Zhao Ji couldn't understand it, and said, "Queen Mother, please give advice." ”

"Such a scandal cannot be found out whether it is true or false, if the minister is defended, it is better not to report it and let it disappear. If you ask, it is impossible to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and truth may not be false, and what is false may not be true, and the reputation of the scholar will be damaged in the end. Gao gushed a few words.

Influenced by the dialectics in Zheng Lang's Confucianism, everyone will come up with two tongue twisters.

Zhao Ji finally understood this time and slowly retreated.

This is what makes Zheng Lang the most satisfied at the moment, Gao Taotao is not very power-conscious now, if he uses it properly, he is a good assistant. But there are a lot of bad things, such as huge debts, and the main thing is people. Now Zheng Lang's students, friends and believers are all over the world, but they are not a monolith inside, such as Sima Guang and Zhang Fangping, everyone's resentment against Zeng Gongliang, and the disagreement between Fu Bi and Wang Anshi.

There are many questions.

But he still has a lot of preparations in his heart, but Zhao Ji is like a dizzy fly at the moment, and he doesn't know what to do.

Zhao Ji summoned Jiang Zhiqi to ask, no matter what, you must have at least some ambiguous evidence in your hands. Jiang Zhiqi bowed to the ground and said: "This is the minister learned from Peng Siyong in the imperial history, Peng Siyong was afraid of Ouyang Xiu's power at the beginning, and did not dare to speak, and the minister heard that the country's finances were poor, and this was a loss in the book, so he wrote down the matter, and the manuscript was also shown to Peng Zhongcheng, and then said that the state affairs, Peng Zhongcheng's forehead agreed. The minister is not trying to escape Ouyang Xiu, but for the country. ”

Zhao Ji didn't make a sound, and sent someone to summon Peng Siyong to confront him.

Whether Ouyang Xiu has such a thing or not, it doesn't matter, what matters is that he releases a signal and sees the reaction of the ministers.

Peng Siyong took it to the Yonghe Hall and looked at Jiang Zhiqi, feeling happier in his heart. At least let the emperor be cautious. It may not be possible to bring down Ouyang Xiu immediately. But this is already different from the former emperor. He replied slowly: "Your Majesty, this is the private affairs of the curtain, and it is not appropriate for outsiders to know about it, so as not to ridicule the court." ”

Zhao Ji's forehead. is right, it is not good for the father-in-law to pick up the ashes, and it is even worse to pick up the ashes when the son is alive, and it will be passed out. It was Ouyang Xiu's joke and the laughing stock of the Song Dynasty's court.

Peng Siyong said: "Since Your Majesty summoned the ministers, the ministers thought that Ouyang Xiu was the first to build Puyi, and violated the ceremony to offend the anger of the public, and it is not appropriate to be in the government on this basis, otherwise the country will be in danger." It is difficult to govern the minister with a lawsuit, but the first person to discuss the Puyuan incident is angry. ”

Zhao Ji was expressionless, but he was actually happy in his heart, and said, "In this way, you will submit the performance to the Privy Council for deliberation." ”

The book can't be asked. I can only let Xifu ask.

But can Xifu agree? Don't forget that there's also Wen Yanbo, but it doesn't matter. It just so happened that Zhao Ji could clearly see the movements of the ministers.

Xifu received two recitals and was silent.

In this matter, Wen Yanbo still has the usual attitude, disapproving and not opposing.

Ouyang Xiu soon knew, he was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, and he played to himself: "The strange slander of the ministers is the ugly behavior of the beasts and beasts, and the great evil that the world does not tolerate, if the ministers have it, it is the great evil of the world, and if there is no great injustice, if it is not punished, if it is wronged and not snowed, then it is tired of the holy government, and its body is not fine." Begging for the ministers of justice, justifying the ministers, and then interrogating the strange things of the ministers' boudoirs, why did they spread out? According to what he points to, he can be searched, and if he is exhausted, he will see the truth and the false. ”

In fact, saying it is the same as not saying it.

is to find Xue Liangru, where will Xue Liangru get specific evidence?

Mainly in the previous sentence, if the beasts do not do ugly deeds, heaven and earth will not tolerate great evil, which is equivalent to making an evil oath.

Whether it's true or not, it's a mystery, Zheng Lang doesn't necessarily think it's true, it's possible that Ouyang Xiu was sloppy and a little ambiguous with Wu Chunyan, but nine times out of ten his incest case is true, one is that there are poems that can be vaguely proved, and the other is that Ouyang was middle-aged at that time, and he was in good health, and the people of the Song Dynasty had the bad habit of loli control, what happened was reasonable.

