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

Chapter 133 Empress Dowager Gao Submits ([-] in [-])

"There is such a good recipe in the world, it is really God bless the Song Dynasty!"

In the court hall, all the officials congratulated, and Zhao Xu was also excited. Once the pesticides were promoted, the grain production of Song Dynasty would increase by [-]%, which would lay a solid foundation for him to defeat Liaoxia.

"Report to the official family, Taiwei Meng Yuan will play, congratulations to the official family for taking charge of the government!"

Suddenly another memorial was handed over, and all the officials in the court were shocked. Taiwei Meng Yuan is the most staunch supporter of Empress Dowager Gao, and even controls the forbidden army in Kaifeng City. If he expresses his position, it means that Zhao Xu's power has spread to the military.

Zhao Xu heaved a sigh of relief, Queen Meng did not live up to his trust, and finally persuaded Meng Yuan to side with him.

After that, military generals also expressed their support for the official family, and even the Cao family, the in-laws of Empress Dowager Gao, also expressed their support. Zhao Xu, as the emperor, finally grasped the most important power in the imperial power - military power.

At this point, Zhao Xu's situation has come to fruition.

All the officials in the court bowed their heads one after another, and no one dared to question him. Everyone knew that Zhao Xu was already in power.

However, Zhao Xu is not completely at ease, he still has the biggest hidden danger that has not been resolved, that is Empress Dowager Gao.

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In Empress Dowager Gao's bedroom, there was a sound of cursing, and then, one by one, the ministers who went to persuade Empress Dowager Gao were kicked out of Empress Dowager Gao's bedroom in embarrassment.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu couldn't help but look embarrassed, he didn't expect Empress Dowager Gao to be so stubborn, she still refused to write down the edict to return the government even though the situation was over.

"Reporting to the officials, the Empress Dowager feels resentment in her heart, and it will surely become a disaster in the future. Please make a decision early, otherwise there will be endless troubles." Wang Di, the new imperial servant, said coldly.

Wang Di led the imperial students to knock on the que and ask for orders. Using the influence of the New Party, he stirred up public opinion among the people and made great contributions to Zhao Xu's rise to power.

Zhao Xu's complexion changed. Empress Dowager Gao has been in power for eight years, and there are countless people following her. If Empress Dowager Gao is given a chance, his fate will not be much better than Xia Huizong's!
"After all, the empress dowager brought me up? If she does too badly, I'm afraid people will criticize her." Zhao Xu said worriedly.

Wang Di sneered and said, "Do the officials really think that the Empress Dowager is all about supporting the officials? If so, why didn't the Empress Dowager take the initiative to return to power when the official age has come?"

Zhao Xu's expression changed immediately, Wang Di's words hit Zhao Xu's heart directly, if Empress Dowager Gao returned to power in time, what would happen today.

Wang Di continued: "The officials know why Cai Xianggong suffered such brutal revenge. He offended the old party when he was in power. He openly wrote a letter to the empress dowager, saved the official family, but received the most severe retaliation among the prime ministers of all dynasties."

Zhao Xu frowned, Da Song was extremely tolerant towards the scholar-bureaucrats, even if he failed in the court battle, the worst treatment would still be to be relegated to a local government and become a magistrate?
Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi are all like this.

However, Cai Que was first demoted to the local area, and then sent to Lingnan. It is indeed the most miserable prime minister in history. It turned out that there was such a secret. Combined with the empress dowager Gao's refusal to return to power, and Yong Wang Zhao Hao's pressing every step of the way, Zhao Xu couldn't help but believe it. suspect.

"For the sake of power, the empress dowager is old and treacherous and good at the country. If she wants to abolish the establishment, why should the officials care about the old feelings? It is better to abolish her title of empress directly, completely cut off her authority, so as to prevent future troubles." Wang Di said with a ruthless face. .

Although Wang Di is Wang Yu's stepson, his actions are very similar to Wang Yu's, and he will use any means to achieve his goals.

Zhao Xu thought of the grievances that he could only see the backs and buttocks of hundreds of officials in the court, the crisis that King Yong was pressing every step of the way, and his first order to punish rape and eliminate evil, but was almost dismissed by the Queen Mother Gao. Old and new grudges welled up in my heart.

"The officials are charged with the important task of revitalizing the Great Song Dynasty, so how can they be unstable in the rear? Thinking about Tang Taizong who launched the Xuanwumen Reformation, he still became an emperor through the ages, not to mention that the officials are justified emperors." Wang Di said again. encouraged.

