Song Gexing

Chapter 78 Pang Ji’s sophistication
This time Zhao Fang affected the life and death interests of all civil servants, and the method he used was very clumsy. He simply treated others as fools.

In fact, it is no wonder that he was just an ordinary citizen in his previous life and had no experience in political struggle at all.

In this life, he is a prince, and he is still sought after by everyone. He has had a smooth life since childhood, and his teacher also consciously prevents him from being exposed to those shady things.

The only way he could think of was ruthless and blatant framing, and none of those officials grew up in a murderous environment.

Any Beijing official, mainly not just out of office, survived after being severely beaten by the society, or else he is extremely talented and extremely sensitive to these people.

Wang Zhi is not scary, he is just a civil servant in the court, but Xia Song is not so easy to admit defeat, even if he is going to be ousted this time, he will also fight back.

Sure enough, not long after Zhao Zhen returned to the palace, he received a memorial from Xia Song, taking the blame and resigning but questioning Zhao Fang's assassination.

"...I dare not question that the King of Wei is committing self-inflicted harm, but if that is true, then I will be full of fear for the future of the Song Dynasty...The King of Wei is not a prince, but he is also a prince. There is no contradiction in what I said, and it is in the hearts of all the princes in the dynasty and the people of the world." , The King of Wei has been the crown prince for a long time. If the King of Wei wants to kill his ministers, there is no need to do this. It’s just a matter of words. If the king wants his ministers to die, but the ministers will not die, he will be disloyal. I dare to be disloyal..."

It was normal for Xia Song to resign on his own initiative, but his aggrieved words aroused dissatisfaction among most of the courtiers, and what Zhao Zhen was worried about finally happened.

Liang Shi, the deputy political advisor, was the first to fire, blasting Bao Zheng of the Kaifeng Prefecture for not investigating the case properly and concealing the doubts about the assassination of King Wei, which was a dereliction of duty.

In the Song Dynasty, there was not one person who served as the governor. Usually two people held the post at the same time, or even three. Now it is three people who serve as governors at the same time.

In addition to Liang Shi, there were also Ding Du and Fan Zhongyan. Ding Du saw Liang Shi firing and also seconded the proposal.

Only Fan Zhongyan disagreed with saying that Zhao Fang committed self-harm, but he did not dare to resolutely refute it. When Han Qi wanted to speak, the censor directly pushed him back, saying that he needed to avoid suspicion.

It's about King Wei, and Han Xue is the only concubine of King Wei at present, so Han Qi can only keep silent.

Yan Shu, Ouyang Xiu and others also had the same attitude as Fan Zhongyan, neither admitting nor refuting.

On the contrary, Sima Guang supported Zhao Fang, but he did not do it to show his favor, but to maintain the lesson that the prince should not be replaced easily.

The imperial court continued to argue about this matter for half a month, and it also spread to the people. During this period, the palace incident became unimportant.

Originally, Zhao Zhen was hesitant to deal with everyone in the Imperial City Department. In history, he let Yang Huaimin lightly, but now he cut the mess quickly and exiled them all.

There was a reason for not wanting this matter to be mixed together, and in order to appease his son, Zhao Zhen had no choice but to eliminate Zhang Guifei's confidants.

But it didn't help Zhao Fang's current situation in the slightest. At this stalemate, Pang Ji returned to Beijing.

The Xijing stayer came back to replace Xia Song. No matter how he handled it this time, Xia Song had to step down. No one could stop this.

"I have checked all the case files, and after surveying the scene, I believe that it is impossible for the king of Wei to act. I suspect that someone was ambushing secretly and assassinated the king of Wei by throwing a short knife..."

Just two days later, Pang Ji gave a reason for closing the case. Although it was ridiculous, it could be solved.

He gave up criticizing Xia Song, Wang Zhi and others for assassinating the prince, and put the responsibility for the assassination on an empty person. He also insisted that Zhao Fang only called out the escort and assassin at the beginning, and did not say who assassinated him.

