Seeing that Concubine Pan questioned her decision, the emperor was a little unhappy and said:

"I've already been knighted for your father, am you not satisfied? The Great Song Dynasty did not yet have ministers who were in charge of both privy council and political affairs. ”

In the Great Song Dynasty of this world, the title has been simplified a lot, there are not too many levels, but there is no flooding, and the weight and treatment have become much heavier.

The title of a big country like the Duke of Qi is already the highest title of a minister with a foreign surname, but it has nothing to do with real power.

The demotion that Pan Guifei said refers to the emperor's deprivation of Pan Renmei's ruling power as Shangshu Zuocheng.

When the privy envoy is in real office, he is only a high point of fame, but in fact, there is no difference between the position of power and the knowledge of the affairs of the privy council.

In principle, the Great Song Dynasty implemented the separation of powers of finance, government, and military, and the three ministers could all be called rulers.

As a privy envoy, Pan Renmei controls the country's military, and his status is only half a level lower than that of the ruling prime minister, and is equal to the deputy minister, but in fact, his power is not small.

However, it is no wonder that the emperor is cautious.

It's really that the heir is too young, and it will take at least ten or twenty years for him to take office, which is too long.

He was not only worried about the dictatorship of his relatives, but also worried that the heir would not have a reliable henchman and would be easily deposed by his ministers, so he was so meticulous.

"Okay, you can step aside for the time being, I have my own arrangements."

Concubine Pan Guifei is not a stupid person, and she has also read some history books, and she only gave birth to the prince before, and she had some arrogance in her heart.

At this time, seeing that the emperor's face was displeased, he immediately reacted, and said nervously in his heart:

"The concubine is practicing the Yue, Your Majesty forgives the sin."

She suddenly remembered a story of "what lady hooked", lest the emperor suddenly come and leave a mother and a child.

In fact, the meticulous decentralization system of the Great Song Dynasty made the court much safer than the previous dynasties, and the emperor himself was not a particularly ruthless person, so he did not have this kind of thought.

Looking at the back of Concubine Pan Guifei, the emperor rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, and was about to continue drafting the holy decree, when he suddenly groaned and instructed the eunuch:

"Tell the Imperial City Division to find me the news I heard in the last three months."

When the commander of the Imperial City Division arrived, the emperor said directly:

"Read all the news you think is important."

The commander hurriedly took out a booklet and read:

"On the first day of October, King Duan will have a secret meeting with Cai Jing, and he will come out in half a day."

"On the second day of the first month of October, Cai Jing secretly met King Yong, and three days later, the son of King Yong fell from his horse ......"

The emperor's eyes were cold and he said:

"Cao Bin is really right, Cai Jing is the mastermind behind Duanwang."

Subsequently, the commander read the information of Wang Yanling, Kou Zhun and others.

The content about them is the most informative, and on several occasions, even their conversations are remembered clearly.

After listening, the emperor directly commented:

"Righteousness is commendable, but loyalty is insufficient."

When the commander heard this, he couldn't help but sweat for Wang Yanling and the others.

In the eyes of the emperor, no matter how dedicated they were to the Great Song Dynasty, as long as they could not be wholeheartedly devoted to the emperor himself, they were not loyal enough.

Subsequently, the commander picked up the information of the Yang family again, and was only halfway through it before being stopped by the emperor:

"Forget it, I don't want to listen to that old lady's foolish things, let's talk about Cao Bin."

Even if he didn't need to report to the Imperial City Division, the emperor could consciously guess the general situation of the Yang family, although it was easy to use, but he was always not satisfied.

Hearing the emperor's order, the commander did not hesitate and directly picked up Cao Bin's information.

When he heard that Eighth Sister Yang had escaped marriage and had a private meeting with Cao Bin, the emperor almost couldn't hold back, and hurriedly asked:

"Is this possible? Does She Taijun know about this? ”

The commander hurriedly pleaded guilty:

"Your Majesty forgives me, I and others have limited manpower, and we have not found out the details of Mingzhou, only that the eldest lady of the Yang family rushed over the next day."

