Xiao Li, who was still wondering how his maid could come to Lao Su's house, first...
Immediately, he stood up suddenly, not even realizing that the chair had been brought down, and looked at Xiaoyun in shock:
"What? My lord, what happened to him?"
Xiaoyun wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and choked with sobs:
"The master was resting in the study, but suddenly a group of people came to the house and rushed into the room and took the master away."
When Xiao Li heard this, his pupils shrank, his body swayed a few times, and his eyes suddenly filled with tears.
But after all, she had experienced an exile with Lao Li ten years ago, so she still forced herself to ask:
"There is no evidence, why are they arresting people?"
Xiaoyun shook his head and said aggrievedly:
"Manager Chen also asked about this at that time, but he was roughly pushed away by the leader. He only knew that the other person's name was Zhao Yuanpeng."
"What? Zhao Yuanpeng?"
Upon hearing this name, Lao Su frowned and said in surprise:
"How could it be him?"
When Xiao Li heard this, he immediately looked at him and said with some hope in his tears:
"Uncle Su, do you know this person?"
Lao Su nodded slightly, his brows still tightly knitted together:
"This person is a member of the sixth rank of the imperial court and everyone knows that he is headstrong and cold."
"What's more important is that although his official rank is not high, he is the previous commander of the Imperial City Department, and is avoided by all officials in the court."
Hearing the words Huangchengsi, Xiao Li held Xiaoyun's hand tightly again.
Speaking of ancient spy agencies.
Two names may pop up in most people’s minds at first:
The Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty and the Blood Drops of the Qing Dynasty.
But in fact.
In order to maintain the rule of the feudal dynasty, the emperors of almost every dynasty in history would establish some special supervisory agencies.
For example, in the early days of Cao Wei, school officials were established.
There were waiting officials in the Sui Dynasty...
Wu Zetian created the Plum Blossom Internal Guard and liked to print small plum blossoms on her elbows. When she was arrested, she would say that I was here to look for you on orders!
And the Imperial City Division.
It was the secret service agency of the Song Dynasty.
In fact, the Imperial City Division was not called that at first, it was called "Wude Division".
In the sixth year of the Taiping and Xingguo reign, a certain Gaoliang River chariot god who did not want to be named no longer wanted martial arts, so he changed his name to "Imperial City Division".
According to the records in "History of the Song Dynasty, Officials 6, Imperial City Division":
"Imperial City Secretary, there are seven officials, who are all known as martial arts masters and above, as well as internal servants. They are responsible for banning the ban on entry and exit of the palace. All matters related to the guards in Zhou Lu, the opening and closing of the palace gates are strictly regulated."
And according to the division of functions, the Imperial City Division has different official positions, staffing, etc.
Some of them were responsible for personally protecting the emperor and acting as bodyguards.
They do not belong to the three-yamen system but do the same thing. They are used to check the front department of the palace that Wang En is responsible for mentioned earlier.
Others are specifically responsible for supervising officials.
For example, Zhao Yuanpeng, who arrested Lao Li, is an official of this type, and his internal ranking is quite high.
Think of this.
Lao Su couldn't help but become more and more confused:
"But although Zhao Yuanpeng is a supervisor, his actions this time are not in line with the rules."
Xiao Li quickly asked:
"Uncle Su, what are the rules?"
Lao Su quickly glanced at her with his peripheral vision, shook his head and said nothing.
As a veteran of the four dynasties who had served as prime minister, although he was somewhat disgusted with the eagle claws of the Tian family like the Imperial City Secretary.
But after these years of dealing with each other, I have more or less understood some of their internal rules.
He knows it very well.
Although the authority of the Imperial City Department is very large, it is not without restrictions.
For example, internal officials cannot leave the imperial city easily, and family members cannot leave the capital easily. Another example is
The Imperial City Division only has the power of supervision, not arrest.
In other words.
The situation that allows the Imperial City Division to make an exception and arrest people must be approved by the emperor.
To be more precise, it was a decree conveyed by the emperor himself.
However, considering that such words would not be of any benefit to the current situation, and would even make Xiao Li Tusheng worried, Lao Su still chose to conceal the news.
Then he thought of something again, turned around, and asked the tearful maid Xiaoyun:
"Xiaoyun, Zhao Yuanpeng only took away Uncle Wen?"
Xiaoyun nodded cringingly:
"That's right, I only took the master with me."
"What about objects?"
"It seems that someone went to the study to find some things, then drove away all the servants, left someone on guard, and sealed the door."
After hearing this, Lao Su thought for a moment, and with some vague judgment in his mind, he said to Xiao Li:
"Qingzhao, there is nothing wrong with the servants in Uncle Wen's house, which means that this matter may involve a higher level and has nothing to do with ordinary servants."
"Or it's just ordinary things, such as taking a colleague away to assist in questioning, etc."
"But no matter what the above situation is, as Uncle Wen's daughter, you will probably not be let go at will like a servant. If nothing happens, someone will definitely take you away and imprison you."
