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Chapter VI Official Night Visit

Since the Northern Song Dynasty attacked Zhao Kuangyin, the Taizu of Song Dynasty, it has clearly stipulated that the street department should report the invasion of streets that violate the regulations in a timely and truthful manner and shall not conceal any of them. Otherwise, the secretary of the street department and the soldiers responsible for patrolling the streets will be severely punished.

Now, Wang Hao delivered the small notebook he recorded to Sun Youcai, the chief officer who worked in the street yamen office this afternoon.

Sun Youcai did not look at the small notebook presented by Wang Hao in person. Instead, after Wang Hao left his office, he opened it and looked at what was recorded inside.

What surprised Sun Youcai was that there was only half of the first page on this small notebook, and the paper behind it was all blank.

Not only that, the text content recorded by Wang Hao on the first page of the book actually reflects that in front of the gate of the mansion of Prime Minister Xia Shu, the two large stone lions on the left and right sides exceeded the boundary of "appearance wood", about half a meter, which is definitely an act of invading the street and occupying the road.

You know, Xia Shun was the prime minister of the dynasty and had great power. In the eyes of these minor officials and ordinary people, he was more than one person than ten thousand people and could never afford to offend him.

Although according to the relevant provisions of the Song Dynasty, "Those who invade streets and alleys will have a stick of seventy. If there are holes and walls that penetrate the caves and walls to produce dirty things in the streets and alleys, there will be sixty-one sticks. Those who are straight out of the water will have no guilt. The chief officer cannot help but be guilty of the same crime."

However, at the specific implementation level, when he encountered some dignitaries, the mansions and mansions invaded the streets and occupied the roads, Sun Youcai, who served as the secretary of the street, naturally could not afford to offend him. Not only did he turn a blind eye, he also kept his subordinates' truthful reporting, and did not report to his superior Dushui Supervisor truthfully, and pretended that nothing had happened.

Now, what Sun Youcai never expected was that Wang Hao, who was patrolling the streets and occupying the road, found the head of the prime minister Xia Shu. This was clearly looking for death. In his opinion, Wang Hao's actions were simply foolish.

Originally, Sun Youcai planned to burn the small notebook presented by Wang Hao and turn it into ashes, and no one else would know about it.

However, after he thought about it, according to the relevant provisions of the Song Dynasty, if he concealed and refused to report it, if the matter was revealed in the future, his position as the Chief Secretary would not only not be able to be saved, but he would also be imprisoned and even lose his life.

After secretly weighing the pros and cons in his heart, Sun Youcai, who was hesitant, finally made the decision to submit it truthfully to Dushuiguan.

At this time, Sun Youcai thought that the content recorded in this small notebook was all done by Wang Hao alone, and he just reported it truthfully out of his duties.

Even when Xia Shu learned about this, he wanted to find someone to seek personal anger, but he could not find Sun Youcai. Wang Hao was the first to be the initiator.

Thinking of this, Sun Youcai said nothing and ordered someone to send the small notebook that Wang Hao sent to the superior yamen of the street department - Dushuijian.

Perhaps the reviewing officials of Dushui Supervisor also believed that this matter had nothing to do with Dushui Supervisor. Anyway, it was sent by the street chief. Even if Xia Shu had to cause trouble afterwards, he would still be trouble for the street chief.

In this way, from the street department to the Dushui Supervisor, to the Ministry of Works, and then to the Shangshu Province. Finally, in the evening of that day, about the time of You, Wang Hao's small book was placed on the imperial case of Emperor Renzong Zhao Zhen.

Generally speaking, at the third hour of Shen Shi, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen used the evening food. He first walked with Empress Cao in Houhua Garden outside Funing Palace for a while, and then returned to Funing Palace and continued to use the lamp to look at the memorials presented on the imperial desk.

At first, Song Renzong shook his head and sighed without saying a word when he shook his head and sighed at the content of the memorials presented by officials from prefectures and counties across the country.

The main reason is that when Zhao Zhen saw these memorials, they were almost the same. They either said that the local people were prosperous and peaceful, the weather was good, or the food was bumper, and they were almost the same in reporting good news but not bad news.

