The official name of the ancient Tong Garden in Huyi Lane is called the deputy director of the Criminal Department, the ancient Tong Garden is located at the intersection of Huyi Lane, it was originally a salt merchant's residence, you can see the Baojin Building in the distance, the east is a side street dedicated to playing football, and the picturesque Jinming Pond is a mile away in the north. Everyone in the officialdom knows that the deputy director of the Criminal Department is fundamentally subordinate to the main director of the Criminal Department, and the Criminal Department belongs to the institution on the scene, while the deputy director of the Criminal Department is the real strength, almost comparable to the Imperial City Division.

  Since the Song Dynasty, the Criminal Department basically has no power, and the judgments are basically subordinate to the local Dangzhi Division and the Dali Temple in Bianliang, plus the arrest and criminal investigation agencies are subordinate to the Prefecture and Road Yamen's Inspection Division, and the Criminal Department is only in charge of reviewing the world's major cases and removing officials for crimes, and re-hiring them after amnesty, or giving proof to the documents for the unjust case, etc., the Criminal Department is the first major department of the Criminal Department, which is in charge of reinstating the official rank and redressing unjust cases.

  However, those officials who make a fuss in the officialdom rarely have the spirit of enduring hardships and taking risks, and the deputy department is full of novices who pass the law examination every year, strange people found in the rivers and lakes, and officials who are not needed by the criminal department, Dali Temple, and other yamen, forming teams to investigate those cases that have been transferred. If you succeed, you will offend one side of the case, and if you fail, you will not only offend both parties, but I am afraid that you will have to take the blame for your boss.

  The two most difficult positions in the deputy department are the chief arrester and the criminal prison envoy, the chief arrester is the abbreviation of this position from top to bottom, and the real official name is the arresting envoy; these two positions are not always one person, but for who each case is handed over, it is the arrangement of the criminal department secretary. When Yang Zhi walked into the conference hall, as soon as he heard the person in charge introduce the location, he felt that the atmosphere was unusual, because his position was at the bottom, and even Fan Zhixu's position was not legitimate.

  The person in charge was Shen Chong, a forty-year-old official, who said with that banal smile, "Now there is some hesitation above, on the one hand, I hope that there will be a big event that will go down in history, and on the other hand, I pray that I will not offend anyone." And the cases that are sent to us have never lacked big events or big messes, the only thing missing is luck. You're definitely in a big deal this time. ”

  Yang Zhi didn't wait long, and saw several high-ranking officials appear in the council hall, in addition to Fan Zhixu and the incoming Li Daoxiao, there were the crown prince Zhao Huan, the king of Yun Zhao Kai, as well as Gao Yu, Tong Guan and the privy deputy envoy Hou Meng. This level is enough for the court to discuss matters, Yang Zhi and Shen Chong glanced at each other and sat in their positions without saying a word;

  The room was silent, so quiet that people were uncomfortable, Fan Zhixu picked up the tea cup that had been cold for a long time, took a sip of tea and said, "The Liao delegation to celebrate the emperor's birthday has arrived at the Daimyo's Mansion, in addition to the main envoy Zuo Cheng Chu Jian and the deputy envoy Xiao Liyan, there is also the princess of Liao. ”

  Tong Guan sat on the top, frowning and not speaking, Li Daoxiao and the others were silent, only Hou Meng sighed and was thinking hard; Gao Yu has always been slow to speak on such occasions, and said slowly, "Yang Zhi, you didn't come back from Liao State long ago, and Xiao Lili and Hu Liyan are all acquaintances, let's talk about it, do they have any purpose." ”

  Gao Yu is deliberately making things difficult, reminding everyone of Yang Zhi's past, and almost saying that Yang Zhi is not credible now; Yang Zhi is not used to Gao Yu no matter what life he is, so he said calmly, "The Liao State is not at ease, even if they can't find evidence of our negotiations with the Jin State, but the clues of the intelligence can always be gathered; sending these people here is to find the place where they are not at ease in the Great Song Dynasty, and then solve this problem." ”

  Everyone fell silent, this is the most obvious thing, Song Jin has been negotiating for several years, coming and going for so long, coupled with the activities of the Shuanglong Society in Liao, to say that the Khitans don't know anything is to deceive themselves;

  Yang Zhi did not hesitate and said, "I am against it until now, but I have already done what I should do, and there is no way to do it if I don't follow people's wishes." ”

  "Why?" Tong Guan was the most active initiator of the Song-Jin Alliance, and when he heard that Yang Zhi was so unscrupulous, he immediately raised his vigilance; Tong Guan was not as good as Gao Yu, he belonged to the kind of person who had scheming and vision, he wanted to find out whether Yang Zhi was really reasonable, or if Cai Jing was behind it. Yang Zhi asked lightly, "What if we are with the Jin State and the Jin Kingdom suddenly goes to war with us?"

  Tong Guan blinked his eyes and didn't speak again, the Hu people in the Northeast are not trustworthy, and there is no way to guarantee this kind of thing; Gao Yu angrily reprimanded, "It's all nonsense, framing our allies here, according to what you say, we don't want Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures?"

  What a big hat, Yang Zhi said neither humbly nor arrogantly, "If you really want to go back to Captain Gao, if you really want it, you should ignore the decision of the Jin State, we will fight all the way over and recover all the sixteen states." Now the more they beg the Jurchens and the more conditions they pay, the greater the possibility that the Jurchens will go south in the future, and since they want to recover Yanyun, they must be prepared to fight with the Jin. ”

  The people in the room all understood this truth, but people like Tong Guan were blinded by the word "wealth", and people like Hou Meng would not touch Song Huizong's moldy head, so they never went in that direction; Gao Yu sneered, "Standing and talking doesn't hurt your back, Liaoguo is so easy to fight, and you still want to fight with Jinren?"

  After Gao Yu finished speaking casually, he found that they were all looking at him, and only then did he realize that he was wrong, Yang Zhi had been a general in Liao, and he had repeatedly fought against the Jin army, and his ability in this regard was to show something; Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, had a bright eye, and understood Cai Jing's intention of suggesting that he come, Yang Zhi was a general in Liao, but in the Great Song Dynasty, he was a captain in the armory workshop before leaving, and he couldn't even enter the army after he came back, and the problem was at the top of the army.

  Tong Guan nodded and said, "I'm going to leave for Jiangnan soon, Yang Zhi, you can consider the plan for the Northern Expedition, see if there is anything to pay attention to, and discuss it when I come back." Lord Hou, the national policy cannot be changed, but you can do your best to call the shots after you arrive in Dongping. ”

  Yang Zhi agreed, and gave Tong Guan a thumbs up in his heart, although Tong Guan is a person who snorts and shoots horses, but he still has some concepts in the big picture, and he is much stronger than Gao Yu; Hou Meng nodded, and still asked Yang Zhi, "Can Song Jiang recruit An?"

  Yang Zhi laughed: "Song Jiang's rebellion is to recruit peace. "I like the dragon, please collect the dragon.