Weng Yanguo's entry into Beijing caused an unprecedented sensation in official circles.

As early as half a month ago, when Zhao Guan's family summoned Weng Yanguo to the capital, the news had spread among the official circles, and some people even secretly sent letters to various places around the capital.

Many officials were paying close attention to Weng Yanguo's movements. Even on his way to Beijing, many local officials along the way wrote to him.

Everyone knows that Weng Yanguo is the person who governs Cai Mao.

Cai Mao is the leader of the conservatives, and the Cai family is a large family in the capital, and it is also deeply entangled in the officialdom.

Huainan West Road is one of the richest roads in the Song Dynasty. Those who can go there to work as transport messengers are naturally not ordinary people.

You can understand them as people sent to the most developed regions to serve as leaders in the 21st century.

This is not yet known to be the real reason why Weng Yanguo’s visit to Beijing attracted widespread attention.

The real reason is the memorial "Concerning the Country and the People" that he presented to the imperial court on the first day of September last year.

That memorial immediately made him a leading figure in opposing the New Deal faction, arousing the praise of countless old-school officials.

It would only be enough if it were only praised by officials. The most important thing is that it has aroused widespread recognition and support from the old forces.

The old forces include old-school officials, local gentry, landlords, big businessmen, etc.

This is a huge group, and they are connected to each other with diamond iron chains, forming a complex chain of interests. Those who violated their interests, such as Wang Anshi, were also labeled as traitors.

Not only do they have land resources and resell court assets, but they also have full power of public opinion and orthodoxy among the people. They often use the righteousness of the world as an excuse to do other people's things and gain their own benefits.

What Weng Yanguo really wants to please is such a group.

Zhao Ning is not a fool either. He summoned Weng Yanguo to the capital, not because of the Huaixi taxation matter, but in the name of Weng Yanguo's memorial to promote his coming to the capital to discuss the people's livelihood matters he mentioned.

It means a great commendation and praise to Weng Yanguo.

This made the officials along the way even more unscrupulous in trying to establish relations with Weng Yanguo, and even more so that when Weng Yanguo had just entered the territory of Gyeonggi and had not yet arrived in Tokyo, a group of officials came to greet him and praised him as a national scholar.

But in fact, Zhao Ning now has sufficient reasons to remove Weng Yanguo.

Just what Li Qing said in front of him that day, Zhao Ning could immediately send people to arrest Li Qing and interrogate him. As long as it was found that Weng Yanguo abused his power in Huaixi, he could remove Weng Yanguo and let him go.

But this is not what Zhao Ning wants. What is Weng Yanguo?

He is just a character on the stage.

He represents the intricate local forces and is also a pawn of the conservatives in the DPRK. Simply removing him will have little impact on the situation.

The letter written by Li Qing and how much land the man Gao Qi sent there could buy from Wang Zhongheng are the key points.

Only by catching the person who carried out the execution below will the key to the entire chain emerge.

The focus is also on a series of situations investigated and dealt with by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Su Provincial People's Government in Shouzhou and Luzhou.

Especially in Luzhou, Wang Jing, the governor of Luzhou, hanged himself. Who had the handle on Wang Jing and made him willing to be a victim to force away the special commissioners sent by the imperial court?

On the day Weng Yanguo entered Beijing, the secret report from the Imperial City Department in Luzhou was also sent to Tokyo.

Wang Jing's home in Luzhou caught fire.

The fire happened on the fourth day of the first lunar month, and folk rumors say it was an accidental fire.

After all, it’s a cold day, dry and prone to water leakage.

Wang Jing hanged himself on the first day of the first lunar month and his home in Luzhou caught fire on the fourth day of the first lunar month.

If you say there is no contact, the dog won't believe it.

In any case, under Zhao Ding's arrangement, the Ministry of Revenue sent another group of people to Luzhou, and the Su Provincial Yuan also transferred several people to Luzhou.

