Chapter 786: Crazy

The urgent order of Chen Ao to enter the capital and appoint Li Gang as the Minister of War and summoning various troops to support the king is actually a difficult problem. If you borrow a jade seal, it is obviously inappropriate, and it is a bit of a ban on the imperial edict. After all, the first time in the Song Dynasty was in charge of the country, and the emperor issued an order and ignored everything, but the arrangement of the etiquette system must be discussed properly.

In the end, he chose a compromise method, let the Ministry of Rites accept the imperial edict, and then used the seal of the Eastern Palace. Finally, the jade seal was stamped.

Everything is ready and immediately ordered people to send them to other places without mentioning them.

Zhao Huan came down from the palace and looked confused. He had not adapted to the change of this role. He wanted to go back to the East Palace, but was stopped. Zhao Huan was asked to stay in the palace for the time being. How dare Zhao Huan? In addition, Zhao Ji's eyes and ears are everywhere in the palace, so he insisted on going back to the East Palace.

The palace had to prepare a car for him and sent him back. Zhao Huan's feet fell to the gate of the East Palace and finally relaxed his breath. The palace vanguard who accompanied him abides by his duties and has strictly protected the entire East Palace. Today is different from the past. Zhao Huan felt more at ease when he saw these burly Yulin Guards.

"Congratulations to Your Highness." An old eunuch, who was also Zhao Huan's closest person, was the head of the Eastern Palace, named Kaifu. He was also the news he had just heard. Thinking that the prince was finally reigning the country, the situation was clear and the sun was clear, so he naturally came to congratulate him.

Zhao Huan, however, had a stern face and scolded: "He Xizhiyou? Don't talk nonsense."

After saying that, he glanced at the guards, quickly entered the Eastern Palace, sat down in a side hall to rest, and asked someone to pour tea. Zhao Heng said, "Call the servants, I have something to discuss with him."

The so-called sacrificial servant is the official of the Eastern Palace. The prince's sacrificial servant is Cheng Zhen, and he is a brother of Cheng Jiang. Otherwise, Cheng Jiang would not be so trusted by Zhao Huan. However, compared to Cheng Jiang, Cheng Zhen's character seems much more peaceful. Although he is loyal to the prince, he repeatedly asked the prince not to cause trouble, be careful to worship the palace, and not to provoke the King of Pingxi. His proposal of course made Zhao Huan dissatisfied, so he did not discuss many things with him in the past. Now Cheng Jiang has become a commoner. Zhao Huan looked around and found that he could entrust him again, so he became closer to Cheng Zhen.

Cheng Zhen was born as a great scholar and had a bit of a bookish spirit. Although his temples were frosty, he showed strange indifference at this time. He entered the side hall and bowed to Zhao Huan. Zhao Huan smiled at him and said, "She Cheng doesn't have to be too polite, sit down and talk."

Cheng Zhenhe nodded and said, "Congratulations to Your Highness."

Zhao Huan then showed joy and said, "Have you heard about it?"

Cheng Zhen sighed and said, "I heard that, Your Majesty... Alas..." He sighed again, and said, "Your Highness, the most urgent task at the moment is to stay in the capital. Since that is the case, why don't the prince stay in the palace and return to the East Palace instead?"

Zhao Huan said: "I am afraid that someone will be so quick to speak out, which will arouse suspicion from villains." Seeing that Cheng Zhen was obsessed with this issue, he felt unhappy and said: "I am actually strong in advocating peace, but most civil and military officials in the court are in charge of fighting. It is important to know that the Jurchens are coming every day, and the five mountains and rivers of Bianjing are blocked. Where is the opponent of the Jurchens? I am very worried. What do Cheng Sheren think about it?"

In fact, Zhao Huan's meaning is still the Lord. With his courage, how dare he fight against the Jurchens? His father did not dare, would he dare to be a son? Zhao Huan has been mediocre all his life and is not a courageous person. When he thinks that hundreds of thousands of Jurchens appeared outside the city overnight, he was out of his mind, let alone fighting to the death.

It was just that no one in the court supported Zhao Huan, so Zhao Huan dared not make this claim. Cheng Zhen, the Eastern Palace clerk, was different. He had served as the Imperial College and was highly respected. If he was willing to stand up and propose, the situation would inevitably change.

