Chapter 70: The Primary Struggle for Power in the Rear of the Western Expedition (I)
The original repair in the Imperial City of Lin'an was very good, and the rainy season did not cause water accumulation. Officials and wives dressed in beautiful clothes passed through the palace with beautiful umbrellas and arrived at the palace where the party was gathered. Naturally, the gifts still have to be given, knowing that the Queen Mother has no way to return the gift because of poverty, the gifts given by everyone are used at home.
Li Tingzhi's wife said with a smile: "Queen Mother, in a while, my grandson will go to Jiangxi to take up my post, and I will go with my grandson." At that time, there will be no way to see the Queen Mother again. ”
"Jiangxi...... It seems to be far away. Empress Dowager Yang sighed. I don't know if it's regret or envy in the tone. If it was before, Empress Dowager Yang probably just had some regrets. As she came into contact with the outside world more and more, the uneasiness in her heart gradually calmed down. With this calmdown, Empress Dowager Yang became more and more uneasy about the authoritarian Zhao Taiwei.
Leaving Lin'an to Jiangxi, it takes thousands of miles to travel. However, compared to living under the strong pressure of Zhao Taiwei, perhaps escaping from Lin'an is also a good choice.
"Queen Mother, if you are in the court, you have to listen to so many court affairs every day, where do you have the heart to care about the distance. Besides, if the Queen Mother is in the court, she will definitely be able to hear the news from Jiangxi. Li Tingzhi's wife calmly persuaded. Li Tingzhi's opinion of Zhao Jiaren also affected Mrs. Li. Since Zhao Taiwei wants to abuse power, Li Tingzhi's wife hopes to have a force that can oppose Zhao Taiwei.
In the current Great Song Dynasty, only the Queen Mother has such natural power.
The cadres are all the personal individuals of Zhao Taiwei, and they are completely based on Zhao Taiwei's horse. The people who came to meet the Empress Dowager were all the wives of Jinshi officials, and their relationship with Taiwei Zhao was just colleagues. Therefore, the views put forward by Li Tingzhi's wife were naturally approved by these Jinshi ladies. Since these people have no reason to give in to Zhao Jiaren, of course they will choose the way that is most beneficial to them.
Listening to the women's narration of you and me sentence by sentence, the situation of the Queen Mother's arrival in the dynasty was described more and more clearly. Empress Dowager Yang was really moved. After sending away these noble ladies, Empress Dowager Yang first coaxed the little official's family to sleep, and then sat alone in the house. Frustrated, she opened a bottle of rum, took out beef jerky, and poured herself a drink.
After a glass of wine, Empress Dowager Yang felt a little overhead. At that moment, familiar footsteps could be heard outside. It was Zhang Shijie's footsteps when he led the troops to patrol the night, how many frightened nights, hearing Zhang Shijie's footsteps, Empress Dowager Yang felt that someone was protecting her, and her heart settled down. And every time she saw Mrs. Zhao, Empress Dowager Yang seemed to face a sharp blade out of the sheath, which made her frightened for several days before she could recover.
There is something on the mind. Empress Dowager Yang couldn't help but order the personal palace maid to go out, and after a long while, the personal palace maid took Zhang Shijie into the living room of the Empress Dowager Yang. After retreating, Empress Dowager Yang said to Zhang Shijie: "Commander Zhang, now many people say that they want me to come to the court. I wonder if Commander Zhang thinks this is appropriate? ”
"Queen Mother, you ...... Why bother yourself......" Zhang Shijie sighed.
Women can instinctively understand who is thinking from her point of view, and she actually knows very well that those women are pleading with her. But she was scared. Zhao Taiwei, who became a lone man at the age of thirty-five, had no reason not to want to go further. Listening to Zhang Shijie's words, Empress Dowager Yang felt aggrieved and couldn't help but sobbed in a low voice.
