Chapter 169 The style of the famous minister of Di Qing's defense battle
Di Qing is a soldier. Pure soldiers do not understand politics. In their world, black is black, white is white, right is right, and wrong is wrong. Faced with injustice, his counterattack directly brought the complaint to the emperor.
This surprised Wen Yanbo. He didn't expect that Di Qing had already become the minister of the West Government. He was still a second-tier official. He didn't know what it meant to be reserved. In the eyes of well-educated civil servants, the so-called "leave a thin line in life so that we can meet each other easily in the future."
No matter how fierce the fight is, the superficial harmony should be maintained. Bringing the matter to the emperor is tantamount to making the conflict public, and the result can only be a complete tearing of the skin and a fight to the death.
So when the internal prison summoned him to the palace for an audience, Wen Yanbo was determined to stick to the end, even if he was on the opposite side of the official family.
The heavy rain that had been pouring for months had stopped falling now. But it was still cold and damp in the palace, and even the officials wore silk shoes. After giving the prime minister the order to sit down, the two looked at each other in silence for a long time.
I heard Zhao Zhen whisper: "Di Qing is a loyal minister." For the king, this is a major premise. Only ministers who are loyal ministers will gain the trust of the king.
When the officials said this, it was tantamount to tying up Di Qing and putting an end to the matter. Di was a loyal minister, and those who drove away loyal ministers were naturally traitorous ministers. Wen Aiqing, you don't want to be a traitorous minister, right?
Of course, with Zhao Zhen's cultivation and level, he would not let his prime minister fail to step down.
However, he did not say anything and gave Wen Yanbo the opportunity to fight back. After a moment of silence, Prime Minister Wen Yanbo raised his head and whispered softly: "Isn't Taizu a loyal minister of Zhou Shizong?"
Tong Zha, the most intelligent man in the Song Dynasty, used a few words to fight back against the officials.
Zhao Zhen suddenly became speechless. How do you ask him to answer? If he says no, that doesn't mean he admits that his ancestor was an unfaithful and unfilial traitor. If he says yes, why did he wear a yellow robe and move to the Zhou Dynasty to become independent?
This is the arrogance of the scholar-officials of the Song Dynasty. They dared to openly use the founder of the country as a negative teaching material in front of the emperor. Their words were filled with the scholar-officials' scrutiny of imperial power and their failure to come." In the eyes of these famous officials and scholar-officials, what Zhao Kuangyin did
Because, no matter how you whitewash it, you can't get rid of the bad reputation of stealing the country and usurping the throne... Don't say it was forced by your subordinates. If you are really loyal to Sejong, you should die to defend your innocence!
Zhao Zhen could not defend his ancestors because all emperors required their subjects to be "loyal to the emperor and patriotic." So he could not say anything more for Di Qing... Wen Yanbo, who had long understood the emperor's mentality, believed that the officials would definitely be like this.
Speaking of which, this is also a dangerous move for his army. Even if he talks about the ancestors of ordinary people, it is an offense, let alone the emperor... But who made Di Qing, a bastard, complain directly to the emperor? He can only accompany him.
He committed two crimes together.
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After a brief moment of astonishment, the officials stared at Wen Yanbo closely, as if they had never known their prime minister. What was even worse was that his usually warm and genial gaze gradually turned cold.
Wen Yanbo recognized this kind of look. Ten years ago he presented Zhang Guifei's lantern brocade. After the incident, the officials had this kind of look... In an instant, he realized that something was wrong, and his back was soaked with sweat in an instant.
However, the officials have fallen into silence and no longer give him a chance to speak.
But it was absolutely impossible not to say anything. Wen Yanbo bit the bullet and said: "May I ask the officials how they should decide whether Di Qing should stay or go.
Zhao Zhen didn't speak, just looked at him indifferently.
Only then did Wen Yanbo remember what "accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger" means. How could he regard the longest-reigning emperor of the Song Dynasty as a sick cat?
"I ask the Holy Judge." Wen Yanbo's forehead was also covered with sweat, he stood up and bowed deeply.
This was forcing the officials to express their stance. When Wen Yanbo was on the verge of collapse, Zhao Zhen finally spoke: "The Qing family should go back first..."
Although there is still no decree, this suffocating duel finally ended. Wen Yanbo bowed deeply: "I will retire."
Seeing Wen Yanbo's figure disappearing outside the heavy curtains of the imperial hall, Zhao Zhen withdrew his gaze, his expression as gloomy as the sky outside.
After sitting for a long time, Zhao Zhen took out a secret letter from the jade box at hand. On the cover, he saw three big characters: "On Di Qing," and below it there was a line of small words "The secret memorial of Ouyang Xiu"
Touching the cover of the memorial, Zhao Zhen let out a long sigh and said: "Every word is correct, Ouyang Xiu really said it."
Standing beside him were Hu Yandui, the eunuch of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Shi Quanbin, the superintendent of the Imperial City. These two were Zhao Zhen's most trusted eunuchs. The former was fat and blessed, and he just whispered: "Sage, calm down." Then from there.
He poured half a basin of warm water into the thermos flask, soaked the towel, twisted it out, and presented it to the emperor.
Zhao Zhen took the towel and put it on his left brow bone. Whenever he was extremely angry, his eye sockets would hurt. The warmth from the towel relieved Guan Jia's pain a little. He asked Shi Quanbin: "Check it out?"
how's it going?"
