Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

"The minister leads the decree." Zhao Ding said quickly, "I have one more matter, the official."

"Say."

"Those craftsmen who make inferior armor also need to deal with it as appropriate."

"What's your plan?"

"The artisans are coerced and dare not report indiscriminately. It is understandable, but they all know about it, and they conceal it and do not report it. They must be punished. However, when the country is employing people, it is better to punish them with three months' salary as a demonstration. Punishment not only acts as a deterrent, but also does not delay the next fortification."

"Okay, it's up to you."

"Thank you."

After explaining, Zhao Ning walked out and left Dongxifang.

But Li Chong was mentioned in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment.

The case involves armaments and weapons, which is no small matter.

From the supply of raw materials, to the production process, to the management of armaments, there must be strict inspections.

The point at this time is not to strictly investigate, but to solve the problem quickly. If the soldiers on the front line wear such armor to fight, how can they still use a hammer?

But then again, check it!Check it out for me!Better to involve more officials in!

I am short of money now!

When Zhao Ning returned to the palace, Wang Huaiji just sat down and said, "Officials, the Supreme Emperor dragged someone over earlier and said he wanted to see you."

The emperor?

Zhao Ji... Oh no, it's Zhao Ji.

"Did you tell me why you saw me?"

"I didn't say it."

"Okay, I'll take a break and go there."

With his toes, he could tell what Zhao Ji wanted from him.

Now Jin Jun has taken the initiative to say that he wants to negotiate a peace, and the people are opposed to it, but there are a group of people in the officialdom who want to negotiate a peace as soon as possible.

After all, their fertile land was outside the city, and the longer the Jin people stayed, the greater the damage to their land.

And this group of guys have long planned to collect money from the people to negotiate a peace.

But the way to negotiate peace was blocked by him, so he naturally thought that there was still a Supreme Emperor in the palace.

Zhao Ning took a few sips of hot tea and set off.

After Zhao Ji abdicated, he has been living in his beloved Yanfu Palace.

When Zhao Ning arrived at Yanfu Palace, he found that King Yun Zhao Kai was also there.

When Zhao Kai saw Zhao Ning, he saluted and said, "Official."

Zhao Ji was dressed in Taoist clothes, with an overindulgent appearance, pale complexion, and two dark circles under his eyes.

He was writing, and when he saw Zhao Ning, he said with a sullen face, "You are here."

"What does the Supreme Emperor want me to do?"

"I heard that you killed two ministers?"

Zhao Ning looked at the pen in Zhao Ji's hand and the words on the paper, and couldn't help feeling that Song Huizong's thin gold body really lived up to its reputation.

"That's true."

Zhao Ji said coldly, "You don't know how to be emperor."

Zhao Ning was not angry either, and said with a smile: "What's so high about the Supreme Emperor?"

"You killed them, what do other ministers think?"

"What do they think?"

Zhao Ji said: "They will think you are mean and ungrateful, who will do their best to help you?"

Being taught by Zhao Ji how to be an emperor, do you think it is ironic?

There is such a saying in history to comment on Zhao Ji: everything is possible, but you can't be the ear of the king.

It means that Zhao Ji is actually a genius, proficient in many things, but he just can't be the emperor.

If Zhao Ji was born in an ordinary wealthy family, he must be a very talented person, or if he is just a prince, he will definitely be famous in history for his talent.

But he just became emperor.

When this buddy was in power, the people in the court were not traitors individually, but groups of traitors.

If you want to talk about the emperor's methods, using cruel officials and treacherous officials, it doesn't matter if they are used well.

But the problem is that Zhao Ji can't use it well. He only knows how to control the final decision-making power in his own hands, but he lacks the most basic judgment on various decisions on major national affairs.

Being an emperor does not mean that you can play tricks. National affairs, financial revenue and expenditure, talent selection, critical moment decisions, and macro-level strategic layout are all the abilities that an emperor should possess.

If you only know how to play tricks, you will naturally not recognize traitors.

Therefore, if Zhao Ning listened to Zhao Ji's words, then he really saw a ghost.

Zhao Ning said with a smile: "The Supreme Emperor seems to have a lot of experience in governing the country?"

Zhao Ji put down his pen and said, "At any rate, I have been emperor for more than twenty years."

A father is different in front of his son, he is born to put on a majestic look.

Zhao Ning smiled more cordially, but his words were as sharp as a knife: "Then how has the world been governed by the Supreme Emperor in the past twenty years?"

The majestic expression on Zhao Ji's face froze in an instant, and his expression immediately darkened: "I am your father!"

"I am the emperor!"

Zhao Ji said angrily: "Your wings are stiff!"

"What on earth does the Supreme Emperor want to say today! People, I have already killed them. Does the Supreme Emperor want to complain for them? Do you want me to send their heads to the Supreme Emperor so that the Supreme Emperor can do something for them?"

"You are presumptuous!" Zhao Ji was so angry that he almost jumped up, "I am your father! How dare you speak to me like this!"

Zhao Kai quickly came over to support Zhao Ji: "Father, don't be angry, you will not be healthy if you are angry."

(In the Song Dynasty, there was no such title as father emperor.)

"Official family, father is old, so don't be angry with him. If you get angry, if it spreads, the official family will lose face and let the world see the official family."

