Song Gexing

Chapter 41 Zhao Paner appears
That afternoon, when it was almost time to seal the office, news suddenly spread that the right secretary admonished Yin Zhu to write a letter to impeach Prime Minister Zhang Dexiang, saying that he had seduced the empresses of the two palaces to go to the Jiaofang Division to select people.

This news was so exciting. Thinking of the impeachment at Yushitai in the morning, everyone suddenly realized that it was no wonder that the empress, who had always been a virtuous woman, would do such an outrageous thing. It turned out to be the prime minister's suggestion.

There was an undercurrent surging in the city of Bianjing that night. How could Wang Gongchen and others not know that Zhang Dexiang was abandoning his chariot to protect the commander, but most of the courtiers didn't know.

Not to mention the people all over the world would never believe that the queen was a bad person, which made them angry and frustrated.

Didn't they impeach the queen to disrupt the pace of the New Deal, so that the emperor would be troubled and unable to fully implement the New Deal.

But Zhang Dexiang jumped out and took the consequences. The matter became a change of ministers in the court and was no longer the emperor's household matter. The deputy prime minister and others could completely intervene.

The emperor could sit back and watch the ministers argue, and his mind could return to supporting the New Deal.

"No, we have to continue to impeach the two palaces. Even if it is suggested by Prime Minister Zhang, how can they accept it? This is..."

"What is this? Are you trying to say that the queen is stupid and deceived by traitorous ministers?"

Xia Song, who had just returned to Beijing to report on his work, was furious when he heard Wang Gongchen's unwilling words, interrupted him and asked.

In the minds of future generations, Xia Song may not be a good person, but he is really not a bad person. When he was an official in Hubei, he was praised by the people as the Buddha of all families and saved the lives of more than 40 disaster victims.

During the Tianxi reign of Zhenzong, there was a major disaster in Xiangyang. Xia Song happened to be transferred to Xiangzhou as the magistrate. He forced the big households in Xiangzhou to donate food for disaster relief, and he survived the period when the court's disaster relief food did not arrive.

This is not something that ordinary people would dare to do. It would offend a large number of local wealthy families and many officials from Hubei, but he did it anyway.

Of course, he was the backbone of the opposition to the reform. At this time, Xia Song was living in the Fourth Road of Hebei Province to recruit envoys, judge Daming Mansion, pay homage to Tong Pingzhang, and was a proper official of the border.

Supporting Fan Zhongyan, brothers Song Chu and Song Qi, they cleared Han Qi's innocent grievances and did many major things that benefited the country and the people, but he just didn't like reforms.

Wang Gongchen wanted to impeach Empress Cao again, but of course he refused. If no one recognized the matter, then the impeachment would be impeachment. But Zhang Dexiang was already in trouble and he was unwilling to impeach her again.

Firstly, Queen Cao's reputation has always been very good, and secondly, Xia Song worked with Cao Wei when he was young, and also worked with Cao Cong a few years ago. Although they had different careers in civil and military affairs, he still respected the two Cao brothers.

The Cao family is generally low-key, so civil servants have a good impression of them. Of course, there are also one or two black sheep. For example, Queen Cao's youngest brother is a bastard.

But the flaws are not to be concealed. As a top noble family in the Song Dynasty, people can still understand that there are only one or two outliers. After all, no one dares to say that all their children are good.

Seeing that he was annoyed, Wang Gongchen asked displeasedly: "Then what do you think we should do? Is this the end of the matter?"

Xia Song pondered: "Since Zhang Xiyan has taken over this matter, he can't keep his position. Those people in the New Deal are not qualified enough to be prime minister. We can compete for the position. Isn't it a good thing?"

"Phase!"

Wang Gongchen smacked his lips and looked at him: "If anyone is qualified, it is Xia Xianggong and Yan Xianggong."

He finally understood. It seemed that Xia Song was eyeing the position of prime minister. Also, Fan Zhongyan was the oldest among the New Dealers, but it was still not enough.

