The first person to meet Zhao Huan was Xu Hui.
"Your Majesty, may I know why you have called me here?”
"Xu Hui, I asked you to collect evidence of Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Xi, Li Bangyan, and the others breaking the law and breaking the rules. Also, have you collected the details of their family property?" Zhao Huan asked Xu Hui while sitting on the dragon throne.”
Xu Hui did not have the time to personally participate, but the thousands of people in the Imperial City Department were usually secretly monitoring the officials in the court, so it was not difficult.
"Your Majesty, this lowly subject has already collected the evidence of Cai Jing and the others breaking the law and discipline, as well as the details of their family property. This lowly subject will bring it over and hand it over to Your Majesty for review.”|
"Go, come back quickly!"
"Yes!"
Not long after Xu Hui left, he returned.
"Your Majesty, this is the evidence of Cai Jing and the others breaking the law and the details of their property. Please take a look!”
Zhao Huan took the evidence from Xu Hui and looked at it carefully.
Looking at the detailed list and the things that Cai Jing and the others had done, Zhao Huan was furious.
"Damn, Cai Jing took a bribe of 300,000 yuan in one go. He's really bold!”
Zhao Huan knew that Cai Jing and the others took bribes because they were Zhao Ji's favorite ministers, but he didn't expect them to be so crazy.
This was especially true for Cai Jing and the others. Xu Hui had only calculated the initial amount. Just Cai Jing's family alone had more than four million taels of silver in cash.
Tong Guan, Zhu Rong, and the others were about the same, not much less than Cai Jing.
"Tsk tsk, they really are a bunch of bastards. They should be killed, they should be killed!”
When Zhao Huan saw the information about Li Bangyan, he raised his eyebrows and asked Xu Hui.
"Xu Hui, this Li Bangyan is secretly dealing with the Jin people and accepting bribes from them. Before this, did you not report this to the Retired Emperor?”
Xu Hui quickly reported.
"Your Majesty, I have reported this matter to the Retired Emperor, but the Retired Emperor ignored it. He told me that Li Bangyan had contributed to the alliance between the Song Dynasty and the Jin people, so he did not intend to pursue the matter!”
This time, it was Zhao Huan's turn to be dumbfounded.
It seemed that Zhao Ji knew about this, but he turned a deaf ear to it.
It was no wonder that the faction of peace in the court was growing stronger day by day. It turned out that it had a lot to do with Zhao Ji's laissez-faire. How ridiculous.
"Xu Hui, hurry up and investigate all the officials in the court in detail. Do not leave anyone behind.”
Xu Hui nodded and asked tentatively,""Your Majesty, what about Lord Li and Lord Zhao?”
Zhao Huan knew that Xu Hui was talking about Li Gang and Zhao Ding. He thought for a moment and said,"Investigate, don't let anyone off!”
"Yes!"
At this moment, Cao Jie walked in.""Your Majesty, Lord Bai has arrived!"
"Let him in!"
"Your humble subject, Bai Shizhong, greets Your Majesty!”
Bai Shizhong bowed to Zhao Huan, then stood in the hall anxiously waiting for Zhao Huan's instructions.
Zhao Huan looked at Bai Shizhong, the leader of the peace faction. This guy was very close to Cai Jing. It could be said that many of his suggestions represented Cai Jing.
"Bai Shizhong, do you know that Cai Jing has already been captured by Zhen!”
"What?" Bai Shizhong was shocked. He really didn't know about this, and his heart trembled."This lowly subject is foolish and doesn't know!”
Zhao Huan smiled and asked Bai Shizhong,""Bai Shizhong, why didn't you leave Tokyo with Cai Jing and the others to take refuge in the south?”
Bai Shizhong had always suggested that Zhao Huan move the capital south, but when Cai Jing and the others fled south with Zhao Ji, this guy actually did not follow them. It was really surprising.
"Your Majesty, as a subject of the Great Song, a subject of Your Majesty, how can I abandon the lives of the citizens in such a critical moment and flee south? I really can't do it!”
"But didn't you suggest that I move the capital? What, are you saying these words now, are you trying to deceive me like I'm a three-year-old child?”
Bai Shizhong smiled bitterly."
"This humble subject has committed a crime and requests Your Majesty to punish me. This humble subject suggested that Your Majesty move the capital mainly for the sake of Your Majesty's safety. However, Your Majesty is currently guarding Dongjing City. As Your Majesty's subject, how can this humble subject abandon Your Majesty's safety and run for his life? This is not something this humble subject would do. This humble subject really cannot do!”
Regardless of whether what Bai Shizhong said was true or false, Zhao Huan could spare his life just from the fact that this guy didn't follow Zhao Ji, Cai Jing, and the others to escape south.
It was true that Bai Shizhong advocated peace, but his doctrine was completely different from that of Li Bangyan and the others.
Bai Shizhong listened to Cai Jing's wishes in everything just to cater to his superiors. As the prime minister, he was completely Cai Jing's marionette in the imperial court.
It was not an exaggeration to say that he was weak.
However, Li Bangyan and the others had completely surrendered and betrayed their country.
Their ideas were fundamentally different.
Therefore, Zhao Huan had to use Bai Shizhong and could not kill him for the time being.
"Bai Shizhong, this one has given you a task. If you help this one do it well, this one will let bygones be bygones. If you don't do it well, you can go home early and retire!”
When Bai Shizhong heard this, he quickly expressed his stance." Your Majesty, please instruct me. I will share your worries!"”
"Cai Jing and the others are locked up in the Kaifeng government prison. I order you to be the examiner and interrogate Cai Jing and the others for me. Dig out the evidence of their corruption and perverting the law all these years. There is also one more thing. I will get Xu Hui to cooperate with you to investigate Cai Jing and the others 'property and record it in a book before handing it over to me!”
After Zhao Huan finished speaking, he asked Bai Shizhong indifferently,""Bai Shizhong, do you have the confidence to do these two things well?”
When Bai Shizhong heard Zhao Huan mention these two matters, he swallowed.
To be honest, if he was allowed to do so, he would really not be willing to do these two things.
He was already close to Cai Jing and the others. Wasn't this clearly asking him to offend Cai Jing and the others 'network in the court?
But would Bai Shizhong dare to disobey?
Bai Shizhong believed that as long as he dared to disobey, the next person to enter Kaifeng Prefecture would be him.
Therefore, he could only brace himself and accept Zhao Huan's order.
"This lowly subject obeys the decree!"
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