Chapter 225 There is a mountain plan outside the mountain

When Yue Ke came in, his expression was the most panicked, and after Ge Hong saw it, he couldn't help frowning.

Although Yue Ke has the prestige of his ancestors, he is actually not very familiar with military affairs, so Ge Hong can be sure that Yue Ke's position in the military department has been around for a short time.

Everyone knows this, but the Son of Heaven praises Yue Fei, and faintly wants to establish Yue Fei as a martial saint, which means that he is on a par with Wen Sheng, and it is not good for Yue Ke to be punished too heavily. How to place Yue Ke, and who will take over the vacated position in the military headquarters after Yue Ke, will be a question.

Ge Hong suddenly looked at Qiao Xingjian, Qiao Xingjian was still silent, and among the officials present, he had the lowest rank.

After a while, everyone saw Zou Yinglong from the Criminal Department walk in, Zou Yinglong glanced at everyone, shook his head, and then sat down in his place. He has always had a good relationship with Ge Hong, Qiao Xingjian, etc., but he is lukewarm with Zheng Qingzhi, and this time he sat down as if he didn't know anyone.

Everyone's hearts were chuckled, looking at Zou Yinglong's appearance, he seemed to know something.

Just when everyone was thinking about it, Zhao and Ju finally appeared. He did not wear court clothes, but an ordinary scholar, and his expression was calm, as if nothing had happened.

After everyone saluted, Zhao Heju said with a smile: "What day is today, Zhu Qing actually made an appointment to come to see me?" ”

Hearing the faint suspicion in the tone of the Son of Heaven, among the people who came, except for Cui He, Xue Ji and Yue Ke who were called, they were all faintly uneasy in their hearts. Yue Ke also realized that the atmosphere was not right at this time, he looked at everyone suspiciously, and finally his eyes stayed on Qiao Xingjian.

After being silent for a while, Qiao Xingjian was the first to get up and bow down: "The minister is here to ask His Majesty for his guilt." ”

This surprised everyone, especially Ge Hong, whose eyes widened in disbelief, with his understanding of his fellow disciple, he was not a person who took the initiative to ask for sin.

"Oh, what is Qiao Qing's crime?" Zhao and Ju were also taken aback, Guozi Priest Wine was not an important position, and it was only after he Zhao and Ju became pro-government that he paid more attention to public opinion and discussion, and needed Guozi Priest Wine to manage those over-blooded students for him, so he attached importance to this position. Qiao Xingjian's work in this position is neither sharp nor mediocre, which still makes Zhao Youju more satisfied.

"The minister has an old friendship with Shi Yisongzhi, so there are correspondence exchanges, and some things in the court have been mentioned to him." Qiao Xingjian smiled bitterly and said: "The minister knows that he is quite talented, so he has this trip, but he never expected that he would harbor evil intentions, and the minister does not know anyone, so I hereby ask Your Majesty for guilt." ”

Zhao Heju looked at Zou Yinglong, his expression was a little light, and Zou Yinglong was stunned.

In the evidence he just presented to Zhao and Ju, there is indeed a letter written by Qiao Xingjian and Shi Songzhi, and it is also mentioned that Qiao Xingjian has doubts about some of Zhao and Ju's national policies, although there is no big disrespect, but the crime of secretly befriending a traitor cannot be taken off.

"Minister Zheng Qingzhi is also guilty." Zheng Qingzhi also left the seat and bowed down: "When the minister was under the curtain of Shi Miyuan, he had an old relationship with Shi Songzhi, and after Shi was reversed, the minister had frequent contacts with him, that is, two months ago, the minister also welcomed him into the house......"

When he said this, Zheng Qingzhi's voice trembled slightly, hesitated again and again, and then said: "In the minister's mansion, although he has grievances, the minister failed to report to His Majesty in time, but concealed it for him. ”

After finishing speaking, Zheng Qingzhi knelt down deeply, touched the ground with his head, and looked very panicked.

The bell rang on the hour in the quarter of an hour in the Boya Building, and Zhao Heju stared at Zheng Qingzhi for a long time, and then looked at the rest of the ministers who took the initiative to ask to see: "Zhuqing thinks it's like this?" ”

Cui He is not among them, he has no friendship with the Shi family, and he only knows Shi Songzhi, so he is not very panicked in his heart, just squinting his eyes, thinking about how to solve this matter. There are too many important ministers in the DPRK and China involved in this matter, and if it is not handled well, it will be an earthquake in the political arena of the Great Song Dynasty, and it will also be a blow to the stable and innovative strategy of the Son of Heaven.

