Chapter 48: When the Red Sun Comes and Falls, the Low (7)

The Queen Mother's speech was a little earlier than expected.

However, Su Song still went out of class according to the scheduled plan and replied, "Please give instructions to Your Majesty." ”

"The first emperor unfortunately abandoned the world early and entrusted the world and the emperor to me."

"I am shallow and thin, and I have been hanging the curtain for ten years, and I am only barely supporting."

There are a few courtiers who move their feet and want to go out of class to reply and tell the Empress Dowager, but they definitely don't have this kind of idea - this is a normal interaction between monarchs and ministers: when the emperor pretends to be modest, the courtiers must give him some face intimately, and they can't be unresponsive, let alone nod their heads in agreement, otherwise they will have to face the annoyance and anger of the emperor who sang a one-man show and lost face, and the queen mother is also average - just cautiously let them observe Zaifu who should have spoken first.

It was precisely when they saw that the prime minister did not react that they immediately changed their minds and made up their minds to wait a little longer.

And the queen mother, did not wait for any courtiers to jump out to sue her, the people live and work in peace and contentment, the queen mother has worked hard, and the prosperous years of this decade can be called the rule of Yuanyou.

A loud and shrill voice echoed in the hall, continuing to convey the Queen Mother's speech, "In the past ten years, the world may be said to have nothing to do, but there are many incidents in this palace. ”

"Speaking of which, I still focus too much on state affairs, and I have no time to discipline the emperor, so that I am led by traitors to do some stupid and rebellious things."

The Queen Mother's words were very slow, saying the last sentence, resting for a while, before the next sentence.

The opening line was already prepared, and it took half a moment of effort before it was finished.

Pu Zongmeng almost couldn't stand the weird rhythm of the Queen Mother's speech.

If you want to seize the opportunity, you must find the right time to speak, and rashly interrupting the Queen Mother's speech will not only fail to seize the opportunity, but will be blamed.

He wanted to open his mouth several times, but he couldn't hold back several times, and his intuition told him that the Queen Mother's words were not finished. Until this time, when he heard the words faint and rebellious, Pu Zongmeng's spirit was more concentrated, and the real drama was coming.

How the Son of Heaven was disobedient and rebellious, the specific deeds in it have never been made public in the court. If the queen mother wants to be justified and get the approval of the ministers, she must inform the ministers of all the evil things that the little emperor has done in the past.

That's when the time comes.

At this time, Su Song stepped forward slowly, "The ministers are entrusted by the first emperor to assist the present emperor." If today's son loses his morality, it is not the fault of His Majesty, but the sin of the ministers. ”

Pu Zongmeng was stunned when he heard this, the Queen Mother hadn't said what the emperor had done, why did Su Song directly admit that the Son of Heaven was immoral?

Huo Guangxing abolished the establishment, and finally counted more than 1,100 sins committed by the king of Changyi on the 27th day of his accession to the throne.

In fact, if it is according to the old practice of Huo Guang abolishing the king of Changyi, the prime ministers should first discuss together, and then contact the ministers to submit a letter, and the queen mother can approve it, and the queen mother should not take the initiative to speak.

However, the prime ministers may also be afraid of being accused of being a powerful minister. Anyway, the Queen Mother has nothing to scruple about, the Son of Heaven can take medicine to frame the Queen Mother, what else does the Queen Mother need to care about?

"If the Son of Heaven is pro-government, the prime minister cannot dissuade him, and it is the prime minister's fault. If today's son is not in power, it is my fault that I am not strict in my control. ”

"The house is restless, laughing outside, this matter is small, if it is a rebellion in the palace, it will be pushed to the world, causing hundreds of billions of yuan to suffer, defeating the great Song Dynasty, and it will be difficult for me to see Xizong under Jiuquan in the future."

"If there is still some time, I should teach the emperor a lesson, so that he can learn his way back. It's just that I'm seriously ill now, and I'm afraid I don't have much time left. ”

When the Queen Mother spoke again, she still spoke one sentence at a time,

The words she said were not her usual tone at all, but what did it matter? How to please the Queen Mother is the key.

As soon as the Queen Mother's words of 'there is not much time' fell, Pu Zongmeng rushed out of the train before all the courtiers rushed out of the train like an arrow off the string, "Your Majesty has a small illness, and it will be cured soon." Why don't you have so much time? ”

If someone says that they don't have long to live, whether that person is a king, a family member, a friend, or even a stranger, ordinary people know how to speak.

This is different from the previous situation where the queen mother pretended to be modest, and the courtier can open his mouth or not, but the queen mother said that her time is short, which courtier dares to stand inappropriately?

Pu Zongmeng snatched his head and sipped the soup, and even pressed the prime minister, and then, the impatient courtiers, before the slaughter, all went out to persuade each other, telling the Empress Dowager that her body would recover soon.

Just say the same thing, and the result depends on the person.

Han Gang said to the patient that it was okay, and Pu Zongmeng and ordinary courtiers said to the patient that it was okay, and the result would naturally not be the same.

"That's it! I've heard a lot of these things, and my body knows it best, and if I could support it for a while longer, I wouldn't be talking about it today. ”

The words of the chamberlain lacked modulation, but the impatience of the queen mother could still be heard from the words, and the courtiers who jumped out hurriedly asked for their guilt and returned to work.

Through the screen, the Empress Dowager looked coldly at the courtiers below, what she needed now was not comfort, but peace of mind.

This idea is now only grasped by the members of the Zaizhi team.

"Ladies and gentlemen, tell me what to do about the emperor?"

What to do?

Having said that, apart from abolishing the emperor and setting up a new one, what else can be done?

The prime minister and the Queen Mother obviously had a secret discussion, and the Queen Mother's words were obviously the result of deliberation.

