Recruit Mr. Fan back to Beijing? !
Zeng Gongliang's hand holding the brush trembled slightly.
Although he had just learned some information, he never expected that the officials would recruit Mr. Fan back to Beijing.
This will cause shock in the DPRK and China...
He calmly glanced at Chen Zhizhong, Wen Yanbo, Song Xiang, and Pang Ji who were standing in the hall, and his eyes focused on Song Xiang and Gao Ruona for a moment.
He made it clear in his mind that among the people in the palace, who was most opposed to Xianggong Fan returning to Beijing, it was probably these two.
As he expected, when Zhao Zhen announced his intention to recall Fan Zhongyan, almost everyone else looked surprised. Only Song Xiang and Gao Ruona's expressions changed slightly, and they exchanged glances with a slight frown.
Immediately, Song Xiang took a step forward, bowed and asked, "I wonder why the officials want to recall Mr. Fan to the capital?"
When he said this, he glanced at Zhao Yang calmly.
After leaving the palace yesterday, he sent people to the palace to inquire and learned that this boy with a strange origin had not left the palace. When he saw him today, he was indeed still with the official.
Officials suddenly wanted to order Fan Zhongyan to come to Beijing? Could it be related to this child?
The other ministers who were also aware of this also looked at Zhao Yang consciously and consciously, but no one spoke for Fan Zhongyan.
This made Zhao Yang feel a little surprised: Lao Fan is so popular?
He turned to look at Zhao Zhen and saw that Zhao Zhen was thinking deeply, as if he was thinking about how to answer. He spoke first and said to Song Xiang in a slightly childish voice: "Are you questioning the official? The official Zhao Fan... …Xiangong Fan returned to Beijing for his own official purposes!”
"..."
Song Xiang frowned slightly, turned around and saw that Zhao Zhen was indifferent, as if he had not seen the scene in front of him. He was surprised and looked at Zhao Yang deeply for a few more times, and said seriously: "Little Langjun and Fan Xianggong know each other, and they want to help him." Begging for mercy?"
Zhao Yang laughed when he heard this and said: "I know him, but he doesn't know me. As for begging for mercy... not really. It's just a pity that Fan Xianggong's talent cannot be reused."
I know him, but he doesn't know me?
Song Xiang was confused. He turned around and saw that Zhao Zhen still didn't respond, as if he had acquiesced to this kid's interruption. This made him dare not accuse the latter rashly. After thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "Little Langjun, I believe it wrong. Fan Xiwen Although he is talented, his mind is not right."
"Oh? Why did you say that?"
Zhao Yang's expression became subtle.
Song Xiang said sternly: "I don't know, young man. In the past, Fan Xiwen used the pretext of reform to make friends with tourists and think they were party aids. Those who recommended him were mostly relying on his friends. Those he loved would advocate with all his heart, and those who did not follow him would reject them with all his strength. The court was afraid of the common people and had bad customs. The wise officials deposed him and made him serve as the governor of the state to redeem his crimes. The young man took pity on his talent and wanted to intercede for him, but he didn't know that this move might bring great consequences to the Song Dynasty. Disaster!"
Seeing that his expression became heavier and heavier as he spoke, and even seemed a bit saddened at the end, Zhao Yang couldn't help laughing, which made everyone in the hall puzzled. Only Zhao Zhen tried hard to hold back his laughter.
"What are you laughing at, young man?" Song Xiang asked with a frown.
"What do you call your Excellency?" Zhao Yang looked at him up and down and asked.
Song Xiang felt a little discouraged for some reason, and he cupped his hands and said, "I...Song Xiang."
From the side, Zhao Zhen was afraid that Zhao Yang would make a joke, so he signaled Wang Shougui with his eyes. The latter understood, stepped forward and introduced, "Xiao Langjun, Mr. Song is an important minister of the Song Dynasty. He is currently the Privy Council Envoy and Inspector." Taifu, minister of the Ministry of Industry, in charge of national military affairs..."
"oh."
Zhao Yang nodded suddenly, bowed to Song Xiang, and asked seemingly casually: "It turns out to be Mr. Song... Does Mr. Song have any deep grudge against Mr. Fan?"
