For the royal family of the Song Dynasty, the matter of Li Xia proclaiming himself King of Qin is not the most important thing yet. After all, it is only a secret report and the news has not spread yet.
Just wait until the ministers come up with the charter.
The bigger thing now is that Zhao Fu lost another son in infancy.
The child was born to Yu Xiurong, one of the nine concubines. Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye he would be extremely happy and miserable.
On June 22, Queen Mother Xie Daoqing and Queen Quanjiu went to visit Xiurong Yuyun.
The sound of crying and crying in the hall never stopped.
Although Quan Jiu still looked dignified and calm on the face, she guessed in her heart that Yu Yun did it on purpose.
She deliberately looked aggrieved, as if the child was killed by her, the queen.
She had no intention of killing anyone's child.
It is not easy to raise a son like Zhao Fu. If he ends up having to choose an adopted son from the clan, it will not be much different from the children born to these concubines. After all, she is the queen, and she will be the queen mother from now on.
Quanjiu doesn’t have any children of her own, so who will she fight for?
A year and a half ago, she was pregnant with another child and had a miscarriage.
Shortly after Zhao Jin's death, one night she fainted from colic in her abdomen, and when she opened her eyes again, the child was gone.
Quan Jiu had some suspicions that he had been drugged, or that it might be Jia Sidao's revenge, but there was no evidence and he couldn't be sure.
Seeing that the child Yu Yun gave birth to was unable to survive, it was obvious that Zhao Xu's bloodline was too weak, so it was possible that he could not keep the fetus.
The word "山" is really vivid. A husband who is like a zombie has already lost three sons.
While Zhao Fu was still drinking and having fun at Hu Gui's concubine, what was the use of Yu Yun crying? He was not trying to cheer up and restore his beauty as soon as possible.
Otherwise, it is really impossible to have a son and a half daughter. When Zhao Fu dies, who knows whether the childless concubines will live separately, become a monk, guard the mausoleum, or be buried with him?
It’s not like Yan Rong, the demon concubine, who fell in love with the traitor Li Ni...
This thought suddenly appeared in her mind, and Quan Jiu shook her head to prevent herself from thinking about it any more. It's a pity that she married a husband who seemed to be short-lived, and she had to worry about this in her early twenties.
"Don't cry, you are still young and have only just arrived."
Xie Daoqing patted Yu Yun's hand gently and comforted her with Wen Yan, which was actually a bit careless.
"Let's get started... Queen, would you like to ride with me?"
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After sitting on the phoenix chariot, I no longer had to listen to Yu Yun's cries, and immediately felt much calmer.
Although Xie Daoqing was a woman, with her status as the Empress Dowager, she encountered a weak emperor. Whenever something happened, many courtiers would ask her to come forward. What's more, occasionally there were voices in the court asking her to listen behind the curtain.
Of course, the ministers who could say such things were obviously dissatisfied with Jia Sidao's monopoly and had completely lost confidence in Zhao Fu.
Under such circumstances, Xie Daoqing at least has a fair understanding of current affairs.
"Over in Chang'an, Li Ni has established himself as King of Qin."
Although Quan Jiu was still sitting upright after hearing this, her hands trembled obviously, and she couldn't help but asked in surprise: "He...he is independent? He won't fight until Lin'an, right?"
Xie Daoqing looked at Quan Jiu's trembling hand and said, "Don't panic, Li Ni is unable to send troops."
"Really...really?" Quan Jiu was still a little flustered after hearing this, and was still trying to regain her composure, "But this King Qin..."
"So he was granted the title." Xie Daoqing rubbed his forehead and sighed: "The officials even said, 'Why should Li Xia stand on his own? If he wants to be the king of Qin, let's canonize him.' Alas."
Quanjiu was stunned for a moment, chewing on the meaning of these words, and gradually felt humiliated.
More and more humiliating.
It was as if he saw Zhao Yu being slapped by Li Xia, then bringing the other half of his face up to receive another slap, turning around with a smile and saying to others, "My ministers only spank me because they are loyal to me."
Shameless.
In front of everyone in the world, her husband has lost face in front of Li Xia.
She also lost face!
When her child was miscarried, Zhao Fu was still having fun as he is today. Quan Jiu didn't cry at that time, unlike Yu Yun who cried and complained how miserable she was.
But at this time, she couldn't help but shed two lines of tears because she was disgraced.
"Why are you crying?" Xie Daoqing was surprised. He wiped Quanjiu with a handkerchief and asked, "But what happened to Yu Xiurong?"
"Crying that the country has been humiliated..."
"You are just too strong, too strong."
