Fan Zuyu kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty is clear." At the beginning of the Empress Dowager's administration, tens of thousands of Chinese and foreign subjects wrote to them, saying that the decree was inconvenient and harmed the people. The Empress Dowager obeyed the will of the people in the world, so she changed her law, and the person who did the law should be expelled for their crimes, and Her Majesty and the Empress Dowager also obeyed the will of the people. These expelled courtiers are villains. ”

Li Xu sneered and said loudly: "That was reprimanded by the Empress Dowager, what does it have to do with me?"

Li Xu was tired of seeing the ministers, but at the beginning of the pro-government, it was inconvenient to expel all the ministers, so he immediately issued an edict in person, promoted the officials of the internal servants Le Shixuan, Liu Weijian, Liang Congzheng and others, and rewarded them for their personal merit.

The eunuch sent in a letter with a fat and straight handwriting, signed by Su Wenzheng. Li Xu said: "Su is bearded and writes well, but he doesn't know what nonsense he is. Seeing Shu wrote: "The ministers are serving the side of the day, and they should not take care of the first sight; ”

Li Xu said: "I don't like to look at your beard, and I will never see you again." Then he continued: "Ranchen did not dare not be foolish and loyal because he could not do it. The ancient sages will be promising, and they must first observe the obscurity, and observe the movement in silence, so that all things will be displayed in front of them. Your Majesty's sage and wisdom are peerless, and the spring and autumn period is prosperous......"

Li Xu smiled slightly, and said in his heart: "This beard is quite slippery, but he will pat me on the back and say that I am 'sage and wisdom'." However, he also said that I was 'in the peak of spring and autumn', which meant that I was young, and I was not sensible when I was young. ”

Then read again: "The ministers are willing to be humble and reasonable, do nothing, and contemplate the interests and disadvantages of the affairs and the evil and righteousness of the ministers, for a period of three years, until they get the truth, and then do what they should do, so that after they have been done, there will be no hatred in the world, and Your Majesty will have no regrets." From this point of view, His Majesty's promising, but the worry is too early, not a little later, it is also clear. The minister is afraid of rushing into the good minister, and he persuades His Majesty to change lightly, so he says that he dares to hope that His Majesty will pay attention, and the blessing of the Sheji Temple will be very fortunate in the world. ”

Li Xu read the recital and pondered: "Everyone says that Su Dabeard is a brilliant and talented man, and he really deserves his reputation. He knew that I was determined to tell the emperor and resume the new law, so he did not come to obstruct me, but only persuaded me to postpone it for three years. Hmph, what is 'so that after the work has been done, there will be no hatred in the world, and your majesty will have no regrets'. He said it tactfully, but the meaning was not the same?

said that if I am anxious for quick success and quick profit, and I am eager to work hard, not only will I be hated in the world. I should regret it myself. In a fit of rage, he tore the piece to shreds.

A few days later, Fan Zuyu played a chapter again: "At the beginning of Xuning, Wei Qiansui and Lu Huiqing established three new laws, changed the politics of their ancestors, and led more villains to mislead the country. The ministers who helped the old were abandoned, and the loyal and righteous people were successively introduced. He also used troops to open the border, and grudges against foreigners, and the world was sorrowful, and the people were displaced. ”

When Li Xu saw this, his anger grew, and he said in his heart: "You are scolding Wei Qiansui and Lu Huiqing, but you are not actually scolding my father?"

Look at it again: "Cai did set up a big prison, Wang Shaochuang took Xihe, Zhang Dun opened Wuxi, Shen Qi disturbed the traffic management, Shen Kuo and others created Western affairs, and the soldiers and civilians were killed and injured no less than 200,000. The first emperor came to the court to mourn and repent, saying that the court had to let it take the blame......"

The more Li Xu looked at it, the more angry he became, skipped a few lines, and saw that the following was: "...... The people are all sad, more than the house is in turmoil, Lai Your Majesty and the Queen Mother rose up to save it, and the people of the world are like ...... to be relieved."

When Li Xu saw this, he couldn't bear it anymore, and stood up with a shot of the dragon case.

Li Xu was eighteen years old at the time, and with the respect of the emperor and the vigor of a teenager, he suddenly lost his temper in the court, and the ministers all lost their color, only to hear him say sharply: "Fan Zuyu, you said so in this song, isn't that a slander against the first emperor?"

