If you look at history, you'll find that it's always been like this.

The more a country and a generation of dynasties are about to die, the more the important ministers and tycoons who hold real power are not working together to rectify the country and turn things around under the pressure of the crisis, but are more and more tearing down each other and fighting fiercely, and there is a high degree of tacit agreement in cleaning up the loyal ministers who are trying to save the dynasty and have the ability to save them.

Don't these high-ranking officials and dignitaries care about the destruction of the country and are not afraid of the collapse of the country?

No.

The top glory and wealth they enjoy are tied to the dynasty of this country, and their own vital interests are involved, and they naturally do not want the regime they rely on to collapse.

But they are desperately harming the country, erasing the talents who can save the country and protect the country, and smashing the pot of their own food.

It seems that every time this period comes, these shrewd high-ranking officials will fall into an inexplicable stupor, and use all their ingenuity to react.

This seems to be the mysterious and irresistible power of providence. This country, this dynasty, should be destroyed.

Immortal, the elite ruler who is in charge of the country will try his best to toss and destroy it himself, and then the glory and wealth occupied by the elites will collapse, and the huge wealth that they have deliberately plundered will be laughed at by others, and they will be trampled in the mud and killed in shame like a dog, and even the entire family will be destroyed, and everything will be reduced to a cloud of smoke and laughter.

Under Zhao Yue's cold gaze, he didn't know that there was a conspiracy aimed at him again to aim at Liang Shan.

But the wonderful drama of smashing his own rice bowl was staged in Tokyo at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In other words, it is really not the right time to sit in this phase in the middle of the white time.

The opportunity has achieved the power he has longed for, and it has also made him sit on pins and needles from now on, and he will no longer have the wealth and leisure of the past, let alone sit comfortably like Cai Jing.

These days, I am busy counting the specific situation of the country after the disaster, stabilizing the turbulent situation in the DPRK, and how to maintain the Song dynasty under the unprecedented new national situation...... I was so busy that I was frightened, my heart was cold, I was anxious, and I felt helpless in my sorrow.

Suddenly, the news that circulated among the courtiers, when someone reported it to him, Bai Shizhong raised his head from the exhaustion and confusion of his emaciated heart, was stunned for a while, and suddenly his face changed greatly.

He almost jumped up from the back of the case, showing the agility and panic that he had never had since becoming a high-ranking official, but he was fat and weak and tired, but he almost fell headlong at this sudden sudden.

The close-fitting servants and the officials who reported the news were startled and hurriedly rushed up to help.

Bai Shizhong shook off the two of them, shook his unstable body and hurriedly ran to the place where he had placed the pressure on the fold, rummaged through it, and looked for a while before his face was happy.

Got it.

This letter, which was so pressed that Bai Shizhong had forgotten it in his mind in the midst of extreme busyness, fatigue and worry, was the report on the suppression of bandits played by Tian Shizhong, the prefect of Dongchang Mansion.

There was a conspiracy against Yangsan in the war report. And that's exactly what the rumors revealed.

Bai Shizhong wanted to press it down at that time, and deal with the more urgent and dangerous chaos first, so as not to anger Wen Chenghou, who was in the most special situation and forced his identity and role to add another storm, which would make the situation worse in the Great Song Dynasty and fall into uncontrollable situation.

At that time, he also communicated the matter with the privy envoy who was in an awkward position.

This is true, it is a wise decision.

Otherwise, the world will be in turmoil, and the rule of the Great Song Dynasty will collapse, if the prestige is terrifyingly high and the ability is amazing, Wen Chenghou rebels in anger, then everything will definitely be over.

So far, it is still not the time to solve the possible threat of a strong military force in Yangshan.

The world is far from returning to normal order, and it cannot withstand any more tosses.

Marquis Wencheng, the court does not dare to move at the moment.

But the matter of Tian Shizhong's twists and turns was revealed, and the trouble was known to the whole dynasty, and the matter could not be delayed.

Bai Shizhong is not as good as Cai Jing's old spicy in politics, but he is also a master, and as soon as he hears the news, he knows that there is a conspiracy here.

Someone must be deliberately pushing for this.

If he doesn't report the battle report of the encirclement and suppression of the Taohuashan bandits to the emperor for processing, then there must be other officials who will expose him for suppressing this report, and he will be passive at that point, I am afraid that the emperor who is so neurotic and suspicious that he will inevitably become suspicious. If the emperor suspects that he has any deal or even conspiracy behind Bai Shizhong and Marquis Wencheng, then .....

Bai Shizhong was shocked into a cold sweat.

It doesn't seem like a big deal, but if he loses the emperor's trust and loses his phase, it's the lightest. He couldn't afford the consequences.

The problem is that the consequences of this are also terrible.

