Chapter 139: A Round of Autumn Shadows Turning into Golden Waves (3)
Huang Fu, the right servant and Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, changed into blue casual clothes and knocked on the side door of Zhang Dun's mansion.
The door opened with a groan, but before he could say anything, Huang Fu's companion came forward with a lantern and said in a deep voice: "My master, your right servant Huang Gong has come to pay a visit to Dazai Zhang Gong."
Menzi was so frightened that he suddenly opened his eyes and saw Huang Fu's face clearly. It was none other than Mr. Huang She, the right servant of Chang Lai's house. He quickly cupped his hands and said, "I'm so stupid that I don't know the true nature of Shao Zai."
Please forgive me, Mr. Huang. Please come in, Mr. Huang."
Huang Fu was led into a side hall and sat for a while. He didn't even have time to take a sip of the tea that was served to him when Zhang Dun's second son, Zhang Chi, hurried over.
Zhang Dun's eldest son, Zhang Ze, took care of the ancestral tomb family business in Pucheng, his third son, Zhang Shu, his fourth son, Zhang Yuan, worked as an official outside, and his second son, Zhang Chi, stayed with him to take care of him.
"Huang Gong, my nephew is negligent, please forgive me." Zhang Chi said politely.
"I am a frequent visitor to your mansion, so you don't need to be polite." Huang Fu waved his hand nonchalantly.
He looked at Zhang Chi and saw that he was a little fatter than he had been in the past few days.
Zhang Chi was born as a Jinshi, and he was originally a noble official with a bright future. However, he was obsessed with justice and was incompatible with the gradually changing mainstream of the court. Zhang Dun simply asked him to resign and stay with him to fulfill his filial piety.
Being a parent is hard work.
"Is it convenient now, Mr. Zhang?"
"Father is meeting someone, and I would like to ask Mr. Huang to wait for a moment or two."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Huang Fu said, but you were mumbling in your heart. Who else is Zhang Dun seeing at this late hour? Since he became Dazai, in order to avoid suspicion, he generally does not receive others in his private residence except those close to him.
"Who is Zhang Gong meeting?" The more Huang Fu thought about it, the more curious he became. He knew that when he saw Zhang Dun later and asked him, he would definitely know the answer.
But he wanted to know now.
Zhang Chi knew the relationship between Huang Fu and his father, so he immediately said: "When I return to Huang Gong, my father will meet Yu Huatian."
"Superintendent Yu!" When Huang Fu heard this name, he couldn't help but think of the pale-faced chamberlain who made all the civil and military officials tremble with fear. Then he thought of another question and blurted out.
"Your Majesty has returned from Mobei?"
Zhao Si nominally set up a post in Weizhou to supervise the war, but actually led the Suzaku Army to march to Mobei. Only a few important officials in the court knew about it, and they kept it strictly confidential. Due to the long distance to Mobei, news about Zhao Si and the Suzaku Army marching to the north leaked intermittently.
Came back very late.
"My nephew, I don't know." Zhang Chi, who didn't know what was going on, looked surprised, but his good tutoring made him quickly return to normal, and he replied respectfully.
Huang Fu stopped asking questions and just sat there chatting with Zhang Zhi.
Two quarters of an hour later, a companion came over to invite Huang Fu.
"Huang Gong please!" Zhang Chi took the lead and invited Huang Fu into the study.
When the tea-serving companion had just left the house, Huang Fu couldn't wait to ask: "Weng Di, has your Majesty returned from Mobei?"
"Yes, Your Majesty should be at the foot of Xingqing City, joining forces with Yao Lin and others."
Huang Fu couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. The anger that had been accumulated in his heart for more than half a year was relieved a lot with this breath, but he still couldn't help but complain a few words in front of his old friends.
"The courage of the officials is really too great. They go to the bitter cold and dangerous place in Mobei at once, leaving a huge burden on your shoulders. Look, your beard and hair were only gray before, but now they are all white."
Huang Fu was right. Zhang Dun's hair and beard were previously gray, with less white and more black and gray. Now they are silvery white, with almost no gray to be found.
Zhang Dun disagreed, "The name of destroying a country will go down in history. How can such a great achievement be easily accepted?"
However, Huang Fu could tell that Zhang Dun's tone was much more relaxed.
During this period, it was really difficult for Zhang Dun, himself and others.
He was nominally in charge of state affairs, and the queen who oversaw the state was deep in the harem. It seemed that as some admonishers said, she could exercise autocratic power and manipulate state affairs.
But things are never that simple.
First of all, it is not easy to supervise the queen of the country.
Although she lives in a deep palace, her brother Zeng Baohua has the right to know the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion, and her brother-in-law Pan Qilang makes arrangements for both internal and external affairs. In addition, Li Fang takes over the East School Office and has a firm grasp of the situation.
