Chapter Forty-Eight: Five Blessing Vessels
"This account book is the internal account book of the palace, that is, the real account, which clearly records every entry from King Zhao when he was in charge of Guanzhong, that is, the money allocated by the imperial court to the military, the money used for the people's livelihood, and the disaster in the past few years, the imperial court has also carried out relief, and it can be seen from the account book that the money has been deducted a lot by Zhao Wangke, and there is very little money really used on the military and civilians, and King Zhao is really too dark!"
"Ah, King Zhao only knows how to fill his own pockets, who cares whether the people live or die." Jin Ziyan said and took a look at the account book, and turned to the last few pages, and saw a list of gifts, and it was clearly written what gifts were given to Jia in a certain year and month, she saw one of the gold vessels called "Five Blessings", and asked, "Master, what are these Five Blessings?" ”
"Wufu is a gold vessel in the shape of five little mice, and it is a homonym for Wufu. Generally speaking, it is the rich people themselves to build, the picture is auspicious, of course, there are big and small, this is recorded is a foot five blessings of gold, of course it is very big, how much gold to use, this must be in order to please Jia Nanfeng, the gold re-casting, cast such a big gold vessel to her, in order to run the official to the official, something happened to Jia Nanfeng for him to carry around, sure enough, Zhao Wang made the Guanzhong restless, forced the Qiang, hurriedly fled back to Luoyang, just came back to become a car general. ”
"Master, in this way, King Zhao's sin will be great, to the point of being abolished, if we poke out the matter of the account books, not only King Zhao is guilty, Jia Nanfeng will also be implicated, Master, what should we do?"
Jin Muchen thought for a while and said: "Our Dilongmen must uphold justice and poke this matter out, the key is to put the account books in whose hands in order to cure the crime of King Zhao, I want to impeach Sima Wei, the king of Liang, when Zhou was the emperor of the imperial history, but now that he has died on the battlefield, there are almost no such loyal people." ”
"Master, I think the two eldest brothers can entrust the big things, so it's better to hand them over."
"The two of them are loyal and courageous, but they are just officials and soft-spoken, and if they are handed over to them, they are afraid that not only will they not be able to cure King Zhao's crimes, but they will also put the two of them in."
"That'...... That-who is it good for, you can't let King Zhao get away with it like this, the money he embezzled is enough for all the refugees to eat for three years, so you can't just forget it. ”
"Now there are few loyal ministers in the court who dare to speak out, to count them carefully, there are still three people available, one is Sikong Zhang Hua, he is also the prince and the prince, sympathetic to the country and the people, and cares about the court, the other is to take over the Zhou Department as the untie of the imperial history, and the other is the left servant of Shangshu to shoot Pei Yu, if it is handed over to them, it may be useful."
"And how do you get into their hands?"
"Another way is to give it to the prince."
"Prince?"
"The prince has few ambitions, and he wants to revive the Great Jin Gangji, if it is handed over to him, he will definitely have a way to punish King Zhao, and in doing so, he can also help the prince."
"I don't understand."
"The prince and Jia Nanfeng are incompatible, if the emperor dies one day, Jia Nanfeng will definitely not support the prince's accession to the throne, if the prince can catch Jia Nanfeng's handle, maybe he can take advantage of the situation to abolish her queen's position, which is a great thing for Dajin."
"The prince has an excellent reputation among the people, and thinks that he will be a good emperor in the future, and if he can really abolish Empress Jia, he will also be supported by the people."
"Yes, the crown prince not only has ambitions, but also is smart and heroic, he is a person who can do great things, if it is handed over to him, he will definitely contact the minister to bring King Zhao to justice, and maybe he can also abolish Jia Nanfeng!"
"Okay, Master, we'll give it to the prince, but how can we give it to him?"
"Ziyan, you go one more time, enter the East Palace and secretly put it in the prince's bedroom."
"Yes, Master."
