Zhao Xu asked Xiaohuang goalkeeper Xue Xiang to read out the memorial and commented on it later. Xiang repeated the matter and had no ministerial form.

Then he prepared a handwritten edict and demoted Xue Xiang to the magistrate Yingzhou.

This is caused by raising horses.

Previously, Chen Xiang, the Kaifeng Prefecture Corps, wrote a letter to the people, suggesting that they give some money to the people in Kaifeng Prefecture Corps, and also raise horses. Youguan was in military service. This letter was submitted to the Western Prefecture. Xue Xiang served as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and after seeing it, he agreed.

The court is ready to implement it.

However, some people found Xue Xiang to discuss the pros and cons of raising horses in Kaifeng Prefecture. It was not that Kaifeng Prefecture could not raise horses. On the contrary, from Kaifeng Prefecture to Zhengzhou, the imperial court established several large-scale pastoral prisons. However, with the increase of population and the shortage of land, many pastoral prisons experienced large-scale encroachment, that is, many powerful people occupied the good land of pastoral prisons and changed the farmland of their own.

As for the remaining places, just look at the number of households in Kaifeng. Kaifeng Prefecture is not small, but the population in the capital is only more than 200,000 households. Of course, there are more than 200,000 households in actuality, because if the large capital has a mobile population of half, including merchants and official households and hundreds of thousands of imperial guards, I don’t care about how many people there are in the capital. This shows that in addition to the capital and the nine wings outside the city, there are actually only tens of thousands of households in the suburbs of Kaifeng. Compared with the current Song Dynasty, the population is not dense.

Why?

The land is also.

Salinization has begun to occur outside Kaifeng Prefecture, so in order to survive, the people do not plant grain, but plant mulberry trees, and some fertile land is used to make vegetable gardens. Even if Wang Ju suggested that Wang Anshi initiated the siltation operation, the real fertile land area was still not large, and even this pitiful little siltation was used to resettle the imperial guards transferred to the outside of the city.

Is this geographical environment suitable for ordinary people to raise horses? Or is the court moving out several pastoral prisons to let the people raise horses? Is this possible? The court is willing to move, so would the people not do work all day long and ride horses to the pastoral prison in the morning and come back in the evening?

Therefore, once implemented, the people in the capital will suffer.

After hearing this, Xue Xiang felt it was reasonable, so he wrote a letter obscurely, suggesting that the edict should be cancelled.

But although Chen Xiang proposed to raise horses in the capital, Xue Xiang persuaded Zhao Xu to issue an edict, and now he regretted it again, Xue Xiang felt very embarrassed and couldn't write it clearly in the memorial. After reading it, Zhao Xu did not pay much attention.

When Xue Xiang saw that the emperor did not express his opinion, he became anxious. He privately persuaded other ministers to write a letter, as long as you write a letter against raising horses in the capital, I would like to say another thing, I was wrong at that time, and there were indeed many inconveniences in raising horses in the capital. Then this edict would be cancelled.

But the story reached Chen Xiang's ears. When he heard this, he was furious. Why are we all reformists and new parties? Why are you destroying my platform? If it is inconvenient, is it convenient for Shaanxi Road and Hebei Road? It is still inconvenient! Isn't this to solve the problem of the country's lack of horses? Although the people have inconvenience, for the long-term plan of the country, this inconvenience must be endured.

Therefore, he found the censor Shu Tan and instigated him. Shu Tan wrote a letter to impeach Xue Xiang: Xue Shizheng was a minister, and he must be told in person when he was involved, but he was slandered as a stolen name.

These memorials are all archived. Zhao Xu asked Huangmen to find Xue Xiang's memorials. After reading them, he was also furious. If there was really inconvenience, he would say it in person. He could correct his mistakes. Besides, you are a dignified deputy prime minister, so what can you say? However, you covered up in front of you and nagged me. What is this behavior? Is it a dignified deputy prime minister of the Western Palace?

So this annotation and handwritten edict were obtained.

But this handwritten edict is just a draft edict, and it can only become a real edict after being approved and copied by Hanlin scholars or masters.

Zhao Xu was about to send someone to the Hanlin Academy, but there was an emergency report from the yellow gate to Shanzhou outside.

"Transfer, spread, spread the two governments, two systems, three departments, the Si Nong Temple, and the Censorate all officials came to Yanhe Hall to discuss matters." Zhao Xu was so angry that he shivered after seeing it.

If this happened in the Tang Dynasty, it would be fine. Assassins publicly assassins assassinated the prime minister, Wu Yuanheng was killed directly, and another prime minister Pei Du almost met King Yama. But that was the chaos that only occurred when the country declined in the late Tang Dynasty.

