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Chapter 9 Cai Que's Ambition

Children's sleep is enough to make all adults envy.

Zhao Xu fell asleep until dawn, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Grandma Guo, who was crouching and guarding him before he collapsed.

"Your Highness is awake?" Grandma Guo asked softly.

Zhao Xu nodded.

The mother-in-law of the country brought up the maid and dressed Zhao Xu.

Taking advantage of Zhao Xu's dressing time, the mother-in-law of the country said: "Just now, someone from Defei Pavilion sent someone to report that the princess fainted from high fever at midnight last night. Fortunately, Imperial Physician Qian stayed in the Imperial City Medical Office last night and entered the palace in time to administer medicine, diagnose and treat the princess. Finally, the crisis was resolved!"

After hearing this, Zhao Xu let out a slight breath.

Then, he turned his head and looked in one direction.

The direction of Kaibao Temple.

"Where's Feng Jing?" Zhao Xu asked.

"Feng Jing has gone to the imperial kitchen..." Grandma Guo replied, "Should be back soon!"

"Oh!" Zhao Xu nodded, and began to wash up under the service of the maids.

He had just finished washing when Feng Jing came back from the outside in a panic.

"Your Highness!" Feng Jing bowed immediately when he saw Zhao Xu had washed up.

"What's the matter, so flustered?" Zhao Xu asked calmly.

"His Royal Highness Qizuo, I heard from the imperial kitchen that the Kaibao Temple was flooded with four drums last night. It is said that the fire was very severe. At dawn, it was just extinguished for the Kaifeng Mansion, but most of the tribute courtyard has been burned to the ground!"

"Understood!" Zhao Xu still nodded calmly.

But I sighed in my heart: "What should come will always come!"

What happened in the previous life will be staged again according to its inherent track.

However, this time, Zhao Xu saved his own sister after all.

That innocent and cute little girl who likes to wear colorful clothes.

Because of this, Zhao Xu completely determined the current time.

Xinsi on February [-]th in the eighth year of Yuanfeng.

In his previous life, there were still twelve days left before he was established as the crown prince, and there were only seventeen days left before his father died.

"It seems that it is really the guidance of fate!" Zhao Xu sighed in his heart.

In his previous life, he was forced to grow up after the Kaibao Temple fire and Wu Niang's premature death. He was forced to face the whole world alone at the age of a little over eight years old.

This formed his character in his previous life.

Silent, persistent, sensitive, suspicious.

But now, under his eight-year-old skin, there is a fully mature soul with sufficient control over power and human heart.

No more fear.

On the contrary, he was still a little eager to try.

He wants to overcome those childhood nightmares.

To overturn the fears that kept him up at night in the past.

Not only within this imperial city.

There are also those outside the imperial city.

Just like now, he has overcome the first fear: the pain of losing his sister!

Just getting close to Queen Xiang, and with the help of Queen Xiang's power, he can easily do things that he can't do now.

Feng Jing swallowed his saliva, and said cautiously: "I heard that the two straight speakers from Zishan Hall probably died in the fire!"

Zhao Xu listened, looked at Feng Jing silently, and then sighed: "What can I do?"

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Kaibao Temple, facing the Wuzhang River in the north and facing the imperial city in the south, is the royal temple of the Song Dynasty, and it is also a famous place in Bianjing!
At this very moment, in Kaibao Temple, countless firefighters came and went.

The soldiers of the Dianqian Division and the inspection soldiers of the Kaifeng Mansion have already carried out the corpses recovered from the ruins of the fire scene, and put them in the courtyard in front of the Gongyuan.

In the yard, there are a number of cool umbrellas standing upright, silently telling the status of their masters as important ministers.

"Chengyilang Zhaiman, Fengyilang Chen Fangzhi, Xuandelang Ma Ximeng, have all been confirmed to be buried in the fire..."

Li Ding, the servant of the Household Department of Zhigong, who was in charge of coordinating the provincial examination, reported the heavy losses of the fire to the chief ministers of the two prefectures and three provinces with trepidation.

Yuanfeng reformed the system and changed his official rank by rank.

What used to be a loose official rank has become a ministerial officer.

The person who determines the salary and official position becomes the official who sends salary.

According to Yuanfeng Jiluge, court officials are from Tongzhilang to above, while Beijing officials are divided into five levels from Chengwulang to Xuandelang.

Now, here, two court officials and a Beijing official who has risen to the top of the Beijing official list are burned to death.

In the entire Great Song Dynasty, the total number of civil servants and court officials in Beijing did not exceed 800.

Three died here today!
This is already a shitty thing.

As Zhigong Ju, Li Ding knew that he could never shirk his responsibility.

What's more, the identities of the three people who were burned to death are particularly sensitive!

Zhai Man's dispatch is: Professor Han Wang and Ji Wanggong, who are also professors at the Muqinzhai Guangqinzhai to give lectures!
Everyone who sees this errand will only feel their scalps go numb.

This is the teacher of the clan's children!
But that's not the main story.

The key is to have two people left.

They have the same mission: Quan Zi Shan Tang straight talk!
Unfortunately, the above three people also have the same background - a staunch supporter of the new law, a disciple of Wang Anshi!
He is also a lecturer selected by the officials from the Taixue and Guozijian to give enlightenment to the clan's children and princes!

Today, all die here!

It's going to break the sky!
Li Ding, the household servant of Zhigongju, and Sun Jue, the secretary and young supervisor who transferred the three people to the Gongyuan to assist in marking the papers, looked at each other in blank dismay.

