Chapter 518 I just want to build a garden for my mother-in-law. I have
What's wrong?
Gengyin (the fourth day of the lunar month) in June of the first year of Yuanyou.
Zhao Xu was in the east corner of Funing Hall, holding a brush and copying the calligraphy and stickers.
Liu Weijian, who had not been to Funing Hall for a long time, stood beside him, waiting for him to write.
There is nothing to say about an old minister serving others.
What did Zhao Xu want to do? He had already prepared it.
After copying a copybook, Zhao Xu blew the ink and said to Liu Weijian: "Old Qianji, please put this copybook away."
"No..." Liu Weijian respectfully collected the stickers and put them in Donghe's attic.
At this moment, Zhao Xu suddenly asked: "Does Lao Qianjia know about the calligraphy stickers I was copying just now?"
Liu Weijian stopped what he was doing, lowered his head and replied: "When I go back to my hometown, I know that this is the "Manuscript of Memorial to My Nephew" written by the former Yan Zhenqing."
Zhao Xu nodded and said: "Yes, when the country is in trouble, we miss our loyal ministers!"
"Every time I think about this, I always think of those virtuous ministers and generals from past dynasties who protected the young master and helped the country."
Liu Weijian swallowed.
Of course he could hear the implication of this young master's words - Where are my loyal ministers?
And this is closely related to the government affairs in the court.
Last month, the case of Li Yong was hurriedly concluded, but it ended with a start and a finish. At that time, some people in power said: This will definitely be a disaster in the future!
Therefore, we firmly oppose the two prime ministers and Xini and demand a thorough investigation.
Because all fools know that this young master has a good memory and loves to hold grudges.
You, the Lu family and the Han family, are the prime ministers and have close relations with the royal family. Naturally, you are not afraid of being listed on the list in the future - the big deal is that the board will be raised high and fall gently at the end.
But we are afraid!
However, in the end, he could not defeat the two prime ministers and the empress dowager in the palace.
On this matter, others can remain silent.
As a retainer who has served the Zhao family for three generations since Yingmiao, he has been passed down from generation to generation.
Liu Weijian could not remain silent.
Because he is a slave!
The emperor's family slave!
There are only a few ministers in the entire inner court who can call themselves "slaves" in front of the emperor and the two palaces.
In this Song Dynasty, where being a slave is hard to come by.
Being able to call yourself a 'slave' in front of the emperor is a privilege and status in itself.
The rights and obligations are equal.
Now that you are called a 'slave', there is no room for maneuver in many things.
There was no other way, Liu Weijian could only say cautiously: "Everyone, there are still many loyal ministers and good generals in the court."
"For example, Duke Kang and Duke Shen are loyal ministers."
Zhao Xu smiled.
"Loyal minister?"
"Is there such a loyal minister?"
"Today, the capital hall drafted an official report and asked for the minister to be informed that Jeju Duan Jilong will stop!"
"On the contrary, Cai Jing, the powerful magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture, was fined thirty kilograms of copper!"
"Duan Jilong's punishment is still worse than Cai Jing's!"
"Haha..." Zhao Xu sneered.
The temperature in Donghe dropped suddenly, and the female officials and ministers present felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave.
What Zhao Xu said makes sense.
The so-called suspension means suspension for inspection.
Generally speaking, once the limelight is over, you can continue to work as an official.
But the bronze penalty is different!
This is real punishment!
According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, people who committed crimes, were whipped, or even sentenced to prison terms, could pay copper as compensation for their crimes.
Twenty kilograms of copper can almost offset a year's imprisonment.
In other words, Cai Jing's fine of thirty kilograms of copper is equivalent to telling the world that this official has done something that will lead to a year and a half in prison.
Of course, this is a popular view.
In fact, in official circles, it is very common for officials to be fined copper if they do something wrong.
There is no minister who has not been restrained and above who will not be fined copper.
Including Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, they were all punished.
During the Yuanfeng era, Zhao Xu's father even invented the initiative of asking prime ministers to pay fines of copper to test their obedience.
Therefore, the fine of copper in the officialdom is basically equivalent to self-imposed punishment of three cups, and this will not be the case in the future.
However, if Zhao Xu wanted to use the topic to his advantage, he would be right.
The one who started making figurines will only be stopped.
The people around me will be fined copper if they haven't done anything.
It's normal for him to lose his temper.
If you don't lose your temper, others may still feel angry.
Liu Weijian came to Funing Palace today with the mission of appeasing him.
Therefore, the old minister immediately said: "Everyone, you don't know something. Duan Jilong's name is Le Ting, but in fact he never uses it."
No one dares to use this official who has created such a big problem.
Even his son Duan Chuyue will soon be exiled and will never be able to return to Beijing in this life.
To be honest, if it weren't for the fear of triggering a court dispute.
This further affects the current political situation. Neither Lu Gongzhu nor Han Jiang are too lazy to care about such nonsense!
