In Zhao State, the clan system seriously affected the promotion of other officials. Most of them held high positions in the court and even threatened the royal power. This was the main reason why King Hui was worried about the failure of government orders. If the power of the family is too great, they will suppress the newly promoted officials and eliminate some idle officials in order to balance the government and check and balance each other.
King Hui gathered some officials in the library and said with some worry: "Now our Zhao State is suffering from internal and external troubles. Externally, it is the State of Qin. A large army is dispatched in an attempt to contain the State of Zhao. Internally, there is harassment from the State of Zhongshan. The State of Zhongshan is I am a thorn in the side of the big country in the Central Plains. I want to destroy the Zhongshan Kingdom. I wonder what your strategy is for this?" Cheng Yang said: "In order to fight against foreign aggression, we must first settle the internal affairs. We, the Zhao Kingdom, have many clans and clans who promote their cronies to control the government. This is what the king is worried about. Right." King Hui said: "Yes! What is your strategy for this?" Cheng Yang said: "Abolition of officials is the only way for the decree issued by the king to be carried out." King Hui said: "Okay, abolition of officials."
The next day, there will inevitably be a dispute in the court. King Hui stood in the court hall, facing the civil and military ministers. All these ministers knelt down and shouted: "My king will live for ten thousand years, and the Kingdom of Zhao will live forever." King Hui spread his arms and said, "My lords, please stand down." The civil and military ministers then stood up. King Hui sat in front of several cases. Cheng Yang walked up and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, I have this memorial to you." King Hui cast his eyes on Cheng Yang and said, "Cheng Qing, why do you want to report this to me?" Cheng Yang presented the memorial and said: " Yu Lian and Yu Da, the senior officials of the Qing Dynasty, sold their official positions and titles. There are also senior officials Li Yuan and Li Kan who occupied the people's land and built mansions for themselves. This is a heinous crime. Please punish them for their crimes." Yu Da and Yu Lian stood up and said: "Cheng Yang, you are just trying to make up for it. It is ridiculous." Cheng Yang faced Yu Lian and Yu Da and said: "How much does a land official cost? There are also doctors and county magistrates, the specific matters are all It is written in the memorial. The king can make his own judgment on whether it is true or not." Li Yuan and Li Kan stepped forward and accused: "Cheng Yang, who are you? What qualifications do you have to impeach us? Relying on the favor of the king, Can you do whatever you want?" Cheng Yang looked at Li Yuan and Li Kan and said, "Two big insects, your ancestral home is in Jinyang." Li Yuan and Li Kan were stunned and said, "How do you know this? "Yang Chu said: "Last summer, the servants of the Li family occupied the people's fields in Jinyang and forced the people to move away. The Jinyang order wrote a letter to impeach you and others. Have you forgotten?" Then he looked at King Hui and said : "Your Majesty, they are forming a clique for personal gain!" Prime Minister Gao Yang was suddenly startled and broke into a cold sweat. At this time, he looked at King Hui without saying a word. At this time, King Hui was actually looking at the memorial. The case was very involved. King Hui also took this into consideration and kept calm because one incident could affect his whole body. Li Yuan still did not feel that the danger was coming, and stood up and said: "You said that we are forming cliques, don't you have no cliques? Don't you just want to overthrow us clans by singing in harmony? We are the auxiliary ministers left by the late king. King Hui threw down the memorials to impeach them and said: "Yu Lian, Yu Da, Li Yuan, Li Kan, these are the memorials to impeach you. Take a good look at it yourself. I don't want to touch you, but you do." I don't know how to restrain myself." Yu Da, Yu Lian and other ministers knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I am guilty." Yu Lian, Yu Da, Li Yuan and Li Kan were thrown into prison. King Hui said: "Everyone involved in this case will be investigated and dealt with without mercy."
Yu Da and Yu Lian said in prison: "I didn't expect that accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger! We are the auxiliary ministers left by the late king! How could the king treat me like this?" Prime Minister Gao Yang came in and said: "I, Wang Rende, how can I Can you be allowed to speak so highly of the king?" Opening the cell door, Gao Yang walked in and stood in front of them. Yu Da and Yu Lian knelt down and said: "Prime Minister." Gao Yang said: "You are the auxiliary ministers left by the late king, and Jinyang Ling is also the auxiliary minister left by the late king. This Jinyang Ling is an upright minister. You don't know how to restrain yourself. , my subordinates committed crimes in Jinyang. This may be your fate, accept your fate." Yu Da and Yu Lian looked at Gao Yang and said, "Prime Minister, we are aware of the crime." Prime Minister Gao Yang asked accusingly: "Do you know that the monarchs of the past dynasties are the most powerful? Is there something taboo? It's party strife. Cheng Yang and Yang Chu are setting a trap for you to trick you into forming a party for personal gain. Don't you know it?" Yu Da and Yu Lianda said: "We knew we were wrong." Gao Yang and They turned their backs and said, "I, Wang Rende, will not kill you. You can take care of yourself." Then they walked out of the prison.
