This is the great court.

When the emperor did not come, many officials whispered and exchanged words while waiting, discussing the current situation.

The news of the Shuzhou riot has become 800 rushed into Beijing, and yesterday it was submitted to Zhongtang and the emperor.

No one knows why, no one knows the progress, and no one knows the outcome.

Wang Anshi and Chen Zhizhong are now on the cusp of the storm, and everyone looks at them vigilantly. Now wherever these two guys go, there will be people who deliberately avoid them.

This is because Chen Zhizhong's son-in-law, Chen Jianming, is the current general judge of Shuzhou, and Chen Jianming was in Shuzhou at the time of the incident, and Chen Jianming is jointly and severally liable no matter what the cause of the riot is.

And Wang Anshi is the former general judge of Shuzhou, if there is really a big problem in Shuzhou, it means that Wang Anshi's previous work was negligent, which is one. The most sensitive thing is that before the Shuzhou riots, Wang Anshi issued a privy order to relieve Sima Guang of military command.

So, now that there is no inside story and details, it is embarrassing.

The privy envoy Liang Shi tightly clutched a copy of the "speech" written last night in his hand, intending to be the first to speak in order of position priority as soon as the emperor came to the court, so as to clear his responsibilities.

There were no surprises in the content of the speech, and the content was probably that the military deployment of the predecessors Di Qing and Pang Ji was unreasonable, resulting in the lack of stability maintenance forces in Shuzhou, an important town in Huaixi. Second, Lao Liang also planned to tell Sima Guang, as the commander of the Huaixi Theater, that he did not discover the wrong deployment of the Privy Council at the first time, and did not make suggestions to the imperial court at the first time.

As for the three, Lao Liang also planned to make up for Wang Anshi: before the incident, Wang Anshi did not know that the privy envoy of the Privy Council relieved the commander Sima Guang, which was the reason for the lag of Shuzhou's emergency mechanism.

These are all calculated by Lao Liang. According to the rules of the Great Song Dynasty, the priority of the first speech is Chen Zhizhong, who is under the Zhongshu Sect, but this time Lao Chen wants to avoid suspicion when it comes to his son-in-law, and then the riots are also focused on the military aspect, so Liang Shi can speak first.

Thinking so, Lao Liang felt that his plan was perfect, so he was relieved.

Wen Yanbo, the current Governor of Political Affairs (Deputy Minister), thinks that Liang Shi is a fool, Bai Lao Liang looks at it and thinks about what to laugh at, it is like a happy event now, the sky is about to fall, and you Liang Shumi can still laugh.

Chen Zhizhong looked at a dragonfly flying into the hall with a strange expression, and he looked at wherever the dragonfly flew, looking like a painter looking for emotions.

"What do you think?" Wen Yanbo approached Chen Zhizhong and asked.

Chen Zhizhong said: "Crickets? Speaking of which, the old man recently obtained a 'red-headed general', and he was invincible all over the capital, and I didn't sell it for 1,500 yuan. ”

Wen Yanbo wanted to kick this guy to death. But Chen Zhizhong is just this virtue, and he is basically the same when he interacts with the emperor. Talk to him to the east, and he to talk to the west. asked him to sign and seal, but he was very active without even reading the documents. There is no trace of the backbone of a literati, and it is this kind of person who spoils the emperor.

As a literati who shared the world with the emperor, he could not give in to the emperor in everything, and he must give the emperor warnings and advice at all times. This is Wen Yanbo's position.

Many people in the hall are waiting to spray people, waiting to speak on this incident in Shuzhou, but unfortunately it has passed the time of the dynasty and the emperor is not seen, so everyone is also anxious, isn't it that the emperor is angry?

"Okay, you Privy Council, it's your corpses that are blindly deployed, and these moths come out."

"The emperor must be angry with you."

