The news of Zhou Quan's return to Beijing was most frightened by two people. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

One is Li Bangyan, because he was suppressed by Zhou Quan, this person has no original historical status at all, and sometimes returns to Beijing and sometimes leaves Beijing, so that he is still just a five-grade official, although he is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, but he has no power.

The other is Zhu Mian.

Unlike Li Bangyan, who has become a little honest after a few lessons, Zhu Mian is always looking for opportunities to take revenge on Zhou Quan. Tianzi slightly revealed his suspicion of Zhou Quan, and he immediately pounced without hesitation, acting as a pawn, and swept away the officialdom of the southeast series that he thought was close to Zhou Quan.

Originally, he wanted to weave a prison, just waiting for the court to officially turn against Zhou Quan, these people are Zhou Quan's rebellion against the party, and he has already "wanted" enough confession from these people to charge Zhou Quan with rebellion.

But what he didn't expect was that his recital was suppressed.

Not only was it suppressed, but then Zhou Quan's counterattack was so fierce that it even made Zhao Kai disgraced, the emperor's favorite son had to hand over the authority of the Imperial City Division, and Zhao Ji also had to promote Zhou Quan to the rank of knight, and even sent a son as a consolation envoy.

At that time, Zhu Mian panicked.

Last time, he just detained the boatman that Zhou Quan wanted, and Zhou Quan went to Suzhou, making him disgraced, but this time he almost tore his face and arrested a group of officials who had close contacts with Zhou Quan, if it weren't for the fact that the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce was too widely implicated, he would even have to copy the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce - in fact, he was also prepared, and even the gold and silver belt stewards under him were all gearing up, one by one to receive Zhou Quan's property in Jiangnan.

In the face of this situation, will Zhou Quan retaliate?

To Zhu Mian's surprise, Zhou Quan really didn't retaliate. It was only through various channels that officials at all levels who had been arrested were released, and a few of them were even promoted. The more Zhou Quan did not retaliate, the more worried Zhu Mian became, and the only thing that made him happy was that as the court's suspicion of Zhou Quan was exposed, Zhou Quan would definitely not dare to return to Beijing, and he and Li Bangyan would not have to worry about being "persecuted" by Zhou Quan in Beijing.

But this guy has actually returned to Beijing again!

not only returned to Beijing, but also met a group of scholars first, and made his return public.

Others don't understand, but Li Bangyan and Zhu Mian do, this is announcing to them: I'm back, you be careful.

Li Bangyan didn't say a word, took leave of the imperial court, and ran out of the capital as soon as he slipped through the smoke, and he didn't know where to hide in the blink of an eye.

He reacted quickly, and Zhu Mian was not slow to react.

"Zhu Mian wants to see?" Zhao Ji, who was fishing, heard the waiter coming, and said to Cai You with a smile: "Look, you see, the majesty is greater than mine, and as soon as I came, I scared away two ...... Tsk, King of the East China Sea, what a majesty. ”

Cai You swallowed his saliva and laughed dryly: "After all, from a market background, it is inevitable to be domineering ......"

"That's natural, when it comes to Bahu, he is quite good compared to some people in the Western Army, even compared with Zhu Mian himself, he is good." Zhao Ji said.

When he said it, Cai You didn't understand a little, and he didn't know whether he blamed Zhou Quan for being domineering, or if he felt that Zhou Quan was not domineering.

In fact, this is Zhao Ji's ambivalent feeling about Zhou Quan.

On the one hand, he was dissatisfied with Zhou Quan's improper loyalty to his ministers, especially the artillery incident, which exposed Zhou Quan's selfishness, which made him extremely vigilant.

On the other hand, except for artillery, Zhou Quan has done quite a beautiful job in other things, not to mention the extra money in the treasury every year, which is for the public use of the imperial court, not Zhao Ji's personal, but the Donghai Chamber of Commerce handed over to him Zhao Ji's personal interests every year is enough for him to waste lavishly, and even such a huge project as Jian Genyue has been completed in a short period of time without affecting the military and politics.

"What does the official family mean, do you see or not see Zhu Mian?" Cai You asked cautiously.

"See you...... But not here, in Genyue, this Genqiu can also have a credit from Zhu Mian, recently a new thing happened to be built in it, which was seen by my son Zhao Gou in Xuzhou, and immediately came back to propose to me to build a new one in Beijing. Zhao Ji said with a smile.

The whole of Genyue is a large area of buildings, artificially piled up earth mountains, strange stones and trees collected from all over the country, as well as ponds and bridges dug out, skilled craftsmen of a country, plus new building materials such as cement and steel bars, and the richest royal wealth in the world, all together to become this masterpiece of the world.

The centerpiece of the building, the so-called Sky Garden, is built around a stacked Mt. Gendake overlooking the whole of Tokyo.

In order to build this garden, the Great Song Dynasty mobilized more than 300,000 people, not counting the manpower mobilized to transport strange stones and trees from all over the country to the capital. And this project has also made Jingshi unprecedentedly prosperous in the past few years, and the strong purchasing power has made the flow of wealth faster, and it has also made more people feel that they are living in a prosperous era.

It can be said that if you only look at Jingshi, the past few years have been an unprecedented good year. But if you go out of Beijing, not too far, just a hundred miles out of Beijing, I am afraid that what you see is a different scene: small farmers have gone bankrupt, either become tenants or displaced.

Zhao Gou suggested that what Zhao Ji built was a railway.

In order to build this railway, he specially invited craftsmen from Xuzhou to design, mobilized more than 40,000 people, and spent only two months to pile up the foundation, and another month to lay the sleeper rails.