The Emperor sighed and said:

"One day? He is with Bao Zheng again, and there should be no accident. ”

The commander quietly wiped a cold sweat, he always felt that the emperor was a little disappointed that Cao Bin didn't sleep with Yang Bajie.

Could it be that the emperor doesn't want to see the Cao Yang family reconcile?

The commander guessed wildly, and hurriedly continued:

"In mid-October, Pang Ji rushed to Hangzhou and had a secret meeting with Cao Bin."

"That spy was personally cultivated by Wei Chen, and all their conversations have been recorded."

After saying the first half of the sentence, the commander couldn't help but deliberately click on the origin of the spy.

The Emperor nodded with satisfaction and said:

"Well done."

Then he frowned and said:

"Pang Ji's old fox is the most treacherous, what have they discussed?"

Hearing that Pang Ji analyzed the form for Cao Bin and persuaded him to curry favor with King Duan, the emperor became more and more displeased.

However, he was not surprised, in the situation that the overall situation was about to be decided, if he wanted to protect his position, it was indeed the best choice to take refuge in Duanwang.

I just don't know how Cao Bin can resist Pang Ji's persuasion.

When he heard Cao Bin's generous statement, saying that "a scholar dies for his confidant", the emperor was so moved that he was confused.

"Lift up and down, such a sincere and loyal person as a handsome, there is no other! True confidants are also ......"

When the commander heard this, he hurriedly took out a letter and said:

"Your Majesty, we have intercepted a letter, which was written by Taishi Pan to Zhongjinghou, and it seems that some conditions have been promised."

The emperor looked at it and said indifferently:

"Everyday."

Later, after listening to some information, the emperor sent the commander of the Imperial City Division away.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor sent a message from the middle school:

"Continue to draft."

"Zhongjing waited for Cao Bin to put down the rebellion, added the title of prince and young master, went to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to serve as a miscellaneous officer, went to the front of the palace to serve as a deputy envoy, and was in charge of the province."

Hearing this appointment, the scholar was immediately shocked, and hurriedly knelt down and admonished:

"Your Majesty, how can you be loyal to a military minister, how can you repeatedly take important positions?"

"Besides, Zhongjing is young, and he suddenly gets a high position by virtue of the holy favor, I am afraid that it will be unfavorable to the country and the officialdom."

The deputy envoy of the three divisions, when there is no envoy of the three divisions, is the actual person in charge of the three divisions, and is in charge of the country's finance and taxation.

Its rank is hardly lower than that of the governor of the government, and it can be called a false appearance.

The emperor coughed a few times and said:

"Although Cao Bin is a martial artist, he is a master in Shandong to appease him."

"Then govern Xiangzhou, take charge of the finances of the two Zhejiang, and prepare both civil and military, isn't Taishi Pan the same?"

As he spoke, he waved his hand and said:

"Okay, Cao Bin has made many meritorious deeds, enough to take on this important task, you just have to draft the decree, and the ministers will not oppose ......"

At this moment, he had the intention of letting Cao Bin assist the young emperor and entrust him with the heavy responsibility.

After reappointing Wang Yanling as prime minister, the emperor called Pan Guifei in and handed him a holy decree:

"Look at it."

Concubine Pan Guifei unfolded the holy decree, and before she could take a closer look, she already showed a look of horror on her face, and said in fear:

"Official, this ...... Is this true? ”

I saw that the decree was written:

"Loyal to Cao Bin, the world received the emperor's favor, but he was rebellious, confusing the lord with qi and evil arts, and assassinating the king......"

The emperor ignored her shock, but said in a quiet tone:

"Naturally it's fake!"

"I want to entrust Cao Bin with a heavy responsibility, but he is too young, and it is still unknown what his mind will be in the future."

"I will seal this decree in a secret box and hand it over to you for safekeeping, and if you don't gather important ministers, it will be invalid to open it......"