Chapter 515 The best way to overcome fear is (Happy New Year)
Chapter 515 The best way to defeat fear is... (Happy New Year)
Jia Zhongmin's appointment process went very quickly.
In just three days, the official appointment letter was completed and sent to the Ministry of Interior Affairs.
Immediately, Liu Youfang, the guard who was on duty at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, assigned a young man to go and read out the edict.
Jia Zhongmin was able to take office with lightning speed.
The whole process was so smooth that Yushitai didn't even react.
With a snap, Jia Zhongmin, the "treacherous villain", had already slipped into the "official affairs of the inner and outer roads of Bianjing" presided over by the emperor himself, and became the "recording street".
Qingliu like Cheng Yi, Su Che, and Sun Jue all felt a little disgusted after they realized what they were doing, but there was nothing they could do about it.
Because this is in line with the ancestral system.
The big and small are in harmony with each other, and the different opinions are in conflict!
Among the officials, those with a keen sense of politics have even begun to make preparations.
In preparation for the future, one or two new party ministers were added to the group of banquet officials.
the reason is simple.
Now, among the officials who give lectures, secondary lectures and assistant lectures in Jiying Palace, after Deng Runfu was appointed as the governor, there are no new party ministers worthy of giving lectures - in power, they should be busy with state affairs.
It would be good if you can go to Jiying Hall for lectures once a month.
So, in the Jiying Palace, all the ministers of the old party completed their duties.
This is not in line with the ancestral system of the Song Dynasty at all.
No force can be all-powerful around the emperor.
Therefore, adding sand is imperative.
It is also something that both the government and the opposition agree to.
If you don't do this, it will be abnormal, and you have to be careful about being listed in the future - the hearts of Zhao officials are always sensitive and suspicious.
A small thing can be magnified infinitely by them.
A typical example is that after Zhenmiao signed the Chanyuan Alliance, he was very proud and had great trust in Kou Laigong (Kou Zhun).
However, the treacherous prime minister Wang Qinruo saw the right moment and said something: Official, have you ever heard of 'all in one'?
The achievements that Kou Laigong made in Chanzhou were completely offset by such a light word!
In fact, he has been under suspicion ever since!
This is Zhao Guan’s family!
Moreover, this is not the case for one generation, it should be the case for generations!
This is true even for Renmiao, who is famous for his "kindness".
If you don’t believe it, you can read the history of the country.
Look at Zhao Guan's family, are they all like this?
Will today be an exception?
maybe!
But does anyone dare to bet?
Do you dare to risk your entire wealth and the future of your descendants on whether this official family will be ‘different from the ancestors’?
I lost the bet, but I might go to Lingnan to eat lychees, or even go fishing in Yazhou like Kou Laigong.
There is no problem if you say a few words about the wise officials and the benevolence of the emperor, and praise the virtues of government.
But it's really my turn, my turn to bet.
How many people can have confidence?
I really have a cow at home!
In such a court atmosphere, time flies by.
May of the first year of Yuanyou came to an end soon, and June of summer came in the blink of an eye.
Dinghai in June (the first day of the lunar month).
Shaanxi sent the Xixia credential.
After entering the capital, three copies of the credentials were copied immediately, and one of them was delivered to Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu saw a familiar name on this letter of credence.
Spring is about to happen.
Chun Yue is the official name of Xixia, and can also be called: Chuang You.
They are all transliterated names.
It was the second ruler of Xixia, Li Liangzuo, the British leader of Xixia, who was shot by an arrow from the guard of Dashun City in the Great Song Dynasty and died of infection from the arrow wound. This was also the name of the Tibetan official introduced during the so-called Xia Yizong restructuring.
He was an important minister of the Western Xia Dynasty, and his status was roughly equivalent to that of the Six Ministers of the Song Dynasty.
And this Chun Yue Luoyu who appeared in the certificate of credence was one of the few people in Zhao Xu's youth in his previous life who could not hold back and got angry and scolded him in front of the palace.
To know!
Zhao Xu in his previous life had completely learned to control his temper at this time.
Cai was indeed demoted, but he remained silent.
Zhang Dun was scolded, but he just watched quietly.
Even though Lu Huiqing was humiliated by Su Shi, he pretended not to know.
However, on the day when he entered the court, he couldn't hold back. In front of the ministers of the government and the public and the empress dowager, he became furious and slapped the table and glared angrily.
So, even though this matter has been going on for many years.
But Zhao Xu always remembered it clearly.
This is something unforgettable.
Now, I see this familiar name again.
Zhao Xu's mind was in a trance, and he couldn't help but recall the nightmare from his previous life.
His mind seemed to have returned to the time when the Empress Dowager listened to politics behind the curtain, and he could only look at the minister's buttocks, sitting on the throne like a puppet.
At that time, he was much thinner than he is now, and his health was not in good shape.
He remembered that he coughed and wheezed for a long time before going to court that day.
However, no one in this cold palace cared about him.
Therefore, he could only endure his physical discomfort and was coerced by Lao Zongyuan to appear in Chongzheng Hall.
Many details from that time are now blurred.
