Chapter 6 The Empress Dowager's Complaint

Sima Guang's modesty was highly appreciated by several old ministers. Sima Guang did not say anything wrong. Even if Cai Xiang was not there, Fu Bi was also the elder of the Three Dynasties. Especially at present, the people in the court also saw that Shenzong had the idea of change. Everyone was thinking about what to do, that is, worrying about the reenactment of the new policy of Qingli, and also worried. Standing in the wrong line,

For Ouyang Xiu's resignation, Zhao Yu, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, is naturally very reluctant. As the saying goes, "a lonely tree is difficult to become a forest". Even if the king pointed out the direction for Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu is very willing to change in his heart, but how can the father and son of the king alone implement the idea of change, and as today, he has experienced the celebration. There are not many people in the new policy and actively promoting change at that time,

Shenzong hopes every day that Wang's side will lead the reinforcements against Xixia to return with a great victory, and Wang Anshi will come to the capital as soon as possible to deal with the affairs in the court. Zhao Yu heard that the empress dowager was going to see him. He happened to have not to greet the empress dowager for two or three days because of trivial affairs, so he hurried to the Ciming Hall.

Zhao Yu heard the voice in the hall before he entered the hall. Hearing the voice of his younger brother, Zhao Hao, the king of Wu, Zhao Yu was very happy. Zhao Yu's two younger brothers were his mother. He was usually very close to Zhao Hao, and Zhao Hao was very smart and liked reading very much, which was very much with Zhao Yu. Similar,

The eunuch in front of the Ciming Hall pushed open the door of the Cining Hall for Zhao Yu. Zhao Yu strode in. The empress dowager got up and saluted Zhao Hao and said, "Long live my emperor." Zhao Yu hurriedly saluted the empress dowager, "The empress dowager is a thousand years old." After the ceremony of the emperor and minister, it was the relationship between mother and son and brother. After greeting each other, Empress Gao looked at her two sons with relief and said to Zhao Yu, "The emperor must work very hard on national affairs every day. Today, the king of Wu came to visit this palace. I want to invite the emperor to this palace. Let's talk about it. Let's see what can be done to share the worries of the emperor.

The emperor is also a human being, especially Zhao Yu, the emperor who has just ascended the throne, attaches great importance to family affection. Since the death of Emperor Yingzong, he has rarely seen the empress dowager happy. According to the royal rules, after the succession of the divine sect, other adult princes in the palace will live outside the palace, so can Zhao Hao, the king of Wu, come once?

Zhao Yu listened to the words of the Empress Dowager Gao and said with a smile, "The Empress Dowager is just worried. The child can still do it well." After saying that, he said to the eunuch Yang Jian, "Go on, the official will eat in the Ciming Hall today."

Hearing that my brother was going to stay and eat with himself and his mother, he clapped his hands happily and said, "Great, I didn't come in vain today."

The Empress Dowager Gao looked at Zhao Hao and shook his head and smiled: "Look at you, you are still like a child in front of the emperor, dancing without a steady look at all." Zhao Hao retorted, "It's enough to have such a steady brother. Why should I be so steady?" With that, he squeezed his eyes at Zhao Yu,

Zhao Yu also smiled and heard the empress dowager say, "If the previous emperor hadn't left early, you would have reached the age of family, alas."

The Empress Dowager sighed that it was inevitable to miss Yingzong. After all, they were a young couple, and Zhao Shu of Yingzong had not been appointed as other concubines after ascending the throne. At the same time, he also sighed Zhao Hao that the marriage of three years of filial piety was naturally delayed.

Zhao Hao heard that the empress dowager was sad again. He curled his lips to Zhao Yu and wanted to say that he was not in a hurry and was afraid of touching the empress dowager's sadness. Zhao Yu smiled and said in the original place, "Mother, don't have to worry. I will naturally pay attention to this as a brother."

The Empress Dowager Gao was happy. What she was happy about was that there were countless examples of royal brothers fighting for power since ancient times. She was relieved that Zhao Yu could treat her compatriots and brothers like this. "Then the emperor should pay more attention. Which minister's daughter is well-te and dignified..."

Zhao Yu nodded with a smile. Zhao Hao hurriedly stopped the topic: "The Empress Dowager, my brother is the Ninth Five-Year Plan. I'm too busy with national affairs. You still plan to let him take care of Yue Lao's affairs. Isn't that a joke by the ministers? I don't think you should worry about it."

"That's right~" The Empress Dowager herself also felt that it was a little unreasonable for the emperor to worry about this, and couldn't help laughing,

The imperial dining room arranged the imperial dining room in the Ciming Hall. The mother and son sat around the table. Zhao Hao asked, "Brother, where is the army of the king of Zhennan now? Has there been a war in front of you? How is the war now?"

Zhao Yu looked at Zhao Hao curiously: "When did you nerd care about the war?"

Zhao Hao seemed to be told the truth and smiled awkwardly: "Actually, the person I want to know most is not me, but it's not that I don't want to know. Brother, your news is the fastest. Tell me quickly."

Zhao Yu's news came back from 100,000 urgent letters in front of him every day. I'm afraid no one in the capital knew it earlier than him. He thought for a moment and seemed that there was no confidential matter, so he said, "The Xixia army has not reached the border yet. Li Liangzuo divided his troops and went all the way to support Xiping Mansion. He personally led the way to the border, but it was strange that he seemed to walk too slowly. Our reinforcements were almost to Sanchuanzhai. I just received the news, but according to the time, the king of Zhennan should have been there now.

