Zhao Gou did not go through the political hall to clean up the Shi family, and several ministers did not know about it. Qin Hui only learned about the arrest of Shi Guangpi and the confiscation of the Shi family in the afternoon. Qin Hui was shocked and turned pale. He hurriedly asked to see the emperor. In the Shi family's house
Regarding the issue, Qin Hui was not confused at all. The powerful people of the Song Dynasty were currently the emperor's last supporters. If he did not let the powerful people go, he would definitely be digging his own grave and the people would betray their relatives and alienate them.
At this time, Zhao Gou has received the latest news. About one million taels of silver and two hundred thousand taels of gold have been copied from the basement of the Shi family and the No. 1 warehouse of Baoji Cabinet Shop.
The family's private warehouse, these wealth are accumulated by the Shi family for hundreds of years.
One of the important reasons why the Southern Song Dynasty could survive for nearly a hundred years after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty was that a large amount of wealth in the Northern Song Dynasty was transferred. The Jin soldiers besieged Bianliang twice, with a year's interval in between, which also gave the Song Dynasty a year's breathing period.
After Huizong hurriedly handed over the throne to his son, he toured Yangzhou south to Jiankang. In fact, he had the idea of moving the capital to Jiankang.
A large number of dignitaries followed him on his southern tour. The dignitaries were not fools. After the first Jin soldiers retreated, they began to transfer wealth to the south. In addition to real estate, a large amount of gold and silver money was transferred to the south. The Shi family was no exception. All the people on the Bianhe River
It is a transport fleet that covers the sky and the sun.
The Shi family worked hard to transfer the wealth accumulated over the past century to the south of the Yangtze River, but they did not expect that in the end they benefited the emperor Zhao Gou.
After receiving the news, Zhao Gou was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. The day before, he was struggling with his military salary. Today, if every Shi family is looted, he will get tens of millions of wealth, which is enough to expand the army to 300,000. It has long been rumored that the Shi family is rich.
But for the enemy country, now it seems that these words are indeed true.
At this time, the eunuch reported at the door: "Your Majesty, Mr. Qin and Mr. Zhu want to see you!"
Zhao Gou had some displeasure on his face. He knew what these two people were doing?
"Announce their presence!"
Not long after, Qin Hui and Zhu Shengfei hurried into the imperial study. Qin Hui asked urgently: "Why did your Majesty suddenly attack the Shi family?"
Zhao Gou's face grew longer, and he said coldly: "When Prime Minister Wanqi was assassinated, it was Shi Guangping's coachman who went to notify the assassin. Shi Guangping himself admitted that he participated in planning the assassination. The personal and material evidence is conclusive. If I still turn a blind eye,
If you close your eyes, I'm afraid it will be you, Prime Minister Qin, who is assassinated next time!"
Qin Hui advised: "Your Majesty, they assassinated Wan Qixi for a reason. If the death of Wan Qi Xiangguo can make them calm down, the matter will be over. I'm afraid your Majesty will make the matter worse now."
"Afraid of what? Afraid they will rebel?"
Zhao Gou finally couldn't restrain his anger and said: "I have endured it, but what about them? They are still pushing the envelope. Without my tiger talisman, the Wenzhou army dared to mobilize without permission. What do they want to do? They are preparing to use the army to threaten me, Qin Xiangguo, you
do you know?"
Qin Hui was speechless and said: "When did this happen? I don't even know!"
"Of course you don't know. You only know how to force me. If you have the ability, you can persuade them and compensate them!"
Qin Hui and Zhu Shengfei exited the imperial study in embarrassment. On the steps, Qin Hui sighed and said, "Your Majesty must have tasted the sweetness of the Shi family and refused to give up. Zhu Xianggong hurriedly went to inform the Queen Mother to dig up his foundation. Once the foundation is destroyed,
If Song Sheji collapses, you and I will die without a burial place!"
Zhu Shengfei hesitated and said: "The Queen Mother has been in a very bad mood these past two days. I'm worried that she will have a big quarrel with His Majesty."
"Why?" Qin Hui asked in confusion.
"I heard that the Queen Mother wanted to bring her relatives from the north, but the land and water routes to Liaodong were blocked. The people she sent could not enter Liaodong and returned without success. She became furious in the palace and killed many eunuchs and
Lady of the palace."
Qin Hui was speechless. This mother and son would not give up until they finished tormenting the Song Dynasty. If they really brought the evil son from the north, would the emperor still want the face of the emperor?