At the moment, not many ministers are involved.

It's not just the case of picking up ashes, yes, it doesn't matter, no, it doesn't matter. The ash picking case is a trivial matter, but the attitude of the imperial court towards Ouyang Xiu.

It's all on the sidelines.

There are many people in the court who are disgusted with Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu, but Sima Guang is presiding over the provincial examination and can't come out, Zhang Fangping has always been a widow and a lonely person, Zeng Gongliang is an honest person, and misunderstandings often think that he and Han Qi are all the way.

Therefore, no one participated in this major event.

There is only one person, Sun Sigong.

Sun Sigong was disgraced in the bank prison, and no one blamed him, Han Qi asked him to do this, how dare he disobey orders, besides, he was the emperor and the emperor twice, and his identity should not be underestimated. Sun Sigong used his unique identity to try his best to rescue Ouyang Xiu.

Later, the history books said that Sun Sigong admonished and the emperor was enlightened.

Enlightenment, if he is really enlightened, Ouyang Xiu and his father will be the deputy ministers of the two dynasties, and his father will be a powerful general, and he will have dismissed Peng Siyong and Jiang Zhiqi from the court a long time ago, so why not deliberate again, the more trouble will become. The two of them walked around from Xifu, and Zhao Ji saw that the minister was silent, and he was a little hesitant in his heart. Therefore, he took the two pieces back, and handed the self-identification chapter written by Ouyang Xiu to Zhongshu, so that Peng Jiang and Jiang had the names of the messengers to hear.

Han Qi knew in his heart, it seemed that the emperor wanted to bow his head, so he immediately summoned the three of them in and asked Peng Siyong.

If you face Zhao Ji, Peng Siyong still dares to say it, do you dare to say it in the face of Han Qi? And Liu Jin and he are fellow villagers, the two have always had a good relationship, he is the middle of the imperial history, it has nothing to do with nonsense, if Liu Jin is confessed, it is for Ouyang Xiu to kill the monkey Liwei. So I said that the words were hearsay, and I was too old and faint to remember the name of the preacher. Besides, the ancestral family law Xu Yushi heard about things, so Guang is smart. Besides, when you were the Imperial Historian, you did not do any less rumors. If you have to ask where he came from, and blame him for it, then he will not hear it in the future, and I would rather be resigned than be able to block the words of the Son of Heaven. Speaking of which, the voice changed, it doesn't matter whether it's true or not, the ministers and friends are tyrannical, this is not the blessing of the court.

Even if what we say is false, you have gone too far and are you fake?

When it comes to Ouyang Xiu, they are all smart people, and they have to grasp the importance well, whether the book is a friend or not, and the truth of the interview is specially met in advance, since there is no name of the person who is conveyed, it is framed, and the book says: "Zhiqi was falsely accused of great evil at the beginning." In this issue, the imperial court is even more poor. That is, there is a dispatch. and cumulative cross-examination. I am afraid that if I point out the name of the person who said it, the court will push it, and I will see the falsehood, so I keep it secret. The government of the ministers. The state system was unfortunately framed in vain, but it was only up to the court to investigate the truth and make the crime come to fruition. ”

on the book. Dissatisfied, Zhao Ji was silent.

To strike iron, Ouyang Xiu took advantage of the heat, and Ouyang Xiu connected three letters.

There is also a lover of the victim, Wu Chong, and the center of the scandal is Ouyang Xiu, and the other is his daughter. Ouyang Xiu is not enough, it is about his daughter can not be in a hurry, so in the last chapter, he begged the court to distinguish between truth and truth, and clearly showed the world, so that the portal would not be insulted in vain.

Everyone remained silent.

I can't figure out Zhao Ji's mentality.

Zhao Ji couldn't figure out everyone's mentality. After all, Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi are almost one, and there is also Wen Yanbo as a wise man. Sitting in the West Mansion to think deeply, under the compulsion, he made further concessions, and approved the next line of words on the Chinese book: Where the court has a small loss, so Xu Bo discussed and heard. How can it cause great evil, so that it is supported by rumors? It is advisable to order Siyong and others not to quote and say in vain, with the name of the person who conveyed it and the reason for what they have heard, and clearly based on what they have heard.

Zhongshu was satisfied with this line of words, and forced Peng Siyong even more.

