Chapter 555: Monarch and Minister! (Thanks to Mr. Liu Wanxian, a book friend and historical novel lover)
Gan Qi, maybe he really attracts hatred, just like his scene in the city, he is particularly hated, the emperor is critically ill and lying on the hospital bed, but the gifts in Gan Qi's house are piled up.
What can I do?
As the emperor, Zhao Shu heard these things and didn't say anything, just kept silent.
Gan Qi finally returned and entered Beijing before Chinese New Year's Eve.
His wife had just given birth to a child, but he didn't go home first, but went directly into the palace to see the critically ill emperor.
Hearing that Gan Qi was coming, Zhao Shu withdrew everyone and waited for Gan Qi alone.
Gan Qi came in, naturally bowed first, and then shushed the cold and asked for warmth, Zhao Shu waved his hand to indicate that he was fine, and then supported his hands and wanted to sit up from the bed.
Gan Qi hurriedly stepped forward to help, but when he saw Zhao Shu waving his hand, Gan Qi retreated and watched Zhao Shu try to sit up slowly.
Zhao Shu, who sat up, began to ask: "Has the party moved the capital?" ”
"Back to Your Majesty, Li Liangzuo, a party member, is now in Suzhou." Ganchi answered honestly.
"Huh, it's gone?" Zhao Shu's tone was calm, trying to maintain the majesty of the emperor.
"Your Majesty, the land of Xihe Lanhuang has been returned to the Song Dynasty, and the farthest west to Cuowenbu is the soil of the Song Dynasty. Ganchi is deferential and honest.
"Well, Mengtuo has to seal a letter, so give him Dong Yu's Baoshun Army Festival Envoy." Zhao Shu's arrangement is a business affair, which is very reasonable.
"Your Majesty."
"How is the battle between the Khitans and the barbarians?" Zhao Shu asked again.
This topic made Gan Qi stunned, it stands to reason that the news of the Khitan people should be clearer in Bianliang, but Zhao Shu came to ask Gan Qi, who had just returned from the northwest.
Gan Qi replied bluntly: "It stands to reason that the fight should be over, but whether the fight is over or not, the minister does not know very well, wait for the minister to go to the Privy Council to take a look at the report, and then reply to Your Majesty." If the Khitan class is a teacher, it must be over. ”
Zhao Shu also asked: "If the Khitan people are in charge, then they must start preparing for a comeback, if the Yanyun war resumes, who do you think can be the commander of the army?" ”
What is the ...... If you really want to ask that, isn't this commander in front of you? Gan Qi himself felt that no one was more suitable than him, but the emperor asked again, so he still had to answer, Gan Qi thought for a while: "Your Majesty, Di Shumi is now in Yanyun, if Di Shumi is in good health, then Di Shumi is the most suitable to lead the troops, I am afraid that Di Shumi is too old and cannot handle it, and I am also afraid that Di Shumi will have a case when he is in battle, so there must be an alternative." If you want to talk about the alternative handsome, Di Yong has handsome talents, but he is still young, and he is the most suitable for the deputy. ”
"Who, then, is the right person to plot?" Zhao Shu then asked.
"Wang Shao, this person is a Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou, he is a good hand at combining vertical and horizontal, and he also has a lot of means above people's hearts, which can be used for planning." Gan Qi answered sincerely.
Zhao Shu nodded, but looked at Gan Qi intently: "These are all your sincere words?" ”
"In such a big battle, the minister doesn't dare to talk nonsense." Gan Qi avoided Zhao Shu's gaze and bowed his head.
Zhao Shu then asked, "What about yourself?" Didn't you think about leading the army yourself? ”
Gan Qi thought to himself, how can this be answered? Gan Qi wanted to say that he was coming, but the emperor obviously shouldn't answer this question, Gan Qi didn't talk about himself, the emperor wanted to ask this again, so how to answer?
Gan Qi hesitated, and at the moment of hesitation, Zhao Shu said again: "Are you afraid?" Afraid of what people say about you? Afraid of people attacking you behind your back? ”
Gan Qi's mentality was a little broken, he knew that it was a trouble to come to see the emperor, but he didn't expect it to be so troublesome, he didn't expect the emperor to chat like this.
Gan Qi nodded simply: "Your Majesty, the minister is afraid." ”
"What are you afraid of?" Zhao Shu's tone became more and more calm, and his gaze became more and more aggressive.
Gan Qi suddenly raised his head, looked at Zhao Shu's gaze, and only replied: "I'm afraid I won't have a good death." ”
"Are you afraid of a good death?" Zhao Shu was a little ruthless, he was obviously really afraid of Gan Qi, he was afraid that Gan Qi was really that Sima Yi, and he was afraid that Gan Qi's son would really be Sima Zhao, and he said: "I am also afraid, I am afraid of death." ”
"Therefore, the minister is even more afraid that he will not die well. The minister resisted the decree, the matter was done, and he returned to Beijing, not asking for an official to be promoted, but for peace in this life. With that said, Ganchi is also straightforward, playing a mental game straightforwardly.
