When Chai Zong heard Zhao Zhen's words, he trembled with fright and wailed in horror, "Princess...... Save the ...... for the husband"

The eldest princess of Deng Guo suddenly stared at her, stood up with a hideous face, and looked at Zhao Zhen.

"Zhao Zhen! Don't you dare! ”

"Presumptuous!"

"Shut up!"

“……”

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai and other important ministers angrily scolded the eldest princess of Deng Guo.

Wang Zeng stared at the eldest princess of Deng Guo and said angrily: "Zhao Xuanci, the name of the official family is also what you can call directly." Is there a man or a king in your eyes? ”

The eldest princess of Deng Guo was red-eyed and roared angrily: "This palace is discussing family affairs with the official family, how can you have the right to speak." ”

Zhang Zhibai snorted coldly and shouted, "Family affairs? Where does the family matter come from? No matter how small the matter of the heavenly family is, it is also a state affair. Zhao Xuanci, it is a felony for you to call the official family by name, and you have no king.

According to the law of the country, when some officials are dismissed, they should be beheaded on the spot! ”

Calling Zhao Zhen by his name is such a thing, if it is in private, it is nothing.

After all, there are many people who call Zhao Zhen by his name in private.

But calling Zhao Zhen by his name in public is a big disrespect, and he will be punished one by one.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo gritted her teeth and said viciously: "Even if this palace is wrong, only Zongzheng Temple can discuss the crimes of this palace, and the national law cannot control the head of this palace." ”

Lu Yijian took a step forward, stared at the eldest princess of Deng Guo, and sneered: "The national law can't control you royal relatives and relatives to cause trouble everywhere, but the national law can control your crimes of bullying the monarch and disrespectful. ”

The eldest princess of Deng Guo realized that she couldn't fight the three prime ministers, so she pointed the finger at Zhao Zhen.

"The official family wants to cure the sins of the palace?"

Lu Yijian and the others all looked at Zhao Zhen.

Whether or not the eldest princess of Deng Guo can be convicted depends on Zhao Zhen.

Even if the three of them can use the law to suppress the eldest princess of Deng Guo, they have no way to convict the eldest princess of Deng Guo.

Zhao Zhen was persecuted by the eldest princess of Deng Guo, and sighed and said, "I will not condemn you, but I will not spare Chai Zongqing." ”

When the eldest princess of Deng Guo heard this, she was ready to further persecute Zhao Zhen, but she didn't wait for her to speak.

Zhao Zhen was the first to speak, "Chen Lin, send my two imperial aunts back to the house to rest." Bring a team of guards over to guard the two imperial aunts, don't let the wicked take advantage of the chaos to hurt the two imperial aunts. ”

Chen Lin knew Zhao Zhen's thoughts, so after Zhao Zhen gave the order, he decisively took a few eunuchs to the eldest princess of Deng Guo.

Seeing this, the eldest princess of Deng Guo roared angrily: "Who dares? Whoever dares to touch the palace, the palace will crash to death on the palace. ”

The eldest princess of Deng Guo forced her to die, and Chen Lin was a little afraid to start.

Zhao Zhen's face was also a little ugly.

Lu Yijian and the others frowned into a Sichuan character.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo is Zhao Zhen's aunt after all, if Zhao Zhen hurts her life, it is easy to fall into a reputation of unkindness and filial piety.

When the folk sing about it, they don't care what the inside story is.

They will only sing, Zhao Zhen hurt his own aunt in order to sit on the throne, and he was unkind and unfilial.

Zhao Zhen didn't want to carry a reputation of being unkind and unfilial, and Lu Yijian and others didn't want to see Zhao Zhen have a reputation of being unkind and unfilial.

Therefore, the eldest princess of Deng Guo fought to the death, and they were a little difficult to decide.

If the eldest princess of Deng Guo is Zhao Zhen's daughter, even if Zhao Zhen kills her, no one will say anything.

But the eldest princess of Deng Guo is Zhao Zhen's elder and Zhao Zhen's aunt.

If Zhao Zhen was still as mediocre as before, Lu Yijian and the others would definitely not hesitate to ask Zhao Zhen to cut down the eldest princess of Deng Guo.

Anyway, Zhao Zhen has already taken the name of a faint monarch and done some bastard things, which is also as it should be.

But Lu Yijian and the three found that Zhao Zhen was not mediocre.

Zhao Zhen is still the same Zhao Zhen as before.

