Song Mingyue

Chapter 225 Concussion between the government and the field (second update)
As soon as Zhao Ji finished speaking, he felt a faint scent of fragrance blowing into his heart, followed by another whisper softly piercing into his ears.

"Your Majesty, the ministers and concubines heard Wang Zhenren saying that Marquis Shou'an is His Majesty's protector of the Dharma, and now it's just the Taifu's one-sided words. Why don't the concubines call Marquis Shou'an into the palace to ask for clarification before it's too late to convict him? "

Zhao Ji was originally furious, wishing he could catch Zhao Hao and kick him rolling all over the ground to relieve his anger, but when he heard Li Shishi's whispered words, the voice was so sweet that his bones were brittle, his mind was shaken, and he immediately calmed down.

At this time, Liang Shicheng was about to send someone out to preach the decree, Yang Jian's eyes secretly showed joy, but when he heard Zhao Ji urgently called out "Wait a minute", Yang Jian's expression changed slightly.

Zhao Ji sighed slightly, waved his hands and said, "Don't be in a hurry to arrest him, he is a son of the clan and a member of the third rank, don't be afraid that he will run away, first send an order for Zhao Hao to go to the capital immediately by himself, and see you in the palace I!"

Liang Shicheng said anxiously: "Observe the order!"

Yang Jian saw that Zhao Ji was so angry that he had finally aroused his heart, but now he calmed down again. He was very unwilling and called "Your Majesty" again.

Just as he was about to speak, Zhao Ji waved his hand and interrupted: "You have worked hard all the way, go back and rest first, I have my own concerns about Zhao Hao's affairs."

Yang Jian wanted to say something, but he heard Liang Shicheng whispered beside him: "Teacher, please stop!"

Yang Jian had no choice but to withdraw disgruntled.

Looking at Yang Jian's leaving back, Zhao Ji couldn't help but clouded his face and frowned.

Zhao Hao, Zhao Hao, how audacious you are, this time you have made too much of a leak, even I can't stop it... The Taizu vowed to be a legacy, even I dare not violate it...

Don't kill scholar-bureaucrats and those who write letters!

If the descendants keep this oath, the heavens will kill them, the heavens will kill them, the heavens will kill them...

You are playing with fire and setting yourself on fire!

Just when Zhao Ji was full of depression, a little eunuch rushed in from outside the door: "Report to Your Majesty, Jin Shangshu begs to see you!"

Zhao Ji's expression was startled: This old guy, he failed to deliver the decree, so he ran back quite quickly...

"pass!"

"Here!"

Immediately afterwards, Jin Chonglue rushed in quickly, and bowed forward: "My minister pays homage to the sage, may the sage live forever!"

Zhao Ji snorted coldly and asked, "Jin Shangshu, I asked you to go to Luoyang to preach the decree, what's the result?"

Jin Chonglue said with a mournful face: "Report to the officials, I am guilty... I was a step late, when I arrived at the execution ground, Zhao Hao had already ordered the execution, and before I could speak, all the heads had fallen to the ground..."

Zhao Ji said angrily: "Is that so? I got the news that Zhao Hao resisted the edict in public?"

Jin Chonglue said angrily: "Which bastard made a rumor? When I arrived, I fired three cannons. The sound of the cannons shook the sky. How did I pass the decree? Which treacherous man with ulterior motives dares to frame Shou'an like this?" Hou, is it possible that he knows better than this minister what this minister is going to pass on? This person has framed the clan, so he should be punished!"

Zhao Ji had always been courteous to this stubborn old man, but now seeing Jin Chonglue yelling at him face to face, he was a little dazed.

However, he soon came back to his senses. The old man was avoiding the serious, and immediately asked angrily: "Zhao Hao killed nearly a hundred scholar-bureaucrats without authorization, and more than a hundred high-ranking officials. What should he do? In the 150 years since the founding of the dynasty, he has never killed a single scholar-bureaucrat, but now he beheaded 97 people at a time, how can I deal with it? What should I do if you fail to pass the decree and do things effectively?"

Jin Chonglue did not give in: "The Marquis of Shou'an has only been an official for a year, how did he know the legacy of the Taizu? When His Majesty passed on the sword of the Marquis of Shou'an to Shangfang, he gave him the right to cut first and then play it. Can you explain not to kill scholar-bureaucrats without authorization? What's more, those people They embezzled disaster food and filled their own pockets, causing hundreds of thousands of innocent people to die in Northwest Beijing Road, starving and dying everywhere, thousands of miles of barren land, and new graves all over the mountains and plains.

