Chapter 315 The New King's Thunderous Fury
"Just such a small thing? I agreed." Zhao Xing said.
“Thank you, Your Majesty!”
Minglan turned sideways happily and looked up at Zhao Xing happily.
"By the way, have you decided?" Zhao Xing asked.
"Not yet, I want my grandmother to find a good family for Xiaotao," Minglan said.
"How about I give her a marriage?" Zhao Xing said with a smile.
It is quite good for Xiaotao to marry Shitou.
Zhao Xing is not interested in Xiao Tao anyway, so he is happy to go with the flow and do something beautiful for adults.
"Then I will thank Your Majesty for your grace on Xiaotao's behalf!" Minglan said with a smile.
If Zhao Xing grants marriage, then Xiaotao will be supported by her husband's family.
"Since you brought Xiaotao to thank me, you can't just talk." Zhao Xing smiled and whispered in Minglan's ear.
In the darkness, Zhao Xing couldn't see Minglan's expression, but Minglan was silent for a while and slipped into the quilt.
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“Your Majesty, according to my investigation, the Liao envoys visited the dignitaries in Bianjing, as if to test whether the Song Dynasty has the intention to send troops.”
In Longtuge, Yin Hanzhang reported the investigated situation to Zhao Xing.
"It's pretty much what I thought." Zhao Xing nodded slightly and said, "Select a few families from those who have met with the Liao envoys. Now that I have been on the throne for some time, it is time for the courtiers to You have seen my thunderous wrath. As for how to choose, you don’t need me to teach you?”
“I know what to do!” Yin Hanzhang responded.
Zhao Xing nodded with satisfaction and said: "By the way, how is the progress of Xianggong Yu and Xuexi Hai's inventory of the fields?"
"Back to Your Majesty, Xianggong Yu is making good progress in the north. Hai Xueshi's progress in Jiangnan is still not going well," Yin Hanzhang said.
"Is he still as indecisive as before?" Zhao Xing frowned.
"Not this time. It's just that those officials didn't cause trouble openly, they just made trouble secretly, and Academician Hai couldn't find the reason." Yin Hanzhang said.
"These people are wise." Zhao Xing sneered: "But why are you still seeking death?"
Yin Hanzhang lowered his head and did not speak. In the past, the Imperial City Division was not taken seriously. , he was a little depressed.
Zhao Xing reused him, which made him very happy, but as time passed, his heart became heavier.
He knows too many secrets, will there be a good ending?
Nowadays, Yin Hanzhang is walking on thin ice. Whatever Zhao Xing asks him to do, he will try his best to do it, but he never dares to ask more questions.
I just hope Zhao Xing can take action against him later.
"Wherever Hai Wenyou investigates, you directly send someone to hand over the evidence of the officials' crimes that you have fully grasped to the Yushi Zhongcheng Luohui. I would like to see if these officials are really that stubborn. "Zhao Xing said lightly.
“Yes!”
Yin Hanzhang felt a chill in his heart when he heard this. Over the years, Zhao Xing has been asking him to collect evidence of the crimes of officials, not only from Bianjing, but also from local officials.
It is not that there are no good officials in the world, but most of them have dirty butts.
Especially local officials, in order to make money, often collude with local gentry, landlords and wealthy businessmen.
This kind of thing is actually not a secret in the local area. You can find out if you ask.
The only difficulty is whether the evidence can be found.
Over the years, Yin Hanzhang has placed many spies in various places. The main job of these people is to collect illegal evidence of those officials. Zhao Xing asked him to hand over the evidence to Yu Shi Zhongcheng, obviously he wanted to take action against these people.
He could already imagine how much of a disturbance this time would cause.
“Go!” Zhao Xing waved his hand.
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The next morning
After hundreds of officials paid their respects, Zhao Xing did not wait for the eunuch of the Si Dian Palace to call out that he had something to report early. He looked at the envoy of the Privy Council and said, "I heard that the envoy of the Liao Kingdom came to visit Li Aiqing yesterday with heavy gifts. Is this the case? "What happened?"
"Your Majesty, it's true, but I didn't see it." Li Jin bowed.
"Why is Li Aiqing missing?" Zhao Xing said with a smile.