In recent days, he has acted in a daze, and it seems that he has seen the great harm brought to the Great Song Dynasty by the emperor's relatives and relatives, so he has devised a clever plan to lure the emperor's relatives and relatives into the bait, and then deal with them together.

Since Zhao Zhen is not mediocre, then they can't let Zhao Zhen have an unkind reputation.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo forced each other to die, which brought Zhao Zhen's handling of the emperor's relatives to an impasse.

The pins in the vertical arch hall could be heard, and no one knew how to deal with this impasse.

If there are clan elders here, they can come forward to suppress the eldest princess of Deng Guo.

But now in the clan, the eldest princess of Deng Guo is the eldest, and no one can suppress her.

The silence did not last long, and a voice rang out in the vertical arch hall.

"Son of Heaven Sword, please!"

Kou Ji stepped into the hall and said lightly.

Lu Yijian and the others were stunned when they heard this.

"The official family confiscated your Son of Heaven Sword?"

Lu Yijian asked a ghost.

Kou Ji said lightly: "After I returned to Beijing, I spent most of my time recuperating from my illness, and I didn't officially go to the court, so naturally I didn't return the Son of Heaven Sword to the official family. ”

Speaking of this, Kou Ji bowed to Zhao Zhen and said, "This matter is the negligence of the minister, and I ask the official family to punish him." ”

Zhao Zhen didn't know what Kou Ji was going to do, but he knew that Kou Ji invited the Son of Heaven Sword at this moment, it must be to break the deadlock in front of him.

Kou Ji pleaded guilty in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces, and in this kind of scene, Zhao Zhen was not easy to protect Kou Ji, he stared at Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "During the period when you held the Sword of the Son of Heaven, you did not do anything wrong, nor did you make any big mistakes, I punished you for a year, can you admit it?" ”

Kou Ji bowed down and said, "The minister admits punishment!" ”

With Kou Ji's current official position and title, a year's salary is a lot of money.

Zhao Zhen's punishment can be regarded as a heavy punishment.

Although Kou Ji is not short of money, but Yu Lu is Kou Ji's salary for the imperial court, and he was fined all of a sudden, which is equivalent to a year of working in vain, which is naturally heavy.

At least for the Manchu civil and military forces.

When the eldest princess of Deng Guo threatened to invite the Son of Heaven to sword, she set her sights on Kou Ji.

When Kou Ji finished talking to Zhao Zhen, the eldest princess of Deng Guo gritted her teeth and stared at Kou Ji and said, "Do you want to borrow the sword of the Son of Heaven to commit murder against this palace?" ”

Koji glanced at her, but didn't speak.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo chased after Kou Ji reluctantly and said: "Is a sword enough, not enough for the palace to send someone to get you a few more." ”

Kou Ji narrowed his eyes, but still didn't speak.

Seeing this, the eldest princess of Deng Guo shouted angrily: "This palace is the niece of Taizu, the daughter of Taizong, the sister of the first emperor, and the aunt of the official family.

What kind of face do you have to stand on my Zhao family's court. ”

Kou Ji still didn't speak, as if he hadn't heard the words of the eldest princess of Deng Guo.

Why did the eldest princess of Deng Guo chase after him and ask questions unrelentingly, and also brought out the previous officials to press him, he knew it clearly in his heart.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo was afraid, afraid that he would really commit murder.

If Kou Ji fights for his career and hurts her in the main hall, then he will hurt.

Although Ko Ji will be dismissed from office afterwards, and may even be exiled.

But the impasse in the vertical arch hall will be solved.

Once she is injured, Zhao Zhen has a reason to ask someone to forcibly take her down to heal, and during her healing, how Zhao Zhen will deal with Chai Zongqing is not something she can control.

Seeing that Kou Ji didn't speak, the eldest princess of Deng Guo approached Kou Ji, grabbed Kou Ji's hand and said, "Come!" You move the main palace to try one! ”

The eldest princess of Deng Guo knew in her heart what would happen to Kou Ji once she committed murder, so she had to force Kou Ji to retreat before the Son of Heaven Sword was invited.

Now the Manchu civil and military forces are under her persecution, and they dare not speak out.

Only Kou Ji dares to speak out, as long as he forces Kou Ji back, the mistakes made by her husband Chai Zongqing will be revealed.

Kou Ji stood calmly, letting the eldest princess of Deng Guo grab him and splash him.

It didn't take long.

There was a royal avant-garde who entered the vertical arch hall with the sword of the Son of Heaven.

