Northern Song Dynasty gangster: Start the game with a dog's head, and Mr. Bao spares his life

"I'm afraid you have forgotten why we went to Xixia as an envoy?"

"The envoy had just arrived in Xixia when the envoy was killed by Yuan Hao."

"What's the difference between this and the enmity between life and death? Has Yuan Hao been in peace all these years?"

"So, if Yuan Hao is not dead, Da Song will be restless!"

As he spoke, he cupped his hands at the emperor and said:

"This minister thought of the great trust from the officials and the court, so he did not hesitate to die to design Yuan Hao."

"Fortunately, Da Song was blessed by the heavens, allowing the minister to successfully get rid of Yuan Hao."

"Now that Yuan Hao is dead, it doesn't matter whether the new ruler of Xixia is warlike."

"They have lost their vitality, even if they want to invade my Great Song Dynasty, they will be helpless."

Hearing this, the emperor's brows immediately relaxed, and a smile appeared between his brows and eyes, as if he was extremely satisfied with Cao Bin's performance.

Afterwards, Cao Bin shook his head and sighed:

"It's a pity that the princes in the court don't trust Cao... If he had conquered the west with heavy troops, at least he would not dare to look east for 20 years."

As soon as this remark came out, the atmosphere in the court suddenly froze, and even the emperor felt a little uncomfortable.

At that time, when Cao Bin sent back the information, the important officials of the Manchu court discussed it for a long time, but in the end they did not believe Cao Bin's information, so they missed the opportunity.

Facing Cao Bin's questioning now, he was a little speechless.

The court of the Song Dynasty still has to face. No matter what the reason is, they can't admit that they are cowardly.

Cao Bin is not a direct minister, seeing that the desired effect has been achieved, he said instead:

"Cao also knows that the princes in the court care about the common people and have a lot of concerns. Maybe I think too simply."

Hearing this, all the ministers showed a relaxed look, and they all smiled and acquiesced, but the emperor turned red, waved his hands and said:

"The war horses captured from Xixia don't need to be sent to Qijiyuan..."

Speaking of this, he has no face to take the captured war horses back to the court.

At this time, Bao Zheng who was standing in the second row suddenly asked: "Uncle Zhongjing, if we send troops to Xixia at this time, is there still a chance?"

When Cao Bin heard this, his spirit was shaken and he said: "This time the elites of Xixia are completely wiped out, and the civil strife in Xixia..."

As he was speaking, he saw the emperor's brows were tightly frowned and his face was gloomy, as if a basin of cold water was being poured on his head, so he could only smile wryly:

"Master Bao, the best opportunity has been missed!"

The Great Song Dynasty is not his, since the emperor is not in a hurry, why should he be a loyal minister and good general, so he immediately changed his tone.

Hearing this, the emperor relaxed.

Afterwards, he nodded slightly to the servant next to him, and that person immediately took out an imperial edict and read it out.

This is a reward for Cao Bin. Except for the reward given to his family last time, this time his title, casual rank, and official position have all been promoted by one level.

In addition, there are also royal rewards such as Shu brocade, silver ingots, and gold scorpions.

Just these things made Cai Xiao's eyes turn red with jealousy. As Cai Jing's son, he was only 27 or [-] years old, and he was a privy minister of the sixth rank.

However, Cao Bin's official position was promoted to the secretary of the fifth rank, the young supervisor, two full ranks higher than him.

What's more, Cao Bin is known as a dude.

This kind of person is promoted faster than him, a scholar of the "serious eight classics", how can he not let him become sour?

After Juelu was rewarded, the emperor said again: "As for Cao Bin's dispatch, I intend to let him try to know the Foreign Affairs Office, what do you think?"

Kou Zhun nodded and said, "Uncle Zhong Jing has made many achievements since he took office in the Foreign Affairs Academy. I think it is feasible."

There are distinctions between judgment, knowledge, authority, and test in dispatching.

The Zhiyuan of the Foreign Affairs Academy is of a higher rank, and Cao Bin's officials can't keep up, so he can only "try to know the Foreign Affairs Academy", which is equivalent to a low-level high-level job, temporary dispatch...

After the court, Cao Bin was about to leave with the crowd when a servant suddenly caught up and said:

"Uncle, go slowly, the officials have summoned you!"

Cao Bin was stunned for a moment, and had no choice but to go to the harem with the servant.

Funing Hall is the emperor's sleeping hall.

After the servant brought Cao Bin into the study, he closed the door and asked him to wait alone.

After an unknown amount of time, the voice of the servant saluting finally came from outside the door.

"Meet the official!"

Cao Bin quickly jumped up from the armchair, bowed and waited in a polite manner.

"Okay, Juncai doesn't need to be too polite."

After the emperor came in, he waved his hand to Cao Bin in a pleasant manner, and said with a smile:

"I know you are a lazy person, sit down and talk!"

Cao Bin hurriedly sat upright, showing a cute appearance.

The emperor looked at him for a while before laughing:

"Juncai has the merits of rescuing him, and this time he got rid of Yuan Hao, a serious trouble in my heart!"

"It can be said to be the pillar of the country!"

Cao Bin hurriedly said humbly: "This is all my duty, and I dare not take credit for it."

The emperor waved his hand and said, "You don't need to be modest, I have all these things in mind."

