The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 627
"Master Qin, the rivers in the south of the Yangtze River are silted up, and the river water is gradually rising. The local officials said that they will allocate 300 million taels to clean up the river courses and strengthen the river embankments, so as to prevent the river from flooding in the next year and destroying the river embankments, endangering local people and crops!"

Qin Hui said in a deep voice: "Jiangnan has been a prosperous place since ancient times. It is also the place with the most granaries and the most people in our dynasty. If the land in the south of the Yangtze River suffers from a disaster, it may have a great impact. You can allocate 300 taels of money from the treasury to the local area to use it. Regulate the river embankment and other things. In addition, appoint another person to go to the supervision to avoid embezzlement of river funds, and if found, they will be severely punished.”

"Qin Xiang, how should these people be arranged?" Pan Lianggui bowed.

Qin Hui picked up the list submitted by Pan Lianggui, all of whom were officials with outstanding political achievements, including Zhang Dajing, Li Guang, Yu Wenxuzhong and others. When he was an official, he was quite popular with the people, and later he was transferred to Jiangsu Yizhen County.

At that time, the supervisors of Lianghuai and Shuaishou mostly relied on laboring the people to promote their affairs and wanted to gain more political achievements, but Zhang Dajing did the opposite, understanding the people's sentiments and caring for the people.Moreover, Zhang Dajing reported the matter to Zhao Gou secretly, and all those officials obeyed the law.

"These people are my colleagues who entered the court with me!" Qin Hui pondered, "Pan Shangshu, please see if there are any vacancies, and arrange them all according to their respective situations!"

Pan Lianggui nodded, now three years have passed, Zhao Gou transferred all those self-recommended people out of the capital, and sent them to the local prefectures and counties as officials. After three years, some people are available, while others Become an official with the idea of ​​getting promoted and getting rich.

Those officials who used to plead for the people also became greedy in just a few years, and Zhao Gou killed them all without hesitation.The following year, the imperial examinations began, and then Zhao Gou abolished the road of self-recommendation, which really didn't work.

At that time, several groups of people came, and the officials who really pleaded for the people were the most in the first group, and the others were very few and kept their original intentions.As Pan Lianggui is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the performance assessment is in his hands, and he has already thought about where these people will be placed.

When Pan Lianggui handed over the prepared list to Qin Hui again, Qin Hui looked at it and said nothing, but suppressed Li Guang's promotion. Qin Hui appointed him as Doctor Taichang and was promoted to Sifeng, which was just a false name. There is no real power at all; except for Li Guang, everyone else has been promoted, and even transferred from the place to the capital.

Pan Lianggui was very surprised by this. You must know that Li Guang had a very good personal relationship with him, and he also knew Li Guang's personality. His temperament was the same as Pan Lianggui's.

Qin Hui didn't explain the reason, and Pan Lianggui didn't ask, so he followed his orders.However, Pan Lianggui wrote down the matter, and secretly played it to Zhao Gou.

"Li Guang?" Zhao Gou received the news and said, "Second brother, does this Li Guang have any conflicts with him?"

Zhao Yougong saw that someone participated in Qin Hui's performance without any charges, but he told Zhao Gou everything about him, which made him very surprised.If it's okay for other people to say, this person is Pan Lianggui, which is really a bit strange.

"Li Guang was a Jinshi in Chongning for five years. At that time, the Supreme Emperor saw that he had some skills and was transferred to the county magistrate of Kaihua. He had a political voice in his tenure. Later, he was transferred to the Dutang to judge. It's just that Li Guang didn't know how to be flexible, and he said everything bluntly. Since he did not hesitate to offend the dignitaries, that is, Cai Jing, he was appointed as a prison officer and changed to Changshu County, Pingjiang Prefecture."

Zhao Yougong is in charge of the Privy Council and is also the executor of the villa. He is very clear about the deeds of the officials. , but he still went his own way, and later changed to be in charge of Gouwen, the director of the Jingdong University’s affairs.”

Zhao Gou smiled and said, "It turns out that he has never been reused. No wonder he recommended himself here."

"Master Pan is known for being ruthless and upright, but this Li Guang is even more stubborn than Lord Pan." Zhao Yougong also smiled, and said: "Because of being oppressed by the powerful and not being valued by the court, my heart When I was disheartened, I met Liu Anshi, and after receiving his advice, I knew how to be flexible, but when encountering injustice, or for the sake of the people, I was still desperate."

"At that time, there was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River. The Supreme Emperor saw that he had some talents and didn't want him to be buried, so he was sent to a local place. He has never been reused. It can also be said that he was left to you by the Supreme Emperor. As for the matter between him and Qin Hui, as early as When they were officials before, they were colleagues, but Qin Hui was slick and very useful, while he was stubborn and could not be appreciated, so the grievances between the two arose."

"If that's the case, let's follow Qin Hui's wishes for the time being, and we can only wrong him temporarily. After the matter is resolved, he will be reused." Zhao Gou smiled, "Second brother, follow me to a place!"