The emperor was deeply jealous of the rebellion of the Cangzhao family, and saw that Liangshan actually hid an elite military force that could easily eliminate tens of thousands of bandits...... The emperor was not so frightened that he jumped up, how could he not immediately thoroughly investigate the bottom of Liangshan.

A check, troublesome.

If Liang Shan really has such great strength, it is certain that he planned to rebel, and he will rebel if he investigates.

If Liang Shan didn't have the kind of strength he imagined, the number of bandits eliminated was an exaggeration, and the killing of thieves was not by strong forces but by some clever means, and it would not be good to investigate.

As far as these insidious and stupid officials of the imperial court are concerned, they can still have a good investigation when they go to Liangshan. Nothing can cause trouble. I'm afraid that if something happens, it's an earth-shattering event.

The matter was investigated as much as possible, but the consequences were all borne by the prime minister Bai Shizhong.

But in today's situation, he can't afford it.

If you can't afford it, it's incompetent, useless, and unworthy of sitting in phase, so you have to step down and get out.

Even if you can afford it, what if you can afford it?

He can only take the initiative to report this twist and turn, so how to count the matter of Zha Liangshan is also caused by him, and he has to be the sworn enemy of Wen Chenghou, who is annoyed and enraged.

Who in the world doesn't know that Marquis Wen Cheng treats his younger brother with the attitude of an eldest brother like a father?

If you provoke Wen Chenghou, he may take into account the overall situation, talk about his temperament and demeanor, and be generous and don't care about you. But if he bullied his younger brother, he will never forgive and will never compromise and give in.

Past events have proven this.

At the beginning, it was still officialdom and eggs, and Zhao Gonglian dared to take revenge on his younger brother as the prime minister of the dynasty, without fear.

Now?

With Zhao Gonglian's powerful position and prestige, who are you afraid of?

This time, Zhao Zhuang suffered, and the prosperous Cangzhao family was left with only an old lady and Zhao Gonglian brothers in a blink of an eye.

After losing his parents, Zhao Gonglian, who was extremely angry, would only care more about his only younger brother, whoever bullied Zhao Lao Er at this time, Zhao Boss would be angry and kill him.

And Liangshanbo is Zhao Laoer's territory.

At the beginning, Zhao Gonglian asked the emperor to buy Liangshanbo in its entirety, and Zhao Lao Er was in charge of the operation, which was actually a preliminary division of the Liang Shanbo industry to Zhao Lao Er.

After all, Zhao Gonglian is the eldest son and grandson, according to tradition and family will, Cangzhou industry, no matter how Zhao Gonglian takes care of his younger brother and is willing to give it to his younger brother, he has to inherit the ancestral property.

Now Zhao Zhuang is ruined. The imperial court stretched out its hand to Liang Shan and threatened the life of Zhao Laoer, which undoubtedly angered Zhao Gonglian's rebellion.

The officials who went to investigate only tossed Zhao Lao Er a little, and they would detonate all the anger and anger that Zhao Gonglian was about to erupt in his heart, but he couldn't find a target to vent.

If Zhao Gonglian aimed this ferocity at Bai Shizhong, and wanted to use Bai Shizhong, the chicken who slaughtered the chickens and set an example for the monkeys, to vent his anger and deter other officials with ill intentions, and force the emperor to make a choice between Zhao Gonglian and Bai Shizhong, who would the emperor choose?

Others may have different answers, but Bai Shizhong knew very well that the emperor would definitely choose Zhao Gonglian and give up on him.

At least for the time being.

Zhao Gonglian is not down, he has to do it in the middle of the day.

Because, as the prime minister, many people in the DPRK can be on top, at least for a period of time. But no one can afford Zhao Gonglian's position, and no one dares to go to the top.

As long as Zhao Gonglian stepped down, he was made crazy by the victims of Liaodong and hated the Liao army in Cangzhou, so it would be strange if he didn't take the opportunity to loot and retaliate.

Without Zhao Gonglian's ability and great prestige in the Cangbei Army, whoever goes to the top of Zhao Gonglian's official position will be defeated in the army, ruined in the city, and ruined in the family.

What if you don't die?

Losing the city and losing land, eroding the East Hebei Road, and even the Liao army's soldiers quickly marched south to directly threaten the capital, the crime was heavy, and at least the official career was over.

Bai Shizhong thought about this very thoroughly, and fell into the dilemma that everything was wrong and it was a disaster, and he hated this in his heart.

Who played the conspiracy so clever and easily set him up in the crater?

Too despicable, too disregardful of the big picture, too insidious and shameless.

After thinking about it, he thought of the conspirators doing things, but he was afraid that the target was only in the phase.

Who's staring at my phase?

Deputy Minister Zhang Bangchang?

Participating in political affairs?

The old fellow in the Privy Council?

……

All denied.

It must be the old thief Cai Jing, who is not dead.

This old thing pretends to be very similar to the old man at home, but how can he fool others, but how can he fool Bai Shizhong, who knows too well how the old thief is obsessed with power.

