Hua Ju stared at Wang Fu and slowly walked towards him.

Wang Fu suddenly became nervous, because that day he saw with his own eyes how Hua Ju beat the Liao envoy, so he was also worried that he would beat him.

"You, you, what are you going to do?"

Wang Fu took two steps back and said, "Hua, let me tell you, this is in the Golden Palace, and His Majesty is watching from above. You, you dare to hit me."

Hua Ju didn't stop, but still pressed towards him. Wang Fu was so frightened that he stepped back repeatedly.

"Wenshan, don't do anything." Huizong shouted.

After all, Wang Fu was his minister. Unlike the Liao envoy, if he was beaten in front of him in the Golden Palace, he would not be able to save his face.

And if Wang Fu was really beaten, he would definitely have to make the decision again.

When the time comes, he will help Wang Fu deal with Hua Ju, but he is unwilling to do so. If he helps Hua Ju to excuse himself, other ministers will definitely accuse him of being partial, and both parties will be in trouble.

Therefore, he quickly spoke up to stop Hua Ju.

Hua Ju actually didn't want to hit Wang Fu. Although he hated the traitor, he had not lost his mind enough to do it in front of Huizong, which would only make him passive.

The main reason why he wanted to push towards Wang Fu was to scare him and suppress his arrogance.

You must know that this court is a battlefield without smoke. Although you can't see the light of swords and swords, the words and arrows are more dangerous. If you can't catch one, you may be doomed.

Therefore, if you want to gain a foothold in the court, in addition to getting Huizong's support, you must also be strong yourself. Only by letting others know that you are not easy to mess with will they not dare to target you easily.

Otherwise, they will become like Shi Song, Sima Hong, and Lu Zhengxin, who are feared by even the enemy on the battlefield, but will be ridiculed and bullied by these treacherous officials in the court.

Hua Ju smiled contemptuously at Wang Fu, turned around slowly and walked back to the imperial steps. He clasped his hands and bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I just lost my temper. Please forgive me."

Huizong said: "You are also trying to maintain the rules of the court. I will not blame you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Then Hua Ju said: "Your Majesty, I recommend Zhou Daxiao and Wang Yi to serve as the infantry city defense chief and deputy envoy. Firstly, because they have both served as county magistrates and know how to deal with the people. Secondly, because they are both Jinshi and their family backgrounds.

As a disciple of the Emperor, I know better how to safeguard the reputation of the court and His Majesty."

Huizong nodded in agreement. In his opinion, Hua Ju's consideration was the most reasonable.

After all, in addition to solving problems for the people, the most important thing for officials appointed by the court is to maintain the reputation of themselves and the court. If they cannot do this, they are unqualified officials.

Hua Ju continued: "However, I didn't expect that all my hard work would be maliciously slandered by Wang Zhongcheng and Han Shangshu.

If they sincerely think about the court, that would be normal. After all, no one is perfect, and there will be times when things are not fully considered. As colleagues who are officials in the same dynasty, they have the obligation and responsibility to put forward different opinions to help solve the problem.

The solution is better. And this is the real meaning of Your Majesty convening ministers to discuss government affairs every day, which is to pool the wisdom of ministers to solve the problem in the best way.

However, Wang Zhongcheng and Han Shangshu, simply to prevent Zhou Daxiao and Wang Tao from serving as the infantry city defense chief and deputy envoy, deliberately fabricated and concocted the story that he had caused unjust, false and wrongful convictions, and they also wantonly treated veterans who had meritorious service to the court.

Mocking and humiliating.

The three old generals spent their entire lives in the military and made great contributions to the country. Even His Majesty respected them. However, Wang Zhongcheng and Han Shangshu regarded their contributions as nothing. They even kept saying that they were just a little bit of credit. This is not only for the three old generals.

It was a humiliation to the entire Song Dynasty court, to His Majesty, to all the soldiers who died in the war against Xixia and the Liao invasion, and to the soldiers who were protecting the safety of the Song Dynasty on the border day and night.

In particular, they not only humiliated the three old generals themselves, but also encouraged other officials in the court to mock them. Their intentions were so vicious.

To be honest, I just heard the laughter of my colleagues in the palace mocking the three old generals, and it really hurt me. Because the people of Xixia and Liao were in awe of the three old generals and did not dare to despise them in the slightest. It is a pity that

It is really sad that our own people trample and disrespect them so much.

