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Yujin Garden, was built in the period of Zhou Shizong after the fifth dynasty, expanded in the early Song Dynasty, located outside the Nanxun Gate, Huimin River passes through the garden, there is the Temple of Heaven inside, it is the place of worship of the emperor in the southern suburbs; Yujin Garden is also known as the South Imperial Garden, the South Qingcheng, the scale is very large, there are the palace of the city in the garden, a hundred pavilions and a thousand pavilions, the forest is dense, the northeast corner of the park is a zoo that specializes in raising rare birds and beasts that are paid tribute by foreign countries, raising elephants, peacocks, sika deer, cranes, etc., and has the characteristics of the garden and miscellaneous mulberry.

When the negotiation delegation led by Yang Yi arrived in Xiangzhou, a major news came from Tokyo:

On the third day of the first month of March, the emperor went down to the Dragon Court, went out of the Xuande Gate, went all the way south along the Royal Street, crossed the Zhou Bridge, went out of the Nanxun Gate, entered the Yujin Garden and ascended the Temple of Heaven to hold a grand ceremony to worship the sky.

Every year, the imperial court will hold such a big ceremony in the southern suburbs as usual, and high-ranking officials above the third rank can also get a place of grace on this day, and those children of high-ranking officials who are unable to pass the imperial examination can be promoted through grace.

The difference this year is that when Zhao seems to be in the southern suburbs, he officially announced Zhao Jie, the son of the Holy Empress of Celi, as the prince; This move was opposed by Han Wei, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Fan Chunren, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Zheng Yong, the servant of the Criminal Department, Liu Fengshi, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Wu Shaozu of Taifu Temple.

In addition, Zhao Zongchu, the king of Nanyang County, Zhao Zongyou, the king of Chengcheng County, Zhao Zonghan, the king of Ankang County, Zhao Ji, the king of Suining County, Zhao Zongjing, the prince of Qiguo, and others are even more opposed; Even Zhao Zongxuan, the seriously ill king of Jian'an County, also spread the word against Zhao Ru's rash decision to establish the prince.

Although the matter of establishing the reserve was finally passed with the support of the new party;

However, this caused the undercurrent of the capital to be turbulent, and a cadre of the royal family joined together, headed by Zhao Zongchu, the king of Nanyang County; and then combined with Zheng Yong, Liu Fengshi and others, the contact between them became more and more frequent; Although Zhao Zongchu and others have no real power, they are the same generation as Emperor Yingzong, and their bodies are respected.

This kind of honor is not enjoyed even by Prime Minister Zhang Dian and Second Prime Minister Su Song; In the past two years, those old party officials who had been suppressed by the iron-fisted methods of the new party did not dare to speak up became active again, and they came to the table one after another to criticize the new policy; Some used various excuses to resist the implementation of the New Deal; In addition, they collected some ** and misdeeds of members of the New Party and impeached them.

The members of the New Party were impeached for occupying civilian land to build a house and removed from office, and were demoted to Dingtao Zhi County.

Last year, Lai Zhishao, a member of the New Party who was newly promoted to the right attendant of the Criminal Department, was impeached and forcibly bought the daughter of the advocate family as a concubine and removed from his post, and was demoted to the judge of Chengdu Road in Lizhou.

Before the capital knew it, a huge political storm was brewing and fermenting, and it would burst out at any time, and no one could predict how powerful it was and what kind of big changes it would cause.

Zhao seems to be fourteen years old this year, Zhao seems to be the same as his mother Concubine Zhu, they are all cowardly personalities, Concubine Zhu has always been angry about the new party's pursuit of Gao Taotao, and she is unwilling to accept the title of the queen mother for this reason; This woman is used to it, no matter what Gao Taotao has done, she thinks it should be, because Gao Taotao is a mother-in-law and an elder. And the New Party instigated Zhao Xu to chase after Gao Taotao, which is a big rebellion; Therefore, although the New Party has been defending her, she does not think so, she thinks that it is the New Party that has put her on the fire and roasted her, making her a rebellious and unfilial person who is reviled by the world.

And Zhao seems to have a personality similar to Concubine Zhu, and he was greatly influenced by Concubine Zhu, which made the old party see an opportunity again; Once Zhao seems to be in power, it is the best time for the old party to turn over, including Han Wei, they have poured a lot of effort into Zhao Qi, hoping to change the process of the new deal one day by influencing Zhao Qi's thoughts.

This may be the real reason why the old party and the imperial family are active again.

Zhang Dian is a good prime minister, Zhang Dian acts toughly, and his iron blood is good, but all his toughness is based on integrity, he chases Gao Tao, he wants to dig Sima Guang's tomb, this is all because Zhang Dian is sure that Gao Tao and their sins are unforgivable.

He usually does things for people, but he never covers up lawlessness and appoints private individuals.

This point is definitely not to deliberately beautify Zhang Dian, in the original history, the old party included Zhang Dian in the "Traitorous Ministers", but he also has to admit his personal integrity and uprightness.

Therefore, people like Shao and Xingshu were impeached by the old party, and everyone knew that the old party was fighting back, so how could Zhang Duan cover it up? The same can only be depreciated, depreciated.

In fact, in officialdom, if you really check it carefully, how many butts are clean?

Regardless of anything else, for example, Su Dongpo traveled with hundreds of prostitutes in Hangzhou at one time and wrote a few good poems, which were praised as a grand event and talked about with relish; The question is, if Su Dongpo is an ordinary literati, as a court official, is it really suitable to take hundreds of prostitutes on a trip? Where does this big expense come from?

