Zhao Xu turned around and looked at Queen Mother Xiang behind the curtain.
Flashing back in his mind was the scene in his last life when he wanted to abolish the current empress dowager and when the empress dowager brought his biological mother to him.
Queen Mother Xiang has such a temperament.
As long as things don't burn her out, she likes to be friendly.
In modern times, according to the historical data that Zhao Xu read, she also tried to make peace with the mud after Zhao Xu died violently.
It's a pity that the effect is not very good.
As soon as the Empress Dowager Xiang died, Cai Jing used a Yuanyou Party Monument in his backhand to completely destroy all the efforts of the Empress Dowager.
This is normal. The old party demoted so many new parties to death, and the new party came to power and demoted more old parties to death.
If you say you don't want to fight, then you won't fight?
Is there such an easy thing?
However, I still have to give it to the Queen Mother.
Persuasion is possible.
Zhao Xu cleared his throat slightly, looked at the Empress Dowager on the other side of the curtain, and said in a low voice: "Mother, my father has just been promoted to immortality. The left prime minister is my father's buttocks. You should not be demoted!"
If even a person like Wang Gui is concerned about the face of Emperor Daxing, he should not be belittled.
So, what about those laws and policies that the Daxing Emperor did not want to abolish during his lifetime?
Who dares to give up?
Who dares to be like Zhao Xu in his previous life and ignore him, a filial son sitting on the throne?
Although the lychees from Lingnan are delicious, they can only be eaten for two months a year.
Think clearly!
After studying abroad for ten years, one of the most important things Zhao Xu learned in modern times is that even a piece of trash can be valuable in the hands of a real operating expert.
It's a good deal to trade Wang Gui's temporary peace for a rift between the Empress Dowager and Sima Niu.
Zhao Xu's words, neither light nor serious, fell clearly on the ears of the Empress Dowager and Sima Guang in this small hall.
This forced the Empress Dowager behind the curtain to give in.
Because she remembered an important thing - going too far is never enough!
What if, after her sixth brother carried out Emperor Daxing, she still persisted in stripping Wang Gui of hemp and punishing him deeply.
Even if the current sixth brother can't react.
Has he grown up?
This attempt to conceal the truth will be self-defeating if not done well.
So, she could only say angrily: "Since it is an official interceding for mercy, I will spare him the death penalty for the sake of Emperor Daxing!"
"However, national laws cannot be trivialized!"
"Even if you can't commit a serious crime, peel off the hemp, and remove the prime minister, the various crimes Wang Gui has committed must still be written down in the book!"
"Especially in the capital hall that day, he dared to say such nonsense and disregard the righteousness!"
"If Emperor Daxing finds out about the hatred that this old man carries, I'm afraid he won't be able to forgive him!"
This matter is especially important to the Queen Mother.
She must tell everyone in the world and tell Sixth Brother that what that bastard Wang Gui said in the capital hall has nothing to do with Lao Shen, the Gao family and King Yong.
This is all his own nonsense!
As long as Wang Gui's crime is written on the book of deposing the prime minister, it will be announced to the world.
Then, even if Brother Six wants to investigate in the future, he will not find out about this matter.
In this way, Sixth Brother will probably not delve into what King Yong has done in the palace since February.
Even considering her current attitude, she would not pursue it further.
The Queen Mother thought of this and took a deep look at where Zhao Xu was sitting.
The little official sat on the throne, and through the bead curtain, you could see the slightest hint of emotion on his little face.
This child is really a good child with a pure nature!
The Empress Dowager couldn't help but feel regretful and annoyed for what she had done to indulge King Yong.
Empress Dowager Xiang saw all those things and all the changes with her own eyes when she was in the palace.
Therefore, she took a deep look at the place where the queen was, and then came out to endorse the girl: "What the queen said is true!"
"What Wang Gui said that day is simply unworthy of being a minister!"
"What's more, he has failed to live up to Emperor Daxing's kindness and kindness to him!"
"It is really intolerable to the laws of the country and the laws of heaven!"
