Once this information was made public in the court, it immediately caused a stir. Most censors criticized Shi Song's faction like they were injected with chicken blood. Those censors who had something to do with Shi Songzhi did not dare to say anything. Others shook the detailed information and could not justify them. They couldn't say that I used my own money to buy goods and then earned money to the court's treasury. This is not a defense, it is a contempt of the wisdom of officials and officials in the court, and treating others as fools.

What's even more troublesome is that this information was published in Zhiyin Newspaper that day. Except for military issues, the other contents were almost exactly the same as the information in Zheng Qingzhi's hands. As soon as this newspaper came out, it was like a big stone thrown into a oil pan. It was impossible to pay attention to it. Even the people watching the fun on the side of the pot were burnt with bubbles. Many well-known people stood up and accused Shi Song's clan of being a country's borer.

Immediately afterwards, even greater panic broke out in Guangzhou, Quanzhou and other places. As many as 100 merchants gathered in front of the headquarters of the Strait Company, asking their families to queue up all night to apply for immigration. They wanted to take their families away from their hometowns to live in the Jinhe Empire, because the court's actions disappointed them too much. This was a pure competition for profit with the people.

Moreover, it was not only a mental loss. If the court really listened to the opinions of Shi Song's faction and banned the maritime trade, they would not be able to survive. The merchants could still run away by boat, and they had no place to run by business. As a result, these things quickly spread throughout the coastal cities of the Southern Song Dynasty through newspapers, making the merchants in Wenzhou, Taizhou, Mingzhou and even Lin'an also began to feel anxious. It is said that they were planning a market strike and issued the strongest protest to the court! Even if they were charged with a crime of rebellion, they could not impose a ban.

In this way, it will be the turn of Emperor Lizong to have a headache. If this matter is just arguing in the court, no matter who is right or wrong, it will still be within his control. Even if the Shi Song faction fails in this round of struggle, he can still use the technique of shifting the universe, which will cause the Shi Song faction to be greatly hit. Exile, dismiss a few unlucky guys, and make this matter a big deal a little. Then appease the Zheng Qing faction, and then erase the Zheng Qing faction, you can erase the matter. With Shi Songzhi and others, Emperor Lizong doesn't have to worry about Zheng Qing's power alone.

But now this muddy job is not easy to do. If you force yourself to Shi Song's faction, you may have to put your head on your head. The emperor's position is the referee, and the referee who blows the black whistle. This work can only be carried out secretly. The players on both sides understand it doesn't matter, and once the audience sees it, the black whistle will be not easy to blow.

In the end, Emperor Lizong did not dare to continue blowing the black whistle. When the court wanted the Northern Expedition to be revealed by the newspaper, any practice that affected the Northern Expedition would be marked as a traitor. Not to mention Shi Songzhi, Emperor Lizong himself dared not wear this big hat. So under this premise, Shi Songzhi and Zhao Kui sent people to be severely attacked, exiled those who should be exiled, and dismissed those who should be dismissed.

Shi Songzhi was demoted to Qiongzhou as the magistrate, while Zhao Kui was sent to the Sichuan front line and became Wu Jie's subordinate. Although they were both officials and their positions were not low, those who understand could tell at a glance that Shi Songzhi and Zhao Kui were finished. Where is Qiongzhou? The territory of the Straits Company and the maritime merchants, it would be strange if Shi Songzhi felt good after he came. Who is Wu Jie? A firm war pro-war faction, there are many conflicts with Zhao Kui in leading troops, and he couldn't even pee in a pot. He was also an unlucky child when he arrived in Sichuan. He definitely couldn't make up his credit, and a lot of shit was waiting to be squeezed on his head.

After this incident, Hong Tao expected that he wanted to run the lords and factions in the Southern Song Dynasty court. Most of the reports of Zhiyin Newspaper and the chaos in coastal cities were secretly instructed and supported by the Ministry of Supervision, and the purpose was to force the court to fail to settle the matter. In addition, the strong suppression of Zheng Qing's faction, it would be strange if Shi Songzhi and Zhao Kui could withstand it.

However, the subsequent series of changes exceeded Hong Tao's idea, and even made him a little at a loss. First, Wen Hao suddenly went north to Lin'an and turned into a political affairs under the Southern Song Dynasty Zhongshu. More than a dozen backbone members of the Zhiyin Society who went with him were personally received by Emperor Lizong and given different positions, all of them were real positions. In this way, the position originally controlled by Shi Song's faction became the territory of the Zhiyin Society. Wen Hao, from a vanguard who criticized the court and opposed the court, instantly became a rising political star in the Southern Song Dynasty court.

