Chapter 42: Between the gains and losses

"What?!" Zhao Xu and Zhao Qianyu asked in unison. This surprised them too much. They grew up from Empress Dowager Cao's eyelids, and of course they knew the Empress Dowager's character very well. If they wanted Empress Dowager Cao to change his mind and issue another edict to turn around to support their Emperor's father, there was no way. What's more, their Emperor's father was posthumously named as his biological father, King Pu, and Yingzong Zhao Shu was adopted by Emperor Renzong from King Pu. Even Empress Dowager Cao's adopted son could not pass the relationship. As long as Empress Dowager Cao did not fight behind the scenes, Yingzong and Han Qi would be happy to TOEFL. If they supported it, there would be no need to think about this possibility.

Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "Yes, let Empress Dowager Cao issue another edict to clearly support the filial piety of His Majesty, so that the Censorate and the two-system officials can be removed from the bottom of the pot, and the debate about Pu Yi in the court can be stopped. In fact, the Pu Yi dispute that broke out in the court this time is just a reason. It is essentially a confrontation between two new and old political forces. Although Empress Dowager Cao returned to the current emperor, the officials below do not see this way. Unfortunately, Empress Dowager Cao issued an order to condemn Han Qi at this time. Regardless of Empress Dowager Cao's original intention, this decree did make the officials have wrong conclusions and views on this. If this problem is not resolved quickly, the court will fall into a long-term debate, which is extremely unfavorable to the stability of the country!"

Zhao Xu said: "I know what Brother Wang said, but it's so difficult to get the Empress Dowager to change his order!" After he finished speaking, he looked at Wang Jinghui with anticipation, hoping that this talented man could come up with a good idea.

Wang Jinghui was about to give the final answer, but Zhao Qianyu next to him asked: "Mr. Is there a way for the empress dowager to change his mind just now, 'Is there any way for the empress dowager to change his mind?"

Wang Jinghui looked at her and then said to Zhao Xu: "Your Highness, Mr. Zhao has guessed well. I do have a way to make the Empress Dowager change her mind, but I just want to say this idea. Whether it can be used depends on your choice!"

Zhao Xu gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Wang, how can you ask for advice and be out?"

Wang Jinghui said: "I heard the rumors: Although the emperor is adopted by Emperor Renzong, at the beginning, Empress Dowager Cao did not seem to get along very harmoniously with the emperor. It was thanks to the prime minister Han who worked hard last year to resolve the grievances between mother and son and return the power to His Majesty the Emperor. I want to ask if this is true?"

Zhao Xu said: "Actually, this is not a secret. Everyone in Biandu knows about this. Why do Brother Wang have any objections to this?"

Wang Jinghui said: "I have no objection to this matter, I just want to make sure. I think from this matter we can see that the Queen Mother is not very passionate about power, but a generation of virtuous queens who are deeply aware of righteousness. Now the ministers who can persuade Queen Mother Cao to change their minds are only a few in the court. I think Lord Han, Lord Ouyang, and Lord Zeng can lobby for the Queen Mother to change his mind. If we can convince the Queen Mother, this is the best strategy. If we fail, we have to take the worst strategy!"

After thinking about it, Zhao Xu said, "This is indeed a good idea. The ones who can persuade the Empress Dowager to change their minds are Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang and Fu Bi, who have great chances. Brother Wang, if this method does not work, then what is the worst strategy?"

Wang Jinghui said: "I think this suggestion is good, but your highness said just now that the relationship between the emperor and the empress dowager was not very good. Although it has been almost a year, there should not be much improvement. Therefore, this suggestion is just me. Whether your highness uses success or failure is not very important. The key is the second suggestion. The reason why an edict can be called an edict is just that the empress dowager has the signature of the empress dowager. You can wait for the empress dowager to get drunk and bribe the eunuch to have the opportunity to add the empress dowager to the edict! However, this suggestion is too despicable, so it is a bad strategy, but it is also the best way to solve the problem!"

There are many debates in history about Empress Dowager Cao's later edict to support King Pu's title as Huangkao. After all, Empress Dowager Cao issued an edict to question Han Qi first, and later changed his attitude to support it. Such a change is too unreasonable, so most people believe that Empress Dowager Cao let Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and others take advantage of the loopholes after getting drunk. Wang Jinghui analyzed the current situation and believed that it was difficult to change his mind to make Empress Dowager Cao change his mind, so he believed that this rumor was true: although Empress Dowager Cao

His personal character is a role model among the empress dowagers in China in history, but giving King Pu the title of imperial examination was too exciting to this old lady. Moreover, she and Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu had conflicts, so it was even more impossible to help Zhao Shu get through the difficulties. Thinking of the first time when he met the prime minister Han Qi at the Caliber Medical Bookstore, Han Qi's narrowed eyes gave Wang Jinghui a feeling of being sophisticated. If this idea was made by Han Qi, Wang Jinghui would definitely raise his hands and feet to agree.

