By the next day, the blazing temperature in Kaifeng City had decreased, but things happened one after another.

The first thing is that Wang Anli surrendered to the Criminal Department, admitting the fact that someone in the Wang family had encroached on Yongyetian and injured the people, and denied everything else.

But at this moment, no one in the government and the opposition pays attention to him, or has no energy to pay attention to him.

The second thing is that the newly drafted 'Kaoquan Law' of the Ministry of Officials was released, but the Ministry of Officials did not officially promulgate it, and came up with a 'draft for consultation', which was issued by the Government Affairs Hall and reported to various ministries and Lufuzhou counties to 'solicit opinions'.

As soon as it was announced, the government and the opposition were shocked.

This 'consultation draft' highlights the chief officials of various departments, Lufu prefectures and counties, clarifies all kinds of responsibilities, master-slave relationships, and clearly writes: 'Responsibility to the person'. At the same time, some official positions were blurred, and the power of some official positions was concentrated in the main responsible yamen.

The biggest feature of the Song Dynasty system is 'checks and balances', and now the officials are clearly trying to destroy the 'ancestral system', plus the loss of power, too many people can't bear it.

Some people couldn't wait to write the script, and most of them said that "the local power is too great, and the feudal towns are afraid of coming again", and they were full of worries about this, and gave advice to the court from the bottom of their hearts.

The third thing is that the Ministry of Household Affairs has begun to investigate and deal with the delay in the entry of taxes and grain into Beijing this year, and a considerable amount of resistance has appeared in Beijing, which actually comes from within the Sixth Ministry and from various transit departments.

Jingzhong was already in a mess, and it stands to reason that with so many things, the political hall must have been caught off guard and panicked.

But Zhang Dian was in danger, first the Criminal Department ordered the Wang family to return Yongye Tian and arrest the criminals, and then Cai Bian, the right minister of the Political Affairs Hall, personally came forward to reprimand Wang Anli in public, took away his official position, and ordered him to return to his hometown for self-examination. The case is closed.

Then the three legal divisions jointly issued a document reprimanding some people in the government and the opposition for 'ill-intentioned and disruptive government', and demanded that the officials of the government and the opposition uphold the public spirit, not to criticize the major policies of the imperial court, let alone form a party for personal gain, cause chaos in the government, be vigilant against rumors, and be cautious in words and deeds.

Later, Dali Temple publicly sentenced some people to death, including Wang Cun, Yang Hui and other former 'Xianggong'.

This is the execution of the 'Xianggong' by the imperial court again, which really cooled down the boiling Kaifeng City.

The next day, the government affairs hall issued another appointment report, and nearly 200 people were dismissed in one go, most of whom were sent out to inspect the place.

There are all kinds of reasons, most of which are 'corruption and lawlessness, negative to the court, bullying the superiors and subordinates, and many evils'.

These people were still 'patrolling' in the locality, and suddenly they lost their official positions, and I don't know how many people were stunned, shocked, and then angry.

At this time, Zhang Qi had already assumed the position of Privy Council and officially took over the management of the Great Song Army.

With the support of Zhang Kai's army, the political hall is quite 'unscrupulous', and the action is getting bigger and bigger, and the new draft of the 'Law of Xining' is constantly released, spreading all over Kaifeng, and rapidly spreading to the whole world.

At the end of the seventh year of Yuan You, there were too many things, and the attention of the government and the opposition shifted back and forth, and in the end, the pressure still surged up, appearing in the Sixth Ministry, appearing in the Political Affairs Hall, and appearing on Zhao Xu, a Great Song official.

That night, it was Liu Meiren who was sleeping in the column, and she served Zhao Xu to bathe, and secretly observed Zhao Xu's expression while rubbing his back.

Zhao Xu sat in the barrel, still holding a book in his hand and reading, this is Wang Anshi's "Wang Linchuan Collection", most of the content is the changes in the Shenzong period, there is his experience, reflection, Zhao Xu has been reading recently.

Liu Meiren wiped it, suddenly startled, and said, "Official, why do you have an injury on your arm?" ”

Zhao Xu was stunned, tilted his head and looked at his right hand, there was a small scar on it, which was quite conspicuous.

Zhao Xu didn't care, and said, "I forgot where I got it." ”

Liu Meiren responded in a low voice, paying attention to Zhao Xu's side face, and said with some hesitation: "The official family, the people arrested by the Imperial City Division, are they all going to be beheaded?" ”

Zhao Xu didn't speak, and reached out to turn the page.

Seeing that Zhao Xu did not respond, Liu Meiren paused, leaned closer, and said softly: "The official family, the concubines heard that some people have a relationship with the queen's mother. ”

Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows, and suddenly remembered.