Zhao Xu's heart was moved after hearing this. At the beginning, Fan Zheng suggested that he should learn from history. Tang Taizong was the emperor he admired. With the example of Tang Taizong, he no longer hesitated, and immediately ordered Wang Di to draft an edict to abolish Empress Dowager Gao. , completely cut off the possibility of its counterattack.

Empress Dowager Xiang was shocked when she heard the news and quickly stopped her: "Think twice, the officials! When the late emperor was in danger, the court wanted to set up King Yong. It was all thanks to the Empress Dowager who supported the officials and ordered Eunuch Liang to secretly sew ten-year-old children. The dragon robes he wears ensure that the officials will ascend to the throne."

Although Empress Dowager Xiang agrees with Zhao Xu's position as emperor, she does not want Empress Dowager Gao to completely abolish the empress position. If the government can abolish Empress Dowager Gao's empress position today, she will be able to abolish her empress position in the future.

Zhao Xu frowned. Ten years old was a long time ago for him, and he was a child at that time, so he didn't know the inside story.

"If the officials don't believe me, you can ask Concubine Zhu, she will definitely know the details." Seeing that Zhao Xu didn't believe it, Queen Mother Xiang pulled Concubine Zhu over.

Sure enough, Concubine Zhu came over, immediately interceded for Empress Dowager Gao, and established evidence of what happened back then.

Zhao Xu frowned, and asked back: "Since the aunt and concubine know what happened back then, they must know that when I was an adult, the empress dowager would return to me. Did the empress dowager do it?"

Empress Dowager Xiang and Concubine Zhu were speechless. After all, Empress Dowager Gao was indeed at fault in this matter.

Empress Dowager Xiang whispered to Concubine Zhu: "The concubine first persuades the officials, and the Ai family invites Fan Taicheng to come. Now he is the only one who can persuade the officials to change their minds."

She knew that Zhao Xu's radicalism must be instigated by the New Party, and the only one who can persuade Zhao Xu is Fan Zheng.

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In the imperial hospital, Fan Zheng gasped as he looked at the energetic Cai Que in front of him. Without him, Cai Que seemed to be in excellent spirits, but in fact he was looking back.

Qian Yi nodded heavily.

Fan Zheng frowned and said, "Master Cai used to be an extremely powerful minister, so Fan certainly doesn't need to deny it. If he hadn't taken the medicine of tiger and wolf, Fan could still prescribe a prescription for Master Cai to extend his life for a period of time. It's too late now."

Cai Que's face darkened, and then he said freely: "This old man can see that the official family is in charge of the government. It is already a fluke that the Great Song Reform is coming soon. Today, Cai mainly wants to see him, and he calls the Xining Reform a prescription for failure. What a demeanor the medical fan is!"

Fan Zhengwen frowned and said: "It's not that the Great Song Dynasty didn't give you opportunities. There are no people who have failed in the 16-year reform."

Cai was speechless when he heard the words, no matter how many excuses they had for failure, Da Song did give them 16 years, but they failed to make Da Song stronger.

Cai Que asked back: "Fan Taicheng thinks he can reform the Song Dynasty successfully?"

Fan Zheng proudly said: "Reforming the law is no different from curing diseases and saving lives. You just need to find the source of the disease and prescribe the right prescription. This is Fan's specialty."

"I don't know what Fan Taicheng thinks, where is the root cause of Song's disease?" Cai Que asked solemnly.

"The ancestral system!" Fan Zheng paused every word.

Cai Que smiled wryly and said: "The destiny is not enough to be feared, the ancestors are not enough to follow the law, and people's words are not enough to be sympathetic. You think the new party does not know the root of the disease of the Song Dynasty."

Fan Zheng sneered and said, "The whole Song Dynasty wants to reform because they want to have food to eat, not to let the new party ruin the pot! The people don't add taxes but the state uses them. It takes a long time to operate. Where will the money come from in a short time? It’s not from the scholar-bureaucrats, and the people have not received any benefits, how can the new party not provoke public anger, if the new party has the determination to directly abolish the old coins, I am afraid that the reform will be successful long ago.”

Cai was speechless.

Suddenly came hurriedly to the eunuch beside the queen mother and whispered to Fan Zheng.

Fan Zheng suddenly stared at Cai Que with a sneer and said, "Wang Xianggong is still acting so aggressively, regardless of the consequences."

