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After the four masters and apprentices got together happily, Wu Zhi returned home and immediately wrote a memorial to ask for merit for his master Zhou Tong. Wu Zhi was now considered a high official in the imperial court and had great power to petition and could be sent to him at any time.
Tian Ting. After writing it, he delivered the memorial directly to the palace and delivered it to Emperor Zhao Xu that day.
In the early morning of the next day, during the morning court, Wu Zhi, who had been repairing at home for three days, finally went to court. There were two kinds of court clothes for him, one was the second-grade military attache court uniform, and the other was the third-grade civil official court uniform. Wu Zhi
What he chose today was a second-grade military attache court uniform. Coupled with his height of 1.82 meters, he looked really majestic and heroic when wearing it.
All the way into the palace, the lights and shadows were in the middle of the palace, and the officials who met the officials of the official Hou Ye Hou Ye kept calling. Wu Zhi only smiled humblely and responded one by one.
From a distance, he saw brothers Zhang Chun and Zhang Kai walking in front. Wu Zhi quickly walked over and greeted them. Today, Zhang Kai is wearing a purple robe from a second-grade civil servant, which makes him a little more elegant.
He has a good temperament, and he is in high spirits during happy events. He looks very energetic. Seeing Wu Zhi coming, Zhang Chun and Zhang Kai quickly greeted him. In their eyes, Wu Zhi is no longer a junior.
Already.
The three of them walked forward chatting and laughing, while Zeng Bu, Cai Jing, An Chun and others followed behind with gloomy faces and complicated expressions. They didn't get along well with Zhang Chun and Zhang Kai, so they even regarded Wu Zhi as a
Cai Bian then walked with An Tao and others, talking and laughing.
The spies reported back that although Cai Bian and Cai Jing were brothers, they were actually inseparable. Due to their different political views, they couldn't pee in the same pot. After all, they were Wang Anshi's son-in-law, and Cai Bian was much more upright than Cai Jing.
Diligent and caring for the people, he was a loyal supporter of Wang Anshi's new law. Among Wu Zhi's potential opponents, he naturally excluded Cai Bian.
Everyone stood in the Chui Gong Hall and lined up one by one. Privy Councilor An Tao was a military commander himself, so Zhang Kai and Wu Zhi stood behind An Tao, with Zhang Kai in front and Wu Zhi behind. Everyone looked at the young man
Wu Zhi, dressed in military officer's court uniform, stood in the queue of civil and military officials like a chicken standing out from the crowd. He felt a little uncomfortable in a trance, and muttered in a low voice.
"The Emperor has arrived!" Hao Sui shouted loudly, and Zhao Xu slowly walked into the palace from the side hall, looked around everyone, and gave Wu Zhi a meaningful look before he sat down with a happy face.
It can be seen that he is in a good mood today.
"I have met your majesty. Good luck to your majesty!" When everyone saw Zhao Xu sitting down, they quickly bowed and saluted to say hello.
"Your Majesty, no courtesy!" Zhao Xu was full of energy and his voice was loud. He no longer felt weak and helpless as before. It can be seen that more than a year of meditating and practicing boxing has indeed achieved miraculous results. Zhao Xu's physical fitness has become better and better.
Well, I have become much stronger and stronger.
After everyone stood up straight after the ceremony, Zhao Xu waved his hand towards Hao Sui. Hao Sui immediately understood, picked up an imperial edict in his hand, unfolded it, and read out: "By God's blessing, the emperor issued an edict: Zhou Tong, the chief instructor of the Forbidden Army, has outstanding martial arts, and his disciples have
Fang, for his merits in Sheji, is specially awarded to Zhongyonglang, the captain of the cavalry, and the title of general Dingyuan. He is promoted to deputy commander of the infantry and the chief instructor of the imperial army. He is rewarded with a hundred thousand coins. I admire this!"
As soon as the edict was announced, everyone was in an uproar and talked a lot. Qiuqiu Wufu suddenly jumped several levels and became a powerful fifth-rank official in the court! Officials who knew the relationship between Zhou Tong and Wu Zhi looked sideways.
Wu Zhi kept silent. Officials who did not know the relationship between the two became excited and criticized him with words and writings.
After Wu Zhi heard this, he was also secretly surprised. Zhao Xu's capital was quite strong! According to Wu Zhi's estimation, when Wu Zhi asked for credit for Zhou Tong, Zhao Xu would only give him a guerrilla general at most.
It was just a matter of time, but Zhao Xu was quite generous and directly granted him the title of deputy commander of the infantry of the fifth rank.
Wu Zhi was happy for Zhou Tong from the bottom of his heart, and this was also the reward Zhou Tong deserved. The meditation and breathing techniques and boxing skills that Zhou Tong taught him were extremely effective, and the transformation of Zhao Xu's body was amazing, and it had already brought great benefits to Zhao Xu
There are endless surprises and benefits. Now Zhao Xu is no longer as sick as he was more than a year ago. His face is rosy, full of energy, and he is completely different.
