Chapter 412: The Prince-in-law

The Hua Shigang's corruption case was like a strong wind, blowing the entire Jiangnan all over the country. Everyone in the officialdom was in danger, and eventually they stopped and stopped.

Hundreds of officials were lenient, some were not investigated, some were raided, some were siege and exterminated their families, adding one billion yuan to the treasury. For a while, the treasury was full, as if it was back to the time when Zhao Ji ascended the throne.

The removal of the Flower Stone Group not only increased the income of the national treasury, but the most important thing is that the canal is peaceful, and merchant ships no longer have to hide from the flower Stone ships to hide from the flower Stone ships. For a while, the number of merchant ships sailed in the canal and cruise ships gradually increased. The ships that would rather take the sea than run the river have now chosen the canal, sailing thousands of miles and trade and trade.

Chen Ao took off his job and immediately issued a new order. He still ordered Chen Ao to be the Minister of the Honglu Temple and serve as the Young Tutor.

The young tutor was just a false position, but his real position still remained unchanged. He was still a resident of the Honglu Temple. Chen Ao received the order and immediately went to thank him. He arrived at the prefect's office. Zhao Ji asked someone to pass on the message, but he disappeared!

If you don’t see me, Chen Ao is very straightforward. He will turn the horse back and go back. As soon as he rolls the horse, another eunuch chases me: "Mr. Shen, Lord Shen, Your Majesty said, please give me a visit."

He said he wouldn't see him, and then he said he would see him again. Why was he so long-winded? Chen Ao glared at him, then got down again and went to see him.

Zhao Ji was still reading the memorial. Seeing that Chen Ao was coming, he deliberately ignored him. Chen Ao could only stand. After an hour, his legs and feet were already sore and numb. Chen Ao realized it later and realized that the emperor was seeking revenge, so he simply competed with Zhao Ji for endurance and gritted his teeth and stood there.

The time was almost over, and Zhao Ji thought he had taken advantage of it, so he waved: "Come and sit down."

Chen Ao sat down, touched his numb legs, and smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am here to thank you."

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "I don't have to thank you for your kindness. I don't expect you to thank you." This sentence was very stupid. Zhao Ji continued, "This time you cleaned up the Huashigang for me, which is a great achievement. I have nothing to reward you. I'll talk about everything when I return to Bianjing! This time I asked you to come, and I'm going to discuss the southern tour with you."

"Your Majesty, please tell me, listen."

Zhao Jihe nodded: "Although I left the palace, I was not at Suzhou yet, and I was still staring at so many eyes. I was very uncomfortable. So, I planned to go to Lushan in vain."

"Minimal clothes?"

"Just bring dozens of people with you, and the rest stay in Suzhou."

"His Majesty……"

"You don't have to persuade me, it's useless. I finally came out, how could I return in disappointment?"

"No, I strongly agree with this matter." Chen Ao rubbed his hands excitedly, without any objection.

Zhao Ji showed a puzzled look.

Chen Ao continued: "Your Majesty has not only been wasted all the time, but it has also caused a lot of inconvenience. Besides, so many people follow you, really hope to guard it? It is enough to have dozens of experts to protect it in person, so there will be no danger. However, if this matter is heard, the opposition must be very fierce, which is true."

Zhao Ji coughed: "I know there will be someone who will object. If you have many ideas, just think of a solution for me."

Chen Ao shook his head: "If I think about it, wouldn't those people's fingers be directed at me? Your Majesty should consider this kind of thing yourself."

Zhao Ji closed his eyes and thought for a while: "Then let's sneak out."

“…”

Zhao Ji said: "Why don't you speak?"

"I don't know anything and can't say anything."

Zhao Ji sighed and said, "You go and see An Ning, I will make my own decision on this matter."

Chen Ao responded to his order and left the dormitory, and saw Yang Jian waiting under the eaves. Chen Ao went over to greet him. Yang Jian said with a smile: "Chen Ao, have you answered Tong Guan's letter?"

Chen Aohe nodded: "I received it. This Tong Guan is a loach, and it's not smooth."