But there is no way!
This thing is too dangerous.
How many people in this court can withstand investigation?
If it expands further and pulls out the carrots and brings out the mud, it will be difficult for everyone.
It is more likely that some people who don't want to see it will take the opportunity to cause trouble.
For example, Pu Zongmeng, Lu Huiqing and even brothers Wang Anshi and Wang Anli.
If these people seize the opportunity, they will return to the court.
Everyone, just stop playing.
Wait for the fight!
This is why Lu Gongzhu and Han Jiang were able to convince Qingshou Palace.
Wang Anshi Pai is better than anything else.
"As for Quan Zhi Kaifeng Mansion, the old slave is in the Qingshou Palace. I heard from the Cisheng of the two palaces that this year everyone should express their gratitude during the Shenglong Festival... and the pavilions will be built as Tianzhang Pavilion..."
Give him a slap and a red date.
Moreover, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Emperor's Holy Festival, no one can say anything idle - the Great Song Dynasty's ancestral system, holy festivals, and ceremonies are all opportunities for rain to fall and extend grace to the world.
Naturally, the scholar-bureaucrats who led the people to reform and served as role models for the people should have the first priority in enjoying this rain and dew.
The emperor's close confidants are naturally more equal than others and should enjoy priority.
Zhao Xu chuckled and said: "Old Qianjie, don't think I don't know..."
"The Crown Princess has also benefited!"
He wanted Liu Weijian to come out and say good things to appease Zhao Xu.
The Crown Princess Zhu naturally had to give priority to comforting her.
So, this morning, I issued a decree.
As a posthumous gift to the deceased brother of the Crown Princess, the third class palace directly appointed Yu as the reserve envoy.
He was also given the title of Crown Princess Zhu’s only living brother and the one with the best relationship with her. He was appointed as the enshrinement officer in Dongtou and appointed as the guardian of the imperial palace.
Gave him a fat job!
Zhao Xu naturally knew about these things through Feng Jing a long time ago.
The source of the information is Liu Weijian who is now in front of Zhao Xu.
He immediately informed Feng Jing, who was making breakfast for Zhao Xu in the imperial kitchen, through the channels in the imperial kitchen.
Then, Zhao Xu learned everything while having breakfast.
At this time, Liu Weijian immediately bowed and said: "Everyone, the court favors the concubine's relatives for the sake of the concubine's face."
Zhu is easy to bribe.
Look!
One was given as a posthumous gift to the treasury officer, and the other was given to a fat servant and then sent away.
It's typical to be sold by someone and still give someone money.
Therefore, it is not without reason that Zhao Xu has not interfered with the marriage of the empress dowager, and at the same time deliberately distanced himself from the Zhu family and got closer to the empress dowager.
This is protecting the Zhu family!
Otherwise, no one knows what kind of jokes Zhu and her family can make.
How many people should use it as a gunman?
Even now, whether in the cotton fields on Xihe Road or the sugar cane gardens in Guangxi.
As far as Zhao Xu knows, there are people from the Ren family and the Zhu family.
No one cares about these guys even if they are having fun and drinking every day and playing music every night.
The typical thing is to keep it and throw it out to ward off disaster if there is a thunderstorm.
Zhao Xu didn't care either.
Anyway - neither the Ren family nor the Zhu family have any blood connection with Zhao Xu.
Crown Princess Zhu’s real name is Cui!
The Zhu family is the stepfather and the Ren family is the adoptive father.
As for partial birth, because Zhu was raised in the Ren family since she was a child, she is actually more closely related to the Ren family, and then to the Zhu family after her mother remarried. As for the Cui family?
There was no grace of upbringing, let alone any ties of family ties, but passers-by reluctantly recognized this relative due to etiquette.
But I never took it to heart.
And these are all Zhu's relationships and have nothing to do with Zhao Xu at all.
Some of them I have never seen even a few times in my previous life, and every time I hear their names, I always associate them with so-called relatives who are in trouble.
What good impression can Zhao Xu have?
Of course, superficial face-saving work still needs to be done.
Therefore, Zhao Xu just hummed and said nothing more about this matter.
Anyway, if Ren's family has made a mess, don't point your fingers at him to clean it up.
Whose ass will be wiped?
If you can't wipe it off, just walk around.
Just like he did in his previous life.
If the Ren family and the Zhu family do bad things, they can save their lives, but that's all.
Zhao Xu chuckled lightly and said in a strange tone: "The princes in the court are naturally good at speaking nice things." He looked like he was still aggrieved.
"But why, I just want to do something, save some money for the two palaces, build a garden, and give it to my mother-in-law, so that my mother can have fun and enjoy it in the future..."
"People outside are just chattering and talking non-stop?"
The "Bianjing Academy" project in Jing'anfang was officially announced in the Bianjing Newspaper three days ago. The most eye-catching policy is to establish a nine-year consistent government elementary school and primary school.
