The morning dynasty begins in the noise and ends in silence.

After Zhao Zhen issued a decree that he would severely punish those corrupt officials, corrupt officials, sit in crime, and bend the law for personal gain, he left the court.

It didn't take long for the morning events to spread throughout the Bianliang market by noon.

Now Zhao Jun's reputation is very unpleasant in the officialdom, but in the hearts of the people, it is gradually spreading, and even has the reputation of Zhao Qingtian.

Because Zhao Jun knew the importance of public opinion warfare, he took seven inches every time he shot, first overthrew Kaifeng Mansion through the evidence provided by Fan Zhongyan, and then continued to dig deep and arrested the second horse.

And in the morning, when Han Yi was in the court, he directly sent someone to the Sansi Yamen to take Han Zong, who was on duty, away, and then quickly announced the evidence of his guilt.

In the past, officials still maintained superficial efforts, and scholars and doctors also impeached each other, but they were often superficial, and the responsibility for the crime could be light.

For example, when Han Qi impeached Wang Sui, Chen Yaozuo, Han Yi, Shi Zhongli and others, it was a big thing to turn into a small one.

In fact, after Han Qi's investigation, their crimes included embezzlement and bribery, as well as the private use of public weapons, favoritism and malpractice in the imperial examination, and let Chen Yaozuo's son and Han Yi's four sons all become Jinshi.

However, due to the face of the imperial court, Han Qi only hinted to Zhao Zhen that they were playing favoritism, and on the surface, they were impeached because they were incompetent officials and had no political achievements.

Normally, there are mediocre and incompetent officials in the Great Song Dynasty, and according to this crime, so many redundant officials who have nothing to do at home and only know that they receive salaries and are not sent will have to be dismissed at least more than 10,000 people.

But these people were impeached for being incompetent, and then they were deposed by Zhao Zhen.

From here, we can know that in fact, they are not mediocre, but have committed crimes, and it is just about the face of the court.

Zhao Jun took advantage of this to announce a large number of crimes, set off a public opinion offensive, and occupy the moral high ground. It can be regarded as forcing Zhao Zhen to clear the officialdom in public opinion and rectify the rule of officials.

In this case, Han Zong was dismissed, and Han Yuan, who served as the governor of the state in the field, went to arrest him with a will, and Han Yi himself was forced to write a letter to ask for guilt, and Zhao Zhen was relieved of his official position as the privy envoy of Tongzhi, and was dismissed as the deputy envoy of the Yongning Army with no real power.

For a time, many officials in the court were close to each other, and under the offensive of such public opinion, no one dared to risk ruining their reputation to excuse those people, so that there were many fewer people in the government and the opposition who wanted to take back power from the emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty passed the "Hu Weiyong case", killed more than 30,000 people before and after, dismissed the prime minister, abolished the Zhongshu Province, and then set up a palace for the emperor as an adviser, ending China's more than 2,000 years of prime minister system, strengthening the autocratic imperial power, and consolidating his imperial position.

Zhao Zhen also passed the "Kaifeng Mansion Case" this time, killing more than 100 people before and after, and arresting more than 1,000 people. At present, the follow-up personnel are still being arrested, and it is expected that in the next few months, the Imperial City Division and Kaifeng Mansion will continue to clean up the remnants.

Although the state of affairs of this matter did not extend to the level of the "Hu Weiyong case", Zhao Zhen also took advantage of the situation to obtain the right to arrest and judge, and changed his previous tolerance towards officials.

This is an unprecedented thing in the history of Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, who is known for his "benevolence".

After the officials got off the court, they each went back to their own offices, and Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Wang Sui and other ministers also returned to the political hall. It's just that today, everyone's faces are different, and there is so silence in the government hall that no one speaks.

Today is a great victory for the officials, but it is a crushing defeat for the scholars. The official family strengthened the imperial power, but deprived the scholars of their rights, which made everyone's heart very uncomfortable.

Even if in fact, after Zhao Jun came, they had already thought about this day. But I didn't expect it to come so quickly and so suddenly.

"Lu Xiang!"

At this time, Jia Changchao, the right counselor of the Imperial History, appeared sneakily outside the door of the political hall and poked his head in.

Lu Yi thought for a moment, but still got up and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?" ”

Jia Changchao asked, "Can you take a step to speak?" ”

"Be cautious, be cautious!"

Lu Yijian waved his hand and motioned for him to go back.

Jia Changchao saw his actions thoughtfully, so he bowed his hand and left.

These days, Lu Yijian and other three ministers and three counselors are all living in simplicity, and rarely deal with other courtiers and colleagues.

This was not possible before.

Therefore, recently, Xia Zhu, Chen Yaozuo, Jia Changchao, Wang Gongchen, Zhang Dexiang, Chen Zhizhong, Liu Yuanyu, Wang Deyong, Han Yi, Cheng Lin and other high-ranking officials have also smelled some smells.

