"You, you..." Cheng Hao almost got furious.

Wang Ju said to the guards outside the door: "Your Majesty is a little ill and cannot receive these people for the time being. However, some of these people are quite happy to form a clique, so they must be prohibited from going out. If anyone violates the imperial edict, they will be detained in Kaifeng Prefecture prison, and even the rich man is no exception."

Several guards were stunned and dared not answer.

Wang Ju said again: "Do you still remember the miserable defeat in Faxia and the miserable defeat in Yongle City?"

Enough.

It was these people who formed a clique and found Wang Ju's handle and forced Wang Ju away, which directly led to two crushing defeats and 600,000 people were killed by Xixia.

The biggest sacrifice group is these soldiers.

Several guards shouted, "Here."

Fu Bi also came over at this time, and he said, "Prince An, what do you want to do?"

"Fuan Gong, I will say it again. Your Majesty is ill and it is not easy to receive you. I will be wronged for a few days first, but I am not detained. With the rich man here, who dares to detain you? Please forgive me."

After Wang Ju finished speaking, he rode back.

Liu Ji and others almost jumped, but Sima Guang calmed down and said, "Then we will be wronged for a few days."

"Sima Gong, why?" asked a gentry from Luoyang.

"This is the inn, and the longer he imprisons us, the louder the protests in the world will be," said Sima Guang.

The capital inns in the Song Dynasty had two functions. One was to accept foreign guests, but it was far less than the Sifang Pavilion of the Tang Dynasty. Or the Liao Kingdom sent envoys to come two or three times a year, but only stayed for a few days before going back. As for the envoys of the Western Xia, they may not come once every three or four years.

The remaining ones were Jiaozhi and Dali envoys, and even fewer came. Although the Song Dynasty prepared a post station ferry in the Dadu River, Dali might not have sent an envoy once in ten years. There was also Goryeo, so fewer came.

However, the inn also has another function, which is to receive foreign officials who have arranged to go to Beijing to work, or to transfer officials from other places to other places, if they pass by the capital, they will also stay in the inn. Therefore, these officials in the inn have always come and go, and have almost never stopped.

But Sima Guang then realized that there was no official in the inn at this time. Undoubtedly, Wang Ju turned the inn into a large prison cell, but how long can this last?

As Sima Guang expected, Wang Ju's radical approach quickly caused a riot.

Zhao Xu was "ill" and could not manage the government for the time being. Fan Chunren and several ministers broke into the Secretariat directly and asked Wang Ju: "Taibao, why did you take the rich man and the others into custody?"

"Fan Youcheng, I know you are related to Sima Guang and others (Fan Chunren's daughter married Sima Dan's younger son of Sima Guang's elder brother, and Fan Chunren also has a relative relationship with Song Dao, one of the members of the Luoyang Elderly Association), but you can't depose your public for personal gain, right?"

"I'm not abolishing the public because of my own private matters. Let me ask, do you really not violate the court system if you detain the rich public and other important officials?"

"Fan Youcheng. What is imprisonment? Is there such a comfortable cell in the world? Youcheng should not say too much. In a few days, I will give you, and give you an explanation to the people of the world!"

"What explanation?"

"Fan Youcheng, I've made it so clear. As long as you wait a few more days, or can you control the edict of the Secretariat?"

Fan Chunren asked, but Wang Ju had the right not to answer.

Watching Fan Chunren leave, Zhang Qi shook his head and said, "This Fan Yaofu is really ungrateful."

Fan Chunren's ability to rise to power is nothing more than the four firsts Wang Ju mentioned. His military talent is Zhang Feng, financial management, Zhang Zai, and moral integrity.

However, among the important officials, Fan Chunren takes the lead in getting right from Wang Ju everywhere.

Wang Ju smiled.

Actually, Fan Chunren is fine.

There are three reasons why Wang Ju has always maintained a restrained attitude towards Fan Chunren.

