Chapter 46 Secret Talk in the Palace

When he got out of the house, Shen Lun got into a sedan chair and rushed to the palace. When the sedan chair approached the palace, he got off the sedan chair and approached.

The deacon who guarded the door were all clever people, and all the officials could recognize him. When they saw Shen Lun coming, they did not dare to neglect him. The eight guards hurriedly bowed and saluted: "See you, Lord Shen." Shen Lun waved his hand, showed the token, and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I have received the emperor's order and came to the palace to face the saint. This is the emperor's gold medal." Hearing this, the deacons did not dare to neglect at all. They bowed and led him into the palace from the right door.

He walked all the way through the layers of forbidden guards, passed the north corridor, the right Changqing Gate, the right Yintai Gate, the right Jiasu Gate, and crossed the east-west street, and then he came to the outside of the Yanying Hall. However, seeing that a white-faced and unnecessary servant had been waiting outside the hall for a long time, he hurried forward and saluted with his fists, "I'm sorry to wait here for a long time."

When Yan Chenghan saw Shen Lun, he quickly returned the salute: "Lord Shen, we are all working for your majesty. It's okay to wait here for a while, but Lord Shen has just entered the house and has to come in a hurry. That's really hard. Your Majesty and Zhao Taifu are waiting for you in Yanying Hall. Come with me quickly. After saying that, he hurried ahead and led the way.

Shen Lun was no longer polite. He immediately bowed slightly and quickly followed.

This Yanying Hall is next to the Chongzheng Hall, which is a place for the emperor to rest or summon his ministers to discuss current affairs. When the two walked to the front of the hall, Yan Chenghan subconsciously slowed down. Shen Lun also knew that he was going to see the emperor and quietly followed Yan Chenghan.

When he came to the door of Yanying Hall, Yan Chenghan stopped and sang, "The emperor, Lord Shen, the minister of the Ministry of Household, has arrived."

But he heard a majestic voice in the hall: "Let him in."

Yan Chenghan turned around and saluted Shen Lun and whispered, "Lord Shen, please." After saying that, he quietly retreated.

After hearing this, Shen Lun lowered his head and slowly walked to the hall. He bowed down and knelt down and said, "Im Shen Lun, see the emperor."

Zhao Jionghu swept his eyes and said, "Shen Aiqing doesn't have to be polite." Seeing him stand up, he said to Zhao Pu in the hall and him, "I summoned the two Aiqing today. What do you know?"

When Zhao Pu saw his question, he said respectfully, "The emperor is the true son of heaven, and his mind can't be guessed by ordinary people like me." Shen Lun echoed, "What Zhao Taifu said is very true."

Zhao Jiong smiled and said, "At present, there are no outsiders. The two Aiqing said it directly. Why do you need to make such a statement, but it makes me feel cold."

This sentence is not small. Shen Lun immediately said, "Go back to the emperor, today, the commander in front of the palace, Tang Fengya, the deputy governor in front of the palace, and Tang Huxiao, the governor of the governor of the prefecture, entered the capital. At present, he has rested at his subordinate's house and is waiting for the emperor's call."

"Call, hum, what a big tone." Zhao Jiong seriously flashed a trace of harshness and his voice was majestic, "But if the two of them don't come, this matter will not be so easy to do. Shen Aiqing, according to the law of the Song Dynasty, what is the crime of leaving without permission?"

"If you go back to the emperor and leave your post without permission, depending on the seriousness of the circumstances, you can slow down your salary and demot him from his official position."

"Is the situation serious? If the safety of the Song Dynasty is endangered, can you disasel him and kill his clan? Zhao Jiong's serious light flashed, with a cold smile on the corners of his mouth.

Is this going to kill the two brothers in this capital? Zhao Pu shook his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, if it really endangers the safety of our Song Dynasty and leads foreigners to break through the customs, or be punished like this, but I think this is not appropriate. The Tang brothers have made great achievements since the beginning of the founding of the dynasty. At present, they have been removed from this crime in the capital. I am worried that the people in the world will be aware of it. And a few days ago, General Zhenyuan was just executed on the spot for a charge of possibly colluding with foreign enemies and intending to assassinate the emperor, which was not very convincing. According to what I heard, as soon as the announcement was spread, some ministers began to report, and there have been a lot of opposition in some places, especially in Guizhou. At present, if the Tang brothers have also been beheaded for a small crime, I'm afraid there will be rumors everywhere. Please think twice.

