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

"Weak ministers impeached Privy Councilor Zeng Bu. This battle failed to accomplish anything. Instead, they robbed their subordinates of the credit for destroying the country. They seized the magpie's nest and rushed to tell their subordinates good strategies! This is an extreme dereliction of duty."

Suddenly, a discordant voice appeared in the court hall, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

All the officials were shocked and immediately turned around, only to see that the person who came to impeach Zeng Bu was the censor Yang Wei, and the target of his attack was clearly pointed at the Privy Councilor Zeng Bu who had just returned from victory.

Everyone knows that the victory over the city of Dali relied on the evil doctor Fan Zheng's evil recipe of crossing Cangshan Mountain, which forced Dali to surrender, not to mention the best policy proposed by Zeng Bu to immigrate the people of the Song Dynasty, and to use officials to govern Dali. It is based on Fan Zheng's evil recipe of treating people as locusts.

Although Zeng Bu was the nominal commander-in-chief of the Battle of Dali and destroyed Dali in one battle, the separation of the generals in the Song Dynasty's army from Zeng Bu was not a matter of words. Not to mention that the Privy Councilor Zeng Bu not only grabbed the credit but failed to win it, he even What he thought was the best strategy was defeated by Fan Zheng's middle strategy.

Now that the old party had caught hold of it and openly exposed it in the court, it was obvious that Zeng Bu was going to die.

"not good!"

Everyone in the new party shouted that something was wrong, but no one expected that the old party would launch an attack at this moment and suddenly impeach Zeng Bu.

You must know that Zeng Bu was the privy envoy, controlled the military power of the Song Dynasty, and was the number two figure in the New Party.

Once something happens to Zeng Bu, it will be a huge blow to the new party.

"I am reporting to the officials that I am impeaching Fan Taicheng for killing innocent people indiscriminately, plundering troops, and lining his own pockets." After hearing this, Cai Jing immediately impeached Fan Zheng to divert pressure from the court.

Although Fan Zheng was the first to conquer Dali, his actions were extremely cruel and controversial, and were not without loopholes and stains.

"I am impeaching generals Zhong Pu and Yao Xiong. They are afraid of the enemy and are holding back, thus wasting the opportunity to fight!" Some civilian officials took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and suppressed military generals such as Zhong Pu and Yao Xiong.

After successive battles, the military generals gradually became more powerful, which made the scholar-bureaucrats who always respected literature and suppressed military affairs very uneasy. They took the opportunity to suppress the two generals Zhong Pu and Yao Xiong who were in the limelight.

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Suddenly, there was chaos in the court, and the sound of impeachment was heard everywhere.

"cough!"

Following Zhao Xu's slight cough, all the ministers in the court fell into silence.

"Zeng Aiqing! What's your defense for the impeachment of hundreds of officials?" Zhao Xu looked at Zeng Bu and asked.

Zeng Bu couldn't help but sigh, his initial greed was finally backfired.

However, he knew that he had not snatched the credit for Fan Zheng's success. The officials had no evidence. They just heard the news and said, "I have a clear conscience!"

"What a man with a clear conscience, how dare you act like a dignified Privy Councilor!" Yang Wei said sarcastically.

Cai Jing frowned and said, "As we all know, Fan Taicheng was the first to take credit for the Battle of Dali. Mr. Zeng also reported him truthfully and there was no claim of taking credit."

Yang Wei sneered: "Is that because I didn't get it?"

Suddenly the old and new parties were arguing.

"Fan Taicheng, as the client, what do you have to say?"

Zhao Xu looked at Fan Zhengdao again.

Zeng Bu couldn't help but be shocked. He naturally knew that his original behavior was indeed suspected of stealing credit. If Fan Zhengji had a grudge against him and accused him of stealing credit in public, he might not be able to escape.

Fan Zheng was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said: "As for the official family, now the humble minister is the first to take credit, so naturally there is no way to steal the credit."

There was an uproar in the court. No one expected Fan Zheng to take the initiative to testify for Zeng Bu.

Even Zeng Bu looked at Fan Zheng in confusion. His relationship with Fan Zheng was not good. Coupled with the conflict between the New Party and the Medical Party, he did not expect Fan Zheng to excuse him.

Fan Zheng is not a good old man. If he can kill Zeng Bu with one blow, Fan Zheng would not mind. However, Fan Zheng has the credit in hand. If he kills them all, he may cause dissatisfaction between the government and the public, not to mention that Fan Zheng has a more important purpose.

