Under the stimulation of alcohol, everyone was in high spirits. When King Huainan punished himself with a drink and then proposed a performance, the ministers were still very excited. No one wanted to get into trouble with Emperor Jingren at this time. Show interest.
But when King Huainan took out a homemade dart from his arms, a loyal official shouted, "There is a hidden weapon, protect your majesty." All the officials huffed and cheered around Emperor Jingren, but King Huainan didn't dare to He said he wanted to shoot the fruit with darts, but someone took him down.
King Huainan: “…”
The Ouchi guards who captured him were all experienced people. They quickly found a lot of darts on his body and threw them on the ground with a crackle.
"Bringing a murderous weapon into the hall, the King of Huainan's intentions are clearly revealed." An official knelt on the ground and said loudly, "Xiang Zhuang danced his sword with the intention of Duke Pei. The King of Huainan has ulterior motives. Please punish him severely!"
At first, the King of Huainan was a little surprised as to why he was arrested. After hearing what Yan Guan said, he gave up and immediately shouted loudly: "Brother, I don't mean anything else. I'm just good at darts. I want to show how to shoot fruits with darts." That's it. I didn't even think about using a living person to head the fruit. Instead, I planned to place the fruit on the cup and shoot in circles on the fruit. This dart is specially made by me. It is very blunt and will not hurt people at all. , Brother Huang!”
Master Qin, the minister of Dali Temple, stepped forward, picked up the dart on the ground and struck his hand, and his arm was immediately cut open. Mr. Qin, who is good at solving cases, immediately knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I have been exposed to countless murder cases. In some cases, a small embroidery needle can be used as a murder weapon. I have just tried darts myself. With such a sharp dart, as long as you have a little internal strength, A master of hidden weapons can kill someone in an instant, so you have to be careful!"
King Huainan: "...I have no martial arts skills..."
At this time, a palace guard put his hand on King Huainan's wrist, gently took his pulse, and after a while he knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, King Huainan has practiced martial arts since he was a child. His original master was his master. The martial arts and subordinates are in the same line, and the internal strength is deeper than that of the subordinates. "
King Huainan: “…”
When he made the choice at that time, he only chose looks but not talent! King Huainan has internal power in his body, but he doesn't know how to use it!
In full public view, Huainan Wang was caught with a murder weapon, and the evidence was conclusive. His wolfish heart is outrageous, and he even tried to assassinate His Majesty in public on a festive day like New Year's Eve, showing no love between a monarch and his subjects or brothers. Such an unfaithful and unfilial person must immediately be thrown into the clan prison and wait for the trial of the three divisions.
King Huainan: “…”
What else could he say? He could only look at Emperor Jing Ren with pitiful eyes, but there was no trace of expectation in his heart. These officials were so cruel that he couldn't even utter a word of pleading. It was obvious that he really just wanted to perform a dart show!
Ever since King Huainan took out his darts, Emperor Jingren had been sitting on his seat. No matter how excited and loyal the ministers were, and they advised him to hide in the back hall, he did not move. Instead, he kept looking at King Huainan and remained silent. Look at the performance of the ministers.
When a group of ministers knelt in front of him and begged him to bring King Huainan to justice, Emperor Jingren slowly spoke: "Jingxi Xian."
Commander Jing appeared out of nowhere, sent a small note to each of the ministers kneeling on the ground, and then returned to stand in the corner with his head lowered.
The ministers all opened the small notes in their hands and looked at them, and their faces instantly turned pale.
On a certain day of a certain year and a certain month, the second son of Lord Qin, the minister of Dali Temple, went to Huainan for a study tour. He passed by a small county and asked for a bribe from the county magistrate, but failed, and was beaten by the king of Huainan.
On a certain day of a certain year and a certain month, the King of Huainan was ordered to pay a private visit incognito. He encountered a certain university student who was forcing a good girl into prostitution. When he saw injustice on the way, he drew his sword to help and beat the person.
On a certain day of a certain year, a descendant of a certain official's clan used illegal means to occupy fertile land in a neighboring village. He was discovered by the King of Huainan who was relaxing in the territory and was beaten.
On a certain day of a certain year and a certain month... the King of Huainan had someone beaten.
On a certain day of a certain year...
When Emperor Jingren suspected that the assassination might be related to King Huainan, he ordered Jin Yiwei to investigate King Huainan's affairs, but he got this result. It seems that in the past two years of the vassal reign, King Huainan hardly stayed in his palace. Instead, he went to various places to beat people. When there was any injustice, he had to personally take care of it. He used the excuse of clashing with the feudal king to punish many corrupt officials and their nephews. King Huainan has only been a prince for two years, but he has offended almost all the ministers in the court.
The King of Huainan also took in many refugees. At the same time, there were also many people in the world who liked the style of the King of Huainan who were willing to serve as his private soldiers. The number of private soldiers of the King of Huainan was indeed a bit excessive, but it was precisely because of these soldiers that he was able to clean up the atmosphere in Huainan. It cannot be said that there are no corrupt officials in the entire King of Huainan, but none of the powerful people who prey on the common people can be seen. .
The officials of the imperial court and the place are inseparable. Huainan has been the granary of the Xia Kingdom since ancient times. The tributes sent to it every year are very considerable, and many people buy fields in Huainan. However, the King of Huainan cut off the financial resources of all officials. One-third of the officials in the court had a grudge against him. This ability to attract hatred was quite shocking.
