No matter what Su Song and Han Zongdao think, with Zhao Xu's words, the political hall will have to do things.

Su Song, Cai Bian, and Han Zongdao were silent for a while, and Cai Bian spoke: "Su Xianggong, let's start." ”

Su Song glanced at him and nodded.

The three of them discussed the wording, and if they wanted to pursue Sima Guang, they must have 'closed the coffin' in the form of an edict, and the wording was very particular.

They discussed it, and they had to wait for Zhang Duan to come back and sign it.

At this moment, Zhang Dian has come to the Ministry of Officials and is talking with Lin Xi, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials.

Zhang Dian held the teacup, his words were less scruples, and said: "After the serious illness of the official family, there are signs of more unity in the imperial court, but it is not enough. The officialdom of Kaifeng Prefecture should be more strictly supervised, and the 'New Deal' is also in the law. Kaifeng Mansion is just a pilot, and then the northern roads, we have to take precautions and lay out the ...... in advance."

Lin Xi and Zhang Dian have been close comrades-in-arms for many years, and they pondered: "Kaifeng Mansion is not difficult, but if it expands to all roads in the north, the situation will become complicated. You're crumbling now, and if something happens again, I'm worried about ......"

"The official family will not waver."

Lin Xi wanted to speak and stopped, but Zhang Dian said it directly for him, saying: "This tacit understanding, I still have it with the official family." The North can be bold, the South a little slower. This time, we have to go steadily, go thoroughly, and never give them a chance to repeat! ”

Lin Xi looked at him and said, "These are easy to say." Cai is indeed dead, and Zeng Bu and others, do you want to keep pressing? ”

Zhang Dian picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, his eyes were serious, and he did not speak immediately.

In the 'New Party', Zhang Bian's status is actually not high, Cai Qu, Zeng Bu, including Cai Bian are far higher than Zhang Dan. Now, Zhang Dian is in a high position, but he has blocked the path of advancement of other people, including the protégés of these people.

Cai Qu's death once set off a lot of turmoil. Now, the imperial court is taking advantage of the matter of Cai Jing and Yang Wei to purge the law reform team and screen the inside and outside of the 'New Party', and Na Zeng Bu and the 'New Party' outside the opposition will inevitably get involved.

Zhang Dian glanced at him and said, "Don't move anything for the time being." ”

Lin Xi understood and said: "The Ministry of Officials now has three key points, one is the implementation and supervision of the examination law; The other is Jingcha; The third is the institutional reconstruction of Kaifeng Prefecture. The first two are delicate things that need to be simmered over low heat. However, the third is that under the Baojia Law, the imperial court must build a system of villages, towns and county governments, the village chief must have a meritorious name, and the village guards must be formed, and all the armor and protection under the village must be carefully managed, and these things will be very energy-consuming......"

Since ancient times, the imperial power did not go to the countryside, but at the request of Zhao Xu, the reform of the 'new law' was quite thorough, almost going to the lowest level, and it was necessary to solve the land maladministration and social structure of the Song Dynasty from the root.

Such a drastic change is no less than a huge battle, even if it is just a small Kaifeng city, the manpower and material resources to be invested by the Great Song Dynasty are unimaginable.

Zhang Dian is calm, he talked to Zhao Xu, as a person who changed the law in Xining, he knows the arduousness of reform, his eyes are stern, and he said lightly: "No matter how difficult it is, we have to go on, if we don't solve the maladministration, there will be endless troubles, we will work hard for a generation to benefit the future, and we must not give up halfway!"

Lin Xi is the person who can feel Zhang Dun's resolute and ardent attitude towards the 'new law' the most, and such difficulties will not make him back down.

