Chapter 372 It seems like an old friend is coming (Part 2)
After the discussion, all the ministers announced their departure, and only a few princes remained. They wanted to send Zhao Zhen back to Funing Palace, chat with the officials about daily affairs, and fulfill their obligations as sons.
Without foreign ministers, Zhao Zhen no longer had to maintain the dignity of the emperor. He ordered Hu Yandui to remove the bead curtain, look at his sons, and asked Zhao Zongshi: "Are you recovered from your illness? I heard that you have been really busy recently."
"Thank you for your concern, father," Zhao Zongshi said with a smile: "My son has been dizzy because he has been at his desk for too long and doesn't know how to take care of himself. But as soon as the spring weather has warmed up, I feel much better. Thinking about the busy affairs in the yamen,
I can’t be lazy anymore.”
"Your health is still important." Zhao Zhen said in a calm voice, "I heard that you have been playing opposite to Lao Wu these days, arresting people and tearing down temples. I am really afraid that you are tired!"
"Father, don't worry," Zhao Zongshi was furious in his heart, secretly thinking that it must be Zhao Shu's stubborn tongue! He was also very dissatisfied with Zhao Zhenla's bias, lowered his head and said in a low voice: "My son is young, but he can still withstand it.
!”
"Look at how angry you are," Zhao Zhen said with a faint smile, "I thought you had no temper, but it turns out you can't tell the truth either!"
"I made a mistake, so I will naturally admit it." Zhao Zongshi raised his head and said: "But the emperor entrusted the capital with the important task, and the emperor can only do his duty and eliminate all existences that endanger the stability of the capital. Why is it so unbearable as the emperor thinks...
"As he said this, he shed tears and said, "Ask yourself, I am an upright and aboveboard son, and I have no disrespect or love for my father. Why can't I get into my father's eyes?"
"Be upright and respect my father? Don't you feel guilty when you say this?" Zhao Zhen also turned down his face and said angrily: "In the twelfth year of last year, who incited all the officials to write to the palace and asked the widow to establish a heir apparent?
! Just recognize him as a hero, otherwise he wouldn’t be aboveboard!”
"Father!" Zhao Zongshi knelt on the ground after hearing this, leaned over and said in panic: "I swear to heaven, no matter last time or any other time, there will never be any secret activities. If I dare to deceive you, let the thunder of heaven kill me immediately.
Died!"
The other brothers looked dumbfounded. Officials have always been well-educated, so why did they say harsh words to their ministers? Such heart-wrenching words with guns and sticks are unheard of!
"Father, be careful," Zhao Shu came to his senses first, but how could he pretend to be a good person? He secretly grabbed Zhao Zonge who was next to him. Zhao Zonge had now changed his family and was already his. He would feel sorry for him. He quickly advised him.
Said: "As soon as you opened Chrysostom, you left Zhu Qingshi behind, how can you let your fourth brother live?!"
"..." The hatred in Zhao Zongyou's heart made him shout with tears on his face: "Father, these words are too much. Poor Zongshi has always been well-liked by others, but he has suffered from it. This is strange, is it possible that he is so popular?
Guilt?"
"Father, calm down," Zhao Conggu also urged: "Don't let the father and son become suspicious because of unfounded reasons!"
Seeing them crying to the sky and fighting for the land, Zhao Zhen felt dizzy for a while. He sighed and said: "You all go down, I will talk to him alone."
"yes……"
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After the four people retreated, Zhao Zhen took a look at Zhao Zongshi, whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, and ordered Hu Yandui to bring him a dumpling, "Sit down."
Zhao Zongshi rested half of his buttocks on the teapot, looking gloomy.
Seeing him like this, Zhao Zhen thought about it and couldn't help but feel discouraged for him. The disgust in his heart was much less, and he sighed: "You don't have to be like this. I am not mean. A gentleman is magnanimous, and a villain has a lot of sympathy."
If you hadn't gone too far, how could I say this to you?"
Zhao Zongshi had calmed down now. He knew that Zhao Zhen was here for him today. But he still didn't understand the other party's true intention. He sobbed softly: "I don't know why I fell out of love with my father, and I even suspected that I was here."
For this sake!”
"Is it true that I am seriously ill because of suspicion?" Zhao Zhen said lightly: "I heard that Zhao Zonghan has been away from the capital for several days?"
"Yeah." Zhao Zongshi trembled. He already knew that the assassination failed, the entire army was wiped out, and the whereabouts of the sixteenth brother were unknown, but he didn't expect Zhao Zhen to know about it. He couldn't help but secretly hate that it must be Zhao Shu's complaint.
!
"Where did he go?" Zhao Zhen asked again.
"I don't know." Zhao Zongshi shook his head and said blankly: "He is like a wandering soul. He said he was bored in the capital and wanted to go out to relax. As for where he would go, it is uncertain." He asked tentatively.
Said: "Did he cause some trouble somewhere?"
"No." Zhao Zhen shook his head and said: "White Arowana Sui, seeing that he is in trouble, if you have any way, let him come back quickly."
How could Zhao Zongshi not hear it? There was clearly something behind Zhao Zhen's words! The so-called "White Dragon Fish Clothes, Seeing Trouble" were words Wu Zixu used to persuade King Wu not to visit privately in disguise. He said that in the past, Bailong got tired of playing in Tianchi and secretly descended to earth.
