Under Zhao Jun's pressure, the court meeting, which had just been like a vegetable market, rearranged its formation in just a few seconds.
In fact, some officials are not dissatisfied with Zhao Jun's strength. Even in Zhao Jun's position as governor of the Constitutional Yuan, he has never been impeached less. It's just that he has been too lazy to pay attention to it.
If Zhao Jun had yelled at officials like this in the past, someone might have stood up and confronted him immediately. In fact, there was no shortage of hard-core people in the party struggle between the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.
For example, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were neither greedy nor possessive, and were extremely honest. They both admired each other's character and morality.
However, political opinions are contradictory.
This has nothing to do with whether everyone is corrupt and perverting the law, or whether they are clean and noble. It is simply a matter of different stances. They all have their own cognition, their own ideas, and their stubborn opinions, which resulted in this situation.
Zhao Jun's existence actually helped many prime ministers of the Constitutional Yuan to unify their political views, because he came from later generations, and history has proven many things.
For example, Qingli's New Deal was right, and Wang Anshi's reform was also right. There was nothing wrong with the direction, but there were errors and omissions in the methods.
Therefore, after he had proven many things to the emperor and many prime ministers and unified their political views, he was able to gain the support of the emperor and prime ministers and sit in this position.
However, he could unify the opinions of the prime ministers of the Constitutional Yuan, but he could not unify the officials.
After all, except for the people in the Constitutional Yuan, no one else knows that he comes from a later generation and can clearly distinguish between right and wrong in history, so naturally all the officials cannot be convinced by him.
Just like the ancients had a deep belief in the power of kings, anomalies in celestial phenomena, Confucius's Confucianism, and belief in ghosts and gods.
Ultimately, it's a matter of perception.
Their understanding of everything is skewed, resulting in them only believing in their own set of world views and values.
Zhao Jun completed the adjustment of the three views of the emperor and the prime ministers, but was unable to reshape the three views of the officials. Therefore, many of the officials expressed dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction with Zhao Jun's ability to sit in the position of President of the Constitutional Yuan. not agree.
But now no one stands up to oppose him.
There are three reasons.
First, Zhao Jun's power is still there. After a disagreement, hundreds of officials in the Salt and Iron Division were dismissed. The guilty ones were arrested and the innocent ones were dismissed, which shocked the whole court.
Second, the court meeting does have the order of the court meeting, and the prime minister has the power to maintain the order of the court meeting. There is nothing wrong with Zhao Jun asking everyone to stand back up.
The third and most important point is that no one from the opposition or the reformists dared to offend Zhao Jun.
Because it was Fan Zhongyan who presided over the New Deal.
Everyone naturally focused the point of conflict on Fan Zhongyan.
Zhao Jun has the largest position and the greatest influence in front of the Constitutional Yuan and the emperor. Therefore, before Zhao Jun has made his position clear, everyone is afraid of pushing Zhao Jun to the other side's camp.
This is the smartest thing about Zhao Jun. He does not preside over the reform and lets Lao Fan take over. In this way, everyone will transfer the conflicts and naturally no one will trouble him again.
So all things considered, seeing that the boss of his family did not show his prominence and was photographed under Zhao Jun's authority, the thorny ones below were naturally obedient.
But that's all.
Once everyone discovers Zhao Jun's position, I'm afraid they will also attack in groups.
At this moment, everyone arranged their classes one after another, and everyone was silent.
Zhao Jun turned his back to Zhao Zhen, looked down, cupped his hands behind him, and said in a cold voice: "The court meeting is where the morning meeting is held. Everyone is allowed to report matters to His Majesty. It should be solemn and solemn, not your backyard, which is noisy. , How unbecoming! Anyone who ignores discipline and disrupts the venue will be held accountable!"
Zhao Zhen immediately stood up to support him and said: "Han Long is right, the order of Chui Gong Palace should be solemn. Even if there are original reports, they should be reported one by one. Quarreling with each other is simply contempt for the state. There are many ministers in front of the palace. Where is Wei?"
"exist!"
The commander of the department in front of the palace stood up and handed over his hands.
"Anyone who disrupts the order again can be arrested and expelled according to the order of the Supreme Court."
"yes."
The commander of the Siwei responded sternly.
In an instant, all the officials were in awe, and they did not dare to make the morning court a mess and a mess like before.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
Zheng Jian stood up, looked at Zhao Jun first and said: "In the Imperial Court, the censor is responsible for inspecting all officials and correcting discipline. It does not count as disrupting the meeting."
"Um."
Zhao Jun walked aside and said nothing.
Then Zheng Jian said: "I impeach Lu Yijian, Sheng Du, Cheng Lin, and Li Zhang. They colluded with Feng Shiyuan, a minor official in Kaifeng Prefecture, and committed corruption and perversion of the law, collecting banned books, and selling their official positions."
