Nowadays, everyone in the world knows that Yizizipu is rich, but there has been nothing looted in Yijiaozipu, why?

It's because the soldiers and horses guarding the one-word Jiaozi shop are really strong soldiers.

It seems that Kaifeng Mansion, Jiangning Mansion and other important shops with a lot of money, guards and horses in the open and in secret, as many as 1,000 people, relying on the dark fort in Jiaozipu, there are no three or five thousand elite soldiers, it is impossible to break through.

swallowed eight one-word shops in one go, which is not something that ordinary thieves and those bandits who occupy the mountains can do.

In the Great Song Dynasty, only the imperial court and various martial artists had this strength.

The imperial court is Zhao Zhen's court, and the one-word Jiaozi shop is also Zhao Zhen's one-word Jiaozi shop.

It is impossible for Zhao Zhen to use his own strength to destroy his own industry.

Then this matter must have been done by Wu Xun.

Wang Zeng almost put the word Wuxun on the bright side, as long as people with a little wisdom can understand the meaning of Wang Zeng's words.

Zhao Zhen said with an angry face: "I naturally know who is making trouble behind this, they are demonstrating to me, they want to stop me from investigating them, there is no Wang Fa in their eyes, and there is no me." ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them frowned when they heard this.

The behavior of the martial artists is not only rough, but also excessive.

Threatening the imperial court with force was unbearable not only for Zhao Zhen, but also for them.

Zhao Zhen got up and said indignantly: "When will I not even be able to investigate corruption?" I checked it a little, and they used their troops to threaten me? If I look closely, are they going to rebel?

They should be corrupt, but shouldn't I investigate corruption?

Is the Great Song Dynasty their country, or my country? ”

"The official family is angry!"

Lu Yijian and the three of them bowed down to admonish.

Zhao Zhen glared and said, "I'm angry? How can I calm my anger? They lie on Da Song's body and drink blood, I can't take care of it, as soon as they take care of them, they will move troops and horses? ”

Lu Yijian and the three of them glanced at each other.

Wang Zeng stepped forward and arched his hand: "Previously, the emperor's relatives made mistakes, which was a crime condemned by the ministers. Now that the looting of the Yizi shop involves Wu Xun, the official family will hand over the matter to the ministers.

If the ministers dare to verify the crimes of the emperor's relatives and relatives, they are not afraid that the martial artists will threaten each other with soldiers and horses.

The minister must help the official family to find out about this matter. ”

After Zhao Zhen heard Wang Zeng's words, the anger on his face dissipated a lot, "Since Wang Aiqing took the initiative to ask for help, then this matter will be handed over to Wang Aiqing." You must find out what I am, and no thief can be spared.

After finding out the place, I will arrest all of them, and I will behead them in front of all the people in the world. ”

"......"

The king bowed down and answered the matter.

After Wang Zeng retreated to the same place, Kou Ji took a step forward and arched his hand: "Eight Yizizi shops in Jiangning Mansion and other places have been looted, and the money and property deposited by the people in Yijiazi shops have probably been looted.

When the people found out about this, they must have panicked.

If it is not dealt with in time, I am afraid that there will be a civil uprising. ”

Zhao Zhen heard Kou Ji's words and took a deep breath, "I was so confused that I almost went to the people. ”

Zhao Zhen's gaze subconsciously fell on Lu Yijian, and Lu Yijian chuckled in his heart.

Zhao Zhen stared at Lu Yijian and said in a deep voice: "The eight one-word Jiaozi shops have been looted, and if the people are not appeased, there will inevitably be chaos. I bothered Lu Aiqing to go to Jiangning Mansion to appease the people for me.

When the people see that you have arrived, they will inevitably ask you to uphold justice, and when the time comes, they will inevitably have to give some money to deal with the people.

I will write a letter in a while and send it to a few Yizi shops near Jiangning Mansion and other places, and order them to send some money to you.

Thou hast given to the people as they have been. ”

Lu Yijian opened his mouth, but he didn't open his mouth yet.

