Chapter 289 Just Based on These Three Things, the Marquis Is Worthy of Being Recorded in History

In the seventh year of Jiayou, mid-July.

The news of Wei Yuan's assassination reached the capital.

At this moment, Fan Chunren and many central ministers were discussing the matter in Xuanzheng Hall.

At present, Crown Prince Zhao Xi still has the status of regent.

Although Zhao Zhen has passed the critical period, his mind is not as agile as before, and it is difficult for him to handle complicated state affairs.

So, he will gradually give up his power. When he dies, Zhao Xi can take over the entire dynasty legitimately.

"Although Wei Yuan has no position in the court, he is still the marquis of my Great Zhou and the tutor of the crown prince. The Liao Kingdom must give an explanation for his assassination."

"Although all the evidence points to the Liao Kingdom, I always think that this matter is not that simple."

"Everyone knows that Lord Wei is a top martial artist. Sending an assassin to assassinate Lord Wei is a bit like shooting oneself in the foot, right?"

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Zhao Xi listened carefully to their discussion.

He believed that this matter could not be let go, both emotionally and logically.

But the assassination of Wei Yuan was not just a simple assassination, but more like a political conspiracy, and he had to act with caution.

"Wei Hou enjoyed a very high prestige in our dynasty. He was assassinated, and the court naturally could not sit idly by."

Fan Chunren looked at Zhao Xi and continued:

"I have a suggestion. Let the Liao Kingdom send people to assist our dynasty in investigating the truth of Wei Hou's assassination, and then give an explanation to the people of the world."

Wei Yuan was assassinated. Logically speaking, he should be given an explanation.

But his matter was not just his personal matter.

"Investigate? How to investigate? Those Liao bandits were all burned by Wei Hou. Even if they were not burned, the dry weather would make it difficult to preserve their bodies intact."

"And if we start investigating from the bodies, I'm afraid we won't find anything."

Sima Junshi was Bao Xiaosu's student, and he had some unique research on judging cases.

Logically speaking, even if the Liao Kingdom really wanted to assassinate Wei Yuan, it would not have sent an assassin who looked and dressed like a Liao person.

All the real culprits behind this assassination attempt seemed to point to the Liao Kingdom, but in fact they were pointing to the Western Xia.

But the simpler and clearer the answer was, the more incredible Sima Junshi felt.

Fan Chunren said: "It is better to investigate than not to investigate. Even if the final result of the investigation is as we expected, it is the result of the investigation together with the Liao people. In short, this matter cannot be entirely explained by us."

He was worried that it would be difficult to stop the public from talking if he directly pointed the contradiction to a certain country.

Zhao Xi nodded subconsciously and said, "What Mr. Fan said makes sense. If Mr. Xiaosu was here, he would be able to investigate the case with his godlike ability."

"But Mr. Xiaosu is no longer here. If we want to investigate, who should we send?"

Fan Chunren bowed and said, "Your Highness, Mr. Bao is indeed gone, but Mr. Bao has two proud students."

"One is Sima Junshi, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and the other is Wang Shangshu, the Junior Master."

"We only need to send one to Jiangnan to investigate the matter with the Liao people. In time, we will definitely be able to give the world a satisfactory answer."

Hearing this, Sima Junshi shook his head and said, "I am currently editing a book, so I am afraid I can't go to Jiangnan."

Fan Chunren said, "Then it can only be Mr. Wang Shangshu. Now that the Ministry of Personnel has been restructured, Mr. Wang has time to go to Jiangnan."

At this time, Wang Anshi, who was standing next to Zhao Xi, was squinting at Fan Chunren.

As we all know, Wang Anshi's real teacher was not Bao Xiaosu, but Ouyang Yongshu.

Fan Chunren said that, obviously he wanted to find an excuse to get himself out of the capital.

Why did he do that?

The reason is also very simple.

The current prime minister is Fan Chunren, and the regent is the prince.

Regarding the decision-making of the government, the prince must first ask Wang Anshi before making a decision.

Then Fan Chunren's position as prime minister, wouldn't it be an empty shell?

He finally became the prime minister, and was planning to open up his own era, so he naturally couldn't allow the existence of the "hidden prime minister".

Otherwise, he would be very frustrated as the prime minister, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the most frustrated prime minister since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, Wang Anshi had to leave the capital.

Fan Chunren believed that even if he was the prime minister for only one year, he must hold the power of the prime minister firmly in his hands during this year, and then open up an era of prime minister power that belonged only to him.

As for whether he could do it well, how well or how badly he did it, let future generations judge.

But as long as Wang Anshi is in the capital, he, as the prime minister, will not be too free.

The emperor is critically ill and will soon die, and the government of the country is facing a change of generations.

As long as he can stabilize the political situation during this period, then he deserves to be featured in history books.

