Zhao Xu took a sip of tea and said, "I will make a decision after the Queen Mother's funeral, so you should hurry up. In addition, let me put it aside for the military system, concentrate on sorting out the government affairs and ease the chaos."

Cai Bian was stunned and looked up at Zhao Xu. He felt more and more that the young official in front of him seemed to have something else in his heart.

Zhao Xu put down the teacup, looked at Cai Bian and said with a smile: "Su Xianggong is the prime minister after all, and he can walk around more than anyone else in the current court. If you need to ask for help, please help."

Cai Bian noticed that Zhao Xu had something to say in his words, and couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he stood up and said, "Yes, I'll follow the order."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, gave a few more words, and watched Cai Bian leave.

Zhao Xu watched Cai Bian leave, held the teacup for a while, and suddenly said, "Danime, what do you think of this Cai Qing family?"

Chen Pi didn't know what Zhao Xu was referring to, so hesitated and said, "The villain didn't think otherwise, just think that this Xianggong Cai is a bit too restrained."

Zhao Xu said, Cai Bian had the only talent, because of this excessive caution, probably because of the failure of the "new party" back then and the years of crackdowns against the "old party".

Zhao Xu thought for a while and said, "Ma Junsi, the commander and deputy commander of the Infantry Division, are still detained in the palace?"

Chenpi said, "Yes, it's delicious and delicious. I used to shout to see the Empress Dowager, but it's very quiet recently."

Zhao Xu slowly narrowed his eyes, his eyes flashed, and said, "Continue to keep locked up. If someone outside the palace wants to see them, let them see them."

Chenpi bowed knowingly and said, "Yes, the villain understands that he will make careful arrangements and will never make any mistakes."

Zhao Xu nodded, pondered for a moment, and then buried his head in the information.

At the same time, the storm outside the palace became more and more intense, and the power of the "royal guards" was gradually emerging, surrounding Zhang Dun, Cai Bian, Liang Tao and others, and began to slowly exert force to criticize Lu Dafang and others.

But this is not the point. With Cai Jing and the other four entering the palace, some people who were originally quite capable could no longer sit still.

Because - Lu Dafang and others are about to be convicted!

Lu Dafang and others have no choice but to be silenced, and not many people insist on "save", but how to convict has become the focus.

Lu Dafang was the prime minister, and among his followers, there were many "deputy ministers" who could be called the minister, senior officials from the three provinces, ministers from the six ministries, ministers from the ministers, ministers from the ministers, etc.

There are more than fifty people above the fifth rank. If the verdict is too severe, the court and the country will inevitably shake, and they will not accept it!

Su Song, the prime minister who was in charge of the funeral of Empress Dowager Xiang, and Erfan, who was "taking leave" at home, couldn't help it at this time and made continuous moves.

Su Song attracted Cai Jing and others, questioned them with a stern expression, and asked them to explain their ideas for the final judgment of the case.

While walking around, Erfan tried to influence the direction of public opinion, he tried every means to reduce the guilt of Lu Dafang and others.

There is almost no secret in the Lu Dafang case. After so many property were confiscated, no one believed in the light of their coming. In addition, various evidences emerged one after another, and the two charges of "corruption, bribery, and selling official positions" were enough to nail them to death.

Perhaps this crime is not painful to others, but as a senior official of the court and a great scholar of the times, he strongly demanded that the people of the world "restrain themselves and return to courtesy, be honest and self-reliant". As a result, they themselves are in charge of the stinking of money and are extravagant. How can the people of the world accept it?

Therefore, as time goes by, debates between the government and the public continue to ferment, and Lu Dafang and others gradually became at a disadvantage in the public opinion of Shilin.

As the night passed, the wind became tighter and the city of Kaifeng was full of discussion.

In a college, a group of young people walked together with books in their arms.

"Have you heard that? There is news from the court that I plan to decide the case of Lu Xianggong and others after the funeral of the Queen Mother."

"Gonggong Lu and others can't escape this time. If you find such a big case, I'm afraid that Your Majesty and the court will definitely punish you severely."

"Severe punishment? Isn't it that I'm sent to the capital, how can I punish it severely? There is no precedent for killing scholars and officials in the Song Dynasty!"

"Shh, don't you know? Your Majesty has killed two of them..."

