When Zhao Xin opened his eyes again, it was already morning. The early spring sunshine fell on the corridor outside the palace door.
"My lord, are you awake?" A eunuch in his forties came into Zhao Xin's eyes.
He knelt down in front of Zhao Xin's couch, bowed his head and said, "I am worshiping Yang Huaimin at the east end of the inner hall. I have been ordered by the officials to come here to listen to the Duke's orders and dispatches!"
After saying that, he bowed again: "From now on, if the Duke of the country needs anything, just give him orders!"
"Yang Huaimin?" Zhao Xin played with the name, laughed meaningfully, then sat up and asked, "Aye won't come today?"
"Reporting to the Duke, there are many affairs in the country, and the official family can't get away for a while, so I ordered the ministers to come and wait for the Duke's orders!" Yang Huaimin replied.
Zhao Xin nodded, with a trace of disappointment inevitably flashing in his eyes.
However, this was also what he expected.
Now is the critical moment for border affairs!
Unless something went wrong on his side, it would be impossible for the official father to have time to come to him.
only……
Zhao Xin glanced at the eunuch in front of him and said in his heart: "Kicking away Wang Shougui and bringing in Yang Huaimin... Isn't this just changing the soup without changing the medicine?"
Who in this palace doesn't know that brothers Yang Huaimin and Wang Shouzhong are three grasshoppers on a rope?
but……
Zhao Xin suddenly asked: "You are the enshrinement officer at the east end of the inner hall?"
"Replying to the Duke... I am highly valued by the official family, and I am indeed leading the mission to worship in the east..." Yang Huaimin answered carefully.
Zhao Xin then asked: "Do you have any useful words on hand now that you can tell me?"
The so-called Dongtou enshrinement officer was basically a CIA security advisor equivalent to the Emperor of the United States in the Song Dynasty.
They were in charge of intelligence work. For example, the Song Dynasty set up an agency called the "Detective Department" in Bianjing City, and this agency trained a large number of "luo soldiers".
They were all in plain clothes, scattered in the streets and lanes of Bianjing, and between the railings of the market.
What they do is to spy on people's sentiments and interrogate officials. They can even enforce the law immediately, arrest criminals, conduct interrogations, and pronounce sentences!
It’s simply the Northern Song Dynasty version of the FBI!
This is still internal, and externally there is an organization called the "Sifang Pavilion", which specializes in external intelligence collection and espionage activities.
Regardless of whether it was the Detective Department or the Sifang Pavilion's reports, they were all sent to the emperor through the hands of the enshrining officer.
In other words, Yang Huaimin should have a lot of things that Zhao Xin is interested in and wants to know.
When Yang Huaimin heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then he bowed and said, "Reporting to the Duke, I have been given the imperial edict to take charge of my duties. All the words I have passed are confidential. Without official edicts, I dare not reveal a single word to the outside world!"
"Otherwise, I'm afraid that the discussion will boil over and hurt the Holy Spirit..."
Zhao Xin listened without comment.
But towards Yang Huaimin, I already had murderous intentions in my heart.
Why?
Because this guy is dishonest!
Why is the discussion boiling over and hurting the saints? Someone clearly gave him the instructions! There is no need to guess the person who gave the instructions, Zhao Xin already knows who it is? Who else could it be besides Wang Shougui?
For this alone, Yang Huaimin deserves to be cut into pieces by a thousand cuts!
What's more, Zhao Xin knew that Yang Huaimin would be involved in the future mutiny and escape intact.
Later, this guy will collude with Xia Song.
In her previous life, Zhao Xin had been thinking, why would Xia Song seek cooperation with this Yang Huaimin?
Now it seems that it is probably because this guy has a lot of dirty information about other people, right?
If you think about it carefully, wasn't the reason for the sudden failure of the Qingli New Deal in the previous life that Xia Song used a fake letter that everyone knew to be a forgery as evidence?
But why did Xia Song let his father, an official, believe him?
It can only be that there is a traitor, someone from the Imperial City Department helping Xia Song endorse it.
And who else could that person be besides Yang Chongfeng?
If not, why would Xia Song desperately try to protect Yang Huaimin later?
Thinking like this, the murderous intention in Zhao Xin's heart became more and more determined.
"I wonder if Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deal could have persisted longer without Yang Huaimin's troubles? Or even achieved some results?" Zhao Xin thought in her mind.
The Qingli New Deal was doomed to fail.
It’s just like Zhao Xin’s reforms and innovations in his previous life.
The foundation is not strong, the foundation is unstable, and there is a lack of supporter groups, especially the lack of strong support from the Iron Fist!
It would be unjust for Fan Zhongyan to remain undefeated.
But the Qingli New Deal failed so quickly that people couldn’t even taste it.
This is not beautiful.
It is said to be the pioneer of the king, or to cross the river by feeling the stones.
As a result, the pioneers and stones have no reference value at all, so how should the latecomers respond?
Therefore, Zhao Xin will try his best to help Fan Zhongyan and his friends and create a favorable environment. He will help whenever he can and pull whatever he can.
Let’s call this upcoming New Deal more violent, faster, and more profound.
Let it fail, and it will take on a more tragic tone.
Only in this way can those people be awakened.
Teach the reformists all over the world a good lesson.
Yang Huaimin didn't know this at all. He nodded and bowed in front of Zhao Xin and said: "Of course, if the Duke really wants to hear it, I will ask the officials for instructions and come back to talk to the Duke tomorrow..."
"Haha..." Zhao Xin showed him an extremely bright smile.
Yang Huaimin quickly started laughing.
At this moment, Xu Xichen stepped in and said, "My lord, I know that you are right in admonishing the court and Fu Bi is lying down to ask for an audience!"
When Zhao Xin heard this, his face lit up with joy and he immediately said: "Pass it quickly!"
He thought about it for a long time last night, and it wasn't until he fell asleep that he finally came up with a workable solution.
However, this method requires a minister with sufficient weight and appeal to cooperate.
After much deliberation, there is no more suitable candidate than Fu Bi.
It's a pity that Zhao Xin is still too young and can't even go out of the Cuide Palace. He can't summon ministers at will like an adult prince. He can only passively wait for ministers to ask for an audience and visit.
Therefore, he was helpless and could only wait.
Unexpectedly, Fu Bi arrived faster than he thought.
"It seems that the two governors must have used their strength..." Zhao Xin thought in his heart.
He knew very well that with the efficiency of the Song Dynasty bureaucrats, Fu Bi was able to enter the prison so quickly to seek an audience. It must have been the efforts of the ministers of the two governments.
Otherwise, Fu Bi may not be able to come to him within two or three days.
So, Zhao Xin asked someone to make the bed and sat up by herself.
He also ordered Yang Huaimin and others to be dismissed - Zhao Xin lacked trust in Yang Huaimin from the bottom of his heart.
Which king would trust a minister who has gotten involved with rebels and is still unclear?
Zhao Xin absolutely does not want another Yan Yingyuan to appear by her side!
Not long after, a middle-aged civil servant in scarlet robes, led by Xu Xi, came to Zhao Xin. He bowed slightly and paid homage to the head of Zhao Xin Ji: "Your Majesty, I know the admonition Yuan You Zhengyan Bi, pay your respects to the state.
