Chapter 162: Liu E's thoughts
Chinese history extends to the Song Dynasty, has been more than 1,000 years, during this period of dynasty change, the emperor is also changed again and again, but there are only two women who are emperors, one is Lu Pheasant of the Western Han Dynasty, the other is Wu Zetian of the Tang Dynasty, Liu E thinks that he is the third person.
Liu E had this idea, but he didn't dare to say it, because the scholars and doctors of the Song Dynasty would not agree, although these ministers impeached each other and demolished each other on weekdays, no matter how different their political views were, but on this point, they were unanimous, that is, the emperor of the Song Dynasty must be surnamed Zhao.
Thinking that when Zhao Zhen ascended the throne at the age of thirteen, Liu E lowered the curtain to listen to the government, and the ministers at that time attacked him en masse. Liu E has been in charge of the government for many years, and his political performance is not bad, and many ministers who opposed it at the beginning have died down, but their silence does not mean that they acquiesce that Liu E can take the Zhao family in his place, if Liu E has any excessive actions, they will still blame them again.
Liu E has always been very clear about this point, but as she gets older, there are more and more flattering people around her, and she is a little fluttering, since she is not worse than others, why can't she be the emperor, and she will still return the throne to the Zhao family after a hundred years. Since this idea was born, Liu E has had a heart problem, and it was not until this sixtieth birthday that she finally couldn't help but mention it again.
As soon as Ding Wei entered the gate of the palace this morning, he was intercepted by Lei Yungong, the enshrined in the east of the inner province.
"The Prime Minister is going to the early dynasty?" Lei Yungong said mysteriously.
"Naturally, today is the Queen Mother's birthday, and the old man went earlier, I don't know what Father-in-law Lei called when he intercepted the old man?" Ding Wei wondered.
"Prime Minister, the Queen Mother ordered the old slave to invite the Lord to go." Lei Yungong looked left and right.
"Father-in-law Lei, do you know why the Queen Mother summoned me today?" Ding Weiyi frowned and asked, is there anything important about calling herself to the Queen Mother of Time early? The Queen Mother hasn't trusted herself so much for a long time.
"Prime Minister, the miscellaneous family doesn't know either, the queen mother seems to have something on her mind these days, and a slave of the miscellaneous family doesn't dare to ask more, but occasionally I hear broken words as if it is a temple matter." Lei Yungong said while leading Ding Wei towards Cining Palace. He has always been good friends with Ding Wei, so Ding Wei knows everything when he asks him.
Ding Wei's hurried footsteps suddenly stopped after hearing this, and he muttered to himself in some surprise: "Liu Clan Temple? ”
Lei Yungong walked a few steps before he found that Ding Wei had stopped, and he couldn't help but turn around and urge: "Let's go, the Queen Mother is afraid that she is in a hurry." ”
Ding Wei's face changed, and a few thoughts quickly flashed in his mind, whether to go along with or oppose? He has been in officialdom for decades, and he has dealt with Liu E for more than ten years, what Liu E is thinking, he can guess by speaking bluntly. Liu E wants to build a temple, that is the precursor to becoming the emperor! She had this idea a few years ago, when the ministers fiercely opposed it, and the matter was finally stopped, but afterwards everyone thought that it was the queen mother who was bewitched by him, and Ding said that he had a hard time, so he could only carry the black pot once.
This time, the Queen Mother asked herself to go, obviously discussing the matter, wouldn't it be another time to carry the black cauldron? Ding Wei was a little distressed, because it was a thankless task for him to approve or disagree with. If he agrees with Liu E to build the Liu Clan's temple, it is tantamount to agreeing with Liu E to be the emperor, and at that time, I am afraid that my colleagues will scold him to death, and I am afraid that everyone in the world will poke his backbone. But if she opposes Liu E's establishment of the temple, the Queen Mother has been dissatisfied with herself in the past few years, and she has secretly reduced her own power, and she is also against her, which is tantamount to igniting fire**.
"Alas!" Ding Wei sighed, shook his head and continued to walk briskly.
When he arrived at Cining Palace, Ding Wei heard the voice of the Queen Mother through the screen, and she seemed to be talking to someone.
Ding Wei waved his hand and motioned to Lei Yungong not to report it first, he stood quietly behind the screen and listened with his ears sideways.
I only heard the Queen Mother ask: "What does Qing think of Empress Tang Wu?" ”
An old voice said aloud: "Don sinner! The fall of the Tang Dynasty began with this person. ”
Ding Wei gasped, this person is really bold, the Queen Mother asked so clearly, but he still answered so mercilessly, needless to say, this person must be the Chenglu Sect in the imperial history.
Sure enough, the Queen Mother fell silent after hearing this, and she didn't speak for a long time.
Lei Yungong looked at Ding Wei, Ding Wei nodded slightly, Lei Yungong understood, and gently walked out of the screen to report to the Queen Mother.
Liu E was refuted by Lu Zongdao just now and didn't know how to end it, when she heard that Ding Wei was coming, she hurriedly announced his audience.
Ding Wei secretly glanced at Lu Zongdao, who was standing proudly, and said in his heart: With this person here, his infamy today is even more condemned.
"The Prime Minister has come just in time, and the old man has some things he wants to discuss with the Prime Minister." Liu E said politely.
Ding Wei hurriedly bowed and said, "Queen Mother, please speak." ”
"The old man is also a person who is about to die after his sixtieth birthday, recently the Liu clan has repeatedly asked for the establishment of the Liu family's temple, to this day, the Liu family does not have a decent temple, the old body is the queen mother, and I feel very unhappy, I want to promise them, I don't know what the prime minister wants?" Liu E asked.
