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

“It is indeed God’s blessing for the Song Dynasty that such a good recipe has appeared in the world!”

In the court, all the officials congratulated one after another, and Zhao Xu was also excited. Once pesticides were promoted and the Song Dynasty's grain production increased by 30%, it would lay a solid foundation for him to defeat Liaoxia.

"To the official family, Taiwei Meng Yuan is here to congratulate the official family on taking charge!"

Suddenly another memorial was handed in, and all the officials in the court were shocked. Taiwei Meng Yuan was the most die-hard supporter of Empress Dowager Gao, and he also controlled the imperial army in Kaifeng City. His statement meant that Zhao Xu's power had spread. to the military.

Zhao Xu breathed a sigh of relief. Queen Meng had indeed lived up to his trust and finally convinced Meng Yuan to side with him.

Then one after another military generals also came forward to support the pro-government government, and even the Cao family, the in-laws of Empress Dowager Gao, also came forward. As the emperor, Zhao Xu finally took control of the most important power in the imperial power-military power.

At this point, Zhao Xu's momentum has been achieved.

All the officials in the court bowed their heads, and no one dared to question it. Everyone understood that Zhao Xu was already in control.

However, Zhao Xu is not resting easy. He still has one of the biggest hidden dangers that he has yet to solve, and that is Empress Dowager Gao.

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In the palace of Empress Dowager Gao, there were waves of curses, and then, the ministers who came to persuade Empress Dowager Gao one by one were driven out of the palace of Empress Dowager Gao in embarrassment.

When Zhao Xu saw this, he couldn't help but look embarrassed. He didn't expect Empress Dowager Gao to be so stubborn. Even though the situation was over, she still refused to write the edict to return the government.

"I would like to inform the officials that the resentment in the heart of the Empress Dowager will surely lead to disaster in the future. I ask the officials to make a decision early, otherwise there will be endless troubles." Wang Di, the new imperial minister, said coldly.

Wang Di led the imperial students to petition for orders, used the influence of the New Party to arouse public opinion among the people, and made great contributions to Zhao Xu's rise to power. He was appointed by Zhao Xu as a scholar in the Imperial Academy and accompanied him at his side.

Zhao Xu's expression changed. Empress Dowager Gao had been in power for eight years and had countless followers. If Empress Dowager Gao was given a chance, she would probably end up no better than Xia Huizong!

"After all, the Empress Dowager raised me up? If you do it too harshly, I'm afraid it will attract criticism." Zhao Xu said with concern.

Wang Di sneered and said: "Do the officials really think that the Empress Dowager is wholeheartedly supporting the officials? If so, the officials are old enough, why doesn't the Empress Dowager take the initiative to return to power?"

Zhao Xu's expression suddenly changed. Wang Di's words hit Zhao Xu's heart. If Empress Dowager Gao had returned to power in time, what would have happened today.

Wang Di continued: "The officials know why Cai Xianggong suffered such brutal revenge. It was only one of the reasons why he offended the old party when he was in power. The main reason was that he discovered that the Empress Dowager had the intention to depose the officials. Cai Xianggong I openly wrote a letter to hold the Empress Dowager accountable and saved my official position, but I received the most severe retaliation among all the prime ministers in history.”

Zhao Xu frowned. The Song Dynasty was very tolerant to scholar-bureaucrats. Even if the court battle failed, the worst treatment would still be to be demoted to the local government and become a prefect?

Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi are all like this.

Cai Que was first demoted, and then sent to Lingnan. He was indeed the most miserable prime minister in the past. It turned out that there was such a secret. Combined with the refusal of Empress Dowager Gao to return to power, and the pressing pressure of King Yong Zhao Hao, Zhao Xu couldn't help but believe it. suspect.

"The Empress Dowager is a treacherous person who wants to abolish the country for the sake of power. Why should the officials think about their old feelings? Why not just abolish her title of queen and completely cut off her authority to avoid future troubles." Wang Di said with a fierce look on his face. .

Although Wang Di is Wang Yu's stepson, his behavior is very similar to Wang Yu's, and he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

Zhao Xu thought about how he could only see the grievances on the backs and buttocks of hundreds of officials in the court, the crisis that King Yong was pressing every step of the way, and the order he issued for the first time to punish rape and eradicate evil, but was almost abandoned by Empress Dowager Gao. Old and new hatreds welled up in my heart.

