Chapter 61: The Six Gentlemen's Joint Defense
Yang Hongzhong took the case
The two companies are-for-tat
The news of the prime minister's derogatory visit to Fujian soon spread throughout the government and the opposition, and Zhang Maolin, the head of the military department, Li Shixiang, the priest of the country, and Yang Yijian, a doctor of Taixue, then went to the court to defend Zhao Ruyu.
Three days later, Ouchi issued an edict to dismiss Zhang, Li, and Yang from office.
In the recital to the emperor, he tried his best to promote Zhao Ruyu's character and talent, and accused Han Yanxuan of bullying and flattering, jumping up and down, and playing with the court in the palm of his hand.
After Han Yanxuan found out, the nameless fire rushed straight to the top. Okay, you Lu Zujian, it's okay for you to defend Zhao Ruyu, and you want to impeach me and encourage the emperor to let me have my head, it's too vicious. Okay, let's go to the emperor and see the difference.
Immediately entered the palace, met with Emperor Zhao Kuo, and accused Lu Zu of being a poor friend and framing the minister.
The emperor asked him how to deal with it.
After Han Yanxuan thanked him, he thought about it for a while, and said: Weichen thought that Lu Zujian did not distinguish between right and wrong, and framed Zhongliang, and should be exiled.
Guan Li, who was on the side, said: You see, the official family, Lu Zujian asked for Lord Han to be executed, but Lord Han suggested that Lu Zujian be exiled and managed, and he did not repay his grievances with grievances, how broad-minded he was!
The emperor nodded: Han Aiqing does have the mind of a prime minister, according to what Han Aiqing said, Guan Duzhi will tell people to draw up the will.
Subsequently, the holy decree arrived: dismiss Lu Zujian Taifu Temple and send it to Shaozhou for management.
There are four ways in which officials are dealt with in this dynasty.
One of the lightest is called chasing officials, dismissal, and demotion, which belongs to demotion. It is an administrative sanction that has not been subject to judicial review.
The second is resettlement and residence. Placement is the equivalent of exile or debasement. The resettlers do not need to be escorted by the government. Generally, only one or two envoys were sent to escort them, or they were escorted by the Imperial Observatory or the emperor's edict to send chamberlains or other officials, and there was no need to "present themselves" to the local governors on a regular basis. The resettlers are generally not removed from the list, but are instructed to assign loose officials such as Sima, join the army, and don't drive, and live in the resettlement site, so there is still a supply of money.
The third is to remove the name, stop, replace, and release. "Removal from the list" means eliminating all official registrations and reducing the status of the people. "Strangulation", that is, the removal of the responsible position. "Replacement, dismissal, and dismissal" are all punishment methods for the dismissal of officials, and are mainly applicable to local officials.
The heaviest ones are the management and custody categories. Cataloguing, i.e., cataloguing and controlling. The administrator must be escorted to the place of administration by the government, and regularly "present" to the local governor of the place under his administration. The editor cannot leave the place of management without authorization, but he still has a certain degree of personal freedom. Custody, i.e., custody, is referred to in conjunction with the arrangement of custody in the law. Detention is slightly stricter than that of the organization, and all those who are detained are removed from the list, and they are mainly imprisoned. Custody is mainly used to deal with guilty clans and a small number of officials who are considered to have committed serious crimes.
Other officials in Beijing saw that Han Yanxuan was very capable, and almost didn't make any effort to get rid of the prime minister Liuzheng, and then let the great Confucian Zhu Xi of the current dynasty be disgraced, and Zhao Ruyu, who was all-round in civil and military affairs, was also embarrassed, and more importantly, who saved who was unlucky, and who opposed him did not end well. So, even if he was dissatisfied with his approach, there was no need to touch the stone with an egg, so he simply came to Cao Ying without saying a word.
Lu Zujian was convicted of writing a book, and Deng Ze, a member of the Zhongshu House, and Lou Key, a servant of the Ministry of Works, interceded for it: Lu Zujian is a famous family and is Lu Zuqian's cousin. When the Lu family reached his generation, they were not prosperous and in poor health.
After the emperor read it, he suddenly felt pity and drew the word "quasi" on the book.
The right prime minister Yang Wenduan and others discussed and transferred it to Jiangxi Gao'an for management. Shaozhou, which is now the area of Shaoguan, Guangdong, was a wild place at that time, hot and humid, and full of miasma. As for Gao'an, the road is close, and it is not far from Longxing Mansion, the capital of Jiangxi Road.
Who would have thought that five years later, Lu Zujian would die here. That's an afterword.
Han Yanxuan couldn't help but be proud of this.
He did not expect that in addition to the local officials in Beijing and the city, there was another political force that could not be ignored, and that was the Tai Students.
Zhao Ruyu was dismissed by many officials, which caused a strong reaction in Kyoto Taixue, and the upright scholars complained about Zhao Ruyu.
