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

It is the beginning of August at the moment, and the sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant, and Tokyo is full of fragrance.

An unprecedented grand triumphant ceremony was held outside Nanxun Gate, and two hours later, Zhao Tong entered the city.

Go back to the palace first, settle everything, and enter the palace in the afternoon.

Five horses drove straight up the imperial street, the soldiers with golden guns cleared the way, the soldiers with long swords followed closely, and the guards of honor on both sides sang to avoid, and a hundred bodyguards with red cloaks and bay red horses followed behind.

Instead of walking through the east gate of the imperial city, go straight to Xuande Gate in the south, pass through the steps and halls, and arrive in front of Yanfu Palace.

With his hands behind his back, Zhao Tang looked up at the plaque in Yanfu Palace, and two young eunuchs rushed over to greet him.

Not far after entering, Zhang Di came again, smiling all over his face, and said in his mouth: "Congratulations to the prince, congratulations to the prince, you have made great achievements in eradicating chaos and thieves."

Zhao Tun nodded: "It's a trivial matter, nothing to worry about."

While talking, he arrived in front of the Yanfu Palace, which is the main hall of the Yanfu Palace, with five doors and ten doors, and a red sandalwood frame. Zhang Di quickly stepped inside to announce, and came out in a moment: "Your Majesty, the official family announced the audience."

Zhao Tang smiled, Zhang Di respectfully held the door leaf, he lightly dusted the dust on his robe, and walked in with square steps.

A scarlet blanket is laid on the ground in the middle of the hall, which is really scarlet, dyed with the blood of hundreds of orangutans.

"Book of Rites" records: Parrots can speak, and they can't be separated from birds, orangutans can speak, but they can't be separated from animals.

At this time in the world of Kyushu, there were still orangutans, but because the orangutans were bright red and gorgeous, and they were close to valuables, they were gradually hunted down and killed, and there were no future generations.

On both sides of the red carpet, there is a huge animal stove for incense, and the sunken wood exudes a faint scent in it, which refreshes the mind and doubles the spirit.

Zhao Tun stepped forward, and saw that Emperor Daojun was sitting behind the imperial book case, busy with something, and seemed to have not noticed his arrival.

But Zhao Tong has such good eyesight, he took a look and found that the Emperor Daojun just took the inkstone on the left and took the inkstone on the right, and the brush on the right was washed upside down on the left. .

What is this nonsense?He didn't speak, neither did the Daojun Emperor, and he continued to toss and turn there, pretending he didn't know he was coming.

Zhao Tun pursed his lips, and the two of them were wasting away like this. Finally, a court lady came in to deliver Xiao Juhong, and the Emperor Daojun had no choice but to raise his head, and his eyes fell on Zhao Tun.

Zhao Tun hurriedly saluted: "Ah, Daddy!"

Emperor Daojun rolled his throat: "Second brother, are you back?"

Zhao Tong raised his eyebrows slightly: "It's Daddy, the child is back!"

Emperor Daojun...

The two stared at each other, feeling a little embarrassed at the moment.

The contribution made by Zhao Tun is really too great, there is no seal, no reward, but there must be a saying, the emperor Taoist is worried.

Zhao Tong didn't know what to say, Tong Guan quelled the rebellion, he and Zhao Kai sat on the two wings, he defeated one of the rebel army, and regained Hangzhou, and then defeated Fang La again in Hangzhou, and then saw through Fang La's fake death plot to chase overseas, not only killed When Fang La died, even Fang Qifo and Lu Shinang, the real No. [-] and No. [-] figures in the bandit army, fell into his hands.

Tong Guan and Zhao Kai suppressed the bandits, no matter how many bandits they killed, the bandits were not trapped in their hands.

At that time, the Emperor Daojun promised in the Golden Palace that there will be increasing rewards for capturing and killing the generals of the bandit army at all levels, but how should they be awarded and rewarded now?
Emperor Daojun gave a dry cough, poured a cup of small orange red for himself, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Daddy!" Zhao Tong said, "My child brought back a present for Daddy."

"Oh?" Emperor Daojun held the wine glass: "My son, besides presenting the head of the thief chieftain Fang La, do you have any other gifts?"