Unexpectedly, although Cheng Zhen was dedicated to assisting the prince, when he heard Zhao Huan's words of peace talks, his face immediately became extremely terrifying and he said sternly: "Why did Your Highness say this? Jurchens are jackals, and they are dangerous and cunning, no different from beasts. After reading so many books, the subordinate officials have never heard of a gentleman making peace with beasts. Your Highness is the crown prince. Now he is ordered to supervise the country and the country should be the priority, and he should work hard to expel jackals and wolves. How can he have an affair with the thief?"

After hearing this, Zhao Huan immediately lost interest and thought to himself, if Cheng Jiang is here, why should I be ridiculed by him? Thinking of this, Zhao Heng showed an unhappy look on his face and said calmly: "I know the teachings of Cheng Sheren. I am tired now. You can go down."

Seeing Zhao Huan's unhappy attitude, Cheng Zhen had to go down.

Zhao Huan sat on the chair with a gloomy face, took a sip of tea, and said to Kaifu, who was serving him, "What kind of surveillance is this? Even a servant is unwilling to obey my words, hum!"

Kaifu smiled and said, "Your Highness, this is because you have no confidant. If Shangshu Cheng was still there, why would this be the case?"

Zhao Huan said: "This is true. If Cheng Jiang and Li Bangyan were there, they would definitely know what our palace wants. Unfortunately, the father had already seized their official positions and ordered them to retire, otherwise..."

Kaifu hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "Now he is the governor of His Highness, isn't your highness the final decision about the matter here?"

Zhao Huan's eyebrows were sunk and hesitated: "The father has just dismissed them. I'm afraid it's inappropriate to invite them back now. If someone uses this to attack you, wouldn't it be..."

Kaifu and Na Chengjiang had a close relationship, so he tried his best to instigate: "Your Highness, the country is approaching, so we should do our best. If we don't use these two people, the whole court is full of the gangs of King Pingxi. Who is willing to run for Your Highness sincerely?"

Zhao Huan immediately remembered the words of Yang Zhen and Li Gang in the court, and he also became angry and said, "What you said is that the national crisis is imminent, so naturally we should do our best. Since the father has entrusted the safety of the country and the clan society to me, can't I have the master of the palace? So, go and run around immediately, find a censor, promise him some benefits, tell him, give me a memorial to me, and revive Li Bangyan and Cheng Jiang."

I've answered the blessing.

Zhao Huan seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said, "Go."

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As autumn was about to come, Bianjing was in chaos, with all kinds of rumors circulating in the streets and alleys. Many wealthy families had already walked south. They originally thought it was singing and dancing to bring peace. Now it seems that even the emperor has left, and Isn’t it a pity that he still keeps it?

No one celebrated the prince's reign, but panic continued to spread. At this time, someone remembered Chen Lengzi's goodness. Although Chen Lengzi was a little inferior in character, he often did some inexplicable things, which always made everyone frightened, but no one would forget the good news from Xixia that as long as the King of Pingxi was present, the situation would not be so chaotic.

The chaos in the court also appeared. A censor submitted a memorial to ask the prince to restore Li Bangyan and Cheng Jiang. The memorial was just handed over, which immediately caused an uproar. Yang Zhen immediately opposed it. As for Quartz, Zhou Zheng and others, they also stood up. There were also some people who had already guessed that this was probably the prince's idea. At present, the prince was in charge of the country. Isn't it a time to take advantage of the situation? Some people supported it, claiming that the two had no major mistakes. At this critical moment of national crisis, why not restore them and make them make up for their merits and serve the country.

For several days, the court was attacking each other, and the fight was fierce for this matter. Finally, Zhao Huan stood up and comforted Yang Zhen and others, saying that these two were all guilty ministers, so how could they be retaliated? On the other hand, he said, however, seeing that they had some talent, I temporarily activated them and entered the Eastern Palace to be appointed as the prince's servants.

The prince's servant was just a small official of the seventh and eighth rank. This made it a bit muddy, but Yang Zhen and others couldn't find any loopholes. They thought that it was unnecessary to use their energy to fight for the two criminals at this time, so they finally chose to remain silent.

