The appearance of Su Shi's brothers has no big impact on Lu Zifei, throughout Su Shi's life, in addition to making achievements in literature, being an official is an idiot, either being degraded or on the way to being degraded.

Su Xun was worried that although Lu Zifei was the Marquis of Wangbei, the uncertainty of the future was too strong, and both of them were waiting for the palace to try, but he didn't think that if Lu Zifei was really among the best, he might not be willing to accept Su Shi's brothers as apprentices.

The importance of the Lantern Festival is naturally not comparable to Chinese New Year's Eve in the minds of the people, but the Lantern Festival has a special meaning, after the Lantern Festival means that the year is over, and everyone begins to collect their hearts and start a new busy year.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, the Lantern Festival will give the officials a day off, and the court meeting on the fourteenth day of the first month is particularly important.

Zhao Zhen worked hard all night last night, and in the morning dragged his tired body like a puddle of mud and fell on the dragon chair, signaling that Shangguan Wen could start today's morning dynasty.

"If there is something to play, there is nothing to retreat from" Shangguan Wen, who was always in a tone, roared in the Zichen Palace.

Zhao Zhen, who was shocked, scolded: "Old dog, can you be quiet, do you want to scare me to death and inherit my throne?" ”

Yan Shu, as the chief of the slaughter, was the first to speak: "Yesterday, there was an urgent report from Zhending Mansion, Hejian Mansion, and Taiyuan Mansion, and the Tiger Leap, Dangxing, and Tianchang armies in the three places lacked cold materials, and asked the imperial court for funding. ”

Zhao Zhen's body didn't move, his mouth moved and said, "How much do you ask?" ”

Yan Shu seemed to be a little embarrassed and said: "More than three million guan, including some others." ”

More than three million guan is not a small amount, the distance is a little far, the courtiers can't see Zhao Zhen's face, but Shangguan Wen can feel that this is the calm before the storm, Zhao Zhen said: "Three envoys, is there any money left in the treasury?" ”

Zhang Fangping was in a good mood for two days, and when he heard Yan Shu's words, the sunny sky turned cloudy in an instant, can't people have a few days of peace of mind?

"Back to the emperor, there are still more than one million guan of copper coins in the treasury, and more than one million guan worth of silk, silk, and hemp.

Zhao Zhen wondered, before there was no Quanzhou City Bo Division, no dividend income from Xifeng Wine, no luxury income from glass, the imperial court was still operating normally, and now these three things, all the taxes of Quanzhou City Bo Division have entered the treasury, and part of the income from Xifeng wine and glass will be collected into the treasury, why there will never be money in the treasury.

"Everyone will discuss what to do, and raise three million yuan for the border army from there."

Fan Zhongyan has always been hostile to expanding the army and investing in the army, but as the number two person in the imperial court, he stood up and said: "Tiger Leap, Dangxing, Tianchang three armies of 300,000 people, and the northwest also garrisons 300,000 troops, but why can the northwest be self-sufficient,

Whenever there is a difficulty, I don't want to solve it by myself, just thinking about the appropriation of the imperial court, the prefects, pacification envoys, and transit envoys of these three places have unshirkable responsibilities, and the military governors are even more unbearable.

With nearly 15 million yuan of investment every year, what return do they bring to the imperial court? ”

The Manchu civil and military forces were ashamed of what they said, and the generals didn't even dare to raise their heads, just like Pan Weizheng, who couldn't wait to put his head in the crotch of his pants to prevent Fan Zhongyan and other literati from seeing him.

The privy envoy is Chen Zhizhong, he looked at Han Qi and Fu Bi, these two deputies didn't seem to see him, it seems that it is impossible to rely on the two of them to say a fair word, and then turn his head to look at Ouyang Xiu, the secretary of the military department on the other side, this buddy is good, he pretended to be asleep directly, and sighed in his heart, everything has to rely on himself!

"Fan Xiang's words are biased, Zhending, Hejian, Taiyuan Sanfu has been an important border town since the founding of the Song Dynasty, and the combat effectiveness of the cavalry of the Liao State I think many people here have personally learned it, and the credit is not but it can't erase their hard work."

Du Yan said: "The privy envoy should know the current situation of the imperial court, there is not so much money in the treasury at all, it is useless for you to force the three envoys to death, can you allocate less and let them support them for a period of time first, and the winter will pass." ”

Chen Zhizhong said: "Du Xiang, that is a border army of 300,000, an elite division of 300,000, once the soldiers mutiny, who can afford this responsibility, you or me?" ”

Fan Zhongyan said: "Then they can't give as much as the imperial court wants, what do they do with the imperial court, ATM?" ”

Zhao Zhen coughed, the argument of several people stopped, Zhao Zhen said: "Give half first, this time the imperial court will send someone to follow to see what the actual situation is, if it really seriously affects the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, I will save this money for them even if they don't eat." ”

Yan Shu said: "Your Majesty, who do you think is more appropriate to send?" ”

Zhao Zhen closed his eyes for a while and said, "Just Zhang Tangqing!" The champion has to experience more experience, and he did a good job in the last mission to Liao, telling him that I want to see the truest side. ”

Han Qi said: "Your Majesty, Weichen suggested that the commanders of the three armies of Tiger Leap, Dangxing, and Tianchang be transferred back to the capital, after all, they have resisted the Liao State at the border for many years, and it is time to come back and reunite with their families." ”

There are several people's eyes as if they are going to swallow Han Qi, this trick is too ruthless, in the capital, you have to climb the dragon, you have to lie down, and at the border pass, that is the real power, to say nothing.

