Do you know: I have a different surname: Wang, uncle Minglan

Chapter 274 The party struggle ends, Wei Yuan is dismissed, and the old is replaced by the new

Wang Anshi was still a little puzzled, "Even if Liao Xia has a plan, even if your guess is about to come true, you should not choose to restructure at this time."

Hearing this, Wei Yuan sighed: "How could I not know? But you have also seen that before the official fainted, he asked me to guard the prison. This kind of trust is rare in ancient times, right?"

Wang Anshi was even more confused, "Isn't it a good thing that officials trust you?"

"I didn't say it wasn't a good thing." Wei Yuan said, "To be honest, I thought the officials and I transferred the new army to the palace were to ensure that the status of His Highness the Crown Prince would not be affected."

"Now that the matter has been done, what will the officials think of me when they wake up? I have become the best military general at a young age. Will the officials rest assured about what will happen after the prince ascends the throne?"

Wang Anshi understood, stroking his beard and said: "It's a good move to retreat in order to advance, so you are not afraid. If you are really punished, you will not be able to return to the capital for a while?"

Wei Yuan said: "It doesn't matter, as you said, just wait and see."

Wang Anshi did not dare to say any more.

On the second day of February in the seventh year of Jiayou's reign, after Zhao Zhen regained consciousness, he immediately summoned Prince Zhao Xi to inquire about the many major events that had occurred in the country in recent days.

Zhao Xi focused on the struggle between the two parties.

Zhao Zhen, who was pale and increasingly thin, was lying weakly on the dragon bed, sighing:

"I let the two of them fight, just to use their hands to punish some officials and pave the way for you to ascend the throne in the future and train a team. But I never thought that they would continue to argue while I was unconscious."

Zhao Xi knelt down in front of him and said: "Father, please take care of the dragon body. Although they are still fighting about the two phases, the country's body will not be in chaos. Father, please rest assured."

Zhao Zhen suddenly coughed violently and even coughed up blood.

Seeing this, Zhao Xi quickly stepped forward and said with a worried look: "Father, the dragon body is the most important thing!"

Zhao Zhen forced out a bitter smile and said: "Don't worry, my son, I will hold on for a while and I won't leave you too much mess."

"Father." As he spoke, Zhao Xi seemed about to shed tears.

Zhao Zhen raised his arm with difficulty and stroked Zhao Xi's head. At this moment, he was no longer the emperor of Zhou Dynasty, but Zhao Xi's father, nothing more.

"I still have many things that I haven't been able to teach you, and I don't have the energy to teach you anymore, how to be a good emperor in the future."

Zhao Xi said: "Wang Shangshu once taught his sons how to read the books of sages and how to be like Yao and Shun."

Zhao Zhen shook his head, "When I talk about being an emperor, I mean being an emperor. It's not what the sages teach you in their books, nor is it about being Yao and Shun."

Zhao Xi showed a confused expression.

Zhao Zhen sighed again, "That's all. Has anything else happened in the DPRK and China recently? Is there any movement in the Liao and Xia countries?"

Zhao Xi shook his head and said: "There is no movement between Liao and Xia, it's just..."

Zhao Zhen looked at him who was hesitant to speak, and felt something bad. He frowned and said, "Just what?"

Immediately, Zhao Xi knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "My son, I ask my father to punish me! My son, my son is responsible for supervising the country's orders and issued an order to reform the Yanbian military system! My son is guilty!"

Zhao Zhen's pupils gradually widened as he listened to his childish voice, and suddenly he coughed violently.

Zhao Xi did not dare to get up and said quickly: "Father, please take care of the dragon body!"

Zhao Zhen stared at him and said in a deep voice: "Why are you so anxious about Yanbian military reform? You...can't wait any longer?"

Zhao Xi said: "Father, the two countries of Liao and Xia are eyeing each other. They may go south and cross the Great Wall one day. My son, I also want to nip it in the bud."

Zhao Zhen took a deep breath, "You and Wei Yuan are both too anxious! Have you ever thought about what if the reform of the military system fails?"

Zhao Xi suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhao Zhen, and said firmly: "Father, please rest assured, I am willing to guarantee with my life that the military system will be reorganized without fail!"

He knew what his father was worried about.

It is nothing more than fear that if the reform of the military system fails, when history writes this period of history in the future, Zhao Zhen will be blamed.

Future generations will say that a generation of saintly masters and benevolent kings, in their later years, became as dim as Li Longji of the previous dynasty.

"Father, the history books will write in the future that it was my son who made the right decisions to promote military reform while he was in charge of the country, and it has nothing to do with my father!"

When Zhao Xi said this, he obviously wanted to protect Wei Yuan.