If Xixia and Liao knew about this, they would definitely hold a banquet to celebrate, because Wang Zhongcheng and Han Shangshu helped them do what they couldn't do.

For this reason, maybe they will send people to send heavy gifts to Wang Zhongcheng and Han Shangshu to thank them."

"You're talking nonsense."

Hua Ju's impassioned words not only vented his anger on Shi Song, Sima Hong, and Lu Zhengxin, but also exposed Wang Fu and Han Rongqi's ulterior motives in framing good ministers. Especially later, he directly accused them of being suspected of collaborating with the enemy, which made Wang Fu and Han Rongqi anxious.

Yes, because this is a shameful thing.

"Your Majesty, I am loyal to Your Majesty and to the Song Dynasty, and I have absolutely no different intentions. Hua Ju's remarks are purely to frame me. Please make the decision for me." Wang Fu knelt down and said.

Han Rongqi also knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, what I just said is all true. Zhou Daxiao and Wang Ba did indeed cause people to die unjustly due to mistakes. Your Majesty, please take a closer look."

Before Huizong could speak, Hua Ju said: "Your Majesty, since what Han Shangshu said is true, I have a few questions to ask him and Wang Zhongcheng, and I would like your Majesty's permission."

"It's accurate." Huizong agreed simply.

Hua Ju said again: "Your Majesty, please ask someone to bring two copies of pen, ink, paper and inkstone."

"Come here, bring me pen, ink, paper and inkstone." Huizong said.

The chamberlain immediately brought two sets of pen, ink, paper and inkstones. Hua Ju asked the chamberlain to place the two sets of pen, ink, paper and inkstones in front of Wang Fu and Han Rongqi. He asked the two chamberlains to stand beside them, and then said: "Wang Zhongcheng, Han Shangshu, I

The first question. Since you all say that Zhou Daxiao and Wang Tao caused unjust, false and wrongful convictions, please write down the time and place when they caused unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, and what kind of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases they caused."

Wang Fu originally wanted to wait for Han Rongqi to answer first, and then repeat it after him to avoid making mistakes. But when he thought that Hua Ju asked the question in this way, he couldn't cheat even if he wanted to.

"Damn Hua Xiao'er, you actually came up with such a way to deal with us. Just wait for me. From now on, I, Wang Fu, will never be at odds with you."

Han Rongqi was also confused. He originally just wanted to get Zhou Daxiao and Wang Bao down first, and then recommend his people to them, so he cooperated with Wang Fu to weave lies about Zhou Daxiao and Wang Bao. Moreover, this was also their usual method.

In the past, whenever Huizong wanted to appoint someone who was not from either of their families, he would cooperate in fabricating and framing people like this, and he has tried so far to no avail.

I originally thought that today would be as smooth as before, but I didn't expect that when I encountered the iron plate of Hua Ju, I not only failed to succeed, but Hua Ju seized the opportunity to counterattack their army, which put them in a dilemma now.

Han Rongqi turned his head and looked at Wang Fu, who happened to be looking at him too. Both of them wanted to ask each other what to do, but in front of the whole palace, especially the two chamberlains standing beside them, they did not dare to speak, so they could only

Communicate with eyes.

But after all, eyes are not mouths. They cannot convey what they want to say to each other, and they can only act in a hurry.

Cai Jing did not expect Hua Ju to do this, and was very anxious because it was no longer a question of whether Zhou Daxiao and Wang Bao had actually caused an unjust, false or wrongful conviction, but whether Wang Fu and Han Rongqi had deceived the emperor.

You must know that Wang Fu and Han Rongqi categorically told Huizong that Zhou Daxiao and Wang Tao had caused unjust, false and wrong convictions. If they cannot answer now, or their answers are different, they have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor, which is a minor crime.

If he is punished, he will be dismissed from office, or if he is serious, he will be assassinated and exiled.

If this was just Wang Fu, Cai Jing wouldn't care. After all, he was not from his line. He just recommended his own people to the vacant position, so that he would have another powerful helper in the court.

But now Han Rongqi is also involved. He is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. The promotion and assessment of officials throughout the Song Dynasty are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel. If he loses this position, it will not be easy to help his subordinates get promoted in the future.