The only ones who are qualified and most promising are Xia Song and Yan Shu. Both of them were high-ranking officials during the Zhenzong era, especially Xia Song, who has served as an official in prefectures and counties for many years and has extremely rich political experience.

Xia Song, the magistrate of the state alone, was appointed to six places, including Huangzhou, Dengzhou, Xiangzhou, Shouzhou, Anzhou and Hongzhou.

When Liu E was in power, she also served as a deputy privy envoy. Because she offended Ding Wei, she was kicked out of the court and went to work as a local envoy.Yan Shu's advantage was that he had been involved in political affairs and was known as a child prodigy since he was a child. His life experience was basically in the court, and only in the last ten years did he go to Beijing to serve.

But he actually returned to Bianjing five years ago and was just sent to supervise officials.

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty, Yan Shu, who served as the counselor of political affairs, objected to Liu E wearing a dragon robe to worship the Ancestral Temple and was demoted from the capital. Five years later, he returned to the capital to serve as the third envoy, and then left the capital to supervise officials in Nanjing.

He was originally going to be transferred back as Privy Councilor at the end of last year, but it was delayed because Lu Yijian did not abdicate.

This year Lu Yijian retired from office, and because a large number of New Deal officials came to power, the privy envoy was given to Jia Changchao and he was detained again.

If Zhang Dexiang becomes an official, he has a good chance of coming back to take over. Now it depends on how Xia Song will fight with him.

Of course Yan Shu is higher in terms of qualifications, but that is not necessarily the case in terms of political experience. At least Xia Song's reputation exceeds him in this aspect, but of course his poetry is not as good as his.

Moreover, these two people are very interesting. They themselves opposed the reform, but the people who were protected and promoted by them are the backbone of the reform faction today.

Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi were favored by Xia Song, and Fan Zhongyan was also promoted by Yan Shu. Ouyang Xiu was simply a student of Yan Shu, and Fu Bi was his son-in-law.

Later generations once speculated that Yan Shu was the mastermind behind the reform, but the evidence was too far-fetched, and in the eyes of people at the time, he was opposed to the reform.

Zhao Fang knew this, but he didn't know the truth, and he had no time to pay attention to it now. He now had a look of surprise on his face.

Empress Cao and Mrs. Yu continued to do their own things regardless of the commotion outside. As soon as Zhao Fang came back, he was called to the Queen's Palace to select beauties.

There are twelve beauties in a row, including fat, thin, and beautiful. Each one is beautiful and dazzling.

But now he was staring blankly at the two girls, his mind turning into mush.

"Is this really history? But why do I not believe it so much? Everything has obviously developed according to history books, so why are there still people who appear in movies and TV series?"

The looks of 13-year-old Zhao Pan'er and nine-year-old Song Yinzhang can already be seen between their eyebrows. They are exactly the same. No one will believe it!
"Big Brother... Big Brother!"

Mrs. Yu called out several times, and Zhao Fang woke up with a start. He saw his mother looking at him with disgust, and said sheepishly: "My little lady called me, but my son was thinking about something and didn't pay attention."

"whispering sound!"

Mrs. Yu sneered and said, "Who are you kidding? Look at that girl who is fascinated by it. My mother has been paying attention for a long time. As soon as you came in, you stared at her and drooled."

Zhao Fang was startled and quickly reached out to touch his chin. There was laughter in his ears, and he realized that he had been deceived by his mother.

"Madam, just take care of her. How can a mother tease her son like this?"

When he had something to decide, he came to see my mother, but Empress Cao didn't help him this time. She looked at him and said with a smile, "Brother, do you like that girl? She looks pretty good, what's her name?"

In the last sentence, he turned to the female officer next to him and received a reply: "This woman's name is Zhao Pan'er. She joined the Jiaofang Division five years ago. She is the daughter of Zhao Qian, the former inspector of the Yongning Army."

(End of this chapter)