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Chapter 23 Zhao Xu: To attack Li Xian is to hit me
"Your Highness...Your Highness..." Feng Jing looked at the absent-minded county king and called out cautiously.

"Oh..." Zhao Xu came back to his senses, looked at Feng Jing, and pretended to ask casually: "Do you know which censor proposed the impeachment?"

Now, the censor Zhongcheng of Yushitai is Huanglu.

Huang Lu is an old minister, the trusted confidant of Zhao Xu's father, and also Zhao Xu's trustworthy Prime Minister.

In his previous life, Zhao Xu had worshiped Huang Lu as Shangshu Youcheng, the minister of two governments and three provinces.

However, Yushitai has never been able to be said by a certain person.

In addition, Yuanfeng reformed the system and dismissed the name of Jianyuan, which merged the past Jianguan system and Yushi system.

This complicates the situation in Yushitaizhong.

In addition, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty practiced the system of big and small, and mixed opinions with each other. They also mixed sand in the Yushitai, which made the factions of the Yushi inside the Yushitai more complicated.

For some people, it is difficult to know their true attitude, and it is even more difficult to know their true position until the critical moment.

Feng Jing was stunned, then shook his head: "This is beyond the knowledge of the minister!"

Zhao Xu nodded: "I know!"

He walked to the desk, picked up the scriptures given to him by Empress Dowager Gao, and pretended to be reading, but his mind wandered far away.

What is the situation of the Li Xian case?Zhao Xu knew it clearly in his heart.

Because, in the previous life, when Zhang Dun reversed the case, he easily figured out the cause and effect.

Of course, in this process, it is necessary to use some spring and autumn brushwork to forcefully attach to Sima Guang and Lu Gongzhuo.

However, the general context is clear.

If Zhao Xu's memory is correct, it would probably look like this.

Before the fifth battle of Lanzhou last year, Zhao Xu's father issued an edict ordering Li Xian to send envoys to Qingtang Dong Zhan, father and son Ali Gu, ordering his father and son to send troops to harass the Western Xia flanks in response to the Lanzhou War, and asked Dong Zhan and his son to come to Beijing for an audience.

Li Xian then selected an officer named Huangfudan to take up the duty of envoy.

But this Huangfudan was timid and fearful. After he went on a mission, he arrived in the Qingtang territory and was blocked by the general Qing Yijie Guizhang, so he didn't dare to move forward - he said it himself, without any circumstantial evidence.

However, he turned around and lied to Li Xian, saying that he had met Dong Zhan, and told Dong Zhan Xiaoyu the court's order, and that Dong Zhan agreed to send troops.

Li Xian reported it accordingly, but after a while, Li Xian found out that Huang Fudan was lying, so he reported the matter again.

Just such a big thing fell into the ears of Yushi, and the crowd was furious all of a sudden, and they all impeached Li Xian for being false and suspected of deceiving the emperor.

At that time, the Battle of Lanzhou entered a critical moment.

The imperial court once lost contact with Lanzhou.

Under the pressure of the ministers, Zhao Xu's father could only agree to discuss the matter with the censors.

But not long after, news of Lanzhou's success came.

It is strange to destroy hundreds of thousands of western thieves, kill tens of thousands, and behead [-]. Li Xian built a Beijing temple under the city of Lanzhou.

This matter naturally stopped here.

All the censors should have no such thing.

But who knew, when Zhao Xu ascended the throne, this matter would be brought up and hyped up again.

At that time, Zhao Xu was just a ignorant young man sitting on the throne.

Who is Li Xian?Where is Xihe Lanhui Road?He has no idea.

No one even came to explain these things to him.

The mother-in-law who listens to politics behind the curtain is the one who holds all the power and has the highest decision-making power.

Gao, who has been promoted to the empress dowager, quickly made her decision.

After Li Xian went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Deputy Duzhi and Wu Xinjun stayed behind, but retained the dispatch of the envoy of the Xihe Lanhui Road Economic Strategy Appeasement System, allowing him to take the blame and make meritorious service.

People under Li Xian have suffered eight lifetimes of bad luck.

After following Li Xian for more than ten years, all the staff who have been working hard in charge of Xihe Road's logistics were all dismissed from office and even put into management.

And this is just the beginning.