Zhao Zhen thought about it for a moment. The matter has come to this, how can it be changed overnight? We can only go with the flow,

"You are still young, what do you know? Before you ascend the throne, you decide on such military and national affairs. If you succeed, it will be fine. If you fail, what will the world think of you? Will your throne be secure in the future?"

Zhao Xi had never thought of this.

Thinking deeply, he suddenly broke out in cold sweat.

Yes, what if it fails?

All people in the world will say that Zhao Xi is a foolish king and is not worthy of being the emperor.

Once he does something wrong again in the future, it is very likely to cause public resentment.

After all, no one is a sage, so who can have no faults?

Zhao Zhen said: "Don't do military and national affairs such as restructuring with enthusiasm. You are like this, and so is Wei Qing."

"He has had a very smooth life these past few years. Whether he is an official or a professional, he has never encountered any trouble."

Zhao Xi's heart tightened, "Father."

Zhao Zhen said earnestly: "I know what you are going to say. You will say that when I was seriously ill and fainted, it was Wei Qing who transferred the new army to the imperial city. This move was to protect your status from being affected."

"I know the deep love between master and disciple, but I can't give you Wei Qing who has never encountered setbacks. Do you understand what I mean?"

Zhao Xi looked silent.

Zhao Zhen continued: "If you ascend the throne in the future, you will definitely use Wei Yuan. His smooth career is a good thing for him, but not a good thing for the country."

"He will be grateful to you for the military reform, but this is not enough. I want him to be loyal to you for the rest of his life!"

Judging from the fact that he fainted, Wei Yuan's actions had shown loyalty.

Not only loyal to Zhao Zhen, but also to Zhao Xi.

When the new army entered the imperial city, this army only listened to Wei Yuan's orders. In other words, once Zhao Zhen really passed away, Wei Yuan would be there to immediately assist Zhao Xiling in succeeding to the throne and help the Zhou Dynasty through the critical moment of power change.

Zhao Zhen and his son were not worried that Wei Yuan would do something like Dong Zhuo, because Wei Yuan's status was not yet so prominent.

There are Han Zhang, Wen Yanbo, and some veteran nobles who will not sit back and watch this happen.

Wei Yuan was a little too young to fight with them.

It is impossible for him to be unaware of this, so Zhao Zhen and his son would not doubt Wei Yuan's motives for sending troops into the imperial city.

But after all, this triggered Zhao Zhen's rebellion, and in addition, he asked his son to order military reform as a supervisor of the country.

Zhao Zhen must give Wei Yuan some color.

Afterwards, after his death, Zhao Xi, who had a stable political power, summoned Wei Yuan again and entrusted him with important tasks. By then, Wei Yuan had to be loyal to Zhao Xi.

After all, everyone in the world has eyes, not all fools.

"The people came to draw up the decree. Han and Wen did not think about the national system and formed cliques to fight. They were ordered to shut themselves up and think about their mistakes. Fu Yanguo succeeded Han Zhang and Fan Chunren succeeded Wen Yanbo."

"Wei Yuan changed defenses without authorization and violated the old system. His crime is unforgivable. He will retain his title and be dismissed from all positions. He will consider his fault."

Following Zhao Zhen's two decrees.

Manager Zhu was immediately startled.

Even Zhao Xi was a little at a loss, "Father, is this punishment too much?"

Zhao Zhen said: "Are you going to disobey me?"

Zhao Xi kowtowed again, "I don't dare!"

"I dare to ask my father, if the position of Wei Qing is removed, who will take up the position of commander of the front office?"

Zhao Zhen slowly closed his eyes and said, "Let's discuss it again."

Reconsideration?

Zhao Xi's eyes lit up and he asked again: "Father, what about the Yanbian Army reform?"

Zhao Zhen waved his hand, signaling him to exit the hall.

He instantly understood that he could change the system as needed.

However, when something goes wrong, the one who resists the crime is not him, but Wei Yuan.

"My dear father, thank you for your hard work!"

Zhao Xi slowly exited the hall.

When he left, Zhao Zhen, who was lying on the bed, kept staring at his back, with a feeling of longing.

"It looks like, it really looks like."

Manager Zhu on the side asked curiously: "May I ask the official, what does it look like?"

Zhao Zhen said: "Like me when I was young."

Manager Zhu said no more.

After a while, Zhao Zhen sighed again, "Unfortunately, I don't have the energy or the spirit to teach him how to be an emperor."

Hearing this, General Manager Zhu just spoke again: "The prince is smart and will surely become a talented person by himself."

Zhao Zhen stopped responding and continued to fall into a deep sleep.

When the imperial edict he promulgated was sent to Zhongshu Province, many officials fought against Han and Wen.