Xie Daoqing murmured like this and patted Quanjiu's hand. When she stopped talking, he sighed again: "The country has been humiliated? What happened to Li Xia is really nothing. Think about the shame of Jingkang, it is nothing."
Quan Jiu had already shed her tears. She suddenly heard the words "Jingkang's shame" and was frightened.
Sadness comes from it and cannot be cut off.
What I heard before was that Hanzhong, Guanzhong, Longxi, Dali, and Hexi were conquered. I also heard good news a while ago, but suddenly Li Xia turned against him, and the "Jingkang shame" seemed to hit him in front of his eyes.
This crying lasted for a long time. It was only after returning to the palace that Quan Jiu calmed down.
Listening to Yu Yun crying and Quan Jiu crying, most of the day had passed, and Xie Daoqing was not in a hurry.
She is an old woman, and this is how she handles things.
"Okay, let's see how scared you are... Whether Li Ni can be crowned king or not is just a name. What's the harm in keeping him to resist the Mongols for now? When the time comes in the future, we can just send troops to fight against him."
When it comes to fighting, they know nothing about it, and they can do whatever the courtiers say.
What Xie Daoqing wants to do is not to analyze military strength and so on.
It is the Empress Dowager's duty to choose the most trustworthy among the important ministers in the court and entrust them with state affairs.
The reason why she talked to Quanjiu was that she actually had an idea in mind.
"Xiang Gong Ye said that the reason why Li Xia proclaimed himself King of Qin was because Jia Sidao stole the country and gained power..."
The topic changed from the battlefield in the western border to the battle in the court, and Quan Jiu quickly understood.
For a moment, I felt desperate again, thinking that Li Xia had openly rebelled, and the important officials in the dynasty only wanted to eliminate dissidents.
Xie Daoqing usually supports Jia Sidao the most, but this time is different.
This matter has caused such a big fuss, and what the important ministers said is indeed reasonable.
After talking for a long time, Xie Daoqing made her attitude clear. She was persuaded anyway, so she decided to abandon Jia Sidao and use Ye Mengding and Jiang Wanli as prime ministers.
Of course, she was not that determined, so she asked Quan Jiu for his opinion. If they agreed, they would work together to put pressure on the officials.
The officials are weak and can be bullied, so the party struggle is to see who can control the officials better.
The courtiers, the Queen Mother, and the Empress worked together and took advantage of the opportunity that Jia Sidao was scared off by Li Xia to take control of the official family.
"What does the Queen think?"
Quan Jiu thought for a moment, thinking about Zhao Jin's death and the child she aborted, and finally nodded.
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The courtiers worked hard to deal with Jia Sidao this time. Not only did they convince Xie Daoqing, but other matters were also advanced very quickly.
Privately, they allowed the rumor to spread, as if Li Xia really had no choice but to call himself the King of Qin because Jia Sidao controlled the country.
On the surface, it seems that the world is peaceful. There is no monopoly on the country, nor rebellion and self-reliance. There is only a great victory over the Mongols, and Li Xia is specially canonized as the King of Qin.
Of course, I dare not point the finger at Jia Sidao and Li Xia in official articles.
We cannot break up the relationship, we must first stabilize these treacherous ministers and traitors, that is, stabilize the country first, and then try to remove Jia Sidao.
By rehabilitating Wu Qian.
Wu Qian's crime is that "the people's hearts belong to the people who are loyal to the king, but Qian is independent". Generally speaking, as long as Zhao Fu reigns for a day, he will never think of being rehabilitated.
But the courtiers always found a way to point out that Wu Qian also supported Li Zhongwang at that time, and that it was Jia Sidao's party members Shen Yan, Sun Fufeng, Xiao Tailai, Liu Zongshen and others who fabricated the story out of thin air, framed and tortured Wu Qian.
They did not directly point the finger at Jia Sidao, but within a few days they convicted these Jia Party members and pursued Wu Qian's former official.
After that, the imperial court issued another edict, appointing Wu Pu as the general secretary of Chengdu Prefecture, Wu Lin as the envoy of Kuizhou Road Town, and Wu Qian's son-in-law Xi Jihu as the imperial envoy to manage agricultural and field affairs in Guanzhong...
In this way, it not only complied with Li Xia's wishes, but also appeased the traitor. It also showed that the court still had authority and could send officials to rule under King Qin.
Jia Sidao did not object, as if he was really guilty, but in fact he knew that he could only compromise with Li Xia and let the courtiers suffer the cowardice.
The court officials also took advantage of the situation to suppress Jia Party members.
In this battle, Li Xia stood on his own feet, but in name he had not completely separated from the Song Dynasty; Jia Sidao temporarily avoided the spotlight and let others take the responsibility, but also acquiesced in the suppression of the forces; the courtiers began to fight back against the Jia Party, but also Undertaken the pressure from Li Xia.