"Just remember, no matter where you are taken in the future, don't panic too much. I will be out there trying to deal with Uncle Wen."
"Besides"
"Although the man in the palace is a bit fatuous, he is not a tyrant. You don't have to worry too much about being harmed. Your own concentration is the most important thing."
Xiao Li nodded slightly when he heard this. He was obviously ready and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.
But at this moment.
Zheng Kuan, the housekeeper in charge of nursing the courtyard, suddenly ran in from outside the courtyard in a hurry and said:
"Master, what's wrong, a group of people came outside the door. The leader took the golden order from the palace and said he wanted to take Miss Li away!"
Lao Su and Zong Ze next to him looked at each other:
"It came so fast!"
The words just fell.
Seven or eight men in plain clothes poured in outside the hospital.
The leader among them is a thin middle-aged man with a pair of triangular eyes and a wretched look.
In ancient times, people with this kind of appearance were generally not allowed to be officials.
This person obviously knew Lao Su. After entering the hospital, he took out a small golden sign and handed it to Lao Su:
"All the servants in the lower office know that Zhao Yuanpeng has met Mr. Su. Mr. Su, the lower official has taken the liberty to come to your mansion today. He was ordered to take away Li Qingzhao, the daughter of the central servant Li Gefei."
"This order is the proof. Please don't stop Mr. Su."
Lao Su secretly cast a "remember what I said before" look at Xiao Li, and then nodded slightly:
"Everyone knows that since you have your orders, there is no way I can stop you."
"But as we all know, sir, Uncle Wen is my old friend after all. Can I ask out of curiosity what crime Uncle Wen committed?"
Zhao Yuanpeng had an ugly smile on his lips and said:
"Mr. Su, this matter is of great importance and involves a very high level."
"If I tell you the reason, I'm afraid I won't be able to save my head tomorrow. Please forgive me, Su Gongyuan."
However, perhaps taking into account Lao Su's personal prestige and connections, Zhao Yuanpeng hesitated for a moment and added:
"Mr. Su, you and your subordinates are under the command of your master. Miss Li will be taken away and summoned by the department instead of imprisoned. Mr. Su does not have to worry about Miss Li's other problems."
After saying that, he looked at Xiao Li and made a gesture of invitation:
"Miss Li, the sedan is outside the house, please."
Xiao Li Jian said he looked at Lao Su, then at Xu Yun, and bowed slightly.
Then he loosened his grip with the maid Xiaoyun, wiped the corners of the eyes of the maid who had appeared in "Do you know, do you know, she should be green, fat, red and thin", and followed Zhao Yuanpeng out of the courtyard.
Lao Su just watched the group of people go away and sighed sadly.
Not long after Xiao Li was taken away.
Suddenly a strong wind blew in the courtyard, the sky suddenly darkened, and it began to rain heavily.
tick tock, tick tock
Old Su stood under the eaves, looking at the raging wind and slanting rain in the courtyard, his expression far less relaxed than when he treated Xiao Li before.
It is clear.
Judging from the performance of Zhao Yuanpeng and others, Lao Li's arrest must have involved Zhao Ji in the palace.
But Lao Li is only at the fifth level, so what big trouble can he cause?
To know.
The Song Dynasty was not like the previous Tang Dynasty.
The highest rank of officials in the Tang Dynasty was only the third rank, and the first and second ranks above were all vacuous and did not handle state affairs.
But it was different in the Song Dynasty. There were many practical positions in the first rank of the court, both literary and military.
During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, the highest number of first-rank officials in the court was thirty-eight.
A high-ranking ministerial official of the fifth rank is nothing more than an ordinary minor official.
In addition, Li Gefei is not the kind of person who is obsessed with politics, let alone which side he is on, etc.!
Lao Su was thinking about it, and suddenly his heart trembled.
A possibility popped into my mind:
Could it be
Is it King Jian?
Then he turned his head, looked at Mr. Xie Duguan aside, and asked:
"In the first year of the lunar calendar, how are you doing, His Highness Prince Jian?"
Although he has been in office for several years.
However, the recent death of the Empress Dowager and the visits of many officials gradually gave rise to a strange premonition in his heart.
Therefore, he 'activated' some contacts again and paid attention to the trends in Beijing.
The person responsible for compiling this information was Mr. Xie Duguan, who had followed him for decades.
After hearing what Lao Su said, Mr. Xie quickly said:
"Back to my lord, His Highness Prince Jian has been acting normally these days. The only special thing in the past few months is that he moved out of the palace and temporarily resided in the Prince's Mansion in Donghua Lane."
Old Su nodded thoughtfully, turned to Xu Yun and said:
"Xiao Wang, it seems that you were the one who made the original proposal to let Prince Jian leave the palace, right?"
Xu Yun glanced at the low dark clouds in the sky, adjusted his mood, and tried to make his tone calmer:
"That's right. At that time, the villain thought that the Queen Mother had passed away. In order to avoid suspicion, His Highness Prince Jian should leave the palace and find a place to live."