"Wang Zhongcheng, Han Shangshu, write quickly, your Majesty is still waiting to see." Hua Ju said with a faint smile.

He has already written all the rest of the script.

Unable to write it down, the emperor fabricated lies about officials and deceived the emperor.

Having written it down, but not reporting it after knowing it, deliberately concealing it, and using it as a basis to suppress officials at critical moments, is not only the crime of deceiving the emperor, but also has the intention of evil intentions.

Anyway, as long as they put pen to paper, no matter how they quibble later, they will not be able to escape the charge of deceiving the emperor.

Even if they won't be exiled like Zhong You, they still have to remove their official positions.

In fact, he hadn't wanted to deal with these two guys at first, but they went too far today and humiliated the three veterans Shi Song, Sima Hong, and Lu Zhengxin like that. It really made him very angry, so he decided to deal with these two guys first.

It's been tidied up.

Wang Fu and Han Rongqi were as anxious as fire, because they all knew what consequences they would face if they couldn't write it or if they didn't write it correctly.

Since ancient times, the greatest crime has been to deceive the emperor. Even if Huizong could be open to the past, he would definitely not be able to escape if he was demoted or demoted.

"Your Majesty, Wang Zhongcheng and Han Shangshu have always refused to write. I think they are still angry with me, so they are unwilling to comply with my request. Therefore, please let them write it yourself." Seeing Wang Fu, Han Rongqi hesitated.

After writing, Hua Ju turned around and said to Huizong.

Huizong was also a little impatient with waiting, and said: "Wang Qing's family, Han Qing's family, write quickly."

"His Majesty."

Just when Wang Fu and Han Rongqi were preparing to accept the order with despair, Cai Jing stood up and bowed and said: "The veteran also believes that Zhou Daxiao and Wang Tao are the most suitable candidates to serve as the infantry city defense chief and deputy envoy."

Hua Ju looked at Cai Jing with surprised eyes, because among all the officials, Cai Jing hated him the most. Ever since he entered the officialdom, Cai Jing had been against him and wanted to kill him. Why did he suddenly help him?

Have you spoken?

Hua Ju knew that this old thief must not have discovered it because of his conscience, or that he had suddenly changed his ways, and he must have some evil intentions in his heart.

When Huizong saw that Cai Jing had the same opinion as Hua Ju, he was very happy and asked: "The grand master also thinks that Zhou and Wang are suitable?"

Cai Jing said: "Zhou Daxiao is the son of Zhou Zheng, the former censor Zhongcheng. He served in many ministries before he was sent to the outside world, and his work is quite like his father's.

Wang Tao's father was General Wang Xinlie who died heroically in the battle with Xixia thirty years ago. Wang Tao was young at the time, but his mother raised him. He was a man of good conduct and serious in work.

As far as I know so far, the two of them have never made any mistakes during their tenure, and they are indeed the most suitable candidates for the position."

"But didn't Wang Qing's family and Han Qing's family say that they had caused unjust, false, and wrongful convictions?" Huizong asked.

Cai Jing chuckled twice and said: "The veteran knows this matter best. It happened many years ago. At that time, there was a chief clerk in the Ministry of Personnel named Liu Ju. He had a grudge against Zhou Daxiao and Wang Ba and wanted to take revenge on them, so

He deliberately fabricated things that led to unjust, false, and wrongful convictions in their resumes.

Later, this matter was discovered by the late Pan Chenguang, the former Minister of Civil Affairs, who sent Liu Ju to the Ministry of Punishment for questioning and was sentenced to exile in Lingnan.

Mr. Han was still working abroad at that time, so he didn't know anything about the matter.

The old minister estimated that it was the resume that Liu Zhi added to the fabricated events, and the people in the Ministry of Civil Affairs forgot to destroy it. After Lord Han took over as the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he accidentally saw this invalid resume, and he knew that it was

All the officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs were transferred to other places, and no one told him the truth, so he mistakenly believed that Zhou and Wang had really caused unjust, false, and wrongful convictions."

After saying that, he turned around and looked at Han Rongqi and said: "Han Shangshu, Zhou Daxiao, and Wang Tao are indeed fine. The resumes you saw about them are invalid. Go back and find the real resumes quickly and burn the invalid ones."
To be continued...