Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 459 Li Liangzuo's Anger

Zhao Xing had not shown up for many days, and many officials in the court speculated that Zhao Xing was deliberately avoiding them and wanted to wait until things were settled before showing up.

Many people were thinking of ways to solve this problem, and some even went to the Han family to find Han Zhang.

However, Han Zhang never met anyone who went to Han's house.

At this time, an imperial decree came from the palace, stating that the emperor wanted to marry Han Zhang's granddaughter to be the Defei.

As soon as this news came out, Han Zhang was pushed to the forefront of public opinion.

It was previously reported that Han Zhang failed to persuade the emperor and chose to resign, so some officials came to him to persuade the emperor.

When this news came out, many people woke up.

Han Zhang's resignation and pretending to be sick were all pretexts, he was just cooperating with the government.

Otherwise, why would the emperor suddenly marry Han Zhang's granddaughter as Consort De?

After Zhao Xing succeeded to the throne, Han Zhang supported all of Zhao Xing's decisions, which made many people dissatisfied.

This incident attracted countless insults from officials in the court and scholars among the people.

Speech was relatively free in the Song Dynasty, although it did not reach the point where people could casually insult the prime minister.

However, it is very common among the people in the market to comment on the government and satirize some officials.

This time, Han Zhang angered the public, and many people even cursed him by name.

…………

"Look how much Kang Ge'er looks like me."

Zhao Xing looked at his son in Minglan's arms, who had opened his arms a little, and smiled.

The son born to Zhang Guifen was named by the retired emperor, with the character "Yong" in his name.

As for Minglan's birth, the emperor's father had no intention of giving her a name, and he didn't even bother to name her.

After all, one is the wife and the other is a concubine, they cannot be compared.

Zhao Xing didn't know what name to give him for a moment, but Minglan said that she hoped her son could grow up healthy, so Zhao Xing simply named him Zhao Kang.

"Your Majesty, please keep your voice down. He has just fallen asleep."

Minglan complained and called the wet nurse to take the child away.

"Your fourth sister has been released. She and Wen Yanjing went to Yangzhou to take up their posts," said Zhao Xing.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Minglan said gratefully.

"Why are you being so polite to me? Wait until you recover and give birth to a daughter for me. That's the right thing to do."

Zhao Xing embraced Minglan and smiled.

Although Minglan is petite and doesn't look fat, she is quite voluptuous.

Now that I have a child and gained a little weight, this feeling is even better.

"Your Majesty, please don't..."

Minglan's eyes were full of spring. She grabbed Zhao Xing's hand and pleaded, "I will serve Your Majesty well after I am out of confinement."

Because she was concerned about the child, she was unwilling to have sex with Zhao Xu even though he said it would be fine if she was careful after a few months of pregnancy.

It has been more than half a year since she last received Zhao Xing's favor, so how could she withstand his teasing?

But she is still in confinement and Mrs. He has told her not to have sex.

Zhao Xing obediently withdrew his hand after hearing that. He knew that he couldn't do that for the time being, and continuing would only bring trouble to himself.

After chatting with Minglan for a while, Zhao Xing went to Mingren Palace to see Zhang Guifen.

"Your Majesty, Minister Yan requests to see you."

Zhao Xing was talking to Zhang Guifen when a report came in from outside Sanshui Gate.

"understood."

Zhao Xing responded, said something to Zhang Guifen, and left Mingren Palace.

…………

Long Tuge

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!" Yan Kuan said with a salute.

Zhao Xing waved his hand and asked, "But has the matter come to a conclusion?" "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Yan Kuan took out a bundle, held it in both hands and said, "This is the result of the investigation. Your Majesty, please take a look."

Sanshui stepped forward to take it and handed it to Zhao Xing.

After a long time, Zhao Xing closed his notebook, looked at Yan Kuan and said nothing.

