The emperor is embarrassed

After sending the concubine's daughter to the family temple to keep filial piety for Shao Fanning, Zheng Yitian had another worrying matter to discuss with his father.

"Shao Ping wants to marry us." After the Datong War, it was obvious that there were more bachelors and more widows.It wasn't just ordinary people who died, even though many officials and family members were too late to evacuate, more were abused and abused, and some jumped into wells to hang themselves in order to keep their innocence.

Shao Ping was the former general of the Datong Army, and his family was not preserved under the ravages of the Tatars.

There are only 3 people left in the Datong Army, and the 3 people are headed by Shao Ping, and there are also several middle and low-level generals.

At this time, Shao Ping proposed to marry the Zheng family, the purpose of which is very interesting.

Zheng Linbing didn't even think about it, and directly refused, "No, Shaoping's wife has not passed the filial piety, and it is not appropriate to marry at this time."

"It's not him, it's his nephew Shao Feng, who is eighteen this year and is serving as a general under Shao Ping's command." Zheng Yitian said.

Zheng Linbing frowned, and slapped the table hard, "It seems that Shao Ping is scared."

Zheng Yitian said, "It's no wonder that Shao Ping is afraid, these two boys are really too fierce. Now Si Hai's account has been copied by that surname Zhao. Although it has nothing to do with our Zheng family, Shao Ping is not necessarily clean."

Zheng Linbing glanced at his son, "According to you, Shao is trying to drag our Zheng family into trouble."

"That can't be done, I'm afraid we want to give him a hand." Zheng Yitian offered his father a cup of warm tea.

Zheng Linbing took it, took a sip, and said calmly, "The five girls will be ruined by Shao Feng. Shao Ping is really looking far away. As long as he has [-] troops in his hands, who would dare to touch him?"

"Father, Shao Ping has opened his mouth, so he refused, isn't it..."

"Go and tell him that your second uncle in the imperial capital has already said that you will decide for the fifth girl." Zheng Linbing directly used his younger brother, the Minister of the Household Department, Zheng Linzhong, as a shield, "There is no such thing as a second marriage in this world. It makes sense. Besides, Shao Fanning’s incident has just passed, and His Majesty ordered to instruct the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu. It’s too embarrassing to get married at this time. Tell Shao Ping to put his heart on the army and win people over. None."

Zheng Yitian responded in a low voice, and then asked, "Father, do you want to ask Second Uncle..."

"Well, I've already written to your second uncle." Zheng Linbing said, "It's okay, just wait and see."

Shao Ping has been dissatisfied.

He was born and died in the Datong Army for most of his life. When the Tatars entered the pass, although the Datong Army fell, under his leadership, the Datong Army retained nearly half of its strength.

Liu Shouren is dead.

The emperor would rather send a half-haired kid to overwhelm him than promote him to be the guard of Datong.

If Song Yao really has any great qualifications or background, Shao Ping will be convinced.

But the point is, Song Yao really has no background. 20 years ago, the Song family was still famous, but today, 20 years later, the Song family has already fallen.

Song Yao just got a martial arts champion and captured Hamur, who is two years younger than his mother's son. Can this kid be the defender of Datong?

How could Shaoping not feel resentful?How can you not feel jealous?

His eyes were burning red with jealousy.

As soon as Song Yao came, Shao Ping disliked him.

Naturally, in Song Yao's eyes, generals like Shao Ping who rely on the old to sell the old are really disgusting.

Now, the outcome has been decided.

Since Zhao Lingyan checked the accounts of the Sihai Gang and the Heping Gang, he was arrested and imprisoned together with Xie Sihai and Xie Baige.Shaoping was at a loss for what to do.

He wanted to marry the Zheng family, but was politely rejected by the Zheng family.

Shaoping even felt that the end had come.

But at this moment, Shao Ping never expected that Song Yao would give him a way out.

Song Yao invites Shao Ping to a banquet at the mansion.

At this moment, apart from the Hongmen Banquet, Shao Ping absolutely couldn't think of Song Yao's other intentions.

