In the Song Dynasty, which respected the scholars and officials, Zhao Xu's direct humiliation of the prime minister was simply unimaginable.

The reason for this is that he is extremely angry.

Wang Xiao in the queue not far away smiled.

Most of the things written in the confession are true, and as for a few of the things compiled are similar rather than anything else. Anyway, they are the kind that the emperor will get angry and want to kill people after reading them.

For Wang Xiao, who had been an emperor, no one knows this better than him.

What angered Zhao Xu the most was that Zhang Dun wanted to pursue Xuanren and conspired to bite Empress Meng, placing a false affiliation, and attempted to depose Empress Meng in a prison case in Hougong. Finally, Tongwen Prison was launched and tried to kill all Yuanyou ministers.

This is true, but it is still in the early stage of preparation.

Then there is the eunuch Hao Sui who formed an inner gang and formed an alliance with Liu Xianfei. He conspired to use Taoist Fushui to enter the palace to treat the sick Princess Fuqing, kill the princess, and then bit the princess' biological mother, Empress Meng, to achieve the goal of deposing the queen.

Most of this paragraph is true, while a small part is added by Wang Xiao based on speculations.

In history, Zhang Dun did collude with Hao Sui, and defeated Empress Meng with the Taoist Fushui incident and promoted Concubine Liu Xian to the throne. Moreover, Princess Fuqing did die of illness.

These are all things that will happen in the next few months. Wang Xiao just informed Zhao Xu, who was kept in the dark in advance.

As an emperor, the most taboo thing is to form eunuchs within the power of power and interfere in the decree of the royal family.

I won’t talk about such things in the previous dynasty. Just mentioning Emperor Wanli and Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty can understand.

How angry Emperor Wanli was at that time, how miserable their family was after Zhang Juzheng died.

And now Zhao Xu is in this mood.

Compared with Emperor Wanli, Zhao Xu's ability to move is obviously stronger.

In the past few days, he secretly asked the Imperial City Department and Wang Xiao to investigate, which has already confirmed most of the matters in the confession.

The rest also have evidence of direction.

For the emperor, these are enough.

In the memorial of the imperial seal of Wu, he said that he was the confidant of Mr. Zhang and was deeply involved in these things. But his conscience did not allow him to do these unscrupulous things, so he could only die to apologize.

Zhao Xu believed it, even if only part of the real ones would believe it.

The emperor is the most suspicious profession.

That's why the previous scene came about.

"I don't know what the crime is." Zhang Dun picked up the confession of the Censor Wu, but did not open it and read it. Instead, he directly attacked the emperor. "Since Emperor Taizu, Emperor Taizong, this dynasty has become a wealth of scholars and officials..."

"Shut up!"

Zhao Xu had no emperor's demeanor and drank the words of Duan Dun, and reached out to steal the relic from his hand, "You are a treacherous minister. You are a treacherous official, you are a conspiracy to gather power from the court, and you are accumulating power from the court, and you are accused of threats to the ministers. You are still in the palace. Since the Taizu Dynasty surrenders, you are the most treacherous and shameless!"

The emperor's words shocked everyone in the hall.

In the Song Dynasty, which respected the scholars and officials, it was horrifying that the emperor scolded the prime minister so much.

"Official family."

Wang Xiao stood up at this time, "Please ask the official to gather his demeanor."

Among his positions, there is the editor of the Right Wen Hall, which is similar to the secretary giving advice to the emperor.

At this time, I stood up and reminded the emperor to pay attention to his appearance and not to lose his composure. I also reluctantly said it.

Of course, Wang Xiao could not be helping Zhang Dun. He was reminding the emperor to pay attention to the key points. First, confirm Zhang Dun's guilt and then talk about something else.

Zhao Xu breathed a sigh of relief and threw the note in his hand to Wang Xiao. "Read it out and let everyone know what this beast has done!"

This is Wang Xiao’s job, and there is nothing to say. He went forward and opened the confession and began to read it out loud.

Just after reciting the first paragraph, Zhang Dun was so depressed that he was almost unable to stand firm.

After Wang Xiao finished reading it, he asked, "The official family, I wonder if what is said in this confession is true?"

This is to remind Zhao Xu that it is time to provide evidence and make sure things are confirmed.

Zhao Xu snorted coldly, "Bring Hao Sui that dog thief!"

Hao Sui is an intern supervisor and is also considered a well-known figure in the palace.

But now, he was dragged up like a dog. Judging from his appearance, he obviously had signs of torture.

"Say, how did you collude with both inside and outside."

