Chapter 288: Wang Xu's Revenge
Inside the Pony House!
When King Shen Zhao Yan made his intentions clear, Wang Xu still said with righteous indignation:
"It's not that this horse is bullying, but I really can't stand it, His Royal Highness Duanwang is young and doesn't understand the affairs of men and women, and he was almost pinched by such a Qinglou woman, how can I, as an elder, sit idly by."
Zhao Yan frowned slightly, standing in the position of the royal family, what Wang Shu did was not wrong, which is also the reason why Wang Shu had no fear to force Master Li to be the concubine of Duanwang.
However, now the influence of "Du Shi Niang's Angry Sinking Treasure Chest" is too great, directly reversing the public opinion of the government and the opposition, and the royal family has naturally changed its attitude.
"Now that the eleventh brother has stated that he has nothing to do with Master Li, this king was asked by Lord Fan to ask the horse to reveal the matter, after all, it is rumored that the royal bullying of a Qinglou woman will damage the royal face." Zhao Tong said peacefully.
Wang Xuan immediately assured: "His Royal Highness King Shen personally came forward to reconcile, and this horse naturally wants to give this face, since His Royal Highness King Duan has let go of his knot, this horse will naturally not have much trouble." β
Wang Xu's banner is to stand up for Zhao Ji, and now even Zhao Ji has vetoed the relationship with Master Li, so Wang Shu naturally has no excuse to embarrass Master Li.
"Now that the matter has been settled, this king takes his leave!"
Zhao Tong nodded and immediately got up to leave.
Now that the Horse Mansion and the royal family have been cut off, Zhao Yan is not familiar with Wang Xu, so he naturally does not want to stay longer.
"His Royal Highness King Shen go slowly!"
Wang Xuan smiled and sent Zhao Tong outside the gate of the Horse Mansion.
After Zhao Yan's figure disappeared, Wang Xu suddenly said with a gloomy face: "Good you Fan Zheng, you actually hurt me and do a good thing!" β
The reason why he tried his best to curry favor with Zhao Ji was to increase his political capital, Shenzong had died, and his bastard things back then were gradually forgotten, and now although he returned to Kaifeng City, he has been idle, desperate to find a real vacancy.
Now that Zhao Ji is grounded by the royal blame, he is stealing chickens this time.
Although he lost Zhao Ji's line, Wang Xu's road to seeking official status did not give up, and finally found the privy envoy Zeng Bu and asked him to intercede for himself.
"Wang's matter, please ask Lord Zeng to say a lot of kind words!"
In Zeng's house, Wang Shu said solemnly.
Now that the official family has changed the law, the new party is in full swing, plus the official privy envoy, with Zeng Bu's recommendation, then his official request for office will get twice the result with half the effort.
"The matter of the king's concubine, the official naturally goes all out, it just happens that the official family lacks a promise, Zeng is ready to recommend it to the official family, I don't know if the concubine can be satisfied." Zeng Bu agreed.
"Promise!"
Wang Shu was overjoyed suddenly, the promise is the Hanlin bachelor's will, located on the bachelors, all the big edicts, the big abolition, important political affairs, all have to be specialized, it can be said that he is a high authority, which makes Wang Xu, who thinks very highly of himself, can't help but be overjoyed.
"Thank you, Lord Zeng! Wang will report in the future. Wang Shu solemnly promised, and thanked him again and again before leaving Zeng's mansion.
After Wang Shu left satisfied, Wang Di appeared from the back hall of Zeng's mansion, frowned and said: "The position of the Chengzhi is extremely important, Wang Xu's success is not enough to fail, do you really want to use him?" β
He came today to discuss with Zeng Bu the choice of the person who would take the order, and this position was extremely important, and if it was held by the New Party, it would be extremely beneficial to the New Party.
Zeng Bu shook his head and said: "After all, Wang Shu is a relative of the emperor, there is no need for us to offend him, if it is usually the old man who recommends him as an ordinary real shortage, it is naturally impossible to nominate him as a promise." β
"Then why did the Lord promise to promote Wang Shu to such an important position?" Wang Di was puzzled, and now he had promised to nominate Wang Xu, if he didn't get things done, wouldn't it be an enemy in vain.
