Chapter Seven: Monarchs and Ministers (Part II)
The wrath of the Son of Heaven ambushed millions of corpses and shed thousands of miles of blood.
This is Tang Ju's statement.
Of course, the eight words 'millions of corpses and thousands of miles of blood' must be exaggerated, at least the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty, in addition to Taizu and Taizong at the time of the founding of the country, several other sons of heaven have their own educational influences, and they are suppressed by Confucian ministers, and they can't do millions of corpses and shed thousands of miles of blood when they are angry.
However, facing the anger of the Great Song Tianzi head-on, unless he is justified and courageous, it is indispensable to tremble in both strands, sweating like pulp, and there are even examples of fainting directly.
As for the prime minister's anger, Tang Ju didn't say. But in the Great Song Dynasty, the prime minister can also control the future of ordinary ministers, and even the lives of his family.
A few days ago, Zhang Dian was not satisfied with the report of a magistrate who had routinely gone to Beijing to report on his work, and gave two sentences of reprimand in person, causing people to have epilepsy, and he foamed at the mouth in the hall of the capital, and finally had to call the Hanlin medical officer to come and rescue him.
Han Gang has a lot of unforgiving words, and he was so frightened that he only knew how to ask for guilt, and he couldn't even communicate seriously, and there were one or two at intervals. The ministers who can smile and smile in front of him can be counted on one hand.
As soon as he opened his mouth today, he was gambled back by Han Gang's two sentences, Zhao Xu was already angry in his heart, but he couldn't bleed for thousands of miles, and he didn't even dare to have a seizure.
But in the face of the angry prime minister, he has also experienced a lot, and he will not be rushed by Han Gang and will be thrown into chaos.
"The Duke of Chu is highly meritorious, only Han Qi can be compared in modern times, Han Qi is crowned king, how can the Duke of Chu not be? The queen of me, the daughter and grandson of the Duke of Chu, the queen's father and ancestor, can all be crowned kings, and there are also precedents to follow. I want the Wang Wang clan to shelter the Duke of Chu, what does the Duke of Xiang think is wrong?! β
Zhao Xu became more fluent in Han Gang's cold gaze, and finally even got bold and directly questioned Han Gang.
No one agreed, and no one was thrilled.
Although the emperor seems to be upset about Wang Anshi again, everyone knows what he is doing.
The emperor who has no real power comes to challenge the prime minister, just like a mouse provoking an old cat.
Looking at Han Gang at this moment, it makes people feel that there is a thunderbolt that is about to start.
Wang Chang and Wang Tan all shrank in unison, and the children of the Wang family on the outer side moved back one and a half steps one after another. No one wants to be caught up in it and get hurt by mistake.
But Han Gang didn't have a seizure, he seemed to be standing on the nine clouds, looking down condescendingly, and quietly listened to Zhao Xu's arguments and questions. After a moment, he slowly spoke, "Please return to the palace, Your Majesty." β
Han Gang didn't want to pay attention to Zhao Xu anymore. Now that it has been confirmed that Zhao Xu has not become honest and obedient, then he has to continue to stay in the palace.
In the past two years, Zhao Xu has been honest, and Dutang has not been-for-tat, and he has been rewarded accordingly for his obedience. Let him out of the palace this time, it is one of them. Unexpectedly, he loosened the chain around his neck, turned around and opened his mouth, and was about to bite again.
Han Gang didn't have the idea of biting back, and he was in no mood to argue over words, he was the minister of power, so he had the right to deal with it.
Let Zhao Xu come out, it was his words. Accept Zhao Xu back, and there is only one sentence for the same.
Hearing Han Gang's words, two of the several attendants who followed Zhao Xu stepped forward quickly, one left and one right, and grabbed Zhao Xu with a bag. He bowed his head and said respectfully, "Please return to the palace for Your Majesty." β
Zhao Xu, who was relatively thin, and the two chamberlains were tall, and when they clamped the emperor, they almost set him up.
Zhao Xu panicked for a moment, and finally took advantage of it, and he still wanted to argue with Han Gang, but Han Gang directly called the people around him who were taking care of him.
The familiar atmosphere awakens memories that have been around for a long time. The experience he has suffered over the years made him scream, "What are you going to do?!" β
"Please return to the palace, Your Majesty."
"I'm here ......"
"Please return to the palace, Your Majesty."
"I ......"
"Please return to the palace, Your Majesty."
"Han Gang! β¦β¦β
"Please return to the palace, Your Majesty."
The two chamberlains are like trained starlings, no matter what Zhao Xu wants to say, as long as he sees him, he will immediately say, 'Please return to the palace', forcing Zhao Xu to not even say a word.
The people in the Funing Palace would never be rude to the emperor, but whenever they wanted to restrain Zhao Xu's actions and words, either they had not responded, and without him, they were just like now.
No matter whether Zhao Xu scolded, or smashed the table and hit the bench, or even threw the tea cup inkstone on the head of the palace people, smashing the heads and bleeding, they would be like the knowledge on the tree, repeating and repeating a few syllables again and again, until Zhao Xu gave in to himself.
"Han Gang!"
"Han thief!"
Zhao Xu gradually took it for granted to be bullied in the palace, but being so humiliated outside the palace, especially in the queen's mother's house, made him feel even more ashamed.
He glared at Han Gang angrily, and even scolded him, but Han Gang ignored him, and the chamberlain kept in his ear, repeating the words 'Please return to the palace for Your Majesty' over and over again.