The first one is Fan Chunren’s style of work is honest. Nowadays, the luxury style of scholars and officials is becoming more and more serious, and they need an example. In terms of style, Fan Chunren can undoubtedly set this example.

The second reason is that Wang Ju asks Zhao Xu for power, and Zhao Xu also promises Wang Ju’s power, but don’t take it seriously. In this way, he would not deliberately meet Zhao Xu before and ask Zhao Xu to support him. In a sense, there is an opposition leader in the court, which may not be harmful to Wang Ju. But this opposition must not bring Sima Xiguang up, so Fan Chunren, who is not so scheming and not so radical and dark, is the best candidate.

The third reason is even deeper.

I remember that when he looked through this history in his previous life, the most common statement was the division caused by different political means.

This statement is only half true.

It was like this at the beginning.

The New Party believes that the country has serious ills, just like a seriously ill patient. Without using the medicine of tigers and wolves, he will quickly become terminally ill.

However, the old party believed that it was inappropriate. Sima Guang said that the world was like living in the room. If it was bad, it would be repaired. If it was bad, it would not be done. Fu Bi said that if a person had a serious illness, he should use porridge, food, medicine and supplement the principles. Wen Yanbo believed that quietness should be the first priority.

At the beginning, it is hard to say that one is right or that one is wrong.

From a point of view, Wang Anshi was correct. The Song Dynasty had such a large deficit. Even the drought was severe, the treasury could not allocate money and grain to provide relief. Instead, he forced the victims to return to various prefectures and counties to survive and let them die. Other problems were as numerous as cow hair.

At this point, the living room has been damaged and has to be further developed. As for the so-called prescription for serious illness, where is the more it is?

However, in order to fill the deficit and make the country's finances surplus, Wang Anshi mainly made money, rather than curing diseases, so many bad phenomena arose in the reforms. Originally, during the Yuanfeng period, the finances were not so tense. As Fu Bi said, the prescription for serious illness should be cured, and porridge, food, medicine and medicine should be used to supplement the law. That is, it can be slowly regulated to ease the intensified contradictions. However, the two defeats in the northwest caused everything to be shattered. In addition, some people deliberately misled it, so the people of Luoyang called Sima Guang the truth.

From the perspective of the old party, Wen Yanbo, Fu Bi and others have experienced the failure of the Qingli New Deal, so their mental paths are like Song Renzong, focusing on fine-tuning. This idea is understandable, but facts prove that this path is also a path of chronic suicide, just like that deficit, which actually began to accumulate since Song Renzong's later years.

It’s not that they don’t know, knowing that it’s best to get better, but it will be more troublesome if they get worse, but the fact is that Wang Anshi’s reforms disappointed them, so the opposition became stronger and stronger.

In addition, from their personal perspective, because Song Renzong was in poor health in his later years, he almost became "ruled by inaction", which led to the top powerful ministers who quickly gained profits in this situation. Let alone Song Yingzong's foul.

Wang Anshi's many reforms were used to address this situation, such as suppressing usury, monopoly of the group bank, controlling the prices of the capital by powerful and wealthy relatives, forcibly levied money to the powerful and powerful, and Qingmiao loans. As a vested stakeholder, of course, he was very repulsive.

However, the reform began, and the methods were not so tragic. Wen Yanbo had selfish intentions at that time, but he was still thinking about the country. With the introduction of new laws, the court finally changed its flavor and used everything to suppress his opponents. For example, Wen Yanbo, Sima Guang, Cheng Hao, Yang Hui... As for what the country is, it has long been left behind.

Therefore, Wang Ju also longed for moderate factions to rise to power one by one, whether it was the new party or the old party.

Such a cruel political struggle could not continue, including himself, although his means were darker.

Wang Ju returned home and called Han Yun to ask: "How is Cai Jing in Shanzhou?"

An Tao fought against the enemy and ignored the court system. He brought the gentry from Shanzhou to Luoyang and from Luoyang to the capital. However, the government affairs of Shanzhou cannot be ignored, especially when Shaanxi lacks food now, and the court is sending a large amount of food and grass to Shaanxi.

