Chapter 104: Head Like Rain (1)
If a view is correct, it is easy to get agreement. The New Army obviously felt a lot of pressure in Poyang Lake, so through the method of 'soldiers submitting letters', the opinions of the grassroots reached the division headquarters in Poyang Lake.
The division commander in the division headquarters was very dissatisfied with this, but at this time, the division commander alone in the army had the final say. The presence of members of the society in the army itself played a certain role. The representative of the society was not disgusted by the soldier's submission, because the submission told the truth. As for the teacher's concerns, the representative of the society also spoke for the teacher in a letter to the Privy Council.
The privy envoy Zhao Taiwei never gets angry with the truth. If a person can see himself correctly, at least he will not become a fool. A soldier who can choose to retreat in the face of unfinished work probably will not be a fool. The troops in Jiangxi have recovered the city occupied by the Mingjiao, which is considered to have completed the task.
Therefore, Taiwei Zhao initially ordered that Poyang Lake's troops first assemble at the mouth of the Jiujiang River and prepare to wait for the next move. According to Zhao Jiaren's thoughts, he actually wanted to wrestle with the Mongols in Guizhou and Yunnan. After all, Mongolia controls Yunnan, and although he is not too worried about Mongolia sending troops from Yunnan, Zhao Jiaren still can't help but want to do it.
Of course, Zhao Jiaren felt that now might not be the time to do it. The cost of the expedition to Yunnan is not small, and if you have this force, it is better to recapture Xiangyang directly.
A few days after the flying pigeon passed the book, the official document was also sent to Lin'an. Zhao Jiaren saw the views of the society, including the soldiers' submissions. In accordance with the theory of military and civilian fish and water taught by Zhao Taiwei, the group of people in the society put forward the idea of exterminating Mingjiao in Jiangxi by contacting the people. Zhao Jiaren felt that these people were thinking too much. So Zhao Taiwei wrote an article and published it in the "Da Song Daily".
Originally, Zhao Jiaren still felt that the diffusion of knowledge was not a good thing for the Great Song Dynasty. Because with the history of New China, it is really a very short period of time to learn too much from the world. However, in practice, Zhao Taiwei found that the diffusion of knowledge may not be as he thought. For example, according to the intelligence collected by the Song State in Mongolia, the Mongols were not interested in the new knowledge of the Great Song Dynasty at all. Not to mention the Mongols, even the natives of the Great Song Dynasty were not interested in new knowledge. It was the people in the school who had to learn the knowledge and wanted to pass the exam to gain status. As for whether the earth is round, whether the sun revolves around the earth, or whether the earth revolves around the sun, don't you live the same life without knowing for thousands of years?
With this very realistic understanding, Zhao Taiwei did not worry about the Mongols learning and published an article in the "Great Song Daily". He wasn't even worried about the Mingjiao congregation seeing. The feudal sect and TG have existed together for decades, and they have not learned a trace from TG.
In addition to an army that has received political education from the people's soldiers, it must also have a social structure of grassroots organizations. Both are indispensable. As for the organization of Mingjiao, it is itself based on the grassroots level of society, and those leaders of Mingjiao often assume a part of the social function. Even if it is pretending to be a ghost, it satisfies some of the low-level tastes of the masses of the people to a certain extent.
Zhao Jiaren wrote, "Don't take low-grade tastes as mistakes or vulgarity, because they are low-level, they are easy to produce." It's because it's fun that it's fun to hear. At such a time, how can the government provide products that can entertain everyone, and must not engage in any kind of business. The square dance that is popular in the city now is the most suitable accompaniment for the mountains and rivers, or the most dazzling ethnic style and small apples. The masses of the people themselves have already made their choice......"
After the article was written, Zhao Jiaren sent it out. The newspaper was sent to the Criminal Department, and the lower-level officials agreed with the square dance after reading it. The Chinese people have been able to sing and dance well since ancient times, and the Yangchun Baixue or the Xiariba people are all singing and dancing. At the time of Zhao Taiwei's beginning, mass singing and dancing and aristocratic singing and dancing were very well developed. Because of the needs of the army, Captain Zhao developed the military band.
The dazzling national style and the little apple can spread from Fuzhou Quanzhou as a starting point and spread like a whirlwind, because the military band provides a very good foundation for mass entertainment activities, and the emergence of the band has greatly improved the speed of music entering the people's homes.
Now that spring is in full bloom, low-level officials feel that square dancing can continue. In fact, even in the middle of winter, square dancing has not disappeared. It wasn't the climate that really affected square dancing, it was the curfew.
The lower-level officials are concerned about basic entertainment, but the higher-level officials of the Criminal Department have no such thoughts. It's not that they don't like square dancing, for example, Sima Kao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, liked this kind of activity very much when he was in Fuzhou, and he himself danced well. What made the higher-level officials of the Criminal Department nervous was that the gang of Song traitors were finally sent to Lin'an.
Originally, there was a disagreement between the Criminal Department, but in the end, the Criminal Department decided to bring these people to Lin'an for trial first. Wait until their case is heard, and then send them to the local government to give an explanation. These Song traitors relied on the power of the Mongols to make a fortune. The people of the land hated these people to the core. Just like the Mingjiao uprising in Jiangxi, it was not because the Mingjiao people themselves had great siege ability, but because the rich families in the city who couldn't stand the oppression of the Song traitors helped open the city gate.
