Regardless of what happened in reality, the rule of Daxia since the founding of the country was that the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics.
During the Zhaowu period, when the Zhen family was at its craziest, she did not have the courage to make an obvious choice between civil and military affairs. She did not expect that the virtuous concubine Jia family would openly speak for the military people. This really made the civil servants and generals in the court almost unresponsive.
The generals naturally applauded, and the civil servants went crazy.
How dare someone give the emperor pillow sex under his nose? Play her, you must play her!
A virtuous concubine is not virtuous. She dares to confuse the king and bring trouble to the court.
If a good concubine interferes in politics and dares to violate the ancestral system and discuss the government affairs arbitrarily, she will be punished.
Concubine Xian... Damn it, everything I want to say has been said by others. Then forget it and just find any reason.
Then the virtuous concubine was too beautiful, which could easily cause the emperor to become obsessed with the harem, so just to prevent the slightest change, let's give it a try!
The impeachment memorials piled up in the General Affairs Department were well-founded at first. Several bachelors in the cabinet also felt that the harem could not be used to interfere in politics, so they selected many and sent them to the palace.
But gradually the reasons for impeachment became outrageous. Even if Zhou Jiong was dissatisfied with Concubine Xian's pillow talk, he had to stop the memorials with a frown, use the blue code of the chief minister of the cabinet to throw back the original of the memorials. Owner.
This operation was originally nothing. The cabinet did have the power to block some unreasonable memorials to relieve the emperor's pressure.
However, the matter of remoteness was just a matter of procedure. Emperor Taizu had an ancestral system, and the central government was not allowed to prevent officials from reporting or blocking the way of speech.
Zhou Jiong did this to protect officials who impeached concubines for outrageous reasons. But he neglected one thing. Everyone was impeaching the virtuous concubine, which was politically correct at the moment.
No matter what reasons people use now, you are blocking their political correctness and scolding them for their nonsense. What are you doing? Want to exclude people from the panic? To prevent others from making progress?
The chief minister of the cabinet? So what? We, the disciples of saints, even dare to scold the emperor, so what do we think of the chief minister?
As a result, the original cause of impeaching the imperial concubine quickly became divided among some people, and the target was directed at Zhou Jiong, the chief minister of the cabinet.
Not to mention anything else, a big hat that blocked the way of speech was put on the old man, which immediately confused the old man.
In just one day, the tide of impeachment began to reverse.
In the streets and alleys of the capital, it was spread that the virtuous concubine gave the emperor the pillow wind. From the beginning, she was involved in the affairs of the harem and gradually turned into a daughter of a warrior family protesting against the warriors and the warriors who shed blood and sacrificed their lives in Daxia.
Some things cannot be brought to light, such as the suppression of military generals by civil servants.
It is true that civil servants ruled the world in the prosperous times, but without military men to guard the borders, how could civil servants be able to sit firmly in the world of flowers and flowers?
The common people in the market have their own scales in their hearts. There is an extremely simple rule and standard in the hearts of these people about who is right and who is wrong.
For example, the pillow wind blowing by the virtuous concubine Yuanchun was considered treasonous to the civil servants, but to the common people, she was simply a virtuous and virtuous woman, complaining about the great Xia Erlang who sacrificed her life and blood to protect the country and the people.
The territory of Daxia was not talked about by civil servants, it was stained inch by inch with blood.
There were five expeditions to Mobei in the Zhaowu year, and many expeditions in the Yuanyou year, and many good men were sacrificed in the Beijing camp.
Yuanchun's words about hanging white flags on every house have appeared many times in the capital. Yuanchun's saying has spread widely in the capital and is spreading rapidly.
"The soldiers who died in the battle are not the numbers in the Ministry of War documents, but the sons of old women, the husbands of women, the fathers of children..."
This sentence was directly used by the military generals as a weapon to counterattack the civil servants. In the Fengtian Palace, General Jian Zifang, the Minister of War, was so angry that he did not dare to talk back.
After three days of hustle and bustle, Yuanchun's reputation changed three times a day.
Jia Cong was satisfied and rewarded the two dogs with one hundred taels of silver. He happily put on his official uniform and went to the cabinet to watch the excitement.
Yes, this is a battle of public opinion.
Judging from the current situation, his random punches directly stunned the old fox Zhou Jiong.
It is estimated that even Zhou Jiong would not have thought that, including those weird reasons for impeaching Yuan Chun, Jia Cong secretly sent people to guide those idle officials to do it.
There is also what Yuanchun said when he blew the pillow wind in the capital. The leader of the public opinion war does not have to be an official or a scholar, but can also be ordinary people.
When the people's righteousness prevails over the so-called political correctness, politics is not correct.
It is true that the harem must not interfere with politics, but the Concubine Xian is right.
