Salt and Iron Division, more than a hundred officials were dismissed?

The news spread quickly.

An earthquake formed throughout the officialdom.

You know, this is not more than a hundred soldiers, but more than a hundred officials.

Many of them are scholars and doctors with noble status.

With so many people being dismissed at this time, their network of relationships will inevitably form a huge force.

Therefore, this is tantamount to making huge waves in the morning of the next day.

It's just that Zhao Jun didn't care about this, and after letting the Imperial City Division order Liu Yuanyu to be strictly investigated, he left.

He planned to go back to write an article, and it happened that there were still many blank spaces in the first edition of the newspaper, and in addition to reporting on the Bianliang underworld, officialdom must also report it.

Newspapers were made of movable type printing, and the Song Dynasty had the conditions to be able to make mature newspapers.

It's just that because public opinion is controlled under the imperial system, these things are not allowed to appear in the market.

But after Zhao Jun mentioned to Zhao Zhen that the official must have its own mouthpiece, the printing press became a permissible existence under the imperial system.

At present, the news media within the Song Dynasty has not yet been systematized, and only the printing press can make newspapers, and if other newspapers appear in the future, it will be necessary to set up a press bureau to control it.

At this moment, more than 100 officials of the Salt and Iron Division were driven out of the palace, and then the Constitutional Yuan worked overtime, and immediately transferred elite troops from the redundant officials to fill the Salt and Iron Division.

At the same time, Yan Shu temporarily took control of the three divisions, and the following unstable factors were quickly eliminated, and by the next day, all the new officials had arrived.

This is one of the benefits of redundancy.

There are too few officials, more than 40,000 officials, and thousands of people are waiting in line for dispatch, and suddenly there are more than 100 positions here, don't you make those idle officials happy?

As a result, many officials gladly took up their posts.

Even many of them were idle officials in Bianliang, who had nothing to do every day, but suddenly received an order to go directly to the Salt and Iron Division in the afternoon to report.

In the early morning of the next day, the Vertical Arch Hall was in the early dynasty, and many imperial historians really opened fire on the grounds that the Constitutional Yuan had dismissed so many officials.

Zhao Zhen sat high on the stage.

The next three classes of ministers each stand in their own positions.

With Wang Shouzhong's voice: "If you have something to do with the class, you will play early, and you will retreat from the court without anything." ”

Zhang Zongyi, the superintendent of the imperial history, stood up first and bowed his hand to Zhao Zhen and said: "Official, the minister has a book!" ”

"Say."

Zhao Zhen responded calmly.

Zhang Zongyi said: "Yesterday, the Constitutional Yuan actually dismissed more than 100 officials of the Salt and Iron Division, this is by no means an exception. ”

His words are almost equivalent to the start of war.

Han Qi, the counselor, also said: "The first emperor has always been punished by not being a doctor, and the official family should take the first emperor as an example, and must not treat officials like this, even if they are wrong, they should also issue an order to apply for punishment, how can they be dismissed and humiliated like this?" ”

"And this recall is more than 100 people, and the wide range of officials involved is unprecedented. These people have done nothing wrong, they just obeyed the orders of the superiors, should they be deposed if they are difficult to bring it? ”

"The minister thinks that the Constitutional Yuan is arrogant and domineering, and if there is a slight disobedience, he will immediately dismiss his official position, which is really against the holy will, and please dismiss the Constitutional Yuan."

"Yes, the Constitutional Yuan is so powerful that I am afraid that there will be disobedience, and the ministers will also seconded the proposal to depose the Constitutional Yuan."

In an instant, several imperial historians and advisors stood up for impeachment.

But before Zhao Jun could say a word, other officials stood up to defend the Constitutional Yuan: "What? When will the corpses of officials be vegetarian, the monkeys will be crowned, the flies will be camped and the dogs will be shameless, and we will defend them? What about your shame? ”

"I think you're the ones who are doing something disobedient. The Constitutional Council is only a government and not a Privy Council, not to mention that even the Privy Council cannot mobilize military horses. ”

"False accusations by people in the Imperial Historical Observatory have become a common practice, and the officials and ministers have suggested that the special case of the Imperial Historical Observatory's non-innocent statement be abolished. They can frame whoever they want, and there are fewer people who have been falsely accused by the Yushitai over the years? For a long time, this is the danger of everyone in officialdom. ”

"The minister seconded the proposal to cancel the privilege of Yu Shitai's non-innocent speech!"

Many officials from the other faction have come forward, among them, in addition to the people from the faction of the three ministers and three counselors, there are actually many neutral officials, Zhao Jun doesn't know why they stood up to speak for the Constitutional Yuan.

Only Lu Yijian and others look at the nose and the nose and the heart. Most of these officials have an extraordinary relationship with the newly appointed officials of the Salt and Iron Division.

Many people say that the Ming Dynasty was a serious party dispute, and there was an intricate network of relationships between officials.