Zhao Zhen said again: "The eight one-word shops in Jiangning Mansion and other places have as much as tens of millions of deposits, and now they have been looted by thieves, and if they are not handled well, I am afraid that there will be a big mess, so Lu Aiqing must help me deal with this matter." ”

As many as tens of millions of dollars are enough to choke all Lu Yijian's words into his stomach.

Lu Yijian sighed in his heart, bowed down and said, "......"

Zhao Zhen urged: "Without further ado, the two Aiqing will leave as soon as possible to deal with this matter." ”

Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng arched their hands and withdrew from the Shishitang.

The two didn't say anything all the way, until they reached the outside of the palace, and then they opened the chatterbox.

Lu Yijian stared at Wang Zeng and said, "Do you really believe that tens of millions of dollars have been looted?" ”

Wang Zeng pouted and said: "If tens of millions of dollars were really robbed, Kou Ji would probably have led the two armies of Zhuri and Tianwu out of Beijing a long time ago, so why do you need the two of us to make a trip." ”

Lu Yijian's face darkened a little and said, "So...... The official family is purely looking at the three of us as an eyesore, and they use the excuse to separate us? ”

Wang Zeng sighed and said, "I'm afraid that the official family is really ready to let us come out to clean up the mess, so they opened us in advance to prepare for the future." ”

Lu Yi frowned briefly and said, "According to what you say, are the official family and Kou Ji ready to do a big job?" ”

Wang Zeng spread his hands and said, "Haven't you already started to do it?" Isn't it big enough to rob tens of millions of money? ”

Lu Yijian snorted coldly: "Tens of millions of dollars were robbed, and the official family was not in a hurry at all, making it clear that the tens of millions of dollars were not lost." The martial artists are really stupid, and they can't plan a little thing.

Now not only did he not threaten the official family, but he fell into the hands of the official family.

The officials originally wanted to deal with them, but now they have caught their handles, and they are not pinching them to death. ”

Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "It's not that the martial artists are stupid, but that the officials are well-informed......"

Wang Zeng glanced back at the deep palace, and said in a low voice: "In the future, we should be careful when we talk......

Lu Yijian's eyebrows raised again and again, his eyes widened little by little, and he said in a deep voice: "You mean...... Wu Desi? ”

Wang Zeng nodded with a heavy face.

"Before you left Beijing, the official family also went to the northwest, and I was in charge of the country in the capital. I've clearly felt what Takeshi is capable of. Before I heard the news of some things happening in the capital, the officials in the northwest already knew the news and sent someone to send me documents to deal with them. ”

"Hiss......"

Lu Yijian gasped.

What Wang Zeng said was just a simple matter, but in his eyes, it was not simple at all.

What happened under Wang Zeng's nose, before Wang Zeng received the news, Zhao Zhen got the news first, and this alone is enough to show that Bianjing City has been full of Zhao Zhen's eyes and ears.

Bianjing City has no secrets about Zhao Zhen.

Who will dare to do some shady deeds in Bianjing City in the future?

Those officials who are greedy for some small fortunes are not all caught by Zhao Zhen in pigtails?

These important ministers said some unsightly things behind their backs, and they didn't all reach Zhao Zhen's ears?

After Zhao Zhen knew all their secrets, how could they pretend in front of Zhao Zhen?

Some men and women are thieves and prostitutes behind their backs, and they are honest and loyal on the surface, but they are not all exposed in front of Zhao Zhen?

When those people who are different from the outside are impeached in the court, when Zhao Zhen is impeached in the court, Zhao Zhen still treats them as monkeys?

Wang Zeng looked at Lu Yijian frozen in place, his face became a little ugly, and asked in a low voice: "Have you done anything shady, for fear of being discovered by the officials?" ”

Lu Yijian wanted to scold her mother when she heard this, but in the end she didn't scold, just glared at Wang Zeng viciously.

"What shady thing can I do?"

Wang Zeng sneered: "Then what are you afraid of? ”

Lu Yijian said with a straight face: "Am I afraid?" ”

"Hehe......"

Wang Zeng laughed and said to Lu Yijian: "Are you afraid, you know in your heart, anyway, I am not afraid, because I have never done anything unseemly." ”

Lu Yijian sneered: "You haven't seen your protégés, and you haven't sought an official for them?" ”

The smile on Wang Zeng's face disappeared suddenly.