Fan Zuyu kowtowed again and again and said, "Your Majesty Mingjian, Weichen will never dare." ”

When Li Xu first exercised power, he saw that the ministers were terrified, and he was very proud in his heart, and his anger disappeared, but he still pretended to be fierce on his face, and said loudly: "The first emperor was about to level the barbarians and mix the whole world, but unfortunately he died in his prime. On the contrary, it is not the first emperor who changed the law!"

A minister flashed out of the minister's class, with a clear appearance and awe-inspiring authority, it was Prime Minister Su Ao. Li Xu didn't like it in his heart, and said in his heart: "This person is Su Dabeard's younger brother, the two brothers are embarrassed, and there will definitely be no ivory in the dog's mouth." ”

I only heard Su Ao say: "Your Majesty is aware that the first emperor has many facilities, far surpassing his predecessors. For example, the first emperor reigned for 12 years and was not honored for life. His subordinates sang praises of merit in the last chapter, and the first emperor was always humble and did not accept it. As for the political affairs that were wrong, which dynasty did not make mistakes? The father did it first, the son saved it later, and the filial piety of the predecessors. ”

Li Xu snorted and said coldly: "What does it mean to 'the father does the first, and the son saves the last'?"

Su Ao said: "Let's say Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty." Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had four foreign affairs, and the palace was revitalized, and the financial resources were exhausted, so he repaired the politics of salt and iron, and lost everything. robbed the people of their source of profit and property, and the people were unbearable, and almost became chaotic. After the collapse of Emperor Wu, Emperor Zhao took over the throne, appointed Huo Guang, and removed the harshness, and the Han family was determined. ”

Li Xu snorted again, and said in his heart: "You compare Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to my father!"

Su Ao saw that the emperor's face was not good, and the matter was very dangerous, and thought: "If I continue to talk about it, the emperor will be angry, maybe I will worry about my life, but if I obey his will, the world will be disturbed again, and thousands of living beings will cry hunger and cold, and be displaced. ”

He also said: "In the Later Han Dynasty, Emperor Ming inspected and made decisions with prophecy, believed in the absurd and unscrupulous heretical theories, and inspected the words and deeds of the ministers, and took care of everything. Emperor Zhang took over the throne, learned from his loss, and replaced it with a generous and generous government, the people's hearts were happy, and the world was governed, which was the loss of the son Kuang's father and the great filial piety of the saint. ”

Su Ao guessed that Li Xu ascended the throne at the age of ten and had obeyed the orders of the Empress Dowager for nine years, and he must have secretly resented himself in his heart, and was determined to ruin the Empress Dowager's politics and restore the changes of the Emperor Sect to show his filial piety to his father, so he specially cited the words of "the great filial piety of the saint" to advise the emperor.

Li Xu said loudly: "Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty respected Confucianism, and there is nothing wrong with it. What kind of intentions do you have in comparing Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to the previous emperor? Isn't this a blatant slander? Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was reckless in his military force, and in his last years he issued an edict of grief and deep reprimand, and his behavior was ridiculous, and he was laughed at by future generations in the world, how could he be compared with the first emperor?

Su Ao kowtowed repeatedly, went down to the hall and came to the court, knelt down to wait for the crime, and didn't dare to say anything more. Many ministers said in their hearts: "The first emperor changed the law, which caused the people of the world to be in danger, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was much better than him." "But who dares to say these things? Who dares to defend Su Ao?

A white-bearded minister came out of the crowd, but it was Fan Chunren, who said calmly: "Your Majesty is angry." Su Ao's words may be inappropriate, but they are loyal and patriotic. At the beginning of His Majesty's personal administration, he should be polite to ministers, and not reprimanded slaves. What's more, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty regretted his mistakes in his last years, and he knew that he could change it, and he was not a bad emperor. ”

Li Xu said: "Everyone says 'Emperor Qin, Han Wu', Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the tyrannical Qin Shi Huang said together, isn't that the extreme?"

Fan Chunren said: "What Su Ao is talking about is the current situation and things, not about people. ”

Li Xu listened to Fan Chunren's repeated defenses, and his anger subsided, and he shouted: "Su Ao is back!"

Su Ao returned to the hall from the court, did not dare to stand in the original class anymore, knelt at the end of the ministers, and said: "Weichen offended His Majesty, begging for expulsion." ”

The next day, the edict came down. Reduced Su Ao to the bachelor of Duanming Palace, the governor of Ruzhou, and sent the prime minister to be a small state official.