choke element

Chapter 822 Xin En

When news of major changes in the situation in the north reached Lin'an, it fell like a huge boulder with tremendous force.

Shi Miyuan had expected this.

He is quite satisfied with the stable situation of the court in the past few years, and he is not willing to see any changes.Because no matter whether the change is good or bad, there will always be people with ulterior motives trying to take advantage of it, and it will always affect the ruler with the highest status.

That day when Li Yun was in the teahouse, he used greater wealth to seduce Shi Miyuan, Shi Miyuan only thought it was funny.These northerners can use knives, but can't use words. Their own understanding of the political situation in the Southern Dynasties is extremely naive, and they seem to regard the powerful officials of the Song Dynasty as fools.

Of course, the rise of a powerful military group in the north is indeed unstoppable, and Song Dynasty must also deal with it.The internal and external responses have their own principles. Externally, we must use the minimum investment to make the maximum speculation and try to obtain the maximum benefit.Internally, stability is the top priority, and nothing can shake Shi Miyuan's own control over the court.

So after Xuan Zang came back, Shi Miyuan didn't meet him at the Prime Minister's Mansion in Lin'an City, but instead directly recruited him to his villa in Geling, West Lake, to meet privately.In recent years, Shi Miyuan often called for leave due to illness, and transferred the affairs of the court from the capital to the prime minister's villa. The purpose this time was to slow down the transmission of news from the north in Lin'an City as much as possible.

Shi Miyuan regarded recuperating from illness as a common occurrence. In the early days of Jiading, he claimed to be sick and asked for leave several times, but it was only a few months.In the past five or six years, his power gradually became stronger, so he "decided matters in the house and exercised power in the bed", lived in seclusion, did not know where he was, and completely put aside the official discussion system of the capital, and the degree of authority far surpassed that of Han Yuzhou.

Unexpectedly, Guo Ning's few words were still spread.And in just one day, a trend was formed in Lin'an!

Did the smuggling merchants from Henan get wind of it?Did Xuan Zeng slip up when he returned?Is there a traitor in Geling Villa?Who will instigate this trend and take advantage of this trend?
Shi Miyuan came to power by relying on a coup d'état, and maintained his status by balancing the court. He was most sensitive to the third item, so he immediately ordered it.

That night, the servants, maidservants, cooks, coachmen who participated in the reception of Guo Xuanzhen in Geling villa, including the Xiaogu band that Shi Miyuan loved and a group of dancers, all died of sudden illness.

He discussed with his cronies all night, and finally decided that since the situation is not clear, his camp must be as immovable as a mountain.Right now, it is best to bring out Li Yun, the envoy of the Northern Dynasty, and let him jump to overthrow the previous rumors, and then find out who is stirring up the wind and rain from the movements of all parties.

At that time, Xuan Zeng had some doubts about this.He said: "These subordinates of the Dinghai Navy are all shrewd and capable, and they are very different from the rough-and-tumble Jurchen nobles in the Dajin Kingdom. Moreover, this Li Yun has been active in Lin'an for half a year, and his subordinates have some connections. If he makes other troubles, won't he cause us trouble?"

As soon as he said this, Yuan Shao, the newly appointed governor of Lin'an Prefecture, immediately came out to respond.

Yuan Shao said, although Li Yun is a little clever, but he was trapped in the Banjing Pavilion for a month, and there was a limit to what he could do.What's more, the friends he made in Lin'an City were wine and meat friends after all, and there was actually only one secret line that could be used to do things, which was from Zhou Keshan, a sea merchant, to Zhang Liangpeng, an envoy to the coast, and then penetrated into Banjing through Chengtian Palace. The number of people in the hall.

The whole dark line is already under the control of someone like me, Yuan, so I guarantee that they won't be able to make a fuss.

Yuan Shao was Shi Miyuan's party member in Mao County, Mingzhou. He was also a disciple of Yuan Xie, a great Confucian, and an unlucky guy when the Qingyuan Party was banned.Previously, he served as the director of Taichang Temple, and he made great contributions to coordinating the transfer of old coins with the East and West Gold, and was immediately promoted to the prefect of Lin'an Prefecture.

Shi Miyuan had high hopes for him, and also hoped that he would use this as an excuse to make his mark in his own camp.Since the new governor was full of confidence, Shi Miyuan stroked his beard lightly, and his mood improved a lot.

Immediately, everyone agreed that tomorrow Shi Kuanzhi will come forward to contact Li Yun, an old acquaintance, and Shi Songzhi and Xue Ji will assist; Show a means.

After the task was arranged, Shi Miyuan took a good night's sleep, got up in the early morning of the next day, and waited for the news from Chi'an in the villa.

