Song Gexing

Chapter 18 The cautious Zhao Yunrang
Zhao Fang is also sitting on the wax now, how to explain it, this is the big square outside the court hall, could it be that he pointed to his own bottom to explain.

He faltered for a while, then simply played a rogue and said, "Fang'er doesn't know what it is, just talking casually, why does uncle ask so many questions?"

"You little brat, just wait. I'll make you look good after you take up the position of Imperial City Secretary."

Cao Quan glanced at him secretly, thinking secretly that since he was an envoy and Zhao Fang happened to be his subordinate, he would give him small shoes to see if he was still shy.

Unexpectedly, although the idea was good, his old man's eyes were bright and he gave him a faint look. He was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat, and then he remembered that he still had an old man at home.

Fortunately, Zhao Zhen arrived at this time and relieved him of the siege. After a few whips, all the officials lined up and filed in. Zhao Fang also followed in a well-behaved manner.

It goes without saying that Zhao Fang happily received the imperial edict and was taken to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to collect his petition. He visited various places non-stop, which made him very tired.

"Cousin...cousin! Brother Zongshi!"

11-year-old Zhao Zongshi was an honest person. When he heard the call and confirmed that it was him, he turned around, stopped and walked over to greet him immediately.

"Big brother!"

"Why are you walking so far away, cousin? I've already screamed several times."

Patting his short legs, Zhao Fang immediately leaned over with a smile and whispered: "I told my sister that my cousin will enter the palace today. Let's go to the eldest lady's place quickly. Don't keep my sister waiting too long."

Zhao Zongshi hesitated and glanced at Chongzheng Hall.

Following his gaze, Zhao Fang saw that Zhao Yunrang was standing at the door looking over here, so he jumped up and waved his arms and shouted, "Uncle, elder brother is going with me to Madam, you don't have to wait!"

Zhao Yunrang raised his hand with a gentle face to signal that he understood, and waved his hand to tell his son to go with Zhao Fang. Zhao Zhen's voice came from the hall and said, "Sixth brother, if there is nothing important, come in and sit down. Fang'er took his brother Not coming back so soon.”

Zhao Yunrang hurriedly held up his hands and said, "I'd better go back. The government affairs are handled here by the officials. It's not good for me to be here."

"What's wrong is that my brother is out of touch."

Zhao Yunrang was still about to refuse, but Lu Yijian's voice came from the palace: "Dazong is trying to avoid suspicion. I happen to have something I want to ask you for details. Come in quickly."

Zhao Yunrang then re-entered, and after greeting everyone again, he asked in confusion: "Mr. Lu, what do you want from me? I didn't hear you at first!"

Lu Yijian smiled and said: "At first, Da Zong came to express his gratitude. Now that I think about it, it would be better if Da Zong supports me in this matter."

Zhao Yunrang looked at everyone uncomfortably. In the Chongzheng Hall at this time, Tongping Zhang Zhongshu Menxia Zhang Dexiang was here, and Privy Councilor Lu Yijian was also here. Needless to say, it was clear that something big was going on.

It was Lu Yijian who spoke first, looking at him seriously and said: "The two battles in the northwest exposed too many problems. Although Li Yuanhao surrendered, it was only temporary, so the court must make changes."

Zhao Yunrang trembled all over, raised his head in panic, and said, "Mr. Lu is going to reform the court? But I am Zongzheng Temple, and I have nothing to do with military and political affairs."

Pang Ji immediately said: "Your Majesty is the royal clan, it doesn't matter how you are. My emperor is in trouble and just wants you to help me. You are a son of the clan, so how can you stay abroad?"

Zhao Yunrang almost cried. He really didn't want to be involved in this matter. Both generations, father and son, were sent to the palace to raise and raised, and were also sent out of the palace again because the emperor had no children. He was afraid of being feared.

