Chapter 568: What to do
But in the heart of our Great Song Emperor, even if he lives a hard life, he doesn't want to be the king. Therefore, if there is no minister to cater to the distress caused by himself, he will be distressed, and if he is lonely, he will be lonely, who will let me be an example for the emperors of the ages.
There is still a long way to go.
The case of Cao County's order was finally over, and the emperor did not listen to the advice of Zhongcheng in the imperial history to rectify the rule of Shu officials. There is a little guilt in my heart for the people of Shudi. Of course, the guilt comes from cherishing the feathers of his emperor, in order not to leave a point to blame for future generations, and he can obviously make the Shu officials more clear, but he doesn't do it.
This contradiction was actually after the last time the emperor said it, and the emperor was thinking about it.
But it is the safest thing to do now, as his father told him, he can't be in a hurry, as long as the life of the people of Shu is indeed getting better and better year by year. You have to walk slowly, and if you walk fast, it is easy to have problems. Children, you must know that any major national event is never independent, it is all related to the whole body.
But a few days later, the Governor's Mansion and the Shu Palace's Mansion handed over a new note at the same time.
The emperor thought to himself, the verdict just arrived in Shu a few days ago, why did it come up again?
His Majesty was a little surprised by this.
The Shu Prince's Mansion and the Governor's Mansion are similar in their letters. The people of Shu were unstable and began to sue officials in various places. Big officials, such as county commanders, and small officials, such as jailers and officials, are among the defendants. In Chengdu alone, there are more than a dozen complaints every day.
The people seem to have been aroused by the Cao County Order case and their dissatisfaction with the government, and now seeing that Chen Letian has brought down the Cao County Order, everyone has confidence, and they all flock to sue.
In fact, the two twists and turns, whether it is the Governor's Mansion or the Shu King's Mansion, although the words of the King of Shu and the Governor are already very tactful and very cautious, but the emperor can still read from them that Shu is not optimistic now.
But I also know that this lack of optimism is only relative to the previous stability. It certainly didn't get to the point of rebellion. What the people oppose is not the government or the imperial court, but corrupt officials like Cao Xianling.
That's the point, and it's time to figure it out.
But compared with the twists and turns of the previous days, the emperor attaches more importance to today's two twists and turns, or is more concerned.
The sage said that taking the hearts of the people as the heart is the way of the emperor.
The way of the emperor is to stand with the people and always stand together.
So the emperor immediately summoned the scholars and the imperial history platform into the palace.
The first, second and third leaders of the Yushitai are here.
The emperor's teacher, the university scholar Han-sama, also came.
The Cabinet also came.
It's in the palace of the emperor who deals with government affairs.
The emperor let them see the recital first.
After everyone looked at it, the emperor's gaze swept over the faces of these confidential dignitaries, and then said: "Things seem to be developing in a direction that I didn't expect, what do you think? ”
The gray-bearded Lord Zhongcheng stood up and arched his hand, and said, "Your Majesty." The minister thinks that this matter must be analyzed from the following aspects..."
As soon as the words of the Imperial History came out, everyone knew that the Imperial History was going to speak at length again, which was something that the Imperial Master often did in the court, and he could speak for an hour or two, and His Majesty the Emperor had to interrupt it.
Of course, it's not always time to say that people are drowsy, in most cases, what Lord Zhongcheng says is very pertinent, but because Lord Zhongcheng is always used to telling the cause and effect of things very clearly, so it's a little long-winded.
"Second, Chen Letian is a cloth cloth, with his connections that he doesn't know where he came from, he can actually bring down the dignified county order, just from this point of view, Chen Letian's ability is indeed on the one hand, on the other hand, it also shows that Shu is at least at the level of the Governor's Palace, and it can be regarded as relatively clean, otherwise the autonomous Shu land, no matter how vast his connections are, it will definitely not be able to do this. Third, the people dare to sue, can sue, and can reach the heavens, which can prove this from the side. If the officials of Shu are all like wolves and tigers, and they don't let the people speak, then the people will either forbear, or... It's rebellion!" Speaking of the word rebellion, Lord Zhongcheng, who had been talking endlessly, finally paused, and his speech full of momentum would never lose to any young man.
Taking advantage of Lord Zhongcheng's pause, the emperor nodded and said, "Aiqing said very well, what do you think, teacher?"
Lord Han stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the minister agrees with Lord Zhongcheng's statement. However, the minister would like to add a few. The minister thinks that although the current situation in Shu shows that the rule of officials in Shu is relatively clear, it has not yet reached the point of corruption. But at the same time, if the current situation is not handled properly, it may lead to trouble. ”
"It's okay for the teacher to say it straight. The Emperor nodded. Unless there are only two people with each other, any occasion when there is a third person, the teacher is absolutely strict in observing the courtesy of the monarch and ministers, and the tone of speech, the content of the speech, and whether the salute action is in place, all of them are different. The emperor once said in private that I have been studying with my teacher since I was a child, and teachers and students do not have to be formal. As a result, he was scolded by the teacher, and the teacher said that the etiquette is nothing in private, even if there is only a small official, the minister must be rude, if the minister is rude because he was His Majesty's teacher, then the meaning of the ceremony does not exist, so he will give up the original and seek the end.
The emperor could only be good at that time, yes, yes, I knew that I was wrong.
So now, when the teacher says something that is not convenient to say, the emperor must say the last sentence, but it doesn't hurt to say it. Lord Sacrificial Wine nodded, and then continued: "The case of the people being ordered by the huge corruption of Cao County has ignited the anger in their chests and the great dissatisfaction with the corrupt officials. This emotion needs to be appeased, either cathartic or blocked. The latter is definitely not good, everyone knows that the mouth of the people is more important than the Sichuan, and it is better to be sparse than blocked. So the question now is how to vent the anger of the people. The Governor's Mansion and the Shu Palace, the Governor's Mansion does not have so many manpower to respond to the people's complaints one by one, and the Shu Wangfu has manpower, but the Shu Wangfu probably doesn't dare... I don't have the ability to handle so many cases. Now Shudi is a critical moment, and making a wrong step, or even saying a wrong word, may cause great dissatisfaction among the people and cause trouble. I wonder what Your Majesty is going to do about this?"
List the stakes of the problem, list the difficulties, and state the advantages and disadvantages. Try to tell your majesty the objective facts. Finally, let His Majesty make up his mind. This is the most fundamental duty that everyone knows and everyone is trying to do.
They have always been proud of analyzing things thoroughly and seeing them clearly, and they are ashamed of indiscriminately expressing opinions and disturbing His Majesty's thinking.
His Majesty did not directly answer the last question thrown by his teacher, Lord Han, but asked the other scholars to express their views, and let the cabinet members also express their opinions.
Other people's views are both different and similar.
The key point of disagreement is whether to send the imperial history to Shu to assist the governor's palace and the Shu king's mansion, or to take the matter to the imperial history, and let the imperial history deal with the public anger of the people in Shu.