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Chapter 170 A good man helps more than a wrong man (ask for a monthly ticket!!!)
Empress Dowager Cao wanted to see Qin Haoming to win him over, and it happened just after Zhao Zongquan met him.

But no matter who makes someone the queen mother, this face still has to be given, so Qin Hao followed the old eunuch to the queen mother's bedroom.

"Qin Aiqing is here, please give me a seat." Empress Dowager Cao said kindly.

However, Qin Hao didn't dare to be careless. This queen mother is definitely not a fuel-efficient lamp.

"Thank you, Empress."

Empress Dowager Cao's tone was full of longing and sadness: "When the late emperor was still there, he told the Ai family that Qin Aiqing was a rare talent. When you offended King Yong, the late emperor sent you to Dongying to protect you. Alas , This scene seems to have happened yesterday.”

"Qin Aiqing is indeed as the late emperor said. She has repeatedly made outstanding achievements. Now she is not only a second-rank official, but also a marquis of the founding of the country. The future is limitless. It is a pity that the late emperor has passed away and cannot see this day."

These words are obviously being close. Although Qin Hao has a good opinion of Emperor Renzong, it is limited to this. Besides, Empress Dowager Cao is not Emperor Renzong. Just based on this rhetoric, he wants to gamble his life and fortune to overthrow Zhao Zongquan together. The regime is a bit whimsical.

Of course, superficial skills still need to be done, Qin Hao bowed and said: "The late emperor's kindness to me, I have always kept it in my heart."

Empress Dowager Cao wiped away her tears, and suddenly changed the subject: "This harem is so deserted. An old woman from Ai's family lives in the deep palace for a long time, and she is so lonely. Qin Aiqing has both children. I am really envious of others. I heard that Qin Aiqing's daughter is very lonely." She's cute, and she's been crowned county lord, why don't you send her to the palace to teach her the rules, so that the Ai family can find a good family for her in the future."

As soon as these words came out, the old eunuchs next to him all had an expression of: send the daughter into the palace as soon as possible.

Qin Hao was furious when he heard the words, and he cupped his hands: "The youngest girl in the family is only two years old now, and she is very naughty. The Queen Mother takes care of everything every day, so I don't want to bother the Queen Mother."

After speaking, Qin Hao turned around and was about to leave.

An old eunuch screamed behind him: "Bold!"

Qin Hao turned his head and gave him a sideways glance. A murderous look locked on the old eunuch, and then he gave Empress Dowager Cao a warning look, and walked away.

The moment the old eunuch was enveloped by Qin Hao's murderous intent, he urinated his pants. After all, eunuchs, the urinary system was already damaged, and it was easy to lose tension when frightened.

Empress Dowager Cao also didn't expect that Qin Hao would turn against her for a daughter. In her opinion, daughters of honorable families are just bargaining chips, and she herself is the same, isn't it?The Cao family sent her to the palace for a higher status. For the benefit of the family, what is a mere daughter?
However, she didn't know that the child was Qin Hao's reverse scale. Qin Hao didn't have patriarchal thoughts. On the contrary, in the general patriarchal environment in ancient times, Qin Hao loved his daughter even more.

The moment he walked out of the dormitory, Qin Hao even had the urge to kill the old witch directly.

All the way home, it was already late at night.

Yu Yanran immediately came up to meet him, and seeing that Qin Hao's expression was not quite right, she asked with concern: "Master Hou, what's the matter?"

Qin Hao didn't answer, but instead asked, "Where's Sister Lan?"

Yu Yanran said with some taste: "The children are all asleep now."

Qin Hao came to the next room, and the two little guys were sleeping soundly, especially the little girl, who was splayed in a big character, with her mouth still moving, wondering if she was dreaming and breastfeeding.

"Master Hou." The maid who was on duty at night in the house woke up instantly when she saw Qin Hao coming, and hurriedly saluted.

Qin Hao made a shush gesture at them, and after seeing that the children were sleeping soundly, he left.

This also alerted the maids at home, and they must not doze off when they are on duty at night in the future, or they will be in trouble if they are seen by Lord Hou.

Yu Yanran saw Qin Hao go to the next room and then come back, she was even more curious: "Master Hou, what's wrong with you?"

Qin Hao didn't hide anything either, and told about Zhao Zongquan and Empress Dowager Cao's successive summons tonight.

Yu Yanran was also taken aback. Recently, the most popular topic among the nobles in Bianjing City is the power struggle between the officials and the queen mother, and they are afraid of getting involved.