Looking at the beauty under the lamp, the light and shadow make the sister paper more beautiful. Zhang Shijie looked at the appearance of the Empress Dowager Yang's pear blossoms with rain, and the pity in his heart was great, he couldn't help but get closer, and said in a low voice: "Queen Mother, if Taiwei Zhao is unfavorable to the Queen Mother, the last general must fight to the death to guard the Queen Mother." But those women are not speaking for the Queen Mother, they are speaking for themselves. ”
Empress Dowager Yang stretched out her hand to hold Zhang Shijie's arm, and said in tears: "Commander Zhang, the mourning family is not trying to make profits for others, the mourning family is just afraid. ”
Zhang Shijie looked at the appearance of Empress Dowager Yang, and felt pity in his heart. He grabbed Empress Dowager Yang's shoulder, and the two of them met their eyes. After a pause, Empress Dowager Yang gently pushed Zhang Shijie away, retreated to her seat, sighed softly and poured herself another glass of wine.
A few days later, Zhang Shijie, the commander of the forbidden army, publicly stated that now that the situation has been settled, it is inevitable that the queen mother will come to the court. When such a minister responsible for protecting the safety of the Queen Mother spoke, a group of officials immediately followed up, and the group of people who studied Taixue also shouted. Soon a public pressure was created at the top to restore the old system.
Zhao Jiaren himself actually didn't think much about Empress Dowager Yang's, and in the face of challenges at this time, he had to pay attention to this matter. Of course, he didn't like the Queen Mother's arrival, but he couldn't find a reason to stop it. After all, Empress Dowager Yang has the right to make this request. Of course, there are people who are speaking now, and many more who are not speaking. Zhao Jiaren's pressure is not big enough.
After the news spread, Sima Kao ran to find his uncle Xu Yuanzhi. After meeting, Sima Kao bluntly put forward his opinion, "Uncle Shi, I think the Queen Mother is doing this, and it is clear that she wants to reduce the power of the Taiwei." ”
"What's the use of thinking?" Xu Yuanzhi asked rhetorically.
"Huh?" Sima Kao was stunned, he didn't expect Xu Yuanzhi to answer like this.
"It doesn't matter what the Queen Mother thinks, besides, even if she gets the road to see, can she still make people slander? I've never heard anyone do anything like that. Xu Yuanzhi added.
"But after the Queen Mother arrives in the court, she has to decide on big and small matters." Sima Kao made the key point.
"What's in it for the Queen Mother?" Xu Yuanzhi asked again.
"She's right!" Sima Kao replied very decisively.
"If she is obedient now, everyone will have no objection to her. If Empress Dowager Yang was perverse, would no one say that she was by Duzong's side back then, but she couldn't stop Duzong's absurdity? Xu Yuanzhi said it very bluntly. He was too lazy to talk nonsense about his teachers and nephews.
Sima Kao is also a smart man, and he immediately got to the point. It turned out that he was wrong.
What if the Queen Mother is in the court. Every one of her wrong decisions can be greatly magnified, and at that time it was the Queen Mother's immorality. And what else can an unethical queen mother do except honestly hand over power, and then shrink in the palace and keep her mouth shut? If the snake doesn't come out of the hole, Taiwei Zhao still has to be careful, if the snake comes out of the hole, every action of the Empress Dowager Yang who is exposed to everyone's eyes can be magnified tenfold and hundredfold.
"Thank you Uncle for your advice." Sima Kao was overjoyed and wanted to say goodbye, remembering the recent training course of the society, Sima Kao asked, "I don't know if Uncle Shi has anything else to ask me?" "Politely speaking, as long as Xu Yuanzhi says 'no', Sima Kao can leave immediately.
"Yes!" Xu Yuanzhi replied decisively: "I don't know what your criminal department thinks about the rape of Song this time. ”
"It's okay to do everything. The legal principles, the laws, the laws, and the meaning of the law, plus the fact that we can't trace them, we haven't found a universal method yet. Sima Kao also replied very simply.