"The official family, I want to impeach... impeach..."
In the hall, Wu Shi, who was so angry after being teased by Zhao Yang, suddenly raised his hand and grabbed the clothes on his chest, with a look of pain on his face. He staggered and almost fell down. Fortunately, he was caught by Wang Zhi who was beside him. Hold on.
Zhao Zhen was startled, leaned forward and shouted: "Attend the doctors on both sides!"
There were doctors working in the Hanlin Medical Academy in the hall. Seeing this situation, they hurried forward. One after another, they supported Wu Shi, one caressed his chest and patted his back, and the other took his pulse and examined his face.
After a while, the doctor named Wu Shi Tiao Mai raised his hand and said to Zhao Zhen: "Officials, please rest assured. I don't know that the remonstrance is not serious. It is just a moment of anger that attacks the heart. You can recover after a short rest."
Zhao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered the two doctors to help Wu Shi aside to rest.
Seeing Wu Shi gasping for breath, he stumbled towards the side of the hall with the support of two doctors. The ministers in the hall looked at me and I looked at you, with strange expressions: Good guy, I almost fell down... …
Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to Zhao Yang, who was standing in the hall, and Wang Zhi, who was opposite him.
At this time, Zhao Yang was still following Wu Shi, who was being helped away by the two doctors, and murmured in a low voice, somewhat incredulously: "Isn't it true?"
"Ha." Wang Zhi seemed to have reacted subconsciously. He chuckled slightly, with a bit of ridicule in his voice, but judging from the direction of his gaze, it was obviously not Zhao Yang.
The unintentional tacit understanding made Zhao Yang and Wang Zhi look at each other in unison.
Immediately, a malicious smile slowly appeared on Zhao Yang's face, while Wang Zhi had a sad look on his face and secretly screamed.
Instead of thinking that Wu Shi was really angry, Wang Zhi suspected that this guy was using this as a way to escape. He was secretly angry: If I had known this, I might as well have sold this guy and reconciled with the kid in front of me!
Of course, thinking about it, he must not do this, otherwise his political reputation in the court would be ruined, but he must admit that at this moment he really wanted to ask the kid in front of him: If I retreat now, will your previous promise still stand? Count?
It's a pity that he couldn't tell the other party the true thoughts in his heart because of his face, which was just a slight movement of his lips.
"Wang Jianyuan, you are the only one left..."
"..."
Seeing the malicious and provocative smile on Zhao Yang's face, Wang Zhi forced out a few smiles to show his calmness.
Before this, he would never have believed that nine of them could not defeat a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, but watching each of his colleagues fall into disgrace, he was also made speechless several times. In other words, he had to believe that this half-year-old child, whom Qian Mingyi called a "demon star", indeed had something "evil" about him.
Thinking that he might follow in the footsteps of his previous colleagues, Wang Zhi, who was extremely uneasy, had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead. He took a deep breath and spoke before Zhao Yang was in trouble: "Zhao Zhengyan, In fact, I have no prejudice against you. The impeachment was just out of my duty as an official. On that day, Zhao Zhengyan impeached Qian Neihan, and I also impeached you afterwards. As for this impeachment, Zhao Zhengyan will look at your clothes..."
Is this showing weakness?
The monarchs and ministers in the palace looked at Wang Zhi with strange expressions, and watched him point out Zhao Yang's "violations" seriously. For example, Zhao Yang was the only one in the palace who did not wear court clothes or hats, and his ordinary clothes did not meet the grade. .
According to Song Dynasty regulations, officials' regular uniforms, that is, the public uniforms and official uniforms worn in most situations, are determined by the 29-level casual official ranks of civil and military officers. It is less commonly used among military casual officials. Wensan officials of the third rank and above wear purple, that is, purple regular clothes; those of the fifth rank and above wear scarlet, which is deep red; the sixth and seventh ranks wear green, and the eighth and ninth ranks wear green.
Zhao Yang's official rank is Wailang, the director of the Ministry of Industry and Finance, who is under the seventh rank. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the corresponding Wensan official rank should be Xuandelang, who is also under the seventh rank, and his service is green.
