The trial of the Shaolin criminal gangs was very fast. The Zhao official's order to resolve the issue as soon as possible was a motivation, but this was not enough to drive the guys to speed up. However, the news that the Song Dynasty court wanted to return Kaifeng was officially released in the Song Dynasty's official newspaper "The Song Dynasty Daily", and all local forces on Kaifeng and Henan Road were moving.

The monks began the trial at a very fast speed. In order to identify who proposed the policy of fighting against the court to hand over the land in the temple, thousands of monks were beaten to tears and howls. At this time, monks from temples in various places were also called to Kaifeng to listen. Seeing the ruthlessness of the court, many monks were frightened to their faces.

However, on the third day after this incident, the Central Guard Corps caught the abbot of Lingyin Temple who poured lamp oil on himself in front of the palace and was preparing to ascend to heaven. The traitor committee immediately took the abbot away and began to interrogate. The abbot did not hide it. He admitted frankly that the court had committed cruel corporal punishment on Shaolin monks, and there were signs of being treasoned for thousands of monks. It was only a matter of time before Shaolin Temple could be destroyed like this, but Lingyin Temple was destroyed like this. Since sooner or later, it seemed that it was a good choice to die to show one's will.

Listening to the old monk's reassuring answer and looking at the old monk's reassuring look, Liu Chong felt that the old monk in front of him could indeed be dragged to a corner where no one could be burned. However, the things that the old monk said could not be completely ignored. Punishing thieves and eliminating Buddhism is not the same thing.

After thinking about it, Liu Chong finally went to find Zhao Jiaren. After listening to Liu Chong's report, Zhao Jiaren sneered. Liu Chong was not scared. He knew that this sound was not aimed at him, but at the monks. When Zhao Jiaren lit a cigarette with a bad face, Liu Chong said: "The official family, what the monks said this time is not completely unreasonable. If you want to punish the monks, then just tell them the rules. Those who are dissatisfied will be the same as those Shaolin monks. If you want to destroy the Buddha, it is time to say it directly. Our hundreds of thousands of troops are not enough to kill monks across the country. I personally think that those people in Kaifeng are punishing randomly, which is afraid of damaging the benevolence of the officials to oppose corporal punishment."

Secretary Li next to him looked at Liu Chong with a strange look. Not the majority of people who could express their meaning clearly and understand it, and not the majority of people who dared to talk to Zhao Jiaren like this. The most important thing is that Zhao Jiaren's hesitation shows that Liu Chong's words did touch Zhao Jiaren. Then the secretary listened to Zhao Jiaren saying, "I understand."

After Liu Chong left, Zhao Jiaren ordered Secretary Li, "Send a newspaper to Kaifeng and ask them to hand over the monk to the army for custody. Tell Yang Tiexin not to use torture."

Secretary Li went to do it immediately. When he walked on the road, he carefully reflected on what he saw in his heart. But he was a little puzzled. Why didn’t Zhao Jiaren directly give orders to Kaifeng, but went around so much?

After finishing the work, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. So the secretary handed over the shift and went home. After arriving at home, Secretary Li told his father Li Yuanzhen about the matter, hoping to get some answer from his father. After hearing his son's question, Li Yuanzhen immediately asked, "You haven't told this to others, right?"

After receiving a clear answer, Li Yuanzhen breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking for a while, he preached to his son: "Your grandfather Li Tingzhi made the official family very unhappy. Don't do anything wrong."

Secretary Li felt that his father was too slight on the official family and too slight on himself. Everyone knew that Li Tingzhi's crimes were the Zhao official family, so he was driven away by the official family as the Regulations on the Administration of Retirement early and at the age of 50. The current retirement management regulations, the retirement age is up to 60 years old. For example, Wen Tianxiang, the current Minister of Personnel, is still lively in the political arena. Moreover, even if Li Tingzhi made the official family unhappy, he was a hero of the Song Dynasty's resistance to the Yuan Dynasty. The Li family was still not implicated. He continued the previous topic, "Dad. I don't understand why the official family did this, so I ask my father to explain the truth."

