Originally, Sun Fang's case, Li Congjing thought that the trial had been almost, and the court had already found out such important ministers as Zhang Chunlai and Sun Xing, and they could enter the end just by waiting for the relevant criminals in Taiyuan to be escorted into Beijing, but the change in Bianzhou made Li Congjing find that he was afraid that this case would be more complicated than imagined, so the trial of the case started the excavation process again. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It is true that the officials involved are headed by Zhang Chunlai and Sun Xing, and it is also a fact that Zhang Chunlai and Sun Xing are tight-lipped now, but this does not mean that the weight of other officials is insignificant, nor does it mean that there will be no new gains after Li Congjing regains his efforts.

When Li Congjing went to Li Siyuan with the latest case file, he found that Liu Mou, the prime minister of Shangshu Zuo, who had always done everything step by step and did not cause trouble, was telling Li Siyuan what he was talking to with a very excited expression.

After Li Congjing came in, Liu Mou put out the fire, and after saying something innocuous and innocuous words, he retreated.

Li Congjing couldn't help but be curious and ask why.

Li Siyuan rubbed his eyebrows and said: "Sun Fang's case, which is about to be closed, has now started to investigate again, and there is a stronger posture than before, and many ministers in the court have come to me to complain. ”

"Sue?" Li Congjing laughed at it, of course the complaint was a complaint against him, "What did Liu Gong say?" ”

"What else can I say?" Li Siyuan was a little irritable, "It's just that you are making too much noise, and you have the meaning of making a big fuss, which is a bit excessive." Now that the New Deal is about to enter the next stage, it is the time to employ people, and it is more necessary to gather the strength of all the ministers to contribute to the overall situation of the New Deal, instead of setting up a prison at this time, causing panic in the hearts of the people and making everyone suspicious, and causing instability in the government. In his words, he even accused you of acting too aggressively, for fear that you would be bewitched by those cool officials who were eager to achieve success and made meritorious contributions, and that you were no longer as stable as before. ”

In the end, Li Siyuan was vaguely angry, "Not only Duke Liu, but also many important ministers, such as Xuanhui envoy Wang Jishi, Xing Guogong Zhu Shouyin, etc., all have such opinions, according to this situation, what is the next step for 'people are panicking and everyone is suspicious'?" Of course, the officials of the three provinces, six ministries, departments and temples are not interested in government affairs, the things set by the imperial court are not done well, the things to be solved by the imperial court cannot be countered for a long time, the decrees of the imperial court are no longer smooth, the efficiency of the imperial court is getting worse and worse, and finally the court is in chaos...... What are they trying to do, do they want to rebel?! ”

Li Siyuan slapped the royal case heavily, obviously angry.

Although this is not a rebellion, it is a coercion of the king. The world is not owned by the king alone, the authority is held by the king and the bureaucracy, and it is not a new thing to blackmail the king with his ministers - there are even cases of killing the king with ministers and exchanging the king with ministers, not to mention the use of ministers to blackmail the king, just to make the king change a certain national policy?

If the officials did not cooperate, the king's orders could only be empty words.

Li Siyuan was angry precisely because he felt this threat and challenge.

In fact, the struggle between kings and courtiers, and between the central and local governments, has been throughout Chinese history. Of course, the end result is that the power of the king expands and the power of the center expands. The monarchy of the Qin and Han dynasties is simply not the same as the monarchy of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Nothing else, just say that in the Qin and Han dynasties, the monarch sat in the court to discuss politics, and later the courtiers had to stand in the court, from not punishing the doctor, to the king could scold the courtiers, all of which were reflected.

Li Congjing pondered for a moment, "If you have a clear conscience, you don't have to doubt yourself at this time." This rectification of the rule of officials is to punish a group, neutralize a group, and reuse a group, and it is impossible to talk about the great prosperity and punishment. Now that this matter is just the beginning, some courtiers have such a big reaction, and I am afraid that the road ahead will become more and more difficult. ”

Shangshu Zuo Prime Minister, Xuanhui Envoy, Xing Guogong and the forces behind them, including the Hubu Shangshu, the Criminal Department Shilang, and some officials who have not yet come out, you can imagine how big this force is.

