Chapter XXIII: Punishment
Although the news of Ning Cairen's fall into the water was calm on the surface, for some people, it set off monstrous waves. When Qin Hui, who was handling government affairs in the household department, heard the news, he felt that there was nothing. But when he saw Wang Lun coming in a hurry, his heart tightened. Sure enough, as he expected, Ning Cairen was sent to the palace by Wang Lun.
"How can you be so confused that you dare to put your hand into the harem." Qin Huiping retreated left and right and scolded at Wang Lun.
"Isn't this also an accident, just do it. I thought there was nothing wrong, but who would have thought that His Majesty would pamper her. Wang Lun said curtly, he didn't expect that Ning Cairen really got the opportunity to sleep.
Liu Chan's original body, Zhao Gou, actually knew that Ning Cairen's backstage was Wang Lun for a long time, so he was cold to these concubines in the palace who were not pure, and never asked. And Liu Chan didn't know about it, so there was a matter of Ning Cairen. In addition, there is more than one Ning Cairen in this palace.
"You." Qin Hui was almost angry, "The palace is different from the court, if you want to rely on the relationship in the palace, I advise you not to fight such an idea again, Your Majesty is just warning this time, if there is a next time, you can do it yourself." I've warned you a long time ago, don't involve the harem, don't involve the harem. If you don't listen, blame me!. ”
Qin Hui knew what Zhao Gou was most afraid of, what he was most afraid of was that someone coveted his power, and what he was most afraid of was that someone dared to put his hand into the harem. Because Zhao Gou has been childless for many years, his fear of the palace is even more serious.
Wang Lun hurriedly persuaded Qin Hui not to be angry, saying that he knew he was wrong. I don't care about this in my heart, how can there be a courtier who doesn't have a connection with the harem!
Qin Hui saw Wang Lun's expression and knew that he didn't take his words to heart, and wanted to ignore Wang Lun, but after all, he was his cronies, so he helplessly persuaded: "Hey, as a scholar of Duanming Palace, as long as you are responsible for sending envoys to the Jin Kingdom." Wasn't it good that you went to Jinguo last time, why did you just come back like this? ”
It's okay not to say this, but Wang Lun gets angry when he says this. Obviously, he made a great contribution to the last mission, and he fought hard in the Jin country, ran around, and finally persuaded the Jin country to return to Huizong's Zigong, the Empress Dowager and Henan and other places. This is already the most meritorious mission in so many years. But as a result, the emperor was unwilling, he was going to go to war, and he was going to fight. Whatever you say, you have to fight. I have never seen such a tough emperor, what are you trying to do!
Because of Liu Chan's change of attitude, Wang Lun's last envoy was stunned and did not take any credit. They are all at war with the Jin Kingdom, how can the Jin Kingdom be willing to return the people and land, and people are not fools.
Wang Lun said angrily: "I still don't understand why we want to go to war, why we want to go to war, obviously Jin Guo has promised to give us Henan and other places, it's not good to recuperate!" ”
Qin Hui couldn't say anything about this, and in his opinion, it was the same. But one wave has not settled, and one wave has risen again. Then, a subordinate official knocked on the door and came in and said, "Prime Minister Qin, the people from the Imperial City Division are here." ”
The Imperial City Division, a specialized spy agency of the Song Dynasty, Qin Hui had heard of it and seen it, but what were they doing here. Qin Hui looked at Wang Lun vaguely, and found that his expression was calm, and he felt even more strange.
"Let's go see you."
When Qin Hui walked out of the door, he saw the people of the Imperial City Division pressing three unknown prisoners standing at the door of the household department, and there were all the chief officials of the various departments watching the play. The leader of the Imperial City Division was Wu Yue, the head of the Division, and he bowed to Qin Xiang and said, "Qin Xiang, please forgive me for being rude." ”
Before Qin Hui could react, he only heard Wu Yue say: "These three people are the money and grain officials of the Northern Expedition, they are bold and have lost their conscience, and they dare to deliberately delay the transportation of grain and grass for the Northern Expedition army. Fortunately, His Majesty was wise and discovered it early, so that the Northern Expedition did not fail. His Majesty has a special order to behead these three people. ”
"Slash!"