Lin Xi paused and said, "Regarding Sima Guang's matter, there is a lot of controversy in the political affairs hall, right?" ”

Zhang Dan's expression was unmoved, and he said: "Su Song can't see the general trend clearly, and he will be at the end of this year at the latest." Sima Guang abolished the new law back then, and now he must be liquidated and the new law must be corrected! ”

Lin Xi hated this kind of party dispute, but he couldn't hide from it, so he was silent for a while, and said, "What do you want me to do?" ”

Zhang Duan looked up at the door and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter. The purpose of my visit is about two things, one is the syllabus of Taixue, and the other is the exam questions for this year's Spring Festival. I know you're out, give it all to me, I'm going to redo it. ”

Lin Xi remembered some past events, and suddenly said, "You want to reform the imperial examination?" ”

Zhang Dian said: "If the official family wants to strengthen the army and strengthen the country, talent is the most critical, and the imperial examination is the top priority, so it is natural to change." ”

Lin Xi looked serious, stared at him and said, "You have done so much, there may not be a good end in the future." Official ...... Can't keep you. ”

Zhang Dan's expression was serious and calm, and he said lightly: "Like Wang Xianggong, is it a good death?" ”

After Wang Anshi was deposed, although he was not held accountable for anything else, he was slandered by the government and the opposition and Shilin for nothing, even if the court justified his name and made him worthy of the Shenzong Temple, but it still couldn't change Shilin's opinion - he was still a traitor!

In this way, is it considered a good death?

Lin Xi said secretly in his heart, and looked at Zhang Dian silently.

Zhang Dian didn't say much on this topic, and said: "Send the exam questions to the Qingwa house, and the Taixue exam questions to the vertical arch hall." The chief examiner of Chunfu is Li Qingchen, let him be careful and don't give people a chance to take advantage of it. ”

Lin Xi responded and began to talk about the matter of Chunfu.

There were many complicated things in the imperial court, and the pilot of Kaifeng Mansion was ignited like a raging fire and quickly burned.

He returned to the prefects of each county and began to mobilize the officials in his jurisdiction. Some county magistrates even invited big families and famous people in their counties to ask them to help.

Subsequently, various tasks were issued one after another in various counties, whether it was the construction of villages and towns, the measurement of acres of fields, or the inventory of populations.

The gentry and large households naturally opposed the clearing of acres of land and the calculation of the population; The armor guards in various places are also deeply resistant to the government's reaching out to their territory.

This was just a matter of planning, and the counties faced a huge backlash, and some began to hesitate and retreat.

These pressures poured up, returned to Kaifeng Mansion, and then went to the political affairs hall.

Zhang Duan came back from the ministry and looked at the draft edict written by Su Song to investigate Sima Guang, naturally disagreed, and expressed his pen in front of Su Song.

Su Song stood aside, looking at the constant twisting of his eyebrows, with a solemn expression.

Zhang Dun's pen quickly wrote: 'Former Prime Minister Sima Guang, yesterday since the first emperor was promoted, entered the cardinal court. Just don't say anything, please return to history, the first emperor Shengde is good, and the song follows his desires...... It is not said that the light hides deep evil, and the first dynasty is relager, and everything that is done is right and wrong...... Sima Guang used the government of Yuanyou, changed the mother to the son, and the son to the father, and lost the plan of the temple. The government of the imperial court must uphold the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and determine the relationship between the father and the son, how can there be a way to abolish the father and son of the monarch and the minister, and focus on the mother and son...... slandered the first emperor and abolished his law...... I asked Sima Guang and Lu Gong to write the posthumous gifts of the officials and the amount of the Shinto monuments given, and still went to Shaanzhou and Zhengzhou to send officials to the county to demolish the official monument in the official graves, and wear out the inscriptions written by Feng Yu. ’

Su Song had a calm face and said in a cold voice: "Wang Anshi's grave is all good, you have to dig Sima Junshi's grave!" What do people in the world think of the court and the officials? Do you want the history books of later generations to put the word 'mean' on the heads of officials? ”

Zhang Dian was full of resentment and was aroused, his eyes were full of fierceness, and he said coldly: "Could it be that future generations will still think that Sima Guang is a virtuous minister through the ages?" ”

Su Song was on crutches, his face was sinking like water, and he was also a little angry in his heart, and shouted: "Is it a little good for you and the 'New Deal' for you to do this?" Don't you understand the big picture? You deceived the officials and the family is young, have you thought about liquidating it in the future? ”

Zhang Dian was tired of Su Song, who was always in the way, so he didn't bother to pay attention to him at all, and said, "The 'new law' has begun, and you can all prepare to resign." ”

Su Song had a headache, his old face was tight, and he couldn't speak.

