The Song Dynasty has been deliberate for 16 years, only to know that it is the Water Margin

Chapter 167 Ending, Art of War, Family Banquet in Ruizhu Hall

A group escorted Zhai Dalang to the Fusi, but did not bring Cai Yu and Li Jiaoer with them. It is unrealistic to use this kind of thing to overthrow the Cai family, not to mention that Zhao Tang originally only wanted to solve the Yanggu County issue.

As for Cai Yu overturning the case against the rebels and framing "loyal ministers", Zhao Tun would also write a memorial and hand it over. If he is favored by his family, he will be punished, but he will not engage in too much violence.

The lights were brightly lit in the bodyguard's pro-military department. At this time, Cai You had already arrested Zhai Qian and came back. Zhao Tang sent someone to call Chen Chuixiang, Minister of Dali Temple, and Teng Tu, Quan Zhi Kaifeng Mansion. It is to set a charter for this matter.

It was only then that Cai You knew the ins and outs of the whole matter. It was not just as simple as Cai's subordinates colluding with bandits, but also involved the imperial court officials. Although they were not of high rank, it was still an important case.

At this moment, he felt more and more that his own knife was sharp, and that King Qi's conspiracy was one after another. First, he had to go to the Grand Master's Mansion to arrest people, and now he had to submit a memorial to participate in Lao Die and Cai San. However, these are the things I most want to do on weekdays, and I can't find any opportunities when I look for them in ordinary times, which makes me feel a little aggrieved.

Both Chen Chuixiang and Teng Tu brought along the recorder and the judge. Zhao Tang naturally had no right to interrogate the magistrate of Yanggu County, but what he wanted to interrogate now was the remnants of Gui Fanlou, which involved Yanggu County. The two had no choice but to cooperate.

Zhai Dalang and Zhai Qian were tried separately, and Zhai Qian still didn't know what happened until now, but the old man came back and made all the fuss in Taishi's mansion jump, and then arrested him here.

At this moment, he saw that the adults in the hall only asked Ximen Qing, and without thinking too much, he told the whole story, including Ximen Qing's birthday celebration to Cai Jing and his godfather.

Then Zhai Dalang came up, he was a bachelor, seeing so many majestic official robes and jade belts, and there was even the elder of the Cai Mansion, he knew that this encounter was bound to be impossible to escape, he gritted his teeth, and recruited them all, just All the blame was placed on his own family, and Cai He was completely left out. As for the matter of Cai He overturning Ximen Qing's case, he didn't know anything about it.

But he does know the leader of the Ghost Fan Building, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a broker, and the fact that he went to the Ghost Fan Building with Ximen Qing cannot be denied. As for Ximen Qing, he will definitely not be able to get out. Now, what is it if it is not an unscrupulous bandit?As for what to do, he has the final say. It is a crime to have fun, and it is also a crime to contact bandits. In short, the crime of being a bandit cannot be escaped.

If the Ghost Fan Building is connected, it would be more reasonable to connect with the bandits, not to mention that there is "evidence" there. In short, this person is indeed guilty, and the case cannot be overturned!The magistrate of Yanggu County was wronged!

After the trial, the entire night passed, and the context of the matter was clear, so the case was closed, and Cai He's case had to be calculated separately. An official of the rank of Minister of the Ministry of Officials could not be tried without the emperor's words.

Someone from Kaifeng Mansion escorted the Zhai family and his son away, and the magistrate of Yanggu County still has to deliver a memorial to the Emperor Daojun for approval, but it is certain that the "grievances" will be cleared up. Feeling.

It was early morning when Zhao Tun returned to the mansion, the wind was cold, and the autumn trees were covered with frost.

Walking in front of the middle hall, he smelled a smell of medicine. It was from the East Kitchen. Zhao Tang touched his chin. Although he said that he was pretending to be sick to deceive the man in the palace, but this morning he boiled medicine to smoke People, aren't they just making things difficult for themselves?
He walked over and saw that there were actually two or three people working there in front of the East Kitchen, Qi Hongyu was fanning the fire, Jiner was adding firewood, Zhang Zhenniang was draining the medicine, two bowls had already been drained, but the medicine pot was still boiled. What?After two bowls, do you still have to boil it?

Zhao Tong turned around and left with a cold face. Qi Hongyu saw it from behind and called out "Young Master", but Zhao Tong didn't answer, and walked aside at a faster pace.

He didn't go back to the bedroom, but went straight to the Xikua Courtyard. There was no one living there, but it was still clean with a maid on weekdays.

Randomly found a room, got into it, closed the door bolt and fell asleep, didn't even want to eat breakfast, felt the smell of medicine everywhere, what do these girls mean, "Young master, come to take medicine" early in the morning?
After two or three days, Zhao Tun entered the palace and reported the passage of the sea trip. Although he had written the cause and effect in the memorial, he still had to explain it carefully to the Taoist emperor.