"Oh," Zhao Jiong frowned and muttered, "If you can't charge him in this palace compound, it will be meaningless to kill Tang Haotian and lead them to Beijing. The two of them came in a hurry and would definitely not hand over the military charm to others. They had no power in Beijing, and it was a good opportunity to take down his family and his group at one stroke. Humph, Tang Haotian is also cunning. At that time, Taizu gave his family the same army in charge of the two places and let his family settle down in Taiyuan, but Tang Haotian told him to go back abruptly. Otherwise, how could Tang Fengya's family live in Daizhou? If his family and the rosefinch family are not in Daizhou, I don't have to spend a lot of time cheating them. Since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, in order to prevent officials from rebellious, the families of officials generally do not live in the places where they take office. In other words, the lives of the officials' families are in the hands of the imperial court, which is the centralization that is so strong.

Shen Lun listened and didn't dare to breathe. The Tang family and his Shen family became in-laws. He should not have sold the Tang Fengya brothers to the emperor. At least, he should have told them the truth to avoid the Tang Fengya family from suffering from this bloody disaster. Since Zhao Jiong has regarded the Tang family as a thorn in his eyes, he will naturally not let the Tang family survive. At present, Tang Fengya and Tang Huxiao have no military power in Beijing, and their family can't use a soldier in Daizhou. Only at this time is the best time for the emperor to pull out the Tang family in one fell swoop!

Only heard Zhao Pu bow and say, "Weichen has a plan. The emperor only needs to send troops north immediately, and then let the national division send good hands to attack the Tangfu. According to Huang Shicheng's report, the two princes in the Tang Mansion have been fascinated by their voices and have not thought about making progress all day long. In addition to the Tang brothers, there is only one Tang Aocang who is the most difficult to send. He has 800 rosefinch soldiers in his hand, who were once made by Tang Haotian, which is very extraordinary. As long as these 800 soldiers are not available, the Tang Mansion The national teacher will definitely be able to take it. As for the Tang father and son, it's better to let Lord Shen give some words to his daughter-in-law and let them know more or less about the content of the plan. The two will urgently return to Daizhou City. Before the two reach the gate, the emperor can deal with them like Tang Haotian. That state is a border country, and it is said that the Liao people sneaked in. In the city, the two adults were attacked to death, and then the responsibility was shifted to the prefecture of Daizhou.

Zhao Jiong nodded, and finally had a smile on his face. He looked at Zhao Pu and said, "Huang Shicheng is a good person. He endured humiliation and entered the Tang Mansion alone for only a year, so he led them to the road of no return. Finally, it lives up to my trust in him. Zhao Aiqing's plan is also excellent, but the variables are too large, and the dependence on the national teacher is too high.

Zhao Pu hugged his fist and said, "The emperor is well-round and really a model of my generation. It's just that the emperor can think about why I asked the emperor to mobilize the army now. On the one thing, this army can execute the Tang brothers on the spot, and on the other, it can create some minor chaos in Daizhou City. As far as I know, Tang Aocang is the general defense of Daizhou. If Daizhou is chaotic, the 800 rosefinch soldiers will have to be distributed in the city. In this way, those soldiers will not constitute a threat.

"What Zhao Aiqing said, Shen Aiqing, you should return home immediately and find an opportunity to vaguely let Tang Yuhe know what I just discussed with Zhao Taifu. Go back."

"If I obey the order, I will leave first." Shen Lun bowed and retreated to the door, then turned around and retreated quietly.

When Zhao Pu saw that Shen Lun had gone far away, he said to Zhao Jiong, "Your Majesty, if our remarks are revealed by Shen Shangshu, I'm afraid..."

Zhao Jiong waved his hand to him and said, "His family is all in Beijing. He is not afraid that I will be blamed. I am also afraid of a household secretary in his district?"

Zhao Pu nodded and said, "It's just that if the emperor wants to take action against the four clans, he must be quick, stable and hateful. He can't let any clan remain, otherwise the government and the opposition will inevitably be turbulent." Seeing Zhao Jiongu frowning and thinking deeply, he asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I have a word. I don't know whether to say it or not."

"Love you, but it doesn't matter." Zhao Jiong raised his eyebrows and looked straight at Zhao Pu.

Zhao Pugong said, "The national teacher is a descendant of the Jin nationality and has something to do with Daliao. I am worried that using this person will pose a threat to the emperor."

Zhao Jiong turned his back and said in a low voice, "I use the strength of his clan to fight against the four clans, which is to consume the strength of their five clans. Unless I speak, he can't use my soldiers in the Song Dynasty alone. Moreover, the national teacher is only related to the white tiger family in Daliao. He has not been to Daliao for many years. Even if he goes back now, he can't make any waves. For example, this time, he had to call his own trained men. Zhao Aiqing can rest assured that I know it. Humph, relying on the slight merits since the founding of the dynasty, these four clans have become more and more rampant recently and less pay attention to me. In the past, the foundation of the Song Dynasty has not been determined, and I have no choice but to reach an agreement with these five ethnic groups. Now it is time to remove them!"

Zhao Pu stood still without saying a word and looked at the emperor silently.