After accompanying Empress Dowager Xiang to have breakfast, Shi De came to report that Liang Congji had already controlled the Chenliu County Prison and rescued Zong Ze.

After hearing this, Zhao Xu just said no.

He was not surprised by this!

Liang Congji was an insidious minister who crawled out of the pile of dead people. If Zhao Xu hadn't been worried that he would die of pain all day long like Qin Han in his later years in pain, just like Qin Han.

So he issued an edict in advance to return to Bianjing to retire, otherwise he would still lead troops on Fuyan Road.

Such a member is more than enough to suppress a small Chenliu County when he is in his prime.

However, Empress Dowager Xiang was very concerned about Zong Ze and asked a lot of questions. Until she confirmed repeatedly that Zong Ze was not injured, she just stayed in the prison for the middle of the night before she felt relieved.

But after Shi Deyi finished reporting, he did not leave. Instead, he kept holding his eyes and glanced at Zhao Xu carefully.

Zhao Xu understood as soon as he saw it and asked, "Everyone knows there is something else?"

Shi Deyi immediately thrust, knelt down and bowed: "I'm sure that this morning, the Inquiry Office received reports from various places in the government, saying that it was in Taikang, Fugou, Kaocheng and other places, and there were cases of clerks hurting people in the past two days..."

Although he was prepared, Zhao Xu was still surprised.

Queen Mother Xiang widened her eyes even more.

It is not unusual for clerks to hurt people, but it is rare to appear in groups.

Although Empress Dowager Xiang was not proficient in common politics, she had been in charge of the government for more than two years.

There is basic political sensitivity, so I asked: "Shi Deyi, why are the clerks in the government so rampant?"

One or two clerks hurt people alone, which is accidental and random.

But in a short period of time, a large number of similar cases must be organized!

What Zhao Guan family hated the most in his life was the people below who gathered together.

As long as someone dares to join forces, he will definitely strike hard!

Because the historical lessons tell the Zhao officials that uniting together means forming a party, and those who form a party are going to fight against the imperial power!

Imperial power must not sit idly by and watch this!

Otherwise, others might be able to fight for their own lives every day and end up being arrogant and ruining the imperial authority.

Shi De was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zhao Xu again, and then said, "It may be because everyone had recommended that Kaifeng Prefecture a few days ago to exempt all taxes from the county and towns in the prefecture area..."

Xiang Husband frowned and said, "This is the sacred policy! Why are they dissatisfied?"

Kaifeng Prefecture traded tax last year, and finally collected about 1.3 million guan.

Among them, overt tax accounts for more than 500,000 guan.

The sixth brothers’ kindness and righteousness are exempted from one body, which means that the court has cut off the flesh and made a profit and earned 500,000 yuan.

This matter was praised by the government and the country, and it was said that it was a good law of Emperor Tang.

Even the wives from the noble families of foreign relatives and noble families who entered the palace to mention this matter were well, and they also said that the people of Kaifeng Prefecture praised this and said that they were the benevolent and sages of the emperor.

So, in the heart of Empress Dowager Xiang, the clerks had already committed the death penalty!

Everyone said it was OK, but you didn’t say it was OK, and you still had to fight against the Sixth Brother’s Holy Power!

It seems that I am all impatient to live!

Shi De stammered and said, "Empress... what he said is very... Everyone exempted the taxes of the government, and inside and outside the government, they all thought it was holy policy..."

Queen Mother Xiang heard the problem from Shi Deyi's tone and frowned even tighter.

She asked, "Since that's the case, why are the officials in the palace dissatisfied?"

Shi Deyi crawled on the ground: "I am an internal minister, and I dare not discuss the affairs of the court!"

Empress Dowager Xiang looked at Zhao Xu's little face. Seeing that the child had always been calm, she roughly understood and asked, "Does Sixth Brother know the reason?"

Zhao Xu said: "My mother, my son once read "Records of the Grand Historian" and read the Grand Historian Gong: The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit."

Empress Dowager Xiang also read the record of the Grand Historian, and after hearing this, she immediately reacted: "What does Liu Ge mean?"

