Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 333 It's True
Zhao Guangyi's awe-inspiring face gradually relaxed. Before he could say anything, Mr. Chen continued: "Has Zhao Pu been more diligent in dealing with political affairs recently than before? Do you want to work hard to establish a loyal and capable man with His Majesty?" Capable of the image of a minister?"

Zhao Guangyi recalled what Zhao Pu had done these days, nodded and said, "That's true."

Mr. Chen smiled slightly and said, "That's Zhao Pu's guilty conscience."

Zhao Guangyi said: "Should we work harder and arrange some things to drive Zhao Pu out of Kaifeng completely?"

Mr. Chen shook his head and said: "It is inevitable to drive Zhao Pu out of Kaifeng, but the timing and timing must be grasped, otherwise His Majesty will notice that His Highness did it, or that His Highness is hiding in the court hall." His Majesty will definitely be vigilant and suspicious of His Majesty. At that time, it will really hurt one thousand enemies and eight hundred self-defeating, and the gains outweigh the losses."

Zhao Guangyi's heart shuddered, knowing that he was too urgent to think about the position of the Ninth Five-Year Lord recently, so that he was a little impatient.According to what Mr. Chen said, he should be able to think of it.

Mr. Chen glanced at Zhao Guangyi's face, and continued: "Now that Ye Chen is leading the Huaxia Weifu to monitor the officials all over the world, he will definitely take action in the near future. And Zhao Pu has done a lot of corruption and perverting the law over the years, and the tail he left behind is even worse. Quite a lot. Therefore, although Zhao Pu will not be found for a while, there are too many local officials who are closely related to Zhao Pu. There is no need for us to continue to pour dirty water on Zhao Pu. The matter may not be too big, but it will cause His Majesty to lose his trust in Zhao Pu little by little, and eventually change from quantitative to qualitative. At that time, if we work smarter and step up our efforts, His Majesty will naturally not allow Zhao Pu to continue as Prime Minister. From what I see, this time span will not exceed three years."

Zhao Guangyi nodded slightly, expressing his deep opinion.Although he feels that three years is too long, he also knows the truth that haste makes waste. If he makes too much, Zhao Kuangyin will be aware of his ambition and the power of secret management. , it is hard to guarantee that it will not be self-defeating, but it may deliberately leave Zhao Pu to check and balance and deal with him.

Thinking of this, Zhao Guangyi nodded and said, "Mr. Chen's words are true. This king knows what to do."

Mr. Chen took a sip of tea and continued: "So compared to Zhao Pu, I am more worried about Ye Chen now."

When Zhao Guangyi heard about Ye Chen, his face became gloomy again.

Mr. Chen narrowed his eyes, and said: "The existence of King Wei is the key, and as the old man said before, Ye Chen and King Wei are close, one day even if something happens to His Majesty today, with Ye Chen's support, King Wei will definitely It will become the biggest variable for the prince. What's more, Ye Chen has only been in Song Dynasty for more than a year, and Huaxia Weifu has been established for less than half a year, and he has such power, strength and power. If they are given longer time, they will not I know to what extent the power of Ye Chen and the Huaxia Weifu will develop. So, my lord! In my opinion, we can shift our power from Zhao Pu to King Wei and Ye Chen in the next step. How to do it can only be done. Take one step at a time and watch one step at a time, and you must not act rashly or act too hastily. But the main direction still makes His Majesty doubt Ye Chen, and deepen the mutual suspicion and gap between the two of them."

Zhao Guangyi once again agreed with what Mr. Chen said, because he really couldn't find a way to deal with Ye Chen and Zhao Dezhao for a while.

"Also...Even if King Wei's recent performance makes the emperor dislike him, my lord, don't forget that besides King Wei, the emperor has another son." Mr. Chen continued.

Zhao Guangyi nodded, obviously thinking of this on his face, but to him, it doesn't matter how many sons the Son of Heaven has.

Mr. Chen obviously had some preparations in his mind, and he acted confidently, and continued: "Dealing with them naturally does not mean killing them. Let alone the king of Wei and the little prince, even if we didn't kill them, I'm afraid they will set him on fire. Ye Chen's current strength is actually able to kill Chen Jingyuan. I think it is difficult to kill him other than using a large army. Therefore, the so-called focus of dealing with them is not to disqualify King Wei or the little prince Zhao Defang from becoming the crown prince, but Make Ye Chen lose His Majesty's trust."

After Zhao Guangyi pondered for a while, he said: "What Mr. Chen said is very true, but what Mr. Chen can do is clever?"

Mr. Chen said: "This matter must not be done by the prince's people, otherwise it will be counterproductive. There is an important secret in my temple in the palace. This old man will use this secret, and let that secret act according to circumstances."

On the morning of the imperial court meeting, some news suddenly began to spread in the city.

It was a coincidence that similar things happened in the mansions of the ministers with the most noble status in Kaifeng these days - all concubines died suddenly, died of illness, and disappeared. The time of the incident was about the same, and the time when the news came out was also about the same time. .

It would be fine if there were only one or two such incidents, and it would not be considered a major event, but if the news spread from more than a dozen companies at the same time, it would be a bit strange.

The news of the dozens of each other reached the other party's ears, and they were also shocked and regretted. Before they dealt with it like this, they never thought that Wanxianglou sent more than one woman.

