Zhao Shu's wedding was very lively, the ministers congratulated, the vassal country paid tribute, and the scenery was beautiful, and Wang Qing was married into the palace. For this day, Zhao Shu held back for three years.

You must know that in the past three years, in order to keep filial piety for his father, he can't do anything excessive, and he is so tormented for a young and vigorous emperor, especially with eyes full of warblers and warblers.

Zhao Shu felt like a pufferfish, and if he boiled up for a little more, he would blow up!

After getting married, the things between the young husband and wife, needless to say, are nothing more than tired all day long, working hard for the old Zhao family.

It's just that under the calm and calm, there is a powerful torrent undercurrent, and the entire officialdom will be involved in it...... During the period when Wang Anshi presided over the reform of the law, in order to implement the law, Wang Ningan made a suggestion, that is, to implement the examination law. In recent years, the examination method has become more and more strict, and the various evaluation indicators of officials have been refined, and the officials and departments have strictly implemented them...... In addition to the annual approval, every three years, a general evaluation is also carried out, and officials are ranked, and if they can get the first class, they will have the opportunity to be promoted, and if they can get the third class, they are very likely to be deposed.

This year's expedition is different and more dangerous than ever.

First of all, the third year of Zhao Shu's ascension to the throne and the first official inspection since his accession to the throne, the government and the opposition all paid attention to the results of this time, to a large extent, this inspection can affect the future situation.

Secondly, the presiding officer is the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Lu Gong, he has always been known for his old and respectful, steady work, and old qualifications, even Wang Ningan has to respect him for three points, the mountain of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Ningan has never moved. And the rule of officials will always be the most important part of the empire, and it is related to life and death, no matter how far it is raised, it is not too much.

Zhao Shu was also very concerned about the inspection situation when he was entangled with the queen, almost every few days, he had to care about it, and finally, Lu Gongzhu, who was in charge of the ministry, took out the inspection list and submitted it to the political hall in accordance with the rules, because it also involved the evaluation of several ministers in the political hall, so the political hall would not open the seal, but directly sent it to the emperor.

Almost every official stared at this list and said something unkind, this is the list of gods, the book of life and death! Ordinary people often say that if you don't do things from the east, you will be tired to death.

No matter how much you have done, you have to see and approve it from the court, so that you can be promoted and developed. It is very likely that you have been busy for several years, and it is better to have a few words in people's hands, don't be unconvinced, rules are rules, and no one can change them!

The big guy stared at it like a prisoner waiting to be sentenced. Who can ascend to heaven and who can go to hell depends on this time.

It's strange that the palace was stunned for three days and was not announced.

Unruly, huh?

Everyone is confused, the little emperor is still diligent, especially for such an important matter, how can he stay in the middle and not send it? If you don't pass it, you have a word!

Just when the big guy was at a loss, a rumor gradually came out.

It turned out that in the list written by Lu Gong, most of the six arts and one series, Wang Ningan's henchmen, were sent up, especially the Jinshike in the second year of Jiayou, which suffered heavy losses, except for a few people with important responsibilities who did not touch, everyone else was affected, and there was a tendency to wipe it out!

Wang Ningan went out to handle a case, and there was such a big thing in Beijing, and some people said, Our Emperor is ruthless enough!

As soon as they got married, they wanted to cut off Wang Ning'an's henchmen and weaken the power of King Xiliang, and they all said that the heavenly family was ruthless, and it seemed that this was true, even the master couldn't hide it.

Some people also say that if you get rid of Wang Ningan's henchmen first, will you bring down Wang Ningan in the next step? Could it be that this powerful minister of the two dynasties is also going to fall?

All kinds of speculations were rampant and boiling for a while.

……

"Ridiculous, ridiculous!"

Zhao Shu was furious, of course he didn't want to attack his fellow brothers, on the contrary, many of them were cadres, very able to endure hardships, and also did many things for the imperial court, such as Su Zhe, he participated in the division of Yanzhou, such a big thing, done steadily and decently, the government and the opposition, quite a lot of praise, as a result, he only got a "medium" in the evaluation, which is too much to say.

Zhao Shu spent three days carefully studying each person, Zhao Shu was sure that this list was not fair at all, and it was completely aimed at the master, he was so angry that he immediately asked Lu Gongzhu to call him to reject this list.

Lu Gong stood straight in front of Zhao Shu, his eyebrows lowered and his eyes were pleasing to the eyes, but he refused to compromise at all.

"Your Majesty, the list drawn up by the old ministers, everything is in accordance with the rules of the court, and all the courtiers are divided into 8 levels, such as greedy, cool, inactive, imprudent, old, sick, impetuous, and weak, all of which have rules to follow, and they are analyzed in detail, and there is no favoritism or deliberate harm, please Your Majesty be clear."

