Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 166 Zhao Tong’s plan

The ancient inn was a combination of a later guest house and a post office.

In addition to transmitting official documents and military intelligence, it is also a place where officials exchange meals, accommodation and horses on the way.

Officials pay attention to the fact that an official does not repair the yamen, but the post station is different. The court allocates funds for maintenance and repair every year.

Just maintaining the stations across the country costs a lot of money every year.

Yangzhou is one of the important towns in the south of the Yangtze River. The inns in the city are much better than the government offices in the city.

In addition, Liu Xuewen and the two princes were imperial envoys this time. They came to Yangzhou to investigate the case. If they arranged to live in another place, they would inevitably attract criticism.

Therefore, Gu Yi did not arrange other accommodation, but arranged everyone at the inn.

Gu Yi and Xu Shigao took a carriage to the inn, got off the carriage, and spoke to the guard at the door, who then went in to report.

After a while, the guard came out and bowed: "Back to Lord Zhizhou, His Highness Prince Yong said that he has rested and asked Lord Zhizhou to go back first. His Highness also said that now that His Highness is an imperial envoy, it is not convenient for him to meet Lord Zhizhou in private."

When Gu Yi heard this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

There are many people in this inn, and Zhao Tong's identity is sensitive. It is really inappropriate for him to come here in such a hurry.

That is to say, he drank a lot, and Xu Shigao did something stupid. He rushed over to explain, and his mind was a little unclear.

Now that he heard what Zhao Tong said through the mouth of the guard, he reacted instantly, quickly pulled Xu Shigao into the carriage, and ordered the coachman to drive away.

"Ming Gong, is His Highness angry?" Xu Shigao asked worriedly.

He didn't care whether Zhao Tongsheng was angry or not. What he was worried about was what Gu Yi had promised him before.

A few days ago, he learned that Liu Xuewen was the imperial envoy, but he was frightened.

The two of them had nothing to deal with. If it were him, he would definitely not miss such a good opportunity.

With his own experience in saving people, he felt that Liu Xuewen would definitely kill him this time.

If he had nothing wrong with him, he wouldn't be afraid.

However, his butt itself was not clean. If Liu Xuewen was really determined to find out, he would definitely be able to find out.

Xu Shigao had no choice but to ask Gu Yi again.

Gu Yi asked for some benefits and vowed to help him settle the matter.

The reason why he was so confident was because some relatives from his mother's natal family and Princess Yong's natal family had defected to Prince Yong early on.

It was also with the help of King Yong that he was promoted to the magistrate of Yangzhou last year.

In his opinion, although Liu Xuewen was in charge this time, the two princes were the real ones in charge.

King Yong was already suppressing King Yan. As long as Prince Yong helped, there would be no problem in settling the matter.

Xu Shigao didn't know that there was such a relationship between Gu Yi and King Yong, and he felt relieved after learning about it.

Although Gu Yi wanted a lot, if he could solve this matter and establish a relationship with Prince Yong, it would be a good deal no matter how he looked at it.

Unexpectedly, when Gu Yi brought him to see him, Prince Yong didn't even see him.

He had some doubts in his heart whether Gu Yi was lying to him, as he had nothing to do with King Yong at all.

"What the guard just said was so clear, don't you understand? His Highness was trying to avoid suspicion. If you, an idiot, hadn't done something stupid during the banquet, how could I have come to see His Highness in such a hurry?" Gu Yi's face was gloomy. road.

When Xu Shigao saw what Gu Yi said, he was a little less suspicious, but he was afraid of offending Gu Yi, so he quickly smiled and said: "Ming Gong is busy with the official, and the official has kept it in his heart. If this happens, I will Officials must have thick and thin.”

Gu Yi's expression softened and he said: "Then Liu Xuewen is the imperial envoy now. I don't care what grudges you have with him. It's best to be honest during this period. If you do something stupid like this again, don't worry about me. "

"What Duke Ming said is true, I will remember it." Xu Shigao scolded all the eighteen generations of Gu Yi's ancestors in his heart, but he had a smile on his face. …

In the main hall of the courtyard to the left of the inn, Zhao Tong sat in the main seat, with a middle-aged man in his thirties sitting next to him.

At this time, the two of them were sipping tea without saying anything. A guard came in and bowed: "Your Highness, I have left."

"Well, let's go down."

Zhao Tong sent the people away, put down the tea cup, and coldly snorted: "Father, it's true that he wants any idiot."

"Don't be upset, Your Highness. Yangzhou is an important city in the south of the Yangtze River and is very prosperous. Gu Zhizhou has provided the prince with a lot of money in recent years, and it is still useful." Gao Gao said with a smile.

He came from a poor family in high school, and his parents gave him this name because they hoped that he would be in high school and be on the gold medal list.

High school did not disappoint my parents' expectations. In the past few years, I was indeed on the gold list and won the top three Jinshi.

There were many officials in the Song Dynasty, and in order to give preferential treatment to civil servants, at least two to three hundred people were admitted to the imperial examination every three years.

As the old saying goes, every carrot is a pit.

In the Song Dynasty, there were many carrots and few pits.

It's okay to be a first-class or second-class official, you can get an official position at any level.

The top three are different. Most of them have official positions but no positions.

Being an official is just for money and power, and more noble ones are for ideals and ambitions.

However, all this is based on having a position. Otherwise, you can only get an empty salary and no rights.

In addition to his reputation, his actual power is not as good as that of a petty official.

Naturally, the senior high school student was unwilling to give in and stayed in Bianjing to look for opportunities.

In the past few years, King Yong and King Yan had been fighting. He felt that King Yong had a greater chance, so he took refuge in King Yong.

Although there was no position in the high school, only a prose officer, but in order to show off to others, King Yong did not refuse.

Relying on his talents in high school, he gradually fell into the eyes of Prince Yong and became his staff.

This time Zhao Tong went to Jiangnan as the deputy of the imperial envoy, so he naturally followed him.

When Zhao Tong heard this, he snorted coldly and said, "It's useful, but it's just too stupid. Xu Shigao has already been involved in cheating in the county examination, and he can help people like this."

His father wanted to win over officials, so he naturally needed money.

The Song Dynasty not only guarded against generals, but also took very strict precautions against clans.

Although King Yong has the title of county prince, he does not have much money.

It was quite wealthy for daily expenses, but it seemed a bit stretched when fighting for the throne.

Naturally, someone like Gu Yi who can help provide money cannot give up.

He was angry that Gu Yi couldn't see the situation clearly, got involved with Xu Shigao, and even brought people to see him.

Isn't this giving evidence to Zhao Xian?

"Your Highness, please talk to Gu Zhizhou about this matter later when you have the opportunity, and he will naturally understand. However, His Highness wants to report the matter of private salt, so he needs to think carefully about it." Gao Gao advised.

"This time the officials asked me and Zhao Xian to come together just to test us. There are only two ways to deal with the so-called fraud. According to my analysis on the road with my husband, the officials are more inclined to keep this matter under wraps. Even if I If I do this, the official family will not have a deep impression on me, and it won't be of much significance. It's better to leave it to Zhao Xian. If he gets through it, that's it. If something goes wrong, it will be a good thing for us. I If the private salt affair is secretly investigated and brought out, the officials will definitely look at it differently." Zhao Tong said calmly.

(End of this chapter)