Zhao Xu hoped that Han Gang would react and let him scold him freely, but he didn't wait for a glance from Han Gang. He also hoped that the Wang family could relieve him, but he didn't wait for the help of the Wang family, and watched him being bullied by the villain.
In the end, he could only angrily write down everyone in the room one by one, and left with hatred in the bag of the waiter.
There was still no sound in the room.
The Wang family was stunned, the prime minister didn't take the emperor seriously at all, and the emperor was restrained in the palace, this kind of thing has long been not surprising, and everyone in Beijing knows it. I usually hear it, but now I only sigh twice. But witnessing it at the scene, everyone was terrified. This even includes Wang Anli and Wang Anshang.
Only the queen Wang Yueniang, when the emperor was forced out by the inner servants, she was not timid, she was not flustered, but she did not try to help the emperor.
On her face, there was no trace of emotional fluctuations, as if she was wearing a mask that was exactly the same as her face, standing silently aside, like a statue.
Zhao Xu didn't care about leaving, she only stepped forward silently, made a big salute in front of Wang Anshi's body, and then followed back to go out.
"Queen."
Han Gang had been quietly watching the queen salute and praying for Wang Anshi's blessings, until Wang Yueniang was about to step out of the door before he suddenly spoke.
Wang Yueniang stood still in front of the threshold, turned her head, and looked at Han Gang calmly with her black and white eyes.
Han Gang lowered his head slightly, "Your Highness is hard." β
The prime minister worked hard for the queen, and Han Gang did it as a matter of course for the miracle that had never been seen since ancient times, and the queen's father and brother present also listened to it as a matter of course. Accompanying such an emperor, can the queen not be hard?
Wang Yueniang took it as a gift and was blessed, "Uncle Lao cares about it, but since the niece is married to the official family, it is the niece's business to serve the official family." β
In other words, no matter how adult-in-law is, there is no need for an outsider to say 'hard work' to her.
Han Gang nodded and watched the queen leave.
Looking back at the group of children of the Wang family who are silent, his niece is more like a man than her brothers and cousins.
It's a shame.
Han Gang once again sincerely regretted.
Among Wang Anshi's grandchildren, there is such a finished instrument, but he also married the emperor.
But fortunately, there is nothing in the palace so far, including the queen, all the concubines and palace maids have not given birth.
Although it is rumored in the world, the Zaifu are waiting for the prince to be born, and then let Zhao Xu Neizen be the emperor. But in order not to let the throne fall, Zhao Xu has been working hard for the past two years.
There are more than ten famous concubines in the palace, and there are not a few palace maids who have received grace, but in the past few years, Mo said that there are children born, and there is not even a pregnant one in the palace.
I have to say that in this matter, Zhang Dian really used twelve points of heart. Han Gang looked at the emperor's regular physical examination report submitted by the Imperial Medical Bureau, and the efficacy of cottonseed oil was already obvious.
However, this matter is deeply buried in the hearts of Han Gang and Zhang Tun, and it will never be leaked to the outside world.
In Wang Anshi's ward, no one dared to disturb Han Gang at this moment.
Han Gang's methods of dealing with the emperor had already told them who the real ruler of the Great Song Empire was.
Until Han Gang retracted his thoughts and returned to Wang Anshi's hospital bed.
Wu was sitting on the edge of the hospital bed, wiping Wang Anshi's face. His mother-in-law had been focused on it, and she didn't care at all about what had just happened.
Seeing Wang Anshi and the Wu family, Han Gang's eyes were a little sour, he blinked his eyes, and turned back and said: "In the past, when the first emperor first ascended the throne, my father-in-law had borne the expectations of the world for thirty years. Holding on to the defects, it is only a little easier to make the law, and the Prime Minister of the Taiping can do it peacefully. But in order to repay the grace of the first emperor, the father-in-law gave up the name of his life, and turned against many old friends. β
Wang Anli heard it, Wang Anshang also heard it, and the children of the Wang family who had a little bit of brains also understood that this was a refutation of Zhao Xu's words.
Now my father-in-law slandered the Zhao family and did his best for the world, the emperor can't remember this love, but everyone in the world still remembers. The father-in-law is already too worthy of the Zhao family, and the Wang family can now enjoy wealth and prosperity, and there is no need to take any more risks. No matter what the situation is in the future, it will not affect the glory and wealth of the Wang family. β
For Wang Anshi's sake, as long as the Wang family doesn't make trouble, the Dutang faction will not go to get along with the Wang family. Even if the emperor takes power one day in the future, he will not attack the queen's mother's family, and Wang Anshi's love is not finished.
The Wang family is now different from other families who have to stand in line, there is no need to take risks, as long as they don't do anything, there will be no shortage of wealth and glory - of course, the most important thing is to do nothing.
Han Gang looked at Wang Chang deeply, and saw that Wang Anshi's eldest grandson's face turned pale. He has always been clear about the political tendencies of the children of the Wang family.
"Even if you want to do it, you should do it from your heart, and you should not be threatened by words."
It is still an accusation of the emperor's actions. But even if he is as politically naΓ―ve as Wang Chang, he knows that once he chooses to side with the emperor and is liquidated by the capital afterwards, he should not make excuses and say that he is being coerced.
"Alright." Han Gang looked back at Wang Anshi's remains, "Let my father-in-law go with peace of mind." β