Li Jianzhi actually briefly described Xu Ming's matter once in an official document to Zhao Jun, but the specific process is actually unclear.
At this moment, Zhao Jun stood in the cabin, looked at Xu Ming, and asked him: "Are you Xu Ming?"
Xu Ming had broken off an arm before, and then wanted to hang himself. His body was already extremely weak. When he heard someone calling him, he opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Jun blankly.
Li Jianzhi introduced: "Xu Ming, this is the Constitutional Yuan. I heard about your case and came to Hangzhou from Shouzhou."
Zhiyuan?
Xu Ming had a look of confusion in his eyes.
He was harmed by Sun Miao the year before last and was imprisoned for more than a year and nearly two years. Little did he know that the court had already changed drastically.
"The Constitutional Yuan governs hundreds of officials, and the Zhiyuan is the head of the Constitutional Yuan, and is the prime minister in ancient times."
Seeing that he didn't respond, Li Jianzhi continued: "Prime Minister Zhao is above all other ministers and is now the head of the officials. If you have any grievances, just explain it to him."
"Prime Minister Zhao."
Xu Ming suddenly became excited and struggled to get up from the bed, but because of his broken arm, he couldn't hold on.
It was Jiang Dalang next to him who helped him straighten up.
His whole face became painful, and then he cried loudly: "Please make the decision for the villain. The villain was originally a businessman. Because he had pearls and ancient paintings at home, he was coveted by Sun Mian, and he suffered such a disaster. The little man’s family is ruined and his people are dead, woo woo woo woo.”
As he spoke, he burst into tears, choked with sobs and briefly recounted what had happened. He kept wiping his tears as he spoke. A middle-aged man in his forties cried so hard that everyone present was moved.
The thing is actually very clear, that is, Sun Miao's brother-in-law heard that his family had hundreds of East China Sea Pearls, so he used his brain and wanted to forcefully buy them at a low price.
After Xu Ming was approached by Bian Xun, he had already swallowed his anger and felt that the people would not fight against the officials, so he finally asked Bian Xun to sell the one hundred pearls for 33,000 yuan, which was less than 50 guan. Sold to the other party at a cabbage price.
Unexpectedly, the other party was not satisfied, because not long after, Sun Miao heard that the Xu family also had a copy of Guo Qianhui's "Eagle Picture".
Guo Qianhui was a great painter in the Southern Tang Dynasty during the Five Dynasties. Although he was not as famous as Wu Daozi, Yan Liben and others, he was still a very famous figure at the time. His paintings were highly valuable in collections during the Song Dynasty and he was coveted by Sun Mian.
This time Xu Ming decided not to do it anyway, and the two sides quarreled for a while. In the end, Sun Ming simply found a reason to jail Xu Ming and took away his family property.
After Li Jianzhi arrived, Xu Ming complained to him, but the official documents from the treasury were stolen and there was insufficient evidence, so there was nothing he could do.
After hearing everything that happened, Zhao Jun already believed it.
Because Li Jianzhi told him that although a large number of official documents from the two counties and the prefectural government were stolen, they were mostly scattered, except for all the case files of Sun Miandan, which had disappeared.
In other words, the cases judged by Sun Mian are basically irrecoverable.
Is it such a coincidence?
As soon as the superior checked Sun Miao's plate, the case file disappeared?
Isn't this just like when the superiors planned to check the grain storage situation in the granary, and the granary suddenly caught fire?
So Zhao Jun naturally knew that there was something fishy in it.
After listening to Xu Ming's words, he comforted calmly: "Please don't worry, I will take care of this matter. After arriving in Hangzhou, I will try the case personally."
"Thank you, Mr. Xianggong, thank you, Mr. Xianggong."
Xu Ming held his left arm with residual blood in his right hand and struggled to get up from the bed and kowtow on the ground.
But in the end, Zhao Jun held him down and said, "You should rest first and ask more about the decoction. After you get better, I may ask you to testify in court."
"Thank you, Xianggong, thank Xianggong"
Xu Ming couldn't stop crying. All he could say was muttering to himself. His eyes looking at Zhao Jun were full of prayer.
He once felt that there was no light and no end in sight in the cell.
