Chapter 331: The End

Because the matter of eradicating the Yuan people's spies was too important, Shi Bin did not dare to act without authorization, but Li Zong kept dragging it out and did not make a reply, so everyone had to decide to enter the palace together on the fourth day. The Yuan people sent spies to infiltrate the Great Song Dynasty Lizong had long known that because he also sent spies to infiltrate the Yuan people, but he took it for granted that the situation was not serious, and thought that his courtiers would swear allegiance to his Zhao family, so he didn't pay attention to the twists and turns of Shi Bin and the four. It wasn't until Dong Songchen reported that Shi Bin and the four of them asked to face the saint together, that Li Zong realized that things might not be so simple.

Li Zong has long since ceased to be as diligent as he was when he was 'Duanping and Change', so even if Shi Bin's four important ministers asked him to see him together, he didn't agree immediately, but asked Shi Bin and the four of them to wait until he took a nap before summoning him.

Looking at Zhao Kui, Zheng Qingzhi and Wu Qian, the three old fritters who were walking all the way, with a calm face, and talking and laughing with Dong Songchen, as if they were sitting there waiting for Li Zong for an hour, there was no trace of unhappiness, but it made people feel that they were very happy.

Shi Bin couldn't stand it in his heart, if he didn't want to do things well, although he wouldn't scold, but at least he would stare at it. In order not to show his stuffing, he followed behind several people silently, hoping to put out the fire before he met Rizong.

Finally entered Li Zong's study, and saw him sitting neatly dressed at the desk to review the folds, Shi Bin felt more comfortable and less aggrieved.

After the courtesy of the pedestrians, the four of them asked about the attitude of the Rinshu about the previous performance. Obviously, Ritsune just skimmed through the memorabilia and did not read it carefully, and his speech was not organized and he was very embarrassed.

At this time, the role of Zhao Kui, an old minister of the three dynasties, came out, and he said: "Now I have a lot of affairs in the Great Song Dynasty, and the saint has been working hard for days, and it is rare to rest for a while at noon but I am disturbed by me, and my thinking is definitely not so smooth when I get up just now, let's wait for the saint to take a closer look at the twists and turns before talking about anything else." ”

Old fox, Shi Bin slandered. However, I also admire Zhao Kui's ability to help people step down. At the same time, he also understood why he was able to stand for three dynasties without falling, and he really had great wisdom.

There is such a good excuse, Li Zong is naturally happy to use it, Shi Bin, Zheng Qingzhi and Wu Qian will not break this excuse with water in their heads, so they naturally echo and ask Li Zong to read the folds carefully first. It is estimated that he felt that the four important ministers were here, and the things he had just lost face were praised by Zhao Kui as a lack of energy because of his diligence, which made Li Zong have to read the recital carefully.

Li Zong's face was red and white in the process of playing, and at the end it was like the bottom of a pot, and then he grabbed his favorite teapot and smashed it on the ground, and asked tremblingly, "Is what this music said true?" ”

"Infallible, Holy. This was checked by the minister together with Lord Zheng, Lord Wu, and Lord Shi. The minister dares to guarantee his life! Zhao Kui said with great certainty, "Holy Lord, maybe Lord Chen and Lord Wu are not good at inspecting spies, but Lord Zheng and Lord Shi have been in charge of the army for many years, so they shouldn't go wrong in doing these things." ”

Zhao Kui's words made Li Zong discouraged, and he had to believe what he said, and then asked in frustration: "Do you mean to kill more scholars who rebelled against Song Touyuan but not to engage in Zhulian?" ”

"Yes." Zheng Qingzhi replied, "After the four of us discussed, we felt that Zhulian was not suitable. ”

"Not suitable? Treason is not convicted? What kind of absurd logic is this? Li Zong found an outlet and shouted loudly.

Knowing why Li Zong was so angry, Shi Bin and the four of them stopped talking, just bowed their heads and remained silent.

Seeing that the four of them were silent, Li Zong spoke even more, "It's not bad if I don't even connect the nine clans, isn't it even the three clans?" What deterrent can only killing a few scholars have, and can it play a role in killing a hundred people? ”

Looking at Li Zong's appearance, Shi Bin judged that their performance was estimated to be criticized as 'not allowed'. But Shi Bin really didn't want to see such a killing, after all, he opened it, so he mustered up the courage to stand up as if he was heroic and righteous, and said: "Holy Lord, you rule the world with benevolence and virtue, killing is only to increase resentment, as long as we work hard, once the country improves, no one will naturally rebel against the Song Dynasty and join the Yuan, but the Yuan people will come to our Great Song Dynasty." ”

was praised by Shi Bin as the 'Holy Lord' who rules the world with benevolence and virtue, of course Li Zong's heart is happy, after all, he is also an emperor who has 'acted' who has engaged in 'Duanping and Reform', but in this way, his thoughts of wanting to kill people have been blocked, and he is in a dilemma. So the face gradually became difficult to look at.