Naturally, the matter failed. The reason was that they were kidnapped by pirates, and the pirates were ferocious and brutal, with a large number of people. If it wasn't for the intention of recruiting peace, I'm afraid you would have killed a few of them if you cared about any prince officials.

This is not what Zhao Tun himself said. Ma Zheng and Hu Yanqing have already pleaded guilty, and they have already described the number of pirates and ships. Hearing this, the emperor's face turned pale. After a while, he sent back.

Zhao Tong finished talking to Emperor Daojun, and Emperor Daojun only said that the second brother had done nothing wrong, and said that the emperor of Jin Kingdom was assassinated. If he really went there before, it might not be a good thing. This is God Bless Song Dynasty. , and smelled the smell of medicine on Zhao Tun's body again, coughed a few times from time to time, his face turned bright red, he rewarded him with some more things, and told him to go back to rest.

A few days later, the matter in Yanggu County was also resolved, Cai Yu was demoted to a higher level and retained, the magistrate of Yanggu County was not guilty, and he was promoted to the magistrate of Yunzhou.

If Cai He's actions were in accordance with the law, he would probably have to go to the end and ask the crime. This kind of ultra vires meddling in the affairs of Dali Temple and framing the court officials is not a light crime, but the Taoist emperor just surrendered. It has been used at the first level, and it will be upgraded again in a few months.

As for Cai Jing's recognition of a gangster's godson, he didn't even mention it.

As for being promoted to magistrate of Yanggu County, this is a kind of compensation. If you don’t punish the other party much, then give more benefits to the sufferer. After all, you can’t let the local officials be too chilling. It is rare for a magistrate to be directly promoted to a magistrate. , Often those who have connections will transition to several other positions, and Shi Wenkui is considered a blessing in disguise.

And these are still the results of Zhao Tama's memorial and Cai You's fierce attack in the court, which shows how strong the Cai family's holy family is at this moment.

Shi Wenkui came to Zhao Tun's residence to pay his respects, and Zhao Tun sat on the big chair in the middle hall to watch him.

Shi Wenkui knelt on the ground and did not dare to move. These days he has experienced life and death in the world. It is not an exaggeration to say that he died once. Although the disaster has been eliminated at this moment and he has been promoted again, he is still trembling like walking on thin ice.

Zhao Tang looked at him, slowly put down the tea bowl in his hand, and said, "Is the ten-year cold window bitter?"

Shi Wenkui lowered his head: "Go back to the prince, it's bitter."

Zhao Tong said, "How's the scenery outside the Donghua Gate?"

Shi Wenkui said: "Go back to the prince, the scenery is unique."

Zhao Tong smiled: "Is the deep prison comfortable?"

Shi Wenkui cried: "Going back to the prince, life is not as good as death."

Zhao Tang sighed, and stopped talking, just looked outside the door, Lei San was standing outside, there were patrolling guards passing by in the distance, and the fallen leaves of a few big trees were falling like an orange rain.

Shi Wenkui's legs were numb from his knees, but he didn't dare to raise his head. He knew that King Qi must have something to say. Now he is regarded as worshiping under King Qi's sect, and he is the disciple of King Qi. When he leaves this time, he can only write greetings. , but it is not easy to meet again.

Zhao Tong suddenly asked, "Is the money enough?"

"Ah?" Shi Wenkui just froze on the ground, how to answer this.

Zhao Tong said again: "You don't need to send some gold beads to me every year, and you don't need to take care of others in court. If you offend the Cai family, it's useless for you to take care of it."

Shi Wenkui murmured: "But how can the filial piety to the prince be less every year?"

Zhao Tong said: "It's no different than in Yanggu that day, you understand it yourself, as for filial piety... If you really want to be filial, just send some fresh fruits like jujubes, duck pears."

Shi Wenkui said in a low voice: "Yes, the subordinates know, the money is enough."

Zhao Tong said: "It's enough to spend enough, you can also see that sometimes no matter how much money you are greedy for, you still have to live to spend it."

Shi Wenkui said: "Yes, this subordinate understands."

Zhao Tun nodded: "Go back."

Shi Wenkui made a salutary visit and then left. Zhao Tun closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then called Zhang Xian over again.

After Zhao Tun asked Zhang Xian to sit down, he said, "How's your military book going?"

Zhang Xiandao: "Both articles have comprehension, but there is nowhere to practice."

Zhao Tong thought about it for a while, and what he passed to Zhang Xian was the general outline of Meng De's new book, as well as the first prologue.

There are fourteen chapters in Mengde's new book, the first one is the general outline, the last one is the political strategy, and the actual text has twelve chapters
He said, "Follow me to the study."

When the two arrived in the study room, Zhao Tong took out another piece of paper full of characters from the small box, handed it to Zhang Xian and said, "This is the second chapter of the military book, destroy it after you read it well, and don't leave it in the hands of others."

Zhang Xian took the military chapter and left happily, but Zhao Tong sat behind the table and fell into deep thought. He had read the military book but had no place to practice it. Just think about it, if you have the opportunity to go to the battlefield, you may accumulate a little bit, otherwise, it may become a mere talk.