Later, Li Jianzhi gave him hope, but soon gave him despair.
now.
He put his last hope on Zhao Jun.
If even Zhao Jun can't wash away his grievances and settle the unjust case.
I'm afraid Xu Ming has no choice but to die.
After coming out of the cabin, Zhao Jun's mood became very heavy and his face looked very ugly.
Living in the later generations, I have seen light for too long. Even though it has been a year since I came to the Song Dynasty, I still feel shocked and unbearable to see such darkness.
Many people say that the Hereafter will be the same, but in fact they are very different.
If such a case occurs in the future, with the media publicizing it everywhere, I am afraid that within a few days, a special team will be set up to investigate and quickly get to the bottom of the case.
Coupled with the independence of the public security organs and the judiciary, the chief officials have no judicial power. It is almost difficult for a local chief like Sun Miao to cover the sky with one hand.
And in ancient times.
The county magistrate of the family was destroyed, and the governor of the family was destroyed.
It can be said that it is very easy for a local magistrate or governor to take someone's life lightly.
Along the way, Zhao Jun has seen too much.
He probably dealt with more than a dozen county magistrates alone, but he didn't even cover one-tenth of the land of the Song Dynasty.
I don’t know how many prefecture and county magistrates like Sun Mian, Guo Chengyou, and Shi Zhiqi will be there in the future who will care about human life. I don’t know how many innocent people died at the hands of these people.
The darkness and decadence of ancient society really amazes modern people like Zhao Jun.
With such a heavy heart, in just over ten miles, the fleet sailed into Hangzhou before dark and entered this bustling city.
Night has not yet fallen, but the city of Hangzhou is not desolate at all, but is more noisy than during the day.
Lanterns are hung high in the streets of Hufang City, dotting the night sky like a sky full of colors, turning the entire Hangzhou into a city that never sleeps.
While merchants, citizens, pawns and traders were passing by, on the Qiantang River, countless painted boats and high-rise boats were either docked on the shore or swaying gently in the river, highlighting the prosperity of this city, which was second only to Bianliang and Kaifeng in the Song Dynasty. scene.
Zhao Jun's ship docked at the pier. When he got off the ship, dozens of officials from Liangzhe Road, plus local officials from Hangzhou, and dozens of people were already waiting on the shore.
After he got off the boat, he went all the way to Taihe Tower surrounded by everyone.
The so-called "Spring scenery in the imperial capital is full of Qiantang, and Su Xiaodang's wine is even more fragrant. Three thousand guests are divided into banquets with pearls and shoes, and twelve rows of gold hairpins are arranged behind them." This describes the interior scene of Taihe Tower.
This was a large restaurant that was as big as Fanlou in the Northern Song Dynasty. It flourished until the Southern Song Dynasty and was destroyed by the Mongol invasion at the end of the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhao Jun put his hands behind his back and entered the building with a straight face, surrounded by Zhang Xia, the transportation envoy of Liangzhe Road, Wang Yong, the inspector, Li Jianzhi, the prisoner, and Xu Yuan, the shipping envoy.
The lights in the building were bright and there was not a single guest. Many singers on the performance stage in the center started dancing almost at the same time when Zhao Jun entered.
The sound of music echoed throughout Taihe Building.
Zhao Jun glanced around and went upstairs under the leadership of Zhang Xia.
Apparently, Taihe Building was reserved by the government today, and the restaurant, which could accommodate hundreds of people, was empty. Even though many officials came in, it was still a little bleak.
But it finally gained some popularity.
The restaurant owner came over to greet him with a flattering smile. After Zhao Jun took his seat, he immediately started serving food.
Soon everyone was seated, and fine wine and food were served one after another.
Zhang Xia, who was sitting on the right side of Zhao Jun, personally poured wine for Zhao Jun, then raised his glass and smiled at Zhao Jun: "I am honored to have the Imperial Academy come to Hangzhou. I would like to give you a drink to the Imperial Academy."
"Drink this wine slowly first!"
Zhao Jun glanced at the officials sitting at his table, and then said sternly: "Who is Sun Mian?"
Sun Miao was actually not at his table.
Because the governor of the state is from the fifth rank, and what senior officials are there in Liangzhe Road?