Now we are back to the starting point. Zheng Jian has been impeaching him every day these days, but all the officials obviously ignore him and talk about passing the law test. Zheng Jian is very unhappy. He takes advantage of this opportunity. , stand up immediately and strike again.
But as soon as these words came out, all the officials were ready to make a move, but because of Zhao Jun's power, they did not dare to speak immediately.
Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Jun and asked, "How does Han Long think we should deal with it?"
"I have repeatedly said that a country should maintain the rule of law and insist on governing the country according to law. If it involves powerful people, it should be handled lightly. Then the law is just a piece of paper and the world is in chaos. How should we deal with this matter? "
Zhao Jun looked at Lu Yijian and Sheng Du and said, "The Prime Minister, you don't want to protect your son and son-in-law."
Lu Yijian and Sheng Du's faces instantly turned pale.
Cheng Lin also opened her eyes wide. After all, it was Lu Yijian and Sheng Du's son who committed the crime and it was none of their business. Moreover, once one enters the Constitutional Yuan, one can often get preferential treatment such as being exempted from suspicion of guilt.
In other words, in the past, the Yushitai and the admonishers could impeach the prime minister after hearing about the incident and impeaching the prime minister with some baseless and unsubstantiated things, such as natural disasters and visions.
If the emperor happens to dislike the prime minister, he can use this excuse to remove the prime minister and replace him with someone else.
But now the Prime Minister of the Constitutional Yuan will no longer be like this. The official position has a fixed five-year term. Unless there is conclusive evidence that a crime has been committed, even if something happens to his son, it will probably not affect Lu Yijian and Sheng Du.
But he, Cheng Lin, was different.
Cheng Lin participated in the collusion with Feng Shiyuan, and was caught with criminal evidence involving himself.
Therefore, during this period, in addition to Lu Yijian and Sheng Du's opposition to the New Deal, he was also the largest opposition.
Now Zhao Jun's words, don't he be sentenced to death?
Immediately Cheng Lin stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask, is Zhao Jun the emperor or is your Majesty the emperor? Why can Zhao Jun decide the life or death of the prime minister with just one word? If this continues, where is your majesty's majesty?"
This is heart-wrenching words.
Cheng Lin would never have dared to say this in the past, but when it comes to his political career, he can only do this.
"Are you deaf?"
Zhao Jun looked at him indifferently and said: "Didn't you hear that Your Majesty has handed over the matter to this court with full power? Your Majesty is of course the Emperor of Heaven, but the Prime Minister also has the power to assist the government. Now that the Emperor has granted an imperial charter, is it possible to govern according to the law? Are you guilty of all your sins?"
Cheng Lin refused to listen and still said to Zhao Zhen: "Your Majesty should have his own decision and his own fairness. You must not let some treacherous people make random mistakes and make your ministers feel chilled."
Lu Yijian opened his mouth and looked at Cheng Lin as if he were looking at a dead person.
Zhao Jun raised his head and looked at Zhao Zhen, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Cheng Lin said that I am a traitor, how can your Majesty make a decision?"
"Cheng Lin broke the law. The evidence is conclusive and he will be dealt with according to the law!"
Zhao Zhen said without hesitation: "Han Long is the president of the Political Academy, the chief minister and assistant of all officials, and serves the country and the people. I will never let Han Long feel cold!"
"Then let's deal with it according to the law. Where is the chief minister?"
Zhao Jun asked loudly.
"exist!"
Several guards stood up.
"Pull it down!"
Zhao Jun waved his hand: "Let's put him in the Imperial City Prison first and check if he has any other cases. Niang Xipi, when you are an official, you don't want to make decisions for the people and share the worries of the saints. You know how to scheming, taking bribes and bending the law all day long. You deserve it." kill!"
As their grandparents sang and harmonized, Cheng Lin's face turned pale. All the officials were shocked. They had no idea that Zhao Zhen had given Zhao Jun such power.
Although everyone knows that Zhao Zhen favors and trusts Zhao Jun, the decision to arbitrarily decide the life and death of a senior official who is only under the Constitutional Yuan and has also entered the Constitutional Yuan, and is higher than the deputy prime minister in the Chui Gong Palace is completely unreasonable. Something unexpected.
This also made everyone realize with horror that Zhao Jun's power was far greater than they imagined. In the past, if he didn't have an attack, it just didn't touch his interests. Now, even if it doesn't touch his interests, once he attacks, it will be as scary as a tiger descending from the mountain.
Immediately, Li Zhang, who was in charge of Tianzhang Pavilion, also quickly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this must not be the case. Zhao Jun is so powerful that if he acts recklessly, he will kill the court officials wantonly. If this continues, the people of the world will only I know Zhao Jun, but I don’t know His Majesty!”
"This person must also be an accomplice."
