Physician of the Song Dynasty: Zhang Kai and Li Qingzhao have a private life-long contract

Inside the Chui Gong Hall!

The smell of gunpowder is strong!

This is Zhao Xu's first real court meeting. Even though Empress Dowager Gao was seriously ill and Zhao Xu had to handle the government affairs alone for more than half a month, it was still not considered pro-government.

When Empress Dowager Gao came forward, she immediately took back all her power, which shows how many ministers followed Empress Dowager Gao. Now that Zhao Xu suddenly forced the palace, the ministers who followed Empress Dowager Gao naturally began to fight back.

"Reporting to the officials, someone saw the criminal Cai Que in Kaifeng City! His failure to recall him to Beijing is a serious crime! Please punish the officials." Zhao Tingzhi was the first to speak out.

"Cai Que!" The officials' hearts moved, and they couldn't help but think of the thin body that was once the leader of the officials. He was the leader of the new party and the prime minister of the court, but he was framed in the Chegaiting Poetry Case and was degraded in just a few years. Lingnan, became a criminal.

Zhao Xu looked down at the ministers and said without hesitation: "It's not that Cai did not recall him to the capital, but he was seriously ill. I pity him for having served the country. Now that doctors are flourishing and their medical skills have advanced greatly, I specially let him return to the capital for treatment. "

"The official ordered Cai Que to return to Beijing for treatment. Why didn't the three departments not know? The hundreds of officials didn't know?" Zhao Tingzhi asked forcefully.

Zhao Xu said calmly: "How can it be a trivial matter such as a patient returning to Beijing for treatment, so much effort and effort to alert the ministers?"

Fan Zheng cooperated: "According to the report from Taiyuan Hospital, most of the medicines Master Cai took were tiger and wolf medicines. I'm afraid he will die soon."

Everyone in the court couldn't help but feel sorry for Cai Que. They knew very well that in the past, the Che Gaiting Poetry Case was mostly framed by false accusations. Now that his time is running out, it would be unreasonable to kill them all.

"Wang Di, the grandson of the treacherous prime minister Wang Anshi, incited the imperial students and imperial doctors to knock on the door, and even the ignorant people followed him, which is a tantamount to rebellion! He should be severely punished."

"More scholars surrounded the White Tiger Hall and insulted the soldiers. The city of Kaifeng was in chaos. The Empress Dowager is always bearing the burden. Please also ask the Empress Dowager to step in and stabilize the Song Dynasty!"

When the plan failed, Zhao Tingzhi and a group of ministers went to court again, forcing Zhao Xu to invite Empress Dowager Gao.

Zhao Xu angrily rebuked: "The imperial students and imperial doctors are knocking on the door to ask for orders to revitalize the Song Dynasty to fight against the Liao and Xia Dynasties. Everyone of the people is opposed to the annual currency. This is what the people want. You are eating the emperor's salary and have no intention of revitalizing the Song Dynasty and being loyal to the country." , but feared Liao and Xia like a tiger, it was simply useless to serve as a minister of the Song Dynasty."

Zhao Tingzhi said righteously: "The common people are stupid, how can they understand our painstaking efforts? The imperial students are angry at the scholar business and do not understand the dangerous situation of the Song Dynasty. The Liao and Xia countries are colluding with each other. Once the war breaks out again, the Song Dynasty will definitely be devastated."

Zhao Tingzhi once again threatened Liao and Xia, and the whole court was suddenly filled with sorrow. Once the war broke out again, the money spent could no longer be solved with this small amount of money.

"No! Fan instead believes that now is a great opportunity for the Song Dynasty to dominate the world." Fan Zheng stepped out of the queue and looked directly at Zhao Tingzhi and retorted.

"Unify the world?" Zhao Tingzhi laughed angrily, pointed at Fan Zheng and angrily shouted: "One day, the Song Dynasty will fall at the hands of an armchair person like you. Zhao can guarantee that within half a year, Xixia will be defeated." When the attack comes, the Liao Kingdom is also ready to take action. If we don't remedy it, it will be too late."

Fan Zheng snorted coldly: "Be afraid before fighting. Having ministers like Mr. Zhao in the Song Dynasty is the disaster of the country's ruin. From Fan's perspective, Xixia will definitely be defeated this time, and they will be defeated by listening to politics behind the curtain!"

"Failed by listening to politics behind the curtain!"

The whole dynasty fell silent, and everyone knew that now, like the Song Dynasty, Xixia had a young emperor ascending the throne, and the queen mother listened to the government behind the curtain.

Zhao Tingzhi chuckled and said: "Back then, the Empress Dowager Liang of Western Xia listened to politics behind the curtain, and the New Party used the same rhetoric when it bewitched the late emperor. As a result, 600,000 soldiers and civilians of the Song Dynasty died on the battlefield. This is a lesson from the past."

All the officials nodded. Back then, Shenzong also took advantage of the accession of the young emperor of Xixia to the throne, and the Empress Dowager Liang was in charge of the affairs behind the curtain. He wanted to pacify Xixia in one battle, but he suffered a series of defeats, and Xining's reform was also dealt a huge blow.

