Zhao Si walked into the entrance of Shengci Palace, and Zeng Shuhua came out to greet him.
"Guan family, the fourth sister is here."
She whispered as she took the fox fur coat that Zhao Si had taken off.
The fourth sister, Princess Chen, is married to Wang Yu.
Zhao Si narrowed his eyes slightly, knowing better, and patted the back of Zeng Shuhua's hand.
Walking into the main hall of Shengci Palace, Mrs. Zhu was sitting at the top, and there was a person sitting at the bottom left. She was wearing simple makeup and simple clothes, just like an ordinary woman. But Zhao Si recognized it at a glance. It was him who had been with his tenth sister when he was a child.
The fourth sister behind her butt.
"Fourth sister is here." Zhao Si said with a smile.
Zhu glanced at the fourth sister, then at Zhao Si, her own son, and sighed in her heart. Let the thirteenth brother solve this huge problem by himself.
Princess Chen stood up, walked a few steps towards Zhao Si, and then knelt down in the palace with a thud.
"Guan Jia, please spare my son-in-law's life."
Zhao Si quickly stepped forward and helped Princess Chen up, "Fourth sister, what are you doing?"
Princess Chen struggled to get up, but she was not as strong as Zhao. With Zeng Shuhua and Ming Zhaoxia supporting her, she had no choice but to be helped up.
She cried loudly, "The official, my consort, has committed his own sin, and his sin is unforgivable. I just ask the official to spare his life because I hugged you and was close to you when I was a child."
Zhao Si said in a deep voice: "Two ladies, help the fourth sister to sit down."
Helping Princess Chen to sit down, Zeng Shuhua and Ming Zhaoxia also sat down next to each other on the left and right. Zhao Si hesitated for a moment, walked over and sat down too.
"Fourth sister, do you know about Wang Yu's crime?"
"I know, he deserves death... It's just that the children of my concubines cannot live without their father... Officials, just go around him, please!" Princess Chen's eyes were filled with tears, and she held Zhao tightly with both hands.
Like holding up his right hand, he begged bitterly.
Zhao Si paused for a moment and said: "Shi, the warehouse manager of Lize Military Factory, is an old friend of Wang Yu, and he had great favor with him. It was under Wang Yu's introduction that Wei Tai hooked up with him and then bought him with a lot of money.
Put down twelve barrels of kerosene. Wang Yu inquired about my whereabouts from the Imperial Guards and his old friends in the Security Bureau's Attendant Department, and then leaked the news to Wei Tai that I might be traveling incognito."
"He also attracted old friends of the Yiwei army to stir up trouble and spread rumors... He is the real principal culprit in this major rebellion!"
When Zhu heard that Wang Yu had committed such a crime, she couldn't help it.
It's easy to say about the kerosene, but they are all after the official's life. No matter how good a son-in-law is, he can't compare to his own son. If he dares to take the life of his own son, then he doesn't want such a son-in-law.
But when she saw that Zhao Si was still talking, she opened her mouth and swallowed the words.
"Fourth sister, I treat Wang Yu very well. I have promoted him repeatedly and put him in important positions. I thought he was one of my own, trustworthy, and somewhat talented. It's a pity that I regard him as one of my own, but he doesn't regard me as one of my own."
Man. This time, if it weren’t for good luck and the dragnet I laid early, tens of thousands of people in Kaifeng City might have been reduced to ashes, and they wouldn’t be alive today to hear Fourth Sister plead for Wang Yu.”
Zhao Si's last words were very serious and extremely heartless.
Princess Chen heard the meaning, her eyes were full of horror, and she said desperately: "Is it true that there is no room for government officials at all? How can you bear to watch your fourth sister become a widow... and my children become orphans...
"
"Fourth sister, this is a major case of treason. Wang Yu is the principal culprit. If I forgive him, will I have to spare others? Regicide and treason. If such a serious crime is not severely punished, will the law of the country still be the law of the country in the future?"
Zhao Si said categorically.
Princess Chen's face was ashen, she closed her eyes and let tears flow down her face.
"That's it, I can only go back... to prepare for my husband's funeral." Princess Chen struggled to get up and slowly walked out of Shengci Palace like a zombie.
Zhao Si felt really bad when he saw the fourth sister like this. The past memories came to his mind and the fourth sister was so kind to him that the words of forgiveness almost came out of his mouth.
But the last thing he said was this sentence.
"Big companion, ask someone to escort the fourth sister back to the house."
"Here!"
Zhao Si sat back on his seat. Seeing Princess Chen's dead heart, Zhu couldn't help it for a moment. After all, she was the daughter she raised and married off herself.
She said thoughtfully: "The officials seem to be too ruthless."
"Mother, it's not that I don't think about family affection. How could Wang Yu ever think about family affection when he has reached this point? How can he ask me to think about family affection?"
Mrs. Zhu thought for a while in her heart, and it was indeed the case. She couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "Wang Yu, how could a person who used to be very polite do such a heinous thing?"
"Mother, that's because he chose the Heyang Wang family, his family."
"Guanjia, why did you say this?" Zhu asked curiously. Zeng Shuhua and Ming Zhaoxia listened attentively.
