Zhao Tuan took the letter and opened it. I couldn't help but be furious. It turned out that this letter was written by Tang Sihui to the deputy marshal of Jin Guozuo, Su Shi Lie Zhining. The content is that the army should not be scattered, but should continue to press the border with a heavy army, forcing the Great Song Dynasty to negotiate peace with Jin and accept Jin's conditions. Now, although the Song army is well defended on the front line of Jianghuai. But it is possible to attack the front line of Xianghu instead. And the distribution of the Song army's troops on the front line of Xiang'e was written in detail in the letter. The name is Tang Siwei, as well as his pressed flowers and stamps.

If this letter is really sent to the Jin State, and the Jin State acts according to the letter, it is very likely that the Song army's defense line will be broken through from the Xiang'e area, and then the Jin army will occupy the key points of the Great Song Dynasty, and can cooperate with Longxi to attack Sichuan along the river, and down the river can cooperate with Jianghuai to attack Lin'an, and the consequences are simply unimaginable.

The more Zhao Tuan thought about it, the more angry he became, he couldn't imagine that Tang Siwei dared to boldly collaborate with the enemy in order to reach a peace with Jin Guo and keep his position, and told Jin Guo all the military secrets of the Great Song Dynasty, is this worth it? With a calm face, he asked Yu Yunwen, "How did you get this letter?"

Yu Yunwen said: "This is Tang Sihui sent Sun Zao to the camp of the Jin Army. Fortunately, I had already ordered the Governor's Mansion of Jiankang to strictly inspect all borders and not allow anyone to leave the country without permission, so Sun Zao was captured by the patrolling Song army in Suzhou and found this letter. Yang Yizhong personally led the people and sent Sun Zao to Lin'an overnight. ”

Zhao Tuan asked again: "Where is Sun Zao now?" ”

Yu Yunwen said: "The ministers were afraid that Tang Sihui would find out, so they ordered them to detain Sun Zao in the minister's mansion first, and now Yang Yizhong is personally watching Sun Zao in the minister's mansion." ”

Zhao Tuan nodded and said, "Yu Qing, you have done a good job, and this time you have made a great contribution to me." Then he immediately ordered someone: "Go to Zhao Tangsi and retreat to see me." ”

There was not much time, and Tang Si retired and came to the palace.

After saluting, Zhao Tuan said: "Tang Siwei, you have done a good thing." ”

When Tang Sihui heard this, his heart suddenly shuddered, he heard Zhao Tuan see him overnight for no reason, and his heart was uneasy, and now seeing Zhao Tuan's fierce appearance, he knew that things were not good, but he still had a trace of luck, maybe it was for something else. But Zhao Tuan threw the letter written by Tang Sihui to Su Shi Lie Zhining to him with a flick of his hand, and said in a loud voice: "You go and see it yourself, what is this?"

Tang Siwei didn't have to pick it up to see that this was the letter he wrote to Marshal Jin Guozuo Su Shi Lie Zhining. Suddenly there was a "buzz" in his head, and he was so frightened that his soul flew out of the sky, and at this time he could still stand there, and he knelt on the ground with a "plop" sound, and his head was like a chicken pecking rice, and he only said in his mouth: "Minister...... The minister ...... "but he couldn't say anything else."

Zhao Tuan just looked at him coldly and couldn't stop snorting without saying a word. waited until Tang Sihui swallowed more than a dozen heads in a row, and even his forehead was bleeding more than his elbows before he said: "Tang Sihui, do you have anything else to say?" ”

Tang Siwei stopped at this time, still trembling all over his body and panting. Blood and sweat dripped down his cheeks onto the main hall. But he just said, "Minister...... The minister ......" still couldn't say a word.

