Chen Shengzhi came forward and said: "Your Majesty, what Zhang Yue said is inappropriate. This dynasty does not offend people with their speech, and there is no precedent of killing an official or serving prime minister. If this is the case, there will be no prime minister who is willing to do his best to serve the country. I just want to How to find a way to live in peace." Cai Ting also said: "That's why we have not killed civil servants since Taizu, let alone those who speak out." The official nodded. There is a saying in Taizu's oath stele: "I will not kill scholar-bureaucrats. Don't kill those who speak out.'
Not only the prime minister cannot be killed, but ordinary officials cannot be killed. Even if you are a commoner, you cannot be killed if you are convicted of something you say or do.
This Taizu Oath Monument was only known to the emperors of the Song Dynasty and was never told to outsiders. However, outside officials concluded that the emperors of the Song Dynasty did not kill civil servants according to their ancestral family law.
The official said: "I don't practice Shang Yang's method. This is the ancestral teaching. However, Zhang Qing just made a slip of the tongue. I think this was not what he said from the bottom of his heart. He was just eager to argue." The official absolutely protected Zhang Yue to the end, without any hesitation. It didn't matter that he yelled at Lu Huiqing to kill him, but he used the emperor's authority to take the initiative to expose the matter, making Lu Huiqing's elaborate counterattack disappear invisible.
Zhang Yue said to the official: "I thank your Majesty." After Zhang Yue finished speaking, he looked at Lu Huiqing and thought to himself, Feng Jing's request to resign as prime minister is really true.
And Wang Anshi's resignation as prime minister was mostly an act of anger. If you say that I am not doing a good job, I will stop doing it. You can use it or not if you like.
It even seems like a girl taking the breakup as a sign of anger. But what about your resignation, Lu Huiqing? That is retreat in order to advance.
Lu Huiqing was filled with hatred when she saw that Zhang Yue's rashness towards her was gently exposed by the emperor with just one sentence. He sighed and said: "Your Majesty, Mencius went to Qi and met the king thousands of miles away. He stayed for three nights and then went out for the day. He still said to himself: "The king of Qi will definitely call me again. A gentleman cannot bear to abandon his king, so he is so generous. "
"Someone asked Mencius: "Master, why do you not hesitate? Mencius said: "If I want to rule the world peacefully, who else can I do in this world?"
Why should I not hesitate? The arrogance of ministers is like that of Mencius. Even if he does not serve as a king, he will have no regrets. "When Mencius saw that King Qi didn't agree with him, he shamelessly stayed there for three days. When he left, he said that King Qi would definitely summon me again.
Someone asked Mencius why he was unhappy? Mencius said, "How can I be unhappy? If I want to govern the world, who else can I do?"
Lu Huiqing's words can be described as very bleak, and can be regarded as a model of retreat in order to advance. When the officials heard Lu Huiqing's firm resignation, they thought that now that they were using reforms, they still couldn't do without Lu Huiqing.
For example, in the Xishou Act, only Lu Huiqing in the court dared to propose regulations that would offend the public. Therefore, Lu Huiqing is still indispensable in the official family, and he needs to be in charge of "state affairs".
The officials quickly comforted Lu Huiqing and said: "Shang Yang once said that doubtful actions have no name, and doubtful deeds have no merit. How can I not believe it since I have commissioned you to reform the law? I will not allow it." Lu Huiqing expected that the officials could not do without him now. To carry out reforms, I will definitely try to retain him again and again and refuse to let him go.
"It's not that I don't see your majesty's importance, it's just that villains have to be in the toilet. Right opinions are not invisible, but heresy can sometimes be useful. Therefore, I would rather avoid my position to prove my innocence. How can I succeed if I am not disturbed by villains?" Lu Huiqing said. The intention is to stop Zhang Yue.
It’s not that I want to leave, it’s that the villain is here. The official was a little unhappy. He wanted to keep Lu Huiqing, but he also refused to give up and leave Zhang Yue.
Why can't Lu Huiqing understand? Zhang Yue came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, the reason why Lu Huiqing sent Feng Jing out is to disrupt the political affairs of the ancestors with different opinions." Since Zhang Yue talked about the central issue, Lu Huiqing simply stopped hiding it at this moment.
