Son of Song Dynasty

Chapter 78 The tacit understanding between father and son

From what Tang Jixian said, it seemed that there was something important going on in this matter!

All the ministers were silent for a moment.

Zhao Kuangyin could not help but be stunned as well, and said slowly: "What are you risking your life to say? Come on!"

"The minister said just now that the money is not the state's public money but private property. This statement is definitely not a lie!"

"The Prince of Tianshui County was ordered to handle taxation, but in fact there was no actual performance. In the past month, the total income tax collected by the State Administration of Taxation was only 12 yuan!"

"Today, 32 of the 20 guanli placed above this hall were taken from the private wealth of the Tianshui County King. The Tianshui County King is trying to use his private wealth as tax money to boast of his achievements and deceive the Holy Majesty!"

Tang Jixian told with tears, his tone was impassioned, and his words were like knives.

Zhao Dezhao secretly sneered, this old man's acting skills are probably better than Wang Jien's, the two old guys can cry as soon as they say it, is this a must-have skill for those who like to "pretend to be loyal"?It's just that this person surnamed Tang also has an extra skill of "passionate and righteous", which eunuchs definitely don't know, and they don't even have the qualifications to learn it.

Zhao Kuangyin was not so easily moved. He laughed angrily and said "Haha" twice:

"It's ridiculous!"

"Even if my son's handling of national taxes is not satisfactory, and he can't collect 30 yuan a month, I can still beat him for it! Does he need to use his personal wealth to make a big man?!"

"If all the officials of the Great Song Dynasty in the world were like my sons, and if the state treasury lacked public funds, they would use their private wealth to fill them up, wouldn't the world be governed long ago?!"

The last sentence was so ironic that all the ministers in the hall shook their heads, thinking that this Censor Zhongcheng, who has always been known for his honesty and integrity, is too ridiculous and outrageous in the court today!

"What the Holy One said is absolutely true!"

Hubu Ma Shangshu hurriedly stood up to answer the conversation.

He first supported Zhao Dezhao: "The king of Tianshui County, Zhongqin, handles state affairs with great efficiency. In the past few months, I have heard quite a lot. It is said that he is cheating and deceiving the emperor. I will not believe it!"

Then he stomped on his old enemy: "Tang Jixian has already lost his mind and is almost insane. Your Majesty does not need to talk to him, just order someone to drive him out!"

Zhao Kuangyin didn't want to bear it anymore, and immediately made a gesture, and two servants stepped forward immediately, trying to pick up Tang Jixian and drag him out. If a minister is dragged out in the hall in public, there is no other way but to resign voluntarily .

After fighting to this point, Tang Jixian had no choice but to raise his bet and risk everything.

He hoarsely shouted: "My lord, everything I said is true! The money is real, but the accounts are false. If you don't believe me, just send someone to check the accounts of the State Administration of Taxation! Willing to pay with my life!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the hall.

Yushi Zhongcheng, as the head of the speech officer, has a respected status and is above the six ministers. He can be regarded as one of the few important ministers in the court. Tang Jixian said "willing to pay with his life", even if Zhao Kuangyin is angry again, Also had to re-evaluate.

Zhao Kuangyin took a deep breath, waved his hands, and told the two servants who were about to drag him out to back away.

"Tang Jixian, since you are so confident and sure that the SAT's accounts are false, why didn't you say so earlier?"

Zhao Kuangyin asked with a sneer.How the deed tax is collected, how the accounts are verified and other details, he has listened to his son explain it in detail. unbelievable.

Tang Jixian knelt in the center of the hall and said in a deep voice:

"Because I don't want to hurt the father-son relationship between the Holy Majesty, and hope that the king of Tianshui can stop it, so I try my best to keep silent - this is what I said just now, I committed the crime of concealing it for the king of Tianshui! "

"But I never thought that the king of Tianshui County would get worse. Not only did he exaggerate the amount to deceive the emperor and the ministers of the court, he even carried the money box to the hall to boast in public. He was so shameless that the minister couldn't bear it, so he told the truth angrily. It is bound to cause the Holy Majesty to be disappointed with the King of Tianshui County—this is what the minister said just now, and the minister committed the crime of hurting the relationship between the Holy Majesty and his son!"

"These two crimes, I confess!"

These three sentences sound powerful, full of emotion, and reasonable. Zhao Dezhao couldn't help but want to applaud Tang Jixian, and secretly sighed in his heart: "It's definitely not luck that this old man can achieve the high position of Yushi Zhongcheng! Acting skills The exquisiteness of the words, the sharpness of the words, both are of the highest standard! It's a pity, a pity, you are not on Lao Tzu's side!"

Zhao Kuangyin was forced by Tang Jixian with words, but he couldn't make it for a while, so he had to turn his eyes to his son.

Zhao Dezhao walked out slowly to the steps of the imperial throne, bowed deeply to his emperor father, and said in a deep voice, "I report to my father: among the 32 tax money that my son ordered people to move to the palace, there is indeed The 20 guan is the private property of my minister!"

As soon as the words fell, the hall immediately exploded!

Tang Jixian had a triumphant smile on his face after winning. He really couldn't hold it back, so he could only bury his head and face very low, so as not to be seen by others.

Even Zhao Guangyi, who has always been very familiar with the city, couldn't help but smile.

Zhao Kuangyin's reaction was even more intense. He jumped up violently from the throne, with only one thought in his mind, and that was to kick this reckless, absurd, embarrassing Ni Zi seventeen or eight times, or beat him half to death. Finished!
Just when Zhao Kuangyin was about to rush down from the imperial steps and beat his son violently in public, Zhao Dezhao raised his head and winked at the emperor's father.

With just such a wink, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly felt relieved, his anger dissipated in no time, and he sat back on the throne with a smile.He already knew that there must be a good show in the future, he didn't need to rush to get angry, just sit back and wait and see.

Recently, father and son talk and laugh in daily life, and winking is a common way of joking between father and son. Zhao Kuangyin himself often makes this expression to his son, and only father and son can have such a tacit understanding.

After Zhao Dezhao said that, he kept silent. He then turned his back to the throne and faced the officials in the hall, praying secretly in his heart: "Let the storm come more violently!"

This kind of standing posture is extremely presumptuous and disrespectful in the court. Even the high-ranking King Jin would never dare to put on such an arrogant and arrogant posture, but he dared.

Because Zhao Dezhao knew in his heart that he was the son of the emperor's father. As an emperor, he would be easily offended by the arrogance and disrespect of his brothers of the same generation, but he would be much more tolerant of his nephews in later generations. This was a rare advantage he had over Zhao Guangyi.

(End of this chapter)