"How is it my Privy Council's cauldron? When the old man took office, Huaixi's deployment was already like this, Sima Guang did not report, so there were so many military details in the world, and the old man was busy just replying, how could he take the initiative to discover the problems in Huaixi. If my Privy Council can take the initiative to find out all the problems, then why should I set up a commander? ”

"In other words, my Privy Council already knew that there were hidden dangers in Huaixi, but at the time of the Guangnan Rebellion, the forbidden army deployed in Shuzhou temporarily went to the war zone, which was the deployment of the predecessor Di Qing and Pang Taishi, and then, those forbidden troops in Shuzhou were taken to Kunlun Pass by Chen Department to send their heads, and there were no people, and there was no forbidden army stationed in Shuzhou. Of course, my Privy Council knew that the army had to be replenished, but if the pacification and reconstruction work after the war was not over, how could it be so fast? ”

"So this is because the subordinates of Zhongshu did not manage the civil affairs problems well and did not find the problems in time."

That's it, the emperor didn't show up, and these guys once again started a war of words between the East Mansion and the West Mansion.

This is the norm in the Great Song Dynasty, earlier according to Zhang Fangping's centralized proposal, the prime minister and the privy envoy were all Pang nationality, so they were quiet for a while, but with Chen Zhizhong and Liang Shi coming to power, this situation began again.

Bao Heitan listened to it here and there, and felt that what both sides said was reasonable, and there were pots, so he began to record it with a small notebook, planning to sue both sides when the emperor was in court.

Khan, Bao Zheng usually can't come, but since it's a big court, he was mixed in. The characteristic of the Great Morning Meeting is that all participants can speak, and there is no need to be position-related, after all, if you can come in, you are shareholders.

Zhao Zhen didn't get sick, but came late, waiting for them to quarrel first, Zhao Zhen's pressure would be less, this is Zhao Zhen's usual trick for this news control.

At some point, accompanied by the Great Yin people, Zhao Zhen came in and sat on the dragoon. The ministers shouted, "The ministers have seen Your Majesty."

Later, Liang Shi came out with a notebook in his hand, but before he could speak, Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said, "Liang Qing is not in a hurry to speak." ”

Lao Liang couldn't help but feel for a while, but he was not Bao Zheng and Ouyang Xiu, and it was inconvenient to fight against the emperor, so he had to retreat in embarrassment.

Zhao Zhen looked around in a good mood, looked at everyone and said, "It seems that all of you Aiqing have already had a heated conversation." You are all emotionally angry, this is a concern for the country, so I can rest assured. ”

"Your Majesty is wise." Everyone said again.

Damn, it's like it's true. Zhao Zhen was speechless at this group of people. There is no need to ask at all, Chen Zhizhong only talks about crickets and Fan Lou, Liang Shi will throw the pot if he doesn't understand any business, and whenever something happens, he will say that this is because of the "predecessor".

Wen Yanbo seems to have two brushes, but almost every sentence he says is instructing the emperor how he should be, which is commonly known as teaching the emperor to be a man.

As for that Bao Zheng, he will find fault with people and say that they are bad people.

The others are the soy sauce crowd, and whoever has the loudest voice in the above brains, those people begin to quote the scriptures to help them speak. They are rich in learning and can quote many unheard of wild histories. I don't know if it's true.

Thinking about it, Zhao Zhen said: "Wang Anshi, what do you think of this Shuzhou incident?" ”

Wang Anshi came out and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister has no opinion. ”

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"Wang Anshi, you are arrogant."

"Shirk your responsibilities perfunctory, Wang Anshi, do you dare to be more arrogant?"

"There are rumors that this is your son's trouble, and his ugly appearance has led to a rebound from the dynamic capital group, which caused a disaster."

At this point, there was a lot of discussion in the upper direction.

Wang Anshi thought for a moment and said: "Maybe, but now there is no conclusion, only a simple military report without details." ”

Wen Yanbo said: "Wang Anshi, let's not talk about what role your son Wang Yan played in this situation, let me ask you first, what does it mean that you and Zhang Fangping discussed before the Shuzhou riots and lifted Sima Guang's forbidden army command?" ”

Wang Anshi said, "It means: After discussing with Zhang Fangping, according to the situation in Huaixi, I came to the conclusion that Sima Guang's military command needs to be relieved." ”

"You ......" Wen Yanbo said again: "Combined with other rumors about your son, Shuzhou is in turmoil, does it really have nothing to do with you restricting Sima Guang's military power?" ”