"However, considering that he is the prime minister worshiped by Emperor Daxing, considering the dignity of the scholar-bureaucrat, and considering the laws of the prime minister who were favored by his ancestors, he can be given a lighter sentence, but his crime must be exposed to the world!"
This is also the bottom line for the Queen Mother.
The dignity of scholar-bureaucrats can be retained.
You don’t have to punish him deeply, you don’t have to strip him.
However, the charges must be made public and must be clearly stated in the document - our two palaces are not blindly demoting the prime minister, but he has actually gone too far.
Seeing this, Sima Guang bowed with satisfaction and said: "The Empress Dowager has a compassionate heart, the Empress Dowager shows kindness to her ministers, and Her Majesty the Emperor cares for his old ministers. This is truly the blessing of the world!"
"I believe that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are indeed among the women of Yao and Shun. They should be regarded as examples of virtuous empresses in Qing history. In the history books of the future, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager will surely occupy a place for their good deeds today!"
As soon as Sima Guang's words came out, Zhao Xu's eyelids twitched.
Come, come, Yao and Shun are here!
The face of the Empress Dowager in the curtain finally dissipated from the original gloom after hearing Sima Guang's words.
Queen Mother Xiang knew without looking that she must be very happy.
Zhao Xu understood that even if the two palaces knew that Sima Guang was saying good things and flattering them, they would probably feel complacent because of Sima Guang's evaluation as "Yao and Shun among women".
reason?
This is what Sima Guang said!
What are the words of Sima Guang, who wrote a general guide to governance, commented on ancient and modern emperors and generals, and pointed out the gains and losses of the past dynasties!
This is the specialness brought by status titles.
A comprehensive guide to governance has accumulated a lot of political reputation for Sima Guang.
It also allowed him to get too many things that didn't belong to him.
…
The next time will become boring.
There was no longer the close communication between Sima Guang and the two palaces as before.
As a result, the process of the speech was almost completed soon.
Sima Guang stood up, bowed with the fluorine in his hand, and said goodbye to the two palaces and Zhao Xu.
At this time, Shi Deyi walked in slightly panicked from outside the small hall.
Of course, he might do it on purpose.
Otherwise, he should come in through the side door behind the small hall and go directly into the curtain, so that Zhao Xu would not see him.
Therefore, after Zhao Xu saw Shi Deyi's appearance, he immediately asked: "Shi Deyi, what's going on in such a panic?"
So, Sima Guang in the two palaces behind the curtain looked at the minister who came in from the side of the palace door in a panic.
Shi Deyi immediately bowed and said, "I will be punished by the death penalty if I violate the etiquette in the palace! I will be punished by the death penalty!"
"What's wrong?" asked the Queen Mother before snatching away the Queen Mother.
She now trusts and values Shi Deyi more and more.
It is true that Shi Deyi's control of the police can collect a large number of private discussions and changes in public opinion in Bianjing City, so that she can know what is being said outside the palace as well as inside the palace?
Shi Deyi immediately replied: "Your Highness the Empress Dowager, Your Highness the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty the Emperor..."
"Report from the Detective Department of the Imperial City Department..."
"The Prime Minister of the Left, Prince Gui of the Kingdom of Xi, has passed away!"
Um?
The two palaces behind the curtain exclaimed in disbelief.
Sima Guang stood up in an instant.
Even Zhao Xu was a little confused.
"What's going on?" he asked: "The left prime minister has always been in good health. Even though he was ill at home recently, he should not have passed away without any warning..."
Sima Guang nodded, it was indeed true.
Wang Gui is younger than him, and he has never heard of any illness.
Why did he die suddenly?
Could it be?
Sima Guang's eyes glanced into the curtain.
Although that kind of thing is unlikely to happen in the Song Dynasty.
But I can't say for sure.
Right?
When Sima Guang was studying history, he read astronomical amounts of historical materials.
Especially those unique books and treasures given by Emperor Daxing, which record various secrets since the Han Dynasty.
So he knew that since ancient times, when the royal family wanted to kill people, they did not need to use knives, and sometimes even jailers were not needed.
