Chapter 188: Changes in Beijing
However, Li Hao doesn't care about this at all, and has been playing in Chengdu Mansion all his way.
Not to mention, the garden construction of Chengdu Mansion is indeed prosperous, and it is almost not inferior to Bianjing.
Among them, the scenery of the West Garden is the most prosperous, here is the "former residence of the ministers" in the Shu period before and after, since the surrender of the Later Shu Mengchang to the Song Dynasty, it was requisitioned by the Yizhou transfer envoy at that time, and the "Transshipment Division Garden" was built.
Of course, such a magnificent scenery will not be enjoyed exclusively, in order to enjoy with the people, every year when the spring flowers bloom, the West Garden will also be open to the general public for five days.
But now is naturally not spring, but Li Hao is not an ordinary person, and of course no one dares to stop him if he wants to play.
He even had to be greeted carefully, so when Li Hao arrived, the current Zhicheng Mansion Cui Chengsui was already waiting outside the gate.
Seeing Li Hao was very enthusiastic, after a polite manner, he welcomed Li Hao in, and then personally took Li Hao to visit and introduce.
In the end, Li Hao and others were invited to eat together, and then Li Hao and others left.
After returning to the barracks, several members of the Zhang family gathered together, and one of them said:
"What does Li Hao think, since we came to Chengdu Mansion, we have either gone here to play or to play there.
But he didn't care about the White Lotus rebellion at all, so how could it go on like this."
Hearing this, the other person retorted, "I don't think so, but there is another envoy in Shu this time.
Now he didn't say anything, could it be that the two of them had a plan, and now they were just deliberately paralyzing the bandits.
Li Hao has only been an official for a few years, and he can rise to the top, I'm afraid it's not that simple."
When everyone heard this, they also felt that this was quite reasonable, but in these years, there are always people who are jealous of others' goodness.
Unconvinced, he retorted: "Didn't he just take shit luck and save the official family, otherwise he would have been able to have today."
To be honest, among the children of the Zhang family, there are naturally many who are envious and jealous of Li Hao.
But most people understand that Li Hao is the son-in-law of Dafang after all, although he will definitely not be able to receive the title of the British Duke.
But the power and connections, the British Duke will definitely slowly hand over to him, and he has the support of Ouyang Daxiang in the court, and his future is limitless.
Maybe I will have to rely on him to help me in the future, so naturally I won't be stupid enough to accept this.
So the scene suddenly cooled down, and it didn't take long for everyone to disperse.
It's just that everyone didn't find out that some of them didn't return to the camp, but secretly ran to Li Hao's camp.
After seeing Li Hao again, he repeated what everyone had just said.
After listening to this, Li Hao said, "Well, people are fluctuating these days, and some other thoughts are normal, as long as you can do the things you explain well.
I won't care too much about a few words of complaining."
Then the man said, "The adults are still magnanimous, and I only hope that they can understand the painstaking feelings of the adults."
Li Haozhi didn't answer this, but said with a smile: "This is all my own family, and I think they also know how to measure.
But just in case, so as not to be exploited by others, I also need your help to pay more attention on weekdays."
The visitor replied, "This is naturally my duty, and my aunt also explained to me before I came, so that I must help take care of these things."
Li Hao smiled: "Yes, my mother-in-law also mentioned it to me, saying that it was among many children.
Brother Kunihiko is the most stable and reliable person, and he is the most trustworthy person, and I think this is true these days."
After hearing this, Zhang Bangyan said, "Auntie, this is praising me too much, and I can't do much of it, so I can only use more thought."
Li Hao said: "In this world, the most feared thing is the word heart, and with this, anything can be done."
After a few praises, Li Hao let Zhang Bangyan leave.
Li Hao's conversation here is over, but in the embassy, Zhao Chen is also talking about Li Hao with the officials of Chengdu Mansion.
Zheng Tongjuan of Chengdu Mansion said, "My lord, now Li Hao is playing all day long, regardless of business, and went to the West Garden today.
It was Lord Cui who personally accompanied him to watch it, so don't adults plan to take care of such behavior?"
After hearing this, Zhao Chen replied: "Li Hao is the confidant and favorite of the official family after all, don't look at him now under me.
But if this matter is to be played to the imperial court, it is not clear who the imperial court will favor.
Anyway, there is no news of the White Lotus rebellion now, so let Rong Li Hao for a while.
When the news comes, if he's still like this, then I have a reason."
Having said that, Zheng Tongju still felt that Li Hao's behavior would ruin the atmosphere of Chengdu Mansion.
So he and Zhao Chen expressed their opinions, but Zhao Chen really couldn't resist him, so he had to compromise and said, "Then let's do it, I'll write a letter later."
Let someone send it to Li Hao in the barracks, and let him pay attention to it and not be derelict in his duties."
