Chapter 444 Gao Qiu Is Finished

Gao Qiu was finished, completely finished.

In just three days, after finding out some of Gao Qiu's involvement, he was directly dismissed and imprisoned. Kaifeng Prefecture cooperated with the Dali Temple to start a comprehensive investigation of Gao Qiu's involvement in recent years.

Gao Qiu has done a lot of dirty things in recent years, embezzling public funds, reselling public property, and embezzling land, which are all necessary for corrupt officials. Although he was very careful, he was one of the three ministers of the Song Dynasty and had great power. How careful could he be? There were always traces.

The criminal investigation personnel of this era were also very sufficient. It can only be said that the criminal investigation methods were a little worse and there were not so many high-tech assistances, but their brains were no worse than anyone else, and they were all the same. With Zhao Ji's tacit approval, the clean officials responsible for investigating this matter frantically expanded the scope of the attack, with a sense of returning the justice of the Song Dynasty. But they attacked people favored by Zhao Ji, and some hostile political enemies. There is no doubt that they were hostile to Zhao Ji's people.

But to be honest, there was nothing wrong with their attacks, because these people were all corrupt officials. Relying on getting money for Zhao Ji, they suppressed dissidents in the court and harmed the people in the local area.

Zhao Ji was not a fool, so how could he indulge in it? He quickly called for a stop, otherwise there would be no one left in the court for him. Again, didn't he know what these people were doing? Didn't he know that the people below were miserable? He knew everything. But what he didn't know was that these people swallowed so much money in the middle, causing the people below to live even more miserably, which made him unhappy. But if they were all killed, of course he wouldn't do it.

People who flatter their superiors are always more popular than those who stick to the rules. They can cater to people's wishes and are comfortable to use. They are much better than those so-called good officials. Moreover, the emperor always has to balance his subordinates. He can't balance the court full of honest officials, so loyalty and treachery can only coexist.

So in the end, they only dealt with some people below them, and did not strike horizontally. However, the officials in charge also followed the clues and informed Zhao Ji of some small connections between Gao Qiu and Tong Guan, Cai Jing and others, which was clearly disgusting.

After nearly half a year, Gao Qiu's case was closed. The land and property were confiscated, and the family assets amounted to 1.2 million guan, which was 1% of the annual income of the Song Dynasty. The whole court, including Emperor Zhao Ji, was stunned. The difference was that the former was acting, but the latter was really unknown.

Zhao Ji knew that his good ministers were more or less greedy, but he never thought that they were so greedy. This number is much more than the hundreds of thousands of guan mentioned by Wang Yan before.

Wang Yan didn't know the specific number either. He just said it casually. After all, Gao Qiu was a close minister who followed Zhao Ji when he was in the palace, and he was not an honest person. In the past 20 years, it was common to have hundreds of thousands of guan. Even if it was 1.2 million guan now, he was not surprised, and even looked down on it. After all, he had been in the position of Taiwei for so many years. Now, the amount of money seized is only 60,000 to 70,000 strings per year, which is still a little short.

Of course, this number means nothing to him, but it means something different to Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji has more than one Gao Qiu. He also has Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, etc. These people are all good ministers he trusts. Gao Qiu has 1.2 million strings, and the others are not bad. Zhao Ji successfully opened the door to a new world...

Gao Qiu's end was not good. Not only did his relatives who bullied others by taking advantage of their power get chopped off, but also a group of businessmen were involved, and a lot of money was found. He was even exiled to Cangzhou and served as a soldier in the Yixiang Army. Cangzhou belongs to Hebei, which is the front line against Liao. It is the duty of the Xiang Army in non-wartime, and it is necessary to go to the battlefield in wartime. The meaning is obvious, that he wants him to die.

Gao Qiu understood this meaning very well. He also knew how many people he had offended over the years, and if he really went to the local area, those soldiers would not tolerate him. After all, he was a big shot in the past, but now he is in trouble. It is always a pleasure to deal with people like him. Not to mention that even if he really wants to go, it is a problem whether he can get there smoothly.

So Gao Qiu died, and Yan said that he knew that he was guilty and had failed the emperor's grace, so he committed suicide in prison.

With the death of Gao Qiu, many people were implicated, and the major event that caused unrest in the court and the local area was completely completed, but then it was Wang Yan's turn.

