Although he knew that Zhao Xu would definitely refuse Zhang Xu's resignation, almost every one of them held their breath and fixed their eyes on Zhao Xu. After all, there is a case in everything, and this is precisely the most exciting thing in the whole day. Everyone couldn't help but stretch their necks, widen their eyes, and looked at Zhao Xu quietly. Most of these officials are elderly, and it is not easy to maintain such a posture for a long time, but at this time, everyone still maintains it. Even the palace head official who was standing with his back to Zhao Xu and the two palace attendants standing sideways in the hall turned their heads and looked at Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu glanced at Zhang Xuan deeply, and then turned to look at the ministers in the hall, with an unfathomable look on his face. After all the ministers raised their hearts to their throats, he withdrew his eyes and said lightly: Zhang Aiqing has served the country for many years, and he has made great contributions and virtues, and everyone in the world knows it, so I naturally don't need to repeat it. Especially when I first came to power, you have always been loyal to me, and every time you speak out and advise, you are to the point. It has been of great benefit to my changing cause. From the formulation of major policies, to how to implement them, to the test of effectiveness, all of these are personally inquired about by Aiqing. It is not an exaggeration to say that Qing is my fend, and the pillar of the dynasty is really not an exaggeration. My trust and borrowing of Aiqing are well known throughout the dynasty, and Aiqing has always been the most reassuring of me in doing things. But

Speaking of this, his tone paused, an unnatural look flashed in his eyes, and his eyelids slowly drooped: However, I have always respected Aiqing's choice. I have never been willing to force others, let alone force Aiqing, since Aiqing feels tired and wants to rest, I have approved Aiqing's wishes!

Before Zhao Xu's words were finished, the hall immediately exploded. Although Zhao Xu was an emperor known for his severity, although there were still two imperial servants in the palace watching, everyone couldn't help but start whispering. No one expected that Zhao Xu would approve Zhang Dan's resignation. Of course, even the two attendants in the palace also have their own thoughts, and they are all focused on their own future, and they have no sense of the hustle and bustle of the ministers. In fact, the vast majority of people in the hall don't have much good impression of Zhang Dan, but because Zhang Dian is too strong, many people are only looking forward to Zhang Dan, and the fall of Zhang Dian will inevitably start to move in everyone's hearts. Some people think that it is time to find another person to serve, some people think that they should wait and see what happens, and some of Zhang's sworn friends are disheartened and follow Zhang's sprouts.

Who will be the next prime minister, what changes will take place in the structure of the imperial court, and even what impact will this have on the election of the crown prince? These are the issues that the ministers are most concerned about at present.

Zhao Xu rarely did not express his dissatisfaction with the noise shown by the ministers, but continued to ignore it: I think this is good. I named Aiqing as the third secretary of the Kaifu Yi, a scholar of Xuanwen Pavilion, you go home and take a good rest, when I am undecided, I still have to come to ask Aiqing for advice!

The so-called Kaifu Yi and the three divisions are actually a fictitious title after the three divisions of Taishi, Taifu, and Taiwei, which means that they enjoy the same treatment as these three divisions, but the official rank is slightly lower.

After the death of every emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, a pavilion was built in the palace to store his ink and other foreign objects during his lifetime, and this Xuanwen Pavilion was one of them.

All in all, Zhang Xuan's prime minister was a high-ranking official of Zheng Erpin, and Zhao Xu promoted him to the first rank, but deprived him of all his power, a typical Ming Sheng and Secret Descent.

Zhang's face did not change at all. Everyone thought that he had just gone through the motions when he resigned, but he was actually sincere. A person who once didn't know what tiredness was, finally felt tired at this time, Zhao Xu's cheerful nod was what he wanted, and it also saved him from resigning. The distance of the most beloved fourth son is undoubtedly a big blow to him.

It's just that what makes Zhang Duan a little unhappy is that Zhao Xu didn't even say a word to keep it, but just said a bunch of his own merits in a vain manner, and then gave himself a big official and offered himself. These seem to have been expected by Zhao Xu a long time ago, and he didn't wait until he resigned to make a decision.

