Since yesterday... to be precise, since Prime Minister Qin was imprisoned, ministers in the court have been submitting their resignations, including many high-ranking officials at the level of ministers and deputy prime ministers.

There is nothing wrong with the staff. They dismissed their own people. The most indispensable thing in the Song Dynasty was officials.

There are also officials.

In addition, I don’t know since when, some people who were released have returned to Lin’an one after another. Although the officials can’t figure out the situation... they don’t need to figure it out.

The emperor has the final say in everything.

Although today is not a major court meeting, there are still many more people in this Chui Gong Hall than on other days.

Everyone is an old acquaintance, and Qin Hui is dead, so the emperor's attitude is quite clear.

Without party struggle and with roughly the same goals, the civil servants of the Song Dynasty were actually much more useful than imagined.

Take Hu Quan, for example. The emperor originally liked this man's straightforward temperament and asked him to be the chief financial officer. Not to mention his ability, at least his personal ethics were passable.

More importantly, this boy is different from people like Su Fu. Su Fu only has the master of Heaven and Earth, but this boy advises himself not to follow the way of heaven and listen more to the voices of the people of the world.

He has common people in his eyes.

Another example is Liu Ziyu... I originally thought that his family had some kind of "Southeast Confucianism" reputation, and he would probably act in a rigid manner, but he didn't expect that despite his reputation, there really were no virtuous scholars. This man had been guarding the banks of the Huaihe River for several years.

, He has a thorough understanding of the military defenses of Huaihe and Huaihe, and he also knows that fighting is not a matter of just touching the upper and lower lips. He knows the soldiers deeply, even better than some warriors.

Later I learned that since his father Liu Kai had been in the army since he was a child, he was indeed an all-rounder trained with real swords and spears, whether it was square La or fighting against gold in Zhending Mansion.

The position of Minister of the Ministry of War put Li Qingzhao on the stove. The old woman was good at writing lyrics and embroidering. If she was really asked to take charge of participating in the Northern Expedition, this woman couldn't hold back a word for a long time.

There can't be a group of people discussing killing people here, while she is frowning and miserable, right?

The group of civilian anti-golden people who supported her were either recalled to the court or recruited into the army; only some people who wanted to seek some personal gain in the name of resisting the gold still supported her strongly.

Later, this woman was cornered and the emperor did not see her. She almost died under the imperial city wall because she said something like "women cannot be officials"... She was a woman to begin with, and she had a deep prejudice against women.

, but stronger than many men.

After Qin Hui died, Liu Bang comforted her:

"If you don't want to do it, just don't do it. But now I ask you to do it and you don't do it. If you do it secretly in the future, it will be impolite."

How dare Li Qingzhao say no? Li Yian has really seen this ridiculous emperor, this emperor Jie and Zhou, this emperor who behaves completely without rules.

In this way, the Minister of War fell on Liu Ziyu's head.

Naturally, the harmony on the surface is because everyone wants to fight against gold, but privately...

According to the emperor's personnel arrangements, everyone was guessing who would take the position of prime minister. After guessing, there were only two or three candidates.

One is Zhang Jun, a talented man who came to power at the age of thirty-three. He was the first person after Kou Zhun to gain power at such a young age; in addition, both Liu Ziyu and Wu Lin can be said to have been influenced by him.

The person who is promoted in one fell swoop has the highest voice.

The other one is, of course, Zhao Ding. This man is indeed talented as a prime minister and assistant, and when Yue Fei went on the Northern Expedition, he had the loudest voice for support. Han Shizhong was also commanded by him. I admire this man very much, but he and Zhang

Jun always fought for power, but in the end he got an advantage over Qin Hui... Of course, even if the two didn't fight, Qin Hui would probably win. Who would let him surrender wholeheartedly at that time?

The third one... It's strange to say that in terms of qualifications, this person is probably more than ten or twenty years away from the position of prime minister, but according to the emperor's temper...

Xin Ciying, some people say that the emperor once told this person that he could choose any official position in the court as long as he wanted.

With such a holy family in his body, and with the current momentum of the day, as long as he nods, the phase is really uncertain.

Speaking of which, except for Xin Ciying who was in Lin'an, both Zhang Jun and Zhao Ding were put outside by the emperor.

Coincidentally, both of them are in the southeast, Zhang Jun is in Fuzhou and Zhao Ding is in Quanzhou.

After all, Zhang Jun led Qin Hui, and Qin Xiangye did not do anything ugly. Zhao Ding is different. Basically, he is on the same level as Su Shi.

