Chapter 140: Against the Sky (I)
In the Baowen Pavilion, Jiao Shou and Liu Ying watched from beginning to end, but unfortunately there was no place for them to intervene on such an occasion, so they could only look at it in their eyes and be anxious in their hearts.
When Zhao Xu finally put the edict of the Empress Dowager Xuanren on the candlestick and lit it in front of Concubine Zhu, at that moment, Jiao Shou and Liu Yuan's eyes were also burned.
Without waiting for Empress Dowager Xiang and Concubine Zhu to leave, Liu Ying quietly passed on the incident.
Yang Yi and the four of them were still anxiously waiting for news in Shangshu Province, however, what they were waiting for was a bolt from the blue!
This time, everyone tried their best to calculate everything, but no one calculated that in the end, the matter was in the hands of Concubine Zhu.
Thinking that everyone is still planning to do their best to help her to the position of queen mother, now all this feels so ridiculous, this poor and hateful woman!
Dark clouds crush the city and want to destroy it, and the candlelight extinguishes the heart like ashes!
Zhang Dan, Yang Yi, Huang Lu, and Lin Xi were silent for a long time, and everyone was stiff as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.
The new party is over! The New Deal is over!
Everything that everyone worked for was not destroyed in the hands of the enemy, but in the hands of the poor woman Concubine Zhu! How so? What else can be said?
When the news of Chen Liu's arrival tomorrow is when he fights back against the Queen Mother and the old party, how can the new party stop it?
Although the new party controls the center, half of the local officials are still the old party officials, and once the new party falls into crisis, countless grasses will inevitably fall to the side of the old party and become the vanguard of waving the flag and shouting for the old party.
The most hurt by the new policy is the gentry of the world, and their representatives are the nobles of the court, these people have no right to participate in the government, you can usually ignore them; However, as soon as something happens, you will find that their relationship is like a vast net, which can entangle you breathlessly; Zhang Xuan's iron-fisted methods before, Zhao Xu's avoidance, made them collectively silence. Tomorrow, as soon as the rebellion spreads, they will surely swarm again, magnifying the matter of Chen Liu, how will the new party deal with it?
There is no doubt that Zeng Bu has betrayed, and perhaps tomorrow, Zeng Bu will immediately become the terminator of the new party, and his betrayal will cause the new party to fall into a terrible split and eventually collapse, what can be done then?
The previous situation was as if the new party had surrounded the capital of the old party, and the outer armies of the old party had surrounded the siege troops of the new party from all sides; What the new party can do is to do its best to capture the capital of the old party in one fell swoop, capture the commander of the old party, and the army on the periphery of the old party will not be attacked; And now, the new party has been defeated under the fortified city of the old party, and has failed to capture the enemy commander in one fell swoop, and tomorrow it will face the encirclement of the old party on all sides, plus the onslaught of the blossoming center; There is a fortified city in front, a rebellion inside, and a large army outside, this is a complete dead end, and the new party can still survive it?
Under the light, even Zhang Dian suddenly aged a little, and the angular face was engraved with frost marks full of vicissitudes, Yang Yi seemed to see the original history, and after he shouted the sentence "Duan Wang is frivolous, he can't rule the world", and left in a dejected manner!
Yang Yi felt a throbbing feeling in his heart, and under the extreme loss, he suddenly aroused a desperate fierceness, he Huo Ran got up, grabbed the ink strip, poured water, and grinded the ink, and the three of them kept watching his every move.
Yang Yi sharpened the ink, threw the remaining ink strips suddenly, smashed them on the ground with a snap, and then said to Lin Xi in a deep voice: "No! Don't admit defeat, please write it! ”
Zhang Dian deserves to be Zhang Tun, his expression on his face at this time is as resolute as cold iron, and he said coldly: "Not bad! Please write it again, Your Majesty can burn one copy, and we can write another one! ”
Lin Xi brushed his sleeves up, no longer said more, lifted the pen and rewrote the edict with thick ink, one stroke at a time, and the strength penetrated the back of the paper!