Peng Siyong was helpless, so he had to say against his will: "The ministers treat the criminal constitutional government, and if they hear about it, they will discuss it with their subordinates, so they will talk about the reason for the rumors, but it is ambiguous and untrue, and the strange ones who have been warned do not say anything, and there is no escape from the crime." ”

Jiang Zhiqi was also disappointed, and said: "This matter can be stopped by Siyong, so it is heard from above, if the minister does not use the wind to talk about the minister's affairs, the minister is willing to discuss with Siyong." ”

That's better, you kid is more hateful than Peng Siyong, let's go together. Han Qi explained the matter and said: "This case is clear, it is the second minister who slandered Ouyang Xiuye, please make a decision to Your Majesty." ”

Zhao Ji had no choice but to write to Ouyang Xiu: "In the past few days, those who have spoken have been slandering Qing with great evil, and I have not been relieved." Therefore, several batches were issued, and it was criticized for its origin, and there was no way to report it. The day before yesterday, I saw Qingqing's text, and I tried to distinguish it, so I quoted it. Today, it has been deposed, and it is still in the court, so that China and foreign countries know that it is false. The reason is clear, and the doubts are also explained, and it is advisable to treat things as they were as before, without a preface. ”

Peng Siyong was demoted to Huangzhou, and Jiang Zhiqi was degraded to supervise the liquor tax in Daozhou. Daozhou understands, in the north of Wuling, Shengman accounts for half of it.

A few days later, Zhao Ji regretted it again and said to Wu Kui: "Jiang Zhiqi dares to speak, but what he says is ambiguous, he is guilty of his delusion, and he wants to reward his daring." ”

Wu Kui and Bao Zheng are ministers of the same generation, and for Han Qi and Zheng Lang, they belong to the later generation, but compared with more rising stars in the court, they are still old ministers of the three dynasties. He said five words: "It is difficult to reward and punish at the same time." ”

Rewards and punishments can go hand in hand, but behind the truth of the whole thing, it is not whether there is ash picking, but outside the ashes.

Punishment means to maintain the Chinese book, and reward means to start with the Chinese book. Even dare to reward a case of picking up ashes that is difficult to distinguish between true and false, it is conceivable that once the precedent is opened, how many twists and turns will there be in the world of impeachment?

Zhao Ji was silent.

Zhao Ji and the ministers continued to play the game of guessing cats, Han Wei tried to explore three things on the ground, one is to listen to the government as a last resort, but the ruling is given when the major matters are urgent, and the rest should be broad; The two consuls are ministers of the two dynasties, and it is advisable to be sincere and courteous, and consult on everything to do their best; Each of the three hundred deacons has his own duties, but he should be responsible for doing his best, and if the king acts on behalf of the minister, it will be the most degraded. At the end, he said: The major events of the world should not be done suddenly, and the people and kings should set up their own successes, but they should be cautious. He also commented on Teng Shizi's funeral rites for Mencius, because he changed the rites in later generations to make sarcasm.

It seems to be saying good things for Zhongshu, but in fact, it is not, it is to admonish the power of Zhongshu to be withdrawn to the emperor, or to be re-delegated to various institutions.

Now the emperor is not the original sick emperor, and Zhongshu can no longer listen to the government as before.

Zhao Zhen Jiana.

However, he was still not satisfied, Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu had controlled the government for many years, and if the ministers did not attack in groups, they would be very jealous. Why did he repeatedly release a certain mind, and the ministers did not understand?

He's still very frizzy, and it's only been less than two months since he succeeded to the throne, and God knows what he thinks in his heart?

It was Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu, who were only faintly uneasy, and they didn't think of anything else, let alone other ministers.

At this time, Fu Bi said that he was sick, but Zhao Ji repeatedly issued edicts and had to let his son be helped from Luoyang to the capital. In fact, it's not that he doesn't want to come, he can't get Han Qi, Han Qi is still in the middle book, and he came to the capital to find humiliation, why bother.

Zhao Ji didn't know what to do, and when he heard that Fu Bi had arrived in Beijing, he deliberately approved Fu Bi to take the shoulder court, and was supported by his son and helped into the small hall from the inner east gate.

Fu Bi entered the hall and wanted to bow down, but Zhao Ji immediately stopped him and said, "Fu Gong." See you later. Allow them not to worship. ”

Just like the Eight Kings. You don't have to bow to you.

Zheng Lang once boasted that this person was the only true gentleman among the important ministers of the court, and he was also a real old minister of the three dynasties. Therefore, not only let him see the king and not worship. Instead, he performed a discipleship salute.

Fu Bi didn't dare to "get sick", so he hurriedly returned the gift.

The two returned the salute to each other, and a warm current finally arose in the hearts of the old rich comrades.

