While the two were chatting and joking, they saw Zhang Qi coming in with a letter and a serious look on his face: "Young Master, Mr. Lu has summoned you. Please come to the court immediately to mediate."

Su You was at home on leave these days and didn't know what Mr. Lu was talking about. After he took the post and read it, he opened the imperial edict that came with the letter, and his expression suddenly became solemn: "Mr. Han This was done wrong!”

Seeing Cai Jing watching eagerly, Su You handed him the letter and the imperial edict: "Yuan Chang, please take a look at it too."

Cai Jing took it and looked at the imperial letter first, and saw what was written above: "Han Wei, the minister under the sect, reported to Fan Bailu in person that he had done something wrong when he was appointed minister of the Ministry of Justice. When the assistant minister impeached the ministers, they should be clear about the form and outline, and the merits should be clearly stated. They are not just oral statements. If you want to leave no trace, how can you be so treacherous and slanderous! You can dismiss your post and divide it into Nanjing."

The tone is very serious, which shows how angry Gao Taotao was when he wrote this imperial letter.

Cai Jing is also a shrewd person, and he understood the reason for Gao Taotao's anger in a blink of an eye: "Is Mr. Han admonishing the Empress Dowager to transfer the power of amnesty to the central government?"

This is another public case. Fan Bailu is also a descendant of the Fan family in Huayang, and he and Fan Zuyu are cousins. However, one of them embarked on the path of the Legalists, and the other embarked on the path of the historians.

When Fan Bailu was serving as the Minister of Justice, the verdict of a murder case was unfair. He believed that the murderer deserved sympathy, and asked the Empress Dowager to make a decision in the previous chapter.

Gao Taotao wanted to be a "female middle-aged Yao and Shun" and be "tolerant" in his actions, so he signed an amnesty order and changed the death penalty to exile.

When the officials of Dali Temple saw that Fan Bailu had won the lottery, they followed up one after another and dug up many death penalty cases. They tried every possible means to find reasons and sent them to Gao Taotao's court to ask for amnesty.

Gao Taotao did not refuse anyone who came, but the upright ministers in the court could not stand it anymore.

So Han Wei raised the matter when she was secretly reporting to Gao Taotao. She believed that Gao Taotao had granted too many amnesties recently and was suspected of violating the law. He asked her to give up her power of amnesty and hand it over to the two provinces for negotiation and implementation.

The truth is not unreasonable, but the matter must be looked at separately. First of all, is there nothing wrong with giving the power of amnesty to the two provinces? Moreover, expanding the power of the prime minister and reducing the power of the monarch undoubtedly offended Gao Taotao's rebellion.

Lu Gongzhu sent a message to Su You, asking Su You to reconcile quickly and try to save Han Wei.

After Cai Jing read the letter and the royal note, he concluded in one sentence: "It can't be saved."

Su You was already changing into court clothes: "Why can't we save him?"

Cai Jing looked indifferent: "Why do you want to save Han Wei when Mr. Lu is dressing up?"

This is heartbreaking to say. "Putting up a mat" is an allusion from Da Su's "He Fang Pavilion". Some people pointed out that in Da Su's article, Yunlong Shanren was an ordinary farmer and could not be called a hermit. Da Su's explanation was Just like the decorations on the banquet that can be seen but not eaten, they are just to elicit the discussion behind and make the article more readable.

Cai Jing went too far by defining both Lu Gongzhu and Han Wei as "decorations" in the court.

Seeing Su You deep in thought, Cai Jing said again: "There are so many great undertakings waiting for Situ Zhan, how can we use one Han Wei to make the Holy Lord suspicious?"

Su You suddenly woke up, yes, Han Wei wanted to increase the power of the prime minister, but he was the prime minister. If he defended Han Wei to the death, Gao Taotao might think that he was instigating it.

After thinking for a while, he said: "I understand, Han Wei cannot be saved, but he must be saved."

When Cai Jing heard what Su You said, he couldn't help but laugh: "That's exactly what Cai Jing meant."

Zhang Qi was confused as he listened. He was already smart enough, but he was still far from being a treacherous minister.

In fact, the meaning is very simple, that is, Su You wants to pretend to rescue Han Wei, but the prerequisite is to satisfy Gao Taotao.

When Su You arrived at the Chongzheng Hall, Fan Chunren was standing aside, and Lu Gongzhu was already trying to persuade him: "It is not necessary to have a detailed treatise on the secret treatise created by the ministers. Han Wei has always been popular, but he was suddenly severely punished, and the crime was not clear. I’m afraid that people at home and abroad will be uneasy.”

Su You finally breathed a sigh of relief. Old Man Lu did not dare to say clearly that Gao Taotao wanted to defend his power. He only said that "the crime was not clear", and Han Wei could still be saved.