Jin Ziyan agreed, put on Yi Sheng's clothes again, and rushed to the Prince's East Palace when she went out.
The East Palace was heavily guarded, Jin Ziyan sneaked around the palace with Yi Shengyi's clothes, groped her way to the prince's bedroom, put the account book in a conspicuous place at the door and retreated the same way.
On the second day, the pot exploded in the palace of King Zhao, Sun Xiu woke up in the morning and found that he had a book, and the account book was gone, so he sat up in shock, first rummaged through the room with his wife, and then called people to look around, but he didn't see it, only to find that the yellow dog in the house was killed in a corner.
Sun Xiu panicked, this account book was very important, it recorded their corrupt behavior, he stumbled to Sima Lun and reported this important situation.
Sun Xiu was drinking morning tea in the hall, and when he heard this, he sprayed a sip of tea on Sun Xiu's face: "What!?" The account books are lost, this is a matter of our net worth, what can we do!? ”
Sima Lun circled around the hall, Sun Xiu tilted his head and said to Sima Lun: "Lord Wang, this is all to blame on his subordinates, and his subordinates should die, but now that matter has come, I can only think of a countermeasure." ”
Sima Lun asked, "Who did it according to you?" ”
"Lord Wang, the yellow dog in the house was killed last night, I believe it must have sneaked into the big thief, if the big thief is just for money, it doesn't matter at all, it's just a loss of 10,000 silver tickets, think about it, if it's a big theft of account books, it's hard to say."
"Big deal?"
"Yes, if the thief gives the account book to our opponent, it will be against us, and this matter involves the queen, we will be very passive."
"Lord Wang, we must first block this news today, and then send a competent person to find out who owns the account books, so that we can formulate countermeasures as soon as possible."
"Well, that's it."
Someone came to report that the master of Guiyi Hall came to visit.
Sun Xiu said: "Guiyi Hall Master Liu Yao is a character, and the hall is all over the place, and the power is not small, Lord Wang, if we let him investigate this matter, we will definitely receive twice the result with half the effort." ”
"Is this man reliable?"
"When we just returned to the city, it was his four major gambling houses that opened, and Sun Fu went to celebrate on behalf of the palace, and he knew them. Liu Yao personally came to the door for nothing more than one thing. ”
"What's the matter?"
"Guiyitang has a lot of business in the Central Plains, and we need to find a strong backer in the court, and I came to visit the prince today, as long as the prince shows a little favor, Liu Yao will definitely bow down to the prince, and if we want to achieve great things in the future, such a force in the rivers and lakes can also help us."
Sima Lun immediately said: "Hurry up and invite Hall Master Liu!" ”
Liu Yao was introduced into the hall, followed by two congregation, they held two gift boxes in their hands, Sun Xiu went over and took them, and checked them with his hands, the weight was very light, it must be a valuable gift.
Sitting down for tea, the hustle and bustle was over, Liu Yao said: "Liu Yao has been in Luoyang for a year, and he has never come to visit in person, which is really a sin. ”
"Hall Master Liu doesn't have to be like this, this king has been in Guanzhong for eight years, and it has only been long since he came back, how can you see this king."
"That's right, when the prince returns to Luoyang, I will hurry over to pay a visit, and offer a heart, don't dislike the prince, and hope that the prince will take more care of our Guiyi Hall in the future."
"It's easy to say, Hall Master Liu is too polite."
Liu Yao said again: "Lord Wang, there are many people in our Guiyi Hall in the Central Plains Hall, if there is anything to send to ask the ward, the Guiyi Hall will definitely do its best." ”
Hearing this, Sun Xiu tilted his head and said to Liu Yao: "Hall Master Liu, I won't tell you, the prince has something to entrust to you now." ”
Liu Yao thought that Sima Lun had something to entrust, and this was a good time to get in touch with him, so he got up and said, "Mr. Sun, please speak, Liu will never shirk!" ”