Chapter 154: The face of the official
Zhang Dun's serious face turned cold, and he slowly turned around and looked at the two official documents.
He knew what this was before he finished reading it, because it was no secret. As we all know, it was just that many people didn't react for the time being.
Zhang Dun's eyes flashed with a sharp light, his expression of resentment, and he said angrily: "It's time to kill!"
Cai Bian knew that Zhang Dun was angry and pondered, saying, "I met Mr. Su early this morning, and he should have guessed it. I don't know what his attitude would be. If you let this continue, you and I will be afraid that you will be exiled. I will release Huang Lu and let them stop. Let me talk to Mr. Su and send some people out of Beijing to downplay this matter."
Zhang Dun looked stern, and instantly suppressed his anger, thought calmly, and said, "It's not that easy."
As soon as Zhang Dun finished speaking, Su Song walked in.
Su Song looked at the two of them and knew what they were talking about from their expressions, saying, "Since you all know, do you still want to continue fighting?"
Zhang Dun looked ugly and snorted coldly, saying, "You can't even mention the dirty things you did now?"
Su Song's lips moved. There was no way to tell the difference. The people involved in the past had almost died. He looked calm and said, "I want to know what you want to do!"
Cai Bian thought silently and looked at Zhang Dun.
If Zhang Dun refuses to give up, they will have no choice. If they really want to make trouble, the ending will be very unpredictable.
Zhang Dun's face was full of fierce look, and he hated Sima Guang and others to death. He gritted his teeth and his face turned pale. After a while, he suddenly became calm, stared at Su Song, and said coldly: "Mr. Su, it's not me who is embarrassed about this, but Your Majesty! You'd better think about it carefully and explain it to Your Majesty. If Your Majesty is angry, you may not be able to stand still!"
Seeing that Zhang Dun refused to tell the truth, Su Song took a breath and suppressed his anger. He turned around and headed to Funing Palace with a crutch.
Zhang Dun is right, the focus of this matter is no longer on this case, but on the official family!
Cai Bian looked at Su Song and left with a serious eyes and said, "What do you think the government will do?"
Zhang Dun was so angry that he wanted to dig Sima Guang's grave now!
His face twitched, his eyes widened, and he said in a cold voice: "If Your Majesty is angry, I will bear all the bad reputations and take Sima Guang's disciples and grandchildren together for thousands of years!"
Cai Bian's body suddenly felt cold. He knew that Zhang Dun could really do it!
And at this time, the study room of Funing Palace.
Zhao Xu was looking at the file of the "Dengzhou Ayun Case". Chenpi was not transferred from the Political Affairs Hall, but from the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, the Censorate, etc.
The case was too big at the beginning. After so long, the files of the Three Laws were much more complete than those of the Zhengshi Hall.
Zhao Xu looked at the repeated repetition of this case and fought over and over again, and shook his head secretly in his heart.
An ordinary case, not counting the big bosses of Shenzong Xiningchu, took two years, and more than ten years after Emperor Shenzong issued an edict, Sima Guang overturned the case, captured Ayun back, and sentenced him to hang.
It is said that it is a dispute over the "criminal law", but it is essentially impossible to escape party disputes. It is after this "Ayun case", the "New Party" was liquidated, and many people who supported Wang Anshi were demoted and retired from the court.
Chenpi stood beside him, talking about some things inside and outside the palace from time to time.
Zhao Xu nodded occasionally, and said yes, his eyes on these case files.
This case is not complicated and nothing particularly surprising. But the name involved in it is really interesting. All of them are big names, even if there are many biographies in later generations.
Zhao Xu looked at it slowly, and when he saw it at the end, he was suddenly stunned, his expression a little stiff.
Finally, there is an imperial edict, which is particularly eye-catching: the robbers want to surrender according to their questions, so there is no need to reduce the amount.
That is to say, whether Ayun surrenders himself or not, it is a death sentence and cannot be reduced or exempted.
This overturned the verdict of the Shenzong Dynasty. Sima Guang and others dug open the coffin from more than ten years ago and made the final decision with this sentence!
The reason why Zhao Xu was stunned was that in the end it was an edict. The sentence came from this edict, and this edict belonged to him!
The edict had an old but dazzling red seal, and he was the only one!
Zhao Xu looked at the edict and looked stunned, then expressionless, finally with a gloomy face and anger surged in his chest!
This was Sima Guang's verdict on his hand to overthrow Emperor Shenzong and changed the verdict to the "Dengzhou Ayun Case".
At such a time when the etiquette and law are so strict, "to rebel against the father with a son" is a great rebellion!
He finally understood why Cai Bian dared to put Huang Lu under house arrest, and he didn't come to him to explain!
Cai Bian had no way to explain, let alone say it!
If this edict is spread out, it will inevitably be a sensation!
After many years of incidents, even if Zhao Xu pushed it to Sima Guang and others, it would be difficult to convince the public! This edict, the "Dengzhou Ayun Case", would become Zhao Xu, and the curse on the head of the Song Dynasty court would hurt at the touch!
Therefore, the best way is to close the case silently and no one will mention it in the future.
Chen Pi looked at Zhao Xu's changing expression from the side, feeling extremely uneasy. Every time Zhao Xu's expression was like this, something big happened later!
After a long time, Zhao Xu took a deep breath, picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, suppressed his anger, and said lightly: "What do you say on the Qingtiaofang?"
Chenpi didn't know what was inside, so she thought about it and bowed and said, "Grandpa Su and Glory Zhang are all back. Green Tile House seems to have some disputes. Glory Su should be coming soon."
Zhao Xu listened and continued to look at the case file.