Han Yi didn't let Han Zong and the Manchu officials play, because Lu Yijian and others behaved too abnormally, so that people like him could see some clues.

As a result, today's court officials were really angry and dismissed Han Yi, making Han Yi disheartened and a little happy.

I'm afraid that if it is according to the meaning of his son Han Zong, I am afraid that now it will not only be dismissed, but the family will be wiped out.

What happened to the official family that made him so temperamentally changeable?

Jia Changchao and the others couldn't figure it out, so they wanted to come to the political hall to find out, but they didn't expect that Lu Yijian and the others still didn't want to talk to them alone and privately, so he had no choice but to leave.

There were still a few people waiting outside, and when they saw that Jia Changchao had returned in vain, these people gathered together to chat a few words, sighed a few times, and dispersed.

And when Lu Yijian returned to the political hall, Wang Sui came over and asked worriedly, "Lu Xiang, what can I do about this?" ”

As soon as he spoke, he opened the conversation.

Sheng Du and Song Shou also walked over, and they both looked at Lu Yijian with a worried look.

Lu Yijian used to have a style of saying in the political hall, in the past, Wang had quarreled with him, Cai Qi and Song Shou each supported one side, and Wang followed Sheng Du to watch the play.

But now that he has encountered a big event, he finally asked Lu Yijian for an idea.

In the final analysis, in the past, at most, there were differences in positions, and the debate was mostly about different opinions on the governance arrangements of some localities.

But now that they have almost reached the stage of life and death of the entire bureaucratic and doctor class, the situation is different, and they can only find someone who can make an idea to make the first bird.

Lu Yijian didn't know what they were thinking, and pointed at himself self-deprecatingly: "The old man is a conservative interest group, you come to ask me?" ”

Wang Sui smiled awkwardly, revealing a mouthful of old teeth.

During the period when Zhao Jun's eyes were not good, in addition to the faint monarchs of the Song Dynasty, he also scolded the bureaucrats and doctors of the Song Dynasty.

They have now become a conservative interest group in Fan Zhongyan's mouth, and they have faintly gone to the opposite side of Zhao Jun.

"No matter what, Lu Xiang still has to make up his mind about this matter."

Sheng Du stepped forward and said: "At the instigation of Zhao Jun, the official family has become more and more harsh, and it is quite a solemn court. Although. This may not be a bad thing, but for Da Song, it may not be a blessing. ”

He said it more tactfully, but everyone understood what he meant.

Lu Yijian sighed: "There are some things that others can say and do, but we can't, this is the sorrow of the deacon." ”

"Yes, if you say it, you will be separated from the official family. If it is done, it will be in the same situation as the official family. Because the official family can't let the Great Song Dynasty perish, we can't let the Great Song Dynasty perish. ”

Song Shou shook his head.

"Everyone understands these truths, but the doctor can't destroy us."

Wang spread his hands and said: "What's more, Zhao Jun advocates force, advocates suppressing scholars and doctors, and improving the status of martial artists, are you worried that in the near future, he may reform military law and restore the Han and Tang military systems?" ”

After saying this, the crowd fell silent again, for this was still the scale of a scholar.

The Song Dynasty's deformed policy of suppressing military force and emphasizing literature came from the sequelae of the overindulgence of the warriors of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. After the establishment of the Song Dynasty and the rise of the literati, they spared no effort to suppress it, causing the warriors of the Song Dynasty to be humbled to the bone.

But Zhao Jun was an advocate of force and advocated the restoration of the martial spirit of the Han people.

Now that his eyes have regained his sight, he is already suppressing the scholars, how can he reuse the martial arts?

There was no one to speak, and no one to pick up.

Lu Yijian sat back on his desk, lowered his head and read the official document, but he couldn't read it.

Glancing over, I saw that Wang Zeng was also upset and threw his pen aside.

No one is in the mood for work.

The attitude of the officials today has changed drastically, which has created a sense of crisis in everyone's hearts.

The scholars have their current status, which they have won through three dynasties, and now the appearance of Zhao Jun has made the official family have other thoughts.

Seeing that if they continue step by step like this, their doctors will be finished, and who is still in the mood to work.

"Alas!"

Lu Yijian suddenly sighed, looked around and said, "The old man has a way to delay, but he can't stop it, do you want to hear it." ”

"Oh? Lu Xiang really has a plan? ”

Wang Sui and the others immediately perked up, and they all got up and walked in front of Lu Yijian from their respective positions.

Even his old rival Wang Zeng cast his eyes on him, wanting to hear what he had to say.

Lu Yijian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's not a plan, it's just to let things go back to their original normality." ”

"What is Lu Xiang's method, let's hear it?"

Wang Sui urged.

