Chapter 725

"So you are the loyal and loyal ministers of my Song Dynasty, the pillars of the country. For the sake of my own private life, I sold the things that I prohibited from selling in the Song Dynasty to the enemy country. Some even sold the deployment of the troops of the northwest border troops of the Song Dynasty to the Western Xia..."

Zhao Xu's tone seemed very calm and desolate. Looking at these ministers, many of them were once praised by the emperor's grandmother, and they were in the court and had a lot of prestige.

But today, I saw the detailed memorial. Even if Zhao Xu had not seen the confessions and confessions that had also arrived in the palace, he was very clear. Su Dongpo and Wang Yang did not dare to do anything to cheat on such major events involving more than a hundred officials.

Liu Zhi stood up with a grim expression and bowed to the ground. "Your Majesty, I am responsible for the prime minister, but I have not been able to do my best..."

"Enough!" Zhao Xu slapped the imperial case hard, interrupting Liu Zhi's self-blame words. "In the memorial, all officials involved in the case in Beijing will be escorted to the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, Ministry of Justice, and Censorate to trial..."

"I hope you don't let me down again, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences and leave the court..." After saying that, Zhao Xu stopped stopping and left.

Dozens of imperial troupes with armored armor rushed into the hall, and directly grabbed the fourteen important officials of the court who were limping on the ground and dragged them out of the hall.

Looking at this scene, all the civil and military ministers present couldn't help but feel cold to the hearts. The threatening words of Emperor Zhao Xu, who was still unfulfilled, were like a sharp sword hanging above his head, as if they would fall down at any time and penetrate into the sky spirit.

The crying and crying for help from the officials who were dragged away were still lingering in the ears of these ministers. Liu Zhi slowly closed his eyes. After a long time, he forced his shaking body to not fall. "Do you understand what Your Majesty mean?"

"A thorough investigation and detailed investigation. If there are those who dare to cover up, those who confide in, those who are lazy... I will write a letter to Your Majesty and punish these people with the same crime!" Liu Zhi's eyes showed a fierce look at this moment.

"Don't disregard it. Don't forget that outside the court, there are countless officials who are eyeing the location here. There are also those officials who were exiled in the past who never forget to return to the court..."

Liu Zhi's naked words made everyone feel shocked, and all the distracting thoughts were gone, and he didn't dare to have any random little thoughts.

"There are 20 officials in the fifth rank and top rank, ninety-six civil officials and forty-one military generals. Can so many officials be punished one by one?" Zhu Guangting slowly walked out of the hall and whispered in his ear.

"Your Majesty, you are young and energetic. Now, my great Song Hu Ben is in the northwest and has won consecutive battles. This has already made Your Majesty very ambitious. And we are in the court, which has already made Your Majesty very unhappy."

"If Your Majesty can resist the issue and take advantage of this matter today, that would be a strange thing. He can only blame those bastards for doing too much. Even those who are proficient in foreign countries can do the things that can be raided and exterminated... "

"But Liu Xiang, although these people are not good at it, they are all capable ministers and officials of our Song Dynasty. If more than 100 officials were reduced at once, the court would inevitably be in chaos." Jia Yi also came forward and said carefully.

On the other side, Liang Tao couldn't help but smile coldly. "Do you think the emperor doesn't know? But do you think with his temper today, he can tolerate such officials and continue to stay in the court?"

"Even if he can't bear it, he can't make the court unable to operate. If the Empress Dowager is still standing behind the curtain, he will definitely consider it carefully." Jia Yi retorted.

"By the way, the Empress Dowager!" Liu Anshi slapped himself in the thigh. "Now, only the Empress Dowager has the ability to stabilize the court."

"What do you mean..." Liu Zhi was stunned and his eyes fell on Liu Anshi. His heart was slightly moved. Although he was also very dissatisfied with the actions of these officials, they were ultimately their colleagues, and some of them were backbones of the old party.

If all of them were taken down for such a thing, even if His Majesty did not deliberately hand over these positions to the former Yuanyou New Party, it would definitely be a heavy blow to the old Party.

"Xiang Liu, the official also thinks that this matter can be considered..." Zhu Guangting also lit up his eyes and looked at Liu Zhi with anticipation.

All the old party bosses all turned their attention to Liu Zhi, the prime minister in the court.

"You, alas... I can only give up my old face and ask for the Empress. I just hope that the Empress will still be willing to see me." Liu Zhi finally felt soft.

"But even if the Empress really stood up this time and calmed the matter down, if those people in the future..."

"Liu Xiang, please don't worry. If something happens to them again, I won't let them go if you don't have to come forward."

"I hope you and I hope they can do it themselves..." Liu Zhi waved away, attracted a eunuch and gave a few instructions, and then stood under the eaves of a palace and waited with peace of mind.

Zhu Guangting and others also stopped with shamelessness, waiting uneasy inside, looking in the direction where the little eunuch disappeared.

Without letting them wait too long, a familiar figure appeared in their sight.

"It's actually General Manager Xu, General Manager Liu Xiang, General Manager Xu came here in person. It seems that this matter should be somewhat certain." Jia Yi, Liu Anshi, Zhu Guangting, Liang Tao and others couldn't help but show their joy, just as they were almost celebrating each other.

"We have met Master Liu and all the lords." Xu Degong walked up with a smile and bowed to these old party bosses.

"No need to do this. For such a small matter, why should Mr. Xu come here in person? Just send a small eunuch to guide the way." Liu Zhi's face also showed a three-point relaxation, and he was even in the mood to chat with Xu Degong.

"It's not that our family doesn't want it, but the empress is tired and resting. How dare we disturb our family? And if you say something is wrong, our family will naturally come over to ask what the matter is, and it's easy to consider whether we should report to the empress." Xu Degong explained with a smile.

The few people looked at each other in shock, and Liu Zhi also looked at Xu Degong with some confusion in his heart, but in the end he still expressed his intention and told Xu Degong about the memorial jointly signed by Su Dongpo and Wang Yang.
Chapter completed!