Cai Que said indifferently: "This is a once-and-for-all method, so that the officials will have no worries about the future."

"Once and for all? Empress Dowager Gao has just been seized power, and she will be treated like this. I am afraid that the whole court will surely die and the fox will be sad. The new party is deliberately provoking party disputes, stirring up the old party's resistance, and killing them all." Fan Zheng directly stated the purpose of the new party and Come together carefully.

Cai really couldn't deny it: "Besides, can Fan Taicheng have a good way to let Empress Dowager Gao let go of her prejudices and take the initiative to delegate power?"

Fan Zheng nodded proudly and said: "Only by finding the source of the disease can we solve difficult and miscellaneous diseases. Although Empress Dowager Gao is stubborn, she is not without weaknesses. There is only one reason why Empress Dowager Gao can let go of her prejudice of being seized power, and that is Song's Benefit."

This time, Fan Zheng and Zhao Tingzhi's views were surprisingly consistent. For the benefit of Song Dynasty, Empress Dowager Gao moved King Liyong's mind, and also for the benefit of Song Dynasty, Empress Dowager Gao might also let go of her prejudice of being seized power.

At that moment, Fan Zheng rushed to the palace, only to see that the harem was already in chaos, even though Concubine Zhu and Empress Dowager tried to persuade him, Zhao Xu still did not change his mind.

Seeing Fan Zheng's arrival, Queen Mother Xiang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"I implore the officials to give me half an hour to convince the Empress Dowager!" Fan Zheng stepped forward and asked Ying.

"Fan Taicheng"

Zhao Xu frowned. You must know that many important ministers had gone to persuade the Empress Dowager Gao just now, but all of them were scolded bloody and came out in embarrassment.

Fan Zheng was also the chief culprit for Empress Dowager Gao's seizure of power, and if he went in again, he would only be humiliating himself.

"Half an hour?" Wang Di sneered in his heart, but persuaded in his mouth: "Fan Taicheng has always had strange prescriptions, and if he goes out in person, it must have a wonderful effect."

The relationship between Fan Zheng and Zhao Xu is too close, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the New Party?Now that Fan Zheng is humiliating himself, Wang Di is naturally happy to see Fan Zheng make a fool of himself.

Zhao Xu thought for a while, if Empress Dowager Gao can take the initiative to delegate power, that would be great, so he nodded slowly.

When Fan Zheng stepped into the Empress Dowager Gao's bedroom, the whole bedroom was already in a mess. It was obvious that the stubborn and staunch Empress Dowager Gao expressed her dissatisfaction in the most direct way.

"Fan Zheng!"

Empress Dowager Gao gritted her teeth when she saw the person coming this time. Fan Zheng was the culprit for her ending today.

"The reason why I came here today is to announce the good news to the Empress Dowager!" Fan Zheng said first.

"Happy news?" Empress Dowager Gao laughed out of breath, "Do you think there can be happy events in the situation of Ai's family?"

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "That day when the minister entered the palace, the Empress Dowager once said that the minister would treat the official's heart disease, but now that the official's rebellious heart disease has been cured, this kind of good news should naturally be reported to the Empress Dowager."

"Reverse heart disease?"

Empress Dowager Gao couldn't help being taken aback. If Fan Zheng hadn't brought it up, she would have almost forgotten about it?

"The Ai family asked you to heal your heart disease, didn't you want you to instigate the officials to force the palace to rebel?" Empress Dowager Gao roared angrily.

Fan Zhengfan asked: "The official family is His Majesty today, how can you talk about rebellion?"

Empress Dowager Gao stopped immediately.

Fan Zheng didn't wait for Empress Dowager Gao to refute and continued: "In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, the official family is an unworthy descendant, but for Da Song, it is fortunate to have met a British lord."

"My lord?" Empress Dowager Gao couldn't help but sneer.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Back then, His Majesty Taizu's Chen Qiao mutiny led to the great trend of the Great Song Dynasty unifying the Central Plains. Now the officials are strategizing and taking the initiative to seize power. These methods are comparable to those of the Taizu. The Empress Dowager trained such a hero for the Song Dynasty. The merit is immeasurable."

Empress Dowager Gao was immediately speechless by Fan Zheng's sophistry. Zhao Xu did have methods, but these methods were used on her.

"For the sake of the country and the family of the Great Song Dynasty, the officials should not be allowed to mess around." Empress Dowager Gao scolded angrily.