"Not only that, Wei Chen believes that the unhealthy trend of the court suppressing generals who go on expeditions must be put to an end, otherwise Di Qing's tragedy will surely happen again. Who among the generals of the Song Dynasty is still willing to go to war for the country?" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

"Di Qing!"

The officials frowned. They were naturally very familiar with Di Qing's affairs.

During the Renzong Dynasty, Di Qingnai was a military god. He went to the southwest and defeated Nong Zhigao and returned with a great victory. Finally, he was promoted to deputy privy envoy, which can be said to have achieved the highest position of a military general.

However, the higher Di Qing's official position was, the more he was ostracized by the scholar-bureaucrats and eventually died of depression.

Zhao Xu frowned. Now the three armies of the imperial court conquering Dali have all been impeached by the court officials. This situation is very similar to Di Qing's situation back then.

Yang Wei suddenly became anxious and quickly defended: "I have no such intention."

Yang Wei didn't understand why Fan Zheng took the initiative to come to Zeng Bu's rescue when Zeng Bu had clearly robbed him of his credit. If Fan Zheng took the opportunity to add insult to injury and sit back and watch Zeng Bu's crime of stealing credit, Zeng would definitely be let down by the official's trust in Fan Zheng. Boo could no longer turn over.

Seeing that things were turning around, Zeng Bu immediately said: "I have informed the officials that the terrain and climate of Dali are dangerous. Back then, the Tang Dynasty's 100,000-strong army was wiped out in Nanzhao. We, the Song Dynasty, must use all possible means to win. Besides, those who suffered excessive killings were the southwestern barbarians and the thirty-six tribes in eastern Yunnan. The Song army led by Fan Taicheng could say that Qiu had no calculations, so how could he be harshly criticized."

Fan Zheng then said: "We were ordered to go on the expedition with only one purpose, and that is to win. If we return with a disastrous defeat, we will have no complaints about how the imperial court will hold us accountable. Now that we have won and returned to the imperial court, the imperial court will be the commander-in-chief of the three armies. They have all been impeached, and the foreign king's orders will be violated. If this happens again and again, wouldn't it make the military feel chilly? Our Song Dynasty and Liao Xia's old enemies are looking around. We are suppressed in victory or defeat. Who is willing to fight to the death for the country?"

All the officials were silent. They once again underestimated the evil doctor Fan Zheng. His behavior was so evil that they made another miscalculation.

Zhao Xu said with a solemn expression: "This is a happy day for the imperial court to return to the court after a victory. Don't mention other trivial matters anymore. I will convey my decree, reward the three armies, and reward all the meritorious officials."

"The officials are wise!" Fan Zheng bowed and worshiped.

Looking at the puzzled expressions of the officials, Fan Zheng snorted in his heart. Although his father was now the leader of the old party, he knew that Yang Wei and others would not really stand up for him, but would only use his affairs as a It's just a weapon used to attack Zeng Bu.

Fan Zheng would naturally not tolerate this kind of behavior, not to mention that Zeng Bu's credit-stealing behavior had been resolved by him. Even if he had a grudge against Zeng Bu, he would avenge it himself without resorting to the help of others.

Not to mention, the officials in the court openly impeached the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army on the day of his victory. This arrogance of scholar-bureaucrats immediately angered Fan Zheng. Compared with his personal grudges with Zeng Bu, the grudges between civil servants and military generals were more important to him. real purpose.

"Pass the decree! Promote Pu Yaoxiong to the rank of chief and deputy defense envoy of Huangzhou, and his official rank will be from the fourth rank."

"Privy Councilor Zeng Bu was promoted to bachelor of Guanwen Palace."

Zeng Bu was suddenly shocked, cupped his hands and said, "Old minister, I would like to thank the officials for their kindness!"

Although the Grand Bachelor of Guanwendian is only a fictitious position, it is one of the necessary positions to worship the prime minister.

In other words, from now on, Zeng Bu is one of the candidates for prime minister, and other officials can't help but look at Zeng Bu with envy.

Finally, Zhao Xu turned his attention to Fan Zheng. He knew that Fan Zheng was the first to take the lead in the Dali battle. However, Fan Zheng did not have a military position and held a variety of official positions, including the position of imperial physician and weapons supervisor. Yes, it is really not appropriate to add new positions since he controls the Royal Bank.