Zhao Tong smiled: "My boy brought back 100 million taels of silver to Daddy, ten boxes of gold, pearls and jade wares, and some land deeds for shops in Suzhou and Hangzhou in the south of the Yangtze River."

The Emperor Daojun shook his hands immediately when he heard the words, and almost dropped his wine glass. His eyes shone faintly, and it turned out to be money!What is he missing the most right now?Isn't it just money!
In the past two years of beating Tianhu and Wang Qing, the national treasury was almost emptied, even Gen Yue had no money to continue filling and repairing. Fighting Fangla drew all the bottom of the treasury to barely provide food and grass. As for what was promised before I don't know what to give some rewards, so they can't all be replaced by official positions, right?A promotion also requires an increase in salary!
"One million taels of silver, ten boxes of jewels?" Emperor Daojun smacked his lips, feeling relieved.

This is just timely rain. It seems that it is right to send the second child to the south of the Yangtze River. The second child is not only good at fighting, but also this kind of search... No, no, even this way of making money is also right, unlike the third brother who was depressed a few days ago Returning to the court from Hebei, I didn't even send the usual big money, which is really disappointing!

"Yes, Daddy!" Zhao Tong said, "Those land deeds are also worth a lot of money. Daddy is willing to keep it and fill it into the royal family, or sell it for cash."

"Okay, okay!" Emperor Daojun was about to praise a few words, but suddenly he became suspicious. Even if the second son has a good fortune, not to mention some floating wealth, but where did the title deeds of the land and garden shops come from?

Wouldn't it be the family of those killed nobles?Those things are not easy to move, and no one can do anything if a person is killed by the bandit army, but these lands will not change their surnames. After all, those noble families still have their children as officials in the court, and they are not dead.

"Second brother, where did you get all this property? Could it be the Jiangnan gentry..."

Zhao Tun knew that Emperor Jun had asked this question, so he spread his arms and said with a smile, "Daddy, my son killed Zhu Xi!"

The matter of him and Tong Guan's murder of Zhu Man was not published in the report, because he was afraid that the court would discuss it and cause troubles, so he had to personally tell the Taoist emperor.

"Ah?" Emperor Daojun was taken aback when he heard the words, and said with a slightly unhappy face: "You, why did you kill Zhu Xi?"

Zhu Mian was still very much in his mind, and he had spared no effort in doing things for so many years. Whatever exotic flowers, plants, lake stones he wanted, Zhu Mian could do his best to get them and transport them to Beijing, and no one else could replace them.

"Alas..." Zhao Tong sighed and said, "I have to kill the child too, this Zhu Xi wants to rebel!"

rebel?When he heard the word rebellion, Emperor Daojun couldn't help but tremble. He is most afraid of hearing this word now. The rebellion has been followed up in the past two years, and each time it becomes more and more powerful. It almost kills him.

"Zhu...Zhu Xi rebelled?" Emperor Daojun said with an ugly face.

"Exactly!" Zhao Tun said in a clear voice, "Then Zhu Yu's family raised armored dead men, not to mention exceeding the rules in every way, his son Zhu Ruli, who is white, actually wears armor and leads soldiers, and the rebellion is witnessed by everyone, and... Jiangnan Ying Fengju has a nickname, I wonder if Dad has heard of it?"

"What nickname?" Emperor Daojun thought in his heart. There is probably no reason for this armored soldier. After all, Suzhou was also besieged by bandit chieftains. The Zhu family originally commanded some soldiers. , this is a crime that does not lead to death, let alone kill the family.

"Father, the bureau should be called...the small court in the southeast."

"What!" The Emperor Daojun was thinking, when he heard this, his expression changed drastically, and he slammed the table: "Second brother, what did you say?"

The corners of Zhao Tong's lips twitched, thinking to himself, why is this called the second child?Intuit is also ugly, I'm afraid it's not what I call it in my heart on weekdays!
He said loudly: "Father, the Yingfeng Bureau is known as the small imperial court in the southeast, and everyone in the south of the Yangtze River knows it, everyone knows it, from the rotten old man in his eighties to the babbling child, everyone knows about it!"

