Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 276 Tong Guan Suicide
After Cai You heard it, her face was neither surprised nor disappointed, but a kind of relief like a heavy burden.

The more heroic the official, the more difficult it is for him to be a privy envoy. The young teacher added to know the affairs of the Privy Council, but he only issued his own seal.

How hard he has been in the past few months, only he knows.

No one stood with him in the entire court, and everyone knew that he was about to fall, but when he would fall, it still depended on when the officials raised their butcher knives.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." Cai You leaned on the ground and thanked you loudly.

He was very afraid that Zhao Huan would kill him. Before the result of the treatment came out, he had been living in fear. Hearing the result of the trial, he breathed a sigh of relief like a heavy burden.

And Cai Jing showed a smile on his face, he thought that after entering the court, he would be dead, but unexpectedly, the officials are really so benevolent.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En." The same is true for Tong Guan. The crimes he committed in Taiyuan are serious, and he thinks that death is inevitable.

"Officials, please send the Supreme Emperor back to Genyue Palace." Tong Guan made a final request.

He has been tied to Zhao Ji all his life, and when he was dismissed from Beijing this time, he will never see him again.

"Go." Zhao Huan waved his hand, signaling Tong Guan to go see him off, after all, Zhao Ji's mood is unstable now.

Zhao Ji was trembling all the time, especially after hearing that Tong Guan and Cai You were expelled from the capital, he was even more panicked.

Zhao Huan didn't save him any face, and expelled the only three people he could rely on now from the palace.

Tong Guan helped Zhao Ji back to Genyue Palace. This palace was built by him and Cai Jing, and they stole the money from the common people.

The corridors with nine twists and turns, as well as various rockery wonders, are nothing more than a fairyland on earth.

Tong Guan said as he walked: "Official family, after the old minister left, tuck up the quilt at night when you go to sleep. The old official's family has cold legs, let the imperial hospital show it to the official family. After walking in the south of the Yangtze River, I am tired. Come out sick."

"Now it's not the same as before. His Royal Highness has strong ministers to assist and has the spirit of the army, so he can protect the safety and security of the Song Dynasty. The officials don't have to worry about the government every day. They can write some characters and draw some paintings, and let Miss Shishi send them to you outside the palace." Frame it."

"Also, the official family is now in the bureau, and the birthday plan has been stopped by His Royal Highness. The prince is not a person who is easy to negotiate. Don't use money from the palace if the official family has nothing to do. Old minister, give it to the official family. I hid a sum of money, not much. The officials should save some money, and don’t embarrass His Highness the Crown Prince.”

Zhao Ji patted Tong Guan's hand, shook his head, and said: "You take your money away, how can I live without money? Zhao Huan is also my son, why don't he give me food and clothing?" No?"

Tong Guan thought for a while, and then said: "It's convenient to have money in your hand, it's a big deal here, dad, His Royal Highness is looking at the whole Song Dynasty, and he has to spend money everywhere, and the official family spends too much on weekdays. Money, you have to open your mouth too, don’t you?”

"The money is in the office under the official's bed. This money is the last money that the veteran will give to the official. You can't let the maids and the teachers know."

Zhao Ji was taken aback for a moment, and asked: "Miss Shishi also..."

He already fully understood what Li Shishi was doing in Jiangnan.

Zhao Ji took a deep breath and said, "I know. After you arrived in Yingzhou, you should be very careful. It is said that there are pig dragons in that place. Each one is as long as ten feet. They are very fierce. You should be very careful. "

Tong Guan saw Li Shishi waiting in front of the gate of Genyue Palace, and countless court ladies, bowed his head and said: "The old minister is resigning."

Zhao Ji also knew that after leaving, he would never see him again.

He nodded and said, "Be careful on the road."

"I know." Tong Guan bowed his head and said.

Zhao Ji walked forward with his hands behind his back, his walking posture was still majestic, as if he was still the emperor with power over the world, walked into Genyue Palace, and hugged Li Shishi in his arms with a smile.

People will subconsciously forget their grief, and even deceive themselves. Although Zhao Ji knew that he was no longer the emperor, he still wanted to deceive himself.

In this way, he will not be sad and indignant for the departure of his ministers and workers, and will not be sad for the deception of his concubine.

Of course he knew that he was lying to himself.

But what else can be done? Remembering those things will only add to the sadness.

Life is proud to be thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

Tong Guan bowed his head for a long time before standing up, looking at the guards outside Genyue Palace who were wearing armor and bows and crossbows, he knew that his Supreme Emperor would never receive any news from outside in his life.

As for the news in Gen Yue Palace, only Zhao Huan could know about it.

Tong Guan suddenly thought of the way the emperor's servants knelt in the snow and shouted at the sea when the Supreme Emperor left the capital. These warriors have now become a means of imprisoning him.

But isn't it better?
Living in the south of the Yangtze River is fearful and restless, but in Bianjing, under the current majesty, at least he can take care of himself for the rest of his life.