Seeing that Zhang Dian was about to get up with the draft edict he had just written, his expression suddenly changed slightly, and he said, "What do you mean by that?" ”

Zhang Duan did not speak, but turned to go to the room.

Su Song's face became darker and darker, and even a little gloomy.

He heard something from Zhang Dan's words, Yang Wei and Cai Jing were executed to clean up the law change team, and as soon as these two people went, there were only two people in the court who could be called 'different hearts' - Prime Minister Su Song, and Han Zongdao, the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture and the governor of Kaifeng Prefecture.

Su Song slowly walked out of the political hall, looked at the gray sky outside, sighed lightly, and said, "Is it our turn?" ”

Although he was prepared, Su Song's current mentality was still very complicated.

tried everything to stabilize the situation, but after all, it failed as he wanted. Today's official family is not Emperor Shenzong, and Zhang Dian is not Wang Anshi.

Now is not the beginning of Xining, according to the personality of the official family and Zhang Dan, the 'new law' is forcefully implemented, and the chaos in the future will inevitably be ten times, or even a hundred times that of the Xining years!

Su Song looked at it for a while, and when he saw Zhang Dian turning to the direction of the vertical arch hall with the drafted edict, he also turned a blind eye, and after a long time, he sighed softly: "That's it, that's it......"

Su Song looked depressed, turned around slowly, and returned to the duty room.

Zhang Dian went to the Vertical Arch Palace, and not long after, Chen Pi ran in the Vertical Arch Hall and the Funing Palace, and Zhang Dian got the edict stamped with Zhao Xu's big seal.

"Immediately promulgated, and at the same time reported to the whole country!" Zhang Dian was in the green tile house, drinking the scribes.

The scribe did not dare to slack off, and immediately took this edict to the political hall, Su Song did not stop it, it was quickly promulgated, and at the same time sent to report to the whole country.

So, on the day of the final trial of Dali Temple, the edict of the liquidation of Sima Guang was promulgated, which was basically written in accordance with Zhang Dian.

The gist of it is: Sima Guang was disloyal and unfilial, usurped the emperor, and pursued all posthumous honors.

After receiving the order, the Criminal Department quickly began to take action, first of all, it seized the books written by Sima Guang such as "Zizhi Tongjian", and other recoveries were carried out in an intense and orderly manner.

Such a speed is so fast that the government and the opposition can't react. Before he could do anything, the edict had already been issued.

But even if the edict was promulgated, it still caused a huge commotion, and the protégés and former officials related to Sima Guang launched a huge lobbying campaign against the imperial court, and various defenses demanded that Zhao Xu take back his fate.

Zhao Xu didn't care about these, and Zhang Dian ignored them even more, concentrating on the implementation of the 'new law'.

A few days later, Zhao Xu's health improved, and he came to Dali Temple at the first stop after leaving the palace.

At this time, Dali Temple was trying the case, and Geng Rujie, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, was sitting in the main hall, trying the case of the former Dali Temple Secretary Qian Sheng who murdered Su Zhe, the third envoy.

This case has been tried a long time ago, and now this is just the Qian family's statement and asking Dali Temple to retry it.

Zhao Xu took people and quietly came to the door and looked at the court trial inside.

A young man knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "My father, as the secretary of Dali Temple, participated in the investigation of the fraud case of the three divisions of the Yamen, was conscientious and conscientious, and never exceeded the rules. ”

Outside the hall suddenly whispered, pointing at this Qian Sheng's son.