The Emperor Daojun looked at Zhao Tun with a livid face. If other people in the court said this, even Cai Jingtong, he would not believe it. He just wanted to be jealous of Zhu Xi and criticize each other, but his own children would definitely not tell such a lie. Because this country belongs to the Zhao family, only their own people pay the most attention to this kind of thing.

Zhao Tong continued: "My child is afraid of long nights and dreams, so I will not stop doing anything, leaving only two survivors to be secretly escorted to the capital, and the rest will be executed on the spot and killed!"

"As for the one million taels of silver, and the title deed to jewels, they were all found from Zhu Xi's house, and I heard that..."

"What did you hear?" Emperor Daojun asked hastily.

"My boy heard that the Zhu family's wealth is far more than this, but they didn't find it. My boy suspects..."

"What do you suspect?" Emperor Daojun pricked up his ears.

"My child suspects that the Zhu family is in collusion with the Devil Cult of the bandit chieftain Fang La, and the extra money was given to Fang La's army! Otherwise, why did Zhu Man not report to Fang La when Fang La rebelled for a long time, and kept hiding it? Isn't it just to delay time for the thief chief!"

"It's so!" Emperor Daojun gasped, and the more he thought about it, the more it seemed to be the case: "Then...Wang Fu also concealed the report, wouldn't he also..."

Zhao Tong pondered slightly: "Wang Yu'er doesn't know, maybe he is on good terms with Zhu Mo? There is no evidence to be a thief."

Emperor Daojun breathed a sigh of relief, and said to himself: "But it can't be used anymore, it can't be used anymore."

Zhao Tang glanced at Emperor Daojun out of the corner of his eye, and continued: "And there is another reason why I killed Zhu Xi, and it was for the sake of my father and my third brother!"

Emperor Daojun wondered, "How do you say that?"

Zhao Tong said slowly: "Most of the Jiangnan gentry were massacred in Jiangning, and someone has to ask about this matter. Although Wang Hanzhi is the pacifier of Jiangnan East Road, but above the Golden Palace, the father ordered the third brother to sit in Liangjiang. He is no longer there. During the war, Jiangdong Road was guarded to stifle the way of thieves. Instead, he led his troops to flee to a stable place in Jiangxi. Isn't this negligence? It would be fine if no gentry were killed, but now that so many people have died, it is hard to blame. "

Emperor Daojun frowned upon hearing this: "This..."

Zhao Tong said again with a serious expression: "Furthermore, so many gentry families died this time, many of them belonged to the families of high-ranking ministers, and some local officials were also from among them. These people will always ask for an explanation. How will daddy deal with it?"

Emperor Daojun frowned: "This matter..."

Zhao Tong said: "Fang La's thieves in the south of the Yangtze River may have been caused by Zhu Xi's opportunistic plunder and violent expropriation, or he was one of the leaders of the thieves who deliberately disturbed the place and stirred up civil uprisings, making the people of Li and the court alienated, and the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River were slaughtered. For one thing, he is the real culprit. Without him, there would be no chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, and there would be no death of the nobles if there were no chaos in the south of the Yangtze River. Father can only explain to the courtiers by destroying his whole family!"

"That's right!" Emperor Daojun put his hands on the side of the case: "My son's words are very true, this matter is justified, and Zhu Xi is the culprit. I will immediately issue an order to explain the whole story, and then... I ordered you to search Zhu Xi, Deal with it on the spot, and take revenge for all the officials!"

"Daddy Shengming!" Zhao Tong said politely, and then fell silent.

Emperor Daojun looked at him and opened his mouth. At this moment, he couldn't help thinking about the reward, and immediately became embarrassed again.

"My son has made great achievements in suppressing thieves, what reward do you want?"

Zhao Tuo looked at Emperor Daojun as if he was biting the bullet, but he was also helpless, there was no way for him to be promoted, as for the money, do you have any old man?If I hadn't brought back millions of taels of silver and jewels, I'm afraid the Western Army would not be able to appease them.

"Boy... don't reward!" Zhao Tang said this sincerely, and there was really nothing to reward.