In fact, for him, he was not interested in the big hats under the Confucian etiquette and law of "son rebelling against father's words" and did not care about it. His anger was that when Sima Guang was young and did not take power, he had only left him a seal when he was ruling in his name!
It can be said that "the son rebelled against the father" was completely made by Sima Guang, and he deliberately left him alone's "seal"!
Not to mention that the edict needs to be subordinate to the prime minister and he has not taken charge of the rule, he at least needs to be stamped with the seal of Empress Dowager Gao in order to be effective!
But no!
Sima Guang, hateful!
A yellow gate quietly walked to the door and bowed and said, "Report to the official family, Su Xianggong asked for a meeting."
Zhao Xu looked up at the door, his eyes were cold, and suddenly he said loudly: "Just say I feel uncomfortable, I won't see you."
Su Song stood not far outside the door. Listening to Zhao Xu's words, he knew that Zhao Xu had already seen it and felt heavy in his heart.
Su Song stood outside the door without leaving.
Seeing that he was not leaving, Zhao Xu snorted, walked out of the study and strode away.
Su Song opened his mouth and finally did not shout.
Inside the Cining Hall.
Empress Dowager Gao, who has been "removing the curtain" for more than two months, may have been light and has improved a lot better than before.
At this time, with the help of Zhou He, I slowly enjoyed the flowers in the yard.
Zhou He was cautious and followed suit.
Empress Dowager Gao looked at it for a while and smiled with satisfaction, "You can't see such a scene without going through the wind and rain."
Zhou He could hear something in Empress Dowager Gao's words, and remained calm and became more and more cautious in his heart.
The yellow gate and palace maids behind them were even more trembling and did not dare to breathe.
After a long time, Empress Dowager Gao looked towards the Political Affairs Hall and chuckled softly, "Zhang Dun dug a big hole for him, and now he is in a state of great progress and retreat."
Zhang Dun wanted to advance because he deliberately slapped the emperor Zhao Xu in the face; if he retreated, he might not be able to protect himself!
Zhou He glanced at her quietly, then slowly lowered his head.
Empress Dowager Gao's face increased with joy, and she said, "Let's go, go back and take a look."
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Yan Prince's Mansion.
Zhao Hao is now sitting on the small bridge, holding fish food, and feeding goldfish in the pond.
Next to him was an old man standing, who seemed to be the chief of the mansion.
Zhao Hao sprinkled for a long time and suddenly said with emotion: "A heavy rain ran away better, and that's all that is left."
The old man knew that this prince was not as timid as people outside saw him, timid and fearful, and stood respectfully, guessing the meaning of his words.
Zhao Hao glanced at him and said, "Is it going to be lively outside?"
The old man then answered and said, "Yes. No matter what, the case was decided by the government. The new law faction was trying to overturn the case. However, Shuo, Luo, Shu Party and others opposed it and they were completely lost. The government was afraid that the government would lose its power."
Zhao Hao also found it interesting and couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
The new party wants to overturn the case, but the old party is suppressing it; but in fact, this case cannot be overturned. When you open it, the most embarrassing one is undoubtedly the young official who has just taken power.
"I guess there are still some people who haven't reacted. Go and talk." Zhao Hao said with a smile.
The old man's face changed slightly, hesitated for a while before responding, and turned around and left.
As time goes by, more and more people react, and many people have learned to write secret memorials to Zhao Xu, give advice and deal with this matter.
For example, Cai Jing, Minister of Justice.
Zhao Xu did not see Su Song, nor did Zhang Dun and Cai Bian go to Qingshou Hall to have dinner with Concubine Zhu.
The next day, the court and the country became more and more turbulent.
The situation suddenly became one-sided. The voice of the "New Party" asking for a reversal of the case suddenly became smaller, but more people appeared and spoke generously, wanting to overturn the case of the "Dengzhou Ayun Case". They were extremely anxious and described "Ayun" as an injustice for all eternity. If the court did not overturn the case, they would all give advice!
The development of this matter became more and more strange. Zhang Dun, who should have been the most difficult thing, had not yet moved, but Su Song was moving frequently.
One after another, I met many "old party" bigwigs, including Fan Bailu, trying to suppress the chaos in the court and the opposition.
The "New Party" also made a lot of moves. Cai Bian summoned the heads and minds of the six ministries and seven temples one after another, and demanded that the "New Party" be patient and not move any more.
This case cannot continue to be disputed and must be eliminated as soon as possible.
Otherwise, when the trouble comes to the court level, the four words "to use a son to rebel against the father" are openly revealed. Not only is the court shameless, but the official family cannot handle itself.
But the current court situation is extremely messy, especially because of the water control, many civil and military officials of Luzhou Prefecture along the river were transferred to Beijing. People with ulterior motives took the opportunity to mess up the water. The bigwigs of the "new and old" parties could not suppress them even when they came forward. The voice of "overturning the case" was getting higher and higher, and there were already people asking Zhao Xu to start a court discussion.
In early August, good news came from the east and west routes of Hebei in the lower reaches of the Yellow River. Most of the gaps have been blocked. In addition, there were no heavy rains in some days, and the situation gradually stabilized. There should be no major flood this year.
In the Chuigong Hall, Zhao Xu was the happiest to see this joint memorial from Zhao Si, Xu General, Yang Wei and others. He hurriedly criticized them, asking them not to take it lightly and continue to work hard.
Chenpi was beside him. Seeing Zhao Xu's mood improved for many days, he hurriedly said: "The water in the city has been basically drained, and the streets have recovered almost the same. Should I go out for a walk? I heard that Fanlou has released some latest dishes."
"oh?"
Zhao Xu showed interest on his face, then stood up and smiled and said, "Go, go out for a walk. By the way, call Fan Bailu, and Xie Lin, right? Let him come together."
Chapter completed!