A cup of poisonous wine, three feet of white silk, and a piece of gold are delivered to the minister by someone holding a palace token.
Does this minister dare not die?
You don't even need to bring anything, the person just needs to give a hint.
A minister who is aware of his situation will kill himself after the messenger leaves.
Just like King Yue Yi, Taizong only said to him: You do it yourself.
He had completely understood it, and he would kill himself when he returned home, not even daring to splash blood in the palace!
What made Sima Guang especially sensitive was that during the period when Zhang Xianmingsu was behind the curtain, the prime minister Cao took advantage of him and was forced to death by the ministers around Zhang Xianmingsu.
Now, will the Empress Dowager who is hanging the curtain learn from Zhang Xian Mingsu?
Sima Guang didn't know and couldn't guess.
He could only look at the old minister who entered the small hall.
Just listen to the chamberlain named Shi Deyi play: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and the Inspector General: Duke Xun heard a ballad more than an hour ago and cursed him angrily.
Vomited blood and died!"
"A ballad?" Queen Mother Xiang asked curiously from behind the curtain: "What ballad?"
Can a ballad make a prime minister angry to death?
Is it too exaggerated?
But the curiosity in Empress Dowager Xiang's heart drove her to impatiently want to know - what kind of song was it that could actually make even an old minister like Wang Gui, who was scolded as a sworn minister, angry to death?
!
Shi Deyi took out a piece of white paper from his sleeve, held it in his hand, and presented it to Zhao Xu's case.
Zhao Xu looked down and became happy, then sent it to the curtain and showed it to the Queen Mother.
He took it from the Queen Mother and put it in front of him, and his expression suddenly became strange.
Then she brought the paper to the Empress Dowager in person: "Your Majesty, take a look!"
The Empress Dowager read it once and laughed.
"This is what is called a thousand words, what is called a man's word is like a knife!"
She looked at the veteran minister standing in the palace through the curtain and ordered: "Liang Weijian, take it to Sima Xianggong to see how the prime minister worshiped by the Daxing Emperor and the prime minister in the capital hall are.
What kind of person do the people of Bianjing think?"
So, the piece of paper was sent to Sima Guang by Liang Weijian.
When Sima Guang spread it out and took a look, his expression suddenly became extremely wonderful.
On paper, it is a ballad with barely adequate literary talent but witty lyrics.
The poem says: Zuo Xiang is a son of a wealthy country. He has no name but money in his life. Nuonuo is trying to defeat Wang Tejin. He is diligently keeping Zhang for observation. There is no talk on the railing well. There is no counting of years in the government hall. There is no land in Dongfu.
No authority is required for full authority!
There is another line of writing on the paper: I also heard that recently someone was singing songs day and night outside Zuo Xiang's Mansion: Yu Yu Yu Yu is full of energy, except for being empty, and everything is complete.
Every word is like a sword, every sentence is like an arrow.
Sima Guang felt that if he were Wang Gui, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood if he heard the people of Bianjing singing such a song that completely denied and overturned his life!
This is an intolerable shame for a scholar-bureaucrat!
Note: This ballad by the citizens of Bianjing was circulated after Wang Gui's death.
I have changed the first two sentences and the last title here.
The original text of the first two sentences is: The grand master gave Sun Jian to his descendant, who has no name but money.
Wang Tejin is Wang Anshi, he is the elder of Tejin, Sikong.
In the original text, Zhang Guan was Song Zhaoxuan, also known as Song Yongchen. However, at this time, because the sixth brother recalled Song Yongchen to the palace and wanted to open the Embankment Division for buying, Song Yongchen's taunting effect failed, and the Bianjing people automatically focused their fire on the highest-ranking person.
The internal minister was Zhang Maoze. At this time, Zhang Maoze, the Yaojun official, was the Lizhou Observer, so he was generally called Zhang Observer.
This thing is particularly interesting.
The Wang family later went to the government to sue the government because of this incident, and the lawsuit was brought before Cai Jing. They were watched by countless people in the government office, which caused a roar of laughter.
Even Cai Jing laughed along with him, which shows the difference in reputation of the Wang family.
