Song Gexing

Chapter 71 Although underage, he has grown up
A case of siege and assassination of Zhao Fang made it easier for the Imperial Army to conduct a thorough investigation. At this time, no one dared to come forward, lest they be accused of assassinating the prince.

Three months later, the nationwide inventory of the Forbidden Army was completed. There were only 80 actual personnel out of the 69 registered, and 11 were left unpaid.

After further assessment and reorganization, 53 forbidden troops were left, and 16 were transferred to the Xiang army, supplementing the Xiang army that only had more than 8 people left after the previous transfer.

This made the imperial court's finances much easier. At the same time, because of the assassination, the Song Dynasty accused Xixia and Liao.But how could the other party admit it?

Anyway, there were no witnesses from the Khitan people or the Dangxiang people. They also knew that the Song Dynasty was unwilling to escalate the situation and killed those who were doing it.

The rest were all people from the Song Dynasty who had taken refuge with them. After pushing them away, they sent people to bring gifts. Of course, they were not meant to apologize.

Instead, in the name of visiting Zhao Fang after his assassination, the Liao Kingdom sent two thousand-mile horses, some pearls and gems, some medicinal materials such as Landrace ginseng, which was considered to have cost a lot of money.

What’s special is that there are two beauties from Goryeo included in the gift, which is not surprising. Goryeo in this era was vassal to the Liao Kingdom. Although they secretly communicated with the Song Dynasty, they could only go by sea, which was very inconvenient.

Xixia is much more petty, and of course it is true that Xixia is poor. Apart from some medicinal materials and spices, there are beautiful women.Otherwise, Li Yuanhao would have nothing to give.

It’s just shameless Li Yuanhao. The Liao Kingdom uses women from other countries to give away people. It would be better for him to send his uncle’s two daughters here, plus four robbed women from the Western Regions.

Zhao Fang knew that Li Yuanhao had killed his uncle's family, but he didn't expect that he would keep his two daughters as presents.

However, Zhao Fang couldn't enjoy it, so he asked Yan Qing to give it to Li Deyong, who was his niece anyway, and kept four beauties from the Western Regions as dancers.

He was about to move soon, so the palace couldn't be shabby. It was necessary for rich people in the Song Dynasty to support kabuki opera. It would be rude to treat guests to drinks without singing and dancing, which was exactly what he needed.

Two years later, due to the smooth implementation of the Qingli New Deal, the Song Dynasty deviated from the historical trajectory.

The several civil unrests and mutinies that were supposed to occur were all gone. In particular, the two events that had a greater impact were aborted in their infancy.

One time was in May of the third year of Qingli. Wang Lun, a soldier of Tiger Wings in Yizhou, gathered more than 200 soldiers to rebel. They fought thousands of miles and traveled across the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers. They were surrounded and killed two months later.

The cause was that Chen Zhizhong, then Jingdong's pacification envoy, plundered people's wealth and forcibly ordered the construction of Qingzhou City, which triggered a mutiny and killed the inspection envoy Zhu Jin, triggering turmoil.

The other time is the winter of the seventh year of Qingli, which is this year, but now the time has passed and the New Year is coming soon.

Historically, about two months ago, Wang Ze, a junior high school student of the Xuanyi Army of the Hebei Forbidden Army, used the excuse of worshiping Maitreya Buddha to promote a new sect, and then rebelled this winter.

This is the predecessor of the White Lotus Sect. From this time on, the White Lotus Sect has become a cult that has been repeatedly banned in China. It has been involved in rebellions in all generations, until the Republic of China.

However, due to the smooth implementation of the Qingli New Deal, the people no longer had this foundation to live and work in peace and contentment. Chen Zhizhong was transferred from Jingdong Road early, and the Qingzhou Rebellion ended.

Wang Ze is still there, and he is also preaching the Maitreya religion, but not many people follow him, and there has been no movement so far.

Zhao Fang knew about these histories and had paid attention to these people, but as things that were supposed to happen disappeared, he gradually stopped paying attention to them.

