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Chapter 81 The Death of Wang Gui
Persuasion?
Zhao Xu turned his head and looked at Queen Mother Xiang behind the curtain.

Flashing back to his previous life, when he was about to abolish the current empress dowager, the scene when the empress dowager brought his biological mother to him.

Queen Mother Xiang has such a temperament.

As long as things don't burn her, she likes to have sex.

In modern times, according to the historical materials that Zhao Xu read, after Zhao Xu's sudden death, she also tried to reconcile the mud.

Unfortunately, the effect is not very good.

As soon as the queen mother died, Cai Jing backhanded a Yuanyou party monument and completely destroyed all the efforts of the queen mother.

This is normal. The old party demoted so many new parties to death, and the new party came to power and demoted even more old parties.

You say you won't fight if you don't fight?

Is there such an easy thing?

However, the Queen Mother still has to give her face.

Persuasion is persuasive.

Zhao Xu cleared his throat slightly, looked at the Empress Dowager on the other side of the curtain, and said in a low voice: "Mother, Father has just ascended to immortality, and the left minister is Father's thigh, so don't be degraded!"

If even a person like Wang Gui should be seen in the face of Emperor Daxing, he should not be deeply degraded.

So, what about those laws and policies that the Daxing emperor did not intend to abolish during his lifetime?

Who dares to give up lightly?

Who would dare to ignore Zhao Xu, the filial son sitting on the throne, like Zhao Xu in his previous life?
Although the lychees in Lingnan are delicious, they can only be eaten for two months a year.

Think it through!

After studying abroad for ten years, one of the most important things Zhao Xu learned in modern times is: even a piece of garbage can play its value in the hands of a real operator.

It is a good deal to exchange the temporary peace of Wang Gui for the rift between the Empress Dowager and Sima Niu.

Zhao Xu's words were neither serious nor serious, and they clearly fell into the ears of the Empress Dowager and Sima Guang in this small hall.

This forced the empress dowager behind the curtain to back down.

Because she remembered an important thing - too much is too late!
If, when the sixth brother carried out the Daxing emperor, she was still obsessed with stripping the king of hemp and punishing him deeply.

Even if the current sixth brother can't react.

How has he grown up?
This is trying to cover up the obvious, and if it is not done well, it will be self-defeating.

Therefore, she could only say angrily: "Since it's the official pleading, I will spare him the death penalty for the sake of Emperor Daxing!"

"However, the laws and regulations of the state must not be abolished lightly!"

"Even if you can't commit deep crimes and strip the hemp, you must write down all the crimes committed by Wang Gui in the book of dismissal!"

"Especially in the Dutang that day, he dared to say such a snake-headed, disregarding righteous words!"

"If Emperor Daxing knew about the hatred of this old man, he would not be able to forgive him lightly!"

This matter is especially important to the Empress Dowager.

She had to tell everyone in the world, tell Sixth Brother that what that bastard Wang Gui said in Dutang had nothing to do with Laoshen, the Gao family and King Yong.

This is all his own nonsense!

As long as Wang Gui's crime is written in the letter of dismissal, it will be announced to the world.

Then, even if Sixth Brother wants to investigate in the future, he will not find out about this matter.

In this way, since February, the sixth brother will probably not get into the details of what King Yong did in the palace.

Even if it is based on her current attitude, she will not pursue it.

When the Empress Dowager thought of this, she took a deep look at the place where Zhao Xu was sitting.

The little official was sitting on the throne, and through the bead curtain, one could see the touch of emotion on his little face.

This child is really a good boy with a pure nature!

The Empress Dowager couldn't help but feel regretful and annoyed for what she had done in a daze and indulged King Yong.

In the palace, the Empress Dowager witnessed all the events and changes with her own eyes.

So, she took a deep look at the place where the queen was, and then came out to endorse the girl: "What the lady said is true!"

"What Wang Gui said that day is simply unworthy of being a minister!"

"It's even more disappointing to the kindness and kindness that Emperor Daxing treated him!"

"It is really intolerable by the laws of the country and the laws of heaven!"

