Chapter 287: Taiping County Case 11
"It's the emperor."
He Dadao: "I said that Lord Ji is still worried, and the two of you are also in the court!" Why can't you listen to the old man? In that case, then the official will analyze and analyze it again, and the two adults should listen carefully. ”
"One is that I don't have so many soldiers in the Southern Song Dynasty at present, eight million, eight million mouths, have you ever calculated how much grain you have to eat in a month? How much money does it cost in a month?"
"This will be an astronomical amount, and at the same time, you say that raising so many people without fighting, is this a waste of financial resources?"
Ji Da shook his head in popularity, this translation is simply a disaster for the country and the people, and it will make the Great Song Dynasty very, very miserable, and even suffer the disaster of destroying the country.
"Lord He, what you say is simply nonsense." Ji Da Yan spit blood out of his mouth, this person is simply an existence that has brought disaster to the country and the people, he is from Jia Rudao's gang.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the three adults of this king and He Sun are the first in the court, and their words will harm the Great Song Dynasty and the whole country."
Song Duzong didn't believe it at all, his eyes were frivolous, "Lord He, it seems that Lord Ji still doesn't believe your words, you still have to work hard today, otherwise he won't obey you."
Lord He received the order and continued: "Since the emperor has been gracious, then continue to talk about it, Lord Ji, why do you have a tendon?" At the moment it is me who is kneeling and licking the Mongols, not going to war with them.
"You say, what's the use of me waiting for eight million soldiers? Have you ever beaten it? If we can't beat it, even if all the eight million soldiers are left, we won't be able to defeat Mongolia, and I believe that everyone knows this.
I don't know when, Master Ji didn't want to defend himself, he seemed to have the meaning of breaking the jar, he was already tired at the moment, physically and mentally exhausted, and felt like a knife cutting his heart.
Even what these adults in the entire Hall of Election said, he didn't listen to a word at the moment.
The scene was noisy for a while, and the next moment Lord He said: "What's the matter, Lord Ji, the official said so much just now, shouldn't you still not listen to a word." Master Ji shook his head and sighed, he didn't want to care about it, and he didn't want to ask how Da Song Ai was.
He took off his robe and hat on his head, lowered him to the ground, and then knelt down; Earth.
"Your Majesty, Wechen is old and has no energy to be an official, so I implore the emperor to approve Wechen to return to his hometown at this moment."
"Resigned?" Song Duzong was a little unhappy, and said in his heart You have been making trouble in the Xuande Hall for a long time, accusing this and accusing that, but in the end you have to resign and not do it, isn't this trying to anger yourself?
He didn't agree, Master Ji got up and walked back slowly, he was already cold, this officialdom was no longer suitable for him, even if the king of heaven and Lao Tzu came. Song Duzong had a big hand, and a eunuch handed him a bow and arrow, he pulled it suddenly, and then the bowstring shot out, and Lord Ji's chest was pierced.
When he turned around, his body fell to the ground weakly, and he had no breath.
The civil and military officials were very satisfied, especially the three adults of Wang, Sun and He, who dared to oppose themselves, and this was the final end.
Song Duzong said angrily: "It's so bold, you dare to contradict me again and again, and in the end you have to resign, do you really think of me as a fool?"
"Ladies and gentlemen, I ask you, what do you think is wrong with what I have done?" No one dared to speak, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to breathe more, and they were worried to death. Only Lord He walked out and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, this Lord Ji is purely asking for his own death, this person doesn't put the emperor in his eyes, he doesn't put the court in his eyes, the reason why he has today is that he can't complain about the emperor."
Lord Wang jumped out, "Yes, Your Majesty, we agree very much with this matter, Tianwei cannot be provoked, no matter who it is, the ministers and others are very much in favor of the emperor killing each other."
There was an exclamation below, and words of support and so on came out of their mouths, which was embarrassing. Song Duzong slapped the table and said: "Very good, since all of you Aiqing think so, then I won't say much, come on, drag the body out, and then notify its family to collect the body."
A guard took immediate action, and the scene finally returned to silence, and everything was back to the way it was just now.
Song Duzong looked at them happily and opened his mouth, "Ladies and gentlemen, how many of you have already understood the matter of disarming four million?" How many people still have opinions?"
At this moment, no one dared to speak, they didn't dare to talk nonsense, for fear of being shot to death like Lord Ji.
The scene was so silent that even the sound of a heartbeat could be heard clearly.
Seeing these people like this, Song Duzong continued: "Why, you are very supportive of my disarmament? But don't worry, I only disarm the soldiers of the military camp, and you should wait to be an official in the Hall of Election. ”
Everyone was relieved, and the worst fears finally did not happen.
Song Duzong continued: "I not only want to disarm four million, but also ask a large number of literati and students to become officials, such as Li Bai and Dufu in the Tang Dynasty and other poets, and then write poems all day long to praise me and sing praises to me and my Southern Song Dynasty."
