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

The emperor said weakly:

"The prince is young, so he has to rely on the world. From now on, the government affairs of the court will be entrusted to the prime minister alone."

Wang Yanling burst into tears immediately, nodded repeatedly and said:

"Your Majesty has so much faith in you, how dare I not do my best to imitate him to death?"

He supported King Duan's struggle for the throne, and thought he would be relegated soon, but he didn't expect that the emperor not only trusted him as before, but even let him be the sole chancellor of the Zhengshitang. This treatment made him both ashamed and moved.

Seeing this, the emperor nodded in relief, then looked at Cao Bin and said:

"Juncai, come here."

Seeing this, Cao Bin quickly took over Wang Yanling's position, and said tearfully:

"Your Majesty, take care."

The emperor held his hands tightly and said:

"Juncai is young, with the talent of Weihuo. I want the monarch and ministers to work together to destroy Xixia, recover Youyan, and become the foundation of the Han and Tang Dynasties."

"However...however there is no holiday, it is embarrassing to say goodbye in the middle way."

"I get along well with the emperor and ministers, Wang Jun will take good care of my son, and don't let me have regrets behind me."

Cao Bin quickly wiped away his tears, nodded and said:

"The minister is willing to do the work of a dog and a horse, do his best, and die."

The emperor continued:

"Qing has a daughter, who is about the same age as the crown prince, and can be the crown prince's concubine."

Cao Bin was very touched at first, but when he heard this, he suddenly became a little reluctant.

He already doted on his daughter very much and didn't want to bind her into a marriage contract, let alone a place like the imperial palace where the sun doesn't see the light of day?

So what if she becomes a queen as soon as she enters the palace?

In all dynasties, how many queens died well?

Life is hard, not to mention very dangerous...

Although Cao Bin himself was reluctant, all the officials were already extremely envious. The honor of the empress is not something that can be easily obtained.

And they all know that Cao Bin's daughter is still a concubine, and this kind of favor has reached the extreme.

Pan Renmei's eyes were red with jealousy. He was thinking of choosing a queen for the emperor in his own home, but he didn't expect that Cao Bin, a concubine, would take the lead.

Seeing that Cao Bin didn't thank him immediately, the emperor also thought he was concerned about his daughter's background, so he comforted him:

"A talented person should not focus on his birth..."

So far, Cao Bin has no choice but to hold his nose and agree that if his daughter looks down on the little emperor in the future, he will regret the marriage.

Anyway, that's his godson, so if he refuses to accept it, he will be beaten up!

After seeing the emperor and Cao Bin finish talking, Pan Renmei thought she would be called, but she didn't expect the emperor to rank him after Cao Bin, and now she directly skipped him and called Bao Zheng.

This made him very depressed. He was not as good as a minister of the third and fourth ranks as the head of the country.

Just when he thought it would be his turn after the emperor saw Bao Zheng, the emperor called Madam She again:

"Old Madam, your Yang family is loyal and strong, and I have no entrustment."

"But to save you from any worries, before I die, I will give you a gift..."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and several eunuchs immediately took out a plaque and wrote the four golden characters of "The Family of Loyalty".

At this moment, the emperor's breathing suddenly became a little short, and he said with great effort:

"With this imperial plaque, as long as your Yang family does not commit any treason, the imperial court will never commit any crime."

Seeing this, Mrs. She was grateful and ashamed at the same time.

She didn't expect that the emperor had already thought of the enmity between Pan and Yang's family and solved their future worries for them.

I want to protect the Yang family, but I am doing useless work, and I almost made a big mistake...

Looking at the weak and sick body of the emperor, for a while, the old matriarch felt great grief and burst into tears.

The emperor didn't notice it, and finally looked at Pan Renmei:

"Teacher..."

Pan Renmei was annoyed that the Yang family had obtained the imperial plaque, when she heard the emperor's greeting, she trotted forward and bullied her:

"Your Majesty, the old minister is here, the old minister is here!"

At this time, the emperor's speech was a little unclear, and he only heard him say vaguely:

"I... I have one more word."

"Nowadays, the country's affairs are difficult, no...don't fight for power."

"In the future, if there are unresolved internal matters, you can listen to the prime minister's words more."

"If you have a foreign matter to decide, you can listen to Juncai's advice..."

When Pan Renmei heard this, her face became stiff immediately, what the hell, did you call me just to tell me these things?This is how despised me.

It's just that all the ministers have already taken orders, so he has no choice but to respond disgruntled.

But it's no wonder the emperor, it's because he's been a little lazy during this time.

If it is said that he is not capable, it is not necessarily true. At least he can lead troops to fight with the Liao people.

It's just that in recent years, he has been too immersed in intrigues and tricks, and there has been some cognitive gap in his own hard power.

Just when Pan Renmei doubted her life, the emperor's sanity gradually became blurred, and he murmured:

"Mother, mother..."

When he was young, he was forcibly fostered by the first emperor at the knee of Empress Dowager Liu and separated from his biological mother.

Now when a person is about to die, he still misses his biological mother after all.

Some ministers were puzzled, thinking that he was worried about the safety of Empress Dowager Liu, and hurriedly said:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely save the Queen Mother and come back."

It's just that the emperor didn't respond, and gradually lost his breath...

