Chapter 71: Take a ruthless move

After hearing these words, Wu Ji felt helpless and said embarrassedly: "Shumi Wang, I am not very clear about the matter about the Empress Dowager. Please tell me in detail."

As a scholar in the Song Dynasty, he was also a scholar. If he didn't even understand the Empress Dowager of the dynasty, it would be a bit embarrassed. Wu Ji shouldn't want to say it directly, but when the military situation is critical, if he doesn't understand it comprehensively, he may make a mistake in judgment and will defeat the army. Wu Ji was ready to make fun of Wang Shao.

Unexpectedly, Wang Shao said something that surprised him. He only heard Wang Shao say, "Brother Wu, don't talk about you, even I, the minister in the court, only know some of the basics. Let me tell you in detail. The queen mother is a descendant of the famous general Cao Bin, the empress of Emperor Renzong, and the grandmother of the official family. She is skilled and proficient in controlling people. Anyone who wants to do it must choose people to do it, but she judges the situation and gains good reputation, and never shows up. Therefore, the ministers in the court are very afraid of her. Even Sima Guang, Han Qi, and Lu Gong are instructed by her and have to obey her. She is not less afraid of her than the official family. It can be said that the ministers in the court are extremely afraid of her."

Empress Cao was the queen of Song Renzong and a descendant of Cao Bin. On the surface, she was very virtuous, but in fact she was seeking fame and liked to whitewash herself. In today's words, she liked to pretend to be a b, and she was very successful in pretending to be a b. Cixi in later generations was far behind her.

Cixi was infamous for her life, and the harm of Empress Dowager Cao's actions was no worse than that of Cixi. The new law was ruined because of her, not Sima Guang and others. However, Empress Dowager Cao was famous and "History of the Song Dynasty" made her like a flower.

Empress Dowager Cao looked like she was in a deep palace and did not care about state affairs, but in fact she was interfering in the government affairs. It was her intervention that led to the failure of the new law. She was the root of opposing the new law. Sima Guang, Han Qi, and Lu Gongzhu were just openly and would use it as a gun for her from time to time.

As the new law failed, Empress Dowager Cao did two things, one was to demote Wang Shao, and the other was to dismiss Wang Anshi. Empress Dowager Cao was very sensible, skilled, and proficient in the art of emperors. In order to oppose the new law, she never jumped out, and would not accuse which new law was wrong. She focused her attention on the ministers who implemented the new law.

At that time, Song Shenzong's left arm and right arm were Wang Anshi and Wang Shao. These two people were very well-matched, both literary and military. The reason why Wang Shao was valued by Song Shenzong was because of Wang Anshi's strong recommendation. Therefore, the two people were well-matched, which was reasonable.

In addition, Wang Shao won a great victory in the Xihe Battle and closed the Western Gate of Guanzhong, so that Xixia could not send troops to Guanzhong in two groups. This was a very good victory for the Song Dynasty and had great strategic significance. If it continued to develop, the Song Dynasty would likely achieve a greater victory in a foreign war. At this time, Empress Dowager Cao took action.

Song Shenzong was preparing to send troops to Yanyun, and they were all arranged, so they were waiting to send troops. Empress Dowager Cao called Song Shenzong and asked Song Shenzong that he was ready. Song Shenzong replied that he was ready. Seeing that he could not find any fault, Empress Dowager Cao said that she was just "received congratulations to the south". The meaning was very clear, which was to prevent Song Shenzong from sending troops.

Reclaiming the land of Yanyun was too important for the Song Dynasty, but she said it was "just received congratulations from the south." If she hadn't said this deliberately in order to fight for power and profit, then she would have lacked vision.

It was under her high pressure that Song Shenzong was not allowed to cancel this operation.

Next, Empress Dowager Cao attacked Wang Shao. Under her instructions, Sima Guang, Han Qi, and Lu Gong were so generous that they could not be ruined, and they made the battle of Xihe worthless. Not only was it worthless, but it also cost the world the expenses, making the people of the world suffer, as if the Song Dynasty was about to perish.

With the momentum of success, Wang Shao had to be demoted. Emperor Shenzong of Song was extremely unwilling to accept it, but had to demote Wang Shao from the court.

When Wang Shao left Beijing, Empress Dowager Cao sent someone to appease Wang Shao, gave Wang Shao countless gold, silver and jewelry, and sent several jars of fine wine, showing off a kind face. It was really her to catch ghosts, and whether to release ghosts or to release ghosts. In the end, Sima Guang and others became notorious, but she was famous and praised.

When Wang Shao was demoted, Wang Anshi was isolated. As long as Wang Anshi was removed, the new law would die. Sima Guang and other opposition parties were greatly encouraged and began to build momentum to prepare to dismiss Wang Anshi.

As soon as the situation was caused, Empress Dowager Cao took action again. This time, she became even more insidious. She forced Song Shenzong's mother, Empress Gao, and Song Shenzong's empress came to force Song Shenzong to force Song Shenzong to force Song Shenzong to dismiss Wang Anshi. This is the famous three queens in history who interfered in politics and forced Song Shenzong to abolish Wang Anshi.

"She is a sharp sword hanging over the head of the official family. It may fall down at any time, but the official family is helpless." Wang Shao's voice was even lower. If it weren't for Wu Ji's good ears, he wouldn't hear it at all: "The reason for this is that she is not the official family's biological grandmother and has no blood relationship."

Empress Dowager Cao is not the biological grandmother of Song Shenzong, this is the most deadly thing. If she is not satisfied, she will be deposed by Song Shenzong.

Blood ties are very important. This has been proven by history, and Emperor Wu of Han is a living example.