In fact, since the Song Dynasty, the party struggle has been very serious, Qingli New Deal, Wang Anshi changed the law. Between the new party and the old party, fighting to the death has long been the norm in officialdom.

At that time, the officialdom had friendships such as classmates, fellow villagers, fellow families, and in-laws, and they colluded with each other, forming an unknown number of large and small interest groups.

Today, Liu Yuanyu's more than 100 people from the Salt and Iron Division were dismissed, and they mobilized the back relations to make trouble. But the newly appointed officials are not vegetarians, and they have fellow villagers, classmates, and friends, but we don't have them?

As a result, the two factions fought one after another, and Yushitai participated in it in order to protect its own rights and interests, which caused chaos in the entire court.

One by one, everyone quoted scriptures and scriptures, and they made long speeches.

You steal the words, I rap.

made the court look like a vegetable market, but Zhao Jun, Lu Yijian and other people from the Constitutional Academy watched coldly, as if they were watching a play.

Really.

As long as there are interests, there will be great Confucians to defend me.

In the end, Wang Shouzhong rang the gong to signal the court to be quiet, which barely suppressed the voice.

Han Qi said: "No matter what, it is too harsh to depose so many officials, their culpability should not be so heavy, please think twice!" ”

"Humph!"

Lu Yijian snorted coldly and said: "You group of people are really ignorant and fearless, the Constitutional Yuan just asked Liu Yuanyu to hand in the annual count, which was originally his job, but he refused to fulfill it." Not only can't we teach him a lesson, but we even just say a couple of words to him? If this is the case for everyone, then where is the authority of the Constitutional Yuan? What is the power of the official family? ”

Han Qi argued: "The prestige of the official family does not come by removing officials, but by relying on the saint-like character to make the world submit. If the official family rules over the hundred officials with a gentleman, how can the hundred officials have resentment? ”

This sentence means that no one in the Constitutional Yuan is a gentleman, and even Fan Zhongyan was scolded for a word, which made him very unhappy.

"Nonsense, I don't know what to say."

Yan Shu stood up and said coldly: "The gentleman is Huaide, the villain is Huaitu; The gentleman is punished, and the villain is favored. The establishment of the legal system by the state has its own relevant rules and regulations. If Liu Yuanyu does not comply, what qualifications does he have to serve as an official? ”

Fan Zhongyan also retorted: "It is this principle, the so-called "if a gentleman is not important, he is not authoritative, and if he learns, he is not solid." An official, who reads poetry and books a lot, but can't even do the basics, should be dismissed! ”

"Then what's the matter with the Salt and Iron Division?"

Zhang Zongyi said: "If Liu Yuanyu is incompetent, he will be impeached by the Imperial Historical Observatory, and the Constitutional Yuan is now powerful, and it should not be easy to determine the career of so many officials!" ”

"The Constitutional Yuan exists because it represents the official family to lead hundreds of officials and rectify officials in order to maintain the order of the world."

Wang Zeng sneered: "In the final analysis, your Yushitai is just speaking out for a group of inactive officials just to maintain your impeachment power. But according to those who do not disobey the order, the official family can't even punish it, is this world the world of the official family, or your world?

This is quite a bit murderous, if Wang Zeng would not have said this before.

Because he was also a member of the scholar's camp before, he naturally had to protect the interests of his own camp in the same camp, so the former Wang Zeng would definitely stand on Han Qi's side and think of reasons and excuses to defend Liu Yuanyu.

But now he found that his camp seemed to have changed, and when he actually sat in the position of the Constitutional Yuan, he realized that it was wonderful to have great power in his hands.

The so-called ass decides the head, they used to want to assimilate Zhao Jun. But unconsciously, they became Zhao Jun's allies, so they unconsciously began to maintain the authority of the Constitutional Yuan.

Because the power of the Constitutional Yuan is really fascinating, not to mention that as long as you are in the Constitutional Yuan, you almost have a gold medal for avoiding death.

So why move your ass to the side of the doctor again?

Zhang Zongyi said: "Counting is not a big deal, although Liu Yuanyu's character is average, he has not made a big mistake, so why stick to it? His reasons are also very sufficient, and it is understandable that the Salt and Iron Division is understaffed. ”

"I'm sorry, I can't understand."

Zhao Jun stood up and said coldly: "Do you believe it or not, I have gathered more than 100 officials yesterday afternoon, and they have just taken up their duties today, and tomorrow they will be able to finish what the Salt and Iron Division does on weekdays, and do the things required by the Constitutional Yuan well?" This task was originally what they should do, and they couldn't do anything within their bounds, so what did Your Majesty want these wine bags and rice bags for? ”

"Besides, why is counting not a big deal?"

Wang Zeng also retorted: "This is the standard to measure whether the Great Song Dynasty is advancing, and the establishment of the Constitutional Yuan is for the sake of the country's strength." If we can't see where the problems of the country are, how can we talk about prosperity? ”

"Alright."

