Chapter 294: Chaos in the Court (I)
When he was on a mission for the first time, Bai Xing was in the light and Su Feiyang was in the dark. He personally saw that he had killed the target with serious injuries in vain, and his full steady, accurate, and ruthless interpretation was very wonderful.
Since then, Su Feiyang has put his mind at ease, and when he handed over the task to Bai Xing, he didn't bother. But usually, unless it is an important goal, he will not teach his own disciples.
Bai Xing came out intact every time and returned with injuries. Until recently, the injuries on his body have been getting milder. And this time, Su Feiyang came, not to let the apprentice kill, but to let the apprentice protect his son.
"Remember the little master, he has grown up now, and he has become a fourth-grade official of the imperial court, hehe, the glory of the ancestors. Next, he may have some trouble, Bai Xing, do you know what to do? His thoughts turned around and returned to reality Su Feiyang spoke.
"The apprentice understands, please rest assured, as long as the apprentice is alive, he will never let anyone hurt a single hair of the little master." Bai Xing raised his head and said assuringly.
"Very well, here's a letter that will prove your identity. If one day you are discovered by the little young master and take this out, he will naturally believe you completely. And before that, you still follow him secretly and make a shadow first. ”
A written letter was delivered to Bai Xing's hands, Su Feiyang also turned around, and said earnestly, "Bai Xing, the world outside is big, very exciting, you have grown up, the master has nothing to teach you, and then everything depends on you to experience, to understand, go." ”
This means that the master and the apprentice are about to separate. Bai Xing also understood the meaning of this, this is not like going out to complete the task before, and he will return, this time I am afraid that the return date will be very far away.
Thinking that in the past fifteen years, he had not been separated from his master for too long, and Bai Xing also felt a trace of reluctance in his heart. But when he thought of being able to go out of the back mountain and see the wonderful world outside, he had some expectations in his heart. "Master, take care."
With his head lowered, he knelt down on one knee and on both legs, and kowtowed three times to Su Feiyang.
"Go ahead, don't let the master down." After throwing down such a sentence, Su Feiyang turned around and slowly left, looking from a distance, his figure didn't seem to be as straight as before. Bai Xing, who is already in his forties, is no longer young in this era.
And now his closed disciple, Bai Xing, who has peerless strength, is about to leave him.
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Bianliang City, Imperial Palace, Vertical Arch Palace.
Today is the day of the Great Dynasty Meeting, all the officials above the fourth grade in Beijing will rush to the court, look down from the direction of the Jinluan Palace, crowded, a good picture of civil and military officials to pay homage.
Zhang Mao threw the dust in his hand behind him, and when he shouted the four words of the emperor's driving road, there was a voice of congratulatory greetings above the court, "Ministers and others see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live." ”
The shouts shook the sky, as if they were about to overturn the lid of the vertical arch hall, until the people in it felt their blood gushing.
The people who can stand here are the top ones in the Great Song Dynasty. It is no exaggeration to say that these people can decide the future direction of the Great Song Dynasty, and they can decide whether the Great Song Dynasty will be peaceful or war, poor or rich.
"Zhongqing is flat." Zhao Zhen, who was dressed in a red imperial suit, sat on the dragon chair, looking at the crowd below, and felt a feeling. At this time, he couldn't help but feel that the heroes of the world were all in my place.
The excited look on his face was gone, this is what he wants to become more and more powerful under his guidance, only after a hundred years will he have the face to see his ancestors.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." After all the courtiers said in unison, they raised their heads one after another. Zhang Mao saw the opportunity and shouted loudly, "Something to play early." ”
"The minister has his own music." As soon as the words fell, a courtier wearing a purple second-grade official uniform walked among the courtiers, "Fan Zhongyan, the governor of the minister's staff, has a plan to play." ”
This has been discussed a long time ago, and what the court will solve today is the implementation of the new policy. With the fermentation of a year, the reform has entered the most critical period, and it is time to make a final decision whether the Great Song Dynasty will change and become richer and stronger because of the new policy.
Fan Zhongyan stood up, and with the board in his hand, he began to speak at length of his own.
The courtiers below stood there and listened, some nodded in agreement, some shook their heads in rejection, and some of them did not change in their faces, so that it was impossible to see what they were thinking in their hearts.
Zhao Zhen, who was high above, was listening to Fan Zhongyan's report on the surface, but his eyes were looking at the faces of the courtiers, and he wanted to take the opportunity to observe it carefully, whether he could see everyone's thoughts.
Those who can stand above the court are the most elite people in the Great Song Dynasty.
One by one, they are monkey-like characters with a stick in their buttocks, how can they easily express their thoughts on their faces?
It was destined that Zhao Zhen's actions were useless, and after a while, Zhao Zhen gave up this method of observation, thinking in his heart, why didn't everyone support the New Deal? Could it be that the Great Song Dynasty is stronger, won't everyone's life be better?
