Song Gexing

Chapter 149 Zhao Fang’s true feelings revealed

At the court meeting two days later, Zhao Fang dressed up early and went to the Daqing Palace. There was a tough battle to be fought today. Even though the strategy had been decided, most of the ministers still had to agree.

Seeing his arrival, many people greeted him one after another, but some were very unhappy with him, and Sima Guang was the most unhappy one.

It's not that Sima Guang doesn't support him, but that he is too lazy, which makes this moral gentleman who is rigid in everything he says and does unable to stand.

After bowing to him properly, Sima Guang turned around and left with a "hum", as if he would be infected if he stood in front of him.

"Hey! Sima Qing..."

Zhao Fang didn't know the reason and raised his hand to call him. Ouyang Xiu quickly stopped him and said, "Your Highness, stop calling. You really hate that iron cannot be made into steel and will not pay attention to Your Highness."

I have to say that the civil servants of the Song Dynasty really dared to say that they did not care about Zhao Fang's identity at all.

Zhao Fang was stunned for a moment: "Why! Why am I not good enough? Are you ignoring me?"

With a "Huh" sound, Ouyang Xiu gave him a big roll of his eyes and said, "Your Highness is very talented, just because he is so talented, he doesn't care about your father's hard work, and he is free and easy. Not to mention Sima Junshi, even the ministers want to ignore you."

"Ah! This..."

The dumbfounded Zhao Fang looked at Ouyang Xiu and then at the ministers around him. They all showed approval and glared at him.

He could only say aggrievedly: "Am I only 20 years old? Besides, my father is in his prime, wouldn't it be wrong for me to interfere in government affairs?"

"Are you still young at 20 years old? You are already an adult in your crowning year. Your Highness, don't you look at all the ministers in the palace. Which one of them did not share the worries of the family when they were teenagers?"

Sima Guang, who had walked out for more than ten steps, turned around and rushed to him to question him after hearing what he said.

Only then did Zhao Fang realize that his thoughts from his previous life were causing trouble. In his previous life, there were many people who still regarded themselves as boys at the age of 30, but this was the Song Dynasty.

In ancient times, regardless of men or women, there were many people who worked for the family in their teens, and some even took on the responsibility of the family in their teens.

Isn’t Zhang Zai just 17 years old, he has to take care of his mother first, and his younger brother later, and he still has to study. This is the mainstream of this era.

At this moment, the main hall opened, and Zhao Zhen arrived to begin the court meeting. Only then did everyone let him go and file into the main hall.

Zhao Fang took a serious look at his father for the first time after entering. Suddenly, he felt sad that his father was old, really old.

He hadn't noticed it before, but now he saw that Zhao Zhen's temples had white hair, his cheeks had drooped, and his nasolabial folds were as deep as two chasms. He looked majestic but was actually showing signs of age.

Don't think that because he is a time traveler, he doesn't care whether his parents are his relatives or not. That's bullshit.

Although the souls are different, the body and blood are the same. What's more, Zhao Fang died at birth, so he is no different from his biological son.

Zhao Zhen knew that he was looking at him, but he didn't know why and had no intention of paying attention. He motioned to the eunuch next to him to announce the start of the court meeting.

He Chengyong had just called out, "Is there any memorial for you, sir?", but before he could finish what he said, Zhao Fang knelt down with a plop, startling him and stopping him.

"Father, sons and ministers are unfilial and will never play again!"

Zhao Zhen was also startled and looked at him in surprise: "What happened to the prince? Get up and talk."

Zhao Fang shook his head, his eyes were red: "My father is old, but my son still plays all day long. I just saw that my father's temples are all white. My son is unfilial. He will not dare to mess around again in the future." "So that's what happened!"

The ministers were also startled, thinking that he was going to do something else. They all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. At the same time, they all nodded and praised the prince for finally being sensible.