"Mother, the Wang family in Heyang has 60,700 acres of registered land. These are gifts from past emperors, as well as the land accumulated by the ancestors of the Wang family through their occupations and land rewards. There are tax exemptions and preferential treatment. The hidden fields are
Seventy-one thousand six hundred acres. These fields were either purchased or plundered."
"Our government does not prohibit the resale and annexation of land, but the land other than the preferential treatment needs to pay taxes. In order to avoid taxes, the Wang family became the major benefactors of eleven Buddhist temples in Meng, Huai, Wei and other prefectures. The Buddhist temples were donated or expanded by the Wang family.
There are members of the Wang family who work as temple supervisors and hold real power. Then, the more than 70,000 acres of fertile land are listed in the names of these 11 Buddhist temples, exempt from paying taxes."
"There is such a thing?" Mrs. Zhu exclaimed. She lives deep in the harem, how could she know this?
"Mother, this is the real reason why Buddhism in my country is so prosperous. Otherwise, could it be that the people in our country have sinned so much that we need more than 50,000 Buddhist temples to pray for them and eliminate their sins?"
Zhao Si sneered and continued: "I will start with Buddhist temples such as Xiangguo Temple and attack Buddhism. First, I will purify Buddhism and allow those who sincerely practice Buddhism to practice Buddhism with peace of mind. Second, I will eliminate the shortcomings here and let those who are responsible for paying taxes pay taxes.
But this move is the key to a big family like the Wang family in Heyang."
"More than half of the fields were forced to surface and had to pay taxes to the court. Can the Wang family in Heyang not hate me to the core? Wang Yu weighed the pros and cons and naturally sided with the Wang family. Marrying the fourth sister was just a way to preserve the prosperity and wealth of the Wang family.
One. Have they ever had any affection for me or the royal family? Even the Song Dynasty, in their hearts, will give way to the royal family of Heyang."
Speaking of this, Zhao Si's voice became even colder.
"That being the case, then I, as well as the Song Dynasty, do not need the allegiance of the Royal Family of Heyang."
Listening to Zhao Si's chilling words, Zhu asked in surprise.
"Guan Jia, what are you going to do to the Wang family in Heyang?"
"In addition to Wang Yu, the Wang family in Heyang, their head of the family, and several other principals are all involved in this major rebellion. Early this morning, an infantry battalion of Zuo Yiwei, following the military order of the Privy Council, crossed the Yellow River and attacked directly.
The Wang Family Mansion in Heyang. People from the Judicial Investigation Bureau and the Security Bureau are also rushing there."
"After the verdict of the Dali Temple Gyeonggi Judicial Court comes down, the Heyang Wang family will only see their names in history books."
As soon as Zhao Si finished speaking, there was a clang, and a maid serving behind Zhu dropped the copper pot in her hand to the ground.
Everyone heard the sound and looked over. The palace maid hurriedly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly to beg for mercy.
"This slave deserves to die. My hands and feet were so frightened by the official... His Majesty's power that I lost my composure for a moment... Please forgive me, Queen Mother, please spare this slave."
The palace maid stammered.
Mrs. Zhu glanced at her and sighed, "Ms. Liu Sanni, please get up. The officials are people who have been on the battlefield. When they spoke just now, there was a murderous look that even my body couldn't bear, let alone a little kid like you.
My dear, get up."
Zhao Si glanced at Mrs. Liu Sanni, who had her head lowered in shame and fear, and remembered that her mother had "requested" her from Chong'en Palace. He couldn't help turning his head and looked at Zeng Shuhua.
After eating, Zhao Si got up and wanted to go back to Chongzheng Hall to continue handling government affairs. Zeng Shuhua got up to see him off.
When he arrived at the palace gate, Zhao Si took the fox fur coat from Zeng Shuhua's hand, looked at the inner hall hidden behind the heavy curtains, and whispered: "What is the purpose of Mrs. Liu Sanni sent by Chong'en Palace?"
"Of course there is a profound meaning. Mrs. Liu Sanni is so charming and beautiful that I feel pity for her. When the officials see her, can't they help but look at her more?"
Zhao Si put on his coat, held Zeng Shuhua's hand, and said with a smile: "No matter how beautiful she is, if she harbors evil intentions, she can't keep her. I don't have sex to make me stupid."
"Haha," Zeng Shuhua laughed twice, "The Queen Mother is determined to keep her with the official family."
Zhao Si pondered for a few breaths and said: "Chong'en Palace, you are not honest these days. You are having affairs with foreign ministers, and you are also secretly bribed to win over internal servants. You have the intention of interfering in the government affairs. This woman does not know how to advance or retreat."
Zeng Shuhua comforted her and said: "The affairs of the harem will be handled by the ministers and concubines. Officials should go about their military and state affairs and don't be tied down by these women's affairs."
"Well, don't go too far, just give me a warning. Brother Huang's widow is something I cannot lack."
"I, my concubine, know what's appropriate."
"Then I'll leave first." Zhao Si reached out and gently touched Zeng Shuhua's face, then turned and left.
Zeng Shuhua watched his figure disappear before turning back to Shengci Palace. This chapter has been completed!