Although everyone knew that Gao Qiu died because he lost the emperor's favor, Wang Yan's lack of martial ethics and his instigation of Song Jiang to file a complaint in the court was indeed the reason. They could not deal with Zhao Ji, but they wanted to disgust Wang Yan. Therefore, some officials in Hebei and Shandong reported Wang Yan for causing chaos in the local area, and the generals who were kicked out of the Fubei Army reported Wang Yan for eliminating dissidents and wanting to train private troops.

These things were all minor fights for Wang Yan, and there was no problem at all. As a human being, how can you not make mistakes? Even tigers have a nap, and he, the great official Wang, was also pulled down by Song Jiang. But these are all minor matters. Only when the value is greater than those minor flaws can there be an unbreakable golden body. Unless there is another person who can provide Zhao Ji with more than one million strings of money every year, maybe he can get his great official Wang, but obviously, that is impossible.

So Zhao Ji just invited him into the palace to chat, and the chat was about how to spend the newly acquired, the last fortune left to him by his good minister. As for the impeachment, Zhao Ji did not even mention it.

Those people certainly knew it was useless, but they still would not give up, and they had to impeach him when there was nothing to do. This is a question of impression. The public opinion can melt gold. One or two people, one or two days, there is no problem, but if the time is extended, it will be different. Who knows when Zhao Ji will not like this good son-in-law anymore. At that time, the impeachment is just a reason to find fault and he will deal with it casually.

It's true to think so, but the day they think about will never come in their lifetime. Moreover, Wang Yan also compiled a list of those who impeached him...

He is broad-minded, but he is not big-minded and he also holds grudges.

Besides, every one of the contestants participating in his impeachment at this time is not a good person. After all, he, Wang, was a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty, a capable minister who led the people to become rich, seized foreign money for his own use, and greatly alleviated internal conflicts. As long as you are not a fool, anyone with eyes can understand. Anyone who dislikes him is not a good person, good or bad, it's as simple as that.

Song Jiang, who led troops to defeat Tian Hu in Hebei Province, had already received the news. Of course he was happy, and shamelessly took all the credit, so as to clear up his presence with Lin Chong. Lin Chong didn't know what was going on. Although he couldn't avenge himself personally, now that his elder brother had, he was filled with gratitude and his illness seemed to be cured instantly. In order to repay his brother's great kindness, his fighting power exploded and he exerted a lot of effort.

The other leaders of Liangshan, as well as the helpless soldiers, were also very happy, their morale was like a rainbow, and Song Jiang's prestige was even higher. However, in March, Tian Hu was killed and the village was destroyed. Now the class teacher is on his way south to Huaixi...

After casually burning Song Jiang's thank-you letter, Wang Yan shook his head. How could a person who would die faster as he went south get closer to him?

He said it very clearly before, only if it is valuable, there is a reason to live. The further down the Song Jiang River, the less valuable it becomes. It now seems that Song Jiang did not realize the seriousness of the problem. In other words, he was aware of it, but he didn't believe that Zhao Song would treat the hero like that. Maybe this time Zhao Ji killed Gao Qiu, which showed Song Jiang that he must be loyal to the end.

Of course, even if Song Jiang is a genius and breaks the deadlock this time, it will happen next time. Zhao Ji would not let Song Jiang go, and neither would he. Death is Liangshan's mission.

No longer paying attention to Song Jiang's matter, Wang Yan got up and left the study to go to the newly built house in the backyard.

"Official." Zhao Yupan, who was sitting on the bed looking at the child in the room as warm as spring, greeted in a low voice.

Wang Yan nodded in response, slowly approached, and looked at his youngest son who was sleeping peacefully on the bed. Less than a month after he was born, his biological father named him Qinghan. Children of this generation all have two-character names, such as Qingfeng, Qingbai, Qinglian, Qingbo, etc., with Qing in the middle. As for the next generation, he doesn't care. The children can do whatever they want. He is tired.

"How have you been these past two days?"

"Much better." After giving birth to a child, Zhao Yupan obviously added a touch of motherly glory to her nobility. She combed her broken hair behind her ears and smiled softly: "The official's medicinal diet is so good, and his medical skills are also very superb. Why have I never heard of it before?”

