The room was quiet and no one spoke.

Of course, all this was after the initial courtesy, whether it was Shi Yiwen or Fu Zuozhou, they both held tea cups and drank tea silently there.

No one took the initiative to break this silence, at least for this several minutes.

After a long time, Fu Zuozhou spoke after putting down the teacup.

"The chief minister is worried about your safety."

"It's a concern for the chief minister."

"The chief minister will definitely find out the real murderer and give you justice."

"oh,"

He raised his head and asked Shi Yiwen.

"Where is this justice?"

"Uh? What does this mean?"

"Just, why can't I see this justice?"

When he put down the teacup, Shi Yiwen's fingers were circling around the cup.

"Actually, everyone knows who attacked me, but so far, what justice has everyone done? The assassin is in the prison. As long as he pulls him out and asks, he can know who instructs him, but what's the use of this?"

"The assassin is in prison!"

Fu Zuozhou couldn't help but be shocked.

"What is the use of it? By following the clues, you will definitely find the real murderer behind the scenes."

"So what if you find the real murderer?"

Shi Yiwen asked coldly.

"Of course, you are still fair."

"Hmph, fair? If this matter involves hundreds of people, can we kill all these thousands of people?"

He picked up the tea cup again and took a sip of tea, Shi Yiwen sighed.

"I'm afraid even the prime minister wants to make big things smaller, but small things smaller. As for justice, who cares?"

"this……"

Fu Zuozhou couldn't help but become a mute. Before he came to Nanjing, the chief minister had already explained his thoughts. It was nothing more than taking the opportunity to attack the officials and gentry in Jiangnan, so that they would not dare to oppose reforms like in the past. As long as they could compromise, the chief minister would definitely let them go. Now that Shi Yiwen has exposed his real purpose, he naturally has no choice but to say anything.

"This is the court's free law."

Fu Zuozhou's answer made Shi Yiwen sneer.

"If the law is useful, how can the chief assistant fail the exam? How can he be owed? I don't think he doesn't need to be required at all."

Looking at Fu Zuozhou, Shi Yiwen continued.

"Actually, what the Prime Minister is thinking is very clear. He just wants to take this opportunity to make the former opposition to reform retreat, no longer be enemies with the Prime Minister like in the past, and constrain the Prime Minister everywhere. This time, no one with a discerning eye knows who is targeting Shi, but for the Prime Minister, how can he care about Shi personally?"

"Zhiyuan..."

Before Fu Zuozhou could speak, Shi Yiwen interrupted him and continued.

"You don't need to explain. Of course, Shi is not a person who cares about personal gains and losses. I only have one thing to ask."

"you say,"

"Do you think that even if you borrow something from Shi someone today to make them give in a temporary concession, how long can this temporary concession last? Half a year? A year? Will they counterattack again after a year? Will they constrain the chief assistant everywhere again? Block the reform?"

Shi Yiwen's rhetorical question made Fu Zuozhou frown, but he didn't say.

"At that time, for the Prime Minister, can he seek such an opportunity again? Opportunities..."

Shaking his head, Shi Yiwen sighed.

"It's fleeting. If you don't catch it, you'll probably miss it. In the future, it's too late to regret it."

"Zhiyuan, what you said is easy. This opportunity is rare. Who doesn't know? But, can you really let the chief assistant kill someone? The nine tribes of the barbarians will succeed?"

Fu Zuozhou said a little annoyed.

"Do you know that if your case is investigated seriously, it will definitely involve no less than a thousand people, and there may be no less than tens of thousands of people involved in it? I want to ask you, how will the end then? Should those people be killed or not? According to the court's laws and regulations, not only will they be killed, but nine clans will be killed. Even the relevant people involved will be involved, and three clans will be transferred to assassinate the imperial envoy, which is like a great rebellion. But, in the Ming Dynasty, in addition to Emperor Gaozu and Emperor Chengzu, that emperor had such courage. Which minister is willing to bear such a reputation?"

In fact, as early as the capital, Fu Zuozhou had already gotten the answer from the prime minister, and the prime minister was also extremely embarrassed. Although he saw this opportunity to solve the problem in Jiangnan, who was willing to dip so much blood on his hands, or who dared to dip so much blood? The reason why he rushed to Jiangnan was actually the prime minister's intention was to let Fu Zuozhou reach a consensus with those people in exchange for some rewards. After all, dip blood... not everyone has the courage to have the courage!

"Hmph, if that's the case, how can we achieve great things?"

Shi Yiwen hummed coldly. From a historical perspective, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was quite "funny". Although everyone often puts a death to political opponents, they never dared to expand it. It seems that except for Emperor Gao's "Hu Lan case" and King Yan's entry into the capital, everyone basically "only punishes the evil people". But in fact, everyone's private methods are all used to the extreme, just like their liquidation of Zhang Juzheng after his death, and the experience they had in Nanjing.

These people...

"Achieve great things? You're talking about it easily! You have to know that it's tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of lives. Who dares to take that action? Not to mention the chief minister, the emperor is probably..."

Before Fu Zuozhou could finish his words, Shi Yiwen asked back.

"Who said he must kill someone!"

"What should I do if I don't kill people? If I flow them to Yunnan and Liaodong, I will still have to return to the court in the end, and I will still try my best to continue to stop the reform with my old friends and students! The more I exiled them to the border, the more firm they will oppose the reform, and they will try every means to return to the court..."

"Then don't let them come back!"

Staring at Fu Zuozhou, Shi Yiwen said.

"Why do you have to let them come back? If you want to flow, just flow them far away. If you want to flow, don't flow them alone. If you want to flow, just flow the nine tribes, Yunnan?"

Shaking his head, Shi Yiwen sneered.

"It's too close. It's really too close to the Ming Dynasty. It's going to flow thousands of miles away, or even tens of thousands of miles away. For example, when it's flowing to the old port, it's not too far away from the Ming Dynasty. Even if you want to deliver a letter, it's probably going to take two or three months. Even if they learn about the affairs in the court, it's almost delayed. They're tens of thousands of miles away from the Ming Dynasty. How can they influence the court and instruct others? Besides, with the exile of the nine tribes, who else can drive them?"

"Exile them to the old port, which is where you came. Haven't the natives occupied it? Could it be..."

Staring at Shi Yiwen, Fu Zuozhou said.
Chapter completed!