"Your Highness... Your Highness..." Feng Jing looked at the absent-minded prince and called cautiously.
"Oh..." Zhao Xu came back to his senses, looked at Feng Jing, and asked casually: "Do you know which censor proposed the impeachment?"
Now, the censor Zhongcheng of the censor station is Huang Lu.
Huang Lu is an old minister, a trusted confidant of Zhao Xu's father, and a minister whom Zhao Xu can trust.
In his previous life, Zhao Xu once worshiped Huang Lu as Shangshu Youcheng, the prime minister of the two prefectures and three provinces.
However, Yushitai can never be the one-word hall of one person.
Coupled with the restructuring of Yuanfeng and the elimination of the name of Jianyuan, the former Jianguan system and Yushi system merged.
This makes the situation in Taichung, the censor, more complicated.
In addition, the officials of the Song Dynasty adhered to the system of large and small ministers and used political tactics to stir up different opinions, which also mixed sand into the censor's platform, which made the factions of the censors within the censor's platform more and more complicated.
For some people, it is difficult to know their true attitude, let alone their true position, until the critical moment.
Feng Jing was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "This is beyond my knowledge!"
Zhao Xu nodded: "I understand!"
He walked to the bookcase, picked up the scriptures given to him by Empress Dowager Gao, and pretended to read, but his mind wandered far away.
What is the situation in the Li Xian case? Zhao Xu knew it clearly in his heart.
Because, in his previous life, when Zhang Dun reversed the case, he easily figured out the cause and effect.
Of course, in this process, some Spring and Autumn style of writing must be used, which is far-fetched and far-fetched to be attributed to Sima Guang and Lu Gong.
However, the general context is clear.
If Zhao Xu's memory is correct, it probably looks like this.
Before the fifth Battle of Lanzhou last year, Zhao Xu's father issued an edict, ordering Li Xian to send envoys to the Qing Tang Dynasty Dong Xi and Ali Gu and his son, and ordered his father and son to send troops to harass the Xixia flanks in response to the Lanzhou War, and asked Dong Felt father and son went to Beijing to have an audience.
Li Xian then selected an officer named Huangfu Dan to serve as the envoy.
But this Huangfudan was timid and fearful of trouble. After he went on an envoy, he arrived in the Qingtang territory and encountered the obstruction of the Western Bandit General Qing Yi Jie Guizhang, so he did not dare to move forward - he said it himself, there is no circumstantial evidence.
However, he later deceived Li Xian, saying that he had met Dong Xiang, told Dong Xiang Xiaoyu about the imperial decree, and said that Dong Xiang had agreed to send troops.
Li Xian reported the matter accordingly, but after a while, Li Xian discovered that Huangfudan had lied, so he reported the matter again.
Such a trivial matter fell into the ears of the imperial censor, and suddenly the crowd became furious, impeaching Li Xian for making false reports and being suspected of deceiving the emperor.
At that time, the Battle of Lanzhou entered a critical moment.
The imperial court lost contact with Lanzhou for a time.
Zhao Xu's father, under pressure from the ministers, could only agree to discuss the matter with the censors.
But not long after, good news came from Lanzhou.
Hundreds of thousands of thieves were defeated in the West, hundreds of thousands were killed and tens of thousands were killed, and fifty thousand were beheaded. Li Xian built a Jingguan under the city of Lanzhou.
This matter naturally stopped here.
The censors all pretended that there was no such thing.
But who knew that when Zhao Xu came to the throne, this matter would be publicized again.
At that time, Zhao Xu was just an ignorant young man sitting on the throne.
Who is Li Xian? Where is Xihe Lanhui Road? He had no idea.
No one even came to explain these things to him.
The mother-in-law who listens behind the curtain is the one who holds all the power and has the highest decision-making power.
Gao, who had been promoted to the Empress Dowager, quickly made her decision.
Li Xian left and went to serve as the deputy governor of the province. Wu Xinjun stayed behind, but he retained the dispatch of envoys under the pacification system of Xihe Lanhui Road, allowing him to make meritorious deeds.
People under Li Xian have suffered eight lifetimes of bad luck.
After following Li Xian for more than ten years, the staff who had been working hard to be responsible for the logistics of Xihe Road were all dismissed from their posts or even reorganized.
And this is just the beginning.
As Sima Guang came to Beijing, the Empress Dowager sent someone to express condolences. Sima Guang took the opportunity to write a letter and discuss Li Xian's case.
