Chai Zongqing, do you want me to invite you out?! ”

Chai Zongqing trembled all over, appeared outside the train, and wailed: "The official family, the minister has been deceived by the traitor, please be the master of the minister!" ”

Zhao Zhen stared at Chai Zongqing coldly, and said word by word: "I just want to ask you, are you greedy or not?" ”

Chai Zongqing stiffened, gritted his teeth and said: "The minister is ...... by others."

Zhao Zhen suddenly roared, "Are you greedy?!" ”

Chai Zongqing fell to the ground with a frightened pop.

The Manchu civil and military forces were also taken aback.

Zhao Zhen stared at Chai Zongqing, who was sitting on the ground and refused to admit his guilt, and said coldly: "If you don't want to say it, then I will send someone to investigate!" ”

"Chen Lin!"

"The slave is here!"

"Go to the Wude Division and the Imperial City Division to spread my will, and let them give me all the people who have handled this money. One by one, one by one, one by one.

I want to know who is greedy for the lives of the soldiers.

I want to know, who is digging the foundation of my Great Song Dynasty.

I will make all those who are greedy for this money pay back with their lives. ”

"Whoa!"

Chen Lin ordered Zhao Zhen's dictation and withdrew from the Vertical Arch Palace.

Zhao Zhen stared at the Manchu Dynasty and said, "Don't you like to stay in the palace?" Then stay in the palace today, and don't leave. Wait until things are clarified before leaving. ”

The Manchu Dynasty Wenwu agreed with a complicated expression.

Zhao Zhen did this because he couldn't trust them, for fear that they would report the news.

If only one or two officials are involved, that's fine.

If a lot of officials are found behind their backs.

Then Zhao Zhen will look at the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty in the future, and he will definitely bring a suspicious gaze.

The emperor, it seems, is born with suspicion, and he will be suspicious of everyone around him.

The more people who deceive him at the end of his term, the more suspicious he becomes.

When his suspicion is so sick that he can't suppress it, he will choose to use violent means to reassure himself.

For example, killing a group of people who make him feel uneasy.

Or kill a group of people he thinks aren't loyal enough.

Once the emperor began to kill people with knives for this reason, his own children could be killed, not to mention the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Zhao Zhen now has both cultural and martial arts, and he has pushed his majesty to the highest place with his martial arts.

Up and down the government and the opposition, no one can restrain him in anger.

Zhao Zhen took the reaction of the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu into his eyes, snorted coldly, sat on the chair, and waited quietly with the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu.

As time passed, one by one, the officials who were thieves could not withstand the pressure and fell to their knees one after another.

Zhao Zhen didn't seem to see them.

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai looked at the kneeling officials one by one, their faces as black as the bottom of a pot.

During the period when the three of them were in power, there was such a big malpractice, and the three of them had to bear the infamy.

The amount of money involved in the case is already shocking.

If the number of officials involved in the case is shocking.

Then the three of them, I'm afraid they will have to resign.

Time flickered, and by noon, the number of officials who had already knelt down reached ten.

During this period, some people dressed in black entered the hall, and after consulting Zhao Zhen, they took out some kneeling officials.

Those men in black are the people of the Imperial City Division.

They consulted Zhao Zhen and went into the vertical arch hall to arrest people, indicating that they had found those people's heads and had conclusive evidence.

The Manchu Dynasty civil and military people were shocked to watch.

Zhao Zhen's heart was as calm as a lake.

Zhao Zhen has long had all the evidence in the military salary corruption case.

He had already skipped in horror.

The reason why he mobilized the people to send people to investigate was to lure some people out.

Time flies.

It was afternoon.

Zhao Zhen and others entered the palace.

Just when the civil and military ministers in the vertical arch hall were staring at Chai Zongqing, a small yellow door quickly entered the hall.

The reason why the civil and military ministers stared at Chai Zongqing was because among the people who knelt down, except for him, all the rest were taken out.

The little yellow door entered the palace, and after the salute, it was reported: "Qi Qi Guan's family, the eldest princess of Deng Guo asks to see ......"

When Zhao Zhen heard this, he pretended to be surprised and said, "Imperial aunt?" ”

When the ministers of civil and military affairs saw this, their hearts trembled.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo entered the palace and cried, will the official family spare Chai Zongqing?

Combined with Zhao Zhen's previous attitude towards the royal family.