Wang Jinghui's words frightened Zhao Xu and Zhao Qianyu: Is this guy too bold?! Why is the change of the empress dowager's edict so lightly in his mouth?! Zhao Xu said with some anger: "Brother Wang, this is a rebellious act! How could you come up with such an idea?! It seems that I recommended you to become an official in the court because I misunderstood!"

Wang Jinghui didn't expect Zhao Xu to react so much at this time, but he said without showing any weakness: "Your Highness, maybe you think I have the method of a promising saint in this way, but have you ever thought about this country?!"

King Ying Zhao Xu said straight: "Are you still what a scholar should do if you do this?! What's wrong with this country?"

Wang Jinghui said: "I admit that this is contrary to the way of a saint, but it is for the future of the Song Dynasty! The only way to end the Pu ceremony as soon as possible is to convince the empress dowager, but it is difficult to convince her! The empress dowager will not change her attitude towards this matter for a day, and Pu ceremony will not be agreed on in the court. Do you want the emperor to make concessions on this matter? The longer the debate in the court, the greater the harm it will bring to the country. The conflict between officials and the emperor, the emperor and the empress dowager, and the officials will become more and more intensified. Do you know what will eventually evolve?"

The princess of Shu asked, "Brother Wang, what will happen if this continues?"

Wang Jinghui said: "Pu's prosecutors have been delayed for a long time, and the officials in the court argue endlessly. In the long run, the debate will escalate the debate. From discussing Pu's prose to personal attacks on those who different suggestions from each other, it will eventually develop into a rapid deterioration of the political atmosphere in the court, from a moral dispute to a self-interest, a struggle between intention and power, from a gentleman dispute that has indeed existed, and degenerate into a real villain dispute. The vitality of the Song Dynasty was constantly consumed in this long debate, and the debates at the top of the ruling group would slowly penetrate into all aspects of our Song Dynasty, bringing opportunities for invasion to our enemy countries of the Song Dynasty. The consequences may be that I, Wang Jinghui, speak nonsense, but no one can deny that the debate in the court will eventually develop in this direction!"

When Wang Jinghui said this, he completely thought of the story between Wang Anshi, Sima Guang and Su Shi in history. It was precisely because of the endless debate between the conservatives and reformists in the Xining Reform that the political ecological environment of the Northern Song Dynasty was rapidly deteriorated. After the death of these three great figures with firm and lofty beliefs, noble and pure personality, and profound academic knowledge, the officialdom of the Northern Song Dynasty completely became a vegetable market. The empire entered an era of sharp decline in political ethics, rapid deterioration in political air, and completely lost the concept of right and wrong, good and evil. The entire imperial officialdom was completely shameless and humble, and was filled with hypocritical beasts. They ran happily on the sacred temple, and seized the power and wealth of the country like a treasure, until they led the Northern Song Empire into the abyss that was doomed.

Wang Jinghui had such a disagreement today when he met Zhao Xu today, but it had happened, and it was useless to say anything else. What he said later on Zhao Xu was somewhat of a desire to deal with it decisively when Zhao Xu faced disputes between the two factions of reform after becoming emperor, and not repeat the mistakes of history again.

Zhao Xu was also constantly turbulent in his heart. He also knew that Wang Jinghui's statement was very reasonable. Although there are many disputes in the court now, it can be said that the "Huangkao" faction was almost doomed by the empress dowager's edict. It was precisely because of the stubborn insistence of Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu that the two factions in the court were in a stalemate, but he still did not believe what Wang Jinghui said that the Pu Parliament had been stalemate. Emperor Yingzong Zhao Shu and the prime minister Han Qi would definitely have a way to convince the stubborn Censorate and the two-system officials.

When Wang Jinghui saw Zhao Xu sitting there without saying anything for a long time, he knew that the King Ying was also struggling in his heart. He sighed and asked, "Your Highness Ying, I want to ask you: As a monarch, what is the most important thing?"

Zhao Xu heard for a long time without answering, because he had never thought of such a question. Wang Jinghui continued: "I think that as the king of a country, his primary task is to strive to improve the lives of his people and to ensure that the country is not humiliated externally! In fact, the Pu Announcement, which is now debated in the court, has nothing to do with these two goals, but in the long run, it will affect the stability of the Song Dynasty. Originally, it would not be difficult to reach the final unification opinion if both sides could compromise with each other, but the emperor wanted to confer his filial piety by posthumously titled King Pu as the "Emperor's Care", but the empress dowager opposed this matter in order to safeguard his dignity and feelings. This way, the solution was to cut off the positive solution, and the only solution was to solve the problem on the side."

Zhao Qianyu asked in confusion: "Is there no other way to resolve Puyi?"