Putting rules aside and facts aside, aren't you civil servants right at all? Why should warriors bleed and cry?
The Concubine Xian is just a weak woman who cannot take care of herself. She only said a few words to her husband. Why should she be beaten and killed by you people?
Zhou Jiong couldn't catch this chaotic punch, and the entire circle of civil servants couldn't catch it.
Before the big killer weapon was released, civil servants themselves were in chaos.
On the early morning of the third day when the DPRK began to impeach Yuanchun for his political interference, the front page of "Daxia Bao" published the number of soldiers killed in the battlefield recorded by the Ministry of War from the beginning of the first northern expedition in the Showu year to the end of August in the eighth year of the Yuanyou year.
In the eleventh year of Zhaowu, the Tatars were conquered in the north, and 14,182 people were killed and 36,817 injured...
In the 22nd year of Zhaowu, the northern expedition to Oara killed 35,396 people and injured 51,473 people...
In the thirty-sixth year of Zhaowu, during the Pingnan War, 28,855 people were killed and 47,644 injured...
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A total of 319,922 people were killed, 670,539 were wounded, and 43,513 were missing.
More than 319,000 people were killed in the battle, and more than 670,000 people were injured. Including those who were missing and could not be recorded, the number has exceeded 1 million.
What a huge number this is. Individually speaking, tens of thousands of casualties in each battle are not enough, but when added up, it is scary.
One million people represents one million families.
At the same time, in an editorial article named "Zheng Youyan", the editorial commentator whose real name was unknown quoted Yuan Chun's words and asked the court three questions.
"The soldiers who died in the battle are not the numbers in the Ministry of War documents, but the sons of old women, the husbands of women, the fathers of children..."
"You sir, you are all dressed in fine clothes and sitting on high seats. May I ask where the old man's son is now?"
"The wives and concubines of all the princes have gathered together. Where is the woman's husband now?"
"My sons and grandsons are gathered around my knees. Where is the child's father now?"
These three questions are like a magic spell, causing many people to imagine in their minds an old man crying for his son's name, a famous lady looking into the distance, and a little baby crying and asking for his father. …
The prosperous times are all stained with blood!
Those young officials with a strong sense of justice quickly changed their views on Yuanchun.
What did the wise concubine say to confuse the king and bring trouble to the court? Was she wrong? No! Did Concubine Xian interfere in political affairs? No!
She just couldn't stand the way some people treated military generals, so she wanted to say something for the military family she came from.
Since it doesn't, it doesn't violate the ancestral system. Besides, it has been a hundred years since the country was founded. When it is useless, the ancestral system is useless!
As messengers of justice, they want to shine the light of justice on those one million families!
So this group of justice messengers turned into light and began to target the Ministry of War and Zhou Jiong, the chief minister of the cabinet in charge of the Ministry of War, with full firepower.
Jia Cong rode his horse to the front of the imperial city. Thousands of people gathered in front of the usually solemn Daxia Gate.
He patted his horse and went to check the situation, but saw the carriage of Zhou Jiong, the chief minister of the cabinet, blocked at the end of Jinshui Bridge by more than ten old men.
Among them, an old woman with white hair was supported by a young man wearing mourning clothes.
The soldiers of the Forbidden Army who were originally guarding Zhou Jiong's carriage only blocked others from coming forward, but did not do anything to the old woman. Instead, they deliberately made a way to allow her to approach the carriage.
The old woman was wearing ordinary clothes with a few patches on her clothes. It was obvious that her family background was not very good.
However, her aura at this time was so strong that the horseman of the Zhou family who was driving the car did not dare to look at her.
She held on to the shaft of the carriage and asked the people in the carriage: "Master Prime Minister, the son of a common woman died in southern Xinjiang. He fought for the country and was buried in horse leather. The common woman is proud of him. But the common woman heard that the prime minister If you want Jia Rongguo to return to Beijing, do you plan to let my son's sacrifice be in vain?"
The noise around him disappeared instantly with this question, and everyone turned their attention to the carriage carriage.
The people in the carriage didn't respond, but the old woman didn't let go.
She spoke again: "Since the Prime Minister thinks that Southern Xinjiang is not necessary, then please return the son of the civilian woman to me, please!"
The people in the carriage still didn't respond, but the officials around him who originally wanted to step forward to defend Zhou Jiong were frightened and quietly stopped.
The old woman didn't get a response from Zhou Jiong. She laughed at herself and took out a piece of silver and threw it into the compartment of the carriage.
"My son died in the battle, leaving only an old woman, a widow, and a seventeen-year-old child in the family. Fortunately, the court gave me five taels of silver as a pension. The civilian woman is very grateful!"
"But now that the imperial court cannot tolerate warriors and looks down upon warriors, then we warriors will not accept the grace of the court, so as not to stain the eyes of the prime minister."