Xue Ji is different, he almost can't get along with anyone, because when he overthrew Shi Miyuan, his counterattack played a very important role, Shi Songzhi and him had already broken off contact, so he had nothing to do with this matter, he and Cui were the same as Zhao and Ju sent people into the palace. His small eyes swirled around in front of everyone, thinking about how to make a statement to the Son of Heaven in the future to cater to his wishes, and at the same time to fight for his own best interests.

Yue Ke breathed a sigh of relief, originally thought that he was being passed on to hold him accountable, but now it seems that except for him, almost no one in the six departments has been spared, he looked at Wei Liaoweng, and was very surprised in his heart, how could Wei Liaoweng have something to do with Shi Songzhi.

Seeing that all the ministers bowed down and pleaded guilty, even Cui He and a few other unrelated people had to leave their seats, Zhao Heju smiled and said: "Zou Qing gave me some letters, all of which were found from Shi Songzhi's mansion, and they have something to do with Zhu Qing. Zou Qing just came on the front foot, and Zhong Qing came on the back foot, which was a coincidence. ”

Zou Yinglong's face was blue and white for a while, but it was not easy to defend himself, Xue Ji's eyes lit up, in addition to the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Households, even the Criminal Department itself was involved, and four of the six departments were difficult to get out, if it was true that these four chief officials had to be replaced, then could he suggest to the Son of Heaven to place a person who was good friends with him among them?

"This matter has nothing to do with Zou Shangshu." Qiao Xingjian said: "Since the defeat of Shi's counterplot, the minister has the intention to ask the Son of Heaven for guilt, but it is just ...... It's just that there is always a fluke in my heart. When the concubine returned to the palace today, the minister thought that the Son of Heaven must be a dragon-faced Dayue, so he asked His Majesty for guilt at this time. ”

Hearing him speak like this, Zhao Youju's anger turned into a wry smile: "You old man is going to be tricky!" ”

Everyone glanced at each other, Ge Hong's lips trembled twice, and he swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

"Get up, since the secretaries are here, a charter must be negotiated on this matter. I know that you are all unintentional mistakes, and although it is inevitable to pursue them, I have to leave you some dignity. ”

Zhao Youju turned his brain as he spoke, this was an opportunity, an opportunity to insert his own people into the court as much as possible. He looked at everyone for a while, and his eyes stopped at Cheng Jue.

"Cheng Qing, I have read all the letters, and the rest of the people are easy to say, only Qing's letter is quite unfair for Shi Miyuan."

Cheng Jue's face immediately turned white, Shi Miyuan asked him to draft an edict and allow him to participate in politics, and after the matter was completed, he also did what he said, and gave him a book of etiquette. It's just that with Cui getting along with him, he didn't mean to be the Son of Heaven in the two things of welcoming Concubine Yang and the title of Shangzun, and Cui and his disciple Hong Shikui became the waiters of the Ministry of Rites, which made him feel a huge threat, so in the letter with Shi Songzhi, there were some resentful words. Although the Great Song Dynasty did not kill the doctor with words, it does not mean that if there is a grudge against the Son of Heaven, he can be exempted from responsibility, a very simple example, the reason why Su Shi was imprisoned in the Wutai poetry case was that he was attacked for his resentment in the poem.

Zhao Youju said here that he had the intention of being far from unfair for Shi Mi, which was already quite conciliatory, and if his resentful words were known to the officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory, those people would be happy to take it as their own merit to bring down a Shangshu.

In an instant, Cheng Jue sweated like a spring, and his body trembled involuntarily.

"Remove Cheng Jue from the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites and order Zhishi, what do you think?" Zhao and Ju shifted their gaze and looked at Cui He.

No one answered, only Cui He and others were qualified to speak at this time, and after a while, Cui He felt that this offending work was only borne by himself for the Son of Heaven, so he saluted and said: "Your Majesty's holy judgment, the minister seconded it." ”

Zhao and Ju looked at Zheng Qingzhi again, Zheng Qingzhi is an important chess piece in his cabinet, and he can't be easily dismissed, and Cui is in tune with him, so whether it is from the perspective of avoiding suspicion or from the perspective of preventing a single family from becoming a dominant family, it is impossible for Zhao and Ju to hand over the Ministry of Rites to his student Hong Zhikui.