He doesn't want Wang Anshi to "share" this credit.

Zhao Xi naturally doesn't want Wang Anshi to leave the capital. He looks at Sima Junshi and asks word by word:

"Does that book have to be written?"

Sima Junshi and Wang Anshi both seem to have close ties with Bao Xiaosu.

But in fact, the two of them are unhappy with each other.

In Wei Yuan's previous life, Sima Junshi often said that the laws of the ancestors cannot be changed.

Wang Anshi often said that the ancestors are not enough to follow.

It can be seen that the two have serious differences.

Sima Junshi responded: "Your Highness, the book I wrote has been written up to the Warring States Period. I want to write to the Qin Dynasty in the shortest possible time and let the emperor take a look."

He said so much, what can Crown Prince Zhao Xi say?

If you don't let him write it, even if you don't let the ministers be loyal, he will be known as unfilial.

Let him write, and Wang Anshi may leave his side.

He is still young and needs help at such a critical moment.

Wei Yuan has left, and he can only rely on Wang Anshi. If Wang Anshi leaves again, there will really be no one around him.

At this time, Fan Chunren continued to fan the flames and said: "Your Highness, if Wang Shangshu can investigate this matter clearly, it will be a good talk."

"After all, Wang Shangshu is honored as a young master, and Wei Houye is honored as a young master. The people are also happy to see the results of Wang Shangshu's investigation."

After all, Wang Anshi must leave the capital.

For a moment, Zhao Xi had no idea and had to look at Wang Anshi.

The latter had great ambitions and wanted to change the laws of his ancestors and bring a new life to the Zhou Dynasty.

Therefore, at such a critical moment, it is necessary to focus on dormancy, and must not offend Fan Chunren, who has extremely deep political resources.

After thinking about it, he could only leave the capital temporarily.

"Your Highness, I would like to go to Jiangnan to investigate the assassination of Marquis Wei."

Hearing this, Zhao Xi was stunned, obviously not expecting Wang Anshi to make this decision.

He opened his mouth, not knowing what to do.

Fan Chunren took the opportunity and said: "Since Wang Shangshu also wants to go, why doesn't His Highness make it happen?"

Zhao Xi sighed, "In that case, I'll do my best to help Master Wang."

Wang Anshi bowed and said: "Your Highness, you are welcome."

When the matter was settled and everyone was about to leave the hall, Zhao Xi deliberately left Wang Anshi behind and asked in a serious voice:

"After Master Wang leaves, if something happens to me, who should I consult with?"

"Xianggong Fan is a good man, but my father said that you must use the Prime Minister, but you cannot rely on the Prime Minister."

Wang Anshi understood what he wanted to express, thought about it, and said seriously:

"If your Highness encounters something that cannot be solved, you can go to the Han Mansion to see Prime Minister Han."

Although Han Zhang has been dismissed, he still remains in the capital.

This is also what Zhao Zhen did deliberately.

He was worried that Fan Chunren would not be able to cope with the storm after his death.

If it really comes to that point, Han Zhang will step forward to stabilize the overall situation.

Wang Anshi recommended Han Zhang to Zhao Xi without any selfish motives, because Han Zhang was indeed a very capable person.

In late July of the seventh year of Jiayou's reign, Wang Anshi left Beijing for Jiangnan.

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at this time.

Wei Yuan has arrived in Jiangnan.

The angel who conveyed the order to Zhao Zhen had also caught up with Wei Yuan.

The latter was immediately beaten with a royal cane. Although it did not vomit blood, his skin and flesh were torn.

This is the power of the official family.

Even though Wei Yuan is already in a high position, as long as he has a decree and says that he is going to be beaten with a royal stick, he will be beaten. No one dares to act carelessly. After all, this is a matter of losing one's head.

Afterwards, Angel almost knelt down to Wei Yuan.

"Marquis Wei, our family is also on an errand under orders. I hope you won't blame me. If you feel resentful in your heart, just hit our family a few times. Our family will tell the public that you accidentally bumped into me."

At that time, Wei Yuan, who had just been beaten with the imperial cane, said with the support of Lin Zhaoyuan:

"The angel's words are serious. I only hope that after the angel returns to the court, he will tell the truth to the officials and say that I know I was wrong and admit it. I hope the officials will not be angry and take care of the dragon body."

Angel breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said quickly: "Please don't worry, Lord Marquis. After our family returns to the capital, we will tell the truth to His Majesty that you have been beaten to the point of vomiting blood and fainting. Please don't worry, Lord Marquis."

Wei Yuan gave the angel a sum of money.

That night.

Wei Yuan lay on the bed, and Xie Yuying applied medicine to him.

Seeing that his butt was torn apart and dripping with blood, he felt no other emotion except feeling distressed.