A few months later, King Hui transferred Zhu Haiyan back to Jinyang. The eunuch Changshun received King Hui's order and drove to Jinyang to announce the order. Changshun stood outside the gate of Zhu's mansion. Jinyang ordered Zhu Haiyan to come out of the house to greet him. Changshun took out King Hui's decree and said: "Pass the King's decree." Jinyang ordered Zhu Haiyan to kneel down and said: "I accept the decree." Changshun read out: "Thanks to the fate of heaven, the king's edict, according to the Knowing that Jinyang ordered Zhu Qing to be upright, close to the people, and independent of the public. This is my luck, the hardship of the country, and the hardship of the people in the world. Zhu Qing has been in Jinyang for twenty-eight years, and was once an auxiliary minister left by the previous king. , I really feel guilty. Today, there are officials who enclose land and sell their positions. One of my crimes is that I always reflect on myself. I know the importance of people's livelihood and dare not be lazy. I will appoint Zhu Qing as the chief minister and take charge of the criminal law of our country. Returning to Handan of the State of Zhao, I admire you here." Jinyang ordered Zhu Haiyi to kowtow and say, "I accept the decree." Changshun helped Jinyang up and ordered: "Jinyang, please get up." Zhu Haiyan looked at him. Changshun said: "The eunuch ordered Da Chong. I wonder who the king sent to Jinyang to take over?" Changshun said: "This is not what Zhu Da Chong is worried about. The imperial court will naturally reduce fat, and I should return to Handan to deliver the order." Come on, let's see you in Handan." Zhu Haiyan put his hands in front of him and said, "See you in Handan." Changshun stepped back a few steps, got into the carriage behind him, and drove away.
Jinyang Ling returned to his mansion and sat in front of several cases, pondering over and over again, thinking to himself! The king must be interested in the Li family's case in Jinyang, so he compiled the files and brought them back to the capital Handan.
In Handan, the capital of Zhao State, King Hui summoned the senior official Xu Jing. Xu Jing, the senior doctor, entered King Hui's library and kowtowed, "Your Majesty." King Hui sat in front of several cases and said, "Xu Qing, please get down." Xu Jing then stood up. King Hui looked at Xu Jing and said, "Xu Qing, please sit down." Xu Jing thanked him and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty." Then he sat aside. King Hui looked at Xu Jing who was sitting aside and said: "Xu Qing! I know that you are very talented and good at governing the place, so I will entrust Jinyang to you. The military needs to be discussed with General Dao Yan, and there must be no It's a personal grudge." Xu Jing, the senior doctor, said, "I will bear in mind your Majesty's teachings." King Hui said, "You can go to your post immediately." The senior doctor stood up and said, "I leave." Then he left King Hui's library. Senior doctor Xu Jing walked out of the palace, turned around and looked at the Zhao Palace behind him, knelt down and bowed, then looked up and shouted: "Your Majesty!" Then he got up and got on the carriage and ran towards his mansion.