"For Tong Guan's affairs, let's forget about the miscellaneous family! This person is not all a bad person, so there is no need to worry too much about him."

Chen Aohe nodded: "Okay."

Yang Jian pulled him and smiled: "Chen Ao is now extraordinary. Although he has not taken charge of the three affairs, he is even more powerful than Cai Jing. However, the big tree attracts wind, and the wood is so beautiful that it will destroy it. You should be careful."

After hearing Yang Jianan's advice, Chen Ao went to see An Ning, and had a conversation with An Ning, and then went back to rest.

At night, the breeze was whispering. Not long after Chen Ao fell asleep, he heard someone coming to see him. The person who came was an imperial guard. When he saw Chen Ao, he immediately saluted and said, "Mr. Shen, Your Majesty asks you to go to the prefect's office and have something to say."

What can happen at this time?

Chen Ao nodded, put on his clothes, and wanted to go to the horse's house to lead the horse. The imperial guard said, "Your Majesty has sent a sedan chair to pick it up. As for this horse, Lord Shen doesn't have to ride it."

"Don't you know that riding a horse is my hobby?" Chen Ao asked him back, which made the imperial guard speechless for a moment, and just smiled and said, "It's not convenient to ride a horse at night, so it's better to sit in a sedan chair."

Chen Ao had no choice but to follow his arrangement, get into the sedan chair, take a nap in the sedan chair, wait for him to wake up in a vibrant spirit, the sedan chair was still moving, I don’t know when it was, but when he lifted the curtain and saw that the sedan chair was heading, he realized that the direction of the sedan chair was not the prefect’s office, but it was in the wilderness.

The night is dark and the wind is high, can it be...

Chen Ao shouted to stop the sedan chair, but the porter kept speeding up. Instead, he stopped steadily. Chen Ao lifted the curtain and found that there were many people here, one of whom was wearing an ordinary Confucian shirt and riding a tall horse, smiling at him.

"King Jin, what are you doing?" Chen Ao was speechless. Who was not Zhao Zong who was sitting on the horse? This guy liked to make trouble the most and actually tied himself to this wilderness. God knows what trick he was going to play.

Zhao Zong laughed and said, "Haha, it's good that Chen Ao is here. Sorry, this is Your Majesty's idea. Your Majesty plans to go on a tour in a concealed manner and asks you to accompany you. As a last resort, I have to let you down."

Chen Ao realized that he was fooled and Zhao Ji wanted to go on a tour in a concealed manner. He had no objection, but if he tied himself up, the problem would be big. At that time, those who did not know the truth would still think that he encouraged the emperor to go on a concealed manner. He would concentrate his firepower and open fire at him.

But the tree was already done, and knew that Zhao Zong would not let him return to the city, Chen Ao smiled bitterly and said, "Where is Your Majesty?"

"Just ahead, follow me."

At this moment, Chen Ao didn't even have the treatment of sitting in a sedan chair. Someone brought him a horse. He followed Zhao Zong and more than a dozen guards to ride the horses and arrived at a town inn ahead, and stopped. Zhao Zong took Chen Ao in a wing room on the second floor of the inn. Chen Ao went in and saw Zhao Ji who had been waiting here for a long time.

"Your Majesty, you have caused trouble to me." Chen Ao immediately felt bitter when he saw him. Such a big blame was obviously to let him take it, and it really cost someone a life.

Zhao Ji refused to let him complain and interrupted him: "I will not treat you badly. What are you afraid of? Even if someone impeaches me, I will ignore it? As for the infamy..." Zhao Ji smiled proudly, as if he finally took a big advantage, and said: "Anyway, your reputation has become bad. I don't know how many people are scolding you behind your back. I have heard of it for a long time and don't care about such one more."

Chen Ao thought to himself: Of course, you are the emperor, and you are surrounded by a group of close ministers. These close ministers will certainly not say anything good because I have harmed their interests. But among the people, the reputation of my buddies is still very strong.

