October 15th, early pilgrimage.

This morning was obviously a big storm.

Because the news of Lu Gongxuan and others being arrested has long been spread.

Therefore, at the court meeting, the officials of various ministries have their own ghosts, waiting to see a good show.

Especially Xia Zhu, he originally thought that there was no hope for promotion, but he didn't expect that this case involved Lu Yijian, who suppressed him, and now there is a good show to watch.

As for a large number of other officials, they are also looking at Lu Yijian's liveliness.

Before Fan Zhongyan carried out the Qingli New Deal, the prime ministers of the Constitutional Yuan were on Fan Zhongyan's side, and now it involves the interests of the prime ministers, it depends on how they solve it.

Soon the morning court will begin.

In the vertical arch hall, the civil and military officials all stood according to the arrangement.

Many prime ministers of the Constitutional Yuan stood at the front of the line, followed by more than 100 people, including the scholars, squires, servants, sherens, pavilions, pavilions, palace scholars, straight scholars, pending systems, revisions, and straight pavilions.

In addition to the various officials, imperial historians, and palace officials, a total of more than 200 people stood in the wide hall, and from above they could see the bottom, as if they could only see dense human heads at a glance.

Because it was early winter morning, at four o'clock in the morning, the sky was dark, and the left and right beams and pillars, under the cloister, and by the side garden, were full of candles.

The room is bright and dark, yellow and blurred, and the soft light of the candles shines on everyone's faces, reflecting the black and white faces of everyone, or expectant, serious, joyful, or emotionally complex.

The temple was eerily quiet.

It's like the calm before a storm.

After a while, Zhao Zhen slowly walked in from the side hall.

"Your Majesty has arrived!"

Wang Shouzhong shouted.

"See Your Majesty!"

Hundreds of officials saluted.

"Excuse me!"

Zhao Zhen raised his hands in vain.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Baiguan stood up.

Zhao Zhen sat on the dragon chair and looked down at the ministers below.

Almost after the head of the hall shouted: "If there is something to do to go out of class and play early, there is nothing to roll up the curtain and retreat".

In the imperial history, Zheng Jian stood up and shouted: "Your Majesty, the ministers impeach Lu Yijian, Sheng Du, Cheng Lin, and Li Zhang. colluded with Feng Shiyuan, a minor official in Kaifeng Prefecture, to pervert the law for bribes, collect banned books, and sell official titles."

In an instant, the color of the hundred officials changed.

Zheng Jian continued, he said more than a dozen high-ranking officials in one breath, and said multiple crimes.

This case involved more than 10 high-ranking officials above the fourth grade, and hundreds of people below the fifth grade, and these more than 100 people were not even eligible to be registered.

And every time he thought of a senior official, the faces of the senior officials present showed frightened expressions.

Even if they had heard the wind beforehand, it still frightened them.

Especially Lu Yijian.

Zheng Jian did too much, he didn't look for him in private, but directly asked what to do about this matter in front of everyone in Yushitai?

With so many people watching, it can only be dealt with impartially, and it is completely impossible to arrange time for Lu Yijian.

In this way, even if he wanted to cover the lid, he couldn't cover it.

The matter has already fermented yesterday, and this morning the parliament, I am afraid that it will completely break out!

However, at this time, no one refuted.

First, the evidence is conclusive, and second, as high-ranking officials, they will not be killed immediately.

"Your Majesty, please abolish the new policy of the examination law!"

Taichang Shaoqing Zhao Lianggui interrupted Zheng Jian's words and fired the first shot.

He is the son of Zhao Anren, Lü Yijian was a Jinshi in the third year of Xianping (1000 AD), that year Zhao Anren knew the tribute, and Lü Yijian was his protégé.

At the same time, Zhao Lianggui also served as Taichang Shaoqing with Zhang Yuxi, who was a colleague and a friend of Lu Gongqiu.

Zheng Jian looked at Zhao Lianggui dissatisfiedly and said, "Zhao Shaoqing, this official is doing something, why do you want to interrupt this official?" Don't you have any rules? ”

Zhao Lianggui didn't pay attention to Zheng Jian, but said: "Your Majesty, the new law is strict, and all officials are miserable. And the involvement is too wide, and thousands of officials and tens of thousands of officials have been affected on the roads around Gyeonggi alone, and if this continues, I am afraid that the officials of the whole country will be in trouble. ”

"The gentleman is frank, and the villain is often related."