Moreover, the Queen came from a famous family and had been familiar with history books since she was a child. Her knowledge was not comparable to that of ordinary women, and many officials and scholars could not compare with her.
In the past six months, undercurrents have surged, and the court has become extremely dangerous.
Without the evil-suppressing pagoda of the official family, many young people couldn't help but jump out. Some were unwilling to lose and resurrected; some made bets in advance to prevent trouble from the official family; and some disrupted the situation and liked to take advantage of the fire.
Zuo Pu shot Lu Huiqing, but he was not willing to be alone. He hooked up with Zhang Shangying and others to form his own faction, cultivate party members and build up power.
The demons danced wildly and were very arrogant.
Zhang Dun and others are ministers after all, and they dare not do many things because once they do, they will cross the line.
In a difficult moment, Queen Liu of Chong'en Palace, the restless queen of the late Emperor Zhe Miao, died suddenly of illness, causing silence all around.
The official report is that Empress Liu of Chong'en Palace unjustly accused and whipped the palace maid, causing her to commit suicide out of spite. The ghost of the evil spirit haunted Liu for several nights and frightened her into falling ill. Then the medicine and stone failed and she died.
But anyone who cares will understand that there is a big mystery inside.
Once the Liu family died, legally speaking, even if something happened to the official family in Mobei, the only people with the authority to issue an edict to establish a new monarch were the Shengci Queen Mother Zhu and the Supervisor Queen Zeng.
The Shengci Empress Dowager Zhu still recited sutras and worshiped Buddha, and did not ask about political affairs.
The Empress of the Jianguo usually kept silent. The three provinces and one court presented the imperial memorial to the Holy Judgment. They either kept it in the palace to show their acquiescence, or issued it with the approval of "I understand".
Many Xiaoxiao thought that the queen was just an ordinary woman who could be deceived and deceived.
As a result, a move was made at a critical moment, which resolved the main contradiction between the government and the opposition and greatly eased Zhang Dun's pressure.
The situation suddenly changed. Many people saw that the situation was not good and immediately stopped their activities. Firstly, there was no hope; secondly, the methods used to supervise the queen were frightening.
However, the various pressures during this process still made Huang Fu feel tormented, and he gritted his teeth and persisted until now. Finally, he was looking forward to the dawn, and it was right to complain.
So Zhang Dun didn't take it seriously and just stroked his beard and continued: "Yu Huatian was ordered to rush back to Kaifeng City secretly. Firstly, he informed the Queen Mother, the Queen and the concubines about the current situation of the official family and reassured them. Secondly, he told the old man, Xu Chongyuan
, Zeng Maoming, Pan Qilang and others reported the situation. Before November 15th, the official family will definitely transfer back to Kaifeng."
Hearing this, Huang Fu seemed to have taken a reassurance, and his tone of voice became much more relaxed.
"The officials are resolute and courageous in their work. I used to think that they were too domineering. Now it seems that without the courage and means of the officials, there is no way to suppress those monsters and monsters."
Zhang Dun nodded: "That's right. Tianqi's new policies are several times more powerful than those during Xining and Shaosheng years. When we follow them, we feel that it is extremely smooth. It's because of the official's means and courage. It can be used.
A person can execute it resolutely and accurately; he has a plan to follow and can follow it in an orderly manner; he has the power of thunder and can suppress others from daring to act rashly."
Huang Fu sighed a few times, then suddenly thought about it, and couldn't help but ask in surprise: "When I return to Beijing before November 15th, won't the officials personally direct the battle to destroy Xia?"
Just as Zhang Dun was about to answer, Zhang Chi ran in in a panic.
Zhang Dun frowned, what happened to his second son? What big event happened to him that made him so panicked and disregarded etiquette?
"Father, Duke Xu of the Privy Council is here, saying...said..." Zhang Chi had just been running so fast that he was out of breath.
"What did you say?" Zhang Dun asked anxiously.
"Xu Gong said that we just received the urgent call from Eight Hundred Miles. On the evening of October 21st, our army captured Xingqing City. The leader of Xia, Li Qianshun, committed suicide, and Xixia was finally destroyed!"
Zhang Dun stood up violently, his triangular eyes widened, and his dark face was full of tears.
"The late Emperor Renzong, the late Emperor Shenzong, the late Emperor Zhezong, Duke Fan Wenzheng, Duke Wang Wencheng... Haoshuichuan, all the heroic souls of Yongle City! Xixia was finally destroyed by me, the Song Dynasty!" Zhang Dun hissed with all his strength in a tearful voice. shouted. This chapter has been completed!