"However, considering that he is the prime minister worshiped by the Daxing Emperor, considering the dignity of the scholar-officials, and considering the law of the ancestors who met the prime minister, he can be punished lightly, but his crime must be announced to the world!"

This is also the bottom line for the Queen Mother.

Scholar-bureaucrats can stay if they are decent.

You don't need to punish him deeply, you don't need to strip him of the numbness.

However, the charges must be made public, and it must be clearly stated in the book-our two palaces are not blindly demoting the prime minister, it is really that he has gone too far.

Seeing this situation, Sima Guang sat down and worshiped with satisfaction: "The empress dowager has a compassionate heart, the empress dowager is sympathetic to the minister, and the emperor loves the old minister. It is really a blessing in the world!"

"I believe that the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager are in fact Yao and Shun among women, and they should be a model of virtuous empresses in Qing history. In the history books in the future, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager will definitely have a place because of today's good deeds!"

As soon as Sima Guang's words came out, Zhao Xu's eyelids twitched.

Come, come, female Zhong Yao and Shun, he is coming!
The face of the Empress Dowager in the curtain, after hearing Sima Guang's words, finally dissipated the original haze.

Empress Dowager Xiang knew without looking, she must be very happy.

Zhao Xu understands that even if the two palaces know that Sima Guang is talking nicely and flattering them, they will probably be complacent because of Sima Guang's evaluation of "Yao Shun".

reason?

This is what Sima Guang said!

What Sima Guang wrote about Zizhi Tongjian, commented on ancient and modern emperors and generals, and pointed out the gains and losses of the past dynasties!
This is the particularity brought by the status title.

A comprehensive guide to governance has accumulated too much political prestige for Sima Guang.

It also allowed him to get too many things that didn't belong to him.

……

The next time, it becomes boring.

There was no longer the close communication between Sima Guang and the two palaces.

As a result, the process of Majesty's speech was almost gone.

Sima Guang stood up, bowed with fluoren, and said goodbye to Liang Gong and Zhao Xu.

At this time, Shi Deyi walked in a little flustered from outside the small hall.

Of course, he could have done it on purpose.

Otherwise, he should come in from the side door at the back of the small hall and go directly into the curtain, so that Zhao Xu would not see him.

So, after Zhao Xu saw Shi Deyi's appearance, he immediately asked, "Shi Deyi is flustered, what's going on?"

So, the two palaces behind the curtain, and Sima Guang in the palace, all looked at the courtier who hurried in from the side of the palace gate.

Shi Deyi immediately bowed respectfully: "I am guilty of disrespect in the palace, and I will be sentenced to death! Capital punishment!"

"What's the matter?" Asked the Queen Mother before snatching the Queen Mother away.

Now she trusts and values ​​Shi Deyi more and more.

It is really Shi Deyi's pawn who can collect a lot of folk discussions and public opinion changes in Bianjing City, so that she can know what is being said outside the palace as well?
Shi Deyi immediately replied: "Zouzhi Her Royal Highness the Empress Dowager, Her Royal Highness the Great Empress Dowager, Your Majesty the Emperor..."

"Report from the Investigation Division of the Imperial City Division..."

"Left Chancellor, Duke of Xun, Wang Gui, is dead!"

Ok?
The two palaces behind the curtain exclaimed in disbelief.

Sima Guang stood up with a whoosh.

Even Zhao Xu couldn't figure it out.

"What's going on?" He asked: "Zuo Xiang's body has always been strong, even if he was sick at home recently, he shouldn't have passed away without warning..."

Sima Guang nodded, indeed.

Wang Gui was younger than him, and he had never heard of any illness.

Why did he die suddenly?
Is it?
Sima Guang's eyes glanced into the curtain.

Although that kind of thing is unlikely to happen in Da Song.

But I can't tell.

Right?

Sima Guang compiled history, and the historical materials he read were of astronomical level.

Especially those solitary copies and treasures bestowed by the Daxing Emperor, which record various anecdotes since the Han Dynasty.