Ouyang Xiu stood up and scolded: "Isn't it right for officials to do their duty and complete the things they should do well every month?" When is it natural for officials to be lazy? ”

This completely opened the battlefield.

Qian Yannian, the editor of Jixian Palace, said: "The gentleman thinks nine times, and sees the righteousness of virtue." Since Your Majesty has appointed the world's virtuous and virtuous people, you should believe in them, and you should no longer be driven by treacherous people and steal for Your Majesty. ”

What he meant was that the emperor should trust his ministers, and should not arrange for the people of the Imperial Observatory to urge the ministers to work every day.

Cai Xiang spread his hands and said: "I haven't seen a few handsome people in the world, but there are many corrupt officials in the world." The five beauties of the handsome and virtuous in the mouth of the cultivator have not seen the respect, but the four evils have been learned thoroughly, if the world is really like what the cultivator said, then what else do you want to do with the imperial history platform, what do you want to do with the platform? ”

"Hahahahaha."

In an instant, many of the colleagues in the Imperial Observatory laughed.

Now the Imperial Historical Observatory is quite imposing, and there was no direct supervision before, and the impeachment could only be carried out after finding evidence.

Now, even if you don't find the leakage of the officials, you can always supervise whether their work is hard or not, and whether they are lazy and fishing every day, isn't the authority just established?

What's more, except for Zheng Jian, most of the imperial history of the Imperial History Observatory were appointed by Fan Zhongyan and Zhao Jun, and they were the upright people they admired, and they were all upright.

When you see chaos, you will naturally lash out and never sit idly by.

"You!"

Qian Yannian was furious.

Others stood up and said, "Your Majesty, if you pass the law, you will also be in bad government." If this continues, officials will only have political achievements in their eyes and ignore people's livelihood. ”

"Laughing to death, it seems that officials in the world used to care about people's livelihood."

Wang Zhen said: "At least now that the law is passed, officials can do something to prevent them from being like before." ”

Qian Xibai, a scholar in the middle school, said: "I privately think that passing the law examination will leave many problems that cannot be solved, and officials should be flexible in handling government affairs in practice. ”

"Today's things are done today, and tomorrow's things are done tomorrow." In the past, the examination courses were in vain, but now they are strict, and you can't accept them. ”

Wang Su refuted.

"No, the Son of Heaven is sage, humble and admonishable. But the ministers are not undedicated, but they are a little negligent, and they rise up one after another, adding evil voices and ruining their reputation, why is this so? ”

"The so-called punishment does not avoid the minister, and the reward is not spared. If you have merit, you should be rewarded, and if you have a fault, the punishment is the law of the court, so you should despise the law of your ancestors? ”

"Zhang is not relaxed, and the civil and military are also capable; Relaxed but not relaxed, civil and military for the also. One piece and one relaxation, the way of civil and military affairs. If it is tense every day, the officials of the world are still not allowed to have hysteria? What's more, it's not a good thing to make mistakes in the chaos. ”

"I don't think so"

At the moment, the opposition debated with Yu Shitai and a small number of Fan Zhongyan's supporters.

By this time, it was actually pretty good.

Because they are only discussing the matter of abolishing the examination law, and it has not yet risen to the point of life and death.

The Song Dynasty was slightly stronger than the Ming Dynasty in this regard.

Even in the period when Wang Anshi's reform was so drastic, the two sides also said that the public was reasonable, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was reasonable.

Sima Guang also scolded Wang Anshi for "not knowing things, and stubbornly speaking", the two sides were at most arguing, but they would not scold.

The Ming Dynasty was much more interesting, the scolding was a trivial matter, and if you didn't agree with each other, you would act in full martial arts, and the intensity was much stronger than that of the Song Dynasty.

But as the argument deepens, the two sides inevitably begin to rise.

Someone said: "The minister impeached Fan Zhongyan for nepotism, and the Yushitai was his eyes and ears." I heard that the people who spoke about it all hoped that His Majesty would be Yao and Shun, but they did not know to ask the auxiliary ministers to be Gao and Kui. Your Majesty has the wisdom to adopt the rules, but the auxiliary ministers have blocked the way of speech, how can the country be peaceful for a long time? ”

"Humph!"

