What happened in Liangjiazhuang was both big and small. Hundreds of people were killed and injured in the Tianwu Army led by Xia Shouen. The relationships between these people's families were complicated. A seemingly insignificant incident caused uproar in the city the next day.
There is both a sense of oppression that a storm is about to come, and a sense of abnormality that there is no wave in the lake!
Everyone involved in such a big event tacitly pretended not to have seen it!
This is very wrong!
Rebellion, innocence, private soldiers, if the Song Dynasty is even slightly associated with these words, it will have to shed a layer of skin even if it is not dead. Who is the mastermind? Ding said that his servant Liang Chuan was very popular recently, and everyone in the court knew about it.
But the courtiers seemed to have witnessed something incredible. They all felt that there was something unusual here. There must be some ulterior secret hidden under the layers of fog.
Moreover, this matter was not directly brought to the morning meeting of the imperial court, but was handed over to Empress Dowager Liu through private means. It was Empress Dowager Liu who issued the death order, and it was Empress Dowager Liu who raised it high and put it down gently. It was like throwing a 10,000-ton boulder into a flat lake, but in the end not even a small splash was made.
Who is Empress Dowager Liu? Although she is a woman, she does not have the compassion of a female Bodhisattva. She can be called murderous without batting an eyelid with her hands!
The civil and military officials in the dynasty were all as good as human beings crawling out of the dead. They were all smarter than ghosts. They smelled something unusual. They didn't even know it was a gift until the matter was clear. The question was still a question for points. Anyone who randomly stood in line would be killed. Even Ding Wei was in such a mess that they didn't dare to make random comments.
Even Fan Zhongyan, Jiang Qi, Ouyang Xiu and others who have always been upright and outspoken did not say a word when they heard these rumors. They did not know the truth of the matter, but none of them had heard of one person. This person was Liang Chuan and the protagonists of the story. The big backer behind him is Ding Wei!
This kid is extremely talented and can write beautiful articles. I never expected that this person would have the guts to commit rebellion, and even after he did it, nothing happened at all.
A powerful prince like Zhao Yuning couldn't defeat him even if he wanted to punish him, but Queen Mother Liu actually came forward to protect him personally. Looking at the whole court, who can speak better than Zhao Yuning in front of Queen Mother Liu?
Who is Xia Shouen? He is always on guard in front of the palace, and he is led by the emperor's imperial guards. Countless people have been killed by the emperor's imperial guards. He does not take any responsibility at all. He dares to challenge the imperial guards and is safe and sound. .
I'm afraid he's the first one since I came to court.
Xia Shou'en is Zhao Zhen's latent general. His personal soldiers are equivalent to Zhao Guan's own personal soldiers. He killed Liang Chuan first and then quickly. After several calculations, he told Zhao Zhen about Liang Chuan secretly raising private soldiers.
Raising private soldiers also depends on the development of the times.
In the early days of the founding of the country, it was naturally a capital crime. At that time, the military was also powerful. Pan Mei, Cao Bin and other military generals were at their peak in the Spring and Autumn Period. If they had soldiers at hand, who could sleep on the emperor's couch?
Later, the situation became that there were no soldiers but no generals, and all the generals died, leaving only the scholars.
How can scholars prevent fire and theft if they don't have a few soldiers to guard their homes and homes?
In fact, in the Song Dynasty, privately raising private soldiers was not a serious matter. For example, in the late Northern Song Dynasty, the military strength of various state capitals and even forts was not as good as that of some villagers and fortresses.
However, the meaning of raising private soldiers changes once they collude with certain important forces, such as important court officials and vassal dignitaries. If they collude internally and externally, they may have an impact on the imperial power. This is the most taboo of the emperor's family.
After hearing what Xia Shouen said, Zhao Zhen immediately went to Queen Mother Liu to inquire about the ins and outs of the matter. He also became very interested in Liang Chuan.
The Queen Mother was not a soft-hearted person. She would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go, so she let this so-called domestic slave go. What is the reason? He couldn't help but think about it.
Queen Mother Liu's reply was that the matter had been revealed and no one could mention it again in the future. Liang Chuan had no intention of rebellion and no one could cause trouble to him in the future.