Song Xiang frowned slightly and said nonchalantly: "I just discuss the matter, just for the sake of the country. How can there be any deep hatred?"
"It doesn't sound like it." Zhao Yang sneered: "Say that Fan Xianggong formed a clique for personal gain... Song Xianggong wants to put him to death!"
Song Xiang frowned when he heard this and said, "Young man, please don't spit on anyone."
Zhao Yang sneered unconcernedly and said, "Isn't it? Since ancient times, falsely accusing others of forming a party has been one of the best ways for ministers to criticize political opponents. This has been the most feared by monarchs of all dynasties. It has been tried and tested repeatedly."
He turned his head and glanced at Zhao Zhen intentionally or unintentionally.
This kid...
Zhao Zhen glared fiercely, feeling a little complicated.
It's hard to deceive oneself. When he "abandoned" Fan Zhongyan, he did not mean to be wary of this matter.
This young man is quite smart...
All the ministers in the palace exchanged looks with each other in a tacit understanding, with subtle expressions on their faces.
Zhao Yang was not sure, but these court ministers knew very well that the Prime Minister of Song Dynasty once wanted to kill Fan Zhongyan on the charge of "treason and collaborating with the enemy".
"It seems that Mr. Fan is determined to intercede for Mr. Fan."
Seeing that he could not coax Zhao Yang, Song Xiang became a little impatient. He dropped a sentence coldly, turned around and paid homage to Zhao Zhen: "Qingli's new law has harmed the people and caused widespread harm. Although it has been three years, the reverberation still remains to this day. It has not subsided, and the government and the public are still complaining. If the officials recall Xianggong Fan, I am afraid that the complaints will start again and cause trouble. It is better to wait for a few years, when the matter has completely subsided, and it will not be too late to recruit Xianggong Fan to the capital."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Ruona also came out to echo, cupped his hands and said: "I second my opinion."
"Hey! Just tell me how good it would be to wait until Xianggong Fan is buried and then bring his urn to Beijing."
Zhao Yang sneered from the side, then his eyes fell on Gao Ruona, and he cupped his hands and said: "What should I call this...?"
Before Gao Ruona could speak, Wang Shougui hurriedly introduced him: "This is the Deputy Privy Envoy and the Assistant Minister of the Processing Department of the Right Admonition Doctor. Gao Ruona, Gaozhi Bachelor."
"Gaorone?"
Zhao Yang was slightly startled, thinking that the name seemed familiar.
After pondering for a while, he said to Gao Ruona with a subtle expression: "Are you the Gao Si Jian who... was once scolded by Ouyang Xiu in a letter as 'You no longer know that there are shameful things in the world'?"
"..." Gao Ruona was shocked when he heard this, and then his face turned red.
Zhao Yang understood it at a glance and sneered: "I understand that. Tsk tsk, as an admonisher, not only do you dare not speak out about twists and turns, but you also slander others in your friends' homes. Naturally, you don't want to see Fan Xianggong. Okay. , stand back, you thief of gentlemen, and let me say a few more words to Mr. Song."
"..."
Gao Ruona was ashamed and annoyed, her face flushed, but she didn't dare to get angry in front of the officials. She gritted her teeth and took two steps back, returning to her original position.
Seeing him embarrassed, angry, and embarrassed, not only Wen Yanbo, Pang Ji, and Ye Qingchen, but also everyone who knew the inside story secretly laughed unkindly, except Zhao Zhen who couldn't laugh, and even looked a little ugly.
The reason was that Ouyang Xiu scolded Gao Ruona's article "Remonstrance with Gao Si". Gao Ruona submitted it to him at that time and asked him to make the decision. After reading it, he felt that Ouyang Xiu's scolding was too excessive and too biased in favor of Fan Zhongyan, so he issued an edict. Demoting Ouyang Xiu to the rank of Yiling Order...does future generations know about this?
I don’t know what future generations will think of me.
