Dawn of the Empire

Chapter 472 - 88 Sincerity crowns the ancients forever - 5

The Yellow Crane Tower was full of scholars from Jingxiang and other prefectures and counties in the south of the Yangtze River. Although all kinds of discussions were full of southern accents and northern accents, the adults tried their best to speak Zhongzhou official dialect when attending important events, and everyone could hear clearly what they said.Someone chirped in a low voice and said, "Chen Dong himself advertised the clean stream of Neo-Confucianism, yet he married a Bianliang singer as his main wife. He is really hypocritical. In my opinion, compared with Mr. Jingdong Hou, who is as good as his words and deeds, he is a complete little boy." People." The other lady praised, saying: "Brother Tai is really astute, and he saw through the true face of this hypocrite at a glance."

His words aroused dissatisfaction among others, and a middle-aged man in white clothes at the next table said: "It's rare to see, it's bloody!" His voice was quite loud, attracting the attention of the people around him, and he laughed with the people at the same table out.

The people who slandered Chen Dong looked at each other, and the previous people murmured in a low voice: "What's wrong with you? A thief for a day, a thief for life, a prostitute is a prostitute. If Chen Shaoyang wants to be prime minister, he will first make this prostitute It's good for the 'prostitute' to rest!" His words fell on the ears of others, and someone slapped the table and said: "Little man, are you trying to 'force' people to kill their wives and ask for generals? I think you are sent by Cai Jing's 'traitor' party Make trouble!" At the beginning, with the help of Zhu Sen, Chen Dong married a beautiful woman. Although Cai Li and other "treacherous" gangsters made jokes and made Zhao Zhifu, Qin Hui and other old Qingliu dissatisfied, the young scholars of Taixue Most of them are both envious and admirable, not only did not reduce, but increased his prestige.People from the Neo-Confucian Society and other "treacherous" party members have very different views on this matter.Hearing that the tone of the previous few people was similar to that of the 'treacherous' party, several scholars stood up furiously, and they were about to strike as they talked.In this Ezhou city, after all, there are more scholars facing Chen Dong.When the Lishe was spreading riots in various places, it incited the common people to beat people to death.Under the turmoil of the crowd, the previous few people didn't dare to make a fuss, and immediately checked out and left in a hurry.

After looking contemptuously at the people who had spoken earlier and left, Liu Wengu shook his head and said: "Mr. Shaoyang is a real celebrity, and Zhu Zhulin made a good deed back then, a wonderful thing that caused a sensation in the capital, just now those filthy people said It turned out to be so filthy. Sure enough, Buddha is in the eyes of Buddha, and dung is in the eyes of dung." Hearing him say "dung" indecent words, Jia Yuanzhen frowned, Ma Yuan dipped his finger in some wine and wiped it in his ear, exaggerating He sighed, "Poor ears, my ears, I really have to clean up after hearing this nasty words."

After the 'turmoil' just now, the building calmed down again, and everyone continued to discuss the election of the prime minister.At this time, a scholar pretended to be mysterious and said: "Have you heard the rumors about Mr. Yuanzhi recently?" The places in the lobby of the Yellow Crane Tower are closely arranged. The people at the table still heard it.

"What rumors?" Zhao Xingde was involved, several scholars who joined the Baoyi Army couldn't help pricking up their ears.

The man looked around and said in a lower voice: "It may be true that Mr. is a clan."

"Nonsense!" The other person's voice was louder, "Pretending to be the clan is the charge of the 'traitor' party for framing Mr. Yuanzhi!"

Xu Guodong, Liu Wengu and the others looked at each other with unbelievable expressions on their faces. Ma Yuan shook his head disapprovingly. Since the man mentioned the rumors, he wanted to show off, and continued with a look of embarrassment: "It's a long story. You don't know that Mr. Zhao's great-grandfather was Mr. Zhao Wending who wrote and published the Five Classics of Justice during Ruizong's time?"

"Ah? That's the case?" Everyone was amazed, most of them didn't know, and some people thought, "Although my surname is Zhao, I haven't heard that Mr. Zhao Wending is a clan?" The suspicious look on his face heavier.

Song Ruizong reigned for 41 years.It was Song Mingzong who failed in the Northern Expedition and had to "prosperously negotiate" with the Liao Kingdom. He died of worry and anger at the age of only 47, and it is said that he was located in Song Ruizong.Ruizong's dynasty was an era in which famous ministers came forth in large numbers. Under the threat of Liao and Xia, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were working hard to rule. The foreshadowing of the struggle between old and new parties in the Three Dynasties.However, the party struggle in the Ruizong Dynasty was generally a dispute between gentlemen, and Zhao Wendinggong was also a leader in the old party Qingliu.

"The following is the real secret," the man said mysteriously, "You know that Zhao Wending has high public morals, and he knew Zong Zhengqing in Jingde for three years, right?" Zhao Wending's life and previous positions were not clear to everyone, but it was easy to find out. Thinking that it was impossible for that person to talk about it, the people listening to him graciously dealt with it.