Until Qin Hui's death, people from Quanzhou came to spread the news about Zhao Ding. If Zhong Feng hadn't taken it down with people from the Imperial City Division, no one would have known that Prime Minister Qin had been monitoring him.
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At today's court meeting, everyone looked for new faces. If they saw an unusual person, a group of people would immediately surround them:

"You were called back too? What kind of job did your Majesty give you?"

This kind of dialogue can be seen everywhere on the road before going to court. Yue Fei, Yue Yun and several lieutenants watched, feeling indescribable happiness... and excitement in his heart.

If people have peaks and valleys, Yue Fei feels that from the time he received twelve gold medals, that was the lowest point in his life, and from the next hundred gold medals, he has already stood on the top of the mountain.
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Although they no longer have military power, both he and Han Shizhong know that they have an alternative that is more important and more promising than military power.

That is the current emperor.

The door of Chui Gong Hall was slowly opened, and everyone put away their thoughts, each with their own thoughts... Some were hopeful, some were afraid, some were fearful, some were confused, some were excited, some were heroic,

Everyone here has seen the emperor.

But there are many people who see the emperor for the first time.

The real emperor.

After everyone saluted, they looked up and saw the person standing next to the emperor.

Just an idea that came to mind:

It turns out to be him, it really is him.

When I saw another one, I was surprised again:

Why is it him?!

The old man on the left was the one who was with the emperor on the Sibei Tower on the day Qin Hui was sentenced. He also thoughtfully answered the questions about the people who had wax oil scars on Qin Hui's body, Zhao Ding and Zhao Yuanzhen.

He stood there and explained the position of the prime minister. The emperor had already made his choice.

The journey of more than a thousand miles from Quanzhou to Lin'an, even by water, would take at least ten days and a half, plus the emperor had to send someone to summon him...

Calculating this, before Qin Hui was imprisoned, the officials had already made plans, and Zhang Jun had already been defeated by Zhao Ding!

Although surprised, it is still reasonable after all, and everyone is not too surprised.

Instead, it’s the burly man standing on the right...

If not Yang Yizhong, the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Palace, who is he?

If he wasn’t the criminal who massacred the court ministers on a rainy night, then who was he!

Now that he is standing there, what the official means is...

Even Zhang Jun couldn't help but become confused at this time.

He had tried hard to get rid of the stereotype of the emperor in his mind, but at this time, he was still shocked by Zhao Guan's family.

He thought of many ways to rescue Yang Yizhong, such as finding a scapegoat and letting him change his identity and return to his army; for example, the emperor secretly manipulated it, told the outside world that he was dead, and then imprisoned him for the rest of his life.
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But he never expected that the emperor would not even give him an explanation, but would directly let him wear official uniform and stand in the meeting hall.

When Qin Hui was around, the civil servants in the court were easy to deal with. Just scare them and kill them.

But now this group of people... they are not even afraid of the Jin people. They live for a false reputation all their lives. If the emperor threatens to kill him, there may be many people rushing to go there!

Before Zhang Jun could think about it, a group of people quickly came out, including Liu Ziyu, the trusted minister of the Ministry of War... Although he knew that Zhu Song committed suicide, his head was indeed cut off by Yang Yizhong.

His best friend had fallen to this point, and if there was no one to explain to him, Liu Ziyu would be ashamed of himself.

But no one expected that the emperor never gave them a chance to speak.

"Everyone has something to say, please wait a moment until I say what I want to say. It won't be too late for you to say it again."

The emperor has said this, and he is not a fool, so he naturally understands the importance.

"Did everyone hear what Qin Hui said before he died?"

Not only heard it, who in Lin'an City didn't know it?

In a few days, Qin Hui’s words will spread throughout the world!

Thinking of this, Hu Quan felt resentful... Just kill him with one knife. How could so many things happen!

Now that I'm better, I want to discuss remedial measures. No matter how much I say, this is all the emperor's own doing!

Resentment is resentment, but business should not be left behind. Hu Quan bowed and said:

"The officials can issue an edict to dispel this rumor... Qin Hui bit people before he died and said crazy things. The people are not stupid and will never believe it."

"You know the people are not stupid."

Liu Bang glanced at the bearded man: "That's not what I meant. I have already said what I said. I also asked Lu Zai and the others to write it down. If we want to issue an edict, let Lu Zai write it down."

"What I said is not nonsense. I ask everyone to remember this grudge for me, lest I forget it one day."

"Let me ask you the reason for this... In addition to me, I also named some other ministers that day!"

"Who is that, Wang Ciweng, Lin Yifei, Gou Long Ruyuan..."

Lin Yifei is not among the people Qin Hui accused, nor among the ministers in today's court meeting, but he is Qin Hui's biological son after all. Your father has done so many bad things, and your son has also enjoyed the blessings. Others can cut it off, but you can

Can it be cut?
To be continued...