Yang Hongzhong, a native of Fujian, is a young man less than 20 years old, with strong blood and a strong sense of justice. When Zhao Ruyu was in office in Fujian, he was diligent and thrifty, did some good things for the people, and won a good reputation. Now that I heard that the prime minister who was born in the champion was framed by a relative who did not understand the literature, I couldn't help but be filled with righteous indignation and decided to go to the school on behalf of the Tai Student.
But he can't represent it alone, and he has to find someone to sign it together. Looking for good fellow villagers Zhang Dao and Lin Zhonglin, the two did not hesitate and agreed to join, and the three of them then went separately to agitate, the entire Guozijian, there were less than forty students from Fujian, and there were only six people who agreed to jointly write the book, and the other three were called Xu Fan, Jiang Fu, and Zhou Duanchao.
The people who can study in Guozijian are the best young students from all over the world, and all of them are extremely smart. Everyone knows that more than a dozen high-ranking officials of the imperial court have been belittled to save Zhao Ruyu, and now the government and the opposition are silent. In other words, this matter was decided by the emperor, and even many high-ranking officials couldn't do it. At this time, if you go to the top of the house, wouldn't you be asking for your own death?
Yang Hongzhong convened five other people to discuss and made the words clear:
Brothers, this joint letter is tantamount to taking chestnuts from the fire, and it is more than auspicious, and this must be clarified. They may suffer from persecution in all kinds of ways, ranging from exile to imprisonment and death. Are you afraid?
The five replied in unison: Not afraid.
Zhou Duanchao's generous speech:
Nowadays, traitors are chaotic in the country, loyal ministers are wronged, and loyal and upright people are all heartbroken, and our move is to wake up the people and let Your Majesty see right and wrong. For this reason, we will not hesitate to break our bones.
Then, Yang Hongzhong wrote and wrote the recital. After the revision, it is written and solemnly signed. In the recital, they said:
Since ancient times, the cause of the country's troubles was not the same at the beginning, but the villain slandered the gentleman, and the disaster was particularly tragic. A gentleman ascends to the mediocre level, puts an end to evil, and wants him to love the monarch and worry about the country in his heart. The villain has ambition and hatred of the righteous, and he will want to empty his friends, and then he can run unscrupulous. As a result, the people are isolated, and the society is in danger. The party is open-minded, and the friends are chaotic, and the probability is this. This is not true. Thou shalt be foolish and beggar, and the Chinese and foreign counsellors shall be indignant, and those who speak shall think that the elders shall cheer and deceive the heavens, and that shall be the case. Once there is an order to make up for it, the speaker hates it for supporting the correct theory, tries his best to resist the arrangement, and reports it on the same day, and the people of the six halls weep indignantly. If the ministers said that if the two of them were not pity, and the opportunity for the growth and decline of the gentleman and villain was judged here, then Jingkang's already imprisoned prison should not be seen again today? Your Majesty is very good at politics, and the party will be three outlines to protect the hearts of the people, adopt group discussions to determine the country's is, listen to the traitors, and suspect the good, and this minister has not been advised. I hope that Your Majesty will learn from the disasters of the Han and Tang Dynasties, punish the changes of Jingkang, and be careful and resolute. Reading Ruyu's loyalty and diligence, inspecting Xiang Jian's non-party, burning Li Mu's return to evil, clearly showing that it is evil, farewell to disobedience, allowing Li Mu to thank the world, return Xiang, Jane to collect the hearts of the people, then the country is very fortunate, the world is very fortunate.
This recital is full of grievances for Zhao Ruyu, denounces the treachery of Han Yanxuan and Li Shizhang, and strongly asks to save Zhao Ruyu.
There are no impermeable walls. Before the joint recital of the six people was issued, it was known to the officials of the Guozijian.
In this wave of rescue, Li Shixiang, the supreme leader of Guozijian, and Yang Yijian, a doctor of Taixue, were all released because of the book. Like many yamen, among the officials, there are those who support Han Yanxuan, and there are those who cry out for Zhao Ruyu, but most of them have an attitude of watching the excitement, you fight yours, it has nothing to do with me. No matter who goes up or down, as long as it doesn't involve me, it's still the same as sunrise and sunset.
There is no new Guozijian, only two Guozijian are in charge. After learning of the situation, the two had completely different attitudes. One is named Wang Peng, who made it clear that the main task of students is to read good books and do not have to worry about political affairs, while the other is called Wang Kui, who believes that students should also care about politics and reflect the people's feelings and opinions.
Wang Siye said that many people have broken their heads and bled out, so there is no need for Tai students to make such fearless sacrifices. If there are opinions, we will reflect them step by step.
Wang Siye is-for-tat, what are you afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, how can you do things without paying a price. Even if he is convicted for this, I firmly believe that he will be like Chen Dong who will go down in history.