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Of course, this rule cannot stop most officials from taking risks, and some will still choose to take risks, but we can only do our best and leave the rest to fate."

Seeing Wang Yue so pessimistic, the emperor couldn't help but worry about the reform. However, thinking of the current situation of the Song Dynasty, the reform cannot be interrupted. He can only do as Wang Yue said and add a yamen for inspection and investigation to play a supervisory role.

When he thought of this, he agreed and asked Wang Yue to say something about it at the court meeting another day.

Wang Yue's reform bill did not cause much commotion at the court meeting and was passed very smoothly.

After all, the Song Dynasty adopted a policy of high salaries to maintain integrity. If you explicitly raised your opposition, wouldn't that be considered corruption?

Moreover, this statement only addresses the issue of property of unknown origin. However, the property of most officials is the wealth of their own families and is acquired through legitimate land annexation.

Although Wang Anshi carried out reforms, due to Wang Yue's suggestion, he did not take back all the land. He only needed to pay the previous taxes normally.

Although the harvest will be less, for these officials who have already completed the primitive accumulation, it will not have much impact on their future life. At least, it is tolerable for the time being.

Moreover, Wang Yue's huge fortune was of unknown origin, and he just said that from now on, he would not investigate the past, so it did not cause much resistance.

However, Wang Anshi, who was far away in Jiangnan, had some disputes with members of the reform faction.

Some of the reformist officials were indeed very honest like Wang Anshi, but Wang Anshi’s own son Wang Rong was not an honest person.

Therefore, some officials, after seeing the huge profits, wanted to collude with Wang Rong to seize the land that had just been inspected.

But just as they were about to take action, Wang Yue came up with a proposal. How could they dare to lay their hands on these lands?

If the inspection team finds out, how will they explain the source of the land?

You have to know that if the so-called inspection team finds anything, it will be reported directly to the emperor. By then, even Wang Anshi might be blamed, let alone people like them.

One of the staff members looked at Wang Rong in frustration and asked uncertainly, "Sir, should we still take these deeds?"

After hearing this, Wang Rong said angrily, "What else do you have? If my father knew about this, he would break my legs and report all the data to the authorities."

This was the case with Wang Rong and Wang Anshi's other subordinates, all of whom were frightened by this sudden regulation from the court.

Without Wang Anshi knowing it, Wang Yue's proposal offended many members of the New Party, but it also ensured that there was no corruption during the reform.

It was just because there was no profit that the reform became very slow, but except for Wang Anshi, Wang Yue and the emperor were actually very satisfied.

Therefore, the confrontation between the old and new parties was not that intense. After all, the new party had achieved results, and the emperor could use this to silence the officials.

In the fourth year of Xining, spring

Good news came from several reforms in Jiangnan. After nearly two years of reform, the nationwide land inventory has been completed.

The hidden land was unified and ten years of taxes were collected. The national treasury suddenly became rich, and the court felt prosperous.

Wang Anshi petitioned for reforms to be implemented nationwide and received the emperor's approval. Some of the people whose interests were affected compromised as they saw that they were only fined and their land was not confiscated, but others continued to create trouble for the reforms, and the two factions in the party and government gradually became more intense.

But no matter what, the reform was officially promoted nationwide. Wang Yue wanted to slow it down, but this time even the emperor did not listen to his advice.

After the emperor was satisfied with the reforms, he started looking for trouble again.

April, the fourth year of Xining

Lord Xing, the Minister of Rites, suddenly wrote a letter to the court, requesting that the new emperor's biological father, King Ying, be posthumously conferred the title of ancestor to fulfill the filial piety of the current emperor.

The two factions that were arguing about reform suddenly became quiet. They both knew what the emperor was going to do and did not want to get involved in this matter.

But the fact that most people kept silent did not mean that no one spoke up. After all, Emperor Renzong was a rare emperor, and there were always upright ministers who were willing to speak up for him.

Lord Ouyang was the first to step out and said, "I think this is inappropriate. Your Majesty has been adopted by the late emperor's son. If you return to your biological father's name, will Your Majesty ignore the love of Emperor Renzong?"

Ouyang Xiu started the conversation, and others immediately followed suit, all expressing Renzong's love and care for the current emperor, hoping to use filial piety to dispel the emperor's idea.

