In the splendid Wende Palace, a fierce debate made the entire hall like a pot, and what made the ministers unable to argue was the proposal to let the Western Xia generals Bao Duo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu serve as the chief general of the newly formed cavalry.

During the pre-Tang Dynasty, it was common to appoint Hu as the commander of the army, and the former Tang Dynasty paid a heavy price for this.

The Great Song Dynasty was very apprehensive about this, and Emperor Taizu once said: No matter how greedy, evil, and bastard the civil officials I sent to govern the place, even if they only know how to exploit the people all day long, it is not as bad as a military general's rebellion.

It is precisely because of this scruple that the Great Song Dynasty has never relaxed its control over military power for nearly 150 years; The post of inspector in front of the palace was cancelled, and the three prefects were often vacant; Generals are regularly transferred, and the army is regularly changed, so that the soldiers do not know the generals, and the generals do not know the soldiers; Including when Shenzong was fighting Xia, he actually appointed two commanders, all of which were to prevent the military generals from having too much power.

During Wang Anshi's time, in response to the drawbacks brought about by these policies, the Art of War was introduced, which was later abolished by Sima Guang, and the Art of War has not been fully implemented so far.

As for the attitude towards foreign generals, the Great Song Dynasty was even more cautious, and basically no aliens could hold important military positions; Now it was suddenly proposed to let Rindo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu be the commanders of tens of thousands of cavalry, even if the prime minister Zhang Tun proposed, it was still opposed by many ministers; Opponents even include heavyweights like Li Qingchen.

In fact, many people also know that under the current Great Song Dynasty military system, even if Renduo Baozhong and Wei Ming Ah Wu are appointed as commanders, they will not be able to order this army to cause chaos, but as Li Qingchen said, once the mouth is opened, I am afraid that it will become bigger and bigger in the future, and we must take precautions and put an end to such a precedent.

Before this matter could be contended, I suddenly heard a loud singing voice from outside the hall: "Da Zongzheng, Kaisheng Army Festival Envoy, Kaifu Yi and the Three Divisions, His Royal Highness the King of Nanyang County are here!" ”

I saw an old man in his sixties walking into the palace gate, wearing a beam crown, a jade belt around his waist, a scarlet county king costume, a clear face, long hair and slightly spots, holding a jade wat board and walking into the hall in four directions.

The kings of Nanyang County are respected, because they are given swords to go to the palace, they do not enter the court, and they are not named, and he only bows lightly to Zhao and Queen Liu, and Zhao seems to have to hurriedly let him be exempted.

The king of Nanyang County is not in the court, his sudden arrival calmed down the debate in the palace, and all the officials looked at him quietly, the king of Nanyang County turned a blind eye to everyone's eyes, he Shi Shiran walked in front of Yang Yi, looked up and down and said: "You are the Tianzhang Pavilion attendant Yang Yi." ”

Yang Yi saw that this old guy was actually coming for him, and he was secretly awe-inspiring in his heart, and replied cautiously: "Back to the king of Nanyang County, the next official is Yang Yi, I don't know what the king of the county has to teach?" ”

This question and answer from both sides seems to be commonplace, but it makes all the ministers in the palace suddenly hold their breath, the status of the king of Nanyang County is respected, and the non-major dynasty will not show up easily, and now he will find Yang Yi as soon as he comes, which in itself is enough to make everyone guess.

It was Zhang Dian who was standing in the front row, and he frowned slightly, obviously, Zhao Zongchu, the king of Nanyang County, this is a good person who does not come, and a person who comes is not good!

Sure enough, I only heard the king of Nanyang County say loudly: "This king has no right to interfere in politics, so he doesn't dare to teach him. ”

Yang Yi just wanted to be modest, but the king of Nanyang County suddenly flicked his big sleeves, his beard was opened, and he roared awe-inspiringly: "Yang Yi! This king asks you, why did the eldest princess of Kang become a monk? What happened in the Northwest? What exactly did you do to Princess Kang? So much so that she escaped into the empty door at a young age! This king is a great sect, and this matter involves the royal reputation, and this king has to ask for clarification. Yang Yi, please answer this king! ”

The king of Nanyang County sternly asked, the majesty was as if the gods were inviolable, and the two stark eyes shot at Yang Yi's face like a sharp sword, and the momentum was extremely compelling, as soon as his roar fell, there was a burst of "Buzz!" in the hall. The sound is like countless bees flying in the main hall.

Yang Yi's face was silent, but in fact, his heart had turned over the river and the sea, he couldn't tell this matter even if he had a hundred mouths, it was good that Zhao Xu was there, and Zhang Xuan and Su Song helped him around, at most, he was scolded by Zhao Xu in private, or punitively degraded to his official position.

But now, the king of Nanyang County, in his capacity as a great sect, disregarded the reputation of the eldest princess of Kang and stabbed this matter to the court, which clearly sharpened his knife Huo Huo and wanted to cut him down.

Yang Yi's heart turned, and he replied slowly: "His Royal Highness the County King, I am innocent with the eldest princess of the county country, and there is nothing unseemly. ”

"You still know about the royal reputation?" The king of Nanyang County was furious, pointed at Yang Yi's door and shouted: "My royal reputation has already been ruined by you!" This king asks you, if you have nothing to do with the eldest princess of Kang, why did she insist on becoming a monk when she came back? You say! ”

"This ......"

Yang Yi really doesn't know how to explain it, but Yang Yi is definitely not willing to sit still, the king of Nanyang County stabbed out the matter of the eldest princess of Kang Guo, it is nothing more than trying to stink himself and bring himself down, if the other party attacks with other things, although he will also fight back, but he will not be so resentful, this time the king of Nanyang County can be regarded as the reverse scale that really touched him.