Zhao Tuling smiled and said: "Tang Siwei, you are an old minister of the two dynasties, the prime minister of the dynasty, and the minister, I and the emperor have that little bit of mistreatment for you." Unexpectedly, not only did you not think about serving the country and sharing your worries for me, but instead fornicated with the Jin Kingdom and leaked all the secrets of my Great Song Dynasty. Fortunately, God blessed the Great Song Dynasty, so that this letter was not delivered to the hands of the Daojin people, what face do you have to come to see me. ”

At this time, Tang Si's mind cleared up a little, and he could finally say a complete sentence: "The minister knows the guilt, the minister knows the guilt." The sin of the minister deserves death, and the sin deserves death. But his mind was thinking quickly, how would the emperor punish himself? Whether it is a capital crime or exile, the Great Song Dynasty has always had a tradition of not killing ministers. But this time he committed the great crime of collaborating with the enemy. Can the emperor still honor this tradition? What's more, even if the emperor wants to let himself live, Yu Yunwen is afraid that he will not let himself go, right? Who can say a few kind words for himself? Although Long Dayuan and Liang Kejia are also the main peace, they have no friendship with themselves. Yin Sui, Wang Zhiwang's qualifications are too shallow, Qian Ruili has long been staring at his position and wants to replace him. Tang Siwei sadly found that he was so lonely and helpless in the court.

Zhao Tuan nodded and said, "Okay, Tang Siwei, you go back, and tomorrow you will go to the Three Law Divisions to listen to the trial." ”

"Handed over to the three legal divisions for trial? Am I really done this time? I'm afraid I'm not alone, I'm afraid that even the whole family will suffer. Son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, and two great-grandchildren who are still in praise. Will the whole house be beheaded, or the whole family will be exiled? The more Tang Siwei thought about it, the more frightened he became, and suddenly his eyes were dark, and he didn't know what to do.

The next day, Zhao Tuan immediately announced Tang Si's crime of collaborating with the enemy and handed it over to the Three Law Divisions for trial. The prime minister of a country actually fornicated with an enemy country, and the whole dynasty was shocked. Chen Junqing, the governor of the political affairs, immediately wrote a book, saying, "Tang Siyi's heart of cunning, the art of pouring evil spirits, watching what he does, multi-effect Qin Hui, Gai Si's retreat, are the kindness of Qin Hui's father and son." ”

Immediately, there was a letter to the doctor Wang Dabao, "The hope of the king, Yin Sui retreated as an eagle dog, and he can be beheaded in order to become a traitor." ”

Immediately afterwards, there were 72 people including Zhang Guan, a student of Tai, who wrote a book, talking about Tang Siwei, Wang Zhiwang, Yin Sui and other three people who were treacherous and misled the country, causing enemies, please quickly behead them to thank the world. ”

All of a sudden, the crowd was indignant, and even several ministers who were originally attached to Tang Siwei wrote to reprimand Tang Sihui for being treacherous. There is a big wall to the crowd to push, and then kick him a few times. Qian Ruili even generously wrote a letter, demanding that Tang Si be beheaded.

However, in the end, Zhao Tuan thought about it again and again, and still exempted Tang Siwei from the death penalty, but only dismissed him from his post and exiled him to Yongzhou. Sun Zao was imprisoned and sentenced to be assigned to Chenzhou for ten years. Yin Sui was transferred to Liangzhejiang to set up the sea road, and Wang Zhiwang went out of Fuzhou to know Fuzhou. The transfer of Beijing officials to local posts was also a punishment of the Great Song Dynasty.

And Qian Ruili was full of thought that he could replace Tang Si and quit as prime minister. Instruct the party to move up and down. Who knew that Tang Yao, the palace attendant, sealed a letter saying: Qian Duanli is a royal marriage, and he cannot be in power. Chen Junqing also said that this dynasty has no relatives as the phase, and this fear cannot be the law of descendants. As a result, Zhao Tuan piled up the boat along the river to remove Qian Rui's chaos and raise the scholars of the Imperial Palace, and promoted Deokshou Palace to study part-time, and promoted Dongxiao Palace instead. From the Zhining State Mansion.

As if it was a coincidence, just after Zhao Tuan had just dealt with Tang Si's withdrawal from the party, he immediately received a report from the Jiankang Governor's Mansion that the Jin army had withdrawn. Only more than 100,000 horses were left at the border. And the line of defense as a whole retreated twenty miles. The great calamity in the north has finally been eliminated, and a big stone that has been pressing on the court of the Great Song Dynasty these days has finally been removed. Zhao Tuan was overjoyed after receiving the report and said: "It is the will of heaven that the peace cannot be reached." ”

As a result of the sudden dismissal and the transfer of several ministers, a power vacuum suddenly appeared in the DPRK and China. Zhao Tuan then appointed Yu Yunwen as the left Pu Shot of the Shangshu, and the Pingzhang of the Tongzhong Shumen still served as the Privy Councillor, and the Duanming Palace Bachelor was appointed, and the Privy Council Liang Kejia was the right Pu She, and the Pingzhang of the Tongzhong Shumen. Although Liang Ke's opinions were at odds with Yu Yunwen's and they had always opposed the Northern Expedition, it was a tradition since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty not to let one side dominate. Moreover, Liang Kejia advocated strengthening the border guard to prevent the invasion of Jin soldiers. and also put forward some good suggestions for governing the country, and did not advocate land cession and peace like Tang Siwei. Therefore, appointing him as the prime minister, Yu Yunwen has no opinion.