When he returned to his mansion, a servant came in and said: "Sir, the Prime Minister has invited you." At this time, Xu Jing began to worry. At this time, the king was most taboo about party disputes, and the news was getting tight. If it goes to the Prime Minister's Mansion, those officials will seize it and impeach it as being a party of the Prime Minister, which will create more suspicion, so they ask: "Why did the Prime Minister invite me?" The servant replied: "He is a servant of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Come and pass the message, and the rest of the younger ones will not know about it." The doctor said to himself: "A gentleman has no party, as long as his heart is open and honest, what do he have to fear?" He walked out of the Xu Mansion and ran towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Xu Jing, the senior doctor, stood in front of the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion and stepped forward to knock on the door. The doorman opened the door and said: "Xu Dachong, please come in." The doctor Xu Jing entered the Prime Minister's Mansion and entered the living room. Prime Minister Gao Yang came out and said with a smile: "Xu Dachong." Senior doctor Xu Jing stood up and saluted and said: "Prime Minister." Gao Yang said: "Xu Dachong, please sit down." Senior doctor Xu Jing sat aside. After Gao Yang sat down, he said: "The wind is getting louder now, and many nobles are coming to visit. I always close the door to thank the guests and turn them away. Aren't you afraid that the censors will say that you are a member of my Gao Yang party?" Doctor Xu Jing said: "A gentleman has no party. If they want to say it, let them say it. A gentleman has no selfish things, so what are you afraid of?" After hearing this, Gao Yang praised: "This sentence of a gentleman being selfless is very good." He thought for a while. He said: "Xu Dachong, do you know why the king sent you to Jinyang?" The doctor Xu Jing said: "The king wants to use troops against the Zhongshan Kingdom, maybe I can be useful to it." Gao Yang said: "You are only half right. , Your Majesty is already in his seventies, and there are not many years left. If the power of ministers is too great, it will threaten the royal power. Your Majesty can still control us, but what about the kings of future generations? It will be difficult to control them. Your Majesty, this You are considering the future kings. You know that this Zhu Haiyan is upright and upright, so you will transfer it to Handan to check and balance the power of the prime minister, and also centralize the power. When the power of the prime minister is restrained, it will not threaten the royal power, and the king can rest easy. ." The doctor just nodded and said nothing. Prime Minister Gao Yang said: "Xu Dachong, you go and make achievements in Jinyang. When the new king ascends the throne, you will be waiting to return to the court." The senior official Xu Jing stood up and walked out: "Prime Minister, I will take my leave now. "Then he exited the Prime Minister's Mansion.
The next day, he drove to Jinyang, and after completing the handover with the former Jinyang order Zhu Haiyan, Xu Jing became the new Jinyang order, taking charge of all important military and political affairs in Jinyang. Zhu Haiyan drove away from Jinyang and rushed to Handan, the capital of Zhao State. King Hui stood on the high steps. Zhu Haiyan stood at the bottom of the steps, looking at King Hui on the steps. He ran up the steps and knelt in front of King Hui. Then he looked up and shouted: "Your Majesty." ." King Hui helped Zhu Haiyi up and said, "Zhu Qing, get up." He entered the Zhao Palace with King Hui.
Zhu Haiyan was the chief prosecutor, and he tried the case of selling an official position and enclosing land. This case caused a sensation throughout Handan. Zhu Haiyan entered the lobby of the Yamen Office of the Chief Secretary and sat on the lobby of the Yamen Office. Xing Mu patted the desk and said: "It is said that Yu Da, Yu Lian, Li Kan and Li Yuan are entering the lobby for the hearing." Guo Rong and Chen Ting served as deputy judges, and the three halls jointly tried. King Hui sent eunuch Changshun to sit behind and listen to the trial. Yu Da, Yu Lian, Li Kan, and Li Yuan entered the hall, stood at the bottom of the hall and saluted Zhu Haiyan: "Da Sikou." Then they saluted Guo Rong and Chen Ting who were sitting on both sides and said, "Guo Da Chong, Chen Ting." Big Chong." Zhu Haiying who was sitting on the table said: "Yuda Chong, Yu Lian Da Chong, Li Yuan Da Chong, and Li Kan Da Chong, you are all the auxiliary ministers left by the late king, and you have made great contributions to the court. I am here to ask. "Please take a seat, four big men." Yu Da, Yu Lian and others kowtowed and said, "Thank you, big men." Then the yamen servants brought some cases and placed them in the middle of the hall, and the four big men sat in front of them. Zhu Haiyan asked: "Yu Lian Da Chong, Yu Da Da Chong. Han Tong, Jifeng, Yu Xin, do you know each other?" Yu Da and Yu Lian whispered: "We know each other." Zhu Hai Yan looked out of the lobby and said: "Bring Han Tong, Ji Feng, and Yu Xin to the hall." Han Tong, Ji Feng, and Yu Xin were escorted into the hall. They knelt down and said, "Big Chong." Zhu Haiyi said, "Han Tong, Ji Feng, and Yu Xin, you are He is a son of a noble family, and he used his connections to bribe high officials in the DPRK. Han Tong, you spent a lot of money to buy the Tianbe officials. Jifeng, Yuxin, you are the same, you spent a lot of money, and you used your connections to buy the salt and iron transport envoys. During your tenure, , exploiting people's money, the local people are full of complaints. Out of anger for the people, Han Tong, Ji Feng, and Yu Xin were sentenced to death. Can you plead guilty?" Han Tong, Ji Feng, and Yu Xin looked at Yu Da and Yu Liang together and said: "Yu Big insect, we are working for you! You have to save us!" Yu Da and Yu Lian looked at them secretly, breaking out in cold sweat and said, "I don't know you." Han Tong, Jifeng, Yu Xin When he was dragged out, he shouted: "Spare my life!"