Zhao Shu was silent for a moment and asked, "Do you like women?" ”
Ganchi nodded, "Yes." ”
"I'll give you Fan Lou?" Zhao Shuyue said, the more emotionless there was in his tone. There is a teaching department above the Fan Building, although there are private shares in it, but the teaching department can obviously be the master.
"If Your Majesty is serious, then the minister will take it." Gan Qi lowered his head again, this mental game, Gan Qi seems to be good at it.
"How much money do you have in your family?" Zhao Shu said this again, as if he was arranging for Gan Qi to live in his old age.
"The minister didn't calculate it carefully, but there are always two or three million private wealth." Ganchi seemed to accept the arrangement.
"How many people do you have in your family?" Zhao Shu asked an abrupt sentence.
Gan Qi turned his heart sideways, and really replied to this sentence: "If Your Majesty asks the minister how many people around him who only serve the minister to die, the minister can answer this sentence, the brothers of the Gan family, a hundred and ten." ”
"These hundred or so people, if you rebel, they will also follow you?"
Gan Qi had been completely forced into a corner, he really couldn't catch the words, he was even wondering, is Zhao Shu so sick that he is mentally abnormal, where would an emperor ask such words?
Can an emperor really be afraid of a courtier to such an extent?
Gan Qi, who was forced into a corner, really couldn't answer, and replied: "Your Majesty, with the hundred and ten people, with the prestige of the minister's champion and the first, in a few years, the minister can probably become the patriarch of the Gan clan, and order a village." ”
What Gan Qi means by this is that with the help of the number one hundred and ten, being a village chief is almost the same, rebelling? Isn't that a joke?
Zhao Shu smiled, coughed slightly, tried to endure it, picked up a cup of tea and poured it down, and then said slowly: "Zhongzhen likes you, I think you are an immortal material, and you will be a pillar." ”
"His Royal Highness King Ying's discerning eyes." Ganch is not modest.
"But he's too young."
"His Royal Highness King Ying is just young, he has extraordinary knowledge, has the wisdom of knowing people, has an enterprising heart, and has a studious heart, and he will become a great tool in the future." Gan Qi praised Zhao Zhongzhen.
"You think I'm going to die?" Zhao Shu was a little moody.
"Your Majesty, the minister feels that he is on the verge of life and death at this time." Gan Qi replied.
"You're too smart, you're too smart, Dao Jian, you're just too smart, wise as a demon, how to teach people not to be afraid of you?" Zhao Shu coughed again, and hurriedly went to drink tea, but he couldn't hold back anymore and coughed heavily.
Gan Qi didn't say a word, handed over the handkerchief on the small desk on the side, stood aside, bowed and waited, waiting for Zhao Shu to stop coughing. In Ganqi's mind, the emperor's illness should have been just a small inflammation of the respiratory tract at first, then inflammation of the bronchi, trachea, and then inflammation of the lungs.
Of course, this is just a random guess by Ganqi, and Ganqi doesn't know much about medical things.
When Zhao Shu finally stopped coughing, Gan Qi also saw the bloodstains in the handkerchief in Zhao Shu's hand, Gan Qi shook his head slightly and sighed.
Zhao Shu spoke again: "Now in Bianliang, those scholars are proud to worship under you, all take your words as the golden rule, and all take your words as academic standards. Now in the army, it is said that Gan Xianggong is mighty. As soon as you have an accident, hundreds of officials from all over the world will jointly guarantee you, and even Sima Guang, the Cheng in the imperial history, will speak for you. If you are the prime minister in the future, how can there be two words in this world? ”
There was a showdown.
"Minister, lustful and greedy for money!" Gan Qi replied in a muffled voice.
"Hmph...... Jokes, Gan Daojian is lustful and greedy for money, jokes ...... Money and you are at your fingertips, beauty is with you, but you are young and vigorous, and your blood is vigorous. Greedy for money and lustful, haha...... "Zhao Shu is a complete showdown."
"Your Majesty...... Then there is only one way to die? Gan Qi asked rhetorically, a little sadly.
This sentence also stopped Zhao Shu, it was always him who forced Gan Qi into the corner, and this time Gan Qi also let it out, and forced Zhao Shu in turn.
"Are you afraid of death?" Zhao Shu screamed.
"If you want your ministers to die, what can you do? What if you're afraid? What if you're not afraid? At this time, when the minister goes out from here, the left and right swords and axes are exhausted, what can the minister do? Your Majesty, what are Sima Yi, Sima Zhao's words, and how can the minister justify it? "Gan Qi is completely out of the way.
Zhao Shu was shocked when he heard this, Sima Yi and Sima Zhao's words, that was a secret conversation between him and Wen Yanbo Fubi, how did Gan Qi know?
"You, you really have a heart of disobedience." Zhao Shu raised his hand and pointed.
Gan Qi immediately replied: "Minister, you are already here to be killed." ”
"You...... You, who in the palace heard the news for you? Zhao Shu subconsciously wanted to figure out this problem at this time.