Tong Guan turned around abruptly, he seemed to recall how he was when he first entered the palace, straightened his back, and walked out step by step.

As he was walking on the road, he saw Zhao Ying running towards Genyue Palace in a hurry.

Tong Guan waited outside until Zhao Ying came out from Genyue Palace, and hurried forward to stop Zhao Ying.

"Old ancestor." Seeing that it was Tong Guan who stopped him, Zhao Ying hurriedly saluted.

Zhao Ying remembered that not long after he entered the palace, Tong Guan became an internal servant and became the ancestor of all the eunuchs in the palace.

Tong Guan hurriedly helped Zhao Ying up, and said, "Now our family has lost power. Everyone Zhao knows that if you shout like this, others will misunderstand you."

"Look at what the ancestors said, which maids and eunuchs in the palace don't read the words of the ancestors?" Zhao Ying said with a laugh.

Now that he is the patriarch of the palace, of course he knows it well, and of course he will say polite words.

"The old ancestor stopped me because he wanted to ask about Genyue Palace?" Zhao Ying looked back with a smile on his face.

Tong Guan took out a piece of paper from his bosom, put it in Zhao Ying's hands without a trace of fireworks, and said: "The Supreme Emperor just sent it in, and you arrived on the back foot, what happened?"

Zhao Ying glanced twice, saw that it was a mansion in Bianjing, put it in his sleeve and said, "How can I not answer my ancestor's question?"

"Nothing happened. The officials felt that it was not good for Miss Shishi to follow the Supreme Emperor, so they appointed Miss Shishi as the female steward of Genyue Palace. It was regarded as a female official, and she stayed in the palace in a legitimate way. Overlord."

Tong Guancai breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that this was the case, and it should be taken for granted.

Otherwise, keeping this unknown person in the palace will leave a joke for the people.

"One more thing." Tong Guan handed a piece of paper in his hand to Zhao Ying, and said with a smile: "I also ask Zhao Duzhi to give me some advice."

"Look at what the old ancestor said. I'm sure I'll know everything when the old ancestor asks you questions. You can talk endlessly, so what can you say?" Zhao Ying happily took the paper, which is also a house in Bianjing.

In the past, it was Zhao Ying who offered bribes to Tong Guan, but now it was the other way around, and Zhao Ying happily accepted the bribes.

"Zhao Duzhi, Li Dazai persuaded the officials not to kill the Supreme Emperor, what did he say?" Tong Guan's bribery was entirely to know whether Zhao Ji was really safe. .

Zhao Ying's face changed suddenly, and he returned the land deed in his sleeve to Tong Guan, and said coldly: "I don't know anything."

Zhao Ying ran away as if she had oiled the soles of her feet. Of course he knew about it, but he couldn't say a word about it.

He, Zhao Ying, was a bit stupid and was not good at handling things, but he was not so stupid that he could say anything and couldn't say anything.Obviously Tong Guan has already got the letter, so he can't say a word from his own mouth.

Tong Guan grabbed the title deed and caught up with Zhao Ying in three steps. He grabbed Zhao Ying and said: "Zhao Duzhi, let's go slowly."

"Since it's a confidential matter, our family won't ask. Don't leave before we finish talking."

Zhao Ying is not Tong Guan. Tong Guan can be a supervising army. Naturally, his martial arts skills are beyond comparison, but he still insisted on saying: "If the ancestor asks again, I can't say anything more, just turn around and leave immediately." .”

Tong Guan said with a smile: "I really don't ask! When did I, Tong Guan, live up to my words? Is my reputation as Tong Guan already so bad?"

Only then did Zhao Ying stop and look at Tong Guan.

Tong Guan looked around and asked, "Is the official family okay with the palace people? Especially those eunuchs like us who are incomplete, the official family may have ravaged and beaten them?"

Zhao Ying was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "How is it possible, how could the officials be such people. The officials are famous for their benevolence, why beat us eunuchs?"

"Instead, I took the eunuchs who went to Hedong Road, and they were promoted to the Xiaohuang Gate recently, and there were escorts. When we were on Hedong Road, the officials' food was the same as that of us eunuchs, and they didn't treat the palace people too much. A tyrannical place. The ancestors were too worried."

Zhao Ying knew what Tong Guan was worried about. He was called Tong Guan's ancestor, naturally because Tong Guan could afford this reputation.

There are many concubines in the palace, and a little carelessness is due to the internal fighting among the concubines, and they will be punished by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Tong Guan became an ancestor, and when encountering such a thing, he would give peace to the eunuchs who entered the palace.

Of course, it's not about saving the board, but about the court stick method that can hit loudly but won't kill people.

They are servants, and servants are those who have suffered for their masters.

Zhao Ying's board-playing skills were learned from Tong Guan.

"That's good." Tong Guan smiled contentedly, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and put the land deed in Zhao Ying's hand again, and said, "Take it."