Knowing the truth that a companion is like a tiger, Zheng Qingzhi immediately ran out and said: "Holy Lord, Lord Shi means that killing must be killed, but there must be a difference between killing. Then he smiled at Shi Bin: "Right, Lord Shi? ”

Of course, Shi Bin knew that Zheng Qingzhi was helping him out of the siege, so he immediately gave Zheng Qingzhi a grateful smile, and immediately took over the conversation and said, "Holy Lord, Lord Zheng is right. The meaning of the minister is to kill differently, not all of the three clans, nor all of them kill only one person. ”

Such a compromise method made Li Zong's qi a little smoother, and there were four important ministers in front of him, and in order to appear that the Holy Ming Li Zong naturally 'disagreed' and asked, "What does Lord Shi mean by this?" What does it mean that not all three tribes are strained, nor only one person is killed? How can Lord Shi tell whether to destroy the three clans or kill one person? ”

Li Zong's question was something that Shi Bin had never thought about, but in front of the emperor, Shi Bin knew that he couldn't be untrustworthy, and he didn't have the wit to ask himself, so he had to play a side game, "Shengshang, the minister is not knowledgeable enough to know that there are no rules, and I and the three adults came here to ask the Sage to help us make this rule." ”

A ball was kicked back to Li Zongna, and Shi Bin secretly said, "It's dangerous" and at the same time narcissistic.

Although Li Zong is now unconscious, he is not mentally retarded, and understands that Shi Bin is avoiding the question, but his attitude, Li Zong already understands it very well, so he said: "Shi Aiqing and the other three Aiqing mean that they do not advocate Zhu Lian? ”

Zhao Kui, the old slippery man, was the first to reply after listening to Li Zong's words, "Your Majesty has misunderstood, we don't advocate too many connections, what was written on the previous fold is only a preliminary opinion, and everything still needs to be decided by Your Majesty." ”

Shi Bin, who was on the side, felt the trouble of talking to the emperor for the first time, but he only said a few words, although he was not sweating, he was already feeling very tired.

"Oh? Do you want me to be arbitrary? Rizune laughed.

"Yes." Zheng Qingzhi and Wu Qian immediately agreed, and Shi Bin echoed although he was a little slower.

Looking at the four people in front of him, the 'Shengming' emperor of Li Zong smiled happily: "I can't be arbitrary, and I can't compare to Tang Zong and Song Zu." However, I feel that the Beijing officials do not engage in Zhulian, and it may be more appropriate for the local officials to engage in Zhulian. ”

Li Zong's attitude Shi Bin did not understand, in his opinion, the closest to the center of power was the most stern rectification, and it should be the most severe. The magistrates do not have much power, and they are the least likely to leave after serving one term. However, he forgot that he was a magistrate with a heavy army, and it was he who Rijong wanted to deter.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to correct Li Zong's opinion, Zheng Qingzhi's cuffs were gently pulled by Zheng Qingzhi, signaling him to keep quiet.

Shi Bin was not happy to be disturbed so much, but Zheng Qingzhi ignored him anymore, which made Shi Bin even more confused, and he could only think about why Zheng Qingzhi behaved like this.

After calming down, I found that among the four people, Zheng Qingzhi and the three were all Beijing officials, and Shi Bin and the other were local officials, although the three of them had real power, they did not directly control the army, and he Shi Bin had more than 100,000 heavy soldiers. If he still comes forward to speak for the magistrate, Li Zong will definitely suspect that he has two hearts and wants to plot evil.

Thinking of this, Shi Bin gave Zheng Qingzhi a grateful look, which was indeed a rescue for him, which made him feel a trace of warmth in his heart, and he felt that the officialdom was not so cold and ruthless.

As if he understood what Shi Bin was thinking, Zheng Qingzhi opened his mouth and said to Li Zong: "Your Majesty, the minister has a word, please let Your Majesty hang your ears." ”

"Aiqing, please speak."

"Your Majesty, some magistrates have done their best for the country and many are not really committed to the Yuan people, although they have two hearts, they don't have to affect their families, can Your Majesty consider deciding whether to connect the three clans according to the specific situation? My Great Song Dynasty and the Yuan people are at war, and I have killed too many magistrates, and it is probably not good to put everyone in danger. ”

After listening to Zheng Qingzhi's words, Li Zong immediately looked at Shi Bin, and understood what he meant, so he said: "Zheng Aiqing is reasonable, if he has made meritorious deeds, as long as he is not obsessed, then I will not kill them all, but only kill myself." ”

I understood that Li Zong's words were to listen to himself and calm his heart, but Shi Bin still felt much more comfortable after hearing it. Although it is not a holy decree, it is also an oracle, which can be regarded as a kind of commitment of the Logo.

After discussing these rules, he began to close the net, and arrested all the Yuan people and spies that had been found in Lin'an Mansion and several surrounding provinces.

No less than 200 people were arrested. But this is just himself, not including the three clans of Zhulian, although Shi Bin is used to seeing dead people looking at them but feels uncomfortable, so he decided to just be a spectator.

Although he was just a spectator, as an official in charge, he still had to pay attention to the progress of the matter, and he had to look at the list, and by the day it was determined that the net was closed, there were already more than 4,000 names on the roster. That meant killing more than 4,000 people at a time.

But if he didn't kill him, he couldn't do it, so Shi Bin had no choice but to resign from the prison and behead him, and let Zhao Kui, the guy who insisted on Zhulian at the beginning, be the one who let him bear the notoriety of 'Zhao shaving his head'.

People were killed, and the espionage organization of the Yuan people in the Lin'an area of the Great Song Dynasty was uprooted, and the espionage activities were a complete failure. Li Zong was naturally very satisfied with this result, and gave Shi Bin, Zheng Qingzhi, Wu Qian, and Zhao Kui oral awards.

However, Shi Bin felt very painful, and it was really unacceptable for him to be rewarded for killing his own people. After all, the people who died were all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and most of them were not at fault, but they should not have been born in such a family, so they left Lin'an early in the morning of the second day after receiving the award from Li Zong, and embarked on the road back to Chengdu.