I just want to make money

Chapter 219
After arresting Zhao Lingji and Yang Daoxuan, Lin Yi's first attack was inside the imperial palace. The several eunuchs who served Song Huizong on weekdays were all arrested, and a new batch of newcomers were replaced. There were seven young eunuchs implicated. Eighty mouths.

In fact, there were not as many eunuchs in the Song Dynasty as there were in the Ming Dynasty. At the peak of the Ming Dynasty, there were as many as 3000 to [-] eunuchs, while the number of eunuchs in the Song Dynasty was only [-] to [-] at most.

The eunuch organization in the Song Dynasty was called the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was responsible for the daily life of the emperor and concubines, the management of the internal treasury, the management of the royal collection, and the operation of the inner court.

Responsible for leading the army to fight, monitoring the army, spying on subjects, supervising the transportation of supplies, and participating in royal financial activities.

At the beginning, Tong Guan was the little Huangmen next to Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, and later became a privy envoy step by step. The privy envoy is the highest leader of the military.

Suspicion of military generals was a basic national policy of the Song Dynasty. This was known from top to bottom, from civil servants to emperors, so every army had supervisors.

Lin Yi didn't make a big move this time, he just dealt with the people who served the emperor, the reason was naturally that he accepted bribes from Taoist priests and participated in the murder of the emperor.

Are they wronged?
Quite wronged.

The wealth and lives of these people were entrusted to Song Huizong, how could they murder him, but if they were not wronged, they would not be wronged to be sentenced to death for all the dirty things these people did on weekdays.

In this "elixir case", all these people were implicated, some were relegated to remote places for work, and some were directly imprisoned for processing.

When it comes to dealing with these eunuchs, it is difficult or easy to say. Those big eunuchs are usually very high-ranking in the eyes of others, but their identity is royal family slaves, and the emperor can deal with them with just a single order.

When the emperor wanted to deal with ministers, he always had to find a reasonable reason, but when dealing with eunuchs, he didn't need any reason at all.

In order not to expose the fake Song Huizong, Lin Yi dealt with the people who served the original emperor as quickly as possible. These people were most familiar with Song Huizong, even more familiar with Song Huizong than the queen and concubines.

Those concubines and favorite concubines are not bad if they see Song Huizong three or five times a year, but these eunuchs are by their side every day.

Just when people were trembling, thinking that Lin Yi would expand the handling and set off a bloody storm in the court, Lin Yi stopped.

For cleaning the chapel,

Lin Yi was not in a hurry.

There is a saying in the Tao Te Ching, "Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish." Now the Great Song Dynasty is far from the point where it needs to use thunderbolt methods to overturn it and start over.

He can take it step by step, steadily, and handle things more smoothly, so as not to let it appear uncontrollable.

in history,
What really put the Song Dynasty in crisis was that after the coalition Jin destroyed the Liao "Sea Alliance", there was no Liao country to hinder the Jin country to attack the Song Dynasty backhand, and now there is no shadow of the Sea Alliance, and it was only proposed after 3 years, 5 years later achieved.

Lin Yi thought it over,

Whoever proposes it will be killed at that time.

What a barrier the Liao Kingdom is. After more than 100 years of getting along, the two sides know the basics. It is absolutely possible for the Liao Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom to fight to the end, and at the same time weaken the strength of the two countries.

As for those rebellions in the country.

Song Jiang from Shandong, Fangla from Jiangnan, Tianhu from Hebei, and Wang Qing from Huaixi.

In fact, most of them are officials forcing people to rebel.

Song Jiang’s rebellion was because the imperial court ordered the collection of water parks for official use in order to collect money, and the surrounding people were not allowed to fish. If they could not live, they reversed.

Fang La was forced to rebel because of Hua Shigang.

Hebei Tianhu's rebellion was mainly due to the disaster in Hebei, the corruption of the imperial court and the government, the oppression of goodness, the killing of good men and false meritorious deeds, etc., which forced them to rebel against the imperial court.

As for Wang Qing, he is a disobedient son, so if he finds it later, he can kill him in advance.

to these people,

Lin Yi already had calculations in his mind. Shuibo Liangshan is now under his control. As for other people, they should be governed to avoid turmoil. If history cannot be changed again, early arrangements will not make them bigger.

In fact, the current situation.

It's already a golden start.

As for the internal problems of the Great Song Dynasty, the government was corrupt, the military equipment was slack, civil officials loved money, generals were afraid of death, soldiers had no combat power, and were short of pay, etc. Lin Yi had a lot of time to recuperate.

Three days passed in a flash.

Cai Jing finished his introspection.