Shao Ping hesitated in the mansion for a long time, thinking that he could not be a coward either, so he took his own soldiers and a sword at his waist, and went to the general's mansion with high spirits.

Although Song Yao was the name of the banquet, he didn't set any food or wine.

"Guo Bao, step back first." Song Yao ordered his soldiers, Guo Bao was the leader of the guards next to Song Yao, so he naturally took orders.Guo Bao took the people away, but the soldiers brought by Shao Ping were particularly eye-catching.

As the saying goes, losers don't lose.

If the person surnamed Song wanted to turn his back on him, and this was in the Song Mansion, it didn't matter how many people he brought with him.Therefore, Shao Ping also ordered people to retreat.

Shao Ping stared at Song Yao with extremely vigilant eyes, for fear that Song Yao would ambush several people, throw the lamp as a sign, and strike first.Unexpectedly, Song Yao casually threw a notebook at hand to Shao Ping, "General Shao, please have a look."

Shao Ping raised his hand to catch it, guessed something in his mind, opened it, his face changed drastically: he knew his mother Xie Sihai had saved a hand!

At this moment, Shao Ping cast aside Xie Sihai's dishonesty in his heart, looked at Song Yao, and asked coldly, "I don't know how General Song will deal with the last general?" .

Song Yao said lightly, "If I want to deal with you, I will directly hand over this account to His Majesty."

Although Song Yao was unsmiling, Shao Ping heard some tricks from Song Yao's words. He knew that there must be more than this book, so he suddenly softened, and said in a low voice, "Northwest is poor, and the salary is only a few taels of silver, brothers There is no way."

Song Yao still said indifferently, "The Datong army has died more than 3, and there are [-] left. I can't afford to clean it up. You take this account." He took a mahogany box from the table and handed it to Shao Ping, "Take it back and have a look Right, burn what should be burned, and don’t touch it again in the future.”

Shao Ping looked at Song Yao in surprise.

Song Yao still looked cold and expressionless.

Shao Ping took over the wooden box, feeling uncomfortable in his heart, and couldn't help asking, "Why did the general..." let me go?

"As I said, there were only [-] troops left in the Datong Army, and they couldn't afford to clean it up." Song Yao served tea to the guests and said, "It's nothing else, General Shao can go back."

Shao Ping understood the meaning of the word "cleaning", he was originally a direct descendant of General Liu Shouren.Back then, Liu Shouren was only in his early thirties when he became the new General of Datong. Shao Ping clearly understood how he managed to gather the factions of the original Datong Army into his hands one by one.

Song Yao returned him the evidence that could kill him, no doubt trying to bribe him.

People are valuable.

It's just that some people ask for high prices and want to be kings and ministers; some people ask for low prices and want to be slaves and handmaids.

The price that Song Yao wanted to buy Shao Ping, in Shao Ping's view, was already high enough.

Shao Ping knelt down on his knees, and said in a deep voice, "General, the last general will be spared. In the future, the general will be sent, but the last general will never shirk."

Song Yao missed such a good opportunity.

Although Shao Ping was puzzled, when he returned to the mansion and secretly read those account books, he was full of gratitude in his heart.Quickly burned the ledger, and the next day, Shao Ping heard the news that Xie Sihai had died in prison.

So far, Shao Ping is convinced of Song Yao.

But then Song Yao did something that Shao Ping didn't quite understand.

Song Yao, together with Zhang Shu, the magistrate of Datong, seized the big business in Datong City, Cheng's Racecourse.

Everyone knew that Cheng Fugen'er, the owner of Cheng's racecourse, was a servant of the Zheng family.Of course, Boss Cheng lost his slave status long ago.However, the Cheng family has a deep relationship with the Zheng family.