He is currently in charge of 10,000+ forbidden troops, and he has been practicing for more than a year, so can it be possible... Suddenly an idea came to Zhao Tang's mind, his eyebrows raised, he picked up a pen and began to write a letter, and after he finished writing, it made people feel happy Hebei Daming Mansion sent it.

When Emperor Daojun promised to go to sea, one of the official positions he wanted was left unused. This was the largest official position he wanted at that time. He wanted to leave this official position to Lu Junyi under his bodyguard and military commander. Think about it at this time. I asked Lu Junyi to go to Beijing, but... I don't know how this senior brother's family affairs are being handled now.

Three days later, Emperor Daojun held a family banquet in Yanfu Palace.

The palace people who participated in the family banquet were not only able to come if they had titles, there would probably be more than a few hundred people.

The so-called family banquet refers to the concubines and concubines who have come out, as well as the prince and daughter, and the son-in-law of the country. Only these people are eligible to participate in the family banquet.

If you have nothing to do, you are not qualified to come here, and generally speaking, palace people who have nothing to do can't climb too high a position, even if they are favored, they can only get some low titles.

The family banquet was held in Ruizhu Hall, one of the five main halls of Yanfu Palace, where Emperor Daojun specially held banquets.

Emperor Daojun likes to be lively and crowded. He is happy to embrace, surrounded by singing and dancing, and prefers to have a banquet without anything to do.

Normally, he would have a small banquet for three days, and a big banquet for seven days, with courtiers, concubines Yirongyuan, palace people, and princes and concubines.

Because Zhao Tong opened the mansion outside the palace and did not go to court, he never participated in the banquet for the courtiers, and he did not come outside when the palace had a small banquet for the prince and princess, but this kind of big banquet must be present. Not a few times a year.

The scenery outside the Ruizhu Hall is very beautiful. Although it is late autumn, there are still chrysanthemums blooming on both sides of the hall outside the hall. The golden petals are covered with white edges, and the cold fragrance is diffused.

At this moment, the banquet has not officially started, there are a lot of people idle inside and outside the hall, big and small are noisy, many of the big ones have princes and dukes by their side, but the small ones don't care, climbing, dragging, laughing one slice.

Zhao Tang was looking at the chrysanthemum in the distance with his hands behind his back, he suddenly felt someone approaching him tiptoely, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw Zhao Fujin and Zhao Hu'er.

Zhao Fujin's small face was expressionless, serious, and as beautiful as a person in a painting, but Zhao Hu'er couldn't hide her smile, her facial features were all about to twist together happily.

The two quietly came behind Zhao Tun, Zhao Tun just pretended not to know, Zhao Huer wanted to reach out her hand to cover Zhao Tun's eyes, but at her age she couldn't do it.

So she gestured and made mouth shapes, and wanted Zhao Fujin to do it. Zhao Fujin's face turned red immediately. She looked at Zhao Tian's back, bit her lips lightly, stood on tiptoe, and turned her eyes As soon as it is closed, reach out and cover it forward.

Zhao Tang knew that the two were behind him, but he didn't know what kind of trick to do. He felt that someone was covering his eyes, and when he was about to laugh and talk, the eyes were already covered.

He suddenly felt something wrong, this is not Zhao Huer, Zhao Huer's chubby little hands are too familiar to him, but these are a pair of girl's slender hands, with a faint orchid fragrance.

He froze for a moment, then said with a smile, "It's Fu Jin."

The blindfolded hand immediately retracted, Zhao Tang secretly laughed in his heart, this little fifth sister usually looked serious and serious, like a little adult, but she didn't expect that she also had a childlike side in her heart.

He turned his head, and before he could speak, Zhao Hu'er pounced on him like a little tiger: "Erguo, Erguo."

Zhao Tong hugged her and smiled, "You want to play tricks on the second brother again, don't you?" As he said, he threw Zhao Hu'er up, and Zhao Hu'er screamed in fright. run.

She grabbed the skirt behind Zhao Fujin, showing half of her face: "Second brother is the worst, I will never talk to you again!"

Zhao Tun burst out laughing, Zhao Fujin said: "Second Brother..."

Zhao Tong laughed and said, "Fu Jin, why are there just you two, my eighth brother and eleventh brother?"

Zhao Fujin's mother had three younger brothers and two younger sisters, but one younger sister died young, and the rest were Zhao Fen, Zhao Mo, Zhao Zhen, and Zhao Fujin.

Among them, the eighth prince, Zhao Fen, was the same age as Zhao Gou. Although he was young, he was already crowned king.

Zhao Fujin looked at the main hall at the back, and said: "They are all talking in the hall, as if they are thinking about what kind of drinking order to do later."

Zhao Tang also looked towards the Ruizhu Hall, and saw that there were candles lit up to the sky, and a group of people, big and small, were discussing something, he turned around and was about to say something again, but at this moment, he saw Zhao Kai with Two servants came from one side of the road.

(End of this chapter)