Empress Dowager Liang was seriously ill, and most of the Western Xia reincarnators had already rushed back from all sides, and now they have not left.

So, when the seven star powerhouses decided to defect, and the charismatic twin sisters took the lead, the news spread instantly.

"Isn't there any benefit in surrendering the Great Song Dynasty?"

"Captain, Song Shenzong asked me to bring you a message, as long as you surrender to the Great Song Dynasty, you will be prosperous and rich, and the benefits will be great!"

……

"Do you want to join a group? I'm missing one person from here! ”

"What kind of group? Let's abandon the darkness and turn to the light, I heard that there is also the Nine Yin True Scripture! ”

"Hey, didn't you say Huang Shang's photo album?"

"Hey, I think I'm hearing cultivation notes?"

"Nonsense, it's obviously the Nine Yin True Scripture!"

……

"Let's go!"

"I'm the same!"

……

Evening.

Ichipintang.

Herlan Tiehan looked at the strange box of bottles on the table and asked, "What is this?" ”

The cronies announced: "It is a group of strangers who put it here, saying that it is a kind of wine from their hometown, called gin, and specially gave it to the hall master to taste." ”

Heran Tiehan suddenly realized that he was the best thing in the cup, and this was obviously a sycophant.

But he was not careless, and after letting people try the poison, he poured a bowl full of it and drank it bitterly.

Suddenly, a refreshing and extremely strong liquid spread down the esophagus and exploded vigorously in the chest.

"Good wine! Wine! Gin, I'll drink it from now on! ”

Heran Tiehan praised, bowl after bowl, and quickly finished one bottle after another.

After drinking, he hobbled forward, sat on the stone steps, watched the sunset on the horizon, and clenched his fists.

Yipintang is his hard work in the past 20 years, and he will not waver in the slightest when his family and country are in danger.

Thinking that within the Great Song Dynasty, there were also officials with a desire for profit who secretly sold the blueprints of sophisticated weapons such as the Divine Arm Bow to Western Xia, and he smiled contemptuously.

Look at Xixia, with one heart, you will definitely be able to tide over the difficulties!

……

……

Meanwhile.

Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo.

The Great Song Palace, inside the Chongzheng Palace.

"Your Majesty spares your life! Your Majesty spares your life! ”

looked at several court officials, they were dragged down like this, and all the officials were silent.

Just half a month ago, the record of the thief army that shocked the inside and outside came from the front line, and the Son of Heaven was furious and ordered Prime Minister Huang Shang to thoroughly investigate the matter.

Now is the result.

For the court officials alone, ten people were implicated, and I don't know how many heads will fall outside.

These people are not all traitors, some of them just accept benefits and are used as a protective umbrella.

But they will all be severely punished as national thieves!

Kill!

"Your Majesty! Never......"

However, what he did clearly angered the conservative faction, and Sima Guang stepped forward and began to petition.

More than a dozen court officials also stood up in unison, standing firmly behind Sima Guang, upside down but the immutability of the ancestral teachings.

When they finished talking nonsense, the one at the head of the hundred officials spoke, succinctly and to the point: "If you seek peace through compromise, you will not be able to achieve peace, and if you seek peace through struggle, you will be able to achieve peace!" ”

Zhao Ji on the throne responded immediately: "Huang Qing said well, if you want to live peacefully, many things can be tolerated, but for Xilu and Liao, you can't be soft at all, who dares to drag your feet and kill!" ”

Zhao Ji is only thirty-eight years old this year, but in comparison, his appearance is much older, the corners of his eyes already have clear wrinkles, and his hair is a lot whiter.

This is due to the fact that it is a matter of state affairs.

Since he ascended the throne at the age of twenty, he has not slackened for a single day.

Strengthening the country and the people is the process, and it is his goal to reproduce the legacy of the Han and Tang dynasties, and to be like Tang Taizong, become a martial artist, and become a celebrity through the ages.

And this day has finally come.