For three days without eating or drinking, he looked extremely haggard. In fact, no one asked him not to eat or drink, and the introspection was just introspecting in the study. Not eating or drinking was a bitter drama performed by Cai Jing himself.

Lin Yi also knew this.

When Cai Jing walked out of the study, Cai You, Cai Bian, Cai He, and the rest of the Cai family were waiting outside the door. Seeing Cai Jing's appearance was very heartbreaking, after all, he was already an old man in his late [-]s.

"Brother, how are you~!"

"Father, how about some porridge first?"

Cai Jing waved his hand, "Send me to the palace, thank the emperor for his kindness, and ask to see His Majesty."

Immediately a bearer came over.

Others want to follow.

Cai Jing waved his hands and said in a strict voice: "You all go over, does it seem that there are too many people, are you apologizing or forcing the palace?"

Everyone stopped quickly.

Cai Jing came to Xuande Gate in a sedan chair, was helped out of the sedan chair, bowed to the palace gate and said: "Chen, Cai Jing, come to apologize to Your Majesty."

After speaking, he bowed and remained motionless.

Many people around saw this scene and started talking about it. The news quickly spread throughout Bianjing.

The matter of Cai Jingxuande's apology outside the gate naturally spread to the palace soon.

In fact, the avatar woke up early. After eating the detox soup on the first day, Lin Yi let the avatar wake up. He couldn’t always faint. There are many things that require this avatar to nod, such as dealing with the eunuch in the palace, which is Song Huizong With the will personally made, others will not suspect that Lin Yi is a good advocate, but now the avatar is still lying on the bed, looking a little weak.

Lin Yi heard that Cai Jing was coming, and knew that another big drama was about to start.

Song Huizong said to Lin Yi: "Lin Qing, you go and ask Cai Xiang to come in."

"Yes, official."

The palace gate of Xuande Gate opened, and Lin Yi came out. Cai Jing raised his head and saw this young and handsome young man, and he was very impressed. A new generation replaces an old one. Originally, he had many thoughts about this Lin champion, but things changed too fast, and he didn't wait. What he does, this young man has grown up fast.

The highest merit is to save a car, and the best way to plan poison is to starve for food.

When His Majesty was poisoned and jumped into the lake, Lin Yi was the first to go into the water to save His Majesty, and it was he who took the responsibility of ordering Zhao Lingji to be arrested and the imperial doctor who dared not do anything to prescribe medicine, which saved the emperor's life in time.

Such credit,
No amount of reward or grace can be overstated.

"I met Cai Xiangguo." Lin Yi greeted with a smile on his face.

"I met Lin Sheren."

"Your Majesty invites Cai Xiangguo to enter."

"Sherin Scherren Circular."

Cai Jing followed Lin Yi with somewhat flamboyant steps, and the two came to the inner hall. Cai Jing saw Song Huizong lying on the bed with a pale face, and plopped down on his knees.

In the past, when ministers saw Song Huizong, they seldom bowed down, not to mention the prime minister, today Cai Jing came to pay respects, and said with a sad voice: "Your Majesty, as long as you are fine, as long as you are fine."

Song Huizong looked at Cai Jing, waved his hand, "Cai Xiang, get up."

Cai Jing wanted to get up, but he was too weak to get up for a while. Lin Yi went to help Cai Jing use his strength to get up.

"Sherin Scherren to help."

Song Huizong looked at Cai Jing and said, "I heard that you locked yourself in the study for three days without eating or drinking. I asked you to reflect on yourself, but I haven't asked you to commit suicide yet."

Cai Jing bowed.

"I have been praying for His Majesty these three days, and I dare not slack off in the slightest."

Song Huizong nodded,

"You also have a heart. Speaking of this matter, you can't blame it all."

Speaking of this, Song Huizong's tone became severe, "That Zhao Lingji lied to me by giving me a medicine that was made indiscriminately, and almost poisoned me to death. Lin Qing asked him for a confession, and Zhao Lingji had already confessed everything. He was deceiving me from the very beginning, he doesn't know how to make longevity pills at all, he is a complete liar."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Cai Jing, "Do you think there is a problem with me punishing Cai You like this?"

Cai Jing hurriedly bowed, "Your Majesty handled it right. You'er is indeed to blame for this matter. It is His Majesty's favor to only remove his official position."

Song Huizong nodded.

Looking at Cai Jing again, he said, "Through this thorough investigation of Zhao Lingji, Yang Daoxuan, and Li Shanlei, Lin Qing also discovered many things. These three people actually accepted bribes, formed cliques, and colluded with officials. Cai Xiang, what do you think should be done?"

Cai Jing's body shook slightly.

