Gao Qiu is over, completely over.

In just three days, after discovering some matters involving Gao Qiu, he was immediately dismissed from his post and imprisoned. The Kaifeng Mansion, in cooperation with Dali Temple, began a comprehensive investigation into the matters Gao Qiu had been involved in over the years.

Gao Qiu has done a lot of dirty things over the years, embezzling public property, reselling public property, and embezzling land. These are all necessary for corrupt officials. Although he is very careful, he is the third Duke of the Song Dynasty and has great power. How can he be careful?

If you go, there will always be traces to check.

The criminal investigators of this era are also very capable. It can only be said that the criminal investigation methods are inferior and there are not many high-tech aids, but the brains are no worse than anyone else. They are all the same. With Zhao Ji's tacit approval, the Qingliu officials responsible for investigating the matter

, crazily expanding the area of ​​attack, with the intention of returning Song Qingtian's power. But they are attacking people who are favored by Zhao Ji, and there are also some hostile political opponents. There is no doubt that they are hostile to Zhao Ji's people.

But to be honest, there was nothing wrong with what they were cracking down on. These people were all corrupt officials. By making money for Zhao Ji, they suppressed dissidents in the court and harmed the people in the local area.

Zhao Ji is not a fool. How can he continue to indulge in this? He needs to stop immediately, otherwise there will be no more of his people in the court. Again, doesn’t he know what these people are doing? I don’t know that the people below are miserable.

He knew it all. But what he didn't know was that these people swallowed so much money, which made the lives of the people below even worse. This was what he was unhappy about. But if they all died, of course he wouldn't

Dry.

People who are flattering are always more likable than those who rigidly stick to the rules. They can cater to people's wishes and are comfortable to use. They are much better than those so-called good officials. And the emperor always has to balance his subordinates, and he can't help it.

If the balance is all about the court of upright officials, then loyalties and traitors can only coexist.

So in the end, we only managed to get some people at the lower level and did not attack horizontally. However, the officials in charge also followed the clues and informed Zhao Ji of some small connections between Gao Qiu, Tong Guan, Cai Jing and others, which made it clear that he was disgusting.

After nearly half a year, Gao Qiu’s matter was concluded. One million two hundred thousand property assets were confiscated, which was 1% of the annual income of the Song Dynasty. The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, including the emperor Zhao Ji, were shocked. The difference was that,

The former is an act, but the latter is really unknown.

Zhao Ji knew that his good ministers were all more or less greedy, but he never expected that they were so greedy. This number was much higher than the hundreds of thousands Guan mentioned by Wang Yan before.

Wang Yan didn't know the specific number. He just said it casually. After all, Gao Qiu was a close minister who followed Zhao Ji when he was hiding in his residence, and he was not an honest person. In the past twenty years, he had several hundred thousand yuan.

It is ordinary. Even if it is now 1.2 million, he is not surprised, and even looks down upon it. After all, he has been in the position of Taiwei for so many years. Now, the average amount found out now is only six months a year.

70,000 yuan is still not worth it.

Of course, this number doesn't mean much to him, but it means something different to Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji has more than one Gao Qiu, he also has Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, etc., these are all good ministers he trusts.

Gao Qiu has 1.2 million gold, and the others are not bad at all. Zhao Ji successfully opened the door to the new world...

Gao Qiu's end was not good. Not only his bullying relatives were killed, but also a group of businessmen were involved, and a lot of money was found. He himself was even appointed to Cangzhou, and was promoted from a small soldier in the army. Cangzhou belongs to

Hebei, Hebei is the front line against Liao. It is not the duty of the Xiang army in wartime, but it is also necessary to go to the battlefield in wartime. The intention is obviously to kill him.

Gao Qiu understands this very well. He also knows how many people he has offended over the years, and even if he goes to the local level, those small soldiers will not get used to him. After all, he used to be a big shot, but now he is in trouble, so do people like him

, has always been a pleasure to others. Not to mention, he really wants to go, whether he can get there smoothly or not is a question.

So Gao Qiu died, saying that he knew that he had sinned deeply and had failed the emperor's favor, so he committed suicide in prison.

With Gao Qiu's death, the major incident that involved many people and caused turmoil in the court and local areas was completely completed, but then it was Wang Yan's turn.