Kou Ji quickly withdrew his sleeve from the eldest princess of Deng Guo's hand and walked towards the imperial guard.

Seeing that Kou Ji took the Son of Heaven Sword from the hands of the imperial guard, the eldest princess of Deng Guo widened her eyes and screamed at Zhao Zhen: "Zhao Zhen, this is your good courtier, he wants to commit murder against my Zhao family's people in my Zhao family's court!" ”

Zhao Zhen trusted Kou Ji, so in the face of the roar of the eldest princess of Deng Guo, he did not speak.

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai stared at Kou Ji and frowned.

If Kou Ji had injured the eldest princess of Deng Guo on the Vertical Arch Palace, today's matter would not have ended well.

"Koji ......"

Wang Zeng hesitated for a moment, and shouted in a deep voice, as if to remind Kou Ji not to move.

Kou Ji turned a deaf ear, and walked in front of the eldest princess of Deng Guo with his sword.

Seeing this, the eldest princess of Deng Guo roared hysterically, "Zhao Zhen! Is this Great Song Jiangshan surnamed Zhao or surnamed ......?"

Without waiting for the eldest princess of Deng Guo to shout out the last word, Kou Ji had already drawn out the Son of Heaven Sword and swung it out.

"The princess saved me......"

A miserable cry for help was heard throughout the Vertical Arch Hall.

The Sword of Heaven in Kou Ji's hand stabbed into Chai Zongqing's chest.

Chai Zongqing poured out a few mouthfuls of blood from his mouth, and fell straight to the ground, dying of anger.

As he fell, the Sword of Heaven also detached from his chest.

A stream of blood gushed down his chest, spilling Kou Ji's body flushed.

Everyone in the Vertical Arch Hall stared at Kou Ji stupidly.

Kou Ji shook off the blood on the sword of the Son of Heaven, put the sword of the Son of Heaven back into the scabbard, bowed to the eldest princess of Deng Guo, and said without humility or arrogance: "I, Kou Ji, as a minister of the Great Song Dynasty, naturally dare not hurt the eldest princess of Deng Guo."

As a privy envoy, I have the power to punish my convicts.

The official family gave me the sword of the Son of Heaven, below the third grade, you can cut it first and then play.

Chai Zongqing held two positions, and the Captain of the Horse and the Privy Counsellor were both in the list of the five ranks.

I beheaded him, reasonable! Reasonable! Legitimate! ”

After Kou Ji finished speaking to the eldest princess of Deng Kingdom, he held the Son of Heaven Sword above his head with both hands, and said loudly to Zhao Zhen: "Minister Kou Ji, return the Sword of the Son of Heaven!" During the period when the minister held this sword, he only used this sword to behead one person.

That is the privy capital who embezzled 2.4 million military salaries and caused the Zhuozhou mutiny! ”

Kou Ji shouted loudly, waking everyone up who were immersed in shock.

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai almost did not hesitate to cast admiring glances at Kou Ji.

Yes, it's an admiring gaze.

With such a stalemate, Kou Ji was able to use this method to break the situation.

Not only did he solve the deadlock, but he didn't get into trouble.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo desperately protected Chai Zongqing, and now Kou Ji has beheaded Chai Zongqing, which can be regarded as a salary draw from the bottom of the kettle, breaking the desperate thoughts of the eldest princess of Deng Guo.

Although the eldest princess of Deng Guo can continue to make trouble, Zhao Zhen can send someone to forcibly take her away on the grounds that the eldest princess of Deng Guo is sad because of the death of the horse.

If the eldest princess of Deng Guo is forced to die again, then Zhao Zhen can take advantage of Chai Zongqing's death and the eldest princess of Deng Guo to lose her mind in grief and give her the name of a madman.

A madman, whatever he does, no one will judge him with common sense.

The reason why they admire Kou Ji is not because of Kou Ji's quick brain response, but because of Kou Ji's courage.

Dare to be in front of Zhao Zhen, dare to be in front of the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, dare to be in front of the emperor's relatives and relatives, and use the sword to kill people in the vertical arch hall.

"Ahh

After the eldest princess of Deng Guo reacted from her stunned gaze, she screamed and pounced on Chai Zongqing in horror.

Seeing this, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai spoke almost without hesitation.

"The horse Chai Zongqing died, the eldest princess of Deng Guo was grief-stricken and had lost her mind, so take the eldest princess of Deng Guo down and hand it over to the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment." 、

Lu Yijian and the three of them knew in their hearts that the eldest princess of Deng Guo would never give up when she saw Chai Zongqing die, and she would definitely not give up in grief, so they took advantage of the fact that the eldest princess of Deng Guo had not yet made trouble, and decisively opened their mouths to completely stifle the signs of the eldest princess Deng Guo's troubles.