Seeing that Zhao Chen finally promised to make a move, although he also knew that this might not be useful, Zheng Tong tried his best, and there was no other way.
Soon Zhao Chen's letter was delivered to Li Hao, but Li Hao didn't care after reading it.
I have already taken people into the city to visit the garden, and I have visited the East Garden and Hejiang Garden for several days.
Later, I went to Zhang Garden, Zhao Garden, Middle Garden and other private gardens for a walk, of course, it was inevitable that all families greeted them attentively, and even sent gold and silver, and had a good relationship.
Of course, Li Hao didn't receive the silver, after all, he was not short of money, and he didn't care so much about feathers.
But when this matter spread outside, it changed a little, and many people said that Li Hao took the opportunity to accumulate a lot of family wealth.
For this reason, Chengdu Zheng Tongju came to Zhao Xin again and said, "My lord, you are the chief official of Sichuan, you can't watch Li Hao come to Chengdu Mansion like this.
With his current behavior, how can he make the people believe in the government.
And if you keep letting it go, then the officials of Chengdu Prefecture will be like this in the future, what should they do then?
Now the White Lotus Rebellion is eyeing us, just waiting for us to make mistakes, we can't do what they want."
Seeing that Zheng Tongju spoke so earnestly, coupled with the rumors outside, it was indeed more and more outrageous.
So Zhao Chen sent someone to find Li Hao and asked him to come to the embassy and say that he had something to discuss.
Li Hao saw that the people from the embassy were indeed coming to find him, so he didn't think much about it, and followed the people directly with the guards.
But as soon as he came in, Zhao Xin said, "I heard that Master Li has been admiring various gardens recently, but he has had a very comfortable time."
After hearing this, Li Hao replied: "Indeed, as recommended by the adults, the prosperity of the gardens in Chengdu Mansion is especially the best in the country, which really opened my eyes and made me forget to return.
Speaking of which, if it weren't for what the adults said, I wouldn't have known that this Chengdu garden would have such a grand scene.
It just so happened that Lord Zhao didn't say that he wanted to go and enjoy it together, just to see when he was free."
Hearing this, Zhao Xi didn't know what to say for a while, and was hesitating.
Zheng Tongjuan, who was beside Zhao Chen, suddenly said, "I'm afraid it's not the garden that makes Lord Li linger, but the silver."
Li Hao frowned at this time, ignored Zheng Tong's judgment, but looked directly at Zhao Xi and said:
"Lord Zhao came to me today, did you want to ask me about my master?"
Zhao Xin said, "Master Li has misunderstood, this official has never meant this.
It's just that there are rumors outside, all of which say that you take the opportunity to make money while playing.
Zheng Tong's sentence only wants to ask about the real situation, so that you will not be misunderstood by the people."
Li Hao snorted coldly at this time and said, "The pure one is self-purifying, I have never accepted anyone's money, what is there to be misunderstood."
Although Zhao Chen had the intention to make up for it, this Zheng Tong judge was stunned and said, "What a clear person is self-purifying, does Lord Li want to use this side of the word to deal with the people's leisurely mouth?"
Li Hao asked, "Oh, then you say, what can I do to clear my grievances.
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Zheng Tongju said, "Let me go to the army to check and see if you have all this silver.
If not, then innocence can be proved."
Hearing this, Li Hao was really angry and said, "You are so bold, even if you are an official.
It will not be easy to raid the official's residence, let alone the military camp.
What's more, can you prove that I have accepted bribes from others, whether there are witnesses or physical evidence, it is better to take it out and we face each other."
Zheng Tongju naturally did not have evidence, after all, Li Hao did not accept it, so Zheng Tongju found many big families who had received Li Hao, but found nothing.
But Zheng Tong's judgment didn't think that this was Li Hao's confiscation of money, and only thought that others were afraid of Li Hao's power, so they were unwilling to come forward to testify.
Then he said, "If Master Li is really innocent, there is nothing I can't see, unless you have a weak heart."
After hearing this, Li Hao smiled and said, "The barracks are important, and you can enter it when you say that you can enter it, who do you think you are."
Then he turned his head to Zhao Xin and said, "Lord Zhao, he is a little Zheng Tongju, regardless of the dignity and humility of the upper and lower levels, and he is making a lot of nonsense here, don't you punish one or two."
Zhao Xin said, "Zheng Tongju is also in a hurry, so he said this, Master Li should not care too much."
Seeing Zhao Chen's maintenance like this, Li Hao couldn't help but say, "Yes, he can slander Shangguan just in a hurry, so if 100,000 people are in a hurry, wouldn't he be able to kill people and set fires."
Zhao Xi replied, "This is a joke, everyone is just dedicated to doing things for the court."