But the problem is that Zhao Yang was not awarded the official position because Zhao Zhen had no intention of incorporating this guy into the official system of the Song Dynasty from the beginning. He only authorized him to act and opened the door for him. Therefore, it is inevitable that many places will not comply with regulations.
As for the color of the clothes Zhao Yang wears, Zhao Zhen also has no restrictions - he knows that this boy comes from an era where clothes and colors can be freely matched, and for certain considerations, he acquiesces to his free choice.
Therefore, when the underwear library asked Zhao Yang to choose colors, for a well-known reason, Zhao Yang disliked green, and did not like purple and cyan. In the end, he only chose two colors, crimson and crimson, that is, bright red and dark red.
This was also against the rules, but since Zhao Zhen acquiesced, the Underwear Library naturally did not dare to say anything.
However, the officials in the court did not know the reason. For example, Wang Zhi, who had previously remonstrated and criticized Zhao Yang for a while, now retreated and tried to resolve the boy's hostility towards him by explaining to Zhao Yang.
This was noticed by all the officials and courtiers in the palace, and Zhao Yang naturally noticed it too. He said with a strange expression: "I don't understand what Wang Jianyuan said about official ranks, the system of uniforms, and the colors of clothes for each grade. , and I have not obtained any official position..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Zhi was seen bowing to Zhao Zhen. He changed the topic and said with a serious face: "Then it's not official!"
"Me?" Zhao Zhen couldn't help but be surprised when he saw his head while having fun.
"Yes." Wang Zhi bowed his hands again and said solemnly: "Since Zhao Zhengyan was originally awarded the official title of Yuanwailang, he should also be given the position of prose official to determine the rules and regulations. How can he take the lead in violating the regulations?"
Before Zhao Zhen could speak, Zhao Yang frowned and said, "But I don't like Lu..."
"..."
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wang Zhi's momentum froze, he tilted his head and said in a slow tone: "Zhao Zhengyan can ask the officials to grant him a special permission to wear fei or crimson. This does not violate the rules..."
After that, he raised his voice again and said righteously to Zhao Zhen: "In short, it is a mistake for the officials to grant Zhao Zhengyan the official position of sending salary but not to give him the official position of Wensan, and to allow him to serve Fei and Jiang without issuing an imperial edict! I give my honest advice and hope that the officials will correct their mistakes and learn from them."
Zhao Zhen was angry for the first time, and then there were several chuckles in the hall, but Wang Zhi was unmoved and still had a serious look on his face, which made Zhao Zhen itchy with hatred and secretly shouting shamelessly!
However, considering that there were several courtiers who were practicing daily life in the palace at this moment, although Zhao Zhen felt anxious, he could not get angry. After all, the situation reported by Wang Zhi was indeed true.
He endured his displeasure and said: "According to Wang Qing's words, Zhao Yang was granted the title of Xuande Lang, with the special grant of Fu Fei and Fu Jiang. He wrote the Imperial Book of the House of Commons and issued the imperial edict. tell……"
Both imperial edicts and official reports are vouchers: edicts refer to passes for entering and exiting Bianjing and local prefectures and counties; official reports refer to ministerial officials, dispatched officials, rank officials, titles, honors, gifted officials, transfers, conferments, etc. Legal certificates such as posthumous award or even dismissal are equivalent to official certificates.
Zhao Zhen probably wanted to take this opportunity to complete all these procedures for Zhao Yang.
Inexplicably, there was an additional literary official, and special treatment for Fu Fei and Fu Jiang. Before Zhao Yang could react, Wang Zhi took the lead in praising: "The official is a wise man! ... In this case, I sincerely request to withdraw my support for Zhao." A true impeachment."
Can you still do this?
Zhao Zhen was almost laughed out of anger, and all the officials in the palace were dumbfounded and secretly shouted shamelessly.
"allow."
As Zhao Zhen secretly gritted his teeth and burst out a word from his mouth, Wang Zhi bowed his hands, then turned around and returned to his original position.
Not to mention that the monarchs and ministers in the palace were dumbfounded, Zhao Yang couldn't help but stare as well.
