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Chapter 412: Captain of the Horse

Huā Shigang's fraud case was like a gust of wind, blowing the entire Jiangnan into a thousand holes, and everyone in the officialdom was in danger, but in the end it died down and stopped. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hundreds of officials have been lightly punished, some have not been held accountable, some have raided their families and exterminated their families, and they have added a billion dollars of wealth to the treasury by force, and the treasury is full for a while, as if it has returned to the time when Zhao Ji took the throne.

The abolition of the huā stone gang not only increased the revenue of the national treasury, but most importantly the canal was peaceful, and merchant ships no longer had to hide in Tibet in order to avoid the huā stone ships. All of a sudden, the number of sailing merchant ships and pleasure boats in the canal gradually increased, and the ships that would rather take the sea route than go to the river now have chosen the canal to sail for thousands of miles, and the trade is endless.

Shen Ao unloaded his errand and immediately came to a new will, and still appointed Shen Ao as the secretary of Honglu Temple and the young master.

Young master, it's just a fictitious position, the actual position has not changed, he is still the official of Honglu Temple, Shen Ao received the will, and immediately went to thank him, and when he arrived at the prefect's office, Zhao Ji asked people to pass the word, but he didn't see it!

If you don't see it, you won't see it, Shen Ao is very simple, he dialed the horse and was about to go to it, just after he got on the horse, another eunuch caught up: "Lord Shen, Lord Shen, Your Majesty said, please come and see." ”

One time I said I wouldn't see it, and another time I said I'll see you, why are you so verbose, Shen Ao glared, got off the horse again, and went to see him.

Zhao Ji was still watching the music, and when he saw Shen Ao coming, he deliberately ignored him, Shen Ao could only stand, and after a full hour, Tui's feet were already sore, Shen Ao realized that the emperor was seeking revenge, so he simply compared his endurance with Zhao Ji and stood with gritted teeth.

The time was almost up, and Zhao Ji thought that he had taken advantage of it, so he beckoned: "Come and sit." ”

Shen Ao sat down, mothed the sour tui, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Weichen is here to thank you." ”

Zhao Ji nodded his head and said, "Well, you don't have to thank you, I don't expect you to thank you." This sentence was very mindless, Zhao Ji continued: "This time you cleaned up the huā stone gang for me, it is a great achievement, I have nothing to reward you, everything, let's wait until I return to Bianjing!" This time, I called you to discuss with you about the southern tour. ”

"Your Majesty, please speak, Weichen listen."

Zhao Ji nodded: "Although I am out of the palace, but when I arrive in Suzhou, I am not at ease in the palace, and I am still staring at so many eyes, I am very uncomfortable." So, I plan to go to Lushan in micro-service. ”

"Micro service?"

"I took a few dozen people with me, and the rest stayed in Suzhou."

"Your Majesty......"

"You don't have to persuade me, it's useless to persuade me, I finally came out for a trip, how can I return in disappointment?"

"No, the minister is strongly in favor of this." Shen Ao rubbed his hands excitedly, without the slightest intention of objecting.

Zhao Ji Lu is puzzled.

Shen Ao continued: "Your Majesty has come to extravagant expenses along the way, not to mention, it has also caused a lot of inconvenience, and with so many people following, do you really expect to guard?" Since it is a guard, it is enough to have dozens of masters to protect it closely, and there will be no danger. However, if this matter is spread, the opposition must be very fierce, but it is true. ”

Zhao Ji coughed: "I also know that there will be people who oppose it, you have a lot of ghost ideas, so think of a way for me." ”

Shen Ao shook his head: "If I think about it, aren't those people's spearheads coming at me?" This kind of thing should be decided by His Majesty himself. ”

Zhao Ji closed his eyes and thought for a while: "Then let's sneak out." ”

“……”

Zhao Ji said: "Why don't you speak." ”

"Wechen doesn't know anything, he can't say anything."

