Tong Guan has put in a lot of effort for the Song Dynasty and Zhao Huan these years.
Not to mention anything else, the Imperial City Division has completely changed its blood in these years. He has arranged manpower inside and outside the Song Dynasty, not to mention that he deceived Prime Minister Zhong and tricked Yang Yao.
Although his reputation is still very bad, with Zhao Huan's support these years, at least no one is chasing him every day and insisting on killing him.
However, Tong Guan is Tong Guan after all, and he has not been as honest as he seems in recent years.
Zhao Huan's words made Tong Guan tremble, but he didn't kneel to the ground like before. He knew that if he confessed now, it would really be over.
"What do you mean by this, Your Majesty? I am loyal to Your Majesty..."
"You are indeed loyal, and you do your best for what you do for me, without any discounts.
Knowing that I don't like corruption, you have worked very hard on this, and you don't seem to have done anything evil.
Oh, by the way, you should have left some for yourself when you ransacked the house, but I still want to use you for that amount, so I just pretend I don’t know.
If there is anything else, should you say it yourself, or should I help you say it? "
"I may be a little greedy, but I am loyal. I hope your majesty will not listen to the villain's slander!"
"Do you know why I dare to release my brother?" Zhao Huan suddenly waved his hand and dismissed everyone, leaving only Yao Pingzhong to guard him. He looked at Tong Guan in front of him, his eyes were dull, but Tong Guan felt that his mouth was dry. dry.
"Your Majesty has great talents and strategies... Your Majesty..." Tong Guan started to stutter when he spoke. He looked up secretly several times, and finally gritted his teeth.
"Because King Yun has no chance to rebel against His Majesty. He is always surrounded by His Majesty's people!"
This sentence can be said to have torn off all disguises, making Yao Pingzhong on the side couldn't help but look over.
"He's right, you don't have to be so surprised." Zhao Huan's words surprised Yao Pingzhong again. At this time, Tong Guan also gave an explanation, saying some things that could not be stated openly.
"When King Yun was reactivated, he went directly to the land of Yanyun. At that time, there were only two troops in the land of Yanyun.
One is the veteran general Guo Yaoshi who just surrendered from the Liao Kingdom, and the other is the current General Yue Fei.
Both of them had very special backgrounds. Although Guo Yaoshi was cunning and suspicious, he had no reason to surrender to the Kingdom of Jin unless it was absolutely necessary.
The Kingdom of Jin would not give him the opportunity to continue leading troops.
Therefore, his first choice must be our Song Dynasty. Although King Yun is famous, he has no foundation in the north.
If he united with Yaoshi Guo, he would definitely have no choice but to go to the Kingdom of Jin, and Yaoshi Guo would not agree.
As for General Yue Fei, although I don't know why His Majesty trusts him so much, in the eyes of the veteran, this matter is not a dangerous matter.
Your Majesty promoted him exceptionally because of General Zong.
At that time, everyone in the world knew that General Zong was His Majesty's confidant, and Yue Fei's every move was closely related to General Zong.
He would not say that General Zong would ignore it, and there was nothing he could do.
The two generals who commanded the army had extremely high autonomy. If King Yun acted rashly, he would be the only one who would die.
Your Majesty's move has dug a big hole for King Yun. "
"So from now on, King Yun will rule the court instead of His Majesty..." Yao Pingzhong is not a fool. After reaching this point, he naturally understood many things that followed.
He has always had a doubt, how could he so easily hand over his power again to a brother who almost took away his position when he was clearly on a shaky footing and earned his status through a desperate effort.
When did the people of the royal family become so respectful to each other...
"Li Gang was the one who supported His Majesty, Yu Wenxuzhong was His Majesty's confidant, and Zhao Ding was His Majesty's mastermind. The three of them seemed to be assisting, but in fact they were keeping an eye on King Yun.
At the same time, Li Gang wanted to fight urgently, Zhao Ding wanted to slow down the fighting, and Yu Wenxuzhong simply advocated peace. The three people and the three factions directly restrained each other, and each wanted to use themselves to influence King Yun, and even His Majesty.
Of course, a certain family stayed in Luoyang those years instead of following His Majesty just to keep an eye on the three of them.
The two parties were afraid of each other and watched each other, so that a certain family could place the Imperial City Secretary who should not be strong the most among these many courtiers.
Because in front of King Yun and His Majesty, the Imperial City Division is indeed nothing. "
"Gudong" Yao Pingzhong's throat surged, and he really had a feeling now that he was a fool.
"Then what does this mean now? Could it be that King Yun..."
“The third brother is a smart man, he won’t do anything he shouldn’t do, but many times it’s not what he wants to do.
In this world, there are still some people who cannot act according to their own ideas. "
"Old minister..."
"If you want to regain power, you must involve yourself in a major case. For this purpose, you can personally bring out this matter that could have been suppressed.
Let the third brother gather a group of real talents around him to grow his ambition.
By the way, who did you send to him?
Tang Situi, who was a Jinshi a few years ago, was said to be quite talented. Now he must have been sent to Yangzhou.