What Wu Zhi didn't know was that Zhao Xu was already lustful. After his body got better and stronger, his sexual intercourse became more energetic and of higher quality, which was naturally quite effective. No, good news came one after another in the palace. Concubine Liu and several
The concubines are pregnant one after another! Queen Meng was framed and was deposed not long ago. Now the harem is respected by Concubine Liu, who is the most favored by Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu was happy and saw the bamboo sent by Hao Sui two days ago.
After seeing the amazing power of making grenades, he was even more ecstatic. I originally wanted to commend Wu Zhi again, but I couldn't help but feel guilty. Wu Zhi had just been promoted too quickly, which had already caused criticism and censure from some ministers in the DPRK.
If we want to promote and reward him now, it will be like adding fuel to the fire.
It happened that Wu Zhi recommended Zhou Tong in a memorial, stating that meditation and boxing were taught by his master Zhou Tong. He, Lin Chong, Wang Jin, Lu Junyi and others were all Zhou Tong's apprentices. Wu Zhi, Lin Chong and Wang Jin made meritorious deeds.
He could not do without the teachings of his master Zhou Tong, implying that Zhou Tong also had merit, so Zhao Xu simply followed the trend and greatly rewarded and promoted Zhou Tong!
After Zhao Xu silenced some people's objections, Wu Zhi quickly stepped out to receive the order on behalf of his master Zhou Tong to thank him. He knew that Zhao Xu and Zhang Chun were reciprocating their kindness.
At that time, when the emperor promoted and appointed eunuchs or officials below the fifth rank, he could naturally bypass the court ministers. However, if he appointed a court official of the fifth rank or above, he could not bypass Zhongshu's subordinates.
Without the approval of Prime Minister Zhang Chun, who refuses to sign and seal, the emperor's edict will be rejected, and naturally he will not be promoted or appointed.
Wu Zhi looked at Zhang Chun, smiled and cupped his hands to express his gratitude. Zhang Chun stroked his gray beard, nodded towards him, and smiled without saying a word.
After announcing Zhou Tong's promotion and appointment, Zhao Xu raised the issues in the early dynasty, mainly two points: First, discussing the post-war handling of Song and Xia Dynasties, which is the most urgent problem that needs to be solved at present; second, how to promote reforms
To increase the court's income, the Song-Xia war that lasted for several years cost a lot of money, and the treasury of the Song Dynasty was gradually depleted.
After hearing the issues raised by Zhao Xu, all the civil and military officials began to discuss in low voices. Gradually, the entire Wende Hall became noisy. Zhao Xu had to cough a few times before everyone gradually became quiet.
"How should we deal with the situation in the northwest after the war? What do you think? Can you come together one by one?" Zhao Xu asked after seeing everyone quiet down.
While everyone was still deep in thought, Wu Zhi and Zhang Kai looked at each other, smiled, and made a gesture of invitation to Zhang Kai. Zhang Kai understood the idea and gave a helpless smile, then walked sideways out of the train.
He stepped forward, took out a memorial from his body, bowed and saluted, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have a script to start this memorial!" After saying that, he bowed and waited for Zhao Xu's response.
"Oh! What do you think of Shangzhu Kingdom? Feel free to tell me!" Zhao Xu suddenly became interested, and everyone waited with bated breath for him to speak.
"I'm scared, I hope your majesty will forgive me!" Zhang Qicheng said fearfully.
"I forgive the innocence of the Qing family!" Zhao Xu was a little surprised to see that Zhang Kai was still beating around the bush. Except for Wu Zhi and Zhang Chun, everyone was also very curious about the old man Zhang Kai's coquettish behavior.
"Then the veteran has the courage to speak out! Reporting back to Your Majesty, a few days after the battle in the northwest, the veteran received a letter from Marquis Wu, suggesting that our army should take advantage of the lack of troops in Xixia and the panic of the country to quickly occupy Tiandu Mountain, Yanzi Mountain and Wuyanxia
, advanced into Xichuan, pacified the Hehuang area, connected the four areas, opened up the Song Dynasty horse ranch, and at the same time pushed the front line forward. The veteran felt that it was very reasonable, the opportunity was rare, and he was afraid of delaying the war, so he made his own decision and ordered the troops to be divided
The Sixth Route entered Dangxiang territory and carried out military operations in the above areas. They built cities and forts, established military strongholds, and defended the territory. The results will come soon. The matter was urgent and I did not have time to report to the court. I hope your majesty will forgive me!
" Zhang Kai finished speaking in one breath, and hurriedly handed the memorial in his hand to Hao Sui together with Wu Zhi's letter to him, and bowed and waited quietly.
