Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-One The Playbook from Bian Shuai
Zhao Xu whined, this was a fresh excuse, turned to others and said, "Do you guys, do you have any other opinions?"
Too many people came to Zichen Palace today, but not many people really dared to speak on this issue.
Cai Jing looked at Su Song in front, Su Shi and others behind, Yu Guang glanced at Li Qingchen again, then looked at Zhao Xu without moving.
Cao Zheng, the minister of Dali Temple, stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "I call on Your Majesty. Dali Temple believes that the ancestors' law is not enough to punish corrupt officials. Please ask Your Majesty to come out of the Heavenly Constitution. Dali Temple and the Three Laws use this as a rope to curb corruption and restore the Qingming Festival of the Song Dynasty and the people to be happy!"
"I will discuss it!" Liang Tao quickly stepped out of the line.
As soon as Liang Tao came out, he followed with more than 20 people, and all his "officials" were discussed.
Everyone in the court watched, and their hearts were awakened secretly, and more people began to hesitate.
Conservative Lu Tao and others looked at each other with a serious expression.
Are there so many people standing on the side of the official family?
They woke up in a panic that there were more people who didn't stand up and probably wouldn't stand on their side!
Conservatives looked forward one after another, Prime Minister Su Song.
He could not suppress these people in terms of momentum, so he could only rely on Su Song.
Su Song was silent.
The conservatives felt a chill. Is Su Xianggong helpless?
Zhao Xu, who was sitting at the top, saw that the situation was good, and naturally felt better, but suddenly he realized something was wrong - he was in a dilemma.
Even if Su Song and others stopped talking, he could not speak out and really punish Lu Dafang, because the evidence and reasons seemed not enough, and they could not convince the court officials in the palace. As soon as they spoke, they would inevitably be filled with boiling.
Not to mention those conservatives, even those who stand on Zhao Xu's side, how much can they support him?
Zhao Xu's expression was still moving, but his mind changed: How to kill?
The atmosphere of Zichen Palace became strange again. The court officials did not speak, as if they were trapped in some silent stalemate.
Cai Jing took the opportunity and suddenly stepped out and shouted: "I think the punishment should be used! Lu Dafang's party, with more than 30 people, and the property of the monks was collected up to 13 million trump cards, which was enough to support officials across the country for one year! If they traced back to the past, their annual corruption income might be enough to support the army for one year! Such a huge corruption has never happened in ancient times! If the court could severely fight corruption, our dynasty would save at least tens of millions of trump cards every year. In this way, the treasury would no longer be difficult and the people would not be helpless. Both the country and the people were great good. Please consider it!"
The court officials all knew that Lu Dafang's party had collected huge amounts of property, but the 13 million trump card still shocked them.
This is one-tenth of the national treasury’s annual income!
Before the court officials could react, a censor suddenly came out and said in a deep voice: "I have a report from Your Majesty. I have a copy of Lu Dafang and I will submit it to Your Majesty."
The others did not respond, and Zhang Dun did stand up his eyebrows, turned around suddenly, and said coldly: "Lu Dafang was detained in the Ministry of Justice, and he was guarding the heavy army. Where did your memorial come from! You dare to use it and deceive the emperor in front of the palace. Do you know what crime this is!"
The whole palace was shocked.
Even Su Song and others turned around, but they didn't expect that at this time, Lu Dafang actually jumped out!
Zhao Xu had no expression on his face, his eyes flashed coldly, and he said lightly: "I won't pursue it for the time being, I want to see what he wrote."
Tangerine peel went down quickly.
Zhang Dun's eyes were like swords, and he was almost cold to the censor's heart.
The censor was cold and trembling. He was also forced!
The dried tangerine peel was handed over to Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu took the thick memorial book and spread it out to read it.
The court officials all looked at Zhao Xu, and they couldn't help but feel chills in their hearts.
