"Ninth brother, what did Gao Taiwei mean by what he said before?"

"Only he knows!"

Zhao Yougong and Zhao Gou looked at the back of Gao Yu leaving, and Zhao Yougong remembered what Gao Yu said to Zhao Gou after he was escorted down: "In the future, the Great Song Dynasty must have you to dominate, which is really good!" If you had been twenty years earlier, maybe I wouldn't have taken this path! ”

Zhao Gou and Zhao Yougong didn't know the meaning of this sentence, and even if they knew, they wouldn't say it. After all, there are so many meanings in this sentence that it makes people think about it. If it is heard by someone with a heart, I am afraid that it will cause trouble, and even my tone cannot be revealed.

Gao Yu was arrested, and Zhao Gou immediately ordered a search of the Taiwei Mansion. Gao Yu did not hide his belongings, and informed him in 1510 that Zhao Gou took out 10 large boxes of gold from the Taiwei Mansion, 15 boxes of silver, and even 3 boxes of jewelry, jade, etc., and roughly estimated that the total amount of greedy ink property exceeded 10 million.

Gao Yu is the imperial lieutenant of the dynasty, ranking first among the military officials, except for Zhao Gou, the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, Gao Yu has the highest position in the military attaché. When Gao Yu served as a lieutenant, he had only been in a few years, and he had already received bribes of 10 million yuan, and if he calculated carefully, he was afraid that it would reach 20 million taels, which was one-eighth of the annual income of the state treasury.

In this clean-up operation, the biggest official was Gao Yu Gao Taiwei, and his greedy silver was half of the sum of all the people in front of him. After this operation, the silver of the Great Song Dynasty treasury was abundant, and the mansions of corrupt officials were raided, and there was no omission, if all the antique calligraphy and paintings were counted, there was exactly a quarter of the silver in the treasury.

During his tenure, Song Huizong spent extravagantly, so that the treasury was seriously deficient. This time, Zhao Gou made such a large-scale raid in order to make up for this loophole, because he knew that there would inevitably be a big war in the near future. If the treasury is insufficient, the Great Song Dynasty will lose before the war starts.

Historically, the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jin State fought wars and were defeated repeatedly, on the one hand, the Northern Song Dynasty's emphasis on literature and military suppression was too serious, and the emperors in the late Northern Song Dynasty were too mediocre and incompetent, except for eating, drinking and having fun, they did not do anything else, so that the treasury could not take out two pieces of silver to the soldiers who fought on the battlefield.

If the two armies clashed, there would not be enough military supplies, and the war would have been lost before the war officially began. Even if it is a battle, it is prostration, powerlessness, and slaughtered by others. Therefore, Zhao Gou's first-hand preparations have been fully prepared, not only to uproot all the traitorous ministers in the court, but also to fill the empty treasury again.

"What? Lord Taiwei has been arrested! When the crown prince Zhao Huan heard that Gao Yu had been arrested, he was stunned, at a loss, and sat directly on the chair, weak and pale, "This ...... What can I do? What should I do? ”

Zhao Huan probed the rumors and said that Zhao Gou led a group of people to the Taiwei Mansion, and he was worried that he ordered the people in the mansion to follow him. Sure enough, when Gao Yu was escorted to the prison, the subordinates hurriedly reported the news to the crown prince Zhao Huan.

When he heard the news, he was shocked, he didn't expect that the last trump card would also fall, and it would still fall into the hands of Zhao Gou. Now that Gao Yu has fallen, the forces in the DPRK and China led by him have basically been uprooted by Zhao Gou, without any hidden dangers, and the crown prince Zhao Huan has really become a loner.

The current Zhao Huan has no power other than the title of prince. Even if his mother's power was pulled out together, this was a good thing that Zhao Gou did. Zhao Huan hated Zhao Gou very much, if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have nothing, and if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have worried about the prince's position.

At this moment, Zhao Huan was distracted, panicked, and remembered some things, and after thinking about it again, he decided to go to the palace immediately, meet the queen mother, explain the situation to her, and then he came forward to intercede. Because Zhao Huan himself is also greedy for silver taels, but there are not many of them, and there are millions of taels.

Prince Zhao Huan doesn't know if Gao Yu has confessed himself, if he also confesses, then it will really be over. With Song Huizong's favor for Zhao Gou, I am afraid that he, the prince, will really be abolished, because there is already an excuse. In order to keep his position as the crown prince, Zhao Huan could only let his mother come forward.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, where are you going?"

Zhao Huan looked back and saw a beautiful shadow come into view, that person was his wife and the crown princess Zhu Lian. Although Zhao Huan was flustered, the moment he saw his wife, his heart was extremely calm, and in the end he also let Zhu Lian enter the palace together.

On the way, Zhao Huan didn't hide anything and told everything, Zhu Lian didn't say a word, and said with a heartache: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is confused!" ”

"This palace is also helpless!" was told by his wife that Zhao Huan had no rebuttal, and he also had a last resort.

Zhu Lian is a famous lady, his father Zhu Bocai, and the official envoy to the Wukang Army. Although she had met Zhao Gou once, Zhao Gou was still young at that time, but even if she lived in the East Palace, she had heard of his prestige. In addition, even his father praised Zhao Gou, which shows that Zhao Gou is indeed outstanding.

"Although the concubine doesn't understand state affairs, and she doesn't know the hardships in the heart of His Royal Highness the Prince, the concubine understands that the ninth brother is by no means that kind of cruel person, and he will not really compete with you for the position of the prince. If it was to fight, I am afraid that it would have already started, His Royal Highness the Prince, you are confused! ”

Where did Zhao Huan dare to refute, he could only nod yes. Zhu Lian looks delicate, but in fact he is a soft person on the outside and strong on the inside, and his father is a festival envoy, so he can be regarded as a famous family. There are some things that Zhu Lian sees more clearly than Zhao Huan, just because she is an outsider and is not in the bureau.

At this point, he could only choose to enter the palace and ask his mother to intercede before he could bypass his life.

Zhao Huan is the eldest son of Song Huizong, his biological mother has long since died, and his current mother is Empress Xiansu, that is, Zheng, who is the same sister as Wei. Zhao Huan knows the relationship between Zheng and Wei, and Zhao Gou is a filial person, as long as Weishi comes forward, then the big thing will be turned into nothing, and the small thing will be nothing.

At the same time, Zhao Gou, Zhao Yougong and others also entered the palace, which was different from the purpose of the crown prince Zhao Huan entering the palace. Zhao Gou entered the palace in order to report the results of this operation, and presented all the dirty silver, as well as the list of those officials who confessed to leniency, to Song Huizong.

"What a good bunch of ministers! ......" Song Huizong looked at the confessed officials and recorded the whole process of their corruption and bribery, because a few of the officials recorded in the record also had more than 100,000 taels, and more than half of the ministers of the DPRK and China participated.

After Zhao Ji finished reading it, there was a wry smile on his face, he always knew it in his heart, but he didn't dare to believe it or accept it.

Now he has to accept that the rule of the Great Song Dynasty is really a mess. However, Song Huizong himself also knew that this matter was somewhat related to him, and he might bear more responsibility. If he hadn't let it go, nothing like this would have happened.

Now the Great Song Dynasty has been rectified by Zhao Gou three times, and the rule of officials has finally become clear. Although there are still some hidden places in the shadows, Zhao Gou does not plan to continue to investigate, because the next thing is more important. So, what seems to be the end is actually the real beginning.

(End of chapter)