Following Sima Guang's entry into Beijing, the Empress Dowager sent people to express condolences, and Sima Guang took the opportunity to write a letter about Li Xian's case.

The empress dowager followed the good example and ordered the imperial censor, the situation was finally unstoppable!
This is also the reason why Zhang Dun was able to put the responsibility on Sima Guang.

Look!
It is this treacherous minister who harmed our country's general!
But in fact, what did Sima Guang do?
He just talked a little bit in front of the empress dowager's envoy, his views on state affairs, and mentioned Li Xian's case by the way.

If it was someone else, they might just laugh it off, after all, Li Xian has already been dealt with.

But the problem is that what Sima Guang met was the "female middle Yao and Shun" of the Song Dynasty.

The thing Yao and Shun, the female middle school, is best at is 'follow the good'.

The mother of Zhao Xu's trust in Sima Guang, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi, Lu Gongzhu and others has reached an incredible level!
As soon as she heard the report, did Sima Guang also care about Li Xian's case?
What a gentleman like this cares about, can it be a trivial matter?
Thorough investigation!It must be thoroughly investigated!
In Song Dynasty, who can stand the investigation?

Not to mention Li Xian, except for a few people such as Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, no one can stand the investigation.

At the beginning, the reason why the Qingli New Deal failed.

It is because Wang Gongchen caught a small problem of Su Shunqin, the son-in-law of Du Yan, the prime minister who supported Fan Zhongyan's new policies.

Originally, this was just a trivial matter.

But the problem is that these people eat flowers and wine and play prostitutes, and they like to write poetry when they are drunk.

When the brain is not clear, it is inevitable that some people will be complacent and write something that they usually dare not write.

For example, a participant named Wang Yirou wrote a "Song of Proudness" in which he said: "Drunk lying in the North Pole and sending the emperor to help, Duke Zhou and Confucius drove him into slavery!"
This poem was sent to Wang Gongchen, and Wang Gongchen, as if he had found a treasure, played the poem on the Temple of Ren, requesting that these guards steal, corrupt the law, and insult and blaspheme the arrogant people who are arrogant!

Wang Gongchen's request frightened Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Fu Bi, Han Qi and others.

These people immediately began to defend Su Shunqin and others.

What Wang Gongchen was waiting for was their excuse!

Immediately turn to the impeachment of Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, and Fu Bi for forming a party, and the evidence is conclusive!

As a result, under the outrage of the public, Prime Minister Du Yan, Fan Zhongyan's biggest supporter in the court, was dismissed.

Without Du Yan's support, Fan Zhongyan was helpless in court, so he had to ask himself out.

The Qingli New Deal failed!

Satisfied, Wang Gongchen said openly: "I'll catch them all in one fell swoop!"

This is the origin of the idiom.

After this incident, the Song court learned a lesson.

When encountering the impeachment of Zaifu and generals, no matter how small it is, they will be cautious, so as not to take advantage of the second Wang Gongchen.

However, the empress dowager at that time had no ruling experience at all and did not understand these court traditions.

She only knows one thing - Sima Guang is a gentleman, and there must be something wrong with the things that a gentleman cares about.

Then she checked - there was indeed a problem!

Li Xian, the hero who expanded the frontiers of the Song Dynasty, the most trusted minister and general of the late emperor, the famous commander who had frightened the Northwest for more than ten years, and the figure who could make Qingtang Tubo bow their heads, was brought down in this way.

On June [-]th of the eighth year of Yuanfeng, Li Xian committed more than ten serious crimes, such as false meritorious service, false report, dishonesty, watching Yongle City besieged, and embezzlement.

In the imperial court, at that time still dominated by the new party, the chief ministers in the capital hall talked about Li Xian's crimes.

No one mentions one of his merits!
Also, the monarch that Li Xian was loyal to has passed away.

His young master, although enthroned, is just a child who doesn't understand anything, and doesn't even know that there is such a minister.

He has lost his backer.

No matter how high the status is, no matter how much credit the ministers have, they can only be slaughtered by others.

Recalling these things, Zhao Xu began to think about how to solve Li Xian's troubles.

Because, in Zhao Xu's heart now, he has already decided.

Now, the attack on Li Xian is an attack on him.

(End of this chapter)