"It's because of the high power of the will, so Wang Shu can't be elected at all, the old man only needs to wait until Fan Zheng is by His Majesty's side, at that time, Wang Shu loses the election, and Fan Zheng will definitely be the biggest suspect." Zeng Bu sneered.
Fan Zheng and the medical party have grown up, which is enough to make the new party taboo, especially Fan Zheng has won the trust of the official family, which makes Zeng Bu extremely jealous.
It just so happened that Wang Shu had a bad relationship with Fan Zheng because of Master Li's affairs, and through Wang Xu's request for office, Zeng Bu's design to frame Fan Zheng can be said to be a smooth sailing.
"Wonderful! Wang Shu is arrogant, and he will inevitably become mortal enemies with Fan Zheng in the future, and he will fight against him everywhere in the future, and Wang Shu is a concubine, Fan Zheng is favored again, and I am afraid that he will not be able to help Wang Xu. Wang Di was stunned.
Sure enough, Zeng Bu found an opportunity and deliberately elected Wang Shu as the recipient in front of Fan Zheng.
"Wang Xu!" Fan Zheng frowned, after experiencing Master Li's affairs, Fan Zheng had a very bad impression of him.
"Wang Xu!"
When Zhao Xu heard Zeng Bu's recommendation, he couldn't help frowning. Zhao Xu is the oldest prince of the princes, and the other princesses have not yet married, and only his aunt is still married.
He had heard of Wang Xu, a bastard colt, and he had connived at the concubine's disrespect to the eldest princess of Shu back then, so he was dismissed from his official position.
And the horses of the Great Song Dynasty are not taken seriously, and they are rarely taken seriously, let alone Wang Xu, a straw bag with a bad reputation.
Sure enough, Zeng Bu's proposal was vetoed by Zhao Xu.
In the end, he looked at the face of his elders, and reluctantly gave Wang Shu an official position in the Ministry of Rites.
Although Wang Shu is a straw bag, he can be selected as a concubine, and he can be said to be upright in appearance, just acting as a faΓ§ade, responsible for receiving envoys from various countries, and making the best use of things.
"What, the official family asked Ben Horse to go to Honglu Temple."
In the Horse Mansion, Wang Shu got the news sent by Zeng Bu and was in an uproar.
Chengzhi is the high power of the Son of Heaven's close ministers, and Honglu Temple is an institution under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, only responsible for receiving envoys from various countries, coupled with the great power of Liaoxia, the envoys of the two countries are often high-spirited and commanding, and Honglu Temple is a bag of gas.
Zeng Bu deliberately provoked Wang Xu: "Zeng recommended you as a promise, and Your Majesty did not disagree, but Fan Taicheng disagreed. You also know that the official family obeyed Mrs. Fan's words, and Zeng was powerless, so he could only retreat and seek a real shortage of Honglu Temple for you. β
"Fan Zheng!" Wang Shu gritted his teeth and said.
Zeng Bu hypocritically comforted: "Wang Juma should not be discouraged, now the Great Song Dynasty is attacking Qingtang, Liaoxia envoys came one after another, it is the time of Honglu Temple to employ people, in the future, the Great Song Dynasty soldiers are strong and strong, Honglu Temple will be an important position of the imperial court, and it can be regarded as worthy of the trust of the horses." β
"There's Lord Laozeng!" Wang Shu pinched his nose and said.
After Zeng Bu left, Wang Shu was furious and said hatefully: "Fan Zheng, this horse and you are incompatible. β
Wang Shu secretly held a grudge against Fan Zheng, but he did not give up his position in Honglu Temple, although Honglu Temple was a Qingshui Yamen, and was often angry with Liaoxia and Xia, but it was also stronger than his previous idle position.
In addition, what Zeng Bu said is true, now that the Great Song Dynasty has a sky-shaking thunder, his confidence is gradually sufficient, although the Great Song Dynasty is currently unwilling to tear his face with the Liao State, but he does not need to be inferior to the Western Xia.