Said, he sighed and said: "I'm afraid you have doubts? Why would I indulge Xixia so much?"

Before Cao Bin could answer, he sighed again:

"It's not that I don't want to destroy Xixia, it's just that I have lost consecutive battles against Xixia, so I fully understand."

"Being safe from the outside must be done first!"

"Today's Great Song Dynasty is full of ills. If you don't change, no matter how hard you try, it will be difficult to achieve your wish!"

Hearing this, Cao Bin became even more puzzled. As a little earl, do you tell me that these important national events are meaningful?

"I tell you this because you are a sensible person."

"In this regard, sometimes the Grand Master is not as clear as you."

"As a junior, you should give more advice to the Grand Master."

Hearing this, Cao Bin was startled. Did his old father-in-law offend the emperor?

"The officials are talking about... King Xiangyang?"

Seeing what the emperor said, Cao Bin had some guesses in his heart, so he asked directly without any scruples.

Hearing this response, the emperor froze for a moment, pointed at him and said with a smile:

"I've been hanging out with a group of old officials for a long time, but it's hard to keep up with your thoughts."

As he said that, he shook his head helplessly, picked up a memorial from the table next to him, handed it to Cao Bin and said:

"This is the secret melody of the Imperial City Division, take a look."

Seeing this, Cao Bin complained in his heart. The emperor looked honest, but he was a bit sinister.

I deliberately put this memorial in front of myself, it turned out to be a test for myself, thankfully I don't have the habit of flipping through it with cheap hands.

Cao Bin didn't refuse either, he picked up the secret memorial and read it.

It's just that after watching for a while, he started to break out in a cold sweat.

Nothing else is mentioned above.

It is all about the activities of the king of Xiangyang in the capital, especially the details of his visit to Grand Master Pang, every word and deed are clearly recorded.

The fight between Cao Bin and King Xiangyang's subordinates was naturally among them.

He did not expect that the emperor had such a powerful spy under his command.

He even memorized the outline of his private conversation with Grand Master Pang.

Much of it is vague, but even that is enough to be mind-blowing.

In addition, there are records that the messengers of the King of Xiangyang entered and exited the Grand Master's Mansion several times...

Cao Bin recalled his words and deeds while flipping through the pages.

Not only Taishifu, but all his words and deeds.

Since the emperor was able to obtain information from Pang Taishi's residence, the Zhongjinghou's residence might have been infiltrated.

After a long while, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if he seldom discussed government affairs except for eating, drinking and having fun.

Even if there are some private means, they should be cautious, and they are all for the official business of the court, so it should not matter much.

In the past, Cao Bin only knew that Song Dynasty had two secret espionage departments, one was responsible for the external intelligence department, and the other was the internal imperial city department.

But Song Dynasty has never been famous as a spy, and he is far away from later dynasties, so he didn't take it seriously.

He didn't expect the strength of Huangcheng Division to be so strong, which was beyond his expectation.

The emperor waited for him for a while before sighing:

"Actually, I have no children under my knees. It is not a bad idea to pass the throne to the King of Xiangyang in the future, but he seems a little anxious..."

The emperor nagged for a long time, but he didn't hear Cao Bin's response, so he couldn't help but wonder:

"Ministers in the DPRK and China have quite a lot of discussion about this. Could it be that Juncai doesn't have any ideas?"

Cao Bin complained secretly, only a fool has an idea, the matter of setting up a prince has always been a big whirlpool, and if he is not careful, it will be a great crime to destroy the three clans.

I have to be insane to participate in this kind of thing.

Isn't he fragrant to enjoy the glory and wealth with peace of mind?

So he quickly shook his head and said:

"This is a matter for the officials themselves to decide. The humble minister only knows to be loyal to the officials."

"Besides, the official family is in full bloom, so why do we need a humble official to make a beak?"

Hearing this, the emperor straightened his waist immediately, and smiled and cursed with a smile on his face:

"I have passed the age of forty years, and what are you talking about... No flattering!"

Then, he coughed and said:

"I didn't ask you about the crown prince, but what you think about Xiangyang King Zhao Jue."

Speaking of Xiangyang King Zhao Jue, Cao Bin was not so polite, and said directly:

"I heard that the king of Xiangyang is tyrannical and cruel to the people. He is not a good man."

"Does the official want the minister to arrest him?"

As he spoke, he patted his chest and said:

"It's not that I'm talking big, as long as the official gives an order, I can capture him in front of you tomorrow."

Seeing Cao Bin's words, the emperor immediately became satisfied, but shook his head and said with a smile:

"No matter how you say it, he is still the prince of a country, how can he be arrested at will?"

As he spoke, he took out a tooth card and handed it to Cao Bin, saying:

"With this order, you can mobilize secret agents from the Imperial City Department, and you can also speak directly."

"I don't ask you to move King Xiangyang, but you want to cut off all his private connections with the capital, can you do that?"

Without any hesitation, Cao Bin took the tooth card with both hands and said:

"Don't worry, the official understands."

No hesitation at this time, no matter what the emperor thinks, take over the task first.

The emperor nodded and said:

"Juncai don't worry, I'm not someone who can't tolerate others, and the Grand Master doesn't have much to do with it. I entrusted you with this matter just to protect him."