Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 447
Leaving the Hongwen Museum, Zhao Zhen boarded the dragon-driven carriage again. He seemed to be thinking about something, sitting in the carriage and meditating silently. The carriage continued to go to the deep palace, but after walking dozens of steps, Zhao Zhen suddenly ordered : "Turn to Qilin Temple!"

Qilin Hall is Zhao Zhen's inner study, but he rarely comes here. There is a secret room in the study, which hides many secrets of Zhao Zhen, including his birth secret and so on.

Although Zhao Zhen has destroyed many secrets in the past two years, there are still some secrets that remain.

"Look at the door, I don't see anyone!"

He ordered the two personal guards, pushed the door open and entered the inner study. Zhao Zhen stood in the inner study for a while, and walked directly to a bookcase. He moved five books rhythmically, only listening to 'click! With a sound, the bookcase slowly moved back, revealing a secret door. Zhao Zhen pushed open the secret door and walked directly into his secret room.

The layout of the secret room is similar to that of the outside. There is a large table and two cabinets against the wall. The cabinets have basically become empty. Most of the secret documents have been destroyed, leaving only two or three items.

Zhao Zhen took a wooden stick from the cupboard and put it on the table. He sat in front of the table and stared blankly at the old and yellowed wooden stick. , It turned out to be an extinct lottery.

Abbot Ciyuan, who drew the lot for him, passed away the next day. It was this mystery that made him keep the lot for decades, but in the end it came true one by one.

According to Abbot Ciyuan's explanation that day, the eu-inheritance sign also includes his adopted son, that is to say, whether it is Zhao Zhongshi, the adopted son of Empress Cao, or Zhao Wenyun, the adopted son of Concubine Zhang Gui, they are not long-lived, and it is difficult to bear the burden of the emperor's career. Heavy.

But Abbot Ciyuan advised him not to worry, the secret will turn around.

This lottery has puzzled Zhao Zhen for more than [-] years. Now that he saw his grandson Zhao Zhongzhen today, he suddenly realized something. Could it be that the four words "the secret of heaven" that Abbot Ciyuan said back then were fulfilled by his grandson? body?
At a sensitive moment, any troubles in the palace will flow out of the palace through various channels.

In particular, Zhang Yaozuo spent huge sums of money to buy a number of key eyeliners in the palace, which made him very well-informed, and he could not hide any important matters from his eyes and ears.

Two important things happened in the palace today, which greatly stimulated Zhang Yaozuo. First, Jia Changchao took the initiative to impeach Yang Du, resulting in Yang Du's suspension, which meant that Ying Tianfu was successfully seized by Fan Ning.

Of course Zhang Yaozuo was not stupid, he knew that something important happened to Yingtian Mansion, Jia Changchao would behead Ma Su with tears, otherwise, with Jia Changchao's character, how could he easily give up Yingtian Mansion.

Zhang Yaozuo didn't blame Jia Changchao's method of breaking his arms to survive. In fact, he was very familiar with this method. Wasn't it the same when he betrayed Zhu Yuanjun?

The key lies in whether Zhang Yaozuo's interests have been harmed. One is commercial interests. He earns more than [-] yuan of money from Yingtianfu every year by controlling Yingtianfu's tea and grain. The impact of this turmoil is still unknown, but Zhang Yaozuo's political interests have indeed been damaged.

You must know that the military and political power of Yingtianfu was originally controlled by Zhang Yaozuo. In order to form an alliance with Jia Changchao, he acquiesced to Yang Du's evacuation of Zhao Zhinian, so he gave Yingtianfu to Jia Changchao, leaving Li Dechang to control a thousand soldiers. A guarantee to safeguard one's own commercial interests.

Now Yingtian Mansion has changed hands and was taken away by Fan Ning forcefully. Don't even think about Zhang Yaozuo knowing that Li Dechang is also finished. Not violating one's own interests, but is it possible?

Zhang Yaozuo knew very well, don't say that Fan Ning would not let him go, even if Fan Ning wanted to take a step back, that idiot Li Dechang would fall into his own trap.

Just before Ying Tianfu's blow to Zhang Yaozuo subsided, another more serious incident came out from the palace. This incident was so serious that Zhang Yaozuo immediately put Ying Tianfu's loss behind him.

Zhao Zongshi's son actually made a big splash in the palace, and his outstanding literary and military strategies won extreme praise from the officials. This news made Zhang Yaozuo a little panicked.

Zhang Yaozuo knew very well how Zhao Wenyun gained an advantage step by step, and eventually surpassed Zhao Zongshi in the hearts of officials.