Zhao Zhen is not polite, since he is a gentleman. There is no need to hide it anymore, and said: "Rich man, now the country's finances are scarce, and it is unimaginable. ”

Hurry, can you not be in a hurry, Wang Tao is back, this is also a minister who can be trusted, so Peng Siyong is down, Wang Tao is on it, and he is the right doctor to advise the right doctor Quan Yushi Zhongcheng. Then it is connected to the temple. Zhao Ji personally wrote that there were four big characters of virtue, and he gave it to Wang Tao. He also said to Wang Tao: "What is a virtue, it is the heart of me and Qing, and it cannot be changed." ”

Wang Tao wept bitterly.

Zhao Ji helped him up, and then talked about this finance, Wang Liaojin advised him to listen carefully, reward and punish, reprimand the people, Ren Zhengshi, and then use the feelings to persuade the people to persuade the farmers, first thrift is always the wind in the world, and then the art is limited to the art soldiers.

The army cannot be allowed to swell, as long as it swells, no matter how good the country's finances are, it will be tight.

Obviously, these policies will not satisfy Zhao.

It's like a person who owes 10 million in debt, and then asks him to work hard and be simple, and earn dozens of oceans a day by setting up a small stall to repay this debt, can it be done?

Therefore, as soon as Fu Bi came, he mentioned this finance.

As soon as Fu Bi heard it, he knew that Zhao Ji wanted to make a big deal, and said worriedly: "The likes and dislikes of the human lord cannot be spied on, but if it is measurable, then the traitor can be attached. ”

Zhao Ji heard it in a fog and said: "I saw that the country's finances were tight, so I asked Zheng Gong, and Zheng Gong said that I could ask Fu Gong. ”

"On the way of management, no one in the world can know what to do, how can you say this?" Fu Bi was blinded.

"I don't know, the country is serious, it's not a public imagination, and I can't hide it," Zhao Ji said humbly, not to be called a secretary, but to be called a public, very respectful.

Fu Bi was still a little confused, and said: "Economic matters, if Xingzhi can't solve them, I'm afraid it's hard to find people in the world who can solve them." But in the opinion of the minister, the likes and dislikes of the lord cannot be seen by outsiders. ”

"I still don't know, why don't people in the world vote for the favor of the emperor in the Puyi dispute?"

"That's different, the first emperor destroyed the etiquette law, without the etiquette law, the country could not be established, the throne could not be respected, the outline was often broken, the world collapsed, Your Majesty should take a look at the etiquette books that Xingzhi cultivated. However, His Majesty saw the financial destruction and wanted to change the new rule and make the economy better, which was what Ming Jun did. ”

"Exactly, is that wrong?"

"Good intentions can also do wrong things, Your Majesty, wasn't Fan Xiwen kind in the past? Isn't Renzong kind? Why did the Qingli New Deal fail? This is also a hidden pain in Fu Bi's heart, and he said: "Because the king is happy, he is in charge of reform, and the officials below are indiscriminately agreed, and they can't control the way of balance, so they stir up the world." The intention is good, the intention is also good, although the strategy is wrong, but most of them are also good, and even Xingzhi can't oppose it back then. But in execution, it's not the same thing. This is the failure of Qingli's new policy. Therefore, Xingzhi has been in charge of the two mansions for more than four years, and he is cautious and cautious, and there is little commotion. Now His Majesty sees that the finances are tight, and once he wants to make a plan. The officials below will inevitably go along with the accumulation of wealth. If you can hold the golden mean, it's fine, Guan Jian doesn't have a few people who can control this art of balancing the golden mean, even if he is a knowledge, he thinks that he has many mistakes, let alone other ministers. As soon as Your Majesty has indicated something, and one or two more radical ministers are used, I will be in the midst of even greater turmoil. ”

"Do you want to sit back and watch?"

"There is a law, use virtuous ministers, and don't say anything for ten years."

In history, Fu Bi said a sentence, Your Majesty has not been in the throne for a long time, when Bude is benevolent, I am willing to be silent for 20 years.

This is simply unacceptable to Zhao Ji, who wants to make a difference. This decade and twenty years, it is precisely because of Zheng Lang that the time is a little shorter. Zhao Ji disagreed very much in his heart, but Zheng Lang solemnly recommended Fu Bi, and asked patiently: "Please explain in detail." ”

Originally, Fu Bi in history did not have a detailed explanation, but it was also because of Zheng Lang that he made a detailed explanation this time.

said: "Your Majesty, the country's finances are in ruins, and we must not correct it too quickly, the interests are widely implicated, and if we correct it quickly, there will be more conflicts, and there will be more riots in the world." It is only a correction, at least three or four years of work. Then manage carefully, Ren Xianjin, then you can accumulate tens of millions of dollars a year. It will take at least six or seven years to pay off the debts of the world. If you want to hurry, you can't reach it, once you want to rush to work, the act of celebrating the calendar will be repeated. ”

This is exactly what Zheng Lang values Fubi.

