The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 193 The Wrath of the Son of Heaven

Zhao Gou saw his father with a pale face and fierce eyes, so he guessed that he must know something, and said bravely, "Father, do you know who is behind the scenes?"

Song Huizong looked back and sighed: "How could I know, if I knew the mastermind behind the incident, I would kill him without mercy!"

"Then why would father..." Zhao Gou said in surprise.

"Forget it! The matter has come to this point, and I will tell you!" Song Huizong knew what Zhao Gou wanted to ask, but he just had some scruples. Now he no longer hides the matter, and said straight to the point: "This matter is just a matter of fact. , I also found out by accident.”

"At the beginning, I ignored government affairs. It wasn't true that I didn't care about everything. I secretly asked your uncle to monitor the behavior of officials and report to me. I didn't expect that something unexpected happened, that is, the Ministry of Household Affairs. Moths appeared in the forest, corrupting the disaster relief funds allocated by the imperial court."

"I didn't take it seriously. I thought it was a fake. I was still a little worried. Until Song Jiang and others revolted in Liangshan, your uncle told me that the relief funds were not distributed to Shandong. I couldn't figure it out, so I ordered him to investigate the matter again. It's just that Xu Jingheng is also investigating."

"Afterwards, your uncle sent people to follow him, but he found out that someone was following him. In the end, Xu Jingheng didn't dare to act without authorization, and his behavior was even more restrained, and he gradually forgot about it. Then, Fang La's uprising also made this incident happen. The matter has been delayed again and again, and there is no time to take care of other things, and your uncle has also found out some clues, saying that someone in the court has embezzled the disaster relief funds distributed by the court."

"I've always had 200 million taels, but I didn't want it to be 800 million taels. If there were 800 million taels, how could there be complaints from the people, and the people hated me deeply. If you didn't mention it today, I would have been kept in the dark. If I keep investigating, such a big event will definitely not happen, this is a crime that harms the country and the people!"

Zhao Gou was shocked, and was speechless. He didn't expect Xu Jingheng to say that someone was following him, and it would be his uncle's person. Xu Jingheng stopped investigating by mistake.In the Song Dynasty, common people rebelled one after another, which fueled the ambitions of those people, and the corruption became more and more serious.

"Father, is this the reason why you let your minister serve as the supervisory censor?" Zhao Gou asked uncertainly.

Song Huizong nodded, and said: "I appointed you as the censor to thoroughly investigate this matter. At the right time, Zhu Xi did too much in the southeast, and found some things, but I don't want to be exposed by you. , then I will go along with the flow and appoint you to supervise the censor, and let you investigate this matter, I want to see who is so bold, who dares to embezzle the imperial court's disaster relief funds and cause riots, he will be punished!"

After Zhao Gou heard Song Huizong's affirmative answer, he realized that his father had always been like a mirror. He seemed incompetent, but he knew better than anyone else.He also knew that if this matter was investigated blatantly, those people must have taken precautions, so they had to investigate secretly, and this person was the most trusted person.

Looking at all the Chinese and military officials in the court, he is the only one who is suitable, and no one else can do it, just because they are all officials in the court, and the officials in the capital have seen it more or less. Too many scruples.

As long as there is concern, you will be tied up in doing things, and if there is no concern, you will have no scruples!

"Gou'er, I grant you the right to kill first and play later. No matter who is involved, you will be killed without mercy!" Song Huizong said murderously, "You must find out about this matter. I will give Shang Fang a sword. Who would dare to kill him?" Stop it at your disposal, and I want to see who is so bold to do such a thing of public outrage under my nose."

Zhao Gou said solemnly: "My son obeys the order!"

"Whether you come openly or secretly, I agree!" Song Huizong said again, looking at Zhao Gou meaningfully, "Gou'er, some things can't come out of the water. The timing is wrong. When the time comes, it will naturally come out." That’s fine, let’s put the overall situation first.”

Zhao Gou froze for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he nodded abruptly, and said, "I know! It's getting late, I'm going to leave, and my father should rest earlier!"

"Go!" Song Huizong nodded lightly and smiled.

Zhao Gou withdrew from the study room respectfully, thinking: "Could it be that the father has found out that I was secretly cultivating power, but what does the father mean by that sentence? Is it a warning to me that I can't show all the power for the time being? "

Because of Song Huizong's words, Zhao Gou's face was full of sadness, and he left the palace with a heavy heart, and ran towards his county palace.Because of this, Zhao Gou even forgot to ask his father what to do if the incident involved the prince or Gao Qiu and others, but this matter is irrelevant, the important thing is to start operations to cleanse those people, Thoroughly find out what's going on.

"You should have heard?" The smile on Song Huizong's face disappeared, replaced by a stern look.

"En!" Zhao Xi didn't know when he appeared in Song Huizong's study, with a dignified expression on his face, and said coldly: "I really didn't expect that it would be so serious. If I find out who it is, I will kill them all." , it is not a pity for such a person to die!"

"Indeed!" Song Huizong smiled coldly.

Zhao Si glanced at his brother's icy cold eyes, and sighed in his heart, he knew that the emperor's brother was really angry this time.Although he was also angry, he was not as angry as Song Huizong.At the beginning, he also felt strange about that incident, why he sent people to follow secretly after the disaster relief funds from the imperial court had already been distributed, and why they disappeared when he arrived at the place, he was really a little surprised.

Song Huizong said: "Thirteen o'clock, are you sure that the batch of silver is really delivered to the counties?"

Zhao Sizheng said: "Definitely!"

"It seems that a great person has appeared in the court, and he can hide it from me, even from you. I'm afraid there is a huge force behind him ready to move." Song Huizong sneered again and again, said: "No matter what Anyone who tries to disrupt the court will be killed, no one is allowed to subvert the Great Song Dynasty, and you will die if you touch it!"

"Thirteenth brother, how did the investigation go?"

Zhao Si sighed: "As I thought before, nine out of ten officials in the court are corrupt. However, there are also some officials who are clean, honest and law-abiding, but there are only a few of them."

Song Huizong laughed at himself and said: "This is the real world? Are these my subjects? It's really ironic!"

Zhao Si comforted: "Brother Huang, this matter is not your fault, there are some things we can't blame, only changing is the long-term solution, otherwise..."

"The Great Song Dynasty is doomed!" Song Huizong said bitterly, "Is everything predestined? If things go on like this for a long time, I'm afraid that the country will really be subjugated, and I will become the king of subjugation?"

"Brother, you..."

Song Huizong waved his hand to signal him that there is no need to persuade him, and said in a cold voice: "Thirteenth brother, this time, I will conduct a secret investigation to see who dares to ignore my existence, and let you see what it means to be cruel. Even if it is the prince and others, anyone involved in it will be killed, and the whole family will be executed. No matter who it is!"

Zhao Si looked at the murderous look in the emperor's brother Yan's eyes, and muttered to himself: "The wrath of the emperor, lay down millions of corpses, and bleed for thousands of miles! I'm afraid this time it's really going to be a massacre, it's already decided!"

(End of this chapter)