"Your Majesty, if anyone accepts bribes or forms a party for personal gain, he must not be lightly forgiven, and should be dealt with according to the laws of the country." Cai Jing quickly expressed his attitude.

Song Huizong stared at Cai Jing, his eyes became sharper, and he said in a stern tone: "Cai Xiang, I ask you, you are sincere to me, do you have any intentions to help me govern the country, do you accept bribes, sell officials, and form cliques for personal gain?"

Looking at Song Huizong, Cai Jing suddenly felt a little scared, thinking about his majesty's experience of life and death this time, as if his temperament had changed drastically.

Plopped down on his knees again.

"Your Majesty, the veteran is loyal to His Majesty, and will never dare to do anything that violates the laws of the country. The sun and the moon are clear and the world can learn from it."

Lin Yi was amused.

This Cai Jing really dared to lick his face and say that the sun and the moon are clear and the world can learn from it.

Show your mother!
As far as the money and treasures he stole from his treasury, he is definitely not an upright official.

"Well, you swear now that you will always be loyal to me and never do anything that harms my interests." Song Huizong said in a stern tone.

Cai Jing's heart trembled,
But he didn't dare to refuse. If he refused, he would show that he was going to do something that would harm the emperor. He wouldn't dare to admit it even if he was killed.

Cai Jingben knelt down and stretched out three fingers,
I swear to God.

"My minister, Cai Jing, hereby swear to the Tianmeng that he will always follow and be loyal to His Majesty, never do anything that harms His Majesty's interests, and do his best to do things for His Majesty. The gods of heaven and earth testify. If Cai Jing violates today's oath, he is willing to suffer all punishments and be struck by lightning. "

Chae-kyung vows just ended.

A system notification sounded in Lin Yi's mind.

This prayer is complete.

Lin Yi looked at Cai Jing with a smile on his face.

Although the double doll was lying on the bed, there was a ray of Lin Yi's soul inside, so swearing to Song Huizong had the same effect as swearing to him.

Yesterday Lin Yi did an experiment on purpose.

Let all the newly transferred eunuchs kneel down and swear together, it will all work, so Cai Jing was called here today.

He has no plans to deal with Cai Jing for the time being.

Cai Jing is a big tree with deep roots and luxuriant branches. He has been the prime minister for so many years, and there are too many of his party members in the court. Of course, this is not what Lin Yi is most worried about. Now Song Huizong has full control over the military. So it is not difficult to get Cai Jing.

He left Cai Jing for another purpose.

He wanted to leave after making the country a mess, but Lin Yi refused. He wanted Cai Jing to help him clean up the mess, and he wanted to be a bad guy, using him to squeeze out his remaining value, and then find a reason to deal with him later. .

For the superior.

The most important thing is to know how to use people.

There are no worthless people, besides Cai Jing is very valuable, Lin Yi must make the best use of everything and play his role.

Including others too.

After Cai Jing made the oath, Song Huizong nodded, "Get up, you are already so old, don't kowtow at every turn."

Cai Jingxin said,

Do you think it's appropriate for me not to kneel in that situation just now?

Cai Jing stood up for the second time.

It was still supported by Lin Yi.

Song Huizong glanced at Lin Yi, and said to Cai Jing: "This time, we have to continue to investigate. I have appointed Lin Yi as the imperial envoy to take full responsibility for this matter. As the prime minister of the capital, you must cooperate well."

"It's Your Majesty." Cai Jing quickly agreed.

"Okay, recently, my body still needs to be cultivated. You are responsible for handling the affairs in the court. Don't slack off. Send me the memorial of important matters." Song Huizong ordered Cai Jing.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, these veterans will handle it properly."

In the past, Song Huizong didn't manage politics very much, and Cai Jing was in charge of everything.

Song Huizong showed fatigue and waved Cai Jing to leave. Cai Jing bowed to say goodbye, walked out of Xuande Gate and got into his sedan chair. In the sedan chair, Cai Jing thought of the oath.

If he doesn't accept bribes, how can he make a fortune.

If he doesn't sell officials and nobles, how can he get money.

Not forming a party for personal gain, how does he rely on to cultivate his own power.

He will continue to do these things in the future.

But as soon as he thought of this, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart. Cai Jing grabbed his heart and couldn't help crying out in pain, "Ah, it hurts to death!"

At the same time, a series of thoughts appeared in his mind, breaking the oath will be punished, breaking the oath will be punished, breaking the oath will be punished
They say I'm not good at water, look, isn't that a lot of words, hahahaha.

These thoughts swirled in his mind like a mantra, and Cai Jing's eyes widened in fright.