Zhao Zhen sighed secretly, looked up at Zhao Yang, and saw Zhao Yang looking at Song Xiang with a half-smile but not a smile: "I don't think there is any need to discuss the so-called clique theory of Xianggong Song. If you want to accuse him, why bother?" No words?...As for Xianggong Song’s accusation that Xianggong Fan’s New Deal was harmful to the people and widespread, I can’t help but have a few words of debate with you. Yesterday, I also read the "Xiangong Fan" submitted to the government yesterday. "Answers to the Ten Things in the Imperial Edict", I have a general understanding of the reform direction of the New Deal, but I wonder which one of them is harmful to the government and harmful to the people, and is causing widespread harm?"
Song Xiang raised his eyes to look at Zhao Zhen and saw that Zhao Zhen was still sitting upright without saying a word. Then he turned to face Zhao Yang and said coldly: "There is nothing wrong with Fan Xi's literary words about my great Song Dynasty, Shen Chao, but he likes to marry a man of empty talk." , boasting to each other, being unconventional, and sensationalizing, many people behave inappropriately, such as Teng Zongliang, Shi Jie and others."
"Teng Zongliang?" Zhao Yang thought for a while and suddenly said: "Oh, it's the Teng Zijing who was falsely accused of embezzling public funds... minister's money, right?"
Song Xiang seemed a little surprised, and then sneered: "Is there any false accusation? If he is innocent, why would he burn the account books?"
"I think it's because I'm afraid that innocent people will be implicated." Zhao Yang said with a look of surprise: "Minister money, banquets and gifts to passing officials. If there are more people coming and going, the cost will naturally be more. If there are subsidies for the relatives of soldiers who died in the war, It’s not surprising that rewarding meritorious soldiers and paying homage to heroes costs more.”
Glancing at Zhao Yang, Song Xiang said calmly: "Is Xiao Langjun excusing Teng Zongliang?"
"Let's just discuss the matter." Zhao Yang spread his hands and said: "This matter is like a granary or an armory. If the officials today issue an order to strictly inspect the granaries and armories in all states and counties in the country, within a month, granaries everywhere will , some of the armory was burned down due to 'fire', and the burn was even cleaner than the white ground, nothing was left."
He looked around at the ministers in the palace and said with a smile: "Can you give me a reaction if you agree with me?"
"..."
Chen Zhizhong, Wen Yanbo, Pang Ji and others looked at each other, all of them had serious expressions on their faces and said nothing.
Seeing these people pretending to be serious, Zhao Zhen had a bad feeling, and his face gradually became ugly.
Is it possible that this kid really got it right? !
At the same time, Zhao Yang once again turned his attention to Song Xiang and said with a half-smile: "As for Teng Zongliang, I can only say that he has a little loyalty and a lot of responsibility, but he is a bit unlucky, right? Mr. Song?"
"..."
Song Xiang, who heard the implication, said nothing.
Unfortunately, Zhao Yang deliberately made the matter clear. He turned around and pretended to ask Wang Shourui: "Wang Zhongguan, when did Teng Zongliang's incident happen?"
"The third year of Qingli." Wang Shougui replied.
"When did Xianggong Fan implement the New Deal?" Zhao Yang asked again.
Wang Shougui hesitated deliberately: "It seems...the third year of Qingli."
"What a coincidence." Zhao Yang raised an eyebrow and said.
"It's a coincidence..." Wang Shougui agreed with a dry smile, glancing at Song Xiang and others with some gloating.
"Right?" Zhao Yang turned to look at Song Xiang and hummed with meaning: "I know that someone is going to deal with them, why don't you wipe your butt quickly..."
Before he could finish his words, Gao Ruona interrupted with a sneer: "Young man, please don't talk nonsense. The person who impeached Teng Zongliang back then was Zheng Jian, who served as the pacifier of the Fourth Road in Shaanxi Province. This person and Fan Xiwen are brothers-in-law... "
Zhao Yang glanced at Gao Ruona and said displeasedly: "This is called speaking out and daring to remonstrate. Do you think everyone is like you?"
Seeing Gao Ruona's face add a bit of embarrassment, Chen Zhizhong, Wen Yanbo, and Pang Ji secretly shook their heads.
Humiliate yourself!