Then Yu Yunwen recommended Liu Heng as a member of the Privy Council. Zhao Tuan also accepted this. None of these appointments were much controversial.

But then Zhao Tuan issued another edict. Long Dayuan was appointed to participate in political affairs, Zeng Mo was appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and Zhang Shuo was appointed as the member of the Privy Council. Long Dayuan, Zeng Mo were all close ministers of Zhao Tuan when he was the crown prince, and Zhang Shuo originally entered the office with his father's shadow, and later became Zhao Tuan's close minister because he married the sister of Empress Wu of Gaozong, and Zhao Tuan's trust in him was second only to Long Dayuan, Zeng Mo. In fact, Zhao Tuan has long wanted to reuse these few of his own close attendants. It's just that the ministers of the DPRK and China are all against it, and secondly, there are no vacant posts for a while. Now was the right moment to elevate all three of them to important positions at once.

However, as soon as the personnel arrangements for this series of regulations were announced, they immediately caused a great uproar in the DPRK and China. Counselor Liu Du immediately wrote to the old man that the two of them were old people, and they should not be treated without moderation. Please Zhao Tuan to take back his fate. Zhao Tuan did not obey and still insisted on what he had seen. Liu Du said in the book again: "The minister wants to retreat, and His Majesty enters it, what face is still an official?" Begging for dethronement. "Zhang Zhen, the scholar in the middle school, and Shi Huyi, the palace attendant, also wrote bluntly that these three people should not be appointed. In the matter, Jin Anjie and Zhou Bida even refused to accept Zhao Tuan's Ren Yu, and sealed and recorded Huang.

Zhao Tuan was also very angry that his appointment was blocked. Immediately issued an edict to seize Liu Duyan's position, changed the power of the Ministry of Labor, Zhang Zhen, and Hu Yi were all found and released. Seeing this, Jin Anjie and Zhou Bida also wrote to beg to go, and Zhao Tuan also approved it, and released the two of them.

However, this time aroused the righteous indignation of the ministers. The author Lang Liu Shu said on the seal: "Your Majesty and the Mo and the Great Yuan generations sing and sing, and the words are not named." As the prime minister, General Yi will be decided after his words. Strictly abide by the law, cut luck, and start from the palace closer. Gong Maoliang, who supervised the imperial history, also said: "The water is yin, and it occupies a female favorite, a concubine, and a villain. ”

Zhao Tuan didn't expect that he would only reuse a few old people in the palace, and he would be opposed by so many people, so he announced to the ministers in public at the court meeting the next day, saying: "The three of them are all old people in the palace, not close to Xibi; And there are all literature, dare to admonish, Du Men does not come out, do not anticipate foreign affairs, it is advisable to retreat and visit. ”

Gong Maoliang immediately spoke: "Dezong doesn't know about Lu Qi's treachery, so he is also treacherous. What Dayuan and Mo do, those who do the Tao can say, and His Majesty has not heard it. Then wait for the imperial envoy Li Heng, and the right Zhengyan Wang Xilu also came out to admonish him. As a result, Zhao Tuan was furious, and simply dismissed Liu Shu, Gong Maoliang, Li Heng, and Wang Xilu.

As a result, this move provoked an uproar in the Manchu Dynasty. Even Chen Junqing, the governor of the council, and Liu Heng, the privy councillor of the same governor, also wrote to say that they were not ashamed to work with Long Dayuan and Zhang Shuo's generation, and asked to be released. And another new prime minister, Liang Kejia, also wrote to dissuade him. These are all ruling ministers, and Zhao Tuan didn't dare to remove them like he did with others, so he had to leave it noncommittal for the time being, and just drag it out.