What to do with the emperor had already been decided before the court meeting.

Now the Queen Mother only needs someone to pick up the words, so that she can depose the emperor.

The courtiers all had some understanding in their hearts, and many people were eager to try and want to grab a first initiative - although it was not as good as Zaifu, who had already entered the actual operation, but the apparent merit was also a merit - but before everyone, it was Pu Zongmeng who went out first.

Seeing Pu Zongmeng in the forefront and rushing out of class first, how many pairs of eyes looked at the figure of the purple-robed flower belt with hatred, but they had no choice but to listen to Pu Zongmeng's words and snatch the credit.

"The emperor was disappointed in the world when he was young, the empress dowager was mourned, and the emperor was in chaos in the palace, and now the emperor has intensified, and he conspired with the concubine to plot the queen mother with witch medicine."

Pu Zongmeng vaguely skipped the matter of Zhao Xu's murder of his father, at the beginning, Emperor Gao, King Zhao Hao and Prime Minister Cai did use this as an excuse to start a rebellion, and now the old matter is brought up again, it seems that their rebellion is justified.

However, in addition to the mistakes of killing his father and the monarch back then, Zhao Xu's actions also have a lot to blame. Especially this time, the concubine conspired with the Son of Heaven to trap the Queen Mother to stigmatize, which is obviously unfilial. Now there are rumors that the Queen Mother is sick in the outside world, and it is the concubine and the Son of Heaven who are troubled.

Checking out the strictest cases, Pu Zongmeng was confident, "The genus of the five pis, unfilial piety is great, the people commit it, the national law can be punished, and the emperor commits it, what law can be corrected?!" ”

This question is exactly what the subjects of the world are most worried about. The emperor's unfilial piety is all spread in the world by word of mouth.

Confucianism pays attention to self-promotion and others, and takes filial piety as the first of all kinds. Even the parents who are born and raised are not filial, how can they be kind to others? Therefore, the crime of unfilial piety is called rebellion and rebellion. The world will not believe that unfilial people are loyal, righteous, and benevolent. Now that the emperor is not filial to his parents and grandparents, can he still be expected to take care of the more estranged billions of people and be a good emperor? must be like the King of Shang and Emperor Yang of Sui, who made the Great Song Dynasty miserable.

Unfilial piety is conclusive, and no one defends Zhao Xu. Pu Zong Meng is stern, and he lists Zhao Xu's unfilial piety, so as to last sentence:

"Therefore, in the opinion of the ministers, His Majesty should sue the two temples of Gao and Xi, abolish this unfilial son of heaven, and choose another virtuous one in the clan."

This is the first time, the first time after the change of the palace of the king, someone openly said the words of abolishing the emperor in the court.

Pu Zongmeng was sure that with today's initiative alone, he would definitely be able to rise to the top of the ranks. As for whether the new monarch who will be established in the future will be sad and sad, and put the Deciding Lords into a separate book, he didn't think much about it.

The so-called perverse deeds are day and day, they are all at this age, what else is there to be afraid of? It is not far from Zhishi, enjoy the authority of the two governments for a few years, and wait until the new monarch is in power, and his family has either been put into the ground, or he has returned to his hometown and lived freely. There is no need to worry about the problem of Xinjun crossing the river and demolishing the bridge at all.

What Pu Zongmeng can imagine, others can also think of. Although Pu Zongmeng grabbed the first credit, the work of making a decision was still enough for many people to carve up.

The courtiers who came out of the class to suggest the abolition of the establishment couldn't wait one by one, and if it weren't for the constraints of the court rules, they would have flocked to the court long ago.

There are also some people who are not hot-headed, but look at Wang Anshi, who has the most valid reasons to oppose this proposal.

You must know that if Wang Anshi asks people to abolish the emperor, his act of praising his granddaughter as the queen will become the biggest joke of the year.

But what is surprising again is that Wang Anshi did not make any action on this.

There was no joy on Wang Anshi's face. A face that was already as black as the bottom of a pot made it impossible to tell what his mood was.

Only those who know him well can spot his current bad mood when they are in close proximity.

But no matter how bad the mood is, Wang Anshi has no intention of coming forward.

Wang Anshi knew very well that if he came out and said, 'Pu Zongmeng is crazy. If you speak in vain and abolish the establishment, how can a courtier do it? "Han Gang will definitely go back to work and have a good time" Pu Zongmeng is one of the politicians, as long as it is related to important military affairs, he is qualified to hear about it. Even if the Son of Heaven is deposed, he has the right to speak, and no matter whether it is right or wrong, he is qualified to express his opinion at any time in this court.

However, Wang Anshi did not plan to go out to defend Zhao Xu, but also because he believed that Han Gang would keep his promise - not that he believed in his son-in-law's character, but Wang Anshi understood Han Gang's true intentions.

At present, Wang Anshi has many choices, but each choice does not bring the result he wants, and the current choice is the best - or the least bad.

Wang Anshi didn't want to bow to his son-in-law, and he still remembered the idea of the first emperor to be lonely, but he completely stood on the emperor's side, not to mention whether he could win the alliance between the queen mother and the important ministers of Zaifu, even if he won by luck, he would have to pay for the lives of his daughter and grandson, and he would also have to risk a faint monarch coming to power.

Choosing neutrality, at least Han Gang can promise to guarantee the life and status of his grandson-in-law. As long as he stands on this court, he can ensure that Han Gang fulfills his promise.

He married his granddaughter to the emperor, and now he went to Beijing ahead of schedule, just to protect the only bloodline of Emperor Xizong, and he can achieve his goal now, Wang Anshi does not plan to, and at the same time, he can't ask for more.

As a scholar, the future described by Han Gang is more or less attractive to Wang Anshi.