The imperial physician rushed forward to investigate, and it took a long time before he knelt down and cried:

"Your Majesty... collapsed!"

When the ministers heard the words, they knelt down and cried bitterly:

"His Majesty......"

At the same time, the big bell in the palace rang continuously, spreading throughout Tokyo in the heavy snow...

In the capital, someone suddenly woke up from a dream and counted the bells nervously. There were also spies from Liao, Xixia, and Goryeo, who spread the news to all directions.

Somewhere in Guanzhong.

A team of entourage is protecting Zhao Ji and the Queen Mother and fleeing to Xixia quickly.

Empress Dowager Liu was so tired that she was out of breath, she looked at Zhao Ji with frost on her face and said:

"Zhao Ji, it's fine if you run away by yourself, why forcefully detain Ai's family?"

Since entering the palace, she has been pampered and pampered, where has she suffered this kind of crime?Now, she regrets so much that her intestines are green, and she feels that she should not help Zhao Ji.

What's the bad idea?Deviated from an idea of ​​"Chong'er escapes".

This is good, this idea has made me miserable.

Zhao Ji said helplessly:

"Mother, Brother Huang must be arresting his son everywhere now. Without your protection, how could his son pass through the pass and escape from the Song Dynasty?"

"You feel sorry for your son. After staying out of Song Dynasty, your son will send someone to send you back immediately."

"Don't worry, if I become the emperor in the future, I will treat you as my own mother. Even if you want to be regent, my son will agree!"

Although she got Zhao Ji's guarantee, Empress Dowager Liu's complexion did not improve much. When it really arrived in Xixia, would the other party let Zhao Jifang leave by herself?

On the night of November [-]th, Emperor Song died in Funing Palace, and the new emperor Zhao Xi succeeded to the throne.

Cao Bin also officially took office as the third division soon after.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't take office, the third division is now a complete mess.

Last year's war cost too much, and the national treasury was in a serious deficit. If Cai Jing's house had not just been raided, he would not even be able to get the money for the old emperor's funeral.

According to the rules, the imperial court will also amnesty the world, reward hundreds of officials, and improve the imperial tomb.

In addition, the salaries of the officials in the capital are still in arrears for five months, and now it is the New Year's Eve, and everyone is waiting for their salaries.

As soon as the old emperor kicked his legs and left, life had to go on.

Cao Bin found that he was completely tricked by the old emperor, how could he be entrusted with a heavy responsibility?It was clearly a hot potato for himself.

Since the early spring of last year, the Song Dynasty has not rested for a year, and it has cost a lot to fight successively with Xixia and Beiliao?

I don't know how Cai Jing has persisted in the past two years, but he didn't completely collapse the finances in successive wars... It's pretty awesome to think about it.

However, for the sake of stability, after the downfall of Cai Jing, the imperial court did not clean up his team in the third division on a large scale.

If Cao Bin wants to be in charge of the Third Division and not be deceived by these people, he must have his own direct descendants.

But as far as he knew, some people had already taken refuge in Pan Renmei.

As the little emperor's grandfather and Empress Dowager Pan's biological father, Pan Renmei's power is still very bluffing.

Within a few days, Zhang Dun returned to Bianjing.

Cao Bin didn't even give him time to rest, and took him directly to the third division.

Besides him, Cao Bin also found dozens of accounting masters.

"Dear colleagues, this Marquis has recommended Zhang Zi Houquan to be responsible for monitoring and clearing the account books of the various ministries of the three departments."

"For the next three months, I hope everyone will cooperate with Zihou..."

After calling the heads of the three divisions, Cao Bin introduced them directly.

When the principals heard Cao Bin's words, they looked at each other for a long while, and the judge of Duzhi Division said cautiously:

"Master Hou, our three divisions have their own officials from Gouyuan to monitor the accounts. Isn't it illegal to recruit all from the outside?"

They had known for a long time that Cao Bin had recommended the governor of Gouyuan to the Zhengshitang, but they didn't expect that he would just pull out the bottom line and change all the accounting staff.

Cao Bin glanced at him and said arrogantly:

"The rules of this marquis are the rules, do you have an opinion?"

Hearing this, the head of the Household Department hurriedly said:

"The lower officials agree with Cao Houye's approach, which can effectively eliminate the influence of some of the three divisions..."

This person is a disciple of Grand Master Pang, and he had visited Cao Bin alone long ago.

At this time, Wang Fu, deputy envoy of Du Zhi, coughed and interrupted:

"Judge Du, it's not a big deal to recruit another accountant, just follow the orders of Marquis Cao."

Hearing him speak, no one objected.

Cao Bin glanced at Wang Fu, nodded and said:

"Since there is no objection anymore, let's do it as it is."

As he spoke, he smiled at Zhang Dun and said:

"Zihou, it's up to you next."

He already knew that Wang Fu voted for Pan Renmei, but as long as he didn't fight against him, Cao Bin wouldn't do anything to him?

After all, in such a huge department as the Third Division, there is me in you and you in me, so it is not easy to clean it up.

Moreover, Duzhi Deputy Envoy, who is in charge of the First Division, does not have the right to directly appoint or remove him.

Cao Bin's purpose of checking the accounts was just to grasp the specific situation of the third division as soon as possible, to demonstrate his authority, and to take the opportunity to win over a group of confidantes.