In the Wende Hall, Zhao Ji first summoned Liang Shicheng, who had returned from finishing his errands to report.
Liang Shicheng respectfully presented the memorial written by Shao Zai Wang Fu to Zhao Guan's family.
He also recounted with added detail how Cao Fu contradicted the four princes he saw when he was in the capital hall.
Zhao Ji asked with interest: "Then what else did Cao Fu say?"
The reason why Liang Shicheng has been favored by the Zhao family for twenty years is that he is not the kind of brainless traitor. He knew that Cao Fu was waiting for orders outside the Wende Palace. After a while, Cao Fu was summoned by the officials, and he told all lies
, will also be exposed, which will make Zhao Guan’s family unhappy.
Liang Shicheng replied honestly: "Cao Fu once said in front of the princes, 'I only want nothing but love for you.'
However, the old slave felt that Cao Fu, a low-ranking sixth-grade official, whether he went into the official's house to remonstrate with him or went out of the palace to investigate the people's sentiments,
Or was it the righteousness he showed when he was in the capital when he faced the accusations from his ministers?
From the old slave’s point of view, it may all be Cao Fu’s attempt to gain fame and reputation!”
"Haha!" Zhao Ji nodded slightly. He really felt that Liang Shicheng was a traitor with high IQ and high EQ!
Liang Shicheng's words are watertight, but he describes the upright remonstrator Cao Fu as a man who seeks fame and reputation. If he is not a top student in the history department of a university and is familiar with the history of the Northern Song Dynasty, then he will definitely fall in love with the great eunuch Liang Shicheng.
Dang it!
Zhao Ji opened the memorial written by Wang Fu and saw that the whole article was full of words that slandered Cao Fu and suggested that he, the Zhao official, should severely punish Cao Fu in order to quell the "rumors". Cao Fu could be banished to
Chenzhou is included in the local household registration and is controlled by local officials...
Zhao Ji smiled while watching...
Liang Shicheng was standing next to him, but he couldn't figure out the official Zhao family more and more.
What Zhao Ji laughed at was that if he did what Wang Shaozai said and banished Cao Fu to Chenzhou, then according to historical records, Cao Fu, an admonisher who looked very much like Wei Zheng, a famous official of the Tang Dynasty, would be in the king's court.
During the six years that Fu was in power, he was buried in the distant Chenzhou like a pearl covered in dust.
I am not a foolish king like the original owner Song Huizong.
Thinking of this, Zhao Ji asked: "Sir Liang, I asked you to bring Cao Fu back to me. Is he here?"
Liang Shicheng hurriedly reported back: "To inform the officials, the old slave has brought Cao Fu back, and he is waiting for orders outside the Wende Hall."
Zhao Ji immediately ordered: "Xuan Cao Fu to see me!"
The young eunuch went out to announce the decree and brought Cao Fu into the Hall of Wende.
"Your Majesty, Cao Fu, come to visit the official." Cao Fu stepped into the Wende Hall. He showed proper etiquette and paid homage to Zhao Ji.
Cao Fu is fifty-one years old this year. He was a Jinshi during the Yuanfu reign of the late Emperor Zhe Zong!
The so-called "Jinshi" refers to those who passed the imperial examination in the imperial examination system.
During the imperial examination, the admissions are divided into three categories: first, third, and third, which are awarded the title of "Jinshi". The first is called the number one scholar (or Ding Yuan), the second is ranked second, and the third is ranked third. The three are collectively called "Three Ding A"
”.
There are several names in the second class, given the title of "Jinshi origin".
Several people in the top three are given the title of "from the same background as Jinshi".
And someone like Cao Fu who had been a "Jinshi" as early as more than 20 years ago during Zhezong's reign, is now only a sixth-rank official in the Secretary's Department in the second year of Xuanhe, which is rare in ancient and modern times.
The main reason is that the original owner, Song Huizong, only used people who were good at flattery and could please the emperor. It is normal for an upright official like Cao Fu not to be reused.
[ps: Trying with the Oiran again, it seems that this chapter may not be finished, I will finish it later. I feel that my hand is weak, and the coding speed is too bad!]