Seeing Yu Yanran's worried expression, Qin Hao comforted him, "Don't worry, I have my own measure."

"But, after all, the Empress Dowager is still the mother of the official family in name, Da Song has always respected filial piety, if the Empress Dowager insists on letting Sister Lan enter the palace, I am afraid the official family will not be able to stop her." Yu Yanran tremblingly said.

Qin Hao said very seriously: "You just have to remember, no matter what, don't let the two children out of your sight. Even if the queen mother orders you, you can use the child's illness as an excuse. Everything is up to me."

Yu Yanran gently leaned on Qin Hao's chest, she was really a little scared, that was the Queen Mother.

Of course, Yu Yanran was also reluctant to let Sister Lan enter the palace, after all, it was the flesh that fell from her body. Although she often scolded her, it was also a matter of deep love and responsibility.

"Well, I'll leave a hundred guards for the family. During the time I'm away, you can stay behind closed doors and wait until I come back to discuss everything." Qin Hao remembered that when King Yan rebelled, he first took away the family members of the honored family. If he was tricked into the palace and made those honorable nobles dare not act rashly, there is no guarantee that the queen mother will not follow suit.

"Master Hou's trip is dangerous. Let's take everyone away. I'll just close the door of the mansion tightly. No one will dare to attack the mansion."

What Yu Yanran was most worried about was Qin Hao's safety.

Qin Hao shook his head and said: "This time the officials sent me to deploy defenses on Jiangnan Road, I will definitely arrange the most capable soldiers. I don't care about the personal guards. I won't have any worries if you are safe."

"Then, Master Hou, be careful. The children and I are waiting for your safe return." Yu Yanran's eyes turned red as she spoke.

Qin Hao smiled and comforted: "Okay, they are just soldiers and crab generals. How can they be your husband's opponent? Compared with the violent wind and huge waves at sea, this little danger is not worth mentioning at all."

Five days later, Qin Hao left Bianjing City with King Huan. In addition to the thousand guards that King Huan carried with him, Qin Hao also commanded a 5000-people Dragon Guard Army, which was considered to be a relatively strong fighting force among the Forbidden Army.

Zhao Zongquan also spent a lot of money this time. You must know that the elite troops of the forbidden army are basically in the hands of some veteran nobles. Zhao Zongquan has not yet fully obtained the support of these nobles. This is already the most effective force he can master. Team up.

Qin Hao also specially asked for two warships and a thousand sailors to be transferred from the Mingzhou navy. The Jiangnan canals are well developed, and most of the local navy has been completely infiltrated by the Cao family. Salt, it would definitely not work without the support of the navy.

"Song History" Volume 93 "Hequ Zhi Bianhe" records: Bianhe Yunjiang, Huaimi five, and 7 million dendrobium, which shows the importance of Bianqu. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Bianqu was even called: Liguo of this.

Because there are 150 million people living in Bianjing city alone, and there are nearly 800,000 forbidden troops stationed around it, and most of the food is transported to Bianjing city through the Bianhe River.

Once there is a problem with the Bianhe River, the entire Bianjing city will be starved, and with the existence of 800,000 forbidden troops, once these people are extremely hungry and there is a mutiny, the Song Dynasty may change.

Huan Wang Zhao Yingce said to Qin Hao with some emotion: "This is the lifeline of our Song Dynasty."

Qin Hao shook his head secretly. Zhao Yingce was definitely considered an outstanding man in ancient times, but his vision was still narrow. In fact, from a historical perspective, Bianjing was not suitable as a capital.

On the one hand, there is no danger here, and there is no Yanyun Sixteen States as a barrier in the north. Once the northern nomads go south, they will face the danger of subjugation. On the other hand, the terrain of Bianjing is too low. Without sufficient water conservancy facilities, once the upstream Levees burst, or continuous days of heavy rain caused severe waterlogging in Bianjing.

But it is no wonder that moving the capital is not a decision that can be made easily. After the Qin Dynasty unified the establishment of the feudal dynasty system, it seems that in the non-turbulent period of the dynasty, the only one who successfully moved the capital was Zhu Di.

Only a decisive and confident emperor like Zhu Di could withstand the pressure of his officials and complete the move of the capital. Zhao Zongquan and Zhao Yingce did not have Zhu Di's ability, let alone his courage.

After Zhao Yingce sighed with emotion, he said seriously, "This salt tax reform is of great importance. Where does Zihan think we should start?"

