"Your Majesty, Lord Hua is here."

Huizong had dinner with Concubine Liu tonight, and since then he has been playing Go entertainment with Concubine Liu.

"Oh, Wenshan is here."

Huizong waved his hand gently at Concubine Liu. Concubine Liu stood up and saluted him, and then took his palace maid back.

"Let him in."

The eunuch went out to inform Hua Ju to come in. Hua Ju asked the guards to carry the four boxes in together, and said to Huizong: "I will meet your majesty."

"Forgive."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Huizong looked at the boxes he brought and asked, "Wenshan, what's going on with these boxes?"

Hua Ju opened all the boxes. Huizong saw that it was full of gold, silver and jewelry, and asked in confusion: "Wenshan, you are..."

Hua Ju said, "Your Majesty, the Jin envoy Wanyan Huang just went to find me, hoping that I could persuade Your Majesty to agree to the Song and Jin join forces to destroy Liao. These are the gold, silver and jewelry he bribed me."

"What!"

When Huizong heard this, his face immediately became dark and he said angrily: "I dare to openly bribe the imperial officials in my Song Dynasty. Wanyan Huang is so brave."

Hua Ju said: "Your Majesty, it's not worth getting angry about Wanyan Huang, it's important to take care of the dragon's body."

Huizong said: "I am so angry that he doesn't understand the rules. Even though I know that I have rejected Song Jin's joint efforts, I still dare to openly go to you to bribe you and let you persuade me. This is simply not taking me seriously."

Hua Ju said: "Your Majesty, the more he does this, the more it means that the purpose of joining forces with the Song Dynasty this time is impure, and the more it proves that Your Majesty's refusal to join forces with the Jin Dynasty is correct."

Huizong looked at the four boxes of gold, silver and jewelry and said, "Since he can give you gifts and bribes, he must have given gifts to other ministers."

"I don't know this... I'm not sure."

Although Hua Ju knew that Cai Jing and Gao Qiu and others would definitely accept gifts, they did not say it directly, because if some things were not said directly, it would be more effective than saying them directly.

"If they confiscated the gifts, how could they work so hard in the court to talk to Song Jin."

Huizong's face became more and more gloomy. He suddenly grabbed the tea bowl on the table, slammed it on the ground with a "slap", and said angrily: "Shameless, they are all a group of shameless people. Fortunately, I trust them so much that I actually robbed the people from the Gentiles.

I really misread them.”

Hua Ju looked at the broken tea bowl, then looked at Wu Chenghai for a moment. Wu Chenghai gave him a look and asked him to persuade Huizong.

Hua Ju said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be so angry. After all, no matter how Wanyan Huang uses the means, the final decision is still with Your Majesty. As long as you don't agree, he will give gifts to the people of the Song Dynasty.

It's useless. As for the things that ministers accept bribes, it's easy to deal with. You can give a decree to let them take out all the bribes they received and confiscate them, and then beat them in front of the ministers tomorrow morning.

It is your Majesty that you gave them a chance to make a mistake. If such a thing happens again in the future, it is not an exaggeration for Your Majesty to deal with them. Because Your Majesty has given them a chance, they do not cherish it themselves."

Huizong nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, they can't accept the bribes like this and let them all take them out and hand them over to the treasury. Wu Chenghai, serving them with the pen and mo."

Wu Chenghai immediately brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Huizong wrote an extremely strict word to Cai Jing, Gao Qiu, Wang Fu, Liang Shicheng and others, and asked them to take the initiative to hand over the bribes they received within an hour.

Come to the palace, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences.

"Send someone to give it to them immediately."

"yes."

Wu Chenghai was about to turn around and go out with the sages when Huizong said again: "Don't send the eunuchs, send the imperial guards."

Wu Chenghai knew that Huizong was really angry when he heard that Huizong asked him to send the guards to send the sacred edict, because he asked the guards to send the sacred edict, which was obviously a warning. If he did not restrain himself, the next time the guards would go.

Maybe it was a house search.

"I obey the order." Wu Chenghai took the imperial edict and made arrangements.

Huizong nodded with relief at Hua Jue and said, "Wenshan, you did a good job in this matter and did not disappoint my trust in you."

Hua Jue bowed and said, "I am a native of the Song Dynasty, my ministers. I will always have only Your Majesty and the Song Dynasty. Not to mention that I am just a mere property, even if I let me be the prime minister of the Jin Dynasty, I can't even shake my respect for the Song Dynasty and Your Majesty.

loyalty."

"Okay, that's right."

Huizong stood up and looked at Hua Jue and said, "Wenshan, it is a blessing for me to have a loyal minister and son-in-law like you."

Hua Ju said quickly: "It is my luck that I can meet Your Majesty."

The more humble he was, the more Huizong felt that he was good and he attached more importance to him in his heart.

Huizong said: "Wenshan, you did a good job in Caizhou this time. Not only did you rescue Su Yuanjing, but you also arrested corrupt officials in Caizhou. Now you are helping me expose Wanyan Huang to the court.

The bribery of the official has made great contributions, so I must reward you well.”

Hua Ju said: "As a court official in the Song Dynasty, all I do are all my duties and no reward is needed."

