Song Yi

Chapter 451
Gao Taotao said slowly: "Lin Xi, deputy envoy of the Privy Council, transferred to Yangzhou Prefecture; Shangshu Zuocheng Cai Bian, transferred to Chizhou Prefecture; Shangshu Youcheng Huang Lu, transferred to Yuezhou Prefecture; Zhengdian University scholar Han Wei, transferred to Xin State Tuiguan; servant Yushi Shengtao, transferred Xinzhou regiment training deputy envoy."

The faces of these people suddenly turned ashen. The few who followed Han Zhen just now were all demoted out of the capital and took up local officials, especially Lin Xi, Cai Bian, and Huang Lu. The magistrate is equivalent to being demoted from the government to the mayor of a prefecture-level city!

It was even worse for Han Wei and Sheng Tao, who were dispatched to Xinzhou, that is, Lingnan.In the Song Dynasty, Lingnan was a very remote and backward place, and it was the main place of exile. Su Shi has a poem as evidence: "Ask Weng Dayulingtou, how many times have you seen moving south?" That is to say, those who were demoted here , Few can go back alive!

Several officials came out and knelt down with pale faces, kowtowing to thank them.Even if you are demoted, you still have to thank you. This is called knocking out your teeth and swallowing them in your stomach.

Han Zhen, who took the lead, hadn't given up yet, and everyone's eyes were on him.

Gao Taotao deliberately put him at the end, and looked at him. Han Zhen kept kneeling on the ground, holding the wat and waiting, with a helpless smile on the corner of his mouth.

Gao Taotao couldn't bear it, but thinking of Du Wenhao's words, one thought of benevolence will lead to endless troubles, and a killer must be killed in order to ensure the smooth progress of the military reform.

So Gao Taotao protracted his voice, and said coldly: "Privy Council Envoy Han Zhen,—tune to Qiongzhou Mansion!"

Qiongzhou is located in Hainan. In the Song Dynasty, Hainan Island was even more desolate than Lingnan. It belonged to an undeveloped wild and smoky land. It was relegated here. In terms of living conditions at that time, it can be said that [-]% of one life was lost, just like Ling Chi. It's almost time to execute!

So as soon as Gao Taotao said this, all the civil servants and generals in the hall felt like the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month suddenly came, and there was a slight chill on their backs!Han Zhen, who is a majestic prime minister, was dispatched to the most remote and backward place because he was the leader who opposed Gao Taotao's new policy. It can be seen that Gao Taotao's suppression of the opposition has reached the point where it can't be added!

Han Zhen trembled all over, and the ivory wat in his hand fell to the ground with a clang. He smiled miserably and said, "Old minister..., thank the empress dowager..., Long En!"

The hall was quiet, Han Zhen put the ivory wat on the ground away, glanced at it, and felt a pang of sadness in his heart.There will be no need for this thing in the future. With his age and body, it is still a question of whether he can make it to Hainan alive, let alone whether he can come back alive. He is afraid that he will die on the way.

He slowly raised his head, cupped his hands and said: "Empress Dowager, can you move to another place for the sake of having an old mother at home?"

Gao Taotao brazenly said: "Mountains can be moved, but this state cannot be moved!"

This sentence was like a blow to the head, shattering Han Zhen's last hope, and making the officials shudder even more.Even Du Wenhao felt a chill, thinking that this woman is really not ordinary when she is ruthless.

Before this incident, when the two were discussing countermeasures, Du Wenhao just asked her to suppress the opposition and demote her from the capital. Unexpectedly, Gao Taotao did a great job, not only demoting all four chief executives to local officials, but even Those who took the lead were directly dispatched to Hainan.Especially the last sentence, aggressive and resolute, quite like a strong woman.

Although Du Wenhao felt that Gao Taotao's suppression of the opposition was too much, it would be better to be a little more ruthless at the beginning to ensure the smooth progress of the reform.The big deal is to wait a few days, after the reform is on the right track, and then readjust these people to other better places to be officials.

Gao Taotao sat upright, and said: "The matter of the transfer of the replaced officials in the place where Ai Qing moved above will be made by the Ministry of Officials and reported to Ai's family for a decision."

Fan Chunren, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, hurriedly bowed and agreed.

Gao Taotao said again: "Written by Lu Gong, a scholar of the Zizheng Palace, Lu Dafang, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, Fan Chunren, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Liu Qing, Minister of the Imperial Palace, Han Zhongyan, Minister of the Household Department, Xu Jiang, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and Zhao Zhan, the Minister of the Household Department. , Come forward and listen to the seal!"

Surprised and delighted, these few people rushed out of the line holding wats, knelt down and kowtowed.

"Lu Gong was promoted to know the Privy Council, Lu Dafang was promoted to Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council, Fan Chunren was promoted to Shangshu Zuocheng, and Liu Qing was promoted to Shangshu Youcheng."

Of the four people who led the way in favor of Gao Taotao just now, the first three were conservative leaders who opposed the reform and entered the highest decision-making level of Zaizhi.Liu Qing is a centrist, but this time he has a clear attitude and supports Gao Taotao's new policy, so he was also selected into the Zaizhi series, obviously to show Gao Taotao's magnanimity.

Gao Taotao said again: "Grand Master Wen Yanbo, come forward and listen to the seal."

Wen Yanbo's support greatly shocked Gao Taotao's reputation, so it is estimated that the reward will not be bad.

