Although Gou Xi was outside the city, he had always had constant contact with the emperor in the city.
The King of East China Sea did not stop them from contacting him. He still had some illusions and hoped that the emperor could persuade Gou Xi to leave.
However, he must not have expected that Gou Xi did not talk to the emperor about the King of East China Sea, but instead talked about Zhao Hanzhang.
But Gou Xi wanted to talk about Zhao Hanzhang, but the emperor didn't.
In his opinion, Zhao Hanzhang is not worth mentioning. The most important thing at the moment is Gou Xi and the King of Donghai, and himself!
The emperor no longer wants to stay in Luoyang, he still wants to move the capital!
It's snowing and the weather is getting colder. Luoyang, which was already depressed, is even more deserted. The people are short of food and clothing. Even though the emperor lives in the palace, he can still feel the feeling that they are gradually reaching a desperate situation.
So if he wanted to leave Luoyang, it would be best to leave with the people in the city, maybe there would be a way to survive.
So at this time, how could he care about Zhao Hanzhang?
But Gou Xi told him in a letter, and he didn't even ask a question, which seemed to show that he didn't think much of the other party. He also pointed out that he rushed into Luoyang to rescue him, or that he and the King of Donghai fought in Luoyang.
So the young emperor summoned Zhao Zhongyu and asked about the Zhao family, "I heard that the Zhao family is raising a large amount of grain, grass and cloth. What is your intention?"
Zhao Zhongyu was horrified and said quickly: "Your Majesty, this must be a rumor. I, the Zhao family, are very loyal. How can I dare to be disobedient?"
The emperor also thought it was a rumor. The clan leaders of the Zhao family were all in the capital. It was not the case that they wanted to rebel. It was probably because there was a conflict between Yuzhou and Yanzhou, and now Zhao Hanzhang was the governor of Yuzhou, so Gou Xi launched an attack on the Zhao family.
The emperor sighed deeply, looked at Zhao Zhongyu sadly and said: "Of course I know your heart, but how can outsiders not know."
Zhao Zhongyu's mind suddenly turned around. Is this outsider the King of Donghai or Gou Xi? Or someone else.
I heard that the King of Donghai was almost killed by Sanniang, so he hated her very much. His petitions to make Sanniang the governor were rejected one after another because of him;
Did the King of East China Sea finally find an excuse to deal with him first?
Or Gou Xi?
Today Gou Xi delivered a letter to the palace. When his letter came in front of him, the emperor called him from the back. It was difficult for him not to associate the two together.
But aren’t Sanniang and Gou Xi allies?
I heard that the two of them worked well together before. Gou Xi helped her drive out the Huns, while she helped Gou Xi defeat the King of East China Sea and gave all the victory to Gou Xi.
Zhao Zhongyu lowered his head and thought, and when he raised his head again, he was completely silent. "The Qing Dynasty will be purified by itself. I and the Zhao family are sincere to Your Majesty. We are not afraid of these unwarranted slanders, and please Your Majesty to believe in me, the Zhao family."
The emperor naturally believed it, and then asked curiously: "I have heard that Sanniang Zhao had a good relationship with General Gou. When Yuzhou was besieged by the Huns, how many people asked General Gou to send troops to help, but he was indifferent. Only your Zhao family's Hanzhang invitation
Touching him shows that the two of them have a deep friendship. Why, are they...not on good terms recently?"
Zhao Zhongyu understood as soon as he heard that it was Gou Xi who stabbed him in the back.
He lowered his eyes and sighed: "Now that the capital is under siege and news is cut off, I haven't received a letter from home for a long time."
The monarch and his ministers sighed at each other.
After leaving the palace, Zhao Zhongyu went home immediately. He did not stay, went directly into the study and started writing a letter.
He didn't know what happened between Zhao Hanzhang and Gou Xi, but it was obvious that Gou Xi was going to betray his alliance. Yuzhou and Yanzhou were too close, especially now that half of Yuzhou was in Gou Xi's hands, the Zhao family was not in a good situation.
The capital was besieged, but it wasn't that his letter couldn't be sent out, it just had to be a little slower and a little less frequent.
The letter was sent to Zhao Hanzhang, directly reminding her to be careful about Gou Xi and telling her about the accusation against him and the emperor.
After doing this, Gou Xi no longer cared about Zhao Hanzhang, and still concentrated on forcing the King of Donghai to leave Luoyang.
In his opinion, Zhao Zhongyu should be able to hold back Zhao Hanzhang a little. She was able to make such big moves only because of Zhao's support.
Otherwise, where would the governor's treasury have the money?
Not to mention her personally, doesn’t she need money for those large quantities of materials?
Where does the money come from?
Naturally, he came from the Zhao family.
Not only Gou Xi thinks so, but also many people within the Zhao family think so.
So they kept waiting for Zhao Song to mention it, waiting for the last shoe to fall, but Zhao Song always didn't mention it, as if they really didn't need to pay.
Even Zhao Song couldn't bear it any longer. On a snowy afternoon, he finally rushed to Xiping County in an aggressive manner. He found his son in the pavilion in the backyard of the county government office, who was warming the stove and drinking wine. "Are you going to take it from the clan?"
How much money do you have to pay Sanniang to buy these things? How do you divide it among each family, how do you convince them, and what are the benefits of returning it to them?"
Zhao Ming, who was holding the wine glass, was stunned and asked: "Father, who told you that our Zhao family should pay for this money?"
Zhao Song frowned, "If you don't contribute the money, will Sanniang still have money? She has already spent so much before."
Zhao Ming said: "I don't know if Sanniang still has money, but she didn't ask me for money, and she didn't mean to ask Zhao for money."
Zhao Song frowned, "Am I waiting for you to take the initiative?"
"Does Father think I will take the initiative to bring it up?"
Zhao Song said angrily: "No!"
"That's it," Zhao Ming said with a smile: "She knows me as well as my father. My father knows that I won't take the initiative to mention it, but she knows better."
Zhao Ming's eyes darkened slightly, he shook the glass of wine and said: "It's not a business deal. If she wants Zhao to pay this money, then she has to take the initiative to raise it. It's a lot of money."
Although Zhao can get it, it will still take a lot of effort. After all, it can support almost half of Yuzhou's supplies.
but……
"Now that everyone is almost ready, she didn't even mention it, which shows that she didn't mean it. She should have another source of this money."
Zhao Song said angrily: "Can she still conjure money out of thin air? Isn't the biggest support behind her the Zhao family?"
"Don't be too stubborn. After all, Sanniang is young and thin-skinned. It's hard for her to say a lot of things. Why don't you give her a step down? She is the most capable of our Zhao family now. If she gets better, our Zhao family can too."
More safety..."
Zhao Ming, who had been drinking leisurely by himself, suddenly sat up straight and his expression gradually became serious.
Zhao Song paused and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Zhao Ming held the wine glass and said: "Father, tell me, my uncle sees that Zhao Ji is useless, and the patriarch is old. Among the grandchildren, only Sanniang loves him the most, will he secretly give her a huge fortune?"
This means that Zhao Changyu most likely gave Zhao Hanzhang the property that was originally intended for the clan or clan leader.
Zhao Song subconsciously denied, "Don't talk nonsense, your uncle is not that kind of person."
After saying this, Zhao Song seemed to feel guilty. After a slight pause, he said, "Even if he left something for Sanniang in private, it's because Sanniang is too good."