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Chapter 850

As far as the royal family of the Song Dynasty is concerned, the matter of Li Xia's self-proclaimed king of Qin is not the most important thing for the time being. After all, there is only a secret report at present, and the news has not yet spread.

Wait for the ministers to come up with the charter.

The bigger thing right now is that Zhao Yu lost another son.

The child was born to Yu Xiurong, one of the nine concubines, who would have thought that extreme joy would turn into sorrow in the blink of an eye.

On June 22, Empress Dowager Xie Daoqing and Empress Quan Jiu visited Xiurong Yuyun together.

The sound of crying and crying in the hall has not stopped.

Although Quan Jiu still had a dignified and peaceful look on his face, he guessed in his heart that Yu Yun did it on purpose.

Deliberately appearing wronged, as if the child was killed by her, the queen.

She didn't have the heart to kill someone's child.

With Zhao Yu's appearance, it was not easy to support a son. If she ended up choosing an adopted son from the clan, it would be no different from the children born to these concubines. After all, she was the empress, and she would be the empress dowager in the future.

Quan Jiu doesn't have any children of her own, so for whom to fight for these things.

She was pregnant with one a year and a half ago and had a miscarriage.

Not long after Zhao Jin's death, one night she passed out from abdominal cramps, and the child was gone when she opened her eyes.

Quan Jiu suspected that someone had drugged her, or it might be Jia Sidao's revenge, but there was no evidence and she was not sure.

Seeing that the child Yu Yun gave birth to looks like he can't support him, it is obvious that Zhao Yu's blood is too weak, so it is possible that he did not keep the baby.

The word "胡" is really vivid, a husband who looks like a walking corpse, and has lost three sons today.

And Zhao Yu is still drinking and having fun at Hu Guipin's place, what's the use of Yu Yun crying?It's not about cheering up to restore beauty as soon as possible.

Otherwise, it is really impossible to have a son and a half daughter. When Zhao Yu dies, who knows whether the childless concubine will live apart, become a monk, guard the mausoleum, or be buried with her?

It's not like the demon concubine Yan Rong, who is next to a traitor Li Ni...

This idea suddenly appeared in his mind, Quan Jiu shook his head, not letting himself think about it any further.It's a pity that I married a husband who seems to be short-lived, and I have to worry about these things in my early twenties.

"Don't cry, you are still young, you will only come to Japan."

Xie Daoqing patted Yu Yun's hand lightly, and comforted him with Wen Yan, but he was actually a little careless.

"Let's get in the car...how about the queen ride with me?"

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Sitting on the phoenix chariot, without listening to Yu Yun's crying, it became much quieter immediately.

Although Xie Daoqing was a woman, with her status as empress dowager, she met a weak emperor, and many courtiers would invite her to come forward whenever something happened. What's more, there were occasional voices in the court asking her to listen to the government behind the curtain.

Of course, the courtiers who can say such things are obviously dissatisfied with Jia Sidao's monopoly, and have completely lost confidence in Zhao Xuan.

Under such circumstances, Xie Daoqing at least understands current affairs.

"In Chang'an, Li Ni has declared himself King of Qin."

Quan Jiu heard that although she was still sitting upright, her hands trembled visibly, and she couldn't help asking in surprise, "He...he is self-reliant? He won't hit Lin'an, will he?"

Xie Daoqing looked at Quan Jiu's trembling hand and said, "Don't panic, Li Ni is powerless to send troops."

"Really...Really?" Quan Jiu was a little flustered at the first glance, and was still trying to regain her composure, "But this King Qin..."

"That's why it was granted." Xie Daoqing rubbed his forehead and sighed: "The officials even said, 'Why should Li Xia stand on his own? If he wants to be the king of Qin, let's canonize him', alas."

Quan Jiu was taken aback, chewing on the meaning of these words, gradually feeling humiliated.

More and more humiliating.

It was as if he saw Zhao Xuan being slapped by Li Xia, and then he brought the other half of his face closer to get another slap, turned his head and smiled and said to others, "My subjects only slap me because they are loyal to me."

Shameless.

In front of the whole world, her husband had already lost face in front of Li Xia.

She also lost all face!
When her child had a miscarriage, Zhao Yu was still having fun just like today, Quan Jiu didn't cry at that time, she didn't cry like Yu Yun how miserable she was.

But at this time, because of her embarrassment, she couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.

"Why are you crying?" Xie Daoqing was surprised, wiped Quan Jiu with a handkerchief, and asked, "But because of Yu Xiurong's incident, you thought of last year?"

"Crying for the country's humiliation..."