In fact, this is also the main reason why Zhao Zongquan did not choose the more trustworthy Gu Tingye, but handed over the heavy responsibility to Qin Hao.

In terms of bravery, Gu Tingye is naturally capable, but in terms of wisdom, Gu Tingye is far behind Qin Hao.

After thinking for a while, Qin Hao glued his hands to the tea, and wrote two words on the table: "Yan Yin."

Zhao Yingce was a little puzzled: "What is the solution to this method?"

Qin Hao said with a smile: "His Royal Highness Huan thinks, why can the Cao family control the official salt business?"

Zhao Yingce suddenly realized: "Zihan mean to cancel the official salt monopoly?"

Qin Hao nodded, then shook his head again: "It's not a cancellation, but a sharing. Your Highness may wish to think about it. The Cao family has always controlled the official salt business. Is there no one who is greedy?"

"To put it bluntly, it's just that with the support of the Queen Mother, others dare not offend that's all. Now that the government has issued an order to reform the salt tax, some people will be tempted. What we have to do is to intensify the conflict between them and the Cao family. people into our camp."

"If you get the right way, you can get more help than if you don't, so the Cao family's monopoly on official salt will naturally be broken!"

Zhao Yingce's eyes lit up, and he praised: "Zihan really has a lot of clever tricks."

"It's just, how can we win over these people? After all, they are also in competition, right?"

In fact, most people don't hate monopoly, what they hate is that the monopoly is not themselves.

Qin Hao smiled lightly: "It's very simple. We split Yanyin into regional sales. The Song Dynasty is divided into thirteen regions. We can use this as a unit to distribute Yanyin. Only one merchant is allowed to sell official salt in a region. , and at the same time severely crack down on private salt and illegal sales, so that everyone will benefit, and they will naturally stand by our side!"

I have to admit that the energy of the Cao family is indeed powerful, and they have monopolized the salt industry in the whole country. After so many years, one can imagine how much money the Cao family has made.

It's no wonder that the salt tax reform will become the flashpoint of the conflict between Zhao Zongquan and the Empress Dowager Cao.

"Haha, with Zihan here, this trip will be worry-free." Zhao Yingce understood the serious relationship after a little thought.

This has two advantages. On the one hand, it can attract other forces to cooperate with him. On the one hand, Yanyin’s regional sales can not only ensure a certain degree of monopoly, but also allow them to form a relationship of mutual competition and avoid collusion with each other. The court expires.

But soon, Zhao Yingce's good mood dissipated, and on the third day after leaving Bianjing, he was warned, and a crossbow arrow was nailed to the bow of his boat.

Zhao Yingce snapped off the crossbow with a livid face, and said through gritted teeth, "What a dare, I want to see what they can do to me."

Qin Hao was also vigilant, and asked people to strengthen the guard overnight.

However, in the next few days, everything was calm, and when they were about to reach Jinling City, a group of water thieves suddenly attacked the fleet.

These water thieves are all well-equipped, and they even have the eight-ox crossbow. Qin Hao hurriedly dragged Zhao Yingce into the cabin. Basically hang up.

After a fierce fight, the Mingzhou navy still killed the enemy. These water thieves saw that they couldn't do anything, but they didn't fight to the death. They jumped into the river one by one to escape.

However, in terms of water quality, the Mingzhou navy was able to overcome obstacles and waves in the sea, so naturally they would not let them escape easily, and caught more than a dozen half-drowned water thieves.

And those injured on the boat took poison and killed themselves, Zhao Yingce gritted his teeth when he saw this scene.

"The Cao family really wants to get rid of the king and make a successor by using dead soldiers!"

However, Qin Hao felt that something was wrong. If he really wanted to assassinate Zhao Yingce, he would not attack so blatantly, and with only so few people sent, it was obviously impossible to succeed.

"Cui Zhi."

"Master Hou."

"Suppress these people and interrogate them alone!"

"promise."

The remaining drowned half-dead men became the key to breakthrough.

After two days and two nights of torture, someone finally spat out, and the answer he got surprised Qin Hao and Zhao Yingce, it was Manichaeism!
The purpose of Manichaeism's assassination of Zhao Yingce is also very simple. It is to detonate the conflict between Zhao Zongquan and the queen mother, so that they can lose both sides in the fight, so as to take the opportunity to overthrow the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Yingce didn't know whether to believe the confessions of these dead men for a while, and even suspected that the Cao family had arranged it in advance in order to clear up the suspicion.