Ding said that the first is big, and the heart is really for this matter, the queen mother said it very politely, and it is just to build a temple, and it is really difficult for him to object.
"Since the queen mother came to power, the country has been stable, the people are rich, and the political achievements are outstanding, and the temple should have been built to comfort the ancestors." Ding Wei gritted his teeth and said.
As soon as Ding Wei finished speaking, Lu Zongdao's awe-inspiring gaze shot over, Ding Wei frowned secretly in his heart, but pretended not to be aware on the surface.
"Okay, since the Prime Minister also said so, then the old man will order them to start building." Liu E said pretendedly.
"The Queen Mother, since the beginning of this year, the Great Song Dynasty has repeatedly suffered from drought and floods, and the minister heard that the Guangxi region has suffered another flood, and the people have no harvest, and the imperial court has begun to prepare for disaster relief, and the treasury is not very abundant. Lu Zongdao couldn't help but stop him.
Lu Zongdao is sixty-four years old this year, although the old man is old, but his fiery temperament is still the same as it was back then, after he finished speaking, he looked at the Queen Mother with blazing eyes, waiting for her to respond.
Liu E's face was a little cold, this old man Lu is really hateful, he was rejected by him when he tried him just now, and now even building a temple is obstructed in every way, I really don't know what to do! But this Lu Zongdao is the middle of the imperial history, this imperial history is the leader of the imperial history, that is, the boss of all the officials, the officials are the only ones who are the first to look forward, and Lu Zongdao has always been upright, not afraid of power, the thing he believes is that the eight cows can't be pulled back, his temper is so strong, even when Zhenzong was in power, he was helpless.
Ding Wei really didn't want to touch Lu Zongdao's bad head, this Lu Zongdao didn't know how many times a year he impeached himself, this person was a stone in the pit that smelled and hard, but he saw that Liu E's face was a little unkind and looked at him, and he knew that he couldn't pretend to be dumb at this time.
"Lord Lu, this is wrong, the Queen Mother's move is also because of respect for filial piety, as the so-called filial piety comes first, how can you ignore filial piety because you spend a little money. The Queen Mother has worked hard for the state affairs of the Great Song Dynasty for more than ten years, and if she is a courtier, she will oppose even such a trivial matter, which is inevitably a little unkind. Ding Wei is really treacherous, either he doesn't open his mouth, as soon as he opens his mouth, he finds a high-sounding reason, and holds high the banner of morality, he has made up his mind, if this black cauldron has to be in the north, then simply take the initiative, and make the queen mother admit his love.
Lu Zongdao glared at him angrily, it was really shameless for the dignified prime minister to speak against his conscience like this.
"Lu Qing's family, the old body just wants to build a temple for the ancestors, and there is no other meaning, do you even have to oppose this?" Liu E's tone softened, and her eyes stared at Lu Zongdao expectantly.
"The minister is not against the queen mother, the minister ...... If the court asks the ministers to discuss this matter in the morning, if the other adults have no objections, Weichen will naturally have nothing to say. Lu Zongdao knew that Liu E had endured it again and again, and Ding Wei was present today, and he was alone, so he was obviously in a situation of suffering, so it was better to take a step back and wait until the court.
"Okay, as the Yilu Qing family said." Liu E smiled and nodded, she felt that since Ding Wei had publicly supported herself, the ministers naturally had nothing to say, Lu Zongdao was just looking for a step for herself.
Because of the 60th birthday of the Queen Mother, the ministers came early, and the birthday of the Queen Mother in previous years ended early, and then the ministers went to the Daqing Hall with the emperor to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday.
The ministers of Zichen Hall have been waiting for a long time, Zhao Zhen is also standing aside at this time, he saw the queen mother come out, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "The ministers welcome the queen mother, I wish the queen mother a long life and a long life." ”
As soon as Zhao Zhen finished speaking, the ministers said loudly: "I wish the Queen Mother, long life and a long life." ”
The queen smiled ruddyly: "The Qing family is flat." ”
"Today is the 60th birthday of the Queen Mother, and all the adults have something to do early, and they have nothing to do to retire." Lei Yungong said loudly with a sharp voice.
The ministers were silent, everyone knew that on this special day, they couldn't mention unhappy things, so they were silent for a while, Ding Wei stood up and said: "The Queen Mother's 60th birthday is a day of great joy, the Queen Mother has worked hard for the Great Song Dynasty all her life, and now the Liu family does not even have a decent temple, and Weichen proposed to build a temple for the Queen Mother's ancestors." ”
"Wow!" The ministers were in an uproar.
Everyone understands that the Queen Mother's move is by no means as simple as just building a temple, and the political implication after this is the most important, which is a signal!
Zhao Zhen was stunned, his face was a little unnatural, he looked at his mother with some disbelief, but Liu E glanced at the ministers and didn't take care of him.
Zhao Zhen was a little flustered in his heart, is it true that the rumor that the Queen Mother wants to be the emperor is true? No, how can a mother take away her son's country!
Zhang Shixun, Chen Yaozuo and others looked at Lu Zongdao in shock, he came out with the Queen Mother just now, and he was embarrassed when he saw him, obviously he learned the news in advance.
Seeing his colleagues looking at him, Lu Zongdao frowned secretly and shook his head lightly in response.
More ministers looked at Ding Wei, and some people were already whispering and nodding to each other, these people have always relied on Ding Wei's snort.
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