"Several rumors mentioned in the Zhongshu Provincial Memorial", Shi Quanbin looked gloomy. His duty was that he could not ignore it like the former, and reported in a low voice: "The old slave has found out some
The eyebrows are improved." "..." Zhao Zhen remained silent and applied it to the right brow bone again.
"About the rumors about Mr. Di wearing yellow robes in the middle of the night, what can be confirmed is that he was actually wearing monk's robes." Shi Quanbin said softly: "As for the strange fire in the Di family in the middle of the night, it was actually that day when the Di family was making a fuss. It's just that
The housekeeper of the Di Mansion forgot to report it to the Kaifeng Mansion. At that time, the Kaifeng Mansion, Yin Wangwang, once led people to put out the fire, and only then did he realize that it was a misunderstanding."
"There is also the matter of the Di family's dog having double horns." Shi Quanbin said: "It is said that it did exist, but it was killed by Di Xianggong at the first opportunity, and the fasting was to ward off evil spirits."
"Haha..." Zhao Zhen finally showed a smile on his face and said: "It turns out that my general is also afraid of ghosts and gods." He smiled and asked Hu Yandui: "Old Hu, are you afraid of ghosts?"
"Afraid, of course I am." Guan Guan said with a naive smile, "But the old slave is by the saint's side, and ghosts and gods dare not get close."
"Hahaha..." Zhao Zhen was amused, shook his head, and said sadly: "Actually, the most terrifying thing in this world is not ghosts, but humans."
"I don't understand, this old slave, what's so scary about people?" Guan Guan asked strangely.
"People's hearts are unpredictable." Zhao Zhen sighed quietly, and suddenly said in a waning mood: "What's more, he has a criminal record...".
Hu Yandui and Shi Quanbin looked at each other, wondering if this was Wen Yanbo. If so, Wen Xianggong would be in big trouble...
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Returning to the political hall, Wen Yanbo's face darkened. Sitting in the custody room, he immediately ordered someone to contact the palace's secret source to find out if anyone had poured any kind of poisonous liquid into the official's family in the past two days.
In just half a day, he found out about Ouyang Xiu's memorial to the officials. Although the content of the memorial was unknown, the change in the official's attitude was obviously related to this. This shocked Wen Yanbo greatly... The reason why he had done so before
Dare to attack Di Qing without any real evidence, because the civil service team is on his side, even if some people disagree in their hearts, they will not speak for Di Qing.
The war had just begun, and the opinion leaders of the Song Dynasty were already on the opposite side... Fortunately, it was just a secret report, and no one knew about it, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
"Prime Minister, how should we deal with this?" Wang Yaochen, the Councilor for Political Affairs, asked softly, "How about we take a long-term approach?"
"You can't delay it too long, otherwise things will change." Wen Yanbo was extremely determined. He would not kill the tiger, but would be eaten by it. This time, no matter what, he must knock Di Qing down completely and make him unable to stand up forever.
Seeing that Wang Yaochen's face turned pale, Wen Yanbo snorted coldly and explained: "This rain is about to end, and the flood will recede soon. Once the flood passes, the two things that were suppressed will have to be brought back to life.
Mention it, when the time comes we will be too busy to take care of ourselves, who will be able to take care of Di Hanchen?"
Wang Yaochen knew that the two things Wen Yanbo talked about, one was the prison of Liuta River and the other was the proposal to establish a prince, both of which affected the nerves of the government and the public. It was only because of the interruption of the flood that
It stopped for a month or two. You can imagine that when the flood recedes and government affairs resume operations, those ministers who have been holding back all summer will burst out with energy.
To be honest, although Wen Yanbo accumulated quite a high prestige during the flood fight, it is very likely that he will fall in the subsequent political wave. If we do not seize the time and bring down Di Qing first, then in the future
The unlucky one must be Wen Yanbo.
Of course, this is what the civil servants themselves think. Di Qing never thought of revenge.
"How should we do it?" Wang Yaochen asked after unified thoughts.
"Alas..." Wen Yanbo sighed and said, "I can't tell, I have to use some means." He picked up his pen and wrote an order in a special notebook for the political affairs hall, but he didn't sign it.
Wang Yaochen took it and took a look, his expression changed: "This will be misunderstood."
"What we want is that he misunderstands." Wen Yanbo said coldly: "Why bother with a frightened bird?"
"The officials will be furious if they find out.
"Wang Yaochen said worriedly.
"Don't worry." Wen Yanbo said coldly: "I am responsible for this matter alone." He sighed and said: "Go find Mr. Han and let him take a look, and he will help you."
"And those ministers, ask them to submit a letter." Wen Yanbo continued: "When you are desperate, you can no longer hide it."
"Yes." Wang Yaochen nodded, looked at the room opposite, and lowered his voice and said: "Over there with Mr. Fu..."
"Ms. Fu is a virtuous gentleman, please don't bother him." Wen Yanbo snorted coldly: "He agreed to submit a letter in the name of Zhengshitang, which is already the limit."
I didn't sleep all night last night, and I really can't stand it anymore today, so I can only write this chapter. Pray to God that we can be discharged from the hospital smoothly tomorrow... (To be continued)