Chapter 458 Pu’s Discussion

A boy younger than Su You poked his head out from the crowd: "Mingrun, do you still remember me?"

Su You laughed loudly: "Tang Bohu! You are here too!"

In the evening of the same day, Su You drafted a report, reporting to the Planning Department on the transfer of envoys, to the central government on the affairs of the previous magistrate, and on the affairs of the envoys to the Ministry of Rites.

At the same time, he also reported the development strategy of Yizhou to the central government and the Planning Department, expressing his intention to use it as a distribution center to purchase fine copper from Dali to help reduce the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty and to promote metal processing and transportation in Yizhou.

After that, he followed Tang Yan, who had been acting as an agent for the government affairs of Sizhou, to get familiar with the local people.

Dizhou is a standard immigrant city. Although it has developed for ten years, it is still rough, simple, practical and efficient, far from being refined and delicate.

But the good thing is that there are no complicated relationships, and there is no powerful force that can dominate everything.

Speaking of which, Su You himself is the person with the most connections and the one who can dominate the world with one hand.

Tang Yan was not keen on government affairs. After explaining the explanation, he breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Mingrun, just come. From tomorrow on, I will live in the academy, educate my children, write books, and fuck my boss." This is our business.”

Su You quickly waved his hand and said: "Teacher, you must continue to work hard. I am also planning to use the convenience of collecting copper, iron and wood wool from Sizhou to get some military artifacts."

Tang Yan said with a bitter face: "At present, the thirty volumes of "Spring and Autumn Lectures" are barely finished, five volumes of "Bian Sanzhuan" have been written, and thirty volumes of "Five Classics" are still being drafted, which has delayed a lot. Years..."

This was to follow Long Changqi's path of Li Yan, but Su You had no choice but to refuse, so he finally had to say: "Teacher, how about we still follow the path of Meishan Academy? Use gas lamps? My "Du Chen Lu" I also owe a lot of debt..."

Tang Yan sighed again: "I have a hunch that when you come to Sizhou, I will only be busier... Has the imperial court responded to your... development outline?"

Su You spread his hands and said, "The stone has fallen into the sea, and now the whole court is almost noisy."

Indeed, the imperial court is currently debating major issues, which lasted for eighteen months starting from the end of Renzong's Daxiang period in April of the second year of Zhiping. Only half of the time has passed now. The minister's reputation was damaged and the emperor was thankless. This is the famous "Pu Yi".

The courtiers quoted scriptures and spoke eloquently, and gradually formed the "Tai Jian School" represented by Sima Guang, and the Zhongshu School represented by Han Qi and Zeng Gongliang.

Sima Guang believed that Renzong was the Dazong and King Pu was the Xiaozong. From the perspective of etiquette, the Dazong was more respected than the Xiaozong. Since Zhao Shu inherited Renzong's political legacy, he should not pursue his father and mother as empress after passing through a branch.

Sima Guang also gave a rare rational suggestion in the memorial, asking Zhao Shu to grant his biological father and three wives "high officials and great powers". He opposed the marriage proposal and should call his biological father the emperor's uncle.

Tai Jian also brought up a big boss, Wang Gui, the Prime Minister of the Renzong Dynasty, and let him play the music to increase its weight and compete with Zhongshu.

The Zhongshu School of Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang, and Ouyang Xiu found several loopholes in Sima Guang's memorial.

First, when Zhao Shu observed mourning for King Pu, his uniform had been downgraded by one level. After that, he addressed his biological parents as concubines, which was in line with etiquette;

Secondly, how can there be any reason in this world for a son to ennoble his father to a high official or a powerful country?

Thirdly, there is no ritual precedent for calling the father the emperor's uncle.

So Zhongshu suggested that officials discuss it under the "two systems".

This was a foolish move, and as a result, opinions came out, and most officials sided with Sima Guang.

In June, Empress Dowager Cao wrote a letter from the inside, also siding with Sima Guang, and strongly criticized the letter for not discussing the imperial examination.

So Zhao Shu had no choice but to temporarily stop the discussion and asked the Secretary to ask for allusions and follow the rites.

So Tai's remonstrance fell into place. Fan Zhen, a Hanlin scholar, and Jia An, the imperial censor, wrote a letter demanding compliance with Wang Gui's first performance.

Moreover, with the handwriting of the Queen Mother, her rhetoric began to escalate. Lu Hui, the imperial censor, directly denounced Zhongshu and his gang as "sycophants"!

