Nowadays, everyone in the world knows that Yizijiaozipu is rich, but Yizijiaozipu has never been robbed. Why?
It's because the soldiers and horses guarding Yizijiaozipu are truly strong soldiers.
Important stores such as Kaifeng Mansion and Jiangning Mansion, which have a lot of money, are guarded by thousands of soldiers and horses, both overt and covert. Relying on the bunker in Jiaozi Shop, it is impossible to break through without three to five thousand elite soldiers.
Swallowing eight Yizijiaozi shops in one go is not something that ordinary thieves or those bandits who dominate the mountain can do.
In the Song Dynasty, only the imperial court and various martial arts families had this strength.
The imperial court is Zhao Zhen's imperial court, and Yizijiaozipu is also Zhao Zhen's Yizijiaozipu.
Zhao Zhen cannot use his own power to destroy his own industry.
So this must have been done by Wu Xun.
Wang Zeng almost put the word "Wuxun" on the surface. Anyone with a little bit of intelligence can understand the meaning of Wang Zeng's words.
Zhao Zhen said with an angry face: "Of course I know who is behind this. They are demonstrating against me. They want to stop me from investigating them. They no longer have Wang Fa in their eyes, nor me."
Lu Yijian and the other two people all frowned upon hearing this.
The behavior of the martial artists was not only rough, but also excessive.
Threatening the imperial court with force was not only unbearable for Zhao Zhen, but also for them.
Zhao Zhen stood up and said indignantly: "When will I not be able to even investigate corruption? After I did a little investigation, they sent troops to threaten me? If I continue to investigate in detail, will they rebel?"
It’s okay to cooperate with them in their corruption, but it’s not okay for me to investigate corruption?
Is the Song Dynasty their country or mine?"
"The officials calm down!"
Lu Yijian and three others bowed to admonish.
Zhao Zhen glared and said, "Should I calm down my anger? How can I calm down my anger? They are lying on Da Song's body and drinking blood, but I still can't control them. If I control them, I will send troops and horses?"
Lu Yijian and the other two looked at each other.
Wang Zeng stepped forward and said with cupped hands: "Previously, the emperor's relatives made mistakes, which were punished by the ministers. Now that the robbery of Yizijiaozipu involves Wu Xun, the officials will leave the matter to the ministers.
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If I dare to truthfully investigate the crimes of the emperor's relatives, I will not be afraid of the military heroes threatening them with soldiers and horses.
I will definitely help the officials to get to the bottom of this matter."
After hearing what Wang Zeng said, the anger on Zhao Zhen's face dissipated a lot, "Since Wang Aiqing took the initiative to ask for help, then let Wang Aiqing handle this matter. You must investigate the case for me, and you can't let go of any thief."
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After finding out where they are, I will capture them all, and I will behead them in front of all the people in the world."
"Here..."
Wang Zeng bowed and agreed to the matter.
After Wang Zeng returned to the original place, Kou Ji took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "Eight Yizijiaozi shops in Jiangning Prefecture and other places were robbed. The money that the people deposited in Yizijiaozi shops has probably been stolen.
Looted everything.
After the people know this, they will definitely be panicked.
If it is not dealt with in time, there may be a civil unrest."
Zhao Zhen heard Kou Ji's words and took a deep breath, "I was so angry that I almost killed the common people."
Zhao Zhen's eyes subconsciously fell on Lu Yijian, and Lu Yijian's heart skipped a beat.
Zhao Zhen stared at Lu Yijian and said in a deep voice: "The eight Yizijiaozi shops were looted. If the people are not comforted, there will be chaos. Lu Aiqing, please go to Jiangning Mansion and comfort the people for me.
When the people see you arriving, they will definitely ask you to uphold justice. At that time, they will inevitably have to spend some money to deal with the people.
I will write a handwritten letter soon and send it to several Yizijiaozi shops in nearby Jiangning Prefecture and other places, ordering them to send some money to you.
You pay it to the people according to the truth."
Lu Yijian opened her mouth, but did not speak yet.