Everyone knows that there was a Queen Mother Dou in the Han Dynasty. She was the grandmother of Emperor Wu of Han. Although she opposed Emperor Wu of Han's reforms, she smashed the "Jianyuan Revolution" of Emperor Wu of Han and forced several ministers who were valued by Emperor Wu of Han to commit suicide. She ultimately did not kill Emperor Wu of Han because she was her grandson.

At that time, Emperor Wu of Han was in a very delicate situation. Rumors of Empress Dowager Dou's deposed Emperor Wu of Han were everywhere. Many people even thought it was a good opportunity to please Empress Dowager Dou and sent assassin to assassinate Emperor Wu of Han. However, they did not expect that Empress Dowager Dou would destroy these people. Her logic was very simple: No matter how wrong Emperor Wu of Han was, even if he was wrong or wrong, he would still be my grandson. If he wanted to beat, scold, and cut off, he had to do it. You could not take action. If you dare to be unfavorable to my grandson, I would destroy you.

Song Shenzong did not have such favorable conditions. Song Renzong had three sons, but all died young, so he had to choose one of the royal families to become the emperor. This person was Song Yingzong, the father of Song Shenzong.

It is precisely because of this lack of blood relationship that Empress Dowager Cao forced Empress Gao and Empress Xiang to put pressure on Song Shenzong, and Song Shenzong had to surrender and had to stop Wang Anshi.

Empress Dowager Gao is the biological mother of Song Shenzong, and Song Shenzong is the husband of Queen Xiang. These two people are the least likely to oppose Song Shenzong. Even if they are dissatisfied, they will not add insults at that time and will take action at that time. They came forward because of Empress Dowager Cao's high pressure. The joining of these two people is fatal to Song Shenzong.

If Song Shenzong did not surrender and still insisted on reform, then Empress Dowager Cao could abolish Song Shenzong with great confidence and accusation: Your mother and your wife are all against you, it is hard tolerate your laws, so who else can you destroy if you don’t?

That's it, Wang Anshi gave it to him, and the new law died.

"I remember that there was a queen who ruled the country from behind the curtain in the Song Dynasty. She should be her in the same era as Sima Guang!" Wu Ji finally understood why Song Shenzong was so afraid of Empress Dowager Cao. It turned out that she was the woman who ruled the country from behind.

After understanding this relationship, Wu Ji thought of something deeper: "In this way, the new law is already at the point of life and death! Where is China going? Should it go to become stronger or go back to the past reform, be conservative, not enterprising, and live in the next battle!"

"That's right, that's it!" Wang Shao frowned even more: "If we fight well, everything will be easy. If we fight poorly, not only will we be sinners for the ages, but even the official family may be infamous for thousands of years!"

This is true. If the Song Dynasty cannot fight well this time, there will be Liao Kingdom in the north and Xixia in the west. The two countries colluded and fought from two routes. In the Central Plains and Guanzhong, it is likely that many people will die in war. The critical situation is more than ten times or a hundred times more than Yelu Deguang's entry into the Central Plains.

"This..." Wu Ji never expected that the situation would be so critical.

"The official asked us how many Western soldiers we transferred, which was not only trusting us, but also asking how many soldiers we had." Wang Shao raised his eyebrows and said, "This time, the official not only bet on the future of the Song Dynasty, but also bet on the reputation of the official family. Brother Wu, how many soldiers you said do you want to transfer from Shaanxi?"

The next battle is too important, it is related to the future of the Song Dynasty and the future of China. Whether it is to rise from now on, return to the peak of the Han and Tang dynasties, or to be in a slump, it is in this battle!

Song Shenzong was so brave that he had to put all the things he could put on. After Wu Ji understood, he was very moved: "Although Song Shenzong's reforms in history were not successful, it was regrettable. Unexpectedly, he had such courage! In any case, this battle must be fought well and cannot be failed!"

"Shumi Wang, let me think about it!" Wu Ji did not answer immediately, and kept paced around and fell into deep thought.

"It's time to think about such a big thing." Wang Shaozhong pointed and fell into deep thought.

The two of them fell into deep thought at the same time, and the room was quiet, and there was no sound except for the sound of breathing.

Time passed silently, and I don’t know how long it took. The two of them woke up at the same time. Wang Shao clenched his fist with his right hand and said, “Since that’s the case, then let the Western soldiers go to the north and abandon Shanzhou. If Xixia wants Guanzhong, it will be thrown to Xixia. As long as we win this battle, we will take back the land of Yanyun, and we can still destroy Xixia from the east. I will bear all the sins! Even if the nine clans are destroyed, I will bear them!”

This is definitely a devastating battle. If the Western soldiers were transferred to the north, the Western Xia would definitely take advantage of the opportunity to enter, take over the northern part of Shaanxi Province, and go straight to Guanzhong. If Guanzhong is lost, the opposition will definitely counterattack, and a huge crime will be deducted. Wang Shao is willing to take responsibility, which is really shocking.

However, Wu Ji denied it: "No! You must not transfer Western soldiers, even if you have one soldier or one soldier, you cannot transfer it!"

"The Western Army is known as the elite in the world. If the Western Army is not transferred, how can we win this battle? Unless Brother Wu has the ability to sprinkle beans and become soldiers." Wang Shao shook his head fiercely.

"I don't have the ability to sprinkle beans into soldiers! I have one ruthless move!" Wu Ji suddenly pulled out the barbarian knife and nailed it to the map, saying, "Here! Must take it down!"

Wang Shao's eyes were wide open, and he looked at the place where the sword was nailed to the barbarian knife. He didn't say anything for a long time. After a while, he screamed: "Brother Wu, you are too brave! Too big!"
Chapter completed!