Chapter 100 Acting
Xuandemen is the main entrance of the imperial palace. At this time, in the square outside Xuandemen, nearly a hundred young men dressed as scholars were sitting on the ground on both sides of the royal road.
Not noisy, very quiet.
When Zhao Xing saw this scene, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.
These scholars came to the palace gate to sit quietly and plead for Feng Deguang, just for themselves.
The Imperial College was the highest institution of higher education in the Song Dynasty. Except for those officials and officials who entered the Imperial Academy based on their family background, the rest of the students were either recommended by various prefecture-level schools or had failed the national examinations but were ranked high in the exams.
Those children of officials will almost all get Yin Feng in the future, and the rest of the students who can enter the Imperial College will also have real talents and learning.
It can be said that most of these people sitting in meditation at the gate of the palace will become officials in the future.
They plead for Feng Deguang for their own interests.
Zhao Xing lowered the curtains and the carriage entered the palace gate.
After entering the palace city, Zhao Xing got off the car and transferred to a chariot to go to Longtuge.
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In the Longtu Pavilion, the official held the imperial pen and did not put it down for a long time. He simply put down the pen and sighed irritably.
"That's all, according to the decree, Feng Deguang was exiled to Lingnan, and all his family members were transferred to Jiaofangsi." The official said.
After the court dispersed yesterday, Grand Prime Minister Han and several other prime ministers came together to seek persuasion. The official family was already somewhat shaken.
Knowing that early this morning, students from the Imperial College came to sit in front of the palace, the officials hesitated, and finally decided to spare Feng Deguang's life.
Officials are naturally soft-tempered. They have been influenced by Confucianism since childhood and determined to be a sage king.
The reason why he wanted to kill Feng Deguang was because he was angry at what Feng Deguang did.
At this time, his anger had subsided a little. With so many people opposing it, he had no choice but to compromise.
After hearing this, the concubine who was in charge of the Hanlin Academy quickly drafted an imperial edict in accordance with the official's wishes and submitted it to the official for review.
While the officials were watching, an eunuch walked in and saluted: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to see you!"
"Let him in." The officials waved their hands.
After hearing this, the eunuch bowed and bowed, and after a while, Zhao Xing walked in.
"My son, I pay homage to my father!" Zhao Xing saluted.
"No courtesy!" The official said with a smile: "Sit down and wait. I will not talk to you until I have finished the matter at hand."
"Father, I have something important that I want to discuss with my father alone," Zhao Xing said.
Hearing this, the official hesitated for a moment and asked everyone in the palace to retreat.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" the official asked.
"How does the father plan to deal with Feng Deguang's matter?" Zhao Xing asked.
“Officials from the DPRK and the Imperial Academy have pleaded for his mercy, and I intend to spare his life.” The official said.
"Father, I feel that I cannot forgive you." Zhao Xing shook his head and said: "This matter is no longer about how to deal with Feng Deguang, but about maintaining the dignity of the royal family. Jun Wu is joking, if the emperor issued an order at the time, if it was because of officials If you compromise with the students of the Imperial Academy if you don’t agree, what dignity does the royal family have?”
The official was silent when he heard this. He naturally knew that this matter was related to the dignity of the royal family, otherwise he would not have hesitated for so long. Yesterday, There were so many objections during the morning court, so he directly agreed.
"There is nothing wrong with my father wanting to rule the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats, but we cannot allow the scholar-bureaucrats to override the imperial power. If my father compromises today, in the future, if anything goes against the will of the civil servants, it will still be like today. "If this is the case, the emperor's official family is different from the puppet? Father, Feng Deguang must die to let the world know that the Song Dynasty's surname is Zhao!" Zhao Xing said loudly.
He scorned the theory of co-ruling the world with scholar-bureaucrats.
Didn’t the Wei and Jin dynasties also rule the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats?
It is not that Zhao Xing excludes scholar-bureaucrats. Many famous ministers have emerged since ancient times. Even when aristocratic families monopolized officialdom in the past, there were many who were dedicated to serving the country.
But after all, they are only a minority, and most people still have selfish motives. However, if the power of civil servants is too great, they will inevitably compete for power and benefit from each other. This will not only be detrimental to the country, but will also cause the imperial power to be greatly restricted.
Some people may say that imperial power has certain limitations.
Zhao Xing also agrees with this. However, this restriction refers to a certain check and balance, and the emperor cannot be allowed to do whatever he wants.
But in fact, when the civil servants were powerful, they used various means and rules to restrict imperial power, just to allow them to have greater power.
This kind of restriction is meaningless. A truly wise king does not need restrictions, but a foolish king cannot.
On the contrary, some mediocre emperors were almost turned into puppets by them due to various reasons.
But you definitely can’t say this to persuade your father.
When the official heard this, his body trembled, and he said in a deep voice: "I have reached the age where I know destiny, but I still haven't seen it clearly yet. You are right, Feng Deguang must die!"
What moved him was not the sentence about letting the world know that the Song Dynasty's surname was Zhao, but that in the future, if the civil servants were a little unsatisfied, they would still be like today.
Although Guan Jia has a generous personality and is a bit indecisive, he is not stupid.
Although many people have instilled some ideas into him over the years, even Zhao Xing knows that previous emperors have killed civil servants. How could he not know that there is no so-called ancestral system?
It’s just that the education he received since childhood had a profound impact on him, and on the one hand, he was lenient to civil servants because of his personality, and on the other hand, he also felt that this would make the Zhao family prosperous for generations to come.
But he would never tolerate the emperor becoming a puppet.
"Father is wise!" Zhao Xing originally thought that his father would not be persuaded so easily and thought of many ways to persuade him. Unexpectedly, he only said a few words and his father was persuaded.
The official muttered: "Feng Deguang wants to kill, but he has to wrong Fu'er."
Although Zhao Xing did not understand what his father meant by the grievance, he still said: " As long as I can maintain the dignity of the royal family, I am willing to suffer some injustice."
"Yes." The official nodded slightly and shouted: "Come here!"
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Eunuch Liu heard the sound and came in, bowed and waited for instructions.
"The prince is rebellious and contradicted me. I dragged him down and beat him twenty times!" the official said angrily.
Hearing this, Zhao Xing looked at his father in disbelief. Could it be that his father just figured it out and was just pretending?
"Your Majesty..."
Eunuch Liu was stunned when he heard this. Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by the official, who shouted angrily: "What? Do you need me to say it again? ”
"Yes!" Eunuch Liu didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore and quickly called two eunuchs to come in.
"I can walk alone!" After Zhao Xing finished speaking, he glanced at his father with a disappointed look on his face and walked out.
He also reacted at this time. His father did this to protect him.
My father was still hesitant before, but as soon as he entered the palace, my father was determined to kill Feng Deguang.
As long as you are not a fool, you can guess that this matter is related to Zhao Xing.
Father can kill, but it must not be influenced by him.
Otherwise, what will the officials around the world think?
Although he is the only son of his father, it is impossible for court officials to support others to rise to power.
However, he is still young after all. If he shows too much murderous intention, it will not be good for his future.
His father punished him for the world to see, making them mistakenly think that he was here to plead for Feng Deguang.
In this way, it will inevitably leave an impression on the civil servants that the prince is tolerant.
(End of this chapter)