And if you don’t know this key point, you can imagine the consequences of the reform.
Zhao Yun immediately ordered Gao Shi to summon Cui Yu, and Zhao Yun wanted to ask him face to face.
Gao Shi took the order and left in a hurry. Soon, he came back alone.
Gao Shi said: "Your Majesty, Mr. Cui has already returned to his residence when it was time to go on duty at San Yamen."
"What, just go back home? He didn't delay at all."
Zhao Yun sighed with emotion and couldn't wait for tomorrow. Zhao Yun said directly: "Prepare me some ordinary people's clothes. I am going out of the palace and I will just ask Xia Gui to arrange a few people to protect me secretly."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
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On the streets of Lin'an, Zhao Yun and Gao Shi, dressed in common people's clothes, were walking on the street. Not far away from the front, back, left and right, they were secretly protected by seven or eight imperial guards in front of the palace.
There are many shops on both sides of the street, bustling with people coming and going, and the sound of hawking is endless. It is very prosperous.
Zhao Yun walked on the street, feeling the quaint business atmosphere. He was a little curious and looked at the things sold at the stalls from time to time. Unfortunately, he had something to do when he went out this time, so he only bought a few small items that were pleasing to the eye without stopping too much.
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"Gao Shi, where are you from and why did you come to the palace?" Zhao Yun was in a good mood. He walked on the street and chatted with Gao Shi like friends.
Gao Shi said: "Back to Your Majesty, back to Young Master, the younger one is from the Wu family shop more than ten miles outside Lin'an City. The family can't get rid of the blame. My father asked me if I wanted to work as a servant outside the military service, or if I wanted to join the palace as a little Huangmen.
, the younger one chose to enter the palace."
"Why did you choose to enter the palace?"
Zhao Yun was a little surprised. Is it better to be a servant than a servant? At least a servant doesn't have to purify himself.
Gao Shi was silent for a while, and finally forced a wry smile on his face and said: "At that time, I liked a girl. She was from the next village. She also liked me, but I couldn't afford to marry her, let alone give her a good life.
, only when I enter the palace can she stop thinking about it."
When Gao Shi said this, his eyes were already a little red, and tears were rolling in his eyes.
Zhao Yun didn't expect that there was another story like this, and that Gao Shi was also an infatuated lover.
Zhao Yun patted Gao Shi on the shoulder and said firmly: "Gao Shi, believe me, life will be good in the future, and so will the lives of all the people in the world."
"Yeah." Gao Shi hummed heavily, his expression no longer dull.
Zhao Yun and Gao Shi came to Cui Yu's mansion together, and Gao Shi knocked on the door.
An older doorman stuck his head out and glanced at Zhao Yun and Gao Shi. Seeing that Zhao Yun was extraordinary and not an ordinary person, he came out and raised his hand and asked Zhao Yun: "Which family is the gentleman from?
What do you want from my master?"
Zhao Yun said directly: "I would like to ask you to send a message to Prime Minister Cui and tell him that someone is coming from the palace."
When the doorman heard this, his expression suddenly became serious and nervous. He looked at Zhao Yun, his hands were at a loss. He apologized and hurriedly turned around and went in.
Not long after, Cui Yu came quickly and greeted Zhao Yun respectfully.
Seven or eight of Cui Yu's children and grandchildren heard that guests were coming to the house, and they all came to see him.
Zhao Yun did not reveal his identity, and exchanged a few polite words with them, and was finally invited into the study by Cui Yu.
Gao Shi was standing outside, while Zhao Yun and Cui were the only ones in the study.
Zhao Yun took out the book from his sleeve and said with a smile: "Qing family, you really cherish your words like gold."
Cui Yu forced a smile on his serious face and said: "No matter how precious your words are, your Majesty, wouldn't you have guessed it?"
Zhao Yun's smile gradually solidified, and he said seriously: "I came to your mansion just to know what went wrong, and to ask you to teach me."
Cui Yu was silent for a while, glanced at Zhao Yun, and said: "Your Majesty, is it not good for the Song Dynasty to be like this now? You have already mastered the power. There is no one in the world who can threaten you. How many people can be the emperor of Anle?
Wish, why does Your Majesty still insist on reforming the law?"
"Anle?"
Zhao Yun smiled bitterly, "If we really have peace and happiness, why would I bother with that? Qing family, you have been working in the local area for a long time and know the sufferings of the people better than I do. Others can say this, but you should not say it."
Cui Yu was silenced by Zhao Yun's words. The monarch and his ministers were speechless, just standing opposite each other, with no one speaking.
Gao Shi, who was outside, saw that there was no sound inside and was worried about Zhao Yun's safety. He looked around and saw that Zhao Yun was fine and standing upright again.
The sky is getting darker, the dark clouds are getting deeper and deeper, the wind is getting windy, and it's going to rain.
"Your Majesty, are you really ready?"
I don't know how much time passed, but Cui Yu suddenly looked at Zhao Yun with bright eyes and asked.
Zhao Yun faced Cui Yu's gaze calmly and did not dodge at all, saying: "This is natural. Of course I am ready. I have been longing for reforms to enrich the country and strengthen the army, but the time has not come and has not been implemented."
"No, Your Majesty, you are not ready yet."
"How am I not prepared?"
"Shi Miyuan's party conspired to abolish the establishment, why didn't Your Majesty punish their families?" Cui Yu asked with an extremely serious expression.
Zhao Yun was stunned, but he didn't expect Cui Yu to bring the problem to Shi Miyuan's party again.
Zhao Yun said from the bottom of his heart: "God has the virtue of reviving life. If I kill Lian in a big way, two or three thousand people will definitely be dead. If I have benevolence in my heart, I can give them a new life with just one word. Therefore,
I can’t bear to kill Lian.”
Cui Yu looked Zhao Yun in the eye, took a step forward, and said seriously: "Then, has your Majesty ever thought that if such serious crimes are not punished consecutively, and if reforms are implemented in the future, what else will the conservatives not dare to do? There is no thunderous means.
, How can Your Majesty frighten them? How can Your Majesty implement the new law without a heart of stone?"
Zhao Yun was shocked, and then he understood why Cui Yu did not support his reform. It turned out that his heart was not strong enough, which made him not optimistic about the future of the reform.
Zhao Yun was stunned and did not come back to his senses for a while.
When Zhao Yun came to his senses, he said, "Are you afraid that if the reform fails, your family will be ruined?"
After Cui Yu heard this, he lifted up his skirt, knelt on the ground, and said to Zhao Yun with great seriousness: "Your Majesty, who has dared to reform the law since ancient times, who would cherish his life? An individual's life and death is a small matter, and the survival of a dynasty is a big matter. If the reform is successful, it will be a matter of course.
The country is rich and powerful, but if it fails, it will inevitably lead to the accelerated demise of the dynasty.
When Emperor Shenzong and Wang Xianggong presided over the reform, their momentum was overwhelming, but what was the result?
The conservative faction made a lot of excuses and gathered a group of people to kneel at the palace gate to petition, which shook the will of Emperor Shenzong and caused the reform to rise and fall several times. Can such a reform succeed?"
The more Cui Yu talked, the more excited he became, and he loudly said: "Today, His Majesty cannot bear to kill the family members of Shi Miyuan's party. Tomorrow, thousands of conservatives, tens of thousands, and hundreds of thousands of people will stand in front of His Majesty. May I ask, Your Majesty, do you want to kill them?"