He knew that Zhao Zhen was kind, but the ministers were not kind. The most terrifying thing about the Song Dynasty was often not that the emperor was jealous of you, but that the ministers were jealous of you.Seeing that he was trembling, Zhao Zhen sighed and said, "Sixth brother, don't worry, we won't let you participate in the government affairs, but the clan wants you to keep an eye on it and don't let them cause trouble."

Zhao Yunrang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. Just as he was about to nod in agreement, he was suddenly startled and looked at Zhao Zhen in surprise: "The officials want to change the clan constitution?"

Zhao Zhen understood what he was asking, waved his hand and said: "The clan will not be ennobled, but the imperial court wants to improve the tax law, which will involve everyone, and the clan is no exception."

Zhao Yun was really relieved now and immediately promised: "Don't worry, officials, I will take good care of them."

Zhao Zhen did not want to reform temporarily. In fact, when Liu E came to power during the Tiansheng period, Fan Zhongyan wrote tens of thousands of words mentioning the changes in the imperial government's malpractice.

Zhao Zhen, who deeply agreed with the situation, transferred Lao Fan to the capital, but Renzong had no power at that time. The decision-making power was in the hands of the Queen Mother. What could he do if Liu E refused to change.

Liu E died during the Ming Dynasty. Just when Zhao Zhen wanted to reuse Fan Zhongyan for reform, Lao Fan actually impeached Lu Yijian for pandering to the emperor's dethronement. He was involved in the palace affairs and was demoted from the capital.

This is completely unnecessary, because Zhao Zhen made up his own mind to depose Empress Guo, and Lu Yijian just followed the trend and passed the imperial edict of deposing the empress.

During the Jingyou period, Zhao Zhen thought of reform again, but Fan Zhongyan wrote a letter to impeach Lu Yijian at that time. This time, he was talking about the prime minister's autocratic power.

Renzong had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​returning to Beijing. For Zhao Zhen, it didn't matter whether Lu Yijian was exclusive or not. Zhao Zhen believed in his loyalty to him.

Therefore, this impeachment is actually unnecessary. Lao Lu protected Zhao Zhen, who ascended the throne at the age of 13, all the way. How could the kind-hearted Zhao Zhen abandon this feeling?

It wasn't until another prime minister, Wang Zeng, started a party struggle with Lu Yijian that Zhao Zhen made fifty moves each, dismissed the two prime ministers from their posts, and went to govern locally.

At this time, Xixia began to make trouble, and Han Qi, who was full of enthusiasm, recommended Fan Zhongyan to come out of the mountain, otherwise Lao Fan would be hidden in the snow for who knows how many years.

You must know that the court is not willing to use anyone involved in party disputes. Even though Zhao Zhen values ​​his talent, the court officials do not allow such people to come forward.

Only Han Qi at that time had the ability to make officials dare not stop him. This stupid young man ousted four prime ministers in one day, shocking the entire court.

Han Qi was nine years younger than Fan Zhongyan. If Fan Zhongyan was the No. 1 minister in the Northern Song Dynasty, then Han Qi was the No. [-] Ming Prime Minister in the Northern Song Dynasty.

How powerful this guy is, the Khitan people respect him very much.

When Han Qi was on guard at Daming Mansion, the Khitan envoys stopped their activities every time they passed by Daming Mansion, and warned their men not to disturb Xianggong Han.

He can make even the arrogant Khitans cautious, which shows that Han Qi is not feared, but respected.

But later generations believed that Han Qi was not a good person because he ignored Di Qing's plea and killed Di Qing's beloved general Jiao Yong and despised the general.

Little did they know that after Di Qing's death, only Han Qi among the civil servants wrote a condolence message to him. Therefore, those who do not understand history should not follow others and regard unofficial stories as true history.

As a commander who guarded the border for ten years, was loved by his soldiers and civilians, and whose roads were blocked when he left office, he would look down on military generals, so how did he convince the soldiers.

This is not how jokes are told, it can only be said that some people think ignorance is funny.

(End of this chapter)