Zhao Zhen didn't want to think about it, even if Fan Zhongyan's new policy was implemented, could it really change the status quo of the Great Song Dynasty?
For a person who has already been sick and poisoned, what is the effect of just treating the surface? If you really want to change the Great Song Dynasty, you must be ruthless, you must be ruthless, and you must dig down pieces of big carrion.
And this kind of craftsmanship is difficult to do with Zhao Zhen's character, so the New Deal is just a joke from beginning to end, and it is just the dream of some idealists.
Fan Zhongyan, who was dreaming, didn't think so, he still stood there and made a generous statement, in his words, after the reform, the Great Song Dynasty will become extremely powerful, and will become a very perfect ideal world that will only appear in dreams.
"Report!"
While Fan Zhongyan was still depicting his beautiful pictures, a shout resounded in the court, disrupting his statement and attracting everyone's attention.
At the beginning of the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, there was a rule that once there was an emergency war report at the border pass, it was 600 li or even 800 li when the urgent war report was made, it must be sent to the palace as soon as possible.
When such a thing happens, no matter what the emperor and his ministers are doing, they must stop, listen to the newspaper first, and come up with a solution.
Suddenly there was a six-hundred-mile urgent battle report outside, Fan Zhongyan couldn't go on, although his face was very unhappy, but he didn't dare to provoke Zufa.
Zhao Zhen on the dragon chair also became focused at this time, "Quickly bring up the battle report." ”
The lieutenant Zhang Mao immediately agreed and ran down the Jinluan Palace. The other courtiers were also struck up at this time, guessing each other's contents of the battle report, and they were wondering, is this the battle report from the north or from the west?
Most people think it's the West, and it's about the affair with Western Xia. After all, the Liao State in the north has just been tossed by Su Shi, and now it should not have the strength to invade the border.
On this side, the battle report was taken by Zhang Maoze, turned around and strode back, returned to the Jinluan Palace, and respectfully presented it to Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen stretched out his hand to take the battle report, and opened it anxiously, and after a while, the sound of laughter came out of his mouth. "Okay, okay, Su Tianyou really didn't disappoint me, when he returned to the Liao Realm, he actually met Wu Yu, a famous general of Western Xia, and after the two fought, they all annihilated each other and took off each other's heads." m.
"What? Wu Yu was killed. ”
Above the court, there are some intellectuals, or courtiers who have held important positions in the Western Army, of course, they are very familiar with Wu Yu, a famous general in Western Xia, which has caused them a lot of headaches.
Unexpectedly, he was killed by Su Shi.
One by one, the courtiers first showed a look of disbelief, and then they didn't know who reacted very quickly, and suddenly said loudly: "Everything is caused by Your Majesty's blessing, the ministers are Your Majesty's congratulations, and the good generals of Su Shaofu are really the blessings of the Great Song Dynasty." ”
Someone took the lead in saying this, and the other courtiers, whether they wanted to or not, all agreed: "The ministers congratulate Your Majesty, get the good general of Su Shaofu, and the blessing of the Great Song Dynasty." ”
The courtiers just finished saying this, and they were waiting to listen to Zhao Zhen's laughing voice of satisfaction, but they didn't want Zhao Zhen to suddenly change his attitude, and then saw him angry and said: "Bastard, bastard, I don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick after making some contributions, and I actually killed a four-rank prefect without a will, it is really lawless, lawless." ”
Obviously, the book first reported Su Shi's achievements, which was also the result of Bao Zheng's discussion with Wang Xin.
Reporting good news first and reporting bad news is also a trick often played by courtiers. In this way, often when the emperor is angry and punishes crimes, he will not make any heavy moves.
After reporting that Su Shi killed Wu Yu, a famous general in Western Xia, he told how He Yuan, the prefect of Zhending, and his brother-in-law bullied the family members of the Su family, which finally aroused Su Shi's anger and fought hard to kill him.
How He Yuan bullied the people, Zhao Zhen didn't care. In fact, there are some Diao people everywhere, they always ignore the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, and for such people, as magistrates, they have the power to kill and take away.
There are many times when you don't do this, you can't convince the public, you can't establish your own prestige, so how can you talk about managing one side?
Besides, even if He Yuan made a big mistake, he was also the minister of the imperial court and the prefect of Zhao Zhen's own order. Even if such a person makes a mistake, he should first hand it over to Dali Temple and the Criminal Department for interrogation, and finally hand it over to the Ministry of Officials to deliberate a result, and finally send it to Zhao Zhen, who will choose how to punish the crime.
This is the process that should be done for courtiers. Otherwise, wouldn't it be just a joke to share the world with scholars?
But now, without interrogation or advice, Su Shi killed a Sipin prefect.
Some people died, but not completely......