He looked back at the county king of Nanyang coldly, and replied in a deep voice: "Why did the eldest princess Kang become a monk, the lower officials don't know, His Royal Highness the county king can ask the eldest princess Kang in private about this matter, you came to the court to ask the lower officials, so why did the eldest princess Kang face the world?" Is His Royal Highness the King of the County trying to force Princess Kang to death? Your Royal Highness, you've gone too far!

It doesn't matter how you slander the next one, but in order to achieve an ulterior motive, His Royal Highness the King of the County actually took the reputation of the eldest princess of Kang and the reputation of the royal family as a bet. ”

"Yang Yi, you are so bold, you have done such a dirty thing, and you dare to accuse this king, you are simply lawless!" The king of Nanyang County was dismissed by him, his face turned blue and white for a while, and he was so angry that he waved his palm at Yang Yi and beat him.

Yang Yi retreated, avoiding his slap, no one expected things to develop so quickly, and the solemn court meeting actually moved, including Empress Liu, everyone was stunned.

At this moment, I only listened to Liu Fengshi, the secretary of the Dali Temple, and said: "Your Majesty, Empress Shaosheng, as far as the minister knows, before the first emperor left, he had issued a decree to recruit Yang Yi to return to Beijing, just to settle this matter, but unfortunately the day is not a holiday, the first emperor suddenly made a big trip, Yang Yi was protected by some people, and escaped severe punishment. ”

Su Song and Li Qingchen wanted to avoid suspicion in this matter, and it was not easy for them to go out of class to speak, only to see Zhang Dian Zhiwat out of class, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, Empress Shaosheng, as far as the old minister knows, before the first emperor's great trip, he did issue a decree to recruit Yang Yi to return to Beijing, but the holy will is to recruit Yang Yi to return to Beijing to report on his work, may I ask Lord Liu, where did the first emperor recruit Yang Yi to return to Beijing to be accountable?" Please take out the clear text of the record. ”

Liu Shifeng smiled coldly and said: "The first emperor did recruit Yang Yi to return to Beijing to report on his work, but imagine that Yang Yi had served in Huanzhou for less than a year at that time, what reason did the first emperor have for recruiting Yang Yi to return to Beijing to report on his work?" If this is the case, the will should be drawn up by the Ministry of Chinese Books, and the remarks should be archived. There must have been a last resort for the emperor's decree. ”

The New Party is not a fool, and it already knows that today's move by the King of Nanyang County is actually the same as the impeachment and punishment of Shao, which is simply an attack on the members of the New Party; Before it was Xing Shu and Shao, now it is Yang Yi, who will be the next turn?

Zhang Shangying and others are all people who "do everything to eliminate evil", and they have long been unpleasant to Liu Fengshi's "remnants" standing above the court.

At this time, seeing him pop out again, Zhang Shangying and the others could not bear it, only to see Zhang Shangying hurrying out of class, glaring at Liu Fengshi angrily and said: "Lord Liu is probably crazy because he wants to try the case, right?" The matter mentioned by the king of Nanyang County, even if Lord Liu wants to deal with it as a case, there must always be a sufferer and a plaintiff, right?

The king of Nanyang County was just asking Yang Shi about the reason why the eldest princess of Kang Guo became a monk, and Yang Shi said that he didn't know, so he should go to ask the eldest princess Kang, if the eldest princess of Kang said that Yang Yi had any blasphemy, it would not be too late to ask Yang Shi about the crime; Lord Liu jumped out at this time, who do you want to interrogate? Is the trial of Dali Temple so arbitrary? Your Majesty, Empress Shaosheng, the minister wants to impeach Liu Fengshi, the secretary of Dali Temple, for abusing his power and committing crimes indiscriminately! ”

As soon as Zhang Shangying's words fell, the imperial envoys Liu Hai and Luo Ding, and Lin Xi, a member of the Zhongshu House, also went out to impeach Liu Fengshi, and Liu Fengshi became the target of public criticism for a while.

At this time, the king of Nanyang County stepped forward, looked around at Zhang Shangying and others, bowed to the throne and said: "Your Majesty, Empress Shaosheng, no matter what Yang Yi did to the eldest princess of Kang, there is no doubt that he has blasphemed the royal dignity, and the eldest princess of Kang is indeed because of Yang Yi, the first emperor did not have time to ask for guilt, and now it is necessary to thoroughly investigate Yang Yi's crimes, and to clarify the legal code to comfort the emperor's soul in the sky." ”

This matter is extremely tricky, Queen Liu didn't know what to do for a while, she forced her calm and asked Zhao Rudao: "What do the officials think should be done?" ”

How does Zhao seem to know what to do? With a red face and a bewildered face, Su Song, who was the left servant of Shangshu, came out of class at this time and said: "Your Majesty, Empress Shaosheng, this matter involves members of the royal family, and the old minister suggested that Yang Yi be suspended first, and then Yang Yi should be dealt with after low-key inquiry and verification by the Ministry of Internal Affairs." ”

Su Song also had no choice but to favor Yang Yi, so he could only minimize the impact of this matter and let the Ministry of Internal Affairs investigate it than let the Foreign Court investigate it with great fanfare.

As soon as Empress Liu heard his suggestion, she didn't think much about it and said: "Su Xiang's words are reasonable, and this matter will be handed over to the inner and inner provinces to investigate!" Well, this is the end of the matter, and you can't wait for any more disputes. ”

(To be continued)