At the end of September in the Song calendar, tiny snowflakes fell in the gloomy sky. After only an hour, the fine snow was cloudy again. Minister of Civil Affairs Zheng Jiaoren came out of the conference room, looked at the slightly wet place, and asked the secretary next to him: "Is it raining?" ”

"It's snowing." The secretary replied.

Hearing this, Minister Zheng Jiaoren suddenly had the idea that winter was coming. Then he sighed and got into the carriage. There was a heater in the car, which was not as warm as the conference room, and it didn't make him feel too cold. However, the minister's face looked very suitable for the winter, and the secretary did not dare to speak, so he could only take out the schedule and tentatively inform the minister of the next arrangements.

"Don't say it, I just want to be quiet." Zheng Jiaoren was a little tired and told the secretary to shut up. The carriage fell silent, and the minister's heart was full of thoughts. Today's meeting was a murderous one, and after more than a decade of peace, the minister was not at all accustomed to such an atmosphere.

The Ministry of National Defense, which requested the convening of this meeting, and the Ministry of National Defense, which initiated the special meeting of the Imperial Palace, came up with a plan to restart the purge, but the Minister of Civil Affairs was shocked. He instinctively said it. When Minister Zheng Jiaoren thought that the Ministry of Justice would also oppose it, he did not expect that Minister of Justice Ding Fei would calmly ask the Ministry of Defense to 'speak more concretely'. Zheng Jiaoren, who was shocked, suddenly remembered that Ding Fei had been the chairman of the anti-traitor committee, and his hands were stained with the blood of Song traitors.

Sure enough, Ding Fei made a request, and the Ministry of Defense immediately gave a more detailed explanation. The new purge will inherit the number of roads from the previous purge and focus on the rural areas that have not been swept before.

Zheng Jiaoren was terrified when he heard this, and once again expressed his opposition. Lieutenant General Liu of the Ministry of National Defense said dissatisfiedly: "Since you are against it, then make a point." ”

"What do all parts of the countryside know, and now that they are killed, there will definitely be rumors flying all over the sky, but I am afraid that everyone will feel that it is in danger." Zheng Jiaorenli mainly maintains stability.

"And then let those people continue to scold us dogs?" Lieutenant General Liu sneered.

Zheng Jiaoren ignored Lieutenant General Liu, but pleaded with Zhao Jiaren: "Official, starting the purge again will only cause civil unrest." ”

"Mess up!" Lieutenant General Liu said angrily: "Those people themselves don't think of themselves as Han Chinese, they are the scourge." ”

Zhao Guanjia didn't say anything, just listened indifferently to the ministers' opinions. That calmness made Zheng Jiaoren's heart cold, everyone has been a courtier for so many years, and they all know that Zhao Guanjia's look like this means that he is already confident, and he just wants to see the statements of the ministers. Many people who pretend to be smart have been removed from their official positions after talking nonsense.

However, at this time, Zheng Jiaoren couldn't care so much and continued to object. "Officials should educate the world......"

As soon as he made a statement, Lieutenant General Liu Han immediately interrupted Zheng Jiaoren's words impolitely, "We have educated the Mongols for so many years, have the Mongols listened?" The weapon of criticism is useless at all, but after we use weapons to criticize the wrong ideas of the Mongols, the world is peaceful, and the sea is clear and the river is clear. ”

"Those people are the people of the Great Song Dynasty!" Zheng Jiaoren said angrily.

"No, no, no! You're not right! Lieutenant General Liu Han waved his hand again and again, and he said word by word: "It's because we think those people are Song people!" ”

Zheng Jiaoren was so choked by the logical narration that he couldn't speak. He was furious in his heart, Zhao Guanjia likes logic, and he promotes logic in the army, but these Qiu Ba are very good at words.

Annoyed is annoyed, but Zheng Jiaoren can't find a way to refute Lieutenant General Liu for a while. He could only delay and say: "If it weren't for the Han people, why wasn't it purged back then?" ”

"That's my fault. At that time, I was in charge of the Luoyang area, because I was in a hurry to make an errand, and then I went to war, but Luoyang City and the county seat in Luoyang area cleaned up, and it was done hastily. Lieutenant General Liu explained aloud.

"Since it's your fault, why don't you take responsibility......" Zheng Jiaoren said officialdom casually. As soon as he spoke, he knew he was wrong. In this way, isn't it just to admit that those people are fish that slipped through the net, not the people of the Great Song Dynasty!

"Yes, I do have to take responsibility!" Lieutenant General Liu was nailed to death, "I have already written a report and asked for punishment. Punishment is punishment, since I am wrong, I can't pretend that I'm wrong, and I have to make amends. ”

"I didn't mean that, I didn't mean that you were wrong to kill people back then." Zheng Jiaoren tried to make up for it weakly.

"Official, let us do this." Liu Pet spoke.

