Chapter 2817 2819【Eradicate the Prime Minister】
Xiang Nan did not let Gaoming retire and return to his hometown. Instead, he ordered Jin Yiwei to arrest him and imprison him, and handed him over to Chai Mu for personal interrogation. All the high-ranking ministers and his party were also eradicated.
When Gao Ming saw Chai Mu in prison, he was surprised and asked, "So it''s you, and you''re not dead?"
Chai Mu nodded, "You haven''t died yet, how could I be willing to die?"
Gao Ming sighed and said, "No wonder over the years, I always feel that the prince has changed. It turns out that you are the one making the plans."
"You are wrong." Chai Mu waved his hand, "I didn''t do much to help the prince. He came up with all those ideas on his own."
The so-called "New Deal for the Salt Industry", "New Deal for the Imperial Examination", "Sharing a small family into a farm", "Officials and gentry receiving food from one body and one body receiving food", "Returning envy to the public", "Raising honest silver", "Secret discount system", etc. are all It was Xiang Nan''s own idea.
??He just helped Xiang Nan form the Jinyi Guards and helped him get some information.
"Is it all his own idea?" Gao Ming was even more shocked when he heard this.
?These reforms and measures proposed by Xiang Nan are difficult for even a political animal like him, who has been in high positions for decades, to come up with.
?He originally thought that Xiang Nan had received advice from an expert, but he didn''t expect that it was Xiang Nan who came up with it himself. It was really beyond his expectation.
“Your Majesty is the most suitable person to be emperor that I have ever seen.” Chai Mudu said with emotion.
?Those measures proposed by Xiang Nan are all good things that benefit the country and the people, and even he can''t ask for more.
?Gao Ming nodded.
?He originally thought that Li Fu was smart enough, but he didn''t expect that Xiang Nan was smarter than him.
"Okay, we don''t need to reminisce about the past. Let''s tell you all the crimes you committed." Chai Mu said to Gao Ming, "I have thought of this step, and you don''t need to hide anything anymore. "
Gao Ming sighed helplessly, and then said, "Can you tell your Majesty that I am the culprit of the Gao family, and can you spare the lives of others?"
"When you slaughtered the Gu and Chen families, did you want to spare anyone''s life?" Chai Mu said coldly.
When Gao Ming heard this, he couldn''t help sighing, it was all retribution!
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Gao Ruyi was panicked when he learned that his father and brother had been arrested. He immediately went to Xiang Nan to plead for mercy, hoping to spare the lives of the Gao family.
Xiang Nan knew that she was asking for mercy, but he stayed behind closed doors, not wanting to reward her.
Not to mention the **** feud between Gao Ming and Gu and Chen families, just as he was prime minister in these years, he supported and promoted a large number of corrupt officials, including his party members in the six ministries.
??They organized gangs, engaged in corruption and abuse for personal gain, harmed loyal and good people, preyed on the common people, guarded and robbed themselves, and harmed the public and enriched themselves. It can be said that the crimes of the Gao family are countless.
??If Xiang Nan didn''t kill him, it wouldn''t be enough to deter those corrupt officials and make them take chances and become even more unscrupulous in the future.
So he must use the heads of the Gao family to let everyone know his determination to fight corruption. From now on, I no longer dare to harm the people, in the fish and meat village.
Gao Ruyi was helpless and went to see Zhang Meiniang again, hoping that her cousin could stand up and say something.
?Zhang Meiniang had no choice but to go see Xiang Nan.
"Yin''er, haven''t you rested yet?" Seeing Xiang Nan still reviewing the memorial, Zhang Meiniang smiled and said to him, "Don''t be too tired."
"It''s okay, Queen Mother, it''s all what I should do." Xiang Nan said with a smile.
To keep the secret secret, only he can read it. And there are hundreds of secret chapters a day, and the number of words alone is hundreds of thousands. It is tiring to read so many leisure books, not to mention the need to think and approve, which is not something ordinary people can endure.
For this reason, the secret system arose in Kangxi, reached its peak in Yongzheng, and was abolished in the middle of Qianlong. Because Qianlong was really not as diligent as his father, he couldn''t stand the secret writing of hundreds of thousands of words a day, so he gave up.
"I asked the imperial kitchen to make some snacks for you." Zhang Meiniang said with a smile, "Rong Shuang, bring it up." Rong Shuang then brought up the cakes.
Xiang Nan took a look and saw that it was walnut cake.
He immediately understood Zhang Meiniang’s intention.
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“I remember that you loved eating walnut cakes the most since you were a child...” Zhang Meiniang said with a smile.
“Queen Mother, I’m actually just pretending.” Xiang Nan smiled and said, “I haven’t liked walnuts since I was a child. But Gao Xiang likes to eat them, so I pretend to like them too.”
?Zhang Meiniang couldn''t help but be stunned. She didn''t expect Xiang Nan to be so scheming at such a young age.
"Mother, I also know what you want to say." Xiang Nan explained, "Yes, the Prime Minister is indeed kind to me. I can become the prince thanks to his support.
But mother, Prime Minister Gao has also done a lot of bad things over the years. He organized gangs to form cliques, controlled government affairs, supported the bandits, and harmed the public and private interests...
??If I open up a little more, it will be difficult to deal with other officials in the future. So I can only kill him and use his head as a warning to all officials. Let them know ‘Don’t reach out, otherwise you will be caught’. "
“But he is your uncle and father-in-law after all. How should you face Ruyi if you kill them?” Zhang Meiniang advised again.
"Public to public, private to private, public to private. If she can''t figure it out, then that''s it." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, he had no interest in Gao Ruyi.
It was Li Su who proposed the marriage in the first place, so he accepted her. It was also for the sake of peace of mind for Gao Ming, so he treated Gao Ruyi favorably over the years.
But now if Gao Ruyi insists on standing with the Gao family, he will not be polite. Even if he doesn''t kill her, he won''t favor her anymore.
Zhang Meiniang couldn''t help but sigh when she saw Xiang Nan say this.
Unexpectedly, the son, who had always been gentle and filial, would become so cold-blooded and ruthless after ascending to the throne. Even the concubine whom I had been with for many years decided not to let him go.
"Yin''er, even if Gao Xiang, Gao Kun, and Gao Zhen died innocently, the rest of the Gao family are also innocent. Can you please spare them a way to live?" Zhang Meiniang persuaded again.
Xiang Nan sighed, "Mother, I will consider it."
Zhang Meiniang nodded when she saw that he was showing signs of relenting.
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Xiang Nan then went to see Chai Mu.
“Mr. Chai, how is the progress of the case of Prime Minister Gao?” he asked.
“Gao Ming refused to say anything.” Chai Mu sighed.
?Gaogao Ming knew that he was going to die and his family members were going to die, so he didn’t want to say anything and just wanted to die.
"Mr. Chai, I know that you have a blood feud with Gao Ming. Gao Ming also owes the Gu and Chen family hundreds of lives. Even if the entire Gao family is executed, it won''t be enough." Xiang Nan said, "But, I still want to ask you for a favor. Favor,”
"Your Majesty, you must not say that." Upon hearing this, Chai Mu quickly bowed.
Xiang Nan is now the emperor of the Feng Dynasty, and he is the majesty he wants to serve. He cannot bear the word "qiu".
"The Gao Prime Minister is a party, Gao Ming and Gao Kun are the chief culprits, Gao Zhen is just a playboy, and although the female relatives of the Gao family are guilty, they are not dead." Xiang Nan then said, "Can you spare their lives and put them to death?" Are they sent to the frontier?”
Chai Mu hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.
(End of this chapter)