Li Hao was extremely dissatisfied with this answer, so he said directly: "Since Lord Zhao is deliberately partial, then I won't say more, I'll wait in the barracks to see if anyone dares to come to check."
After finishing speaking, Li Hao turned his head and left, regardless of Zhao Chen's dissuasion behind him.
After Li Hao left, Zheng Tongju said, "Thank you for your maintenance just now, otherwise I'm afraid the consequences will be unpredictable."
Zhao Xi replied, "You, you're just too impulsive, you shouldn't have argued with Li Hao just now."
Zheng Tongju said, "The adults also saw his appearance just now.
Obviously, he is corrupt and perverts the law, can't he manage it, where is the law of the court?"
Zhao Xi also persuaded at this time: "I don't know what you said, if it was in Bianjing, I would also join him.
But the most important thing now is how to deal with the White Lotus Rebellion, and the rest will be dealt with after this matter has passed, and I will write to the official family at that time."
After hearing this, Zheng Tongju was a little unwilling, but he had no choice but to say, "Yes, Xia Guan understands."
Seeing that Zheng Tong agreed, Zhao Xin continued: "That's fine, then you don't care about Li Hao's affairs.
In addition, I will also talk to Li Hao first, reassure him, and ask him not to trouble you.
Your task now is to find the location of the White Lotus Rebellion as soon as possible, and only by solving them can you deal with Li Hao."
After hearing this, Zheng Tong promised: "The lower officials understand, and the next lower officials will find the location of the chaotic party as soon as possible."
After speaking, he left the house, but he did not return to the yamen or his own house, but quietly came to a private house.
Just when Chengdu Mansion was in full swing, there were also problems in Bianjing.
After a few days of busyness, Zhao Zhen suddenly fainted in the harem.
Although the person was quickly awakened under the diagnosis and treatment of the imperial doctor, his limbs were weak, and he even slurred his speech for a while.
So he could only boycott the dynasty and let the two ministers do state affairs on their behalf.
Originally, this situation has happened from time to time in the past few years, and the officials are actually quite adaptable, but the development of things this time is different from the past.
Because Han Qi's first assistant in the past two years has not worked in vain, Han Qi also has some sources in the palace.
So Han Qi knew that Zhao Zhen's illness this time was not as optimistic as before.
In order for Zhao Zong to succeed to the throne smoothly, Han Qi planned to force Zhao Zhen
, let him quickly establish the crown prince, so as not to leave hidden dangers in the future.
Of course, there is no way for Han Qi to contribute so much, after all, Zhao Zonghan and Li Hao are good friends.
And compared to herself, it is estimated that Empress Cao may also trust Li Hao more, and if Zhao Zonghan is allowed to ascend the throne, she will inevitably reuse Li Hao.
On the other hand, Ouyang Xiu, who had a close relationship with Li Hao, became the target that Empress Cao was more willing to woo.
For his position as prime minister, Han Qi is reluctant to give up, so only letting Zhao Zongquan ascend the throne is the best choice.
However, Han Qi will not come forward directly, he must find some people to come out first.
When the momentum grows stronger, Han Qi will come out and make a final decision.
Of course, in addition, there are two other people that Han Qi wants to woo, these two people are Zeng Chaosheng and Yang Wenyuan.
After all, the last palace coup did give Han Qi a great shock, and it also made Han Qi pay more attention to the situation of the palace guards.
Originally, I didn't contact them, just because Zhao Zhen was still there, and I was afraid of causing negative effects if I contacted them rashly.
But this time Zhao Zhen fell completely ill, and some smart people should also find a new way.
However, this matter will naturally not be done by Han Qi, but by Zhao Zongquan to find someone.
After all, Zhao Zongquan now is no longer the same as he was at the beginning, with the changes in Zhao Zhen's body.
In the past few months, there have been many people who have taken refuge in Zhao Zongquan, although there are not many important ministers, but there are a few who can handle it in terms of civil and military, and they can directly let them contact Yang Wenyuan and Zeng Chaosheng.
Of course, the main target is Zeng Chaosheng, after all, Yang Wenyuan and Li Hao have been very secretive, and they have experienced the last palace change together.
So even if Yang Wenyuan really said that he would take refuge in him, Han Qi and Zhao Zongquan would probably not have much trust.
But in fact, before Zhao Zongquan took action, Yang Wenyuan was already alert.
After all, he is in charge of part of the palace defense, and he is quite well-informed in the palace.
So after learning the news, Yang Wenyuan found a way to secretly notify Gu Tingye, and the two made an appointment to meet secretly.
As soon as they met, Gu Tingye asked, "The official family's health is really so bad, how long will it take?"
Yang Wenyuan replied, "I'm afraid that this time is not very optimistic, so I want to discuss with you to see if I want to send a message to Li Hao."