Zhao Huan calmed down and said in a deep voice: "You always say that the merchants are free and the court delegates power to the people. Tell me, what has the court done to hinder the development of the businessmen among the people?"

Zhao Chen was speechless for a moment.

What did the court do to limit the freedom of private businessmen?

In fact, since Jingkang, the court has not only not restricted the freedom of merchants, but has continued to support and encourage business.

"I do not hesitate to use the whole country to build railways, open up the southeast and northwest, connect to Youdu from Tokyo to the west, and reach Gaochang from Chang'an to the west, so that the business of the Song Dynasty can flourish and develop!"

"People's desires are endless. Today they want money, tomorrow they want more money, and the next day they want power, and want money in the pockets of the world. Youzhou's grain price should be clear, right?"

Maybe he was tired, Zhao Huan looked pale, closed his eyes, and he felt a little unwilling to accept it after all.

After all, Zhao Chen is his nominal son and is also one of his relatives who came to this world.

But in fact, he felt even more guilty.

Because there are some things that must be done.

The laws of history cannot be escaped or jumped away.

For example, in the context of technological innovation, the huge policy-led resources have made rapid progress in social development, and new civil forces have been born, and new forces are increasingly expanding, and there will be a battle with the temple.

This cannot be transferred by human will, it is an objective law of society.

However, people can use some methods to break out this battle ahead of time.

In a sense, Zhao Chen is a victim of the times.

However, Zhao Huan's original intention was not to let him be the victim. Zhao Huan originally wanted Li Chongguang to be the victim.

Li Chongguang has 100,000 Iron Linjun in his hands, he is anxious and domineering, and has fatal weaknesses.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Chen was pulled into the water so quickly.

The feeling of Zhao Chen is complicated. On the one hand, it is not the biological son of his soul, but it feels a sense of estrangement, but also regards him as his own. After all, it is the flesh and blood of this body.

Zhao Chen was stunned for a while before saying, "Your Majesty, I am willing to apologize to the people of the world for death."

At this moment, Zhao Huan's heart suddenly felt a colic.

In the face of the torrent of history and the general trend, the personal will is so fragile.

When he first came over, his goal was to be an emperor who would do whatever he wanted.

But after so many years, I realized that at most I didn’t have to be scolded by my boss. But as the highest leader of the empire, he endured something a hundred times more painful than a small staff member.

"Go down, I'm tired."

Zhao Huan lay on the dragon couch, his face showing fatigue.

To achieve certain big goals, we must sacrifice some things and some people in exchange for a brighter future.

I heard that the emperor was sick, and an unprecedented strangeness spread throughout the court.

Is the Liao King Rebellion over?

not yet.

A rebellion of the Liao kings highlighted the drawbacks of the fifteen-year reform.

What are the disadvantages?

Over the past fifteen years, the court has fully supported commerce with unprecedented means and courage.

The transportation hub has undergone earth-shaking changes, and people's concepts have also undergone great changes.

The Song Dynasty gave birth to a group of civilian wealthy people. Whether it was the huge wealth released by the new policies issued by the court to the people or the unprecedented opportunities brought by external expansion, businessmen who were as rich as countries emerged on this land.

They lie dormant in the unprecedentedly prosperous city of the Song Dynasty, secretly trading with officials who held power with money.

Whether it was the Quanzhou case a few years ago or the Liao King Rebellion this time, it was essentially the result of the combination of merchants and officials.

Increasing power, as well as unprecedented wealth, are affecting people's ideology.

The huge temptation made countless officials and merchants in the court unclearly involved, and there was more or less shadow in the rebellion of the Liao King.

Just say that the Three Sessions envoys the Zhou Dynasty and the central ministers, openly stated that there were treasons in the court, and that the Liao King was to support the country and his contributions were to the country.

Such remarks were quite intimidating when Zhao Huan was away, after all, he had a large number of supporters.

But now that the emperor has returned, the Liao King has been defined as a rebellion.

Such remarks were pinned to the vital point by his opponent.

In these days, the memorials impeached the Zhou Dynasty were even more fierce than the heavy rain in July.

The people from the Inspectorate found out from somewhere. Transportation envoys from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Jingdong all secretly supported the Liao King.

For a moment, the wind and waves were high in the court.

The powerful and wealthy businessmen who had contacts with Zhou Xianggong in the capital avoided them for a while.

Before it was over, Liu Yanzong continued to memorial and impeach the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the Minister of Revenue, and the Department of Revenue, and the key officials of the three departments.

For a moment, the government and the country fluctuated.

He originally planned to investigate Yu Yunwen and refused to refuse.

After reading all the memorials of Liu Yanzong, Zhao Huan came to a conclusion: Liu Yanzong, a political speculator, wanted to install his own people in the court.

From the moment he recommended Zhao Gou to the top and pulled Yu Yunwen down, it has shown that he is taking advantage of loopholes in the turbulent moment.

However, Zhao Huan does not intend to touch him for the time being.

A few days later, Zhao Huan handed over the Zhao Chen case to the Inspectorate, the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple, and the Three Departments to the Trials.

This made the ministers see the emperor's attitude. It is logical that the Liao King is the emperor's parent-child, and it would be better if the Imperial City Department secretly reviewed it, after all, the face of the Tian family.

But the public trial was taken, and the emperor's move was obviously to tell the world.

A month later, the results of the trial of Prince Liao came out.

Soon, the emperor's approval also came out: he was given a suicide, and the descendants of the Liao prince were demoted to common people.

The case has just begun.

Next, the three officials ordered the Zhou Dynasty to be investigated.

Three days later, he was found guilty and hanged himself.

The charges of the Zhou Dynasty included acquaintance with the Liao kings and deducting the railway officials' money.

In this way, Yu Yunwen's case was forced to be re-submitted for review.

This is a situation that Liu Yanzong did not expect. Obviously, this is also the emperor's wish behind it.

In a sense, the Zhou Dynasty did not have any threat to Liu Yanzong and Zhao Gou, and the real biggest threat was Yu Yunwen.

In recent times, while collecting evidence of the Zhou Dynasty's party members, the Inspectorate has begun to secretly search for Yu Yunwen's black material.

In an attempt to completely drive Yu Yunwen out of the capital during this political turmoil.

But Liu Yanzong was soon shocked to discover that He from the Censorate began to impeach him, the Imperial Office of the Inspectorate.

He impeached him in the name of falsely accusing loyal and engaging in power.

Only then did Liu Yanzong realize that the situation in the Song Dynasty was still firmly in the hands of the emperor.

The so-called checks and balances are really one link after another.

Liu Yanzong had to withdraw all investigations into Yu Yunwen in exchange for his own safety.

Sure enough, the people from the Censorate stopped quickly.
Chapter completed!