Song Huizong was born in June 1082 AD and has just turned 18 years old.
Xiao Zhao was born in 1083, a full year younger than Zhao Ji, and is only 17 years old now.
According to ancient rules.
Men do not reach adulthood until they are 20 years old. This is also the age at which ordinary princes move out of the palace and build their own mansions.
However, since Empress Dowager Xiang had just entered the mausoleum three months ago, Zhao Ji had to observe mourning in the Song Mausoleum for a month.
Xu Yun took this opportunity to persuade Xiao Zhao to move out of the palace.
After all, Zhao Ji kept his filial piety in Gongyi, but he kept more than a hundred concubines in the palace. According to the etiquette, they only had to eat vegetarian food.
Because his mother, Concubine Zhu Guifei, was still alive, Xiao Zhao could often go to the harem.
If you think about it carefully, it's more like that.
Therefore, it was considered from the perspective of avoiding suspicion.
Xiao Zhao followed Xu Yun's suggestion and proposed to Zhao Ji the idea of moving out of the palace.
Although Zhao Ji "had five other children" after being kidnapped by the Jin people.
But this is just forced by the situation, it does not mean that he has the attributes of a tauren and has some weird XP.
Therefore, after Xiao Zhao proposed this idea, Zhao Ji quickly sent a reply in agreement.
Other than that.
There really isn't anything special about Xiao Zhao these days.
Then Lao Su's chest rose and fell a few times, and he seemed to have made some decisions, and said to Mr. Xie Duguan and Zong Ze:
"In the first year of the lunar calendar, you should quickly send someone to inquire about the news and see if you can dig out some inside information.
"If you can't, at least find out where Uncle Wen and Qingzhao are being kept, so that they can be abused."
"Rulin, you were a Jinshi in the sixth year of Yuanyou. According to our ultimatum system, many of your classmates should be on standby in Beijing at this time."
"You can try to inquire, not to know the truth, but to understand some of the corners."
Xie Lao Du Guan and Zong Ze looked at each other, raised their hands together and said:
"yes!"
After explaining this, Lao Su breathed out a sigh of relief, and his whole body felt a little sluggish.
As an official.
Over the past fifty years, he has seen too many officials sentenced to prison for various reasons.
A few of them were acquitted, and most of them were demoted. They harassed others when they slept in Chengtian Temple.
Others were sent to the army and even
Lost his life.
While Lao Li's situation seemed ordinary, Lao Su had a vague premonition in his heart, which was far from being as calm as in front of Xiao Li.
Or to be precise.
This is a severe premonition that has never been seen in the past fifty years.
When Mr. Xie Duguan and Zongze left.
Lao Su sent Xu Yun, who had no role in this chapter, back into the house.
Then he came to the study room.
I wrote letters to several old friends who were still in court.
But what Lao Su didn't expect was...
This was something he originally thought would not be too public.
But in just a few days, it developed into a powder keg that detonated not only the entire capital, but the entire Song Dynasty!
One day after Lao Li was arrested.
Zhao Yuanpeng went out again.
He broke into a certain mansion and arrested the professor of the Imperial College and the storyteller of Chongzheng Palace, Cheng Yi.
Another day passed.
Chao Buzhi, a doctor in the Ministry of Rites and editor of the History Museum, was arrested.
in the next three days
Lu Dian, Fan Chunli, Yang Wei, Shangguan Jun and other dozens of officials who are either in office or have become officials
All arrested!
Among them there is also a very famous figure in later generations:
Su Che.
The arrest, which was carried out by the Imperial City Division, was like a sudden storm, leaving no time for anyone to react.
Some of them were even taken away abruptly in a wine shop or on a boat, and they only spoke one or two words from beginning to end.
And if someone comes from later generations and is familiar with the history of the late Song Dynasty, they will find that
Including Lao Li.
The more than fifty officials arrested have different positions, ranks and ages.
But they all have the same identity.
Even a few years later, they will be written on a monument.
The total number of people on the monument is 309, and the leader is named Sima Guang.
That's right.
they are
Yuanyou party members!
As the scope of arrests expanded, a rumor gradually spread:
The Imperial City Division found a strange object called a microscope at the home of the Imperial Attendant, Li Gefei!
It just looks weird, but what's even weirder is its interior.
To know.
When today's name is Zhao Ji and he was born in Riyao, the character Ji belongs to Binghuo.
Anyone who understands the Five Elements knows this.
There are two five elements belonging to fire in the ten heavenly stems:
One is Ding Huo.
The other one is Binghuo.
Among them, the attribute of Ding fire is Yin, which is a weak fire.
It represents candle fire, stove fire, in short, ordinary fire in the world.
But Binghuo is different.
The attribute of Bing fire is Yang, which is the fire of the sun.
It bullies frost and snow and illuminates all things, so it is called Yang Fire.
In other words.
The Son of Heaven is Yang and light!
More importantly.
The people from the Imperial City Division also discovered a hidden internal structure at the base of the microscope.
The name and birth date of the current saint!
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