The Empress Dowager followed the good example and ordered the Censor to be the censor. The situation was finally uncontrollable!
This is also the reason why Zhang Dun can pass the responsibility to Sima Guang.
look!
It is this treacherous official who harmed our country’s generals!
But actually, what did Sima Guang do?
They just talked about his views on state affairs in front of the Empress Dowager's envoy, and incidentally mentioned the Li Xian case.
If it were another person, he might just laugh it off. After all, Li Xian had already been dealt with.
But the problem is that what Sima Guang met was the "female middle school Yao and Shun" of the Song Dynasty.
Among women, Yao and Shun were best at doing what is good and what is good.
Zhao Xu's mother-in-law had incredible trust in Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Lu Gongzhu and others!
When she heard the report, was Sima Guang also concerned about Li Xian's case?
How can the things that such a gentleman cares about be trivial?
Thorough investigation! A thorough investigation is required!
In the Song Dynasty, who could withstand the investigation?
Not to mention Li Xian, except for a few people such as Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, no one could withstand the investigation.
The reason why the Qingli New Deal failed in the first place.
It was because Wang Gongchen caught a small problem of Su Shunqin, the son-in-law of Prime Minister Du Yan who supported Fan Zhongyan's new policy - this prime minister's son-in-law took out the waste paper in the memorial courtyard and sold it for money. After getting the money, he treated people to dinner, wine and prostitutes.
Originally, this was just a small matter.
But the problem is that these people eat flowers, drink wine, and prostitutes, and they like to write poems when they are drunk.
When the mind is not clear, it is inevitable that some people will be complacent and write things that they usually dare not write.
For example, a participant named Wang Yirou wrote a poem called "A Song of Proudness". The poem said: He was lying drunk at the North Pole and was sent to the emperor to help him, but Confucius, the Duke of Zhou, drove him into slavery!
This poem was sent to Wang Gongchen. As if he had found a treasure, Wang Gongchen reported this poem to Ren Temple, demanding that these arrogant people who were stealing, corrupting and perverting the law, and insulting and blaspheming the saints be punished!
Wang Gongchen's request frightened Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi, Han Qi and others.
These people immediately began to defend Su Shunqin and others.
What Wang Gongchen was waiting for was their excuse!
Immediately turn to impeach Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, and Fu Bi for forming a party, and the evidence is conclusive!
As a result, amid the public outrage, Prime Minister Du Yan, Fan Zhongyan's biggest supporter in the court, was dismissed.
Without Du Yan's support, Fan Zhongyan was powerless in the court and could only ask for help.
The Qingli New Deal failed!
Wang Gongchen was very proud and said publicly: I will catch them all in one fell swoop!
This is the origin of the idiom catch all in one fell swoop.
After this incident, the Song Dynasty court learned a lesson.
When it comes to impeachment of prime ministers and generals, no matter how small it is, they will be cautious to avoid letting the second Wang Gongchen take advantage of the loophole.
However, the Empress Dowager at that time had no experience in governing and did not understand these court traditions.
She only knows one thing - Sima Guang is a gentleman, and there must be something wrong with the things that gentlemen care about.
Then she checked - there was indeed a problem!
Li Xian, the hero of the expansion of the Song Dynasty, the most trusted minister and general of the late emperor, the famous commander who had shocked the northwest for more than ten years, and the man who could make Tubo surrender in the Qing and Tang Dynasties, was overthrown in this way.
On June 16th of the eighth year of Yuanfeng, Li Xian committed more than ten serious crimes such as taking credit, making false reports, missing deadlines, sitting by and watching Yongle City besieged, and embezzling. He demoted the Yongxing Army to the deputy general manager and promoted Chongfu Palace. .
In the court, the leaders of the capital, which was still dominated by the New Party at that time, were all talking about Li Xian's crime.
No one mentioned any of his merits!
Also, the monarch Li Xian was loyal to has died.
Although his young master has ascended the throne, he is just a child and does not understand anything. He does not even know that such a minister exists.
He has lost his backer.
A minister without a backer, no matter how high his status is and how many achievements he has made, can only be manipulated by others.
Recalling these things, Zhao Xu began to think about how to relieve Li Xian's difficulties.
Because, in Zhao Xu's heart now, he has already determined it.
Now, the attack on Li Xian is an attack on him.
