Almost when Wang Anshi was in a hurry for 800 miles and sent the news back, Bianliang Ma was moving home, and it was also gloomy at this time.

By the afternoon, the moderate rain outside the house had turned to light rain, and the sound of rain was dripping.

Several people were not in the previous pavilion, but in the house, and the slaves were all driven out, one by one drinking sullen wine.

Yang Rende poured himself a glass of wine, poured it hard, and laughed miserably: "It's over, everything is over, my Yang family is completely defeated in my hands." ”

The news of the assassination of Wang Anshi spread in the barracks, and the assassins sent out at that time also prepared horses outside to meet them, and witnessed the entire process of their assassination failure outside the camp.

Therefore, Wang Anshi's side sent someone back the letter in an urgent manner for 800 miles the next morning, while Yang Rende's people hurried overnight, galloping under the stars, and the letter was delivered this morning at about the same time.

In this way, Yang Rende also knew that he was dead, and the captive person was a dead man, whether he would be sold is another matter, but the imperial court will inevitably continue to dig deeper, and he will be the most motivated, and sooner or later he will be found out.

"Wang Shilong, I was killed by you!"

Yang Rende suddenly slammed the wine glass, pounced on Wang Shilong, pinched his neck, and roared with red eyes: "Look at what bad idea you have!" ”

"Old Yang, old Yang!"

The others hurriedly pulled him away.

Wang Shilong got up from the ground, patted his buttocks and sneered: "Yang Rende, tell me yourself, can you blame me for this?" Who doesn't know, even if I don't come up with this idea, how long will everyone here live? ”

He took a breath and continued, "This morning, someone went to bribe the messenger, and the result? The counter-defendant reported that Dali Temple and the Criminal Court had already gone to get people. ”

Yang Rende gasped, took several steps back, and sat on the ground, not knowing what to say.

The generals and nobles have also seen recently that Zhao Jun is a little unmartial artistic, and after they rejected the proposal of the imperial court, they actually sent people directly to check the situation of the army, doesn't this cost them their lives?

So someone has already started to act.

Someone goes to the relationship, hoping to intercede.

Someone committed a crime that was not so serious, so he hurriedly found the Cao family and expressed his willingness to accept the conditions of the imperial court.

Others simply prepared a lot of money and gifts to bribe the envoys who were investigating, hoping that the envoys would hide the they had done in the army.

However, not to mention that the envoys sent by the imperial court were accompanied by soldiers sent by the local Imperial History Department and the Imperial City Division when handling cases, and it was difficult to accept bribes.

It is only said that these people sent out are often new jinshi in recent years, who have not been blackened by officialdom, and they are political achievements.

Once the errand is successfully completed, a credit book will be recorded, and it will be convenient for promotion in the future.

I really can't afford to give the money to the generals, even if it's a lot, as much as tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands, and I can't cut off my future in front of the imperial history and the guards of the Imperial City Division.

Therefore, when encountering bribes, those messengers immediately backhanded a report, and it is a credit to hand, which is simply beautiful.

For a while, in the past few days, there have been some generals who control the Gyeonggi Road and Bianliang Tokyo camps.

The main thing is that Zhao Jun gave the military department the power to act cheaply.

In addition, the Dali Temple, the Trial and Criminal Court, and the Imperial City Division all intervened, and they didn't even report to the Political Yuan, and the following people have already begun to take people.

In the past two days, Bianliang has begun to make noise.

"Die, everybody."

Yang Rende seemed to have given up completely, laughed miserably, lay on the ground and said, "Anyway, none of our brothers can escape." ”

"Ugh."

Han Yunsheng, Ma Zhengju, and Zhao Kaiji were also like ashes, sighing.

The Assassins they sent out hadn't heard back yet, but when you think about it, it still seems like a stupid move.

If it succeeds, the imperial court will inevitably be furious and strictly investigate to the end.

If it fails, it will still be strictly investigated to the end.

In the end, I still can't run away.

But at that time, they really had no choice but to make this decision.

If you have a good idea, who would take a risk?

"Not really."

Wang Shilong suddenly shook his head and said, "Is there one last way?" ”

"Don't come up with that bad idea."