Zhao Yougong was very surprised to see that Zhao Gou had been going south, not north, but came to a secluded place.It wasn't until Zhao Gou explained to him that the private visit on Weibo was on the one hand to let Qin Hui do it freely, and on the other hand it was for private affairs.

"Where is this place?" Zhao Yougong looked at the mountains all around, with many mountains, or cliffs, and the sound of drums in the valley.

"Bright Peak!" Zhao Gou didn't hide anything. Looking at the scene in front of him, he was very excited, and he didn't know if she had lived well for more than three years. "The Holy Land of Manichaeism!"

"You have something to do with Manichaeism?" Not only Zhao Yougong was surprised, but also Gao Chong and others were puzzled.

Zhao Gou smiled without saying a word, and walked straight forward. He had never told anyone about this matter, not even his own mother Webster, let alone Zhao Yougong knew about it.Then, they continued to walk up and came to Yunxin Temple. Everyone worshiped Buddha respectfully, and then the abbot of Yunxin Temple came.

"Amitabha!" The host recited the Buddha's name, looked at Zhao Gou and the others amiably, and said, "It's rare for a benefactor to come from thousands of miles to pay homage to the Buddha! It's rare!"

Zhao Yougong wondered, "How did Master know that we are foreigners?"

"If you're from the local area, I know a thing or two." The host smiled kindly, and his gaze stayed on Zhao Gou. Even if Zhao Yougong asked, he only moved away slightly.

"Guardian Right, please tell the leader of your sect that the old man is here!" Zhao Gou said straight to the point, and the host looked at him with some vigilance. The man in the house actually knew it, which made him have to guard against it, and he didn't know if it was an enemy or a friend.

"What does the benefactor say about the leader? The poor monk really can't understand!"

"Smart people don't speak in secret!" Zhao Gou said, "I also know a little about the Manichaeism. You go and tell her, and say that I am here, as agreed."

"It's you!"

The host looked at Zhao Gou sullenly. He felt that Zhao Gou looked familiar because he looked like Huaiying grew up, but he didn't know his identity.It wasn't until Zhao Gou made it clear that the host knew that his guess was correct, and the person in front of him was indeed Huaiying's biological father.

"I kill you!"

Everyone was shocked. After the host guessed Zhao Gou's identity, he immediately attacked, but was blocked by Zhao Yougong. He then attacked again, but was blocked by Zhao Yougong again. Gao Chong and others also protected Zhao Gou and were always on guard. Someone else is attacking.

Zhao Yougong took the host's attack and roared angrily: "You bald donkey, you have a sick mind, you're really tired of living!"

"Go away!"

The host was also furious. His target had always been Zhao Gou. If he hadn't taken Fang Jinzhi's body, deprived her of her innocence, and had a child out of wedlock, how could there be civil strife in the Manichaeism? Fang Jinzhi alone has carried it all these years , finally cleared up the internal troubles, but Fang Jinzhi was also exhausted, which made the strength of the Manichaeism even worse than before.

"Second brother, get out of the way!"

Zhao Gou pushed away the crowd, let Zhao Yougong back down, and faced the host's attack alone, but their martial arts were too different, Zhao Gou did not attack, but kept dodging, still making the host panting from exhaustion, and finally forced He survived the host's angry fist and was safe and sound.

"Ninth brother!"

"Master!"

Zhao Yougong, Gao Chong and others rushed over anxiously, but Zhao Gou waved his hand to stop him. He looked at the host again and said, "Now you can pass the news on to me! If you don't want to, I don't want to force it, but at that time I'm afraid It’s going to hurt your spirits again!”

"Are you threatening me?"

"How about threatening you?"

Zhao Gou smiled disapprovingly, but the host had no temper at all. Even if Zhao Gou threatened him, he had to admit that it was really possible to destroy most of the forces with his power. In the end, the host was forced to contact the leader and spread the message. Back to the main forum.

An hour later, Zhao Gou smiled when a message came that the leader had come.

"Ninth brother, why do you want to meet their leader?"

"You'll know then!"

After a few hours, Fang Jinzhi, who hadn't seen him for three years, brought Huaiying to Yunxin Temple.At this time, she was more mature, her face was a lot haggard, her body was also much thinner, and she looked more capable. When she saw Zhao Gou appearing in front of her eyes, her eyes were very complicated, full of sadness, longing, and excitement. .

"Huaiying, that man is your father!"

Zhao Huaiying looked at Zhao Gou curiously with his head tilted, then at his mother, then at Zhao Gou, seeing him smiling at him and walking towards him again, he shouted timidly: "father!"

When Zhao Gou saw his son calling him, he agreed happily, and then hugged Zhao Huaiying in his arms. He hadn't seen him for three years. Zhao Huaiying had grown up a lot, but his appearance was three points similar to Zhao Gou's, but Still a little immature.