At this moment, the chancellors collectively recalled Zhao Shiju's treason case!

The big case of Xining eight years ago shocked the whole world.

I don't know how many people are involved!

The people involved include civil servants, military officials, imperial physicians, Si Tianjian...

In the end, not only the current prime minister was involved, but even Sima Guang, who was writing books in the Luoyang cellar, was involved.

But the reason for this was simply that a commoner reported that the former head Bo, who had resigned from office in a locality, "intended rebellion".

When the local magistrate tried it, it was dismissed due to lack of evidence.

But after reporting layer by layer, it fell into the ears of officials.

The official sent someone to investigate...

The clan Zhao Shiju is involved!And the witness evidence is conclusive!

These people are even ready for prophecy.

Big rebellion, proper big rebellion case!

Then the scope of censorship continued to expand, and more and more people were dug out under Miki.

In the end, the officials themselves took the initiative to stop.

Otherwise, no one knows how many people will be involved.

Today, the Kaibao Temple caught fire, and it happened to burn to death three lecturers who were personally selected by the officials to educate the clan and the prince.

If it was this time last year.

The entire city of Bianjing must be turned over!
And now...

Although the officials are already seriously ill.

However, standing behind the two straight speakers who were burned to death was the King of Yan'an County!

Although the Prince of Yan'an is young, he will grow up.

If there is no reasonable explanation for this matter.

In the future, it may become a tiankeng that can destroy the future of everyone's descendants!

"What should I do?" Everyone looked at the ministers of the three provinces surrounded by everyone.

However, these big figures who worshiped the Zaizhi all kept silent.

No one spoke to appease, and no one expressed his opinion.

They just looked at the corpses being carried out one by one.

His brows were tightly knit together, and his face was cloudy and uncertain.

After a long time, a hoarse and heavy voice said: "This matter cannot be reported to the imperial court for the time being!"

Countless people looked over.

The speakers were Shangshu Youpushe and Zhongshu Shilang Caique.

Then he heard the right minister categorically say, and said solemnly: "Today, the emperor is sick and before he recovers from the imperial palace, whoever dares to disturb the peace of the saint by worrying about trifles must be a treacherous minister!"

"Zuo Kui..." Cai Que turned around and asked Zuo Xiang Wang Gui, who was surrounded in the center, "Do you think so?"

Zuo Xiang, who is 64 years old this year, twitched his rich round face, but he could only nod: "What You Fu said is true!"

Guanjia is now apoplexy!
The doctor's order is not to be excited, not to worry.

Even if the sky falls, you can't say anything that may stimulate the official's illness.

Otherwise, there was an accident.

Everyone will be reduced to criminals!

Above the history, thousands of people criticize!
"Then..." Li Ding frowned, "This..."

"It's a serious crime to bully the emperor!" He drooped his head.

In Song Dynasty, in Bianjing city, there was nothing that could be hidden from people.

The emperor of Ouchi can't hide the news.

The ministers outside the imperial city still want to hide the news?
What's more, it's such a big thing?
Looking for death?
The admonishing crows dared to deceive the emperor once they found out that they were ministers.

The impeachment memorial will flood the official offices of Yintai.

"This is not deceiving the emperor!" Cai Que looked at the crowd and said slowly, "It's about being loyal to the emperor!"

"Besides, it's not like we don't report!"

"Just report the matter to the two palaces, and ask the two palaces to make up their minds!"

"Whether to submit to the emperor, please let the two palaces decide!"

Last night, Cai Que got a tabloid from his son Cai Wei.

A piece of secret news from the ban published in the tabloids attracted Cai Que's attention.

The king of Yan'an County copied Buddhist scriptures for the officials, prayed for the recovery of the father and the emperor, and prayed for the longevity of the mother, the longevity of the mother, and the longevity of the mother and concubine.

The moment Cai Que saw the tabloid news, he had some thoughts.

However, for a while, he still lacked ideas.

Now, Cai really knows what he should do!

He remembered what the officials had entrusted to him when they summoned him last year.

He also remembered, the last time his mother, the Ming family, brought back the Queen's oral order after she entered the palace.

All of these, today, are connected in series with the fire in the Gongyuan.

Han Qi and Han Zhongxian were able to support the three emperors and support the second emperor.

He Cai Chizheng, Cai Chizheng, of course, can also follow suit.

Respect the second emperor and help the young master!

Great work!

Come to Japan to pay for your merits, the Cai family in Quanzhou may not be as good as the Han family in Xiangzhou!
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Note: In the Northern Song Dynasty, the tribute courtyard of the Ministry of Rites was in Kaibao Temple for a long time.In the eighth year of Yuanfeng's Kaibao Temple, there was a fire, which made him take the imperial examination for the second time.

Note 2: Qingliang Umbrella, Qingluo Umbrella, is a status symbol that can only be given by the Minister of Zaizhi in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Note 3: There used to be many cypress trees planted in Yushitai in the Han Dynasty, and thousands of crows lived on the cypresses all the year round. Therefore, Yushitai has been called Wutai since ancient times, and the censors have been called crows.

Note 4: Zuo Kui, the honorific title for Zuo Xiang, note that Wang Gui called Cai Que Youfu at this time, which actually meant contempt, and should normally be called You Kui.

Note 5: Cai Wei, that is, Cai Mao, this guy changed his name later.

Note 6: The number of court officials in the Northern Song Dynasty, from Qingli to Yuanfeng, has been maintained at a level of about 2800, and has increased to about 3000 after Yuanyou. The data comes from "Northern Song Dynasty Xifeng Economic Yearbook"

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