Chapter 240: Troubled Country
Empress Dowager Gao has always loved King Wu Rong, among all her children, the most intimate is King Wu Rong, she is reluctant to scold her, and the emperor actually shouts and kills!
When Song Shenzong saw the Queen Mother coming, the anger in his heart was even worse, because he saw King Wu Rong's smile and understood that this was a bureau, a bureau that transferred their mother-son relationship!
Empress Dowager Gao's power in the court is extraordinary, and almost all the ministers of the old school look to Empress Dowager Gao, which is also what Song Shenzong has to be afraid of.
"The Queen Mother! What are you doing here! Although Empress Dowager Gao said it was unbearable, Song Shenzong did not dare to contradict it.
"Humph! Shouldn't the mourning family come, should have heard the bad news of your imperial brother before appearing! Empress Dowager Gao was still angry, and a pair of phoenix eyes shot at Chen Qiaoqiao viciously! This demon woman, she had already known that she had killed her, where did she get so much trouble!
Although Chen Qiaoqiao knelt and didn't dare to raise her head, she could also feel the burning gaze and the thick murderous intent! She also knew that the dispute between the emperor and King Wu Rong was caused by herself, and it was strange that Empress Dowager Gao didn't hate herself!
"What is the queen mother's words, I just want to teach King Wu Rong a lesson, he has no respect for his elders, and he shouts in front of me, I can't punish him! In that case, what is the meaning of what the emperor did? The queen mother is so eccentric, have you ever thought about my feelings? is also the son of the queen mother, why does the queen mother stand on King Wu Rong's side all the time? Why? Is it that one day King Wu Rong wants to usurp the throne, and the queen mother will not hesitate to support it!? The queen mother will intervene in the major affairs of the government, and the queen mother of my harem will also interfere, and even if I punish King Wu Rong, the queen mother will intervene! I really don't know if this emperor is an ornament! ”
The resentment in Song Shenzong's heart finally couldn't help but explode, his steps were difficult, his restrictions everywhere, the biggest source was the Empress Dowager Gao, if it wasn't for the Empress Dowager Gao's obstruction, why would he be so anxious?
King Wu Rong suddenly shouted wronged, "The younger brother just wants to take away his sweetheart, how can the imperial brother say such a thing as usurping the throne, the younger brother doesn't dare to accept it!" All this is the fault of the younger brother, and please don't be angry with the queen mother! Song Shenzong glared at the Empress Dowager Gao, not at all moved by King Wu Rong's words, he just wanted to see today how partial he, the queen mother, was going to be!
Everyone lowered their heads to death, and they didn't dare to breathe, Empress Dowager Gao looked at Song Shenzong incredulously, and couldn't help but have a thick disappointment and sadness in her eyes, in the eyes of the emperor, is she like this? She knew that in the emperor's heart, she must be blaming her for blocking the change, but if it weren't for the fact that the change of the law caused everyone from the ministers to the people of Li to complain, how could she stop it! The emperor and Wang Anshi were in a hurry, the new law itself was also problematic, and the personnel were not properly employed, etc., and the result was a mess.
For example, the Seedlings Law stipulates that when the spring loan is repaid in autumn, the principal is 1,000 wen and the interest is 300 wen, which is very heavy. Wang Anshi was anxious to produce results, and the people he used forced the people to borrow in order to please him, and the people were unwilling to borrow because the interest was too heavy, and the people were angry and resentful.
If it weren't for the fact that the situation was so serious that it would shake the national capital of the Great Song Dynasty, how could she interfere in the government affairs!?
Her own son, of course, knew that Song Shenzong was an ambitious emperor who always wanted to recover the lands occupied by the Khitan and Western Xia, and repeatedly expressed on different occasions that he wanted to fill up the treasury and prepare for war. As a country that had been weak for many years, the idea of the new emperor was somewhat rushed. He urgently needs a prime minister who can support him in his big fanfare. The fame that Wang Anshi accumulated when he was a magistrate, he entered the emperor's field of vision, and his position was continuously promoted. One is in a hurry, the other is ambitious, and the two hit it off.
At the beginning, Empress Dowager Gao also had the attitude of giving it a try, but these two people were too eager for quick success! Not only the interests of the nobles and the royal family have been damaged, but even the common people are also complaining, seeing that the people's grievances are boiling, how can she not take action?
Empress Dowager Gao's heart is infinitely sad, her heart is pity, resentment and regret, pity Shenzong's improper use of people, impure law, resentment that he is loyal and treacherous, and is devoted to the newcomer, but he is bitter to the ministers of the humerus, regretting that the country's fortunes have declined, and the people's hearts and folk customs are corrupted and uncontrollable. Tears flowed uncontrollably.
The Great Song Dynasty was almost incapable of tossing in the hands of Song Shenzong, but Song Shenzong didn't know it!
