Chapter 55: The Regretful Zhao Zhen
Zhao Zhen looked through the memorial sent by Yanzhou.
The older Li Liangzuo grew, he became more and more dissatisfied with Mozang Epang. In order to control Li Liangzuo, Mozang Epang married his daughter to him as the queen. Li Liangzuo then used his own way to return him to the body and hooked up with Mozang Epang's daughter-in-law Liang. He took the matter to the country during the day, and at night he took his servants to meet with the Liang family.
Liang's husband couldn't bear it anymore, so he instigated his father. So the father and son planned to wait for Li Liangzuo to meet Liang's privately, and then he buried his armored soldiers next to Liang's dormitory, and then suddenly broke in and killed Li Liangzuo.
But Liang heard of this arrangement and sued Li Liangzuo secretly.
Li Liangzuo summoned Wu Zang Epang into the palace and brought it to the secret room. Guards rushed out and killed Wu Zang Epang in the secret room. He killed his son, his brother, nephew and his clan members.
This is the story that happened in April, and it was Wang Wenliang, a slave who had not yet been buried in Epang, who fled to Yanzhou. It was not until Yanzhou received the news in June that he reported it to Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen looked at the memorial and showed regret on his face.
If there were no Wang Ju, the Song Dynasty would not have Liu Bowen and Zhuge Liang who could calculate it correctly. If the opportunity was wrong, it would be wrong.
But when Wang Ju and Zhao Niannu separated, Wang Ju said this, there was no need to do it. Just send someone to notify Wu Zang Epang and guard against your daughter-in-law, and Xixia will be finished.
Zhao Niannu returned to the capital and reported in surprise.
Zhao Zhen also believed and suspected it, and he immediately notified Cheng Kan to investigate.
Cheng Kan quickly reported that, yes, Wu Zang Epang and Li Liangzuo seemed to be starting to get out of harmony. As for the Liang family, he was only thirteen or fourteen years old and had just married into a collector. But it is still unknown whether the little emperor of Xixia had a private meeting with the Liang family.
This shows that this news still has its origin, and it is not the big bull's nonsense. Therefore, Zhao Zhen did two things. One was to send people from the Imperial City Department to investigate Wang Ju in secret, not only the reward Wang Ju thought, but also the confirmation of the news. Secondly, Cheng Kan sent a secret agent to investigate the Liang family in detail.
First, news came from Shi Shi, and Wang Ju's various things even made a mistake in the secret memorials. The Zhu family had a master who assisted the Zhu family in commanding the battle of Hei'aoling and resolved the treasure crisis.
Zhao Zhen had a headache when he said this and called his daughter again.
The problem lies with Zhao Niannu.
After Zhao Niannu returned to Beijing, he believed Wang Ju's plan and made a big fuss. Even Sima Guang almost went into business. In shame and anger, he wanted to resign.
So some of Zhao Zhen dare not say anything, and even dare not let the two men who had seen Wang Ju go to Yanzhou, so as not to disclose Zhao Niannu's affairs. After all, Cheng Kan had seen them once, and going to Cheng Kan might become suspicious.
So these sides are a little unclear.
Zhao Niannu told him the situation again, and then looked at the secret report and was excited. It was him. His father summoned him to Beijing to give him an official position, but he was a talented person.
Zhao Zhen bombed her down, it was that simple. Then he issued a secret order to ask others to return to Beijing, and Shi Xian stayed to continue to monitor. He waited for Cheng Kan's news again. It was not until New Year's Day that Cheng Kan finally found out that Li Liangzuo did have an affair with the Liang family.
Zhao Zhen called his ministers to discuss.
But the mistake is here. It would be fine if the prime ministers of the two prefectures were called to discuss matters, but Zhao Zhen thought this might be a big deal, so he also called other important officials, including Sima Guang, a clerk in the clerk of the Censorate.
When Sima Guang heard this, he immediately refuted that Pang Weifu was self-dedicated, that he was not plotting against the enemy, and that he should be punished. How could a Chinese king teach his son to kill his father, and a king’s minister to kill the king for his own benefit?
He angered Zhao Zhen to death.
Someone starts, so that's easy to deal with, and other ministers also raise questions. First of all, how to make Wuzang Epang believe it?
What can a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl do for such a big thing?
Mozange Pang Ruo intends to kill Li Liangzuo. Even though he knows that Liang and Li Liangzuo have personal interests, would he still let her hear the news?
...All kinds of reasons.
If you can't do it, it will make you laugh at all forever. Besides, Sima Guang is right, so who teaches people to kill his master?
At this time, Zhao Zhen was not Zhao Zhen a few years ago. His health was getting worse and worse. After a while, the ministers were dizzy and they gave up the matter.
Now that the news is coming, Zhao Zhen’s mouth is so bitter, even more bitter than Coptis chinensis.
Don’t think that Zhao Zhen is not wise. On the contrary, if it were not for the military drag, he would be very close to the legendary state of inaction and governance. Even military, we cannot blame him entirely. The Song Dynasty has not fought for decades, and Zhao Zhen has not opened his golden finger. Who would have done it? If there were no Zhao Zhen, Di Qing, then the great victory in Kunlun Pass?
