Ximen Qiao sat in his sedan chair and carefully pondered over the position of Imperial Censor. This was much more impressive than the Imperial Censor.
When he returned to the residence, Ximen Qiao placed the imperial edict and the imperial sword in the hall. He began to call the intelligence team for a meeting.
The intelligence team kept presenting estimates of the wealth of the wealthy people in Beijing.
The biggest one was Zhao Ji. Of course, he couldn't touch him.
The second and third were Third Imperial Uncle Zhao Zhenji and Tong Guan.
These two were one million mu and 500,000 mu respectively.
This was something that could be made into a story. Ximen Qiao took Zhao Zhenji's information and read it carefully.
Zhao Zhenji was the Third Imperial Uncle. He was old, but he wasn't old. He was only thirty-four years old.
He owned a large area of fertile land around the capital, and the people called him Zhao Baiwan. He rose to power because he opposed Wang Anshi's reform. He annexed fertile land along the way, causing his reputation to be extremely bad and the people's resentment to boil.
Ximen Qiao decided to start with him.
"Shuxiang, pass on my order. Tell Zhao Zhenji to come here and report.”Ximen Qiao said.
"Sir, only the Emperor can question him.”Shuxiang stammered.
"Take the imperial sword. Isn't this the representative of the emperor?”Ximen Qiao said.
"Great Official, that's true, but this Third Imperial Uncle has a very good relationship with the Emperor, and the Emperor also relies on him.”
"The Zhao Family is a nest of rats and snakes. We can't fight the big rats, but why can't we fight Zhao Zhenji, the second rat? Using the name of a big rat to beat a second rat, it would definitely succeed! Go."
"Yes, sir." Shu Xiang took out the imperial sword and handed it to the servant in the residence.
When Ximen Qiao's official letter arrived at the Prince's mansion, Zhao Zhenji was at the back of the flower…Eating crabs in the garden was the season for crabs to appear in the market. Zhao Zhenji brought a dozen concubines to eat crabs happily and recite poems.
When he saw the official letter, he tore it into pieces with his oily hands.
"This Ximen Qiao is too arrogant. He's so amazing just because he has Huang Jing as his backing? Huang Jing didn't dare to disrespect this prince like this. Go, tell your master to come and pay his respects. Otherwise, I'll ask him to scram tomorrow. I'll tell him the exact words, don't miss out. Left and right, beat him up before letting him go.”
When the guards of the Prince's mansion heard the order, they immediately beat up the person who came to deliver the official letter like wolves and tigers. They only sent someone to send him back after his skin and flesh were torn open.
"Then what did Ximen Qing's letter say?”Zhao Zhenji said casually after eating enough crabs.
"Your Highness, if you don't know, how would we know?”One of the concubines fed Zhao Zhenji a jujube.
"This prince only read the beginning and said something about asking me to go to his residence to ask questions. Is this person sick? "Hahaha!" Zhao Zhenji laughed out loud. He had never received such an official letter since he was born.
"Wangye, that person from the Ximen residence also brought a treasured sword. According to him, it was the imperial sword. Now that it's left in the residence, how should we deal with it?”another concubine said.
"Eh? Let's go and see if it's true or not?" Zhao Zhenji faintly felt that this matter was fishy.
The imperial sword was usually something of honor and had no real meaning. Zhao Zhenji was very clear about this. If it was true, what was Zhao Ji, the emperor's nephew, playing with him?
"Your Highness, Ximen Qiao is here.”The butler of the Prince's mansion jogged over and shouted.
"What are you panicking about? How many people did he bring?"
"He's the only one."
"Let him wait in the living room. After about two hours, tell him that this prince's body is slightly unwell and it is not convenient for him to see guests.”Zhao Zhenji sneered.
"Yes, Your Highness." The butler accepted the order and left.
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