On the second day, after Zhao Xu had breakfast, he went directly to Baoci Palace with the memorial sent to the palace by Tongjian Si last night.
"Mother! Queen Mother!" Zhao Xu held the memorial in his hand and showed off proudly like a general who had won a great battle: "The two close relatives have made meritorious deeds again!"
With that said, he presented the memorials of Xiang Zonghui and Gao Gongji to the two palaces like a treasure.
The two palaces had actually read it a long time ago - Tongmiji had sent them a copied side report early in the morning.
They were still a little uneasy, even nervous.
I always feel that Xiang Zonghui and Gao Gongji made a mistake, and I don't know how to face the fierce public opinion between the government and the public.
But now, seeing Zhao Xu's appearance, the two palaces felt inexplicably at ease.
The official family (sixth brother) is so happy, Xiang Zonghui and Gao Gongji must have done the right thing.
However, the Empress Dowager still had some worries and asked: "Guan family, the Song Dynasty just signed an alliance with the Xia Kingdom..."
"Will this be suspected of betraying the alliance?"
"Moreover, the Lord of the Xia Kingdom is young now. It is said that he is only three years old... The Queen Regent is only in her early twenties... This mother has a young son and a young son. It is indeed very pitiful!" The Queen Mother said with some sympathy. .
Zhao Xu listened and sighed in his heart.
Thinking of his previous life, the Empress Dowager was made a farce again and again by the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang.
But the Queen Mother Xiaoliang is a tragedy.
She kept leading troops to attack the Song Dynasty. First she met the combination of You Shixiong + Di Yong on Xihe Road, and was beaten all over.
He turned to attack Huanqing Road, which seemed harmless to humans and animals, but was hung up and beaten by veteran Zhao Xing again.
After finally surviving Zhao Xi's death, he met the real nemesis of the party members - Zhang Kai.
It will be as miserable as it is.
Finally, the Empress Dowager Xiaoliang was forced to drink a glass of poisonous wine in front of her filial son Qian Shun in the main hall of Xixia Palace amid internal and external troubles.
This ended her fourteen-year history of ruling Xixia.
Thinking of the Queen Mother Xiaoliang and her filial son.
Zhao Xu sat next to the two palaces and said: "It's okay for the mother-in-law and the queen. As long as you don't publicize this matter, how will the Western thieves know about it?"
With the speed of information circulation in this era, Song, Liao, and Xia are basically in their own information cocoons.
Not to mention that the Song Dynasty kept it secret, even if the Song Dynasty publicized Renduo Baozhong's coming to vote in the country, as long as no one took the initiative to tell the party members, Renduo Baozhong was still in the Song Dynasty.
So within a year and a half, the party members can't expect to get any news.
"But..." The Queen Mother still hesitated: "If this leads to war..."
Zhao Xu shook his head in his heart. The Empress Dowager sincerely longed for peace.
It's no wonder that she was played by that Empress Dowager Xiaoliang again and again in her previous life.
It wasn't until later that she finally discovered that they were playing tricks on her.
So, furious!
From then on, he no longer accepted the party's sues for peace and firmly supported the policies of moderate militants such as Lu Dafang and Fan Chunren.
Only then did Liu Zhi and other leaders and factions withdraw.
"Mom, don't worry..." Zhao Xu comforted him: "Even if the army of Western thieves comes, if I guard the city and defend it, I will definitely defeat them!"
Seeing the Empress Dowager, she also tried to persuade her: "Madam, when Sixth Brother came to the throne, the general from far away will surrender... If we return it here, it will not only harm the country and the court, but the bride will also worry that no one will want to return to our court from now on." !”
The Queen Mother nodded and said, "What the Queen Mother and the officials said is indeed reasonable!"
"It's just that if next month's official festival is celebrated, the Western envoy will use this to question him..."
"How to reply?"
Next month, Zhao Xu will be born, and as usual, envoys from various countries will come to congratulate him.
The Liao envoys and Xixia envoys will definitely appear in the celebration team.
If the Xixia envoy took the opportunity to attack, the Song Dynasty would probably lose all its dignity.
And this empress dowager has the best face in her life!