Although everyone knew that Gao Qiu died after losing the Holy Scroll, Wang Yan's lack of martial ethics and inciting Song Jiang to file an imperial complaint was indeed the reason. They could not defeat Zhao Ji, but they wanted to disgust Wang Yan. So some

Officials from Hebei and Shandong participated in Wang Yan's performance to cause trouble in the area, and the generals who were kicked out of the Northern Army participated in Wang Yan's performance to eliminate dissidents and plan to form a private army.

To Wang Yan, these things are just trivial matters, and there is no problem at all. No one is immune to mistakes. Even tigers take a nap. Wasn't he Wang Daguan also pulled down by Song Jiang? But

These are all trivial matters. Only when the value is so great that it outweighs the minor flaws, can one have an indestructible golden body. Unless another person can provide Zhao Ji with more than a million yuan in his inner treasury every year, maybe he can get rid of Wang Daguan, but

Obviously, that's impossible.

So Zhao Ji just recruited him into the palace to chat, and the conversation was about how to spend the newly acquired money, the last fortune left to him by his good ministers. As for the matter of being impeached, Zhao Ji did not mention it.

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Of course, those people know it's useless, but they still won't give up. They have to play it if nothing happens. This is a question of impression. Public opinion is the best. One or two people, one or two days, is no problem. But if the time is

It's different if you're the boss. Who knows when Zhao Ji won't want to see this good son-in-law anymore. By then, the impeachment will be just a reason to find trouble, and he will just deal with it casually.

It was right to think so, but the day they thought about would never come in their lifetime. Moreover, Wang Yan also made a list of who would impeach him...

He is broad-minded, but he is not big-minded and he also holds grudges.

Moreover, every one of the contestants participating in his impeachment at this time is not a good person. After all, he, Wang, was a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty. He led the people to get rich, seized foreign money for his own use, and greatly alleviated internal conflicts. As long as he is not a fool

, anyone with eyes can understand. Anyone who dislikes him is not a good person, good or bad, it’s as simple as that.

Song Jiang, who led troops to defeat Tian Hu in Hebei Province, had already received the news. Of course he was happy, and he shamelessly took all the credit, so as to clear up his presence with Lin Chong. Lin Chong did not know the link, although he could not take revenge personally.

, but now that his elder brother has repaid him, he is filled with tears of gratitude, and his illness seems to be cured instantly. In order to repay his brother's kindness, his fighting power is off the charts and he has exerted a lot of effort.

The other leaders of Liangshan, as well as the helpless soldiers, were also very happy and their morale was like a rainbow. Songjiang's prestige was even higher. However, in March, Tian Hu was killed and the stronghold was destroyed. Now it is time for the army to go south to Huaihe.

On the way to the west...

After casually burning Song Jiang's letter of thanks, Wang Yan shook his head. How could a man who would die sooner as he went southerer try to get close to him?

He made it very clear before that only when there is value, there is a reason to live. The further Song Jiang goes down, the less value he has. Now it seems that Song Jiang does not realize the seriousness of the problem. In other words, he realizes it, but does not believe it.

Zhao and Song would treat their heroes that way. Maybe this time Zhao Ji killed Gao Qiu, which showed Song Jiang that he must be loyal to the end.

Of course, even if Song Jiang is a genius and breaks the deadlock this time, it will happen next time. Zhao Ji will not let Song Jiang go, and neither will he. Death is Liangshan's mission.

No longer paying attention to Song Jiang's matter, Wang Yan got up and left the study to go to the newly built house in the backyard.

"Official." Zhao Yupan, who was sitting on the bed looking at the child in the room as warm as spring, greeted in a low voice.

Wang Yan nodded in response, slowly approached, and looked at Zhengxiang's little son who was sleeping on the bed. He was just born less than a month ago, and his biological father named him Qinghan. Children of this generation all have two-letter names.

Qingfeng, Qingbai, Qinglian, Qingbo, etc., all are Qing in the middle. As for the next generation, he doesn't care, the children can do whatever they want, he is tired.

"How have you been these past two days?"

"Much better." After giving birth to a child, Zhao Yupan obviously added a touch of motherly glory to her nobility. She combed her broken hair behind her ears and smiled softly: "The official's medicinal diet is so good, and his medical skills are also very superb.

Why have I never heard of it before?”

"There is no distinction between medicine and martial arts. It is not unusual for me to know some medical skills. As for my reputation has not spread widely, I only occasionally treat the farmers in my village. I have never seen any outsiders. How could it spread so far. It is in this county.