"Didn't you agree not to ask about the Supreme Emperor's affairs? What are you doing?" Zhao Ying asked with a mournful face.

Tong Guan shook his head, took two steps back, knelt down slowly, and kowtowed to Zhao Ying.After kowtowing, he said: "Zhao everyone knows, you will be the ancestor of the palace people in the future, take care of everything, you are all poor people, who will enter the palace if there is a way?"

Seeing that Tong Guan had knelt down, Zhao Ying kowtowed to Tong Guan and said, "The old ancestor can't do it."

The two kowtowed to each other a few times, and Tong Guancai supported Zhao Ying, who was still kowtowing, and said: "The palace people, leave it to you, treat them kindly. As for the Supreme Emperor, please leave everything to Zhao Ying."

Zhao Ying nodded, Tong Guan really didn't ask about the Supreme Emperor, turned his head to the front of Yanfu Palace, turned his head, and walked towards Dongyemen.

He was very familiar with Bianjing, so he walked up to the Dazai's mansion and kowtowed Li Gang three times at the door.

"Thank you Dazai for your kind words for the Supreme Emperor, thank you very much." After Tong Guan finished speaking, he stood up.

He brushed the dirt off his knees, walked out of the city, found an inn outside the city at random, and stayed in it.

Tong Guan stayed in the room, looked in the direction of Bianjing City, shook his head and said with a self-deprecating smile: "My whole life is worth it. A person with five incomplete bodies, who has dominated the world for more than ten years, and fought south and north, can be regarded as a historical legacy." name."

"However, this history will never write a good word about me."

"Officials, take care. Great Song Dynasty, Yongchang."

After Tong Guan finished speaking, he kicked over the stool under his feet, the three-foot white silk was stretched abruptly, and Tong Guan had a long mouth.His eyes widened, looking in the direction of Bianjing.

……

Zhao Ying returned to Wende Hall, put the two title deeds in front of Zhao Huan's case, and said, "Officials, I met Tong Guan on the road just now, and he talked to me for a long time."

Zhao Ying told the story of meeting Tong Guan from beginning to end, without hiding anything.

Zhao Huan shook his head, this Tong Guan is really loyal to Zhao Ji.

However, seeing the uneasiness on Zhao Ying's face, he shook his head and said, "Even if Tong Guan dares to ask, it means that you can ask about it. You should tell him. Save him from thinking about Bian every day when he arrives in Hanoi." Beijing."

"Hanoi?" Zhao Ying was taken aback.

Isn't Tong Guan deposed to Yingzhou?Yingzhou is in Lingnan.But Hanoi County is at the foot of Taihang Mountain. 【Note 1】

Zhao Huan nodded, took out an imperial decree and said, "I think Han Shizhong is guarding the Shanhaiguan Pass in Pingzhou, and Yue Fei is guarding at Beigukou. This way, we can be sure that nothing will go wrong."

"Do you still remember Wang Zhi's three thousand victorious troops?"

Zhao Ying nodded fiercely. The three thousand victorious troops left him with too many impressions. It turned out that the soldiers of the Song Dynasty were so brave.

From then on, Zhao Yingcai got to know the soldiers of Song Dynasty again.

Zhao Huan nodded, and said with a smile, "Tong Guan's military discipline is not very good, but he is extremely accurate in picking people. When he arrives in Hanoi, the soldiers he selects must be good."

"Let him train for a while first, and his supervisor team will do well. I think Tong Guan is still useful. Let him be demoted to Deputy Jiedu, as long as he is willing to do things."

"It's just following the wrong person. The Supreme Emperor is not suitable to be the master."

Zhao Ying smiled and said, "Well, then I'll catch up with Tong Guan and tell him something."

"Why are you so happy! Originally, I planned to leave this matter to you. Look at you, dog meat is not on the table. Can you do it?"

Of course Zhao Huan knew that Tong Guan was not his confidant, he was the Emperor's loyal dog leg.

But who makes his dog legs weak?

And now that he is holding the dog owner, he is not afraid that the dog will bite him.

"Satisfaction is always happy, contentment is always happy. It is enough to cook food for the official and make the official serve comfortably." Zhao Ying smiled honestly, grabbed the imperial decree on the table, and ran away quickly up.

Zhao Huan shook his head with a smile, stared in the direction of Genyue Palace for a while, and continued to review the papers. It was an eventful time, no matter how capable Dazai was, he still had to deal with major issues by himself.

He felt that if he had the skill of internal affairs, his proficiency would already be very high.

"Official, official, it's bad, Tong Guan hanged himself in an inn outside the city!" A young eunuch suddenly ran in and shouted loudly.

Is this someone who would rather die than be used by me?

Zhao Huan frowned, and threw the paper in his hand in front of the imperial court.

　Note 1: Yingzhou is in Hainan Province.Hanoi County is in Henan Province.Today is still an update of 8000-10000 words (づ￣3￣)づ

　　
　
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