Zhao Hao listened and his eyes lit up: "So if our reinforcements have reached the front line, will Li Liangzuo be scared back?"

Of course, Li Liangzuo would be happy if he was scared away from Zhao Yu. He would not only lose soldiers, but also shock the military power. He even really scared Li Liangzuo this time. In the future, he even saved the annual gift given to Xixia, but he did not express this idea. The empress dowager said, "Wu, who wants to know about such a question in the future. Don't ask the emperor. No one should ask before the emperor handles things and decides to issue a decree. Fortunately, your brother doesn't care about you.

Zhao Hao hurriedly bowed his head and said, "The empress dowager's lesson is that I just asked for my friend, and they didn't entrust me to ask."

"Which friend is good? Tell me, you are the king of Wu. You should be careful when making friends in the future." The Empress Dowager Gao told him again,

Zhao Hao looked up at Zhao Yu. Zhao Yu nodded. He agreed to make friends cautiously, and if the mother asked endless questions, it would be better to tell her directly.

"It's not someone else. My good friend is the brother of the king of Zhennan, Wang Yu and Wang Yuanze."

Zhao Yu had already thought of Wang Yuanze before he said anything. He thought that Wang Yuanze was also full of experience and was appointed as the position of Prince Zhongyun and Chongzheng Hall. Presumably the Empress Dowager had nothing to oppose. Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager Gao listened and frowned slightly: "I don't have any impression of Wang Yuanze, but the king of Zhennan, Ben I don't like it."

"The Empress Dowager, the king of Zhennan is dedicated to the country, and his father also praises him. It is rare to be loyal to a good general. How can his mother not like it?" Zhao Hao asked puzzledly,

Empress Dowager Gao took a look at Zhao Yu and turned her head to Zhao Hao and said, "I can't remember it. When the emperor was still the prince, he went out of the palace in private and mixed with the king. When he came back, he said that he would innovate and eliminate the malpractices, which made the palace very worried. In addition, Gao Gonghua was also your cousin anyway, and he has always been in charge of the emperor. The construction of gardens and other things have been done well. Since the emperor ascended the throne and listened to the words of the king and others, we have to recruit any royal business. Our royal family should build a forest by itself and publicize it publicly. There is no royal dignity.

Zhao Yu is a filial son. The empress dowager didn't say a word when he taught him. He knew in his heart that the empress dowager was plotting himself out of the palace quietly on the king's side. Zhao Hao said, "The Empress Dowager, my brother is also a big plan for the Song Dynasty. Now the court's accumulated malpractices are

Change."

The Empress Dowager Gao did not dare to scold the emperor, but she was still skillful to Zhao Hao's face. She said with a sinking face, "What are the malpractices of the imperial court? Is it a malpractice for the ancestors to govern the Song Dynasty? You should learn to distinguish right from wrong when you are young." Even if she said this to Zhao Hao, she also said it to Zhao Yu,

But after all, Zhao Yu was the emperor. After the Empress Dowager Gao was serious, she immediately slowed down and said, "Of course, if the emperor felt that Li needed to be changed to better govern the Song Dynasty, then the officials did not support it. Didn't the first emperor also tell the court officials to do their best to assist the emperor? In those years, Emperor Renzong wanted to reform those old ministers. The emperor can still use it, just like Fubi and others. After all, the old minister is stable, and the emperor should think twice.

Listening to the queen's words, Zhao Yu lowered his head and said no words, but Zhao Hao shook his head: "Others can do it. I don't think Fubi can do it. My brother doesn't like Fubi."

"Oh, you need to use sages. Only those used by the emperor, how can there be people that the emperor likes and doesn't like." The Empress Dowager said,

Zhao Yu wanted to laugh in his heart. As soon as the Empress Dowager finished speaking, she didn't like Wang's side. On the contrary, the people she recommended didn't like it or not. Zhao Hao said, "You forgot that Fubi sent an envoy to Liao on behalf of the Song Dynasty and set the alliance of Tanyuan. In the future, he will give 100,000 taels of silver and 100,000 pieces of silk to Liao every year. Our lecturer Wang Tao praised it. Fubi was ordered in danger, and his merits and virtues were immeasurable. At that time, my brother said in an atmosphere, 'Yingmo Erzhou was originally from the Song Dynasty, and it was right to keep it. Why did he kowtow to the Liao Dynasty? Fubi's move humiliated the country. If I were the emperor, I would not only not praise him, but also punished him.' In response to my brother's words, I don't think he It will reuse Fubi.

"If you have a good memory, you can't say a few words." Zhao Yu said angrily. Of course, he said so, but he agreed with Zhao Hao's statement in his heart.

The Empress Dowager Gao looked at Zhao Yu with a little worry: "Your emperor, although your words are somewhat reasonable, the situation at that time may not be clear that the silver two can be made clear. It is also worth exchanging these silver pieces for some border peace. Moreover, if you want to innovate, you should also ask Fubi what these old ministers think."

"What the Empress Dowager said is that I will summon Fubi tomorrow." Zhao Yu agreed, but he was a little hesitant in his heart, but he thought that he wanted to use Cai Xiang, Ouyang Xiu and others, which was nothing more than because these people had the experience of changing the law during the Qingli New Deal. Although they failed, they could at least summarize useful things, and Fubi was also the advocate of the Qingli New Deal in those years. He went to consult by himself. The old minister's idea was not bad, but the young Zhao Yu didn't expect that the old minister who actively advocated the new policy of Qingli put a soft nail on him,