"The official is charged with the important task of revitalizing the Song Dynasty, so how can the rear be unstable? Remember that when Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty launched the Xuanwu Gate Revolution, he still became the emperor for eternity, not to mention that the official is the legitimate emperor." Wang Di said again. encouraged.

After hearing this, Zhao Xu was heartbroken. Fan Zheng had suggested that he learn from history. Tang Taizong was the emperor he admired. With the example of Tang Taizong, he no longer hesitated and immediately ordered Wang Di to draft an edict to abolish the position of Empress Dowager Gao. , completely cutting off the possibility of counterattack.

Empress Dowager Xiang was shocked when she heard the news and quickly stopped her: "Think twice, officials! When the late emperor was in danger, there was quite an intention to establish King Yong in the court. It was all thanks to the Empress Dowager's strong support for the officials and ordered Eunuch Liang to secretly sew a ten-year-old child. The dragon robe worn ensures that the official ascends to the throne."

Although Empress Dowager Xiang agrees with Zhao Xu's position as emperor, she does not want Empress Dowager Gao to completely abolish her position as queen. If the official family can abolish Empress Dowager Gao's position as queen today, they can abolish her position as queen in the future.

Zhao Xu frowned. The incident at the age of ten was a long time ago for him. In addition, he was a child at the time and did not understand the inside story.

"If the officials don't believe me, they can ask Concubine Zhu. She will definitely know the details." Seeing that Zhao Xu didn't believe it, Empress Dowager Xiang pulled Concubine Zhu over. She knew that Concubine Zhu was soft-tempered and would definitely not hold a grudge against Empress Dowager Gao.

Sure enough, Concubine Zhu came over and immediately interceded for Empress Dowager Gao and proved what happened back then.

Zhao Xu frowned and asked: "Since my aunt and concubine knew what happened back then, they must have known that they agreed that when I came of age, the Empress Dowager would return power to me. Did the Empress Dowager do it?"

Empress Dowager Xiang and Concubine Zhu were immediately speechless. After all, Empress Dowager Gao was indeed at fault in this matter.

Empress Dowager Xiang whispered to Concubine Zhu: "The concubine will first persuade the officials, and the Ai family will ask Fan Taicheng to come. Now only he can persuade the officials to change their minds."

She knew that the New Party must be behind the instigation of Zhao Xu to be so radical. Currently, the only one who can persuade Zhao Xu is Fan Zheng.

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In the Taiyuan Hospital, Fan Zheng took a deep breath as he looked at the energetic Cai Que in front of him. Without him, Cai Que seemed to be in excellent spirits, but in fact he was in a state of recovery.

Qian Yi nodded heavily.

Fan Zheng frowned and said: "Master Cai was once a very popular minister, and Fan naturally does not need to keep it secret. If he had not taken the tiger and wolf medicine, Fan could have prescribed a prescription for Master Cai to prolong his life for a while. Now it is too late."

Cai Que's face darkened, and then he said calmly: "I am lucky to be able to see that the officials are in charge and the Song Dynasty Reform is about to happen. Cai wanted to meet the evil man today who called the Xining Reform a recipe for failure. What a beautiful medical model!"

Hearing this, Fan Zheng frowned and said, "It's not like the Song Dynasty didn't give you a chance. It's unprecedented in ancient times and modern times that the reform was not completed in sixteen years."

Cai Que was immediately speechless when he heard this. No matter they had thousands of excuses for failure, the Song Dynasty did give them sixteen years, but they failed to make the Song Dynasty strong.

Cai Que asked back: "Fan Taicheng thinks he can succeed in reforming the Song Dynasty?"

Fan Zheng said proudly: "There is no difference between reform and treating diseases and saving people. All you need to do is find the source of the disease and prescribe the right prescription. This is Fan's expertise."

"I wonder what Fan Taicheng thinks is the root cause of the Song Dynasty?" Cai Que asked solemnly.

"ancestral system!" Fan Zheng said word by word.

Cai Que smiled bitterly and said: "We are not afraid of destiny, our ancestors are not lawful, and people's words are not compassionate. You think the new party does not know the root of the disease of the Song Dynasty."

Fan Zheng sneered and said: "The people in the Song Dynasty wanted to reform because they wanted to have food to eat, not to let the new party smash the pot! The people do not increase taxes but the state uses people. It takes a long time to operate. Where will the money come from in a short time? It has not come from the scholar-bureaucrats, and the people have not received benefits, so how can the new party not arouse public anger? If the new party had the determination to directly abolish the old currency and sink the boat, I am afraid that the reform would have been successful long ago."