Wang Anshi thought for a while and said: "The chaos in Shuzhou is because Shuzhou's previous ruling line has accumulated enough turbulent energy, not because I restricted Sima Guang's military power. ”

Liang Shi's opportunity came, and he said in time: "Wang Zhishi, to make such a big military decision, you don't even discuss it with this hall?" ”

Wang Anshi said: "I didn't discuss with the Ming Mansion because I couldn't discuss it on the road." The decision was made privately because my position allowed me to make it, not because I did not respect you. If you think it's inappropriate, you can veto my decision and restore Sima Guang's command afterwards, but you didn't do anything. ”

Liang Shi was embarrassed for a while, and then said: "Don't be busy talking about this, now that Shuzhou is really in chaos, this hall doesn't want to talk about your son, and I don't want to question your mind to make this decision." But because of your decision, Sima Guang now has no military power and cannot effectively pacify Shuzhou, if the damage continues to expand as a result, is you Wang Anshi really not responsible? ”

Wang Anshi said: "If this is the case, of course I am responsible, but this is the risk of being in power." Since you have done something, there is always the possibility of doing it wrong. My Great Song Dynasty advocated freedom, and during the period of Pang Taishi, he advocated judicial leniency, and demanded that it would be better to misplace a thousand than to misjudge one. I don't comment on this line of thinking. But this indulges the traitors and criminals and brings bad customs and people's livelihood, which is the price paid for leniency. ”

"On the contrary, if Shang Ying's law enforcement is strict and heavy, it can establish the people's customs and people's livelihood, but there will be wrongful killings and unjust cases, which is the price of strict government. In my eyes, there is no such thing as who is higher or lower here, and there is a price to pay, and the price happens to be that the people are hurt. So unless you don't do something, as long as you do something, there is a price and a risk. ”

However, in order to govern in his position, different national conditions and circumstances and timings require different ways of governing. Generally speaking, in the matter of removing Sima Guang's military command, I, Wang Anshi, 'sought his own government while in his position', and of course I may have made a mistake, but the circumstances and situation at that time gave me reason to remove his command. As for whether I am wrong, it depends on how long the riots in Shuzhou lasted, and whether the failure to quell the riots in time was really due to my removal of Sima Guang's command, so that the final conclusion can be determined. ”

Before announcing the results, let them raise the bar with each other, it was Zhao Zhen's mind after he had already controlled the inside information, and he was happy. But he didn't want to, which led to Wang Anshi's thought-provoking discussion, so Zhao Zhen opened his mouth half-open.

Although Wang Anshi was talented in the past, he was still young, and Zhao Zhen didn't have time to pay attention to his "ideological theory", and now it is obvious that this is the first time that Wang Anshi has pulled hatred on a high-level occasion, but it can be regarded as a generation of thinkers.

At this point, all the scholars here began to think about Wang Anshi's words.

Wen Yanbo, as a Qingli veteran, is relatively familiar with this road, so he thinks the fastest, so he frowned. In Wen Yanbo's view, Wang Anshi's speech resembles Fan Zhongyan in some places, and these things are also where the differences within the Qingli Party at that time lie.

The real difference is that both strict and lenient styles come with risks and costs, and the cost is staggering: the weak are harmed.

The difference is in the "responsible person".

If officials take the initiative to seek government, there is a possibility that the good people will be wrongly judged, then the murderers here are officials. Ordinary people and superiors can find the person responsible.

If officials do not seek government in accordance with the law, there is a possibility that the murderer will be misplaced, and after being released, the murderer will harm the good people again. Then the officials in this incident are right, and it is the murderers and terrorists who are wrong.

Both have risks and costs, and the former requires officials to take risks responsibly and take the initiative. And the latter officials are not responsible. So in Wang Anshi's view, this is the reason for the formation of the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty.

Of course Wen Yanbo understands this truth, but Wen Yanbo's belief is "official" and he doesn't like officials to take the blame.

Fan Zhongyan's concept is "the worries of the world first", which naturally includes, but is not limited to, "since there is a price, the government does not bear the blame, who bears the blame, and the officials have the right and responsibility".

So this is the reason why Wen Yanbo does not agree with "strict government".