So Wang Ju transferred Cai Jing to Shaanxi Province as the new magistrate.

That's the case on the surface...

Han Yun replied: "This person is unimaginable. In just one day, all the officials in Shaanxi were obeyed and posted, and there was no sound of the news from Minister Li. How great is this method?"

Wang Ju smiled bitterly. It was unbearable for him to ask Cai Jing to go to Shanzhou.

I really can't find a good candidate.

As for Cai Jing's talent, it is useless to question.

Now that he was given only a small opportunity, Cai Jing immediately seized it. I am afraid that Cai Jing will really stand out after this battle.

Are you considered drinking poison to quench your thirst?

Zhao Xu's illness was not a few days ago, but for more than ten days. Of course, Fu Bi and others also had to be under house arrest for more than ten days.

Liu Ji and others were so angry that they almost vomited blood. However, Sima Guang was so stupid that he said, "Mr. Liu, don't worry, the longer the time is delayed, the more unfavorable it is for the small traitor."

It seems to be so.

After so many days, even Su Song, who was not so repulsive to Wang Ju, was annoyed. He brought a group of officials to the gate of the inner palace, slapped the gate of the palace, and demanded to see Zhao Xu.

As they wished, Zhao Xu asked them to come in to meet him.

However, when Su Song was about to speak, Zhao Xu waved his hand to stop him and said, "I know very well what is happening outside. Let's say that Prince An will meet you."

It’s hard for Su Song and others to say anything. Let’s see what Wang Ju enters and says, or what he has to explain.

After a while, Wang Ju brought it in.

However, the king and his minister said a few words Su Song couldn't understand.

Wang Jue entered and said, "See Your Majesty, the outside is ready."

"That's good."

"Your Majesty, is the location at Daqing Hall or above the square outside Xuande Gate?"

There were two major palaces in the Song Dynasty. Changchao was the Chugong Hall and Dachao was the Daqing Hall. In addition, major celebrations, or reception of envoys from the Liao Kingdom, were also in the Daqing Hall. At the same time, Daqing Hall was also the largest palace in the Song Dynasty's palace, so the Song Dynasty regarded it as a place for palace examinations. Think about it, there were nearly a thousand students, each with a table, and in order to prevent plagiarism, they had to be separated from each other by a distance. In addition to Daqing Hall, which palace can accommodate it?

However, there is one thing that actually has few meetings for the Grand Court.

There are too many people, think about how many Beijing officials there are, they are only lined up in two rows from east to west. How long should they be? They can't hear them in front and behind. Besides, what can the lower-level Beijing officials standing behind say?

Therefore, the one who talks about the most is Chang Chao.

It was just a court meeting. If the emperor summoned ministers to ask about things, he used to be in the Chuigong Hall or the outer hall next to the Chuigong Hall, and occasionally in Erying Pavilion and other places.

However, the system changed again later. Originally, there were two halls beside the Daqing Hall, which were resting places for the emperor to hold the ceremony. However, the two halls were too wasteful, so one was taken out to change it to Yanhe Hall.

When he arrived at Zhao Xu, he regarded it as a place where he usually called ministers to ask questions. For the sake of privacy, Yu Yanhe Hall built a smaller palace.

Therefore, the biggest convenience in the palace is in the Daqing Palace.

As for the square outside Xuande Gate, it is even bigger.

But Su Song was puzzled, what was he talking about!

Zhao Xu pondered for a moment and said, "It is related to the decency of the ministers, and it is too indecent to put it in Xuandemen."

"Then put it in Daqing Hall."

Zhao Xu continued to ponder.

"Your Majesty, once and for all. A hundred years later, future generations will be proud of Your Majesty's actions this day. This is not to damage the reputation of the Daqing Palace, but to prove the revival of the Song Dynasty."

"Then let it go, Su Qing, you guys should also part."
To be continued...