In history, Queen Meng was divided into two dispose, in addition to political reasons, it also involved the battle of the harem, and this Liu Meiren should be the one who succeeded the queen.

Zhao Xu put the book down and said, "Have you gone to greet the queen?" ”

Liu Meiren couldn't figure out Zhao Xu's thoughts, and now the attitude towards Empress Meng outside is a little unpredictable, and this kind of speculation is related to the Empress Dowager.

In short, some people are trying to overturn some cases and things that the 'old party' has comprehensively cracked down on the 'new party' at the beginning of Yuan Youchu, in addition to attacking Sima Guang and others, Empress Dowager Gao has also been affected, and Empress Meng, who is the Empress Dowager Gao, naturally has no good feelings.

It can be said that the reason why Empress Meng was able to stand up was all due to Zhao Xu's attitude.

Liu Meiren bit her lip lightly, and said with some grievances: "The concubine has been there once before, but the mother doesn't seem to be willing to see the concubine." ”

Zhao Xu hummed as usual and said, "And then?" ”

Liu Meiren suddenly felt a little uneasy in her heart, and hurriedly said: "The concubine has always been worried about the official family, so ...... The concubine will go tomorrow, no, every day after that. ”

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "The queen is the queen, you have to know the general situation and the number of etiquette." I don't have to sleep tonight, let's serve the queen. ”

Liu Meiren trembled a little in her heart, put the towel aside, and saluted with tears in her eyes: "Official, the concubine knows that she is wrong, and the concubine will go." ”

After Liu Meiren finished speaking, seeing that Zhao Xu continued to flip through the book, there was no response, she bit her lip secretly, was about to cry, and turned around to leave.

"Learn more from the queen, don't say what you shouldn't say, and don't see people you shouldn't see." As soon as Liu Meiren turned around, Zhao Xu's faint words came over again.

Liu Meiren's face turned pale, she knelt on the ground in a hurry, really cried, and said, "The concubine knows her mistake, please punish the official." ”

Zhao Xu waved the book and did not speak.

Liu Meiren turned pale, looked at Zhao Xu's back cautiously, and turned to leave.

She trembled in her heart and decided never to see those so-called noblewomen outside the palace again.

Zhao Xu looked at it for a while, then left the bathtub, changed his clothes and walked out of the bath room, and returned to the study.

Zhao Xu was reading a book, and suddenly looked up at the door, and saw Zhao Ji's ghostly head probing around.

Zhao Xu waved his hand to the guard, Zhao Ji immediately jumped in, looked up with a small face, took out two ancient books from behind, and said with a smile: "Official, see what I found for you?" ”

As he spoke, he walked briskly to his desk and handed over the book.

Zhao Xu has always disliked to look at the official history, prefers to hunt for curiosities, miscellaneous talks, wild history, travelogues, etc., looking at the old writing, he stretched out his hand and turned a page, the title page reads 'Gulin Dream', Zhao Xu raised his eyes to look at Zhao Ji, and said with a smile: "Where did you get it?" ”

Zhao Ji raised his little face and said, "The guys outside the palace helped me find it, I know that the official family likes it." The official family will look at it first, and if he likes it, I will let him find it. ”

Zhao Xu looked at Zhao Ji, sat back straight, and said, "Want to leave the palace?" ”

Zhao Ji shook his head quickly, stretched out his head again, and whispered: "Official, I want to ride a horse." ”

Zhao Ji, this little bastard, really has a lot of hobbies.

Zhao Xu looked at him, sighed in his heart, and was a little envious.

He is actually very boring, and in the bright lights of later generations, it is easy to welcome and send him, but when it comes to hobbies, there are really not many, and he only occasionally looks for some excitement.

Thinking that Zhao Ji had indeed been locked up for a long time, it was time to loosen up, so Zhao Xu nodded and said, "Be careful." ”

Zhao Ji was overjoyed and said, "Xie Guan's family!" I'm going to find Lao Thirteen, he provoked me yesterday, and I let him know today why I'm older than him! ”

Zhao Xu didn't bother to pay attention to him, waved his hand, and blasted him away, and then thought of the vacancy of Dali Temple.

"Zhao Li, Zhao Ji, Zhao Yi......"

Zhao Xu thought of the brothers he was more familiar with, and they all shook his head secretly, and then thought of the other two who were still alive.

They are the twelfth brother Zhao Yu and the fourteenth Zhao Si, these two Zhao Xu are not very familiar, but they are not very old, one is seven years old, the other is eight years old, and they can't bear things at all.

Zhao Xu was thinking about the clan, and only Zhao Hao was alive among the three uncles, and their heirs were not big.