This time, the new party is fighting against the water, and there is no way to retreat at all, but to move forward and move forward! Even if it is paved with flesh and blood, it can only rush forward to make a bloody path!
"Come on! Immediately inform Cai Bian, Zhang Shangying, He Shikuan, Cai Jing, Liu Zheng and others that when the Forbidden Palace opens tomorrow, they will go to Baowen Pavilion together! ”
Zhang Dian summoned his own guards and ordered carefully, and he couldn't hear any emotional fluctuations in his voice, but under the calm tone, what was hidden was an earth-shattering decision!
This night was cloudy and rainless, and Yang Yi and the four of them did not go home, and the strange thing is that the rush about Chen Liumin's turmoil has not been seen, which not only did not reassure Yang Yi and others, but made people worry; Yang Yi even suspected that Xiang Dowager had passed the news through other channels, so as to hide from the imperial court, and launched a fierce counterattack as soon as dawn.
After a night of suffering, physically and mentally exhausted, a wisp of morning light slowly lit up in the east, and the heavy buildings and pavilions of the palace and the pink walls of the palace ridge slowly broke free from the shackles of the night, revealing their majestic figures.
The pale ochre color spread among the cornices and arches, and then, the red became thicker and thicker little by little, until the morning glow burned like fire and blood flowed...... Yes, it was destined to be a bloody morning! The old and new forces will collide fiercely this morning, and the battle between life and death will be fierce!
There is no smoke of gunpowder, but it is enough to open up the world; There is no blood flowing, but it is enough to change the color of the whole world.
As the gate of the forbidden palace slowly opened, Zhang Dian was the leader, stepping on the first line of sunshine and entering, followed by Cai Bian, the right man of Shangshu, Huang Lu, the imperial envoy, He Shikuan, the secretary of the criminal department, Cai Jing, the secretary of the household department, Lin Xi, the imperial envoy of the palace, Zhang Shangying, and Liu Zheng...... The crowd was silent, and the sound of footsteps was deep.
In the Baowen Pavilion, Zhao Xu got up early in the morning, since he was seriously ill, he hadn't gotten up so early for a long time, the lack of sleep made his face look even paler, his legs were covered with a thick blanket, and after sitting on the imperial case, he looked at the group of important ministers who rushed in with a blank face.
"Your Majesty is blessed!"
"All the ministers are exempt!"
After the routine etiquette, the hall became audible again, Zhang Dian stepped forward slowly, and personally handed the draft edict rewritten by Lin Xi to Zhao Xu, except for the perseverance on his face, Zhang Dian did not say a word during the whole process.
Zhao Xu took the edict, threw it the imperial case without looking at it, swept everyone in the hall, and shouted angrily: "You don't want me to enter the Yingzong Temple, do you?" ”
Everyone didn't expect Zhao Xu to have this reaction, and the first sentence asked such a heart-wrenching sentence, Gao Taotao is Zhao Xu's grandmother, that is, the queen of Yingzong, and now let Zhao Xu chase Gao Taotao, purely from the perspective of filial piety, it is indeed rebellious and unfilial.
Regardless of filial piety or not, you must not retreat now, Zhang Dian replied strongly: "Your Majesty, Xuanren has ruined the efforts of the first emperor, arbitrarily disrupted the country, wanted to abolish the country, and committed many crimes, how can Your Majesty hide it with a word of filial piety!" ”
"You don't need to say more, I have ...... intentions"
"Your Majesty!"
