Bingyin (the tenth day of the fifth month) of the first year of Yuanyou.
Edict: It is recorded that one of Sun An's relatives and grandson, the former Hanlin scholar, was selected as the seventh-rank judge, Bo Weiguan, who wrote the Right Selection of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and removed the award with Annotation. Because An had failed to compile "Yingzong Shilu", he died. So I extend my grace.
All the officials in the royal family have written a letter, begging that from now on, those who pass the civil service examinations and get top grades will be given the order to show their favor and be promoted to higher ranks.
Fan Bailu, a living doctor and a member of the Zhongshushe, a storyteller in Jiying Palace, and a supervisory censor Su Zhe, among others, jointly wrote: Honor and self-deception... Zhang Chengyi, evil and dangerous to the government, unworthy of filial piety, unworthy of a human being...
Now Li Ding has taken charge of Xinzhou, but Cheng Yi has not been punished... The ministers are frightened and beg Cheng Yi to be punished strictly.
Edict: Order the Jingxi Criminal Division to strictly investigate Zhang Chengyi, report to the police, and order Chengyi to face the crime on the spot.
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Zhao Xu flipped through the instructions from the General Office for today's two palaces.
I posted these posts casually.
"Zhang Chengyi is probably dead!" he said softly.
Definitely.
The evidence is conclusive and leaves little room for quibbles.
Now let’s see, will it be a death sentence in the end? Or an execution?
Zhao Xu feels that it should be the former.
After all, there has to be some dignity.
Shi Deyi was beside Zhao Xu, lowered his head and said: "Everyone, I heard that recently the family of the guilty minister Chengyi is looking for connections to excuse the guilty minister Chengyi."
"What do you mean? The tomb of Xu Guogong Zhang Qi was stolen by tomb robbers. When the guilty officer found out, he asked someone to re-order the coffin of his late father. Because he found that the rhinoceros belt and other items buried with him had been destroyed by the thieves, he took them out in order to have them rebuilt. Binding.'So on..."
Zhao Xu smiled.
What kind of chat are you talking about?
The place where Xu Guogong Zhang Qi is buried is the ancestral tomb of the Zhang family, and it is guarded day and night.
Moreover, even if Zhang Chengyi's sophistry is true, the tomb was indeed robbed.
But what do you mean by hanging the treasures that your father was buried with on your body?
Do you really think the court is stupid?
It can only be said that the Zhang family's IQ has really deteriorated after Zhang Qi.
Can I still argue with this matter?
There is no room for quibbles!
Now it's time to lie down and be honest, maybe you can save something.
If they do this, I'm afraid they will only benefit the vultures in the palace in the end.
In the end, everyone loses both his life and property!
However, Shi Deyi did not mind that the matter was serious and continued to report: "In addition, I heard from people that after the death of the deceased mother of the criminal Zhang Chengyi, her body has been kept in the temple and has not been buried... It has been several years so far... "
Zhao Xu's brows jumped.
What kind of filial son is this?
The scholar-bureaucrats were buried in the third month, the princes were buried in the fifth month, and the emperor was buried in the seventh month.
This is etiquette.
Let the biological mother remain inactive for several years and not be able to rest in peace.
This is challenging the entire Confucian moral outlook.
Zhao Xu couldn't help but ask: "Why?"
Shi Deyi lowered his head and replied: "At that time, Zhang Chengyi was serving the Privy Council's decree..."
All right!
"So, did he hide his mother's death?"
"Um!"
Well, once the ministers in the outer court knew about this matter, Zhang Cheng would lose any chance of being decent.
For the two crimes combined, Zhang Chengyi must be publicly executed to serve as a warning to others!
So here comes the question.
Zhao Xu started to think.
How did Zhang Chengyi get away with it in his previous life?
Anyway, what Zhao Xu remembers is that during the Shaosheng era, Zhang Chengyi was still alive and kicking in Bianjing City.