Emperor Jing Ren was puzzled when he received such news. A prince who really seeks the throne would not do such a thing. He should use Huainan's resources to make friends with the ministers, so that when the emperor "unfortunately dies" and has no heirs, the ministers will support the king of Huainan.
But he didn't. He worked conscientiously for the people of Huainan, not only cutting off many people's financial resources, but also reducing taxes. He did not hesitate to offend others when implementing the New Deal and took the lead in supporting the New Deal.
How could such a Huainan King rebel? But the assassination was really related to him, and the more he investigated, the more related it became, which puzzled Emperor Jing Ren.
In the end, he decided to summon King Huainan to the capital. Emperor Jingren wanted to see with his own eyes whether King Huainan really had disloyal intentions.
And now, he saw such a spectacular scene at the New Year's Eve banquet.
Seeing the ministers' faces turn from red to blue, Emperor Jing Ren said kindly: "Everyone please get down, let go of King Huainan, and let him perform the dart shooting at fruits in peace."
"Your Majesty..." There are still officials who are not afraid of death who want to struggle and kill the prince who is blocking their financial path with one blow, and replace him with someone who can negotiate well and manage Huainan.
"The intention of Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is indeed the Hongmen Banquet, but what if Xiang Zhuang's sword was given by Pei Gong?" Emperor Jingren glanced at King Huainan's silly face and continued, "In the daytime, King Huainan entered the palace to meet the Queen Mother. When we were young, I knew that he was good at darts, so I ordered him to perform for me at the night banquet. I know the loyalty of all of you, but this is just a misunderstanding. My dear brother, why don't you show me a performance to make me proud? Darts skills?”
Of course King Huainan knew that Emperor Jing Ren was lying, but this lie was so good! No matter how much Emperor Jing Ren tried to plead for him, he would always be pushed back by a group of righteous officials with excuses. But what if this performance was reported to Emperor Jingren in advance, and even the weapons were given by Emperor Jingren? That is a matter between brothers, and it is useless for the courtiers to say anything. Of course, this kind of special dart was obviously made by King Huainan himself, and there was no way it was a gift from Emperor Jingren, but so what? The emperor said it was a gift, so it was a gift. How could the ministers accuse the emperor of lying
So King Huainan wiped his sweat secretly and began to perform in public. He stacked a bunch of fruits together, used a pen to put ink dots on each fruit, and shot/hit the ink dots one by one from a long distance. In the end, none of the fruits fell off. The force was very clever. This hand The kung fu is also very beautiful.
After the performance, Emperor Jingren was the first to applaud and rewarded King Huainan. Of course, he also rewarded those officials who tried to bring down the King of Huainan. Emperor Jingren ordered the eunuchs to give each of them a small gold medal, which read - "Loyal to the King and Love the People."
"All of you dear ministers are loyal and good ministers, I know it in my heart." Emperor Jing Ren sat in a high position, looked around at all the ministers and said, "The 'loyalty to the emperor and patriotism' I have given you does not have the effect of escaping death, nor does it allow for death." The descendants of future generations will use the gold medal to show off the power of the tiger. I only hope that all of you who love you will be as "loyal to the king" and "love the people" as this gold. Real gold is not afraid of fire and can be proud of this piece of gold. Put the gold medal at home to tell everyone that every move you make will be worthy of this gold medal!”
The officials who had read the small note and the officials who had not read the small note and had their own thoughts slowly lowered their heads under the bright gaze of Emperor Jing Ren. Their thoughts of guilt, guilt, and fear made them quiet down. Not sent.
His Majesty rewarded them with gold medals as soon as the "assassination" incident occurred. He had already prepared them in advance, and the quantity was exactly the same. This is not a gold medal. This is clearly the sword of Shang Fang. If you dare to discredit the gold medal with your actions, the sword of Shang Fang will fall!
Everything that King Huainan did was ordered by His Majesty, maybe even breaking into the city gate overnight. First, he deliberately exposed flaws to make them think that there was a rift between His Majesty and the King of Huainan and they could take advantage of it. Later, he pretended to be an assassination at the New Year's Eve banquet, causing them to jump out one by one and throw themselves into the trap.
Emperor Jingren was only twenty-three years old after the New Year. In front of these veterans, he was still just a child. Some veterans of the three dynasties, such as Lin University Scholar Li Xiangguo, thought very highly of themselves, and some even looked down on this young boy. However, Emperor Jing Ren's aggressive move today set alarm bells ringing in everyone's hearts.
Emperor Jingren was not an emperor who could be fooled. He was very perceptive and thoughtful, and his little thoughts were completely uncovered in front of Emperor Jingren.
The following New Year's Eve banquet was very peaceful. The ministers who had been poured cold water on them all quietly performed their drinking orders. There was no longer the lively feeling before. It seemed that this New Year's Eve banquet was a bit depressed. But Emperor Jingren didn't care.
At the turn of the old and the new, the big bell on the Jinluan Hall was rang. When he heard the New Year's bell, Emperor Jingren smiled and raised his glass and said: "I wish the country a prosperous fortune this year, the people are happy this year, and my family is reunited today." "
The ministers drank down the wine in one gulp, said some polite words, and then returned home in despair.
Only King Huainan