Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the three provinces and six tribes have been deliberately weakened by Taizu. After the efforts of three generations of kings, they can now be regarded as existing in name only.
Although the name of the Three Provinces has always existed, it has been confused with the One Province of Zhongshu. At the same time, due to the establishment of the Privy Council and the Three Divisions, the military and financial rights of the prime minister were deprived, and the three provinces system has long existed in name only.
However, Zhongshu is still the heart of the Song Dynasty's governance. Ping Zhangshi, a subordinate of Zhongshu, is still the prime minister, and the deputy prime minister is responsible for political affairs. The two are in charge of the entire Zhongshu Province, and the Zhongshu Province is in charge of drafting general affairs and issuing orders.
, Xingtai remonstrated with Zhangshu, and the ministers petitioned for reforms and appointed provincial, Taiwanese, temple, eunuch, attendant, Zhizhoujun, Tongpan and other officials. In a practical sense, this was the mastery of administrative power.
Zhongshu naturally had a different status in the palace. He was even guarded by the imperial army, but no matter how powerful and majestic the imperial army was, they did not dare to stop Fan Zhongyan and other civil servants from clearing their way.
Who are these people? They are all his mother's remonstrance officials!
The guards at the gate of Zhongshu were frightened. When did the censor and admonishers come together to criticize the husband?
Fan Zhongyan, Kong Daofu and others bumped into Lu Yijian face to face in the middle school. Isn't this a matter of thunder and fire?!
Kong Daofu was the forty-fifth generation grandson of Confucius and a veteran of three dynasties in the Song Dynasty. He even fought against Liu E for his righteousness. He was also a veteran of three dynasties and was still afraid of a mere Lu Yijian?
Why should you hesitate when meeting Lu Yijian, a flattering and treacherous person? Just start a fight... He grabbed Lu Yijian, who was about to run away, and said, "Mr. Lu, wait a minute! People are subordinate to the emperor and empress, and their children are still responsible for their parents. Parents are not in harmony with each other."
, It is advisable to remonstrate, but how can you obey your father and follow your mother!"
Everyone was in an uproar. This was such an apt comparison for civil servants! The relationship between king and minister, father and son, was vividly compared. With the beginning of Kong Daofu, the next step was when the Qingliu people continued to make troubles and rushed to say more.
But Jiang was still too old, so Yi Jian directly quoted the old rules and said: "Since Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty and Empress Bo, all dynasties have been abolished, and the events of Han Wu are well known to everyone. Isn't it possible to follow such a story?"
Kong Daofu was furious: "Those deposed queens all violated the laws of our ancestors, were immoral, formed cliques for personal gain, or interfered with government affairs. How can the current queen be the same?!"
Fan Zhongyan shook his head slightly, Kong Daofu had been led into a ditch by Lu Yijian, and then he cleared his throat and said: "When the ministers are kings, Yao and Shun, how can they lead the Han Dynasty, and the Tang Dynasty's bad virtues become law? The public can only lead the Han Dynasty to Guangwu to persuade them.
Er, this is a loss of virtue in Guangwu, what's the use of it?"
Lu Yijian couldn't argue for a while, but he happily raised his hands and said: "In that case, I would like to ask you to see it more clearly and explain it vigorously."
Kong Daofu was stunned for a moment, and then he looked at Zhong Yan. They didn't expect that Lu Yijian actually gave in, and at this time he spoke to support them in joining the memorial.
Kong Daofu sneered and said: "Don't Mr. Lu intend to join us in admonishing the officials?!"
Lu Yijian was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Kong Daofu: "Officials in the imperial court should perform their own duties. You are the admonishing officials, and your responsibilities lie in them. If you all come together to present the memorial together, wouldn't it be a violation of the rules? Furthermore, let's talk about it.
Zhongshu is busy with official duties. If we don’t have this pavilion, won’t it delay state affairs? How about you take the position of Prime Minister?!”
"you……"
After all, Kong Daofu was also a descendant of the Kong family, and he was a veteran of three dynasties. How could he stand Lu Yijian's sarcasm? He was about to retaliate, but Fan Zhongyan stopped him and said in a low voice: "This is a way to provoke generals. Yuan Lu must not fall into the trap!"