"The big reaction can only show that there are many officials who bend the law!" Li Siyuan waved his hand, "You don't have to worry about this, just let it go, there is a filial piety in ancient times, not to mention that you are still the king of Qin and the prince!" Those ill-intentioned courtiers want to rise up and blackmail the king? I'm not a soft persimmon, I won't let them handle it! ”

He sneered, "Some people say that the rectification of the rule of officials, in the final analysis, is nothing more than a generation of new people replacing the old, it is a competition between the old and new forces, I will drive you away, I will take your place, if you want to resist, I will suppress it." This is true, but not all of them are true. Rectifying the rule of officials is certainly to promote and replace a group of people, but the new order, new rules, and new laws are established in the process of exchanging the old with the new! The purpose of rectifying the rule of officials is not to remove some people, but to establish good and clear order and rules. Some officials in the DPRK and China, whether they are important ministers or petty officials, have not talked about corruption and bribery before, but they are afraid that they will regard corruption and perversion of the law as a common thing, and they will take it for granted in the name of 'secret rules'. These people are destined to be intolerable by the new policy and must be replaced. If they want to resist, I will suppress them, and I will deprive them of the qualifications to resist! ”

Li Congjing smiled, Li Siyuan's determination, he naturally believed, no matter how much pressure he had, he could withstand it, and he would not compromise with certain forces - and this is precisely the most fundamental thing to implement the new policy and rectify the rule of officials.

Most of the reforms in history have failed because the king and the person in charge did not resist the pressure and gave up halfway; Most of those who succeed are able to stick to their original intentions despite all difficulties.

In fact, if Li Siyuan hadn't been too anxious, he would have cleared the world within three to five years, implemented a new policy, rectified the rule of officials, and changed the blood of the empire, and he could have done it in an orderly manner, and there would have been no need for such great resistance. But now that Li Siyuan has made up his mind, Li Congjing can't say much, after all, this is for good governance, not bad governance.

As for the hardships and sufferings in between, why not bear some of them as a son?

The success of the so-called drastic reforms will certainly reap great benefits, but it will also come at a cost.

At present, Sun Fang's case must be handled well, and none of the people who should be dug up can be tolerated, and the existence of moths should be removed as soon as possible, and it will be a great harm to let them exist for one more day.

On the way back from Congjing, Li Congjing ran into Zhang on the first floor.

To be precise, it was not "bumped", the other party was standing in the corridor, obviously waiting for Li Congjing.

Seeing that the other party seemed to have a lot to say, Li Congjing talked with him while walking, and walked to a secluded place with few people.

The conversation was half-loud, although it was not all painless, but compared to the formation of Zhang Yilou, Li Congjing still felt that it was not in the topic, so he asked Zhang Yilou, "Today you are waiting in the corridor, there must be something important, presumably it will not be just these general talks, what to say directly, you and I have worked together in Youzhou, so there is no need to hide it like this." ”

Zhang Yilou stopped, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly fell to the ground, "The lower official is guilty, and I am here to confess today." ”

Li Congjing smiled, "Just say how many bribes did you take?" If the amount is huge, for the sake of your confession, I don't want to torture you. ”

Zhang Yilou faces the loess, "Over the past few years, there have been a total of fifty and three. ”

"Fifty-three?" Li Congjing was really smiling this time, "Now you are also a five-grade official in the official department, not too big or small, and the officials of the state and county in the world, especially the officials who have merit or hope to be meritorious, which one will not come to slap you one or two." It took a few years to get fifty-three dollars, and you are embarrassed to say that you are guilty? Do you want officials all over the world to stop eating and have a clean breeze on their sleeves? ”