Zhao Ji sighed and said, "You go and see An Ning, I will make up my own mind about this matter." ”

Shen Ao answered the order, and when he came out of the bedroom, he saw Yang Jian waiting under the eaves, Shen Ao went over to greet him, Yang Jian smiled and said, "Shen Ao, Tong Guan's letter, have you taken it?" ”

Shen Ao's jaw nodded: "I got it, this Tong Guan is a loach, and he is slippery." ”

"Tong Guan's matter, just forget it for the sake of the miscellaneous family! This man is not all a bad person, so there is no need to worry too much about him. ”

Shen Ao nodded: "Okay." ”

Yang Jian pulled him and smiled: "Shen Ao is now extraordinary, although he has not led the three provinces, but he is more majestic than Cai Jinglai, but the tree is big and the wind is blowing, and the wood show will be destroyed by the forest wind, you are still a little more hearty." ”

After listening to Yang Jian'an's instructions, Shen Ao went to see An Ning, talked with An Ning, and went back to rest.

At night, the cool breeze was blowing, and not long after Shen Ao fell asleep, he heard that someone had come to see him, and the person who came was a forbidden soldier, and when he saw Shen Ao, he immediately saluted and said, "Lord Shen, Your Majesty invites you to go to the prefect's office to have something to say." ”

At this time, what can happen?

Shen Ao nodded, put on his clothes, and wanted to go to the stable to lead the horse, and the forbidden army said: "Your Majesty has sent a sedan chair to pick it up, this horse, Lord Shen doesn't have to ride it." ”

"Don't you know that horseback riding is my hobby?" Shen Ao asked him rhetorically, which made the forbidden army speechless for a while, and just smiled and said: "It's inconvenient to ride a horse at night, it's better to sit in a sedan chair." ”

Shen Ao had no choice but to obey his arrangement, sit on the sedan chair, rest in the sedan chair for a while, and wait for him to wake up, the sedan chair was still moving, and he didn't know what time it was.

The night is dark and the wind is high, and the night is murderous, could it be......

Shen Ao shouted to stop the sedan chair, but the porter did not stop, but increased his speed, and after a while, he stopped steadily, Shen Ao lifted the curtain and came out, only to find that there were many people here, one of them was wearing an ordinary Confucian shirt, riding a high-headed horse, and smiling at him.

"King Jin, what are you doing here?" Shen Ao was speechless, the person sitting on the big horse was not Zhao Zong, who was it? This guy likes to mess around the most, and he actually tied himself up in this wilderness, and God knows what trick he was going to play.

Zhao Zong said with a grin: "Haha, it's good that Shen Ao is here, I'm sorry, this is Your Majesty's idea, Your Majesty plans to go out on patrol and ask you to accompany you, so I have to wronged you." ”

Shen Ao knew that he had been fooled, Zhao Ji wanted to go out on patrol in micro-suits, he had no opinion, but if he tied himself up, it would be a big problem, and when the time came, people who didn't know the truth should be the ones who instigated the emperor to go out on patrol, and they would probably concentrate their firepower on him.

But the wood was already in the boat, knowing that Zhao Zong would not let him return to the city, Shen Ao smiled bitterly: "What about Your Majesty? ”

"Right ahead, you come with me."

This time, Shen Ao didn't even have the treatment of sitting in a sedan chair, someone brought him a horse, and with Zhao Zong and more than a dozen guards, he galloped forward, and stopped when he arrived at a market town inn in front of him. Zhao Zong took Shen Ao in a wing room on the second floor of the inn, and when Shen Ao went in, he saw Zhao Ji, who had been waiting here for a long time.

"Your Majesty, you have hurt Weichen." As soon as Shen Ao saw him, he immediately poured bitter water, such a big black cauldron was clearly to let himself carry it, it really cost people's lives.

Zhao Ji didn't allow him to complain and interrupted him: "I won't treat you badly, what are you afraid of?" Even if someone is impeached, I just don't care about it? As for the infamy...... Zhao Ji smiled proudly, as if he had finally taken advantage of it, and said: "Anyway, your reputation has long been stinky, I don't know how many people are scolding you behind your back, I have heard of it for a long time, and I don't care about more such a thing." ”

Shen Ao thought in his heart: Of course, you are the emperor, and you are surrounded by a group of close ministers, and these close ministers will not say anything good because I have harmed their interests. But among the people, the reputation of buddies is still very strong.

Zhao Ji enthusiastically asked people to take the map, and said to Shen Ao: "This trip to Lushan, I already have a plan, we first go to Duchang through Xuanzhou, Chizhou, Raozhou, and then go to Hongzhou by water, and then turn back to the north, arrive at Nankang Xingzi, and after climbing the mountain, go straight north to return to Beijing." I have thought about it, there are mountains and rivers along the way, you can not only enjoy the scenery along the way, but also observe the people's feelings, kill two birds with one stone, with your company, I am not lonely all the way, this trip also brought more than 100 forbidden troops to come, all of them are carefully selected warriors, can ensure safety. ”

Shen Ao had nothing to say, and nodded reluctantly.