"It is said that during the Ruizong Dynasty, the first queen of the official family, Fu Bo, died, because the official family had no heirs. The official family has never had a queen, and the concubines in the palace competed for favor. Then she became the empress of the main palace. However, at that time, the noble concubines Cao, Zhu, and Liu were very powerful, and they did not have dragon species. If other concubines were pregnant, they would try to destroy her. As time goes by, the official family is over forty years old, and there is still no prince. People in the court are in panic. Zhao Wending, who is Zong Zhengqing, is also worried about this. At this time, an eunuch in the palace suddenly asked someone to find Zhao Wenzheng. It turned out that there was a concubine who felt pregnant and saw many bloody lessons learned in the palace, so she had to ask this eunuch for help."

The rumorer has a talent for speaking, and he described this palace secret vividly. At this moment, someone suddenly took the case and asked: "Who is this noble concubine? Could it be a foreign relative?" Since ancient times For a long time, eunuchs and foreign relatives have been the enemies of scholar-bureaucrats. Listening to this place, most people think about foreign relatives.The hereditary generals of the three major camps of Xijing, Hedong, and Hebei are very powerful, and in order to win over these generals, the officials of all dynasties have married with the Cao, Yang, Zhe, and Liu families. Therefore, Qingliuzhong is also full of vigilance against these relatives of these generals.

"The eunuch took pity on her and helped her hide it for the time being, but his body gradually became heavy, and he couldn't hide it for a long time. Finally, he was discovered by a noble concubine. Although the eunuch was loyal, he couldn't resist the empress, so he tried his best. The concubine's life was still not saved. Fortunately, due to the delay, the concubine died after giving birth to a child. The officials have never been aware of these things, and the harmful concubine is also pregnant She was pregnant, and was favored by the officials. The eunuch had no choice but to secretly take the child out of the palace and hand it over to Zong Zhengqing, Zhao Wenzheng. The opportunity for this child to recognize his ancestors and return to his family. Later, the imperial concubine gave birth to a prince and was established as a queen as she wished. But Zhao Wenzheng did not want to be troublesome, so he regarded this child as his own and raised it by himself. It was the later Zhao Gongbu, and Zhao Gongbu was the father of Zhao Tixin and Zhao Shizhi."

Hearing this moment, all the talents suddenly realized "Oh", and some people sighed, "In this way, Mr. Zhao is really a clan. Not only that, if according to Ruizong's golden words, if the concubine hadn't been murdered at the beginning, I'm afraid Now Mr. Zhao should be..." He looked around, pointed to the sky, and didn't continue.The other person pretended to be meditating and said: "As Mr. Zhao Wenzheng is a person, I think this matter is very credible." The side praised: "Exactly, when Mr. Zhao Wenzheng came to admonish Ruizong, he wanted to Agree on the frontier, fight forever', isn't it just that you don't want troubles in the world?"

This rumor involved the secrets of the palace, and Zhao Xingde, who had a high reputation, was also involved, which inevitably aroused everyone's curiosity, and they didn't even discuss who would be the prime minister, and whispered in a low voice whether the rumor was true or false.

Ma Yuan, Liu Wengu and the others were from the Imperial Academy, and they had a much deeper understanding of courtiers' behavior and the situation in court than ordinary scholars, and at this moment, they were puzzled and strange.

"This thing is weird," Ma Yuan shook his head and said, "It can never be true."

Jia Yuanzhen also nodded: "The rumors are full of flaws. As Zong Zhengqing, how could Mr. Zhao Wenzheng conceal the identity of the prince. If he is the leader of Qingliu, he must go straight to the palace to meet His Majesty. If this is true, don't say She is a concubine in the harem, and even the relatives of Cao and Liu have to apologize." He snorted contemptuously, "Are these people supposed to be obedient? Will you believe such inferior rumors?"

Liu Wengu shook his head, and pouted at the people beside him: "Whether you believe it or not, they do."

"Where there is no wind, there is no wave. This matter is very strange." Xu Guodong put his teacup on the table with a serious face, and said in a low voice, "Someone wants to deal with Mr. Zhao." Ma Yuan and the others looked at each other and nodded in unison.

More and more scholars from various prefectures and counties gathered in the city of Ezhou, and all kinds of strange rumors became more and more mysterious. Among them, the most talked about was the secret of Zhao Xingde, the "clan".When it reached Chen Dong's ears, Chen Dong just laughed it off, and said to others: "The one who cleans up will clear himself up. He will not be surprised when he sees the strange, and the strange will defeat himself."

As the date of electing the prime minister approached, the situation gradually became clearer.With the help of donations, Lishe has controlled more than 40 prefectures and counties. In addition, it has persuaded some local gentry. Chen Dong has been able to secure the position of false prime minister. , so he took the next best thing and sought the position of false political advisor for Hou Huanyin. Of course, Chen Dong readily agreed. * Ten prefectures and counties have already stood by his side, which is what everyone expects.And in the previous month, the competition secretly provoked by the Neo-Confucian Society to compete for prefecture and county schools with donated students also brought a large amount of money to the treasury of Ezhou.Many prefectures and counties were dissatisfied with the loss of the county school's sacrificial wine position, and they also donated students to fight against the Neo Confucian Society. Under the two-phase confrontation, the number of donated students from the county school increased by more than 100. Within a short period of time, the Ezhou government treasury was enriched with more than 3000 million money and food.