Zhao Xu took a sip of tea and said, "I will finalize the case after the Queen Mother's funeral, and you should hurry up." In addition, regarding the matter of the military system, you should let it go for a while, concentrate on sorting out the government and politics, and calm down the chaos. ”

Cai Bian was stunned and looked up at Zhao Xu, he felt more and more that the young official in front of him seemed to have something else in his heart.

Zhao Xu put down the teacup, looked at Cai Bian and said with a smile: "Su Xianggong is Zaifu in the end, he has nothing to do to move around, he knows the current situation better than anyone else, and he should ask for benefits." ”

Cai Bian noticed that Zhao Xu's words were meaningful, and he couldn't think through it for a while, so he got up and said, "Yes, the minister obeys the order." ”

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, explained a few more words, and watched Cai Bian leave.

Zhao Xu watched Cai Bian leave, hugged the teacup for a while, and suddenly said, "Chen Pi, what do you think, how is this Cai Qing's family?" ”

Chen Pi didn't know what Zhao Xu was referring to, so he hesitated and said, "The villain didn't think anything else, but he just felt that this Cai Xianggong was a little too restrained." ”

Zhao Xu snorted, Cai Bian has talent, but this excessive caution is caused by the failure of the 'New Party' and the 'Old Party' for many years.

Zhao Xu thought for a while and said, "The commander of the Ma Military Division, the commander of the Infantry Military Division, the deputy commander, are you still detained in the palace?" ”

Chen Pi said: "Yes, it's delicious and delicious." I was still shouting to see the Queen Mother, but it's been quiet lately. ”

Zhao Xu slowly squinted his eyes, his eyes flickered, and said, "Keep it closed, if someone outside the palace wants to see them, let them see them." ”

Chen Pi bowed knowingly and said, "Yes, the villain understands, and he will definitely arrange it carefully, and there will be no mistakes." ”

Zhao Xu hummed, pondered for a moment, and then buried his head in reading the information.

At the same time, the turmoil outside the palace is getting more and more intense, and the power of the 'royalists' is gradually emerging, surrounding Zhang Dian, Cai Bian, Liang Tao and others, and they began to slowly exert their efforts to punish Lu Dafang and others.

But that's not the point, as Cai Jing and the four of them entered the palace, some people who were originally decent couldn't sit still.

Because - Lu Dafang and others are about to be convicted!

Lu Dafang and others can no longer be cleared, and there are not many people who insist on 'saving', but how to convict has become the focus again.

Lu Dafang is Zaifu, and among his henchmen there are many 'deputy ministers' who can be called Xianggong, high-ranking officials of the three provinces, Shangshu of the six departments, squires and so on.

There are more than 50 people above the fifth grade, if this sentence is too severe, the government and the opposition will inevitably shake the mountains, and they can't accept it!

Zai Fu Su Song, who was in charge of the funeral to the Queen Mother, and Erfan, who was at home on leave, couldn't help it at this time, and there were actions one after another.

Su Song summoned Cai Jing and others, questioned them sternly, and asked them to explain their thoughts on the final verdict of the case.

Er Fan walked around on the one hand, trying to influence the direction of public opinion, and on the other hand, he tried every means to reduce the responsibility of Lu Dafang and others.

There are almost no secrets in Lu Dafang's case, and so many family properties have been confiscated, and no one believes in the light they came. In addition, all kinds of evidence emerge one after another, and the two charges of 'embezzlement and bribery, and selling official positions' alone are enough to crucify them.

Maybe this kind of crime is not painful for others, but as a high-level member of the imperial court, the great Confucianism of the world tried his best to demand that the people of the world 'self-denial and revenge, honesty and self-discipline', but they themselves were in the company of copper and extravagant, how could the people of the world accept it?

Therefore, with the passage of time, the controversy between the government and the opposition continued to ferment, and Lu Dafang and others gradually became at a disadvantage in Shilin public opinion.

As the night passed, the tighter the wind, and the city of Kaifeng was full of boiling discussions.

In a college, a group of young people walked together holding books.

"Have you heard, there is news from the imperial court, and it is planned to settle the case of Lu Xianggong and others after the funeral of the Queen Mother."

"Lu Xianggong and the others can't escape this time, and if such a big case is revealed, I'm afraid that Your Majesty and the court will definitely punish them severely."

"Severe punishment? It's not a distribution out of Beijing, how can it be severely punished? There is no precedent for killing doctors in my Great Song Dynasty! ”

"Shhhh Your Majesty has already killed two of them......"