During the application of the medicine, Xie Yuying did not dare to exert force for fear of hurting Wei Yuan again, so she had to apply it gently.

But as soon as she felt any uncomfortable movement in Wei Yuan's body, she would immediately stop her hand and ask softly, "Does it hurt Mr. Hou?"

Wei Yuan shook his head and said, "It's okay, let's continue applying the medicine."

Xie Yuying nodded and applied medicine to him again.

But this time, two tears suddenly fell from her eyes, and they happened to fall on Wei Yuan's lap, and her voice began to choke.

Wei Yuan seemed to be aware of it, turned sideways and looked at her, "Why are you crying?"

Xie Yuying immediately stopped crying and said, "The slave family feels a little sorry for Mr. Hou. These days, the slave family often hears from people around Mr. Hou that at that time, Mr. Hou fought with Liaoxia and often narrowly escaped death. Mr. Hou made great contributions to me, the Great Zhou Dynasty. "

"But the officials still want to punish the Marquis like this. They beat the Marquis so hard, and the slaves feel sorry for me."

Wei Yuan smiled and asked, "Are you really distressed?"

Xie Yuying nodded with red eyes.

Wei Yuan didn't respond and just asked her to continue taking the medicine.

After a few days, Wei Yuan was barely able to get out of bed and walk.

After all, he is a warrior who has experienced hundreds of battles. Even though he was beaten to the point where his skin and flesh were bruised, his recovery ability is amazing.

Otherwise, ordinary people might not be able to get out of bed within half a month.

At this time, Wei Yuan and his party had arrived in Fuzhou.

They patrol the coastal areas and conduct maritime defense inspections.

At first, officials from Fujian Road, Fuzhou and other places wanted to visit Wei Yuan. However, this was a sensitive period after all, and Wei Yuan had just been punished by Zhao Zhen and did not want to get into trouble.

He simply rejected them.

If this had been the case when he first came to the southeast, even if Wei Yuan rejected the officials, they would still find a way to visit him.

But things are different now.

Fuzhou coast.

Wei Yuan felt indescribable pride when he saw the newly built watchtowers, beacon towers, coastal Great Walls and other buildings and the busy workers.

If, starting from their generation, the people living on this land have attached importance to maritime military, then thousands of years later, although the national strength will decline due to the drawbacks of autocracy.

With the maritime military power developed from ancient times to the present, some tragedies can be avoided as much as possible.

Wei Yuan stood on the seashore, and heard the sound of the waves hitting the shore. He felt relaxed and happy, and said to the generals around him:

"I have never visited the coastal areas of Haizhou and other prefectures, but seeing the gradual rise of Fuzhou's maritime defense fortifications is a good thing and will benefit future generations."

Guo Hao stood behind him and bowed deeply, saying: "Please rest assured, brother, this is something you are trying hard to promote and want to do. I will keep a close eye on it and will never make any mistakes."

What he said was the truth.

He had read the sea chart compiled by Wei Yuan and thought about it in detail. If Wei Yuan's perfect blueprint for the coastal area can be successfully realized, it will definitely be a thing worth passing down through the ages.

Although a general like him is greedy and lustful, it is undeniable that he is also working hard.

What we are afraid of is that some officials are greedy and lustful, and do not do practical things.

Wei Yuan said earnestly: "Building a coastal Great Wall, many people in the court do not agree with this matter. They are all waiting for this matter to go wrong. We must connect this coastal Great Wall in series, and we are also standing in this position to be responsible for future generations."

Once the plan of the coastal Great Wall is realized, it can prevent overseas countries from landing on the beach to a great extent.

Of course, connecting the "Great Wall" along the coast is not a work that can be completed in one generation.

Wei Yuan is not in a hurry about this.

"Speaking of which, I was able to become the commander of the Palace Front Department before, just by luck to get the attention of the government."

"To be honest, I have done very little over the years. To sum up, it is nothing more than guarding Yanmen and resisting national enemies."

"The things that make me most proud are nothing more than three things. The first is the Yanbian military reform, the second is the establishment of the navy, and the third is the construction of the coastal Great Wall."

Lin Zhaoyuan said with a deep bow: "Just relying on these three things done by the Marquis, it is enough to go down in history."

At this time, Wei Yuan suddenly looked to the north and murmured: "Not enough."

In a person's life, as long as he can accomplish one thing, it is already remarkable.

And Wei Yuan wants to accomplish more than just one thing.

What he wants to do most is to take back the land that has been lost for nearly a hundred years, so that people in the future will give him a thumbs up and say something when talking about him.

General Wei Yuan is still very good at marching and fighting, so this is enough.

"How is Zhang Rui doing in Quanzhou?"

Wei Yuan came to his senses and asked Guo Hao.

After coming to Southeast for so long, this was the first time he asked about Zhang Rui.