The chief officers, adjutants, and assistant officers of the Fourth Division are all between the fourth and fifth grades. Only they are qualified to accompany Zhao Jun.
The rest of the state capitals and officials below the fifth rank can basically only sit at the table next to them.
But it’s not too far away, the table on the right is right there.
At this moment, Sun Miao was shocked when he heard Zhao Jun's words.
Because he had already guessed that Zhao Jun came to Hangzhou, most likely to cause trouble for him.
He also asked for favors.
But the problem is that Zhao Jun has no relatives or friends.
The only people closest to him are probably the prime ministers and the emperor in the Constitutional Yuan.
If favors can be entrusted to the Constitutional Yuan and the emperor, what else does Sun Miao do now to know the state?
He has already become prime minister.
As for looking directly at Zhao Jun himself.
Sun Miao didn't have the courage yet.
After all, if you ask someone else to speak for you, it probably won't be a problem.
But if you go to the person directly, that means you have to send the evidence properly.
Once Zhao Jun is out of luck, he will obviously not be able to escape the charge of bribery.
So Sun Miao was always frightened when he learned that Zhao Jun came to Hangzhou.
I originally thought that even if the other party came to Hangzhou, he would probably find evidence before causing trouble for him.
Unexpectedly, he was called by his first name at the reception banquet.
This gave Sun Miao a bad feeling.
But Zhao Jun called him, and it was impossible for him not to listen, so he had to stand up from the table next to him, cupped his hands in Zhao Jun's direction and said, "Sun Miao, the magistrate of Hangzhou, has met the magistrate."
"Are you Sun Miao?"
Zhao Jun looked seriously, looked this person up and down, and snorted: "Hangzhou businessman Xu Ming, do you know?"
"Go back to the magistrate's court. This person intends to commit rebellion. This is a case decided by the magistrate."
Sun Mian felt a chill on his back.
As expected, Xindao did not eradicate the root cause, but actually forgot to get rid of Xu Ming immediately, causing Li Jianzhi to intervene and then Zhao Jun to intervene.
He originally wanted to kill Xu Ming, but he was taken away by Li Jianzhi. He did not have the ability to go to the Prison Department Yamen to kill people, so this key witness fell into the hands of Zhao Jun. Now he was in big trouble.
However, he quickly calmed down and felt that he had destroyed all the evidence. Even if Zhao Jun wanted to overturn the case, it would be difficult, so he remained calm on the surface and said: "This thief intends to become king and emperor. The evidence is conclusive. Please inform the court." Be aware and don’t listen to their sophistry.”
"Of course I will be aware of this matter, but today I'm looking for you, and it's not just about Xu Ming."
Zhao Jun said coldly: "Sun Miao, when you were the magistrate of Shouzhou, a major corruption case occurred. There are two counties in Shouzhou, Huoqiu and Anfeng. They embezzled the court's disaster relief grain funds, amounting to two More than 100,000 hu of dendrobium, worth hundreds of thousands of guan. As the magistrate of the state at that time, you were not aware of this, which shows that you did not go to the local area to inspect the disaster relief situation. This was your dereliction of duty. Therefore, this court suspended the order for dereliction of duty. If you send me, I will take you to the Hangzhou Prefect’s Mansion first, and I will personally come to the government office to investigate your crimes. What else do you have to say?”
As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the room were shocked.
Sun Miao's eyes widened and his mouth opened wide, unable to speak.
He thought that Zhao Jun would come over and use Xu Ming's affairs as an entry point to investigate the evil things he did in Hangzhou, and then follow the clues to find out the truth about the corruption case from him.
I never expected that they would not play this trick with you at all, and would directly suspend you from your job for dereliction of duty.
Although the crime of dereliction of duty does exist and has been practiced.
For example, during the Zhenzong period of the Song Dynasty, a woman in Kaifeng Prefecture was beaten and seriously injured by a drunken man. The woman took her injuries to the government to complain, but the government did not accept the case after hearing the woman's grievances. Finally, the case reached the imperial court, and all judicial officials involved in the case were dismissed.
It can be seen from this that if there was true malfeasance and dereliction of duty at that time, people would often be dismissed from their official positions.