Zhao Zhen suppressed the excitement in his heart and said: "If I don't agree to Han Aiqing's request, it will be a little unkind, Yan Xiang, you let Zhongshu Men draw up a holy decree, and the second master will be handed over to Zhang Tangqing to handle it." ”

Han Qi said: "Then the candidates for these three commanders? ”

Zhao Zhen said: "The Privy Council and the Ministry of War will jointly discuss the candidates, and then submit them to me after the personnel are selected." ”

The people who can stand in the Zichen Palace, which one is not experienced in a hundred battles, stepping on countless corpses, the emperor's words show that the command of the three armies makes him personally screen the personnel, if you are really ignorant below, just choose three people to go up, then your official has also done it.

Yan Shu, Jia Changchao, Fan Zhongyan, and Du Yan frowned, they didn't want the military to rise, but they didn't want to have an emperor with a strong army, which was inconsistent with the ancestral system and national policy of the Great Song Dynasty.

Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty all fought through the control of powerful armies to make the Quartet submit, and then the courtiers tried every means to weaken the military power in the hands of the emperor, so that the power between the monarch and the minister reached a weak balance, and now it is not good to go on like this.

In the Zichen Palace, where the needle fell, Wen Chen was thinking about what the consequences of this matter would be, and Han Qi was also remorseful, he thought that through the transformation of generals, the powerful border army would not fall into the hands of one person, but he didn't expect it to be self-defeating.

Zhao Zhen looked at all this coldly, his experience since he was a child made him understand that it is best to have power in his own hands, during the reign of Empress Dowager Liu, Ding Wei, and Lu Yijian, he all survived with all his promises, and now he is many times better than then, and he is confident to deal with all the follow-up problems brought about by this matter.

If you want to say that the previous incident touched the heart of Wenchen, then the next matter will affect the hearts of the people of the entire Great Song Dynasty, and in the imperial history, King Gongchen stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial history platform received a letter written by Taichang Doctor Shi Jie to the privy deputy envoy Fu Bi yesterday. ”

Fan Zhongyan and the others had some bad premonitions when they heard this, Zhao Zhen didn't take it seriously, he said: "What are you fussing about with a letter, just give it back to others." ”

Wang Gongchen said: "The emperor knows that as the imperial history of our duty is there, the minister has been thinking for a long time, if it is just an ordinary letter, it doesn't matter if you read it, maybe someone is prank, if it is not an ordinary letter, then we will miss something, and finally the minister still opened the letter." ”

Zhao Zhen asked curiously: "What did the letter say to make you, the Imperial Emperor, so cautious?" ”

Wang Gongchen took a breath and said: "What is written in the letter is that Shi Jie and Fu Bi agreed on the steps to rebel and the signatures of a group of people involved in the case, and the ministers are extremely frightened after reading it. ”

Fan Zhongyan must stand up, if he doesn't come out, things may move in an uncontrollable direction, he said: "Lord Wang, this is a big court meeting, do you want to think about this matter is a false consequence?" ”

Wang Gongchen pretended to be frightened and said: "Fan Xiang, I know that you have a good relationship with Shi Jie and Fu Bi, but do you think I dare to slander the two important ministers of the court for no reason in this kind of thing?" ”

Seeing Wang Gongchen's fearless appearance, Fan Zhongyan's heart was cold, he knew that the letter in the other party's hand must have a basis, what else could he say at this time, Shi Jie and Fu Bi were both die-hard supporters of their own changes, as soon as they fell, it would be his turn, but he still firmly believed in his heart that Shi Jie and Fu Bi would not rebel.

"Present the letter to me, Dr. Shi's handwriting should be easy to recognize!"

It's not about yourself, at this time, the courtiers will sweep the snow in front of their doors, and all dynasties and dynasties can have good results when they are involved in rebellion?

The more Zhao Zhen turned his face, the more ugly he became, he didn't expect that there were still people who wanted to abolish himself and set up a new emperor, the new emperor's country name was thought of, and his own nickname was also considered, what he couldn't accept the most was that the new monarch was not his son, King Pu, hehe.

Yan Shu picked up Zhao Zhen's letter that was still on the ground, read it word by word, and passed it to Fan Zhongyan after reading it, and so on, when the people in the east and west finished reading, the air was completely solidified, Fan Zhongyan glanced at Han Qi, and Han Qi nodded.

"The people of the Hanlin Academy came to check the handwriting"

"Your Majesty, after many verifications, the handwriting on the letter is indeed written by Dr. Taichang Shisuke, and it is confirmed to be correct."

No one in the Hanlin Academy's appraisal doubted who had such courage in front of everyone, and at this moment, everyone understood that a blizzard was coming, and it was a big blizzard that swept the whole country.