Zhao Zhen said again: "The deposits of the eight Yizijiaozi shops in Jiangning Prefecture and other places amount to tens of millions of dollars. Now they have been robbed by thieves. If they are not handled well, there will be a big mess. So Lu Aiqing must help me."
Deal with the matter."
A major event involving tens of millions of dollars was enough to choke all Lu Yijian's words.
Lu Yijian sighed inwardly and bowed: "Well..."
Zhao Zhen urged: "Without further delay, the two beloved ministers will leave as soon as possible to deal with this matter."
Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng bowed their hands and exited Zishi Hall.
The two of them were silent all the way until they got outside the palace, and then they started talking.
Lu Yijian stared at Wang Zeng and said, "Do you really believe that tens of millions of dollars have been robbed?"
Wang Zeng curled his lips and said: "If tens of millions of money were really robbed, Kou Ji would have led Pengri, Tianwu and Tianwu armies to leave the capital long ago, so there would be no need for the two of us to make a trip."
Lu Yijian's face turned dark as he said, "So... the officials just see us three as an eyesore and are trying to keep us away?"
Wang Zeng sighed and said: "I'm afraid the officials are really planning to let us come out to clean up the mess, so they sent us away in advance to prepare for the future."
Lu Yi simply frowned and said, "According to what you said, the Guan family and Kou Ji are preparing for a big fight?"
Wang Zeng spread his hands and said: "Didn't we already start doing it? Tens of millions of dollars were robbed. Isn't it big enough?"
Lu Yijian snorted coldly: "The officials were not in a hurry when tens of millions of dollars were robbed. It is clear that the tens of millions of dollars were not lost. The martial artists are really stupid and can't plan any trivial matter well.
Now, not only did he not threaten the officials, but he also fell into the hands of the officials.
The officials originally wanted to deal with them, but now that they have caught their handle, they are still squeezing them to death."
Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "It's not that the military officers are stupid, but that the officials are well-informed..."
Wang Zeng turned around and glanced deep into the palace, and said in a low voice: "We must be careful when we speak in the future..."
Lu Yijian's brows raised again and again, her eyes widened little by little, and she said in a deep voice: "You mean...Wude Si?"
Wang Zeng nodded with a heavy expression.
"Before, you left the capital and your official family also went to the northwest. I was in the capital to supervise the country. I have clearly experienced the capabilities of Wude Si. I haven't heard about some things that happened in the capital. Those who are far away in the northwest
The officials already knew the news and sent someone to deliver documents to me for me to deal with."
"hiss……"
Lu Yijian took a breath of air.
What Wang Zeng said was just a simple thing, but in his eyes, it was anything but simple.
What happened under Wang Zeng's nose, Zhao Zhen got the news first before Wang Zeng received the news. This alone is enough to show that Bianjing City is already full of Zhao Zhen's eyes and ears.
Bianjing City has no secrets to Zhao Zhen.
Who will dare to do some shameful things in Bianjing City in the future?
Aren't all those officials who are greedy for small fortunes captured by Zhao Zhen?
These important ministers said some shameful things behind their backs, but didn't all of them reach Zhao Zhen's ears?
After Zhao Zhen knew all their secrets, how could they still pretend to be in front of Zhao Zhen?
Some men who steal and engage in prostitution, but who appear to be upright and loyal, aren't they all exposed in front of Zhao Zhen?
When those people with different appearances come to impeach Zhao Zhen in the court, won't Zhao Zhen regard them as monkeys?
Wang Zeng looked at Lu Yijian who was frozen on the spot, his face became a little ugly, and he asked in a low voice: "Have you done any shameful things, are you afraid of being discovered by the officials?"
When Lu Yijian heard this, she wanted to scold her, but in the end she didn't curse. She just glared at Wang Zeng fiercely.
"What shady things can I do?"
Wang Zeng sneered: "Then what are you afraid of?"
Lu Yijian said with a serious face: "Am I afraid?"
"hehe……"
Wang Zeng laughed and said to Lu Yijian: "You know whether you are afraid or not. Anyway, I am not afraid because I have never done anything shameful."
Lu Yijian sneered and said, "Have you never seen your disciples in the past and sought official positions for them?"
The smile on Wang Zeng's face suddenly disappeared.
