Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 582 Removing the Prime Minister
Lu Duoxun directly met Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin and participated in the performance Zhao Pu once sold some public land in Hebei and Huainan as private land and made a fortune; he built mansions in Kaifeng and several places outside the capital , are all high-rise mansions, pavilions and halls, more luxurious and rich than the imperial palace; he also ran mansions in central Beijing and other places, and took away the profits of the people and other appalling crimes.

Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin listened silently, suppressing the anger in his heart, and did not explode in front of Lu Duoxun.After Lu Duoxun walked out, he heard the harsh sound of breaking teapots, cups and plates from the imperial study where Zhao Kuangyin was.He couldn't help but sneered in his heart, knowing that Zhao Pu's time as prime minister was numbered.

At this time, Han Xizai and Xu Xuan had gone south to Jinling with the Southern Tang Mission, and Pan Mei also sent someone to send news that Jinling City would be broken soon, but Zhao Kuangyin still did not deal with Zhao Pu. In the evening, I showed myself.

Zhao Guangyi came to see Zhao Kuangyin at night and sued Zhao Pu for violating the imperial court's regulations on the prohibition of intermarriage between prime ministers and ministers, and his son Zhao Chengzong blatantly married the daughter of Privy Councilor Li Chongju.Finally, he said gloomyly: "Mr. Zhao Pugong is loyal to his appearance and seeks personal gain. His bad deeds are already heinous. Now he is ignoring the court's laws and marrying Li Chongju, who is in charge of military power. What is his intention? Do you want to form a party for personal gain? Is it possible to evade the imperial court, evading His Majesty? I really don’t know if this will last forever, whether it is the imperial court or Zhao Puda? Who is in charge of the Great Song Dynasty?”

Zhao Kuangyin's expression changed several times when he heard the words, but soon he regained his composure, and asked Zhao Guangyi, "From my brother's point of view, how should I deal with Zhao Pu?"

Zhao Guangyi replied flatly: "Zhao Pu's crime should be killed according to the law. Even if His Majesty shows great favor to him, he should be exiled to Lingnan and never used!"

Looking at the fierce light in his younger brother's eyes, and hearing his eerie voice, Zhao Kuangyin only felt a chill in his heart, and couldn't help shivering all over his body.He smiled hurriedly and said: "This matter needs to be very cautious. After all, Zhao Pu is the hero who founded the country. Let me think about it carefully, you should go back to the residence and rest."

Zhao Guangyi bid farewell and left, Zhao Kuangyin stayed up all night again.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhao Kuangyin's face was full of tiredness, his eyes were bloodshot, and he announced with sadness: "From now on, Zhao Pu will resign from the post of prime minister and take up the post of Jiedu Envoy of the Three Cities of Heyang. He will leave Beijing for his post in three days. .For the post of prime minister, let Xue Juzheng quickly return from Wuyue Road and let him act temporarily."

Three days later, Zhao Pu packed up his luggage, took his family members with him, and left the capital.Zhao Kuangyin personally sent him to the outskirts of Kaifeng. When he was parting, he said to Zhao Pu: "Aiqing is leaving here, far away from the capital, can you hate me?"

Zhao Pu turned over and knelt down on the ground, weeping and said: "The guilty minister Zhao Pu knows that he has committed a serious crime. He regrets that he did not listen to His Majesty's admonition. The end is the same as the beginning, the late festival is not guaranteed, and the pain of thinking is so painful. With the body of the minister's serious crime, His Majesty still ordered the minister to hold the axe. The minister knows that the majesty's generosity and benevolence protects the minister. I can only be grateful, and dare not have the slightest resentment Heart?"

Zhao Kuangyin lifted Zhao Pu up with both hands, sighed and said, "It's too early to say that you won't be safe at the end of the festival. You are in your prime, and you will go to govern the local area, be diligent in government and love the people, and make meritorious deeds. I am still waiting for Aiqing to return to the court. "

Zhao Pu nodded gratefully, and finally said: "The sinful minister will not be able to serve His Majesty every day, I hope His Majesty will take care of you. I have a word that is like a bone in my throat, so I have to say it before I leave."

Zhao Kuangyin said: "Although you and I are monarchs and ministers, we are like brothers. Is there anything you can't say directly?"

Zhao Pu interjected: "Even brothers, you have to guard against it. The ancients said, 'It is easy to share adversity, but it is difficult to share wealth'. The Song Dynasty has established the country for more than ten years, and the meritorious ministers have inflated their desire for power, and their desire for wealth and honor will never stop. Your Majesty It has been said in the past that some people may want to sit on the throne of the emperor, your Majesty must be careful, people's hearts are unpredictable now!"

Zhao Kuangyin's heart skipped a beat, a heavy shadow passed by, he stared at Zhao Pu and asked, "You mean?"

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Pu hurriedly said: "I just saw some clues, maybe it's a shadow of a snake, and I made a wild guess. But your majesty's safety is tied to the great Song Dynasty, so don't be careless. Some people say that the minister is forming a clique for personal gain. Although I have a lot of old students, and I have been a bit arrogant in the past few years, but I have no second thoughts about the emperor. However, as far as I know, there is a huge force in Kaifeng City, which is entwined and intertwined, and is secretly growing dark Long, growing up day by day. There are ministers waiting, who can serve as barriers and shelter His Majesty from the wind and rain. After the ministers leave, King Xiangfu heard that he is unconscious and may pass away at any time. Who else can be their opponent? Your Majesty must be more restrained, so as not to become too big and end up endangering His Majesty in the future. This is what I am most worried about when I leave Beijing this time, I hope Your Majesty must think twice and be careful!"

