Chapter 568

Therefore, what the superiors need most is to arrange the person they should use in a suitable position, rather than generalizing it in a clear way based on their own likes and dislikes.

Zhao Xu deeply agreed with this. At this stage, he was learning from the Empress Dowager and thinking about his past thoughts. As a result, suddenly, the emperor's grandmother, who was still healthy, was about to quit the stall.

It was really a bit unexpected to Zhao Xu.

"Well, in the past, the old woman of Ai family always worried that you were too young and always liked to act voluntarily. The ones who are superiors are most afraid of being act voluntarily. Now, you can realize this by the official family. How can the Ai family stop you and be an old evil woman who is disliked?"

"It's better to retreat to this palace earlier. At that time, I will guard my great-grandson and take care of my grandson and raise him forever..." Gao Taotao gently patted the back of Zhao Xu's hand and said slowly.

She was really tired. In the past, she always felt that what her son and Wang Anshi did were wrong and should be abolished, because most of the ministers in the world said so.

And Gao Taotao felt the same way, so he began to abolish all the hard work that his son Emperor Shenzong had born, whether good or bad.

In exchange for this, I got the reputation of Yao and Shun, a girl, and also the mutual hostility between me and my grandson who ascended the throne at the age of nine.

And I have been careful over the years, for fear that if I make a mistake by walking, I will leave a monstrous reputation like Empress Lu. I really live like the age of my life.

Many people say they are Yao and Shun in front of each other, but behind them, they say that they want to learn from Empress Lu, how many people can be in the world who can understand that after their son dies, they can only support their young grandson to ascend the throne.

Then he stood on the front desk, hoping that those officials could do their best to the Song Dynasty. But what was the result?

The later, Gao Taotao discovered that among these officials who strongly opposed the reform, except for a few loyal ministers such as Sima Guang who were determined to serve the country, all of them were selfish.

It is because the new law touched their interests, whether the new law is good or bad for the country or the people, it is all gone. And because of Wang Wushan, he finally eliminated the misunderstanding between himself and the official family.

Those important officials in the court were not considering how to serve the country and the people. What they thought was just to hope that they would continue to serve as their backing so that they could continue to absorb more benefits from the court.

What they longed for was to drive all opponents away, even those who were loyal ministers like Su Shi, or those who were unparalleled as Wang Wushan.

If this approach was done in the past, Gao Taotao could only turn a blind eye, and as long as the court was peaceful, the people could live and work in peace.

What’s important is that the increasingly unscrupulous behavior of the old party ministers really made Gao Taotao feel disheartened. Now, the growth of the official family is no longer as distinct from black and white as before, but has begun to understand compromise and tactfulness, and how to use the greed and shamelessness of the ministers to achieve their goals.

"You have grown up and the Ai family has grown old. Over the past two years, your energy has become increasingly lacking. The Ai family does not ask for anything else. I just hope that when you do things, you can think carefully and make a conclusion today..."

Listening to Gao Taotao's sincere confession, Zhao Xu was quite moved. In the past, he always felt that the Empress Dowager was doing everything for the sake of power.

Now that I think about it carefully, indeed, if I had put the authority in my hands in the past, I would have hoped to expel all the old parties in the court from the court the next day, and then recover all the ministers and workers from the new party factions.

But if you really do that, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the court and even make the entire Song Dynasty panic.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small freshman. I have read this in the past, but Zhao Xu always felt that it was just a fool. However, over the past period of time, there have been communication with Wang Wushan.

Even if it is the emperor, whenever you do things, you cannot rely solely on your own preferences, but should think about it first. Is it really OK to do this?

"Grandmother of the Emperor... You, grandson, understand, but if the grandson first takes charge of the government, there will inevitably be mistakes. I am afraid that I will ask the Emperor's grandmother for more advice. I hope that the Emperor's grandmother will not refuse at that time."

"If you believe that your Majesty can make decisions about ordinary government affairs, you will definitely be able to make decisions. If there is anything that your Majesty cannot make decisions, you can come to the Ai family again. Although the Ai family cannot help your Majesty decide, at least you can give you some advice."

Xu Degong, who was standing not far away, looked at the grandparents and grandchildren and couldn't help but sigh. He never expected that the Empress had made such a major decision so sloppy that she had never even revealed anything to her confidant eunuch.

At this moment, Xu Degong suddenly heard Gao Taotao calling him down, and quickly stepped forward, bowing his head and obeying the order with a respectful look on his face.

"Ai family, I don't want the conversation with Your Majesty today. A fourth person knows it. If there is... then don't blame the Ai family for not thinking about the relationship between you and me for more than thirty years." Gao Taotao looked at Xu Degong and his voice seemed very calm.

But the meaning revealed in the words made Xu Degong both cold in body and mind, and he quickly bowed to the ground. "Don't worry, even if the old slave dies, he will definitely not dare to reveal a word or a word."

"Well, that's great." Gao Taotao nodded slightly and waved his hand to let Xu Degong leave. After Xu Degong got up and retreated, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

The Queen's calm and almost indifferent gaze was like two sharp blades that made his spine cold. He knew very well that this was definitely not a threat, but a fact.

Before, Xu Degong was indeed thinking in his mind how to transfer the news to get benefits, but now after Gao Taotao spoke, he had already lost any thoughts.

At the court meeting the next day, due to the emperor's stubbornness and persistence and the empress dowager's hesitation, the old party bosses who held the power of the government had to agree with the emperor's request.

His title became the founding marquis of Jiuyuan County, which was from the third rank. Because according to the Song system, founding lords, sons, and men must be named as a county before the title, and founding lords, founding lords, marquis and other titles must be named as a county before the title.

As for why Jiuyuan County was enfeoffed, it was because Jiuyuan County was far away in the Hetao area of ​​the Yellow River, which was north of Xiazhou, and it can be said to be the hinterland of Western Xia.
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