"This ...... Your Majesty won't use capital punishment against Lu Xianggong and others, right? ”

"No, no, you don't want to think about it, that's Zai Fu and many ministers, Shangshu, Shilang, really going to be executed, the officials are afraid, the people of the world are afraid, Your Majesty and the court, how to deal with yourself?"

"It's reasonable, it's okay, it's okay, don't talk about the real capital punishment, I'm scared when I hear this possibility......"

"Hehe, what's there to be afraid of, it's just one or two canes once in a while, but Zaifu is Zaifu in the end, and His Majesty and the court still have a sense of proportion."

"That's that, don't think about it, let's prepare for next year's spring."

"What I said is that this time the turmoil is so big and there are so many vacancies, it is a good opportunity for us!"

"Yes is the pole is the pole ......"

……

A row of tiles to the south of Guozijian and Gongyuan is a place where many teachers and students of Guozijian and scholars from outside Beijing, waiting for people to wait for alternate official positions and the like, are rented.

The conditions here are very bad, with rain leaking everywhere, ventilation, ditches all over the place, and the stench is stinking.

A white-haired old man wrinkled his eyebrows, and said to himself with a worried expression: "I gave Lu Xianggong the article on the referendum last month, I don't know if Lu Xianggong saw it?" ”

Not far away, a young man in his early twenties sneered and said, "Even if Lu Xianggong sees it, what kind of official position do you plan to have?" It's been a bumpy ride out of Beijing, can you still stand it? ”

The old man snorted coldly and said, "I've waited all my life, how can it be out of Beijing, I must seek my future in Bianjing!" ”

This old man is almost sixty years old, he is a jinshi in the second year of Shenzong Yuanfeng, he has been admitted to the jinshi for half his life, and he has waited for more than ten years, but he has not yet received a vacancy for an alternate official.

The young man just sneered, but he was thinking in his heart, there must be a lot of unlucky people this time, and there will definitely be one of them if there are so many official vacancies!

Not far from them, there was a man in his early thirties, holding a book in his hand, although his eyes were on the book, his expression was a little dazed.

He was Zong Ze, who had just passed the Jinshi last year, and he was sprinkled in the palace examination last year, ignoring the rules, and vigorously criticized the party strife in the court, bringing many people with him.

This made him offend many people, and he was expected to be in the top three, but in the end he only got a final course, 'Citong Jinshi Origin', which can be said to have suffered a great setback in his career.

Zong Ze didn't show discouragement on his face, he was thinking about the big events that had happened in the government and the opposition recently. Even though he didn't know what was going on, judging from these messy things, he vaguely saw a vein, which seemed to have a faint direction.

A considerable number of officials in the imperial court are now in a state of panic, and the Criminal Department and the Imperial City Department have not only arrested Lu Dafang and other high-level officials, but there are more and more middle and low-level people who are implicated by them, and there are almost no people living in peace in the three provinces, six departments, seven temples, etc.

They talked louder, wandered around, listened to the news in Kaifeng City, looked for supporters, climbed each other, and continued to weave that broken net.

Zhang Dian, Cai Bian, Liang Tao, Cao Zheng, Shen Qi and others quickly gathered a large group of people, whether they were intentionally arranged or unintentionally ended, they were all changing with the direction of the wind.

In the evening, Fan Chunren and Fan Bailu of Erfan still went out of the house, and the two met, and after just a few words, they found Su Song together.

Su Song is now Zai Fu, the only minister who is still in the court in the 'previous dynasty', he is Zai Fu, with the highest status and the most important, only he can make a difference in Lu Dafang and other things.

In the evening, the weather was very hot, and Su Song, who pretended to be asleep, couldn't pretend to be asleep, so he met the two of them in the pavilion.

Fan Bailu looked cold and said, "Su Xianggong, you should give us an explanation, right?" Official, how does the imperial court want to judge Lu Dafang's case? ”

Fan Chunren stared at Su Song and said in a deep voice: "Su Xianggong, I haven't been sentenced to prison so far, you need to know the severity of it and the influence of Qianqiu Sheji!" ”

Su Song was on crutches, his face expressionless.

Fan Bailu's eyes widened angrily, and he shouted, "What the hell are you thinking? You don't understand the death of the rabbit and the fox! Don't you understand such a big thing?! ”

The corners of Su Song's face twitched, and he sighed heavily in his heart, and said, "Come into the palace with me tomorrow." ”