Now, when the country is reviving, there is an assassination case. What does this mean? Zhao Xu's head is about to explode.

The ministers arrived at Yanhe Hall one after another.

Zhao Xu shouted to Xiaohuangmen: "Read."

Xiaohuang Gatekeeper Shanzhou's urgent comment was read.

All the ministers were also stunned.

An Tao, the east official of the Zhishen Court, whispered: "Can it be a bitter plan?"

Since the Xining Reform, no matter how much fighting or how much fighting, no one will be assassinated. Once this head is opened, everyone will have their lives to worry about their lives. But on the contrary, Wang Ju can be said to be the most fierce and fearless senior official in the Song Dynasty. Li Shidao (the governor of Ziqing, the culprit of the Yuanhe Assassination case, and also burning warehouses, which can be said to be Braden of the Yuanhe period of the Tang Dynasty) is far inferior.

Many ministers really believe this statement.

Wang Gui was very displeased when he heard it in front and said, "An Houqing, the imperial edict of the court to call Wang Zi'an the political affairs. You have always thought it was inappropriate. Whether it is inappropriate or not, it is up to public opinion, but how can there be a saying of bitter meat? The sword and arrow are blind, and the bandits in front are blocked. The mountains and forests on both sides are shot with arrows. If the difference is slight, it will be in danger of life. Will the prince be in danger of risking his life? "

It would be better to say if you just use a knife. The key is to use a bow and arrow at that time. Even Yang Zaixing's martial arts skills were shot to death. What kind of martial arts are Wang Ju? At most, he is strong and better than ordinary soldiers, but can he be said to be bravest and the three armies?

Therefore, An Tao’s statement is not valid.

Zhao Xu became even more angry and said, "An Qing, what did you say?"

An Tao knew the tactfulness and immediately said, "I said it wrong."

"Hmph," Zhao Xu continued to walk around angrily, then threw a large number of impeachment of Wang Ju from the table to the bottom of the steps, shouting loudly: "What did Wang Qing do? Because he did not form a clique with you, it became a thorn in your eyes. It must be removed soon!"

This sentence also has its origin.

Wang Gui proposed to let Wang Ju serve as the chief political officer, but many people opposed it at that time.

Lao Wang said something.

There is no need to mention Wang Ju’s martial arts skills, but is Wang Ju Chang really good at martial arts skills?

Let’s look at Qingzhou, let’s look at Quanzhou, and let’s look at Guangnan.

For example, Yang Hu and Lu Xun both made achievements in martial arts, and they might regard them simply as generals?

There is another man, Zhuge Liang, who captured Meng Huo seven times and went out to Qishan six times. He seemed to have been fighting for the rest of his life. Maybe he regards Zhuge Liang as a general?

But Lao Wang said this, but it still has no effect.

But everyone underestimated Lao Wang. On the surface, Lao Wang was very weak, but Lao Wang served as the Zhijixian Academy since Qingli. Then he was the master of imperial edicts, the Hanlin Bachelor, the Kaifeng Prefecture, the assistant to the political affairs and the prime minister of the current dynasty.

For more than 30 years, I haven’t left the capital. Look at the top ministers of the Song Dynasty, how many of them did it?

So facing the opposition, Lao Wang found an opportunity and said a few words to Zhao Xu.

The first sentence is, Your Majesty, everyone thinks that Wang Ju was appointed as the deputy envoy of Privy Council, but the old ministers don’t understand very well whether the court awarded Wang Ju Ju’s deputy envoy for his merits of civil governance, or was it awarded Wang Ju’s deputy envoy for his merits of martial arts?

This sentence is a little better.

The key thing is the second sentence, who will Wang Ju form a faction?

For a wise ruler, what kind of minister is the best use? Good ministers and military generals, no, who is not afraid of ministers being too powerful to shock the lord?

Loyal minister. So what is loyalty and what is traitor?

Just like Zhang Dun, in history, he was recorded as a treacherous minister in the Song Dynasty, but Zhang Dun was really a treacherous minister? Or Han Qi was a famous loyal minister in the Song Dynasty. However, Han Qi's various actions in his later years can be regarded as a loyal minister in the Song Dynasty?

A loyal minister, first of all, is he a big deal as a monarch? Secondly, how many verbal ministers have reached the height of Wei Zheng?

Famous ministers? Look at the three closest ministers, Yi Ya, Kai Fang, and Shu Diao...