Anyone who can step into the ranks of important ministers will have few disciples.
Kou Ji was an unlearned and incompetent person, but he still had many old disciples.
Wang Zeng was a man who was well-read in poetry and literature, and he was often the examiner of the imperial examinations. Naturally, he had many old friends among his disciples.
He would naturally help some of his old disciples whom he admired. Mobile version::
Wang Zeng hesitated and said: "There are countless people who support disciples and old friends. It is impossible for the officials to use this as a handle, right?"
Lu Yijian pouted and said, "Of course not now, but I won't be able to tell in the future."
Nowadays, it is just a small thing to help disciples to make old friends, and Zhao Zhen won't care about it.
But no one can tell whether Zhao Zhen will treat this matter as a major event in the future.
No one can tell whether Zhao Zhen will settle old scores in the future.
Zhao Zhen is now going over the old scores of martial artists, which is a good example.
Wang Zeng took a deep breath and said: "From now on, it would be better for us to see each other less often."
Lu Yijian nodded solemnly.
Wang Zeng continued: "Find an opportunity to admonish some officials."
Lu Yijian naturally knew what Wang Zeng wanted to advise Zhao Zhen.
The civil and military officials of the entire dynasty can keep an eye on them, but they cannot keep an eye on them too closely.
Watching too closely is not a good thing.
Once it reaches the point where everyone is in danger, it will have a huge impact on the country of the Song Dynasty.
No one likes to expose everything about themselves to others.
No one.
People need to have a little privacy of their own, and they also need to have a little secret of their own.
Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng each sighed and returned to their respective mansions.
Royal Palace.
Inside the Zishi Hall.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji sat opposite each other.
There was no anger on their faces just now.
Zhao Zhen even had a smile on his face, "I really want to know what the faces of the martial artists are now."
Kou Ji laughed and said: "The official family has some bad taste..."
Zhao Zhen said with a smile: "They mobilized a large number of people to rob the Yizijiaozi shop. In the end, they only robbed a few copper coins and burned down several shops. It's not a pain or an irritation for me."
Not only did they not hurt me, but they showed their leverage and I caught them.
I'm afraid they are in a panic now, right?"
Kou Ji thought for a while and said: "I think they should be looking for the culprit at this moment. The officials should withdraw their people as soon as possible to prevent them from being killed or injured."
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, don't worry. My people have been withdrawn long ago. Even if they find out the mole, they can't catch anyone."
Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "That's good..."
Zhao Zhen continued to laugh and said: "Speaking of which, Shi, the people in the hands of Pan's family are a bit weak. If I hadn't ordered it in advance, when someone robbed Yizijiaozi Pu, the soldiers and horses guarding were not allowed to fight to the death. Shi
, I’m afraid the Pan family won’t be able to win the Bajia Yizijiaozi Shop.”
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "The family fortune of Shi and Pan's family is hidden in the north, not in the south, so it is naturally difficult to rob Yizijiaozi Shop in Jiangning Mansion and other places.
But the officials cannot belittle them because of this."
Zhao Zhen nodded slowly and said: "I know they have the manpower in their hands, and I will not underestimate them."
Kou Jidao: "Since they have already taken action, we don't need to hold back."
Zhao Zhen muttered: "Let's wait until Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai, and Lu Yijian leave the capital. If they don't leave, they will inevitably nag in my ears, which will annoy me."
When Kou Ji heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry.
Zhao Zhen seemed to have remembered something, and said to Kou Ji with a smile: "By the way, there is something I want to tell my fourth brother. Beauty Zhang is pregnant."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and said with a smile, "That's great news."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "I also think it is good news. I have decided to promote Zhang Mei to the rank of imperial concubine. What do you think, fourth brother?"
Kou Ji pondered for a while and said in a deep voice: "It's inappropriate..."
The smile on Zhao Zhen's face was slightly stiff.
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Have the officials forgotten the tragedy of the late Zhang Guifei? Zhang Guifei died, one body and two lives, and the cause has not been found out yet. Now that the officials have promoted Zhang Mei as a noble concubine, I am afraid that
Zhang Meiren followed in the footsteps of Concubine Zhang."