Zhang Yilou fell to the ground and did not move, "Being in the official office, I don't want to be treated as an alien, I can't take a copper coin, the first floor is a good official, but now I am full of private pockets, I am really ashamed of Your Majesty, ashamed of Your Highness, and even more ashamed of the soldiers who fought hard at the border, and ashamed of my father and fellow villagers!" ”

"That's true." Li Congjing nodded, "But when the water is clear, there are no fish, and Lone is not a person who does not eat fireworks in the world, today you can confess your mistakes, Lone will not cure your crimes, just hand over the money later, as long as you are born as an official in the future, it is better than anything." ”

"Your Highness!" Zhang bowed again on the first floor, but he still didn't get up, "There is something to say on the first floor." ”

"Say it all at once." Li Congjing said.

Zhang Yilou bowed his head and said yes, paused for a moment, and said in a sonorous tone, "The lower officials want to expose He Zhongkui, the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, and Zhou Guanqing, Lang Zhong, who accepted bribes and money in several class examinations in previous years, tampered with the results of more than a dozen officials' class examinations at will, and helped several officials cover up the ineffective implementation of the new policy!" ”

After that, he took out a booklet, held it up with both hands and handed it to Li Congjing.

Li Congjing didn't go to pick up the booklet, and his gaze at Zhang Yilou also became cold, and he said after a while: "Tell King Gu, why." ”

Rectifying the rule of officials and punishing illegal and corrupt officials is indeed an important matter in the hands of Li Congjing, and it is also a great cause of the empire, but as many people say, there are also some people who see this opportunity and devote themselves to the matter of rectifying the rule of officials. Li Congjing certainly hates the former, but he has no good feelings for the latter, because as long as there is a chance, the latter will become the former.

And what Zhang Yilou did today, no matter how you look at it, it looks like he did not hesitate to use his colleagues as a step forward for his own life, and he also confessed his "guilt" without pain, which is a good show.

——Compared with the officials exposed by Zhang Yilou, his own behavior made Li Congjing more disappointed and even angry.

Zhang Yilou held the booklet high with both hands, but his head still maintained a posture of bowing to the ground, looking at the ground, "The lower officials have heard that the world has accumulated disadvantages for a long time, and the rectification of the rule of officials, although it is a move to benefit the country and the people, but it is like sailing against the current, and it is inevitable to make enemies against the officials of the world, and now His Royal Highness investigates corruption, which has been criticized by the public, and every step is full of resistance, although he has been sleeping at night, he has not yet been able to know the good and bad of the officials......

Li Congjing had no intention of listening to his tirade, "Talk about the point!" ”

"Yes!" Zhang Yilou responded, his hands were raised high, his arms were already trembling due to soreness, he suddenly raised his head, but two lines of tears came out of his eyes, "The lower officials want to tell His Highness that the rectification of the rule of officials, although the world is an enemy, but it is not the same as the world!" ”

Li Congjing was stunned.

......

In an instant, he seemed to hear the voice of the golden iron horse.

The battlefield cried blood step by step, and corpses were everywhere. The enemy thieves are menacing and overwhelming. The comrades beside him stood up and fought, one by one falling in a pool of blood, and one by one rising from the pool of blood. They were covered in wounds, but with the last of their strength, they roared and fought with him......

Li Congjing looked at Zhang Yilou, who was kneeling in front of him, with tears streaming down his face, as if he had returned to the bitter cold and desolate borderland, facing the generous and sad Youyan warriors.

Countless hot-blooded children, tens of thousands of pairs of eyes piercing the darkness.

They put on armor and were sharp, rushed to the battlefield, and used their flesh and blood to rebuild the Great Wall of the Tang Frontier.

They tell the thieves by their actions that we are enemies; They use their lives to tell us that we are comrades.

For our family and our country, we have fought side by side, living and dying together.

So it used to be, and so it is today.

The man has two lines of tears, one is a confidant, and the other is a common man.