it was accompanied by a list of local officials in Yangzhou.

He glanced at it and said, "In Yangzhou, just follow this list and fill in the people."

As he said that, he handed the list to Wen Baishan.

Wen Baishan glanced at him, was stunned for a moment, and tentatively said: "Master, many people on this list are from the Zhao Mansion..." Emperor Jianye sneered and said: "Li Fan killed so many people, isn't he just trying to get the people from the Zhao Mansion to the throne?

I'll be more generous and give it to him."

"If you give it to others, he has to help me do things. The new tax law has been drafted. This is his idea to ask him to take these new officials to try it in Yangzhou first."

Upon hearing this, Wen Baishan suddenly realized.

What I care most about today is to implement the new policy and eliminate the troubles of the world. Tax laws are related to the national treasury and people's livelihood, which is the first important matter... For this matter, the emperor must reuse Li Fan.

Therefore, even if he saw through Li Fan's behavior, he could turn a blind eye to it.

In the face of major events like implementing the new policy, what are the lives of some officials in Yangzhou?

Thinking of this, a thought suddenly flashed through his mind, did that boy Li Fan dare to take such a ruthless move after he was sure of this?

He realized that this kid was not only cruel, but also evil... the next day.

Xijing.

Morning court.

All officials gathered and talked a lot.

Everyone was discussing the news coming from Yangzhou.

"Hey, Yangzhou is really unrestless. Something happened all day long..." "And it is all related to this boy named Li, it's really a disaster."

"Heliancheng has been the governor of Taiping in Yangzhou for twenty years, and now it has been destroyed by a small Li Fan..." "Everyone, I will not underestimate this person anymore in the future. Don't forget that he holds the Sword of the Emperor!"

All officials whispered, and when they mentioned Li Fan, every official's words were filled with ignorance! The former Li Fan was not worth mentioning in their eyes, and even military meritorious generals like Zhao Nantang may not take them seriously.

They are all waiting for the arrival of the emperor.

For a long time.

"The Lord is here!"

The voice of the eunuch Sili finally rang out.

All the officials knelt on the ground and shouted long live.

Emperor Jianye sat on the dragon throne and said, "All my beloved ministers are flat."

All the officials then got up.

"Let's discuss the matter in Yangzhou."

Emperor Jianye spoke indifferently.

Go directly to the topic! All the officials looked at each other.

"Your Majesty!"

An official took the list and said, "Heliancheng's attack on the Censor was a meritorious person and massacred an official in the Zhili Prefecture of Yangzhou. He was extremely guilty and should be executed!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

...The officials spoke one after another.

No one pleaded for Helian Chengpo.

First, Helian Chengbang committed a serious crime this time. This is the case in the court. When the wall falls, everyone pushes it. When you are finished, everyone will draw a clear line with you.

Secondly, Heliancheng was a barbarian and was naturally discriminated against. When Emperor Jianye asked him to go to Yangzhou to be the governor of the country, he had received countless ministers' advice. Now that he is finished, those people are not happy yet.

Emperor Jianye looked at Li Wen lightly.

Li Wen kept silent. At this moment, he seemed to feel the emperor's gaze and said, "Helian Chengpo committed a serious crime, and the crime is unforgivable.

However, now the Hu and Qiang people are eyeing each other, and I think it is better to let him go to the front line. Even if he is a soldier, he is worse than death."

As soon as Li Wen spoke like this, Duan Congrong, the general of the guard on the other side, suddenly looked slightly moved, and he also stepped forward and said, "Master, the last general also feels that it would be a pity to kill a tiger general with such a doctor in Heliancheng..." Everyone in the palace couldn't help but wonder.

Why did Li Wen even stand together with Duan Congrong in this matter?

Seeing this, the emperor looked cold and said, "If you kill so many officials in Yangzhou, if you don't kill them, the people in the world will think that I am confused!"

Duan Congrong's face looked a little ugly. Emperor Jianye said so, and he immediately felt that he could not do anything about it.

But Li Wen smiled and said, "The emperor, the northwest front line has always had the punishment of 'human bait'. This punishment is mainly because the Hu people have the habit of going south to hunt grass valley, and laying down baits and covering the Hu people is a common method on the front line."

"One of the consequences of those who committed death row in the army is to act as 'human bait'."

As a bait! Hearing this, many military generals in the hall looked terrified. They did not expect that Li Wen was a civil servant, but he was so familiar with the frontline affairs.

——Being a grass valley, besides robbing, it is more about killing people.

On the front line, to pacify military merits depends on the head.

This is the case with the army of the Daxi Kingdom, and the same is true for the Hu people.

In this case, if refugees can be found, it is the best, because you can kill them all, cut off your head, act as the head of the enemy, and cheat meritorious.

Based on this, in front-line confrontation, even if there is no large-scale war, there will often be small Hu troops slaughtering the people of Daxi on the border.

In order to deal with these enemy troops who came for military merit, the torture of human bait was invented in the Daxi Army, which used waste to make the dead pretend to be refugees, and when the enemy came to intercept and kill them, they could just encircle the enemy.

Of course, because the army of Daxi Kingdom often went back to massacre civilians from the Hu people, this kind of thing was unspeakable in the court.

But at this moment, Li Wen actually knew so clearly.

When the emperor heard this, his eyes seemed to lit up.

"This Yi Gua is a man of Hu Yi. It just so happened that he died under the knife of Hu people on the front line, which is also considered torture."

"I'm right."

He spoke.

Suddenly, everyone was surprised.

Li Wen told the emperor... At this moment, many smart people suddenly reacted.

The emperor didn't want to kill Heliancheng Po at all.

Even if Heliancheng destroyed so many officials in Yangzhou, he still didn't want to! However, as the emperor, it was impossible to show favoritism.

Li Wen's "human bait" punishment seems vicious, but in fact it gave Heliancheng a way out. After all, who else would pay attention to a death row prisoner after he arrived at the front line?

And it also gave the emperor a step.
To be continued...