Throne room

After Zhao Ji sat on the dragon chair, he looked at the civil and military officials with a pale face, and the cold killing intent in his eyes made everyone shudder.

The head of the palace did not let everyone play as usual, many people were ready to play, but when they saw that the usually elegant and peaceful emperor had changed into a person, they didn't dare to open their mouths to break the loneliness, and stood there one by one with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes.

Shaobao, Dazai and his subordinate squire Wang Huang saw that everyone did not dare to come forward, and boldly came out and said: "Qiyu Shengshang, in front of the front hall, he commanded Gao Yu to lead the troops to exterminate the Liangshan bandits, but unfortunately he was defeated, and Gao Daren also unfortunately fell into the hands of thieves. Two days ago, the Liangsan thieves openly killed the Gao Da in Jeju, which was a great crime, and he despised the prestige of the imperial court and begged the saint to send a large army to exterminate the Yangsan bandits. ”

Under Zhao Ji's cold gaze, Wang Hao finished these words with difficulty, and then bowed his head and waited for Zhao Ji to reply. But after waiting for a while, he didn't hear Zhao Ji reply, and couldn't help but quietly glance at Liang Shicheng, who had just been promoted to lieutenant, from the corner of his eye.

Liang Shicheng, the captain, is different from Gao Yu, the captain, Gao Yu's lieutenant is only because he is the prefect of the palace marshal's mansion, and he is habitually called the captain, but Liang Shicheng is the emperor's captain, and the official rank is second.

Although Wang Hao is now an official residence, he still serves Liang Shicheng like his father.

Liang Shicheng couldn't figure out what Zhao Ji meant, after they received the news of Liang Shan's public execution of Gao Yu yesterday, they knew that the news could not be suppressed, so they could only tell Zhao Ji truthfully.

As soon as Zhao Ji heard the news, he was also furious, according to the little eunuch next to Zhao Ji, he smashed a lot of things, but then he calmed down, but his face was blue and he didn't say a word.

Liang Shicheng only thought that Zhao Ji was sad about Gao Yu's death, you must know that Gao Ji is not an ordinary favorite minister, he can be said to be Zhao Ji's playmate when he was a child, when Zhao Ji was still the king of Duan, Gao Yu became his personal entourage. Accompany Zhao Ji to play every day. After Zhao Ji ascended the throne, he slowly promoted Gao Yu, and always let Gao Ji do it from the second grade, in charge of the forbidden army, it can be said that the safety of half of the Great Song Dynasty was handed over to Gao Yu, which shows Zhao Ji's trust in Gao Yu.

It is normal for Gao Ji's death to make Zhao Ji angry for a few days, and the Liangshan thief Kou will definitely be annihilated in Zhao Ji's anger.

Liang Shicheng originally thought that Zhao Ji would immediately issue an order to send someone to exterminate the Liangshan thieves, but Zhao Ji still didn't say a word, which made Liang Shicheng suddenly feel that Zhao Ji didn't seem to be simply angry because of Gao Yu's death.

Liang Shicheng hesitated. Still whispered: "The saint is angry, Lord Gao is loyal to the country, and he died well, and then send a large army to exterminate the Liangshan thieves to comfort Lord Gao's spirit in the sky, don't hurt the dragon body because of this." ”

Zhao Ji glanced at Liang Shicheng, and his expression was slightly relieved. Or these eunuchs are loyal to him, if there are a few more servants in the palace who have the same ability as Liang Shicheng and Tong Guan, it would be better, so as not to be fooled by these courtiers.

Zhao Ji sighed in his heart. He said in a deep voice: "Why have I heard all these years is that the world is peaceful and the people are happy, but this year, Fang La suddenly rebelled in Jiangnan. swept a few roads, and the anti-thieves exceeded a million. Chao Gai rebelled in Jingdong and easily defeated the 100,000 forbidden army, presumably there are a lot of people. I ask you. Could it be that last year there was a sudden natural disaster, and the people couldn't survive, and they couldn't rebel with them? ”

Only then did everyone know the reason for Zhao Ji's anger.