It is very likely that Zhao Zhen will spare Chai Zongqing.

Come to mind.

Lu Yijian stepped forward almost without hesitation and said, "Official, the vertical arch hall is a place to participate in politics, and women are not allowed to enter. The official family also inscribed a plaque for this and erected it in the harem, did the official family forget? ”

After Wang Zeng spoke out in Lu Yijian, he also stood up and said: "Official, the case of military salary embezzlement, now that it has been investigated, I am afraid it has become clear, and the concubine Chai Zongqing will inevitably be inseparable."

When the eldest princess of Deng Guo entered the palace at this moment, she must have known that the incident had happened and wanted to intercede for her concubine Chai Zongqing.

If the official family spared Chai Zongqing because of this, the subjects of the world would complain about the injustice of the official family. ”

Zhang Zhibai then also stood up and said very decisively: "Death to the minister!" ”

As soon as Zhang Zhibai said this, he seemed to have thrown a pebble into the calm lake.

Time.

Most of the civil servants went out to echo Zhang Zhibai's words.

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

“……”

Ninety percent of civil servants came forward to second.

The reason why there is such a situation is also related to Zhao Zhen's brainless defense of the emperor's relatives in recent months.

Zhao Zhen brainlessly defended the emperor's relatives for several months, and the emperor's relatives did a lot of angry things.

For this reason, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty impeached the emperor's relatives and relatives.

But each impeachment was fruitless.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were about to despair.

Seeing that the emperor's relatives are about to become the source of the chaos of the Great Song Dynasty.

Some loyal and upright ministers worry every day that they can't eat or sleep.

Now that Chai Zongqing has committed a crime, it is still a major event that is enough to alarm the world.

They felt it was an opportunity.

An opportunity to hit the royal relatives hard.

If you miss this opportunity, I'm afraid you won't have it again.

So they started to die in a desperate position.

Of course, they are only some of the officials, there are some officials who are purely following the trend, and there are also some officials who have been encroached upon by the emperor's relatives, so they naturally want to move to the emperor's relatives, so when most of the ministers died, they also followed.

In short, after ninety percent of the civil ministers went out to give advice, some military ministers also began to give advice.

Moment.

There was a crowd of people standing in the middle of the arched hall.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhen's heart was extremely happy, but his face was frosty.

"What are you doing? Is it forced to the palace? ”

Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng were just about to speak, but Zhang Zhibai took the lead and said: "The ministers are all the courtiers of the official family, how dare they persecute the official family." It's just that such a big corruption case has occurred, which has caused a mutiny, and if the officials do not deal with it impartially, I am afraid that the people of the world will criticize it.

As a governor of political affairs, the minister cannot return justice to the people of the world, and he continues to live in the world without shame. ”

"The same is true of the ministers......"

The officials standing in the temple chimed in.

Zhao Zhen seemed to be provoked to anger, "I just want to summon my imperial aunt, I not only want to summon the imperial aunt, but I also want to summon all the imperial relatives and relatives!" ”

"Official!"

"I've made up my mind!"

"Faint ......"

"Faint? Who fainted?! ”

Zhang Zhibai was also angry with Zhao Zhen's actions, and was about to shout out the word faint gentleman loudly, but Kou Ji shouted loudly as if he had just come back to his senses, forcing Zhang Zhibai to shut up.

The civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty looked at Kou Ji angrily one by one.

Now that everyone is forcing the official family to clean up the royal relatives and relatives, it doesn't matter if you Kou Ji doesn't help, you still make trouble.

"Koji!"

Someone shouted and wanted to blame Koji.

Without waiting for him to speak, Kou Ji opened his mouth and shouted, "What are you doing? Is it forced to the palace? Since the official family wants to summon the emperor's relatives and relatives, it naturally has the intention of the official family, do you want to be the master of the official family? ”

The Manchu Dynasty Wenchen glared at Kou Ji viciously, but no one answered Kou Ji's words.

Wang Zeng frowned and looked at Kou Ji, gritted his teeth and said, "Kou Ji, this is a big matter, don't talk nonsense." ”

Kou Ji said with a big grin: "The matter is big, and it naturally needs the dictatorship of the official Sacred Heart." If the official family thinks that Chai Zongqing is guilty, then he will punish the crime according to law. If the official family thinks that Chai Zongqing is not guilty, then Chai Zongqing is not guilty. ”

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, and Zhang Zhibai all frowned.