Zhao Ji said again: "You don't have to be depressed, this trip back, I have already thought about it, and there should be eyebrows about marrying you in Anning, hey, I don't want you to be a fast son-in-law of Chenglong, it's just that you and An Ning ...... Hey......" he sighed as he spoke, and finally said, "That's fine, although I am not satisfied with you, but when it comes to learning, you are still worthy of me." ”

Shen Ao just smiled dryly and pursed his lips silently.

When Zhao Ji saw him like this, he said, "You must be wondering, why did I say these things to you?" ”

Shen Ao nodded.

Zhao Ji lazily raised his hand, picked up a few copies of the music from the table, and said, "You can see it yourself." ”

Shen Ao opened the song, and the person who signed the payment was just a few unknown officials, and the song said this: Weichen heard that Emperor An Ning and Lord Shen had an ambiguous relationship, and this matter has already spread widely, Your Majesty should make a decision as soon as possible, otherwise, it will ......

Shen Ao's eyes flashed, and he was stunned for a moment, these people were quite bold, and they dared to talk about the palace ban. They played like this, but it happened to fulfill Shen Ao's good deeds. They said that it was widely circulated, that is, the matter of themselves and An Ning had long been known to the world, and if the emperor did not marry An Ning to himself, he would not be able to stop the mouths of the people of the world.

It's just that...... Shen Ao looked at the names of these officials seriously, you must know that in the imperial court, especially in the imperial court of Zhao Ji's dynasty, the back of which one is not simple, everyone has a big tree, and their words and deeds are somewhat controlled by the people behind them.

These people Shen Ao has no impression, so it shouldn't be the old party, in this case, why take such a big risk? Don't you want to take the opportunity to slap yourself up?

No, no, Shen Ao shook his head secretly, not like, not like it at all. If you want to tie the knot, you should ventilate yourself first.

Zhao Ji said quietly: "I remember that these people are Cai Jing's mén students. ”

Shen Ao listened, he didn't know what Zhao Ji's intentions were, so he returned the song and nodded silently.

Zhao Ji sat down and said, "Cai Jing asked someone to do this, it seems that he also wants to get back together with you, so it's okay, you should be more close." ”

Cai Jing wants to be good with himself Jiāo? Shen Ao sneered in his heart, he was his enemy's mén, and he beat him fiercely, this time even his son was rectified by himself, and there was no room to turn over, although Cai You and Cai Jing did not have a good relationship, but if he beat Cai You, wouldn't it also slap Cai Jing's face? It's strange that he's willing to settle his old suspicions with himself.

In fact, the grudges in the past are okay, those who engage in politics, who don't understand the truth that interests are above all else, but Shen Ao's interests are different from Cai Jing, the two of them are the leader of a new party, and the backbone of the old party, this time Shen Ao pushed the bureau, for Cai Jing, the loss is incalculable. There is no room for maneuver in the struggle between the two people, and any overtures will certainly have other goals.

Bridegroom?

Shen Ao's eyes flashed, and he had a little clue, the most important thing is that on this horse, once he marries An Ning, he is the captain of the horse, according to the ancestral system of the Great Song Dynasty, the captain of the horse belongs to the relatives, and the relatives cannot get the heavy responsibility, they can only be raised, but they have no real power.

Could it be that this Cai Jing wants to use tranquility to drive himself out of the imperial court and from the center of political decision-making?

This is a good move, on the surface, it is to show favor to himself, so that Zhao Ji is more respectful of Cai Jing's heart, on the other hand, he solves himself once and for all, once he leaves the court, he hangs the idle title of a concubine, which is almost equivalent to letting Shen Ao eat and wait for death.

Shen Ao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Cai's grace and generosity are well-known in the imperial court, and since he is willing to fulfill Weichen, Weichen really appreciates him." "In front of Zhao Ji, of course Shen Ao can't 'spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a Xiǎo person', it is better to say a few good words about him first, anyway, Anning, he must marry, Cai Jing's attack, for the time being, you can take one step at a time.