Zhao Ji excitedly asked someone to take the map and said to Chen Ao: "I have already made a mistake in this trip to Lushan. We first pass Xuanzhou, Chizhou, Raozhou to Duchang, then through the water route to Hongzhou, then turn north and arrive in Nankangxingzi. After climbing the mountain, we went straight north to Beijing. I have thought that there are mountains and rivers along the way, which can not only appreciate the scenery along the way, but also understand the people's sentiments. I will kill two birds with one stone. With you, I will not be lonely all the way. This trip also brought more than a hundred imperial guards, all of whom were carefully selected brave men, which can ensure safety."

Chen Ao had nothing to say and nodded reluctantly.

Zhao Ji said again: "You don't have to be depressed. I have already thought about this trip. An Ning should have a good idea of ​​marrying you. Alas, I don't want you to be a son-in-law, it's just you and An Ning... Alas..." He sighed and finally said: "It's good that this is the case. Although I am not satisfied with you, in terms of knowledge, you are worthy of my daughter."

Chen Ao just laughed dryly, pursed his lips and said nothing.

Seeing him like this, Zhao Ji said, "You must be wondering, why did I say these words to you?"

Chen Ao nodded.

Zhao Ji raised his hand lazily, picked up a few memorials from the table, and said, "You can read it yourself."

Chen Ao opened the memorial and said that the person who signed the memorial was just a few unknown censors. The memorial said: I heard that Emperor An Ning had ambiguous relationship with Lord Shen, and this matter had been widely circulated. Your Majesty should make a decision early, otherwise...

Chen Ao's eyes flashed, and he was shocked for a moment. These people were quite brave and dared to discuss the matter of the palace ban. Their memorials made Chen Ao's beautiful things happen. They said that they were widely circulated, which means that the affairs of themselves and An Ning have long known to the world. If the emperor did not marry An Ning to himself, he would not be able to block the long mouths of the people in the world.

But... Chen Ao looked at the names of these censors seriously. It should be noted that in the court, especially in Zhao Ji's court, each one of them was not simple. Everyone had a big tree, and their words and deeds were somewhat controlled by the people behind them.

These people have no impression of Chen Ao, so they should not belong to the old party. Since that is the case, why do you take such a big risk to become a good person? Could you just want to take the opportunity to curry favor with yourself?

No, no, Chen Ao shook his head secretly, it didn’t look like it, it didn’t look like it at all. To curry favor, you should first vent your own agitation.

Zhao Ji said calmly: "I remember these people being Cai Jing's disciples."

Chen Ao listened and didn't know what Zhao Ji was trying to return the memorial and nodded deliberately.

Zhao Ji sat down and said, "Cai Jing asked someone to do this. It seems that he wanted to reconcile with you. It's good that you should be getting closer."

Cai Jing wants to make friends with him? Chen Ao sneered in his heart. He was a disciple of his enemy and was so sinister that he was so fierce that he had even been fooled by his son this time, and he had no room for a turnaround. Although Cai You and Cai Jing had a bad relationship, wouldn't it be a slap for Cai Jing in the face if he hit Cai You? It would be strange if he would be willing to let go of his past grudges with him.

In fact, the past grudges were fine. Those who engage in politics did not understand the principle that interests were above everything else. However, Chen Ao's interests were different from Cai Jing. The two of them were the leader of the new party and the backbone of the old party. This time, Chen Ao pushed the situation and for Cai Jing, the losses were unestimated. The struggle between the two people had no room for maneuver. Any show of goodwill will definitely have other purposes.

Prince Consort?

Chen Ao's eyes flashed and he had some clues. The most important thing was that once the son-in-law became kinship with An Ning, he would be the son-in-law. According to the ancestral system of the Song Dynasty, the son-in-law belonged to the relatives of the outer court, and the relatives could not receive important tasks and could only be raised, but had no real power.

Could it be that Cai Jing wants to use the peace to drive himself out of the court and out of the center of political decision-making?

This is a good move, and it is an open gesture of goodwill to him, which makes Zhao Ji more respectful to Cai Jing. On the other hand, he will solve himself once and for all. Once he leaves the court, he will be idle as a prince-in-law, which is almost like letting Chen Ao stay away and wait for death.
Chapter completed!