Kaifeng Imperial City ......

The court discussion that has been going on for several days has added a bit of tension to the originally peaceful palace, and the pressure of the Western Xia army has made the entire state machine run rapidly......

Although they were ready for battle, it seemed that it was difficult to unify the opinions among the ministers. In the past few days, the main battle and the main peace have been divided into two factions and quarreled, Emperor Zhao Ji rubbed his faintly aching temples and felt extremely big, for the new deal, he and Wang Anshi didn't know how many days and nights they were busy! Coupled with the robbery of the tribute and the knocking of the Western Xia army, he felt that this New Year had not stopped.

"That's it! Don't make any noise! ”

The emperor spoke, and the ministers below closed their mouths one by one and stood respectfully below.

Zhao Ji saw that they were all quiet, and said: "Let's discuss this matter tomorrow, now that we have stationed troops on the border, presumably the Western Xia army will not act rashly, as for whether it is war or peace, let's see the reaction of Western Xia first, and then it's not too late." By the way, is there any news about the robbery of the tribute? Did Liu Yizheng find anything? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, there is no news yet." The Criminal Department Shangshu stood up and said.

Zhao Ji thought for a while and said: "It's not a way to go on like this, I think I can send someone to investigate this case with all my might, in order to repay the royal prestige!" I have already said a few days ago, let you discuss this matter, who do you think is the right person to send? ”

As soon as the words fell, Sima Guang stood up in the imperial history, "Your Majesty, the king is presiding over the change of the law, and there must be something extraordinary about the law!" Ask him to come out, the old minister thinks it is more suitable! ”

When Wang Anshi heard this, he knew that he was calling out to himself, so he also stood up and said, "Sima Yushi's words are wrong! Since Weichen took office, he has been presiding over the change of law! The change has just begun, and many things need to be dealt with by Wei Chen, and he really lacks skills! Weichen thought it would be better for Sima Yu to investigate the case! Moreover, Sima Yushi has the power of supervision, and he is far more familiar with this aspect of prison affairs than Wechen, so Wechen thinks that it is most appropriate for Sima Yushi to come forward in this matter! ”

Zhao Ji knew as soon as he saw the posture of the two of them that these two people were about to start again! Since they started discussing the change, these two people have pinched each other! Sima Guang on the left is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, and even a large number of princes and nobles all value this old man very much, and he can't afford to offend him! And the one on the right is also the confidant minister he relies on! Presiding over the law change with himself, if you want to realize your national policy of changing the law and trying to become strong, you can't do without this person! The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat! It's a real dilemma for him! Zhao Ji now feels that he owes his mouth, so what are you doing with this stubble!

However, this matter has always been a matter of his own heart, and finally he had a little clue, so he couldn't just break it off, this matter is not only about the royal face, but more importantly, this matter is related to a past event of the old Zhao family, for this past, the queen mother doesn't know how many times she has woken up crying in her dreams.

Seeing that Sima Guang and Wang Anshi were about to quarrel again, Zhao Ji immediately said: "This matter has always to be resolved, according to me, we must choose a candidate who is proficient in judging cases and explaining doubts, is there any suitable candidate in the Criminal Department and Dali Temple?"

Shangshu of the Criminal Department and Dali Siqing looked at each other, and they didn't speak for the first time, they knew that this was not a good errand! Since the matter involves the royal family, it means that the emperor will attach great importance to this matter! If it can really be done, the benefits will be great! But once it is messed up, it will be difficult to say......

Thinking of this, Dali Siqing decided to strike first, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there have been a lot of cases in Dali Temple recently, so let's ask the Criminal Department to take action."

When Shangshu of the Criminal Department heard this, he hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, there are many old cases in the Criminal Department that have not been solved recently, and I really can't spare time!"

"Then you say, who can take over this case?"

"The minister thinks it's better to let the imperial history ......"

Seeing that Dali Siqing was about to say that word, Shangshu of the Criminal Department hurriedly stabbed him with his arm and told him to shut up quickly! If the ball is kicked back to the Yushitai, then Sima Guang and Wang Anshi will have to pinch it again! When the time comes, if you don't get it right, you will become the emperor's punching bag!

Zhao Ji saw Dali Siqing retract his words again, felt a little strange, and asked, "Aiqing, what did you want to say just now?"

"Nothing Your Majesty...... The minister was just thinking ......"