He only remembered that he was sitting on the mattress.
The Xixia envoys filed in, and in the Chongzheng Hall, they talked a lot about the Song Dynasty's breach of contract and various breaches of contracts. They dressed up the party members as white lotus flowers and looked innocent.
Zhao Xu listened to this without any reaction.
Because his heart was not in the court, he also knew that there was nothing he could do.
Until Zhao Xu heard something.
The party member who was standing in the court and eloquently criticized the Song Dynasty said something.
"Song Shenzong knew he was wrong!"
A party member stood in the court hall of the Song Dynasty, facing the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and the Empress Dowager of the Song Dynasty, and talked about Xixia white lotus. Xixia had no fault, and the fault lay entirely with the Song Dynasty.
No one in the court could object.
As a result, the party members pushed further and got on the head of the Song Dynasty.
He actually uttered arrogant words - Shenzong of the Song Dynasty knew he was wrong!
You know - Xixia is just a vassal state of the Song Dynasty.
At least in name, who gave him the courage to call the late emperor by his temple name? At least he had to add his honorary title, right?!
He dared to say to the Lord of Liao in Shangjing: How can Liao rejuvenate its clan?
Secondly, who gave him the courage to declare in the palace that Song Shenzong knew he was wrong?
Zhao Xu remembered it very clearly.
At that time, he was shaking with anger, stood up immediately, and became furious.
He pointed at the party member.
The spring appointment officer named Youluoyu, his face turned red and his head was filled with anger.
But the civil servants in the palace just knelt down.
Since ancient times, the Lord has humiliated his subjects and died.
The party members insulted and slandered their king and father in public.
They just kneel down.
The Empress Dowager behind the curtain did not say a word.
Even among the military officials in the palace, no one stood up to support Zhao Xu.
Finally, in silence, in deathly silence.
Zhang Mao, who was beside the Queen Mother, walked up to Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu remembered clearly that at that time Zhang Mao said to him in a very gentle manner: "The officials should calm down!"
Then he pursed his lips and said to Chen Yan, the eunuch who was beside Zhao Xu: "Let's talk to the superintendent!"
Chen Yan then led his men and forcibly took Zhao Xu away from Chongzheng Hall.
It was also because of this incident that later, when Zhao Xu became so seriously ill, Chen Yan and Zhang Maoze were indifferent and watched helplessly.
Until Cheng Yi found out, he pierced the basket at the Sutra banquet and pierced it in the court hall.
He used his own political future to buy medicine for Zhao Xu.
It was these things that made Zhao Xu understand.
As long as the Empress Dowager lives, he will never get ahead.
Since then, he has become more reserved, quieter, and less talkative.
Afterwards, whether Cai Que was demoted to death or Deng Wan was demoted to death, he remained silent.
He didn't even say a word or comment on the things the Empress Dowager chose for him and what she did at the wedding.
Until that Empress Dowager went to heaven!
Until Lu Dafang and Fan Chunren succumbed to his pressure and recalled Deng Runfu and Li Qingchen.
Until Liang entered politics, Liang Weijian rebelled in the court, Liu Weijian, and Song Yongchen returned to him.
He finally has enough power!
So, first with the help of Liu Weijian and Song Yongchen, and also with the help of Liang Congzheng and Liang Weijian, the great purge of the inner court was completed!
That night, the ministers belonging to the Imperial City Department and the Empress Dowager were arrested one by one by the heavily armed marriage officer Yu Longzhi.
That night, countless government offices in the city were filled with cries of wolves and howling ghosts.
When the light of dawn appeared in the sky, the shuffling of the cards in the forbidden area had been completed.
In one day, six people who had entered the Ministry of Internal Affairs knew that high-ranking ministers of the escort class were imprisoned.
Also in one day, six Xi, the great Diao Dang of the Feng era, regained control of the Imperial City Division.
Recalling these past events, Zhao Xu smiled and looked at the credentials in front of him.
He now has enough confidence and self-confidence to face this nightmare that was once his last life.
Because, now, Zhang Maoze has been promoted by Zhang Shiliang under the supervision of Liang Congzheng!
As for Chen Yan?
This minister who was Zhao Xu's 'dearest' imperial uncle, I heard that he had been killed with a stick in Qinxian's house, and his whole buttocks was rotten when he died.
And in this palace that once made Zhao Xu feel cold.
There is warmth everywhere now, and the Imperial City Division is full of good people.
The imperial family officials, the imperial officials, and all the officials in charge of the imperial court also all pledged their allegiance to Zhao Xu in various ways.
Zhao Xu could also call out the names of every commander on Yulong's left and right.
He also recognized that every personal officer in the Imperial City Division was personally under the command of the officer.
The commander-in-chief of the Sanya Palace, Yanda, was originally one of his people.
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Miao Professor is now his.
Guan Jun Liu Changzuo, a loyal minister of the late emperor, would definitely follow him.
To put it bluntly, as long as Zhao Xu wants to.
Tomorrow morning, news will come out in the palace - the Empress Dowager is ill and cannot stay in the palace to oversee government affairs. The Empress Dowager temporarily takes full power.