The people recently promoted by the new emperor, especially the party headed by Shen Congxing, the younger brother of the new emperor's biological mother, knew that if the emperor could not recognize his biological father, then their party would be doomed to have no great achievements in the court, so they also supported honoring the emperor's biological father as the late emperor.

However, Wang Yue, the imperial teacher, remained silent. Gradually, everyone turned their eyes to Wang Yue. They all wanted Wang Yue to speak.

Wang Yue was speechless. He had not expected this to happen, and he didn't know who had given the emperor this idea. He shook his head helplessly at the emperor and signaled that he would go to court later to talk about it.

The new emperor was very annoyed by Wang Yue's reaction, but he didn't say much. He just chose to leave the court angrily.

Imperial Palace, Funing Hall

After the new emperor waited for Wang Yue to pass over, he asked solemnly, "Teacher, what do you mean? I thought you would agree!"

Wang Yue looked at the new emperor's angry expression and knew that he agreed in his heart. He said speechlessly, "Your Majesty, let's not talk about the issue of honoring your Majesty's biological father. Have you ever thought about what the consequences will be if you honor your Majesty's biological father as the first father?"

Seeing Wang Yue speaking seriously, the new emperor asked in confusion, "What are the consequences?"

Wang Yue sighed and said helplessly, "Once your Majesty's biological father is respected as the first father, then your Majesty's biological mother will become the Empress Dowager. Jiefu's reform is in full swing. Now the New Party and the Old Party are just balanced. If your Majesty supports it, it will go smoothly. But once there is an Empress Dowager, will your Majesty listen to the Empress Dowager's decree or not? Your Majesty is already a little overwhelmed when facing a Grand Empress Dowager. You have to face another Empress Dowager. Your Majesty, is the reform going to be interrupted?"

The new emperor was silent for a while, and then he said, "I don't think my biological mother would be like this."

Wang Yue first bowed to the new emperor, and then continued, "Respected father, your majesty's younger brother is the prince. If your majesty has an accident in the future, and your majesty's prince is too young, it is really too dangerous. Your majesty, do you think the throne will be passed down from brother to brother again?"

The new emperor's body stiffened for a moment. He really couldn't say for sure. His biological father died when he was only in his forties. His grandfather was not very old either. He really couldn't say for sure. Maybe he wouldn't live long either. Would it really be like that at that time?

What's more, his son is less than two years old. If anything goes wrong, it will be troublesome.

Take Renzong for example, didn’t he fail to protect his own children?

At this moment, he was persuaded by Wang Yue.

Wang Yue saw that it worked, so he continued, “Your Majesty, even if you have made up your mind to respect your biological father first, now is not the best time.

Although the reforms have achieved results now, Your Majesty has not done much compared to the late emperor. If Your Majesty can take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, and then raise the issue of the late emperor, there will probably be much less resistance.

Your Majesty, everything you have now was given by the late emperor. The late emperor doted on your Majesty and even suppressed the Prince of Yong and the Prince of Yan for your Majesty. Your Majesty has only been on the throne for more than three years, and you want to honor your biological father as your ancestor. I am afraid that people will talk about you."

Wang Yue's first two points had actually convinced the emperor. The reason why he said the last one was to give the emperor a reason to explain to his biological mother. However, in doing so, he offended people.

But as a subject, isn't it normal to take the blame?

After hearing what Wang Yue said, the new emperor knew what he meant, so he said helplessly, "In that case, let's just leave it at that!"

The emperor no longer mentioned the issue of taking the exam first, which made Ouyang Xiu and others very happy, but it also made Wang Yue offend the emperor's biological mother, not to mention her younger brother.

Shen Congxing even felt that as long as Wang Yue was still in the court, the emperor would not be able to honor the emperor first, so he kept his eyes on Wang Yue and wanted to expel him from the capital.

Although Wang Yue had no problems with state affairs, he had an irrefutable problem, which was that the Wang family's business was indeed taken care of by everyone because of him, and the business was so big that it was inevitable that some of the managers did not do things so cleanly.

Chapter 225: Being banished from the capital!

In the sixth month of the fifth year of Xining,

A campaign to overthrow the king suddenly broke out in Kyoto.

At the beginning, a group of people led by Shen Congxing collected evidence of the manager of Wang's Commercial Bank taking lives and robbing people, and the case was exposed in the court.

In order to drive Wang Yue out of the capital, they also attributed all these disasters to Wang Yue and asked Your Majesty to punish Wang Yue.