The Chief Political Affairs Office was a high-ranking official in the Song Dynasty. It was specially established to disperse the power of the prime minister, which almost meant the deputy prime minister. Isn’t the power of the prime minister dispersing the power of Zheng Qingzhi? Therefore, when this position intersected with the left prime minister, it was more valued by the emperor, and in some aspects it was even greater than the prime minister. Before Hong Tao could react, Wen Hao led a group of court officials to the south and became the imperial envoy of the court, specializing in Guangzhou to deal with the matter of maritime commerce strikes.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates are guilty. I did not get any news in advance. It was all my subordinates' fault. Afterwards, I arrested a backbone of the Zhiyin Society and realized that Wen Hao had always been in contact with the court. They used poems to contact each other, but their subordinates couldn't understand..." After learning the news, Cixi immediately ran back to Jinhe City, and after meeting Hong Tao, she began to review her work mistakes.

"I always said, don't treat the people in the court as fools. They can't fight, but we have to call them masters when playing court politics. This move is amazing, it's really a big deal. Now they use our weapons to deal with us. And after doing this, Zheng Qingzhi had another strong enemy, so he couldn't draw too much energy to cooperate with Wen Nan forcing Emperor Lizong to agree to the Northern Expedition in the court. He had to figure out the details of Wen Hao first before he dared to make a move. The Wen family is really talented. Two cousins, one is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire, and the other is the Deputy Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty..." Hong Tao looked at the report in his hand, and his expression was very rich. His mind was really not enough. People who play politics were all talented. If he removed his advantage of time travel, he could get over to himself eight streets if he found a small county magistrate.

"But don't worry, there is a proverb in my hometown, which is called "One force to surrender to ten times, and great force to achieve miracles! No matter how fancy or skillful they play political means, they cannot change the strength comparison between the two countries. So they play their things, we play our things, our strength is fists, and there is no need to compete with them in this way. It's like I quarrel with Wen Nan, and using poetry to curse people, Wen Nan can scold me for a night, is it not the same, can I also use poetry to scold him? That's not

He is a fool. I just scolded him with the words I was best at. If I scolded him in a hurry, I could go up and beat him up. Put his mouth in the sand to see if he could scold him!" After sighing, Hong Tao changed his tone and began to despise the enemy strategically. At the same time, Cixi slowly moved from anxiety. This matter was his responsibility, but he couldn't blame him all. The work of the Supervision Department is still worthy of recognition. If you make mistakes, you are not afraid of being able to summarize the experience and lessons from mistakes.

"What Your Majesty said is that in fact, Wen Nan can't scold you if you don't need to do anything..." Cixi fully understood the central idea of ​​Hong Tao's words and immediately got relieved from her frown.

"Your skill in flattering has declined a little... I tell Wen Nan for me that you don't have to bear any ideological burden. No matter whether his negotiating partner is Zheng Qingzhi or Wen Hao, the principles of the empire will not change. The negotiations of the maritime merchants will find graduates from two navigation schools and maritime merchants to go with the maritime merchant representatives. The maritime merchants alone may not be able to deal with Wen Hao. Do you know why?" Seeing that Cixi started flattering again, it means that he has returned to normal, and Hong Tao can arrange the next step for him.

"Because you were not a student you taught since childhood, you were not very handsome. Wen Hao has several graduates who were trained in the navigation school since childhood, and they are difficult to deal with." Cixi answered Hong Tao's question without thinking.

"Right... Remember, when dealing with the enemy, we must not be higher than their bottom line. They are thick-skinned, and our faces must be thicker! They are not humans, so we must be even worse! This is nothing shameful. For the sake of profit from our country, even if I take off all my clothes and go to dance on the streets of Lin'an, if the problem can be solved, I will go too. This is the honor of being an imperial official! Only officials who are hated by the people of other countries are good officials of the empire!" Hong Tao patted Cixi on the shoulder, and earnestly pulled Cixi's bottom line, which was not high, to a lower level.

As Hong Tao expected, after Wen Hao arrived in Guangzhou, he immediately started his three fires. This ambitious guy knew the maritime business group very well and was not too unfamiliar with the situation of the Jinhe Empire. He was also a direct participant in the strike operation, and could even be said to be half an organizer and half a leader. At this time, his role was a bit like Song Gongming who was docked in Liangshan. After being recruited by the court, he immediately sold his original brothers completely, and at the same time made the court understand how to deal with maritime businessmen and how to differentiate and disintegrate the group.

The method he came up with is called tax cuts! It has Hong Tao's interest-first style, which is to use interests to attract maritime merchants to return. If maritime merchants stop the market and return to the port to continue to carry out normal maritime trade activities, they can go to him to write a guarantee letter. Not only will the court not hold them accountable, but the Maritime Commercial Bureau will also adopt preferential policies for these maritime merchants. To put it bluntly, the proportion of the deduction is reduced to one-twentieth. Moreover, the price can be extended. If you can pull others to submit to the court, the deduction will continue to decline. If you bring back a few more maritime merchants, you might as well exempt your family from taxes.
Chapter completed!