"No, I have to reward, and I have to reward it tomorrow in front of all court officials."

Huizong put his hands behind his back and looked outside the hall, saying meaningfully: "I want to let those who are the real loyal ministers in the court."

Hua Ju understands that he is going to use himself to beat Cai Jing, Gao Qiu and others.

"Wenshan, what should I do to Wanyan Huang who bribes everywhere?" Huizong said.

Hua Ju said: "Wanyan Huang is also an envoy of the Jin Kingdom. If he is really dealt with, his relationship with the Jin Kingdom will be broken. At present, we still need to use this subtle relationship with the Jin Kingdom to check and balance.

Liao Kingdom cannot have a stale relationship with Jin Kingdom for the time being. Therefore, His Majesty pretended not to know about this matter, and he also had to have a feast for the Liao Kingdom to know that we have many choices, if we don’t want us to join forces with Jin Kingdom.

, you have to show your sincerity in friendship with the Song Dynasty."

Huizong nodded in agreement and smiled: "This method is good, and it can scare the Liao Kingdom more than anything we say."

Hua Ju said: "In addition to making Liao Kingdom afraid, we can also use Liao Kingdom to check and balance the Jin Kingdom, so that the Jin Kingdom also understands that in addition to choosing to join forces with Jin Kingdom, the Song Dynasty can also be with Liao Kingdom.

Joining forces, it depends on their choice if they are friends or enemies with the Song Dynasty."

"wonderful."

Huizong said with satisfaction: "The clever use of the hostile relations between the two countries forced them to show their kindness to the Song Dynasty, so that the Song Dynasty would gain the greatest benefits. Wonderful, really wonderful. Wenshan, you are really a versatile civil and military talent.

Fortunately, you are from my Song Dynasty. If you are from the Liao Kingdom or the Xixia Kingdom, then the Song Dynasty will be in danger."

Hua Ju smiled and said, "I am a citizen of the Song Dynasty. This is destined by God. I will only do things for the Song Dynasty and Your Majesty in this life. All the other things will not exist."

Hua Jue's answer made Huizong very satisfied, and he kept saying: "When you say it well, Wenshan is the Wenshan of the Song Dynasty, and there is no other if."

Hua Ju said a few more words to Huizong, then said goodbye and left, and went to his master's cemetery.

Cai Mansion.

Cai Jing had nothing to do at night, and he sat opposite Cai You on both ends of the chessboard and was playing chess.

Suddenly, Cai Song hurried in and said, "Trial Master, Your Majesty has sent someone to spread the sages."

Cai Jing was stunned and asked, "Who is the person coming?"

Cai Song said: "It's not the eunuch around His Majesty, but the Imperial Guard. He looks very serious and speaks coldly."

Cai Jing and Cai You were all surprised because Huizong had never asked the guards to pass the order to them. When he suddenly asked the guards to pass the order to them, he felt that something was wrong.

The father and son hurried to the front hall, and saw a guard general standing in the middle of the hall with the sage in his right hand, with guards carrying swords standing on both sides and in the yard.

"Commander Wei."

Cai Jing knew this guard general, Wei Qiang, one of the eight commanders of the Imperial Guards.

"I've met the Grand Master."

Wei Qiang nodded slightly, and then said, "Taoshi, Your Majesty has a sage to you."

Cai Jing quickly bowed and said, "Old minister Cai Jing received the order."

Wei Qiang handed over the sage held in his hand, Cai Jing stretched out his hands to take it, and then carefully unfolded it and started to look.

"ah!"

Cai Jing took a breath after reading it, because the wording of this sage is extremely strong, and every word can be seen that Huizong was filled with anger when writing this sage.

"How did the emperor know about Wanyan Huang giving me a gift? Could it be that there was an internal thief in the mansion?" Cai Jing thought to himself.

Because of Hua Jue's entry into the palace, the inside of the palace had not had time to spread the news, so Cai Jing didn't know that this matter was related to Hua Jue.

After seeing his father read the imperial edict, Cai You didn't say a word. He was quite anxious and coughed gently from behind.

Cai Jing came back to his senses and said to Wei Qiang: "Commander Wei, will other people enter the palace tonight?"

"I will only be responsible for passing the sacred oracle, and I don't know anything else."

Wei Qiang clasped his fists at Cai Jing and said, "The holy edict has been handed over to the Grand Tutor, and I should go back and report to the emperor and say goodbye."

After saying that, he took the people away without waiting for Cai Jin to reply.

"Father, what did Your Majesty say in the sacred edict?" Cai You asked impatiently as soon as Wei Qiang left.

Cai Jing handed the edict to Cai You and said, "Your Majesty knows about Wanyan Huang giving me a gift. He is very angry. In the edict, I asked me if I was the prime minister of the Song Dynasty or the prime minister of the Jin Dynasty, and asked me to finish it.

The gifts Yan Huang gave were sent to the palace to be given to the national treasury.”

Cai You hurriedly finished reading the sacred edict and said in surprise: "The emperor's words in the sacred edict are so strong. It seems that this incident really made him very angry. Father, what should I do now?"

Cai Jing said: "What else can I do? Of course, I will send the gift from Wanyan Huang to the palace to be given to the treasury, and then apologize to His Majesty."
To be continued...