On July 20th, Zhao Fei, who had been locked up in the palace for more than half a year, actually received permission from Zhao Guan's family and moved to Prince Yan's Mansion for a "temporary stay".
"How did you convince your father?" Zhao Mengqi asked curiously.
Zhao Fei, who had regained her freedom, was filled with joy. When she heard this question and thought of her life in "imprisonment", she couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness on her face.
"Fourth brother, you are so cruel. You haven't thought of a way to rescue me for so long. If I hadn't seized the opportunity myself, I would have been trapped and died..."
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Good guy, you really treat the palace as a prison, and you don’t even look at how many people are trying their best to get in...
Zhao Mengqi could only deliberately ignore Zhao Fei's resentment and touched his nose, "I'm not busy."
"Ha, if it were the matter of Jian Niang, you would definitely take notice." Zhao Fei glanced at the eccentric brother and felt miserable again.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...My life is really miserable. I lost my mother a long time ago. Now that my father has a green brother, he doesn't dote on me as much as before. My only brother is still so partial... Wuwu, no one loves me. Love, what’s the point of living for me..."
Most men would not be able to resist this stunt of crying, making trouble, and hanging themselves, but it would be hard to say when they meet Zhao Mengqi.
"If you act like a monster again, I will have someone take you back to the palace immediately."
As soon as these words came out, the clouds stopped and the rain stopped, and Zhao Fei seemed to change his face. Instead of showing any sadness, he was filled with flattering smiles.
"Don't, don't, don't, Fourth Brother, you are not partial or partial. The person who is the best to Fan Niang in this world is Fourth Brother. Being able to be Fourth Brother's sister is a blessing that Fan Niang has gained in ten lifetimes..."
Zhao Mengqi couldn't help but roll his eyes, he was really speechless at his smart, naughty and shameless sister.
"Tell me, how did you get out?"
After successfully overcoming the crisis of being sent back to the palace, Zhao Hui stopped making trouble and said with a smile, "Thanks to Tang An'an for being able to come out this time."
"Tang An'an?" Zhao Mengqi was a little confused.
Zhao Hui continued, "Yes, my father has recently become obsessed with this vixen, so I deliberately went to find him when I had something to do... Hehe, my father naturally didn't want me, my daughter, to see the scandal between him and Tang An'an. So as soon as I said I wanted to come out, he readily agreed."
This girl is really weird, she actually used this method to manipulate her father.
Although it was common for an emperor to be indulgent and sensual, having a relationship with a prostitute was still quite absurd, let alone being summoned directly into the inner palace.
You must know that Zhao Ji and Li Shishi were so busy with each other that they didn't dare to take people into the palace.
Not to mention that the world would be in an uproar if this news spread outside, and the public would be furious. Even if his daughter knew about it, Zhao Yun's old face would not be able to bear it.
But with Zhao Hui's status, there is no place in the harem that she cannot go to. She has to always "harass" her father, and it is difficult for others to stop her. Even if she can stop him for a while, it will not stop her for the rest of her life.
Old Zhao thought that Zhao Fei was unaware, but he did not expect that she actually did it on purpose, so he felt guilty and simply let her out of the palace.
Zhao Mengqi was not interested in Lao Zhao's private life, but he felt something was wrong, so he frowned and asked, "How do you know about this? Are you sure it's Tang An'an?"
Of course, this kind of thing is extremely confidential, and the palace must have issued a hush-hush order, although it may not be possible to really seal it.
"I met Old Man Lin a few days ago and he accidentally let it slip." Zhao Fei blinked.
Old Man Lin? How could he let it slip! ?
Zhao Mengqi suddenly understood something in his mind.
Nowadays, in order not to cause misunderstandings between father and son, Zhao Mengqi rarely inquires about the affairs of the inner palace.
Anyway, if there is something really harmful to him, Old Man Lin will definitely send him a message, but it is difficult to talk about Old Zhao's personal matters to the public.
However, Old Man Lin may not agree with what the old man did, or he may be aware of something wrong, so he deliberately let Zhao Fei know about it.
"Isn't it possible that the way you used to escape from a cicada's shell was also taught by Mr. Lin?"
"Ah, fourth brother, what are you doing?