At this point, Zhao Pu was already in tears, and began to cry uncontrollably. He knelt down on his knees, touched his head to the ground, kowtowed three times, and said in a sobbing voice: "The emperor stays, and the sinful minister will take his leave." After saying that, he stood up and got on the horse Back, hurried away with his family, and soon disappeared from Zhao Kuangyin's sight.

Zhao Pu's words were like drums and hammers, buzzing in Song Emperor Zhao Kuangyin's heart.Zhao Kuangyin knew exactly who Zhao Pu was referring to in his words.Although Zhao Kuangyin had already noticed it, but it was only a vague feeling, not so clear.Zhao Pu has good intentions and a heart of sincerity to himself, there is no doubt about this, and he really needs to pay more attention to it.However, there should be no fear of the wind and cranes, and the grass and trees are all soldiers.After all, he is his own younger brother, young and energetic, and careless. It is true that he will covet his throne, maybe it is not enough for the time being, right?

Zhao Kuangyin stood alone in the wind, looking at the back of Zhao Pu and his party going away, a feeling of reluctance to say goodbye suddenly hit his heart. When will the old brothers who have been with each other day and night for decades be able to return to the court and take charge of the country together?The circles of his eyes gradually became red.

Kaifeng, Ye Mansion, Half-Dead Labyrinth.

Ye Chen, who was still in the medicine soup pot and was boiled by more than 60 degrees of medicine soup, slowly opened his eyes. At this time, compared with two months ago, the black spots on his body have almost disappeared, but the blood red color in his eyes is getting brighter. Add richness.

That's right, the first step of the ghost doctor was successfully completed. The black blood Gu mother in Ye Chen's body was completely stimulated to wake up, and she inhaled all the poison in Ye Chen's body into her own body. It's just that ordinary Gu insects have the ability to control people's minds. What's more, the black blood Gu mother, it's okay to fall into a deep sleep during the day, but now she wakes up completely, and starts to try to control the mind of Ye Chen, the carrier.

Therefore, these days, Ye Chen has been fighting with the black blood Gu mother in an unknown and mysterious field all the time between will and mind.This kind of battle is silent, invisible and intangible, but its degree of danger is even more dangerous than the fighting of swords and blood. If Ye Chen is a little negligent, he becomes the puppet of the black blood Gu mother.

Ye Chen glanced at Hu Sanguang who had just arrived here, the latter looked at Ye Chen, couldn't help but felt a chill in his heart, quickly lowered his head, and said, "My subordinates pay homage to the chief envoy."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "Has Zhao Pu resigned?"

Hu Sanguang respectfully said: "My lord, Zhao Pu has been dismissed by His Majesty as the prime minister and appointed as the governor of the Three Cities of Heyang. It's just that some of my subordinates don't understand why our Huaxia Weifu secretly helped Zhao Guangyi to make Zhao Pu dismissed."

Ye Chen said: "Because, even if I don't let you secretly help Zhao Guangyi, Zhao Pu won't be able to fight Zhao Guangyi in the end, and it will be a matter of time before he is dismissed. And I let you secretly help Zhao Guangyi, just to let Zhao Pu be dismissed earlier, so that Zhao Pu can be dismissed sooner or later." Zhao Guangyi rebelled earlier."

Hu Sanguang frowned slightly, and said, "This subordinate still doesn't understand why King Jin was asked to rebel earlier."

Ye Chen smiled wryly and said: "Because I am really going to die, I want to solve Zhao Guangyi's problem before I die, otherwise if Zhao Guangyi succeeds in changing the sky and becomes emperor, with Zhao Guangyi's insidiousness, cruelty and heart Narrow, my Ye family and you cronies will be killed by Zhao Guangyi, at least they will be displaced, and at worst they will be executed."

Hu Sanguang's mind was shocked, his face changed drastically, he thumped, knelt down to Ye Chen, and said, "How could your lord die? There has been news from Beifu that the Yangri Jade Pendant has been obtained, and Mrs. Yu and Lian Jicheng have left Shangjing Sanguang." God, when they arrive in Kaifeng, the three jade pendants 'Yinyue', 'Yangri', and 'Tianxing' are gathered together, and my lord will be able to detoxify. And the magic power is even better than before."

Ye Chen smiled and didn't speak. At this moment, outside the half-dead maze, a cold man's voice came from a distance: "When old friends come to visit, King Xiangfu doesn't open the door to welcome guests."

Ye Chen's eyes were fixed, and Hu Sanguang's eyes shone coldly, but there was a trace of dignity: "My lord, it's Cui Xi! He actually escaped the five lines of defense, sneaked into the mansion, and even came outside the half-dead maze."

"Cui Xi! He really came." Ye Chen said.

The ghost doctor who came out of nowhere chuckled and said, "Cui Xi? Is this the descendant of the Demon Sect you mentioned since Old Demon Yu?"

Ye Chen said: "That's right, it's this person."

The ghost doctor said rather gloatingly: "It seems that this little devil has taken a fancy to your innate heart."

Ye Chen said with a smile: "His contact with me from the very beginning, half of the purpose is for my heart, but I guess he wants more than my heart, three jade pendants and jade, and black Blood Gu mother is what he wants."

At the same time, at the entrance of the half-dead labyrinth, Black Moon led five hundred black cavalry regiments to surround Cui Xi, and hundreds of Huaxia Weifu masters and Yefu guards from farther away heard the sound and rushed to Cui Xi's layer. Layers surround.

(End of this chapter)