No shortage of walls

Wu Ren hurried back to the capital, but he became more and more afraid. He was relieved to know that the Holy Emperor was still planning something. It's just that I'm doing it by myself, and I'm restricted in every way. There are places that I can reach out and touch, but they break inexplicably. It was cut off cleanly, without even a thread. After learning that Lao Xu had received the imperial edict to go back and live in the countryside until he died. Without Lao Xu's help, it would be even more difficult and dangerous.

Of course Wu Ren didn't believe that Lao Xu would retire to the countryside and die in old age. Lao Xu had said before that if he died, all his old men would be handed over to him. It's just that he hasn't handed over anyone yet, which means that Lao Xu has also discovered something. He disappeared into the crowd and must have gone to work.

In the old days, the people of the First Prince's Mansion were all extremely loyal and strong-minded. It was strange that they all retired to the countryside to live out their old age. He retired to the countryside in old age, but he still had dozens of descendants of the First Prince's Mansion under him. They are all young people, and they have ghosts when they retreat to the countryside. He must have returned early and already knew about Du Zhengze, so he pretended to be dead.

Wu Ren was very worried. Du Zhengze, a high-ranking official of the third rank, appeared in the court. The Ministry of National Security had inspected the officials from the first to the ninth rank more than once. They had touched all the officials from the third rank and above for an unknown number of years. So many times, those who can come to court are those who are honest, upright, capable of doing things, and serve the country and the people. Although there are more senior officials and younger people than in the previous dynasty, they are all loyal and patriotic ministers. It is difficult to find spies hiding among them.

There is no problem between Liu Guo and Liu Gongquan, but there is no guarantee that the people below will not have problems. How could Du Zhengze not be a person with an excellent reputation? If there are spies among the officials of the Ministry of National Security and the court from the third to the first rank, then every word of the Holy One, no matter how confidential it is, can be known to outsiders, even if the Holy One recruits ministers to the Imperial Study Room to give instructions. But it is impossible for high-ranking officials to do things on their own. Once they are given instructions, what secrets does the national court have?

No matter what the secrets of the national court are, starting from the first-rank officials, they will instruct the people below to handle them. A first-grade official would not kill people and set fires in person. If he heard that, he would be a spy. Even a first-grade official who went to the imperial study room to listen to the emperor's imperial edict would be a spy. Then what secrets could the Song Dynasty have? The higher the rank, the higher the level of secrets known; if a first-rank official is a spy, for the Song Dynasty, it is equal to the opportunity for the enemy to know it. How dangerous is it?

His Majesty pretended to be poisoned this time so thoroughly that even the Empress Dowager came out to the court wearing a nine-phoenix crown. Of course it was for the purpose of mobilizing the army to deceive others, but there was no guarantee that His Majesty had discovered something? His actions were restricted at every turn. If the Ministry of National Security and the court said there were no spies at the top, only a ghost would believe it.

There are no spies from the enemy country, and sometimes even the emperor doesn't know about his actions. How can others know?

Wu Ren has been back and forth between life and death many times, and he has been in this industry for a long time. If he wants to believe that the upper echelons of the Ministry of National Security are clean, it is better to let him die.

Prince Jing is only forty-eight years old this year. It only took fifty years for the Song Dynasty to divide the north and the south. Then, did the division of the north and the south in the Song Dynasty have the credit of enemy spies?

Li Yueming and Li Yuejie can tear the country with the richest man in a hundred countries in half, why can't others? Without the instigation of spies, he actually poisoned the eldest son of the emperor who had great military achievements and could be said to have conquered the Southern Song Dynasty; perhaps it was something that other princes would not have thought of.

The unification of the Song Dynasty was too big, and it was divided into two. Of course, it is easier to fight if it is divided into three than one.

Then, if the Song Dynasty is divided into north and south, everyone will benefit?

The State of Qi in the east obviously has good intentions. Du Zhengze now belongs to the State of Qi. Doesn't the State of Wu not want to? It's just that Sui Chen is too young. Even if he has a thief's heart, he has no strength, and it's hard to say that he will conquer the country! The most unlikely Liao Kingdom also exists.

Although Qingzhou Pass is the most important barrier in the world, when the Song Dynasty was divided into the north and the south, thousands of people guarded the pass for more than ten years, and the Liao Kingdom could not enter. However, if the Song Dynasty could be bribed, future generals could also be bribed.

Even the general guarding the gate is a spy, which makes the problem even bigger.

Forget about the Lu people in the south, no one came here for ten or eight years in the past. Since the division of the north and the south in the Song Dynasty, Emperor Qingyuan has not sent anyone to go to the so-called ceremonial diplomatic relations. In recent years, it is because of the novelty of the emperor's workshop. It's just a matter of doing business. After all, a large river is dozens of miles wide. Although I haven't seen it, it should be no less than sixty miles wide. It is a natural barrier. If we really come to attack, the chance of winning is too slim.

The Xia State in the west is the richest among the hundred countries. It originally looked down upon the poor Song State, but now it is rich.

Secondly, the Song Dynasty also had two benefits.

First, the women of the Song Dynasty have always been handsome; many years ago, they asked Emperor Qingyuan for five hundred beauties, but failed, and led the army to capture Hezhou Pass. In that battle, His Highness the First Prince was conferred as a god, and he did not dare to come from the beginning.

The Xia Kingdom had asked for Song girls more than once before.

Secondly, the people of the Song Dynasty were diligent; of course they had to be diligent when they were poor in the past. Now they have had three meals a day and have meat. Many people live in white houses made of lime, the emperor's magical skill, and they are more diligent. Nowadays, there is no wasteland in the Song Dynasty, and all the places where grains can be grown have been planted. I have seen villagers in the barren mountains. There is really no way to plant things in the nearby mountains and low heights. Some of them are no more than two feet tall. Plant a few corn, wheat or even grains of sugar cane in a round place, and hope it rains. Anyway, there are seeds now. When the weather is good, a handful of corn can yield more than ten kilograms. You have to help, and it is just planting and harvesting, so the people are not too hard.

It is not impossible for the Xia State to target the Song State many years ago, just like the Qi State robbed the people of Wu and Yue of their blood and sweat, letting the people of the Song State work for the Xia State to enjoy.

No one in the world dislikes having too much money, too much food, and too many women.