"You, you are too strong, too strong."

Xie Daoqing muttered like this, patted Quan Jiu's hand, and when she quieted down, he sighed again: "Sheji was humiliated? What happened to Li Xia is really nothing. Thinking about Jingkang's shame, it is nothing."

Quan Jiu had already shed tears, but when she suddenly heard the words "Jingkang's shame", she was terrified.

Sadness comes from it and cannot be cut off.

What I heard before was Hanzhong, Guanzhong, Longxi, Dali, and Hexi, and I heard good news a while ago, but suddenly Li Xia turned against him, and the "shame of Jingkang" seemed to hit his eyes.

This crying lasted for a long time, and Quan Jiu's emotions finally calmed down after returning to the palace.

Listening to Yu Yun crying, listening to Quan Jiu crying, most of the day has passed, Xie Daoqing is not in a hurry.

She is an old woman, and she handles things at this pace.

"Okay, I see how scared you are... Whether Li Ni is crowned king or not is nothing more than a name. What's the point of keeping him to defend against the Mongols? When the time comes in the future, we will send troops to fight for it."

When it comes to fighting with weapons, they don't know anything, and they can do whatever the courtiers say.

What Xie Daoqing wanted to do was not to analyze the strength of the troops.

It is the empress dowager's duty to choose the most trustworthy one among the important ministers in the court and entrust state affairs to them.

The reason why she told Quan Jiu was that she already had an idea in her mind.

"Ye Xianggong said that the reason why Li Xia proclaimed himself King of Qin was the result of Jia Sidao stealing the country and gaining power..."

Quan Jiu quickly understood the topic from the battlefield in the Western Territory to the court battle.

For a moment, he felt desperate again, thinking that Li Xia had publicly rebelled, and the important officials in the court still only wanted to eliminate dissidents.

Xie Daoqing usually supports Jia Sidao the most, but this time is different.

This time the incident was so big, what the important ministers said was really reasonable.

After talking for a long time, Xie Daoqing expressed his attitude. She was persuaded anyway, so Jia Sidao decided to use Ye Mengding and Jiang Wanli as the left and right prime ministers.

Of course, she was not that determined, so she asked Quan Jiu for her opinion, and if she agreed, then she would work together to put pressure on the officials.

Officials are weak and can be bullied, and the party struggle is to see who can control the officials better.

The courtiers, the queen mother, and the empress worked together, taking advantage of this opportunity when Jia Sidao was frightened away by Li Xia, they should be able to control the official family.

"What does the queen think?"

Quan Jiu thought for a moment, thought of Zhao Jin's death, thought of the child she had lost, and finally nodded.

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The courtiers tried their best to deal with Jia Sidao this time, not only persuading Xie Daoqing, but also advancing other matters quickly.

In private, they let the rumors spread, as if Li Xia really had to call himself the King of Qin because of Jia Sidao's dictatorship.

On the surface, it seems that the world is peaceful, there is neither any dictatorship of the country, nor rebellion and self-reliance, only the defeat of the Mongolian captives, and Li Xia is specially canonized as the king of Qin.

Of course, I dare not point the finger at Jia Sidao and Li Xia in official articles.

You can't tear yourself apart, you have to stabilize these traitors and traitors first, that is, stabilize the country first, and then try to remove Jia Sidao.

By rehabilitating Wu Qian.

Wu Qian's crime lies in, "If you are loyal to the king, the people's hearts belong to you, but Qian alone is not."Generally speaking, as long as Zhao Yu is in power for one day, he will never be rehabilitated.

But the courtiers always had a way, pointing out that Wu Qian also supported King Lizhong at that time, and it was Jia Sidao's party servants Shen Yan, Sun Fufeng, Xiao Tailai, Liu Zongshen and others who fabricated, framed and killed Wu Qian out of thin air.

They did not directly point the finger at Jia Sidao, but convicted these members of the Jia party within a few days and pursued the former official Wu Qian.

Afterwards, the imperial court once again issued an edict to appoint Wu Pu as the governor of the Chengdu government, Wu Lin as the governor of Kuizhou Road, and Wu Qian's son-in-law Xi Jihu as the imperial envoy to manage farming and field affairs in Guanzhong...

In this way, following Li Xia's wishes, the traitor was appeased.It also appears that the imperial court still has the authority to send officials to rule under King Qin.

Jia Sidao didn't object either, as if he really felt guilty at home, but in fact he knew that he could only compromise with Li Xia, and let the courtiers bear the fuss.

The courtiers also took advantage of the situation to suppress Jia's party members.