Zhao Ning looked at the father and son coldly.

Zhao Kai is Zhao Ji's favorite prince. When Zhao Ji was in power, he wanted to abolish Zhao Huan and establish Zhao Kai.

Unexpectedly, the two of them are still walking together.

Zhao Ji said: "The Jin people want to negotiate a peace, why haven't you made a statement! Don't tell me you want to kill us all!"

"Let me just say, the Supreme Emperor came to me just to discuss this matter. He said to kill the ministers but not to kill the ministers. When the Supreme Emperor was the emperor, did he take care of the life and death of the ministers?"

"Stop talking nonsense! A peace negotiation is just around the corner, why haven't you made a statement!"

"The Supreme Emperor suddenly came to me today to talk about peace, did someone mention it to the Supreme Emperor?"

"No one mentioned it to me. I just heard that the Jinren wanted to negotiate peace. Why didn't you express your opinion? Do you think you can fight to the death with the Jinren?"

"Since the Supreme Emperor has abdicated, don't worry about it. I will take care of the next thing."

Zhao Ning thought in his heart, now it seems that someone must have chewed his tongue in front of Zhao Ji.

It seems that those guys can't sit still, they have already complained a lot about me!

"Zhao Huan! What on earth do you want to do!"

"Is this why the Supreme Emperor called me here?"

"Yes! I just want to discuss peace with you!"

"It's unnecessary! The Supreme Emperor should enjoy his old age here, don't ask more questions about government affairs!" Zhao Ning didn't want to talk nonsense with Zhao Ji any more, so he turned around and left.

Zhao Kai was on the side like a good person: "Guanjia, although you are the Ninth Five-Year Master, this is your father."

Zhao Ning stopped just two steps away. He turned around and stared at Zhao Kai, and said angrily, "King Yun! You still have the face to speak in front of me! I went to the Military Weapons Supervision today, do you know if someone reported you for embezzling military weapons?" Prison money!"

Zhao Kai's heart trembled, but he said hastily: "Officials, this is absolutely impossible. As a prince of the clan, how could I go for such a small fortune? The official will investigate clearly!"

"I'll check it out!"

Zhao Ning left after speaking.

Zhao Ji's voice came from behind: "Zhao Huan! You rebellious son!"

Chapter 37 Another Shocking Conspiracy?

A person like Zhao Kai, who was talking about taking advantage of the victory two days ago, is now mingling with Zhao Ji to inquire about peace talks.

Is not this contradictory?

This is not really a contradiction.

Because they are capitulators themselves, when they say something to take advantage of the victory, they just open their mouths and come on a temporary basis. If they really believe their nonsense, they will be the ones who cheated them in the end.

Moreover, Zhao Ji's behavior today must be due to some ministers chewing their tongues behind their backs.

Zhao Ning knew in his heart that if he killed several ministers, some people would definitely jump to the emperor who had abdicated.

The reason is simple.

After Li Yuan abdicated, there was still a large group of courtiers who were dissatisfied with Li Shimin and tried every means to support Li Yuan again.

What's more, Zhao Ji has only abdicated for a year, and his influence is still great.

This problem cannot be solved now, unless Zhao Ji is killed.

But the risk of killing Zhao Ji is too great. If it is spread and known, Zhao Ning's prestige will plummet, especially among the people.

Killing one's father is a taboo in human relations.

This is a move that leads to the end, and it will only make Zhao Kai the biggest beneficiary.

You only do that if you have a brain.

Is that unresolved?

Of course it's not unsolvable.

What is important in political games is not to kill the opponent immediately, but to carefully plan and develop one's own power.

Politics is a zero-sum game, one goes up and down the other.

When one's own power is strong enough, the opponent's power will naturally become weaker and weaker.

For example Li Shimin.

Li Shimin's ascension is definitely not because he killed the crown prince.

Killing Prince Li Jiancheng was just the result.

The reason is that he single-handedly created the Great Tang Dynasty, and his subordinates are like clouds, and his prestige is extremely high.

Even if Li Shimin was unwilling to kill Li Jiancheng, the group of people who followed Li Shimin to create Datang would not agree.

After all, what he is loyal to assisting you, the King of Qin, is to be in the court in the future, not just to be a subject of your King Qin's mansion.

So, what can be done right now is to continuously cultivate one's own power internally, and constantly weaken the power of the past.

When the power of the past has been weakened to a certain extent, even if Zhao Ji and Zhao Kai bounce around every day, it will not help.

Just after returning from Yanfu Palace, he found that Wang Huaiji had sent a lot of memorials.

The ministers no longer played secrets, but directly played secrets.

A letter of memorial was handed over, and various long-winded essays were used to analyze the current situation.

There are mainly two voices: [-]. Officials, it’s not us who want to negotiate a peace, it’s not that we’re disturbing the morale of the army, it’s the other party’s initiative to negotiate a peace, the officials think twice, this is a rare opportunity!

Second, the Jin people took the initiative to negotiate a peace, which means that the Jin people will not be able to hold on, so it is better to send troops immediately.

After Zhao Ning read a few copies, he began to doze off.

There is no motivation to continue watching at all, cliché, utopianism.

It shows the corruption of the Song Dynasty bureaucrats!