"I have suffered for you all these years!"

"You've lived a happy life all these years!"

Even though Zhao Gou's words contained a lot of things, Fang Jinzhi understood, but she hadn't seen herself and her son for three years. This resentment made her a little unhappy, but seeing Zhao Huaiying in Zhao Gou's arms, even if she was really aggrieved , she can't act recklessly in front of her son and the host.

"Son?" Zhao Yougong, Gao Chong and the others looked at each other, and then they looked at Zhao Huaiying in Zhao Gou's arms. They did look a bit similar, but they still couldn't believe it. It looked even better than the two princesses in the palace. Great, they didn't even know about it.

"Ninth brother, is this your son?" Zhao Yougong still didn't quite believe it, so he asked directly.

"Yes, he is my son Huaiying!" Zhao Gou laughed, teasing Zhao Huaiying again, "Huaiying, call me Uncle [-]! Then you can call Uncle Gao!"

"Second Uncle! Uncle Gao!"

Both Zhao Yougong and Gao Chong were dumbfounded. Seeing such a well-behaved child, he was also Zhao Gou's son. The moment the two of them heard this, their whole bodies froze, but they still reacted quickly and agreed. Then Zhao Yougong and Gao Chong didn't know what to do.

Because Zhao Gou put Zhao Huaiying down and came directly in front of them, looking at Zhao Yougong and Gao Chong curiously, which made them two big men at a loss and didn't know what to do, but Zhao Huaiying spoke first, "Uncle, hug! "

With a stiff body, Zhao Yougong stretched out his arms to hug Zhao Huaiying, but he was very worried that he was too strong and hurt the child, but Zhao Gou said it didn't matter, how could his son be in poor health.Then, Zhao Huaiying ran from Zhao Yougong's arms to Gao Chong's arms, the two of them were very happy from being dumbfounded.

"I'll make it up to you tonight!" Zhao Gou put his arms around Fang Jinzhi regardless of the presence of the crowd and the fact that this was a temple, and whispered something in her ear.

Immediately, Fang Jinzhi's face was flushed, and all the complaints disappeared at once.The abbot of Yunxin Temple saw such a scene, his eyes widened, angrily, and finally he closed his eyes and refused to look at it. He really couldn't accept it.

At the same time, in the Qin Mansion, the capital thousands of miles away, Jin Renxi pretended to be a businessman and came here as a guest.

When Qin Hui first ascended the throne, they prepared rich gifts to congratulate them, but Qin Hui refused, but they did not give up, and they appeared at Qin Hui's mansion from time to time to pay a direct visit. Every time they came, there were rich gifts, either calligraphy and paintings, or antiques, or It is gold and silver jewelry.

Qin Hui always refused at the beginning, but later accepted all of them from one or two.Because of the calligraphy, paintings, antiques and other things presented by the Jinren, when other colleagues came to pay a visit, they all admired him very much, which greatly increased Qin Hui's face, so he accepted it as a matter of course.

"I don't know what Prime Minister Qin thinks?" Jin Renxiozuo brought up the old story again. They have been in the capital for a month. The longer they have been in contact with Qin Hui, the more they know that he is very greedy. As long as it is something that can be solved by money and power, then Everything has room for change.

Qin Hui said in embarrassment: "I have considered the truth of this matter for a long time, but there are many difficulties!"

"Given today's Xiangye's position in the court, not to mention the power of the government, he is also deeply trusted by the emperor." Seeing a turning point, the golden man quickly said: "Besides, it's not a big deal, as long as Xiangye helps me Da Jin removes Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and other thorns in the flesh, that is the benefactor of my Da Jin Dynasty, and my emperor will definitely reward you heavily, and will never treat Xiangye's help."

"Do you know that Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others are the emperor's direct descendants, and even followed the emperor when he was the king of Yan. It is really not easy to get rid of them." Qin Hui's words meant that There is no chance to start, if there is an opportunity, then it will be fine.

The man said with a smile: "You can rest assured about this, Mr. Xiang, we will make arrangements for all these, as long as Mr. Xiang 'handles it impartially' at that time."

"If that's the case, the truth can only be 'handled fairly'!" Qin Hui and the man looked at each other and smiled, without saying anything.

"The Prime Minister's name!" The man smiled flatteringly.

Qin Hui didn't say what he meant by agreeing to cooperate with the Jinren, but he had already hinted at it, which means he agreed.If he is the prime minister to frame one of the generals, it doesn't make sense, and it will arouse Zhao Gou's suspicion, and he will even be implicated. If Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and others commit crimes by themselves, then he will deal with it fairly, and everything will be fine. Makes sense.

Therefore, Qin Hui formally agreed to cooperate with the Jinren, but the allure of fame and fortune was too great. He tasted the taste of the prime minister, and he was already dissatisfied, and gradually gave birth to greater desires.It's a pity that Qin Hui dug a grave for himself by doing so, and he couldn't turn back.

(End of this chapter)