Su Yuanjing and the others Qingliu saw that the emperor, who had been smart since childhood, finally woke up. It is also a great joy, now the power of the court and the central government is controlled by traitorous ministers, if the emperor can punish some traitorous ministers this time and promote some honest courtiers, then the day of revitalizing the dynasty will not be far away.

Su Yuanjing thought for a while, and said: "Over the years, the imperial court decrees have been repeated, the people have a heavy burden, and there have been thieves in various places, and the thieves in Liangshan have been making trouble for many years, but Chao Gai has made more trouble after becoming the head of the thieves, and last year he robbed Dongping Mansion and Gaotang Prefecture, and killed the governors of the two places. ”

Zhao Ji looked coldly at this courtier who he thought was different from Cai Jing and others, but in fact, he also glanced at Ming Spiegel in his heart, Cai Jing, Gao Yu, Wang Hao and others are ministers who wield power, use the power in their hands to embezzle corruption, and live a luxurious life, if you look at it from the eyes of the people, they are traitors.

But in Zhao Ji's view, they have similar interests and have a certain ability to do things, and they can not only deal with the government and politics, but also let them suppress the clear stream in the DPRK, so as not to persuade him if they don't move.

Although Zhao Ji became the emperor, but more hobbies are still in the pleasure of calligraphy and painting, if the clear stream of the court has the upper hand, then he can only accept their supervision, diligent and diligent governance of the government, how can there be time to enjoy.

Cai Jing and others also figured out his thoughts, blindly touting the peace of the world and the happiness of the people, so that Zhao Ji could enjoy himself with confidence.

Of course, Zhao Ji did not fully trust Cai Jing and others, otherwise he would not have dismissed Cai Jing three times, but when he thought that the Song Dynasty had been founded for more than 100 years, the previous emperors had been diligent in governing the government, although the world would not be as rich as Cai Jing and they touted, but the people would never be unable to live, so they wanted to enjoy themselves for a while.

In order to prevent Cai Jing and others from covering the sky with one hand, he also left some clear streams such as Su Yuanjing, so that he could hear some different voices from time to time.

Zhao Ji looked at Su Yuanjing in disappointment and said, "Since you know so much, why didn't you play me?" ”

Su Yuanjing also saw Zhao Ji's disappointment, and hurriedly said: "Weichen has all played it, and the saints have also had royal approval." ”

Zhao Ji also remembered that when Gao Yu led the troops before, he asked about it, and it was because he was negligent in the government that he missed these twists and turns. Of course, what he didn't know was that even if he personally reviewed it, Liang Shicheng would also selectively give him some recitals, which he couldn't see anyway.

However, Zhao Ji didn't think much about his responsibility, just stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then do you know that my world is crumbling?" ”

When Su Yuanjing heard this, he hurriedly said: "Before the Manichaeans rebelled, they were all secret societies, and Liangshan Chaogai only had one or two thousand soldiers and horses. It's just that I didn't expect the forbidden army's combat strength to be so unbearable, and it actually made Fang La and Chao Gai make a big fuss. If Weichen knew that the world was going to be in chaos, Weichen would risk death to advise the emperor. ”

When Zhao Ji heard this, his killing intent decreased slightly.

If Su Yuanjing dared to say that he knew that the world was going to be in chaos, then he would have to ask Su Yuanjing why he didn't risk his death to admonish directly, in his opinion, Su Yuanjing was the loyal minister he left, and he should be loyal to him. If he can't risk death for him, then Su Yuanjing will be useless, and Zhao Ji doesn't mind taking him under the knife.