Zhao Jun waved his hand again: "Officials who are co-defendants, regardless of their official position or position, since they have violated the law, they should be dealt with. Where is the Si Wei?"
"exist!"
"Pull it down!"
"yes."
The guards, who were like wolves and tigers, swarmed in and dragged the people away.
In fact, Zhao Jun directly asked the guards to arrest people in Chui Gong Hall, which was obviously overstepping his authority and was a typical behavior of a powerful minister.
But Zhao Zhen cooperated with him before the attack started and asked Si Wei to follow Zhao Jun's instructions.
In this way, it is not considered that Zhao Jun overstepped the imperial authority and ordered the guards to arrest people, but acted according to the emperor's instructions, which is a privilege of imperial authority!
The procedures are different, and the results are naturally different.
Otherwise, without this procedure, all the officials would be in trouble, and the court would be in chaos again in an instant.
Soon, the dozen or so officials who committed the crime, including Cheng Lin, Li Zhang, and others, were all arrested and sent to the Imperial City Prison to await interrogation and conviction.
The rest of the people were obviously worried about what happened to these people, and they did not dare to speak.
After all, the situation is completely different.
In the past, they could deceive the emperor and win the party war.
But now that the emperor only listens to Zhao Jun's words and has achieved procedural justice, they have nothing to criticize.
The referee, referees, witnesses, organizers, and co-organizers all belong to him, so why should he fight with Zhao Jun?
"If you commit a crime, you should be caught, otherwise the dignity of the country and the prestige of the court will be ruined!"
Zhao Jun watched these people being dragged out wailing, and added insult to injury: "Send me an order to make their crimes public and publish them in newspapers, so that the people can see the court's determination to deal with these criminal officials!"
"Hanlong, why bother?"
Lu Yijian's expression changed greatly, and the expressions of many officials also changed greatly.
Officials care about reputation, and newspapers are now the biggest mouthpiece of Bianliang, radiating not only the city of Bianliang, but also the entire Gyeonggi Road. Even businessmen from other places who come to Bianliang often take newspapers with them and leave, spreading them as news anecdotes.
It can be said that if it is published in the newspaper, the reputation of Cheng Lin and others will be ruined in an instant, and it may also affect their descendants. In this case, their family, and even the whole family, will be finished.
"I don't want to kill everyone, but you've let me down so much."
Zhao Jun looked at Lu Yijian and the others, shook his head and said: "What I hope to see is a united country. What I want to see is everyone working together to build this country well and make the Song Dynasty a strong court. But now I see What is it? For your own selfish interests, you are plotting against each other and constantly criticizing each other. Can the country be better if this continues?"
This sentence was not only said to the officials, but also to Lu Yijian and Sheng Du. They had already united their fronts and fought for the common goal of a strong country.
What now?
Just because Lu Yijian's son committed a crime, he was eager to undermine the implementation of the New Deal.
The damage to officialdom caused by the examination law is much lower than that of the Qingli New Deal.
Even so they couldn't accept it.
Do you really think that if the New Deal is cancelled, their crimes will be exposed?
That doesn't make sense.
"Prefecture, when officials see injustice, they should criticize themselves. The new policy is not good government but bad government. How can it continue?"
Seeing this, a Lu Party official immediately stood up to refute.
"Bad government?"
Zhao Jun frowned and said: "Regulating the code of conduct for officials is bad governance? Shouldn't all supervision of officials be abolished and let you do whatever you want to do evil? Would this be considered good governance for you?"
"I"
The man didn't know what to say for a moment.
"The imperial court spends tens of millions of dollars every year to support you, a group of silverfish, and this is how you repay the imperial court? See for yourselves what you do, which one is worthy of your annual salary, and which one is worthy of the people's support that supports you?"
Zhao Jun angrily rebuked: "Is it because your parents are powerful people who can join the officialdom? Or maybe you have studied poetry and books for many years, and once you become a Jinshi, you think you are a carp leaping over the dragon's gate? I tell you, none of you are better than the other." Nobility is like having a head on your shoulders. You have destroyed the foundation of the imperial court, and the common people have risen up, but they can still chop off your heads and use them as footballs!"
"Zhiyuan, these words are serious!"
Someone immediately retorted: "We are also doing it for the imperial court. Under the New Deal, the officials dare not slack off day and night. If this continues for a long time, it will definitely hurt the hearts of the officials."
"Did I hurt you?"
Zhao Jun roared: "Eating and drinking every day, hugging my concubine at home, visiting brothels in the city, not doing any business day by day, just using the little power in my hand to show off, who gave you the power, who gave it to you Are you brave? Your Majesty wants officials from all over the country who can do practical things, and he doesn’t need a bunch of silverfish like you!"
A heavy word passed by like thunder, making all the officials tremble.
(End of chapter)
