On the second day, during the Great Court Meeting, all the officials in the Chui Gong Hall still looked serious and their hair and skin looked sharp.
Zhao Yun nodded slightly to Chen Guiyi, indicating that he would speak first to gain the upper hand and control the rhythm of the court debate.
Chen Guiyi understood the idea and left the team first, saying to Zhao Yun: "Your Majesty, I studied history books hard and read ancient classics, but in the end I got only one sentence."
Zhao Yun pretended to be curious and said hurriedly: "Oh, there are countless saints' classics and ancient history books. How can I summarize them in one sentence? What words? Please tell me quickly."
Chen Guiyi said: "These words are the teachings of the saints. They are all for the benefit of all people. The common people are the people, the world is the people, and justice is the people."
After hearing this, Zhao Yun lowered his head to think, and finally nodded in approval: "Yes, yes, the sage makes his speech, the king governs the government, and the officials govern the government. In the final analysis, they are all for the well-being of the people and peace in the world."
After saying that, Zhao Yun looked at the officials and said loudly: "What do you think?"
Qiao Xingjian, Yuan Shao, Cheng Jue, Zeng Yinglong and others looked at each other. Finally, they all raised their hands helplessly and said: "Your Majesty is wise, this is exactly the reason."
Zhao Yun feels proud. This tone must be set. Let’s see how you refute it.
Chen Guiyi was greatly encouraged. He turned to face the officials and said, "Comrades, since the beginning of the Song Dynasty, civil unrest has continued. Is it because the people like to rebel and call for chaos?"
Chen Longzhi said: "No, no, it's just that the common people are born with no way out."
"Yes, that's exactly the reason."
Chen Guiyi straightened his back and said: "The people rebelled because they had no land to farm. They lived under others' fences all day long and lived in fear. What would a saint think if he saw this?"
Chen Guiyi looked at the officials and insisted on the words "sage" and "common people". These two words occupy the moral high ground. Who can refute it?
Baiguan looked at Chen Guiyi angrily, his face flushed red, but he didn't know how to refute, so he could only remain silent.
Chen Guiyi said again: "Laozi said that the saint has no intention and no action, takes the people's heart as his heart, and takes the people's wishes as his wish. We are all the disciples of the saint, and we receive the teachings of the saint's famous teachers every day. Why do we violate the teachings of the saint and consider everything
Benefit?"
After Chen Guiyi finished speaking, he looked at Yuan Shao. This person was the most opposed to the new law and he was the most active. Chen Guiyi wanted to fight him forcefully.
When Yuan Shao saw Chen Guiyi looking at him, Yuan Shao felt disgusted with him and said in his heart, Chen Guiyi, you know how to talk about saints, if you have the ability, you can say something else.
Yuan Shao turned away and ignored Chen Guiyi.
When Yuan Shao acted like this, the momentum of the conservative faction was severely suppressed, which greatly inspired Chen Guiyi and others.
Chen Guiyi said again: "Zhang Gongyan said that he established his mind for the heaven and the earth, established his destiny for the people, inherited his unique knowledge for the past saints, and created peace for all generations. These words have inspired many of our students to work hard. However, today, we are faced with poverty and many difficulties.
As a common people, how many of us can say this with a clear conscience!"
All the officials were speechless. Yesterday's momentum was firmly suppressed, and the reform faction headed by Chen Guiyi finally regained the victory.
Cining Hall.
"My dearest lady, I saw Eunuch Jia coming out of the Funing Hall of the official family yesterday. He looked very proud and seemed to be in a good mood. I guess he must have received many benefits from the official family."
This Liu Yan gained the trust of Empress Dowager Yang, and when he tasted the power of commanding people, he lost control and regarded Jia Chong as a thorn in his side, fearing that he would gain Empress Dowager Yang's trust again in the future.
So Liu Yan often made slanderous remarks to Empress Dowager Yang, which made Empress Dowager Yang even more angry and distrustful of Jia Chong.
Under Liu Yan's exclusion and false accusation, Jia Chong's status with Empress Dowager Yang plummeted. Jia Chong was helpless, depressed, and felt that there was no hope. At the same time, he also realized that the danger was approaching the Cining Palace, so he proposed to Empress Dowager Yang to return to his hometown for retirement.
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Empress Dowager Yang was all focused on Zhao Yun at this time and could no longer care about Jia Chong. She nodded in agreement without much thought.
Funing Hall, main hall.
Jia Chong came to express his intention to retire and return to his hometown.
Zhao Yun was quite surprised and asked: "Did the Queen Mother approve it?"
Jia Chong nodded and replied in a low mood: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has given permission for my son to return to his hometown."
Zhao Yun was silent for a while and said: "Since you intend to return to your hometown and your mother has approved it, I won't say anything more. From now on, I will spend more time with my family in my hometown, enjoy the warmth of family affection, and walk with birds and plant flowers in my free time.
It is the joy of life,”
After saying that, Zhao Yun ordered Gao Shi to get a thousand coins and ten pieces of brocade, and gave them to Jia Chong as a token of his gratitude.
"His Majesty."
Jia Chong couldn't help crying when he saw Zhao Yun's parting reward to him.
On December 30, the first year of Hengsheng, this day was the eve of the New Year, and it was also the sixth day of the court debate. The reform faction headed by Chen Guiyi was still arguing with the conservative faction headed by Sanxiang.
Because Zhao Yun was behind the idea, even though the reform faction was weak, they still withstood the pressure and gradually reversed their initial passivity and did not fall behind.
However, the court debates again and again made Zhao Yun see the stubbornness of the conservative faction. Zhao Yun was determined to solve all this as soon as possible to avoid dragging the court debates into the second year of Hengsheng.
Difficulties don’t last until the new year.
The court meeting had just begun. Zhao Yun looked down at His Highness's officials, looking at Qiao Xingjian, Yuan Shao, Cheng Jue, Zeng Conglong and others eager to give it a try. Zhao Yun nodded slightly to Chen Guiyi.
Chen Guiyi understood what he meant and went out to raise his hand to Zhao Yun and said: "Your Majesty, I have an unkind request. Please grant your permission."
Zhao Yun said: "If there is something wrong with the Qing family, it doesn't matter if you say it."
"I have a painting that I hope to display at the court meeting. However, the content in the painting may displease some ministers in the court."
Zhao Yun looked at the officials, smiled slightly and said: "The ministers in the court are all magnanimous gentlemen, so how can they be upset and lose their grace because of a painting? Do you think this is true, ladies and gentlemen?"
Although Qiao Xingjian, Yuan Shao, Cheng Jue, Zeng Conglong and others knew that Zhao Yun was playing tricks with Chen Guiyi, they could not refute Zhao Yun's words and had no choice but to nod in agreement.
"Hmph, I want to see what calligraphy and paintings you have to show. At most, you can just use pictures of refugees and pictures of thousands of miles of desolation to win sympathy. But what can I do? It's not like we have never seen pictures like that."
The conservative officials thought so, but when they saw this painting by Chen Guiyi, they were dumbfounded and were so shocked that they were speechless for a long time.
They guessed right. The painting Chen Guiyi wanted to show was indeed a picture of refugees, Thousand Miles of Desolation, but they were only half right, because the picture of refugees Chen Guiyi showed was indeed a picture, but it was not the picture inside the painting, but one after another.