Zhao Zhen clenched his fists subconsciously, with a ferocious expression on his face, but did not speak.
Kou Ji continued: "The death of Concubine Zhang may not be because she was not favored. Concubine Zhang was just a beauty at first, but after she became pregnant with the emperor's heir, the official family immediately promoted Concubine Zhang to the rank of concubine, and she suddenly jumped several levels.
, some people in the harem will inevitably be jealous, and will naturally be detrimental to Concubine Zhang.
The officials know exactly how the daughter of the Guo family who was punished by the officials died."
Zhao Zhen took a deep breath and said with red eyes: "I hold the world in my hands, can't I even protect women and children?"
Kou Ji sighed and said nothing.
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "I want the people from Wude Si to enter the palace!"
Kou Ji was slightly stunned and said in a deep voice: "Once someone from Wudesi enters the palace, there will be no secrets left in the official family."
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said word by word: "I don't care!"
Kou Ji frowned and said, "Once the people from Wu Desi enter the palace and get too involved with the palace, they may take advantage of the palace's prestige to become powerful. If they cause trouble, it may be difficult to deal with it."
Kou Ji originally didn't want to mention Wu Desi in front of Zhao Zhen.
But Zhao Zhen intended to bring Wude Si's people into the palace, so Kou Ji had to dissuade him.
The people in the Wude Division now only have supervisory powers and no law enforcement powers.
Law enforcement power now lies with the Imperial City Division.
Most of the staff of the Imperial City Division were transferred to the Wude Division, and now they are in name only.
Once Wu Desi entered the palace and found out some scandals in the palace, Zhao Zhen was desperate and gave him law enforcement powers.
It is very likely that Wude Si will become a disaster to the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Zhen gritted his teeth and said, "But if I don't use Wu Desi, how can I know who is behind the murder of the emperor's heir?"
Kou Ji solemnly said: "People from the Wude Division can be used, but they can only be the eyes and ears of the officials, and cannot be the hands, feet and mouths of the officials."
Zhao Zhen frowned.
Kou Ji continued: "What they did is something that cannot be put on the stage, and they are destined to not be put on the stage. If the officials put them on the stage, they will cause trouble sooner or later.
Please note that they take orders directly from the officials.
And you can give them a lot of power.
Tong Zhongshu, Pingzhangshi, Privy Council Envoy, Councilor for Political Affairs, Tongzhi Privy Councilor, Six Ministers, etc. The power of all officials in the world is given by you.
You can ask them to help you find out any information.
You can also ask them to help you arrest anyone.
If they had the power to arrest anyone, all officials in the world would be in danger.
If they do good deeds, they will naturally be beneficial to the court.
But if they do evil, no one can do anything to them."
Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "There's nothing I can do against them?"
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "All your eyes and ears tell you that the Yellow River is straight, but some officials tell you that the Yellow River is curved. Who will you believe?"
Kou Ji's metaphor was a bit ridiculous, but Zhao Zhen couldn't laugh at all because he understood the meaning of Kou Ji's words.
Zhao Zhen looked a little ugly and said: "I will believe...my own eyes and ears..."
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "Once they become powerful, they will naturally not harm the officials, but they can deceive them."
Zhao Zhen's breathing was a little heavy, and he stared at Kou Ji and said: "I just thought that Wudesi is somewhat useful..."
Kou Ji smiled bitterly and said: "Muskets are easy to use, but if you don't clean them regularly, you will hurt yourself."
Zhao Zhen let out a long sigh.
"I will temporarily send Wude Si's people into the palace to secretly protect Zhang Meiren. After the matter is over, I will let them leave the palace. I will restrain Wude Si.
From now on, Wu Desi will only help me find out the news, and no other people can interfere.
All relevant issues must be handed over to the yamen at all levels for handling."
When Kou Ji heard what Zhao Zhen said, he breathed a long sigh of relief.
After Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji finished discussing the matter of Wu Desi, Zhao Zhen said to Kou Ji: "The issue of Wu Xun still needs the fourth brother to keep an eye on it. In a few days, my people will send the captured thieves to Beijing.
From now on, fourth brother will be able to arrest people."
