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Chapter 112 The Empress Dowager: Xiang Zong Hui Gao Gongji's beauty official is set!My old man said it!

It didn't take Zhao Xu much effort to figure things out.

Sima Guang wrote a letter, eloquently, listing examples of Ming emperors in the past dynasties who refused to appoint foreign relatives.

It also lists the examples of these wise emperors who punished their relatives who violated the law and exercised power over their close officials.

In the end, he changed the subject and said: I am so stupid that I can't know the affairs of the world. I have recently played a memorial, begged for a memorial, and opened up a way of speaking.

After reading Sima Guang's letter, Zhao Xu comforted the Empress Dowager: "Mother, Sima Gong didn't say anything about the two relatives..."

The Empress Dowager Xiang looked at the child and sighed, "Sixth brother, what do you want him to say?"

"He told the story of the story of Emperor Han Ming's younger sister, Princess Guantao, begging for an official for his son, but Emperor Ming refused, and gave him tens of millions of money..."

"I also said that although Song Gaozu Liu Yu served Empress Dowager Xiao filially, he also refused to appoint her son Liu Daolian..."

"He even mentioned the example of Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty killing Lord Changping, the son of Princess Longli..."

As he spoke, the Empress Dowager Xiang shed tears and looked at Zhao Xu: "Mr. Sima is well-known in the world, and now he is bluntly admonishing him. Sixth brother should obey..."

"Otherwise, how should people in the world talk about my mother and son? They will say that Brother Six is ​​nepotism, and he has a bad reputation for Brother Six..."

For the Queen Mother, Xiang Zonghui's beauty is certainly very good.

But if people in the world criticize it, it would be bad for their mother and son to teach and accept each other in private in the palace, and it would be bad to be labeled as nepotism.

Terrible!

Empress Dowager Xiang is not willing to lose the hearts of the people for a petty gain and make the Xiang family considered 'greedy' in the public opinion.

That's not good!
However, she didn't know why, but she was very hesitant on this matter, so she didn't go directly to the Baoci Palace to discuss with the Empress Dowager, but after getting a copy of the transcript of the letter, she guarded the small official's house in the Kunning Palace.

Of course, at the same time, the Empress Dowager was also a little sullen, annoyed at Sima Guang, who actually intervened and talked about the affairs of the royal family mercilessly - in the opinion of the Empress Dowager, Sima Guangming could speak in private, why did he write such things in the In the public letter?

This made her really lose face!
It was as if she, the Queen Mother, took advantage of Sixth Brother's benevolence and filial piety to benefit the Xiang family.

Zhao Xu saw the hesitation between the Empress Dowager's eyebrows, speculated for a while, and then said softly: "But...the Queen Mother...that is the first time my son has appointed a minister after he ascended the throne..."

"The sages say: there is no beginning, there is an end!"

"Now, this is the first time I appoint a minister... How can there be a good death in the future?"

Looking up to the Queen Mother, she finally knew the reason for her indecision.

Yes!

That was the first time Sixth Brother appointed a minister!
If the emperor appoints ministers for the first time, they cannot be implemented.

In the future, will Sixth Brother's edict still be respected?
Can Sixth Brother still rule the world? !

That's the key!
That's the point!
What happened to Sima Guang?

He has studied Zizhi Tongjian and is familiar with the stories of ancient and modern times, so why doesn't he even know this?

So she held back her tears from the Queen Mother, wiped her cheeks, hugged Zhao Xu and said, "Don't worry, Sixth Brother, no matter what, the Queen Mother will not let Sixth Brother be looked down upon!"

If the emperor would be deprived of the right to appoint ministers.

Then who is the Son of Heaven?
……

Baoci Palace.

The Empress Dowager was also watching Sima Guang's letter, which had just been submitted by Tong Jiansi.

"Sima Guang, what are you going to do?"

Compared with the Empress Dowager, this Empress Dowager's temper is much hotter again.

So the Queen Mother could only cry in front of Zhao Xu.

As for the Empress Dowager, her face was already ashen.

"He pointed at Sang and scolded Huai, who was he talking about?"

"The last time I didn't say anything in Bianjing, but today I suddenly talked about it..."

"Is he blackmailing the old man?"

She looked at the end of Sima Guang's letter, and actually said something like 'beg for an imperial edict, open up a way of speaking, and hope that the sages of the two palaces will give it to them soon'.

A few days ago, Du Tangming issued the imperial edict, did he not see it in Luoyang, or did he not know how to read?

Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager remembered that day when she wanted to strip Ma Wanggui, that rebellious minister.

In the end, Sima Guang refused to let her go anyway, and even stood up to her!
As a result, her anger grew even bigger.

Beside the Empress Dowager, who should have persuaded and guided the Empress Dowager at the right time, and turned to Sima Guang's internal ministers Liang Weijian and Zhang Shiliang, but at this time they kept their mouths tightly shut and did not say a word.

