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Chapter 1337 Summon
Chapter 1337 Summon
Wang Gui, the Duke of Qi, who was a Jinzi Guanglu doctor, the Minister of the Left, and the Minister of the Court, died. Empress Dowager Gao issued an order to postpone the court for five days, first bestowing him the title of Grand Commandant, and then posthumously bestowing him the title of Grand Master.
Not long after Wang Gui's death, rumors spread throughout the capital.
People from the old party criticized Wang Gui for not making any achievements during his time in the court.
First, a marginal scholar named Xian Yuchuo ridiculed Wang Gui.
"Yu Yu Yu Yu! Full of spirit. Except for the emptiness, all ten aspects are complete."
This was a folk joke that had existed during Wang Gui's lifetime, but Wang Gui didn't take it seriously at all and even once used it to mock himself in front of an official.
Now that Wang Gui has died, people are hyping him up again.
More than ten days after Wang Gui's death, another poem was written that was even more sarcastic.
The Grand Master gave his descendants a title of "Jian", leaving them with nothing but money. The flatterers turned over the title of Wang Tejin, and diligently retained Song Zhaoxuan. Don't talk about jokes on the railings and wells, and don't count the years in the government hall. The East Palace has never had land, so it must be granted directly without power.
This poem mocks that after Wang Gui died, Wang Zhongxiu submitted a petition to request an official position, but he had no reputation at all and was so poor that his family only had money. When he was in office, he flattered Wang Anshi and kept Song Yongchen to flatter the emperor.
At first, some of Wang Gui's close friends persuaded him to leave, but Wang Gui refused, saying that a place like the railing well was not the center of the stage. Later, Wang Gui was ridiculed for being a figurehead.
Now these two poems are placed on Gao Taotao's desk.
In the warm room of Chuigong Hall.
Gao Taotao was furious and said, "Wang Yuyu has been in power for sixteen years. How can we describe all his contributions? How can these people speculate like this?"
Gao Taotao also disliked Wang Gui. When it came to appointing the crown prince, he sided with Zhang Yue, making it impossible for her and the emperor to do anything about it. In the end, she was forced to agree to the ministers' plan to appoint the crown prince.
But Wang Gui was his own man after all, so it was most appropriate for him to be in power. He did not have to worry about his subordinates forcing him, and he could also suppress Cai Que, Zhang Dun and others for himself.
Now that Wang Gui is gone, the court is in disarray.
What Gao Taotao is really worried about is the feeling of losing control of power.
Zhang Maoze said: "I heard that this poem was thrown into the paper gift box by a frivolous person and was found by the descendants of the Wang family."
Gao Taotao said: "Wang Yuyu has been the prime minister for 16 years, but he has become a clay puppet in your mouth? How dare you slander the ministers like this? I order Kaifeng Prefecture to issue a reward for his capture!"
"Check! Check thoroughly!"
"Empress Dowager, please calm down." Liang Weijian handed over the warmed Jianzhou round tea at the right time.
Gao Taotao, still angry, asked: "After Wang Gui left, who will be the left prime minister?"
Liang Wei simply replied: "The story should be told in the right way..."
Before he could finish his words, Gao Taotao cut him off with a sharp look: "I don't like Cai Que."
Suddenly, a jackdaw flew over the eaves outside the hall, startling the gatekeeper Huangmen so much that he staggered half a step.
Zhang Maoze and Liang Weijian were speechless. With Wang Gui gone, Cai Que would naturally take a step forward. Now that Wang Gui was gone, Cai Que could confront Gao Taotao directly.
Cai Que's sharpness, Zhang Dun's arrogance, and the ambitious Lu Huiqing outside. This time, they took the initiative to attack the Dangxiang and destroyed the official Yongle City, which prohibited provocations.
This clearly shows that they don't take him seriously.
Can she keep calm?
Empress Dowager Gao clearly disliked Cai Que. In fact, the more loyal Cai Que was to the emperor, the more Gao Taotao disliked him.
Gao Taotao asked again: "What about the vacancy of the Right Prime Minister?"
Zhang Maoze and Liang Weijian were silent for a moment and said, "It is Lu Gongzhu who is in charge of the Privy Council or Zhang Dun, the Minister of the Imperial Court."
Gao Taotao was moved by what he said, but he said, "I think it's better for you to be absent."
"Why didn't the Queen Mother ask the Emperor's opinion..." Zhang Maoze asked.
Gao Taotao nodded. Although the emperor could not say a word, these things still had to be reported to him.
Maybe the emperor recovered?
……
Crown Prince Zhao Xu was kneeling on the Panlong bricks in the Funing Hall and writing the "The Memorial to the Emperor on Leaving the Capital" silently.
He looked at the official on the dragon couch, and remembered that not long ago his father had said that he would teach him how to write calligraphy, but now he could only lie on the imperial couch, and only his eyes could move, and his whole body could not move at all.
"Please look carefully, Prince."
The eunuch suddenly brought a memorial to Zhao Xu, which was exactly what Empress Dowager Gao wanted him to read. His eyes fell on the three words "Sima Guang" in the memorial.
He had read this memorial in Zishan Hall last month.
Zhao Xu hesitated for a moment but still read it carefully. He was now serving the emperor in the name of serving medicine, and his homework was done in the Funing Palace. Since his grandmother wanted him to read the memorial, he would take another careful look.
At this moment, Zhao Xu suddenly discovered that Guan's hand on the bed moved.
Zhao Xu recalled the day when his father taught him to write the word "Xu", and the tip of the brush made a ball of ink on the jute paper.
The official said slowly: "Governing a country is like writing, and hesitation is the worst."
