Before Shi Hao was executed, Zhao Sheng gave him the last chance to write a letter to himself.

In this letter, Shi Hao did not try to save his life. He only recommended several officials with military talents in the Privy Council to Zhao Xing, hoping that Zhao Xing could reuse them in the future and had the opportunity to restore the decline of the Southern Song Dynasty.

Among them, Yu Yunwen is the person he is most optimistic about.

He recommended to Zhao Xing that although Yu Yunwen has no military experience, he has military talents and should be trained.

After the letter was sent, Shi Hao had nothing to say. Of course, he would be afraid of death step by step, so he asked to numb himself with alcohol to reduce fear and pain.

Zhao Xing agreed and also accompanied him with a big meal.

In the last day of his life, Shi Hao drank wildly, ate wildly, and drank until he vomited wildly, drunk as if he was drunk, and finally was unconscious and carried to the execution ground.

Snow bright blade flashed by, and Shi Hao spent his life in a drunken and dreamy way.

He was better than Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun was still fighting for his survival until the last moment of his life. He didn't believe that he would become the first literati to be killed, so he cried very loudly.

Shi Hao is different. With Zhang Jun as the lesson of the past, he is much calmer.

Zhao Xing read Shi Hao's last letter with some inexplicable emotion. He sighed deeply as he looked at some suggestions and talents who recommended him by Shi Hao.

Finally, I folded the paper and clamped it into my favorite book.

He has no time to promote any talents now. What he needs to do now is to wipe the war.

The peasant army destroyed most of the warehouses in the five prefectures, killed many officials familiar with the local situation, eliminated the armed forces, and brought devastating blows to the rule of the Southern Song Dynasty. There were already small groups of strong men gathered in the mountains and forests in many places, and the government was unable to fight.

On the other hand, the large number of soldiers lost caused setbacks to the Southern Song Dynasty's newly completed plan to form a new army. It was about to spend a lot of money to form an army, but the Southern Song Dynasty's treasury was stretched at this moment.

After Zhao Xing ordered the killing of Shi Hao, he ordered Zhou Linzhi to be promoted to the Privy Council. Ye Yiwen continued to serve as the Left Chief of the Shangshu, and he recalled the Huizhou Governor Shen Gai as the Right Chief of the Shangshu. This position should have been left for Tang Situ.

However, Tang Situi was not good at his own strength and lost Jiande, the capital of Yanzhou. Zhao Sheng was very angry and directly dismissed Tang Situi and drove him back to his hometown. He did not even give him a free job in the Taoist temple. He cut off Tang Situi's welfare, making Tang Situi cry without tears.

Shen Gaze, who was lucky enough to be recalled by Zhao Shen, became the right minister of Shangshu, and was promoted to the court's financial work.

But when he returned to Lin'an to serve as the Right Chief of Shangshu, he instantly had the idea of ​​exchanging life with Tang Situi.

The finances of the Southern Song Dynasty had reached a very dangerous level. If they wanted to maintain it, they might have to pay the labor of sweatshops. It would be better to go home to retire. Even if there is no pension, they could live a good life with their family savings and land.

Why come here to manage this unlucky bad finance?

In addition to daily expenses, we also need to pay annual monies, pay normal military expenses, and spend the military expenses of forming a new army, which requires a lot of expenses to rebuild the city that was damaged by the war.

Many of them are messes left during the Ming and Song Wars, and have not been repaired yet because they really have no money to spend or have a lot of spending, but the effect is very poor.

Needless to say, the money was cheated.

What should I do?

As the butler, I should be worried about it and can't even eat.

Chen Ji was in a bad mood, and of course the new Privy Councilor Zhou Linzhi was in a bad mood.

Including Shi Hao, he has been killed for two consecutive Privy Councilors. Whether he will become the third one next remains to be discussed.

After he took over as Privy Councilor in fear, he saw the mess left by Shi Hao, and couldn't help but cover his forehead and cried out in tragic.

Really, for a moment, he wanted to quit directly.

After the defeat of the two armies, the mess on Jiangnan West Road was really unacceptable. The situation of Yao Zhong's elite army, who finally led his army to the Jinghu War Zone, was very embarrassing.

Both of these require money.

How to make up for the losses of the Ezhou army?

Did the Sichuan and Sichuan army that came from afar leave or stay?

At the same time, Wu Gong was passionately in confrontation with the Ezhou bureaucrats and became terrified of each other.

