"Uncle Shi, how did you remember to ask about Zhulian?"

"Anqing has been recovered, you should be busy."

……

Walking on the road with an umbrella, Sima Kao recalled Xu Yuanzhi's words in his heart. Anqing was restored, and Xia Gui, the 'Governor of Mongolia and Huai', abandoned the city and fled, escaping the fate of being captured by the Song army. However, not everyone was able to escape, and it is said that most of the enemies in the city could not escape, and tens of thousands of prisoners were captured. Forget about those little soldiers, Sima Kao didn't have any ill thoughts about them. Among the various 'Mongolian officials', there must be a large number of Great Song Wenwu, and they belong to the category of Song traitors.

Speaking of Song traitors, Sima Kao remembered that when he was in Fuzhou, he saw Liu Cheng and other Song traitors being hanged after the public trial. Liu Cheng was better, and he shouted a few words to curse everyone before he died. The pleas of the other officers before they saw that they were about to be hanged were impressive.

Sima Kao was sure that his uncle, who was an official on Jinghu South Road, had surrendered to the Mongols, and if he followed the 'traitor Yi three clans' that Sima Kao had expected at the time of his revenge, he would also belong to the category of being connected. But I don't know if Sima Kao's uncle was captured in Anqing. There is always an unimaginable gap between reality and ideals, and Sima Kao finds that even a guy like himself, who is considered a radical, has to succumb to reality.

Back in the Criminal Department, Sima Kao had to put aside his personal affairs and begin to implement Zhao Taiwei's restructuring order. With Lin'an as a pilot, the original judiciary was divided into three parts: public security, procuratorate, and court. Previously, this part of the power was actually owned by the prefect and the judge, but now it is independent into a judicial system.

However, when I passed the door of the office of Dali Temple, I heard someone chatting inside.

"Do you think Taiwei Zhao will agree to the Queen Mother's coming to the court?"

"If there is anything not agreed, it is difficult for the Queen Mother to come to the court."

"I see what the Queen Mother has planned this time. Is it difficult to prepare for the official family to be in the court? ”

"What can a five-year-old official say?"

"Taiwei was only thirteen years old when he was admitted to Jinshi. Probably can't underestimate the dolls of the Zhao family. ”

"The dolls of the Zhao family cannot be underestimated. What about the adults of the Zhao family? ”

……

Hearing these words, Sima Kao's heart was troubled. He didn't say much and walked to the door of the office. When the young Dali Temple personnel inside heard the movement, they looked up and saw that it was Sima Kao inside, so they didn't dare to speak anymore, and they all lowered their heads to look at the case file. To such guys, Sima Kao dropped a sentence, "My priority at the moment is to do our own things well" and then turned to leave. The Great Song Dynasty does not kill people with speech, and the discussion space is also very tolerant, but Sima Kao does not want Dali Temple to be involved in this political struggle at all this time.

First of all, Dali Temple doesn't care about this. Secondly, as Sima Kao's uncle Xu Yuanzhi said, the Queen Mother's arrival in the dynasty was just the beginning of the struggle.

Back in his office, Sima Kao felt uneasy. In the end, he suddenly remembered that tonight happened to be a regular club meeting, and Sima Kao decided to make a statement at this club meeting.

Without waiting for Sima Kao to express his position, someone came to tell Sima Kao a piece of news. The Empress Dowager officially wrote a letter to Zhao Taiwei, asking for the court to listen to the government in accordance with the ancestral family law. Looking at the anxious expression of the visitor, Sima Kao felt that a stone had fallen to the ground, at least Empress Dowager Yang didn't do anything wrong, and directly put forward her request in the most direct way. That's a lot less trouble.

If Empress Dowager Yang knew that the Shangshu of the Criminal Department praised her like this in her heart, she could probably only smile bitterly. Every time she thought of Zhao Jiaren, Empress Dowager Yang felt a little throbbing in her heart. This is not because Zhao Jiaren scared the Empress Dowager Yang, but because Zhao Jiaren did not take the Empress Dowager Yang in his eyes at all. Empress Dowager Yang felt that her eyes were like a small stone and a small grass, which belonged to Zhao Jiaren who could dispose of them at will.

These psychological pressures gradually accumulated, and the news that Li Tingzhi was going to Jiangxi was the last straw. Empress Dowager Yang felt that if she no longer sought the ability to protect herself, when the ministers who still supported Empress Dowager Yang left Lin'an, she would be left alone. Even if she knew that the odds of facing Zhao Jiaren were not high, Empress Dowager Yang had to choose this method. But if there is any other means, she will make other preparations.

Zhang Shijie has been very nervous in the past two days. He understands the importance of power, and when he was messing around in Mongolia, he had to run away because he offended Zhang Rou. Power means the power of life and death, and the so-called capital crime is judged entirely by the thoughts of the powerful. After arriving in the Great Song Dynasty, Zhang Shijie felt that he had come to the right place, and the power of this country had some legal protection. Even if Jia Nidao gets rid of Xiang Shibi, he has to rely on legal means, not because Jia Nidao wants to kill Xiang Shibi, he can do it immediately.

So even if he thinks it's inappropriate, Zhang Shijie thinks that the Queen Mother's approach is the most effective means. Openly picking things out can only make Taiwei Zhao have some scruples.

On the night of the letter being sent, Lu Xiufu came to find Zhang Shijie. Lu Xiufu used to be Li Tingzhi's staff, and he was promoted quickly after defecting to Zhao Taiwei. So Zhang Shijie is very suspicious of who Lu Xiufu represents. Li Tingzhi and Zhao Jiaren's positions on the Empress Dowager's court were obviously opposed.

