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Chapter 21 Wang Gui's Choice
It was also in the afternoon that Gao Zunyu, the uncle of the Empress Dowager who lived idle in Taipingfang, heard a piece of news from his son Gao Shichong that shocked him to the extreme.

"Wang Yuyu really said that?" Gao Zunyu couldn't believe his ears.

"My lord, that's true!" Gao Shichong raised his head proudly.

Unexpectedly, what he was waiting for was not Naifu's reward, but a crutch. Gao Zunyu's crutch hit him on the head, causing his head to bleed.

"My lord!" Gao Shichong covered his forehead and immediately knelt down.

"If you dare to associate with the Wang family again, I will kill you with a stick!" Gao Zunyu said with a serious expression on his face.

Gao Shichong was so frightened that he trembled, he could only cover his forehead, kowtowed and said: "My son knows!"

"Get off!" Gao Zunyu yelled angrily.

Gao Shichong left Gao Zunyu's study in a scrambling manner.

Gao Zunyu looked at his son's back and shook his head: "Nizi, stupid!"

His family is relatives!
Is it necessary to do such a thing with your head tied to your belt?

Then Wang Yuyu was also in a daze!

How dare you ask him such a thing!
Who does the queen mother prefer?
Is this what you, a minister, should ask?
Even if he retreated [-] steps, Wang Yuyu really knew what the queen mother wanted, what could he do?
How many people can you call on if you have three purposes?

Who is willing to follow the ministers of the three provinces and two governments?
Will Yan Da, commander of the Sanya palace, be willing to listen to him?

The old party in Luoyang, the Wang Anshi brothers in Jiangning, Lu Huiqing in Hedong, Li Xian in Xihe, which one can Wang Yuyu command?
joke!

In Gao Zunyu's view, there is no difference between Wang Yuyu and courting death.

The Wang family has already stepped on the edge of a cliff!
Anytime, anywhere, his body could be smashed to pieces—as long as Gao Zunyu came forward and reported today's incident to the court, tomorrow, Wang Gui could only commit suicide and apologize.

pity……

Gao Zunyu shook his head.

If he came forward, Wang Gui would surely die.

But Gao Shichong must also die!

Even Gao Zunyu and the Gao clan will be implicated, and may even cause serious shocks.

Whether it is the new party or the old party, it is impossible to let go of this opportunity.

Gao Zunyu didn't dare and couldn't do this!
……

That night, Wang Gui dragged his exhausted body back home from the Daqing Hall—for these days, the ministers from the three provinces and two prefectures went to the Daqing Hall every night to participate in the blessing ceremony in the Daqing Hall.

Before Wang Gui had time to catch his breath, he got a piece of news that was almost a bolt from the blue for him from his son.

The Gao family completely and completely cut off contact with Wang Zhongxiu.

The Wang Fen who patted his chest to reassure at the beginning has also disappeared.

Gao Shichong couldn't even find anyone.

As for punishment?

People patted their asses and pretended that there was no such thing.

When Wang Gui heard the news, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and his limbs became stiff.

"My lord..." Wang Zhongxiu lowered his head, "What should I do?"

As he spoke, he was about to cry.

The Gao family are relatives.

There are countless escape routes for foreign relatives!
And the Wang family?Once the incident happened, there would be no place to die!
He just thought that the wolves and tigers of the Forbidden Army might drag the whole palace out at any time.

Wang Zhongxiu trembled all over, regretting his mistake!
"What are you panicking?" Wang Gui reprimanded: "The matter is not out of control yet!"

"Otherwise, at this moment, you and my father and son should be in prison!"

"Gao Zunyu, you don't have the guts to stand up!"

"That's right..." Wang Gui muttered to himself, "If he had the guts, how could he be so timid?"

"But, I have to guard against it!"

After Wang Gui took a few steps, he gritted his teeth and said to Wang Zhongxiu: "For the current plan, the only way to avoid disaster is to muddy the water!"

Wang Gui has been up and down in the officialdom for decades, experienced the Puyi dispute during the Zhiping period, also experienced the Xining reform, Wang Anshi's two visits to the prime minister, and experienced a series of complicated things such as the reform of Yuanfeng, the five-way attack on Xia, and the battle in Yongle City, but he still stands tall.