The secretary of the official family has a good future. Both of the bad things were eliminated because of their own mischief and had nothing to do with the insemination. Therefore, understanding the thoughts of the official family is the top priority of these secretaries. Secretary Li looked at his father with a longing look, hoping to figure it out as soon as possible.

Li Yuanzhen asked: "How can people in the army be favored by the officials?"

"Fight well and make contributions." Secretary Li replied.

Li Yuanzhen shook his head, "That's just one aspect. In the final analysis, only by listening to the officials can you have more opportunities. But local officials are different. They have to have achievements to get opportunities among their colleagues. Just obedience is not a big opportunity."

"...Dad said, will those officials take their own initiative? I don't think they are so brave."

"Haha." Li Yuanzhen laughed dryly. He was embarrassed to tell his son how active Li Tingzhi was back then. Anyway, Li Tingzhi's wife was heartbroken when she talked about Li Tingzhi to her son Li Yuanzhen. As for Li Yuanzhen's political experience, there were not many officials who really listened to Zhao Jiaren's words.

"Dad, why are you laughing?" Secretary Li was very puzzled.

"You may not know how dark the hearts of those officials are. Liu Chong and those people are all from military backgrounds. Now the national defense and diplomacy are directly managed by the officials. The more loyal they are to the officials, the faster they will be promoted. However, a large part of the promotion of officials is managed by the Ministry of Personnel. It is better to manage county officials now. They want to have political achievements, and just obedience is not enough."

Secretary Li was naturally smart and clever when he was chosen to be Zhao Jiaren. He already understood this. Just as he nodded and was about to speak, Li Yuanzhen lowered his face and said, "You can be chosen to be a secretary, not because you are smart, but because you are honest and simple. If you dare to do any tricks in front of the official family, our Li family will be ruined in your hands."

Secretary Li also felt a little scared when his father said this. The Zhao Guan family was the emperor on horseback. Twenty years of war have conquered a huge country. If these thousands of monks had not had the virtue of life, they would probably die if they died. This is because the monk was a Han person at least. In the past few years when he was secretary for Zhao Jiaren, Secretary Li knew how many non-Han people he killed under the orders of the Zhao Guan family. It was not a few thousand, not tens of thousands, not hundreds of thousands, but millions. The Song Dynasty had lost millions of people in the war before. In such an era, human life really didn't matter.

"The official family... is really virtuous." Secretary Li sighed.

Li Yuanzhen was quite satisfied with his son's reaction, and he said: "As long as you are a Han Chinese, the government will not ignore it."

When Secretary Li returned to his study, Li Yuanzhen felt very moved. Recalling his father Li Tingzhi's restless personality, Li Yuanzhen felt even more regretful. Among the young senior officials of the Song Dynasty, Luo Yiren, who could be the minister of the vassal in his twenties, did not have such talent, and second generations like Li Yun and Liu Chong have become upstarts. Li Tingzhi was the only two armed force that insisted on resisting the Yuan Dynasty after the surrender of Lin'an General, and Li Yuanzhen is now just a director. He couldn't help but expect his son to complete the secretary's work well and then continue to move forward step by step. Don't make trouble anymore.

Secretary Li handed over the shift, and Secretary Li's ex-girlator Zhao Qian received a telegram from Zhao Guanjia. After reading it, Zhao Qian was happy. He was a soldier and did not like the cruelty of the monks in Kaifeng. Some of these monks might have their heads, but it does not mean to torture the monks to death. It's just that Zhao Qian knew that he had no reason to make enemies, so he just held back and said nothing. So Zhao Qian went to pay homage to Yang Tiexin, who was also the same as the march in Shaanxi.

Yang Tiexin knew Zhao Qian's identity, so he was very polite to Zhao Qian. After hearing Zhao Qian asked him to take over the monk immediately, Yang Tiexin smiled and said, "The monks in Shaolin Temple have some skills that are worth learning from, and I won't make things difficult for them."

In front of Zhao Qian, he arranged the takeover manpower. Yang Tiexin held back the others and asked about the movement of the capital. Zhao Qian smiled bitterly and said, "How could I, the Minister of Water Resources, know the arrangements of the official?"