He even went to the palace to pay homage to Zhao Xu!
Xu Guogong Zhang Qi’s only living son!
Zhao Xu had some impression of it.
So, Zhao Xu turned his head, looked at Shi Deyi, and asked: "Does this criminal Zhang Chengyi have a friend with great supernatural powers?"
Shi Deyi lowered his head and replied: "Your Majesty, as I know, Zhang Maoze, who has now asked himself to serve Empress Cishengguangxian in the Yongzhao Mausoleum, has always been friendly with Zhang Chengyi."
Zhao Xu smiled: "What else?"
The nobles of the Song Dynasty and the ministers of the inner court had good friendships, connections, and even marriages over a period of time.
The Lan family, a famous chamberlain family, has children who marry high-ranking chamberlains, daughters of nobles. The adopted sons do not necessarily have to enter the palace to become chamberlains. They can continue the family lineage outside and live a normal life.
Like the Lan family, half of them work as servants in the palace, serving the emperor and empress, and half of them work outside, marrying nobles and relatives, and have good friendships with several families.
This is legal.
Because the minister adopts an adopted son, according to the system, there is a maximum of one.
Beyond this limit, there must be a special purpose.
This is the majesty of God’s grace!
Does Zhang Maoze want to follow the Lan family's path?
I must have thought about it.
Now that Zhang Maoze has fallen, Zhang Chengyi's family still has the confidence to continue their activities and want to exonerate Zhang Chengyi.
This means that Zhang Chengyi still has connections in the palace.
Shi Deyi answered respectfully: "I heard that Meng Zaiwei, the Hou of Hemendi, once had a friendly relationship with the guilty officer Chengyi."
Zhao Xu's smile was frozen on his face.
"Meng Zaiwei?" He looked at Shi Deyi seriously and asked confirmingly: "The late Meizhou defense envoy gave it to Taiwei Meng Yuan's son?"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
"Haha..." Zhao Xu laughed.
Is Meng doing this?
His mind flashed back to the image of his Yuan Empress Meng, kneeling in the Kunning Hall, trembling.
Liang Congzheng, the big Diao Dang next to Zhao Xu, held the edict and read out the decree in a mellow tone.
"Queen Meng, she is misleading and saying evil things, and she is flattering... I spend my whole night feeling sorry for myself, sleeping and eating peacefully! It is difficult for me to give in to personal favors, and I submit to the kindness of the two palaces, and I am honored by the sound of jade. If I lose my virtue, what will happen to me?"
Mother of all nations, inherit the ancestral temple? Can be listed in the Queen's book of treasures, live in Yaohua Palace, and be given the title of Huayang Leader, Yuqing Miaojing Immortal Master! Granted purple, the name of the Dharma is true!... It means that you always treat me by calling me.
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Outsiders only know that Meng was wronged and deposed.
But who knows the resentment in Zhao Xu’s heart?!
That's not something accumulated in a day or two.
Not to mention the hatred that has been accumulated in one or two days.
Therefore, Zhao Xu actually knew that Meng was framed - just kidding, he didn't even know about the things in the harem, and if he was kept in the dark, how could he control the ministers, including Zhang?
Dun, Zeng Bu and other human spirits, how can they be driven as directed?
However, Zhao Xu sat back and watched Meng being framed and wronged, and even quietly used force during the process of Meng being deposed.
This can be seen from the content of the post-abolition edict!
Completely denying Meng's legitimacy as queen.
It also completely negates Meng’s personal morality and virtuousness.
Just point your nose and scold you - you are a person who brings disaster to the country and the people, and you are not worthy of being a mother to the world!
reason?
Very simple.
Meng was chosen by the Empress Dowager, and she was chosen against Zhao Xu's own wishes.
The appointment of Queen Meng was a political choice made by the Empress Dowager to test Zhao Xu's obedience.
Since the Song Dynasty, the wedding ceremony of all emperors has never been as shabby, humiliating or even humiliating as the ceremony when Zhao Xu married Meng in his previous life!