Zhao Xu smiled and asked: "I wonder if my mother-in-law has read the report of the border scouts reported by the Privy Council?"
When Zhao Xu mentioned this, both palaces' eyes lit up.
In the past few months, various roads along the border, as well as the leaders of Qing, Tang and Tubo, have been reporting that there has been a severe drought in the West and the wheat has not sprouted.
In a year of great calamity, how can the Western thieves still have the strength to raise an army?
But Zhao Xu knew that because of the disaster, the risk of the party members rebelling again next spring would increase infinitely!
The reason is very simple. For Dangxiang people, what should they do if there is a big disaster in the country and there is not enough food to eat?
The brain circuit of a normal person must be to actively provide disaster relief and restore production.
But party members would never make this choice.
One reason is that during the Five-Road Expedition to Xia, the Dangxiang people dug the Yellow River themselves in order to defeat the Song army.
The turbulent Yellow River swallowed up not only the elite of the Song Dynasty.
There are also countless fertile fields owned by the party members themselves.
Those fields that had been cultivated and worked hard in the era of Li Deming, Li Yuanhao, and even in the era of Li Jiqian were all swallowed up by the water of the Yellow River.
Can the land be restored immediately after the flood recedes?
Anyone who knows a little bit about the concept of yellow zone will understand that this is wishful thinking.
Even though the section of the Yellow River where Lingzhou is located is located in the upper reaches, the sediment content is very low.
However, it was not only the fertile fields but also the supporting irrigation systems that were destroyed by the Yellow River water.
Therefore, Lingzhou, the most important food producing area for party people, has definitely not recovered yet.
This is equivalent to saying that when Dangxiang people encounter natural disasters, it is impossible for them to survive by relying on their own strength.
Secondly, the word disaster relief does not exist in the dictionary of Party members.
When they encounter a disaster, they will only do one thing - go south!
If you win the battle and grab the food, wealth, people and land, there will naturally be no natural disasters.
It doesn't matter if they lose the battle, as long as the elite main force - the Poxi Army, Iron Kites and other troops can remain intact.
So, the cannon fodder who died actually reduced their burden.
As long as there are enough dead cannon fodders, the party members do not need to prepare food for them.
In this way, disasters in the country can also be overcome.
This is why, every time the Xixia people fought against the Song Dynasty, they often claimed three hundred thousand, five hundred thousand, eight hundred thousand or even one million.
However, the two palaces don’t need to know these things.
While they were talking, the person who saw the situation came into the palace with today's memorial to the court officials.
The two palaces also ended their chat with Zhao Xu and began to review the memorial.
As they watched, the two palaces' expressions became a little stiff.
Empress Dowager Xiang put down the memorial in her hand and handed it to Zhao Xu: "Brother Six, take a look too..."
Zhao Xu took it, held it in his hand and looked at it.
It was Liu Zhi's bullet. Zhao Xu lowered his head and looked at the words on it, smiling in his heart, but remaining serious on the surface.
It wasn't until he finished reading the entire memorial that he pretended to sigh and said, "It seems it's still the memorial that impeached the imperial censor of Kaifeng Mansion some time ago?"
"What's going on with this censor?" Zhao Xu frowned: "Mingming's mother-in-law and queen mother issued an edict to have the censor discuss the issue of how to deal with Monk Huixin..."
"Why is he still here talking nonsense about Kaifeng Mansion deceiving the emperor and committing fraud?"
"What's his intention?!"
"Hmph!" The Empress Dowager snorted coldly: "I'm afraid this is the person who deceived you!"
Yesterday, after An Dun, Fu Yaoyu and others reported the investigation results, the Empress Dowager's dissatisfaction with Liu Zhi had reached its peak.
Because the investigation results show that the Ancestral Temple and Dali Temple have mastered the confession of monk Huixin.
I also learned that it was the officials of the Senglu Division who asked for bribes from the novices, rather than the novices offering bribes to the officials of the Senglu Division.
As soon as this order changed, the Empress Dowager immediately became alert.
At that time, she was a little angry.
That is to say, many years of palace life have allowed her to develop some palaces, otherwise she would have had an attack at that time.
At that time, she had almost concluded that Liu Zhi was testing her and deceiving her like a child.