Shi Fubi said it, but Zhao Ji didn't listen. So he used Wang Anshi to change the law, one was in a hurry, the other was frizzy, and the result was a bad thing with good intentions. But in other words, whoever is the emperor, can he not be anxious when he sees this deficit?

If you are a little slower and more careful, with the foundation of the Northern Song Dynasty, it may not be far beyond the time of the rise of Xiaozong.

Fu Bi said: "There is a premise for this, within these ten years, there must be no soldiers. Once there is a military incident, the expenses used are often calculated in hundreds of millions of dollars, and major events will be carried out. As for Western Xia, if you want peace, you only need 100,000 yuan a year. There is no need to use the name of the year, then the Khitan will inevitably come to extort again. Only in various names to reward, loyalty is given more, and rebellion is not given or less, forcing Western Xia to be peaceful on the border. One hundred thousand yuan is a huge amount of money for Western Xia, but what is it to my dynasty? Of course, there can be no peace, and the ministers are also against peace. If you want to use soldiers, ten years later, look at the country's financial situation, if there is a surplus, the elite soldiers will select generals, and in one fell swoop, Kexixia, so that the northwest will be peaceful. Therefore, the minister said that soldiers should not be used for ten years. ”

Explained clearly enough. Fu Bi said again: "One person must be reused in the middle, Zheng Xingzhi also." ”

He also couldn't figure out Zhao Ji's mentality, at this time and that time, Zheng Lang was good to Zhao Ji at that time, but Zheng Lang opposed the Puyi dispute several times, and the relationship with the first emperor was faintly discordant, God knows if the emperor will reuse Zheng Lang?

Many people thought that Fu Bi's words were weak, but if there was no Zheng Lang, Fu Bi's opinion was the most sober understanding of the Song Dynasty in the whole country at that time.

Zhao Ji has been educated by Zheng Lang for more than a year, but he is still a little unwilling, at least on the surface, what Fu Bi said is too soft, he said: "Fu Gong, I will show you the account book." ”

Let people say that Han Jiang took the general account of national revenue and expenditure.

Fu Bi opened it and flipped through it, only looked at it for a while, cold sweat was dripping, Fu Bi's eldest son Fu Shaoting was worried that something would happen to his father, so he wiped Fu Bi's sweat with a handkerchief, but he was also curious in his heart, what did his father see, he glanced at it with his eyes, only glanced for a while, his hand with the handkerchief on Fu Bi's forehead stopped moving, and cold sweat also broke out on his head.

It wasn't until Fu Bi couldn't stand it anymore and rubbed his head that Fu Shaoting came to his senses. Fu Bi asked, "How much is the deficit?" ”

"The situation is erosive, the deficit above, and the deficit of the officials below is even heavier, I don't know, there may be more than 200 million, there may be 300 million, maybe more than 300 million."

Fu Bi had a splitting headache, he didn't expect the situation to be so serious, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "The two mansions can't be used." ”

Not only Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu, but even Wen Yanbo and Zeng Gongliang and others can no longer be used. And he said, "This account shall be made known to the world." ”

He is still very sober-minded, and if he wants to eradicate all the ministers of the two ministries, just a case of picking up ashes will not work at all. But to consider the emperor's thoughts, after speaking, he looked at Zhao Ji with his eyes. Zhao Ji hesitated slightly, and said for most of the day: "Zheng Gong wrote a secret recital to me, saying that the first emperor was seriously ill, and all government affairs were entrusted to the two governments, and the financial corruption was like this, which was the loss of the two governments. But if it is publicized, the stakes are high. ”

Don't think that if you push the responsibility on Han Qi, you will be fine. Once pierced, it will cause a sensation in the world. Thinking about the time of the river work, the country's financial situation was good, Pang Ji worked hard for two years, and after another four years of operation, he still owed a lot of debts, and he barely completed the river work. That is, when the financial situation is very healthy, it will take eight years to barely scrape together the money used by the river workers. Now that the country's finances are deteriorating, how much money does it take to cover this shortfall?

If you don't break it, once you break it, you don't know what kind of storm it will cause. (To be continued.) )