I see doctors all the time in the medical clinic I run, and the doctors there are all very capable. How can I have my reputation? Besides, I am the God of Wealth. With this name, no matter how many abilities I have

, and they are all hidden under money.”

"Indeed, everyone in the world knows that officials are good at making new things and making money, but no one sees that officials are capable of civil and military skills." Zhao Yupan shook his head and smiled: "Dad wrote today and said that he will take his children to Beijing next year.

Go and show him."

"Well, it's time to go back and take a look. You have been away from Bianjing for more than a year, and next year it will be nearly two years. Do you miss those brothers and sisters too?"

"It's not bad. It's not like the officials don't know about the intrigues in the palace. My sisters are fine too, but my brothers, the officials know about it, and they all fight at our house. I just want to see my empress when I go back, but I don't want to

Pay no attention to my brothers."

Of course Wang Yan knows the situation. Now Zhao Ji's sons have grown up one by one. The young men of seventeen or eighteen years old understand everything they should know. How can there be a prince who doesn't want to be the emperor?

Zhao Heng is the prince, but Zhao Ji, the father, likes his third son, Zhao Kai. He even got the top prize last year and was quite talented in poetry, calligraphy and painting. Zhao Ji said, "This son is like me", so he promoted him to the throne.

City Secretary.

Such pampering naturally made him have some different thoughts in his mind. Zhao Heng could do the position of prince, but Zhao Kai couldn't do it?

As the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, the richest man in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji's most favored ministers, of course, competed to win over him. This was the case before Zhao Yupan married him. Now that Zhao Yupan has married him, as Zhao Heng, who was born with the same mother,

Naturally, he was so happy that he went crazy with joy. However, Zhao Kai hadn't given up yet, and would try to win over one or two people from time to time. Because Wang Yan had never expressed his position or communicated with them, he felt that there was still hope.

Although he comes from the royal family, his methods are immature, but he is actually pretty good.

It's just that Wang Yan is not willing to pay attention to them. Several brats want to win his heart. How much leisure does he have to have the leisure to play with the brats? If he has that time, he can take care of the children and do it.

Doing parent-child activities is not much more comfortable than that.

"When will we return to Beijing next year?"

"Let's wait until spring next year. It will be neither too hot nor too cold, so we can travel slowly and not easily get sick. Then we can stay there for a few months before returning."

As they were talking, the little girl pouted and the meson was visibly wet with urine. Then she opened her eyes and looked around, grinning and howling. The little palace maid on the side quickly came over and wiped her body with warm water, and then wiped her body with warm water.

After wiping it with dry cotton cloth, the crying stopped, and then she was held by Zhao Yupan to nurse. His three wives all had good milk supply. They had given birth to so many children, and they all fed them by themselves. They never needed a wet nurse.

Seeing the little one sucking her breasts vigorously, Wang Yan stretched out his hand and patted the little thing's ass, said to Zhao Yupan and left. When he got to the next door, he listened to the maid reading and sat for a while in the golden lotus room where clothes and shoes were made, until the old man

The butler came to look for her and then left.

As for Sanniang, she is restless. Now that the mountains are closed due to heavy snow, she took a bunch of children and a bunch of nurses into the mountains to hunt. She is having a lot of fun every day.

"My boss, Zide and Li Tu are drinking tea in the front hall." Wang Fusheng said happily. His most promising eldest son was back and he was very happy.

"Let's go and meet them." Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, then walked through his main room and went to the front hall.

There were two people drinking tea quietly in the front hall. One was thin and the other was tall and thick. They looked particularly happy together.

Seeing Wang Yan come in, the two people who were drinking tea and eating cakes quickly put down their tea cups, swallowed the small cakes in their mouths, stood up, and bowed in worship.

"I'm proud to have met my boss."

"Student Mingyuan has met the General."

Wang Yan stepped forward with a smile and helped the two of them sit down: "Brother An, Mingyuan, we are all our own people, why are we so polite? Sit down, sit down."

Zide is the son of Wang Fusheng, and his name is Wang Ming'an. "Zide" is his epitome. Of course, it does not mean "Zide", but it comes from Mencius' meaning of "gentleman's advanced study". He is four years older than him, and with his help, he successfully became a Jinshi.

He was born and served as a capital official and county magistrate. Now he will be transferred to the prefect of Cangzhou, the front line of the Liao Dynasty. Before taking office, he was granted a three-month family leave and took his wife and children home to celebrate the New Year.
To be continued...