Qian Sheng's case, in fact, has been more than half a year in the past, but I didn't expect it to be turned over again.

Zhao Xu listened, looked at Geng Rujie, and wanted to see if the current Dali Temple had changed.

Geng Rujie's expression did not move, listening to the noise outside, he patted the wood, waited for the outside to calm down, turned to the young man, and said: "Your father has pleaded guilty, and the human and material evidence is conclusive, do you have ironclad evidence to overturn the case?" ”

The young man knelt on the ground, without raising his head, and said: "The official who testified at the beginning committed suicide by poisoning afterwards, and Su Xianggong hanged himself again. The villain was transported home to his father's body, and many scars were found, which were obviously tortured to extract confessions, and the villain asked Dali Temple to investigate thoroughly. ”

Zhao Xu tilted his head and said to himself: "How does this feel like reading from a book?" ”

Chen Pi listened, glanced at the people around him, and said in a low voice: "It should have been recited in advance." ”

Zhao Xu snorted, he also thought about it, and said secretly in his heart: So soon, someone tried to overturn the case for Qian Sheng, is it Lu Dafang and others who are next?

Geng Rujie said: "The official is asking you if there is any evidence to overturn the case, but there is no evidence, and it is not enough for the official to order another investigation." ”

The young man knelt on the ground and continued to say word by word: "My father is Lu Xianggong's protégé, and Lu Xianggong was attacked, and my father was just a chess piece for them to test the waters. I don't know how Su Xianggong died as a villain. But the villain knew that Su Xianggong's corpse, with purple lips, was obviously poisoned first, and his father was wronged......"

Geng Rujie slapped the shocked wood and shouted: "Don't mess around!" The officer asked, what evidence do you have? After you appeal this time, you can't appeal again for two years, understandable? ”

The young man's body trembled, hesitated, and continued: "My father is not really guilty, it's just that Lu Xianggong's people are caught in a party dispute, the party is the same and different, and my father is not guilty......"

Geng Rujie snorted coldly and said, "Messing around, someone is coming!" Pull it out! ”

Immediately, a servant stepped forward and pulled the young man out.

The young man didn't say a word, and was dragged out very stiffly.

"Party strife?"

"Does this Qian Tong want to use 'party struggle' to exonerate his father?"

"Whimsical, I thought it was something, but it turned out to be empty white teeth."

"Let's go, I heard that the Ministry of Industry is going to clean up the moat and is recruiting people, I wonder if the two of our family can go?"

"I also know that it is said that a lot of money is given, and two hundred dollars a month is given."

"Gone...... gone"

Seeing this, Zhao Xu thought about it, shook his head secretly, and said, "Pervasive......"

The 'old party' or conservatives are everywhere, no matter how many things there are in the court, what other people should do, or what they are doing, overturning the case for Lu Dafang and others, I am afraid it has never stopped.

"Let's go."

Zhao Xu just thought about it for a moment, and then walked into Dali Temple with a smile. These trivial matters were no longer enough for him to intervene personally.

When Zhao Xu entered Dali Temple, he immediately caused a shock in Dali Temple, and seven Shaoqing and other officials, all came.

After the expansion of Dali Temple, Zhao Xu came for the first time. The seven Shaoqing, including Xingshu, carefully accompanied Zhao Xu, and introduced the government affairs of Dali Temple while strolling.

Zhao Xu glanced at Geng Rujie and said with a smile: "The Cao Qing family has praised the Geng Qing family in front of me more than once. ”

Geng Rujie looked as usual, raised his hand and said: "The courtier's duty, the official family has a good reputation." ”

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, this Geng Rujie is a talent.

He walked a few steps, turned to Xing Shu on his side, and said with a smile: "Xing Qing's family, you can talk about it." ”

Xing Shu is a middle-aged man with a gentle face and a generous temperament, he followed Zhao Xu's side, and said seriously: "Official, there are two main tasks in Dali Temple at present, the first is to clean up the fraud case, which is currently being done and is expected to be completed within three months." The second is the reform of Dali Temple, the current circuit hall has drawn up a good candidate, next month can go out of Beijing, mainly to the north of the road to carry out the first test. In addition, it is the expansion of the prefecture-level Dali Temple, the ministers are preparing intensively, Sijing is the first step, it is expected to be completed within three months, and within the year, about 20 prefectures can be completed......"