Therefore, the above types of ministers may not be liked by a wise ruler. The only one kind of minister who really likes is the only one kind of minister, the lonely minister!

In addition, everyone has ignored another relationship. Including Wang Ju himself, that is the friendship formed when he was a teenager.

Maybe Zhao Xu has grown up and has some of his ideas, such as Wang Ju's most disgusting discourse. However, with Wang Ju's various arrogant actions, if Zhao Xu had not protected him, Wang Ju would have been miserable. But Wang Ju has not noticed this yet.

With these two words from Lao Wang, Zhao Xu finally gave up his order despite everyone's opposition.

Today, Zhao Xu was furious and finally turned out the second sentence of Lao Wang. Lao Wang said it was very implicit. To form a gang, it was actually to form a clique!

Of course, Lao Wang said this sentence with two meanings. One is to persuade Zhao Xu, and the other is to express his merits to Zhao Xu. We have not formed a gang and belong to the category of lonely ministers. So, you have to use me with peace of mind...

Lao Wang knew behind this scene, but who other ministers knew?

Zhao Xu said this, that would be too heartbroken.

Although the ruling ruling is relatively gentle now, how many ministers have not taken sides?

And many people don’t believe An Tao’s words.

Let’s talk about the case in Yizheng County. In fact, it is the same as the case of Chen Shiru’s wife killing her mother. Is it necessary to investigate? You will be clear at the first glance of the memorial.

Zhao Xu insisted on letting Wang Ju serve as the chief political affairs, which made some people very unhappy. So he sent someone to write a rap book secretly and spread it everywhere, and finally made the people all over the world discuss it, forming a general trend. Then, he impeached him in one fell swoop, and Wang Ju would inevitably leave the court in disgrace.

Who would have thought that Wang Ju took a detour to Qiongzhou and happened to hear this rap and saw the greed of several clerks. The victimized old man Li's son died in the battlefield. The pension was unfair, and the three things collided, which made Wang Ju tempt the clerks and finally killed someone.

Wang Ju's "villain" style that often kills people and is vindictive to revenge has made many scholars and officials dislike it.

But in the final analysis, someone took the initiative.

It turned out to be a big case. The emperor sent people from the Imperial City Department to investigate everywhere. He could no longer use the rap book to vilify Wang Ju. Then, if someone really bribed the bandits and assassinated Wang Ju, he would solve this thorn in his eyes once and for all.

There is also the location of the incident.

It turned out that the prefect of Luoyang was Zhao Xu's earliest teacher, Wang Tao. This man had no grudges with Wang Ju, and it was just the opposite. He always admired Wang Ju.

However, after the autumn sacrifice, the court ordered the Hedong Jiedu, the chief magistrate, the guardian of the Situ, and the Shizhong, to be the chief magistrate of Daming Prefecture, the Duke of Lu State Wen Yanbo to guard the Taiwei, the founding of the Yitong Sansi, and to be the former Hedong Jiedu, to be the prefecture of Henan Prefecture.

Wen Yanbo has more than these official positions. If written one by one, there will be more than a dozen. But don’t take these Taiwei, Kaifu Yitong Sansi and several Jiedu governors seriously. Of course, these official positions also have many benefits. First of all, the salary. So many top official positions are superimposed together to make Wen Yanbo’s salary reach a height that makes future generations admire. In addition, they are also an honorary position. But only one who really exercises real power is sentenced to Henan Prefecture, that is, the prefect of Luoyang.

With Wen Yanbo's power, he has real power in his hands, so it's too easy to do some small moves in Luoyang.

And Wen Yanbo also has a motive. If he doesn't mention party struggles, just talk about his grudges with Wang Ju, it can be said that he is bloody and tears are hard to write.

So now everyone feels the truth is confusing.

At this moment, they heard Zhao Xu say another bolt from the blue: "Li Ding, Yang Sui, you two bring three generals to Wushan and arrest these bold bandits one by one."

Yang Sui was the deputy in charge of the front hall, Li Ding was the chief censor, and the Censorate was also in charge of major cases, so there was absolutely no problem for these two people to go to Luoyang to capture the bandits.

But there is really no problem?

First of all, Yang Sui was a military general, and Wang Ju's position in the minds of the general can be imagined.

It doesn't matter, it's Li Ding's key.

It doesn’t matter if Li Ding is concerned. It’s not just Wen Yanbo, but also a large group of people, Fu Bi, Sima Guang, Wang Gongchen, Chu Jianzhong, Liu Ji…

Think about the Wutai poetry case, how many people have been implicated. Besides, this case of assassinating the prime minister! (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!