Chapter 212 Zhao Xu: Is there something wrong with 'Zi Shuo'? Impossible(1/2)
!Absolutely impossible!
The two palaces took the bullet.
One copy per person, read it first.
Zhao Xu pretended that nothing happened and continued to copy the copybooks.
A quarter of an hour later, both palaces put down the ammunition in their respective hands.
Then, they looked at each other and at Zhao Xu.
When they found that Zhao Xu was concentrating on copying the copybook, they all laughed happily.
"In the past, Dong Zhongshu was studying and did not visit the garden for three years! The official family also had the style of Dong Zhongshu's studying!"
This is what the Empress Dowager admires most about her grandson.
Concentration is very good!
How prudent it is to remain calm despite the collapse of Mount Tai!
He smiled and nodded to the Queen Mother, and then asked the Queen Mother: "What do you think of what the censors said?"
The Empress Dowager held the memorial of Liu Zhi in her hand, thought about it, and said, "What Zuo Sijian said is very reasonable!"
He nodded to the Queen Mother.
Huang Lu, whom Liu Zhi impeached, deeply impressed both palaces!
really!
Huang Lu has never impeached a minister in the past three months.
At most, you can say something symbolically or follow the trend and impeach.
He has never done anything to impeach or supervise the prime minister!
It is indeed inappropriate for him to stay at Yushitai any longer!
The Yushitai must supervise the Prime Minister!
How can I be nice to you and me, the Prime Minister of Dutang?
However, both palaces lacked experience in how to get a censor Zhongcheng to take the initiative to surrender and resign.
So this matter is a bit difficult to handle.
In addition, Liu Zhi and Wang met each other and were both talking about the official (sixth brother) reading Wang Anshi's "Zi Shuo" in Funing Palace.
Especially Wang Qiang, who killed almost all the officials in one go!
Except for Lu Xizhe and Su Zhe, everyone else was scolded by him.
How should I tell the official (sixth brother)?
Although in the past few days, the two palaces have been slowly telling the officials (sixth brother) the jokes about "Zi Shuo" that are circulating among the scholar-bureaucrats.
However, the attitude of the official (sixth brother) is always smiling.
The most you can say is: "I got it!"
No one knows what he really thinks.
The two palaces were unwilling to provoke him.
After all, Lu Gongzhu and Wen Yanbo both said above that this matter should be done slowly and not urgently.
If you are in a hurry, it may be counterproductive!
After thinking for a long time, Empress Dowager Xiang finally decided to give it a try. She took Liu Zhi's bullet and said to Zhao Xu, "Brother Six, here is a censor's bullet. Let's take a look!"
"Oh!" Zhao Xu smiled and took the bullet handed to the Queen Mother.
Then, I read it carefully.
Liu Zhi's literary talents are of course nothing to mention, even when he curses, he is very polite.
After all, this was the leader of the Shuo Party after Sima Guang died!
During the great split in the old party during the Yuanyou era, he led the Shuo party to the last laugh!
Both the Luo Party and the Shu Party were slapped with numerous labels by him and his followers, and they were all expelled from Bianjing in despair.
And in the end, Liu Zhi rose through the ranks and became prime minister!
However, Zhao Xu was in charge and gave him a set of hemp peeling packages.
Finally, the prime minister and leader of the Shuo Party in the Yuanyou era was demoted to death in Xinzhou (Xinxing, Guangdong).
It can be regarded as revenge for Cai Que!
And Zhao Xu's feelings towards Liu Zhi have not changed in three lifetimes - very bad!
Because he is not like Lu Dafang, who can do things and knows how to get things done.
It's not like Fan Chunren, who simply took the blame for others, and was even forced to make many choices that were not in line with his true intentions.
From the beginning to the end, this Liu Zhi was trying his best to gain fame and reputation.
When others say east, he wants to go west.
You think the green seedling method is okay, but he can jump three feet high.
You said you wanted to reinstate the immunity from military service law. Liu Zhi immediately came to your door angrily and asked you if you still had a conscience!
But you want to say that he is a bad person.
Not very similar!
As an official, Liu Zhi was fairly honest, and his personal ethics were not as high as those of Sima Guang, Lu Gongzhu, Fan Chunren, Lu Dafang, Zhang Dun and others.
But it is true that he did not do much corruption. At most, he used his power to obtain many lucrative jobs for his relatives and friends.
But this was a normal thing in the Song Dynasty.
Except for Zhang Dun, who among the prime ministers in the past dynasties has not sought welfare for his relatives and friends?
Even Wang Anshi paved the way for his son Wang Yu's career for a long time!
There is a situation like Zhang Dun, where several of his sons, even if they passed the Jinshi examination, would not choose a good job for them.
Instead, they tried their best to suppress them and refused to promote them!
Zhao Xu put down the bullet in his hand, smiled at the Queen Mother and said, "Mother, this minister's literary talent is quite good!"
Empress Dowager Xiang smiled and said: "This Liu Zhi was a Jinshi during the Jiayou period!"
Zhao Xu said oh and said nothing more.
Empress Dowager Xiang couldn't help but ask: "Besides your literary talent, Sixth Brother, do you have any other ideas?"
Zhao Xu shook his head and said, "I'm not sure!"
"Not sure?"
Zhao Xu nodded, pointed to the text on the bullet, and said to the Queen Mother: "Mother, I feel that what this minister said seems to make sense!"
"Since the ancestors have set a rule, let the Yushitai supervise the ministers..."
"It must be a far-reaching strategy for the country!"
"Now that the Yushitai is not supervising, impeaching the prime minister is equivalent to cutting off one's arm."
"When my father was still alive, he always taught his children: big and small are in harmony, and differences are in conflict. Governments that have been carefully considered by our ancestors must never be abandoned, otherwise the country will be in danger of overthrowing!"
This is already the nth time that Zhao Xu has mentioned, ‘Father taught his children: small and large are controlled by each other, and different opinions interfere with each other, this is the ancestral system!’.
This is Zhao Xu's expression of his feelings - I admire the methods of my ancestors.
At the same time, the concept of two palaces is being implanted in a subtle way.
In order to prevent it, the two palaces just like his previous life, listened to some people's words, and ended up turning the court into someone's own words.
The two palaces listened and nodded.
Especially the Queen Mother, who touched Zhao Xu's head and said, "What Sixth Brother said is true!"
"What do you think, empress?"
The Empress Dowager said: "What the officials say, I think is very good!"
"The Yushitai should supervise the ministers and should not let others cover the sky with one hand!"
As a result, a unified opinion was reached.
At this moment, Zhao Xu suddenly asked: "Mother, I am a little confused about what this minister said behind the chapter..."
"Why would he say that it was wrong for my son to read "Zi Shuo" in the palace? He also said that the Yushitai could not correct the situation, which was also a serious crime!"
"Is there something wrong with "Zi Shuo"?" Zhao Xu pretended to think, and then shook his head: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"My father left quite a few copies of "Zi Shuo" in the Funing Hall! Moreover, many of the books have my father's personal approval and annotations on them!"
"How can Father Shengde read a questionable book and still comment on it and praise it?!"
To be continued...