Only Cai Lao Thief can use a little thing to play with a big effect.

This old immortal political skill is indeed perfect.

Bai Shizhong gritted his teeth with hatred, and at the same time hated himself.

Why did you forget about it?

If you keep this in mind, reveal the powerful private analysis of the twists and turns to the emperor earlier, and communicate with the emperor, you will not fall into this loophole for the old thief to exploit.

It's too late to say anything.

Bai Shizhong knew that Lao Cai was forcing him to take the initiative to take the initiative to bear Zhao Gonglian's anger, but he could only do so, and he didn't dare to delay for a moment.

Today is the Great Pilgrimage.

If he doesn't rush to report it, someone will play in front of him and challenge him, causing the group to question him, and he will immediately be trapped in a phase shake.

Emperor Zhao Ji's complexion has improved a lot these days, no longer the shocked, fearful, angry, haggard and emaciated appearance before, his face has some blood, and his spirit is also good.

The earth-shattering catastrophe has passed, the Great Song Dynasty has not fallen, and the emperor's throne can still sit peacefully, eat well, and sleep well, which is the main reason.

In addition, Zhao Ji got the help and guidance of a Taoist master with great powers, knowing that the Great Song Dynasty was still strong, his spirit was relieved, and his body was also recuperated by a master.

This Taoist master, surnamed Tao, claimed to be a Taoist who manifested the spirit of Taiqing.

About Tao Daxian, this is a key figure who changed the spiritual civilization of the Han people, and I will talk about him later.

It is said that Zhao Ji sat on the throne in the bright lights, and after the ministers worshiped and greeted him, he was full of spirit and announced in a warm voice that restored his clarity: "The secretaries are flat." ”

Then naturally, there is something to play early, and nothing to retreat.

After the frenzy of immigration, the crisis passed, and the ministers did not have to panic and were busy discussing how to deal with the national disaster like headless flies in the palace, and they were tired of arguing for months, and they liked to show off their literary talents, and they were tired of talking nonsense, and they were tired of talking about it, so they wanted to vomit themselves, so they were very quiet at the court meeting these days.

If there is something, you can deal with it at the official office.

I didn't bother to report to the emperor in front of the court for instructions, lest a little matter be arguing endlessly, and when the matter was not resolved, it would take a lot of tongue, annoy the emperor, and make me angry.

On both sides of the hall with hundreds of officials, the procession extends to the outside of the hall, in fact, they have their own thoughts.

Bai Shizhong, the prime minister at the head of the hundred officials, naturally stood at the forefront.

His gloomy gaze scanned the vast contingent of officials at the court meeting, examining the vice-minister Zhang Bangchang and the governor of the government...... I couldn't see the clues, and finally stared at a few cadres of the Cai Party.

No one stood up to do something, and it seemed that there was nothing to worry about the peace in the world that was worth reporting to the emperor for adjudication.

The hall was so quiet that there was not a trace of noise except for the sound of panting.

I felt a little better in the center during the day.

It seems that no one dares to jump out to challenge his authority and murderous spirit.

When Liang Shicheng, the chief eunuch on duty, greeted him again, there was no one to play after he had something to do and nothing to retreat. ”

The suppression of bandits in the Ueda division was taken by the eunuch on duty and forwarded to the emperor's imperial review.

Zhao Ji flashed his eyes under the light and took a quick look at the content, and his face first showed a little joy.

The officers and soldiers around Liangshanbo exterminated a strong group of bandits, which finally showed the power and deterrence that the imperial army should have. The state governments worked together, the armies united and cooperated to kill the enemy bravely, the results were good, and the commander of the Dongchang Mansion died heroically, and the army of the prefecture could still fight effectively after losing the unified command, which was the loyalty to the monarch and the defense of the country.

Well, this merit deserves a commendation.

In the case of national calamity, the armies in various places suffered setbacks and failures, and the face of the imperial court was lost and its authority was greatly reduced, this result was particularly rare, and the loyalty and ability of Tian Shizhong deserved a heavy reward.

continued to look at it in a good mood, but Zhao Ji's brows gradually wrinkled, and the more wrinkled he became.

By the time he had finished watching the whole recital, his face had turned bloodless with shock.

What the?

Liang Shanbo, a mere wilderness land, was able to defeat the crazy attack of tens of thousands of bandits, and he could still wipe out so many elite bandits?

Liang Shanbo actually hides such a strong and terrifying army?

This, this, this......

Could it be that Zhao Gonglian really had the intention to rebel early?

Could it be that he had already made careful arrangements, and had already prepared a strong army in such a close location to the capital to deal with the imperial court's rebellion?

In this way, the question letter played by Zhao Gonglian is full of unruliness and is not simply a vent of dissatisfaction under the extreme gaffe, but a force to rely on and the purpose of the regime?