Yang Rende sneered: "Isn't it bad enough to hurt us? ”

"It's a dead end anyway, why don't you talk about it?"

Ma Zhengju looked at him.

Wang Shilong looked at the three of them and showed a weird smile: "Whoever lets us die, we won't let them live." They die before we live! ”

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

Han Yunsheng frowned and said: "Now that the imperial court wants us to die, the official family wants us to die, and the political system wants us to die, can you still kill them?" ”

"Yes, exactly!"

Wang Shilong said: "Only when Your Majesty and Zhao Jun are dead, can we have a glimmer of life." ”

"You're going to rebel?"

The crowd was shocked.

Wang Shilong said: "Who said I want to rebel? Do we have soldiers on hand? ”

"How is this different from rebellion?"

"The difference is great, rebellion will definitely die, but we just want them to die."

"Hehe, I don't even know what you're talking about, every time Zhao Jun goes out on patrol, there are dozens of guards around him, and there are hundreds of secret agents of the Imperial City Division around him, and it is easier to kill the prime minister than him."

Zhao Kaiji shook his head: "As for the official family, how many guards are there in the palace?" In vain, I thought you just had a bad idea, but I didn't expect you to go crazy directly, so it's better to let Yang Rende beat you up and be sober. ”

"I'm not crazy."

"Then what nonsense are you talking about?"

"It's not nonsense, it's the last resort to save us."

"It's not nonsense, even if it succeeds, the eldest son of the emperor inherits the unification, even if he is only seven years old, and the queen listens to the government, will she let us go?"

"Then what if the new emperor ascends the throne and forgives us and others?"

"What do you mean?"

Ma Zhengju and the others widened their eyes.

Wang Shilong said lightly: "Your Majesty, Zhao Jun, the eldest son of the emperor, and the second son of the emperor died in the palace chaos, you say, who should inherit the unification?" ”

Zhao Zhen's eldest son, Zhao Fang, was born to Empress Cao in Jingyou for four years after he exercised and abstained from sex for half a year.

After that, he slowly recuperated his body, no longer indulged in female sex as before, and only gave birth to cubs with adult mothers, so before the first year of Kangding, Zhao Zhen only gave birth to the emperor's eldest son Zhao Fang and the eldest princess Zhao Qinghan.

But in the first year of Kangding, that is, in 1040 AD, Concubine Yu Defei had reached the age of 19.

So in that year, Zhao Zhen and Concubine Yu De worked hard to cultivate, and in the first year of Qingli, they gave birth to the second son of the emperor, Zhao Xin.

In other words, now Zhao Zhen has two sons and a daughter.

Under normal circumstances, Zhao Zhen died, it must be Zhao Fang ascending the throne, Empress Cao listening to the government in the court, and Zhao Jun, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and other political institutions assisted in political affairs.

But if they're all dead, then.

Everyone looked at each other, and a name that was almost forgotten flashed in their minds: the son of Dazongzheng!

"Couldn't it be!"

They all had their eyes wide open.

"I didn't say anything, you thought it was like that."

Wang Shilong smiled.

The crowd fell silent.

Some people are even thinking about whether to report it or not.

However, in the next second, Wang Shilong said lightly: "Don't think about reporting me, attack the angel, complicity in the crime, report me, everyone will die." ”

"You've been calculating us for a long time?"

Han Yunsheng was taken aback and said, "Let's attack the angels, so that we have no way back?" ”

Only then did everyone understand why Wang Shilong asked them to send killers to kill those envoys who were sent to investigate the case.

It turned out to be calculating them.

Because if Wang Shilong had discussed with them at the beginning to assassinate the emperor's family, then the result would have been betrayed by his four "good brothers".

After all, dead friends don't die poor.

betrayed a case of murdering the emperor, and even implicated Da Zongzheng, the credit is great.

If you can't talk about the bad things you did before, the merits will be offset, and there may be a reward in the end.

But the betrayal of the case of the murder messenger would have been much less credit.

The most people involved are Wang Shilong, a small shrimp who is already dead, how can the court let them go?

So under the trade-off, they can only choose to fight to the death.

As a result, I never expected that this was in Wang Shilong's arms.