However, Qin Hao knew that the Manichaeism in all dynasties had the ambition to overthrow the regime, and they were allowed to do so in the Ming Dynasty. It is a pity that Zhu Chongba is not a master who keeps his promises. That is to say, the Mingjiao positions the cults and encircles and suppresses them.

In this way, the situation is even more complicated. In addition to the Cao family, one must also be wary of the Manichaeism.

Along the way, Qin Hao stepped up his vigilance again. Every day's meals and drinking water were tried by others before being given to Zhao Yingce. This also directly caused Zhao Yingce to eat cold dishes and rice. Fortunately, it is not necessary in hot weather. Worried about eating bad stomach.

When he arrived at Jinling City, Qin Hao did not relax his vigilance, and immediately reorganized Jinling's navy. Zhao Yingce was also a little courageous, and he was not afraid of the assassination. He hosted a banquet for Jinling's nobles, civil servants, and big merchants that night.

At the banquet, Zhao Yingce hinted that Yanyin would be redistributed, which immediately aroused the interest of many noble merchants.

What's more interesting is that Qin Hao also met Sheng Wei, the head of the Sheng family, at the banquet. Being able to appear at this level of banquet is enough to show Sheng Wei's strength.

"So it's Zecheng's uncle, so there's no need to be so polite, just call me Zihan."

Sheng Wei felt overwhelmed when he heard the words, and quickly said, "Your Majesty is such a villain."

The people next to him saw that Sheng Wei could get in touch with Jing Haihou, and they immediately looked at him with admiration, planning in their minds to talk to him after the banquet.

After the banquet, Zhao Yingce also asked Qin Hao curiously, "Does Zihan recognize that merchant?"

Qin Hao said with a smile: "This man is Sheng Changbai's uncle. The Sheng family's family was in decline back then. He can stand firm in the ups and downs of the business world, but he is a talent."

"Zihan means"

"Sheng Wei is indeed a good candidate. His Highness also saw those people in Jinling City today. If they don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles, they still have a lot of fear of the Cao family. If they don't put some pressure on them, they won't take any action. !” Qin Hao said seriously.

"Moreover, Sheng Wei's foundation is weak, and he can only rely on His Highness to keep Yanyin. In the future, he will definitely serve His Highness with all his heart."

Zhao Yingce was moved. As King Huan, although he had a fief, but as the future prince, the income from the fief was not enough for him to spend. A penny was hard for a hero, and Zhao Yingce was no exception. If you work hard for him, you should always be rewarded, right?No money, just relying on writing bad checks, after a long time, the subordinates will inevitably feel disappointed.

That night, Sheng Wei was invited by a team of guards to the place where King Huan Zhao Yingce was staying. Looking at the glaring swords and guns, Sheng Wei felt palpitations and felt a little weak in his legs.

But after entering the room, Sheng Wei breathed a sigh of relief. Qin Hao was also in the room, playing chess with Zhao Yingce.

Zhao Yingce suddenly dropped the chess piece, stood up and said to Sheng Wei who was kneeling on the ground, "Excuse me."

The corner of Qin Hao's mouth twitched, it was too obvious that he was cheating, and he had already lost.

Sheng Wei stood up timidly, not daring to lift his eyelids, for fear of offending Zhao Yingce.

Zhao Yingce stepped forward and patted Sheng Wei on the shoulder, and comforted him: "The second wife of the Sheng family became an official, and the eldest family did business well. The ancestors of the Sheng family were very discerning."

Sheng Wei smiled wryly when he heard the words: "Don't dare to lie to Your Highness. Back then, my father doted on his concubine and killed his wife, and took a woman from a brothel into the house, which led to the decline of the family. It is thanks to the old lady of the second room who upheld justice that it was not in a slump."

This kind of thing that damages the image of the ancestors is usually not told to outsiders. Zhao Yingce is very satisfied with Sheng Wei's confession after hearing the words.

"So, you are quite capable?"

Sheng Wei hurriedly bowed and said, "I don't dare to boast, but I still have some ability to do business."

Zhao Yingce knocked on the table with his fingers, and said casually, "Oh? Then if you got Yanyin, what would you do?"

Sheng Wei's mind exploded with a "hum". He naturally knew that Zhao Yingce was busy with affairs, and he definitely didn't call him here as a joke. He also knew very well the risks and opportunities involved.

If this step is done right, the eldest son of the Sheng family will be in the eyes of the future prince, and if he is wrong, the entire Sheng family may be affected.

But Sheng Wei decided to take a gamble!
(End of this chapter)