Wen Yanbo held the wat and cupped his hands and said: "Empress Dowager, the old minister is already 81, and he really can no longer share the country's worries. The former emperor has given enough honor to the old minister, so there is no need to award any more rewards."

Gao Taotao smiled and said: "The Ai family has not rewarded you yet. You have served the country for most of your life, and your achievements are unmatched. The Ai family is going to reward you. You don't need to kneel down, just go forward and accept the award."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager!" Wen Yanbo was an old man, leaning on a crutch with a dragon's head, swaying three times, stepped forward and bowed his body to listen to the order.

Gao Taotao thought for a while, and said: "The Ai family entrusts you with the military affairs of Pingzhang, and ranks above the prime ministers. I promise you that you will not have to bow down before the king, and you will come to the capital hall to discuss state affairs every ten days."

Wen Yanbo tremblingly said: "Thank you, Empress Dowager Long En!"

Pingzhang Military and State Important Affairs is an honorary title given to veterans and important ministers. It has a higher status than the prime minister. It is really that one person is under one person and above ten thousand people.Gao Taotao's honor to Wen Yanbo has also reached the point where it cannot be added.

All civil and military officials were stunned when such a big event happened. They originally wanted to play in the hall, but under the shock of this incident, they dared not report it. Let's wait and see and talk about it next time.

Gao Taotao said some words of encouragement before announcing the dismissal of the dynasty.During the entire early court, Zhezong didn't say a word, because he was still a child, and even though he was the emperor, he couldn't participate in state affairs, so he couldn't speak freely, otherwise, it wouldn't be right for others to listen or not.

After the court was over, Du Wenhao returned home holding Shangfang's sword.Telling the story to Wang Runxue and the others, everyone had mixed feelings, and it was naturally gratifying to receive such attention from the court, but the ending of Han Zhen and the others today cannot be guaranteed not to be a reflection of their own future.

Listening to their words, Du Wenhao also became a little depressed.But now it has reached this point, if you don't advance, you will retreat, you can only move forward.

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Yushi Zhongcheng Li Chang's residence.

Ever since Li Chang was dismissed for returning home, he became so angry that he fell ill and lay down for half a month.

This morning, Li Duan, Li Chang's son, sat in front of the bed worriedly, looked at his haggard father, and said cautiously: "Father, you have called so many imperial physicians to see your illness, but it won't work. If you continue like this, it won't work. Otherwise, my son should go and beg Du Zaizhi, please ask him to come and see your illness? My son heard that he has a kind heart, regardless of..."

"You dare!" Li Chang sternly said, coughing and panting for a while because of his panic, he pointed at him tremblingly and said, "You are not allowed to ask that villain who has gained power! Even if you die immediately as a father, you will never ask him !"

"Yes!" Li Duan repeatedly agreed.When he was at his wit's end, he suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the house, and a servant ran in in a panic, panting, "Master, young master, something is wrong..."

Li Duan said angrily: "What's the name! Didn't you see that the master was sick and lying down?"

"Yes!" The servant bowed hurriedly.

Li Chang hurriedly raised his body and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Report to Master, Du Wenhao and Du Zaizhi are here!"

Li Duan was both surprised and delighted: "Du Zaizhi is here? Please hurry up!"

"No!" Li Chang sternly said, "I'll beat him out with a stick! Cough, cough, beat him out! Don't let him step into the house!"

The servant was panicked and embarrassed, Nuonuo said: "Master..., I can't beat them...there are too many of them..."

"What?" Li Chang felt that the situation was not good, and was so anxious that he coughed again.

Li Duan also panicked: "Did he bring many people here?"

"Yeah, I'm afraid there are hundreds of them! Our mansion is surrounded!"

"Ah?" Both Li Chang and his son screamed in shock and looked at each other. Li Duan asked in a trembling voice, "Why did he bring so many people here?"

"He said..., they are..., the country..., what bureau of the country..."

"National Security Bureau!" Li Chang said with a sad face.

"That's right! The National Security Bureau!" The servant hurriedly said, "These people are all wearing identical black bunts and black masks on their heads. By the way, they are wearing a bulging black vest with a shield and a waist knife. , said that no one is allowed to go out..."

Just as he said this, he heard loud footsteps coming in a hurry, and he could tell that there were a lot of people coming, and Li Chang and his son's expressions changed drastically.Li Chang subconsciously sat up.Li Duan hurriedly turned around and walked out, wanting to see what happened, but before he reached the door, his eyes dimmed, and countless heads appeared outside the door, holding shields and knives, and rushed in together.

The first big man grabbed Li Duan, pulled him aside, and said sharply, "Kneel down!"

Before Li Duan could react, the bend of his foot had been kicked so hard that he couldn't move on the ground.

The masked man in black who came in quickly searched the house, and there were four gates.After it was over, a young man walked in slowly, followed by a strong man, holding a sword inlaid with precious pearls and gemstones in his arms.

The man went straight to Li Chang's bed, and smiled coldly: "Master Li, let's meet again!"

This young man is naturally Du Wenhao.

Li Chang calmed down instead, and struggled to sit up: "Master Zaizhi, why did you lead troops into the humble house? Could it be that the old man has committed some law?"

"You have a reputation for self-knowledge! If you don't violate the king's law, and it's a heinous felony, you don't need our National Security Bureau to arrest you!" Du Wenhao said coldly.

(End of this chapter)