Three hundred and eighty-one How to drive the emperor crazy
Because the Great Song Dynasty's management methods for the clan have not changed, after Zhao Zhen's death, no matter how important the affairs of Shaanxi are, Zhao Sheng must let go, quickly return to Beijing to mourn, and then guard the emperor's spirit, and then be put under house arrest in the high wall according to the rules, but for the rest of his life. This is the law of etiquette, and in this era when the law of etiquette is greater than the sky, whoever dares to violate it is a great rebellion.
Since Zhao Sheng can no longer operate outside the capital, his wife and children naturally cannot stay in Shaanxi. It's just that Zhao Sheng's second child is just two months old, so when he got the news of Zhao Zhen's death, he could only return to Beijing as soon as possible, and his wife and children were slowly hurrying behind.
When Zhao Zhen died nearly two months later, when the fleet carrying Zhao Sheng's family walked to the suburbs of Bianliang, there was a great Song Dynasty unsolved case called "Candlelight Axe Shadow" - "Military Order Case".
On that day, Zhao Sheng's family fleet saw that they were about to see Jin Mingchi, and suddenly there was a lot of dust on the riverbank, which immediately aroused the vigilance of the palace guards. Most of these guards were veterans of the battlefield, and when they saw the smoke and dust, they knew that a large group of men and horses were rushing here. Although this is already outside Bianliang City, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, considering the special identity of his master, the leader of the guards still ordered the guards to go ashore to be on guard.
After a short time, an army rushed to the riverbank, and one of the officers led by it shouted loudly, claiming that he was sent by the Privy Council to arrest the thieves hiding in the clan's fleet. Of course, the guards could not allow them to search, and immediately exchanged knives and guns. The officer, believing that he had been ordered by the Privy Council, was another opportune opportunity to show his loyalty to the new emperor, and immediately ordered the sergeant to force his way aboard the ship, and a confrontation ensued. Those officers and soldiers who had been in Beijing for a long time and had neglected to train were not the opponents of the guards who crawled out of the pile of dead, although there were many people, they could not break through the guards' defense line at all, and many people were broken. Seeing the accident, the officer hurriedly called someone to move the troops, who knew that this move made the whole capital chaotic, because no one knew who issued the order of the Privy Council, and the emperor did not admit that he had ordered the Privy Council to transfer troops, but the Privy Council sent someone to inspect it, and the order in the officer's hand was indeed true, and the customs defense was also true.
This time the fun was great, and the emperor hurriedly ordered an investigation. But after a month of investigation, there was no result, and at this time a corpse was found in the moat, and this corpse was carried by a fake Privy Council. After investigation, this dead man was a habitual offender who carved and forged bank bills before his death, so the anxious Kaifeng Mansion had to put the black pot on the head of this corpse and make a hasty deal. But a new problem came again, a person who forged bank bills was completely out of line with the clan, how could he think of targeting Zhao Shenglai? And how can a nobody's unknown person smoothly hand over a forged Privy Council order to an officer, and not let the officer be suspicious? How did he end up dying in the moat?
Moreover, there were rumors in the market that although there was a forged Privy Council guard on that man, it was extremely crude, and one could see that it was fake, and it was definitely not the seal of the seal on that day's order.
The people of Bianliang already like gossip, and with the addition of people with good intentions, they quickly "restored" the truth of the matter. In their opinion, things should look like this:
The old emperor originally wanted the Zhao family Saburo, who was diligent in government and loved the people and had great military achievements, and was ready to pass on the throne to San Lang, but he didn't expect Shiro to collude with Han Qi and other traitorous ministers, take advantage of the old emperor's illness to force the palace and seize the position of crown prince. Since then, although Zhao Jiazaburo still focuses on the overall situation and serves the country conscientiously, but now the emperor is always worried that he has no talent and no virtue, and he is not in the right position, afraid that his brother will compete for the throne, and he himself has not had a son yet, so he wants to kill his nephew, and then put his brother in the Zongren Mansion to clean up, so he asked the Privy Council to find someone to kill people in the name of searching for anti-thieves, but the person he was looking for did a bad job, so he threw out a dead body to wipe his ass.
Someone also pretended to be mysterious and said: "If it wasn't for this plan, why did that person remove the police department as soon as he took power, and demoted Di Shumi?" Di Shumi is a loyal minister, and he has done all of them, and he can guard the palace gate when the first emperor is seriously ill. If he were in the Privy Council, who would have engaged in any intrigues? How many strange cases has the police department solved in the past? I was afraid that the police department would be able to find out the ins and outs, so I removed the police department early. ”
I'm afraid of random contact in everything, and this contact makes things look like they really are. No matter how many loopholes there are in these rumors, the people believe it anyway, because no one can think of anyone in the current official family who needs to deal with Zhao Sheng's family, and no one has the courage to do so. Because of the stimulation of this incident, the common people compared Zhao Sheng and Zhao Shu brothers with relish, and Zhao Sheng's outstanding military exploits and achievements in governing the local government in Shaanxi were all put on display.