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"Qiqi official, the battle of Hehuang has not been won for a long time, and the Liaoxia envoys have put pressure again and again, and I am afraid that there will be changes after a long delay."
In the vertical arch hall, Wang Shu had just taken office, and he couldn't wait to show himself.
In the Battle of Hehuang, the Great Song Dynasty took advantage of the winter sneak attack and won Qingtang City to gain the upper hand.
In order to help Qingtang and contain the Great Song Dynasty, Liaoxia envoys frequently came to Kaifeng to put pressure on the Great Song Dynasty.
"Battle of the River!"
On the dragon chair, Zhao Xu couldn't help frowning.
Although the Great Song Dynasty broke through Qingtang City and captured the blind expedition of the Qingtang prince, Ali Gu escaped, gathered the forces of the Tubo tribes, and received some assistance from the Western Xia, and began to harass Qingtang City repeatedly.
Zeng Bu echoed: "Qiqi official family, Ali Gu is a great threat, and I also ask the official family to order Chong Pu to take the initiative to attack, destroy Ali Gu, and completely take Qingtang." β
Zhao Xu suddenly moved, the Great Song Dynasty's troops were not strong, the rear strength was insufficient, and many foreign wars were won first and then defeated, and it was naturally better to be able to solve Qingtang in one go.
However, Fan Zheng stood up and objected: "The minister believes that the official family does not need to act rashly, the so-called generals will not accept the orders of the monarch abroad, the situation on the battlefield will change in an instant, and the official family is far away in Kaifeng, and rashly interfering in the affairs of the front line is afraid that it will backfire." β
The biggest problem of the Great Song Dynasty's foreign wars is not that the force is weak, but the strange operation of generations of emperors, all marches and battles must use the formation map, the most famous is Taizong's 'Pingrong Wanquan Array', as a result, according to this hundred battles and victorious formation, Taizong was defeated twice in a row, and finally relied on the donkey cart drift to save his life!
And Renzong is even more bizarre, on the basis of the formation diagram continuous innovation, made into various shapes of the array, sent to the front-line soldiers to arrange the formation, the result is known as we all know, Renzong foreign wars have been defeated one after another.
The reason why Tiefutu and Kidnapping Horse won consecutive battles was partly because of the advanced weapons, and partly because the Privy Council had not yet had time to match the corresponding formations.
"The army is outside, how can the court ignore it!" Zeng Bu frowned.
Zeng Bu's words immediately aroused the echo of many courtiers, the Great Song Dynasty emphasized literature and light military force, and had a natural defense against military generals, and now Chong Pu led the most elite 20,000 cavalry of the Great Song Dynasty to Qingtang, which naturally attracted the vigilance of the court.
Seeing this, Fan Zheng sneered: "At the beginning, Chong Pu led the cavalry and defeated the 100,000 army of Qingtang head-on, which shows that in terms of force, the Great Song Dynasty is better than Qingtang, and the biggest trouble in attacking Qingtang is the gas epidemic, and I want to avoid the harm of the gas epidemic." β
"Plague!"
Zhao Xu nodded slightly, the qi epidemic is indeed Qingtang's biggest backhand.
"The doctor said that he had found the cause of the air plague! There are also corresponding medicines prepared, why are they now using this as a reason to justify the kind of park? Wang Shu sneered.
Fan Zheng retorted: "Rhodiola is only relieved, not completely cured, if the Song army wants to win, then it must adapt to the plateau climate as soon as possible with the help of medicine, and Ali Gu can not defeat Chongpu in the front, and will definitely use the qi epidemic to lead Chongpu to the highland, once the Song army adapts to the plateau climate, that is the time to defeat Ali Gu." β
Zhao Xu suddenly fell silent, and after thinking about it carefully, he finally followed Fan Zheng's advice.
"Okay, give orders to the front line, and obey the general's orders!" Zhao Xu said loudly.
After all, even the powerful Sheng Tang Dynasty had been defeated by the Qi Plague, and the Song Army, which was backward in force, could not be too cautious, and now Qingtang did not know that the Song Army had found a way to crack the Qi Epidemic, and by surprise, the Song Army's chances of victory increased greatly.