Sima Guang's memorial was also upgraded: "The government's proposal is expressed in clever excuses and misleads the saints. It ignores the grand ceremony of the previous king and despises the public discussion of the world!"

As a result, the Bianjing flood in August interrupted this process.

However, in November, after the disaster relief was completed, Lu Hui brought up the old matter again and wrote seven memorials. After receiving no reply, he resigned four times in a row. After still not getting a reply from Zhao Shu, Lu Hui escalated the matter to impeach Han Qi!

He attributed the flood in August to Han Qi's flattery: "The Five Elements Chronicles says: 'In Jian Zong Temple, the sacrifices were abandoned and the water did not moisten the water.'"

"The soil of Yongzhao Mausoleum is not yet dry, but the jade remains are still there. It is because the heart has changed, and it is said that heaven can be deceived. It has caused suspicion in the two palaces and resentment in the world. Can it be called loyalty?"

However, after the New Year, on the first day of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year meeting, the target of Taiwan's remonstrance suddenly turned to Ouyang Xiu, the political advisor.

Lu Jie, Fan Chunren, Lu Dafang ensemble: "The wolf is on the road, it is better to attack first. The evil is in the government, how dare you impeach the latter? Ouyang Xiu, who participated in the political affairs, started the evil discussion, quoted the scriptures in vain, used the wrong way to please the master, and failed with the short-term gain.

The late emperor."

This was a weak point. Han Qi was obviously the first to initiate the discussion, but Tai Jian came back from a long vacation and suddenly changed his strategy and attacked Ouyang Xiu.

Su You analyzed that this matter was definitely carried out under the guidance of an expert. According to the principle of who benefits from the conspiracy, there is a high probability that it was Sima Guang who disappeared behind the scenes and no longer came forward.

The reason why they attacked Ouyang Xiu was that Han Qi had supported the establishment of the Three Dynasties, Zeng Gongliang was highly respected and could not be moved by Taiwanese remonstrances, and the emperor did not dare to support them in moving these two men.

In comparison, Ouyang Xiu is much junior and has some political mystique. He was unwilling to serve as Privy Councilor in the past. Now everyone is slandering him and saying that he was the first to suggest that he did not pass the blame to his teammates, but instead used his reputation to challenge.

You can see the character.

Once the impeachment becomes more serious, Ouyang Xiu will most likely resign on his own initiative. This cannot but be said to be the calculation of the "gentlemen" in Taiwan.

Then on the 13th and 18th, the Taiwan remonstrance attack became more and more fierce.

Ouyang Xiu responded to the challenge honestly and rebutted one by one, but he kept repeating the same old tune. The first was that no emperor had said it since ancient times; the second was that the flooding in the ancestral temple caused the flood, which was a false accusation; the third was that Han Xuan, the method of mourning the emperor should not be used.

Use means to deduce the cause from the effect, not the origin and the end.

Han Qi was also thinking of a way, but his method was also to use internal officials to persuade the Queen Mother!

On the twenty-third of the first lunar month, the Queen Mother's attitude changed. Regardless of whether she was intimidated or not, in short, the Queen Mother agreed with the Zhongshu School's ideas!

Zhao Shu immediately followed up with an edict. While speaking modestly, he said that he was "in response to the empress dowager's benevolent decree, and I have written as before." He also requested that a temple be built in Huangkao Cemetery to offer sacrifices!

This unconventional approach certainly aroused strong opposition from Tai Jian, who voluntarily suspended Lu Jie and others from their posts and punished Du Men. The disgraceful aspects of the Zhongshu School were revealed one by one in the memorial.

Living in the house, Fu Yaoyu, who also knew the admonishment court, served Zhao Ding, the censor, and Zhao Zhan sent him back to Liao Dynasty to talk to Lu Jiao about the affairs of King Pu and stay at home to deal with the crime.

Zhao Shu issued a decree in succession, asking Tai Jian to resume operations. However, Tai Jian issued nine memorials in a row, saying that unless the state dealt with Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi, it would not obey the imperial edict.

Sima Guang also sent a petition asking him to share the responsibility with Yao and Yu, and stay at home to deal with the crime. He also petitioned to be deposed as early as possible, but the soldiers refused to comply with the four petitions.

On the 27th, Zhao Shu, who had already won the victory, asked to stop the Pu discussion and asked the Central Committee how to deal with the memorial.

No one said anything, but Ouyang Xiu continued to be stubborn: "In such a situation where the two sides are at odds with each other, if the ministers are guilty, then they should leave a platform to remonstrate; if they think we are not guilty, then ask for an imperial edict."
Chapter completed!