Bianjing City is still a scene of heavy rain and falling rain.
Zhao Shu, an official, has been in poor health these days. He often feels dizzy and cannot sleep at night.
Puyi and the flooding of Bianjing City made him very tired.
However, in the past few days, he still had to cheer up to retaliate against the ministers who opposed him in the Pu discussion. Previously, he dismissed Cai Kang from his remonstrance position, while Jia An went out and died of illness on the way.
Today he discussed with Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang and Ouyang Xiu about the punishment of others.
"Now, all the ministers on the admonishment platform are not in line with my wishes. Although Jia An, the chief minister, and Cai Kang, the admonishment officer, have left, what should we do with Su Cai and the other three people who are under the censor's desk?"
These three people also opposed the officials in the Pu discussion.
Han Qi was silent, and Zeng Gongliang spoke up: "Nowadays, our dynasty and the Liao Kingdom have many disputes over the border. Northerners often cross the river to fish, and the Liao Kingdom also accuses our dynasty of condoning people crossing the northern border to farm. Now we and the Liao Kingdom Let’s discuss redrawing the boundaries, and this matter can be left to these three censors.”
Han Qi glanced at Zeng Gongliang and felt a little dissatisfied in his heart. Wasn't this an act of flattery to please the officials and retaliation against the officials?
The official said happily: "That's right. What does Mr. Han think?"
Han Qi said: "This matter of demarcating the border is not easy to handle. The power of the Liao Kingdom has always been three-pointed against our country, and we usually have three points of trouble without reason, let alone this time we are in the wrong."
The official said: "That's not right. If Su Cairu doesn't do his best, I will definitely punish them!"
Zeng Gongliang said: "That's right. When the three of them are on an envoy, Your Majesty can choose the platform to give advice to the court."
Han Qi felt increasingly uncomfortable after listening to Zeng Gongliang's words, and he also vaguely felt Zeng Gongliang's challenge to him.
A few days ago, Zeng Gongliang asked Shi Quanbin, the envoy of Jingfu Hall in the palace, to inquire about the official's reputation and asked him what he thought of Wang Anshi. Because the mourning period for Wang Anshi's mother had expired, Zeng Gongliang said that the officials could give him the position of doctor in the Ministry of Industry, and at the same time, he would be informed of the imperial edict. Zeng Gongliang also secretly praised Wang Anshi as a useful talent.
Zeng Gongliang's recommendation of Wang Anshi was never discussed with him.
Wang Anshi was at odds with himself, so Zeng Gongliang recommended him as Zhi Zhi Gao. Wasn't his intention to deal with himself? Wang Anshi was originally a member of Zhongshushe. Of course, he didn't want Wang Anshi to know how to make imperial edicts, so he arranged for Zhang Fangping to be the person in the first hall, which blocked Wang Anshi's path to being promoted to know how to make imperial edicts.
Now Zeng Gongliang secretly recommended Wang Anshi to know how to make imperial edicts. What was his intention?
Han Qi knew that Zeng Gongliang's nephew Wang Hui and a relative of Zheng Wang Anshi had communicated privately with each other behind his back.
However, the officials were very pleased with Zeng Gongliang's treatment of Su Cai's three censors. Zeng Gongliang obviously had a good grasp of the official's temperament and did everything he wanted. If he does not support him, he will lose the trust of the officials, but when the court deals with the three censors, the ministers will put the blame on Han Qi.
However, Han Qi did not object to the three censors' envoys to Liao.
"As for Sima Guang..." The official mentioned his name personally, "He actually made decisions for me, which I will never forget, but I don't like him in the position of admonishment."
Zeng Gongliang realized what the official meant again, but he glanced at Han Qi, but this time he said nothing rationally.
Han Qi also didn't like Sima Guang. This man brought him too much trouble in his admonishment position, but both of them also supported the current emperor.
Han Qi said: "Now that he is a direct bachelor of Longtuge, Han Zhi, the water supervisor of the capital, has been convicted of bad deeds. It is just right to demote him, and your majesty can promote Sima Guang to a direct bachelor of Longtuge. With Sima Guang's temperament, he will definitely die without merit and without reward. However, Your Majesty can just take advantage of the situation to remove him from the admonishment position, and at the same time appoint him as a minister and lecturer, and stay with him to advise on state affairs."
