Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 178 Tong Guan is at the end of his rope
It is true that Zhao Gou's words were so powerful that others couldn't help but be moved when they heard them.

Not to mention whether Tong Guan was really guilty and deserved to be punished, but what Zhao Gou said was definitely not groundless, and he was not deliberately fabricating the facts to make things dire.

At this time, there were several ministers in the palace who had been coveting Tongguan for many years.

I spent the whole day thinking hard about how to pull Tong Guan down from the throne of His Majesty's favorite minister.

These ministers can figure out the Zhao Gou matter with their feet, and they must choose to stand unswervingly on Zhao Gou's side.

So, these ministers knelt on the ground one after another and begged Emperor Huizong for Zhao Gou's mercy.

Emperor Huizong did not blink, always looking condescendingly at Zhao Gou who was kneeling on the ground.

After a long time, Emperor Huizong's anger had subsided a lot.

The palace official said: "Take King Kang to prison and keep him under strict supervision."

As soon as these words came out, the last ray of hope in Zhao Gou's heart was completely extinguished by Emperor Huizong.

Immediately, the palace officials escorted Zhao Gou to prison.

Emperor Huizong sat on the throne, slowly closing his eyes, with a look of calm and authority on his face.

After a long time, several ministers in the palace retired one after another.

Earl Ying clasped his fists and said to Emperor Huizong: "Your Majesty, Prince Kang did make a mistake this time, but Prince Kang..."

Before Earl Ying could finish speaking, Emperor Huizong suddenly opened his eyes.

The five fingers of his right hand were brought together and raised to Earl Ying's eyes.

Then, His Majesty stretched out his index finger and pointed it firmly at Earl Ying's face.

"Since I met you in Qinghe County, I have been as kind to you as a mountain!"

"Before I appeared in your life, you were just a helper in the house of a businessman in Qinghe County."

"Regarding Jiangshan Sheji, you Ying Guanghou is indeed a meritorious minister of our Song Dynasty, but now you are deceiving me like this for Lao Jiu! Tell me, what else do you have to say!"

Since Earl Ying and Emperor Huizong met, this was the first time that Emperor Huizong got angry in front of Earl Ying.

What if, at this time, Earl Ying still kept saying that he didn't have it.

That would be equivalent to pouring a lot of oil on the anger in Emperor Huizong's heart.

Earl Ying was speechless, and Emperor Huizong was, after all, a man of flesh and blood.

So, Emperor Huizong didn't make things difficult for Count Ying, and just asked Count Ying to leave the palace quickly.

But in any case, after this incident, the feud between Emperor Huizong and Count Ying was finally settled.

The fact that Zhao Gou was imprisoned in imperial prison by Emperor Huizong deeply shocked the entire Zhao royal family.

In fact, it wasn't just Zhao Gou's biological mother Wei Xianfei who repeatedly ran to Emperor Huizong to intercede for Zhao Gou.

A large number of other concubines, princes, and princesses also continued to plead with Emperor Huizong for Zhao Gou.

Concubine Wei Xian was just a womanly woman with an unenlightened mind, and she would cry non-stop when she was overly concerned about big things or trivial matters.

The crying now even gave Emperor Huizong an illusion.

It seems that time has gone back to a few days ago when Zhao Gou took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Jinying as an envoy, and Concubine Wei Xian knelt in front of him and cried loudly.

Concubine Wei Xian said to Emperor Huizong: "Your Majesty, Gou'er is your child after all. Although he has made mistakes, he does not deserve to die after all."

"He is so filial, all for the sake of your country, why do you have to be so difficult for your children?"

Crying loudly for several times, Concubine Wei Xian's words always revolved around the above two themes.

She didn't know whether Emperor Huizong was furious or what.

Emperor Huizong actually remained silent and ignored her words.At midnight on that day, Emperor Huizong secretly summoned a group of imperial officials to go to various provinces in the south of the Yangtze River to secretly find out how many evil things Tong Guan had done secretly.

It is said that before Tong Guan became successful in the court, he spent two years in Hangzhou searching for calligraphy and painting curios for Emperor Huizong.

In Hangzhou, Tong Guan met Cai Jing.

The two people are in the same spirit and are determined to make a name for themselves in Bianliang City no matter what.

Tong Guan is not good at anything else, but his skill at burning cold stoves is really top-notch.

Cai Jing originally had no way of being a very popular minister, but Tong Guan kept recommending Cai Jing to Emperor Huizong and spoke kind words for Cai Jing.

To put it bluntly, Tong Guan can still see it with his intelligence.

If he wants to achieve great success, he must not embrace the lap of someone who has already become famous.

Because I can't hold it.

Because others look down upon him.

However, Cai Jing is different.

At that time, Cai Jing was far from getting rich. In a sense, their situations were very similar.

Now when I think back to the long time when Tong Guan was in Hangzhou, the two of them even feel like they are a world apart.

The Imperial City Division secretly summoned by Emperor Huizong was an outstanding elite force from the Imperial City Division in Bianliang City.

This matter was done so secretly that it was naturally impossible for this series of imperial city divisions to disappoint Emperor Huizong.

Although Zhao Gou, the instigator of this incident, was personally imprisoned in imperial prison by Emperor Huizong.

But Emperor Huizong also imprisoned Tong Guan in prison in order to avoid suspicion at first.

Tong Guan's gang members in the court kept coming to visit Tong Guan.

He brought good wine and food to Tong Guan, and told Tong Guan: "The general will stay in prison for a while. When the limelight passes, your majesty will let you return home."

After some recuperation by the imperial doctor, Tong Guan is now full of energy and is gradually regaining his former vitality.

Hearing this, Tong Guan laughed loudly and said, "I have been in the army for many years. I have recovered four states, conquered Xixia, and destroyed Fangzhou. What kind of battles have I not seen?"

"This time it fell into the hands of a yellow-headed kid like King Kang. It's really ridiculous!"

Everyone else agreed.

Tong Guan sat safely in the prison, determined to wait until the limelight passed, gather the other five people, and then take Count Ying with him to kill Kang Wang Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou, who was imprisoned in the imperial edict, was also constantly visited by people.

However, since the place where Zhao Gou was imprisoned was the dignified Bianliang Prison, those who came to visit him had to be at least 50 meters away from him.

Someone asked Zhao Gou, King Kang, that you have launched a war and are now imprisoned in prison by your majesty.

I don’t know when I will be released by His Majesty, and I don’t even know if my life can be saved. Do you regret it?

Zhao Gou, on the other hand, was calm and calm, and said: "My father is wise and powerful, he will definitely not wrong me."

Everyone else knew very well that even if Zhao Gou was finally released by Emperor Huizong, his days would be numbered.

The "six thieves" have always been very good at confusing right and wrong and stirring up trouble.

I also want to ask, can we still enjoy the good fruits of Zhao Gou in the future?

In the Zhao royal family, people like King Yun Zhao Kai were hiding behind, waiting to see Zhao Gou's show.

Everyone felt that this time Zhao Gou took the initiative to ask Ying to be sent as a hostage to Jinying. He was already on the rise and it was basically a certainty.

But who knew that Zhao Gou would do such a stupid thing!
Let me ask again, if he is not dead, are there any other possibilities?
(End of this chapter)