Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 126 The emperor guards the gate of the country, the king dies

"Why hasn't today's residence newspaper come out yet?"

the next day!The wonderful mansion newspaper has not been posted for a long time, and the people of Kaifeng are talking about it.

With the application of movable type printing to Dibao, the printing speed was also greatly accelerated, and the distribution range of Dibao was also expanded a lot.

Not to mention that all officials in the imperial court have a share, government agencies at all levels, such as Kaifeng Prefecture, Taixue, and Imperial Medical Bureau, will also distribute a certain number of residence newspapers.

In Kaifeng City, it is not only posted at the gate of the palace or at the gate of the city, but also posted in many downtown places in the city.

Nowadays, the Mansion Newspaper covers the important news of the world, and has already become the main source for the people to understand the affairs of the world, which makes the people look forward to it.

"I'm coming!"

As a yamen servant posted the mansion newspaper in the downtown area, the long-awaited Kaifeng people gathered around them, ready to see which official was exposed by the Su University scholar today.

"Sui coins!"

However, when they saw the contents of the mansion newspaper, everyone was in an uproar.

"The Liao Kingdom will increase the yearly coins by 5 taels, and change the yearly coins into tributes! The barbarian country of the Liao Kingdom wants to become the suzerain of the Song Dynasty."

"Xixia also wants to increase the yearly gift by 3 taels, but they want the Song Dynasty to cut off three more cities! It's simply unreasonable."

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Seeing the contents of the mansion newspaper, the people of Kaifeng were filled with righteous indignation.

This is not too much, but when they saw Su Shi listing the total amount of old coins sent by the Song Dynasty to the two countries in successive years, they were even more struck by lightning.

"The value of the silver silk and tea leaves is more than 4000 million guan."

The people of Kaifeng were in an uproar, Kaifeng city is the richest man in the world, Wanguan's family property is already huge, and 4000 million Guan's wealth will be an astonishing wealth.

"My Song Dynasty's finances are tight. If these tens of millions are used for military training, why should I be afraid of the Xixia and Liao Kingdoms, and they will just give up."

"The court is incompetent!"

The people in Kaifeng were indignant, and the taxes in the Song Dynasty were very heavy. However, these people were naturally dissatisfied when they learned that the taxes they paid were given to the enemy country.

The public opinion about the old coins is fierce among the people, but there are undercurrents and undercurrents above the court.

But Su Shi, the instigator of all this, was not afraid, and proudly faced the impeachment of the officials.

"The officials impeached Su Shi, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, for arbitrarily publishing the old coins to the public, which caused instability among the people, and his heart can be punished." Zhao Tingzhi did not miss this opportunity, tried his best to impeach Su Shi, and wanted to regain the power of Yushitai's mouthpiece.

"Su Shi, what else do you have to say!"

Empress Dowager Gao's face was livid, and she looked at Su Shi with an unkind expression.

Su Shi said firmly: "My minister is right, the envoys of the two countries have deceived people too much. During the Renzong period, the Liao Kingdom took advantage of the war between the Song Dynasty and Xixia, and attacked ten cities in the north of the Song Dynasty. , Xixia is a greedy wolf, these years have repeatedly invaded the land of the Song Dynasty, and ravaged the people of the Song Dynasty, I really can't bear it!"

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty also had ugly faces. Xixia and Liao were simply deceiving people too much, but Su Shi let them tear off the last bit of fig leaf.

Zhao Tingzhi continued to attack: "It seems that there are a lot of old coins, but they are only [-]% of the annual trade between the Song Dynasty and the two countries. It only takes a few months to earn back. Su Shi is the Minister of Rites. He only needs to be responsible for the trade between the two countries. It’s enough to talk, but it is a crime of dereliction of duty to leak the secrets of the court and cause shock among the people.”

"I implore the Empress Dowager to remove Su Shi from the position of Minister of Rites!" All the censors impeached one after another, rushing towards them like a shark smelling blood.

"Su Shi, Aijia thinks of your extraordinary literary talents, and let him be the Minister of Rites. You are so ignorant of the general, then don't blame Aijia for not showing affection! Come here, remove Su Shi from the position of Minister of Rites, and expel him from Bianjing." Empress Dowager Gao said angrily.

Su Zhe couldn't help closing his eyes in pain. Su Shi really got into trouble again, but this time he might not be able to save him.

Zhao Tingzhi couldn't help but secretly rejoiced, this time he brought down a minister of the Ministry of Rites and brought the Dibao under his control, his power would definitely increase by three points again.

"Wait a minute! I told Mr. Su to do this."

Suddenly a young voice resounded through the court.

"Official?"

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on the young figure on the dragon chair.

"It has nothing to do with the official family. It was done by the minister alone, and the minister is willing to accept the crime."