Bao Zheng suddenly remembered what Fan Zhongyan said that day. He glanced at Lao Fan and saw him nodding slightly towards him, and immediately clearly indicated that he understood.

Then he took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "I have this report! I suggest that the prince supervises the country, and the emperor can cultivate for a while. Taking care of the dragon body is the fundamental thing."

"My minister agrees!"

Fan Zhongyan immediately came out to agree. Zhao Zhen was a little confused. Didn't he agree that today's topic was to deal with Zhao Pan'er's matter? Why was everything in chaos.

Zhao Fang was also confused. He had indeed been in a mood just now and wanted to share some of the burden for his father. This did not mean that he wanted to supervise the country.

When a prince builds a country, the emperor usually only leaves the capital, or is seriously ill in bed and unable to manage the country. How can the emperor supervise the country properly with the prince?

Emperors of all dynasties were actually very worried about the prince supervising the country, because it meant that the imperial power was taken away. Although he was his biological son, it would still threaten the stability of the throne.

Wise men like Li Shimin are like this, otherwise there would be no rebellion by Li Chengqian. If he hadn't been worried about his son taking away his rights, why would he still favor Li Tai? It was just to check and balance the prince.

It's just that he didn't expect that because of his stupid tricks, Li Chengqian felt threatened and his status was not guaranteed, so he started to indulge.

Li Chengqian had never done anything out of line before this, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did the same. He was afraid of the crown prince Liu Shi, and that's why the witchcraft rebellion happened.

For about 5000 years, the only recorded history is that the emperors of Zhao and Song Dynasty rarely worried about the decentralization of power among the princes. All the princes of Song Taizong opposed him, and they never thought of deposing the prince.

If the prince hadn't gone crazy himself, the throne would still be his.

"We'll discuss this matter later, let's talk about the inappropriate matter of inviting the prince's attendant to be jointly signed by the censor."

Zhao Zhen hesitated for a moment and did not agree. Instead, he proposed to discuss the issue first and asked Zhao Fang to get up.

When the ministers heard this, it made sense. Several censors suddenly became excited. Wu Kui, the co-president of the Admonition Court, also squinted his eyes and glanced at Zhao Fang.

Qian Gongfu, the imperial censor, took a step forward and said: "The future of the country should not be more important than the crown prince. Now our prince's intelligence and benevolence are obvious to all. All the people in the world are inspired by him and tell me that the future of the Song Dynasty is promising. Therefore, the prince's house is also This is the most important thing. This is the mother of the world in the future! Today, there is an imperial attendant of the Cao family. Although his words and deeds do not charm the prince, his father is suspected of collaborating with the enemy and has harmed the prince's reputation. I know that this matter has nothing to do with him, but for For the sake of the world, please give up your love and remove the title from the prince. This is what Du Jianliang has to do to guard against the weak! Please make a decision, Your Majesty."

Zhao Fang was stunned for a while after hearing this. You have finished explaining all these truths. As expected of a civil servant, you don't need a knife to kill someone.

"I object to this!"

Just when Zhao Fang was thinking about how to refute him, a sonorous voice of objection rang out. He was surprised when he saw that it was Han Qi who came out to object. This was an unexpected surprise.

Han Qi took a step forward, handed over to Zhao Zhen with a solemn expression, stood up straight and turned to face Qian Gongfu.

"What Qian Yushi said is wrong! Since we know that Imperial Attendant Cao has no fault, how can we demote her in the name of speculation? If we can accuse others of possible things in the future, then everyone in the world will be in danger. Politicians must remember rewards and punishments Obviously, how can we use it as an excuse? This is the beginning of chaos in government!"

Of course, "unwarranted" was not invented by Qin Hui. This term already existed, but it was just used by the Qin traitors to frame Grandpa Yue.

This is the Renzong Dynasty. How could this crime be allowed to pass? No wonder Han Qi would object. Your crime is such a bastard. It's a good thing if you are not slapped.

(End of this chapter)