In fact, Zhao Zhen knew very well that since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, he had fought with the Khitan people on the northeastern border and the Dangxiang people on the northwest border. Although it consumed huge financial and manpower, it always ended in failure. This made him, as the king of the Northern Song Dynasty, devoted his energy and wanted to achieve his grand plans, but he had no idea how to start.

After about half an hour, Zhao Zhen immediately caught his attention when he saw the cover with a memorial from the street teacher.

When Zhao Zhen opened this small notebook, he was immediately attracted by the content written in it. After reading the content, he sometimes frowned, sometimes shook his head and sighed, and sometimes fell into deep thought.

Soon, two moments passed, and suddenly at this moment, Zhao Zhen slapped the table with a "bang", calling his confidant eunuch Zhang Maoze, and called ten great internal guards with great martial arts skills, all of whom were dressed in casual clothes from ordinary people, and went out of the palace to visit privately at night.

Zhao Zhen and Zhang Maoze and his team came out of the Right Ye Gate in the palace. Not far away was the Ao Temple. Walking south through Junyiqiao Street, it was the east gate of the Xishu Provincial Government Office, and then walked south along the Hengjie in front of the Xishu Provincial Government Office, and then it was the Censorate's Office.

To the west of the Censorate is a suburban club, and at the south gate of the Shangshu Province is directly opposite the back wall of Kaifeng Prefecture. Then, I saw several well-known shops in Tokyo, including a wine shop called "Xicheziqu", a restaurant called "Shijia Husheng", and a noodle shop called "Wanjia Mantou". Then I walked along with a Wuqi Temple.

After leaving the alley, you will see Xijiaolou Street, Daming Palace. Walk west along Yonglu Street, and you will see the back door of Xingguo Temple in the south. Facing Qishengyuan Street in the north.

Further ahead is the West Palace Qianshi, opposite are some shops along the street, which are: Qingfenglou, Invincible Inn, Zhang Daihua Facial Cleansing Medicine, Guotai Cheng Zhang Laoer Golden Guigu, Ugly Grandma Pharmacy Shop, Tangjia Hotel, and you will reach Liangmen in the inner city of Tokyo.

The correct name of Liangmen is "Hechang", and some people call it "Hechangmen".

They left Liangmen and continued to head westward.

There is a Longguan building to the north of Liangmen Street.

There are Taoists selling teeth medicine in the east corridor of the inner temple. Even at night, many people came to watch.

From this we can see that since the Northern Song Dynasty capital Tokyo was lifted, there have been many people doing business at night. Whether it is the shops or vendors along the street, they are open for business, and there are no fewer pedestrians passing by on the street.

After Longguan, I went ahead and went to Wengshizi.

This is the residence of Kaifeng Prefecture's Xingzhi, and the distance between it and the street department is only two miles away.

Among the bustling crowds, Zhao Zhen, Zhang Maoze and his group turned from Liangmen Street to Wengshi Zibei Street.

Less than five meters away, I saw several hotels in the building.

After walking several miles forward, a mansion with the plaque with the word "Xia House" hanging on the east side of Zibei Street in Wengshi was suddenly caught in his sight. This was the residence of the Prime Minister Xia Shu.

Because at this time, Xia Qian was leading a group of famous officials, including Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, and hundreds of thousands of imperial guards to fight against Xixia on the northwest border. Although Song Renzong granted the position of Prime Minister Xia Qian, he did not leave him in Tokyo, so Zhao Zhen was unable to go to the house to visit him overnight.

Zhang Maoze, who followed Zhao Zhen, obviously had a wrong idea. When he saw Zhao Zhen stopping in front of the gate of Xia Shu's mansion for a long time, he had no intention of leaving. He then stepped forward and whispered in a tentative tone: "The official family, Xia Zhizhai is currently using troops to deal with the rebellious Xixia in the northwest. Today, the official family suddenly visited Xia Zhizhai's mansion at night. Could it be that the official family missed Xia Zhizhai, so why not hurry to entrust Xia Zhizhai to return to Beijing?"
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