Cheng Jiang and Li Bangyan's revival also made many people understand what Zhao Heng meant. On the second day of revival, Cheng Jiang submitted a memorial saying that the Jurchens were strong and unmatched. Since the Jurchens had already taken the Khitans and replaced them, the Song Dynasty should follow the ancestral system and deal with the Jurchens according to the method of dealing with the Khitans.

This memorial is a model of saving the country in a curve. It shamelessly brought out the ancestral system, which means that since the predecessors of the Song Dynasty could sue for peace from the Liao Kingdom to give annual tributes, why can't they discuss peace with the Jin Kingdom now? This is the glorious tradition of the Song Dynasty and an unswerving national policy. Anyone who opposes it will disrespect his ancestors and do not respect the ancestral laws, which has ulterior motives.

The court was in an uproar!

When this memorial was handed over to his subordinates, it was said that Yang Zhen ignored the rules and directly tore Cheng Jiang's memorial in half and cursed on the spot: "That must be the one who ruins the people of the world!"

Not only Yang Zhen, Shi Ying and others also jumped out and began to encircle Cheng Jiang. In their opinion, this memorial was extremely sinister. Once Cheng Jiang could not be suppressed, more people would inevitably attract attention. Not to mention working together to fight against the Jin Dynasty, I am afraid that the court would spend much time on the war and peace.

At this time, Zhao Huan's attitude was very ambiguous. After three days of the incident, he did not show any attitude. Even when the court was discussing, he was indifferent, neither supported nor explicitly opposed.

Cheng Jiang was unscathed. Although he was criticized by countless people, he was still his prince's servant. Even after the court discussion, Zhao Huan suddenly called the new Minister of Personnel and asked him: "Chen Jiang resigned for his crime of negligence. Do you agree?"

I agree or not, but ask others. But the fool knows that the prince is telling everyone that he does not agree and Cheng Jiang is not guilty!

The dispute came here and was far from over. Although Cheng Jiang's memorial did not work, it also told many people that it was not guilty to discussing peace and the prince would not be accustomed to it. Then, the second one jumped out was Li Bangyan.

Li Bangyan handed over the memorial, and the skillful powerful ministers were obviously more clever. The memorial did not discuss any issue of war and harmony. Instead, it was said that when Emperor Taizu was there, he had fought with the Khitans, and he spent a huge treasury, but he was unable to win. As a result, he had to negotiate peace with the Khitans and called brothers. Since then, although Song and Liao have had evil in times of time, they were mostly peaceful. This situation has been a hundred years. The old minister has read many books recently, and the books say that those monarchs who like to show their power have been obtained in the war.

Victory often ends up emptying the national treasury, making the people difficult, and the people's livelihood difficult. The people in the world become poor. Although the country has expanded its territory, the result is not worth the loss. Therefore, the old minister couldn't help but sigh that warriors will perish. Today, under the rule of Your Majesty, the people are rich and live in peace and work, which makes the old minister very worried. If there are people who are very happy to be successful, they do not cherish the current peace and pursue those unrealistic great achievements, can peace be maintained? How long can the people live and work in peace and contentment?

Ruthless enough!

This memorial can be regarded as a model for criticizing the people. In a tone of worrying about the country and the people, it is targeting the current disputes of fighting and harmony, and is highly praised, directly numerically referring to the ministers who are in charge of fighting as people who are very happy and do not compassionate with the suffering of the people, thus highlighting their own concern for the country and the people.

Li Bangyan's memorial really kicked off the main battle and dispute. For several days, the court spent several days of discussions on the court, spending these saliva disputes. First, the main battle faction rebuked Cheng Jiang and Li Bangyan one-sidedly, and then some ministers suddenly appeared in the form of the main peace faction. On the third day, the number of the main peace faction increased, and even bigwigs like the Minister of Justice joined in.

Yang Zhen was weak, and his hair was not known to have a lot of frost. He grew older in a few days. With his wisdom, of course he understood that the peace talks would turn the two small Eastern Palace clans into a strife that was enough to compete with the pro-war faction. It was nothing more than the prince who was the governor of the country, and the prince, although he had not made a choice on the surface, actually everyone knew that the prince was determined to negotiate peace talks.

After another meaningless verbal dispute, Yang Zhen walked out of the hall with a trembling trembling, and looked extremely lonely.
Chapter completed!