Zhao Junsheng's decision to let Zhao Ping go to Yizhou was deliberate, the third brother fought too fiercely and ruthlessly with the prince, and there was also a fourth Zhao Ting and a fifth Zhao Lei, none of these four brothers was a fuel-efficient lamp.

His idea was to send Zhao Ping away first, and then send the fourth and fifth elders to work in other places one by one, and the brothers would not be together, and if they were far away from the court and the capital, there would be a lot less trouble.

By separating these brothers, Zhao Junsheng's purpose was not only to stop them from fighting, but also to protect them.

Zhao Ping was silent for a while and said, "Father, the son doesn't want to leave Beijing!" ”

Zhao Junsheng turned his head to look at Zhao Ping, "This is not something you can decide, whether you want to or not, you have to go, if you don't leave yourself, I will send someone to escort you away!" ”

"It's not fair to the son!"

"What is fairness? Other people's sons have eaten bran and vegetables, and you have been carrying the golden key since birth, and you are unfair to me? I'll give you one last chance to go to Yizhou by yourself! ”

Zhao Ping left angrily.

In the following month, Zhao Junsheng successively sent the fourth Zhao Ting and the fifth Zhao Lei to Qingzhou and Liangzhou respectively, just to make them magistrates, but not to let them be vassals.

As soon as the three brothers left, the court did not calm down, some ministers attacked each other and impeached, Zhao Junsheng did not care about this, for those who have evidence, send someone to verify it and hand it over to the judicial office, for those who have no evidence but bite people indiscriminately, once it is verified, they will be severely punished for the crime of framing important ministers, and they will be dismissed from their posts at least and killed at worst.

Subsequently, Zhao Junsheng carried out a strict rectification of the court and various local officials, but all the court or local officials who had close contacts with the princes and were at fault were arrested and punished.

In addition, the records in the archives of the pending lawsuit shall prevail, but if there is any violation of law and discipline, a group of them shall be arrested at regular intervals and cleaned up in batches, so as to maintain the integrity of the ranks of officials and the political clarity of the officialdom, vigorously encourage officials to be honest and honest, diligent in their administration and love for the people, and also set up a number of exemplary examples to commend them, and order the relevant yamen of the imperial court and local government to vigorously publicize this aspect.

Zhao Junsheng's series of measures attracted the support of the vast majority of officials in the imperial court and local governments, and was also applauded among the people.

On August 16 of that year, a news spread from Qiantang to Chang'an, and Song Mengkang, an envoy of the Qianguo State stationed in Qiantang of Liu Song State, was killed in the embassy.

Zhao Junsheng took the 800-mile expedited line report and read it, and said to the old eunuch Kang Yide in a deep voice: "Pass the decree and let the ministers enter the palace to discuss matters!" ”

Soon, the bell rang from the palace to summon the ministers into the palace for deliberations, and the ministers rushed one after another.

"Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand: "Let's be flat!" This time the bell summoned Zhuqing because a major event happened, Song Mengkang, the envoy of our dynasty stationed in Liu Song of the Southern Dynasty, was killed in the Qiantang embassy, and the murderer is not known for the time being. ”

As soon as the words were finished, the ministers in the hall suddenly exploded, and there were many discussions, and there was a lot of quarrel between those who had different opinions.

Zhao Junsheng made them quarrel for a while, and stopped: "Okay, stop!" If you have ideas, you can stand up one by one and say, Lu Xuan, you say it first! ”

After Lu Xuan was named, he immediately stood up and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the top priority is to immediately send someone to inform Liu Songguo, and let them use all their strength to investigate this case clearly and give our country the truth, otherwise our country will never give up!" ”

Zhao Junsheng named again: "Li Song, what do you say?" ”

Li Song stood up and asked Lu Xuan: "Lu Gong, do you want the truth, or do you want an explanation?" ”

"Nonsense, of course the truth!"

"The person in charge of the investigation is Liu Songguo's yamen, what truth you want, they can give you what kind of truth! If you want an explanation, they will pull out a minister as a scapegoat, after all, someone needs to be responsible for Song Mengkang's death, and Liu Song pulling out a minister as a substitute for the dead can just stop my country's mouth! ”

These words made the other ministers stop arguing, and the ministers thought about it, didn't they? The people of the Liu Song court are good at this kind of practice, they are good at pulling skin and tendons, and in the end they may be dragged out of their way.

Zhao Junsheng asked, "Li Song, what do you think?" ”

Li Song saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that my country can use this as an excuse to send troops across the river to attack Liu Song and dominate the world!" ”

"Tell me what you think!"

"No!" Li Song agreed, and immediately said: "I can put pressure on Liu Song first, let them find out the truth as soon as possible, and when they hand over the murderer, our country can not admit the account, the case is investigated by them, and they can even arrange anyone to act as the murderer, and our country will send troops on the grounds that Liu Song is covering up the murderer, investigating the case is perfunctory, and bullying our country!" ”

"Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, it is not a trivial matter for the envoy of our dynasty to die in the Southern Dynasty, this is a big matter, because the envoy represents His Majesty and the Great Qian's court to a certain extent, this is a major event that can cause a war, and we have every reason to send troops!"