Fan Zheng asked: "The Empress Dowager Liang of Xixia said the same thing back then, but now Xixia has one family and two empress dowagers of Liang, and the mother party monopolizes power. The minister can guarantee that for at most ten years, the empress dowager can witness the death of Xixia!"

Empress Dowager Gao was obsessed with power, but she didn't know that the Zhao family let her take charge of power for a while. After a long time, Empress Dowager Gao thought that power belonged to her.

"Empress Dowager Liang?"

Empress Dowager Gao was silent for a while, and Empress Dowager Liang held power, which was very similar to her situation.

"Is a cowardly and obedient official family who survives until the Empress Dowager grows old and then takes charge of the government, is it really what the Empress Dowager wishes? It is really what the Song Dynasty needs." Fan Zheng asked again.

Empress Dowager Gao opened her mouth to speak but stopped.

"Such officials have lost their vigor, and even the Empress Dowager did not resist, so how can they resist the accumulated prestige of Xixia and Liao Kingdom?" Fan Zheng asked again.

"Renzong!" Empress Dowager Gao couldn't help but a name appeared.

There was once such an emperor in the Song Dynasty, His Majesty Renzong, a good old man who even the empire shed tears after his death, failed to change the ending of the Song Dynasty, but doubled the yearly currency of the Song Dynasty.

"Back then, His Majesty Shenzong chose the Empress Dowager to listen to the government behind the curtain to avoid the tragedy of His Majesty Renzong. Now the Empress Dowager is holding on to power. How is it different from the Empress Dowager Liu back then?"

"When all the officials go to court, they all face the empress dowager. The officials can only see the backs and buttocks of the officials. Could it be that the empress dowager can't detect it at all?"

Fan Zheng asked a series of rhetorical questions, but Empress Dowager Gao couldn't refute them at all.

"The Empress Dowager, let alone for the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, everyone knows Sima Zhao's heart, and everything is just for power!"

Fan Zheng directly uncovered the last fig leaf of Empress Dowager Gao.

Empress Dowager Gao became annoyed and said, "So what? He, Zhao Xu, has the guts to abolish the Ai family's empress position, put him in limbo, and give the Ai family three feet of white silk."

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Tang Taizong killed his brother and imprisoned his father, and he still became an emperor through the ages. The official family is destined to become the hero who unifies the world, abolishes the old currency, destroys Xixia in the west, conquers the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun, and completes the unfinished business of the emperors of the Song Dynasty. The ambition of completion, and even in the future, to unify the grasslands and complete the unfinished great achievements of the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, naturally cannot leave any stains."

Empress Dowager Gao sneered and said, "I don't think he dares!"

"Even if the Empress Dowager doesn't think about herself, she must also think about the Gao family. In order to rescue the Empress Dowager, General Gao has no tiger talisman to mobilize the soldiers to send troops. He has been controlled by the Taiwei Meng Yuan. Yushi Zhongcheng Zhao Tingzhi secretly sent someone to His Royal Highness Yong Wang Send a letter to ask him to raise troops to rebel in Huainan, if the Empress Dowager persists in her obsession, it may be too late to regret it." Fan Zheng threatened.

Empress Dowager Gao's complexion suddenly changed.

In less than half an hour, Fan Zheng walked out of the empress dowager's bedroom, only to see Zhao Xuhe and the empress dowager were already looking forward to it.

"It's a good thing that my minister did not disgrace her life! The Empress Dowager has personally written the edict to return the government!"

Fan Zheng handed over a brand new imperial edict.

Zhao Xu took it and saw that it was indeed the imperial edict written by the Empress Dowager himself, and he said in his heart, "Come here, spread this edict to the three divisions."

With this edict to return the government, he has eliminated the last obstacle to pro-government, and he has not left the stain of unfilial piety.

"Fan Aiqing has never let me down!" Zhao Xu looked at Fan Zheng and said cordially.

"This is what a minister should do, but..."Fan Zheng was about to reveal the conditions of Empress Dowager Gao.

"I will guarantee the prosperity and wealth of the Gao family and King Yong." Zhao Xu said directly.

"The officials are wise!" Fan Zheng smiled knowingly.

Seeing Zhao Xu and Fan Zheng's tacit understanding, Wang Di suddenly felt jealous. In his opinion, Fan Zheng's current status should be his own, but Fan Zheng's birth took away the opportunity that should have belonged to him.

(End of this chapter)