They feel that Zhao Zhen is coming to Hu and Kou Ji is helping to abuse.

Just when Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng were about to scold Kou Ji, the eldest princess of Deng Guo had already broken into the vertical arch hall.

After the eldest princess of Deng Guo entered the palace, she respectfully saluted Zhao Zhen and said loudly: "Minister Zhao Xuanci, see the official ......"

The eldest princess of Deng Guo shouted the word Zhao in her surname extremely loudly.

Seeing this, Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Why is the imperial aunt here...... Chen Lin, quickly give the imperial aunt a seat. ”

Chen Lin hurriedly went to get the seat.

Seeing this, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were half cold.

Seeing this, the eldest princess of Deng Guo breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this, Chai Zongqing also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he didn't dare to say a word that he was scared just now, but now seeing Zhao Zhen's attitude, he was finally relieved.

Zhao Zhen's reaction was exactly the same as what they had done before, and after they were sued in the court.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo waited until Chen Lin moved the chair, and after sitting on the chair, she bowed to Zhao Zhen slightly, and said: "The official, when the minister was in the house, I heard that the horse was deceived by a traitor and did something stupid, so I immediately rushed into the palace and asked the official family for guilt.

When the minister heard that the horse was greedy for some money, he took some money from the treasury and escorted it to the palace to make up for the horse's mistake.

In addition, the minister returned the 3,000 acres of land outside Bianjing City to the national treasury, which was regarded as atonement for the horses. ”

After all, it was Chai Zongqing who made a mistake and triggered a mutiny.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo did not dare to act arrogantly anymore.

Zhao Zhen listened to the words of the eldest princess of Deng Guo, and said in a deep voice: "The imperial aunt doesn't need to be anxious, this matter has not yet been clarified, and it is not too late to make a decision after it is investigated."

I sent someone to invite the five imperial aunts and other imperial relatives into the palace, and when they arrived, our family sat down and discussed it carefully. ”

As soon as this remark came out.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo was completely relieved.

Zhao Zhen not only did not rush to dispose of Chai Zongqing, but also helped them pull a lot of helpers into the palace.

Zhao Zhen is determined to defend them.

When Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai and others heard this, their hearts were like ashes, and their faces were gloomy, and they didn't want to say another word.

Zhao Zhen's mediocre behavior has exceeded the limit of what they can understand.

They didn't want to say anything more, they just wanted to leave the court as soon as possible.

They didn't have the idea of resigning, they just wanted to leave the court, and then find a way to wake up Zhao Zhen, who had fallen into a coma.

Lu Yijian and the three of them did not speak, and the other civil and military officials naturally did not speak.

Everyone was quietly in the hall of the arch,

waited until the imperial relatives entered the main hall one after another.

When the royal relatives were outside the palace, they had already learned the whole story, so after entering the palace, they didn't say anything, and decisively stood aside with the eldest princess of Deng Guo.

Although they were very dissatisfied with the chaos caused by Chai Zongqing.

But considering that they had a mess in the future and needed Chai Zongqing's help, they didn't open their mouths to express their complaints.

Coincidentally.

After the emperor's relatives arrived one after another, the people of the Wu De Division and the Imperial City Division, who were responsible for investigating and dealing with the military salary corruption case, reported the results of their investigation at the same time.

The people of Wu Desi and Huangcheng Division, in front of everyone, reported the results of the investigation to Zhao Zhen's desk and withdrew from the main hall.

After they left, Zhao Zhen slowly opened the documents they submitted.

Although it was not the first time that Zhao Zhen had read the documents, when he saw the specific amount of Chai Zongqing's embezzlement, the anger in his heart still rose uncontrollably.

"Very good......

Zhao Zhen finished reading the document and instructed Chen Lin to pass it on to others to watch, and he praised it with a smile.

Everyone in the vertical arch hall looked confused, not knowing what medicine was sold in Zhao Zhen's gourd.

Zhao Zhen stared at Chai Zongqing with a smile on his face and said, "Chai Concubine, Uncle Chai, you are my great hero." I approved a total of 3 million guan of military salaries, and you helped me save 2.4 million kan at once.

By the way, he also helped me find out a bunch of corrupt officials.

