Yang Huairen hesitated at this moment, and the original idea of confessing was gradually retracted, but he felt that the adapted Fengshenwei would definitely not be handed over to Zhao Xu.

He didn't have time to think deeply, so he could only make a new plan temporarily, preparing to hide the secret of Fengshenwei, and explained to Zhao Xu, "Wei Chen's position in the internal guard was a hall master, in charge of more than a hundred internal guard members who were active near the capital.

It's not that after the incident, these people scattered and fled, Wechen caught some, in order to prevent future troubles, he made the decision to kill, and the rest went to the people, Wechen was looking around for their traces, and after finding it, he was also ready to cut the grass and eradicate the roots. ”

"Oh?"

Zhao Xu seemed a little suspicious, but his face froze slightly, and he smiled again, "The members of the internal guard near the capital should all be the old woman's henchmen, and it's not a pity to kill them, you did a good job."

However, I seem to have heard that in various parts of the Great Song Dynasty, there should be some wandering internal guards, who were originally responsible for investigating the situation of officials in various places, and these people should only be afraid of the old woman's power, so they can still make use of her. ”

After Zhao Xu finished speaking, he went to see Yang Huairen's expression, Yang Huairen had expected him to ask this question, and he had already prepared for it, his face did not change, "Your Majesty is right, although Weichen has never seen these people, he has also heard about their existence from other people's mouths."

These people are roughly some idle people who were recruited by the old woman and Grandpa Ye from the rivers and lakes, the old woman paid the money, and they were responsible for finding out the news, if His Majesty did the same, I believe they would not have trouble with the money. ”

Zhao Xu pondered for a while, what Yang Huairen said was indeed reasonable, Empress Dowager Gao has lived in the palace for a long time, and there should be no intersection with these people outside the palace, and the only reason that can let them join the internal guard to do things for the old woman is money.

"Money is not a problem, you just send people to find it, try to find as many people as possible, and then you are responsible for setting up an organization similar to internal security to help me collect local public information, verify whether the officials' political achievements are true, and collect all kinds of information and so on."

Yang Huairen replied, "Wechen obeys. It's just one thing, these people used to be secret posts in the internal guard, and they were very hidden, and it might not be easy to summon them, and they couldn't all be found immediately for a while, and it would take a little time. ”

Zhao Xu nodded, "Time is not a problem, although you send someone to do it, by the way, don't you want to send people to build food bases in various places?"

Since you have sent people to the local area, and let them do this by the way, I am not in a hurry, and I can do it within a year, and you have done another great thing for me. ”

"Wechen obeys."

Saying this, Yang Huairen was very unhappy in his heart, popularizing new vegetables, this is a major matter related to people's livelihood, when it comes to this matter, you say that the imperial court has no money, and help you set up a spy organization, you have money again, this is something that a good emperor can do?

Yang Huairen became more and more disappointed, Zhao Xu really couldn't change, maybe it was his life experience that created his current character, when he had no power, he had enough of being ignored by the courtiers and suppressed by the Empress Dowager Gao.

Finally one day the power is in his hands, and what he cares about most is not the dream he once had, but trying to find ways to firmly grasp the current power in his own hands.

Zhao Xu seemed to be a little distracted, and he stared at the gentle flames in the brazier in the hall for a moment.

Yang Huairen secretly looked at him and saw a young man who was once full of dreams and turned into an emperor who was obsessed with power.

Maybe Zhao Xu can't be blamed, being born in the emperor's family is not something he can choose. The blame is the turbid whirlpool of power in the court, once people fall into it, they will never be able to get out again.

The only thing that makes Yang Huairen hopeful is that Zhao Xu still regards him as a friend and trusts him, which gives Yang Huairen time to do more correct things and change the fate of the Northern Song Dynasty, so that the tragedy will not really happen decades later.

When I left the palace, I happened to meet Zhao Ji after meeting the current queen mother and concubine, and she was also preparing to leave the palace.

After experiencing everything today, Yang Huairen looked at this child who was only twelve years old, and he didn't know whether he should still have hope for him.

To a certain extent, Zhao Ji and Zhao Xu's personalities are quite similar, naïve on the surface, but actually very scheming, which can be seen from the fact that he knows how to respect the Empress Dowager Xiang, who is not in power now.

And Yang Huairen seems to think that Zhao Xu's forbearance under the wing of the Empress Dowager Gao is clear, and it can't compare to Zhao Ji's secret forbearance, he understands better that if you want to get what you want, you need to do enough to be accurate, and don't let go of anyone who will have an impact on the future.

Perhaps, this is the unique character of being born in the imperial family.

Zhao Ji seemed very happy to see Yang Huairen, and also looked at Yang Huairen's pair of children, so he immediately took off a pair of jade pendants from his waist and gave them to the two children as a meeting gift.

Yang Huairen pushed a few times, and finally accepted it. From Yang Huairen's face, Zhao Ji understood why Yang Huairen was brought into the palace by the imperial brother.

But the position he lives in now is not suitable for exploring these, so he behaved very indifferently, didn't ask a word, and only said that he talked to Yang Huairen enthusiastically about the New Year.

Since Zhao Ji didn't ask, Yang Huairen wouldn't open his mouth to say it himself, and he just told Zhao Ji about the planting and sales plan of vegetables this year.

Everyone is very close in the words, but Yang Huairen has become more and more aware in his heart that he, Zhao Xu, and Zhao Ji have not been all the way from the beginning.

If you don't talk about business in private, just gossip and fart, or do business, maybe you can be friends. But when it comes to state affairs, they all have their own interests and plans.

But when Yang Huairen and Zhao Ji broke up at the gate of the palace, they watched Zhao Ji's car gradually drive away, and then turned around and saw the magnificent Daqing Hall from the palace gate, and suddenly felt a sense of loss.

From this moment on, he seemed to have lost two friends. Perhaps the relationship between people, in addition to fate, really needs to have similar personalities.

Yang Huairen was originally an ordinary person, if it weren't for this unexpected accident, he might not have had the opportunity to contact people of this level in his life, let alone make friends.

Originally, Yang Huairen was secretly happy because he had made friends with the emperor, but now that he thinks about it, this is just his naïve wishful thinking.

The three of them, each carrying their own secrets, drifted away in three different directions.

And ordinary people like Brother Hei Niu, Brother Tianba, etc., are the people who can really fall in love with him, eat together, play together, and be able to fight side by side, live and die together.