Dali Siqing was in a cold sweat at this time, thinking hard about how to round this crisis, and at this time, he suddenly heard a call outside: "Linzhou six hundred miles of emergency military situation!" Linzhou 600 miles of emergency military situation! ”

Hearing the sound outside, everyone in the court suddenly fell silent! Not long after, a eunuch hurriedly ran in from outside and presented the military report to the emperor!

took the Tang Bao from the hands of the chief eunuch, as if he was afraid of seeing some bad news written here, Zhao Ji even trembled a little when he opened the Tang Bao...... Looking at the content in the Tang newspaper, Zhao Ji's uneasy expression just now gradually dissipated, but what followed was doubt! His brow couldn't help frowning, as if he was thinking about something in confusion...... But every now and then, there is still a little joy!

Seeing the emperor's strange expression, Wang Anshi couldn't help but step forward and ask, "Your Majesty, but there is a change in the war ahead?"

Zhao Ji closed the fold and pondered for a long time before saying to the ministers: "A few days ago, the Western Xia army and our army confronted each other on the border, although there were several tentative attacks, but they were all repelled by our army!" However, two days ago, the Western Xia army suddenly began to retreat and had already withdrawn from the border! According to the information we have discovered, the Western Xia army has received the order of the squad master! ”

"This ......" Wang Anshi and Sima Guang looked at each other in confusion when they heard the news, and they felt that this was really too strange like Emperor Zhao Ji......

Unlike a few of them, the sudden happiness made the Manchu Dynasty civil and military couldn't help but get excited! There is no need to fight for them! This is the best ending!

While they were immersed in joy, the eunuch just now actually ran to the palace again and reported to Zhao Jiyu: "Your Majesty! Tie Wushuang, the leader of the Love and Righteousness Alliance, ordered a few carts of things to be delivered, saying that it was a robbed tribute! There are also two copies, which are urgent reports from Liu Yizheng and Li Jueye of Jiangyin Zhixian County, please preview them! ”

"Oh? The twists and turns of the Taishi? Submit it quickly! ”

Zhao Ji took the fold and read it carefully, and it was written that Liu Zhixian had solved the case of the robbery of the tribute and the whole process! After Shen Huan's polishing and modification, the content of this recital basically presented the truth in front of Zhao Ji as it was, but all the connections about himself were deleted, after all, Shen Huan, the acting magistrate, was only let by Liu Zhixian in order to shirk his responsibility, and it was not a regular court official, you must know that pretending to be an official of the court is a big crime, for the sake of his own life, Shen Huan decided that it would be better for him to continue to be a behind-the-scenes warrior......

Although the tone on the fold was very peaceful, Zhao Ji could still feel the danger in it, and when he saw that he took advantage of the flaws deliberately sold by the enemy to give Manichaeism a fatal blow, Zhao Ji couldn't help but secretly applaud! When he saw that the Manichaeans colluded with the Western Xia to plot against him, which led to the death and injury of so many people and soldiers in Jiangyin, Zhao Ji gritted his teeth with hatred for Manichaeism!

Looking at the emperor's changing face, the ministers couldn't help but be curious, and they all wanted to know what was written on these two letters......

After reading the two memorandaries, Zhao Ji digested the contents, and said with a smile to the ministers: "Okay, there is no need to send someone now, this case has been closed, according to Taishi and Liu Yizheng, it was a group of Manichaean thieves who intercepted and killed the soldiers who transported the tribute and robbed the tribute!" In addition, they also plan to seize Jiangyin! Take Jiangning! Whale swallows the whole of Jiangnan! And with the Western Xia army, he should cooperate with the outside and put my Great Song Dynasty in a catastrophe! What a vicious ploy! Fortunately, Liu Yizheng and Taishi detected the conspiracy of the gangsters in time and cracked this group of rebels! ”

At this time, Sima Guang felt that something was wrong, and said, "Your Majesty, can you allow the ministers to take a look?"

Zhao Ji asked people to send the fold down, but Sima Guang frowned and didn't speak after reading it, and directly handed the fold to Wang Anshi on the side.

Wang Anshi took it, looked at it carefully, and was very surprised! Seeing Wang Anshi looking at himself in confusion, Sima Guang knew that he also saw the suspicion inside, and quietly waved his hand at him, suggesting that he should not speak.

Wang Anshi nodded quietly when he saw it, signaled that he knew, and handed the fold back......

How could the small actions of the two be hidden from Zhao Ji, but he didn't move, turned his head to the eunuch outside the door and asked, "Where is the tribute now?"

The eunuch replied: "The tributes are all at the gate of the palace city, and in addition, the one hundred and eleven rebels who were captured were all escorted into Beijing under the escort of the Jiangning Forbidden Army and the Love and Righteousness Alliance, and they have been imprisoned in the prison."

"Take me to see it!"