"This... Your Majesty will not impose a final punishment on Mr. Lu and others, right?"

"No, no, you don't think about it. That's the prime minister, many ministers, ministers, and ministers. They really want to be punished. All officials are afraid and the people in the world are worried. How can your Majesty and the court handle themselves?"

"It's reasonable and good, but it's okay. Not to mention the real extreme punishment, I'm afraid even if I hear this possibility..."

"Haha, what's there to be afraid of? I'll just kill one or two people occasionally, but the prime minister is the prime minister, and His Majesty still has a proper position with the court."

"That's it, that's it, don't think too much, just prepare for next year's spring exam."

"What I said is that this time the storm is so big and there are so many vacancies, which is our good opportunity!"

"It's extreme, it's extreme..."

...

There is a row of tiles to the south of the Imperial College and the Gongyuan. This is a place where many teachers and students of Imperial College and imperial examinations from outside Beijing are rented by people such as waiting for alternate official positions.

The conditions here are very bad, with rain and air leakage everywhere, and ditches everywhere, and the smell is stinking.

A white-haired old man frowned and said to himself with a worried expression: "I didn't know if I saw the article I gave to Lu Xiang last month?"

A young man in his early twenties sneered and said, "Even if Mr. Lu saw it, what official position are you going to do? The bumpy journey from leaving Beijing, can you still bear it?"

The old man snorted coldly and said, "I have been waiting for a lifetime. How could I leave Beijing? I must plan my future in Bianjing!"

This old man is almost sixty years old. He was a Jinshi in the second year of Yuanfeng of Emperor Shenzong. He passed the Jinshi for half of his life and waited for more than ten years, but he has not yet obtained a candidate for office.

The young man just sneered, but was thinking in his heart that there must be many unlucky people this time, and there will definitely be one of them if there are so many candidates for the candidates!

Not far away, there was a man in his early thirties holding a book in his hand. Although his eyes were on the book, his expression was a little dazed.

He was Zong Ze, who just won the Jinshi last year. He went to the palace examination last year and ignored the rules and criticized the party struggles in the court, which led to many people.

This made him offend many people. Originally, he had hope of the third grade, but in the end he only got one last class and was "gived the same Jinshi as a Jinshi". It can be said that his career suffered a great setback.

Zong Ze's face was not discouraged. He was thinking about the major events that had happened in the government and the country recently. Even though he was not clear about it, from these messy things, he vaguely saw a vein, which seemed to have a faint point.

A considerable number of officials in the court were in a state of panic. The Ministry of Justice and the Imperial City Office not only arrested high-level officials such as Lu Dafang and his followers, but more and more middle- and low-level officials were implicated by them, including three provinces, six ministries, seven temples, etc., and there were almost no peace.

Their discussion was even louder, wandering around, exploring news in Kaifeng City, looking for backers, climbing each other, and continuing to weave the broken big net.

A large group of people quickly gathered around Zhang Dun, Cai Bian, Liang Tao, Cao Zheng, Chen Qi and others. Whether it was intentional arrangements or accidental outcomes, they were changing with the wind direction.

In the evening, Fan Chunren and Fan Bailu of the second Fan still left the mansion. The two met and came to Su Song together just a few words.

Su Song is now the prime minister, the only minister who still stayed in the court in the "former dynasty". He is the prime minister with the highest status and the most important one. Only he can make a difference in things like Lu Dafang.

In the evening, the weather was very stuffy and Su Song, who was pretending to be asleep, couldn't hold on and saw two people in the pavilion.

Fan Bailu looked cold and said, "Mr. Su, you should give us a brief explanation, right? The government, how do the court wants to judge Lu Dafang's case?"

Fan Chunren stared at Su Song and said in a deep voice: "Grandpa Su, there is no prime minister in our dynasty who has been sentenced to prison. You must know the severity of it and the influence of the country for thousands of years!"

Su Song was leaning on a crutch, with a expressionless face.

Fan Bailu opened his eyes angrily and shouted, "What are you thinking? You don't understand the truth about the rabbit and the fox! You don't understand such a big thing either?"

Su Song's face twitched for a moment, and he sighed heavily in his heart, saying, "Let's go to the palace with me tomorrow."
Chapter completed!