Chen Lin almost didn't hesitate to take people up and grabbed the eldest princess of Deng Guo.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo has lost her mind.

Then he and his people are rude in order to take down a person who has lost his mind, and others can understand.

After Chen Lin took the eldest princess of Deng Guo, she didn't wait for the eldest princess of Deng Guo to come back to her senses, and pointed heavily on her acupuncture points.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo had a blurred vision and fainted.

Chen Lin hurriedly got up and said to Zhao Zhen: "Official, the eldest princess of Deng Guo was grief-stricken when she saw the death of her concubine, and she fainted. ”

Zhao Zhen took a deep breath and said, "You immediately take the Four Imperial Aunts down and let the imperial doctor treat them well. ”

"Whoa!"

Chen Lin agreed, and led his eunuchs to carry the eldest princess of Deng Guo out of the Vertical Arch Palace.

After Chen Lin carried the eldest princess of Deng Guo out of the Vertical Arch Palace, Zhao Zhen took the Sword of the Son of Heaven from Kou Ji's hand, stared at Kou Ji and said, "In the Vertical Arch Palace, you shouldn't see blood......

When the Manchu Dynasty heard Zhao Zhen's words, they thought that Zhao Zhen was going to punish Kou Ji, but they didn't expect Zhao Zhen's words to surprise the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces.

Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji and said, "Thinking of your first offense, I also fined your minister's money, which is considered a punishment." The reason why there are corrupt officials like Chai Zongqing under your command is mainly because you were transferred from the Sixth Department to the Privy Council, and the arrogant soldiers under your command think that you are a civil servant and easy to bully, so they will have a sluggish heart and act misbeneath the bottom.

In the future, I will allow you to go to the temple with your sword to enhance your prestige.

You have to help me kill these corrupt officials who dug up the foundation of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

When the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty heard this, their hearts were extremely uneasy.

Some are scolding their mothers, and some are sour in their stomachs.

The sword is on the temple, that is a great trust and honor.

From the founding of the Great Song Dynasty to the present, the people who have been given swords to go to the temple have counted them on one hand.

The most important thing is that the people who are given the sword to go to the temple are all kings.

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai opened their mouths and wanted to say a few words of opposition.

But in the end, it was not spoken.

They didn't bother to object.

If the sword goes to the temple, the sword will go to the temple.

It's just an honor, and it's not really allowed to kill people with a sword in the Vertical Arch Palace.

If they stop Zhao Zhen from giving Kou Ji the qualification to go to the palace.

If Zhao Zhen casually gave the Son of Heaven Sword to Kou Ji again, who knows if Kou Ji would come out at every turn to scare people.

Lu Yijian and the three of them didn't stop it, and the others naturally didn't dare to stop it.

Kou Ji is too fierce to provoke.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo shouted in the vertical arch hall for most of the day, fierce and vicious, but compared to Kou Ji, it was not half a star.

Kou Ji didn't shout, and he didn't scream.

He went straight to the killer, the kind that didn't even blink an eye.

The Manchu civil and military were too frightened to speak.

The royal relatives were frightened and trembled.

They are different from the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military, and what they are afraid of is not Kou Ji, but Zhao Zhen.

They felt that Kou Ji's killing on the vertical arch hall was instructed by Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen is borrowing a knife to kill people, and Zhao Zhen really dares to kill the emperor's relatives.

The thoughts of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces and the emperor's relatives and relatives, Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji ignored them.

After hearing Zhao Zhen's words, Kou Ji bowed down and said, "The official family is so loved, the minister deserves it." ”

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "I have a golden mouth, it cannot be changed, what is given to you is given to you, you can't refuse." ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he bowed down and said, "Thank you, the official family." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, took the blood-stained Son of Heaven Sword, returned to the throne, and sat down slowly.

Chai Zongqing's body was lying in the vertical arch hall, and Zhao Zhen did not order anyone to clean it up.

He just wants everyone to see that whoever digs up the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty has to die.

He used Chai Zongqing's corpse to shock everyone.

Zhao Zhen's eyes fell on the imperial relatives and relatives for a turn, and finally fell on the eldest princess of Ji Kingdom.