Yang Tiexin did not question Zhao Qian's words. After participating in the Battle of the Yellow River and following the Zhao Guan family to carry sandbags to block the Yellow River, he fully understood how strong and firm Zhao Jiaren was. At that time, Yang Tiexin and many soldiers did not follow the leader of the Zhao Taiwei at that time, but everyone did not believe that it could really change the route of the Yellow River.

This time, the 100,000 troops in the Yinshan War Zone passed the Yellow River along the floating bridge. Looking at the Yellow River rolling east under the bridge, Yang Tiexin felt a strong feeling. He was also one of those who witnessed and participated in the transformation of the world. Now there are more and more soldiers in the Central Plains and the North, and Yang Tiexin heard the statement from the north. They believed that the Zhao Guan family was the reincarnation of Erlang Shen at Guanjiangkou. Some people even said that the Zhao Guan family inherited the mantle of Prince Yu and the magic weapon of the Dinghai Dinghai Sword. With a command, the three mountains can be moved and the rivers can be diverted.

Looking at the eldest son of the Zhao Guan family in front of him, Yang Tiexin wanted to see whether this young man had truly inherited everything from the Zhao Guan family.

Zhao Qian was a little uncomfortable when Yang Tiexin saw it. He found a topic, "I wonder what the situation in the north is now?"

Yang Tiexin was a little disappointed. If it were the Zhao Guan family, all the battle situation would have been arranged in his heart. Moreover, in terms of appearance, Zhao Qian was not like Zhao Jiaren. The prince was too handsome, and he should be more like his mother. Then Yang Tiexin suddenly remembered his abducted wife Bao Xiruo. Some comrades told Yang Tiexin that the Yuan king, who had the hatred of Yang Tiexin, sent his eldest son Hao Kang to the Song Dynasty to study. Some people roughly described Hao Kang's appearance. After hearing this, Yang Tiexin felt that he was simply from the same mold as Bao Xiruo.

Now Yang Tiexin was a little excited. He replied listlessly: "There are probably no barbarians left north of Yinshan. This time the plague can be blocked by Yinshan, but it cannot be blocked on the grassland. I think after this epidemic, there is probably no need for a large army to wipe out."

Zhao Qian did not continue to discuss. He did not know the matter of moving the capital, but knew some of Zhao Jiaren's ideas about the grassland. It was not realistic to completely slaughter the grassland. Over the past few thousand years, countless barbarians have emerged on the grassland, and wildfires cannot be burned and the spring breeze has grown again. So Zhao Jiaren is preparing to change his previous methods after the plague has passed.

So Zhao Qian asked, "But I don't know if the soldiers in the army are willing to stay in Henan and Hebei now."

"It's hard to say. I think if the troops request it, someone should stay. Although Jiangnan is good, the Central Plains are not bad. I can't even get hungry. In terms of the weather, I like the Central Plains. It's not that trendy."

"That's true." Zhao Qian fully agreed. There is no plum rain season or typhoon in the Huanghuai Plain. Even if it is a heavy storm, it will pass in a few days. Although he does not want to comment on his hometown, Zhao Qian is willing to admit that it is a good choice for his ancestors to establish the capital of the Central Plains.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Qian got up and said goodbye. When he got home, he saw that his wife had already cleaned up the house, and the air had a comfortable smell of a quilt after it was completely sunburned.

"I heard that the government wants to move the capital?" Zhao Qian's wife asked.

"yes."

"...Will you become the prefect of Kaifeng?"

"This is the official business. Let's not talk nonsense. I don't want to give a clear explanation to the public." Zhao Qian said.

Kaifeng Prefecture was an important official position in the Song Dynasty. He was under the Shangshu and the Minister of the Secretariat. He usually had the first or second rank. Many famous officials of the Song Dynasty held this position. However, this title has more important significance. In the early Song Dynasty, those who served as Kaifeng Prefecture were mostly de facto crown princes. Song Taizong, Zhou Shizong, and Song Zhenzong all held this position before ascending the throne. Once Zhao Qian was awarded the title of Kaifeng Prefecture, it was to publicly express Zhao Qian's identity as the crown prince.

