Do you know: I am Yuan Wenshao

Chapter 247 Show

Facing the Queen Mother's anger, Yuan Wenshao was not afraid. Instead, he stood up and saluted and said: "Empress Dowager, you should be able to see that what the officials did this time was actually to seize power, right?"

The Queen Mother looked ugly when she heard this, but did not refute.

In fact, she didn't react at first, thinking that Zhao Zongquan didn't want to recognize Emperor Renzong as his 'father'.

This kind of thing is actually normal. After all, Zhao Zong was all in his thirties before he was adopted. Emperor Renzong died a few days after the adoption. It can be said that he had no feelings at all.

The two ideas Yuan Wenshao gave her later made her realize. Zhao Zongquan may not want to recognize Emperor Renzong as his father, but he must do so if he wants to secure his position in the country.

Chasing the seal is just a means he uses to seize power.

Seeing that the Queen Mother was silent, Yuan Wenshao continued: "The Queen Mother must have heard something about the old lady of the Sheng family, right?"

"Are you talking about the legitimate daughter of old Marquis Yongyi?" the Queen Mother asked with a raised brow.

Speaking of which, the Queen Mother is a few years younger than the old lady of the Sheng family.

Before Mrs. Sheng got married, she was deeply loved by the queen at that time and lived in the palace for a period of time.

The Queen Mother also lived in the palace at that time. Because of their age difference, although the two did not become close friends, they met several times.

Yuan Wenshao nodded and said: "The Sheng family is the Chen Yue family, and the ministers of the Sheng family also know a lot. When the old man of the Sheng family died young, the only son of the old lady Sheng also died young. The old lady Sheng could have remarried, but However, she kept her father-in-law as a concubine in her name and supported him to inherit the family business. Not only that, Mrs. Sheng also trained my father-in-law to be a talented person. After passing the imperial examination, she begged Mrs. Wang’s daughter for him."

"After my father-in-law became famous, married and had children, Mrs. Sheng gave up her power as the head of the family and became uninterested in worldly affairs."

The Queen Mother snorted coldly: "You are telling the Ai family these things, don't you just want the Ai family to return to power?"

Yuan Wenshao shook his head and said: "The reason why Mrs. Sheng does not want to be in charge of the family is that my mother-in-law has already entered the house at that time. If she still holds on to the power of the family, there will be a rift between mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother and son. After all, she is not She is the biological mother of my father-in-law. On the other hand, Old Mrs. Sheng knows that as her legitimate mother, her father-in-law dare not disrespect her no matter what. Now, although Old Mrs. Sheng does not care about the family, her father-in-law and mother-in-law dare not not listen to what she says. .”

"Haha, after all, you don't want the Ai family to return to power. After all, you are also favored by the late emperor. Last time you gave the Ai family advice, the Ai family thought that you also wanted the late emperor. They couldn't bear that the late emperor's many years of hard work were ruined in one day. . Now it seems that you are no different from those ministers in the court." The Queen Mother sneered.

"The Empress Dowager has misunderstood. I am not here to help the official family this time, but for the sake of the world." Yuan Wenshao said.

"You have learned from those civil servants. You talk about righteousness and high-sounding things, but in fact you are just trying to please the new king." The Queen Mother said disdainfully.

"Empress Dowager, I know that you are unwilling to return to power, not because you are greedy for power. But have you ever thought about it, after all, you and the official family are not mother and son, and the official family is not a child. You listen to the government behind the curtain and hold the power of the court. The official family You object to everything you say. As a result, the conflicts between you will become deeper and deeper. If things go on like this, the court will be unstable and the world will be in turmoil. The Queen Mother always said that the official family will destroy the late emperor's hard work, but if you fight with the official family If you go on, you will truly destroy the late emperor's hard work." Yuan Wenshao said.

The Queen Mother's expression darkened when she heard this, and she sighed: "Don't you know what you are talking about about the Ai family, but there is a difference between the country and the family. The old lady of the Sheng family can intervene in the affairs of the Sheng family at any time, because it is a family matter. But the country does not It’s the same, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. Once the Ai family withdraws from the palace and returns to power, the Ai family will have no way to interfere with the affairs of the court. How can the Ai family watch the late emperor’s hard work be destroyed in one day?”

She naturally understood that Zhao Zongquan would not dare to disrespect her after she returned to power.

But once she withdraws from the throne and returns to power, the most she can do is interfere in the internal affairs of the royal family, and she will be completely unable to interfere in the affairs of the court.

"I understand that the Queen Mother is worried, but as long as you don't delegate power, the officials will feel insecure and only want to seize power. If you don't let the officials take power, how can you know whether the officials can do a good job? And you will give back to the government. It’s not like we just ignore it right away, you can return the jade seal to the officials first and continue to listen to the government behind the curtain. You don’t need to object to some decisions made by the officials immediately, you can see the results first.”

"After all, you have to return power to the officials after all." Yuan Wenshao said.

In fact, there is a saying that is extremely treasonous and treasonous, and it is difficult for Yuan Wenshao to say it.