The eldest princess of Ji Kingdom felt Zhao Zhen's gaze and hurriedly said: "This palace only asks for the safety of one family, and the rest are not extravagant." ”

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he said in a deep voice: "What did the Fifth Emperor Gu say, I am not a tyrant, how can I hurt you." ”

The eldest princess of Ji hurriedly changed her words and said: "The minister has lost his words, and he is willing to ask the official family to punish him." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded slowly and said: "The Five Horses King Yiyong is self-denying, but Wang Daoqing, the envoy of the West Pavilion, relying on his royal status, has done a lot of evil outside.

I remembered that he had not harmed anyone's life, so I spared his life.

But I will depose all his officials, and at the same time I will confiscate all the goods he has appropriated and put them into the treasury.

The five horses Wang Yiyong, the godson is not strict, so that it is a disaster for the people, and he is dismissed from his positions such as the general of the right guard, the envoy of the southern court of Xuanhui, and the envoy of the Chengde army, and only retains his position as the captain of the horse.

As for the Five Emperor Aunts, I still retain your honorable position.

You're not too young, so don't leave the house easily in the future. ”

The eldest princess of Ji Kingdom was sad in her heart, and bowed deeply to Zhao Zhen and said, "...... it"

After Zhao Zhen disposed of the eldest princess of Ji Kingdom, he looked at the other imperial relatives who had already asked for guilt.

"Now that you have confessed your guilt, I will later send someone from the Ministry of Punishment to judge you according to the law of the land according to your mistakes."

The relatives of the emperor bowed their heads one by one.

"......"

Zhao Zhen continued: "You are all royalty, just stay in the house and enjoy your wealth in peace and security in the future, don't come out to harm people." ”

The relatives of the emperor responded in unison again.

Zhao Zhen stared at them and continued, "I know that there are still people among you who want to contribute to the imperial court, so I am ready to give you a chance. In the future, the emperor's relatives and relatives will stop at three generations, and after three generations, they will be excluded from the list of jade butterflies.

Once you leave Yudie, you will be able to participate in the Wenju and the martial arts like ordinary people of the Great Song Dynasty.

can also be promoted step by step like an ordinary official.

As long as your children and grandchildren are capable, it is not impossible for them to enter the picture.

If you don't have the ability to take the Chinese martial arts exam, with the family wealth accumulated by your three generations, it is enough to be a rich man. ”

As soon as Zhao Zhen's words came out, not only the emperor's relatives were stunned, but also the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen was so ruthless that he shocked everyone.

Although Zhao Zhen did not kill on a large scale, his punishment was much more ruthless than killing.

In the future, it is impossible for the royal people to rely on their status and become rich for generations.

Three generations later, they will have to live like ordinary people.

Instead of relying on the royal ancestors, continue to be noble.

Zhao Zhen stared at the shocked imperial relatives and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces, and said calmly: "I know that your hearts are not at peace, and I am not at peace in my hearts. But for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, I had to do this.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, how many people were in the royal family?

How many people are there now?

How many times has it been doubled?

How many times will it be in the future?

10, 100, 1,000, 10,000...... Maybe one day, there will be a million people.

If you only want to enjoy wealth in the name of the royal family, you don't want to serve the court.

Sooner or later, the court will be dragged down by you, and sooner or later it will be emptied by you. ”

The emperor's relatives, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, even if they knew that what Zhao Zhen said was good, but their expressions were very ugly.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhen continued: "Don't worry, I didn't want to raise you as sheep. If there is any one of you who can serve the court and do things for the court.

You can play me, let me get rid of your status as a relative of the emperor, and enter the court as a common person to do things.

If every three generations of your families can produce a person who can serve the court to the death.

Even if you are rich for generations, I will recognize it. ”

When the emperor's relatives and the Manchu civil and military heard this, Qi Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Zhao Zhen's move heavily suppressed the royal family, he did not beat the royal family to death with a stick.

Some enterprising, even long-term thinking people, even think that Zhao Zhen's move is definitely a first-class good governance.

Why?

Because even if Zhao Zhen does not implement the decree that stops in three generations, some people in the emperor's relatives who do not want to make progress will inevitably decline after three generations.

Zhao Zhen's move was tantamount to creating a sense of crisis for those imperial relatives, forcing them to forge ahead and forcing them to contribute to the imperial court.

People who are capable and willing to contribute to the court will naturally stand out.

Those imperial relatives who are incapable, but want to maintain generations of wealth and wealth, will naturally spend a lot of money to train future generations of descendants, let them become famous, and let them serve the imperial court.