Shen Congxing was only planning to drive Wang Yue out of Kyoto so that they could propose again that the emperor honor his biological father as the first candidate for the exam.

What they didn't expect was that as soon as they took the lead, people from both the new and old parties swarmed over to attack them. Even the people of Kyoto and the students of the Imperial College were furious.

Although Marble found out that these cases had nothing to do with Wang Yue and that he was just a servant taking advantage of the power of others, he still could not explain to the deceived people who did not know the truth and the angry students of the Imperial College.

Ouyang Xiu has been ill recently, and the only person in the court who is willing to speak for Wang Yue is Su Shi. Su Zhe wants to speak, but he is an official in another place and cannot say anything.

Although Su Shi's talent was so great that people envied him, he was a lowly figure in the court and could not play any decisive role. The consequence of his speaking for Wang Yue was that those who wanted to overthrow Wang Yue also pointed their spearheads at him.

He was a relatively upright official and there was nothing wrong with him, so people could only talk about his poems, saying that he opposed reforms and satirized the government.

The emperor originally felt that the court's siege of Wang Yue was somewhat puzzling, and he also roughly understood why Wang Yue was attacked. After all, it was Shen Congxin who started it. He felt that Wang Yue was taking the blame for him.

If Wang Yue hadn't persuaded him, I probably wouldn't have so many problems.

This was originally the emperor's family affair, and Wang Yue did this for him.

It depends on the crazy attitude of these people in attacking Wang Yue. It is possible that this will really hinder the reform in the future.

The new emperor's dream was to become a sage monarch and to take back the Sixteen States of Yanyun. After years of hard work in making the country prosperous and the people strong, he was just about to launch an attack on the Sixteen States of Yanyun. However, he did not expect that it was his so-called relative who impeached Wang Yue first, which caught him off guard.

Now even the conservative Empress Dowager has begun to target Wang Yue. The emperor feels that he may have to drive Wang Yue out of the capital, which makes him very angry.

So, when he heard someone impeach Su Shi, the emperor asked angrily, "Are you planning to launch a literary inquisition? Then should I check whether what you said or wrote was inappropriate?"

The emperor said this because when Wang Yue was a lecturer, he told him a story about a legendary small country.

Wang Yue talked about the horrors of literary inquisition. Originally, he wanted to encourage the emperor's grandchildren to understand the importance of openness to speech. However, he did not expect that after so many years, it still had this effect and inadvertently helped Su Shi.

Therefore, after listening to these people's reports, the emperor thought of the literary inquisition that Wang Yue mentioned.

The emperor's words immediately silenced those who were targeting Su Shi. Which one of them had not accidentally said something inappropriate?

If they are really investigated, none of them will be able to escape. Then, is there anyone in this world who dares to speak up?

But Wang Yue was not so lucky. After all, both the New Party and the Old Party understood that as long as Wang Yue fell, the proposals he put forward would also fall, so they would not let go and would continue to pursue accountability.

The emperor bore the pressure for Wang Yue every day, and he looked much more haggard. Finally, Wang Yue couldn't stand it anymore, so he took the initiative to go to the palace to find the emperor and said he wanted to be sent away. This calmed the disputes in the court.

Moreover, from beginning to end, Wang Anshi never spoke for Wang Yue after returning to the capital. He had been fooled by the reformists led by his son. He felt that many of the restrictions proposed by Wang Yue had slowed down the pace of reform. If Wang Yue was allowed to leave the capital temporarily, he would have more say in front of the emperor and would be able to speed up the reform.

Although Wang Yue felt somewhat unwilling about this, he could do nothing about it.

After all, although he and Wang Anshi were good friends, he was not as good as Wang Anshi's own son.

Wang Anli, a conservative, originally wanted to play a double game. He knew that Wang Yue could understand Wang Anshi, so he expressed his apologies on behalf of Wang Anshi under the banner of winning over Wang Yue.

Wang Yue didn't care much about this. He was already bored and tired of staying in the capital, and felt that the Song Dynasty might be difficult to save.

Watching a group of celebrities quarreling every day, he was very interested at first, but after a while, he became a little bored.

What's more, now that Wang Yue himself has been implicated, he doesn't want to stay in Tokyo City any longer.

Shengjia, Shouantang

Old Madam Sheng is old, and after hearing the news, she originally wanted to come and see Minglan, but she was worried that something had happened to Minglan.