By the way, Zhao Shu once released a death row prisoner, but a few days after the death row prisoner was released from prison, he killed more than ten members of a landlord's family for money. It is said that because this incident dealt too much damage to Zhao Shu's reputation, he was suppressed by the criminal department and local officials.
These things have all been turned over, and Zhao Shu's reputation has a tendency to become worse and worse for a while.
Since Zhao Zhen established Zhao Shu as the crown prince, Li Buqi's channels to get news from the palace have decreased, but after Zhao Shu registered, those channels have been restored, which really has to thank Zhao Shu's virtuous concubine mother. This Concubine Zhang seems to have a mentality of becoming a daughter-in-law for many years, and she has a surprisingly good memory, and she remembers the trivial things many years ago, forcing Li Shunju and Gan Zhaoji, the old people who were originally around Zhao Zhen, to find their own way out.
Li Buqi would not allow the eunuchs, but at this time, it was impossible for the Great Song Dynasty to produce eunuchs, so his relationship with these eunuchs had always been good. Because the eunuch has a disability, once the master is gone, it is difficult to be promoted like a normal official, so the only way to retreat is to seek wealth. Li Buqi is the recognized God of Wealth in the Great Song Dynasty, how can these eunuchs not have a good relationship with him?
Therefore, although Zhao Shu ascended the throne and promoted a group of people to come up, it turned out that the old people around Zhao Zhen gradually lost power, but such as Li Shunju and Gan Zhaoji, these people are still powerful, and they still have deep connections in the palace, so they don't need Li Buqi to hint, Zhao Shu's daily situation will be transmitted to Li Buqi's ears from time to time.
Li Buqi knew that since the "Military Order Case" made waves among the people, Zhao Shu often couldn't sleep at night, and even if he fell asleep, he could only sleep for an hour or two, and he was very short-tempered, and he lost his hair one by one. Who made him not have a man and a woman until now? His brother Zhao Sheng has a son and a daughter.
This is also his hard wound! How can you blame the people for believing that Zhao Zhen originally wanted to pass on the throne to the boss?
With such great psychological pressure, it is no wonder that Zhao Shu fainted when he was in the court only a few months after he ascended the throne. In this way, the emperor, who was already in extremely poor health, either fell down because of his heart or exploded in depression. Li Bu gave up and was ready to move a small bench to see which way Zhao Shu was going.
It is said that the emperor is like this, and ministers who understand things should seek stability, but there are always people who are impatient to show a hand. No, several imperial histories have said that Li Buqi used treasury bonds when he was in charge of Guangnan and Shaanxi, and used his power to make profits for the Fu'an Bank, and demanded a thorough investigation.
There is no way, although Fu'an Bank has shrunk its business and reduced its scale, it has won the trust of the people as the oldest bank. When it comes to banks, the first thing that comes to mind is Fu'an Bank, which doesn't make some new bank bosses who are eager to expand their share anxious! Moreover, Fu'an Bank controls the rugby gambling industry in Tokyo, which is a big piece of fat, and I don't know how many people are jealous.
In this regard, Li Buqi did not express his position, but after seizing Fu'an's account books in the household department and Kaifeng Mansion, he went to Kaifeng Mansion and handed over an account book to the judge investigating the case.
The news from the palace said that on the same day, this account book was placed on Zhao Shu's desk, and Zhao Shu didn't sleep all night after reading it.
Joke! Want to check Fuan Bank? Don't look at how much money the emperor and the nobles make from it? If something happens from Fu'an, then the emperor and the noble ministers can escape?
So the matter of Fu'an Bank dragged on, and it was only after half a year that a conclusion was made that there was no evidence. However, half a year to close the accounts, has made the trading of Fu'an Bank unable to continue, after checking the accounts, Li Buqi commanded Fu'an Bank to clear the accounts and close the accounts.
This made the bosses of several newly opened banks in the capital satisfied, but they didn't know that Li Buqi was also smiling in his stomach.
Li Buqi had taught himself accounting and finance in order to speculate in stocks, and he was able to establish a rough accounting system for Fu'an Bank with the assistance of a group of Da Song economic talents. Now the key personnel of Fu'an Bank have long been transferred to the four banks of Industrial Bank, Shipping Bank, Overseas Development Bank and Shaanxi Development Bank by Li Buqi, and other people who open banks do not have skilled talents, are not familiar with bank operations, and dare to open banks without a complete accounting system? Isn't that just an ATM for someone else?
At a time when the business of developing overseas is in urgent need of a large amount of funds, with these banks, Li Buqi can just make a few transactions that have no capital. What's more, the current Song monarchs must not know how much social shock a bank failure will cause.