It’s just that that was during the reign of Zhenzong. By the time of Renzong, the treatment of malfeasance and dereliction of duty had long been relaxed. Especially nowadays, the official Song Renzong Zhao Zhen treated the scholar-bureaucrats leniently. Not to mention dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty, even if the evidence of corruption was conclusive, he would always settle the matter. It's rare to actually kill someone.
Therefore, it is estimated that these officials in the Song Dynasty had not heard of any officials being dismissed for dereliction of duty and dereliction of duty for more than ten or twenty years.
"I'm a lower official."
Sun Mian opened his mouth, then gritted his teeth and said, "Xiaguan was always worried about the disaster at that time. He was in the prefectural government office dealing with the distribution of grain, and the disaster relief was handed over to the local county magistrate. This matter has nothing to do with Xiaguan."
"boom!"
Zhao Jun stood up, pointing at him and glaring: "It has nothing to do with you? More than 10,000 people died of starvation in Huoqiu County, and you actually say it has nothing to do with you? How many miles is Huoqiu County away from your Xiacai County? Hungry County? The dead victims are all piled up outside Xiancai City. Are you blind or deaf, can't you see it?"
"me."
Sun Miao looked at him for a while, and Zhao Jun's move obviously caught him off guard.
"What are you? Are you worthy of being an official?"
Zhao Jun didn't give him a chance to speak and shouted: "Come here, take off this guy's hat and lock him up in the prefectural government office. I will interrogate this guy tonight!"
"yes."
The imperial guards brought by Zhao Jun were everywhere in the hall.
He used to be a big ship and asked the Imperial Guards to follow him on land. He only had two to three hundred Imperial City Division Imperial Guards with him.
But this time, because the distance was long and direct, the cavalry were asked to take the land route, while he himself came by boat with nearly a thousand Forbidden troops.
Now the entire Taihe Building is his soldiers. Not to mention that Sun Miao has no military power, even if he has military power, he has no room for resistance.
Jiang Dalang and Huang Sanlang rushed over like wolves and tigers, grabbed Sun Miao's official hat, detained him, and then dragged him back. Sun Miao quickly shouted: "President, the matter has not been investigated yet, how can you do this?" So unreasonable.”
"snort!"
Zhao Jun saw him being dragged away and sat down again.
It was only then that everyone woke up from a dream. Zhang Xia hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Zhiyuan, this seems a bit inappropriate."
"how?"
Zhao Jun raised his eyelids and glanced at him, "So many people died outside Xiacai City, but he couldn't see it at a glance. Isn't it illegal for this court to arrest him for dereliction of duty?"
"Forehead"
Zhang Xia was stunned speechless.
Zhao Jun said coldly: "I went out to patrol the world under the orders of the officials to find out how much dirt the Song Dynasty had hidden. The Song Dynasty had been raising scholars for hundreds of years, so it treated the scholar-bureaucrats quite well. The salary was higher than that of the Tang Dynasty before. I don’t know how many times, there have been so many silverfish that don’t work for the court, so what’s the harm in cleaning them up? Are you guys like Sun Miao, who only prepare their positions to make up for their numbers, and only eat their corpses?”
"Of course not, of course not"
Many officials quickly denied it, and the words they originally wanted to intercede with Sun Miao immediately swallowed them back.
Get promoted and get rich. Get promoted and get rich.
You have to get promoted first before you can get rich.
But Zhao Jun now has the power to appoint and remove all officials, which means that he controls the way to promotion.
If you offend him, let alone promotion, it is not certain whether you can continue to serve as an official.
Therefore, naturally no one will speak for Sun Miao anymore.
this.
That is the supremacy of power!
Some friends said that the main focus of watching the Song Dynasty is reform, but the protagonist is on the road of reform. He doesn’t understand anything, doesn’t look at anything, and goes deep. How do you know the shortcomings in the officialdom, how do you know the suffering of the people, and how do you talk about reform? ? If you start it directly, it is a loft in the sky, which is pure nonsense, so now the protagonist is realistic. After traveling all over the country and returning to Bianliang, won't reform begin?
In addition, the value of the disaster relief funds in the previous chapters was wrongly calculated. In fact, it should be worth more than one million guan, and this has been changed.
(End of chapter)