"It's probably because the court exempted taxes and stopped the officials in the palace from being good at fish and meat!"

Empress Dowager Xiang's face suddenly became angry.

When people encounter things they don’t understand or have never encountered before, they subconsciously substitute their past experiences, and then use past experiences, experiences, and knowledge to deal with these new things.

Queen Mother Xiang was born in the boudoir since she was a child and rarely contacted the outside world. After entering the palace, she rarely left the palace. Therefore, her understanding of the current Song Dynasty society is very limited.

Therefore, in the eyes of Queen Mother Xiang, what the officials in the government were directly understood as the Xiang family's managers who kept their masters behind their backs, extorted and exploited customers who cultivated Xiang's fields.

In the past, the owner turned a blind eye and let them go.

But now, the owner wants to do good deeds and accumulate virtue and blessings, so he ordered some rent from customers.

As a result, the things that make the owner happy and the customers happy make these cunning people unhappy.

So, they caused trouble for the owner in the farm.

Even injured and killed customers!

What behavior is this?

What should be done?

Queen Mother Xiang just thought about how she managed the family when her grandmother was still there.

When Empress Dowager Xiang thought about it this way, the murderous intent on her face began to become depressed.

Because she knew that generally speaking, things like family slaves bullying their masters only happen when a special thing in a family - when the male master dies and only the orphans and widows are left.

Now, isn’t this the case in the Song Dynasty?

The young master is suspicious, and the heroine is behind the curtain.

The servants below will naturally despise and despise their masters.

Therefore, he is bold and acts recklessly!

She originally thought that since the Sixth Brother grew older, she began to contact the state affairs and handle common affairs, and the prime ministers also began to come to Sixth Brother to obtain the order.

This orphan and widowed mother, the day of worrying should be over.

How could I think!

Even the clerks in the palace still regarded them as mother and son as nothing.

They even started to fight together!

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Xiang's face became even more ugly.

"So brave!" After a long time, she gritted her teeth, barely suppressed her emotions, and said this.

"Confront the emperor, confront the imperial court!"

"Are they going to rebel?!"

Queen Mother Xiang was raised under her grandmother's knees since she was a child, so she knew that in the face of such a thing, the master must make a thunderous reaction.

Never be ruthless!

Otherwise, the people below will become more and more demanding and regard the owner's tolerance as weakness.

A heavy blow must be taken!

And the target is some clerks.

This made Queen Mother Xiang a little more courageous!

"Shi Deyi, who is the two governments in the capital today?" she asked.

"I'm telling the Empress, today the East Palace is the right prime minister and the newly-departed former queen, while the West Palace is the Li Gong..." Shi Deyi reported.

Because of the rest of the temple, unless there is a military and national event or there is a decree to ask the priests to gather discussions, the priests in the capital will take turns to rest and take turns to pay.

"Let's go and invite the three ministers to Chongzheng Hall..." Xiang Gong ordered: "I and the officials will arrive later..."

"promise!"

...

Half an hour later, the three priests on duty rushed to the Neidong Gate.

At this time, Chen Shi just passed.

Due to time constraints, they actually started working just now and had no idea what happened?

So, when Guo Zhongxiao appeared, Pu Zongmeng stepped forward and bowed and asked, "List... Can you tell me what happened to the Empress and the official family issued an edict to summon us?"

Since Qingshou Palace began to say that it was ill due to Zhang Dunli's rebellion case, the actual power of the court has been accelerated to the official family.

Now, a custom has been formed in the court - when major events come to Funing Hall to request edicts and make detailed affairs, the court will report to the Empress Dowager Xiang in the morning court, asking the Empress Dowager Xiang to decide.

It is said that it is a decision, but in fact it is the priests who talk to themselves and report it in the palace.

In most cases, the empress dowager behind the curtain is: what my dear said is very much. Just follow what my dear said. Then, let’s do it according to my dear.

However, this is the first time after the Zhang Dunli case that the emperor and the empress dowager jointly issued an edict to summon them to the magistrate.
To be continued...