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
Of course, arresting someone requires evidence.
To arrest people from Shi, Pan and other families based solely on evidence of corruption in previous years is not enough of a deterrent, and it is difficult to catch them all in one fell swoop.
After all, several of our ancestors were founding heroes.
We can't defeat them just by relying on some old accounts from previous years.
If they could be wiped out all based on old accounts from previous years, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen would not let them plunder Yizijiaozipu.
They have enough people to help them take the blame, and they also have excuses to blame the matter on their subordinates.
The robbery of Yizijiaozi Shop required so many people, caused such a big fuss, and involved so much money.
They can't shirk it.
After Kou Ji accepted the errand ordered by Zhao Zhen, he left the palace.
After returning to the house, I did nothing but play with my wife and children.
Kou Ji seemed to be a fine person.
However, Shi, Pan and other families were in trouble.
Shifu Villa.
Shi Yuansun, Pan Su and others all stared at a middle-aged man standing in front of them.
Pan Su said with a slightly trembling voice: "Repeat what you just said..."
The middle-aged man said with a heavy expression: "Returning to Mr. Pan, the villains robbed and burned eight Yizijiaozi shops near Jiangning Mansion, killing nearly three hundred brothers, and looted a total of one hundred and fifteen thousand.
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two copper coins!"
When Zhao Zhen told Kou Ji how many copper coins the Yizijiaozi Shop had been robbed, he was just using a metaphor, not saying that the Yizijiaozi Shop had actually been robbed of several copper coins.
Although Zhao Zhen secretly sent someone to transfer the money from Yizijiaozipu beforehand, he still left some behind for daily business dealings.
Jiangning Mansion is thousands of miles away from Kaifeng Mansion.
It was impossible for Zhao Zhen to accurately calculate the time when Shi Yuansun, Pan Su and others would take action.
We can't close down the business and alert others, so we naturally need to leave some money.
After Pan Su finished listening to the middle-aged man's words, he almost stumbled and fell to the ground. He stared at the middle-aged man and asked sternly: "Have you made a clear count?"
The middle-aged man said seriously: "I have counted it more than a dozen times..."
Pan Su asked again, "Has anyone enriched their own pockets?"
Although Pan Su already knew the result in his heart, he still couldn't help but ask for clarification.
The middle-aged man's face changed, and he gritted his teeth and said: "The wealth and life of the little people are in the hands of a few nobles, how dare the little people line their own pockets?"
Pan Su's face turned pale, he staggered two steps and fell down on the stone bench.
Shi Yuansun and others also looked very ugly.
"We clearly investigated beforehand and found that the deposits in the eight Yizijiaozi shops amounted to tens of millions of guan. Why, why was there only 110,000 guan left?"
Shi Yuansun shouted angrily.
Pan Su smiled miserably and said: "What else can be done? There must be a traitor among us, and we have told him every move we made. From the beginning to the end, we have been led by his nose."
"traitor?!"
Shi Yuansun's eyes were red and he stared at everyone and said: "Who?! Who betrayed us? I'm going to chop him alive!"
Pan Su closed his eyes in pain and said: "It's not us, it's the people from our respective mansions. Think about it, have any of the maids or servants left the mansion recently?
The day before yesterday, one of my accountants in Pan Mansion went back to his hometown to help his mother observe mourning."
As soon as Pan Su said these words, everyone's expressions changed.
Because there are people in their house who have left the house for different reasons in recent days. PC::/
Pan Su took a few deep breaths, calmed down, stared at the middle-aged man and said, "Have any of you been arrested? Is there anyone who knows about it?"
The middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "I was about to report this matter to Mr. Pan. A dozen of our brothers were arrested, and three of them know all the details of this trip."
Pan Su clenched his fists and no longer roared hysterically, nor did he tremble with fear.
Because he already knew the answer before he asked.
Since Zhao Zhen knew their methods from beginning to end, he would naturally not miss this opportunity to seize their leverage. He would definitely order someone to capture a few tongues and take them back.
"Now...what should we do?"
Someone was asking questions in a panic.
Pan Su stretched out two fingers and said: "Two roads..."