Zhao Ji and his party came to the gate of the palace, ordered the guards to open the box containing the tribute, and after rummaging in it for a while, Zhao Ji found a piece of jade pendant, looking at the jade pendant in his hand, Zhao Ji's eyes were full of remembrance......

After a long time, Zhao Ji asked the guards on duty, "What about the Iron Peerless Warriors of the Love and Righteousness Alliance?"

"They brought the stuff and left."

Hearing this, Zhao Ji couldn't help but secretly say, "It's a pity ......"

Not only Zhao Ji thinks so, but even Wang Anshi and Sima Guang think so, the iron warrior of the Love and Righteousness Alliance, what a good general! But he didn't want to be a general! I just want to be a Jianghu person! I don't know how many times, the imperial court has saved the war with the help of the Love Alliance, and it is a pity that such talents cannot be used by the imperial court......

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Sima Guang and Wang Anshi walked at the end of the crowd, discussing something......

"Jiefu, what do you think of what happened just now?" Sima Guang asked Wang Anshi

"I don't think things are so simple, we are all familiar with Liu Yizheng, this old guy, his political performance is not good or bad, to say that he usually persuades farmers and mulberries to break a neighborhood dispute, it may be possible, but to let him deal with such a big case is only whimsical! Otherwise, he wouldn't have been an official for decades, and he is still a small Qipinzhi County. ”

Sima Guang nodded and said, "That's right, do you remember the cases that Liu Yizheng reported a few years ago?" The organization is clear and clear, the human and material evidence are readily available, the motives, methods, and conditions of the murderer are also very clear and clear, and even the inference and evidence collection at the scene are very orderly! The autopsy was strict and accurate, and the cause of the deceased's death, the shape of the corpse, what kind of murder weapon, and the initial situation at the scene were recorded in great detail! The analysis of the case is even more to the point! If you look at this Manichaean rebellion case, the plan of the anti-thief is not clever, but he can accurately predict their conspiracy from the few flaws exposed by the anti-thief, and even use their conspiracy in turn! Break it! This kind of ability to control the details of the case and reason and analyze it, not to mention that it can't be found in the three divisions, even in the whole world, I'm afraid there are few of them! I'm afraid there is a master behind this Liu Yizheng! ”

"Do you think it would be Master Li helping him?" Wang Anshi asked.

"No, the old man knows very well what Li Cheng is like, he didn't say goodbye back then, and he has already explained that he will not interfere in the affairs of the court in this life, although he accepted the title of the court, but with his temperament, it is absolutely said and done! will definitely not help Liu Yizheng investigate the case, and besides, he didn't help Liu Yizheng in the two or three years when he moved to Jiangyin to take office? ”

"But he's involved this time!"

Sima Guang pondered for a moment and said: "Although I don't know the reason, but no matter what, I'm afraid this matter won't be so simple, have you noticed that the emperor is very concerned about this case, although he didn't say it, but I think it must be something related to the royal family!" Anyway, I think we should send someone to Jiangyin to inquire. ”

"Makes sense!" Wang Anshi fully agreed with Sima Guang's words.

After chatting about business, the two talked about changing the law again, but before they could say a word, the two of them started to quarrel directly in the palace. The ministers who walked in front and the guards standing on both sides seemed to have long been accustomed to chatting and working, as if they were air......

After the New Year...... In addition to some gold, silver and jewelry, the soldiers who died in the battle and the families of the people who caught the fast also received the rewards and pensions of the imperial court, which made Xing Zhutou feel a little better......

Although he won the award, Liu Zhixian's heart was still a little depressed! has made such a big contribution, but his official has not been promoted! It's still a Jiangyin county order! However, after thinking about it, Liu Zhixian suddenly understood! The imperial court is taking into account that he is already so old, and it is no longer appropriate to promote him, it is better to let him retire like this and go home to live for the rest of his life! Thinking of this, Liu Zhixian was relieved, this time the imperial court gave him a lot of rewards, plus Jiangyin is a rich county, at least he can make a few hundred taels of silver before he retires! And he has handled such a big case several times in his hands, whether he solved it himself or not, when someone in the future will mention it, he will inevitably mention his name! He can be regarded as a famous person in history and has won the name of a blue sky! With such fame and fortune, what is he not satisfied with!

In addition, the imperial court also began to purge Manichaeism, and after the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhao Xuan issued a holy decree that the whole country wanted Manichaean traitors! After the decree was issued to all places, the officials in various places immediately took action, but unfortunately not many people were caught! Because after the failure of this operation, the Manichaeans immediately transferred their branches from all over the place, closed all their estates, and ceased all activities! The entire organization went completely underground, and even the huge assets left by Chen Shijie in Qiantang disappeared overnight! No one knows where they went! No one knows when they will come back......