Daqing Palace, early dynasty.

Soon, it is the 15th of July in the Yuan Festival, Taoism has the "Three Yuan Theory", "the heavenly official Shangyuan blesses, the local official Zhongyuan forgives sins, and the water official Xia Yuan relieves misfortune, and the name of "Zhongyuan" comes from this.

Now that Zhao Ji and the powerful minister Yang Lin believe in Taoism, this festival is also important.

Yang Lin stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, the Midyear Festival will soon arrive, and "seven" is the number of resurrection. The Book of Changes has clouds: repeating its way, seven days come and go, and the sky travels. Seven is the number of yang, the number of days, after the yang energy between heaven and earth is extinguished, it can be reborn after seven days, this is the way of heaven and earth, the principle of yin and yang cycle.

Therefore, the minister thought that His Majesty should reform the old and welcome the new in July, and in line with the ambition of the two generations of emperors of his father and brother, there were some variables in the court. ”

Zhao Ji was in high spirits and asked, "Yang Qing continued." ”

"At the beginning of Xining, there was an edict to change the names of princesses, county lords, and county lords, and the ministers did not flatter at that time. In his previous life, Zhou was called Wang Ji, which was seen in "Poetry Ya". Although Ji is surnamed Zhou, the archaeological system is as good as Zhou. The princess can be changed to the emperor, the county lord to the zongji, and the county lord to the clan concubine. It is called the great elder, as the great long emperor, and still changes the name of the country with the word "good", and the two countries in it are called four words. ”

When Zhao Ji heard this, this was too elegant, and he nodded frequently: "This is a great good!" Before the Midyear Festival, the Ministry of Rites will come up with a charter and present it to me. ”

Lan Congxi came out of the list, glanced at Yang Lin, and silently retreated to his position.

The hundreds of officials below first heard that he wanted to reform the old and welcome the new, and they were all frightened, and they didn't know what kind of moth they were going to make.

The corners of Yang Lin's mouth hooked, and he secretly thought in his heart that Lao Tzu would first paralyze you without pain or itching, and without waiting for everyone to second, Yang Lin continued: "This is one of them, its duality is the old party, hindering the mental law, forming a party for personal gain, and not knowing how to be flexible, so that the country is poor and the society is withering. The ministers wish that His Majesty would depose the ministers who harm the government and punish them. The stone of the book and the publication is placed on the east wall of the gate of the Wende Palace, and it will always be the ring of the courtiers of all ages. ”

There was a coaxing, the ministers were in an uproar, Liang Shicheng's hands and feet trembled, Zeng Bu's face was bloodless, and his lips were pale.

Cai Jing's face sank like water, and he suddenly took a step and said, "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

Everyone's eyes were all staring at the two powerful ministers, one big and one small, and no one noticed the satisfied look in Zhao Ji's eyes.

To crack down on the old party is to maintain its own orthodox status and purge the power of the late Queen Mother.

At this point, it is only Yang Lin and Cai Jing who can see it clearly, and a few courtiers.

Zhao Ji sat on it and only said one short word: "Accurate." ”

Cai Jing and Yang Lin didn't look at each other, but the tacit understanding is still there, this time they joined forces to die first, and as for the subsequent division of power, then each depends on his ability.

After the early dispersal of the imperial court like an earthquake, not long after Cai Jing came to Mingtang, a fresh list of traitors was released.

His Majesty is benevolent and heroic, obeys the system and promotes merit, shows good and evil, and shows the martyrs. The minister dared not to give his life to Yang, and to inherit His Majesty's filial piety. Sikong Shangshu's left servant shot and Cai Jing, the servant of the door.

Yuan You's traitorous party, the first line is to be a high-ranking official in Zaifu, Sima Guang is of course the first, without the slightest suspense. Several other people are deceased prime ministers, and those who are alive are on the traitorous party monument, including Zeng Bu, Han Zhongyan, Su Zhe and others.

The others who have not done Zaifu cover the two dynasties of the Northern Song Dynasty Shenzong and Zhezong, and most of the famous ministers.

Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Qin Guan, Zhang Lei, Liu Anshi, Zhu Guangting.... More than 300 people, large and small.

In today's Shilin literary circle, Su Zhe, Zhang Lei, and Huang Tingjian, these surviving people, are a leader, pillar-like figures, who don't ask about political affairs after leaving the dynasty, but they didn't expect to be dug up and branded as a traitor.

Yang Lin took the lead, Cai Jing became bigger, and a big liquidation began.

These people's protégés are old, all over the government and the opposition, and they occupy many important positions, and if they are not pulled out to make a stink, even if they retire, they will have influence.

A radish and a pit, today's court is the world of Liang, Cai, and Yang, how can they continue to control these yamen. Liang Shicheng inherited part of the political resources of the old party, which is why his power is so great. The other two are a little shabby, which is also the reason why Yang Lin provoked trouble.

Although Cai Jing and Yang Lin have disagreements, their interests are the same at this point.

Their power is not proportional to the vassals under them, and they are bound to seek more supporters, and the two of them don't need to ventilate in advance, when Yang Lin was determined to do this, he knew that Cai Jing would definitely stand up.

Zeng Bu is the only official who is still in office in the Zai Fu traitorous party, and now he can only be expelled from the court in a bad way.

They also resisted, and the Manchu Dynasty wanted to play the book, and the momentum was huge, and His Majesty wanted to severely punish Cai Jing and Yang Lin, the two traitors who caused trouble to the country, and were beaten back by Zhao Jitong.

Yang Lin was lying on the chair of Xiangfei Zhu, crossed Erlang's legs and listened to Xu Zhichang's report, and said with a smile: "Zeng Bu is old, and letting him resign and return to his hometown is already my respect for the elderly. ”

On the banks of the Bianhe River, there are cars and horses, and small houses in Tsing Yi are everywhere.

Many officials who have not yet been purged have come to see each other off, and Zeng Bu is wearing a cloth coat, which is even more desolate in a crowd of scarlet official uniforms.

Chen Shixi, the secretary of the Criminal Department, said angrily: "Cai Yang is in charge, it is really the misfortune of the country, traitors are rampant, and the old man should also attach Zeng Gongji's tail and leave the quagmire early." ”

Zeng Bu Zhengse said: "Chen Gong's words are wrong, we are wearing black yarn and official uniforms, so we should go up to the heavens and the people, and the old man will go to the throne this time, but the right things in the court and the central government should not be neglected, all the princes are the palm prints of the ministry, the power is in charge, the people of the country live in peace, Yao Tianshun will rely on you, and you must not be neglected." ”

Zhang Shunmin, the squire of the military department, also said loudly: "What Zeng Xiang said is right, we read the book of sages, learn the way of Confucius and Mencius, for the world's best people, the way of the gentleman, how can we forget our ancestors, let the traitors run rampant, since ancient times, there is a lot of help, and there is little help for the unjust, Cai Yang and the two thieves can be fierce for a while, how can they be domineering, they don't know the current affairs, the mantis arm is a car, and they will be crushed in the future!" ”

Zhang Shunmin's words were sonorous, and everyone present applauded loudly.

Zeng Bu sighed, turned around and left, the Zeng family has been a prince for generations, and the protégés are all over the government and the opposition, once defeated, where should the Nanfeng Zeng family go.

Zeng Bu was initially a supporter of Wang Anshi and played a crucial role in the critical period of Wang Anshi's reform during the Xining period. Later, in the controversy over the City Change Law, Zeng Bu was considered to have obstructed the new law and was derogated, and because of this, Cai Jing was labeled as the old party and listed as a traitor.

Watching the carriage go away, the group of people who saw them off also got on the car and took the sedan car and dispersed.

His little grandson glared and said angrily: "Grandfather, you see that there are so many righteous ministers in this court, you are not afraid that you will not be able to defeat Yang Da traitor in the future." ”

Zeng Bu smiled bitterly: "Seeing off the crowd today, I don't know how many of them want to set foot in Cai Mansion and Yang Mansion and find a good errand." ”