Zheng Jiaoren looked at the current chairman of the anti-rape committee, and only felt that his heart fell directly. More than ten years ago, there was an army outside and a commission to suppress traitors inside, and the whole Great Song Dynasty was shrouded in an atmosphere of terror. If the Anti-Rape Committee thinks that you are suspected of being a traitor, the civil officials and local gentry will be arrested.

The Great Song Dynasty has been a monk for 300 years, and that's not just talking. When Jia Rudao carried out the reform of public land, he had to explain that if someone in his family was an official, their land was not within the scope of public land reform. The three-hundred-year-old cultivator has also raised a group of incompetent people, and he has never seen wind and waves in Pingsuli. Once caught, either self-righteous nonsense or scared to say anything. It was Zhao Guanjia who established the public security system and the lawyer system to help the defendant maintain his legal rights. Many things that were not at all in the previous dynasty have become the reason why many people are imprisoned.

If the Ministry of War and the Anti-Traitor Committee had joined forces, God knows what would have happened. Thinking of this, Zheng Jiaoren had to retreat to the next best, he said: "This matter should be handled by the Ministry of Justice." ”

"The Ministry of Justice is only in charge of the Song people. Could it be that the Ministry of Justice could not come forward to fight the war! Liu Han responded loudly.

In the face of a clear attack, Zheng Jiaoren's mind was also clear, he gave up the words of An Minxin and other words, and responded directly to the key points, "They are Song people!" ”

Lieutenant General Liu Han responded clearly: "They are not Song people!" ”

Thinking of this, Zheng Jiaoren let out a long sigh and simply closed his eyes. In the darkness, he felt that his heart was bright. At this point, the meeting will also come to the end of the day. All ambiguity, all self-righteousness, was gradually peeled off in the previous controversy, and the fundamental contradictions finally began to emerge.

In the past few thousand years, most of the people who are they have been evaluated by 'good, bad', 'good, and evil'. If there is such a relatively precise statement as 'where is this person's from', there is no uniform standard for answering the question.

For example, the current Zhao Guanjia, he was born in Quanzhou, but few people will think that Zhao Jiaren Zhao Guanjia is a 'Quanzhou person'. If you are not from Quanzhou, then Zhao Guan's family is from Fujian? Is it Kaifeng people? Or what kind of people? The old Zhao family's own statement is 'Tianshui Zhao', that is, the descendants of the Zhao family in the Tianshui area.

From the establishment of the Great Song Dynasty by Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, to the present more than 330 years have passed, none of the emperors of the Zhao family was born in Tianshui, let alone returned to Tianshui. This 'Tianshui' has a Mao relationship with the Zhao family. The Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty is still like this, who are the Song people, and what are the Song people. There is no clear definition.

The clearest statement on this issue is probably only, 'If you enter the barbarians, you will be barbarians, and if you enter China, you will be Chinese'. But this involves a new question, what is barbarian and what is Huaxia. In order to define this issue, countless predecessors have debated for thousands of years, but none of them have reached a clear conclusion.

For thousands of years, the general outcome has been that whoever has the loudest voice and who holds the power will be able to make their statement.

Twenty years ago, the military clique undoubtedly had that say. They did not give a clear explanation, but decided who was Han and who was Song, who was a traitor, and who was a Song traitor. Then he ended with the 'criticism of weapons' that Zhao Guanjia said.

Now that the Great Song Dynasty has been peaceful for more than ten years, the new generation of Song people do not know that the official title of today's Zhao Guanjia used to be 'Zhao Taiwei'. Seeing that he was about to return to normal life, he didn't expect that because of a bad incident in Luoyang, it was possible for the soldiers to hold the blood-stained banner of the Great Purge era and regain control of this power......

"Minister, it's time for the department." The secretary's voice rang out.

Zheng Jiaoren opened his eyes, and sure enough, he saw the carriage parked at the entrance of the civil affairs department. The guard had already come to pick up the car and open the door, and a cool air blew in, making Zheng Jiaoren shiver. He stepped out of the car door and was about to climb the stairs. I saw a figure at the door that looked not unfamiliar. Looking closely, it turned out to be a former subordinate, the current Luoyang prefect Wang Quanle.

went up the steps, and without waiting for Wang Quanle to speak, Zheng Jiaoren ordered: "You come with me." ”

The two entered the warm office, and Zheng Jiaoren immediately said, "Who asked you to come?" ”

"It's because I don't think it's appropriate, so I can only come to Beijing to see the minister." Wang Quanle stood up straight and replied decisively, "Now Hong Nanfeng on the tax police's side has caught the fault of those Zhuang Zhong who scolded the officials and the Han people, and he has to deduct them from a barbarian hat." I think he's trying to kill people. He killed hundreds of people on one trip. It can be said that whoever is a barbarian is a barbarian. In the future, who in Luoyang City will dare to speak loudly to the tax bureau. But the imperial court has always been silent on this matter, and I think I must come to Beijing to ask. ”

"Hmm." Zheng Jiaoren nodded and ordered: "Sit down." ”

The two sat down, and Zheng Jiaoren smiled at his old subordinates, "The smell on your body is from a car and boat." ”

"I was in a hurry to get into Beijing, and I squeezed in a postal ship to transport letters. There weren't many seats available, so I spent the night in the cabin where the mail was delivered. I didn't have time to change my clothes, which made the minister laugh. ”

"You've worked hard." Zheng Jiaoren sighed.