Then, within a few days, the Song Dynasty was about to experience another national mourning.
But Zhao Xu would not do such a thing.
For Zhao Xu now, the check and balance between the two palaces is the optimal solution.
Zhao Xu didn't want to ruin the hard-won relationship between mother and son, and he didn't want to leave a bad reputation in the history books.
Studying abroad in the modern era has taught him that one should never test human nature.
Because human nature is so strange and unpredictable.
What's more...
Gao, there is still value for use!
There are some things that Zhao Xu cannot do.
It would be good for the Gao family to do it.
It is best to let the sky be angry and make people complain, to make the sea boil, but I am innocent.
…
He casually flipped through the credentials of party members.
Zhao Xu sighed again: "There are indeed many good people in this world!"
have a look!
Even the Dangxiang people have learned the saint's righteousness of benevolence and generosity.
In the letter of credence, he began to talk a lot about the friendship between the Song Dynasty and Xixia - although this thing has never existed.
But it didn't hinder it at all. The Dangxiang people shamelessly boasted about their loyalty to the Song Dynasty and said that everything in the past was all misunderstandings and someone (the Northern captives) was sowing discord.
In fact - our loyalty to the officials and the Song Dynasty can be expressed by the sun and the moon.
Of course, our loyalty also requires money.
Therefore, I beg the Song Dynasty to give me a little money to spend.
At the same time, I beg the Song Dynasty to open more business opportunities so that we can have a chance to make a little bit of money.
That stinky beggar came to Bianjing to beg again!
Zhao Xu knew very well that Qingshou Palace and Baoci Palace were probably thinking so at this time.
And based on the temperament of Qingshou Palace and Baoci Palace, Zhao Xu knew that they would most likely agree to the party member's request.
Isn't it just a little money?
Judging from Zhao Xu's understanding of the nature of Dangxiang people.
Usually, when the attitude of party members is so low.
There are only two possibilities.
First: They encountered unprecedented pressure from the Liao Kingdom, so they wanted to ease their relationship with the Song Dynasty.
But this is impossible!
Because, if the Liao Kingdom wants to adopt some major strategy against the party members.
So, with the character of the Liao people, they would definitely test the Song Dynasty's reaction.
What's more, the relationship between Song and Liao is becoming increasingly close.
If the Liao people really want to take action, they will definitely coordinate the relationship between the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, and even agree to divide Xixia between the two countries.
But the Liao people did not do this.
Instead, I just kept buying, buying, buying.
Then there is only the second possibility left - they plan to make a one-shot deal!
This is the prelude before the war begins!
If you can lie, you can lie, if you can coax, you can coax.
If you cheat, you will earn!
Then think about the news and intelligence coming back from Xihe.
Zhao Xu licked his tongue: "This party member doesn't respect martial ethics!"
"How dare you trick a ten-year-old like me into sneak attacks!"
"It seems that I have to practice the five lightning whips!"
After saying that, he stood up and called Shi Deyi, who had been waiting outside, in.
"Shi Deyi, where is the Liao envoy now?"
Shi Deyi said respectfully: "I want to inform you that I learned from the Privy Council yesterday that Liao envoy Yeluju and others have arrived at Daming Mansion and are waiting for permission from the court..."
"The accompanying envoy, Hanlin scholar Xing Shu, has been ordered to Baima County to wait."
Zhao Xu nodded.
Xingshu was now the de facto official envoy of the Song Dynasty.
Mainly because he is so popular!
The nobles and nobles inside and outside Bianjing, and even the families of many prime ministers, unanimously agreed that only a bachelor of punishment could deal with the wolves and tigers of the Northern prisoners.
Therefore, even though Xing Shu repeatedly stated that I was tired of serving as an envoy, I firmly declined.
But both the government and the opposition have said it is better to ask bachelors to work harder.
Without Xingshu's matchmaking, the big guy's business wouldn't be so easy!
Zhao Xu rubbed his hands and then told Shi Deyi: "You all know how to go and bring a message to Xing Shu for me."
Shi Deyi immediately lowered his head.
Zhao Xu leaned into his ear and whispered something.
Shi Deyi was surprised at first and then bowed and said: "No! I respectfully obey the imperial edict!"
After sending Shi Deyi away, Zhao Xu's expression turned cold.
The nightmare from his previous life lingered in his heart.
When he was studying abroad in modern times, he heard a saying - the best way to overcome fear is to face it head-on!
However, Zhao Xu knew that there was another way.
That is to turn the fear you once had into the nightmare of those who created it.
Just like now, since Zhang Maoze, Chen Yan and others were all dead, Zhao Xu slept soundly, ate well every day, and never had nightmares again.
Then kill Xuanluoyu.
Zhao Xu believes that his sleep quality will definitely be better.
So, how to kill him?
Kill him in Bianjing?
No no no!
Let the party members kill him, only then can the nightmare be truly transferred away!
Just like, he let Zhang Maoze die at the hands of Zhang Shiliang and Lao Zongyuan.
It's also like he let Chen Yan die in that 'dear' uncle's house.
