In the eighth year of Yuanfeng, April Bingwu (the 23rd day).
Today is not a political hearing day, but the reports from all the prefectures, counties and capitals are still sent to the palace through the Tongjian Department.
Empress Dowager Xiang then took Zhao Xu and taught Zhao Xu to understand these things while reviewing them in Baoci Palace.
And Zhao Xu was naturally very obedient. He listened to the Queen Mother's instructions, and obediently beat his shoulders and poured water beside him when the Queen Mother made comments. The Queen Mother also enjoyed watching this.
So Zhao Xu immediately ran over, patted the Empress Dowager's shoulders and poured tea.
Baoci Palace was suddenly filled with joyful smiles.
In the process, Zhao Xu learned little by little, what is happening in the Song Dynasty now?
The Privy Council said: Zhang Shanfu, the Vice-President of the Privy Council, has served diligently since Yuanfeng and has no faults. He begs for favors.
According to the story, Zhang Shanfu's children are favored.
Nai recorded his son Zhang Yong as the right class palace official, and his son-in-law pottery as the Taimiao Zhailang, and rewarded him for his hard work!
Well, this is the norm in the Song Dynasty.
The children of high-ranking officials must have a shadow!
However, the descendants were useless and destined to be crushed by the Song Dynasty officialdom which was extremely involved.
The best example is Yan Jidao, who Zhao Xu recalled to the capital in a bad way.
After decades of wandering around, the more he wanders back, the more he goes back. If Zhao Xu hadn't given him a hand, he would have continued to sink in the place, doing subpar jobs.
Han Jiangzou: The old law of Baojia is quite inconvenient, so I beg to issue an edict, ordering Baojia households in the world to protect their children. Those who are chronically ill or infirm, or those who have less than two servants, and those who have less than 20 acres of land in the fifth class of households, are not allowed to review.
The two palaces have edicts.
This is the first arrow shot by Han Jiang!
It is also the prelude to the reform of the Baojia Law.
Zhao Xu knew at a glance that Han Jiang, a bad old man, must be aiming to abolish the Baojia in Hebei, Hedong, Shaanxi and other places outside the border fortress.
But he couldn't bring it up directly, so he used this method to win every day.
Lu Dafang, the governor of Chengdu, wrote: Emperor Daxing offered the people of Chengdu 30,000 shi of rice and wheat every year, and sold it to the poor and weak people of Chengdu at a low price. The two palaces still gave him 30,000 shi of rice and wheat according to the old system.
The two houses naturally follow the good.
Then there was a letter of impeachment from the censor.
The person impeached was Lu Dafang, who had just been impeached.
An Dun, the supervisory censor, reported: I heard that the Chengdu government allocates 30,000 shi of rice each year to be sold to the poor and weak people. Recently, I heard that the prefect Lü Dafang and Xu Guanfu purchased it. I asked him to help me enjoy this huge profit due to fate. I begged the commissioner to verify it!
When the two palaces saw this, they both frowned.
"What is this Lu Dafang doing?" Both palaces muttered in their hearts.
After all, before, Lu Dafang acted like he was making decisions for the people, asking for instructions from the two palaces, asking them to continue to extend their favor. Then the censor turned around and said that he had sold the rice allocated by the court at a low price to the officials. A broker started.
Who can bear this?
A feeling of being deceived and deceived suddenly came to my mind.
This is the dilemma faced by those who want to rule the world in this era.
In terms of information, there is a serious imbalance!
When two completely different statements are put in front of you, as a ruler, you need to make a judgment at this time-who to believe!
In order to solve this problem, the Song Dynasty sent its ministers to the local areas to serve as the eyes and ears of the emperor.
Have these people report regularly on local conditions.
However, these ministers sent out were often corrupted and became colluded with local officials.
Their reports are no longer completely credible.
"What do you think, Sixth Brother?" Queen Mother Xiang asked Zhao Xu who was standing next to her, holding the censor's bullet.
The Queen Mother also looked over.
Zhao Xu laughed and replied: "I don't know much about these things..."
"But... I have questions..."
He held the bullet and said: "How come the imperial censor's bullet appears right behind the memorial of Chengdu Mansion?"
The two palaces frowned when they heard this.
yes!
Empress Dowager Xiang immediately ordered Shi Deyi: "Go and get the censor Andun to tell you..."
Take it and take a look, good guy!
Andun, a soldier in Guang'an, graduated from Imperial College, became a professor in Chengdu Prefecture, and was promoted to censor last year.
He is from Chengdu Prefecture!
So, the explanation makes sense.
Now, there are only two possibilities.
1: Lu Dafang really sold the rice that was supposed to be sold to poor people at a low price to local powerful households and made a profit at the middle price.
Two: Some people wanted Lu Dafang to do this, but he refused, so they framed him and wanted to transfer this person away!
Which one is most likely?
So, what does An Dun want?
The Empress Dowager Xiang and the Empress Dowager looked at each other, and then asked Zhao Xu: "Brother Six, do you have any ideas?"
Zhao Xu shook his head: "I don't quite understand..."
"But...this Lu Dafang'er does know a little bit..."
"Um?"
"My son has read many memorials written by this person to his father... and also read his instructions to him..."
"One of the lines, my father said this..."
"My teacher is Zhang Zai, who is well-known in the world and a great scholar in the country. I hope you can reflect on yourself based on Zhang Zai's famous words..."
"You must live up to Hengqu's teachings and live up to my expectations..."
The Empress Dowager thought for a while and asked: "Hengqu? Zhang Zai?"
Shi Deyi, who was in the palace, took the opportunity to bow and replied: "He was a great Confucian in the previous generation of this country! He was taught by Fan Wenzhenggong, abandoned martial arts and followed literature, and lectured at Hengqu, so he was called 'Mr. Hengqu'..."
"Now he has passed away, but there are four poems about Hengqu that are still praised by the world..."
"Those four sentences?" Empress Dowager Xiang always had a good impression of this kind of great scholar, so she asked.
"Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the living and the people, carry forward the unique teachings of the past saints, and create peace for all generations!"
Therefore, both the Empress Dowager Xiang and the Empress Dowager sighed: "Since Lu Dafang is a true disciple of such a great Confucian..."
"How can you do such a stupid thing!"
"This must be a false accusation!"
Simple?
But this is reality.
The physical distance makes it too costly to scrutinize everything.
You can only hope to believe in someone's moral integrity.
Fortunately - this time the two palaces made the right bet.
Lu Dafang is truly incorruptible!
Ethically, he has no problem.
This is the result of Zhang Dun's countless checks in Zhao Xu's previous life.
Zhang Dun tried his best but couldn't find anything wrong with Lu Dafang, so he could only blame him.
From here we can know that Lu Dafang would never do such a thing.
The reason why Zhao Xu wanted to help Lu Dafang.
Of course it has its purpose.
There are only three factions in the old party!
Too little!
I’ll give the old party a new lease of life!
Together with Zhang Zai's Hengqu School, we have four schools. Wouldn't it be very majestic? !
But the Hengqu School had become brain-dead after Zhang Zai's death, and if it wanted to thrive again, it had to rely on imperial power.
That's why Zhao Xu took action and specifically mentioned the names of Mr. Zhang Zai and Hengqu.
This way, others should know.
Zhao Xu knew Zhang Zai's name and even admired him.
Speculators will appear. Of course, the most important thing is to give hope to those who are still holding on to the Hengqu School.
For example, a talented person like You Shixiong who is both civil and military hopes!
(End of chapter)