"Well, let me think about it..." Emperor Daojun searched his stomach and scratched his stomach, and then coughed dryly: "My son has made great military achievements, and his honor is transferred to twelve, so let me grant my son Shangzhu Kingdom."

Zhao Tun hurriedly thanked him, knowing that was all there was to it, there was no other way to seal it.

"As for..." Emperor Daojun wanted to reward some more gold and silver, but the gold, silver and jewelry were originally sent by Zhao Tun, so it would be embarrassing to reward them back.

"I don't want anything else." Zhao Tun hurriedly said, "It's a child's duty to contribute to the country and share the worries of the father. Besides, there is no shortage of other things in the family. It is the woman from the Zhu family in Shezhou mentioned by the child in the memorial. If you want to be accepted into the mansion, please ask your father to grant an imperial order, and she wished the family brother a general sentence, to show father... the favor to the nobles!"

"This matter is good, great good!" Emperor Daojun nodded and said, it doesn't matter what the title is, but it is embarrassing to take out the money, and he is really reluctant. It can also buy people's hearts, but it is a good thing.

Seeing that the Emperor Daojun agreed, Zhao Tun left immediately, and then went to Zhengyang Palace to see Zheng Niangniang, and let the younger ones have time to go to his mansion to play, and then left the imperial city.

At this time, it was just after halfway through the afternoon, and it was still early. After returning to the mansion, Zhao Tang asked if there was anything else to do, and he reported everything, so he ordered someone to arrange a banquet at night, and let the subordinates who accompanied him to the expedition come over to drink.

Then I went to the back house, talked with my mother for a while, and talked about what happened on the road, and my mother went to see Zhu Xiuniang, and said that she must take care of her pregnancy carefully, and she must not be slack in the slightest , She is usually free and can take care of one or two.

Zhao Tang looked at her depressed, knowing that she hadn't conceived for a long time, he was busy, so he said that this matter is not urgent, the future will be long, and he is not in a hurry to meet at this moment.

Coming out from Xiaoniang, Zhao Tang thought for a while, Xiaoniang was pure and kind, and didn't know that Zhu Xiuniang harbored hatred for her family, so it seemed that he had to tell her the truth, otherwise it would be embarrassing. As for Zhu Xiuniang, he had to Go over and have a look to see if there are any monsters.

Arriving at the courtyard over there, Zhao Tang walked in, and saw that He Xiang was picking flowers in the garden, the green apricots were collecting soil, and the two newly recruited maids were also busy.

Originally, He Xiang Qing Xing had been restored to good status by him, and he wanted to let them go when they returned to Beijing, but they refused, saying that they had no relatives in Hangzhou, so they brought them back.

Seeing that the four of them were all in the garden at this moment, Zhao Tang couldn't help frowning slightly. He had told Zhu Xiuniang not to leave people around him, why did they all run out?
When the four of them saw the ceremony, Zhao Tuo asked, the four of them showed embarrassment, but they were paid by Zhu Xiuniang, Zhao Tuo said that this should not be done again, and they must not be separated from the house, so he took the four of them back to have a look.

When they opened the door of the main house, they were all taken aback, only to see that Zhu Xiuniang was standing on the flower table, more than three feet above the ground, with one hand on her belly, hesitating to jump down.

Seeing this, the maids were so frightened that they "ah!" and were going to help her down.

Zhao Tun narrowed his eyes, and said coldly: "You are not allowed to help her, let her dance!"

When Zhu Xiuniang saw Zhao Tama, her face turned pale, she bit her lips lightly, closed her eyes slightly, and remained silent.

Zhao Tong said: "Xiu Niang, just jump off, if the child's life is not damaged, and he can be born safely in the future, this king will tell him that his mother didn't want him that much back then, wanted to abandon him, and didn't want him to come This world!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at the maids and snorted coldly: "No one is allowed to control her!"

Then, he turned and slammed the door and left.

Zhu Xiuniang was on the flower table, staring blankly at Zhao Tun's back, and the two lines shed tears of grievance.

She was silent for a moment, then went down to the table cautiously, and then returned to the couch in the inner room, holding her belly in both hands, with a regretful expression, and said to herself: "Mother is wrong, you are the person closest to mother, mother, mother." Never again..."

(End of this chapter)