There were tanks in the Northern Song Dynasty

Chapter 349 I Want a Number One Scholar
Zheng Ci!

In the end, Zheng Ci was in trouble and was given up by the prince's faction, even pushing him to the point of gunpoint.

In fact, Song Jiang didn't die of illness, but was poisoned by Zheng Ci!

Zheng Ci had colluded with Lian Jin for a long time, and some of the money collected by Lian Jin went into Zheng Ci's pocket. Zheng Ci had been at odds with Song Jiang and others when he was in Hebei, and Song Jiang didn't know how he got Zheng Ci's money. He wanted to threaten Zheng Ci with the evidence of his collusion with Lian Jin, but he was poisoned, and he blamed the incident on the Qilin Army.

But this matter was discovered by the Liangshan Army. The Liangshan Army thought that the imperial court was trying to attack them. After all, they were rebels and surrendered. In addition, someone in the Liangshan Army was related to the Qilin Army Li Chu. , which triggered the defection of the entire Liangshan Army.

It was still a misunderstanding, or it was the crime of the prince not knowing people well, but this only gap was closed, and at the same time, it also gave black spots to those who had defected to Liang Shanjun. During the whole process, no one refuted this reason.

The matter of Liang Shanjun's defection has been explained clearly, and there is nothing to stop the rest.

It's just that the last issue of ownership started to quarrel in the court, and all parties argued endlessly.

This time, people from Cai Jing's side also joined in.

The Qilin Army's name was corrected, and they could not refuse to submit to the imperial court, but who will be in command after this is included, this is different.

The army of the Great Song Dynasty was under the jurisdiction of the Sanya, and the Sanya was in the hands of Cai Jing.

Cai Jing is the prime minister, Wang Fu is the young prime minister, and Gao Qiu is the Taiwei of the Palace Commander's Mansion. These are all high-level officials in the three yamen.

Therefore, as long as the Qilin Army is divided into three yamen, and when the Qilin Army is divided one by one, the Qilin Army will no longer be able to stand up to the slightest storm.

But the prince's faction disagreed.

What are they working so hard to rectify the name of the Qilin Army?In order to stabilize the position of the prince, the Qilin Army is used as a backing support, so this army must not enter the third government office and be controlled by the third government office, and it must be outside. Only in this way can the importance of this army be reflected. The bigger it is, the more helpful it will be to the prince's faction.

Therefore, the prince's faction tried their best to refuse to fight, and even brought up Wang Qing to make an argument.

Since the Qilin Army defeated Wang Qing so hard, and Wang Qing now occupies such a large territory in the Song Dynasty, the nearby Qilin Army is just responsible for the task of annihilating Wang Qing and taking back Wang Qing's territory.

Cai You stood up again at this time, this time supporting the prince.

Cai You's performance in the court today blinded a lot of people. Have you, Cai You, really decided to join the prince's team?

Really want to abandon Song Huizong's thigh and vote for the prince?

However, Cai You's answer was right about the matter and not about the person, and also sealed everyone's mouths.

It wasn't until this moment that everyone realized that this guy Cai You was helping the prince. He was clearly against Cai Jing, but helping the prince was achieved inadvertently, and the goals and directions of both parties were the same.

Finally, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty Zhao Ji made another decree to let Li Chu, the commander of the Qilin army, temporarily act as the governor of the three prefectures of Ruzhou, Dengzhou, and Yingchangfu, and be responsible for destroying the bandit Wang Qing in the west.

Interim, just interim, when the time comes, the imperial court will send three new state officials to go there.

As for Zheng Ci, the governor of Yingchang Mansion, after being thrown out by the Prince's faction, he was doomed to escape being dismissed and imprisoned.

And Prince Zhao Huan.

Although this time he asked Song Huizong to surrender on the grounds of guilt, but Song Huizong didn't intend to blame Zhao Huan until the next dynasty was over, and even had a little more appreciation between his brows.

That was the end of the matter.

Zhao Ji withdrew from the court under the visit of the ministers.

As for the matter of the imperial examination that Li Chu was most concerned about, the crown prince immediately guaranteed that the matter would be settled in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, Prince Zhao Huan personally went to the place where Li Chu was staying to find Li Chu, and at the same time informed Li Chu of the results of the imperial examination.

Now that the Kirin Army has surrendered to the imperial court, Ruzhou and Dengzhou have returned to the imperial court. Since they are all subjects of the imperial court, the imperial examination will surely go smoothly.

However, in view of the fact that the county magistrates in Dengzhou and Ruzhou have not yet been arranged, the county magistrates can only be postponed. It will not take a day or two until the court dispatches new magistrates, but the imperial examination can be a special matter. When the time comes, Bianjing City will directly send examiners to Dengzhou and Ruzhou to conduct county examinations for the two places. The examination will require the cooperation of Li Chu's Qilin Army.

"That's natural."

Li Chu bowed his hands to Zhao Huan, but suddenly said: "His Royal Highness, do you still remember the competition the day before yesterday? It seems that His Royal Highness still owes me a promise."

"Tell me, what is your request?"

Li Chu stretched out a finger and said, "I want a spot for the number one scholar."

"Impossible." Zhao Huan refused without thinking.

"Could it be possible that what His Royal Highness said doesn't count?"

"You also said that this matter will not embarrass His Highness."

"Don't worry, this matter will not embarrass His Royal Highness, not only will it not be embarrassing, I am afraid His Royal Highness will be happy to do it."

Zhao Huan did not speak.

Li Chu continued: "I don't know if His Royal Highness is curious about who this quota is for?"

"For whom?"

"Commander Li has a brother-in-law named Yang Kang. How Commander Li treats his brother-in-law, His Royal Highness must have very detailed information. This number one spot is for Yang Kang."

"Yang Kang? He's only thirteen..." Zhao Huan exclaimed in surprise.

"Gan Luo is twelve prime ministers, and Yang Kang is thirteen, but he is the number one scholar. Why don't the prince think carefully about the pros and cons of this matter?"

"Ok?"

After what Li Chu said, Zhao Huan seemed to have some understanding.

But after a while, Zhao Huan seemed to understand what Li Chu meant by what Li Chu said, and he also understood why Li Chu said that he would be willing to let go of this matter just now, because this matter has a lot of benefits for him.

"Okay, His Highness has agreed to this matter, but the Crown Prince cannot guarantee which year the champion will be."

"Six years! Three times, it must be within three times."

"can."

"Then Li Ding has another request. On behalf of Commander Li, I will ask His Highness another matter."

Zhao Huan: "Didn't you say there is only one request?"

"Two things can be regarded as one thing. I just hope that Yang Kang can be allowed to study in the Imperial College during the period before he is admitted to the No. [-] Scholar."

This matter can indeed be counted as one thing, so that when he asks Zhao Ji, it can also be reported as one thing.

"Okay, Your Highness agrees, but I also have a request."

"any request?"

"I want your Dongfeng Warrior."

"No."

"Then change it to another one. I also want the last gift you gave to Father Yu, that hydroelectric generator and lighting bulbs."

"to make."

(End of this chapter)