Of course, Zhang Dian also knew the reason why Zhao Xu wanted to drive him away. That is, because of the crown prince issue, Zhang Dian has always supported King Zhao of Jian, and he looks down on King Zhao Ji the most. In Zhang's view, Zhao Xu ousted himself from power, probably preparing for the succession of King Duan, which made Zhangdun a little disheartened. He, expressionless, fell to his knees and thanked him.

And not far behind Zhang Dian, Mu Yun looked at Zhang Xuan who was kneeling on the ground, and an imperceptible sneer flashed in his eyes.

The courtiers were all stunned by today's event, and there were still some trivial matters to be played, but they forgot to start playing, and their minds were completely out of this court meeting. Therefore, soon, there was nothing to discuss at this court meeting, and Zhao Xu did not procrastinate, and immediately announced his withdrawal from the court.

No one noticed that Mu Yun's impeachment of Zhang Xuan was for Ouyang Xuanye's affairs, but now, Ouyang Xuanye has long been left behind by everyone, and even Mu Yun doesn't seem to have any interest in mentioning it.

Ouyang Shu was sitting on a chair at this time, picked up a document from the case, and read it. This document is the most recent verdict in the case of Hao Sui and Dong Xue. Although this case was solved by Ouyang Shu himself, the task of interrogation was still handed over to Fan Zhengping, a legitimate county lieutenant. Unexpectedly, the verdict had already come out so soon, and the review of the Criminal Department had already come down.

Ouyang Shu remembered a very serious matter. At the beginning, Zhao Xu specially instructed himself to loosen the scale in this case, because Mrs. Hao and Xiaoju both killed people in order to protect the reputation of their family. I remember that at that time, Zhao Xu also praised Mrs. Hao and Xiaoju fiercely.

It's just that Ouyang Shu has really had a lot of things going on recently, and he actually forgot such an important thing! Although Zhao Xu did not directly issue an edict to Ouyang Shu, the emperor's golden words can be called an oracle, and there are not many people in this world who have even forgotten the emperor's oracle.

Ouyang Shu's heart sank, and he secretly thought that if Fan Zhengping ruthlessly destroyed the flowers and killed these two women, Zhao Xu would inevitably blame him, and it would be troublesome. Ouyang Shu didn't want to ruin his plans for such a thing.

At that moment, Ouyang Shu hurriedly opened the verdict, and when he looked at the contents inside, his eyes suddenly widened. It turned out that the sentence was actually acquittal. It was much lighter than the minimum punishment that Ouyang Shu thought was possible, because there was no punishment at all.

Ouyang Shu couldn't help but be a little confused, you must know that no matter what, Xiao Ju killed someone. Even if there are extenuating circumstances, from the perspective of the law, they are sinful, so how can they be easily let go?

But then, Ouyang Shu remembered some typical cases in the history of the Great Song Dynasty, and gradually understood in his heart.

The characteristic of the punishment of the Great Song Dynasty is that it stresses human feelings. The law is nothing more than human affection, which is the fundamental portrayal of the criminal law of the Great Song Dynasty. In the past hundred years of the Great Song Dynasty, there have been many amnesty murder cases, such as avenging the father, catching rape in bed, standing up for relatives and friends, etc., as long as it is said from the perspective of human feelings, almost all of them will be pardoned, so that later, many cases of this kind do not have to be amnesty at all, and the government directly acquits them. Later, the government didn't care about things like catching adulterers, and the government didn't care about them in many places, and let the people who caught the adulterers deal with it privately, even if the adulterers were killed together, the government would turn a deaf ear.

From this point of view, it is understandable that Fan Zhengping, the defender of traditional morality, acquitted Xiaoju and Mrs. Hao. And it is not surprising that the Criminal Department actually agreed to this.

In fact, in Ouyang Shu's view, this is the disadvantage of the Great Song Dynasty's criminal law, but it is also his advantage. In a society governed by the rule of law, human affection is higher than the law, and it is to be blamed, and killing is murder, which has nothing to do with the reason for killing.

But after all, the Great Song Dynasty is an imperial society, and it is far from reaching the height of the rule of law, since the laws are not perfect, many times it is related to the subjective will of the judges, it is better to have a little more human touch, at least it can also win people's hearts, let people know that punishing evil and promoting good is encouraged in the Great Song court. In this way, the centripetal force of the people to the imperial court will be greatly enhanced, which is actually beneficial and harmless for the Great Song Dynasty.