Zhao Junsheng looked at the other ministers and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"The minister seconded the proposal!" Liang Lin stood up and said.

"The minister also seconded it!"

One by one, the ministers came forward to support the proposal.

Zhao Junsheng also felt that this was an opportunity, and he couldn't let it go easily, so he immediately said: "Okay, send a note to the Liu Song court, ask them to solve the case within a time limit, and give me an explanation within a month!" ”

"Spread my will, 300,000 troops will be requisitioned from all over the country and assembled in Lujiang County within two months, the specific number of troops to be transferred will be determined by the Ministry of War at its discretion, and the household department, ordnance supervisor and other yamen must ensure the supply of grain, grass and ordnance!"

"Ordered Chang Kun to organize people to build a camp for the army to camp, and do a good job of receiving soldiers and horses from all walks of life!"

"Your Ministers obey!" Ministers of various ministries have stepped forward to receive the decree.

Qianguo's note was soon sent to Liu Songguo by Honglu Temple and sent to Qiantang.

Liu Jun, the emperor of the Liu Song Kingdom, died in madness two years ago, and his son Liu Ziye succeeded to the throne and changed his name to Yongguang.

After Qianguo's note was sent to Qiantang, Liu Song Junchen did not dare to slack off and immediately discussed matters in the palace.

Liu Ziye knelt on the high platform, wearing a jade crown and wearing an imperial robe, looking at the ministers below and said: "Zhuqing, the Qianguo Imperial Court sent someone to send a note, asking me to give an explanation for the death of the envoy Song Mengkang within a month, otherwise we will raise troops to attack, how is this case investigated now?" ”

Ruan Shanliang, the waiter of the Criminal Department, stood up and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, twenty-four people in the Qianguo Embassy were killed, there was no living mouth at the scene, the arresters conducted an investigation in the surrounding area and asked the neighbors nearby, some people heard shouts in the embassy on the night of the incident, but it rained heavily that night, and the sound was covered by the sound of raindrops, and it was not clear to hear, no one saw the murderer, according to the investigation of Lai Qing, the director of the Criminal Department in charge of the case, and others, the number of murderers was at least fifteen or more, and each of them were people with strong martial arts, Otherwise, it is impossible to kill the 24 Qianguo people so cleanly, and the ministers think that this case is only afraid that it is not a vendetta, let alone a love killing, and it is impossible to rob and kill, because the property in the embassy has not been passive, and at present, the officials of our criminal department are looking for relevant clues according to the knife wounds and sword wounds on the corpse, and there have been some preliminary discoveries, but it will take a lot of time to solve the case! ”

Liu Ziye, who was only seventeen years old, waved his hand impatiently: "No matter what you do, Your Majesty will find out the truth and solve this case within a month, otherwise you will all have to fall to the ground!" ”

Ruan Shanliang hurriedly agreed: "Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers will do their best!" ”

Sikong He Shangzhi stood up and arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Qianguo is so eager to send a note to let us solve the case within a time limit, but I am afraid of bad intentions. ”

Liu Ziye's face was panicked: "He Qing is saying that Qianguo is preparing to attack our country by taking advantage of this matter?" How's that good? ”

General Wei He Yu stood up and hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, don't panic, my Great Song Navy Division has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses, and more than 3,000 large and small warships, which is enough to block the waters of the Yangtze River. ”

Dai Faxing, the captain of the Yue cavalry, stood up and saluted: "General Wei is so inevitably too ignorant of the cadres and the army, and General Wei's understanding of the cadres is only afraid that it is still stuck seven years ago, right?" According to the knowledge of the lower officials, five years ago, the Qianguo relocated all the people around Chaohu Lake and sent heavy troops to blockade the surrounding area, and all rivers and boats could not enter Chaohu Lake. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister suspects that the Qianguo has built a naval division with a large number and strength in Chaohu, and we can't help but make a countermeasure as soon as possible!"

When Liu Ziye heard this, he immediately asked: "Can Dai Gong be sure that Qianguo has built a sailor on Chaohu Lake?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, judging from all indications, the Qianguo should indeed have built a naval division on Chaohu Lake, otherwise it is impossible to explain why they transported a large amount of wood and other materials to Chaohu, but the Qianjun blockade that area is extremely strict, and our spies cannot sneak in or get close to reconnoiter anyway, in order to find out the details, the minister has sent twelve groups of spies in a row in the past five years, but all of them have not returned!"

Chao Shangzhi, the secretary of the Zhongshu Tongshi, stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that our country should now send people to find out the intentions of Qianguo, do they just want a decent explanation, or do they want to use this matter to raise troops to attack our country!" If they just want the truth and a decent explanation, this is easy to do, let's give them an explanation, and then send someone to Chang'an to apologize to the Emperor of Qianguo and send a tribute; But if Qianguo wants to take advantage of this incident to send troops to attack our country this time, no matter what we do, they will not listen and will raise troops! ”