It was just because I had no excuse that I didn't feel angry at that time.
But in fact, I have already planned in my heart to find an excuse in a few days to throw him out of the capital!
Unexpectedly, this Liu Zhi didn't know whether to live or die, kicked his nose into his eyes, and continued to use this despicable method!
Kaifeng Mansion deceives the emperor? !
On the surface this seems to be the case, but in reality it is not.
Fu Yaoyu personally interrogated all the prisoners.
Naturally, this also includes the dozen or so monks and the two disciples of Monk Hui Xin.
In order to be fair, Fu Yaoyu personally assessed the Buddhist practice of these people.
The result is that all the novice monks’ Dharma and scripture cultivation are superior to the two disciples of Hui Xin!
In other words, Kaifeng Mansion at least has no problem in selecting people.
For the empress dowager who worships Buddhism, this is enough!
The novice monks really recited sutras when they entered the palace, instead of pretending to be fake and defrauding royal rewards.
At that time, the reason why the Empress Dowager did not have an attack was because there was not enough evidence to prove that Liu Zhi was intentional? Or unintentionally?
Liu Zhi, however, was so stubborn that he continued to pester the Kaifeng Mansion, unaware that in the eyes of the two palaces, he was already a criminal suspected of "looking down on the two palaces, spying on the Sacred Heart, and treating the emperor like a child."
Therefore, his letter was equivalent to confirming the suspicion of the two palaces in front of him!
Send him to the execution ground of peeling hemp!
The reason is very simple - if you didn't have this intention, how could you dare to hold on to Kaifeng Mansion when I clearly issued an edict to the Yushitai to discuss the treatment of Huixin monk?
He was charged with deceiving the emperor and cheating!
What do you think I am?
A three-year-old? Those peasant women in the countryside who just listen to the wind and it rains?
Do you dare to say that it is not? !
As far as the royal family is concerned, there is no need for evidence in such matters.
It’s all about idealism!
I feel like you are going to hurt me!
Then you must be harming me!
Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, how many people have been innocently accused of this matter?
Countless high-ranking officials and generals died under the suspicion of the royal family.
Liu Zhi was also lucky. He was born in the Song Dynasty and was a civil servant.
Otherwise, it's just that the two palaces think that he is scorning, snooping, or looking down upon.
It was enough for all three of his clans to play Xiaoxiaole.
However, even so, he would inevitably have to go to the prison of Dali Temple, and he might have to stay in a remote military state for the rest of his life.
But, how could Zhao Xu let him go so easily?
Zhao Xu thought about Liu Zhi, the leader of the Shuo Party, prime minister, and advocate of unconditional surrender in his previous life.
He hated it so much that he gritted his teeth!
Even though, in his previous life, Zhao Xu had already killed him.
But this resentment still cannot be eliminated, and the thoughts still cannot be understood!
So Zhao Xu reached out and grabbed a magazine.
He had long noticed the censor's bullets under Liu Zhi's bullets.
When he picked it up and looked at it, Zhao Xu knew that he had caught a double tail this time.
Zhao Xu put together the memorial, threw it on the desk, and said angrily: "What are these censors doing?"
"Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, look at this magazine again!"
"Ask them to discuss what to do with Monk Hui Xin, don't they understand?"
"That Shi Yushi is just going to impeach the Kaifeng Mansion!"
"How dare this supervisory censor talk about my father's good governance?"
"Who gave him the courage to speak beyond his authority?"
"The supervisory censor can only supervise hundreds of officials. How can he talk about government affairs, laws, and the father's virtuous government?"
The two palaces looked at each other, then picked up the memorial that Zhao Xu left behind and took a look.
His face also changed.
Because, this censor named Wang Yansou did not mention a single word about the treatment of monk Huixin in the whole article.
Instead, they talked a lot there about how the late emperor changed the exile of ordinary prisoners to the assassination of local people.
Moreover, talk nonsense!
What did he actually say - I secretly saw that since the various states implemented their own laws, the people have suffered a lot from the harassment of thugs, because they are all people who are prone to evil, fearless, and will never start over again...
What's the meaning?
Queen Mother Xiang quits first!