Thinking of this, I suddenly heard the palace maid on night duty outside touching the medicine pendant, and then she was scolded and pulled down.
At this time, the official on the bed made a sound like the wind blowing through a reed pond. Zhao Xu was distracted and was about to call the palace maid, but he saw the look in the official's eyes and stopped immediately. He stepped forward and gently held his father's hand with both hands.
"What do you want, Dad?"
The official on the bed could not speak, but just looked towards the place where he had just sat.
Zhao Xu immediately understood what he meant: "Dad, do you want Sixth Brother to take this memorial to me for review?"
The hand in Zhao Xu's palm received an affirmative reply.
Zhao Xu hesitated for a moment and then handed the memorial to the emperor for review. He saw the emperor reading it page by page with his chest heaving slightly.
"Daddy. Daddy. Sixth brother is here."
But the official turned his head away and a tear fell from his eye.
Zhao Xu saw that the number "the law of our ancestors" at the end of the memorial was circled in red by Empress Dowager Gao.
Sima Guang's intentions are already obvious.
"Is this why Daddy is crying?" Zhao Xu's eyes welled up with tears when he thought of this.
Now that Empress Dowager Gao was in charge of all government affairs, what could they do? Would they see the reform fail? Would their father's life's work go to waste?
The emperor was completely exhausted and lay powerless on the bed. He was so weak that he couldn't even move a finger, so how could he move the empire?
so what?
What should we do with the whole country? What should we do with Hehuang? What should we do with Liangzhou?
Who can save this new law?
Thinking of this, Zhao Xu felt his palm itching. It turned out that the emperor wanted to write something on his palm.
The official opened and closed his mouth slightly and made an effort.
After Zhao Xu debated for a moment, he immediately held the ink and went before the official.
But the eunuch had seen the emperor's actions and was about to step forward to serve him, but Zhao Xu said, "Who dares?"
Although Zhao Xu was only eleven years old, he was the crown prince after all. The eunuch dared not disobey and took a step back.
The eleven-year-old crown prince held up the inkstone with trembling hands, watching the official dip his index finger into pine soot ink and drag a winding ink mark on the bright yellow satin quilt.
But I saw only two and a half words written crookedly.
The eunuchs found it difficult to defend themselves.
The hurried footsteps shattered the dead silence in the palace. When the corner of Empress Dowager Gao's crimson gauze robe passed over the threshold, the crowns of the ministers swayed in the candlelight.
When Empress Dowager Gao and a group of ministers heard that the emperor had issued an imperial decree by dipping his finger in ink, they were all shocked and came to the Funing Palace.
The official in the Funing Palace stared at the ceiling with lifeless eyes.
The Empress Dowager Gao, Cai Que and other ministers came to the imperial couch and carefully read the two and a half words written by the emperor.
"This word '召' is quite neat." Lu Gong twirled his beard and pondered, his eyes sweeping across the prince's red eyes.
The second character was difficult to recognize. The ministers argued that it looked like the character "鸟", "竞", "辛", "童", and even "赣".
Anyway, it's blurry and hard to tell.
The last half character seems to be at the bottom of the character.
Empress Dowager Gao asked, "What does your Majesty mean?"
After saying this, she glanced at the crown prince with an unfriendly look. Under the accumulated power of his grandmother, Zhao Xu shrank back in fear.
All the ministers understood clearly in their hearts that the emperor would not write when others were around, but wrote it when the crown prince was serving medicine.
Everyone knows the answer to this question, but it depends on Empress Dowager Gao's expression.
Empress Dowager Gao asked, "What do you think it is?"
In Wang Gui's absence, Cai Que was the future chief minister. However, Empress Dowager Gao ignored Lü Gongzhuo, Zhang Dun, Zhang Zhi and others.
Cai Que glanced at the official on the sickbed and said, "I think it looks like the three words 'Zhao Zhangyue'!"
Cai Que's words were like silent thunder that echoed throughout the entire palace.
Empress Dowager Gao thought that Cai Que would never mention these three words, but she didn't expect Cai Que to say them. Did Cai Que forget that he had just presided over the liquidation of Zhang Yue's old party members? He also forced the death of Chen Mu, a general of Zhang's party.
Empress Dowager Gao sneered: "Why did the emperor summon Zhang Yue back? To be the Zuo Pushe?"
Cai Que went against her will, and Empress Dowager Gao immediately fought back. Zhang Yue will definitely be the Zuo Pushe if he comes back, so you, Cai Que, can forget about being the Zuo Pushe.
Tsai did not comment on this.
Zhang Zhi glanced at Cai Que from the side. He had been badly suppressed by Cai Que this year and had to cling to his father-in-law Lu Gongzhu in order to survive in the court.
However, it was beyond his expectation that Cai Que would mention Zhang Yue, although all the ministers knew what the three words written by the emperor meant.
Zhang Xu, the Right Prime Minister, said, "Maybe he is in charge of foreign affairs. Lü Huiqing has just sent troops to attack the Dangxiang."
"The tea rebellion in Jianzhou has just been quelled, and for a while, Lord Zhang Jiangong also..."
Zhang Xu raised his objection tactfully, but halfway through his words, he found that someone was stepping on the corner of his robe.
He looked carefully and saw that it was Zhang Zhi standing next to him.
Zhang Xu looked at Zhang Zhi's fierce eyes and dared not say anything else.
Although Zhang Zhi's actions were small, everyone noticed them.
Empress Dowager Gao glanced at Lu Gongzhu, Su Song, Li Qingchen and others, who also expressed doubts about whether it was possible or not.
Empress Dowager Gao immediately said, "Then summon Zhang Yue to the capital!"