All three parties are seeking benefits, but there are also compromises.
Politics is about making profits through compromise, but the most terrifying thing is when compromise cannot be made and the situation must be broken.
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In the process, Lu Xiufu gradually figured out his ideas for saving the country, and gained Jiang Wanli's support.
"Students believe that Li Xia should not just be regarded as a rebellious person.
In the Song Dynasty, there was Yue Wumu who could have regained the Central Plains, but he failed to do so and was unjustly killed, which was the source of the country's downfall. Now Li Xia has the ability of Yue Wumu, but is afraid of following in his footsteps. The imperial court can regard it as treason again. If you destroy the Great Wall yourself, the Song Dynasty will surely fall.
Forgetting the national humiliation of Jingkang, abandoning half of the country, leaving the subjects to live in a corner, fearing that the ministers with high merits would kill them based on their merits... The crime of forgetting relatives, the wrong of the prime minister, and the loss of the capital. This was the reason for killing Yue Wumu in the past, and now it encourages Li The reason for the rebellion.
If you want to save the country, you must bring order out of chaos. Your Majesty, please return the capital to the Central Plains and treat the heroes as brothers and sisters. This is justice, righteousness, and the way to save the country. On the contrary, if you do not ask the emperor to cheer up, but are afraid that your ministers will have high merits, isn't it the basis of the demise of the Song Dynasty? "
At the end of Lu Xiufu's words, he was sitting thousands of miles away from the river, and all the family members sighed deeply.
He still insisted on that idea.
While others were only thinking about how to get rid of Li Xia, he still wanted to prevent Li Xia from rebelling and maintain the Song Dynasty through the righteousness of the emperor and his ministers.
This road is difficult.
But Jiang Wanli and Jia Xuanweng did not immediately tell Lu Xiufu "this is impossible" like others.
"That's fine, why not give it a try." Jiang Wanli spoke slowly and said, "To bring order out of chaos can be divided into two steps. The first is to persuade Li Xia to turn around, and the second is to bring about chaos in the court..."
They already have ideas to save the country.
Next, Jiang Wanli would clean up traitors and sycophants like Jia Sidao in the court, and then advise the emperor to stop being extravagant and indulging in wine and sex.
And Lu Xiufu could go to Chang'an with the imperial edict and the letters of advice from the princes to convince Li Xia not to overthrow the Song Dynasty, even if it was to serve the emperor and rule the country.
If everything goes well, the capital will be returned to Chang'an, and Li Xia will be restrained by loyal people in the court with reason and law.
Of course they knew that this was very slim, but even if there was only a slim chance, it was better than Jia Sidao's public land reform, better than causing the civil war between the emperors and ministers of the Xiaoqiang Great Song Dynasty, and better than the destruction of the country.
As a minister, you should do your best to protect the country and ensure peace and stability.
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On the first day of July, Lu Xiufu boarded the ship heading west.
On board were envoys who were envoys to Chang'an to convey orders, and members of Wu Qian's party who were serving as officials in Sichuan and Shaanxi.
Some people think that this ship was a fig leaf used by the Song Dynasty court to whitewash peace, while others think that it was a last-ditch effort to maintain the stability of the country.
Everyone has their own ambitions, and of course they have different views on this.
Deng Yan came to see Lu Xiufu off and brought a lot of good news.
"The officials have agreed to remove Jia Sidao and propose Ye Xianggong as the left prime minister and the teacher as the right prime minister. I hope that the teacher can eliminate the sycophancy in the court and persuade the officials to work hard to govern..."
"The officials really agreed? With the country's situation reaching this point, the officials finally woke up and cheered up."
Lu Xiufu couldn't help but be happy.
He does not have high requirements for officials. He can go to court every day and be diligent in political affairs;
Being able to be magnanimous and giving preferential treatment to meritorious officials... As long as you do these things, that's enough.
After thirty years of war, the people are in great need of rest.
Today's officials do not need to imitate Emperor Shenzong's reforms, nor do they need public land laws.
As long as there is no war, Ye Mengding, Jiang Wanli are at the government, Li Xia is guarding the border, and the people can rest for a few years, the country can at least breathe a sigh of relief.
After bidding farewell to Deng Yan, Lu Xiufu walked onto the river boat and watched the ship sail, feeling that there was hope for the Song Dynasty again.
He couldn't wait to tell Li Xia... If the emperor can tolerate the king of Qin, he doesn't need to break through and start over. The monarch and his ministers can get along with each other, which can also ensure the stability of the country.