After several consecutive days of true filial piety, Zhao Xi's face was already livid, and now his face was even more gloomy.
Even if Wang Anshi is stubborn, he would not dare to violate the official's wishes at this time!
However, Wang Anshi also believed that Guofeng should indeed be killed.
Maybe it was just a matter-of-fact discussion at the beginning, but things changed later. It's hard to say whether someone took the opportunity to cause trouble.
During the days when Zhao Xi suspended the court, the nerves of the Imperial City Secretary had been tense, a hundred times more nervous than when the officials were in court.
Naturally, the behavior of the tabloids in Bianliang City is very clear, and even the social relationships of the writers of each article have been thoroughly investigated.
This shouldn't be considered the emperor's anger.
The next day, the whole Bianliang was in a state of turmoil. Each tabloid was closed down, and the scholars who wrote the articles were detained. A certain circle in Bianliang, which was originally quite lively, suddenly became silent.
For ordinary people, it is just one less gossip, but for the noble class, it is deeply touching.
What happened to the official family?
What could happen? Zhao Xi said something after deciding how to deal with this chaos: During the national mourning period, they had a lot of free time and were in the mood to cause trouble.
With this sentence, even the ministers and workers who had sympathy for these retribution and down-and-out scholars shut up.
The Queen Mother is newly mourned, Concubine Hui is dead, and too many old and important ministers have passed away during this period. Under such a situation, it is really not suitable to spread rumors and cause trouble.
Not to mention the Queen Mother, Ouyang Xiu was regarded as a leader recognized by scholars. When Ouyang Gong died, although not everyone was devastated, they still needed to show empathy.
Since they are all literati and members of the scholar class, they should behave as they should... Therefore, at this time, no ministers stood up to cry out for the grievances of the retributors and scholars.
The key is that if they were not scholars, the ministers and workers would not care about these low-class returns, as well as the merchants and scholars who made a living by writing fantasy novels.
The mood of the official family after the death of the Queen Mother and Concubine Hui was not something that a minister would dare to disobey.
A national mourning is a national mourning, but government affairs still have to be managed. The cabinet habitually talks about some political affairs in the conference hall at midnight, which can be regarded as a way to communicate with each other and prevent the government affairs in charge of each from being disconnected.
Zhang Dun was the last one to come, because he received a news early in the morning and had to go to the Privy Council for a tour...
"Prince, look at this..."
Zhang Dun's way of delivering the report was very casual, but his expression was quite solemn.
Wang Anshi was a little confused and didn't understand what happened to Zhang Dun. Generally speaking, matters that need to be discussed will be discussed by the cabinets in charge at the regular morning meeting, and the cabinets will discuss it together.
The affairs of the Privy Council are in charge of Zhang Dun. If a cabinet decision is needed, Zhang Dun should explain it. Zhang Dun can make his own decision without a decision. There is no reason to simply read the Privy Council's report to him.
"well······"
Wang Anshi was stunned when he saw it. He was a person with strong decision-making ability, but he didn't know how to deal with such a report.
"The second prince knelt down alone at the border, cried blood and asked to return to the court to pay homage to the Queen Mother and Concubine Hui..."
The death of the Queen Mother and Concubine Hui needed to be announced to the world. The second prince established a place of survival at the border between Annan and the imperial court, knowing that the news would be delayed.
I believe that the border does not dare to neglect the behavior of the second prince. Even so, it has only been a few days.
This is really difficult...
The dead are considered important, or funerals are more important than happy events in the hearts of the people. The Song Dynasty governed the country with filial piety, and the officials and even Zongzheng Temple did not say anything about the identity of the second prince.
What's more, the court generally believed that the second prince's departure to pass through Annan was the official intention.
Although Wang Anshi, based on his understanding of the official family, would not necessarily plan this matter in the way of brothers fighting against each other, but everyone was talking about it, and even he was not sure.
Zhang Dun reported this to himself... Since the prince was present, Wang Anshi simply made this matter clear.
Wang Anshi didn't think about what Zhang Dun had in mind. Zhang Zihou might be talented, but his morality and ethics were just that.
From Wang Anshi's point of view, this matter is difficult to deal with simply because it involves the royal family and the inheritance of the great unification, so it is not that it cannot be made public.
No one spoke, and Zhang Dun didn't even raise his head, as if this report was not for Wang Anshi.
He himself didn’t feel that he had done anything wrong. As a prime minister, shouldn’t he continue to deal with difficult matters?
"Dear elders, let me report this matter to the officials alone..."
Although it was clear that this was not Dad's plan, looking at the situation in the cabinet, everyone probably thought it was Dad's plan. The prince understood.
It is estimated that if it were not for his presence, the cabinet would have unanimously agreed for the second son to return to the court, right? After all, for the Song Dynasty, the unification of the nine states and the complete victory of Jin Ou were the established goals.
The new cabinet will definitely be happy to accomplish this goal when they take charge of the government.
As Annan was the original jurisdiction of Yongzhou, the second child may be a crucial chess piece in the eyes of the cabinet.
As the eldest and only son of the Duan family, the second child could not come in person at this time, which made Zhao Xi feel panicked.
Although we also know that the royal family is the royal family and cannot be the same as ordinary people, Zhao Xi is different from people of this era after all.
Zhao Xi hopes that Duan's burial will not be so miserable...
If it weren't for Duan's death at this time, the Queen Mother would have been buried long ago. Because Duan caught up with this stall, Zhao Xi secretly asked Qin Tianjian to postpone the date...
"What do you think?"
Now that it is confirmed that the prince will inherit the throne, Zhao Xi still needs to take care of his son's thoughts.
"Dad, the kid knows that the second brother's initial behavior was not directed by dad, and the kid also knows what dad thinks about his later treatment of the second brother."
"Because there have been a series of recent deaths of important officials in the imperial court, the fourth brother's eastward expedition has also been greatly affected. The boy was thinking that since the second brother is determined to return to the court to worship, it is better to take this opportunity to let the courtiers confirm what the second brother has done.
For purpose.”
"Yu Xiaoxin said that it is humane to allow the second brother to worship. Yu Yu said that having the second brother to support the coffin to see him off would not be desolate; Yu Guochao said that when the second brother goes far away, no matter whether it is the Jiuzhou of the Song Dynasty or the Great Song Dynasty,
Anyone who has a way out in Song Dynasty can use this time to rectify his name, and it can also promote the fourth brother's behavior."
"Although the boy doesn't know whether the fourth brother's departure eastward is related to the Northern Liao Dynasty, the boy knows that the father's purpose is to try to maintain the stability of the succession of the Emperor and the Song Dynasty, and also to set an example for the boy in the future..."
After saying that, the prince knelt down. Since he took over the matter from the cabinet, he must get a positive answer from his father, otherwise, his reputation will be damaged to a certain extent.
Therefore, what the prince said today was somewhat out of the blue. But he knew that whether the second brother could return to the court or not, his factors were taken into consideration...