The news that followed caught Zhao Zhen even more off guard, and the Northwest Fourth Road sent people to ask for the second half of the year, and Lord Su no longer paid the salaries and salaries of the soldiers and horses of the Fourth Road, because Lord Su had already resigned; Immediately afterwards, the horse farm in the northwest also came to ask for money, and Lord Su no longer provided the concentrate for the imperial court to bear the costs related to horse feeding; Then the Ordnance Division of the Su Ji Mine was suspended for rest, the sale of iron and charcoal was suspended, and the armor and weapons in the second half of the year could not be started; Then the Pearl Newspaper of the whole territory of the Great Song Dynasty was discontinued, and the last issue vaguely revealed that Master Su was working hard for the country and became ill, but people were suspicious of him, and the whole country was shaken for a while, and public opinion was boiling.

People's hearts began to fluctuate, and there was news that after the resignation of Lord Su, the original policies will be abolished, so that the panic of the people will be caused even more, and people are like frightened birds, asking for inside information everywhere, because once the policy of the Development and Reform Department is abolished, many people will return to the past of poverty overnight, encouraging business to get many people out of the land, encouraging reclamation so that many people have their own land, and the national highway and water conservancy construction have raised nearly 300 million yuan of national bonds. Su Jin got off the stage, who can he go to?

Zhao Zhen was furious, and there was no order in the court to make a commotion; Yan Shu is old, and he has no energy and methods to deal with it, Zhang Yaozuo and others have no ability and prestige to deal with it, in recent years, the major financial events and basic construction policies for the benefit of the people have been issued by Su Jin and Li Zhong through the Development and Reform Division, and the rest of the people do not know how to operate at all.

How did Zhao Zhen not know that all this was Su Jin demonstrating against him, and the remarks of the court were gradually unfavorable to him, and many officials did not know how to learn that Zhang Yaozuo and Han Jiang slandered Su Jin, and they were all upset with Su Jin; Su Jin's merits can only be looked up to for these officials, unattainable, I didn't expect the emperor to be suspicious of Su Jin, the rabbit died and the fox was sad, everyone couldn't help but feel aggrieved for Su Jin, although no one dared to talk about it openly, but most of them were passive and listless in their work.

Zhao Zhen sent Yan Shu to persuade Su Jin several times, Su Jin either invited him to taste seafood, or invited him to go fishing at the beach, not a word about government affairs, Yan Shu knew Su Jin's temper, and he would repay him stubbornly to the end, the emperor didn't give him face, and his old face was not worth mentioning.

Yan Shu felt guilty, coupled with his advanced age, as soon as the New Year passed, he immediately became ill; This snow made matters worse, the court collapsed two mountains in a row, and there were no important ministers in charge of the court; Zhao Zhen wanted to use Xia Zhu, but Xia Zhu actually refused, thinking that it was also because of Su Jin.

Zhang Yaozuo asked Zhang Guifei to blow the wind in the emperor's ear, to seek the position of prime minister, Zhao Zhen is angry, he is not stupid, he knows that he can let Zhang Yaozuo stir up the situation, but such a major position must not be held by incompetent people, Zhang Guifei just said a few words, and was kicked off the dragon bed by Zhao Zhen, crying in the dark.

The situation is getting more and more chaotic, although Zhao Zhen hates it in his heart, but he has to bow his head, Su Jin exerts a little force, he knows that the lifeblood of the entire Great Song Dynasty is in the hands of Su Jin, whether it is military materials or financial resources, Su Jin is enough to set back the society in his hands for ten years, thinking about the famine of the people ten years ago, the people are everywhere, the thieves are rampant, and the foreign enemy invades and harasses, Zhao Zhen can't help but shudder.

No matter how reluctant Zhao Zhen is in his heart, he has to bow his head to Su Jin, he can only stabilize Su Jin first, and then find an opportunity, and it is the most appropriate opportunity to remove Su Jin's block from his heart, if he was only jealous and jealous of Su Jin two months before Su Jin fell ill, now Zhao Zhen's feeling towards Su Jin is fear, and it must be eliminated quickly.

On the third day of the second month of the fifth year of Huangyou, Zhao Zhen faced the current crisis head-on for the first time, and he also took the initiative to ask the ministers for the first time how to smooth out the current chaotic situation and the phase candidates after Yan Shuzhishi.

No one gave him an answer, the Manchu Dynasty was dead silent, and Zhao Zhen knew that each of them was thinking about Su Jin's affairs in their hearts, and no one wanted to be the first bird.

In the silence, Bao Zheng, the governor of Kaifeng Mansion, stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, there is only one person available for the choice of phase, and no one else is capable of taking on this responsibility, this person is Su Jin; In the current chaos, as long as Master Su returns, it will be calmed down immediately, and the emperor is also asked to be polite and virtuous for the sake of the society, and not to be provoked by the people who are in business; The Great Song Dynasty can have today, not only the emperor is wise, but also the courtiers need to work together, seeing the Great Song Dynasty in chaos, the emperor needs to introspect. ”

Only Bao Zheng dared to ask the emperor to introspect himself, and only he dared to say this, Zhao Zhen was silent, and said for a while: "I don't know why Su Jin resigned, I think I treat him well, except for Su Jin, there is no one else in the court to replace?" ”

Bao Zheng sighed secretly, the emperor is still dying to save face at this time, it is really unwise, dignity is not to come by himself, but to be given by others, now that this matter comes out, the emperor is swept away, it is better to take this opportunity to fight for a humble reputation, but he still wants this kind of words.