And those who graduate from primary school can pass the exam and those with excellent scores can enroll in Kaifeng Fufu School.
As soon as this matter became public.
The ruling and opposition parties are in a state of shock.
Because, they really have a cow studying in Kaifeng Fufu!
Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, Kaifeng Fuxue has been a shortcut to the imperial examination.
Because the difficulty of the test here is the lowest in the world.
At the same time, the number of tributes here ranks first in the world.
Even Wang Anshi's reforms could not be shaken, and they even strengthened the status of Kaifeng Fuxue - students of Fuxue who passed the examination could be directly promoted to Taixue.
Taixue students in Taixue, after further studies and promotion to Shangshe, can pass the examination in Shangshe and be awarded official positions in the same way as Jinshi.
And his origin is regarded as a Jinshi.
The first place in Taixue can even be ranked higher than Jinshi.
However, most of the students in Kaifeng Fuxue were direct descendants of those who were officials or above in Beijing, as well as relatives and friends of those who were waiting for the throne.
Now, under Zhao Xu's instructions, Cai Jing wanted to sell the house in Jing'anfang, and actually used the Kaifeng Prefectural School quota that these people regarded as a treasure as a gimmick.
Can these people not be angry?
Zhao Xu knew that there must be many scholar-bureaucrats who would be so disgusted that they could not sleep because of this matter.
Because Zhao Xu instigated Cai Jing to do this thing, in the eyes of these people, it is probably equivalent to the young people in modern times suddenly discovering that the girl he spent countless efforts to finally date appears in the domestic area...
It’s dirty!
Naturally, criticism followed.
There will definitely be a frying pan over there at Yushitai.
Regardless of whether the new party or the old party, they may share the same enemy on this matter.
But Zhao Xu will not give them this chance!
Li Yong's case is his catch!
So, Zhao Xu started to ramble.
"I have neither raised taxes...nor business taxes..."
"I ordered the Kaifeng Prefecture to buy every house in Jing'anfang from the common people at market price. That is, the ancestral houses of those criminal officials were confiscated according to the law..."
"Even when the imperial army demolished and built buildings, they were given rewards based on market prices."
"In Jing'an Square, brick by brick, I ordered people to buy them with merchants at the market price."
"I just want to ask the Kaifeng Mansion to sell some houses and raise money for the mother-in-law, who will have fun in the future and maintain the garden for the rest of her life..."
"What's wrong with me?"
"Now, people outside are actually saying that I am competing with the people for profit..."
"What's more, they actually said that there are villains and traitors around me..."
"If I want to compete with the people, why should I abolish the Market Change Law? Why should I buy the Embankment Department? Why should I abolish the city entry tax in Bianjing?"
"Is there a villain or traitor around me?"
"I want to build a garden for my mother-in-law and my mother-in-law, but there are villains and treacherous officials who are deceiving me..."
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When Zhao Xu said these things to Liu Weijian in front of many people in Donghe, he naturally never thought of keeping them secret.
In the eyes of some smart people - this is actually Zhao Xu encouraging leaks.
So soon, what happened in Dongheli of Funing Palace was spread to Qingshou Palace.
After hearing this, both palaces fell into silence.
Especially the Empress Dowager, she felt guilty in her heart - no matter how nice she said it in front of her grandson at the beginning, what happened later was so embarrassing.
But there is nothing she can do!
Han Jiang and Lu Gongzhu both came to plead for mercy.
Not only that, many people who were closely related to the Gao family also came to the palace to intercede with her through their connections.
Moreover, as the two prime ministers played Wang Anshi's card one after another, she was really afraid, afraid that Wang Anshi would take the opportunity to return to the court.
Plus, she didn't want to cause any big scandal before Holy Day.
That case had to be closed in a hurry.
Of course, this is all superficial.
Privately, both prime ministers have promised that no one involved in the case will escape!
Will definitely be severely punished!
They only asked that it not be dealt with publicly.
Therefore, Sun Sheng was first released and then demoted.
The same is true for Liu Fengshi.
The same goes for Duan Jilong and his son.
The merchant named Li Yong would naturally be charged with a crime later, and his property would be confiscated and he would be exiled to Salmon Island.
However, she was always worried.
She was worried that her grandson would have a biological relationship with her.
Now, after hearing what happened at Funing Hall, she finally let go of her worries.
My grandson still has her as his great-mother in his heart.
have a look!
I still remember when I promised to build a beautiful garden for her to play in in the future.
A heart of filial piety, so sincere!
What do the ministers outside think?
Even the official family's filial piety project for the mother-in-law and the queen must be interfered with?
So, after a moment of silence, the Queen Mother broke the silence: "Queen Mother, how should this matter be?"
"Why don't you invite all the ministers to come to the palace to discuss it?" he suggested to the Queen Mother.