When Zhao Ji heard it, hehe, this stinky and stubborn old man actually took the blame on me, he couldn't help getting angry, pointing at Jin Chonglue and angrily said: "Even if they deserve death, what's the evidence? How do I know that he is not abusing his power and killing people to silence him?"

When he got angry, Jin Chonglue stopped being angry. There was a sly smile on his face, he took out a brocade box from his sleeve, and said in a slow voice: "If there is no evidence of guilt, how dare I take sides with Marquis Shouan? I have already handed over the evidence. Bring it here, and please His Majesty have a look at it yourself."

Zhao Ji was stunned for a moment, but Liang Shicheng at the side understood, and said to the little eunuch next to him: "You just step back."

After all the eunuchs retreated, Liang Shicheng glanced at Li Shishi and Xiao Cuixiang again, Zhao Ji seemed to understand, and said: "You also retreat, wait in the side hall."

Li Shishi and Xiao Cuixiang looked at each other, and then retreated.

Liang Shicheng glanced at Jin Chonglue with an ambiguous expression, took the brocade box, and after opening it, he saw that it was still just a piece of paper, but he already understood it in his heart, and his expression became more and more ambiguous.

After Liang Shicheng confirmed that there was nothing abnormal in the brocade box, he handed it to Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji took the brocade box, took out the piece of paper, unfolded it, and couldn't help feeling moved.

The total amount of money and food is 200 million guan, and there are also jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, and countless rare treasures!
This criminal evidence is even more convincing than the last one...

The taxation in the Song Dynasty was very high, but the highest annual tax was only 6000 million guan, but the huge tax revenue was followed by huge expenses. In fact, the money and food in the treasury did not exceed 1000 million guan from the beginning to the end of the year.

Zhao Hao got 200 million guan in one hand, and there are countless rare treasures, jewelry, calligraphy and paintings, all of which are Zhao Ji's favorite things, so how can Zhao Ji not be tempted.

If it wasn't for the murder of the scholar-bureaucrat, Zhao Ji wished he could kiss Zhao Hao and treat him like his own son.You must know that the Huashi Gang, which caused a lot of trouble back then, hurt the foundation of the Song Dynasty, and it only fell into Zhao Ji's hands for two to three million yuan a year...

Looking at the gift list, Zhao Ji stared at the little star, intoxicated by the windfall and couldn't help himself, it took him a long time to realize that his expression became worried again, and he sighed: "Of course the evidence is as solid as a mountain, so what... Even if I can’t disobey Taizu’s oath on the stele... Even if I let him go, other officials, clans, and even scholars in the world may not agree to it..."

Jin Chonglue saw that Zhao Ji's tone was loose, so he couldn't help cursing inwardly: "Young master said that money can not only make ghosts turn mills, but also make mills turn ghosts, and now it really does...Young master, you are pinching the official's seven inches...

The scolding turned into scolding, and he still said cautiously: "Shou'anhou Dao, this matter started from him, and he will bear the responsibility for the crime. I also ask the officials to allow three days, and he will give the officials, the clan and the officials, And an explanation to the scholars of the world! After three days, let the officials convict and deal with it."

Zhao Ji's eyes showed doubts, he looked at Jin Chonglue blankly, then looked at the gift list in his hand, finally nodded and said: "Okay, I will give him three days to see how he justifies himself, if there is no explanation after three days, Then he will take away his official titles, expel him from the clan, and demote him to a commoner!"

……

The next day, Zhao Ji slept very late because he spent the night with Li Shishi and Xiao Cuixiang.

After washing up and eating breakfast, Zhao Ji stretched and was about to go out, but Liang Shicheng looked at him with a strange expression and waved his hands vigorously.

Zhao Ji was puzzled: "Shou Dao has something to say, please speak."

Liang Shicheng said helplessly: "Your Majesty may not be able to get out..."

Zhao Ji frowned: "Someone rebelled?"

Liang Shicheng smiled wryly and said: "My husband led all the ministers to kneel and wait at the door of the bedroom early in the morning, begging to punish the Marquis of Shouan. It has been half an hour now..."

