Cheng Muyang stood among the many students, holding his own book of Analects in his hand, and at the same time loudly expressed his demands, this time he came to the gate of the palace with 300 official students of Gewu Academy, as well as 3,000 audit students, and asked the people to pray for their lives together with the students of Guozijian and Taixue, asking the imperial court to abolish the old coins of the Liao State, so as to demonstrate the national prestige.

Regarding the petition of the students of Guozijian, Taixue and Gewu College this time, Cheng Muyang only learned from his friends Sun Lin and Wang Xun yesterday that as a hot-blooded young man, he also hated the humiliating New Year's coin, this time the imperial court destroyed Western Xia, and Northern Liao was no longer a threat, it just happened to be a good opportunity to abolish the New Year's coin and recover Yanyun, so when Cheng Muyang heard that some of the students organized to come to the palace to petition, he immediately agreed without hesitation.

Ouyang Xiu, who was standing on the side of the road, looked at these students in front of him, but a mixed expression flashed in his eyes, originally there was still a dispute in the imperial court about whether to cancel the New Year's coin, but after these students made a fuss, I am afraid that the court will no longer dare to oppose the cancellation of the New Year's coin, otherwise it will be scolded by the entire Shilin readers, after all, these students in front of them are the main body of Shilin, and their influence alone is limited, but when gathered, this force is enough to influence the decision-making of the imperial court.

The cancellation of the New Year's coin is a foregone conclusion, but Ouyang Xiu is still a little worried, first of all, these students will affect the decision-making of the imperial court after this petition, so will they come out to petition whenever there is anything in the future, this is not a trivial matter for the imperial court, after all, sometimes the public opinion is not necessarily correct, sometimes for more long-term considerations, the imperial court will make some decisions that go against the will of the people, and if these students come out to petition again, it will only make the imperial court fall into a predicament.

However, not everyone thought of Ouyang Xiu's worries. After hearing the demands of these students, some officials who supported the abolition of the New Year's currency showed excited smiles on their faces, while those who opposed it shook their heads and sighed.

Han Qi was also standing in the crowd, just now when he saw these students gathering in front of the palace gate. There was already a bad premonition in my heart, and now when I heard the demands of these students, my face suddenly became a little ugly, the cancellation of the New Year's coin will definitely make the Liao State make a retaliatory move, but now the strength of the Liao State has not recovered, and the Great Song Dynasty has shown extremely strong combat power in the battle of destroying Xia this time, so they will definitely not dare to provoke the Great Song Dynasty by force, so the best way is to cut off trade with the Great Song Dynasty. This is a big source of wealth for their family, and now that this first financial route is missing, I don't know how much impact it will have on the family?

In addition, Han Qi quickly thought that he had not received any news in advance of such a large-scale student petition, which was obviously very abnormal, unless someone secretly organized it and blocked the spread of some news.

Think of the above possibility. Han Qi raised his head suddenly, first looking at Ouyang Xiu in the crowd with a complicated face. However, he quickly shook his head, Ouyang Xiu has the strength to organize student petitions, but his personality is square, he will definitely not and disdain to do such a thing, and student petitions are not entirely a good thing, so Ouyang Xiu can rule it out. In this way, the only thing left that has the strength and reason to do this is ......

Thinking of this, Han Qi couldn't help but look up in the direction of the palace, and a lonely expression appeared on his face. He thought that he would support Zhao Shu to ascend the throne despite public opinion, and later persuaded Empress Dowager Cao to delegate power, so that Zhao Shu really grasped the imperial power, but he didn't expect that even if he made such a great contribution, in the end, in the face of this matter, Zhao Shu still chose to sacrifice his family interests, saying that it was the most ruthless imperial family, and it seemed that this was the case!

The holding of these students blocking the palace gate soon spread to the palace, and when Zhao Shu, who had long been dressed neatly, heard the news, he couldn't help but show a smug smile on his face, this method of mobilizing students was exactly what Zhao Yan told him, but although this method is good, there are also advantages and disadvantages, such as although these are beneficial to the imperial court, but in case these students are used by someone with a heart in the future, it is likely to cause a big mistake.

Originally, Zhao Shu was also very hesitant about this method of mobilizing students to petition, but later Zhao Yan proposed a remedy to him, although this method is very novel, but it can prevent the method of student petitions from being used by people with ulterior motives in the future, so Zhao Shu finally agreed to this method after thinking about it for a long time.

The method of mobilizing the students to petition, of course, cannot be done by Zhao Shu or Zhao Yan in person, Huang Wude and the people of the Imperial City Division are experts in this area, so Zhao Shu handed over this matter to Huang Wude, and as a result, under the activities of the Imperial City Division, the students of Guozijian, Taixue and Gewu Academy were all mobilized, and they also blocked the spread of the news, which also made Han Qi and the others not receive any news in advance, and when these students gathered in front of the palace gate, it was too late for Han Qi and them to do anything.