Zhou Linzhi looked at the military article that Shi Hao had no time to reply, and learned that Wu Gong accused relevant bureaucrats from Ezhou and Hanyang Army, which were preparing logistics for his army this time.

He said that they had enough money, accepted bribes, and used inferior products as military winter clothes, so that the army had frozen to death, frostbite and frostbite, and more than 5,000 people were killed.

Because he could not resist the severe cold and the winter supplies in the rear were too late, he could not continue to persist, so he was forced to retreat. Before that, he killed thousands of rebels from Jiangnan West Road and killed dozens of officers, and was about to capture Nanchang.

As a result, a cold wave hit and his record went directly to zero.

He strongly demanded that the court deal with this matter seriously, to uphold justice for the soldiers who died of frostbite and frostbite and frostbite and disease, and to uphold justice for him.

Before Zhou Linzhi could make up his mind, he was called to the palace by Zhao Sheng. Here he learned that bureaucrats from Ezhou and Hanyang Army collectively impeached Wu Gong by bullying and unreasonable, and treated the imperial court's official appointment as slaves, and drove them freely, and disrespected the Jinshi.

Not only that, they also led troops into the government to bully and beat officials, forcibly take over the warehouse and let the army plunder, so that local order was seriously damaged. They strongly demanded that the court punish Wu Gong and give them an explanation.

Zhou Lin's head was as big as a fight, so he handed over Wu Gong's military article to Zhao Xing. Zhao Xing looked at the face of the darkness.

"Do you think it's Wu Gong who is responsible or the officials of the two states who are responsible?"

Zhao Xing looked at Zhou Linzhi.

"Both are right, but Wu Gong did it before. If the officials of the two states were wrong, the court should deal with it. He directly led troops to beat the officials, and the court was also beating the court's face. This trend must not be opened, otherwise it would be to encourage the arrogance of the generals."

Although Zhou Linzhi was a Privy Councilor and was also a Jinshi, of course, he was not satisfied with Wu Gong's behavior when he stood on the side of the civil servant.

He felt that even if the officials made mistakes, the court should be allowed to deal with them. Why are you, a general, interfering in your affairs?

This is not a Sichuan border!

Zhao Xing didn't think so simply.

On one hand, there is the Zhao Song family law, on the other hand, there is the fact that he was defeated, on the other hand, there is a civil servant who cheated him, and on the other hand, there is a cowardly general who cheated him, and he doesn't want to take care of him, either side.

However, Wu Gong's incident is indeed interesting.

"I have heard of these local officials who have enough money to serve as inferior products, so what Wu Gong said should be a fact. Wu Gong cannot be punished alone, right? If there are sufficient winter supplies, can't Wu Gong win?"

Zhao Xing, who had just killed Shi Hao, was full of intimidation. Zhou Linzhi didn't dare to say anything, so he spoke, "What should you do with your Majesty?"

"It should be removed from office, it should be investigated and investigated. Those bastards, who embezzled national treasury, made me lose all my efforts. They are still in the mood to make trouble? The army can reach out for the winter supplies, and you can imagine how lawless they are!

If such an official is not dismissed, should he still remain in office? Although Wu Gong's approach is inappropriate, it is better than these black sheep hollowing out the foundation of the Song Dynasty behind his back! I will never allow such a thing to continue to happen!"

Obviously, Zhao Xing was even more unhappy with the officials of the two states than Wu Gong's behavior. He remembered Su Yonglin's large-scale anti-corruption campaign and felt that the reason why the Ming army was so strong and good at fighting was definitely the reason why Su Yonglin cut off all the corrupt officials.

He decided to move closer to Su Yonglin and didn't want to worry about so many things anymore, so the solution he gave did not meet Zhou Linzhi's expectations.

But Zhou Linzhi did not dare to contradict Zhao Xing, for fear that he would become the third Privy Councilor to be cut off.

So Zhao Xing quickly ordered all the officials of the two states to check to see how many people were full of personal gain and harm the army. If they found out that they had something to do with the court, they could not be let go and they must be dealt with together.

Of course, he also ordered the removal of Wu Gong's position and military power, so that he could return to his hometown to reflect on his own behavior.

Then, Zhao Xing ordered the remaining troops under Wu Gong to Commander Yao Zhong, and ordered Yao Zhong as the main general to start preparing for another attack on Jiangnan West Road.
Chapter completed!