Su Shi was shocked when he heard the words. He didn't expect the officials to come forward to carry it for him.

"Nonsense! If you can't bear it, you will mess up and make big plans. The public of the year coin is unstable to the people. What if the officials let the Song Dynasty be destroyed?"

Empress Dowager Gao was furious, and reprimanded Zhao Xudao mercilessly in front of civil and military officials.

"Grandmother, Song Jiuyi, the bitter year of the Song Dynasty, if this continues, the country will not be far away. I don't want to be the king of the country. Will the grandmother be the sinner of the country's subjugation?"

Zhao Xu stood up, Yi Ran looked directly at Empress Dowager Gao and said.

After a period of fitness, Zhao Xu became tall, burly and heroic, and Empress Dowager Gao suddenly became weaker.

Zhao Xu looked around at the ministers, finally landed on Su Zhe and said, "Recently, I was deeply touched by the old scholar Su's "On Six Kingdoms."

Su Zhe's heart trembled, the Su family was a family of three heroes, and his father Su Xun asked them to each write "Six Kingdoms". Among them, Su Xun's article was the most brilliant!
"The destruction of the Six Kingdoms is not due to the military's disadvantage. If the war is not good, the disadvantage lies in bribing Qin. Bribing Qin and losing strength is the way to ruin. Now, the Great Song Dynasty bribes Xia and Liao with new year coins. Isn't it following the old path of the Six Kingdoms?"

Su could only nod his head with a wry smile. The Theory of the Six Kingdoms was his father's article. Its original intention was not to write about the Six Kingdoms, but to write about the dangers of the Song Sui coin. If he opposed it, it would be disloyal and unfilial.

"Today we cut five cities, tomorrow we cut ten cities, and then we have to sleep overnight. We start to look at the four realms, and the Qin soldiers are coming." After Zhao Xu finished speaking, he turned his gaze to Fan Chunren.

"During the Qingli period, the Song Dynasty sent new year coins to the Liao Kingdom every year. The Liao Kingdom took advantage of the Song and Xia wars to tear up the Chanyuan alliance and sent troops to attack the Song Dynasty. After the death of the first emperor, the Song Dynasty voluntarily gave up several cities to show sincerity, but Xixia still If you don't give up, you will have to cut another three cities."

Facing Zhao Xu's sharp gaze, Fan Chunren lowered his head in shame.

"Bring the land of Qin to the world's counselors, honor the world's talents with the heart of serving Qin, and strive to the west, I am afraid that the people of Qin will not be able to swallow it. Sad husband! With such a momentum, I will accumulate for the people of Qin The prestige is robbed, the sun cuts the moon and the moon is cut, and it tends to perish. No one who is a country will be robbed by the accumulation of prestige!"

Zhao Xu recited "Theory of the Six Kingdoms", looked around the group of ministers and asked: "The Song Dynasty sent tens of millions of coins, but did they ever exchange for peace, use so much money to train soldiers, and treat the talents of the world with courtesy, how can they be accepted?" Today's humiliation, but the Great Song Dynasty was robbed by the prestige of Xixia and Liao, and the sun was cutting the moon, in order to perish."

The privy envoy Cao Hui sighed, bowed his head and was speechless, and all the courtiers were also ashamed and silent.

"Since the annual coins cannot make the Song Dynasty safe, and encourage the power of the two countries, then it's worth not giving out the coins!"

"Think twice, the official!" Zhao Tingzhi's face changed, and he quickly persuaded.

Zhao Xu said proudly: "The Great Song Dynasty, why not learn from the lessons of the six countries and suspend the annual currency. The people of the Great Song Dynasty are ten times that of the two countries, and the financial resources are ten times stronger. The forbidden army is 80, which is not weaker than any country. Instead of cutting the moon every day It is better to work hard and revitalize the Great Song Dynasty."

All the officials of the court were shocked, and they looked at the strange young emperor in disbelief, as if they were meeting him for the first time.

Empress Dowager Gao trembled, pointed at Zhao Xu tremblingly and said: "Nizi, you insist on going your own way, do you want to ruin the Great Song Dynasty? The Ai family will never agree with you doing such nonsense."

Zhao Xu looked around at the ministers and said loudly: "I am the official of the Great Song Dynasty, and I can decide the future of the Great Song Dynasty. From today on, the Great Song Dynasty will not make peace, pay compensation, cede land, and keep money. The emperor guards the gate of the country, and the king dies. .”

Fan Zheng's heart was agitated. This was exactly the plan he and Zhao Xu had secretly discussed. Only by using the most iron-blooded oath can they arouse the blood in the court and resist the power of the Liao and Xia countries, as well as the power of Empress Dowager Gao.

(End of this chapter)