Who? Who else? How could Gan Qi not be afraid of death? When he walked into the palace with such a big lama, how could he not worry that he would be cut down by the left and right axe hands?
Without a little news, how could he walk in alone today?
The great eunuch Li Xian, several worshippers at the door and the Chongban commanders in the palace, Di Xian, Di Xuan, Di Zhi, and even some of Li Ming's old cronies in the Imperial City Division, how could Gan Qi really not be prepared at all? This preparation is not to say that Gan Qi is going to do anything arrogant, Gan Qi just wants to make sure that he will not be really cut down when he enters the palace.
Gan Qi is not a hesitant person like Zhao Shu.
"Your Majesty, I don't know when the minister began to walk on thin ice like this. Three years, but in just three years, the scene of His Majesty's ascension to the throne in the past is still vivid, His Majesty's position is unstable, and he is panicking day by day. The ministers worked hard to take the private wealth of their families to run errands for the country, took the lead and died without regrets, collected Yanyun for His Majesty, left a name for His Majesty's history, and glorified his ancestors for His Majesty. At that time, His Majesty trusted his ministers so much. Why is it that now, the monarch and the minister have a gap and guard against each other. Why is it that now, when the minister enters the palace, he also treats it as a ghost gate? Your Majesty, what is the crime of the minister? Gan Qi bowed and asked.
"You sell your reputation, buy people's hearts, accumulate fame, form a party for personal gain, and disobey the holy will, you ask yourself, what is the crime?" Zhao Shu has Zhao Shu's angle.
"To sell fame and reputation, that is, you should not take the top prize, you should not write a poem, and you should not write a book and speak. To buy people's hearts, that is, we should not motivate the generals to die bravely in battle, and we should not reward the three armies after a big victory. Forming a party for personal gain? Up and down in the middle of the court, which one is the minister's henchman? The minister made friends with Wang Anshi, Wang Anshi returned to his hometown with filial piety, the minister made friends with Zhang Shangying and Zhang Tangying's brothers, both brothers have been released, and the minister and Yushi Tangjie are good, and Yushi Tangjie is already just a Jilu. The minister befriended Fu Bi's son-in-law Feng Jing, and Feng Jingjing was able to dismiss the official and become an idle post. The minister is a friend, which one is in the court? Who is forming a party in this court? ”
Gan Qi has never been a person who truly worships the emperor as a god from the bottom of his heart.
"You...... If you hadn't formed a party for personal gain, how would you have known what I was talking to others? "Zhao Shu is not a ruthless lord, at this time, there will be a sense of emptiness, an emperor, and really a courtier is debating here.
It is also in this Great Song Dynasty that debates between the emperor and courtiers have long become the norm, and Renzong is the most.
"Your Majesty, the minister is just afraid of death. Today, if he didn't know that there were no sword and axe hands on the left and right, the ministers would be too afraid to enter the palace. At this time, the minister is afraid that he is already on the way to escape, the minister has a hundred and ten big ships, rather than die here, it is better to take his family and fly away, the farther away from this great Song Dynasty, the better. Ganchi was furious.
"You want to go, you want to go? Leaving me with an eternal infamy? You fatherless dog thief! ”
"Your Majesty still recuperates well, survives this catastrophe, and becomes an emperor for decades like His Majesty Renzong, so that you can watch the ministers, and the ministers don't have to walk around the ghost gate." Gan Qi saw through Zhao Shu's heart, if Zhao Shu was not so critically ill, he would never make too drastic moves against Gan Qi at this time.
At this time, Zhao Shu was afraid that if he died, Zhao Zhongzhen would be played by Gan Qi, and when the time came, there would really be a matter of Sima Yi and Sima Zhao.
"I want to degrade you to go, depreciate you to go to the farthest place, Danzhou, depreciate you to go to Danzhou." Zhao Shu was furious, his words just fell, and he coughed loudly.
"Okay, Your Majesty, please make an order to the world, after Chinese New Year's Eve, the courtier will take the family to Danzhou. Danzhou is good, there is a sea there, and there are 100 huge ships, how can it be at ease. Gan Qi bowed his hand, this time he personally came down to fight, not so much with Wen Yan Bo Fubi, but with Zhao Shu.
Since you want to compete with Zhao Shu, then give it a try, you can't hide, in this situation, even if Gan Qi kneels on the ground and trembles and begs Zhao Shu, Zhao Shu can't believe Gan Qi's coy behavior.
It's got to this, let go of it, and come on.
In the first game, Zhao Shu was asked to issue an order to demote Gan Qi, who had just returned from making great contributions, to Danzhou. What reason, what reason, please Zhao Shu make it up himself!
Otherwise, he will arrange a knife and axe hand in the palace in the unknown day, summon Gan Qi into the palace, and cut him with a knife.
"You traitor, you ...... Get out, get out! Zhao Shu shouted, coughing.
Gan Qi rolled, bowed again, turned and rolled.