Although the weather has warmed up, it is still cold in the morning and evening, and Bao Zheng, who is getting worse and worse, always feels a chill on his body.

Early in the morning, I came outside the imperial city and was again denied sight.

Bao Zheng, who hadn't seen the emperor for a long time, was very worried about this, and after looking at it, he found that the guards of the imperial city had also been greatly replaced. In the past, no one knew where the guards had gone, but I heard that they had been deployed to the north to deal with the increasingly complicated situation.

What exactly is "complicated", Bao Zheng didn't understand, but I have heard people say this word recently.

Bao Zheng has a habit of private interviews, and likes to order a bowl of tea and a plate of beans in a folk foot shop like a bad old man, and listen to what those big-headed civilians have to say. Recently, they have been talking about "the situation is complicated" and are still talking about the establishment of the crown prince.

This is the emperor's family affair, but with the Pang Ji that Bao Zheng hated the most a while ago wrote a letter to the court, suggesting that the emperor should set up a prince early, Bao Zheng felt powerful. The old Pang Yuan, who had been low-key for a long time, finally jumped out again.

Pang Ji is still the Taishi, and the master suggested that the students should not cross the line by "cultivating themselves and Qi Family", so no one said that Pang Ji was wrong. Bao Zheng also understands that during the period when the emperor is not in good health, these should indeed be put on the agenda.

But the stone sank into the sea, and the emperor did not show up, and there was no response.

So technically speaking, Bao Zheng thinks that it should be Pang Ji's opinion, and there is a difference with the emperor's inner thoughts. Otherwise, if you hit it off, even if Zhao Zhen's personality doesn't like to be public, he will come out and make arrangements.

In this regard, Gongsun Ce, a think tank, also asserted: Pang Taishi's suggestion on the matter of the crown prince must be different from that of the emperor. The emperor and queen are separated from each other, and Sima Guang supports the queen and is a student of Pang, and Zhang Congxun, the deputy head of the Imperial City Division, is close to the queen mother, and there must be a mystery in this. As a left-behind guard in Tokyo, the last bottom line of the Great Song Dynasty, you have to guard against this.

Bao Zheng believed in Gongsun Ce all his life, but he didn't express his position easily on such a major issue. I was just anxious to see the emperor, and I wanted to talk to the emperor as an old man and figure out what the emperor was thinking.

It's a pity that I can't see it many times in a row, and the guards of the imperial city are constantly adding new faces, and there are more and more Taoist priests entering and leaving the court during this period.

Listen to people, and listen to people say series. Now the emperor is very fond of his body after a serious illness, and is studying the art of Dan Dao in the hope of prolonging his life?

The more you can't see people, the less down-to-earth your psychology is.

I went to Ouyang Xiu a while ago, and was scolded by old Ouyang and said, "Take care of your own business", the emperor naturally saw you when he wanted to see you, the emperor didn't want to see you, why force him.

What Ouyang Xiu said made some sense, and Ouyang Xiu was able to see the emperor. But Bao Zheng is still not at ease, not that Ouyang Xiu is a bad person, but now that he is close to Sima Guang, it makes people suspect that he and the queen are together.

Whether the queen is forming a party or not, it is not clear, there are no too obvious traces. But the emperor never denied the empress, and the empress lectured all day long, and she was very popular among scholars, and she was a dignified image of the mother's world.

Because of this, Bao Zheng couldn't judge what they were doing.

Maybe they don't have to do anything, as long as they maintain this situation, it is not a mistake, when the emperor is really good, the Great Song Dynasty can determine the heir, but the one who is in line with the throne will definitely not be the person the emperor likes. Maybe it will be the person that Master Pang fancies?

Bao Zheng has these concerns, but the real difficulty is that they are all polite, and no one violates the law in this process for the time being.

The prime minister is not only in charge of the law, but also in charge of the administration. Some things can be started administratively, since Ouyang Xiu is not involved, Bao Zheng also went to see Wen Yanbo.

Wen Yanbo couldn't do anything about this, and said with a wry smile at the time, "I can't see the emperor in this hall now, and it has lasted for a long time, so that there is no holy decree for the authorization of diplomatic ambassadors, only the appointment of Zhongshumen."

Bao Zheng felt that it was inappropriate, and suggested that Wen Yanbo should act and break into the Zhao family's compound with ancestral training in hand to see what was going on.

As a result, he was scolded by Wen Yanbo and said, "Are you possessed by Han Qi, come here, everything is stable in the Great Song Dynasty, the emperor is not in good health, and he doesn't want to see people, it's normal, wait and see what happens."

So now, Bao Zheng is no longer counting on them. I also thought of what Zhang Fangping said when he left Beijing, "These defensive people are unreliable, and I have to keep my eyes open at critical times."

Thinking about this, I returned to the palace.

Gongsun Ce saw that this respectable old man was cold enough, and he ran into a wall again, and he was also very distressed, and wanted to say a few words of comfort but didn't know where to start. In fact, Lao Bao has obsessive-compulsive disorder, he wants to twist all unruly things on the right track, so that he can be comfortable without being comforted, otherwise it will be useless.