When the news reached the ears of the emperor in the palace, the emperor naturally threw the jade ax and was furious again, but in the end he didn't make any big moves.It's just that these dozen or so parties will be called by the emperor to talk one after another.

When it was reported to Ye Chen, Ye Chen sighed in his heart that he had been an official for a long time, and there were not many people who were merciful.

The Chancellor's Mansion is also one of them, and Zhao Pu is a little depressed, not to mention that more than two people died in the Chancellor's Mansion. Four people died of illness in these days, which happened to be two men and two women.

The two men are the housekeeper of the front yard and the accountant.These two people are naturally the two secret sons of Mr. Chen in the prime minister's mansion in Jin Wang's mansion.They let the emperor accidentally see more than a dozen cans of melon seed gold in the prime minister's mansion, and successfully let Xu Xuan, the deputy envoy of the Southern Tang Dynasty, enter the prime minister's mansion.But also exposed himself.

The two daughters are Mrs. Seven, Zhao Pu's favorite, and his personal maids.

Originally, Zhao Pu had eight wives and eight advisers.At the beginning of the year, Kaifeng Mansion took advantage of Ye Chen and Lu Yuqing's bet on building the river embankment, designed to drive a wedge between Lu Yuqing and Zhao Pu, and at the same time planted a frame to arrest Huang Futong, a counselor of the Prime Minister's Mansion, into the prison of Kaifeng Mansion.In the past six months, Zhao Pu has not recruited new advisors, so he has only seven advisors left.

Now, one of Zhao Pu's wives is gone, and it just so happens that the number of wives and counselors is equal again.

At this time, Zhao Pu and the seven confidants gathered in the meeting hall.Discussing a big matter.

Zhao Pu first briefly talked about some major events inside and outside the court these days, and then said with great emotion: "More than a year ago, Ye Chen appeared in our Great Song military camp outside Jinyang City. Some very miraculous skills, but there is nothing in the aspect of being an official or a minister, so immature! But now more than a year has passed, this son has not only occupied such a high position, but also has huge power and influence in his hands. The most important thing It is because of his young age that he has already acquired samadhi in terms of being an official and a minister."

"For example, this time, His Majesty ordered the Huaxia Weifu to monitor the affairs of the world's officials. Ye Chen still intentionally vacated the positions of two deputy envoys after adjusting the internal organization of the Huaxia Weifu, so that His Majesty and the court can decide on these two. It can be seen from this matter that Ye Chen has great wisdom. The Huaxia Weifu was established by Ye Chen. Although there were Han Hu and the five thousand imperial troops he brought over at the beginning, in fact the key to the Huaxia Weifu The positions are all Ye Chen's confidantes. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are monolithic. Although the five hundred black cavalry did not obey the decree last time, there is something strange, but it is also a manifestation of this matter. In this case, His Majesty let Huaxia The Wei Mansion has the power to monitor the world's officials. If Ye Chen maintains this state, it will only make His Majesty feel displeased and the court will have a heart of resistance to Huaxia Weifu, and even hatred. If that is the case, Huaxia Weifu will not be happy. If something goes wrong, it will be the result of everyone pushing the wall down, even if Ye Chen wins His Majesty's favor, it will end in a very tragic end."

"But it's different now. As far as I know, among the seven divisions of the Huaxia Weifu, the Intelligence Division and the Assassination Division are the most important, but they mainly target neighboring countries, holy churches, Maitreya Sect and other forces. Except for the Privy Council, In addition to the military's most important importance, His Majesty is the most important. Among the other five departments, Ye Chen, the Department of Internal Affairs, will never let anyone interfere. Auxiliary Security Department. The Supervision Department and the Law Enforcement Department are the most critical and important, especially for the imperial court and the world officials, these two departments are related to the fate of everyone."

"It goes without saying that the Supervisory Division has the power to monitor the illegal activities of officials in the world, which has never been done in all dynasties. Even the prime minister like me envies such power. The Law Enforcement Division is the most special. An internal supervisory organization. It has a natural advantage over Wu Desi."

Zhao Pu stopped here, and a counselor said, "Master, you mean that you want our people to serve as deputy envoys to the Supervision Department and the Law Enforcement Department of Huaxia Weifu?"

Zhao Pu nodded slightly, and said, "That's right, I really want to fight for these two positions. Gentlemen, who do you think is the right one to send?" Zhao Pu said.

Li You thought for a while, and asked without answering, "Is Xianggong sure to win both positions?"

Zhao Pu sighed, and said: "Three months ago, it might have been possible, but now we can win a position at most. How to win this position, how to say it in front of His Majesty, the truth has already figured out the countermeasures, now the main thing is It’s to determine the candidate.”

I don't know if Li Siyan had any scruples, but he refused to meet Ye Chen.After Ye Chen was sure that Li Siyan's mind was undecided, he once thought of controlling Li Siyan with the black-blooded ants Gu, but Ye Chen is a very emotional person after all. If he is an enemy, or even a stranger who has no friendship with him, as long as he The matter is of great importance, and he will use the black blood soldier ant Gu without any scruples.But Li Siyan was different after all, she had helped Ye Chen and Yu Daoxiang a lot, and even got injured several times trying to save Ye Chen.Ye Chen couldn't do this.

(End of this chapter)