"Sima Xianggong...Sima Xianggong..." Fan Zuyu came to Sima Guang happily.
Sima Guang put down the book in his hand and asked, "Chunfu, why are you so happy?"
Fan Zuyu said: "Just now, Master Taishan came to the palace to give a speech. In your preface, you mentioned the matter of accepting remonstrances. The young master mentioned Sima Gong's request to speak frankly..."
Sima Guang's face immediately turned red as he listened.
"I knew..." He was extremely pleased: "Young Master supports me!"
yes!
The eight-year-old young master's nature is as pure and good as a piece of paper.
He recalled all the details of the last meeting with His Majesty, and his mood became cheered up.
With the support of the young master, even if the whole world is against him, so what?!
"Uncle Lu Hui met you today and asked for a way out?" Sima Guang looked at Fan Zuyu.
Fan Zuyu replied: "Master Taishan said so..."
"Good!" Sima Guang nodded: "I know that Uncle Lu Hui, a gentleman, will definitely not be able to stand the misbehavior of the young people in the capital!"
…
The Empress Dowager leaned on the soft floor of Baoci Palace and pretended to sleep.
Zhang Mao tiptoed to her side and slowly lowered his head.
The Empress Dowager did not open her eyes, but asked: "Did you just go to Chongwen Academy?"
Zhang Mao listened and knelt down with a plop: "I am guilty of death! Please forgive me!"
"Do you know what you are doing?" The Queen Mother slowly sat up and looked at the old minister kneeling in front of her.
Zhang Mao kowtowed heavily: "I am guilty of death!"
"Who gave you the courage?" The Empress Dowager became a little angry.
If Liang Congzheng hadn't told her, she would have been kept in the dark by this old minister next to her until she died!
"How dare you doubt what the official said!?" The Empress Dowager scolded sternly: "Who do you want to imitate? Wang Jien?!"
Zhang Mao was trembling.
In Chongwen Academy, he found the archives of June of the seventh year of Yuanfeng.
According to the archives, Sun Guque, a bachelor of Guanwen Palace, wrote a letter that month, and Emperor Daxing approved it with his pen.
As soon as he saw this, he immediately ran for his life in a panic.
"Empress, I am very loyal..." Zhang Mao was lying on the ground and begging.
The Empress Dowager closed her eyes and said, "That's not the case. Your head is now in a different place!"
"In the future, if you dare to make such a decision again, then go to Yongzhao Mausoleum to serve your ancestors!"
Zhang Mao was relieved and immediately bowed: "I am deeply grateful to you for your grace!"
The Queen Mother waved her hand: "Go away!"
"From now on, you are not allowed to enter Baoci Palace without any purpose!"
"And..." She said slowly: "The errands of the Royal Medicine Court and the Neidong Gate have also been relieved..."
Zhang Mao listened, apologized again, and left the curtain respectfully.
He knew that the Empress Dowager was only temporarily angry, and when her anger subsided, she would call him back.
The Empress Dowager looked at Zhang Maoze's back and shook her head.
This old minister has served her for many years and has always been diligent, but he likes to make his own decisions.
She would forget about ordinary things.
But something like today must never happen again.
Otherwise, if the officials know about this when they grow up, they might suspect that she, the mother-in-law, does not trust her grandson.
Wouldn't the Gao family's wealthy future be affected?
Thinking of this, a trace of murderous intent flashed in the eyes of the Empress Dowager.
But the killing intention quickly disappeared.
After all, Zhang Mao is a veteran beside his aunt.
After all, this matter can be undone. As long as Zhang Maoze shuts up and Liang Congzheng shuts up, the officials will probably not know about it.
Zhang Maoze wouldn't say it himself, and Liang Congzheng wouldn't say it either!
So, she finally relented.
…
The next day, May Xinyou (29).
Zhao Xu got up early, had breakfast, and was taking a walk in the imperial garden.
Feng Jing came to report, and Liu Weijian came to say hello.
Zhao Xu then asked Feng Jing to bring Liu Weijian to the Imperial Garden.
When Liu Weijian arrived in front of Zhao Xu, he still knelt down respectfully and kowtowed to say hello: "Old slave, please say hello to everyone!"
"Old Qianjia, there is no need to be polite!" Zhao Xu smiled, asked Feng Jing to help Liu Weijian up, and then asked: "How is my sister's health these days? How are Wu Niang, Ten Niang, and Prince Puning doing?"
"For everyone's attention, Concubine De is in very good health recently! I just miss you all, so I ordered my old slave to come to visit you..." Liu Weijian said, "As for the two princesses and His Royal Highness, they are also doing well recently..."