"There is no distinction between medicine and martial arts. It is not unusual for me to know some medical skills. As for my reputation has not spread widely, I only occasionally treat the farmers in my village. I have never seen any outsiders. How can it spread so far. It is in this county I only see doctors in the medical clinics I run, and the doctors there are all very capable. How can I have my reputation? Besides, I am the God of Wealth. Even with this name, I have many abilities. , are all hidden under money.”

"Indeed, everyone in the world knows that officials are good at making new things and making money, but no one sees that officials are capable of civility and martial arts." Zhao Yupan shook his head and smiled: "Dad wrote today and said that he will take his child to Beijing next year. Go and show him."

"Well, it's time to go back and take a look. You have been away from Bianjing for more than a year, and next year it will be nearly two years. Do you miss those brothers and sisters too?"

"It's okay. It's not like the officials don't know about the intrigues in the palace. My sisters are okay, but my brothers, the officials know about it, and they all fight at our house. I just want to see my empress when I go back, but I don't want to Pay no attention to my brothers."

Of course Wang Yan knew the situation. Now Zhao Ji's sons have grown up one by one. Young men of seventeen or eighteen years old understand everything they should know. How can there be a prince who doesn't want to be the emperor?

Zhao Heng is the prince, but Zhao Ji, the father, likes his third son, Zhao Kai. Last year, he even got the top prize and was quite talented in poetry, calligraphy and painting. Zhao Ji said, "This son is like me", so he promoted him to the throne. City Secretary.

Such pampering naturally made him have some different thoughts in his mind. Zhao Heng could do the position of prince, but Zhao Kai couldn't do it?

As the reincarnation of the God of Wealth, the richest man in the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Ji's most trusted minister, of course he competed to win over him. This was the case before Zhao Yupan married him. Now that Zhao Yupan married him, Zhao Heng, who was born with the same mother as Zhao Yupan, was naturally happy and went crazy with joy. But Zhao Kai hasn't given up yet, and he always wants to win over one or two from time to time. Because Wang Yan had never expressed his position or communicated with them, he felt that there was still hope. Although the methods from the royal family are immature, they are actually pretty good.

It's just that Wang Yan is not willing to pay attention to them. Several brats want to win his heart. How much leisure does he have to have the leisure to play with the brats? He had time to take care of his children and engage in parent-child activities, which was not much more comfortable than that.

"When will we return to Beijing next year?"

"Let's wait until spring next year. It will be neither too cold nor too hot, so we can travel slowly and not easily get sick. Then we can stay there for a few months before returning."

As he was talking, the little one pouted his mouth, visibly wetting the meson, then he opened his eyes and looked around, grinning widely and howling. The little palace maid on the side quickly came over and wiped her body with warm water, and then wiped it clean with dry cotton cloth. Then her crying gradually stopped, and then she was held by Zhao Yupan to nurse. His three wives all had plenty of milk. After giving birth to so many children, they all fed them by themselves and never needed a wet nurse.

Watching the little one sucking milk hard, Wang Yan reached out and patted the little thing's buttocks, said goodbye to Zhao Yupan and left. He went to the next door and listened to the maid reading. Jinlian's room, where she made clothes and shoes, sat for a while until the old housekeeper came to find him, and then left.

As for Sanniang, she was a person who couldn't sit still. Now that the mountain was closed by heavy snow, she took a group of children and a group of guards into the mountain to hunt. Every day she had fun.

"Boss, Zide and Li Tu are drinking tea in the front hall." Wang Fusheng was very happy to speak. His most promising eldest son was back, and he was very happy.

"Let's go and meet them." Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, and first passed through his main room and went to the front hall.

There were two people drinking tea quietly in the front hall. One was thin and the other was tall and strong. The two looked particularly funny together.

Seeing Wang Yan coming in, the two who were drinking tea and eating cakes quickly put down their teacups, swallowed the cakes in their mouths, stood up and bowed.

"Zide greets the host."

"Student Mingyuan greets the general."

Wang Yan smiled and came forward to help the two sit down: "Brother An, Mingyuan, we are all family, why are there so many politeness? Sit down, sit down."