Previously, during the reign of Emperor Dezong, Datong City was not as strong as it is now.It was also attacked by the Tatars.In fact, if the Zheng family is counted as an aristocratic family, many aristocratic families will be unhappy.Although the Zheng family has a century-old foundation and has gone through three or five generations of Chen people, it can be regarded as the same age as the country, but in terms of the definition of a family, it is really not a family.The most prepared statement is that the Zheng family is a prominent local family.During the reign of Emperor Dezong, the Tatars entered the customs. Although the officials and people in Datong City gave you three points from the Zheng family, the Tatars didn’t know whether you were a cat or a dog.

When the Tatars came, no matter the nobles or the common people, they had to flee for their lives.The Zheng family is no exception.

Today's old Mrs. Zheng, Zheng Linbing, and the current Household Minister, Zheng Linzhong, were still young at the time, and they were just weaned. Somehow, they were lost by the family members.At that time, the entire Zheng family thought that the two brothers were finished. Who knew that the Tatars had left and the Zheng family returned to Datong City.

The brothers of the Zheng family were also brought back intact.

It is strange to say that the two brothers were saved by Cheng Fugener.Several people hid in the underground kiln for several days, and came out only after the Tatars left, and took their lives.

Later, one of the brothers of the Zheng family became the patriarch and the other became a high-ranking official. Cheng Fugen'er became rich along with him. Not only did he leave his nationality and become a good citizen, relying on the Zheng family, he also earned his fortune.

Now, Song Yao is confiscating Cheng's racecourse on the grounds of collusion between Cheng's racecourse and the Four Seas Gang.

"My lord, the Cheng family is connected with the Zheng family after all, and there are still people in the Zheng family who are officials in the court." Shao Ping said to Song Yao secretly.

Song Yaodao, "Previously, the Xu family in Huaiyang was copied all over because of crimes. Xu Shangshu understood the righteousness, and the emperor did not blame him. Now Xu Xiang is still the emperor's teacher in the imperial capital, and the cabinet minister. A Zheng family, want to come to Mr. Zheng Shangshu also knows the severity."

Shao Ping didn't understand why Song Yao targeted the Zheng family like this, as if he wanted to uproot the Zheng family.

Song Yao continued, "General Shao, about Yang Yutong, General Liu Shouren died, Datong City suffered countless losses, and many people died at the hands of the Tatars. Do you think the Zheng family knew about this before?"

Shao Ping was taken aback for a moment, at that time the Tatars attacked Datong City with tens of thousands of fine skills.The Tatars were already strong, but the defenders of Datong were killed, Yang Yutong rebelled, Shao Ping only cared about leading his brothers into the valley to save their lives, but never cared about this.

A flash of sarcasm flashed in Song Yao's eyes, "Even General Shao failed to keep your wife and family, but as far as I know, the masters of the Zheng family are all safe. Could it be that the heavens are particularly partial to the Zheng family?"

Song Yao has been targeting the Zheng family, not because he has any enmity with the Zheng family, and it's not just because the Zheng family has been secretly probing or something as soon as he arrived in Datong City.It's just that as a general, he feels disgusted from the bottom of his heart, like the Zheng family, a family of collaborators and traitors!

Song Yao turned and left, leaving Shao Ping with wide-eyed, unbelievable expression on his face.

This is also the serial plan set up by Zhao Lingyan.

Zhao Lingyan has been studying the Zheng family, this famous family who controls the largest gang in Datong City, the most lucrative business in Datong City, and even has ties to the army.

The Zheng family didn't like Song Yao at first.

too young.

Based on Song Yao's age, it is unlikely that he will become the defender of Datong.

Compared with Song Yao, the Zheng family of Datong prefers Shao Ping, the deputy general who has been in the Datong army for a long time.Shao Ping had been in Datong for a longer time, and his relationship with the Zheng family was also very harmonious. Even Shao Ping was the direct descendant of Liu Shouren, the former defender of Datong, so he understood the rules of Datong city.

In the beginning, the Zheng family married Shao Fanning in order to get Song Yao out of power and then help Shao Ping to take over.

People are not as good as the sky.

Song Yao's martial arts are superb, and he is invincible in the entire army.The army admires the strong the most, not to mention that this kid looks like he is owed [-] yuan every day, and he is extremely strict in the army, especially for ordinary soldiers.