Wang Hao also rushed to Zhao Ji's killing intent, although he had just been the prime minister for a few months, but the guilt could not escape, and he hurriedly came out and played: "Weichen has let people arrest some of the soldiers of the forbidden army who fled, according to them, there are only about 20,000 thieves in Liangshan, but the tall man has no way to use his troops, which led to the defeat of the army." With only 20,000 thieves, it is categorically impossible to shake the foundation of my Great Song Dynasty. ”

At this time, Wang Hao just wanted Zhao Ji not to investigate the responsibility of the chaos in the world, and naturally wanted Zhao Ji to feel that the world was not in chaos, so that he, the prime minister, could escape the responsibility of concealing and not reporting. Therefore, he can only put the responsibility on Gao Yu, wanting Zhao Ji to think that Gao Yu is incompetent, and he can't even exterminate a small thief, not that the world is really in chaos.

A group of traitorous ministers comprehended Wang Huang's opinion, and hurriedly came out to echo Wang Huang.

Liang Shicheng also said on the side: "The saint is too worried, the world is generally stable, but there are some petty thieves." ”

Su Yuanjing saw that a group of traitorous ministers began to coax Zhao Ji again, if they were coaxed like this, the emperor was afraid that he would still be intoxicated with pleasure, thought about it, gritted his teeth and said: "The minister has a play." ”

Liang Shicheng, Wang Hao and others saw Su Yuanjing jump out at this time, and couldn't help but give Su Yuanjing a few cruel looks.

Zhao Ji's mood had just improved at this time, and he said, "If you have anything to do, just play it." ”

Su Yuanjing naturally knew the warning of Liang Shicheng and others, but for the sake of the world, he couldn't take care of it much today, so he gritted his teeth and said: "I heard that a few days ago, Hedong Tianhu and Huaixi Wang Qing also rebelled and stole a few cities. ”

Zhao Ji's mood that had just improved suddenly dropped to the freezing point again, his face went from red to purple to black, and the anger in his eyes almost turned into substance.

Everyone had already been frightened by Su Yuanjing's words and lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at Zhao Ji, but they could hear Zhao Ji's heavy breathing on the dragon chair from a few feet away, and they were so frightened that they didn't dare to raise their heads.

"Thieves, all thieves. Are you all going to rebel against them? Dare to hide such a big thing from me. Come on, behead all the civil and military officials for me to show to the public. ”

When the soldiers outside the hall who were specially guarding the emperor heard Zhao Ji's shout, they all rushed in and surrounded the civil and military officials in the middle, but no one dared to do anything.

Seeing Zhao Ji so angry, Wang Hao and the others hurriedly knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.

Zhao Ji saw that Ban Zhi didn't move, and shouted: "Do you want to rebel too?" Didn't you hear my will? ”

The soldiers of Zhuban are the emperor's guards, subordinate to the front division of the palace, and they are also soldiers and horses under Gao Yu, but their loyalty to the emperor is beyond doubt.

Seeing that Zhao Ji seemed to be iron-hearted, he no longer hesitated and drove the civil and military officials out.

Everyone knew that if they went out, they were afraid that they would really be beheaded, and they suddenly couldn't care about their face, and begged for mercy one by one with tears in their eyes.

Only Liang Shicheng kowtowed three heads to Zhao Ji and said, "The old slave is gone, take care of the dragon body." Then he walked out without hesitation.

Seeing this, Zhao Ji frowned, called out to Liang Shicheng, and said, "You don't have anything to say to me anymore?" ”

Liang Shicheng burst into tears and choked up: "The old slave has been favored by the emperor, and he should have been the emperor's liver and brain as a eunuch. I didn't expect the old slave to be stupid, I thought that these grass cobs were just clowns jumping off the beam, and the emperor recovered the sixteen states of Yanyun, fulfilled the last wishes of Taizu and Taizong, and it was not too late to sweep away the group of coquetts. I didn't want to provoke the emperor so angry, the old slave had no face to the emperor, and only asked for a death to prove the old slave's loyalty. ”

After saying that, he walked out again. (To be continued.) )

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