The reason why the Queen Mother was unwilling to delegate power was that she felt that Zhao Zongquan did not govern the world according to the late emperor's method.

To put it bluntly, I am not satisfied with him.

But if you are really dissatisfied, just abolish Zhao Zongquan and replace him with another emperor.

The reason why she didn't do this was because Zhao Zongquan was established by the late emperor.

To put it bluntly, the Queen Mother has insufficient political vision and poor means.

What she wants is that everything will be as it was when Emperor Renzong was alive.

Even if she was dissatisfied with Zhao Zongquan, she never thought about replacing him.

After all, the person was chosen by the late Emperor, and what she had always adhered to was the late Emperor's philosophy, so naturally she could not take the lead in destroying it.

In the end, when he was deprived of power, he realized that he wanted to seize power and then depose Zhao Zongquan.

However, it was already too late by then. How could Zhao Zongquan not keep an eye on her when he had the power?

Zhao Zongquan was concerned about her identity and could not do anything. He lured her step by step to launch a mutiny, and then completely eliminated the last bit of the Queen Mother's power.

At that time, the Queen Mother had only one identity left and posed no threat to Zhao Zongquan.

The Queen Mother didn't know what Yuan Wenshao was thinking, but she was really moved by Yuan Wenshao's proposal.

She has no intention of abolishing Li. If she continues to fight with Zhao Zongquan like this, it will indeed be detrimental to the country, and she knows this.

As long as she handed over the jade seal, she could still listen to politics behind the curtain, and she could also veto some of Zhao Zongquan's policies.

After thinking for a long time, the Queen Mother said: "There will be a morning court tomorrow. The Ai family will announce at the court that the jade seal will be returned to the official and let him start handling government affairs. After the official is familiar with the government affairs, the Ai family will remove the curtain and return it to the government."

"The Queen Mother understands the great righteousness and is truly a blessing to the world." Yuan Wenshao saluted.

"Okay, please stop complimenting the Ai family here. The Ai family understands that you are sincerely for the country and the country, and I hope you can continue to do so in the future." The Queen Mother said calmly.

"I'm just doing my duty as a minister. I don't deserve to be praised like this by the Empress Dowager." Yuan Wenshao said.

The reason why he came to persuade the Queen Mother was that he was forced by Han Zhang on the one hand, and on the other hand, he actually did not agree to the war.

If Xixia and Liao are not resolved, the humiliation of Jingkang will probably still happen in the future.

He didn't know if he would survive until then, but he had descendants.

He did not want his descendants to be captured by the Jin people, slaughtered at will, and subjected to humiliation.

Although with the current national strength and domestic shortcomings, whether it is to regain the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures or to destroy Xixia, the chances are very slim, but we still have to try.

"Okay, you go back to the official's house, the Ai family won't keep you," the Queen Mother said.

"I excuse myself!" Yuan Wenshao bowed and retreated.

"Empress Dowager, do you really want to hand over the jade seal?" Zhu Neiguan asked.

"Ugh."

The Queen Mother sighed and said: "Although the Ai family is not very satisfied with the official family, he was chosen by the late emperor after all. Marquis Zhongyong is right. If the Ai family continues to fight with him, it will be detrimental to the country. I hope the Ai family will give in. , he can focus on state affairs."

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Ruisidian

Zhao Zongquan sat on the imperial seat, feeling a little irritable and tapping his fingers on the table.

"Master, do you think Yuan Wenshao can really persuade his mother to return to power?"

"I don't know, but Marquis Zhongyong said that even if he can't persuade the Queen Mother to return to power, he can still persuade the Queen Mother to hand over the jade seal to the officials." Han Zhang said.

"I will be satisfied if I can get the jade seal back. After all, I have only just ascended the throne, so I still need my mother to give me some advice." Zhao Zongquan said. Although he wished that the Queen Mother would immediately withdraw the curtain and return to power, he also knew that if the Queen Mother really did this, she would probably attract a lot of criticism.

It would be nice if I could get the jade seal back.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zongquan was in a good mood, got up and walked down the imperial steps to the side hall.

Han Zhang quickly followed behind.

The side hall of Ruisi Hall was originally a resting place for the emperor when handling government affairs. However, after Zhao Zongquan ascended the throne, it was renovated and turned into a small field.

When he arrived at the side hall, Zhao Zongquan had his shirt tied, his sleeves fixed, he took off his shoes, went down to the field, and continued to hoe most of the land that had been cultivated with a hoe.

Zhao Zong hoeed the ground and said with a smile: "Master, it is spring plowing now. We must carefully understand the spring plowing situation in various places. As long as there is food, the world can be stable, the court can collect taxes, and the army will not be short of food. .”

"Your Majesty cares about the people. He is truly a blessing to the country and the country. I congratulate the world." Han Zhang complimented.