Zhao Ji's face became gloomy in an instant, he paced a few steps in the hall, thought for a while, seemed to make up his mind, walked quickly to the door of the hall, and shouted in a deep voice: "Open the door!"

The corner of Liang Shicheng's mouth twitched, he had no choice but to signal the little eunuch to open the door.

The two rich doors opened slowly, Zhao Ji walked out slowly, looked down the steps, and couldn't help but gasped.

I saw a large group of officials knelt down under the stage, and those who knelt in the front, headed by Cai Jing, were all first-rank officials.

Husband Prime Minister Cai Jing, Taifu Yang Jian, Dazai Yu Shen, Left Prime Minister Bai Shizhong, and Right Prime Minister Li Bangyan... are all first-rank officials.

These old foxes seem to have come prepared, just kneeling down to petition, but they all came with soft futons, this is the posture of going to a big fight...

Looking carefully, Zhao Ji became more and more uneasy, because on the other side, the other party, headed by Shaozai Wang Fu, Zhongshu Shilang Zhang Bangchang, Shaobao Cai You and others, also knelt down at the bottom of the steps.

What surprised Zhao Ji even more was that, beside him, many members of the Qingliu Party knelt down. As far as he knew, they were Zhao Hao's loyal supporters!

Could it be that Zhao Hao has betrayed his relatives so much?
Zhao Ji shook his head, feeling empty in his heart, very unsteady.

At this moment, some of the ministers under the steps finally looked up and saw Zhao Ji, and all of them raised their heads immediately.

Cai Jing took the lead in attacking: "Your Majesty, Marquis of Shou'an, Zhao Hao, abused his power, harmed Zhongliang, and disregarded the legacy of Taizu's oath stele, killed 97 scholar-bureaucrats without authorization, and resisted the decree in public, deceiving the king, please Your Majesty, Marquis of Shou'an Punish the crime, so as to reassure the hearts of hundreds of officials and thousands of scholars in the world!"

Immediately afterwards, Yu Shen also said loudly: "The ancestral system is the foundation of the country; scholar-bureaucrats are the cornerstone of our dynasty! The Marquis of Shou'an is bold and reckless, disturbing the foundation of the country, hurting the cornerstone of the country, and the crime is unforgivable. Please also use the country as the foundation of your majesty." Seriously, punish Marquis Shouan!"

Afterwards, hundreds of people shouted in unison: "Please punish Marquis Shou'an!"

At this moment, another loud voice came from the side: "The Marquis of Shou'an eliminates the violence and protects the good, for the sake of the country and the people, what is the crime!"

Zhao Ji looked up and saw that there were more than a dozen members of the Qing school. Although there were not many of them, their voices were orderly and loud, and their momentum was not inferior to that of Cai Jing's party.

As for Wang Fu and the others, even though they also knelt beside Cai Jing's party, they didn't say a word, not knowing what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd.

Seeing that the three factions are not one, Zhao Ji feels at ease.

Liang Shicheng, who was on the side, waited for the crowd to stop, and said angrily: "Shou Anhou is guilty or not, His Majesty should find out and punish himself. Are you kneeling to block the sleeping hall, are you trying to rebel?"

Before the words fell, someone snarled angrily: "It's about the foundation of the country, why not we kneel down to petition?"

This is still considered sensible, and what is even more irrational is that they directly scolded dogs and dogs in the crowd. The Song Dynasty claimed to share the world with the scholar-officials. Those officials who were born in the imperial examinations were still a little afraid of Liang Shicheng if they were usually one-on-one. Now that so many people are together, naturally they don't take him seriously.

Seeing the chaos on the steps, Zhao Ji couldn't help being furious, and said with a cold snort, "Just wait on your knees!"

After speaking, he turned and went back to the bedroom.

A thunderous shout sounded from behind: "The crime of killing Shou Anhou, we will never get up!"

Back in the main hall, Zhao Ji slumped on the couch, muttering to himself: "I'm afraid I won't be able to last three days in such a situation, so please ask yourself..."

At this moment, another eunuch came in in a hurry and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, thousands of imperial students in Bianliang City all knelt down in front of Xuande Gate, begging to punish Shou Anhou!"

Zhao Ji's face changed drastically again, and his expression became more and more anxious.

(End of this chapter)