There is no less than a penny of salary.

If you hear that someone dares to deduct the salary too much, it will be a matter of losing your head.

Of course, Song Yao never expected that the one who would slap him in the face in the future would be his cousin Song Yuan, who was placed in the barracks with his own hands.

Closer to home, the Zheng family really didn't expect Song Yao to have the wily Zhao Lingyan beside him.Zhao Lingyan is not very old, even though he was born at No. [-] in the martial arts ranking, his martial arts is so bad that he is confused. I really wonder how Zhao Lingyan fooled the No. [-] martial arts class?Even the fairness of this martial arts competition has yet to be verified?

However, Zhao Lingyan's talent and the title of No. [-] in Wu Bang are not worthy of him.

Song Yao chose Zhao Lingyan, a martial artist with fleshy feet, as his partner at the very beginning of the war.Zhao Lingyan doesn't know martial arts, but he is good at taking care of food and grass.Gradually, Zhao Lingyan's talent was fully revealed.

He gave Song Yao an idea.

Sit back and watch the tigers fight, and take down the Four Seas Gang, the Peace Gang, and Shao Fanning, the magistrate of Datong who is close to the Zheng family by marriage.

Second, subdue Shaoping.

Shao Ping is also a veteran, with a long history of prestige in the army, he was killed at this time, fearing that the former Datong Army would lose its morale.But it is not an easy task to really subdue him. For this reason, Zhao Lingyan divided into two steps: first, to give him the account books of Shao Ping's crimes, to show Song Yaozhi's integrity; second, to expose the Zheng family. Zhao Lingyan knew very well about the betrayal of the country. Shaoping's family and children all died during the Tatars' entry into the city.

He didn't believe that Shao Ping still had his heart set on the Zheng family.

As for how did Zhao Lingyan know that the Zheng family was treasonous?

This is due to Zhao Lingyan's ability, but how did Zhao Lingyan know?

For such a secret, just imagine, who of you says you want to treason, who dares to do it grandiosely and swagger?This must be the core secret of a family, except for the core members of the family, there will never be a word of it!

But how did Zhao Lingyan know?

Zhao Lingyan guessed.

Of course, this statement is very understated.

However, Zhao Lingyan's point of view is very convincing. He said to Song Yao, "In Datong City, the Rong family, a big family that was originally on par with the Zheng family, was bloodbathed by the Tatars this time. Extinct. Looking at the Zheng family, although there are also losses, it is just superficial property. This matter must be related to the Zheng family. Not only the Zheng family, but in the future, he may betray someone around us, and then Go down with a knife, and then lead the Tatars into the customs."

"If the Zheng family is not removed, it will be difficult to sleep and eat."

Zhao Lingyan came to this conclusion.

At Zhao Lingyan's age, it is not easy to have such a plan.Every time Zhao Lingyan came up with a plan, Song Yao would be amazed and sighed. Song Yao ate the red braised mutton made by Zhao Lingyan, and sighed while eating, "Ah Yan, your head is not bigger than mine. You think about it all the time." Yes, it’s quite a light.”

Zhao Lingyan rolled his eyes and said, "There are some people who look clever, but they are actually full of shit. If you can tell that people are good or bad from their faces, you will be capable." For example, Song Yao, who is really born like a flower Like jade, she would pretend to be cool on weekdays, but she couldn't be more reliable on the outside.In private, Zhao Lingyan sneered at him.Shameless and shameless, Zhao Lingyan braised a lamb leg, and Song Yao scooped up most of it with a few chopsticks.Zhao Lingyan can also pretend. Unlike Song Yao, Song Yao only pretends in front of outsiders, but he doesn't pretend in front of friends and acquaintances.

And Zhao Lingyan pretends not to be at all times, Zhao Lingyan is actually very narrow-minded, if you say something he doesn't like to hear, he can remember it for several years.Zhao Lingyan disliked Song Yao when he came over to eat the food he cooked, and he was so impolite, without any sense of being a guest at all.However, Zhao Lingyan stabbed Song Yao calmly, knowing that Song Yao had a little obsession with cleanliness, so Zhao Lingyan deliberately disgusted him.

