Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"Captain Gao really worked hard, what's the result?"

"This is a confession."

Gao Qiu submitted it.

Zhao Ning opened it, and his eyes immediately revealed a slight surprise. This woman actually had affairs with so many officials?

"Does Your Majesty want to see her in person?"

"No, what I want is her confession."

Gao Qiu hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "How should Liu Meng deal with it?"

Zhao Ning stood up, walked to the door, and said, "You can figure it out. If something happens, I will be the first to ask for your head."

"Yes! Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will take care of it."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Ning left the Imperial City Office.

In the middle of the night, Ding Yu, the steward of the Qin Mansion, shouted at the door of Qin Hui's room: "Mr. Qin! Mr. Qin!"

Qin Hui suddenly sat up from the bed.

"Officer, what's the matter?" Mrs. Wang also woke up.

"Ding Yu is calling me."

Qin Hui quickly lit the lamp, then got dressed and went out.

Ding Yu said: "There is a letter from the palace saying that the official family has left the palace and gone to the Imperial City Division."

Qin Hui was shocked when he heard the words, and asked, "Why?"

"I didn't say it."

Qin Hui's heart sank.

Chapter 1251 Power Struggle (Part [-])

"You go down first."

Ding Hu stepped back first.

After Qin Hui returned to the room, Wang stood up and said, "What's wrong?"

"Your Majesty went to the Imperial City Department in the middle of the night."

"Why is your Majesty going to the Imperial City Division?"

Qin Hui sat down, his face was extremely gloomy by the candlelight.

He was silent for a long time before he said: "According to the time and place, today's dead men will attack when Si Zhuban of the Imperial City enters Jingji Road."

There was another silence, Mrs. Wang put on her clothes, sat next to Qin Hui, and looked at Qin Hui.

"The official means that Li Hui has been brought back."

"This is the only possibility. Otherwise, why would His Majesty go to the Imperial City Department in the middle of the night, and it was Gao Qiu who entered the palace late at night and invited the holy driver."

"The dead man failed?"

This is already a nonsense.

"What should we do now?" Wang Shi asked again. She tried her best to calm herself down, but there was a tremor in her tone that couldn't be concealed.

Qin Hui said: "Calm down, don't panic, Li Hui may not still have that letter back then, otherwise why didn't you take it out earlier?"

"Then why did the official family go to the Imperial City Division in the middle of the night?"

"Li Hui did a lot of business with the Jin people back then, and many officials were involved in it. There is evidence, not necessarily us." Qin Hui's tone was quite calm.

At this time, Qin Hui can still behave so calmly, which shows his strong psychological endurance.

"Our money is all collected from some unverifiable ways. If someone dares to accuse me of this matter, I will not admit it and complain in front of the officials."

Having said that, Qin Hui took a deep breath slowly.

"Nowadays, there are constant struggles in the court. Without conclusive evidence, the officials will not move any of them."

Qin Hui saw this point very accurately.

In fact, only Zhao Ning has the perspective of God.

But to other people in the court, there is no difference between Qin Hui and Cai Mao.

To say that Cai Mao is clean and honest is probably just the imagination of Shengdou Xiaomin.

Even for the officials in the court, Qin Hui's contribution to the Song Dynasty was greater than that of Lu Yihao.

If there is insufficient evidence to convict him of Qin Hui's crime, it will be impossible to convince all the officials, even Zhao Ding will never admit it, and even Lu Yihao, who is determined to bring down Qin Hui, will feel panicked.

Because everyone will think, if your emperor finds a reason to cut off the ruling today, will it be my turn tomorrow?

Forget it, say goodbye.

In history, after Qin Hui had no need to deal with Yue Fei, the political consequences were like this.

Therefore, in order to take a shortcut to get rid of people, the immediate trouble is eliminated, but the potential impact is boundless.

Qin Hui is aware of this, so he acts extremely cautiously, as long as he is not caught, he can recklessly make money and expand his power.

For a person like him, the face he showed when expanding his power was extremely righteous and awe-inspiring. It was cultivating talents for the Song Dynasty's century-old plan.

"Go to sleep, tomorrow morning, I will meet you in the palace and test your majesty."

"Is there really nothing wrong?"

"It's okay, even if Li Hui has that letter, how can he prove that it was written by Xi'er? I have ordered people to destroy all of Xi'er's documents before he was in Dongfu these days for useless reasons."

Wang shi breathed a sigh of relief.

It was late at night, Zhao Ning returned to Wende Hall, he didn't feel any sleepiness at all.

Holding a lamp in his hand, he walked to the map and illuminated the island opposite the eastern sea.

Chaotang struggles are always accompanied by military forces on the frontier.