At that moment, Zhao Shu personally came to the city tower of Xuande Gate, and then personally summoned several student leaders, as a result, Guozijian, Taixue and Gewu College each sent one person as a representative, and climbed the city tower to express to Zhao Ji the willingness to cancel the New Year's coin, although Zhao Shu was very willing in his heart, but deliberately reprimanded these students with a straight face, and finally said that he would cancel the New Year's coin, and then let them go back to study with peace of mind, after all, for these students, completing their studies is the first priority.

Hearing with his own ears that Zhao Shu really promised to cancel the New Year's coin, this made the three student leaders also very happy, and after kneeling down to apologize, they immediately went down to the city tower to announce the good news, and as a result, thousands of students below also shouted Long live, and it slowly dispersed after a long time.

Since Zhao Shu agreed to cancel the New Year's coin in front of the students, there is no possibility of repentance in this matter, so Han Qi and the other opponents never mentioned the opposition after seeing Zhao Shu, but they all looked a little depressed, as for those officials who were in favor, they all raised their eyebrows, and they scrambled to speak in the court one by one, discussing how to cancel the New Year's coin, but Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi did not express any more opinions on this matter.

Finally waited until the end of the early dynasty, and also had a preliminary plan for canceling the New Year's coin, Ouyang Xiu walked out of the hall with some heavy steps, he was thinking about how to restrain those students this morning, so that they would not launch petitions lightly, so as not to be used by people with intentions, but he also had no clue about these things.

"Uncle Yong, in order to cancel the New Year's coin this time, the imperial court has really invested enough!" Just as Ouyang Xiu had just walked out of the main hall, he heard a familiar voice suddenly come from behind him, which made him smile bitterly, and when he turned around, he just happened to see Han Qi walking slowly towards him.

Seeing Han Qi walking towards him, Ouyang Xiu sighed helplessly and said: "Zhigui, the benefits of canceling the New Year's currency outweigh the disadvantages of the imperial court, you know this better than me, but although this time the student petition seems to be a clever move, it leaves endless hidden dangers, presumably Zhigui, you can also see it, right?" ”

"The hidden dangers must be more than the two of us can see, but the imperial court still did it without hesitation, which makes the old man very strange, is it possible to cancel the New Year's coin, and even the stability of the political situation can't be taken care of?" Han Qi sneered at this time and said, he was already a little dissatisfied with Zhao Shu in his words, but the officials of the Great Song Dynasty were like this, even if they expressed their dissatisfaction in front of the emperor, the emperor had no way to take them, which was also a spectacle in the history of the feudal dynasty.

"Zhigui, Your Majesty must have your own considerations, so you will make this choice, and if it weren't for your insistence on opposing the cancellation of the New Year's coin, I'm afraid Your Majesty Xià would not have made this decision." Ouyang Xiu helped Zhao Shu defend at this time, and also attributed the cause of this incident to Han Qi and others.

Hearing Ouyang Xiu say this, Han Qi sighed and shook his head, and then didn't say anything, and then left with his hand, in fact, he didn't know that the advantages of canceling the New Year's coin outweighed the disadvantages, but the interests of the family came first, if he chose to abandon the interests of the family and support the cancellation of the New Year's coin, I am afraid that he would be scolded by the people of the family, and even his children and grandchildren, and it was under this pressure that he would choose to oppose the cancellation of the New Year's coin, after all, he was not a saint who had no desires and no desires.

Ouyang Xiu looked at Han Qi's departing back, and also shook his head and sighed, in fact, although he disagreed with Han Qi's choice, it was understandable, after all, not so many people have the courage to give up the interests of the family, especially people like Han Qi who were born in a big family, you must know that their Han family is a big family in Hebei, it is said that there are tens of thousands of people, and the family will definitely face a lot of difficulties if they cut off the source of wealth for trade with Liao.

Because he was unwell, Ouyang Xiu did not go to the political hall after retiring from the court, but asked for leave to go home to rest, and the cancellation of the New Year's coin was a foregone conclusion, and he also got rid of a major heart disease, but the fact that the student petition made him look a little depressed.

When Ouyang Xiu returned home, Ouyang Wanling also deliberately asked for leave and did not go to the girls' school, but was going to stay at home to take care of her grandfather, when she saw her grandfather's sullen appearance, she thought that the cancellation of the New Year's coin had failed, and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her, but Ouyang Xiu sighed again, and then told Ouyang Wanling what had happened.

"Huh? Launching a student petition doesn't seem like the style of His Majesty, so how does it feel familiar? After Ouyang Wanling heard the whole thing, she muttered to herself with some doubts.

Although Ouyang Wanling's voice was not loud, it was heard by Ouyang Xiu, which made him stunned, but then he came to his senses, and said hatefully: "I know, Your Majesty and the prince will definitely not come up with such a solution, the only possibility is Zhao Yan!" ”

As soon as Ouyang Xiu's words fell, he saw a servant rushing to report: "Master Qiqi, His Royal Highness the King of Guangyang County has come to visit!" (To be continued......) R1292