Zide is Wang Fusheng's son, named Wang Mingan. "Zide" is his courtesy name. Of course, it is not the meaning of self-satisfaction, but is taken from Mencius's meaning of a gentleman studying hard. Four years older than him, with his support, he successfully passed the imperial examination, served as a Beijing official and a county official, and is now about to be transferred to Cangzhou as the prefect, the first line against Liao. Before taking office, he was granted a three-month home visit leave and took his wife and children home for the New Year.

As for the other big and strong man named Mingyuan, it was Li Tu who had previously tried to restore the past. He had made meritorious deeds on the battlefield, and Zhao Ji had promised him the county lieutenant, but he refused. He opened a school opposite Yingtian Academy and once again made his voice heard. To restore the past, one should first restore the body and spirit, and began to debate the meaning of the classics with the professors of Yingtian Academy.

Although he was protected on the battlefield this time, how could he really be safe? Dozens of people went, and more than ten died. Perhaps it was also this experience of life and death that made this kid enlightened.

After all, he was a Confucianist and had to talk about the meaning of the classics. But he was not a master of classics, and people did not recognize the meaning of the classics he talked about. So he thought of a good way to argue with those masters of classics and re-sort out the meaning of the classics he wanted. He did not need to win the debate against all the masters, as long as he could not lose to more than half of the masters, then he would be qualified to establish a school.

Now this kid is also a small figure, teaching his disciples to practice martial arts and swords, studying the meaning of the classics with his peers every day, and there must be many supporters every time he goes out, which is quite impressive. If it really succeeds, it is no problem to compare Cheng Zhu.

After talking to Wang Mingan for a few words, Wang Yan turned to talk to Li Tu.

The main purpose of this time was to meet Li Tu, specifically. Because Li Tu was enlightened and did better than he thought, then this was not a son who could be abandoned at any time, but a confidant who should be cultivated with resources.

Of course, he could not let Zhao Ji know that he was the one who supported the retro faction that shook the foundation. So this time, it was because Wang Mingan went home to visit his relatives, and Li Tu came with him under the name of visiting a friend, and took the opportunity to meet. After Zhao Ji asked about it, he could get rid of the relationship.

And what he wanted to tell Li Tu was nothing else, but his Confucianism. It was also the fundamental principle that he began to compile after he knew what Li Tu had done. It can be said that it was covered with a layer of Confucian skin, but it can indeed be explained. The core is one point, the people. Restoring martial arts is just a disguise, but martial arts must also be restored. After all, he has always supported everyone to have combat effectiveness. He hopes that Li Tu will absorb and get his own things, rather than moving his things. From this, spread it out and establish a school.

He has this mind, where in the world is one family and one surname. If his descendants are really not good, then it is okay for them to change their professions after being overthrown. He has never thought about a thousand-year dynasty.

If Li Tu and others rely on themselves to improve, they will have a hard time in this life. Because the current knowledge is the knowledge of being an official. They have never been an official, not a high official, so they cannot have a bird's-eye view, which is what they lack. At the same time, they also tear down their set of things that serve the king and change them to serve the people. Don't go the wrong way.

As for the imperial examination, it depends on fate and don't force it. It's only a few years, and there will always be a place for them to use their skills.

The most important thing is to spread the knowledge and get more disciples. As far as he knows, people in their thirties or those with families disdain to return to the past. There are many who can see things clearly. They know that it is difficult for them to last long, and it is even more difficult to grow. They have always sneered at the retro faction.

So the disciples gathered now are mostly poor people with no vision, children from poor families, and some children from merchants. Most of these people are in their twenties.

Disciples have no shortage of food for training. Several businessmen brought in by Wang Yan support them. Those who are above average in performance are provided with food, drink, martial arts training, and pens, ink, paper, and inkstone. This is the key for those children from poor families to join the group. Of course, it is not ruled out that there are really passionate young people, which is normal.

Li Tu is a useful person and a smart one. Maybe the reason why he failed the imperial examination before was because he was not as enlightened as he is now. Anyway, when he listened to Wang Yan's speech, his eyes were shining, and he wanted to spread it immediately.

He talked from noon to night, and he stayed for a meal. Then he gave the book he compiled to Li Tu, asking him to go back and absorb it himself and then burn it, and do his great work of restoring the past.

Even if it cannot be accomplished, throwing a stone into the water will also cause ripples...

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