This made it even more confusing for him. He heard about Fan Zhongyan. Fan Zhongyan was different from other people. Although this person was promoted by himself, he didn't care about many things. He would also argue with him based on reason, and his talents were outstanding. Nobility is really rare.
Fan Zhongyan is also one of the witnesses of Liang Chuan's wonderful appearance!
Fan Zhongyan told the story about Liang Chuan's outstanding performance at Lu Yijian's farewell banquet that day. Zhao heard him praise him repeatedly. He didn't expect that the Song Dynasty still had such good talents, but he didn't have any fame at all. The people present at that time were all the elites of our dynasty, but they were all suppressed by a mere white man.
If you have a chance, you have to meet this person yourself. The one who can get Fan Zhongyan's approval is not bad, it's this person's identity. . It's Ding Wei's domestic slave, so it's not easy to handle.
A group of people from Liangjiazhuang beat up the Imperial Army all over the place and made a fuss all over the city. Only the protagonist Liang Chuan seemed like a normal person. He didn't know that Ding Wei was going to arrest him. After sending Zheng Ruoying on the passenger ship going south, he returned to Ding's house alone.
Everyone in the Ding family saw Liang Chuan coming back swaggering, and everyone looked at him sideways and admired his courage. Cai Men didn't know that Ding Wei had received the Queen Mother's order not to touch Liang Chuan in the slightest.
As soon as he saw Liang Chuan coming back, he immediately called his guards and prepared to lock Liang Chuan away.
The servants in the nursing home are also extremely powerful. As soon as they saw Liang Chuan lose power, they immediately showed their tiger and wolf looks, and a group of people bullied them to make Liang Chuan look good.
Liang Chuan didn't expect these people to turn against each other so quickly, and he wasn't someone who was willing to suffer. Seeing that the gates in the courtyard were all closed, he still refused to give in. When the nurses came up to him, he kicked one down, and he knocked down a pair when they came. After a while, Most of the nursing staff fell to the ground and rolled in pain, but Liang Chuan still stood normally.
Cai Men didn't expect that he could still defeat Liang Chuan even though he had a chance to win, so he stamped his feet angrily. Ding Wei was thinking about the cause and effect of this matter in the study room. When he saw the commotion outside, he went out and saw that Liang Chuan had come back on his own initiative!
"You all stand down." This was said to all the servants.
Cai Men was eager to make meritorious deeds and said, "My lord, this person is dangerous!"
Ding Wei glared at him, looked at Liang Chuan coldly and said, "I haven't seen anything before, and you still worry about me?"
Liang Chuan also knew that there was no reason to argue with these people. If he wanted to say it, he should go directly to the person in charge, Mr. Ding, to figure out the cause and effect.
Ding Wei led Liang Chuan into the study again. He sat on the imperial chair, while Liang Chuan stood with his big eyes staring at his small ones.
Ding Wei said that he had been completely confused since he received the imperial edict from the internal officials yesterday. The political situation in the current government is treacherous. What kind of drama is Empress Dowager Liu doing?
What is the origin of Liang Chuan next to him? Someone was informing him of plotting to rebel, and the Queen Mother was able to come forward to protect him. What forces were competing for it? Is he, a political advisor, a pawn in the game or an innocent victim?
Ding Wei looked at Liang Chuan and thought to himself, there were only two people in the court who could protect this guy from challenging Xia Shouen, either from the official family or from the Queen Mother. It is impossible for the officials to let Xia Shouen suffer and sit idly by. This is tantamount to asking his right and left to fight against his right, and whether he wins or loses, he will be slapped in the face.
It is even more impossible for the Queen Mother's people. Logically speaking, the Queen Mother's people have finally found their way to her side. If they want to target her, how can they expose this chess piece so easily without further conclusive evidence? for myself?
Besides, the contrast between before and after is too great. He even sent an internal official to announce the edict, for fear that he would not believe that this was the Queen Mother’s true intention. He also verified the identity of the internal official and the authenticity of the edict. It was really from Ouchi's handiwork. . .
If he was really Zhao Weixian's man, he would definitely be dead. Empress Dowager Liu could not tolerate the collusion between royal family members and others to ambush forces around Bianjing.