When Wang Zhongzheng arrested people, he only said that Zhao Fang was assassinated in front of them and that they were the most suspicious, but he did not insist that they were the assassins.

Therefore, the argument that King Wei framed the crime is untenable, and he criticized Liang Shi and Ding Du, the political advisers, for using the heart of a villain to judge the belly of a gentleman, and framed King Wei to frame him, and his heart can be punished.Facing the menacing Pang Ji, Liang Shi and others were helpless. This guy was not Fan Zhongyan and could be bullied.

To put it bluntly, Pang Ji's ruthlessness is exactly the same as Zhao Fang's behavior. It's no wonder that he likes Zhao Fang so much.

Moreover, Pang Ji's experience in political struggle is extremely rich. He was recommended by Xia Song back then.

Back then, Dou Ding said that he was not inferior, but he was famous for his uprightness, and you still couldn't get the evidence that he was sinister.

Zhao Zhen was now eager to cut through the mess quickly. When he saw that this reason could be used as a prevarication, he immediately made a decision.

Of course, this result also determined that Xia Song and the others were innocent. It was just that the prince was assassinated in front of them, and it was their fault that they could not find out in time and protect them in time.

As a result, Xia Song was sent out to serve as a pacifier on the southwestern route of Beijing, and Wang Zhi was sent out to join the army as Sihu of Tanzhou. The other two were also sent out.

There was also a punishment for Zhao Fang, who was banned from the palace for being careless, and this time Zhao Zhen also severely banned him for three years.

Doing this can also be considered as an explanation to the officials, and at the same time it will kill Zhao Fang's temper, so as to avoid causing bigger troubles in the future.

When the matter reached this stage, the ministers could accept it, but as soon as the announcement was completed, Yan Shu stepped forward and said: "I would like to ask your Majesty to issue an edict. It is time for King Wei to choose his concubine."

It is indeed possible to get engaged and even get married at the age of 13, and the court that had just calmed down suddenly became lively again.

Now it was the Wu Xun who made a fuss, and the Cao family, the Pan family, the Gao family and other top martial artists joined in, and even members of the Liu family also came to join in the fun.

Zhao Zhen naturally agreed with this matter. Within a few days, he received a list of more than a dozen girls of the right age from the Wuxun family for selection.

Two of them are the most special. One is the 11-year-old third daughter of Liu Congde, the son of Liu Mei.The other is the granddaughter of Pan Mei's nephew Pan Weiji, who is the same age as Zhao Fang.

Especially because of the special identities of these two people. Liu Mei is Liu E's ex-husband, whose original name was Gong Mei. After Liu E married Zhao Huan, his surname was changed to Liu, and Liu E recognized him as his brother. (Is it very nonsense, but history is such nonsense)

From the late Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty to the Renzong Dynasty, Liu Mei's family was highly favored, not only because of Liu E, but Liu Mei herself was also very popular.

Lixian corporal never competes with others, and strictly educates his children and grandchildren not to be domineering and flamboyant, which has won the favor of many people.

And Pan Weiji is even more special. He is said to be Pan Mei's nephew and was also raised by Pan Mei, but Pan Mei has no brothers at all, he is an only son.

In other words, his brothers all died when they were young and there was no possibility of having any descendants. Therefore, Pan Weiji could only be Chai Rong's youngest son.

The rumors in the unofficial history are true. Zhao Kuangyin did not dare to kill Chai Rong's son for the sake of fame, and Pan Weiji was still in his infancy, let alone even more unnecessary.

Pan Mei replied that she would be disgraceful to her old master by urging him to kill her, but she was afraid of being jealous if she advised him not to kill her. When Zhao Kuangyin felt guilty, he confessed and asked him to raise the child as his nephew.

No matter how much future generations argue about the truth or falsehood of this matter, there is one flaw that cannot be covered up, that is, Pan Mei had no brothers at all, so how could she have a nephew?

(End of this chapter)