"Although Song and Liao have an alliance, as a minister of the Song Dynasty, it is not appropriate for me to meet foreign ministers in private!" Li Jin said.
"What a mistake!" Zhao Xing clapped his hands and said, "Li Aiqing is really a loyal minister. It would be great if everyone in the world knew that this was wrong."
As he said this, Zhao Xing looked towards the front of the crowd. One of the people said: "Do you think what I said is right, the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs?"
"What your Majesty said is absolutely true." Peng Qingzhong came out and said: "I have my own intention to report."
"Oh?" Zhao Xing said lightly: "What does Peng Aiqing have to report?"
"Yesterday, the envoy from the Liao Kingdom also went to visit the minister at his home. I didn't want to see him, but I also wanted to know about the Liao Dynasty. The purpose of the envoy from the Liao State was to meet him. I sealed all the gifts sent by the envoy from the Liao State and did not touch them," Peng Qingzhong said.
"Peng Aiqing is true to his name, honest and loyal." Zhao Xing said sarcastically: "Tell me, Aiqing, what is the purpose of the Liao envoy?"
"Your Majesty, the Liao envoy is testing Does the Song Dynasty intend to send troops?" Peng Qingzhong said.
Zhao Xing looked at Peng Qingzhong who looked calm and said: "Then why didn't Aiqing report to me yesterday? Aiqing, don't say anything about the palace gate being closed. As far as I know, the envoys from the Liao Kingdom came to Aiqing's Mansion. "It's almost noon, and when we leave, noon will pass."
"Returning to your majesty, I am worried that the envoys of the Liao Kingdom will send people to monitor me, and I dare not rush into the palace today." Report to Your Majesty!" Peng Qingzhong said.
“Aiqing is so considerate!” Zhao Xing sneered: “But as far as I know, in recent years, when envoys from the Liao State visited the Song Dynasty, they all visited Aiqing’s house. I have never seen Aiqing report it before.”
"Your Majesty, it was just a normal exchange before. Every time the envoys of the Liao Kingdom came to the Song Dynasty, they would visit some officials, and I was not alone. The envoys of the Song Dynasty would also visit some envoys of the Liao Kingdom when they went to the Liao Kingdom." Peng Qingzhong said.
"Then do you know what the envoys sent by the Song Dynasty were doing to visit those Liao officials? It was to get some useful information!" Zhao Xing sneered.
“I did not reveal any information about the Song Dynasty to the Liao envoys!”
“Really!”
Zhao Xing reached out and took a bottle from San Shui. Feng Zhazi threw it away: "You have more than 20,000 acres of fertile land and dozens of shops in Jiangling, your ancestral home. There are also thousands of acres of fertile land and more than ten shops in Bianjing. The total value of these is at least hundreds of thousands of taels. . As far as I know, your family is not very wealthy. Even if you don’t have enough food or drink, you don’t have so much wealth. Tell me, how did you get all this wealth?”
Peng Qingzhong's expression finally changed at this time, but he still pretended to be calm and said: "Your Majesty, I have been serving as an official everywhere. I have not returned to my hometown for more than ten years. How did I ever have so many acres of land and shops in my hometown?"
“You really won’t give up until you reach the Yellow River!” Zhao Xing sneered: “These acres and shops are all in the name of your brother. Tell me, how did your brother earn such a big business? You probably don’t know. , your brother is famous in Jiangling because of your elder brother who is the Minister of Civil Affairs. He takes care of those acres and shops for you, and almost everyone in Jiangling knows that."
" And do you think that since I have said this, there will be no evidence? Do you want me to tell you how you got all the money?"
Peng Qingzhong can no longer hold his head. Cold sweat broke out, and he looked at Hu Zhongyan unconsciously.
Hu Zhongyan lowered his eyes slightly, not even looking at him.
"Yan Aiqing!"
"I am here!"
Yan Kuan stepped out and bowed.
"This case will be handed over to you for trial. You must find out the matter as soon as possible and see if Peng Qingzhong had any liaison with the Liao Kingdom!" Zhao Xing said lightly.
"I obey the decree!" Yan Kuan responded.
(End of this chapter)