I have relatives like you, so why worry about the Song Dynasty. ”

Zhao Zhen was obviously praising people, but it sounded very harsh.

The Manchu Dynasty civil and military looked puzzled, and most of the imperial relatives were also puzzled, only the eldest princess of Deng Guo frowned, and Chai Zongqing was inexplicably a little flustered in his heart.

Zhao Zhen didn't care about their thoughts, his eyes swept over Chai Zongqing, looked at the other imperial relatives, and said with a smile: "Among you, there are people who help me rob shops, money, grain, and land, and there are people who help me rob those girls who have not left the cabinet......

Someone helped me kill people and set fires everywhere......

Someone helped me sell the ...... of the official lord for profit.

Someone helped me sell the ordnance to Liaoguo, Qingtang and other places......

There are even people with soldiers and horses to help me bloodily suppress those Western Xia people who are unwilling to surrender to my Great Song Dynasty......"

When Zhao Zhen said this, there was no half benefit on his face.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the emperor's relatives and relatives, all realized that Zhao Zhen was talking back.

An unprecedented surprise appeared on the faces of the Manchu civil and military forces.

While the imperial relatives were stunned, Qi Qi frowned.

Zhao Zhen continued: "In the past, when you were not in office, you complained about the injustice of the court one by one, complained about my injustice, complained about the cheapness of outsiders, and refused to cheapen you.

I pondered for a long time, and felt that the imperial court was indeed a little harsh on you.

Therefore I have allowed you to appear in the court and hold important positions.

Give you money, give you power, give you soldiers.

I have given you what you want.

Not only that, but you have made mistakes, and I have defended you everywhere. ”

Zhao Zhen said coldly: "But I gave you what you wanted, what did you give me?" You didn't give me anything, you didn't help me with anything. Not only do you not help me maintain the Zhao family, but you are also pouting the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty everywhere.

You keep saying that the Great Song Dynasty owns, and you and I are all your own family.

But which of you has done something that your own family should do?

Instead of maintaining your own inheritance, you are pulling out the pillars of your own inheritance.

2.4 million yuan, if you say you are greedy, you are greedy, and you don't blink your eyes.

Have you ever thought about what kind of impact being greedy for 2.4 million guan will have on my Great Song Dynasty? ”

Zhao Zhen roared loudly, "It will make me lose my trust to 300,000 soldiers, and it will make 300,000 soldiers chill." How many 300,000 soldiers in my Great Song Dynasty can withstand such a toss?

If all the soldiers in the world are chilled by your toss, who will work for my Great Song Dynasty?

Who will preserve your glory and riches?

Who can protect your lives?

If the Great Song Dynasty dies under your toss, the first person to be punished by the clan is not others, but our Zhao family.

As a member of the Zhao family, you don't think about your own life, for the lives of your children and grandchildren, to help me serve the Great Song Dynasty in a down-to-earth manner, and build a peaceful country for your children and grandchildren.

On the contrary, it blindly harmed the foundation of the Zhao family.

When you die, what face will be offered to your children and grandchildren? ”

Zhao Zhen pointed at the Manchu Dynasty civil and military and shouted: "The Manchu Dynasty civil and military impeached you, I defend you, you really should be directed at you?" I was afraid that I would drag you to the execution ground and lose the face of the royal family, so I covered it up for you.

I want you to know my good intentions, but you don't. ”

The eldest princess of Deng Guo's face had already turned purple, and so did the other royal relatives.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo stared at Zhao Zhen, and said in a heavy voice: "The official family ......"

Zhao Zhen didn't wait for her to finish speaking, and interrupted her forcefully, "Zhao Xuanci, when your grandfather was here, you were already born. How my Da Song stumbled to get to where it is today, you can see it clearly.

You should understand how difficult it is for my Zhao family to get to where it is today.

How many people died in the middle.

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty worked hard for my Great Song Dynasty and fought bloodily for my Great Song Dynasty, I don't know how many people are mortal.

They fought with their lives for my Zhao family.

As a member of the Zhao family, you didn't contribute to my Great Song Dynasty.

Don't you feel ashamed, don't you feel guilty? ”

The eldest princess of Deng Guo blushed in shame.

Zhao Zhen's words brought out the faces of the emperor's relatives and relatives, and exposed their ugly faces to everyone's eyes.

As long as it is a person who wants face, it is impossible to be indifferent.