Zeng Bu couldn't help but sigh, Zhao Xu had too much faith in Fan Zheng, and even changed the defense of the previous emperors for military generals, which was also the reason why Zeng Bu was quite jealous of Fan Zheng.
Wang Xu frowned even more, seeing that Zhao Xu was obedient to Fan Zhengyan, at this moment he firmly believed that it must be Fan Zheng who secretly made him lose his important position.
"Enlighten the official family! How did the Liaoxia envoy explain! Wang Shu asked.
Zhao Xu shook his head and said: "The envoys of the two countries have come from afar, so let's entertain them well, hold them back first, and wait until the army destroys Qingtang, the raw rice has been cooked and cooked, and they have nothing to say." β
"The official is wise!"
Fan Zheng nodded.
"Command!" Wang Shu nodded helplessly.
It is not possible to let Wang Shu do the right thing, let him eat, drink and have fun and be proficient in everything, this work is not difficult for him at all.
Night!
Wang Xuan held a banquet in Honglu Temple and was responsible for entertaining the Liaoxia envoys.
Fan Zheng has always been in charge of negotiating with Song Xia, and in order to paralyze the Liaoxia envoys, he personally presided over the banquet.
"Qingtang and Liaoxia are in the same breath, please think twice!" The Liaoxia envoys accepted the benefits, and their mouths were still biased towards Qingtang.
Fan Zheng deliberately said: "Qingtang is a bitter cold place, the Great Song Dynasty has no carelessness about it, but Ali Gu has repeatedly offended my Great Song Dynasty, and it must be severely punished, the Hehuang Valley has been a Chinese territory since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and Qingtang must be returned to the Great Song Dynasty." β
Hearing that Fan Zheng only asked to occupy the Hehuang Valley, the Liaoxia envoys glanced at each other and breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.
The Hehuang Valley is the core of Qingtang, and Ali Gu is naturally unwilling to lose, so that he can continue to drag the Song army into the quagmire of war.
Wang Shu saw that he was obviously responsible for entertaining the Liaoxia envoys, and all the limelight was stolen by Fan Zheng, and the jealousy in his heart was even more angry.
When the banquet was over, Wang Shu openly slandered Fan Zheng for calling the official name in the banquet, and wrote a letter to impeach Fan Zheng, which was known to the whole dynasty.
"Nonsense!"
When Fan Zheng heard the news, he was immediately furious, and immediately looked for Wang Xu's theory.
"Is it wrong for this horse to hear it with his own ears?" Wang Xu sneered, in this era, there is no recording equipment, as long as he insists that Fan Zheng is pampered and arrogant, and calls Zhao Xu by his name, no one can testify for Fan Zheng.
As for the Liaoxia envoy, hehe! Both countries now hate Fan Zheng to the core, and now they have the opportunity to separate Fan Zheng and the Great Song official family, so they naturally will not miss this opportunity.
Wang Shu and Fan Zheng each held their own words, and the matter could only be settled.
After Su Dun heard this, he also shook his head helplessly and said: "There is no way to prove his innocence with such rumors. β
He has solved many cases over the years, but he can't help but be helpless in the face of this kind of slanderous case.
Although Wang Shu is now the most marginal colt, he has always played the role of maintaining his status as the only royal relative, and he has always played the role of trying to maintain the dignity of the royal family.
Helping Zhao Ji to force Master Li to be a concubine is like this, and directly slandering Fan Zheng and calling the emperor's name is the same, so it will arouse the belief of many people.
In addition, Fan Zheng is now in the limelight, and the new party and the old party, which are not used to him, take the opportunity to add chaos and constantly impeach Fan Zheng.
Under the crowd, I am afraid that Fan Zheng's yellow mud will fall into the crotch of his pants this time, and it will be not but.
This matter, slightly adapted from the history books,
Pure etiquette, Shen Yi and upright, once worried, provoked Ma Duwei Wang Shu said: "If you want to remove the king's will, Fan You can't." "Rage. The Liao envoy of the Hui Pavilion, the main banquet of pure ceremonies, and the false accusation of the royal name,
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