Bianjing, the imperial capital of the Song Dynasty, was the core of economy, politics, and culture. There are countless legends and stories here. The business here is the best in the world. It is the place where the famous "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" was depicted.
Looking down, you can see that surrounded by the Bian River, a magnificent ancient city with lakes and crisscrossing water appears in front of you. It is as beautiful as the water town of Jiangnan. The entire ancient city is roughly divided into the outer city, the inner city and the palace city. There are various shops in the outer city. There are many merchants coming and going, and it is extremely prosperous. If you are not familiar with history, you will understand that the end of the Northern Song Dynasty will come soon, and you will even think that this is a scene of the prosperous age and a symbol of the Kaiyuan Dynasty.
After the outer city, there is the inner city. The inner city is the place where Bianjing court officials and wealthy aristocrats live. There will be countless family dramas in the future. There are countless intrigues and fights for power every day. staged.
In the center of the city, there is the magnificent and majestic Song Dynasty Palace City. All you can see is the majestic and majestic long halls. After entering from Xuande Gate, the Imperial Guards with gorgeous armors stood around in an orderly manner. Following the long imperial road, after passing the Daqing Gate, the main palace, Daqing Hall, appears in front of you. It is the place where the great ceremonies of the Song Dynasty were held. To the north of the great ceremony is the Chuigong and Zichen Hall, where the emperors of the Song Dynasty usually lived. A place to listen to politics.
Today, outside the Zichen Palace, several officials wearing purple robes, crowns of virtue, and gray hair appeared to be quite old and came here in a hurry.
"Guys, please hurry up, the officials are really angry this time," a chamberlain said anxiously.
After hearing this, several people suddenly had different expressions and quickened their pace.
When several people just arrived at the entrance of the hall, they heard angry voices inside, "Tong Guan, this is the talent you recommended. I think this Zhang Shuye should be killed, he should be killed!!"
Hearing this, the few people who arrived trembled, knowing that millions of military rations were lost and Yangzhou was captured, which made the official who was obsessed with calligraphy and devoted to Taoism angry.
In the middle was an old man with a wrinkled face and gray hair, who was at least seventy years old. When he was going up the steps, he almost fell to the ground.
"Master, be careful," the person next to him said quickly.
The old man is Cai Jing, who is now in charge of the center.
"Quick, get in quickly," Cai Jing said quickly.
"yes"
When several people entered, they immediately invited him directly and said: "I pay my respects to the official."
At this time, they saw a burly eunuch with a beard kneeling next to them, his head covered with sweat. She was Tong Guan, the concubine in charge of the Privy Council and hundreds of thousands of troops in the Song Dynasty.
In front of the throne room, a man in his fifties, who was wearing an imperial robe, slightly thin, with a short beard, stood there, his face full of anger.
He is the current Emperor of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji, who was eventually taken away by the Jin people and left behind the shame of Jingkang.
When he saw a few people, Zhao Ji's face immediately darkened and he said in a cold voice: "Master Cai, millions of grain and grass in the south of the Yangtze River have been robbed, and such an important city in Yangzhou has been occupied by bandits. You, the master in charge of the imperial affairs, shouldn't say such things. What??”
"Your Majesty, I have sent people to conduct a strict investigation. This time it is all the thieves who are cunning," Cai Jing said quickly.
"The thieves are cunning, I think the officials below are too stupid."
Hearing this, Cai Jing glanced at Tong Guan next to him. After seeing his constant hints, he immediately clasped his fists helplessly and said: "Your Majesty, the transshipment agent Zhang Shuye did commit a serious crime, but everything he did was for your Majesty. This time he laid out a plan to kill all the tens of thousands of bandits in Huainan in the valley, and this matter has now spread throughout Huainan."
"Since they have all been killed, why are there still thieves and bandits who have seized the food and grass?" Zhao Ji said angrily.
"Your Majesty, calm down. I feel that this group of thieves must not be from Huainan, but from other areas. Someone must have leaked the plan, which led to errors in Zhang Shuye's layout. It is certainly necessary to punish Zhang Shuye severely, but it is more important. I want to find the lost millions of military rations." Another slightly calm official next to him said with his fists clasped.
He was the young prime minister Wang Fu. Because he had climbed up to Cai Jing, he was promoted to the eighth level from Tongyi Dafu and was appointed prime minister, which was unprecedented since the founding of the Song Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, I have immediately sent people to conduct a strict investigation. Please give me one month, and I will definitely get the food and grass back." Tong Guan said immediately after looking at it.
"You!!" Zhao Ji glanced sideways and said, "You don't know people well, so don't be embarrassed, Gao Qiu!!"
"Here" I saw an official who was as tall as a child and had white hair but a loud voice responded.
It was Gao Qiu, the Taiwei who killed Lin Chong's family.
"I'll leave this matter to you. Let me make it clear to you that these one million military rations are related to the food and wages of the hundreds of thousands of troops on the border. If you can't get it together, you can go and appease the soldiers yourself!!" After Zhao Ji waved his hand, he led his people to prepare. gone.
"Your Majesty, what about Zhang Shuye??" Tong Guan said at this time.
Zhao Ji frowned, "I am not a tyrant, and he has indeed made meritorious deeds, but his merits are not worth the merit. All his official positions will be revoked immediately."
"yes!!"
After Zhao Ji left, Gao Qiu looked at Tong Guan and said with a smile: "My dear, I have told you before that Zhang Shuye is too arrogant and cannot be reused."
When Tong Guan heard this, he immediately said angrily: "Gao Taiwei, now is a time of national crisis. I hope you will not take the opportunity to suppress the court's talents. Zhang Shuye was wrong, but at least tens of thousands of bandits were wiped out. I don't know if Taiwei's subordinates , what gains have been made?”
"you!!!"
Both of them hold the highest military positions in the Song Dynasty, so there are often various frictions.
"Okay," the elderly Cai Jing said, breathless at this time: "The most important thing now is to find out the direction of the grain and grass. You should know the important details of this grain and grass. Prime Minister, although your Majesty has left the matter to Gao Taiwei, , but you also have to help, this is not about any other matter, it is about hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the border. If it is not handled properly, they will mutiny, and nothing will happen to us at all!!"
"Grand Master, this crucial matter will take time, and over there at the border..."
"I will think of a way to do this. Let's get it together first, but it won't take too long."
"Thank you, Master!!"
"My dear, Lieutenant, I heard that these thieves left by boat?"
"good"
"The movement of hundreds of grain ships is not small. Someone must have seen it, but you two must remember that although this group of thieves is hateful, the more important thing is the military rations. You must first ensure the military rations. Raising these millions of military rations is not easy." Wang Fu said.
Although they are powerful, they also know the bottom line. Even if the officials know about corruption, they will tolerate it because of their feelings. But if the army mutinizes, it will be a serious matter that will destroy the country. This is no joke.
"Wang Xiang Anxin, I want to see who is so brave," Tong Guan gritted his teeth and said. Originally, he wanted to use Zhang Shuye's military exploits to show off in front of the officials, but he didn't expect that something like this happened. Big omission.