Wang Shilong just wanted to raise their charges step by step and pull them into the water together.

The initial crime was a capital crime, and the assassination of the messenger was already considered a conspiracy, and if you want to report it, I'm afraid it's too late.

Right now.

They could only be forced to walk into Zhao Yunrang's ship.

"Huh."

Wang Shilong sneered: "How can this be said that I am calculating your brothers, it should be said that I am looking for a way to live for everyone." Is there any other way for you to live than to put your life to death? ”

Then the crowd fell silent again.

Whether it was before or after the assassination of the messenger, they really had no other way to live.

All of them are dragging their families and pampering them for many years, and it is difficult for them to disguise themselves, secretly take some money, and secretly escape from Bianliang.

Not to mention where they could flee, their way did not support them to flee further.

Just say that in this era, if there is no guard protection, with money on you, just a few wives and children, I am afraid that if you don't go far, you will be eaten and wiped clean.

Where there are car bandits, road blockers, robbers in the mountains, and in some places even the whole village is not a good person.

Especially in some remote mountainous areas, it is common for people in a village to ambush in the mountain roads, do farm work during the day, and come out at night to kill people and steal goods, which is a common thing, and it is difficult for ordinary people to travel long distances.

It's safer not to take the remote road, but to take the canal or the official road where people come and go, but there are so many government tax checks along the line, once the wanted warrant is issued, can they run away?

So it's very difficult to abscond with money.

"What the hell do you want us to do?"

After being silent for a long time, Zhao Kaiji figured it out, and was the first to say: "Calculate us, you must have a plan." ”

"Yes, I do need your help."

Wang Shilong nodded.

Ma Zhengju said, "How can we help?" What's more, I'm afraid we won't even be able to enter the palace, and Your Majesty's face will be dead before we even get close. ”

Wang Shilong showed a strange smile and said: "Yes, it is indeed like this on the surface, but if it is"

"What if?"

"What if there are any of our people in the palace?"

"What do you mean by that?"

Han Yunsheng was puzzled.

Wang Shilong said with a smile: "My meaning is very simple, that is, there are naturally people in the palace who will help, if it succeeds, everything will be fine, even if it fails, it doesn't matter, someone will help us kill the assassin, and there is no trace!" ”

"What's the use of that? Won't we die if we fail? ”

Yang Rende said.

"So only success, not failure."

Wang Shilong said to them: "This is also the reason why I am looking for you. ”

The crowd was silent.

Everyone is already a grasshopper on a rope, and no one can escape!

．

．

In the Chongzheng Palace, by the afternoon, the rain was getting lighter and lighter.

It's just that the sky is cloudy, and obviously it may still rain for the next two days.

Zhao Zhen changed into a new pair of shoes, and then stepped into the hall.

He now lives in the back garden, and when he just came from the back garden, he accidentally stepped on a puddle and his shoes got wet.

"See Your Majesty."

When Zhao Zhen came in, everyone got up and saluted.

"I'm late, just now I took two princes in the back garden, I heard that something was wrong, so I hurried here, but I didn't expect to step on a puddle, and my socks were wet."

Zhao Zhen apologized again and again, in fact, he wanted to come over directly at the beginning, and he was like this.

But Wang Shouzhong tried his best to dissuade him, but there was nothing he could do.

"The official dragon body is important."

Lu Yijian hurriedly said, "It's okay if I wait a little longer." ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Zhen answered, then sat down behind the desk and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"The envoy sent by the imperial court to check the military registration was assassinated."

Zhao Jun sat on the chair, looked at Zhao Zhen and said: "Wang Anshi's eight-hundred-mile urgent official document, the assassin is quite tough, and he didn't say the mastermind behind the scenes for a night of interrogation, it should be a dead man, but I suspect it has something to do with the Yang Rende family." ”

"Is there any hard evidence?"

Zhao Zhen asked.

"Not yet."

Zhao Jun shook his head.

The dead man didn't speak, it was a nuisance.

Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "Then how to deal with it." ”

"The murder of the messenger is like a rebellion, whether it has anything to do with them or not, I think we will arrest them first."

Zhao Jun said.