Lu Xiufu asked straight to the point: "Commander Zhang, I want to ask you something." If the Queen Mother is in the court, can you just station the palace and hand over the garrison of the imperial city? ”

"Why?" Zhang Shijie immediately recognized Lu Xiufu's position. If Li Tingzhi's attitude was not to allow the power of the Queen Mother to be reduced under any circumstances.

"Have you seen this year's imperial examination questions?" Lu Xiufu talked about other things.

"I haven't seen it." Zhang Shijie, who was born in Mongolia, felt a little puzzled, he himself was not a literati, and he was not interested in the imperial examination.

Lu Xiufu was born as a scholar, so he talked about the old story in the title of this year's imperial examination about 'Empress Yang of Ningzong colluding with Shi Miyuan to murder Han Yanxuan'. Although Zhang Shijie is not a civil official, he is not a fool either. This story says a lot.

Empress Yang was the Han Yanzhou who was killed in the imperial city, if it was in Lin'an City, Shi Miyuan openly attacked the prime minister, and he would not be able to break Han Yanzhou's personal soldiers no matter what. As long as the news leaked, Han Yanxuan could easily mobilize troops to suppress Shi Miyuan's attack.

Now Taiwei Zhao's request is undoubtedly to show his hostile position towards Empress Dowager Yang. However, this also shows that Taiwei Zhao is very likely to allow Empress Dowager Yang to come to the court. As soon as he thought of this, Zhang Shijie's heart rejoiced. However, Zhang Shijie has fought for so many years after all, and he said to Lu Xiufu with a straight face: "I will tell the Queen Mother." I don't know if there is anything else to do with Mrs. Zhao. ”

"Something else. Hehe, that is, please ask the Queen Mother to be self-respecting in spending. Now that the country is in danger, Taiwei feels that if the Queen Mother feels that it is not enough to eat and drink, it will be too much. Although Lu Xiufu didn't want to be rude, there was still some indescribable ridicule in his voice. At the time of the war, it was no longer appropriate for the Queen Mother not to use herself as military funds. At this time, in order to be able to return the gift, I also want to increase my income. Although I don't know what others think, Lu Xiufu does not agree with this approach.

Zhang Shijie was also angry when he heard it. He couldn't help but raise his voice, "Dignified Song, can't you afford to raise a queen mother?" ”

"It's hard that the Queen Mother is not being raised by the state now?" Engaging in debate, Lu Xiufu didn't think he would lose to the martial arts.

At this point, there is no way to go on. Zhang Shijie's good mood brought by the possibility of the Empress Dowager coming to the dynasty has all disappeared, and his heart is full of disappointment and anger towards Zhao Taiwei. He waved his hand and said to Lu Xiufu: "You go back and tell Taiwei Zhao and let him think about it with his conscience." He himself is sitting on a huge fortune, with three wives and four concubines. Where does his benefit come from! ”

Lu Xiufu also felt that this was the end of the conversation. When he got up to leave, Lu Xiufu couldn't help but stop and turned around and said, "There is only one lady in Taiwei Zhao's family, and you think too much about your own three wives and four concubines." ”

After speaking, Lu Xiufu left without looking back.

At this time, at home, Zhao Jiaren was lying on the bed imagining the meeting between Lu Hideo and Zhang Shijie, and he couldn't recognize the sudden laughter. Qin Yuzhen, who was lying next to her, couldn't help but ask when she saw her husband like this, "Could it be that she remembered the woman outside and was so happy?" ”

"Stupid words!" Zhao Jiaren gave his wife a sneer.

"Who's that remembering?" Qin Yuzhen said with a smile.

Zhao Jiaren told his wife the news that he asked Lu Xiufu to bring. This made Qin Yuzhen lean back and forth, and finally stopped laughing, Qin Yuzhen said: "You want to make the Queen Mother hate you to death." ”

Zhao Jiaren thought it was funny because of the meeting between Lu Xiufu and Zhang Shijie, the two 'Three Heroes of the Late Song Dynasty', for Empress Dowager Yang, Zhao Jiaren said mockingly: "Do you know how much the three hundred Royal Forest Army costs every year? That's about 10,000 yuan. When Jia Nidao was in power, the cotton work I was in charge of only gave Jia Nidao 120,000 copper coins a month. That's the kind of person you have. ”

Qin Yuzhen sighed, "The Queen Mother is also a poor person. ”

"Am I not pitiful if she is pitiful?" Zhao Jiaren replied unhappily.

"You don't have to deal with women." Qin Yuzhen couldn't help but choose a position.

"It's her who wants to come to court, but it's not me who forces her to do anything. If she's just a woman with no source of living, I don't mind giving her food, drink, and shelter. But what she wants is the power of the state. That's something I'm very concerned about. Let's make a bolder speculation, if the Queen Mother suddenly declares that I am a traitor, she can still kill me......"

Qin Yuzhen's delicate palm gently covered Zhao Jiaren's mouth, and Zhao Jiaren stopped talking. I heard his wife Qin Yuzhen say: "San Lang, what I just said is just a casual remark. Between you and the Queen Mother, I will definitely support you. Even if the whole world is on your side, I will be on your side. ”

In response to his wife's statement, Zhao Jiaren sighed: "Thank you." ”

Seeing that her husband continued to be angry for Fang Cai's words, Qin Yuzhen stopped mentioning these topics. The husband and wife fell asleep. In the dream, Qin Yuzhen saw that she had become the queen.