Seeing the minister's answer, Wang Quanle was secretly happy in his heart. Now the clothes are not wrinkled, but the smell of soot and oil is inevitable. His secretary actually prepared a change of clothes for him, which were carefully wrapped in silk and oiled paper. As long as he takes a little shower and changes into new clothes, Wang Quanle can come to see the minister refreshed. It's just that Wang Quanle weighed it and felt that since he was coming, he had to look like he was coming. Now it's up to him to make the right bet.

However, what kind of person the minister is, he has seen so many officials who are more thoughtful than Wang Quanle, if he shows the slightest bit of happiness, he will be seen through immediately. Thinking of this, Wang Quanle said: "Minister, listening to what you just said, does the imperial court already know about this?" ”

For the shrewdness of his subordinates, Zheng Jiaoren has long known in his heart. He nodded, "The imperial court is discussing this matter?" ”

"A matter in Luoyang, the imperial court ...... I'm afraid it's not just about discussing this, right? Wang Quanle didn't dare to pretend to be stupid at this time.

When Zheng Jiaoren heard this, he couldn't help but sigh. Wang Quanle's previous evaluation of the tax bureau is completely in line with Zheng Jiaoren's thinking. Recently, the first half of a popular proverb says that 'the Zhao family is divided into three sections', and the capital of the Great Song Dynasty used to be in Kaifeng, and then moved to Lin'an, and now it is back in Kaifeng. This is a rare, or rather unique, thing. The current Zhao Guanjia can no longer be called the lord of Zhongxing, and it is still Kaifeng, which is no longer the restoration of the homeland of the Northern Song Dynasty, but the restoration of the homeland of China, and there is a new development.

After Taizu established the Great Song Dynasty, he released the military power with a glass of wine and disbanded the military power of many army leaders. Gaozong moved the capital to Lin'an, and made a drastic method of killing Yue Fei and reusing Qin Hui, which was criticized and even abused by later generations. It can be regarded as the head of the army that solved the main battle faction.

Now that the Zhao official family has established the third generation, Zheng Jiaoren's old boss Wen Tianxiang acted as prime minister, and once called him 'Hua Song'. Zheng Jiaoren felt quite decent. The strength of Hua Song far exceeds the situation of Taizu and Gaozong, and the power and strength of these soldiers are not comparable to the previous two generations.

The emotions of today's imperial meeting were still churning in Zheng Jiaoren's chest, and he sighed: "At present, the imperial court is divided into three categories: civil officials, soldiers, and paramilitary units. If I look closely, only one-third of them are civil servants. This is not a blessing for the community. ”

Wang Quanle nodded, "Minister, I also think that those soldiers are too arrogant. They often distinguish between friend and foe, which clearly distinguishes friend and foe, that is, they will never die. I will never agree to this. ”

Hearing Wang Quanle's emotion, Zheng Jiaoren suddenly had an idea, and he ordered: "You go back now and handle this matter according to law." If this matter can be concluded, those people in the court will have no chance to use the topic to play. Remember, those soldiers must not be allowed to find excuses. If they are allowed to restart the purge......"

Speaking of this, Zheng Jiaoren felt that he had said too much, and he didn't need to let Wang Quanle, the prefect of Luoyang, know about these things. The power to restart the purge is not in the hands of the soldiers, but in the hands of the Zhao family. It's just that judging from today's situation, Zheng Jiaoren no longer dares to break the mind of Zhao Guan's family. The Zhao official family now has the power of the prime minister of the civil chief, and also holds the power of the chief lieutenant of the military general. In the hearts of Zhao Guan's family, whether Zhao Cheng has a high proportion or Zhao Taiwei is heavier.

These are not what Wang Quanle needs to know. Zheng Jiaoren ordered: "You go back now and do things according to the law." ”

"Yes." Wang Quanle responded: "Can I use the telegram from the ministry to send a message to Luoyang, so that the officials can organize the study first?" ”

"Yes, I'll ask the secretary to take you there." After Zheng Jiaoren finished speaking, he instructed the secretary to take Wang Quanle out.

After these ten minutes of meeting, Wang Quanle arrived at the telegraph section and wrote the telegram without hesitation, "All the cadres of various departments and bureaus in Luoyang are studying in a closed manner, and Ma Qingchang and other directors must participate." ’

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