Zhao Xu nodded and said: "In a few days, I will go to the De Fei Pavilion to visit..."
"I will also ask my mother to express my favor to my sister!"
Liu Weijian quickly thanked her again. According to past practice, it was time for him to say goodbye and return to De Fei Pavilion.
However, he did not leave, but continued to stay where he was.
Zhao Xu saw it and understood that Liu Weijian still had something to say, so he winked at Feng Jing, and Feng Jing immediately led his people to retreat.
When the people led by Feng Jing had withdrawn ten steps away, Zhao Xu asked, "Does Lao Qianjie have anything else to do?"
"This old slave met Liang Congzheng from the Royal Medicine Academy this morning..." Liu Weijian said.
Zhao Xu smiled.
When Liang was in politics, most people only knew that he came from the Baoci Palace of the Empress Dowager.
Almost no one knows that Liang Congzheng was a member of Zhao Xu’s father.
In Zhao Xu's previous life, it was Liang who defected from politics during Yuanyou's later period and brought Song Yongchen, Liu Weijian and Shi Deyi to Zhao Xu.
Relying on these veterans, Zhao Xu quickly took control of the palace, and then launched a palace purge during the mourning period of the Empress Dowager.
Before the old party ministers in the outer court could react.
Chen Yan, Liang Weijian, Zhang Shiliang and other ministers close to the Empress Dowager were placed under house arrest.
Then their charges were announced, and they were thrown into the prison of the Ministry of Internal Affairs one by one, and interrogated strictly.
Before that, no one except Zhao Xu knew Liang Congzheng's identity.
Zhao Xu didn't know it until he was twelve or thirteen years old.
Because Liang Congzheng always tipped him off quietly.
"What did Liang Congzheng say?" Zhao Xu asked.
"Liang Congzhengyan: Zhang Douzhi seemed to have gone to Chongwen Academy yesterday..." Liu Weijian said.
Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Good!"
He looked at Liu Weijian: "Old Qianjia, remember not to tell anyone about this matter..."
"Even my sister can't say..."
"I know!" Liu Weijian knelt down and kowtowed: "Don't worry, everyone, I will take these things into the coffin!"
Zhao Xu nodded: "I will not treat Lao Qianjun badly!"
"This year during the Xinglong Festival, I will tell the Queen Mother that I will give Lao Qianji a place as an adopted son..."
Liu Weijian immediately knelt down to thank him: "Thank you, everyone, I am so grateful that I shed tears of gratitude!"
The Song Dynasty had strict institutional regulations and designs for the adoption of adopted sons by ministers, especially the adopted sons of ministers in the palace.
Not only the number of adopted children is limited - usually one, but at most two.
At the institutional level, the threshold for adopting an adopted child is also raised - unless there is a special purpose, only Da Diao Dang who is above the first class is eligible to adopt an adopted child!
If a minister like Liu Weijian didn't have a special purpose, he probably wouldn't be able to hope to have an adopted son in his life.
In Zhao Xu's previous life, Liu Weijian had no adopted son.
It wasn't that Zhao Xu refused to find it for him, it was actually that Liu Weijian was already dying at that time.
When a minister adopts an adopted son, it's not like in modern TV, where he just calls him "godfather".
How can the relationship between father and son be cultivated so easily?
That requires getting along day and night, and it also requires serious cultivation.
Because the adopted son not only inherits the surname, but also inherits the title.
Yes!
Scholar-officials in the Song Dynasty could submit a suicide note before their death, asking for favors from descendants and favors for officials.
Warriors can do it too!
Ministers can do the same!
Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, the adopted sons of ministers were no different from their biological children except that they were not related by blood!
For example, people from the Lan family, a famous family of ministers, still worship their ancestors every year. They really regard their adoptive father as their biological father, and they also regard their adoptive father's adoptive father as ancestor worship!
After seeing off Liu Weijian, Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of Baoci Palace.
"Hey!" He chuckled: "Old man, in your last life, I made you die!"
"I haven't caused you any trouble in this life...but you have come to cause me trouble again and again!"
"Then I will have fun with you!"
In this life, if he cannot take care of that old thing, others may still think that he, the emperor, is as good a gentleman as Renmiao!
"Feng Jing!" Zhao Xu waved to Feng Jing.
Feng Jing immediately came to him: "What are your orders?"
"Let's go!" Zhao Xu laughed: "The weather is so good today, why don't we go to Kunning Palace and Baoci Palace and invite our mother-in-law and queen mother to come out to enjoy the flowers and visit the gardens together?"