Zhao Zhen thought about it, and then asked first: "How did you check the military registration this time?" ”

"Not optimistic."

Wang Zeng sighed: "The armies of Gyeonggi Road and Bianliang alone are rotten, corrupt from top to bottom, military discipline is lax, there are many deserters, empty quotas, arms sellers, and even those who cause death. ”

"What about these?"

"Kill!"

Zhao Jun said viciously: "It's time to kill." ”

"How many people are going to be killed?"

Zhao Zhen was a little frightened.

"I don't know, it's still being checked, maybe tens of thousands of people."

Zhao Jun shook his head.

Don't look at the dozens of generals involved, but the children of the dozens don't know how many.

Although not everyone is full of evil, there is no problem for these tens of thousands of noble children to gather two or three thousand villains who should be killed.

In addition to these people, there are many moths in the army, including officers at all levels, and even middle and high-ranking generals have corrupt elements.

The whole army is a mess, as if it doesn't know how many silverfish are in charge, and I don't know how many underworlds are mixed in it.

So at least for now, Zhao Jun is expected to kill so many people, probably somewhat.

However, from Zhao Jun's point of view, even if the large and bloated army is an insurmountable mountain, it is still necessary to tear apart its obsolescence and reform and replace it.

But from Zhao Zhen's point of view, in the army of more than one million, an unprecedented purge involved so many people, countless people wanted their wives to be separated, their families were ruined, and they may even cause huge turmoil.

For a while, he said with some horror: "Do you really want to kill so many people?" Why do you have to kill so many people? Wouldn't it be nice to deal with just a few of the first evils? ”

"Dude."

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was frightened, Zhao Jun persuaded: "You don't know how excessively they have done, how many sergeants have been oppressed by them, and even some people have simply killed the leftovers and plotted to rob them of their settling-in and burial expenses." It's not a pity for these people to die, so why should my brother care? ”

"This"

Zhao Zhen said bitterly: "This is all human lives." ”

"Isn't it human life to be killed by them? They resold the armaments of the Great Song Dynasty, resold the grain of the Great Song Dynasty, withheld salaries and silver, cloth and grain, and let the soldiers at the bottom starve and freeze, is that what they should do? ”

Zhao Jun said angrily: "Brother, what's the matter with you? If you are kind to them, you are unkind to the soldiers at the bottom. Compared to the millions of soldiers, what's wrong with killing these silverfish? What's more, they are still blocking the road of reform in the Great Song Dynasty today, do you think that the Great Song army will always be so dilapidated? ”

"I"

Zhao Zhen opened his mouth, and finally could only say gloomily: "Kill less, it's better to be exiled." ”

"Okay, I can kill fewer people as I see fit and exile them to Taiwan."

Zhao Jun finally said: "But I hope you can understand that Da Song is now taking a right path, so you must go on firmly, and you must not stop if you feel that it is good enough, that will only make all our efforts burn!" ”

"And those who stand in our way must be cleared. Even everyone here, including Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Fan Zhongyan, Yan Shu, Cai Qi, Song Shou, Sheng Du! ”

Every time he called someone's name, that person raised an eyebrow unnaturally.

In the end, he even pointed at himself and said: "Including myself, and you, brother, if one day I block the way of the Great Song Dynasty, start killing our ancestors and grandchildren, our two lives are nothing compared to the fate of the Great Song Dynasty!" This is the supremacy of the country, this is the foundation of the country! ”

"I see."

Zhao Zhen took a long breath, and finally could only shake his head with a wry smile and said: "I understand that the national interests of the Great Song Dynasty are supreme, if I can make the Great Song Dynasty strong for a thousand years, why should I die?" ”

"Whew."

Zhao Jun also took a long breath, nodded with relief, and said: "It's good that you can understand these truths, brother, I actually know that you understand everything, but your ears are soft and your heart is soft." But killing for the sake of protecting the living, killing these people and protecting more people is the true benevolence! ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Zhen said: "Okay, let the eldest grandson do it." But in three days it will be the queen's birthday, you see."

"Okay, let's do it in three days."

Zhao Jun nodded.

Just collect a little more evidence and catch it all!

And give me some time to find out about it.

(End of chapter)