Because he suddenly remembered something.
Two years ago, the Cao family sent their daughter to the palace, and the family raised a huge dowry.
The dowry was worth millions of strings of cash, which almost emptied the Cao family's wealth. Empress Cao's uncle Cao Cong was forced to borrow money to make ends meet.
Up to now, there is still a balance of more than one million strings of cash in the treasury, all thanks to the support of the Cao family.
However, Zhao Zhen did not reward the Cao family with a single cent, which resulted in the Cao family being in a very difficult financial situation and having very little money left.
At this critical juncture, Zhao Zhen still asked the Cao family to deposit money in the Jiaozi shop?
Do you hope that the Cao family will sell all the mansions?
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen felt even more embarrassed and said hurriedly, "What I mean is that if the Cao family contacts other military families, it would also be beneficial to deposit their money in the Jiaozi shop."
"I see."
"I just remembered that when I married the Queen, I was so happy that I forgot to reward the Cao family according to custom. Tomorrow I will take 200,000 strings of cash from the treasury and send it to the Cao Mansion."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Empress Cao responded.
Zhao Zhen sighed inwardly and said, "It's late, Queen, go to sleep."
"yes."
Queen Cao responded softly.
The two of them each had their own thoughts and fell into a deep sleep without saying a word all night.
It was just that Zhao Zhen could still hug Queen Cao gently at the beginning, but later on, he slowly let go of her hand.
For a scumbag, if he doesn’t like someone, he just doesn’t like them. He still prefers younger and more beautiful women.
The next morning, Zhao Zhen left Kunning Palace and went to Chuigong Hall for the morning court. During the morning court session, he announced Cao's loyalty and awarded him 200,000 strings of cash from the imperial treasury.
There was no reaction in the court. This was the official's family affair, and the money was transferred from the treasury, so it had nothing to do with them.
At the same time, Empress Cao summoned Cao Cong, the East Gate Envoy and the Weizhou Tuanlian Envoy, into the palace at noon.
Compared with the early Song Dynasty, the power of the Cao family was no longer as great as before.
Cao Cong, as the head of the Cao family, was actually just the youngest son of Cao Bin, who was only in his forties. He had no power and no money at home. He lived a miserable life and had to live in debt.
This shows how cold Zhao Zhen's attitude towards Empress Cao was.
At this moment, Cao Cong entered the palace cautiously. After paying his respects to the Queen in Kunning Hall, he asked the Queen why she summoned him into the palace.
Empress Cao sat on a chair and said to him, "I heard that the emperor rewarded the Cao family with 200,000 strings of cash?"
Cao Cong suddenly perked up and said, "Yes, it was sent outside the mansion at noon. Now the mansion is decorated with lights and it's very lively."
"Send them all to the Jiaozi shop for storage."
Queen Cao said.
"Jiaozi Shop?"
Cao Cong wondered, "I know about this, but it's only available in Bianliang and Chengdu. We don't have any business in Chengdu."
Empress Cao shook her head and said, "Uncle, just do as you are told. Jiaozi will be usable in Bianliang from now on."
"yes."
Cao Cong bowed and agreed.
Empress Cao continued, "Uncle, you can go and invite the other generals to a banquet and invite them to deposit their remaining wealth in the Jiaozi Shop. This will only benefit them, not harm them."
Cao Cong was not stupid. He immediately understood why the Cao family had received a reward today. He was surprised for a moment and said, "Could it be that..."
"Don't ask too much about this. The government said that they are just depositing the money, not taking it from you. You can withdraw it anytime you want. Doesn't that mean everything the government said is useless?"
Queen Cao said in a deep voice.
"yes."
Cao Cong agreed.
Afterwards, Empress Cao invited Cao Cong to have dinner in the palace, and in the afternoon Cao Cong returned with his mission.
At the same time, after the officials left their duties in the evening, Lu Yijian's sedan chair slowly left the imperial palace's government hall and headed towards Ma Xing Street.
Although eight people including Lu Yijian, three ministers and three advisers, as well as Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan, were aware of the situation, Zhao Zhen did not restrict their activities.
After all, confining six prime ministers and two ministers in the back garden would cause too much noise and was impossible.
Yan Shu had already booked a table in the East Building. When he went in, he saw Yan Shu and Song Shou already there.
Seeing Lü Yijian come in, the two men stood up and said, "Prime Minister Lü."
"Sit down."
Lu Yijian responded, walked over and sat down, and asked, "What's the matter?"
Song Shou looked at Yan Shu.
Today's game was arranged by Yan Shu. He told them to go to the East Tower later, but he didn't know what the specific matter was.
Yan Shu didn't waste any time and spoke directly, "Fan Xiwen has requested that the emperor dismiss you two. His reason is that most court officials now come into office through family connections, and Prime Ministers Lu and Song are the pillars of the court. With you both around, the new policies can't be implemented, so you must be dismissed."
"How do you know this?"
Song Shou was surprised.
Yan Shu made an excuse and said, "When I went to report Zhao Jun's situation to the emperor, I saw Fan Xiwen coming out of the study and gave Eunuch Wang fifty strings of cash. He told me that."
It's not a new thing for officials to buy information from eunuchs, so it's normal.
Lü Yijian's expression suddenly turned serious. He had actually guessed that Fan Zhongyan would do this. Fan Zhongyan was stubborn and stubborn, and even with Zhao Jun and the emperor's mediation, he would not give up.
There is no hatred between the two sides, it is a dispute of positions.
Precisely because it is a battle of positions, it is a life-and-death battle.
But he didn't expect that Fan Zhongyan would be so impatient. Less than two months later, he started to flatter the emperor.
This is to catch them all in one fell swoop.
Remembering the last time Fan Zhongyan deliberately asked Zhao Jun who were opposing the Qingli New Deal, Lü Yijian was furious. He said in a deep voice, "Fan Xiwen, this bastard, truly has no regard for the greater good. Why is he so determined to abolish the imperial family privileges? He's going against all officials. Gongchui, let Ziqiao and the others handle what I told you last time."
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