In Zhao Xu's previous life, these two big dicks who had spoken good things about Sima Guang's road to power, the reason for their silence at the moment is simple - the Municipal Affairs Department has been abolished, and the embankment department has also been abolished.

They and the nephews behind them are already satisfied.

That being the case, why take the risk to speak well of Sima Guang?
Will Sima Guang give them money?
And won't!
In the end, Zhang Mao, who had just been promoted to the post of Ning Guojun, persuaded him: "My lady, calm down, maybe Sima Gong is not talking about the two relatives?"

"Your Majesty, why don't you recruit Sima Gong to the capital and ask him face to face..."

"It's really not good, you can also invite Grand Master Wen to take a look..."

The empress dowager gradually calmed down.

"Forget it!" She sighed, "I'll ask him face to face..."

As soon as he said that, he was about to send someone to consult with the Empress Dowager Baoci Palace.

At this time, the Queen Mother's voice came from outside the palace: "Your Majesty, the bride has something to discuss..."

The Empress Dowager got up immediately: "I am going to invite the Empress Dowager to discuss it!"

So he ordered someone to invite the queen mother in.

As soon as the Empress Dowager Xiang entered the palace, seeing her expression, she bowed gracefully, greeted her, and said: "Your Majesty is also worried about Sima Gong's letter?"

The Empress Dowager nodded.

Xiang Empress said: "The bride is still discussing with the officials just now, is it possible to withdraw Xiang Zonghui's dispatch for the sake of material discussion..."

The Empress Dowager looked at her daughter-in-law.

withdraw?

Is Sima Guang going to dominate her in the future?
Does she have to obey Sima Guang's orders in doing things in the future?
Who is Jun?Who is the minister?
The empress dowager said with a livid face: "Is it safe for outsiders to talk about my family's affairs?"

She was still thinking about Sima Guang's merciless rebuttal that day.

It has to be said that this is a matter of perspective.

Without Zhao Xu's operations, without Zhao Xu's arrangement to send Xiang Zonghui and Gao Gongji to Xihe.

Now, the empress dowager's trust in Sima Guang will reach an unparalleled level!

But now, because of Wang Gui's affairs, and also because of Gao Gongji's dispatch.

The empress dowager, no matter how she read Sima Guang's letter, she felt that he was alluding to me!He's talking about my cronyism!He's even threatening me!
"Your Majesty..." Empress Dowager Xiang sat in front of Empress Dowager Gao, and said softly, "This is all about small things..."

"Ok?"

"Your Majesty, you know what Brother Six said?"

The Empress Dowager looked at the Empress Dowager quietly.

Sighed to the queen mother: "Sixth brother said: This is the first time he has appointed a minister..."

"The sages taught him: there is no beginning, there is an end!"

The Empress Dowager's complexion turned pale.

yes!There is no beginning, there is an end!
If the emperor appointed ministers for the first time after he came to the throne, they would not be implemented.

Who will pay attention to the emperor after that?
The laws of the imperial court and the national system will be gone!
I agreed to Sima Guang's request today, and more Sima Guang will appear in the future.

then……

The Empress Dowager is the daughter of the Jiangmen family, so something will happen to her.

In the troubled times at the end of Tang Dynasty, feudal towns were separated!
There will be local vassals and towns everywhere!
In the Tang Dynasty, it was called Jiedushi, and in the Song Dynasty, it may have been a strategy envoy and a transshipment envoy.

So, the empress dowager said directly: "The officials are right!"

"What Sima Guang wants to say, let him say!"

"Xiang Zonghui and Gao Gongji are the beautiful officials, they are determined!"

"The old man said it! Sima Guang has the guts to continue to say that the old man and the queen mother are nepotism, and he can continue to scare the old man with the examples of the Ming emperors who killed their relatives!"

"I want to see if the world listens to him, Sima Guang, or the officials!"

He actually called Sima Guang by his first name, not even giving him any respect.

When the Queen Mother saw the Empress Dowager's reaction, she was taken aback, and quickly persuaded her: "Your Majesty, calm down... Your Majesty, calm down..."

"Sima Gong is a well-known man in the world, a model of a gentleman, and also the guardian of the sixth brother left by Emperor Daxing..."

It's okay if you don't persuade the queen mother, but once you persuade her, the empress dowager who has taken the lead has already stood up.

"Without him, Sima Guang, will the world be in chaos?"

"There is still Grand Master Wen in the court... There is also Lu Gong's work in Yangzhou..."

"They are all assistant ministers chosen by the Emperor Daxing for the officials!"

　After the article, Sima Guang will write a letter from Luoyang on April Xinsi (21th) (historically, Jiashen on the [-]st). Because of the butterfly effect, it is a few days earlier.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)