"Hahaha, the emperor hasn't thought about the problem until now, he will only complain! Did the emperor ever think that the emperor had been in the country for more than ten years, and he had never slept a few peaceful nights! The emperor is indeed dedicated to the country, conscientious, and has no arrogance and luxury, but the more diligent he is, the more chaotic the country is, which is really an unprecedented thing! The Emperor had never thought about the reason!? ”
According to Song Shenzong's face, he suddenly turned white, his blood was completely gone, and his body shook, "I ...... Chaos in the country? He muttered unconsciously, and a trace of distress flashed in Empress Dowager Gao's heart, but she forcibly suppressed this trace of pity, today, she wants to completely wake up the emperor! Yes! The mourning family asked you, Yingzong was in power, and he did nothing, but the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the court was also harmonious, even if there was no war, in the hands of the emperor, the emperor was ambitious and worked hard, what was the result? The emperor should have the answer in his heart! Now the new faction and the old faction of the court are fighting to the death, although Wang Anshi left the capital, it seems to be the end of it, but the foundation has been injured, and the courtiers can't work together at all! And the life of the people, has the emperor ever gone out of the palace to see? Hunger is everywhere, and the displaced people are everywhere, this is the result of the emperor's hard work! Has the Emperor ever thought about it!? ”
Empress Dowager Gao said that Song Shenzong's biggest heart disease and tore apart this naked truth! Song Shenzong couldn't help but take a few steps back and sat down decadently, "I just saw that the Western Xia and Liao Kingdom were getting bigger and bigger, and I thought that I could enrich the country and strengthen the army, and flatten the Western Xia and Liao Kingdom, is it wrong for me to do this?" "This is also the pain in Song Shenzong's heart! He wanted to make some achievements and be a grand monarch to worship in later generations, but it backfired, could it be that he governed the country diligently, but he was wrong?
Seeing Song Shenzong's confused and decadent face, Empress Dowager Gao felt sour in her heart, if she hadn't heard that the emperor had repeatedly summoned the important ministers of the court, it seemed that there was something to do, she couldn't bear to tell the truth like this! However, if this Song Shenzong continues to toss like this, there is no hope for the Great Song Dynasty!
"If the country wants to be safe and secure, it is nothing more than judging the situation, ingenuity and scheduling. The emperor knows that all the ethnic groups in the north of the Saibei, for thousands of years, all dynasties have nothing more than cutting and soothing two strategies, and the prosperous times such as the Han and Tang dynasties are still winning together by means of harmony, and what they do is just to win decades of recuperation. The mourners thought that these people were nothing more than some people who invited merit and could not discuss the country with them. The hearts of all ethnic groups in the north of the country covet the heart of the Central Plains for more than a thousand years, as for today, the water outside the Saibei is abundant and the grass grows, the people are fast, and they are good at guerrillas, and their ferocity is more than twice as good as in the past. And this is the work of Master Ren in judging the situation, ingenuity and scheduling. ”
Empress Dowager Gao counted the strategies of the ancestors, "Only with peace, not with martial arts." Empress Dowager Gao continued: "The previous pilgrims did not do so, and it is not easy to talk about peace. In order to be the lord of the two sides of the enemy and us, not only the saint but also the tacit understanding of each other, Yelu Longxu and my Taizong and Zhenzong do not know each other, and they are each other's soldiers. Zong Zhen and Ren Zongye know each other, do not say anything about each other's dismissal, and use Li Yuanhao to check and balance in the middle, whether it is for the enemy country or the DPRK and China, it is an excellent rhetoric. Sect Master Ren knows Hongji better, so there are twenty years of peace between Grandmaster Ying and Lord Yuling, as for you, the emperor ......" Empress Dowager Gao sighed deeply, and finally couldn't bear to say that her son was stupid.
Song Shenzong's face became more and more pale and weak, "It's always better to fight with each other, so why don't I mean that." It's just that...... Seeing that the border areas are frequently harassed, the wasteland has been abandoned for thousands of miles, and the people are exhausted, how can the national dynasty always stand idly by...... "He himself feels that this argument is pale and powerless!" "The northerners are full of blood and food, coveting my rich fairy town in the Jiangnan River, how can it be a day? ! Harassment is naturally inevitable, raising soldiers without saying anything, this is the law seal of the country that Grandmaster Ren has painstakingly planned for decades, not only to control the border, but also to recruit Confucian soldiers in the army, but also to make up for internal affairs. However, this matter has so far, it is already a big tail, and the decline of the army has become a hidden danger in our country, which cannot be solved in a moment and a day. ”
Song Shenzong was speechless, Empress Dowager Gao's words almost refuted his decision-making, and made him have no courage to refute, because the unhappiness of the government has made Song Shenzong lose his confidence.
For Empress Dowager Gao's tirade, Chen Qiaoqiao was a little disapproving, although the Song Shenzong's change failed, and in his hands, the Great Song Dynasty was indeed decaying, but it can't all be blamed on Song Shenzong, this is caused by the general environment, besides, the change still has a positive significance, and the border things, hmph, if the Empress Dowager Gao knew that soon after her death, there was a Jingkang difficulty that would almost destroy the Great Song Dynasty, she wouldn't have said so. However, Yingzong and Shenzong are really not the heirs of Renzong, and it is only because Renzong has no children that Yingzong was elected as the crown prince and finally inherited the throne, so the strength of Song Shenzong is not enough.
King Wu Rong was also so frightened that he didn't dare to come out, his original intention was that Mrs. Gao would later reprimand the emperor, but he didn't expect that Empress Dowager Gao would say such a depth! In case Song Shenzong didn't listen, he would put this account on his head......