When he entered the human river, he turned into a fish and swam around, but was stabbed in the eye by a fisherman named Yuqie.
After the white dragon escaped back to heaven, he was angry and went to the Emperor of Heaven to reason and asked the Emperor to punish the fisherman who hurt him. When the Emperor heard this, he said, 'You are the white dragon in the sky. How could you be shot in the lake?'
Bailong replied, "I am not a dragon, I have turned into a fish." He is a fisherman and shoots fish every day. He doesn't know that you turned into a fish and it is natural for him to shoot you with an arrow.
I think it’s unreasonable to punish people.’’ Damn it, I’ll just take this arrow and let it go?’ ‘You should pay more attention to yourself in the future!’
The official meaning of this code is that if your brother becomes an assassin and is killed in vain, the court will not investigate!
Before Zhao Zongshi could taste it, Zhao Zhen asked again: "These are two boxes sent from Qizhou. Do you know what's in them?"
Zhao Zongshi shook his head more and more numbly and said: "Back to my father, I don't know."
"Okay, I'll tell you." Zhao Zhen's voice was still as calm as water, and he whispered: "What is presented here are 3,300 testimonies from the people of Qizhou!"
Zhao Zongshi finally understood what Zhao Zhen meant, and his hands began to tremble unconsciously. His face was originally white, but at this moment it was even more intense, without any blood at all.
Zhao Zhen stared at him closely and said word by word, "I want you to tell the truth now. Tell me how many people died in the Ergu River Project?"
In silence, Zhao Zongshi's throat seemed to be pressed by a big stone and he could not make a sound at all.
"This is the last chance I give you." Zhao Zhen looked at the deep palace wall outside the palace and said in an increasingly indifferent tone: "If you don't need it, I have no choice but to hand over these two boxes to Dali Temple for disposal!"
After being silent for a long time, Zhao Zongshi finally hissed: "Now that the matter has come to an end, I don't dare to hide it anymore. There are indeed a large number of dead refugees who were concealed by Yousi..." As he said this, he wiped his tears with his sleeves.
He said: "How do I know anything about water conservancy? I was very eager to do the work at that time and took over everything. But when I arrived in Hebei, I realized that my eyes were darkened and I listened to what the people below said. They said that there was no problem with the construction in the twelfth lunar month, so I believed it.
No doubt, they said that not many people were dead, but I didn't go to check. So they kept it a secret. It wasn't until the two thousand corpses in Qiuli were exposed that I realized that I had been deceived by them! But when I think about it, Er Chen
The big words are too full and too smooth, but I dare not confess to my father for fear of being looked down upon by him. But my son’s heart...has always been uneasy, and this is the root of my illness!"
Ever since he knew that Zhao Zonghan was in trouble, he knew that this day would come and hurriedly asked Han Qi for help. Han Qi complained that he was unsatisfactory and daring, but the two were already inseparable, so he had to give him some advice - shifting all the responsibility to his subordinates.
, saying that he was deceived first, and then he didn't dare to admit it... This would not be too false, nor would the responsibility be too great, and he should be able to escape unscathed.
"Is that the responsibility of Han Gang and the others?" Zhao Zhen is not that easy to fool.
"No, it is your responsibility. It is your ignorance and vanity that makes you make big mistakes. You make the same mistake again and again. I don't dare to ask for mercy from my father. I only ask for severe punishment. I will
I can feel more at ease..." The second trick taught by Han Qi is to avoid the important and ignore the important, avoid the real and ignore the weak! After saying this, Zhao Zongshi kowtowed again.
"Alas..." He finally got it right. Zhao Zhen let out a long sigh and said in a solemn tone: "Get up, no one knows what you are thinking. Everything is just aiming at this position. Whether this position is good or not, only
Only those who have sat there know it, but it is a dream for everyone, so it is understandable for you to think so." After a pause, Zhao Zhen said word by word: "But I will tell you clearly today, it is a foregone conclusion who will give this seat to you in the future.
!From now on, you don’t have to dream anymore!”
Zhao Zongshi felt as if he was struck by lightning. He pressed his hands into the cracks of the floor tiles, and blood oozed out, but he felt no pain at all!
"The palms and backs of my hands are full of flesh. I gave the reserve to that person, so naturally I have to compensate you." Zhao Zhen sighed softly, and his voice became softer as he spoke, "Everyone can write off what you did before. As long as you do it in the future
If you are more upright and aboveboard, and can be your Prince of Peace peacefully, I will naturally not let you be wronged, nor will I make you unable to relax." After a pause, the official said again: "You don't have to worry about the future.
I will give you the iron book of the elixir, and I will also make him swear to live in harmony with you for the rest of his life and not to do any harm. In the future, the ruler will be benevolent and the ministers will be loyal. Only in this way can father, son and brothers live in peace forever..."
"..." Zhao Zongshi lowered his head, as if listening to Zhao Zhen's words. In fact, he was thinking about his own affairs. He had known that he was out of luck and had already made a plan. It was just the concussion brought by the official sentencing.
He was stunned by the deep pain in his heart. Only then did he come back to his senses and cried: "My son was originally a nerd. He was pushed and framed by those people. Over the years, he seemed to be in a daze. Now let my father
This blow finally woke up my son. He felt relaxed and could finally sleep peacefully, read my books and do my knowledge!"
