When the news of the major changes in the situation in the north reached Lin'an, it was like a huge stone falling with great force. Even though the Lin'an court was like a deep pool of stagnant water, it would inevitably be rolled up by waves.
Shi Miyuan had already expected this.
He is quite satisfied with the stable situation of the court in the past few years, and is not willing to see any changes. This is because no matter whether the changes are good or bad, there will always be people with ulterior motives trying to take advantage of them, and they will always affect those at the highest level.
Prime Minister.
That day in the teahouse, Li Yun tried to seduce Shi Miyuan with even greater wealth, but Shi Miyuan only thought it was funny. These northerners could use their knives but not their words. Their own understanding of the political situation in the Southern Dynasties was so childish that they seemed to have manipulated the people of the Song Dynasty.
The powerful minister looked at it as a fool.
Of course, the rise of powerful military groups in the north is indeed unstoppable, and the Song Dynasty must also deal with it. Each internal and external response has its own principles. Externally, it is necessary to make maximum speculation with minimum investment and try to obtain maximum benefits.
Internally, stability is at the forefront, and nothing can shake Shi Miyuan's personal control of the situation.
Therefore, after Xuan Zhen came back, Shi Miyuan did not meet him at the Prime Minister's Mansion in Lin'an City. Instead, he directly recruited him to the villa in Geling, West Lake, and met him privately. In recent years, Shi Miyuan often claimed to be sick and took leave of absence from the capital.
The purpose of moving to the prime minister's villa this time was to slow down the transmission of news from the north in Lin'an City as much as possible.
Shi Miyuan regarded being unable to recuperate as a common thing. In the early days of Jiading, he claimed to be sick several times and took leave of absence, which only lasted for a few months. In the past five or six years, as he gradually became more powerful, he "decided everything in the room and exercised power in the bed". He lived in seclusion and did not know where he was.
He completely put aside the discussion system of the capital hall, and his level of power far surpassed that of Han Yuzhou.
Unexpectedly, Guo Ning's few words spread out. And in just one day, it became a trend in Lin'an!
Did the smuggling merchants in Henan get wind of it? Did Xuan Zhen let it slip when he returned? Was there a concubine in the Geling villa? Who could instigate this trend and take advantage of it?
Shi Miyuan came to power through a coup and maintained his position by balancing the situation in the government. He was most sensitive to the third item and gave the order immediately.
That night, the servants, maids, cooks, coachmen, and Shi Miyuan's favorite Xiao Drum Band and a group of dancers all died of a sudden illness in the Geling Villa.
He discussed with his cronies all night, and finally decided that the situation was unclear and his camp had to remain immobile. At the moment, it was best to bring out Li Yun, the envoy of the Northern Dynasty, and let him jump to overthrow the previous rumors, and then proceed
From the movements of all parties, we can find out who is stirring up trouble.
At that time, Xuan Zhen had some doubts about this. He said: "These subordinate ministers of Ding Haijun are all smart and capable, which is very different from the Jurchen nobles who were rough and arrogant in the Jin Kingdom before. Moreover, this Li Yun has been active in Lin'an for half the time.
Zai, he has some connections, if he causes something else, won't he cause us more trouble?"
As soon as he said these words, Yuan Shao, the new governor of Lin'an Prefecture, immediately came out to respond.
Yuan Shao said, although Li Yun is a bit clever, he has been trapped in Banjing Pavilion for a month, so what he can do is limited. What's more, the friends he made in Lin'an City are fair-weather friends after all, who can be used as hidden clues to do things.
, in fact, there is only one, that is, the number of people who started from Zhou Keshan, a maritime merchant, to Zhang Liangpeng, an envoy to the coastal system, and then passed through Chengtian Palace and entered Banjing Hall.
The entire hidden line is already under my control, Yuan, and I guarantee that they will not make any trouble.
Yuan Shao was a member of Shi Miyuan's Mingzhou township party, and was also a disciple of the great scholar Yuan Xie. He was the unlucky man during the Qingyuan Revolution. His identity and background were very suitable for taking charge of Lin'an, a city where still water flows deep. He had previously served as the chief registrar of Taichang Temple.
On the throne, he coordinated the transportation of annual coins with the two golds in the east and west, and was immediately promoted to Lin'an Prefecture Yin.
Shi Miyuan had high hopes for him and hoped that he would use this as an excuse to stand out in his own camp. Now that the new governor was full of confidence, Shi Miyuan stroked his beard and felt much better.
Immediately everyone agreed that Shi Kuanzhi would come forward tomorrow to contact his old acquaintance Li Yun, with Shi Songzhi and Xue Ji assisting him. As for the Tai students, each family has its own ability to incite, and Yuan Shao was also thinking about it.