"What? You! You!" Zhang Kai's report was like a thunderbolt thrown into the Chui Gong Hall, instantly frightening Zhao Xu and all the civil and military officials. Zhao Xu was furious, pointed at Zhang Kai and Wu Zhi with his right hand, and said with trembling hands
Speechless.
In addition to Zhang Kai, Wu Zhi and Zhang Chun, all the civil and military officials were so shocked that they looked at each other and made noises everywhere.
"Your Majesty! This is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor! Please punish Shangzhu and Marquis Wu for deceiving the emperor!" The first person to jump out was Cai Jing, who spoke resolutely and full of justice.
"The crime of deceiving the emperor! You must not ignore it!" The second person who jumped out was Xing Shu, full of grief and indignation.
Then Zeng Bu, An Chun and others also came out one after another to reprimand and denounce Zhang Kai and Wu Zhi, all of them looked righteous and awe-inspiring.
Zhao Xu slowly recovered from the initial shock. He saw that nearly half of the officials who had jumped out to demand the punishment of Zhang Qi and Wu Zhi were excited. However, he saw that although the other half of the officials were talking about it, there was no one.
He jumped out to speak, especially the calm and calm look of Zhang Kai, Wu Zhi and Zhang Chun, which made him suppress his anger and calm down. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that Wu Zhi and Zhang Kai's plan was at that time
Generally speaking, it is indeed something that can be encountered but cannot be sought, which is more reasonable.
"Mr. Zhang, let us talk to the Qing family. How should we decide this matter?" Zhao Xu thought for a moment, pointed at Zhang Chun, and asked in a deep voice.
"Your Majesty, this matter is easy to handle. I will not accept the order of the foreign emperor, so I have to obey the authority when the matter is urgent. There is a reason for Shangzhu State and Wuhou to act like this at that time. It is indeed the imperial court's desire and urgency, and it is excusable. The matter has come to this.
, why not wait for some time and see how the action turns out before making a decision?" Zhang Chun talked eloquently.
Subsequently, An Tao, Lin Xi, Xu Jiang, Huang Lu and others also followed suit, saying they wanted to see the effects.
"Your Majesty! What Prime Minister Zhang said is ridiculous! It is obviously a rebuttal for his cousin! How can you bargain for the crime of deceiving the emperor?" Cai Jing said eagerly. Xing Shu, An Chun, Zeng Bu and others on the side also agreed,
He looked like he would never give up.
Zhao Xu watched the two groups of people fighting, while Zhang Kai and Wu Zhi stood calmly as if nothing had happened. He was a little undecided and a little angry. After thinking for a moment, he realized that Zhang Kai and Wu Zhi were already
Having burst the hornet's nest, the court meeting could no longer proceed, so he announced in a deep voice: "Although Shangzhu and Wuhou care about the court, they have extenuating circumstances, but they act recklessly and deceive and fail to retaliate. They will not escape their punishment."
, must not be punished without punishment. The decree is proposed: to demote Zhang Kai of Zhuguo to Zhuguo, the general of the town army, the founding county magistrate, and a fine of one year; to demote Wuhou to the guardian of the army, the champion general, the second-class marquis, and to pay a fine of one year.
Nian! Retreat from the court!"
After saying that, Zhao Xu angrily stood up from the dragon chair. Without waiting for Hao Sui to announce his retreat, he quickly walked towards the side hall without looking back and left the Chui Gong Hall first. Everyone was shocked and looked at each other, especially Cai Jing.
, An Chun, Zeng Bu, Xing Shu and others, after hearing the emperor's order, felt a deep sense of frustration and looked ashen.
Zhao Xu's seemingly severe punishment was just scratching the surface and did not touch the sore spot. Zhang Kai and Wu Zhi's official positions were not changed, but the Lord was reduced by one level and fined for one year. Basically, they did not hurt their muscles.
Gu. The two of them are still very popular in the eyes of the officials!
But after thinking about it carefully, everyone was surprised to realize that the official's thoughts were actually consistent with Wu Zhi and Zhang Kai's plan, which was to actively expand the territory! Some people were secretly glad that they had just
Some people who did not participate in the attack on Zhang Kai and Wu Zhi regretted it and secretly called out their mistake.
Seeing that the emperor had left, everyone had no choice but to leave one by one. Zhang Kai and Wu Zhi followed Zhang Chun and took the lead in leaving Chui Gong Hall, talking and laughing, not taking the punishment of being demoted and fined with a salary seriously at all. Others saw this.
, all shook their heads helplessly and left.
After leaving the palace, Wu Zhi got on the Marquis's carriage, driven by Erhu, and went straight to the Yuquan Hall. He planned to go to the Yuquan Hall to congratulate his master Zhou Tong.