But there was really no other way, so she called Minglan back and wanted to ask her for clarification.

Of course Minglan knew what the old lady was worried about, so she immediately came to Sheng's Shou'an Hall, accompanied by Wang Yue's eldest son Wang Xu.

When the old lady saw the two of them coming, she asked anxiously, "Ming'er, Yue'er, are you prepared? Why did you suddenly make such a big fuss this time?"

Seeing the old lady asking this, Minglan said with some shame, "It's my fault, the Wang family sent a large number of people south, and I didn't screen the newly promoted managers well. I didn't expect them to do such a heinous thing, causing my husband to be attacked by the world. It's really my fault."

Old Lady Sheng knew about the Wang family's affairs in Jiaozhi. The development there was too fast, and a large number of manpower was needed to help. The probation period for those who were promoted had indeed been shortened.

She understood the reason and said helplessly, "Hey, it's not all your fault. You can't judge a person by his appearance, so it's inevitable that you may make mistakes."

Seeing how much Madam Sheng loved her, Minglan hurried to comfort her, "Don't worry, Madam. Mother-in-law wrote to me in secret a few times before, saying that she would be busy with her own affairs and asked her husband not to run around for the Zhao family."

Old Madam Sheng knew that Minglan was trying to comfort herself. She said helplessly, "You just like to tease me. Your husband is a man who is determined to change and become stronger. How could you give up halfway with such good intentions?"

Wang Xu saw that the old lady was worried, so he smiled and said, "Grandma, don't worry. My father has been eating and drinking as usual recently, and his appetite has not been affected at all, which means that he is mentally prepared for all this. Grandma, please don't worry."

Seeing Wang Xu say this, Old Lady Sheng smiled and said, "You only know how to coax an old lady like me. How can you not worry about such a big thing?"

Seeing that the old lady still didn't believe him, Wang Xu smiled and explained, "My father said that his proposal offended many people. This matter will explode sooner or later. It's better to explode now, after all, the emperor still trusts him. If it explodes later, it will probably be more troublesome."

Old Madam Sheng was stunned for a moment, then asked uncertainly, "Xu'er, does your father want to leave Beijing?"

Wang Xu nodded and said affirmatively, "Yes, I must say that it is better to go down and do things than to bicker in the court every day. Anyway, the stubborn minister has returned, and the reform will not stop. He is relieved."

Seeing Wang Xu say this, Old Lady Sheng felt relieved. She said helplessly, "I'm just worried that after your father leaves Beijing, someone will abolish the proposals he put forward. After all, this one proposal offends almost all officials."

Minglan sighed and said helplessly, "Old lady, Xu'er's father must know what you said, but he can't do anything about it.

He did say that the world belongs to the Zhao family. If the Zhao family members don't cherish it, what else does he care about? He just needs to take good care of those close to him. "

Old Madam Sheng was silent for a long time, and then she said helplessly, "It can only be done this way, do your best and leave the rest to fate!"

In the winter of the fifth year of Xining

Wang Yue was dismissed from his post as prime minister and left the capital, going to Yongzhou to serve as the prefect.

This was the emperor's care for him, and he was exiled to a place he had been to before. Otherwise, he would probably have to eat sand in the northwest.

Wang Yue didn't care much about it. If he went to Yongzhou, he could go play with his parents and children.

However, Wang Yue’s cousin Aunt Kang was in a miserable situation. The manager of the Wang family was found out because he was involved in the business of the Kang family, and that was why he was caught.

Because Wang Kang's family was responsible for cleaning up the mess, the matter was temporarily kept secret from Wang Yue and Minglan.

In this large-scale anti-Wang operation, Wang Yue was demoted and prepared to leave the capital, not to mention Aunt Kang.

However, after following the clues to Aunt Kang, the Kaifeng government unexpectedly discovered that Aunt Kang was responsible for many murders.

Even Uncle Kang's subordinates are not clean. He is a lustful man and has a lot of concubines at home. When Wang Yue was around, he was able to take advantage of the power of others and occupy several beautiful concubines. But now that Wang Yue suddenly fell, someone is settling accounts with him.

Wang Yue has so many enemies now. Of course they want to test it out when they have this opportunity to see if Wang Yue will help. If Wang Yue helps, a new wave of impeachment may be waiting for him.