But whoever can step into the ranks of important ministers, who has few protégés.

Kou Ji is a person who does not learn and has no skills, and there are still many protégés who are old.

Wang Zeng was a person who read poetry and books, and there were more people who served as the chief examiner of the imperial examination, and naturally there were more protégés.

Some of the protégés he has seen are old, and he will naturally bring one or two.

Wang Zeng hesitated and said: "There are countless people who carry their protégés, and it is impossible for the officials to take this matter as a handle, right?" ”

Lu Yijian pouted and said, "Naturally, not now, but it won't be good in the future." ”

Now it's just a trivial matter to bring up the old ones, and Zhao Zhen won't care.

But no one can say for sure whether Zhao Zhen will treat this matter as a major event in the future.

No one can say for sure whether Zhao Zhen will turn over old accounts in the future.

Zhao Zhen is now turning over the old accounts of the martial arts, which is a good example.

Wang Zeng took a deep breath and said, "In the future, we will still rarely see our protégés. ”

Lu Yijian nodded solemnly.

Wang Zeng continued: "Find an opportunity to admonish some officials. ”

Wang Zeng wanted to admonish Zhao Zhen, and Lu Yijian naturally knew it in his heart.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty can stare at it, but they can't stare too strictly.

It's not a good thing to keep too close an eye on it.

Once it reaches the point where everyone is in danger, it will have a huge impact on the Great Song Dynasty.

No one likes to expose everything they have to other people's eyes.

No one.

People need to have a little bit of their privacy, and they also need to have a little bit of their own little secrets.

Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng sighed and returned to their mansions separately.

Palace.

Inside the Shikudo.

Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji sat opposite each other.

There was no anger on their faces.

Zhao Zhen even had a smile on his face, "I really want to know what the faces of the martial artists are now. ”

Kou Ji laughed and said, "The official family has some bad taste......

Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "They mobilized everyone to loot the Yizi shop, but in the end they only robbed a few copper coins and burned down a few shops, which is not painful for me."

Not only did they not hurt me, but they showed their handle and I grabbed it.

I'm afraid they're in a panic now, right? ”

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "The minister thinks that they should be investigating the ghosts at this moment. The officials should withdraw their own men as soon as possible to avoid any deaths or injuries on their part. ”

Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Fourth brother don't worry. My people have long since withdrawn. Even if they find out the ghosts, they won't be able to catch anyone. ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "That's good......"

Zhao Zhen continued to laugh and said: "Speaking of which, the people in the hands of the Shi and Pan families are a bit weak. If I hadn't ordered it earlier, when someone looted the Yizi shop, the guards were not allowed to fight to the death, and the people of the Shi and Pan families might not be able to take down the eight Jiaozi shops. ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "The family background of the Shi and Pan families is hiding in the north, not in the south, so it is naturally a little difficult to rob the one-word Jiaozi shop in Jiangning Mansion and other places.

But the officials can't afford to underestimate them. ”

Zhao Zhen nodded slowly and said, "I know that they all have those people in their hands, and I won't underestimate them." ”

Kou Ji said: "Since they have already done it, then we don't need to keep our hands." ”

Zhao Zhen groaned: "Wait for Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai, and Lu Yijian to leave Beijing." If they don't leave, they will inevitably nag in my ear and be annoyed. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry.

Zhao Zhen seemed to remember something, and said to Kou Ji with a smile: "By the way, there is something I want to tell the fourth brother, Zhang Meiren is pregnant." ”

Kou Ji was slightly stunned and said with a smile: "That's great news." ”

Zhao Zhen smiled: "I also think it's good news. I decided to promote Zhang Meiren to be a concubine, what does the fourth brother think? ”

Kou Ji pondered for a while, and said in a deep voice: "It's not appropriate......"

The smile on Zhao Zhen's face stiffened slightly.

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Has the official family forgotten the tragedy of the late Zhang Guifei? Zhang Guifei died, one corpse and two lives, and the department has not yet been investigated. Now that the official family has promoted Zhang Meiren to be a concubine, the ministers are afraid that Zhang Meiren will follow in the footsteps of Zhang Guifei. ”

Zhao Zhen subconsciously clenched his fists, his face was a little hideous, but he didn't speak.