There was a lot of applause below, and it has been seen at this moment, as long as you follow Song Duzong, then there is nothing, once you go against him, you will die a miserable death.
The sorrowful adults in the previous time have also changed their words at this moment.
"Your Majesty, Weichen dared to think that what the emperor said was completely reasonable, very, very reasonable, and I support it very much.
"Yes, Your Majesty, only literati can govern the country, but martial artists can't, they can only dance with guns and sticks, and they can't compare with literati."
"No matter which dynasty is the rule of the literati, the martial arts defend the country, the emperor's decision can be described as extremely wise, and we strongly support it."
The Iron Triangle is also constantly making voices of support, they don't want much, as long as the Southern Song Dynasty still exists, as for how long it can exist, it is just in their lifetime.
Song Duzong said: "This is very good, Lord Wang of the Ministry of Industry, Lord He of the Ministry of History, Lord Zuo Lang Sun, I will leave this matter to you and the other three to do, within a month, I want to find literati students like Li Bai Du Fu, you can't do it!"
Someone said: "The emperor is serious, I have tens of millions of students in the Southern Song Dynasty, no less than the Tang Dynasty, as long as we work hard to find it, I am afraid that even more powerful poets can be found."
"Yes, Your Majesty, Li Bai Dufu is just an early fame, and their knowledge may not necessarily be comparable to that of my Song students, so don't worry.
Song Duzong nodded, and at this moment, a eunuch handed over a fold and said: "Your Majesty, this is the excerpt I received just now, and it was sent by the criminal officer Song Qing from Taiping County."
In the crowd below, there was a minister who looked very bad, he seemed to have expected something, and his body began to tremble, getting worse and worse.
Song Duzong took the fold and glanced at it and said: "It's this Song Qing again, he's really amazing, every time he always has him no matter what, it's embarrassing."
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you know what this Song Qing said? He told me that there are bullies in Taiping County who have been doing evil for a long time, making the local people miserable, everyone, do you think I should believe it or not?"
An adult walked out and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this matter is absolutely nothing, think about it, this Taiping County is only about 200 miles away from Lin'an, if this county is like this, how can the emperor not know?"
"At the same time, even if the emperor doesn't know, then we should have heard about it, right? Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this matter should not be, it should not be.
"At the same time, the emperor, Weichen wants to check this Song Qing at this moment, that day when he was arresting the corrupt official Zhixian of Kaiyuan County, he and Lord Ji gathered 3,000 people to leave in the military department." The emperor, only 2,500 of the 3,000 people came back, and there were 500 people, who actually became this Song Qing's subordinate. ”
Song Duzong slammed the table and said, "How can this be? A small arraiser a day, as for a team of 500 people? Besides, what is he going to do with these people?"
Lord He opened his mouth, "Your Majesty, this is what Weichen is most worried about, it is said that although this Song Qing is a criminal officer, his Yulu is completely unable to support these soldiers."
"This is five hundred soldiers, even if one person's monthly expenditure is one tael, it will cost five hundred taels, not to mention the monthly salary, this Song Qing is suspected of corruption.
The voices of support from below continued, and they felt that it was the same, mentioning the corruption of the criminal officer, this is the most important thing, and their corruption is more terrible than that of corrupt officials.
Song Duzong stood up angrily, he didn't know anything about it.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think about this? Do you want to take Song Qing back to the Xuande Hall and then condemn him?"
Lord Sun said: "The emperor of this matter. Shang can not be in a hurry, Weichen wants to ask, I don't know what this Song Qing wrote on the fold, the emperor, did he ask the emperor. You want money?"
"Silver? Not really, but he needs me to give him 10,000 horses.
Having said that, he still couldn't figure it out, 20,000 people plus 500, that would be more than 20,000, and the monthly expenditure would be an astronomical amount.
Lord Wang said: "Emperor. Isn't it necessary to disarm? Weichen felt that since he Song Qing wanted someone, he would give it to others, but if he didn't give him silver, the emperor, after a while, why didn't the emperor call Song Qing back and then condemn him?"
The civil and military officials echoed one after another, they felt that this was a very good attention, so that Song Qing's reasonableness became unreasonable.
"Jiang is worthy of being old and spicy, Lord Wang's words directly woke me up, this has to be said to be a good attention." Song Duzong was very happy.
"Master Shi of the Military Department, you immediately send it to Song Qing in Taiping County..... No, just give him 10,000 people, and I will see what has become of this county. ”
"It's the emperor."
"Well, you immediately hurry up, don't stop people for a moment, and Master Shi, among these ten thousand people, you arrange an eyeliner, supervise and supervise Song Qing for me, and wait for three or five months later, see how I clean him up."