Who will fill the power vacuum created by removing Qin Hui?

Can his Zhao official family control the filling of local officials in a state capital in Hebei?

He may be able to force his claim, but does he have enough energy to screen every person with good moral character for local officials?

Does he know those people?

Ten thousand steps back, he stayed up for three whole nights, read all the lists submitted by the official department, and then reluctantly arranged people to go there. If something happened, whose responsibility is it?

On whom to push it?

The operation of imperial power always has its laws in it. The emperor holds the highest power, but he is only a mortal after all.

It cannot break the law of operation, it can only use it.

Cai Mao may have already made preparations on one side, and even some people in the Ministry of Officials are already looking for some replacement officials in advance.

Of course, have Lu Yihao and Zhao Ding caught the wind?

For now, Cai Mao cannot be moved.

A considerable part of Zhao Chen's Dongzheng and Da Song's support came from Cai Mao's people.

Zhao Ding and Lu Yihao's people are basically neutral. If it goes well, they will support it. If it doesn't go well, the wind will inevitably change.

If Cai Mao is taken down at this time, the support system for the Eastern Expedition to Japan will become very fragile.

This is not a wise move.

But if Cai Mao is allowed to occupy the position of Qin Hui's faction, will it have an impact on the New Deal?

Don't forget, Cai Mao is a staunch conservative.

Zhao Ning does not want to completely kill the conservatives, but he does not want the conservatives to become too powerful.

There are also things in the South China Sea, which are enough for him to have a headache.

Fortunately, there is currently Yue Fei in Anbei, Liu Qi and Li Yanxian in the northwest, Wu Jie in Hebei, Wu Lin in Liaodong, and Han Shizhong in Japan.

If these side commanders are missing, I am afraid that he will have less buffer space for making political decisions internally.

And in the face of such a huge empire, like Ying Zheng, Liu Che, Li Shimin and others back then, under his calm appearance, his heart was full of anxiety and uneasiness.

China's threat is not only external, but also internal.

Before he knew it, it was late at night, and when he heard that the official family was still in the Wende Hall, Zhu Lian went to the imperial dining room to get some food and went to the Wende Hall.

"Officials, Madam, please see me."

"come in."

"See the official."

"sit."

"It's late at night, are the officials still dealing with state affairs?"

"Just a few little things."

"Let's have some food first."

Zhu Lian's gentle voice calmed Zhao Ning's heart a little.

"Miss, I've been thinking about the establishment of the crown prince for a few days. Do you have any thoughts?"

"The crown prince is related to the country, what does a concubine know as a woman." Zhu Lian said politely.

To Zhao Ning's surprise, Zhu Lian didn't say to reset Zhao Chen.

She has always loved and missed Zhao Chen very much.

"The officials should discuss this matter with Zai Zhi."

Zhao Ning nodded and said, "Then who do you think is the smartest among the children?"

"Roujia is very intelligent and ambitious, but she is a daughter. Jin'er is modest and polite, Yu'er is obsessed with the art of war, Chun'er is still young and still playing, Ling'er is only three years old, and Rui'er is only one year old. "

Yes!

Each of these children has its own strengths and weaknesses.

No wonder the ancients adopted the eldest son succession system.

Chapter 1252 New ruling candidate (second update)

After Zhao Ning finished his supper, he went to sleep in Wende Hall.

When I woke up the next morning, it was still raining outside.

The hall was dry and comfortable by the candlelight.

Early in the morning, Zhao Ding hurried to Wende Hall.

"His Majesty."

Zhao Ning is having breakfast, but he doesn't have the rule of not talking while eating.

"Give the Grand Minister a breakfast."

"Your Majesty, something important has happened."

"What's the matter?"

"Yesterday, hundreds of men in black appeared at the Zhengzhou ferry, intercepting and killing the Imperial City Si Zhubanzhi who was returning from the north."

The chopsticks in Zhao Ning's hand stopped suddenly, and when he raised his eyes, his eyes had changed.

"Intercept and kill the Imperial City Si Zhubanzhi?"

"Yes." Zhao Ding felt that Zhao Guan's tone changed from genuine nonchalant to nonchalantly violent storm.

Moreover, Zhao Ding found that Zhao Guanjia's eyes had changed several times in a very short period of time, like an unpredictable situation.

Zhao Ning stood up and stopped eating breakfast.

With his hands on his hips, he walked back and forth, the expression on his face changed from a relaxed state to a serious one, and anger began to gather between his brows.

However, his tone was still very steady. He said, "Has the murderer been identified?"

"The identity of the murderer has not yet been submitted. I heard that those people were extremely vicious and fearless of death. After they were finally captured, more than [-] people committed suicide."