Zhao Shu was not convinced, "Then I ask you, why is Su Zhe medium?" That's a bit unreasonable, right? ”

Lu Gongshu did not show weakness, and smiled lightly, "Your Majesty, Su Zhe is indeed a cadre, but in his tenure, there are nearly a thousand people who have been executed before and after, in the past imperial court investigation, if there are more than ten prisoners executed under his rule, it will be punished according to the cool, Su Zhe has exceeded 100 times, it stands to reason that he is already a cool official, but taking into account his merits, he is rated as average." ”

"Lu Qing, what you say is not fair! Su Zhe was for the court to implement the division of fields, but he encountered resistance, of course he wanted to kill! What's wrong with that? ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that if he is guilty of making a mistake, of course he should be severely punished, but such a large-scale killing is really in the name of hurting the peace of heaven and damaging the benevolence of the court. If the courtiers all act in the name of pushing the executive order, wouldn't our dynasty become a world of cool officials? And in addition to the excessive criminal law, all kinds of lawsuits have increased, there are many local officials who are greedy for ink, and there are bandits who are in turmoil, and so on. ”

Lu Gongshu is the third son of Lu Yijian, an important minister of the former dynasty, born in a famous family, and has been in charge of the Ministry for many years, with qualifications and prestige, among the existing ministers, they are the top.

Zhao Shu couldn't directly pressure him, so he could only reason and ask about the situation of several people, Lu Yijian gushed endlessly, pointing out their problems one by one, some people were overtaxed, some people abused people's power, so that the people died innocently, and some people had unclear accounts and bribery...... In the end, Zhao Shu was confused, in his impression, all of them were capable ministers, but when it came to Lu Gongshu, it became a problem.

And he also reasoned and presented evidence, and it seems that he has not refuted it.

Helpless, Zhao Shu could only sigh angrily: "The inspection list will be left in the middle for the time being, and it will be promulgated after I have carefully considered it." ”

Although Zhao Shu continued to suppress the inspection list, the news spread far and wide.

Originally, Wang Ningan's students quit one after another.

What are you kidding, Lao Tzu worked hard and worked hard for the court, but as a result, he did so many things, but he didn't fall behind, you Lu Gongshu is too unreasonable!

These people found Sima Guang one after another and poured bitter water.

"Jun Shigong, how despicable these people are, while the master is not in the court, they will use the evaluation of the officials to deal with us! You're the big guy's brother, but you need to help talk! ”

Including Wang Shao, he also came, "Brother Junshi, I heard that there are several civilian officials with troops on the list, and this is to disturb the morale of the army!" ”

Sima Guang also sighed at this time, although he was the second minister, but he had always presided over the finances, and the part of the government was not touched much, and he did not have much right to speak.

And everyone knows that he is a student of Wang Ning'an, and if he insists on coming out, he will inevitably be gossiped about.

You must know that over the years, the forces opposing Wang Ning'an have been suppressed, and this time they gathered to create public opinion, praising Lu Gong's fairness in handling things, and the results of the investigation were very decent. If Wang Ningan insists on abolishing this list, it will be tantamount to trampling the rules of the court under his feet.

Sima Guang told the big guy the truth, indeed, the master is also embarrassed, but is it difficult to be stabbed? This is unreasonable!

"The big guy goes back first, I'll go to Lu Gongzhu and have a good talk with him, he dares to be a bad person, and I'm not a vegetarian!"

Sima Guang was really angry, and he went straight to the ministry.

……

And at this time, a big drama is also being staged in the palace.

After Zhao Shu got married, he had to settle the province in the morning and dusk every day, and he had to bring Wang Qing over.

She is Wang Anshi's daughter, Bing Xue is smart, and she has received an excellent education, her every move is graceful and atmospheric, and she quickly convinced the people in the palace, and did not dare to ignore it.

Empress Dowager Cao looked at her son and daughter-in-law, and she had mixed feelings in her heart, and she didn't know whether she was happy or sad.

"Emperor, if you are free, sit with your mother, and the queen mother has a few words to say."

How could Zhao Shu refuse, he could only nod and agree.

"The queen mother teaches a lesson, and the child listens to it."

Empress Dowager Cao laughed, "The family of ordinary people all say that you have started a family, you have been the emperor for three years now, and you have married a daughter-in-law, and you will soon open up branches and leaves for the royal family, increase the number of dragon sons and dragon grandchildren, the queen mother is old, I don't want to do anything, I just hope to hold my grandson as soon as possible." ”

As she spoke, she also glanced at Wang Qing, the little girl's neck was red, she lowered her head, and said nothing.

"Speaking of being an emperor, the queen mother has seen your father for decades...... It's not easy for him, the Empress Guo in front of him has feelings for your father, but she was still demoted to a clean concubine by your father...... In the final analysis, it is still to blame Queen Guo, she is competing for the first place everywhere, not letting the first emperor, and saying that husband and wife are one, but after all, there is a superior and inferior...... Lao Tzu said that there are four major in the domain, and the king is one of them. As an emperor, with a heavenly constitution in his mouth, a cadre gang is arbitrary, a million corpses are ambushed in anger, and thousands of miles of blood are shed, how can he be idle! ”

Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Cao said with a smile: "Qing'er, the queen mother just reminded you that you must obey the emperor more and do your duty as a wife, so that you can be a mother in the world...... As for the emperor, you also have to be a good emperor, support the heavens of the Great Song Dynasty, let your father and the emperor, and let the ancestors of the past dynasties rest assured! All in all, when you grow up, what to do, you have to know in your heart! ”