The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 187 Panic
Song Huizong arranged for Zhao Gou to take over the post of supervisory censor. He had his own plan, and Zhao Gou was happy with it. This was the result he wanted.For a long time, the Great Song Dynasty pursued the rule of literati, and it was effective, but it also left many thorny problems. Only by solving them fundamentally can the Great Song Dynasty be preserved.

Zhao Ji is still the same Zhao Ji, but there is something different. In the past, he was incompetent and dared not act. He only knew that he was addicted to calligraphy, painting and strange stones. He became decisive, more courageous and courageous than his father Shenzong.Once upon a time, Song Shenzong's reform made the Song Dynasty regain its vigor and vitality.

The implementation of the Xining Reform has greatly increased the country's fiscal revenue, social productivity has developed tremendously, and the area of ​​cultivated land has increased significantly. The country has reached [-] million mu of cultivated land. The output per unit area has generally increased. In the middle period, it was several times to dozens of times, and the urban commodity economy has achieved unprecedented development, and even the combat effectiveness of the army has also significantly improved a lot.

Song Huizong knew well that the only way to change the current situation in the Song Dynasty was to reform, but he did not dare to make drastic changes, so as not to alarm the dissatisfaction of the officials in the court.Since the founding of Song Taizu, emphasizing culture and suppressing martial arts is not a long-term solution. If you want to change, you have no way to do it, and the time is not ripe.

Now, Song Huizong finally couldn't wait any longer, and made up his mind to make a complete change. Even if the officials objected and insisted on going his own way, even if he had to bear the legacy of his ancestors, he would not hesitate.Song Huizong shouldered all the responsibilities, and Zhao Gou carried them out, just to let him understand the official system of the Song Dynasty, understand the sufferings of the people, and find a way.

"Brother Huang, do you really want Lao Jiu to be the supervisory censor?" Zhao seemed to appear by Song Huizong's side at some point, and said in a serious voice.

Song Huizong nodded and said: "Supervising the censor is also a position given to him. This is something I have considered for a long time before deciding. This is the only official position in the court that suits him best, and only he can truly punish him without mercy. , the only way to grow.”

"However, Lao Jiu's power in the court is unstable and his foundation is weak. I am worried that after he becomes the supervisory censor, with his style of conduct, he will definitely launch drastic actions, which will be even more feared by all officials. I am afraid that at that time , it will do him no good at all!"

"I believe he understands the meaning of doing this. As for the ministers in the court, there is no need to pay too much attention to it. I have been worried about violating the legacy of the Taizu, so I dare not make up my mind. If I don't do it again, I'm afraid it will be too late. Some things Time to act!"

"Brother Huang, since you insist, let's do it!" Zhao Si sighed helplessly, and he was no longer persuading.In the past, he also asked the emperor what kind of official position he arranged for Zhao Gou, but there was no reply. It was not until today that he learned that he was given the position of supervisory censor.

Supervising the censor is not as easy as imagined. When Xu Jingheng was the supervising censor, he was never greedy for ink.However, no matter how hard he tried, some things still had to be scruples, and he didn't dare to let go of them.

If Zhao Gou served as the supervisory censor, then Prince Zhao Huan, Gao Qiu and others would definitely not stand still, because their personalities would definitely cause obstacles.The position of supervisory censor is not high, and the power is too heavy. It is so important that one person is below ten thousand. You only need to obey the emperor's orders. Even the Privy Council envoys, princes and others can ignore them, and you don't have to listen to their orders. .

However, such a position is dreaded by everyone, and no court official is willing to deal with them, and no one wants to cause trouble.There are not many ministers in the court who are innocent, and even those who are honest and upright in their duties seldom contact them, because the official supervisory censor is like a double-edged sword, which is extremely sharp when used properly. If you do not, you will hurt yourself.

Zhao seemed not to understand what his elder brother was thinking, so he chose to let Zhao Gou, who did not have much power in the court, to serve as the supervisory censor, and he did not hesitate to demote Xu Jingheng as a deputy envoy to assist him.Even so, Zhao Xi didn't want to ask too much, he knew that Zhao Ji had his own ideas, and he just needed to follow orders.

"Thirteenth brother, you don't need to take action this time, I believe my son will handle it properly!"

How could Song Huizong not know what Zhao Si was thinking, and immediately uttered a voice to stop the unborn thoughts, and Zhao Si could only nod.Since his elder brother has said that he should not intervene, he can only obey orders obediently, and this Zhao Gou also believes that Zhao Gou has the ability to deal with it, after all, it is not true that he has no power at all.

"The other thing I asked you to do, how did you investigate it?" Song Huizong said solemnly.

Zhao Si replied: "Brother Huang, as you expected, they are really starting to act! However, this time the spies we sent out did not go deep into it, so we don't know the specific situation, but saw a large number of training Well-trained soldiers are practicing, I'm afraid they have ulterior motives!"

"Keep watching, in case such a thing really happens!" Song Huizong urged, "I just hope that time can catch up!..."

Zhao Si was silent, frowning, their minds were thinking of other things.As for Zhao Gou's position as the supervisory censor, it has become a fact, and there is no point in arguing about it.Now, they have more important things to deal with than this.

The words were divided into two parts, and Prince Zhao Huan panicked. After Zhao Gou became the supervisory censor, he no longer took it lightly, but looked nervous.In addition, Song Huizong's attitude also made him suspicious, especially when the court glared at himself and others.

Although the words were not spoken, the meaning could not be more obvious, it was a warning to them to restrain themselves.If something like this happens again, we will never tolerate it.The crown prince Zhao Huan panicked, panicked and uneasy, always felt that his father knew more than he thought.

"Now the ninth younger brother is the supervisory censor, I'm afraid it will be a little tricky!" Prince Zhao Huan frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Today, in the court hall, the meaning of the father is already very clear, and the court must be thoroughly investigated. I am afraid that this matter is a bit strange!"

"Prince, don't panic, things haven't reached that point yet!" Gao Qiu said, "Judging from the current situation, the emperor's personality has changed drastically, and he is no longer the same emperor as before. We have to be careful in the future. If we don't guess Wrong, the emperor didn't really want to make Chao Gang mess up, it's just that Zhu Xi's incident went too far, offended Longyan, provoked the emperor's taboo, and after a while, nothing will happen."

Wang Fu said angrily: "This Zhu Man really did more than succeed, but he made such a big fuss, and people still have evidence. It's not a pity to die!"

When Wang Fu mentioned Zhu Man, he felt angry, if he hadn't revealed the incident, they wouldn't have caused them to suffer along with it.Now, this matter is not really over yet, Zhao Gou's method, they are very clear, they quietly collect evidence secretly, and then make a ruthless move, which makes people hard to guard against.

If Zhao Huan was not in a hurry, it would be a lie. He did not expect that Zhao Gou, who had been standing still for the past two months, would come up with such a move and caught them off guard.If it wasn't for Song Huizong's scruples, I'm afraid Zhao Huan could hardly absolve himself of the blame, so he felt a little panicked.

(End of this chapter)