Do you know? "Zhao Hui was a little surprised, and then smiled, "Actually, it's not what he taught me. He just told me not to go to my father casually, otherwise my father will be embarrassed if I see something I shouldn't see..."
Isn't this enough?
Do you still expect an old woman to act like a cunning guy and directly instigate you to do bad things?
Zhao Mengqi raised his eyebrows and said, "What else do you know about Tang An'an? Tell me in detail."
"Oh...it seems that Yan Guifei brought the person into the palace. I guess she felt that she was old and wan, so she asked the vixen to help her keep her pampering. She left Tang An'an in her Ciyuan Palace, and her father was there every day. If you spend the night there, you won’t even be able to return to your Fu Ning Palace, let alone go to the other concubines..."
Zhao Fei said casually, but Zhao Mengqi started to think about it.
It seems that the Zhang family and Yan Fei have joined forces, probably trying to make Zhao Lu change his mind and make Zhao Lu the crown prince in the future.
I talked about why the Zhang family was so calm. It turned out that they didn't intend to deal with themselves head-on, but instead poached them in a roundabout way.
This kind of gloomy and steady approach is indeed in line with the behavior of a century-old family.
But, even if their plan succeeds and uses beauty or something to turn Old Zhao into an old fool, they still have to wait until Little Zhao Lu grows up to be seven or eight years old and is still healthy before naming him as his heir. After all, the child death rate is too high at this time. Horrible.
However, by that time, his foundation has been solidified, and who will inherit the throne may not be up to Lao Zhao...
Thinking like this, Zhao Mengqi gradually stopped taking this matter to heart.
Firstly, he really doesn't like this kind of endless palace fighting. Secondly, he thinks that in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is just a joke.
As long as he develops in a down-to-earth manner according to his own plan, no one can shake his position in the future.
This idea may be correct, but the sharp edge he has shown has already cut many people's flesh. How can he grow up in peace.
Not to mention anything else, the three-month training for Wen Tianxiang's Jinshi group is about to end, which also means that the sword of the Integrity Department is about to be wielded. Seeing that the noose is gradually being put around their necks, many corrupt officials will naturally take risks!
Two days later, an urgent report came from Fujian Road.
A peasant rebellion broke out in Ninghua County, Tingzhou. The county seat was captured, the county magistrate was killed, and many people were coerced into joining the rebel army, claiming that they had 10,000 soldiers!
After receiving the news, the Lin'an government and the public did not react much. From Prime Minister Dong Huai to the common people, no one seemed to take it seriously.
It is said that wherever there is oppression, there is resistance.
When land annexation is too serious, many landless farmers cannot survive, and naturally they have no choice but to rebel.
No matter which dynasty, even if strict policies are formulated to prevent land annexation, as the privileged class grows, land annexation will inevitably occur, thus triggering drastic changes in dynasties.
The annexation in the Song Dynasty was like a wild horse running wild, which had never been controlled since the founding of the country, so peasant uprisings became commonplace.
It's just that the Song Dynasty also had developed handicrafts and commerce, which to a certain extent gave landless farmers a way to make a living, and also provided the court with relatively stable financial support, giving the court sufficient ability to suppress or recruit peace.
To put it simply, the Song Dynasty's stability maintenance level was very good, so the peasant uprisings in the Song Dynasty were basically localized and did not last too long, but they were really numerous.
Not to mention remote places, there have been many incidents even near Lin'an. For example, four years ago, tenant farmers in Deqing County, Xiuzhou objected to the landlord's use of big buckets to collect rent and demanded a "surrender." This later developed into an armed uprising, with tens of thousands of people participating. , but was suppressed soon after.
Fujian Road and Jiangxi Road, these two places have one thing in common, that is, there are a lot of people studying and becoming officials, so there are more bureaucratic landlords than in other places, and the exploitation of farmers is even more cruel.
In particular, Ganzhou in Jiangxi and Tingzhou in Fujian have always been areas with high incidence of peasant uprisings.
The biggest one that happened before was in the first year of Shaoding, the fourth year after Zhao Yun ascended the throne.
First, the farmers in Ganzhou
Chen Sanqiang and Zhang Mowang staged an uprising, using Songzi Mountain as their base and building more than 60 villages at the junction of Jiangxi, Fujian and Guangdong roads, attracting a response from nearby farmers.