"You're also a scholar, so speak more elegantly." Song Yao lost his appetite when he heard the word "dung".

Zhao Lingyan will only cook when he is in a good mood. Moreover, Zhao Lingyan's braised mutton is simply a masterpiece. Even Song Yao, who is a good cook, praises him again and again. Now Zhao Lingyan feels that everything is under control.When he was proud, he cooked dinner.

Song Yao came over smelling it, but Zhao Lingyan couldn't drive him out, so he had to eat with him.

Nauseating Song Yao once with "big dung", Zhao Lingyan seemed completely unaware, and continued to eat dinner slowly, taking a sip of wine from time to time, very comfortable.

imperial capital.

Ming Zhan flipped through Xie Baige's personal account books sent back from Northwest, but he wasn't particularly angry.

Now Ming Zhan's energy-raising skills are getting better and better, if he is angry about everything for a long time, he will be angry to death already.Ming Zhan summed up a rule: if you eat more food, your appetite will increase; if you get angry more, your energy will also increase.

Ming Zhan handed it to Ruan Hongfei, and sighed, "No wonder the general who guards the border told people to kill him as soon as he said it. The chaos of Datong is inevitable."

Ruan Hongfei didn't know much about the Northwest, so he took a few glances at it. There are well-known wealthy merchants in Datong City, and they teamed up with the generals in the army to smuggle and share.

"It seems that they were teased by the Zheng family," Ruan Hongfei said.

Ming Zhan ordered people to investigate carefully. After the Tatars looted, nine out of ten people in Datong City were mourning with white hair, and the unlucky ones such as Duke Jing and his son became prisoners directly.On the contrary, although the Zheng family was also robbed, none of the masters were injured or injured, as if they were lucky.Ming Zhan is very suspicious. He has been suspicious of the Zheng family in the past, but without evidence, he can't attack without reason.

Now that the evidence is in hand, what are you waiting for?

Ming Zhan ordered someone to hand over this account book to Li Pingzhou. After reading it, Li Pingzhou's shocked expression was definitely not fake.Ming Zhan ordered lightly, "Bring this to Wang Rui'an, and tell him to write the book in the morning."

Emperors also have unspoken rules.

Li Pingzhou took the order in a deep voice.He really wanted to ask how the emperor got this account book, but seeing Ming Zhan's face, Li Pingzhou kept his mouth shut.The emperor's remote control of the northwest naturally has secret means.

There are some things that courtiers should not ask.

Originally, there was a tacit understanding among the ministers that longevity was just around the corner, and if something bad happened, it would pass as soon as it could.After the Datong brawl case, the Longevity Festival has been postponed. At this moment, it is best not to add trouble to the emperor, it is also their filial piety.

Unexpectedly, the Datong smuggling case, which was even more shocking than the Datong City Fight Case, came one after another.

This year, Datong is not peaceful.

If in the past.

It's just that they secretly get some things to sell with the Tatars, and the emperor's anger is limited.However, when the Tatars had just been driven out of the customs and the people of the whole country had not forgotten the evil deeds of the Tatars burning, killing and looting, the Datong smuggling case broke out.

This is tantamount to treason.

As a result, even the courtiers and the people, the whole country was angry.

The most direct reaction at the beginning was that Mr. Zheng Linzhong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, had to resign from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials under pressure.

Ming Zhan didn't ask him to stay, he agreed directly.

It seems that Li Pingzhou, Zheng Linzhong and others are veterans left behind by Feng Jingqian, and Ming Zhan has been on the throne for a year.

Of course, Ming Zhan's temper is not good, and he prefers young courtiers.After he ascended the throne, all the courtiers he promoted were around 30 years old, and even younger ones, Ming Zhan also liked to use them.