Lu Huiqing said in a very 'real villain' manner: "Your Majesty, if the court is full of different opinions, how can we maintain the rule of law? I think that your Majesty is a servant, but you can only work with the ministers who are of one heart and one mind, and work together to overcome them." It can be successful." Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, when I was young, I pursued doing whatever I wanted, but now that I have established myself as a bachelor, I urge people to tolerate it. Have I changed? I haven't changed. It's just that I understand that doing whatever I wanted when I was young will not change. It comes from the tolerance of others. Therefore, tolerance is more important than following one's own will."
"The power is in the hands of one person, and it seems that he can do whatever he wants, but in the future, others can also do whatever he wants. Today, if someone breaks the strategy of stirring up dissent in the court, he can still abdicate to protect himself, but if there is a party dispute tomorrow, how can he abdicate to protect himself? Can you avoid it?" The purpose of Lu Huiqing's dismissal of Feng Jing is to stir up dissenting opinions, which is the same as Wang Anshi's dismissal of Sansheren.
You have a bottom line, and so do I. You broke the rules first, and I will break them later. If there were different opinions before, you could retain your dignity even if you resign. In the future, when the party fights, if you don't have dignity, others will help you respect it.
Why is tolerance more important than following one's will? If you, Lu Huiqing, don't want to tolerate it anymore, then you have to bear the consequences of doing whatever you want.
"Is it true that Mencius said that if I can bring peace to the world, who else would be better than me?" Lu Huiqing looked at Zhang Yue and said, what he meant was, as long as I can bring peace to the world, it doesn't matter if I do bad things?
Rules are meant to be broken. The official said: "Okay, Zhang Qing and Lu Qing don't have to fight anymore." Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing retreated, and the relationship was finally concluded.
The officials watched the two men arguing in the palace. Lu Huiqing said: "Your Majesty, the evidence about Feng Jing's matter is sufficient. Since he has asked to go out, I ask your Majesty to follow suit." The official said to Feng Jing, who had been silent, "I know that you may have grievances, so I will send you a bachelor of Guanwen Palace to go out. "Feng Jing was overjoyed. He thought that this time he was going out as a former official, which meant he was demoted.
But if the bachelor of Guanwen Palace goes abroad, it is normal behavior. When Ouyang Xiu was impeached by Jiang Zhiqi, Han Jiang failed to achieve success in Luowucheng, and Wang Anshi was seduced by Zheng Xia, he was dismissed as a bachelor of Guanwen Palace.
All in all, Feng Jing did not die as a guilty minister, and could return to the court as a prime minister at any time in the future.
If he is a guilty official, he must first be pardoned and then allowed to return to the court. The official's decision was a compromise between Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing's opinions.
Lu Huiqing couldn't help but feel angry when she saw that Feng Jing had not been completely defeated. Zhang Yue breathed a sigh of relief. Feng Jing's absence made him passive, but at least it allowed Lu Huiqing to change from a big victory to a small victory.
However, as long as he could not uphold the state affairs, he would not be able to defeat Lu Huiqing in one day. In the final analysis, the officials could not come out to carry out reforms on their own. Han Jiang himself was not determined to let Lu Huiqing go away and preside over the state affairs by himself.
The country is the winner, and the rest is at the tactical level.
"As for the others..." The official thought of Zheng Xia and the others and was hesitating on how to deal with it.
"What do you think?" Lu Huiqing said: "The evidence for the first offender Zheng Xia is conclusive. He should be deprived of his origin and writing, and then be punished with great punishment!" Zhang Yue's lips moved, and Han Jiang said: "Your Majesty, this is too much. You can't do it." Kill those who speak up! How will anyone dare to speak in the court in the future." Zhang Yue thought to himself that Han Jiang finally took action, I saved Feng Jing with my life, and you just came late to save Zheng Xia.
Why did he go to Beijing to persuade the emperor to open up his voice? They are all here for Lu Huiqing. The official nodded and said, "Since Han Qing has spoken, let's hand it over to Zhongshu for discussion!"