The official heard this and said happily: "Xiangong Han still has a way. I am not a heartless person, so this arrangement is more appropriate."
Han Qi said: "Your Majesty is wise, but after what happened in the palace yesterday, Han Zhi has already resigned from office. Your Majesty can no longer indulge him this time, and must deal with it severely, otherwise it will not be able to appease the people of the capital."
Zeng Gongliang couldn't help but feel secretly happy when he saw that the official's face suddenly turned bad. As long as you sit in the seat of Duke Zhaowen, you will inevitably have conflicts with the officials, which is inevitable.
The official's face became gloomy for a while and said: "Han Zhi wants to be punished, but what about Zhang Yue? He openly beat the minister of the DPRK at the palace gate in front of the officials and attendants. Should this matter be dealt with seriously?"
Ouyang Xiu, who had been silent all this time, now said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yue has confessed his crime and please be dismissed from his official position."
The official was furious. After hearing what Ouyang Xiu said, he remembered that Zhang Maoze had said this to him yesterday. At the same time,
There is also the scarlet robe and silver fish bag that she gave him originally.
This was his reward for helping him ascend to the throne, but now he has withdrawn it.
What does Zhang Yue mean? Are you saying that you were blind and chose me to be the emperor?
And the things I gave away, are they returned like this?
The official said: "Isn't it so easy to dismiss someone from office? He should be an official in the imperial court as he pleases, and he should be unqualified if he doesn't deserve it. If he beats a minister of the imperial court and is not punished, how can it become a rule in the future? How can the imperial court maintain its decency?"
Ouyang Xiu said: "Your Majesty, the fact that Han Zhi refused to open the South Embankment has spread throughout the city. If Zhang Yue is punished for beating Han Zhi, I am afraid people will not accept it."
Thousands of people were drowned by the flood on August 3, and Zhang Yue arranged for the officers and soldiers of the Third Division to row boats to rescue the people. Now that Han Zhi is not punished but Zhang Yue is punished, I am afraid that the officials will not be scolded, and several prime ministers will They were scolded so miserably that the history books may not be able to spare them.
Han Qi said: "Your Majesty, you can punish Han Zhi, but you can't use it as a reason to open the south embankment. You can hold Han Zhi accountable for not repairing the Kaifeng waterway, which made it difficult for the flood to escape."
The official said: "If possible, we can remove Han Zhi from the post of water supervisor of the capital and order him to know the Henan Prefecture."
As the censor Zhongcheng, Jia An spoke a few words and was demoted to know Chenzhou. Han Zhi's official position was not as good as Jia An's, and he also made a big mistake, and went to know Henan Prefecture instead. This is not a demotion but a promotion.
This move by the officials is obviously partial.
Han Qi said: "Your Majesty, although I have a close personal relationship with Han Zhi, I dare not deal with him like this."
"What then?" The official thought to himself. If he admitted that Han Zhi was wrong, wouldn't it be as if he was wrong?
Han Qi said: "Han Zhi said he wants to retire, so the officials should give him an honorary retirement!"
In fact, after passing through the palace gate, Han Zhi was disgraced and could not return to serve as an official. It was not an exaggeration to say that he should be exiled to the army. But the officials had no intention of punishing him at all.
Of course, Zhang Yue was punished with the same crime of beating Han Zhi.
The official thought for a while and said, "Just follow what Han Qing said! As for Zhang Yue, I don't need to blame him for this crime."
Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but be stunned, thinking that this is not the character of an official.
But the official said to Zhang Maoze: "Immediately send someone to the prison to block it, and no outsiders are allowed to come in or out. I heard that Zhang Yue's public money is suspected of being misused. You can check it out and report it."
Investigating officials' misuse of public money is sheer nitpicking.
But it is indeed very useful. Zhang Kang and Teng Zongliang were involved in this matter.
Now the officials want to use this to punish Zhang Yue!