Even if Su Dongpo didn't use public funds to have fun, he accepted other people's banquets, but as an official, if you accept such a grand banquet from others, you owe people favors, and in the future administration, because of this kind of entertainment relationship, it will inevitably tilt all government resources.

So to put it all together, few officials can pat their chests and say that they don't have a fart in their buttocks, and the difference is only in the size of the harm.

Now that the old party is hiding in the lower echelons to dig up the stains of the new party members, and wantonly attack, once the matter is stabbed to the surface, it is impossible for the imperial court not to be punished, but in the long run, the new party members may all have to be demoted from the court.

After Yang Yi learned of the situation in Beijing, he was very worried, and his trip back to Beijing suddenly accelerated, and it took two days to arrive in the capital from Xiangzhou; After submitting the Song-Liao Peace Conference to the imperial court, Yang Yi went to the Prime Minister's Office that night.

Zhang Dian met him in the study, Zhang Dian had just relaxed a little some time ago, and now although there was no emotional change on his clear face, a wrinkle between his eyebrows was deeply locked.

As soon as Yang Yi sat down, Zhang Dian said: "Ren Zhi can talk about the peace treaty to this extent, the old man is very relieved, in this way, my Great Song Dynasty can also put aside my worries and concentrate on dealing with the changes in Western Xia." By the way, how long do you estimate that the Hindrance Department can still contain the Liao State? ”

Yang Yi smiled quietly and said: "This is not easy to estimate, but it is impossible for the Liao State to quickly exterminate the Divination Department, Mobei is vast, and it is not difficult for the Liao State to find the Divination Department inside, but it is difficult to encircle and suppress it!"

Moreover, the Liao army is now limited in combat power, and the same strength may not be the opponent of the long jurisdiction, the Liao army is assembled in large numbers, and the obstruction department can completely avoid the battle without fighting, as long as the long jurisdiction does not make a faint move, it is enough for the Liao State to be busy for a year or two. ”

While pondering, Zhang Dian stroked his long hair, and after a while, he said again: "The situation in Western Xia is becoming more and more chaotic, and there are three thousand tents attached to the Great Song Dynasty among the Hengshan Qiang tribe; Just received the news the day before yesterday that the Western Xia Sheng captured the sergeant and assassinated the prime minister Liang Gefang, causing Liang Gefang to seriously injure his left arm.

But the old man estimated that this was bound to intensify the contradiction between the party clan and the Liang family again, and this was a good opportunity for the Great Song Dynasty; You proposed to attack Liangzhou before, but the old man suppressed it, and it is better to wait for the civil strife in Western Xia at this time, if the Great Song Dynasty sends troops at this time, it may give the Empress Dowager Liang an opportunity to resolve the domestic crisis. ”

Yang Yi hugged his fists and said: "Yes, Zhang Xianggong is far-sighted, and I can't do it." ”

Zhang Dian smiled faintly: "It's good that you don't have a mustard in your heart, by the way, this time the Liao State compensated for the 100,000 war horses, the imperial court decided to form 50,000 cavalry, the old man thought about it again and again, Wei Ming Ah Wu and Ren Duo Baozhong's military talents are very outstanding, and they are good at cavalry combat, so the old man intends to let the two of them train these 50,000 new cavalry, what do you think?" ”

Yang Yi was stunned when he heard this, and then he had to admire Zhang Danlai.

The military talents of these two people are really good, they are worthy of being famous generals in Western Xia, and being captured by Yang Yi was just an accident; Moreover, the Great Song Dynasty really can't find many generals who are more skilled in cavalry combat than these two, so let them train the newly formed 50,000 cavalry and maximize their useful value; Even if Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu have any thoughts, but the soldiers and generals under them are all Song people, and their desire to launch a mutiny is tantamount to a fool's dream.

More importantly, these two people are famous generals in Western Xia, and no matter how high their titles are, they will not have much internal shock to Western Xia, and other Western Xia generals will only think that the Great Song Dynasty is just putting them under house arrest and captivity; But if the two of them are given such a high substantive position, it will be completely different, and those unwilling generals within the Western Xia will think that Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu were captured and were so reused by the Great Song Dynasty, so if they took the initiative to join them, would the treatment be worse?

Now that the Western Xia is in turmoil, with Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu as examples, it is likely to drive a large number of Western Xia people to join the Great Song Dynasty, further aggravating the chaos in the Western Xia.

Zhangdun's move can be said to kill two birds with one stone, and the role of Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu has been brought into full play.

Thinking of this, Yang Yi smiled, looked at Zhang Dian and nodded without speaking.

Zhang Dian also smiled, he knew what Yang Yi's purpose was, and after talking about it for so long, Yang Yi was not in a hurry or impatient, which made him very appreciative, and then he said: "Ren Zhi came here to understand the matter of Lichu, right?" ”

Yang Yi nodded again, he also knew before that Zhang Dian had many concerns about Zhao Jie as the prince and deliberately delayed, but now Zhao seems to have suddenly announced the establishment of the prince at the southern suburbs ceremony, if it were not for Zhang Dian nodding, the new party would not have been able to vigorously support it, and it would have been impossible for the prince to pass.

What caused Zhang's sudden change of attitude? It must not be a small problem that can make Zhang Dian compromise, which is what Yang Yi wants to know most when he comes here.

Zhang Dian frowned again and said, "Empress Shaosheng suddenly decided to let Fan Chunren take the exam!" ”

In this sensitive period, Enke's examination is very important, and Empress Shao Sheng's sudden appointment of Fan Chunren as the main examination will send a lot of unusual information to the entire Great Song Dynasty, and the reaction caused by it may shake the ruling of the new party.

(To be continued)