"Lift it up!"

After Zhao Zhen suppressed the emperor's relatives, he commanded.

Chen Lin took a few eunuchs, carrying two large boxes, and entered the vertical arch hall.

"Open!"

Zhao Zhen commanded.

Chen Lin opened the box, and the box was full of folds.

Zhao Zhen pointed to the fold and said to the emperor's relatives and relatives: "It is all disgusting committed by you, and there is no repetition." The impeachment of you is piled up in two whole side halls.

I just picked out some important ones and took them out. ”

Zhao Zhen instructed: "Come and take a look, and see how you contribute to my Great Song Jiangshan." ”

The royal relatives blushed one by one, and none of them dared to step forward.

Zhao Zhen snorted coldly, "Show me, if you don't read it, I will order someone to read it in the court, when will it be finished, and when will it be dispersed!" ”

Even though the royal relatives were pulled clean, they still had some shame.

They were afraid that Zhao Zhen would really order someone to recite it in front of the court.

If Zhao Zhen really ordered someone to read all the notes in the hall, no one from the imperial family would be able to raise his head and be a man in the future.

The relatives of the emperor walked to the big box step by step.

One by one, they hesitantly picked up the recital.

Someone just glanced at it and couldn't stand it.

It's not that they can't stand the disgust they committed, but at this moment, the pressure that Zhao Zhen gave them can't bear it.

"The minister is guilty, and he is willing to ask the official family to punish him!"

When even someone can't withstand the pressure, they bow down and plead guilty.

Some people started to plead together, and some people naturally followed along to plead guilty.

After a while, eighty percent of the emperor's relatives bowed down and pleaded guilty.

So far.

They don't ask for guilt and there's no way.

Some of them guessed that Zhao Zhen's previous blind protection of them was probably to lure them into making mistakes so as to eradicate them in one fell swoop.

But I didn't dare to say it.

Now everything they say is wrong.

Even if Zhao Zhen designed to seduce them, the fault was them.

It was they who couldn't resist the temptation, and they were slightly tempted by Zhao Zhen, and they committed something wrong.

Although Zhao Zhen's move is a little inauthentic.

But they are the ones who make the mistake, and where their crimes are, they can't quibble.

Eighty percent of the royal relatives bowed down to ask for guilt, and two percent did not.

Zhao Zhen looked at those who didn't ask for guilt, and asked coldly: "Fourth Imperial Aunt, Fifth Imperial Aunt, do you think, are you right?" ”

The eldest princess of Ji Kingdom heard Zhao Zhen's words, and had the heart to get up and ask for guilt.

But she was pulled by the eldest princess of Deng Guo.

The eldest princess of Deng Guo stared at Zhao Zhen and gritted her teeth and said: "The official family is really a good means, this time I admit it." The official family wants to dispose of it, although it is disposed of. If I frowned, I wouldn't be called Zhao Xuanci! ”

"Imperial Sister ......"

The eldest princess of Ji called in a low voice, as if to remind the eldest princess of Deng Guo not to fight against Zhao Zhen.

But the eldest princess of Deng Guo was scolded by Zhao Zhen for being incomplete.

In addition to being ashamed, she also rose to anger, and she decided to fight Zhao Zhen to the end, so as to save some dignity.

She is Taizong's daughter and Zhao Zhen's aunt, Zhao Zhen never dared to ask for her life, nor did she dare to serve her with punishment, so she was not afraid of Zhao Zhen's punishment.

Zhao Zhen saw through the thoughts of the eldest princess of Deng Guo, stared at the eldest princess of Deng Guo and said: "The fourth imperial aunt is my own imperial aunt, if I punish you seriously, I am afraid that my father and grandfather Jiuquan will not agree."

The four imperial aunts will stay in the house in the future and don't come out, and the food and clothing in the future will be provided according to the county lord's share. ”

When the eldest princess of Deng Guo heard Zhao Zhen's words, she gritted her teeth and said in a trembling voice: "Okay~"

Zhao Zhen lowered her identity in disguise, and at the same time put her under house arrest, so she was naturally not calm in her heart.

Zhao Zhen finished disposing of the eldest princess of Deng Guo, and looked at Chai Zongqing again, "As for you...... You should reconcile with the Four Emperor Aunts...... Because...... I'm going to kill your whole family! ”