Fan Zhengzheng said: "Listening behind the curtain to listen to politics is not a strategy for subjugation. The real strategy for subjugating a country is to listen to politics behind the curtain. Empress Dowager Liang was greedy for power and held on to power. As a result, Xia Huizong died young and her niece Xiao Liang once again Listen to politics behind the curtain and hold great power."

The faces of the officials changed. They knew that Fan Zheng was referring to Sang and Huai, but they could not refute it. After all, it is a fact that the Empress Dowager Liang of Xixia would not let go of her power.

"It is not terrible to listen to the government behind the curtain. What is terrible is that the imperial succession is out of order. In order to monopolize power, the Empress Dowager Liang imprisoned Xia Huizong. The Xixia imperial party and the Renduo tribe rebelled one after another. Will such tragic events happen again in the Song Dynasty?"

Fan Zheng looked around at the ministers and scolded angrily.

Yesterday, Empress Dowager Gao was still there, so he saved a little face, but now he naturally did not shy away from it and angrily accused Empress Dowager Gao of monopolizing power.

Zhao Xu clenched his fists immediately. He was well versed in current affairs and naturally knew the miserable end of Emperor Xia Hui. If he did not force the palace, even if he reluctantly took over the government in the future, he would not be able to monopolize power. If he tried to change his ways to become stronger, he would probably end up like Emperor Xia Hui. fate.

All the officials were silent. Wu Zetian's incident was far away, and the Empress Dowager Liu E and the Empress Dowager Liang of Xixia had learned from the past. The officials understood that it was very unlikely to expect Empress Dowager Gao to take the initiative to return power. When the time comes, the struggle for power in Xixia would probably end. It will be performed in the Song Dynasty.

"What's even more frightening is that the Liang family of Xixia actually married their niece to Emperor Xia Hui for their own benefit. Now one family has two queens, monopolizing power, and relatives intervening in politics. People in Xixia must be at odds. This is Xixia's weakest moment. It is a God-given opportunity for the Song Dynasty." Fan Zheng shouted.

All the officials in the court nodded. Today's situation is indeed very different from that in the Shenzong period. During the Shenzong period, although the Queen Mother was behind the curtain to listen to the affairs of Xixia, Xixia's strength has not been weakened. Now Xixia's strength has been greatly reduced after a series of internal fights, and its relatives Intervening in politics, the two Empress Dowagers of the Liang Dynasty listened behind the curtain. There must be disunity in the country, and there is indeed an opportunity to take advantage of it.

"Now Empress Dowager Xiaoliang of Xixia is listening behind the curtain. In order to consolidate her power, she fought against the Song Dynasty one after another in an attempt to consolidate her power by defeating the Song Dynasty. We only need to defeat the Xixia offensive and then claim that the Empress Dowager Liang's harem is interfering in politics and the Liang family intends to rebel. , in the name of restoring the orthodoxy of the Xixia royal family, we will definitely divide Xixia internally, defeat them, completely abolish the Xixia coins, and eliminate the threat of Xixia." Fan Zheng clenched his fist heavily and said.

In an instant, all the officials in the court looked at Fan Zheng with more admiration. No one thought that Fan was just talking on paper. On the contrary, every strategy of Fan Zheng hit Xixia's fatal point hard. If even such a If Xixia and the Song Dynasty were unable to defeat them, then the soldiers of the Song Dynasty could only be said to be nothing but wine and rice sacks.

Zhao Tingzhi was speechless and could only change the subject: "Xixia is indeed weak, but the Liao Kingdom, the two countries are in collusion with each other. Once the Song Dynasty fights against Xixia, the Liao Kingdom takes advantage of the opportunity and invades with millions of cavalry. Once If we send our troops southward, there will be no danger to defend Kaifeng, and we may be in danger of destroying the country."

Fan Zheng retorted: "The Liao Kingdom is nothing to worry about. The Song Dynasty is still at war with Xixia. However, the Liao Kingdom has been at peace for hundreds of years and its army has been depleted. The Liao Emperor Yelu Hongji is already sixty and his life is not long. His reign is First there was the Chongyuan Rebellion, and then there was Yelu Yixin who took advantage of power and disrupted the government, and ordered the death of Queen Xiao Guanyin. The spirit of the Liao Kingdom had been lost. As long as the Song Dynasty kept a tight defense, the Liao Kingdom would definitely return without success. Waiting for the cleanup to be completed Xixia and Liao are not of concern."

Everyone's faces twitched, Xixia listened to politics behind the curtain, and the emperor of Liao was old, while the Song Dynasty had the disadvantages of both. Empress Dowager Gao not only listened to politics behind the curtain, but also grew old. The three families were simply trying to destroy each other.

The officials in the court thought that this was indeed an excellent opportunity for the Song Dynasty. Zhao Xu took charge of the government, worked hard to revitalize the Song Dynasty, and had a chance to unify the country.