Show off your means.
After the task was arranged, Shi Miyuan had a good sleep, got up early the next morning, and waited in the villa for news coming back from Chi'an.
In order to ensure that he has close control
The situation changed. The spies were not only distributed in Chi'an, but also went to the Li Zhengmen and Da Nei directions where the scholars were staying, the Chengtian Palace where the Northern envoys were supposed to visit, and the Shangtang River, which the imperial students must pass when going from Lin'an to Chi'an.
, there are at least ten fine people distributed in each direction, all riding fast horses purchased with a lot of money from the North, and reporting at any time.
To give instructions in response to changes in the situation, you have to be very energetic. In the past, Shi Miyuan had a light diet in order to adhere to the reincarnation of Tiantong Temple monk Hongzhi Zhengjue, but today he had a bowl of bamboo shoots and pork noodles served in the kitchen to make him feel full.
Just as he picked up a few noodles, the spy reported through the heavy ice foil gauze curtain: "I am reporting to the Prime Minister that Yuan Fuyin's talents have already made the imperial students noisy!"
"Okay! Let's explore again and report again!"
After chewing slowly and eating half a bowl of noodles, another spy came to report: "Reporting to the Prime Minister, the imperial students have detoured to the north of the city and are searching for ships everywhere!"
Shi Miyuan nodded and ordered the kitchen to serve two more sesame balls.
After eating most of the noodles with bamboo shoots and pork, two spies arrived.
One of them said: "Let me tell you, Prime Minister, that the eldest son has invited Li Yun to go out, and also ordered him to scold the imperial students so that they can see things in a straight light!"
Another said: "The Tai students gathered more than 30 small boats and sailed eastward from Yuhang Shuimen, almost reaching Chi'an Bridge!"
"good!"
Shi Miyuan pushed the bowl of noodles away. At this time, the sesame balls arrived, but he didn't want to eat them. He walked back and forth in the study four or five times with his hands behind his back. He asked his maid to open the gauze curtain under the eaves twice, so that he could eat it.
It is convenient for him to see clearly outside.
The maid went out in response to the call, her rings jingling continuously. Yuan Shao, who was sitting at the bottom of the study room, was afraid that Shi Miyuan would be upset after hearing this, so he held up the feet of his robe and went up to help diligently.
The soft sound of the ring was suddenly mixed with heavy footsteps.
Who is so rude? Just as a thought flashed through Shi Miyuan's mind, four or five spies rushed to the front of the hall and kowtowed, but no one said anything.
"What's wrong? Why are you so panicked?" Shi Miyuan asked in a deep voice.
Several spies looked at each other, and someone said tremblingly: "Master, you guys don't dare to say anything."
"How does this make sense? Please tell me quickly!"
"Then Li Yun, the Northern envoy, suddenly scolded the eldest son for forging news, and scolded his son for slandering the prestige of the navy. While scolding, he punched them three times!"
Another spy added in a trembling voice: "I punched Mr. Lang once and Mr. Ziyou twice!"
"How dare this guy be so rude! Are you trying to amuse me?" Shi Miyuan slapped the table angrily and stood up: "Yuan Shao, take some people to Chi'an yourself and watch him for me!"
Yuan Shao quickly bowed down and accepted his orders. When he bowed down, he found that several spies were trembling and did not get up.
"What else do you want?"
"Master Prime Minister, Mr. Fu Yin, that Li Yun is a cruel man. The eldest son took one punch from him, and his face was covered with blood, and he fell to the ground; the young master Ziyou took two punches, and he is still unconscious. I am afraid he will die.
Danger."
Shi Miyuan rushed out of the study room.
He looked very majestic, and now he was so angry that he was even more frightening: "How dare he? How dare he? Come, prepare a sedan! No, prepare a horse!"
As he shouted, hundreds of attendants came and went to prepare, and the villa was in chaos.
Shi Miyuan rarely traveled on horseback, and the speed of preparing the horse was a little slow. In fact, it only took half a stick of incense, but Shi Miyuan was so anxious that he scolded several servants in succession. Finally, the horses were saddled and harried, and they were led to the study. The horses' hooves were rushing outside,
Then he turned to running steps.
The fifth group of spies came in and knelt down.
"How is Kuanzhi's injury? Where is Songzhi? Is he still alive?"
The spy kowtowed and said in a low voice: "Ahem, I don't know the situation of the two young masters. Mr. Xue is still rescuing them."
"Then what are you here to report?" Shi Miyuan shouted angrily.
"The Northern envoy Li Yun found Han Xi, the youngest son of Han Yuzhou, from among the imperial students."