Chapter 87 The storm is about to come and the storm is coming.
Chapter 87 The storm is coming
Zhao Ji drove back to the palace under the protection of the imperial city minister...
Today, Zhao Guan's royal family came to the West Water Execution Ground in person to supervise the execution of Lin Lingsu, the demon who had brought disaster to the country and the people. This big news was reported to tens of thousands of people who were watching the execution.
Suddenly, in the teahouses, restaurants, streets and alleys of the capital, people were talking about the topic of Zhao Guan's family's royal chariot personally coming to the execution ground to slay the demon Dao Lin Lingsu.
This made everyone who heard it regret it. Why didn’t they go to the execution ground and see the beauty of heaven?
The Zhao Guan family used thunderbolt means to rectify the demon Dao Lin Lingsu so quickly, which has become the most popular story nowadays.
Make corrupt officials panic and fear,
Let the common people rejoice...
This incident also touched on the scandal among the upper class in the capital about the sudden disappearance of Li Shishi, the new head of Fanlou...
After all, those who can afford to go to the Alum Tower in the capital are all high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen.
Now, some of them civil servants have witnessed the great change in Zhao Guan's temperament. Before Gen Yue entered the garden, he exploited part of the family wealth of the sixth-rank civil servants in the capital, and also arrested and imprisoned Gao Qiu and Wang Fu, the princes of the dynasty...
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Immediately afterwards, the Zhao Guan family went to the execution ground to kill the demon Daolin Lingsu...
The smart ones among the dignitaries have already seen the political situation of "a storm is about to come"...
They all prayed secretly, hoping that this wave of corruption crackdowns in the Zhao family would not affect themselves, so they all became cautious.
The upper class in the capital did not dare to talk about the sudden disappearance of Master Li, perhaps because he became a monk, or perhaps he was brought back to the palace by an official.
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Zhao Ji returned to the palace and sent a message to the eunuch to report: "The official family, after the trip to Genyue, Grand Scholar Cai You has been waiting for the official family outside Donghua Gate for nearly an hour."
Zhao Ji remembered that before he let the ministers go to Gen Yue for "tourism" today at Chenshi, he had ordered Cai Jing's eldest son, scholar Cai You, to come to see me alone after visiting Gen Yue.
Moreover, Zhao Ji still remembered that during the Xishui execution ground, only Cai You among the civil servants after visiting Gen Yue did not go to watch the demon Dao Lin Lingsu being beheaded.
Zhao Jidao: "Xuan University scholar Cai You comes to see you. I summoned him in Chui Gong Hall."
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At this time, Cai You, who was standing uneasily outside Donghua Gate and pacing back and forth, was worried.
He didn't know why Zhao Guanjia, who had a sudden change of heart, only summoned him to the palace to face the saints among the ministers?
Even though Cai You is very scheming, he still can't guess the real purpose of what Zhao Guan's family is doing now.
He also recalled that before Chenshi visited Genyue today, Zhao Guanjia, who was originally smiling, suddenly changed his face and publicly pointed out the evidence of the crimes of Gao Qiu and Wang Fu, two important officials at that time.
They captured them and escorted them to Dali Temple for trial. I'm afraid the consequences would not be too good, and they could easily follow in the footsteps of the demon Dao Lin Lingsu.
"Hey!" Cai You sighed.
When he thought about Lin Lingsu's case, he became frightened!
After all, he had a good relationship with Lin Lingsu before, and he also worked with Lin Lingsu's disciples to verify Lin Lingsu's profound Taoism like a god for Zhao Guanjia...
This also made Cai You even more worried. Today, Zhao Guan's family summoned him to the palace. Could it be that they wanted to investigate his previous friendship with the demon Dao Lin Lingsu?
However, when Cai You thought about it, it seemed impossible. If he was to pursue his previous friendship with Lin Lingsu, there was no need to summon him to the palace alone to meet the saint!
The more Cai You thought about it, the more panicked he felt...
The eunuch who delivered the order trotted to Donghua Gate and shouted to Cai You:
"The official's oral instructions:
Cai You, Bachelor of Xuanda University,
Enter the Chui Gong Hall to meet the Holy Spirit."
Cai You kowtowed and stood up.
He was suspicious: The Chui Gong Hall on the west side of the Daqing Hall was, according to the system, the place where the Emperor of the Song Dynasty usually listened to politics.
Of course, the former Zhao Guan family rarely went to Chui Gong Hall to listen to government affairs.
Today, I am called into the Chui Gong Hall to meet the Holy Spirit. What political affairs do I want to hear?
Cai You was suspicious, but he still followed his old practice and took out ten taels of silver from his sleeve and quietly stuffed it towards the official who was delivering the order.
Although silver in the Song Dynasty was a precious metal, it was rarely circulated as money among the people.
However, Cai You, who used to often come in and out of the palace and was summoned by the emperor, always kept a dozen taels of silver with him, so that the eunuchs in the palace could use it to obtain secret information such as the recent preferences of Zhao Guan's family.
The eunuch who announced the decree was very moved when he saw the twelve taels of silver handed to him by Cai You.
However, he sternly refused:
"Master Cai, you can't do this!
I don’t want to follow in the footsteps of Lin Lingsu, Gao Qiu, and Wang Fu.”
Cai You blushed. Thinking about it, Zhao Guan's family has been very vigorous in cracking down on corruption recently. It's understandable that this eunuch doesn't dare to collect money as blatantly as before.
Cai You put the money back into his sleeves sarcastically.
As soon as Cai You wanted to step into Donghua Gate, he was stopped by the marriage officer of the Imperial City Department stationed at Donghua Gate.
After searching him strictly to make sure that there was no hidden sword, Cai You was allowed to enter the Donghua Gate...
Cai You carefully followed the eunuch who passed the Donghua Gate and walked along the corridor for a while.
Then pass through the Zuocheng Tianxiangfu Gate, then walk along a long, straight and wide corridor, and stop in front of the Chui Gong Hall.
The eunuch who conveyed the matter entered the Chui Gong Hall to report...
"Xuan University scholar Cai You enters the palace to meet the saint!"
Cai You walked anxiously and entered the Chui Gong Hall...
He felt that in just two days, the Zhao family had changed a lot when they summoned favored ministers like him, Cai You, and the normal etiquette between monarchs and ministers had been restored.
In the past, when Zhao Guan's family's favorites such as Cai Jing, Wang Fu, Gao Qiu, Lin Lingsu, and Cai You entered the palace, they were just like their own sons returning home to visit their biological fathers. It was just a formality; there was nothing like this.
It’s complicated. You have to search your body before going to the audience, you have to walk (trot) before you meet the saint, and you have to bow three times and kowtow...
"Your Majesty Cai You pays homage to the official's family, long live my emperor!"
"Humph!" Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the dragon chair, snorted coldly and asked sharply: