The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 208
Song Huizong angrily left the court and walked away, which showed that he was very angry.The crown prince Zhao Huan cast a venomous glance at Zhao Gou, turned around and left without saying anything;

Tong Guan was investigated, and all property was returned to the state treasury, and the ten thousand mu of land was investigated again, and the crime was aggravated.All of these were investigated by the Ministry of Punishment, and the credit still goes to Zhao Gou.Originally there was a reward, but it was diluted by Zhao Ji's anger.

After this battle, all the ministers in the court were in danger and did not dare to offend Zhao Gou, for fear that they would follow the path of Tong Guan. They thought that Tong Guan, who was in full bloom and prosperity, would also be in the situation he is today, which made them tremble with fear.Once again, everyone saw Zhao Gou's ruthlessness, so they had to keep silent, and no one talked behind their backs.

What happened with Tong Guan made the whole morning court full of anger, everyone was in danger, and those who had a guilty conscience did not dare to confront them blatantly, Zhao Gou would never hold back.Everyone went down one after another, returned to the mansion, and hid all those shady silver taels.

Song Huizong was furious, and the government and the public were in turmoil. Most of the officials in the Song Dynasty had ill-gotten gains.Song Huizong was determined to investigate the matter thoroughly, and everyone was panicked for fear of getting burned.

Prince Zhao Huan, Gao Qiu and others also recognized Song Huizong's determination and dared not make mistakes, let alone disobey them.After all, their behavior is not clean, so they can only let it go without daring to refute.Zhao Gou, as the supervisory censor, made the ministers of the DPRK and China shy away from him, and dared not have a close relationship with him, lest he be targeted.

The downfall of Tong Guan also made these people realize that Song Huizong was different from the past. This whirlwind set off a chain reaction that was beyond Song Huizong's expectations, and it was reasonable.From the court to the local officials, everyone is in danger, and the common people applaud.

At the same time, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty decreed: All officials who take bribes and seize evidence will be delayed no matter who they are.If there are criminals who commit crimes, they will be punished by the nine clans.

The people of the Great Song Dynasty were shocked, and Huizong's unwavering attitude aroused everyone's suspicion. The people didn't know what was going on in the court, and how could the officials not know, they knew it well.All the embezzled silver, land, etc. are hidden, and they dare not expose them to others, let alone live a luxurious life.

After the court was over, Zhao Gou went to the prison alone. The guards guarding the prison saw Zhao Gou coming, and greeted him one after another, and opened the door of the prison to let Zhao Go go.They had never seen Zhao Gou and heard about his deeds, and they admired him in their hearts. Some people who had seen him knew that there was something wrong, so they let him go.

Tong was wearing a prison uniform, his hair was disheveled, and he stared out the window dully. He lost his former high spirits and was left with a dejected look.Since entering the officialdom, Tong Guan has been on the rise, helped Cai Jing win the chancellor, received feedback from Cai Jing, recommended him to serve as the Northwest Supervisory Army, commanded the affairs of the Privy Council, and was in charge of military power for more than ten years.

Cai Jing is called "Prince Gong", and he is called "Prince Ladies"!
Cai Jing fell, Tong Guan was implicated, but he was demoted, but he was not demoted back to his original place, nor was he assigned to the border. He was one of the officials of Cai Jing's party who stayed in the capital.Because Tong Guan was born as an eunuch, he stayed with Song Huizong in his early years and was good at trying to figure out people's hearts, so he was reused.

Song Huizong thought of his old love, but he was demoted without other punishments, which can be described as exquisite in all aspects.Tong Guan knew that Cai Jing's downfall would definitely have an impact on him, so he turned to the up-and-comer Gao Qiu, joined forces with Prince Zhao Huan, and returned power to his hands, but he didn't want all of this to be destroyed in Zhao Gou's hands.

Thinking of this, Tong Guan was furious, and recalled the extremely disappointed look on Song Huizong's face early in the morning. This anger has disappeared, and he can only blame himself for everything, and he also knows that he will die tomorrow.It's embarrassing that I, who was originally a glorious self, became a prisoner of death in a blink of an eye.

Zhao Gou was led by the guards to a separate cell. When he looked up, he saw a silver-haired Tong Guan sitting on the haystack, looking up at the window.The guard opened the iron chain, and there was a rumbling sound, causing Tong Guan to turn around and look, seeing that it was Zhao Gou, with strange eyes and an indescribable feeling.

Tong Guan admired Zhao Gou's ability, not only him, but even Cai Jing fell into his hands, and he helped him from it; he was reduced to a prisoner, and everything was bestowed by Zhao Gou, and he was a little angry when he thought of it; Thinking of the evidence in front of him, which made him unable to argue, he bowed his head and pleaded guilty, feeling helpless, and laughed at himself.

"It's really rare. The ministers in the court wish to stay away from me. I never thought that the person I would meet the last is the one I miss the most. It's really ironic!"

Zhao Gou understood the meaning of his words, and did not answer, and asked straight to the point: "Come here today, I have something to ask."

Tong Guan looked at Zhao Gou in surprise, and said sarcastically, "What else is there that Yu Shi doesn't know, that he wants to ask me about the death row prisoner?"

"Your evidence is convincing, hard to argue with, iron-like facts!" Zhao Gou said to himself, "I don't know the specific things yet, and I want to ask Mr. Tong for advice!"

Tong Guan looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Haha!... Lord Yu Shi has already found the evidence, how can he not know what happened!"

"I really don't know!" Zhao Gou replied truthfully.

Tong Guan said coldly: "I don't know, sir, please go back!"

"You really don't know?" Zhao Gou looked at Tong Guan with burning eyes, and said loudly: "The disaster relief fund back then was to help the people affected by the disaster and relieve the suffering of the people, but I didn't want to be pocketed by you people. At that time, you were in charge The Privy Council holds the military power in its hands, how could it not know."

"Even if it is Cai Jing, he is just issuing orders and taking charge of the political power. The real military power is in your hands. The disaster relief money that year was sent to the people was only a million taels, and most of it fell into the pockets of you people. No Your order, the team escorting Yinliang arrived safely, why did Yinliang disappear?"

"You found me to track down the disaster relief funds?" Tong Guan frowned, expressing his doubts.

Zhao Gou nodded, and said: "If you don't trace what happened that year, how can you be traced? You must know that Cai Jing is dead, and there is no proof of his death. Even if there is real evidence, there is no way to convict him. Only you are involved in this matter. It just so happens that you are so greedy that you are greedy for thousands of taels of ink, your father is furious, and the people gather to revolt, everything has something to do with you people!"

Tong Guan smiled bitterly. He thought it was Zhao Gou targeting him, or the emperor's decree. He never expected such a result, and said with a bitter smile: "My lord, if I said it, we would not have obtained it at all." Do you still think those silver taels are related to me?"

Zhao Gou was startled and said, "You didn't take it?"

"The matter has come to this point, there is no need to hide it!" Tong Guan said, "The two of us did participate in the disaster relief fund, but it didn't reach our hands. At that time, after a long search, there was still no news, and then there was a flood. The court allocated funds several times, and we wanted to get some money out of it, but the same situation still happened, and a total of tens of millions of taels of disaster relief funds disappeared."

Zhao Gou was stunned and said nothing, he didn't expect things to be like this, it was exactly as he expected.It was a coincidence that Tong Guan bowed his head and pleaded guilty, or it was done on purpose. These are just speculations.Zhao Gou tracked down the matter of the disaster relief funds, and the matter became more and more mysterious, and the whole matter became more confusing.

(End of this chapter)