In this battle, Li Xia stood on his own, but in name he had not completely separated from the Song Dynasty; Jia Sidao temporarily avoided the edge and let others take the responsibility, but he also acquiesced in the suppression of forces; Undertook the pressure from Li Xia.

All three parties are seeking benefits, but there are also compromises.

Politics is all about profiting from compromises, but the most frightening thing is when compromises are not possible and one has to tear one's face apart.

……

During this process, Lu Xiufu gradually figured out his idea of ​​saving the country, and got Jiang Wanli's support.

"Students think that Li Xia should not be regarded as rebellious.

The Great Song Dynasty had Yue Wumu, who could have regained the Central Plains, but he failed to do so, and heard about unjust killings, which can be described as the source of disaster for the country; now Li Xia has the ability of Yue Wumu, but he is afraid to follow in his footsteps, and the court can be regarded as rebellious again. In other words, if the Great Wall is destroyed by itself, the Song Dynasty will surely perish.

Forgetting the national humiliation of Jingkang, abandoning half of the country and subjects to settle down in a corner, fearing that the ministers with high merits will be killed for their merits... the crime of forgetting relatives, letting the ministers go wrong, and the loss of the capital.The reason for killing Yue Wumu in the past is now the reason for Li Xia's rebellion.

If you want to save the country, you should set things right.Your Majesty, please return the capital to the Central Plains, treat heroes as brothers and sisters, that is the right way, the righteousness, and the way to save the country.On the contrary, if you don't ask the emperor to cheer up, but only fear that your ministers will make great achievements, isn't it the foundation of the Song Dynasty? "

At the end of Lu Xiufu's words, Jiang Wanli and Jia Xuanweng sighed deeply.

He still insisted on that claim.

When others were only thinking about how to get rid of Li Xia, he still wanted to keep Li Xia from rebelling through the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, and to support Da Song Sheji.

This path is difficult.

But Jiang Wanli and Jia Xuanweng did not immediately tell Lu Xiufu "this is impossible" like others.

"Alright, why not give it a try." Jiang Wanli said slowly, "Setting things right can be divided into two steps. One is to persuade Li Xia to turn things around, and the other is to set things right..."

They already have ideas to save the country.

Next, Jiang Wanli will wipe out treacherous ministers like Jia Sidao in the court, and then advise the emperor not to be extravagant and indulge in sex.

And Lu Xiufu can go to Chang'an with the imperial edict and the letters of advice from the princes, and persuade Li Xia not to overthrow the Song Dynasty, even if it is to rule the country under the emperor.

If all goes well, the capital will be returned to Chang'an, and Li Xia will be restrained by the loyal and righteous people of the court.

Of course they also know that this is very slim, but even if there is only a chance, it is better than Jia Sidao's public land reform, it is better than causing a civil war between Xiaoqiang and the Song Dynasty, and it is better than subjugation.

As a minister, do your best to protect the country and the stability of life.

……

On the first day of July, Lu Xiufu boarded the big ship heading west.

On the boat were envoys to deliver orders to Chang'an, and members of Wu Qian's party who were officials in Sichuan and Shaanxi.

Some people think that this ship is a fig leaf for the Song court to whitewash the peace, while others think it is the last effort to maintain the stability of the society.

Everyone has their own aspirations, and their views on this are of course different.

Deng Shan came to see off Lu Xiufu and brought a lot of good news.

"The officials have agreed to dismiss Jia Sidao, and pretend that Ye Xianggong is the prime minister of the left and the teacher is the prime minister of the right. I hope that the teacher can sweep away the evil spirits in the court and persuade the officials to work hard..."

"The officials really agreed? With the power of the country at this point, the officials finally woke up and cheered up."

Lu Xiufu couldn't help but be delighted.

He does not have high requirements for officials, he can go to court every day and be diligent in political affairs; he can abolish palace expenses and advocate frugality; Being magnanimous and giving preferential treatment to heroes... as long as this is done, it will be enough.

After 30 years of war, the people need a lot of rest.

Today's officials do not need to imitate Emperor Shenzong's reforms, nor do they need the public land law.

As long as there is no war, Ye Mengding and Jiang Wanli are the virtuous ministers in the court, and Li Xia is guarding the border, so that the people can rest for a few years, and Sheji can at least breathe a sigh of relief.

After bidding farewell to Deng Shan, Lu Xiufu boarded the riverboat and watched the big ship sailing, feeling that the Song Dynasty had hope again.

He couldn't wait to tell Li Xia... the Son of Heaven could tolerate the King of Qin, so there was no need to break it and start all over again.

(End of this chapter)