Looking at the information, he immediately reacted. It was not that Liang heard it, but that Liang had bought the servant who had no collectors. The servant reported it to Liang. Don’t ask about his age. There is a young man in Yanzhou, who is average in size and is also extraordinary!
If he had listened to Wang Ju's words, it would be easy to say and difficult to operate, but if he had the intention, he would definitely be able to do it. It would not be as Wang Ju said that the Western Xia would be dismembered immediately. Wu Zang Epang would definitely support another Tuoba Li family member to the stage, but it could not be a descendant of Li Yuanhao, so there would be controversy. In addition, his dissatisfaction with Wu Zang Epang, Xixia would inevitably decline.
One strategy should be used to defeat an army of 100,000 and 200,000!
However, I missed it for nothing.
He put down the memorial and said to the eunuch: "Pay the history of the Imperial City Department."
After a while, Shi Zhen came up and Zhao Zhen said, "Tell me carefully about Wang Ju's situation."
Shi Qi did not hide it, and he said it one by one, including how Wang Ju brainwashed him.
"Where is Zhang Kang? Is he still in Xuzhou?"
Shi Qi rolled his eyes. The boy was right. He really couldn't get involved in military affairs. He said, "Your Majesty, Zhang Kang died in Xuzhou. It is said that after the news of his death reached the border, it was very sensation. Especially on Linfu Road, because Zhang Kang defeated Li Yuanhao, tens of thousands of households were preserved. He painted a statue of Zhang Kang and built a temple for Zhang Kang. He did not dare to call him his name, but only called him Gong. When he heard that Zhang Kang died, countless people stroking his chest and cried, and his father was destroyed."
This is because Wang Ju said Zhang Kang several times and Shi Qi paid attention to it.
There is also something Shi Shi didn't know. Zhang Kang once held an official position on Jingyuan Road. Whenever he changed his place and was grateful to the public, he would cover the road and cried and stay, which resulted in Zhang Kang not leaving for several days. Not to mention Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan could not do this. It was such a minister who was both civil and military. Everyone knew that Wu Zang Epang was invading Quye River, but he was coldly dealt with by the Song Dynasty.
"Did I really do something wrong?"
Shi Qi was so worried. Did you do something wrong? How dare I evaluate it?
Zhao Zhen turned his head and asked the eunuch beside him: "Last year, the guard of the Imperial City Department was called Shi, what did Shi come from?"
The eunuch understood and whispered: "The official family, is the guard who escorted His Highness back?"
“That’s right.”
"His name is Shi Huang."
"You pass him up."
"Here."
After a while, Shi Huang brought it in, Zhao Zhen said, "You go to Yanzhou with Shi Qi to confirm if you are that boy."
After Zhao Zhen brought up the truth from his daughter's mouth, he immediately summoned Shi Huang and the others, gave some rewards, and gave him the position of instructing him. However, because of Wang Ju's "instigation", Zhao Niannu has lived an extremely exciting life for more than half a year and has been in great order, so Zhao Zhen also issued a ban order. If the reward is revealed, I will be killed.
Therefore, history is incomprehensible.
"Shi Qing, can you remember what I said?"
"I always remember it in my heart."
"That's good. Guard Shi seemed to have found the big bull. You can go to Yanzhou to confirm. If so, summon him to the capital."
"Here."
Just as the two were about to retreat, Zhao Zhen said again: "Let's wait."
Cannot be called.
He was in poor health and the palace was in chaos. Liu clowned himself in front and promoted him in the capital behind him. If Han Jiang hadn't said it, he would have been in the valley.
As long as I summon this young man immediately, it will also be quickly spread. I wonder if I summoned a young man from the border area. What is the emperor doing? Once I inquired, I guess the eight generations of Wang Ju's ancestors will be found out.
It would be fine if it were normal, but the sensational cases in Yanzhou were all related to this young man.
I can understand that Shi Xiao came back and said, Shi Huang came back and said, how hard the people in the border areas were. But I had no choice. Just like I wanted to exempt Qiongzhou from 1,000 guan salt from 1,000 guan that year, Qiongzhou increased its expenditure by more than 10,000 guan that year. Therefore, I had to pretend not to see you. Otherwise, would I issue an edict to exempt Yanzhou from military service and encourage everyone to private salt?
Only the edicts and decrees of Chengjian must be lenient to the people.
But how many ministers can understand? I believe that after they were troubled, I still don’t know what things would turn out, like the experience of my daughter. If the young man hadn’t made an idea, Sima Guang and the others might have ruined their reputation in the end!
It’s OK to call, but you must wait until the limelight has passed before calling.
So he said, "After you confirm, don't rush to let him go to Beijing. Let's do this, hear that he is studying?"
"Your Majesty, it's not bad, it seems to be very knowledgeable." Shi Qi said.
"Then you leave tomorrow. Today I will pick some books for him. You will bring them with you and tell him that it was given to him by me and let him study hard. I will wait for him in the capital. However, you must keep this trip confidential and not disclose it, and also tell him not to disclose it. This is an oral order and a secret order."
Chapter completed!