"Ignore those things for now. Go and inform her immediately. No matter what, you want the officials to stop dealing with the Shi family."
Zhu Shengfei nodded, turned around and hurried away. Empress Dowager Wei set up a contact point outside the palace. One of her confidant eunuchs was in charge, and the Empress Dowager could be notified through this contact point.
During this period, Empress Dowager Wei really lost control of her emotions. Wanyan Zongxian died of illness. She wanted to bring her two sons from the north to the Song Dynasty to enjoy the glory and wealth. Unexpectedly, the people she sent could not enter Liaodong at all and stayed in Pingzhou for half of the time.
After a month, I had no choice but to go back home.
This news made Empress Dowager Wei crazy. She scolded Chen Qing for being cruel and domineering, and scolded the emperor for being cowardly and useless. He scolded him for being unfaithful and defrauding her of her money, but he refused to fulfill her wish.
But no one paid attention to her, so she took it out on the people in the palace. If she saw anyone she didn't like, she ordered them to be dragged out and beaten with a hundred sticks. She had killed three maids and five eunuchs, which scared the maids and eunuchs in the palace.
The days are like years.
At this time, Empress Dowager Wei received an urgent message from Zhu Shengfei. She heard that the Shi family was imprisoned and the Shi family was ransacked.
Iron coupon to avoid death, now the officials want to attack the Shi family, how to explain to the ancestors?
She hurriedly gave the order and rushed to the royal study room in a hurry.
The emperor Zhao Gou did not expect that his mother would come to plead for mercy. He secretly resented it. Needless to say, Qin Hui must have instigated Zhu Shengfei to report the news.
Although he was dissatisfied, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and meet the Queen Mother.
Empress Dowager Wei rushed into the imperial study like a gust of wind. No one of the eunuchs dared to stop her. Zhao Gou stepped forward and said with a smile: "How come the queen is here? If the queen gives the order, the child will naturally go to see her!"
Queen Mother Wei sat down and asked: "The officials ordered the arrest of all the Shi family members?"
Zhao Gou looked very unnatural and said sarcastically: "Haier didn't arrest them, he just put them under house arrest!"
"Hmph! You are only putting women and children under house arrest. What about the men of the Shi family? You have sent them all to Meihuawei Prison."
"Mother--"
Zhao Gou said in a long voice: "Shi Guangping planned to assassinate the Prime Minister of the dynasty. The evidence is conclusive. Isn't the national law just a decoration?"
"Don't use national laws to fool the Aijia!"
Empress Dowager Wei sneered: "Shi Guangping committed a crime. You just arrest Shi Guangping, but you want to attack the entire Shi family. You are obviously interested in the Shi family's wealth, and the assassination is just an excuse."
The queen mother did not give herself any face, Zhao Gou was filled with anger, and could not bear it anymore, he said fiercely: "That's right! I'm not for any assassination, but to kill chickens and monkeys. Does the queen know that they have mobilized the Wenzhou Army to prepare for a surprise attack?
Lin'an has put me to death, and when life and death are at stake, should I continue to be merciful? If the mother also stands with them and lets the child die, the child will have nothing to say."
Queen Mother Wei was stunned and said after a while: "You said they were going to launch a coup, is it true?"
"Of course it is true. Otherwise, how could Hufu, who has no children, and the 30,000 troops stationed in Chuzhou, Taizhou and Wenzhou dare to assemble in Yongjia County without permission?"
Empress Dowager Wei could no longer persuade her. It was about her son's throne and life. She could no longer stand on the side of the powerful. She pondered for a moment and said: "If the emperor has no choice but to give Taizu a face, Taizu did."
The Shi family’s iron ticket to avoid death.”
"I won't kill them!"
Zhao Gou said coldly: "I have issued an order to send the entire Shi family to live in Panyu County, Guangzhou. The Shi family has two cabinet shops and shops in Guangzhou, which is enough for them to live."
Yan Xin went to the Beijing News and handed the details of the assassination to the newspaper and asked them to publish it. Wang Mu agreed and would publish it on the front page.
Yan Xin found Lu Gang again and asked him to borrow a ten-thousand-stone sea-going ship to send the entire Shi family to Guangzhou. Lu Gang agreed and immediately transferred a ten-thousand-stone sea-going ship from Mingzhou and lent it to the Plum Blossom Guard.
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Two days later, more than 130 members of the Shi family, including Shi Guangping, were put on a sea ship. Each person could only carry one parcel, and were escorted by Meihua Guards to Panyu, Guangzhou.
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