Are you accusing the late emperor's virtuous government of harming, maiming, and abusing the people?
So it is insinuating that the late emperor was a coward? tyrant?
Inverted! Inverted!
At this time, Zhao Xu said something leisurely: "Both of these two censors did not say what they should have said... Instead, they bit others, and even criticized the government's laws..."
"To the extent that the jealousy and curse towards my father's virtues and policies are vaguely visible..."
"Are they forming a clique?"
The two palaces were stunned at first, and then they both gasped.
Forming parties is a taboo for civil servants! This is also something that Song Dynasty is always on guard against.
Don't look at public opinion. There is a lot of talk about the new party and the old party.
In fact, as long as the ministers in the court have a little closer contact in private, they may be reported, reported and even impeached by the censor!
And it doesn't stop there.
In order to prevent ministers from forming cliques, Zhao officials in the past dynasties have painstakingly tried every means to create obstacles and stumbling blocks for these people.
The tactics of mixing up different opinions and controlling the big and small are even more elaborate.
The most typical one is the New Party.
The new party in the Xining era was so united!
What now?
Wang Gui and Cai Que had turned against each other a long time ago.
Who can explain clearly the relationship between Zhang Dun, Zeng Bu and Lu Huiqing?
Anyway, Zeng Bu and Lu Huiqing were on the same page.
Zhang Dun seemed to be able to talk and laugh with these two people, but in reality?
Zhao Xu knew it clearly - during Shaosheng's time, when Lu Huiqing returned to Beijing to report on his duties, Zhang Dun counted the days and tried every means to drive him away.
When Zeng Bu was in court, he always had no dealings with Zhang Dun.
So, the question is, are these people’s relationships destroyed by themselves?
The answer is that the emperor is causing trouble behind his back.
The ministers also knew it well and could only cooperate with the emperor in acting. As they continued to act, they would naturally act out revenge.
The best example is the allusion of Cai Jing and his son in the Zhao Ji era, who was a kind father and a filial son.
The new party has been dismantled to pieces, but what about the old party?
During the Yuanyou period, the old party split greatly, and the Shu party, Shuo party, and Luo party criticized each other.
The Shuo Party who finally won was driven out of the court by Fan Chunren and Lu Dafang because they were too radical and too incompetent.
Among them, the Empress Dowager was probably behind the scenes.
For Zhao officials, it has become an instinct to check and balance and prevent ministers from forming cliques and ostracizing themselves.
And the courtiers basically accepted this unspoken rule.
They will take the initiative to create conflicts and problems with other people.
For example, Fu Bi scolded his father-in-law Yan Shu in court that he was a national traitor.
For example, the three brothers Wang Anshi, Wang Anguo, and Wang Anli have completely different political views.
Wang Anguo and Wang Anshi even had no contact with each other because of their political opinions.
For example, the three brothers Han Jiang, Han Wei, and Han Zhen have different political views.
Therefore, in the eyes of the Song Dynasty royal family, the formation of cliques among courtiers was not a small problem.
Because those who dare to form a party must have great political ambitions.
Is it possible that the two censors at the censorship platform now form a party?
Thinking about their actions again, the two palaces have to suspect that their purpose of forming a party is not simple.
"What a thief!" The Queen Mother's temper was not stable at first.
Now Liang Weijian will be asked to deliver the message.
Empress Dowager Xiang quickly grabbed her and said, "My dear, don't worry, let's see if there are any other accomplices!"
For Empress Dowager Xiang, she originally just hated and disliked Liu Zhi.
But in fact, he is somewhat tolerant towards Liu Zhi - after all, Liu Zhi is a scholar-official!
But the appearance of Wang Yansou's memorial ignited her anger.
Because once it is proven that Wang Yansou and Liu Zhi are of the same party, it means that they both think that the late emperor was a coward and a tyrant...
Can she bear it?
I can't bear it!
For the sake of the late emperor and Sixth Brother.
These people must be caught in one fell swoop!
"Why don't we go to court tomorrow morning and discuss the report of these two people with the ministers and censors in the capital hall..." Empress Dowager Xiang whispered.
The Queen Mother nodded.
(End of chapter)