"The emperor decides for himself, the minister only has this performance, if the emperor feels that others can be replaced, he can ignore the minister's words." Bao Zheng didn't want to do more.

Daqing Hall is embarrassed, there has never been a court meeting with such an embarrassing atmosphere, and no one wants to talk more, it's not that there is nothing to play, there are too many things to discuss, after the suspension of the Development and Reform Division, the big affairs are piled up, who can solve these things?

"Okay, I'm willing to go and ask Su Aiqing to go out of the mountain in person, is Bao Aiqing willing to go with me?" Zhao Zhen finally stopped struggling, a strong sense of humiliation came to his heart, and he was almost about to roar in court.

"The minister is willing to go with the car, the emperor is shengming." Bao Zheng said.

Zhang Yaozuo said with a sharp voice: "Su Jin's shelf is also too big, is this still a minister?" How can such a person enter the court? Where is the relationship between the monarch and the minister? Your Majesty, you can't bow your head, otherwise what authority is there? ”

Bao Zheng reprimanded angrily: "Master Zhang, Corporal Lixian has been around for a long time, don't you hear about the three visits to the thatched house? Furthermore, who are you qualified to speak of? In the end, this turmoil is all caused by your slander, you people, when my Great Song Dynasty was thriving, Lord Su worked hard for the country, and you and others stabbed you in the back, what are your intentions? When I got up, the old man couldn't suppress his anger, I can't wait to eat your flesh and drink your blood! ”

Bao Zheng became more and more angry, and approached Zhang Yaozuo, Zhang Yaozuo was so frightened that he retreated and said, "What are you going to do?" Your Majesty is here, what do you want? ”

Bao Zheng threw the jade wat in his hand to Zhang Yaozuo and smashed it on his head, Zhang Yaozuo saw blood on his head, and the jade wat also fell in half, Zhang Yaozuo sat down on the ground and shouted: "Bao Zheng killed, Bao Zheng killed." ”

The whole hall watched coldly, even Zhao Zhen didn't have a word of relief to stop, Zhang Yaozuo was flustered, wanting to find some help, his eyes looked at Han Jiang's several officials from the Imperial Historical Observatory, but those people turned their heads to look at him, and they didn't dare to look at him at all.

"Retreat from the dynasty, I'm tired, tomorrow, I'll drive Mingzhou, and I'll make preparations early." Zhao Zhen's face was pale, his hand stroked his forehead, and he went down to the palace with Huang Peisheng's support.

……

On the fourth day of the second lunar month, Zhao Zhen's first southern tour was also the first time he left Bianliang since he ascended the throne, but the bad thing was that he was forced to invite Su Jin out of the mountain, and he was in a terrible mood.

Tens of thousands of cars drove on the wide national highway, through the car window, you can see the green trees on both sides of the corridor, the roadside fields are level, the ditches are vertical and horizontal, and the mood is slightly relaxed.

"Your Majesty, a few years ago, this was still a wasteland, overgrown with weeds, fishing in spring and drought in summer; Now dozens of miles in the suburbs of Beijing have become a valley of harvest, which is all due to the full operation of Lord Su. Bao Zheng said softly beside him.

Zhao Zhen sighed and didn't make a sound.

"Look at the national highway, Lord Su joked, every inch of this is paved with copper money, the national highway runs through the entire territory of the Great Song Dynasty, for the military movement, the business road has played a great role, four years ago and Liao war, if it is not for the smooth national highway, the southern states of the material and resource resources are delivered in time, how can you stop the Liao army of 700,000?"

Zhao Zhen was silent again, looking at the data and oral reports, his feelings were not intuitive, nor were they strong, and now he went out of the palace to check on the spot, and he felt how difficult it was.

"Along this national highway, the emperor can also see a lot of market towns, are commercial markets, goods transit place, Su people painstaking, careful action, do their best for the Song Dynasty to be rich and strong, I saw him a few years ago, found that he has hoarfrost on his sideburns, it is really moving; He keeps the industry, and puts in more than 3,000 yuan of money every year to subsidize various expenses of the imperial court and make up for the financial deficit. Buying people's hearts can be widely relied, so if it comes faster, why do you have to act through the imperial court? ”

Zhao Zhen regretted slightly, confined to the palace, out of sight, deaf, naturally would not have these feelings, put himself in his shoes, Su Jin really did not need to use the imperial court to achieve his goal, with his ability, no matter where he was, he could mix the wind and water, and there was no need to make a big move; Maybe I broke his heart too much this time?

In fact, thousands of miles away in Mingzhou, Su Jinyi was not sad, he was wearing a Teng hat and was jumping up and down in a dock, after coming to Mingzhou, he suddenly saw an extremely dreamy idea in his mind, he was a person who wanted to do it, and immediately began to plan.