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Kong Daofu came back to his senses, patted Fan Zhongyan's hand and said: "Of course I know, but I was hurt by a villain for a moment, and I was angry in my heart, but I forgot what my ancestor said: A child is not a grandson, and a long life is indescribable.
, to be too old to die is to be a thief!”
Seeing Lu Yijian's expression change, Fan Zhongyan quickly pulled Kong Daofu and the other Qingliu away. There was no point in intensifying the conflict with Lu Yijian at this time. The top priority was to dissuade officials from deposing the queen!
Fan Zhongyan led a group of people out of the Zhongshu Yamen and said: "You have also seen Lu Xianggong's intention. He will never interfere with this matter!"
Sun Zude frowned and said: "If Lu Yijian is not willing to work hard to accomplish this, I'm afraid it will be difficult for the officials to change their minds!"
"It seems that we are the only ones who can work together. Tomorrow we will leave hundreds of officials to bow to the prime minister and fight in court to admonish the officials!"
Everyone's expressions changed slightly. The imperial dispute was something that the emperor was unwilling to take action unless it was absolutely necessary. It required a strong remonstration to the emperor at the court meeting, and it also required the approval of all the officials and the agreement of the prime minister.
In the final analysis, it is to prevent the officials from coming to power, and to expand the matter to the point where the officials have to make concessions. This move will even affect the future relationship between the monarch and his ministers.
But now the arrow is on the string and has to be fired. There is really no good way except court disputes, so everyone discussed and decided, and everyone will give advice at the court meeting tomorrow.
Just as everyone was discussing and leaving the palace, the passing chamberlain Jiang Cheng followed closely behind him. Normally no chamberlain would dare to follow the court officials, especially the admonishers in the court. Who would dare to approach before they could hide?
Jiang Cheng is a smart man. He has been in the palace for several years. He is now the eighth-rank Zhang Gu of the Outer Dynasty of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which means he leads the internal servants to inspect the hygiene of the palace. Many courtiers in the Outer Dynasty have long been accustomed to this kind of person and do not care about him.
, but Jiang Cheng was very concerned about it. He suddenly had an idea and turned around to go to Zhongshu.
The entrance guard of Zhongshu Province does not like to see a low-level servant like Jiang Cheng at all. It is simply a daydream to get into Zhongshu, and he does not care about his rank and what kind of mission he is in charge of!
So Jiang Cheng could only persuade the Imperial Army to send a note to the official in Zhongshu, asking him to inform the Prime Minister: "General, you have also seen that villains like slaves will never dare to break the rules. All it takes is a note."
Just give the note to Cao Wei Wenyuan, Secretary of the Central Secretary. How about treating you to tea with the hard-earned money?"
Looking at the bag full of silver ingots, the imperial guard guarding the door couldn't help but be a little tempted, and then said: "I know, you go ahead!" After saying that, he put the bracelet into his waist, thinking that even if he didn't hand it to Wei Wenyuan, it would be fine.
It doesn't matter, how does the waiter know whether he has sent a note or not?
But he didn't know that Jiang Cheng didn't give up, but wandered around the door of Zhongshu several times just to see the situation. The Imperial Army was afraid that Jiang Cheng would tell the story, so they handed the note to Si Cao's Hall during the shift change.
Unexpectedly, Wei Wenyuan actually ordered him to find the chamberlain.
Lu Yijian sat expressionless at the top, while Jiang Cheng, who was kneeling on the ground, stammered what he heard but said it word for word. At this time, he did not dare to raise his head to look at his husband.
This is the garden of Zhongshu's side courtyard. Normally, only the princes can take a walk here, but Jiang Cheng came here in the name of cleaning the garden. The palace servants he brought were all pulling dry grass in the corner of the side courtyard, not daring to
near.
"You are a smart person. You must not talk about this matter to others, otherwise..."
Jiang Cheng immediately nodded and said: "I know this, and you must never dare to speak without permission. What happened today never happened, and Jiang Cheng has never seen anyone. It's just that there are too many dead grasses in Zhongshu's courtyard, which will hinder the planting of flowers next year."
Just bring someone to clean it up!"
"Well, he is a smart man, go ahead!"
Lu Yijian still underestimated this group of civil servants and Qingliu. He thought that they would give up after the officials expressed their attitude. Who would have thought that these people actually planned to use the method of court struggle to remonstrate? What a group of stubborn and dead-headed people!