Sima Kao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, looked at his colleagues with serious faces, and he said with a cold expression: "I am going to inform other departments and make a notice at the same time. In the coming months, our criminal department will not accept any visits from relatives and friends. What do you guys think? ”
The officials of the Criminal Department looked hesitant. They have met a lot of intercessors before. At the beginning, Taiwei Zhao shouted murderously, and Song traitors would never let go, and their families had to be connected. However, the situation after that did not develop towards bloody revenge, and what Taiwei Zhao now said was 'try Song traitors according to law'.
Of course, the official reason is that he saw the examples of Fan Wenhu and Fan Tianshun, so he felt that the guilty should be punished. The reasons that can't be said are simpler, the Zhao Emperor himself surrendered. If the Nine Clans were exterminated according to the crime of treason, Zhao Jiaren himself would be within the scope of Zhulian.
Even if you don't talk about the Zhao family, a cousin surnamed Chen of Zhao Taiwei is the cousin of Zhao Taiwei's mother, and he also defected to the enemy when the Mongols attacked Hubei because he was greedy for life and afraid of death. If you are even from the Nine Clans, Taiwei Zhao will not be spared.
Not only Taiwei Zhao, but also Sima Kao, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also had relatives who defected to the enemy. The Jinshi families of the entire Great Song Dynasty married with each other, and the surrender of Lin'an General as a result of the Mongol Southern Expedition. Thirty percent of the ruling class of the entire Great Song Dynasty surrendered, and sixty percent of the remaining seventy percent became irresolute elements. Among those who insisted on not surrendering, many of them were not so firm, but that Zhao Taiwei had great strength in Lingnan at that time, and Mongolia had not yet been able to attack Lingnan.
Sima Kao had no intention of interceding for those people, and at the stage of being in danger, Sima Kao's heart was also boiling with the passion of killing Song traitors. Seeing Liu Quan and others being hanged, and seeing the corpses of the Mongolian soldiers killed by the Song army all over the place, Sima Kao's heart was extremely happy. As the Song army began to regain its strong position, Sima Kao found that his passion for killing also rapidly declined. Killing an enemy is not the same thing as killing a weakling.
Therefore, Sima Kao now agrees with Zhao Taiwei's calmness that he has not formulated the rules, and he has also begun to be interested in the concept of justice proposed by Zhao Taiwei. Of course, what Sima Shangshu has to do at this time is to formulate a method that can explain the past.
Seeing that his subordinates did not object, Sima Kao said, "So be it." I'll have someone write an official document right now. ”
Soon, the official document of the Criminal Department was known throughout Lin'an, and the Criminal Department was going to make a big move. Everyone didn't dare to talk to the Criminal Department, so they naturally ran to talk to Taiwei Zhao. It's about Song traitor, of course, everyone can scold loudly. When it comes to your own relatives, you have to say a few good words anyway, at least to see if you can save your relatives from the death penalty.
Even Sima Kao knew that he didn't see guests, and of course Taiwei Zhao knew it. And Zhao Jiaren suddenly felt that his parents were actually very interesting, and they moved to Zhao Jiaren's back garden since the beginning of the Chinese New Year. At that time, the purpose of the old couple was not to hide from people, but they were biased and wanted to leave their house to Zhao Jiaren's second brother Zhao Jiali. Unexpectedly, now they are actually beating upright, the two are in Zhao Jiaren's mansion, and outsiders dare not come to harass them.
Even so, Taiwei Zhao couldn't relax. He also wrote an article in the "Da Song Daily", the organ newspaper of the political affairs hall, telling about the harm of Song traitors and the reasons why he would never let go of Song traitors. However, Zhao Jiaren also changed his pen and talked about the position of treating diseases and saving people after the punishment of the law. Although those who are not interested probably do not understand, those who are interested should be able to understand that Taiwei Zhao will adhere to the legal basis of only punishing the offenders, and will not do anything to those relatives.
In addition to finishing this side, Zhao Jiaren also ordered the Anti-Rape Committee to strengthen the scrutiny of officials. It's one thing to worry about being connected by Zhu, and it's another thing to try to rescue Song Rape. Watching Ding Fei leave, Zhao Jiaren found Xu Yuanzhi.
"Xu Shangshu, I want to establish a lawyer system." Zhao Jiaren said straight to the point, and at the same time wrote the word lawyer to Xu Yuanzhi.
"Lawyer?" Xu Yuanzhi couldn't understand what was going on at all.
Zhao Jiaren talked about the scope of the lawyer's work. After listening to this, Xu Yuanzhi asked, "This is Sima Kao's matter with their criminal department, why did the Taiwei want to talk to me about this matter?" ”
"I wanted to severely punish those officials who interceded for Song traitors. But when I think about it carefully, I feel that it is human nature for them to intercede. If someone else's relative becomes a traitor, of course we have to shout and shout to kill, isn't it our own family who died? If something happens to your own family, you can still shout and kill happily, which is not reasonable. If you have a lawyer, let them know what is going on within the scope of the law. You should be better. Zhao Jiaren explained.
"Captain, is this going to be a letter?" Xu Yuanzhi, the head of the household, asked.