He is still the Prime Minister of the Great Song Dynasty, the Duke of Xi!
Outsiders can laugh at him as a man of three purposes, and they can say that he is the land of Tokyo.

However, Wang Gui's intelligence and resourcefulness cannot be underestimated.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to stand tall in the waves of so many years.

The same is true now, in the midst of crisis, Wang Gui grasped the opportunity keenly.

What if you want to keep people from talking about what you do?
The answer is to throw out a shocking enough news to attract everyone's attention.

And now, what is the most exciting thing?What things most stimulate the government and the opposition?

Wang Gui only took a step before he came up with the answer - minister!
Find a minister who has enough weight and status to come out and push him in front of everyone.

So, who is the best fit?

It only took Wang Gui a second to come up with the answer.

Gyeongbokgung Palace Envoy, Empress Wu Xinjun, Deputy Duzhi, and Li Xian, the envoy of Xihe Lanhui Road Economic Strategy Appeasement System!
Even if, Li Xian just won a big victory!

Even though, in the past two years, Li Xian has made great achievements in managing the Xihe Lanhui. He has won five Lanzhou battles and won five times!

Even in the first month of last year, when the chieftain of the western bandits claimed that 80 people would come to attack Lanzhou with the power of the whole country, he still held on to Lanzhou City.

After this battle, the western thieves no longer dare to covet Lanzhou city defense.

But, but, so what?
Li Xian is a minister!
Moreover, he is the most trusted minister of the official family, and also the most prominent and outstanding minister of the Song Dynasty.

As long as he is pulled out, the attention of the entire world and the entire court will be attracted to him!

No one will care about Wang Gui's petty actions anymore.

Thinking of this, Wang Gui raised his head and made a decision.

He came to his study and found the old year from the study. He wrote a letter to the officials, asking for reassignment, and belittling Li Xian's words-these things are what the title should be.
It is not normal for the prime minister not to do this.

Now, Wang Gui has brought out these past conventions of fictional stories.

Today, when the official family is seriously ill, these things will become his Wang Gui's trump card, and will also become the clarion call to attack Li Xian.

Even if Wang Gui knew in his heart, what consequences would he have if he did so?
The consequence is, as long as he succeeds.

Then, under Li Xian and Li Xian's command, those generals who have made great achievements in battle will all be labeled by others, and they will become different from then on.

As long as he succeeds, the victories and achievements of the five battles in Lanzhou will be ignored, despised or even erased.

But so what?
The one who rolls the name outside the Donghua Gate is a good man!

If you want to blame it, blame it, you don't have a Jinshi background, if you want to blame it, blame it, you are not civil servants and bureaucrats!
And Wang Gui quickly found what he wanted in these words.

A sharp arrow aimed at Li Xian!

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Note: In the continuation of Zizhi Tongjian, several records of Shenzong's records compiled during Zhezong's period were quoted.

Each one points to the same thing.

Wang Gui sent someone to ask Gao Zunyu, who would the queen mother want to establish?Was reprimanded by Gao Zunyu.

Especially Gao Zunyu's son, Gao Shijing reported during Shaosheng's reign: When the first minister Zunyu was in danger when the late emperor was taking medicine...weeping in anger: How dare a treacherous minister do this!What's more, the country has its own orthodoxy, so what's up to me?Then he scolded his younger brother, Shichong: If you dare to go further, you will die with the stick!
Note 2: In the continuation of Zizhi Tongjian, a strange incident was recorded. First, around February [-]th, Li Xian was rewarded for his military exploits and promoted the generals who attacked Xixia. The rewards were very heavy. Immediately, within ten days, they began to discuss inexplicably that Li Xian's report last year was not true.

It gave people a feeling of insanity, but considering the situation at the time and Wang Gui's subsequent performance in related matters, it can be inferred that Wang Gui was deceiving his ears.

Note 3: Sanzhi Xianggong, Wang Gui’s nickname among scholar-bureaucrats, because he is a chancellor, and he only does three things: invite imperial edicts, obtain imperial edicts, and promulgate imperial edicts. The land of Tokyo: the nickname given to Wang Gui by the people of Bianjing.Sarcasm Wang Gui has nothing to do.

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