Kou Ji continued: "Zhang Guifei's death may not be due to the fact that she was not favored. Zhang Guifei was just a beauty at first, but after she became pregnant with the imperial heir, the official family immediately promoted Zhang Guifei to a concubine, and she suddenly crossed several levels, and some people in the harem will inevitably be jealous, which will naturally be unfavorable to Zhang Guifei.

How the Guo family's daughter, who was previously rectified by the government, died, the official family is clear. ”

Zhao Zhen took a deep breath and said with red eyes: "I hold the world in my hands, can't I even protect women and children?" ”

Kou Ji sighed and didn't speak.

Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "I want to let the people of Wudesi enter the palace!" ”

Kou Ji was slightly stunned, and said in a deep voice: "Once the people of Wudesi enter the palace, the official family will have no secrets to speak of. ”

Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said word by word: "I don't care!" ”

Kou Ji frowned and said: "Once the people of Wudesi enter the palace and are too deeply involved in the palace, I am afraid that they will take advantage of the prestige of the palace to sit down frequently, if they are in trouble, I am afraid it will be difficult to clean up." ”

Kou Ji originally didn't want to talk to Wu Desi in front of Zhao Zhen.

But Zhao Zhen intends to get Wu Desi's people into the palace, and it is necessary for Kou Ji to dissuade one or two.

The people of Wu Desi now only have the power of supervision, and have no power to enforce the law.

The power of law enforcement is now in the Imperial City Division.

Most of the personnel of the Imperial City Division were transferred to the Wude Division, and now they are useless.

Once Wu Desi entered the palace and found out some ugly things in the palace, Zhao Zhen was in a hurry and gave him the right to enforce the law.

That Wu Desi is likely to become a harm to the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said: "But I don't need people from Wu Desi, how do I know who is behind the murder of the emperor's heir?" ”

Kou Ji said solemnly: "The people of Wu Desi can use it, but they can only be the eyes and ears of the official family, and they cannot become the hands, feet and mouths of the official family." ”

Zhao Zhen frowned.

Kou Ji continued: "They are doing things that can't be on the table, and they are destined to not be on the stage. If the officials put them on the table, sooner or later they will be in trouble.

You must know that they directly obey the orders of the official family.

And you, you can give them a lot of power.

Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, Privy Envoy, Counselor Political Affairs, Tongzhi Privy Affairs, Six Shangshu, etc., all the powers of officials in the world are given by you.

You can ask them to help you with any news.

You can also ask them to help you arrest anyone.

If they have the power to arrest anyone, everyone in the world will inevitably be in danger.

If they do good, they will naturally benefit the court.

But if they are evil, no one can do anything about them. ”

Zhao Zhen's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character, "I can't help them?" ”

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "All your ears and eyes tell you that the Yellow River is straight, but some officials tell you that the Yellow River is curved, who will you believe?" ”

Kou Ji's analogy was a little ridiculous, but Zhao Zhen couldn't laugh at all, because he understood the meaning of Kou Ji's words.

Zhao Zhen's face was a little ugly and said, "I will believe it...... My own eyes and ears ......"

Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Once they sit big, they will naturally not hurt the official family, but they can deceive the official family." ”

Zhao Zhen's breathing was a little heavy, and he stared at Kou Ji and said, "I just think that Wu Desi is a little useful......

Kou Ji smiled bitterly: "The musket is also easy to use, but if you don't clean it up often, you will also hurt yourself." ”

Zhao Zhen let out a long sigh.

"I will temporarily send people from Wu Desi into the palace to secretly protect Zhang Meiren. When the matter is over, I will let them out of the palace. I will restrain the Martial Arts.

In the future, Wu Desi will only help me listen to the news, and the others cannot interfere.

All problems must be handed over to the yamen at all levels for disposal. ”

Kou Ji let out a long sigh of relief when he heard Zhao Zhen's words.

After Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji finished discussing the matter of Wu Desi, Zhao Zhen said to Kou Ji: "The problem of Wu Xun still needs to be watched by the fourth brother, and in a few days, after my people send the few thieves caught into Beijing, the fourth brother will be able to arrest people." ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Evidence is needed to arrest people.

Relying only on the evidence of corruption in previous years, it is not enough to arrest Shi, Pan and several other people, and it is difficult to catch them all.

After all, several ancestors were the founding heroes.

With just some old accounts from previous years, I can't take them.

If they could be wiped out with just the old accounts of previous years, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen would not let them rob Yizizipu.

They have enough people to help them take the blame, and they also have an excuse to put the matter on the heads of their subordinates.

The robbery of the one-word Jiaozipu used so many people, made such a big fuss, and involved so much money.

They can't shirk it.

After Kou Ji responded to Zhao Zhen's errand, he left the palace.

After returning to the house, he didn't do anything, just accompanied his wife and children to have fun.

Kou Ji looked like he was fine.

Shi, Pan and several other families blew up.

Ishifu Annex.

Shi Yuansun and Pan Shu stared at a middle-aged man standing in front of them.

Pan Shu's voice trembled slightly: "Say what you just said, and then say ......."

The middle-aged man said with a heavy face: "Back to Mr. Pan's words, the villains looted and burned down eight one-word Jiaozi shops near Jiangning Mansion, damaged nearly 300 brothers, and looted a total of 115,832 copper coins!" ”

When Zhao Zhen told Kou Ji that the looted money was a few copper coins, he was just using a metaphor, not that the Yizi Jiaozi Shop was really robbed of a few copper coins.

Although Zhao Zhen secretly sent someone to transfer the money of Yizizipu in advance, he still left some to deal with daily business transactions.

Jiangning Mansion is thousands of miles away from Kaifeng Mansion.

It is impossible for Zhao Zhen to accurately calculate the time when Shi Yuansun, Pan Shu and others will do it.

And you can't close your doors and business, so you naturally need to keep some money.

After listening to the middle-aged man's words, Pan Shu almost stumbled to the ground, he stared at the middle-aged man, and asked sharply, "Can you count it clearly?" ”

The middle-aged man said: "I counted more than a dozen times......"

Pan Shu asked again, "Can someone fill their own pockets?" ”

Although Pan Shu already knew the result in his heart, he still couldn't help but ask for clarification.

The middle-aged man's face changed, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The net worth and life of the villains are in the hands of a few nobles, how dare the villains fill their pockets." ”

Pan Shu's face turned pale, staggered two steps, and stumbled on the stone bench.

Shi Yuansun's faces were also very ugly.

"We have obviously investigated beforehand, and the deposits in the eight one-word Jiaozi shops are as much as 10 million yuan, why, why are there only 110,000 yuan left?"

Shi Yuansun shouted angrily.

Pan Shu laughed miserably: "Why else, there must be a traitor among us who told him about our every move." From beginning to end, we were led by the nose by him. ”

"Traitor?!"

Shi Yuansun was red-eyed and stared at everyone: "Who?!" Who betrayed us? I'm going to kill him alive! ”

Pan Shu closed his eyes painfully and said, "It's not a few of us, it's people from our respective houses." Think about it, have the maids and servants in the house left the mansion recently?

The day before yesterday, an accountkeeper in my Pan Mansion went back to his hometown to help my mother keep filial piety. ”

As soon as Pan Shu said this, everyone's faces changed.

Because there are also people in the house who have left the mansion for different reasons in recent days.

Pan Shu took a few deep breaths, calmed down, stared at the middle-aged man and said, "Have any of you been arrested?" Is there anyone in the know? ”

The middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "I was about to report this matter to Mr. Pan." More than a dozen of our brothers were arrested, and three of them knew all the details of the trip. ”

Pan Shu clenched his fists, no more hysterical roars, and no more trembling in shock.

Because he knew the answer before he asked.

Since Zhao Zhen knew their methods from beginning to end, it was naturally impossible to miss this opportunity to seize their handles, and he would definitely order someone to grab a few tongues and go back.

"Now...... What are we going to do? ”

Someone was asking questions in a panic.

Pan Shu stretched out two fingers and said, "Two roads......"