"Is the official family okay? Why do you want to punish the second prime minister? In recent times, the second prime minister has been presiding over state affairs!"

"Yes, even if there is a party dispute, you can't just dismiss the two husbands from office, right?"

"Didn't your favorite Wei Yuan also end up like this?"

"What do the officials want to do?"

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For a time, all the civil and military officials in the dynasty were panic-stricken.

At this time, Zhongshu was in a room.

Han Zhang and Wen Yanbo sat in a row. They both put their official hats on the table and said one after another:

"I can finally take a break."

"You and I have been fighting for our entire lives, and we haven't even had the time to cultivate our moral integrity. Let's take advantage of this period of time to take a good rest."

Afterwards, the two political opponents actually smiled at each other and walked out of the room together.

At this time, officials were already standing outside the room, not only officials from the three provinces, but also ministers from the six ministries.

"Prime Minister Han, Prime Minister Wen, I will jointly submit a letter to Zha Zi soon. The country cannot live without you two!"

"Yes, let's go to Zhazi now!"

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Han and Wen looked around and saw that Fu Yanguo and Fan Chunren were the only ones missing.

Also, the two of them are the ones who should avoid suspicion the most now.

"Everyone, please do your best to help your two husbands handle state affairs, and don't mention this joint signature again."

"In the past, when the two of us were in this phase, you had to take sides, but from now on, please remember one sentence, in our great Zhou Dynasty, there will be no party strife, unless you are not afraid of death."

How could Han and Wen not understand that the situation between North Korea and China was about to change!

The former secretary of the palace.

Wei Yuan had just received the imperial edict. He took off the official hat of the commander in front of the palace and looked calm and calm.

However, Chen Daniu, Yang Huairen and many other new army generals who stayed in the imperial city after the defense change were dissatisfied.

"General Wei is so loyal, yet he is dismissed from his post. How can we be convinced?"

"That's right! Let's go to the officials to get an explanation for Commander Wei!"

"You know how to make trouble, what else do you know besides brute force? Nowadays, anyone can speak up for Commander Wei, except us generals! Otherwise, you, and you, are harming Commander Wei! "

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When everyone heard Xu Changzhi's voice, they all fell into silence.

After about an incense stick of time, Chen Daniu was the first to break the silence,

"This won't work, that won't work, we can't always expect that group of civil officials to help Wei Shuai speak, right?"

Yang Huairen said: "I heard that Han and Wen were also dismissed. I'm afraid that they are already busy at the moment."

Wei Yuan looked at his brothers and smiled: "Okay, don't talk about it, just pretend you don't know about this, it's the same as it was before, it's the same now."

"Changzhi, transfer the people from the upper four armies and let them continue to guard the imperial city."

Speaking of this, he slowly stood up and stood in front of the Dianqian Division Yamen, enjoying the reflection of the spring sun. In front of everyone, he stretched his waist,

"I've been tired for so many years, it's time to take a rest."

After that, he left the Dianqian Division alone.

Wherever he passed, whether it was the soldiers guarding the imperial city at the moment, or some of the original Dianqian Division's personnel, they all bowed their heads after seeing Wei Yuan.

It was as if Wei Yuan had not been dismissed from his post.

Everyone looked at his back, all with a thoughtful look.

How could dismissal make the Marquis feel relieved?

They were puzzled.

Suddenly, they noticed the note Wei Yuan left in the Palace Front Office.

No one opened it to see.

Xu Changzhi ordered: "Please ask General Manager Zhu to hand this note to His Majesty."

After Wei Yuan left the Palace Front Office, he walked out of the imperial city on foot, came to the imperial road, and got on the carriage directly.

A servant asked, "My Lord, where are we going?"

Wei Yuan was free and relaxed, and said, "Home!"

The servant smiled, "Okay!"

Wei Yuan was puzzled, "Your master was dismissed, why are you laughing?"

The servant said, "I have never seen you so relaxed, my Lord, so you are laughing."

Wei Yuan asked with interest, "What's your name?"

The servant responded respectfully, "My name is Song Ke."

Song Ke, this name is good.

"From now on, you will stay by my side and serve me."

After Wei Yuan finished speaking, he sat upright in the carriage and slowly closed his eyes.

Song Ke clasped his fists with a look of surprise and said, "Thank you, my Lord! My Lord, sit down, we are going home!"

At this time.

Zhao Xi was standing on the wall of the imperial city, watching Wei Yuan leave.

Wang Anshi stood beside him and bowed, saying, "Your Highness, it is not necessarily a bad thing that Lord Wei was dismissed from his post."

Zhao Xi nodded indifferently, "I know, it is better to be prudent and take a step back to advance."

Hearing this, Wang Anshi was shocked.

This is a child who is less than ten years old. What can he say?