He secretly glanced at the official family again, and happened to see the official family staring at him...
Zhao Yang almost burst into laughter. He quickly turned around to face the ministers in the palace, coughed and said, "Where is the last person?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice sounded in the palace: "Guan family, I sincerely request to withdraw the impeachment memorial."
Everyone in the hall looked towards the place where the voice came from, and sure enough it was Jia Jian, the supervisory censor who had previously jointly impeached Zhao Yang.
Zhang Peng, the imperial censor who had previously asked for external transfer, couldn't help but sarcastically said: "The Wang Jianyuan had previously impeached Zhao Zhengyan for three reasons, but they were all out of compliance with the system: one, he had surpassed his rank to get an official position; two, he had always served in court to attend court meetings; Third, the color of his clothes does not match his rank. Now that Zhao Zhengyan has proven his talent, and the officials... well, they have also issued an edict to fill in the gaps, it is reasonable for Wang Jianyuan to withdraw the impeachment. But if I remember correctly, Jia Yushi echoed Qian Neihan, Li Chengza, and Liu Yushi, questioning Zhao Zhengyan as a demon star who came to the world. Isn't it appropriate to argue with Zhao Zhengyan in front of the palace?"
"What Zhang Yushi said is absolutely true."
Some courtiers who were watching the excitement and did not take the matter too seriously have echoed, including many who did not participate in the joint impeachment.
Faced with these cynicisms, the supervisory censor Jia Jian's face flushed, and he walked to the front of the palace, bowed to Zhao Zhen and said: "I missed the inspection, please punish me."
Zhao Zhen glanced at Zhao Yang, saw the boy shrugging, and guessed that the boy had no intention of pursuing a censor who had taken the initiative to surrender, so he allowed Jia Jian to withdraw the impeachment, and with a little encouragement, he let him return to his original position.
After all, Taiwanese admonishment officials have the privilege of not being punished for their words. If it were not for the fear of being embarrassed in public this time, it is estimated that Jia Yushi would not have surrendered in public.
Since then, a total of seven officials with Taiwan admonishment status have been dismissed by Zhao Yang, leaving only Gao Ruona, who is also the right admonition official, and Qian Mingyi, who is also the admonishment court.
Finally coming to the main scene, Zhao Yang rubbed his hands with excitement, looked at Gao Ruona and Qian Mingyi back and forth maliciously, and teased with a smile: "The only ones left are Gao Xianggong and Qian Neihan... ...Which one of you will come first? Well, Mr. Gao should come first."
Gao Ruona was secretly resentful in his heart, but Zhao Yang attacked him with the momentum of rebutting seven Taiwanese remonstrances. He was inevitably a little frightened and uneasy, fearing that he would lose his face, so he bit the bullet and bowed to the official: "Your Majesty. We also sincerely request that the impeachment be withdrawn..."
There was a burst of mocking laughter in the hall.
At the same time, Zhao Yang also interrupted: "Farewell, Mr. Gao, you are boring now."
Seeing Zhao Yang's persistent entanglement, Gao Ruona said angrily, "Does Zhao Zhengyan really want to kill the fish to the death?"
Zhao Yang sneered and said: "The fish will definitely die, but the net may not be broken. Even if it is broken, can't it be repaired?"
Gao Ruona was filled with hatred and sarcastically said: "You are so presumptuous, but you are just pretending to be powerful, relying on the favor of the officials..."
"Aren't you deceiving yourself?" Zhao Yang retorted sarcastically: "You dare to speak to me like this, but you are just relying on the official position granted by the government. If you are a commoner and see me, a seventh-grade official, you will You still have to kneel to me!"
All the officials in the palace laughed when they heard this.
Gao Ruona said angrily: "Even if I am not an official, I still have a reputation!"
"The reputation of a gentleman and a thief? Ha! I don't know whether others respect you or not. Anyway, I don't."
"You...what do you have? You are unknown, and you only got this official position because of the favor of the official..."
Zhao Yang tilted his head and pretended to think: "What is the strategy that Mr. Gao has never had... to strengthen the country, enrich the people and bring peace to the world?"