"Zheng Qingzhi befriended the bandits, fined him for half a year, and transferred to the post of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites for the time being." Zhao and Ju Dao.

This seems to be a demotion to Zheng Qingzhi's official position, but in fact, everyone understands that as long as there is an excuse, Zheng Qingzhi's "temporary shooting" will be removed immediately, and in fact, there is no promotion. This made all the ministers breathe a sigh of relief, because Zheng Qingzhi had not been severely punished, so they were not much different from Zheng Qingzhi's situation, and naturally they would not be severely punished.

"I built a temple for Yue Fei, and Xu inherited the lord of Zhongwu for generations, went to the post of Yue Ke's military department, and changed to sign the Privy Council with the same signature, inheriting Zhongwu Gong, how about it?"

This appointment and dismissal was expected by the ministers, it was Yue Ke himself, and he also knew that he was no longer suitable for the position of the head of the military department, and after hearing this, he bowed down and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" ”

"Wei Liaoweng and Qiao Xingjian mistakenly formed bandits, and they believed in non-people, and they were each fined for half a year, are you two convinced?"

Wei Liaoweng and Qiao Xingjian were both punished for bowing down, and the Great Song Dynasty treated his courtiers leniently, and this fine for half a year was not a heavy punishment.

Zhao and Ju finally turned to Ge Hong, who was silent and waited for disposal. Zhao and Ju thought about it again and again, Ge Hong was the governor of political affairs, and in all the letters, he was the only one who warned Shi Songzhi to be loyal to the country, praising him for being a great talent, as long as he maintained his loyalty, he would eventually be of great use to the Son of Heaven. Although Zhao and Ju are not very happy with Ge Hong, he also knows that there must be people like Ge Hong among the ministers, otherwise Cui Hehe is an old slippery head, and Xue Ji is pandering to him, if he does something wrong, there will be no one to admonish him.

"Ge Qing's letter to Shi Songzhi stimulated loyalty, but it's a pity that Shi Wei was never moved by Qing." After a long time, Zhao Heju said: "Qing did not find out in time that Shi rebelled against the conspiracy, although there was a mistake, but with loyalty and righteousness, there is no merit and hard work, I will not pursue you." ”

Ge Hong bowed deeply, Xie En got up, and exchanged a look with Qiao Xingjian. Qiao Xingjian smiled faintly, but Ge Hong's face did not relax because the Son of Heaven did not pursue it, on the contrary, his expression was even heavier.

"Now that there is a shortage in the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, Zhu Qing said, who should let it be?" After Cheng Jue, Yue Ke and the others left, Zhao Heju asked again.

Everyone's ears were pricked up, this is the position of two chief officials of the six ministries, when today's son is diligent in government affairs, but he is more conservative in the appointment and dismissal of officials, like the Ministry of Officials, its vacancy has not been arranged until today, only Xue Ji is deputy. The two vacant six chiefs, the Ministry of Industry affairs is not too much, so everyone does not attach great importance to it, only the Ministry of War, which is related to the Song Dynasty's million forbidden army and the box army, and at the time of the reform of the military system, so those who are loyal to the state hope to appoint a capable minister, while the selfish ones are calculating who is most beneficial to themselves.

"In the military department, there is a ...... of the ministers," Cui said after a moment's hesitation.

"Oh, come on." Zhao and Ju Dao.

"Zhao Shanxiang, the former Huaixi envoy, can be appointed as the military department." After a little hesitation, Cui and the way.

Everyone changed their faces, like Shi Songzhi, Zhao Shanxiang is also a powerful faction of the Shi Party in the local area, when Li Quan went south, in order to contain Li Quan, he was appointed by Zhao and Ju as the Huaixi envoy, and Zhen Dexiu was used as the two Huai envoys, he has been dismissed as the Huaixi envoy, and now he has a false title in Lin'an City. Shi Songzhi in the previous history party plotted to mess with Fang Ping, and Cui He pushed Zhao Shanxiang out, isn't this obviously self-deprecating.

But Zhao and Ju don't see it that way.