Zhao Qian received a relatively complete education of the Song monarch from his mother, especially the relationship between the princes and emperors in all dynasties. Many princes did not make a mistake because they were unable to put their positions in the right position. They felt that they became the prince, so they began to expand. In the passage that impressed Zhao Qian, Qin Yuzhen said seriously: "The logical relationship that you can become the emperor is that your father will die and you can succeed to the throne. If you dare to be so disrespectful to your father, I will not let you go, and I will definitely be beaten."

Because my father is busy outside, Zhao Qian has been beaten by his mother since he was a child, and he has been beaten by his mother a lot more than his father. Moreover, his father slapped his ass a few times on the butt, and then he will teach Zhao Qian how to do it word by word. After being beaten by my mother, he will be scolded for a long time after a long period of mental torture. Therefore, Zhao Qian really dared not have any additional thoughts about the status of the prince. He knew that my mother and father were not the kind of couple in the legendary "the most ruthless imperial family". If Zhao Qian dared to base his happiness on his father's death and was sincerely happy about it, he would really make him feel in pain.

Thinking of this, Zhao Qian picked up his youngest son and sighed: "I will become an official in the future. When I die, do you hope that your child will cry with joy because he becomes the emperor, or will he cry sadly because of his father's death."

After hearing this, Zhao Qian's wife lowered her head and said nothing. After a while, she took her son from her husband and whispered: "I will definitely educate them seriously like my mother-in-law since I was a child."

"No need to do that. Just let them grow up as well as other children. My father said that as long as the children can grow up normally, they will have normal human nature. The problem with the Tian family is that the benefits are too great, so that they destroy human nature. Alas, just like the monks in Shaolin Temple this time, someone beat the monks very badly. We were born and died on the battlefield, killing countless people, and we would not have fun to torture prisoners because of beast nature. Killing is one thing, torture people for fun, that is the Mongols."

"How could he beat the monk so badly?" Zhao Qian's wife took the opportunity to change the topic.

After hearing Zhao Qian tell what happened, Zhao Qian's wife sighed: "There are still good people in the court." After saying that, she added, "The official family is really compassionate."

Zhao Qian was stunned. He felt that he could not judge whether his father was merciful. However, there were good people in the court, and this made Zhao Qian discover what he had not considered before. If the officials in the court turned a blind eye to this matter, I am afraid that many monks would not be able to withstand the punishment in two days. Of course, those officials would not think so. They thought that what they had to do was to do their best to punish evil for the court and share the worries and problems for the court. Whether those monks were killed was the monks deserved it. This idea might not have made any mistakes, but it was really unhuman. Then Zhao Qian nodded suddenly.

"Why did you think of this? What did you think of?" Zhao Qian's wife asked.

Zhao Qian sighed, "I understand a little bit what it means to say that your husband is right. No one is wrong, the key is how to deal with it."

For the sake of the monk, it is not different from the enemy. Indulging officials to torture monks is unfair to do things. No wonder my father wanted the army to take over the monks. Only in this way can he barely take into account the balance between the two aspects. If a great principle is broken down, it is very likely that both sides are not pleased. More importantly, Zhao Qian suddenly discovered how important it is to have subordinates who can execute orders firmly and without distortion. No wonder my father repeatedly emphasized that he was trying his best to build an army with more morality than ordinary people, and an army that is politically conscious and obeys orders. Without such power, the political ecology of huge interests is easily lost.

In the next ten days, the monks received relatively proper care. The injured received treatment and were not tortured or beaten. The monks in Shaolin Temple admitted their crimes and were willing to accept legal punishment. The monks from their temples also expressed their firm obedience to the leadership of the court and handed over their land.

As a result of the final punishment, most Shaolin monks were forced to return to secular life. Other monks who committed little crimes and insisted on becoming monks were sent to various temples for supervision. Monk Zhishen and other monks who did not advocate force confrontation were cancelled and sentenced. Monk Zhikong and others who strongly advocated confrontation against the court were executed. As the highest sermon, the abbot of Shaolin Temple did not make any public claims, he accepted and condoned the confrontation against the court and executed.
Chapter completed!