How is this going?

Is the oath really fulfilled, but he has never heard that anyone's oath can be fulfilled so quickly.

this moment,
Cai Jing was really scared.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I don't dare anymore, I don't dare~~." Cai Jing clutched his chest, begging in his mouth.

From the gate of the imperial palace to Cai Jingxiang's mansion, Cai Jing felt that he had gone through the process from life to death and from death to life. The thoughts in his mind made him dare not have any doubts. He knew that his heartache was the effect of the oath.

This time it really scared him.

he knows,
If I don't beg for mercy in time and change my mind quickly, I will really die in the sedan chair.

The sedan chair fell, and when the butler came to lift the curtain, he found that Cai Jing was sweating profusely and his face was as pale as paper. He was so frightened that he hurriedly called for someone. They carried Cai Jing out of the sedan chair, moved him into the room and lay down, and let the doctor look at him. The doctor said that he was exhausted. , but Cai Jing knew what happened to him.

After he drank a bowl of millet porridge, he called his younger brother Cai Bian's son Cai You and Cai Yu, and ordered: "Your Majesty wants to investigate the 'elixir case', and many people may be involved. The Cai family must investigate this case." Give full support, don't have the slightest hindrance, remember to remember."

If it is said that Cai Jing was rebellious and murdered Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, then he certainly did not. At most, he just wanted to make more money and gain more power.

It's just a big moth lying on Da Song's body and sucking blood.

But this time,
It really scared Cai Jing.

After rectifying Cai Jing.

Song Huizong issued an order the next day to call Tong Guan and Gao Qiu to meet.

The two hurried to the palace to wait to be summoned.

The political, military, and economic systems of the Song Dynasty, if expressed in the simplest way, can be divided into three parts, similar to the separation of powers.

One piece of administration is under the responsibility of Zhongshumenxia Province. The highest leader is the prime minister, and there are deputy prime ministers, ministers of various ministries, and local officials.

For an economy, the main financial management agencies of the Song Dynasty were the three divisions of Yantie, the Ministry of Households, and Duzhi. The envoys of the three divisions were directly responsible to the emperor, and the prime minister had no right to control them.

A piece of military affairs is divided into the Privy Council and the Sanya. The Privy Council is responsible for dispatching troops, and the Sanya is responsible for raising troops.

Tong Guan is the chief envoy of the Privy Council, the three offices are divided into the front division of the hall, the horse army division of the guards, and the infantry division of the guards. Gao Qiu is actually the commander of the front division, and the title of Taiwei is false.

In terms of position, Dianshuai was on the same level as Bushuai and Mashuai, but Gao Qiu, as Huizong's confidant, completely suppressed the other two commanders. He was now in charge of all the military and political affairs of the Sanya, including personnel, training, and equipment.

To put it simply, Gao Qiu is the deputy commander-in-chief of the army. The commander-in-chief is naturally Song Huizong. At the same time, he is also the commander of the capital garrison. Training, promotion, rewards and punishments, replacements, logistics, etc. of the Imperial Army.

the two of them,

Tong Guan is from the first rank, and Gao Qiu is the second rank. It can be said that they are the highest military officials in the Song Dynasty.

And at this moment,
The two top military officers of the Song Dynasty had already knelt outside Song Huizong's main hall for an hour. The sun was very strong today, and the two of them were sweating profusely. The sweat dripped down their cheeks and temples, but they dared not wipe them off .

their rights,
All from the emperor,

Tong Guan was an eunuch and a domestic slave, and Gao Qiu was a favorite minister, who was promoted by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty.

If there is no emperor's favor,
None of them farts.

These days, I heard that His Majesty was almost poisoned to death by a Taoist priest. Both of them were so frightened that they could not sleep at night, but they did not dare to move around without the emperor summoning them. They were called into the palace today, and they were punished to kneel outside the palace. After a while, countless thoughts turned eight hundred times in my mind.

Tong Guan and Gao Qiu, the eunuchs who were originally serving by Song Huizong's side, also had good friends on weekdays, but they were locked up as soon as they were locked up.

The more I think about it, the more afraid I become, the more afraid I sweat, and the more I think about it, the more timid I become.

at this time.

Lin Yi came out from the hall,

Xuantong sees him.

Song Huizong had already sat up and was sitting on the bed in a yellow robe. When Tong Guan came in and saw Song Huizong, he knelt down with a plop.

"Chen Tong pays homage to His Majesty."

This Tong Guansheng is very burly, with a handsome appearance, especially the bushy beard under his cheeks, unlike an eunuch, which has something to do with him being castrated in his 20s.