More than a year later, a private salt dealer named Yan Mengbiao in Tingzhou also led an army to conquer Ninghua, Qingliu, Jiangle, Liancheng, Shanghang and other cities. He then went north to conquer Jianning, Taining and Shaowu, and developed As far as the coastal areas of Quanzhou and Xinghua, they occupied almost half of the Fujian Road. Even the defenders of Tingzhou City responded to the mutiny.
This prairie fire even spread to the two Zhejiang roads. In the fourth year of Shaoding, Quzhou residents Wang Xu and Lai Er led an uprising and attacked Changshan, Kaihua and other counties. The momentum was not small.
It has to be said that the scale of this uprising is still very scary. Faced with such a situation, Zhao Yun had to reinstate Chen Wei as a direct bachelor of Baozhang Pavilion in February of the third year of Shaoding, knowing Nanjianzhou, and also promoted Tingzhou, Shaowu Army soldiers and horses are in charge of official affairs and Fujian Road soldiers and horses are responsible for recruiting and arresting thieves.
At the same time, the imperial court also dispatched the famous Huaixi general Wang Zuzhong and led 3,500 elite troops to Fujian for reinforcements.
Chen Wei was still very talented in military affairs. He spent some time making preparations. In July of that year, he personally sent troops to Shaxian, Shunchang, Jiangle, Qingliu, Ninghua and other places to supervise and arrest thieves. The army was invincible and it took only Within half a year, the rebellion subsided throughout Tingzhou.
He then continued to pursue the rebellion in Quzhou and sent Huaixi general Li Dadasheng with 700 troops to surprise them and attack the rebel camp at night.
Later, he took over the task of counterinsurgency in Jiangxi, and it took less than a year to quell them all.
It is worth mentioning that Song Ci, who was famous as a forensic doctor in later generations, was actually very powerful in the military. He also participated in this series of counter-insurgency operations, and often led the army alone with extraordinary achievements.
In this world, there are always some great people who can not only cross boundaries, but also do better than some majors.
In general, peasant uprisings occurred frequently in the Song Dynasty, but it was difficult to cause much harm to the Zhao and Song Dynasties.
Often when someone rebels, the imperial court resorts to special tactics to recruit people, and most uprisings are collapsed as soon as they begin.
Of course, recruitment is not always a success. Sometimes it will lead to rebellion, just like this time in Shaoding, which lasted for thousands of miles and lasted for several years.
But the imperial court was forced into a panic. As long as it selected reliable officials and deployed thirty to five thousand elite warriors from the front line, it could be easily suppressed.
Therefore, the imperial court did not pay much attention to the rebellion in Ninghua County. It only issued an edict to Zhang Yanran, the magistrate of Tingzhou, asking him to recruit him and calm down the incident as soon as possible.
After Zhao Mengqi heard about this, he didn't pay much attention. He just teased Zhou Mi, "Thankfully I left you in the shogunate and transferred your father away, otherwise you might have suffered."
Originally, the governor of Tingzhou was Zhou Mi's father, Zhou Jin. In order to keep Zhou Mi, Zhao Mengqi transferred him to Changzhou, and then Zhang Yanran took over.
If not, Zhou Mi and his father were indeed still in Tingzhou at this time.
Therefore, Zhou Mi really felt lucky, "His Highness has given me the opportunity to meet you, and I have been lucky all my life."
Everyone thought it was just a ringworm, but only seven days later, the edict was probably still on the way, and another urgent military situation came from Fujian Road, which shattered the eyes of the civil and military officials in the court.
Shanghang, Liancheng, Wuping, Qingliu counties, and even Changting County, the seat of Tingzhou Prefecture, were all captured by the rebels. Officials such as Zhang Yanran, the governor of the state, were captured and missing!
A large number of rebels also appeared in Zhangzhou. Longyan and Longxi were besieged by the rebels. In addition, miners in northwest Quanzhou, Nanjianzhou, Shaowujun and other places rioted and occupied most of the mining areas. There were also rebellions in the counties under Jianning Prefecture. sign.
In other words, apart from Fuzhou, the entire Fujian Road is on fire!
At this time, the court began to panic.