It is nothing more than that Zhao Wenyun is young, smart, and has a cute and handsome appearance, while Zhao Zongshi is already in his thirties, and has no attraction to the officials who love children, and he is extremely disgusted by the officials if he makes a slight mistake.

Now it is Zhao Zongshi's 12-year-old son who is the same age as Wen Yun. Judging from the description of the news in the palace, Zhao Zhongzhen's performance far surpasses Zhao Wenyun. The ability to ride and shoot horses, not to mention the courage to vow to restore the great achievements of the ancestors, at most it is a dexterous deer, without the dragon and phoenix momentum of swallowing clouds and fog at all.

Zhang Yaozuo felt that he was going crazy. Today was the first time that Zhao Zhongzhen completely crushed Zhao Wenyun without any suspense when he was born. What about after that?

Zhang Yaozuo was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, circling back and forth in the room. He had been planning for 11 years, and he had never been as close to success as he is today. But at this time, Zhao Zhongzhen was killed, and all his previous efforts were wasted. How could Zhang Yaozuo be willing? ?How could it be possible to admit defeat?

At this time, an evil idea came to Zhang Yaozuo's heart irresistibly, "If you can't win, destroy him!" '

'no!You have to calm down, the consequences are too serious, and it will be completely over once you are exposed. '

'But if you don't do this, what else can you do? "

Various contradictory thoughts collided in Zhang Yaozuo's mind, making him really undecided
Zhang Yaozuo finally gave up the idea of ​​assassinating Zhao Zhongzhen. Decades of experience told him that he should not have this idea until the most critical moment, otherwise even if he succeeds in the assassination, he is the biggest suspect.

Although he gave up the idea of ​​assassinating Zhao Zhongzhen, it doesn't mean that Zhang Yaozuo will stand still. Even if he doesn't assassinate Zhao Zhongzhen, he can still discredit him and portray him as a scheming young man, using his scheming to support Zhao Wenyun's pure kindness .

In addition, we must monitor Zhao Zhongzhen all the time, grasp his handle, and use the handle to completely defeat him.

Fan Ning's impeachment letter was delivered to the capital the next day. Along with the impeachment letter, there was also evidence of Yang Du's wife and brother murdering in the street and various bad records, as well as the impeachment letter against Li Dechang.

Due to the complete certification of physical evidence and conclusive evidence, Zhizheng Hall immediately passed a resolution to remove Yang Du from all positions and hand him over to Dali Temple for questioning.

Li Dechang was also dismissed from the military post by the Privy Council and demoted to a commoner. Gu Changwu was promoted to be the inspector of the right, and Yao Jin, the commander, was promoted to the inspector of the left.

Zhizheng Tang accepted Fan Ning's proposal to remove Zhou Heng, who joined the army and Liu Chi as a judge, and transferred them to other states to be demoted, and promoted Song Ling to be a judge. All evaluations are invalidated and re-evaluated.

At this time, Zhizhengtang appointed Wang Anshi as the general judge of Yingtianfu through Zuoxiang Fubi's proposal.

After three consecutive days of turmoil, the situation in Ying Tianfu has gradually returned to calm, and the official structure of Ying Tianfu has also completely changed. Yang Du's remnants have been wiped out. The two aides of the Lieutenant General are in charge of the Liucao, and exercise the power of Silu to join the army.

Until then, Fan Ning completely controlled Ying Tianfu's military and political power, and Ying Tianfu officially opened the prelude to Fan Ning's era.

In the morning, Fan Ning, accompanied by Cangcao soldier Luo Lian and his staff member Gongsun Xuance, inspected Yingtianfu's warehouse for the first time.

Yingtianfu’s warehouse is located in the north of the city, very close to the government office. In fact, the warehouse in Songcheng County is also included. After the collection, it is transferred to the Transshipment Department and directly handed over to the imperial court, which basically has nothing to do with the local government.

However, there are a lot of grain and fodder in the government granary, at least 10,000+ stones are stored in the warehouse every year. This is mainly the harvest of the official farmland. Except for the support of the soldiers, the rest of the grain will be sold in the market and converted into government funds. .

It is also due to historical reasons that Yingtianfu has a large number of official lands, which brings abundant financial resources to Yingtianfu, making Yingtianfu always the financially richest government in Song Dynasty after Kaifengfu.

In addition, the government also owns a large amount of land in the city, builds various shops and houses for rent, and earns rent, which is also a major source of income for the local government.

When Fan Ning and his party came to the warehouse, the warehouse manager rushed out to greet them. Fan Ning nodded, "Open the warehouse door!"

Several people struggled to open the door, and there was a creaking sound, and the warehouse door slowly opened.

(End of this chapter)