Yan Kuan was sweating profusely, thinking that Zhao Xing was dissatisfied. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Zhao Xing say, "The Queen and Concubine Sheng gave me two princes. I am happy and don't want to kill anyone. Those who were executed in Zhazili will be exiled to Yazhou, and the rest will be banished to the southwest."

"Your Majesty, please be merciful!" Yan Kuan breathed a sigh of relief and flattered him with a smile.

"Redraft it and send it directly to the Council of State for your review," said Zhao Xing.

"Yes!" Yan Kuan bowed and replied, "If your majesty has no other instructions, I will take my leave first!"

"Go ahead." Zhao Xing waved his hand.

Yan Kuan bowed and left, then returned to the Ministry of Justice and, according to Zhao Xing's instructions, redrafted a letter and sent it to the Government Affairs Hall.

Because Han Zhang was away, Prime Minister Shen had been in charge of the affairs of the Council of Government during this period.

Logically speaking, Mr. Yu has more seniority, so he should be responsible.

However, because his granddaughter was a concubine in the harem and had a relationship with Zhao Xing, the deputy prime minister and other officials in the Council of State did not agree with it.

After seeing the bundle of paper handed over by Yan Kuan, Mr. Shen was very surprised.

Many people in the court speculated that Zhao Xing was going to execute officials on a large scale this time, which was why they opposed it so strongly.

Unexpectedly, the final punishment for those officials was just exile.

Of course, if Zhao Xing had said at the beginning that he wanted to exile so many officials, no officials in the court would have accepted it.

However, when he saw the result of the handling, Mr. Shen felt that it was acceptable.

Prime Minister Shen pondered for a long time and ordered people to invite several prime ministers and deputy prime ministers from the Council of State.

"What do you think of this thread?"

After everyone had passed it around, Prime Minister Shen asked.

"The evidence is conclusive. This is already a lenient sentence. I think there is no problem with it," said Zeng Qingxuan.

The others were silent when they heard this. Zhao Xing had tried this trick several times and succeeded. It was very likely that he would use the same trick this time, but the Government Affairs Hall was no longer the same as before.

The prime minister and vice prime minister of the Council of State, and the granddaughters of Prime Minister Yu and Prime Minister Li were all concubines of Zhao Xing.

Hai Wenyou is Sheng Changbai's father-in-law. Not only is Sheng Changbai deeply trusted by Zhao Xing, but his cousin and two younger sisters are also Zhao Xing's concubines.

Not to mention Zeng Qingxuan.

Although Yu Xianggong and others would not completely obey Zhao Xing's words, they would naturally not argue to the death when Zhao Xing made a move to give in.

When Shen Xianggong saw this scene, he sighed deeply and said, "Then approve it and submit it to the emperor for the final decision."

…………

"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Liang Guangchuan bowed.

"boom!"

Li Liangzuo grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it away, shouting: "I said to send troops to Hehuang, but you advised me not to do so for the time being. Dong Chen led the Zuosiluo tribe into Hehuang, and I said I would send troops again, but you advised me that the people in Hehuang were not united and there was no need to be afraid. I listened to you, but now Dong Chen has completely established a foothold in Hehuang and has surrendered to the Song Dynasty!"

After he took power, he promoted Han officials, which caused dissatisfaction among the Xixia nobles.

They sent troops to capture the plateau and expand their territory, but in the end they only got a piece of empty land.

What’s the use of having land without people?

Originally, Li Liangzuo wanted to wait until the beginning of next spring to launch an attack on Hehuang. As long as he could take Hehuang, he would not only be able to expand his territory but also increase the population.

But Dong Zhan was very skillful.

If Dong Zhen just surrendered to the Song Dynasty, Li Liangzuo would not be worried.

He was not stupid, so he naturally knew that Dong Zhan could not really surrender to the Song Dynasty.

This was done just to intimidate Xixia.

Li Liangzuo didn't buy it and was ready to launch an attack on Hehuang after the spring.

(End of this chapter)