In order to ensure that he kept abreast of the changes in the situation, the spies were not only distributed in Chi'an, but also went to Lizhengmen and Da Nei where the scholars were in Fuque, Chengtian Palace, where the Northern envoy should visit, and when the imperial students went to Chi'an from Lin'an. The Shangtang River, which must pass through, has at least ten fine people distributed in each direction, all riding fast horses bought with a lot of money from the Northland, and reporting at any time.

To give instructions in response to changes in the situation, you must be full of energy.Shi Miyuan used to have a light diet, and he was reincarnated as Hongzhi Zhengjue, an eminent monk of Tiantong Temple, but today he ordered a bowl of bamboo shoots and pork noodles in the kitchen to make him feel full.

As soon as he picked up a few noodles, the spies reported through the heavy ice-foil gauze curtain: "I will report to the Prime Minister, and Yuan Fu Yin's eloquence will give it to you. It has already made the students of the imperial court go crazy!"

"Okay! Check again and report again!"

After chewing slowly and eating half a bowl of noodles, another spies came to report: "I want to report to the Prime Minister, the Tai students have already detoured to the north of the city to search for ships everywhere!"

Shi Miyuan nodded, and ordered the kitchen to serve two more sesame balls.

Most of the noodles with bamboo shoots and pork were eaten, and the two spies arrived.

One said: "I want to report to the Prime Minister, the eldest son has already invited Li Yun to go out, and also ordered him to reprimand the students of the imperial court, so that we can set the record straight!"

Another said: "The Tai students gathered more than 30 small boats and sailed eastward from Yuhang Shuimen, and they are almost at Chi'an Bridge!"

"it is good!"

Shi Miyuan pushed away the bowl of noodles.At this time, the mochi ball was delivered, but he didn't want to eat it.Walking back and forth in the study room four or five times with his hands behind his back, he ordered the maid to open the gauze curtain under the eaves twice so that he could see clearly.

The maidservant went out in response, her rings jingling repeatedly.Yuan Shao, who sat down first in the study, was afraid that Shi Miyuan would be disturbed by what he heard, so he lifted his robe and went up to help.

Heavy footsteps were suddenly mixed into the light ringing of the pendant.

Who is so rude?Just as a thought flashed through Shi Miyuan's mind, four or five spies rushed to the front of the hall, kowtowing, but no one spoke.

"What's wrong? Why are you in such a panic?" Shi Miyuan asked in a deep voice.

Several spies looked at each other, and someone said in a trembling voice: "Master Xiang, you little ones dare not speak."

"Why does this make sense? Tell me quickly!"

"The northern envoy Li Yun suddenly reprimanded the eldest son for falsifying news, and also scolded the son by the son for discrediting the prestige of the navy. While cursing, he gave them three punches!"

Another spy added in a trembling voice: "I punched Mr. Lang once, and I punched Mr. Ziyou twice!"

"How dare this guy be so rude! Are you trying to amuse me?" Shi Miyuan got up angrily, "Yuan Shao, take some people to Chi'an in person, and show me him!"

Yuan Shao hurriedly prostrated himself to accept the order, and when he prostrated himself, he found that several spies were trembling and unable to get up.

"What else do you have?"

"Master Xiang, Mr. Fu Yin, Li Yun is a tyrannical man. The eldest son was punched by him, and his face was covered with blood, and he fell to the ground; the young master took two punches from him, and he has fainted to this day. I am afraid he will die. dangerous."

Shi Miyuan rushed out from the study.

His appearance was very majestic, and at this time he was so angry that he was even more terrifying: "How dare he? How dare he? Come, prepare the sedan chair! No, prepare the horse!"

As he shouted, hundreds of attendants came and went to prepare, and the villa was in chaos.

Shi Miyuan seldom went out on horseback, and the speed of preparing the horse was a bit slow. In fact, it only took half a stick of incense, but Shi Miyuan scolded several servants one after another in a hurry.Finally the horses were all saddled and brought to the study, outside the horses hooves were hurried, and they turned to galloping steps again.

The fifth group of spies came in and knelt down.

"How is Kuanzhi injured? Where is Songzhi? Is he still alive?"

The spy kowtowed and said in a low voice: "Ahem, I don't know the situation of the two young masters. Mr. Xue is still helping."

"Then what are you reporting here?" Shi Miyuan shouted angrily.

"The northern emissary, Li Yun, picked out Han Xi, the youngest son of Han Tuozhou, from the ranks of the imperial students."

"Ok?"

Shi Miyuan suddenly calmed down.

(End of this chapter)