Zhao Zhen looked at the arguing below, and finally spoke: "This matter was decided by me, the Constitutional Yuan was originally established by me, and it was used to control hundreds of officials, and the decree they issued was my order." The officials of the Salt and Iron Division do not even obey my orders, and if I do not dismiss them, what are I doing there? ”

"Yes"

Many imperial historians looked at each other, so they had to retreat back.

Because Zhao Zhen has already characterized this matter.

To a certain extent, Liu Yuanyu and them belong to the disobedience of the will, which was a taboo in the Song Dynasty.

So as long as Zhao Zhen speaks, then they naturally have nothing to say.

Then, at this time, it was finally considered a normal early dynasty.

After the early dynasty, Zhao Jun did not go to the office of the Constitutional Academy, and went straight to the printing workshop.

The article written yesterday has been delivered, and the workers are working overtime to reformat it, and today is the time to print the newspaper.

Meng Chengqi is still in the printing shop.

Ever since he knew Zhao Jun's identity, he knew that he had met a thigh, and it was the largest one in the entire Great Song Dynasty except for the emperor.

Therefore, even if the matter of the printing workshop has nothing to do with him, he used the prestige of his old boss and the name of doing things for Zhao Jun, and still mixed the identity of a supervisor in the printing workshop to supervise the printing of the newspaper for Zhao Jun.

The workers were not disgusted either.

The main reason is that Zhao Jun is generous, in addition to maintaining the original salary, if he works overtime, he also has overtime pay and bonuses.

People are not disgusted with 996, but they are disgusted with giving four or five thousand yuan a month, and 996 if they don't pay overtime.

As long as the salary is in place, the monthly salary is super doubled, and you can sleep in the company 24 hours a day.

With the wages in place, the first edition of the newspaper was quickly printed, and it was densely packed with all kinds of news, and the two major events were naturally the underworld and the officialdom earthquake.

There are also poems, lace news, gossip, advertising space and contribution columns.

In the printing workshop, Zhao Jun looked at the first edition of the newspaper and added a lot of new content compared to yesterday, filled it well, nodded with satisfaction: "Very good." ”

Under the ginkgo tree in the courtyard, Meng Chengqi lowered his eyebrows and said with a flattering smile: "As long as the Zhiyuan is satisfied, now everything is ready, as long as the Zhiyuan gives an order, it can be printed directly, and tomorrow there will be newspapers all over the city." ”

"The sales of this newspaper will be a problem for the time being."

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said, "Meng Dongjia, I entrust you with something." ”

"Please tell the court."

Meng Chengqi's attitude was extremely respectful.

Zhao Jun said: "The owner is a good writer, and I must know a lot of scholars. You can recruit some scholars from relatively poor families, buy a yard next to the printing house, set up an editorial department to review manuscripts, and any news, poems, and scripts worthy of publication can be reviewed. ”

Meng Chengqi nodded again and again: "I'll leave this matter to me, but can I enter this editorial department?" ”

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "If the owner likes it, you can be the editor-in-chief." ”

"Thank you."

Meng Chengqi was overjoyed.

Then Zhao Jun said: "If you want the newspaper to make a name for itself in Bianliang and become the mouthpiece channel for the Great Song Dynasty to spread news to the people in the future, you must have a corresponding strategy. ”

"Free delivery?"

Meng Chengqi hesitated: "Zhiyuan, our early investment has been so huge, this newspaper costs 10 yuan per sheet, only sells 12 yuan, even if it sells 10,000 copies, it only earns 23 yuan, and after a month, it is enough for the basic expenses of the printing house, and I am afraid that the initial investment will not be recovered." ”

Many people think that the Song Dynasty has always been 1,000 Wen copper coins, but in fact, the official set is 770 Wen as consistent, but the people basically maintain about 850 Wen Yuan, so if the newspaper has four issues a month and sells 10,000 copies per issue, the income is about 23.5 yuan.

But there are so many workers in the printing workshop, and the salary for them is more than 100 yuan every month, and basically it may not even be able to maintain the minimum cost, so it is no wonder that there is no profit from opening a printing workshop.

However, Zhao Jun smiled and said: "It's small, the pattern is small." In addition to newspapers, normal books are originally printed, and then there is advertising income, plus our audience is not only Bianliang, but also the entire Gyeonggi Road, Gyeonggi Road has a population of millions, and only needs 100,000 customers, and the monthly income of the printing workshop can reach more than one or two thousand, so why worry about not making money? ”

Meng Chengqi was surprised: "But will there really be so many people who buy it?" ”

"Yes."

Zhao Jun said without hesitation: "The free delivery in the early stage is to let them form dependence, and we are an exclusive monopoly, as long as the people want to read the news and want poetry, the newspaper will not be able to sell." ”

His eyes drooped, staring at the newspaper in his hand. Controlling public opinion is of great help to officialdom and many things.

At least in the future, if overseas reclamation is carried out, under the propaganda of the newspapers, I am afraid that countless people of the Great Song Dynasty will go to distant places.

At that time, the whole world will have the footprints of Han people, and there will be no need to worry about overseas development.

(End of chapter)