Chapter 2060 The invisible enemy
Another reason why Zhao Zhen arrived in Lanzhou secretly was because he discovered the contradictions within the Song Dynasty. This brand new organization with economy and commerce as the main body began to slowly emerge from the calm waters of the Song Dynasty.
This organization has no name or specific rules, but is just connected by interests. They are neither parties in the court nor chambers of commerce among merchants. They are loose but everywhere, and this is the most terrifying place.
Even if they want to attack these people, Zhao Zhen would find it difficult to catch their handles. The only thing he could do was wait for them to reveal their feet, hold their extended hands tightly in the moment when their claws were restless, and then uproot them.
But before this, you have to be extremely careful, because this organization is too loose and will disappear immediately if there is any slight disturbance. The Imperial City Department and the Black Hand, the two most important intelligence agencies in the Song Dynasty, have already set their sights on them.
Zhao Zhen had a list in his hand. Although the list was very long, Zhao Zhen was not unfamiliar with the name on it. They were all those who distributed their interests in the Jinmingchi terrace when he was the prince.
It can be said that Cai Ji made them, or it can be said that they made Cai Ji. Later, when Cai Ji became bigger and bigger and more prosperous, many of them all withdrew. These people knew that the interests were too huge, and they would be treated as a fat pig for slaughter by the emperor. If they did not leave, their value would probably be annexed by the royal family in the end.
Among these people were royal families, generals, and even big clans. They made a lot of money and used this money to start to expand wildly during the period when the Song Dynasty's economy was taking off.
Although they left Cai Ji, they were still used to the way of hudding together to keep warm and often contact each other. These people are old acquaintances, and they will only meet with each other for a group of old friends who have been with each other for many years. There will never be strangers present, and even Xiao Si, who serves tea and water, does not exist.
They discussed countermeasures and deployments in the secret room. Each family has its own responsibilities, and then they immediately dispersed and never interfered with each other. They just did their own things well. If someone fails, they immediately cut off their ties. It can be said that these people only have interests but no friendship. In times of crisis, they can give up those who have fought side by side at any time.
Therefore, Zhao Zhen never grabbed their handle and hurt his feet, because they cut off their arm and gecko's tail, and they were extremely quick and did not drag on them. These people were calm and only had the maximization of their interests.
If they want to completely wipe out these people, Zhao Zhen could only wait for them to stir the water of the Song Dynasty to become more and more turbid, and could only wait for them to stretch their hands longer and longer.
Ten years ago, Zhao Zhen was waiting for them to take action. At that time, the Song Dynasty was in an important stage of fighting in the north and north, and it was precisely during this period that the interests of this organization were completely consistent with the interests of the Song Dynasty.
So not only did not pull the Song Dynasty's back, they were also constantly supporting the Song Dynasty's enterprising spirit with their own behavior. At that time, Zhao Zhen vaguely felt something, but he suspected that it was an illusion caused by the operation of capital, but in fact it was not the case.
This was the conclusion that Zhao Zhen only reached during a while. It was also the case that the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty were provoked in the dispute between the North and the Liao Dynasty. It was also the invisible and intangible organization that was acting behind their backs.
Finally, he pushed the Wang family, who was a relative of the foreign country, and the queen took the initiative to plead for Wang Qixiong in front of him, and saved him from his death penalty. From then on, Zhao Zhen had already realized something was wrong.
Things are far from that simple. Zhao Zhen has never been a person who thinks too much, but he has never been a person who gives up thinking for no reason.
Wang Qixiong's incident made him discover the suspicion and seize the opportunity. Even if capital is strong, it should have a limit. The country that just born capital cannot be interfered with by capital so quickly.
The operation of capital should be a market behavior, and it will not immediately evolve into a political behavior, or even a series of complex operations that use diplomatic provocations to achieve political goals and then collect economic benefits.
Even if Zhao Zhen didn't want to think too much, he would start to doubt that there was a mastermind behind this matter. The economy and politics could no longer be separated. This was the first time in history that the Song Dynasty, a dynasty that relied on commercial taxes to meet the needs of the country.
The exemption of agricultural taxation has caused the farmers of the Song Dynasty to enter a very stable state, and no dynasty can give them such benefits, so the Song Dynasty has eliminated a huge hidden danger of the thousand-year-old dynasty in China.
But in this state, business becomes an extremely important existence. Everyone knows that business makes money, manufacturers make money, and shops make money, which is much more money than earned from the land.
Coupled with the convenience of roads and transportation, the popularity of trains, and many other factors, the industry in the Song Dynasty began to flourish, commerce began to flourish, and some people even began to get involved in money shops.
These are hidden dangers of conflicts in the Song Dynasty. The reason for saying this is because the Song Dynasty has never encountered it. Not only has the Song Dynasty not encountered it, but China has not encountered it for thousands of years.
This is a big problem. Zhao Zhen saw a black shadow constantly wandering and growing on the dark side of this vigorous dynasty, as if he was living and growing together with this dynasty.
Just like a parasitic plant on a big tree, as the host grows, these parasitic plants continue to grow and grow. Even if the host dies, they will not stop plundering its nutrients.
The most important thing is that they are silent, they have nowhere to follow, they wait for the moment, and they are vicious!
They can even contact the court officials in the court and even influence the public opinion and public opinion of the Song Dynasty. This is the most intolerable thing for Zhao Zhen.
Fan Dayong, Zhong Yan and Liu Huan seem to be victims of the disconnected news between Zhao Zhen and the court officials, but in fact, there are many strange things that cannot be explained.
Why did Fan Dayong obey Liu Huan's command and take the huge risks to ambush Siluo?
And Fan Dayong would never be able to spread the news unless it was before the war. He was discovered by Jiao Siluo and set up an ambush first. The problem in this is a bit intriguing.
Zhao Zhen ordered the Military Academy to perform a sand table deduction and selected three most talented and judged loyal ministers to perform the deduction. The final result was surprisingly consistent, and someone controlled the war behind the scenes!
Unless someone grasps all Fan Dayong's march route and leaks the secret to Jiao Siluo, he will not be able to suddenly ambush Fan Dayong's troops who were originally ambushing him in advance!
The person with the most suspicion was Liu Huan, but almost no one doubted him because he provoked the hatred between the Song Dynasty and Qingtang, and he had no reason and could not help Qingtang people.
Chapter completed!