"Haha, I'm not as good as you said. I was in Yuzhou before, and I know the importance of food to the people. Every time there is a famine, the hungry people turn into bandits, and some are even tempted to rebel. Since I have become the emperor and become an official for the people of the world, it is what I should do to care about the people. If there are people in the world who cannot eat, it is because I have not done a good job as an official. There may be many people scolding me behind my back. Yeah." Zhao Zongquan laughed.

"I feel that the official's planting of food in the palace should be printed in the imperial newspaper and let the people of the world know. As the master of the world, the official can still cultivate the land in his spare time and understand the hardships of the people. He will definitely be affected by it. All the people in the world praise him and he becomes a holy king." Han Zhang said respectfully.

"You, you, I just can't sit still and find something to do. It's not as exaggerated as you said."

Zhao Zongquan laughed and cursed, lowered his head and continued to hoe the ground. When Han Zhang said that he wanted to publish it in the Di newspaper, he neither refused nor agreed.

Seeing this, Han Zhang already understood what Zhao Zongquan meant and did not continue to talk about this topic.

"correct!"

Zhao Zongquan hoeed for a while, stopped with the hoe, and said, "I heard that there are many talks about establishing a prince in Bianjing City. What does the Grand Prime Minister think?"

Han Zhang was startled, then pondered for a moment, and said: "The prince is related to the foundation of the country, and it should indeed be decided early. However, the official family is at its peak in the Spring and Autumn Period, so it is right to be more cautious."

He didn't know what Zhao Zongquan meant by mentioning this, so he gave an ambiguous reply.

"You, you."

Zhao Zongquan shook his head and said with a smile: "I intend to let you teach King Huan, what do you think?"

When Han Zhang heard this, he couldn't figure out Zhao Zongquan's intention for a while.

Logically speaking, Zhao Ceying is the eldest son, and Zhao Zongquan should be established as the prince when he ascends the throne.

Moreover, Zhao Ceying was Zhao Zongquan's favorite son, and he named him Zhao Ceying despite the taboo that his children could not have the same name as their parents.

What's more, Shen Congxing is Zhao Ceying's uncle and has won the trust of officials. Zhao Ceying's status can be said to be extremely stable.

But Zhao Zongquan refused to establish a crown prince.

Han Zhang had heard a rumor before that Zhao Zongquan loved Concubine Liu Guifei very much, far more than the queen.

When Zhao Zongquan came to Bianjing, Concubine Liu was about to give birth. She gave birth to a son on the day that Zhao Zongquan put down the rebellion and was made the crown prince by the late emperor.

Later, the family members came to Bianjing. Zhao Zongquan learned about this and liked his son very much.

Many people secretly speculated that the reason why Zhao Zongquan delayed in establishing a prince was because he wanted to establish Liu Guifei's son as the prince.

It was just because Zhao Ceying was the eldest son that he kept delaying it.

Han Zhang didn't know what Zhao Zongquan was thinking, but it was true that Zhao Zongquan had not established a crown prince for a long time.

However, Zhao Zongquan now asked himself to teach Zhao Ceying.

This made Han Zhang believe the rumor that Zhao Zongquan wanted to establish Liu Guifei's son.

Zhao Zongquan asked him to teach Zhao Ceying, obviously hoping to suppress the outside talk about establishing a prince through this matter.

If Zhao Zongquan did not have this idea and directly made Zhao Ceying the crown prince, all discussions would disappear.

And asking him to teach Zhao Ceying can only provide temporary relief.

To put it bluntly, it is treating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

But Zhao Zongquan chose a temporary solution.

No matter how you look at it, you just want to delay time first.

If you want to understand this, how can Han Zhang dare to agree.

If he becomes Zhao Ceying's teacher, his future honor and disgrace will be linked to Zhao Ceying.

The said Concubine Liu's son is still young. When he grows up, he may not be here anymore, but he will still have descendants.

"Why, does the Grand Prime Minister feel embarrassed?" Zhao Zongquan said calmly.

"minister…"

"Your Majesty, the Lord Zhongyong wishes to see you."

Just when Han Zhang was in trouble, an eunuch hurried over and saluted.

After hearing this, Zhao Zongquan ignored Han Zhang and said, "Go quickly and invite people in."

After saying that, he threw down his hoe, climbed up, and walked barefoot to the main hall without even bothering to put on his shoes.

Han Zhang breathed a sigh of relief. At least the crisis was temporarily lifted and he had time to think about it.

Yuan Wenshao walked into the hall and was speechless when he saw Zhao Zongquan's dress.

When he was watching TV in his previous life, he complained a lot when he saw Zhao Zongquan planting crops in the main hall.

There is not much open space in the palace. Not to mention, the imperial garden alone covers an area of ​​dozens of acres. You can do whatever you want.

He had to plant it in the main hall. With this cost alone, he probably wouldn't be able to make back the money until he died.

That’s not how it’s done for show.

"I pay my respects to your Majesty." Yuan Wenshao complained in his heart, but saluted calmly on his face.

"Marquis Zhongyong, hurry up and forgive me."

Zhao Zongquan waved his hand. He was about to ask, but felt that he was being too eager. For a moment, he didn't know how to speak.

(End of this chapter)