The evaluation of him in the history books is that he is charming and flattering. In fact, to be fair, the problem lies with Song Huizong in the final analysis. Tong Guan is Song Huizong's servant and eunuch. He naturally wants to cater to the emperor. Remonstrance, isn't that nonsense.

During the 20 years when he was a privy envoy and in charge of military power, he still made a lot of achievements. He was the only eunuch who was crowned king in history. It can only be said that Song Huizong failed in the end and he was nailed to the pillar of shame.

In the history books, his biggest mistake was the "Sea Alliance", uniting the Jin Army to defeat the Liao Kingdom, and then making the Jin Kingdom bigger and destroying the Song Dynasty.

It can only be said that he made a strategic mistake, not that there is a big problem with him. There is no problem with his loyalty to Song Huizong and his ability.

Similar to Cai Jing, he is a capable jester.

Song Huizong looked at Tong Guan and snorted coldly, and told Tong Guan that the army's military equipment was slack. Tong Guan knelt on the ground and was sweating coldly.

Song Huizong's last words made Tong Guan piss his pants in fright, "I heard that you colluded with Cai Jing and were called a minister and a prostitute outside. Why, you think you don't have enough power, Tong Guan, do you want to marry me?" what?"

Tong Guan was so frightened that he shook like chaff.

What does Song Huizong mean by this sentence?
You have been entrusted by the Privy Council, No. 1 in the Song Dynasty military, you are not satisfied, the only thing left is to be the emperor, do you want to rebel?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty has absolutely nothing to do with it, absolutely nothing to do with it, Tong Guan is absolutely loyal to His Majesty."

As he spoke, he kept kowtowing, and there was a bang bang when his head hit the ground.

For a while.

Only then did Song Huizong speak.

"My Great Song Dynasty's national policy is divided into civil and military families, and they check each other. When I asked you to manage the army, I wanted you to be a pure minister, to help me take care of the army, help me fight wars, and help me maintain this country. It is not for you to pull Those who form cliques, form cliques for personal gain, embezzle and accept bribes, and sell officials and nobles."

This is too heavy a word.

Tong Guan was called a strong man, but his face was already pale from fright.

he himself knows,
Many of the things the emperor said, he actually did.

Now being pointed out by Song Huizong, all that is left is to kneel and kowtow to beg for mercy.

There is blood on the ground now.

Tong Guan knocked blood out of his forehead.

Blood flowed down his face, making him very embarrassed.

"Okay, stop knocking, you knocked to death, I have to find another Privy Council envoy."

Tong Guan's body froze, and he heard the meaning of the emperor's words. He was planning to make himself an envoy of the Privy Council.

Those words just now were just beating myself.

Song Huizong waved at Tong Guan, and Tong Guan understood, walked forward a few steps on his knees and came to Song Huizong's bed, looking up at Song Huizong.

Song Huizong looked down at Tong Guan, and said in a serious tone: "Today, I will tell you for the last time, I let you be the envoy of the Privy Council, and I want you to be a pure minister. Everything you have is given by me, not Cai Jing. Not anyone else."

"Your Majesty, I understand."

"Shall I swear?" Song Huizong said.

Tong Guan was taken aback for a moment, but immediately reacted and raised his hand to swear that Tong Guan must devote himself to His Majesty, and he will never give up for His Majesty.

Lin Yi received the system prompt again.

"Okay, Tong Guan, go out, go back and think about it yourself, Lin Yi, call Gao Qiu in." Song Huizong said.

Lin Yi went out to call Gao Qiu.

at the door,
Gao Qiu met Tong Guan who came out.

Tong Guan's forehead was battered, and blood flowed all over his face, which frightened Gao Qiu. He just wanted to ask, but he held back.

I also know that it must have offended His Majesty.

Gao Qiu's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

into the hall.

Gao Qiu saw Song Huizong sitting cross-legged on the bed, saw the blood on the ground, and knelt down on the ground.

"Your Majesty, the minister Gao Qiu will see you."

Song Huizong was sullen, and scolded Gao Qiu: "The army is slack, the training is sloppy, the military discipline is lax, the military equipment is slack, and the salary is serious. It is said that there are 80 forbidden troops, and I am afraid there are not even half of them?!"

"Can such an imperial army win the battle when it encounters domestic bandits and foreign enemies from the Liao and Jin Dynasties? Gao Qi, this is how you help me manage the army. If the army is like this, you can hardly absolve yourself of the blame!"

Gao Qiu trembled with fright.

PS:

More than 6000 words, no less than two chapters.

Brothers, don't vote for me monthly, it's useless for my current situation.

It's better to give a reward, hahaha.

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