Therefore, although Ming Zhan also relies heavily on veterans.However, the old minister didn't say anything, because he was afraid that the emperor would get tired of it.

Furthermore, there is also the prophecy of one emperor and one courtier.

As soon as Ming Zhanfu came to the throne, he had many disputes with courtiers.From "The Empress Dowager Wei enters the palace" to "the preparations for the construction of Tianjin Port", anyway, Ming Zhan is not an obedient person.

He's just too opinionated.

Ming Zhan's character made many people think that he would replace Li Pingzhou and others impatiently.

Especially Li Pingzhou and Wang Rui'an have offended Ming Zhan so many times.

It's strange that Ming Zhan still relies heavily on them.Even during this year's running-in, there was not only a tacit understanding between the monarch and his ministers, but also a relationship, so that Li Pingzhou, who had always been loyal, was sloppy about whether Feng Jingqian would return to the court.

Not to mention Zheng Linzhong's character.

This old man can not only be an official, but also a man.

No one expected that the first Xiangfu to be replaced would be Zheng Linzhong.

Last year, the Xu family in Huaiyang also committed a crime, Xu San was still standing in Zhaode Palace as the emperor's teacher, and Zheng Linzhong had to resign now.

Of course, Zheng Linzhong can't compare with Xu San, Xu San is the emperor's teacher.

As long as Xu San didn't commit any serious crimes, Ming Zhan had to protect Xu San for his reputation of respecting teachers.Furthermore, Xu San's bad relationship with his family is well-known throughout the world.

Zheng Linzhong is different.

Ming Zhan suspected the Zheng family of Datong, so he would naturally pay more attention to Zheng Linzhong. Ming Zhan even knew all about the letter sent to Zheng Linzhong by the Zheng family of Datong a few days ago.

Zheng Linzhong and Zheng Linbing, the current head of the Zheng family in Datong, are brothers.

Ming Zhan would not adopt the step-by-step method like Zhao Lingyan. Zhao Lingyan's purpose was to make Song Yao secure the throne of Datong General.As for Ming Zhan, what he needs is a clear army!

Ming Zhan's direct and ruthless action put Zhao Lingyan into crisis for the first time.

When Zhao Lingyan heard that the emperor was all because of Wang Yushi's private account book of the Datong gang to the court, he was suddenly stunned.Although Zhao Lingyan hadn't stayed in the court for a few days, he was someone who had been in the imperial capital after all.

Wang Rui'an was known as Wei Zheng's second because he had directly offended Longyan, and he had always had a small reputation in the imperial capital.

However, no matter how famous Wang Rui'an is, he is still the censor of the left. His strength lies there. How could he send out such a secret agent as Song Shaoyang.

Last time, although Song Shaoyang managed to escape.

Zhao Lingyan has always kept this person in his heart, and imagined all kinds of reasons for this person.He did not expect that Song Shaoyang turned out to be His Majesty's man.

It doesn't mean that Zhan is an incompetent person in Zhao Lingyan's heart. On the contrary, Zhao Lingyan believes that although Ming Zhan is young, he is worthy of wisdom and martial arts.

However, in Zhao Lingyan's view, Ming Zhan's enthronement time is still too short.It is precisely because the imperial court lacks sufficient control over Datong City that the Yang Yutong incident happened.

And Zhao Lingyan, who came to Datong City in person, has a better understanding of the chaos and strife in Datong City.

Zhao Lingyan didn't expect the emperor's hands to be so fast, and even before him, he ordered people to sneak into the Heping Gang and provoke the massacre of the Heping Gang and the Universal Gang, thus allowing Zhao Lingyan to take advantage of it.

But, the fatal thing is.

If Song Shaoyang belonged to Ming Zhan, then Ming Zhan's understanding of Datong City must be deeper and clearer than they imagined.

At this moment, Zhao Lingyan deeply hated himself for being careless.He raided the headquarters of the Four Seas Gang and the Heping Gang early on, and in order to subdue Shaoping, he even returned those ledger books to Shaoping.If this matter gets out, won't it make Ming Zhan suspicious!