Zhao Xu will never forget it!
In his previous life, his wedding date was chosen on May 16th in the seventh year of Yuanyou.
By that time, he was already an adult.
Moreover, he received a completely orthodox imperial education.
So, how come he doesn’t know what day May 16th is?
May 16th is the Taoist Day of Harmony between Heaven and Earth.
Therefore, since ancient times, couples have slept in separate rooms on this day!
The Prime Minister of the Manchu Dynasty, don’t you know?
But the Empress Dowager chose this day despite all objections!
I just want to choose this day to hold the wedding!
Just to trample on the majesty and face of the emperor Zhao Xu!
Just to test Zhao Xu’s obedience!
If the date was wrong, it might be because the Empress Dowager believed deeply in Buddhism and did not understand Taoist taboos.
But the strange phenomenon on the wedding day cannot be explained this way.
Zhao Xu remembered it clearly.
On the wedding day, the rulers put on the proper pomp and ceremony of an emperor's wedding since ancient times.
Prime Minister Lu Dafang personally served as the ingratiating envoy, Situ Han Zhongyan as the deputy envoy, Taiwei Su Song as the issuing envoy, Wang Yansou as the deputy envoy, Right Prime Minister Su Che as the informing envoy, and Emperor Zhao Jingzong as the deputy envoy.
make.
Su Shi was the envoy of Lubo and personally acted as the guide for Zhao Xu, leading him to the Ancestral Temple to worship his ancestors.
Is the pomp big enough?
However, just as Zhao Xu left the palace, the holy team was separated directly in the middle by a team of more than ten vehicles.
At the head is a Chu red umbrella-covered cart, followed closely by a green-covered cart - the standard Queen's motorcade!
What is this doing?
Zhao Xu will never forget how he felt at that time.
He clenched his fists tightly, bit his lip, looked at the Queen's motorcade with a livid face, and separated his team.
Show off your power!
It’s really awesome!
Zhao Xu couldn’t bear it!
But what happened next made him furious!
When the queen is welcomed into the palace, there should be a full set of etiquette and drums - even if ordinary people are getting married, the welcoming procession must also be lively and lively, right?
However, there was nothing at Xuandemen that day.
Deserted.
All right!
It is understandable that the Queen Mother likes to be frugal.
However, when the queen's car arrived at the inner east gate, a group of musicians suddenly appeared and played and played the queen to the Funing Palace.
what's the situation?
This is no longer humiliating.
Instead, he stepped on the face of Zhao Xu, the adult emperor!
Why?
Because, since the Han Dynasty, only second and third married women do not need to be greeted with big gifts when they enter the house. They only have to wait until they are sent to their husband's house to play and play and make a fuss.
so……
Now you know why Zhao Xu insisted on abolishing the queen, right?
Meng himself was not wrong.
Zhao Xu admitted this.
Meng is a virtuous person with a gentle personality, and Zhao Xu also recognizes her.
But she was chosen by the Empress Dowager, and since the wedding, Meng has been a tool used by the Empress Dowager to humiliate him and test him.
This is the reason why Zhao Xu almost deposed the Empress Dowager and kicked her out of the Yonghou Mausoleum during the Shaosheng era.
This is also the reason why Zhao Xu must be deposed.
Even if he knew clearly that Meng was actually good, even if he knew that Meng was wronged.
But this queen must be abolished, and she cannot be abolished!
At that time, the young and vigorous Zhao Xu could endure it until the third year of Shaosheng's reign before using Liu's hands to destroy the Meng family. His self-cultivation was really good.
Shaking the memories out of his mind, Zhao Xu looked at Shi Deyi with a smile: "I understand!"
"That's it! No wonder!"
In his last life, Zhang Chengyi found the reason why he could live.
Zhang Maoze and Meng Zaiwei took the path of the Empress Dowager.
(End of chapter)
This chapter has been completed!