These are all established plans, Zhao Xu paced, nodded from time to time, waited for the punishment to finish, and said with a smile: "Dali Temple, the pressure has been not small recently, right?" ”

Because of the 'Sima Guang incident', Dali Temple was pushed to the cusp of the storm, and I don't know how much of the impeachment of Xingshu and others, even if they were all suppressed by Zhang, but these pressures will not disappear.

Xing Shu's expression did not move, and he said: "The minister acts according to the law, with justice as the goal, the minister does right, acts straightly, and is not afraid of other people's tongues!" ”

Zhao Xu glanced back at him, and saw that he was not a sycophant, he did have a resolute face, and said approvingly: "I believe the words of the Xingqing family." Today, I will give you and several other Shaoqing a word, as long as you stick to it and there is no serious crime, I will support you! ”

Xing Shu's expression was slightly shocked, and he hurriedly raised his hand and said, "Xie Guan's family." ”

The crowd behind him was even more overjoyed, with the words of the official, they could do it boldly, and there was no need to worry too much.

Zhao Xu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Walking in the jungle, you must have the determination to overcome obstacles, you have it, I am very pleased." As for the downward push of Dali Temple, this may be more difficult. One is that the local authorities are reluctant to delegate power, and they will inevitably do everything possible to stop it. Second, the habits of the people cannot be changed in a while. Third, it is the issue of enforcement, even if Dali Temple can adjudicate, the specific implementation is still a problem. In this, it is necessary for Dali Temple to cooperate with the six ministries and the political affairs hall. Reform is not a one-man exercise, but must look at the overall situation......"

Hearing this, Xing Shu and the others raised their hands and said, "The ministers have the order." ”

Zhao Xu stopped and looked at the row of duty rooms in front of him, even if Dali Temple is expanded, it is still a 'small jasper', without the majesty and arrogance of the big yamen.

Zhao Xu pondered for a moment, turned to look at the group of people, and said, "That Qian Tong's words, someone obviously taught him to memorize them." Be wary of these things, but don't worry too much about them. The 'new law' of the imperial court has been on the way, and it is necessary to focus on the implementation of the 'new law'. In the face of public opinion, we must look at both sides, and if there is a change, we will encourage it, and we should not be too pressured. It is not a matter of principle, and my support for Dali Temple will continue as always. ”

This is the second time that the official family has supported and cheered them up.

As the executive secretary of the Shaoqing, he immediately raised his hand and said in a deep voice: "The ministers respectfully obey the holy order, for the fairness of my Great Song Dynasty justice, long-term peace and stability, and do not hesitate to move forward bravely!" ”

The officials of Dali Temple cannot be transferred externally now, and can only be promoted within a system. As the original waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Xing Shu took the initiative to apply for transfer to Dali Temple, and such a sacrifice is not small.

Zhao Xu looked at it, nodded slightly, and raised his left hand.

Chen Pi held a plate and walked over silently.

Zhao Xu took away the cloth on it and looked at the torture and others: "I, give Dali Temple, the Holy Decree Edict, the Danshu Iron Coupon, non-rebellion and other major crimes, the seven Shaoqing of Dali Temple, do not be guilty!" ”

The expressions of torture and forgiveness were shocked, they never expected that the official family would actually give them Danshu iron coupons!

A group of people were stunned, Danshu iron coupons, that is a very valuable thing, countless people yearn for it!

"Take it." Chen Pi saw the punishment, Geng Rujie and the others were sluggish, and said in a low voice.

Xing Shu and the others suddenly woke up, raised their hands urgently, and said in unison: "The ministers bow and thank the emperor!" ”