Without waiting for Zhao Xu to finish speaking, Yang Yi blatantly interrupted, and retorted loudly in the face of Zhao Xu: "It was the Empress Dowager Xuanren who ruined the first emperor's life's efforts, it was the Empress Dowager Xuanren who ruined the opportunity of the Great Song Dynasty, and it was the Empress Dowager Xuanren who wanted to abolish Your Majesty; After the abolition of the Empress Dowager Xuanren, His Majesty may have no shame to enter the Yingzong Temple again; But if you don't chase after Xuanren! Dare to ask Your Majesty what kind of face does he have to enter the Shenzong Temple again? What kind of face do you have to enter the Taizu Temple? Taizong Temple? Could it be that the ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty are in the spirit of heaven, and they are willing to see the Chaogang corrupted to such a field by Xuanren? ”
Yang Yi didn't let it go at all, and actually moved out Zhao Boss and Zhao Er in anger, and in the stunned eyes of everyone, he then brazenly shouted: "Your Majesty! The first emperor had a mistake, and he wanted to apologize to the world for his crimes, and bear the stigma of a thousand years; And Xuanren is not only negligent, she is an old traitor who trespasses the country and has committed many crimes, can she avoid being investigated? How innocent the first emperor was! What is the principle of heaven? ”
"Good! Good! Good! Yang Yi, you are so bold! ”
"Ministers talk about things, why be afraid? It's Your Majesty, the minister has always thought that you have a brave heart, but today, Your Majesty, you are clearly cowardly! You are worried about the infamy of rebellion and unfilial piety, so you would rather ignore Xuanren's crimes!
For the sake of his mother, the minister dares to work hard with others again and again, and dares to bear the charge of disobedience and unfilial piety, and the minister wants to ask Your Majesty! What did you do for Concubine Zhu? What did you undertake for Da Song?
Has Your Majesty thought about it? As soon as the ministers waited for the draft edict to be sent to Baowen Pavilion last night, why did the Queen Mother know it immediately? Even Concubine Zhu, who has always lived in the inner palace and does not ask about the world, was shocked? Concubine Zhu didn't know what to do and was taken advantage of, couldn't Your Majesty even think of this? Today, the minister's words are endless, and the only dead ear is dead! ”
Yang Yi condemned and asked questions inch by inch, but Zhao Xu was stunned, his words seemed to be disorganized, but the actual sentences were carefully selected, compared to those empty truths, it could sting Zhao Xu's heart more, Yang Yi finished speaking, resolutely took off his official hat, and slowly knelt down to wait for the crime.
Zhang Shangying, who has always been tough, immediately continued to bombard: "Your Majesty! Chen Liu's rebellion, why was it caused by the Shang family of Shang Qingren, who served in Longyou's palace? Why do they dare to put eyes and ears and eavesdrop on confidential information around His Majesty? Who gave them such guts? Who's behind them? If Xuanren is not abolished, these people's hearts to destroy the new deal will not die after all, the new deal will be demonized sooner or later, Your Majesty will enable the ministers for the new deal, if Your Majesty does not want the new deal to continue, what is the use of the ministers? ”
After Zhang Shangying finished yelling, he also took off his official hat and knelt on the ground, and the air in the field almost condensed!
Zhao Xu was so angry that he slapped the royal case and shouted angrily: "Okay! Are you going to force the palace? ”
The strong New Party was not shocked, as soon as Zhao Xu's roar fell, Lin Xi immediately continued to roar: "Although there are tens of millions of people, I will go!" Your Majesty, a few months ago, our monarchs and ministers were here to discuss a new policy, and it was you who exhaled such bold words, why are you holding back now? Your Majesty is the backbone of the ministers, you have retreated, what is the use of the ministers? ”
"The heart of the new policy has not changed!"
Zhang Dian had to send a haircut, and resolutely forced him to take a step forward and said loudly: "Ran Xuanren is the culprit who destroyed the new policy of the first emperor, and the culprit of the conspiracy to depose His Majesty!" If Xuanren is not abolished, those who oppose the New Deal will take her as a banner and an example! Keep obstructing it, keep launching conspiracies and rebellions, don't say that the new deal is unsustainable, I'm afraid that the world of the Great Song Dynasty will be full of smoke! At that time, why will Your Majesty enter the Yingzong Temple without a face? Dare to ask Your Majesty! How will you face the ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty? How will you face the innocent people of the world? ”
(To be continued)