Lu Dafang bullied this young official repeatedly, but he never took it seriously for years, only the Empress Dowager in his eyes.
At this critical moment, what will Lu Dafang write?
Zhao Xu sat upright and flipped slowly.
In this memorial, Lu Dafang wrote almost all about the "New Law", and the whole article describes the "great chaos in the world" during the Yuanfeng period, and almost all the responsibilities of what happened inside, inside and outside the Song Dynasty in recent years were to the "New Party" reform.
Involving internal affairs and frontier wars, although he did not defend himself, it can be seen between the lines that he was playing the image of a prime minister who worked hard, planned the country, worked hard for half a lifetime, and tried hard to save him.
Zhao Xu shook his head secretly, the party struggle was ultimately a struggle for power, so there was no glory at all.
He put the memorial aside, looked at the people in the hall, and said, "It's not a memorial to apologize. Where did you say it?"
Everyone was staring at the memorial in Zhao Xu's hand, and they were still worried.
Lu Dafang is the prime minister. If he really wrote a secret or sued something, he would probably be shocked!
Cai Jing frowned. He didn't expect that such a problem would happen, which would make his chance to make contributions vanish.
Just as he was about to go further, someone suddenly came out and said, "I will report to Your Majesty, and Chen Xi, the Xihe Road Guide, will give you a copy."
Zhao Xu looked at the man who was out of the list, looked at him for a moment, and smiled and said, "What? Someone has done the memorial of the Strategic Commander now? Come on."
The people in the palace immediately changed their expressions, and they all turned to look at the people out of the list and the memorials they were holding.
Chen Xi is Lu Dafang’s disciple!
Xihe Road is the border, bordering Qinfeng Road, and further east is Huanqing Road! The three routes are trained into a front line, which is the most important border defense route to defend against Xixia and Tubo!
This is the memorial of the Frontier General!
What would he write? Will he defend Lu Dafang? If he defends, how should the court and the officials respond?
You know, the Song Dynasty was not without Bian Zheng defected!
If something happens to Xihe Road, there will be unimaginable huge flaws in the defense of the northwest of the Song Dynasty!
Everyone's expressions changed constantly, their eyes were solemn, and their breathing was held.
The memorial of the Strategy Envoy of Xihe Road!
When Chenpi took the memorial book and walked back to Dan, the court officials were frightened and frightened, as if they had predicted something was going to happen.
Not to mention those conservatives, even those "new parties" are nervous and fearful.
Xixia is ready to move and send people to threaten from time to time. It is harassed repeatedly on the border, and there is obviously a war.
Huanqing Road is like a big enemy, and I can’t take care of myself. If there is a major change in Xihe Road on the left, the entire northwest defense line will collapse!
Thinking that Kaifeng City is not dangerous to defend, many people in the hall were sweating coldly.
Chen Pi stood beside Zhao Xu and quietly glanced at Zhao Xu's side face. He was also very nervous. Even though he was less than a student, he knew Bian Shuai's influence!
Zhao Xu sat upright and slowly opened it to look.
Chen Xi's calligraphy is very beautiful, straight and powerful, with a dragon and snake pen. The lines exudes the unique "peaceful" atmosphere of the literati on the battlefield of the Song Dynasty, which is unique to the hard and soft.
The content of his memorial was similar to that of others, saying that "although the Duke has made mistakes, he has worked hard to see it", "reward and punish with appropriate rewards and punishments", and then advised Zhao Xu to "do not believe in slander, mislead the future, take the great Duke's righteousness as his heart, dismiss the new laws, and implement the ancestors', "The world will be peaceful, the people will return to their hearts, and the lord of sages and virtues."
When Zhao Xu looked at this memorial, he could say that it was very plain, and it was similar to the ones written by court officials in the capital, and had no new meaning.
However, Chen Xi was the governor of Xihe Road, and his location was very dangerous. No matter how plain the memorial was, he could not be taken lightly.
Chapter completed!