"How about I return these five taels of pension silver to the prime minister today? How about I ask the prime minister to use the five taels of silver to train a scholar and let him go to southern Xinjiang to fight for the country?"
Wow!
Zhou Jiong, who had always remained silent, finally couldn't help it anymore. He was not scolded by the old woman, but was ashamed and angry by the five taels of pension money.
He does have the intention of suppressing the generals, but he is also an upright person. Five taels? This is someone who embezzled the pension money given by the imperial court to the wounded and wounded soldiers!
"Is what the eldest sister said true? Your family only received five taels of pension money?"
In terms of age, Zhou Jiong is older than this old woman. But the old woman looked even older than Zhou Jiong.
Zhou Jiong, who was blushing, could no longer care about the old woman's question. His eyes were gleaming.
Someone embezzled the pension money provided by the imperial court to the families of heroes and martyrs. If this matter was not handled properly, the prestige of the imperial court, the cabinet, and his prestige as the chief minister of the cabinet would be severely damaged.
Otherwise, under the current special circumstances, he, the chief minister of the cabinet, can only resign on his own initiative.
"It's indeed five taels. In the village where the woman lives, all the families who died in the war in Southern Xinjiang received five taels of pension money..."
"How brave!"
Zhou Jiong was immediately furious after receiving the confirmation from the old woman. He shouted angrily and then realized that his sudden rage had frightened the young man who was supporting the old woman.
He already felt guilty, but when he saw the appearance of the old woman and the young man, he felt even more guilty.
The battles in the imperial court had not yet destroyed his integrity, so he immediately appeased the grandfather and grandson.
"Sister, it's not that I look down on warriors and can't tolerate warriors. I just want to deal with the matter in Southern Xinjiang because... well, I won't mention it for the moment. The five taels of pension silver is my negligence, and people have taken advantage of it."
Zhou Jiong glanced around and saw several familiar officials from a distance.
"Why don't you hurry up and invite their ancestors and grandsons into the imperial city... Forget it, go and bring the tables and chairs... Come, call the people from the Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple... Today, this pavilion is in the imperial city. Come and try the case in person!”
"When did the government's pension amount only reach five taels?"
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Tens of thousands of people gathered in front of Daxia Gate, but no one dared to make a noise at this time.
Because the wide open space in the middle was filled with imperial officials wearing purple and red clothes. The general of the Han Dynasty separated the common people from the officials, leaving enough space for the chief minister of the cabinet to personally review the case of embezzlement of pension funds.
Jia Cong was sitting next to Duan Jun, Minister of Industry, and the two of them were whispering to each other, discussing in low voices what happened in front of the imperial city today.
Duan Jun had respect for Zhou Jiong but not much. He was an old fan of Wei Wenzhenggong, and he was very dissatisfied with Zhou Jiong's suggestion that Yan Guan impeach Yuanchun's harem for interfering in politics, thereby suppressing the Rongguo Mansion.
It is really unreasonable for the dignified chief minister of the cabinet to attack women. Duan Jun didn't look down on him anymore, and he didn't hold back. Therefore, he was also included in the memorial to impeach Zhou Jiong for blocking his speech.
However, Duan Jun still admires Zhou Jiong today. As expected, he is an old fox and can find opportunities for him...
"Mr. Zhou Ge's timing was good. If he can really find out the case, his reputation will be stabilized, and he may be able to use this to reach a higher level."
Jia Cong also nodded. Zhou Jiong was right not to say anything when the old woman asked her the first two questions.
It is true that he does not trust Jia She and wants to use this to suppress Wu Ren. No matter how he refutes and makes excuses, it will be of no use and will only make his reputation worse.
But the matter of pension money is different. Most of the soldiers who died in southern Xinjiang were from the Beijing camp alone, and the soldiers in the Beijing camp came from the good families of Gyeonggi.
The pension fund has been embezzled. As long as he investigates the case and gives justice to the families of these heroes, won't he have a good reputation?
When the limelight of these days passes, he, Zhou Jiong, will still be the Grand Prime Minister of the country, inferior to one person but superior to ten thousand people...
The trial process is actually very boring, especially this kind of corruption case. If the chief minister of the cabinet wants to investigate this kind of case, no one will stand up to the prime minister of a country.
The process is going step by step, and the officials involved in the case have gradually risen from the ranks of village elders to county chief registrars, county magistrates, state officials, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs...
Jia Cong looked at the group of officials who were captured by the Dragon Imperial Guard's fast horse. He licked his lips at Zhou Jiong, who was getting angry, and whispered in Duan Jun's ear: "It's over, this matter can't be settled. Look, it's all over. He's a civil servant, not even one from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion. Mr. Zhou Ge probably wouldn't have thought that a civil servant would stab him in the back even if he was beaten to death!"
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I’ll stop here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
(End of chapter)