So he knew that since ancient times, the royal family did not need to use knives to kill people, and sometimes even jailers were not needed.

A cup of poisoned wine, three feet of white silk, and a piece of gold, if they were delivered to the minister by someone holding a token from the palace.

Does this minister dare not die?

Even, there is no need to bring anything, the person just needs to hint.

A courtier who knows his own situation, if he is sensible, will kill himself after the envoy leaves.

Just like King Yue Yi, Taizong only said to him: You do it yourself.

He already understood it completely, and killed himself as soon as he returned home, not even daring to splash blood on the hall!

What makes Sima Guang especially sensitive is that during the period when Zhang Xianmingsu was hanging down the curtain, the chancellor Cao Li was forced to death by the ministers around Zhang Xianmingsu.

Now, the empress dowager who hangs the curtain, will she learn from Zhang Xianming?
Sima Guang didn't know, and couldn't guess.

He could only look at the old courtier who entered the small hall.

Just listen to the inner courtier named Shi Deyi playing: "Qi Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, the Inspector Secretary Yan: Duke Xi was cursing more than an hour ago after hearing a ballad. He vomited blood and died!"

"A ballad?" Behind the curtain, the Queen Mother asked curiously: "What ballad?"

Can a ballad piss off a prime minister?
Is it too exaggerated?
But the curiosity in the queen mother's heart drove her to eagerly want to know - what kind of ballad is it about, so that even an old official like Wang Gui, who was scolded as the minister of three orders, could be pissed to death? !
Shi Deyi took out a blank piece of paper from his sleeve, held it in his hand, and presented it to Zhao Xu's case. ,

Zhao Xu looked down and laughed, then sent it to the curtain and showed it to the Queen Mother.

He took it from the queen mother and put it in front of him, his expression suddenly became strange.

Then she took the paper in front of the Empress Dowager herself: "Your Majesty, let's have a look!"

The Empress Dowager looked at it again, but laughed.

"This is the so-called accusation, the so-called words are like a knife!"

She looked at the old minister standing in the hall through the curtain, and said, "Liang Weijian, show it to Mr. Sima, and look at the chancellor whom the Daxing Emperor worships, the chancellor in the hall. What kind of person are the people of Bianjing in their hearts!"

So, the piece of paper was sent to Sima Guang by Liang Weijian.

Sima Guang opened it up to take a look, and his face suddenly became extremely exciting.

On paper was a ballad of barely adequate prose, but witty words.

The ci says: Zuo is the rich son of the country, who has no name in his life and only has money. Authorization does not require authority!
There is another line of writing on the paper: I also heard that recently someone outside Zuoxiang's mansion is singing day and night: Yuyu Yuyu, full of energy, except for the empty space, all ten aspects are complete.

Words are like knives, sentences are like arrows.

Sima Guang felt that if he was Wang Gui, he would probably vomit blood in anger when he heard such a ballad sung by Bianjing people that completely negated and overthrew his life!

This shame that the scholar-officials cannot bear!
　Note: This ballad of the citizens of Bianjing was circulated after Wang Gui's death.

　　I have changed the first two sentences and the last title here.

　　The original text of the first two sentences is: The grand master gave his son Sun Jian, and there is no name but money in front of him.

　　Wang Tejin is Wang Anshi, the veteran of Tejin and Sikong.

　　In the original text, Zhang Guan is Song Zhaoxuan, that is, Song Yongchen, but at this time, because the sixth brother recalled Song Yongchen to Da Nei, and opened up the dike department to buy, Song Yongchen's mocking effect failed, and the people of Bianjing automatically focused their fire on the highest status The inner minister is Zhang Maoze, and Zhang Maoze's Yaojun official at this time is the Lizhou Observer, so he is generally called Zhang Observer.

　　This matter is very interesting.

　　The Wang family later went to sue the officials because of this matter, and they sued Cai Jing in front of Cai Jing. They were watched by countless people in the official office, which caused a roar of laughter.

　　Even Cai Jing laughed together, which shows the poor reputation of the Wang family.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)