Lu Yijian looked around, the political hall was heavily guarded, and the Praetorian Guards in front of the palace were waiting outside the door.

Originally, there were some lower-level officials in the political hall who were waiting to be sent, such as Confucius, officials, households, military rites, punishments, and other five-room inspections and points, but now they have all been driven out, leaving only a few clever little eunuchs waiting inside.

When Song Shou saw him, he said to the little eunuch not far away, "Let's go out first." ”

"Yes."

The little eunuchs withdrew.

Although it is a bit outrageous to engage in conspiracy in the political hall, in fact, they all know that there are some things that cannot be hidden from the official family.

Zhao Jun had already analyzed the political system of the Song Dynasty so clearly to the officials, and the officials had long known what the scholars hoped to gain and what they were afraid of losing.

A few casual complaints, how could the official family not know now?

Maybe it was deliberately for the officials to hear.

However, the current conspiracy is about Zhao Jun, and many things are inconvenient for outsiders to hear, so it is natural to act carefully.

When everyone went out, and there were only a few prime ministers left in the house, Lu Yijian whispered a few words.

"There is already a barrier between us and the official family. If the official family wants to ensure that the Great Song Dynasty will not be destroyed, then he will definitely fall to Zhao Jun. ”

"So if we want to ensure that the scholars do not perish, we can't just think about letting Zhao Jun integrate into the scholars, but ask the scholars to get closer to Zhao Jun as much as possible, so that the scholars can become a weapon in the hands of Zhao Jun's reform."

As Zhao Jun said, no matter what policy, it is inseparable from the rule of officials. In fact, it is not a bad thing to reform the rule of officials, even if our protégés and former officials, our descendants will suffer because of this, but the official family is soft-hearted, if we get close to the official family, close to Zhao Jun, it may not be able to shade our children and grandchildren. ”

"Maybe we were wrong from the beginning, the current Da Song is not what it used to be. Since there is a smooth road to a bright future, it cannot be blocked on this road. That's just a mantis arm as a car, and in another way, maybe it will work. ”

"I plan to propose to the government to set up a department of the Great Song Dynasty to coordinate the country, with Zhao Jun as the planner and we will assist in it. He planned the future development of the Great Song Dynasty and coordinated the construction of industry, commerce, and law. ”

"People's energy is limited, can Zhao Jun manage the affairs of the world when he coordinates national affairs?"

"What's more, once he enters the officialdom, he will have to deal with all the officials, as long as the method is appropriate, like this, at least the doctor will not have a major incident for twenty years."

After Lu Yijian finished speaking, he looked around and said, "Even in a few years, Qingli New Deal may be safe." At most, a large number of incompetent officials and corrupt officials will be dismissed. This is not a bad thing for my Great Song Dynasty, nor is it a bad foundation for scholars. ”

When everyone heard this, they suddenly thought about it.

They understood what Lu Yijian meant.

The way they chose before was actually vaguely semi-confrontational.

hopes to pull Zhao Jun into his camp and make him a scholar, so as to prevent him from dismissing the lives of the scholars.

But Zhao Jun obviously had no such intentions, even if he went to participate in the imperial examination, who knows if this is a means to fool them?

At least he didn't follow their arrangements step by step, nor did he honestly follow their guidance, but kept fooling the emperor and letting the emperor bypass the officialdom and give him other authority.

So Lu Yijian, do they have any way?

There is no way.

Unless Zhao Jun is assassinated.

But this is tantamount to a complete break between the entire scholarly class and the official family.

With the degree of importance that the official family attaches to Zhao Jun now, once such a thing really happens, I am afraid that Song Renzong will also become Ming Taizu at that time.

So Lu Yijian didn't dare to gamble, and they didn't dare to really fight Zhao Jun and the emperor into a life-and-death situation.

What's more, they have been with Zhao Jun for so many days, and they know that Zhao Jun is a person who eats soft and does not eat hard, and there is really no need for the two sides to break the net to that point.

So.

Since Zhao Jun can't fit into them.

Why can't they integrate into Zhao Jun?

If you can't beat it, then join!

As long as you have a good relationship with Zhao Jun and establish a deep friendship between the two sides, then a lot of things can be said.

Many things, they can also influence Zhao Jun by finding ways to influence Zhao Jun by themselves.

In the future, even if he is gone, for the sake of their face, it is impossible not to even take care of the children and grandchildren of his old friends.

Isn't this a kind of human sophistication?

The only difference is that they were a bit high above the ground before.

Even if Zhao Jun is a descendant, they prefer Zhao Jun to be their successor, rather than above them.

It can be compared to self-interest.

Sometimes, it's not a bad thing to lower your profile.

For a while, everyone's thoughts suddenly became clear.

As soon as Zhao thought of it, he felt that the world was wide!

(End of chapter)