As for arresting people in advance, it is not possible. You can arrest someone without any crime. The Song Dynasty did not prohibit the spread of religion. As long as you did not propagate against the imperial court, it was normal for others to preach.

"Your Majesty, there is a letter from the palace. The Queen asks you when you will return to the palace for the New Year."

Zhao Fang, who had moved to Prince Wei's palace a long time ago, would still go to the palace to stay for a few days before New Year's Eve every year, and would not return to his palace until the second day of the first lunar month.

There is no way, the ancients had to stay up late on New Year's Eve and not sleep on New Year's Eve. This is filial piety.Originally, he could stay at home to watch the New Year's Eve after moving, but he was still underage and treated as a treasure by his parents, so he couldn't go back.

When he heard Wang Zhongzheng come in to report, he thought for a while and said: "The day after tomorrow, the 29th of the twelfth lunar month."

"I understand, I will inform you now."

Wang Zhongzheng was not verbose at all, because he knew that it was absolutely impossible today, and it might be possible tomorrow, but if he wanted to be safe, it was better to stay one more day.

It turns out that as Zhao Fang has been practicing martial arts for the past two years, his body has finally matured prematurely. He finally stole Zhao Pan'er last night, but it's normal to think about it. Jia Baoyu hasn't practiced martial arts yet, and he also stole the attack at this age.

It's just that Han Xue quit this time. She was obviously the concubine, but Zhao Pan'er drank the soup in her head. She was having trouble today and didn't like anyone.

Zhao Fang had no choice but to please him with a playful smile, saying that tonight would be a wedding night, so he would definitely not be able to enter the palace today, and he would not be able to get up early tomorrow, so he would naturally have to rest for a day.

"By the way, Xiao Zhengzi, Concubine Zhang, you haven't had any trouble these past two days, have you?"

Zhao Fang suddenly remembered something and called Wang Zhongzhengdao to stop.

Wang Zhongzheng chuckled and said: "It's okay, I haven't heard anything happened. Wasn't her uncle's matter suppressed? I didn't see her being dissatisfied."

Zhao Fang nodded and waved his hand to let him do the work.

The past two years have gone smoothly, but there is still one troubling thing, and that is his father's favorite Concubine Zhang.

Concubine Zhang Guifei was born in a poor family, but she was extremely beautiful. Zhao Zhen was fascinated. Since Zhao Fang moved out of the palace, this woman began to play tricks and often ran on the queen.

Her father Zhang Yaofeng died in office, so she devoted all her thoughts to her uncle's family. Zhang Yaozuo was promoted all the way from Junzhou to the capital.

Speaking of the relatives of the Zhang family, they are not that bad. Her father, Zhang Yaofeng, was recommended to participate in the Jinshi program because of his filial piety and loyalty.

After passing the exam, he served as the promotion officer of Shizhou, and he was serious about his business and died in office.

Her uncle, Zhang Yaozuo, was also a Jinshi. He also worked hard in his office and was praised by his superiors for his good political achievements.

It was only Concubine Zhang who took advantage of Zhao Zhen's favor and promoted him too quickly that caused criticism.

Especially this year, she actually wanted him to replace Bao Zheng as the powerful magistrate of Kaifeng Mansion, and Zhao Zhen secretly agreed to her request.

This news was sent out from the palace by Queen Cao, and Zhao Fang was angry at that time.

He is the Yin of Kaifeng Prefecture. Although he is in name only, he can still interfere with Kaifeng Prefecture. Let him know that he is not competing with him in the ring.

Besides, who is more suitable to be the leader of Kaifeng Prefecture? The political achievements of Kaifeng Prefecture in the past two years are obvious to all, and even the Ghost Fan Tower has disappeared a lot.

Lao Bao really dared to kill. Last year, he killed 87 captured gangsters in Guifanlou at once, which shocked those people who no longer dared to show off.

Zhao Fang entered the palace in person, angrily criticized his father, and wanted to resign from the post of Kaifeng Governor. Only then did Zhao Zhen reluctantly give up the idea.

(End of this chapter)