When Liang Chuan saw that Ding Wei was silent, he took the initiative to bow down and asked respectfully, "Why do you treat me like this, sir? I made no mistakes or caused any trouble, yet you taught your subordinates to come and get me. Why is this?"
Ding Wei looked at him coldly and allowed him to perform, but asked coldly: "Who are you? Who ordered you to sneak into my Ding residence?"
This question was quite interesting. Liang Chuan was stunned for a moment, and then answered without hesitation: "Of course I belong to Prime Minister Ding!"
Ding Wei didn't expect that this kid would still have a tough mouth at this time. His old background has been revealed, so why should he pretend to be here?
"I don't dare, let me ask you, who are the people you raise in Zhongmou Village in the west of the city? What are you going to use them for? When did you buy so much land, and I don't know anything about it?"
It turned out that this was the case. Did Ding Wei blame himself for not sharing the meat with him? Wouldn't he want to keep this little bit of oil to himself?
Liang Chuan's eyes turned and said: "You deserve to die, you villain. This village is where Wang Lin, Xu Yin and other wealthy businessmen wanted to curry favor with the villain and let him say a few nice words in front of the adults so that they could get some benefits from the project. , The villain is afraid that such low-level things will damage the honor of the Lord, but he can't shirk it for a while, so naturally he doesn't dare to let the Lord know! This is well-documented. "
Ding Wei was a little surprised, so simple?
"Who are those people in Zhuangzi, and why are there still troops and horses?"
Liang Chuan smiled bitterly and said, "I'm not afraid of adults' jokes when I say this. Those are the village elders from my hometown. They heard that I worked for a senior official in Bianjing City, and they came to fight against the autumn wind..."
Fighting the autumn breeze? Ding Wei was stunned.
Liang Chuan said: "That day, my brothers from my hometown were desperate and came to look for me in front of Ding Mansion. I was afraid that these people would bring disgrace to our Ding Mansion, so I didn't dare to put them in, so I simply placed them in Zhuangzi, Zhongmu. There. They had nothing to do, so they bought a few horses and rode them for fun. Adults can also ask the housekeepers about these things! Horses can also be found out clearly by asking the horse dealers on Maxing Street. It depends on the villain. Isn’t it a little bit adulterated!”
Liang Chuan was telling the truth, and this was also the case. He just didn't know that someone accused him of raising people and horses as an intention to rebel, and reported it to the Queen Mother.
Ding Wei thought to himself that what he said was serious and accurate, and there must be no lies. Is such a trivial matter such a big deal? Who in the family of a few court officials who have spare money doesn't have a few people and a few horses? Can this also be considered treason?
Liang Chuan asked weakly: "The adults and the villain are doing these things for fear of causing trouble to the adults. If so, the villain will immediately sell Zhuangzi, dismiss all the village elders, and let them go back to where they came from?"
This matter is full of weirdness. If it is so simple, why did it alert the Queen Mother, and even the Queen Mother stepped forward to rescue him? Who is behind this?
Ding Wei waved his hand and said, "No need."
The only solution now is to wait and see what happens, until the truth behind this matter comes to light!
Ding Wei told Liang Chuan that Zhao Yunning, the king of Xin'an County, went to Empress Dowager Liu to persuade Xia Shouen to come and suppress him. Liang Chuan was so frightened that he almost lost his breath. It turned out that he had gone through so many circles in front of the gate of hell, and Zhao Zonge, he Mother is so vicious, and I didn’t expect this boy to be so energetic. After moving out of the Queen Mother Liu’s house, he was going to do it to me. What kind of luck did I have to escape this disaster?
Ding Wei observed his expression carefully. Liang Chuan didn't look like he was pretending at all. He couldn't even figure out the cause and effect of this matter. This was strange. Who was leading all of this?
"You should continue to stay in the house, and don't wander around for the time being. When the truth comes out, I won't stop you if you want to stay or leave!"
Liang Chuan said: "Guanshi Cai doesn't like villains and has repeatedly targeted me. I'm afraid I won't be welcomed in the mansion, sir."
Ding said: "If you walk out of this door safely, what else will they dare to do to you?"
When Liang Chuan heard this, he immediately straightened his back with a smile.