The debate in Shouchun Mansion continued, and Tokyo officialdom became lively again.

Recently, ministers from the old faction used Wang Jing's death to attack New Deal officials.

Everything looks chaotic.

But that's all it looks like.

The reason why Zhao Ning summoned Weng Yanguo to the capital was actually to temporarily transfer Weng Yanguo away from Huaixi.

Without Weng Yanguo to hold the line, the people below would have no backbone, and it would be easy for them to act independently. Some people's behavior would be prone to make extraordinary moves or expose flaws.

This greatly reduced the resistance of the Ministry of Revenue and the Su Provincial Academy in Huaixi.

On the twenty-sixth day of the first lunar month, the day after Weng Yanguo entered the capital, he entered the palace to see his majesty.

Zhao Ning and Wang Zongli had just gone to inspect the Shaofu Superintendent of "the state-owned manufacturing yamen of the Great Song Dynasty". After inspecting the soap assembly line production model, they returned to Wende Hall and saw Weng Yanguo listening to the announcement outside.

"Weng Qing."

Weng Yanguo looked up and saw Zhao Guan's family approaching. He hurriedly stepped forward and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, Weng Yanguo, is here to greet you."

"Quick and free of charge."

Zhao Ning behaved very warmly and kindly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Let's go, it's said inside."

Weng Yanguo thought that Zhao Guan's family would look ugly when they questioned the tax affairs and discussed Wang Jing's death.

But now, Zhao Guanjia's expression was calm. Not only was he not angry, but he was very happy.

He followed Zhao Guan's family into Wende Palace.

"Your Majesty, I am guilty."

After Weng Yanguo entered, he immediately knelt down.

Zhao Ning was shocked and said quickly: "What are you guilty of?"

"The taxes in Huaixi were greatly reduced last summer. This is the first crime of the minister. Wang Jing, the governor of Luzhou, hanged himself in Shouchun. This is the second crime of the minister!"

On the surface, Weng Yanguo said that he was guilty, but in fact, these two things he said could not be considered as his guilt if we take a closer look.

Let’s just talk about tax issues. Every industry has tax issues. If Zhao Ning really wants to punish people with taxation, wouldn’t it mean that all transshippers must also be punished?

Not to mention Wang Jing hanged himself, it seems obvious that it was forced by the Ministry of Husbandry and the Su Provincial Academy.

But he took the initiative to plead guilty. This is how retreat is often used to advance in politics.

Zhao Ning quickly helped him up: "You are serious in your words. I cannot blame you. In the second year of Jingkang, it was you who cooperated with the court to mobilize food and overcome the food crisis on Gyeonggi Road. You have made great contributions, so why should you be blamed!"

When Weng Yanguo heard what the emperor said, he still maintained an expression of "I am guilty" on the surface, but he was already relaxed and happy in his heart.

"Thanks to Your Majesty for not giving up, I will go through fire and water without hesitation." Weng Yanguo stood up.

Zhao Ning asked: "I have read your memorial. How is the people's livelihood in Huaixi?"

"Your Majesty, the people in Huaixi are suffering. Last year, people heard that the Jin army was attacking Xuzhou. Everyone was in danger. Some people dragged their families and fled south overnight."

Weng Yanguo, an old fox, appears to be worried about the country and the people, but in fact he is telling Zhao Ning that the Jin army poses a great threat to the people of our country. If the court wants to push the New Deal to Huaixi, it will only cause greater chaos.

If it had been any other emperor, hearing this, he would have been shaken by the New Deal in Huaixi, and would have thought that Weng Yanguo was really a good official who cared about the country and the people.

But I won’t. After all, I am a person who almost went to the north to live in a seven-star thatched house.

Moreover, I have personally seen your good nephew Weng Yanguo, and heard him say with my own ears that with you in Huaixi, he can accomplish anything he wants to do!

If you can buy even 100,000 acres of land, buy it!
Chapter completed!