Seeing the two of them start to argue with each other in a few words, the officials in the palace secretly exclaimed that it was wonderful.
"Cough." Zhao Zhen, who couldn't stand it anymore, pretended to cough and reminded the two of them that it was over.
Seeing this, Zhao Yang stopped teasing Gao Ruona, put away the smile on his face and asked seriously: "Gao Ruona, you are the deputy privy envoy, have you ever formulated a military strategy for Xixia and Liao? "
"Of course there is!" Gao Ruona said without hesitation.
Zhao Yang was not surprised by this. After all, the Privy Council was the highest military agency in the Song Dynasty. Except for having no direct military power, other domestic military affairs were basically under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, which naturally included formulating various strategic plans in advance to deal with various war situations. .
"Tell me about the Liao Kingdom."
"With Zhending Mansion as the outpost, Daming Mansion as the rear, and the entire Hebei Road as the northern barrier..."
After Zhao Yang asked, Gao Ruona was worthy of his official position as deputy privy envoy and talked eloquently about the Song Dynasty's defensive strategy against the Liao Kingdom.
According to him, the Song Dynasty's defensive strategy against the Liao Kingdom can be divided into two lines of defense, the northern and the southern. The northern defense line was led by Damingfu and led the entire Hebei Road. In addition to sticking to strategically important cities such as Zhendingfu and Damingfu, it also formulated There are various blocking strategies based on the terrain within the Hebei Road. For example, layers of defenses are set up on the Shenyuan River, Hutuo River and other rivers in the territory to block the attacking Liao army. They are contained and consumed layer by layer. At the same time, they rely on the water transportation of the Yongji Canal and the Hebei Road. , transporting equipment and materials to the front line.
If Daming Mansion falls, or if the Liao army abandons Daming Mansion and attacks southward, breaking through all the obstacles and reaching the Yellow River, then it will rely on the Yellow River's natural moat as the second line of defense: if Daming Mansion has not yet fallen, they will attack from the north and south; The mansion has been lost, so we will defend the Yellow River defense line.
Chanyuan, also called Chanzhou, where the Song and Liao countries negotiated peace, was on the edge of the Yellow River - in the Puyang area.
Zhao Yang listened quietly to Gao Ruona's story, and suddenly interrupted abruptly: "The strategy of northern defense formulated by the Privy Council relies on the fortification of the Yellow River as the last resort to resist the Liao Dynasty? If the Yellow River changes its course, it will no longer be able to serve as the defense of Bianjing." Barrier, how should we deal with it?”
The reason why he asked this was because he vaguely remembered a "man-made disaster" that was triggered by this: During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, the Yellow River burst its banks and diverted its northward flow to the front of the Liao Kingdom. As a result, the Song Kingdom lost the Yellow River natural moat, and the Great Wall of China lost its natural moat. Out of fear, they tried to block the Yellow River to force it to change its course again to the old eastward flow route during the Eastern Han Dynasty. As a result, it cost countless manpower and material resources. On the day of completion of the test, the Yellow River burst its banks again, causing flooding and countless more victims.
However, what Zhao Yang didn't expect was that when he asked, the whole hall fell into silence.
Not only did Gao Ruona, who had been chatting before, suddenly stop talking, but he also reacted in the same way as Chen Zhizhong, Wen Yanbo, Song Xiang, Pang Ji and other ministers from the political hall, looking at Zhao Yang in shock and surprise. The officials also His face was solemn.
how?
Zhao Yang looked around the ministers inexplicably, and then turned his attention to the officials. He couldn't help but secretly thought: Could it be that... the Yellow River has changed its course?
The fact is as he guessed, the flood in Hebei was caused by the Yellow River bursting its banks again. As a result, the Yellow River changed its course again, and the north flow went straight to the gate of the Liao Kingdom, just as he vaguely remembered.
Although the people are not aware of it yet, and even the Liao Kingdom may not have noticed it yet, the Song Dynasty court has learned from the report of the officials on Hebei Road and classified it as top secret.