The three people of the Imperial City Division went down with a knife one by one, and directly gave the three money and grain officials to the law on the spot. Blood gushed out, staining the floor in front of the household hall red. At this time, Qin Hui reacted to what had happened, his eyes were frightened, and he fainted directly.
Things happened too fast, and Wang Lun next to Qin Hui didn't realize what was going on, so he saw Qin Hui fall straight down. He hurriedly held Qin Hui and shouted, "Quick, hurry up and ask for a doctor." When he helped Qin Hui to the ground, he realized that something had happened. Wang Lun swallowed his saliva hard, his body trembled slightly, and he felt a little spinning, as if he was about to faint.
Fortunately, Sun Jin, the governor of the household department, pulled him in time to make Wang Lun sober up. Wang Lun smiled bitterly, what is Ning Cairen's matter, this is a warning!
The rest of the department heads who were watching the excitement also left quickly, for fear of getting into trouble. The people of the Imperial City Division left directly after the execution. What is this called?
In fact, it was really not Liu Chan looking for trouble, it was only two days before and after the people of the Imperial City Division were arrested and sent back to the capital, but in these two days, the grain transportation team actually walked for half a month. This is still Liu Chan's special order, it is really looking for death.
Zhao Ding, who had just come out of the palace in the distance, was also frightened by this scene, and he looked at the direction of Liu Chan in the palace from afar, and he also felt a little frightened in his heart. Although His Majesty's attitude towards the Northern Expedition has become more resolute, the way of doing things has also become more ruthless, and I really don't know whether it is good or bad.
The news of the Northern Expedition has just reached the palace, and many people still don't know that the Northern Expedition has been won, so in the eyes of many people, this is a manifestation of Qin Hui's imminent loss of power, but only Zhao Ding knows that this is probably just an explanation from His Majesty to Yue Fei today, and it is also to suppress Qin Hui.
Zhao Ding scolded in his heart: Qin Hui, this bewitching and cheap bastard, why don't you die if you don't want to die, just die quickly.
After a while, under the treatment of the imperial doctor, Qin Hui gradually woke up. His face was pale and his eyes were dull, he didn't understand why Liu Chan, who had always regarded him as a cronie, did he do this, could it be that he had violated Liu Chan's rebellion!
At this time, a small official from the household department walked in and said a few words in the ear of Sun Jin, the governor who came to participate in politics, and Sun Jin's eyes suddenly widened. Qin Hui didn't say anything when he saw this, he didn't bother to ask, his political life had come to an end, so what kind of monstrous flood did he care.
I only heard Sun Jin say: "Prime Minister Qin, the Northern Expedition has won." Yue Fei led his army to recover six important towns in Henan, defeated the Jin Wushu in Shunchang, and beheaded 70,000 Jin soldiers. ”
Qin Hui's eyes widened when he heard this, and he immediately stood up, and his expression recovered from miserable white to red. "Ahem, ahem, is it true? Is it true? ”
"It's true, Lin'an has spread all over the country, and there is news from the military department."
Hearing this, Qin Hui and Wang Lun were a little incredulous, but Qin Hui was more joyful. Because he already understood that Liu Chan's actions were more likely to give Yue Fei an explanation, so that his right side would be saved.
"Quick, get my clothes straightened up, quick." Qin Hui was a little anxious, and hurriedly ordered Sun Jin.
"Qin Xiang, what are you doing here?"
"What else can I do, I want to enter the palace." Qin Hui was furious, why are these two people a good hand at infighting, and it is so difficult to see the development of the situation. If it weren't for him, this group of people would definitely be out of play in the future.