Wang Jinghui said: "No matter what the empress dowager thinks, her current edict does provide great support for the opposition Censorate and the two-system officials. What they say in politics is contrary to the iron law of "the harem must not interfere in politics". After all, the emperor of the Song Dynasty is the representative of imperial power, not the empress dowager! One era is about to pass, and another era will come. Now it seems that if the emperor really wants to make a difference, he must win the final victory of Puyi to completely end the Renzong era. Although the Song Dynasty is glamorous on the surface, it is actually time for some changes to be made. If the Puyi discussion fails or concessions, the result will inevitably be that the Renzong era will continue to dominate the current Song Dynasty in a short period of time!"

Wang Jinghui's words may be difficult to understand in the minds of Zhao Xu and his brothers. After all, this is the conclusion that Wang Jinghui came to after a long time of consideration after learning about the general development of the historical development of later generations. In history, it was precisely because the Puyi discussion and decision-making time in the reign of Emperor Yingzong that there was no outstanding political performance during the reign of Emperor Yingzong. In addition, because Yingzong Zhao Shu's health was too poor and his reign was pitifully short, his personal color during his reign was completely covered by Emperor Renzong, which made him a mediocre emperor. The task of opening up a new era was only to his son Shenzong to complete, and Shenzong Zhao Xu did create his own era, but he was too young to control ministers such as Han Qi, Wang Anshi, Fu Bi, and finally it became a little out of control.

Wang Jinghui didn't know what to say when he saw Zhao Xu's current appearance. He didn't expect how things would turn out like this. It was too late to say anything at this time. Zhao Xu understood his painstaking efforts, which would be a matter for the future. Zhao Xu couldn't see the memorial he wrote about building the urban epidemic prevention system. This matter needs to be found for another exit.

Soon the sky darkened. Zhao Xu woke up from his thoughts with the awakening of the Shu princess Zhao Qianyu. The two of them politely said goodbye to Wang Jinghui, but Wang Jinghui knew that he could no longer get the "despicable and shameless" evaluation in Zhao Xu's heart. The princess of Shu who he had a crush on also hinted at this meeting that he was right and wrong. This was a serious blow to Wang Jinghui, who had been smooth sailing since he came to this time and space. Since the conversation with Zhao Xu was not very pleasant, Wang Jinghui did not hand over the memorial to build an urban epidemic prevention system to Zhao Xu.

"It's so failed! How did it become like this?!" Wang Jinghui cursed himself secretly, but compared to dispersing with Zhao Xu and his brothers and sisters, he was more concerned about how to build a simple urban epidemic prevention system in Biandu before the heavy rain in August through the power of the Song Dynasty to welcome the epidemic of plague after the rain and flood disasters. Otherwise, he would have to rely on his own strength to fight!

"Channel! Channel!" Wang Jinghui is now a little eager for power. After all, he knows too much. If he has power, he can avoid many tragedies recurring in the Song Dynasty in this time and space. However, when he thinks of Wang Anshi's stubborn old man, he feels a little chilling. Even Ouyang Xiu has to retreat. If he becomes an official, the prospect is really worrying!

Wang Jinghui shook his head vigorously and cleared all the messy thoughts, and then began to find another channel. While he was thinking hard in the study, the housekeeper Wang Fu knocked in and reported: "Sun Qi, editor of the Medical Bookstore, Sun Zhao, please see him!"

"So it's the two brothers!" Wang Jinghui remembered that he left them at the Jiegong Medical Bookstore to "talk against the scholars". Why did he come here? Although he was very confused, Wang Jinghui still put down his worries at hand and asked the butler Wang Fu to invite the Sun brothers in quickly.

"Brother Wang, your civilian clinic is indeed incredible and much better than ours!" Sun Zhao said to Wang Jinghui as soon as he entered the door. Because their father and son were both doctors and officials in Biandu, and they were also a family of traditional Chinese medicine, they opened a medical clinic in the rich area west of Biandu City called "Hetian". These were chatting when they were chatting when they were correcting books by the Medical Bookstore.

Wang Jinghui replied modestly: "I have been awarded for my brother. There are also ordinary people around me. It is cheaper to see a doctor here, so there are naturally more people." He also knew that the policy of waived medical treatment fees and halved medical expenses had a great impact on the clinics in the east of Biandu City. However, it did not have any impact on the clinics in the wealthy area in the west of the city. In addition, the policy of civilians is aimed at the poor, and the customer base they are targeting is not on the same level. Although he and the Sun family are in the same class, they have no grudges. Wang Jinghui couldn't feel any mind about the sudden visit of the Sun brothers: "They should be dealing with the interrogation of those famous doctors. Why did they come to me?"

As if seeing the doubts in Wang Jinghui's heart, the Sun brothers looked at each other with a smile, and Sun Qi said: "Congratulations to Brother Wang, the "Su Wen" we revised together has finally been recognized by the famous doctors of the Medical Bookstore, and finally passed the review and can be published! It is absolutely impossible to avoid the credit for your correction. You are going to treat you today, but we are here to have a free meal!"

Wang Jinghui was stunned when he heard the news: "It's passed?! So fast? Didn't he get caught up in the debate a few days ago?"
Chapter completed!