Tong Guan, I reprimanded Peng Ju back then, but today you insist on letting him see it with his own eyes. What are the consequences of not exercising restraint? "
Zhao Huan's words made Tong Guan shut his mouth, and the two of them were in a stalemate.
The person in charge of the Yangzhou Governor's Office now is Xue Bi, the aide who helped Yue Fei put down Yang Yao's rebellion.
He was a Jinshi in the second year of Zhenghe. He was able to secure the position of governor of Yangzhou not only because he was Yue Fei's staff. After all, no matter how strong Yue Fei was, he could not let his staff reach such a status.
Xue Bi was already Li Gang's "confidant" before joining the Yue Family Army. At that time, he and Li Gang discussed guarding the capital, moving to Guanglu Temple, and changing the position of Hunan Transport Judge.
Only then did he have the opportunity to get to know Yue Fei, and successfully join the Yue Family Army as a staff member.
This ability and courage were also liked by Zhao Huan. When dividing many states and counties, Li Gang wanted to make him the governor of Hang County and take charge of one side.
Moreover, between the governor and the prefect, the governor was connected to the Yushitai. In order to avoid suspicion, Li Gang assigned him the position of prefect.
However, Zhao Huan felt that this man was quite talented, so he defied all opinions and placed him as the governor of Yangzhou, which could be said to be a leap to the top.
It is not easy to reach this point at this age.
However, Xue Bi's expression at this time was not very good.
"Have you seriously investigated the matter here?" Xue Bi looked down at Wu Biaochen, the censor stationed in Yangzhou, with a cold face.
The tone seemed to say that he wanted to overturn the table at any time.
Wu Biaochen, the censor, still had a cold face. He didn't even look at the governor and directly pointed his hand at the table again.
There are things he handed over.
"This is what I, the Censor, have found. If you have any questions, you can either ask a certain family now, or go to your Majesty, and I, the Censor, will naturally give you an explanation.
If... No if! "
Wu Biaochen was a stubborn guy. Although the Song Dynasty experienced many ups and downs, many seeds were well protected, and Wu Biaochen was one of them.
His teacher was Zhou Xingji, a doctor of Taixue at that time. In the third year of Daguan, he and his eldest brother Wu Dingchen were promoted to Jinshi in the same school and promoted to the manager of Tongzhou. After that, they were highly valued by Chen Guan, the then governor of the state.
With people looking up to him, his status will naturally increase, and his temper is indeed violent and upright.
At that time, the Six Thieves were rampant, and Zhu Meng's party members waited for Zhi Shengzhang to be imprisoned. It happened that the case was sent to Wu Biaochen.
As a result, this guy who was already certain to die was stunned to be let go by Wu Biaochen.
This suddenly offended the powerful minister to death. If the man behind him hadn't been too strong, Wu Biaochen might not have been able to wait for Zhao Huan to appear.
His advice is like Lu Zhi's, his strength is like Di Renjie's, and his enlightenment is like Han Yu's. He and Chen Shixi were called "Two Chens".
This is Chen Guan's evaluation. Back then, a man scolded Cai Jing, Cai Bian, Zhang Dun, An Dun and other powerful officials in the DPRK, but he was still alive and well and was admired by others.
However, even if Mr. Chen acts as a guarantee, he cannot rise all the way up and can only be suppressed along the way.
It was not until Zhao Huan's reform that he was recommended again and sent to Zhao Huan.
And he was also favored by the second patron, Li Gang appointed him under his command and became one of the censors of the Yushitai.
Sitting in Yangzhou, patrolling one side.
And this time, he found Xue Bi because what he found was too big, so big that even if he reported it to the Yushitai, he had to inform Xue Bi.
"It's not that a certain family doesn't believe you. Do you know that what you are investigating now is a matter of treason? His Majesty is currently leading troops outside. You are now..."
After Xue Bi finished speaking, he looked around and waved his hands for them all to evacuate before he dared to say the next words.
"Now the person who is in charge of Jiangnan is Han Shizhong. This man is cruel and loyal to His Majesty. Once His Majesty cannot come back, what will be waiting for the Jiangnan officialdom?
massacre! A massacre!
Han Shizhong now has great power. If he knew about this matter, he would definitely not let it go.
No one has any evidence of what happened before, but you and I both know who was behind it!
Jiangnan has just calmed down, this year's food supply has just improved, the plague has been suppressed, and the people have enough to eat.
Do you have to make such a big fuss at this time? "
"This is rebellion!"
"He didn't do anything. He just had a close relationship with...that person and had some close friends."
"Is it possible that you have to wait until he does it before suppressing it? Is it possible that you don't know what is right and what is wrong?"
Wu Biaochen refused to give in at all, but Xue Bi still refused to sign his name.
"You can report this matter to the Yushitai, but a certain family will also inform the Yushitai. At this time, they have not taken any action. We still need to..."
"It was too late. When a certain family was looking for an envoy, they also notified General Han Shizhong."