"Bao Mansion hasn't been able to enter the Imperial City again?" Gongsun Ce asked.

Bao Zheng nodded slightly, sat next to the stove and lowered his head to roast the fire, thinking about Zhang Fangping's words, and sometimes thinking that this was the honeycomb coal and stove made by Wang Yan, and now there are more and more of these things, so this winter is especially warmer.

Zhanzhao is here.

For the time being, no one cares why he suddenly left Xixia and came to this Kaifeng Mansion.

Zhan Zhao also brought a letter, Bao Zheng read the letter and asked about the details repeatedly.

Zhanzhao has a characteristic: everyone's trust in him is always full value. Therefore, in addition to the handwritten letter of Wang Yan, a civil official of the Great Song Dynasty, under the witness of everyone, Bao Zheng also confirmed many facts from Zhanzhao's mouth.

"Wang Yan really encountered an assassination in Western Xia?" Bao Zhengtie asked with a blushing face.

Zhan Zhao nodded and said, "There's something going on." ”

"Do you really suspect that it was done by the Imperial City Division of the Song Kingdom?" Bao Zheng asked coldly.

Zhan Zhao said rigorously: "The last general does have such suspicions, but he can't sit on the facts. Because the key witness did not say a word. However, there is indeed this logic, and it may also be a misunderstanding. ”

Bao Zheng took a deep breath, thinking of the contradiction between Wang Yan and the Cao family, the hatred of Wang Yan in the northwest and the capital, the closeness between Zhang Congxun and the queen's family, and the "queen rebellion" that the emperor said in person when he was unconscious.

By the way, I also thought of the closeness between Wang Yan and the emperor, and the closeness between Wang Yan and Zhao Zongshi.

All of these events do have the potential for misunderstanding, and it is not small. But the stakes are so important that they can be vaguely connected, so they really can't be careless.

Yes, if the emperor maintains this state of not being sober and not asking about the government, it is not illegal, and it is also the most beneficial thing for the queen's family. Once the emperor is really popular, the question of the heir to the Great Song Dynasty will become very complicated.

Theoretically, it should be Zhao Zongshi, because he was rightly passed on to the emperor. But after all, it is not biological, as long as the queen says a word, the emperor does not leave a word, and there is no biological son. This concept must be, so it will be Zhao Zongshi's turn after fifteen heirs in order, which is equivalent to "they" having the final say. It's hard to determine who this is for the time being, but there is logic.

Thinking of this, Bao Zheng took a deep breath and looked at Gongsun Ce solemnly.

This was the most stressful time in the history of the smart Gongsun Ce, sweating profusely, and after a long time, he could only nod slightly, expressing his support for Lao Bao to let go.

The bad old man Bao Zheng patted the wooden scene as if singing: "Please take out the dragon, tiger and dog three holy knives, and the Tokyo Left-behind Division will be promoted!" ”

At this point, not to mention ordinary poor people, even if Lu Fang and Lu were arrested, they were a little scared.

Lu Fang, who has always been cunning and cunning and safety first, thought that coming to Kaifeng Mansion was a poor beauty, and he couldn't do much, but now he has a gold star in his eyes, how can there be anything wrong in the world, and it is possible to make a mistake when the errand is erranded, and now, the unrestrained boss Bao finally made a mistake.

Once the Tokyo Left-behind Division was promoted, it was basically equivalent to a negative confirmation that the emperor could not effectively command and had lost the ability to lead the Great Song Dynasty.

This thing was done with Lao Bao, and once he did it wrong, it was almost the same as a rebellion.

But it is impossible to take a leave of absence and want to resign, because it is no longer the norm, but the Tokyo Left-behind Division has been promoted. It means that the entire capital city is in a state of emergency.

When the big drum sounded, Bao Zheng issued a series of orders: "In addition to Bai Yutang, the five rats will immediately bring people to the front division of the palace, the guard infantry division, and the guard horse military division, on behalf of the remaining supervision and supervise the transfer of military orders, but those who slack off and do not cooperate will be arrested immediately, and those who resist will be punished on the spot." Gongsun Ce immediately went to the Privy Council with the documents of the department to find Wang Anshi to obtain authorization to confirm the transfer of military orders from the Fourth Army. In addition, Di Qing and Yang Wenguang were immediately summoned to Kaifeng Mansion to wait. ”

Everyone was commanded to leave quickly.

After Bao Zheng took the pen to write, he got up and handed the document to Zhanzhao and said: "Bai Yutang Zhanzhao obeyed the order, immediately found Zhang Congxun, and carried out the arrest. ”

"Can I enter the Imperial City?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"According to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, stay and supervise the Imperial City, and now this division officially authorizes you to walk in the imperial city, and in addition, the jurisdiction of the Imperial City Division over the imperial city is lifted, and any armed forces in the Gyeonggi territory are regarded as rebellions without the authorization of this department, if there is any change!" Bao Zheng said.

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