Zhao Shanxiang has been in Jiangbei for a long time, knows about military affairs, is familiar with the military system of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is a clan, which is completely different from Shi Songzhi, and there is no problem with his loyalty. Pushing him to the position of the Ministry of War will be of great help to solve the intricate relationship between the Shi Party in the forbidden army and the Xiang Army, at least it can reassure the people in the Shi Party and let them know that as long as they are not guilty, they will not be implicated because of Shi Song's matter.

Moreover, under the current situation, Cui and who he recommends to preside over the military department, can not avoid the big issue of the guards, the relationship between the military department and the guards has always made the ministers nerve-wracking, such as today's son's health, the guards are naturally obedient, but after decades, if the Son of Heaven is gone, what will happen to this strong army outside the Great Song Dynasty system, will it be as loyal to his successor as today's son, this is a question that has to be pondered. As a clan, Zhao Shanxiang is more convenient than ordinary courtiers to negotiate this matter with the Son of Heaven.

This candidate was also unexpected by Zhao Heju, after being stunned for a moment, Zhao Youju hesitated in his heart, and after a while, he asked, "What does Ge Qing mean?" ”

Ge Hong glanced at Qiao Xingjian, Qiao Xingjian's expression was focused, and Ge Hong nodded vigorously: "The minister seconded the proposal." ”

A hint of disappointment obviously flashed in Qiao Xingjian's eyes, but it was only a flash, and after Ge Hong found out, he couldn't help but feel a little happy in his heart.

"There is no objection to the minister." When Zhao Heju asked Xue Ji, he said without hesitation. The duties of the military department are very important, and during the reform of the military system, it is a thankless position, and if something goes wrong, the person who recommended it will inevitably be held accountable, so it is better to leave this favor to Cui and He to do.

All the ministers had no objections, Zhao Heju nodded, and the position of the secretary of the Ministry of War was decided, followed by the Ministry of Industry. Zhao Youju asked Zheng Qingzhi with a smile: "Zheng Qing, who is better to succeed you as the head of the Ministry of Industry?" ”

Zheng Qingzhi pondered for a while, and finally said: "The minister recommends the current Guozi to supervise the wine Qiao Xingjian." ”

This is another unexpected recommendation, Ge Hong's eyes widened, and he felt incredible, Qiao Xingjian was sitting upright, but he looked pampered and not surprised. Zhao Youju glanced at him, he didn't have any ill feelings towards Qiao Xingjian, but he was recommended by Zheng Qingzhi, which made him feel a little ridiculous.

In the history he traveled, it was Qiao Xingjian who made it bad, and Zheng Qingzhi was dismissed and idle.

For the function of the Ministry of Industry, the rest of the people felt that it didn't matter, although Xue Ji wanted to object, but thinking of the relationship between Zheng Qingzhi and Zhao and Ju, he still didn't speak in the end.

"Qiao Qing, what do you think?" Zhao Youju hesitated for a moment, and then asked Qiao Xingjiandao.

"The minister is not good at the affairs of the Ministry of Works." Qiao Xingjian's first sentence made people think that he was going to resign, but in the second sentence, everyone was discolored: "Therefore, if the Son of Heaven takes the minister as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the minister invites the virtuous person to be the servant from the bachelors of Boya Building to make up for the shortcomings of the minister." ”

"Wonderful!" Everyone thought to themselves.

"Okay, that's it!" Hearing this, Zhao Heju immediately clapped his head.

With the determination of this personnel appointment and dismissal, the officials who were born in exile officially entered the center of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Son of Heaven took this opportunity to strengthen the imperial power again, and the ratio of relative power to imperial power was weaker.

Out of the palace, Ge Hong called Qiao Xingjian, the two walked side by side, but neither spoke, and when they broke up, Ge Hong sighed and said: "Brother Shouming is a good means, accept your affection, it's just ...... Shouming, I hope you can stop here, don't play with fire anymore! ”

Qiao Xingjian smiled slightly, but did not answer.

The two went out of the palace gate and bid each other goodbye, and a hundred feet away from them, Huo Chongcheng squinted and looked at them.

"These two people must not be negligent, at twelve hours and twenty-four hours a day, I have to keep an eye on what method you use, what they eat, what people say, I want to know, you two understand?"

"Yes!"

Behind him, Zhang Xingpei and Tang Fan whispered.