Since the Great Song Dynasty began to use troops against Western Xia, his spirit has been in an extremely high stage, sleeping less every day, and giving birth to flowers early, but he enjoys it very much.

Twenty years of sharpening a sword, how can you be calm, how can you be calm?

But looking at the prime minister whose face was still young and civil, Zhao Ji's impetuous heart gradually calmed down.

For Huang Shang, there is a reason why he trusts him wholeheartedly.

In the past, he rescued Zhao Shu and returned to Beijing to ensure that he ascended the throne, which was already from the dragon's work, and after ascending the throne, he did one more thing, that is, to ensure the safety of his heirs.

The sons of heaven in the Song Dynasty were all scarcity, and if Renzong was not a queen, it would not be his father Yingzong's turn, so Zhao Ji was very concerned about the issue of his children, and even suspicious, thinking that the prince of the Great Song Dynasty would die young, not because God did not care about it, but because it was artificial.

In the past, the Tang Dynasty started from the changes of Xuanwumen, and then the palace changed frequently, becoming the head of the past dynasties.

As for the Song Dynasty......

But now, he only died of his eleventh son, Zhao Ji, and the other sons are alive and well!

Isn't that proof?

Zhao Ji trusts this gentleman 100%.

But in order to stop the ministers, this gentleman did not marry a wife, did not have children, and lived a monotonous life, which has been the case for more than 20 years!

There can be twenty years in life!

Every time he thought of this, Zhao Ji's eyes moistened.

If you have a teacher like this, what more can you ask for?

A lifelong promise will be kept!

In view of this, those old ministers such as Sima Guang, who knelt on the ground and almost wanted to force the palace, became more and more disgusting.

In fact, Zhao Ji felt that these courtiers could have been cleared out a long time ago, but facts have proved that blindly dismissing officials could not solve the problem, but allowed these courtiers to win sympathy and resist from the bottom up.

Letting them show their incompetence and resign in disgrace is the most fatal blow.

However, some people are not incompetent, it is purely a matter of position.

They are bound to oppose those who completely stand in the interests of scholars and doctors, disregard the country and the world, and support the law.

Because the change touched the interests of scholars, redistributed resources, and strengthened the country and the people.

In the eyes of these courtiers, this is the way to self-destruction, and the Son of Heaven should rule the world with the scholars, what does it have to do with the people?

How can the interests of scholars be used to satisfy the demands of the common people?

This extreme mentality, which was cultivated after the Great Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military force for a hundred years, was the biggest obstacle to changing the law.

It was not until the successive victories of foreign wars that the mouths of the scholars were stopped, and many reasonable people turned to support.

When the country is strong, the people are strong, and instead of holding on to the existing territory, it is better to open up and obtain greater resources.

In the past, the Great Song Dynasty could not benefit from the victory, and the land was lost and the reparations were lost, which made people see no hope, but now it is time to change their thinking.

So the camp of the peacemakers continued to shrink until not so long ago, when they died out on their own.

The remaining conservatives, although advocating war, still clinged to the old ideas, and it was a group of courtiers with Sima Guang as the guard.

Among them, Sima Guang is also the prime minister, and he is a member of the same Zhongshu Sect, and a scholar of Jixian Academy, so he is very capable of tossing.

At this time, Zhao Ji looked at Sima Guang's gaze, just as Yingzong Zhao Shu looked at Prime Minister Han Qi back then.

He doesn't say anything, just looks at you.

Sima Guang met the gaze of the Son of Heaven and closed his mouth.

The meaning was so clear that he begged for bones.

These three words sound unlucky, but they actually mean asking for resignation, asking for the bones to be buried in their hometown and returning to their hometown to spend their old age in peace.

Generally speaking, the Son of Heaven will also seal his courtiers to show his success.

If you don't know the fun, you can ask Han Qi, whose bones are cold.

Looking ahead, the back that was very indifferent from beginning to end, making the Son of Heaven charge, Sima Guang's body trembled, slowly lowered his head, and never said a word again.