With a prominent eunuch like Hao Sui as a witness, things were basically finalized.

The people in the hall looked different.

They were not suspicious of Zhang Dun's collusion between inside and outside, but were amazed at his poor luck.

He actually trusts a fool like Yushi Wu, and is exposed by someone else's blow.

Zhao Xu was indeed dissatisfied with Empress Meng, but it was his own business. It was not his turn to be a foreign minister to interfere in the affairs of the palace.

Not to mention that he also conspired to kill Princess Fuqing to bite the queen and cause a prison.

All emperors have only one opinion on such powerful ministers who act ruthlessly.

That's damn it!

Cai Jing's eyes flashed, and after a moment of determination, he stretched out his leg and kicked his younger brother Cai Bian.

"Official family." Cai Jing went out to perform the ceremony. "The minister left servant of the minister had ulterior motives and had ambitions. I asked the official family to punish his great disrespect!"

Cai Bian followed up and went out to salute, "Officials, I ask the minister of the Shangshu Zuo Pushe's crime of the minister!"

Everyone knows that the Cai Jing brothers are Zhang Dun's right-hand man. Now they both jumped out and took advantage of the situation, and it is obvious that they are getting rid of the ties.

People with a lively mind woke up and jumped out to accuse Zhang Dun.

My head is not very flexible, and there is basically no one in this hall. If my head is not good, I can't come here.

The meaning of these people's actions is very simple, which is to clear the suspicion. At the same time, it also puts pressure on Zhang Dun, hoping that he can understand what he should do.

Zhang Dun smiled miserably, raised his hand tremblingly and took off his long-winged hat and put down the tablet in his hand.

He knelt heavily on the ground and touched Zhao Xu's forehead. "The criminal minister has nothing to say, and I beg the official to give the criminal minister a decent."

What he said here is certainly not to forgive him.

It’s easy to say anything that is not exposed for such a big thing, but once it is exposed, it is an unforgivable sin.

And he must bear it himself, otherwise he will also involve the entire New Party, after all, he is the leader of the New Party.

Cai Jing and other backbone of the new party have already forced Zhang Dun to a dead end with practical actions.

Zhang Dun said that he was decent, asking the emperor to give him a chance to commit suicide and apologize.

If he severed himself, even if this matter ended, it would not be enlarged and would not implicate the members of the new party. And it could only be regarded as having a little reputation for himself.

Zhao Xu was a little hesitant.

He knew that Zhang Dun could not have been the only one who promoted the matter this time. The entire New Party must have joined the team behind it.

However, he didn't know if he wanted to take the opportunity to crack down on the new party.

From the heart, I naturally want to punish these lawless bastards.

But the reality is that the old party was cleaned up before, but now it is turned around and attacked the new party. This will cause turmoil and uneasy in the North Korea.

Zhao Xu, who could not make up his mind, looked at Wang Xiao.

Wang Xiao nodded slowly.

Cai Jing narrowed his eyes when he saw this scene.

The final result of this incident was that Zhang Dun died of illness and did not implicate other people in the court.

As for Hao Sui and others in the inner palace, the emperor dealt with it himself.

Later, Zhao Xu appointed Cai Jing's younger brother Cai Bian as the Minister of Shangshu Zuo Pushe and the Minister of the Sect, in charge of the world's government affairs and become a trusted prime minister.

It is said that Cai Jing is very dissatisfied with his younger brother being able to become prime minister by the time he is far away from him.

Although the two brothers were Jinshi who passed the same exam and had exactly the same qualifications, he was his brother after all, so it would be embarrassing to do so.

In addition to changing phases, there is also a personnel change that is amazing.

That is, the young Wang Xiao was appointed by Zhao Xu as the doctor of the Left Secretary.

The rank of the Shangshu Zuo Si Langzhong is not high, only a mere sixth rank.

But the real power of this position is very heavy, because this is the deputy second-in-command of the Shangshu Zuo Pushe.

He was in charge of the affairs of the Shangshu, supervising officials, households, and government affairs of the Ministry of Rites. He was responsible for the affairs of the ministers, and was appointed as the doctor of the various departments.

This is a typical low position and weight.

An interesting thing is that the Shangshu Yousi, who is symmetrical to the Shangshu Zuosi, has a duty in charge of daily life and revision.

The two sides have the same rank and similar positions, but the power in their hands is very different.

Under normal circumstances, this appointment will not be accepted by the prime minister.

Because of this important position, you still have the right to dismiss the imperial edict and the right to sign the official documents to the prime minister's confidant.
To be continued...