He immediately raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, when discussing people in the court, you must carefully prepare memorials. In this section, Mr. Han is indeed wrong."

"However, this is a new system of the imperial court. Mr. Han just came back from outside. For a while, he broke the old rules. As Mr. Han is prudent, I don't think he did it intentionally."

"Suppose a court official uses the words of Han Gong's discussion to the Empress Dowager, composes a report and reaches the emperor, then one Han Gong has gone and another Han Gong has come."

"I don't know everything about the memorial between Duke Han and the Empress Dowager. I just want to ask the Empress Dowager to think twice about whether Duke Han's secret discussion is better in the form of a memorial or in a secret discussion."

This was an artistic statement. First of all, it was certain that Han Wei was at fault and gave Gao Taotao a reason for his attack.

Then he pointed out that Gao Taotao's behavior could not fundamentally solve the problem.

The third is for Gao Taotao to weigh Han Wei's suggestions and determine the political consequences of communicating them through official documents or discussing them privately.

If secret discussions are better than public discussions, it means that Han Wei is still mature and prudent and takes care of the dignity of the royal family.

Gao Taotao couldn't talk about this, because holding power was inconsistent with her current personality, but she understood Su You's meaning and said, "After all, her words are careless."

Fan Chunren said: "In ancient times, when the ancients sat down to talk about Taoism, they called the Three Lords, so they didn't need to have a document to do it! Now your Majesty just ordered the Wei to give oral instructions, so he thought it was not the emperor's intention. I was afraid that on the day of the order, people's hearts would be confused, so I said that your Majesty was suspicious of The minister will be expelled for his crime."

This damn pig teammate has the same character as your father!

Su You rolled his eyes wildly in his heart and said quickly: "Fan Gong is wrong in what he said. Han Gong violated the system. There is no doubt about this."

"The Empress Dowager is an old minister who has followed the late emperor Han Gong all the way since he was staying in Huaiyang, so she is just being tolerant and refuses to say anything. I want to thank the Empress Dowager for her kindness and leave enough dignity for the elders."

Only then did Gao Taotao feel comfortable and understand that Su You was on his side, and his tone began to soften: "Situ still understands. So what should we do about this?"

Su You reported: "Previously, Liu Zhi and others were increasingly anxious to attack Han Zhen. The Empress Dowager came out to approve the matter and said to Zhen that she was afraid of hindering the path of virtue, so she begged to go out in order to gain a way to advance and retreat."

"The Empress Dowager is so kind and kind to Han Zhen, so why not treat Han Wei the same?"

Gao Tao said: "But I won't be in court after all."

Su You hurriedly bowed: "Han Wei made a mistake, so he should leave. However, I would like to ask the Empress Dowager to treat him with courtesy and promote him to a higher rank. How about he write an edict to comfort him so that he can balance work and leisure, so that he can retire?"

Gao Taotao only needed to expel Han Wei from the court. Seeing Su You's approach, he said: "Then except for the bachelor of Zizhengdian, as for Zhihezhou, the public can make up their own minds."

Lu Gongzhu finally breathed a sigh of relief. The reputation of scholar-bureaucrats is the most important. If Han Wei were to be expelled from the court, either Gao Taotao's reputation would be in jeopardy, or Han Wei's reputation would be in jeopardy. This would be a big trouble.

He hurriedly said: "I will go down and re-write the prefix of the word. I will change it to...Ruzhou. I don't know if the Empress Dowager Junyi thinks it is appropriate?"

Gao Taotao didn't think too much of himself: "That's it, just order Su Zhe to be the poet."

Han Wei and Su Che were both moderates among the conservatives, and were both influenced by Ouyang Xiu. At that time, Ouyang Xiu's epitaph was written by Han Qi, Song Min requested the letter, Han Wei inscribed it, and Su Zhe made the Shinto stele.

On the "Yuanyou Party Member Monument" in another time and space, the names of the two people are also close together.

Su You quickly said: "Hello Ruzhou, Da Su has just returned from Ruzhou."

Gao Taotao couldn't help but chuckle: "Situ went to court on vacation. Is Su Yi's marriage arranged properly?"

Su You bowed and said, "Thank you, the Empress Dowager, for your concern. I just want to be light-hearted, so it's simple, but it's almost enough."

Gao Taotao was also raised in the palace, lived with Zhao Shu for many years, and then got married.

Zhao Shu never had a concubine in his life. Although he had several concubines, they were all granted the title after Zhao Shu's death. In front of him, Gao Taotao dominated, and the two gave birth to five children.

This is also where Gao Taotao admired Su You. Except for the eldest Su, who took a concubine, the rest of the Su family were monogamous and had a harmonious relationship. Moreover, Su You also clearly stated the principles of Neo-Confucian ethics and explained that monogamy is the basis of human relationships. reason.
Chapter completed!