The railway goes around Genqiu Mountain, passing through all the beautiful scenery, sitting in an open carriage, eight horses pulling the cart to move forward without hurry, spending half an hour around the circle, and the most beautiful scenery of Genyue can be seen again. The railway was officially completed two days ago, and Zhao Ji only sat twice, and he liked this feeling of "watching the flowers" very much.

"Look, this Taihu Lake stone was offered by Zhu Qing."

"That strange tree over there was also sent by Zhu Qing for me, do you see this tree winding and stretching, doesn't it look like a dragon wants to fly into the air?"

"This pond, until next summer, there will be a pond full of lotus, when I arrive, I want to find the night of the full moon, and then come here to enjoy the cool heat."

Zhao Ji was on the car, explaining the scenery on both sides of the railway, and he was a good tour guide. Cai You listened with relish, and made a sentence or two from time to time, but Zhu Mian was not in this mood at all, his face was as pale as dirt, as long as he thought that the railroad track was done by Zhou Quan, he was full of discomfort.

After a circle, Zhao Ji was still unsatisfied, and said with a smile: "Lao Jiu said that he would build such a railway, from Jingshi to Xuzhou, and also said that I can take a train from Xuzhou by railway, more than 600 miles, and it can be reached in two days and one night...... Originally, I thought that Lao Jiu's words were exaggerated, but he tried to build this railway in Genyue, and after I tried it, I thought that maybe he still had reservations. ”

Seeing that Cai You and Zhu Mian were both inexplicable, Zhao Ji sighed slightly.

If Cai Jing is here, he will definitely be surprised and delighted. The significance of this railway, for him Zhao Ji, is not only a parade, but also a consolidation of his rule.

"Zhu Qing asked to see him today, I don't know what happened?" Too lazy to prompt the two, Zhao Ji smiled.

"The minister, please leave Beijing temporarily, the minister knows that the official family is in trouble, but the minister can't afford to provoke him, and he can always afford to hide......" Zhu Mian said.

His tone was full of grievances, but Zhao Ji smiled dumbly: "Zhu Qing, stay in Beijing, no one can help you, if you go out, Zhou Quan will beat you outside, and if you come to look for me again, I will only punish him for some copper...... That's a lot of credit, and I'm not afraid of making trouble. ”

"What credit does he have, what can he do, change ministers to do, do better than him, how much does he dedicate to the official family in a year? Hundreds of thousands or millions? The Donghai Chamber of Commerce has benefited so much, he only dedicates this to the official family, which is clearly a hidden selfishness! The minister is in the southeast, and he has to have a grass and a tree, as long as there is a slight preferability, but he knows that he is dedicated to the official family! ”

Zhu Mian couldn't help but complain, and Cai You next to him shook his head secretly.

It was right to give Zhou Quan some medicine, but this kind of method was too vulgar. And the cowhide is easy to blow and break, can Zhu Mian do better than Zhou Quan in Zhou Quan's position?

Only fools believe it!

Zhao Ji looked at Zhu Mian, and the smile on his face was slightly retracted: "Zhu Qing, so many things happened last year, and the total amount of property that Zhou Qing paid to me was 3.2 million yuan, not including the treasury...... I repair Genyue, so many strange flowers, strange trees and strange stones, I have asked the inner treasury to pay for the purchase, so that the people can lose their property and wealth, these money are all from Zhou Qing. ”

Zhu Mian was suddenly dumbfounded.

He had the heart to say that this was what a courtier should do, and Zhou Quan himself must have left more, but if Zhao Ji casually asked the last sentence, the money was transferred by Zhu Mian to the people who donated flowers, trees and stones, and whether the people had received it, then he didn't know how to answer.

Indeed, Zhao Ji's cultivation of Genyue this time was not for nothing, whether it was flowers, trees or stones, they all allocated money to the inner treasury to buy it, and last year alone, the inner treasury paid more than 700,000 yuan. Most of them, at least 500,000 guan, were distributed by Zhu Mian.

But where will Zhu Mian be distributed!

Zhao Ji allocated the money, he smiled at himself, and when he scavenged the stone and wood from the people, he had to squeeze it again. That's it, what he got last year, that is, the wealth of less than two million, is far from Zhou Quan.

"The official, it is precisely because of this that the minister avoids him, the minister can't afford to provoke him, can't he hide back in Suzhou?"

"Huh...... If you hide back in Suzhou, things will be troublesome, Zhu Qing, I still say that, stay in Beijing, at most let him vent his anger. Zhao Ji said.

No matter how Zhu Mian pleaded, Zhao Ji just wouldn't let him go, and after Zhu Mian retreated very aggrievedly, Cai You was a little puzzled: "Official, why don't you let Zhu Mian go back?" ”

"This guy has gone too far, Zhou Quan sued me here, and threatened that if I don't let him out of this breath, he will pick and choose not to do it, go to be his Marquis of the East China Sea, and never care about my money bag again...... Do you think I can stop him from breathing? Zhao Ji was also a little helpless in his words.

"How is this possible?"

"Zhu Mian also deserves it, I don't know the money I gave to the people, I can pretend to be confused, and he dares to fight the idea of the girl that Zhou Quan fancies...... Since he has the courage to fight with Zhou Quan, he should have the courage to agree, if he can't accept it, then he is only to blame, and he shouldn't mess with people! ”

Cai You was suddenly stupid, and hit Zhou Quan's idea of taking a fancy to the girl...... Where and where is this? (To be continued.) )