The Yu Shi of the Law Reform faction immediately refuted: "The Yu Shi platform is worthy of the Son of Heaven, and the lower is worthy of Shu Li." Nor has it ever blocked the heavens, and this damaging statement is false, do you want to falsely accuse and frame it? ”

"Emperor Taizu learned from the mistakes of the previous generations, did not set up a prime minister, and the matter was returned to the ministry, and the situation was not in charge, and the position was easy to call. At that time, the official rank was not high, and there was no arbitrary cuteness. In the past hundred years, there are those who are good at doing prestige, and they still dare not live in the name of the prime minister, and they are also in the law of their ancestors. ”

Another humanitarian: "Now that the political system is established, Fan Zhongyan safely regards himself as the prime minister." He has a prestige in the army, and it is not appropriate to take charge of government affairs at any time. When the counselor talks about the matter, he will say: "I abide by the law of the ancestors." "Please correct it with the law of the ancestors."

"The ancestral dynasty, all political affairs, Taiwan Province played Chen, the ministry replied, the department and the supervisor followed, and the prime minister was impeached. Under the new law, everyone has nothing to hide, and everything has advantages and disadvantages, and everyone can distinguish between right and wrong. ”

The reformers refuted: "It doesn't matter if you are a powerful person in the dynasty, or a prince or a minister, you can take up your duties step by step, and anyone who has done so can be detected in time, this is not the wish of the ancestors, the wish of the world?" ”

"The examination is finalized, and the imperial history is examined into chapters, each with two volumes, one sent to the Political Academy, and one sent to the inspection bill. If the government is delayed, the ministers will correct it. If the departments are hidden, they will admonish the ministers to correct them. If the imperial history is hidden, the cabinet will correct it. ”

The opposition continued: "The ministry of the ministry is divided into state affairs, and the ministers are appointed to refute the chapter and impeach. Zai Fu is a listed Hanlin, a standby consultant, and he just thinks calmly. Zhong Yan Chuangwei said that if he wants to coerce the ministers and others, and give up his hands to obey the order, if the law of the ancestors is concerned?

"No one coerces you, etc., all of them are for the country, and the law of the ancestors makes hundreds of officials perform their duties, and the ministers are slack, and the imperial history platform has the responsibility to urge them to act, which is also the law that has not changed for thousands of years since the establishment of the imperial history!"

The reformers also continued to refute.

"Under the new law, when Chinese and foreign ministers or ministers are attacked, or they talk to each other, they start with selfishness and end with the habit of being competitive. If you are competitive, you will be angry, and if you are angry, you will be compared with the party. Tang Zhiniu and Li, couldn't they be lost in a word at the beginning? It's about winning. ”

The opposition added: "Foolishness is becoming more and more popular. When it comes to ministers, they are equal to Yi and Fu; When it comes to the side marshal, it is intended to be called by the party; When it comes to Zhongguan, Kualu and Zhang come back; When it comes to foreign officials, Song Zhuo and Lu are reborn. If it is not through a marriage, that is, because of an invitation, it is for the sake of deceit, how can it last long? ”

"Heh, you are also embarrassed to mention Yi, Fu, Fang, Zhao, Zhuo Mao, Lu Gong? How many corrupt officials have been picketed in the new law? The son of Lu Yijian, in addition to worshipping the city's grace, the people of the time are compared to Dou Shen. My view is not like Dou Shen, but the official department is also a book. ”

"Hugh should be clever in his words, and we are worried about the country's inadequacy. Today, I have a strict order, Fan Xiwen said, "I want to adjust it, so it is"; got a warm will, Fan Xiwen said, "I will ask for it and then get it." Because he is more afraid of Fan Xiwen than His Majesty, and he is more afraid of Fan Xiwen than He is of His Majesty. Weifu himself, without the court. If the law of the ancestors is concerned? ”

"After all, it is you who make the country unnational, making chaos up and down, deceiving Your Majesty, and searching for the people. Now that the imperial court has clarified the rule of officials, it is still clear, but you are blazing with corruption, how rampant? How do you know how clear politics will be under this new law and decree? ”

As the situation became more and more serious, Zhao Zhen sat on the stage and did not interrupt the two sides to argue and refute each other in time.

Most of them remained neutral, but as the party members under Lu Yijian and Sheng Du took the lead in attacking, a large number of centrists also figured out the flavor and immediately began to fight.

The main reason is that the test law is really unpopular, no matter which dynasty it is placed in, everyone likes to be an official, holding power in their hands, not so hard and not so tired, eating hot pot and singing, and holding the girl in his arms, he took this official as an official, greedy for money, and lived a chic life.

As a result, after the results of the examination were completed, every official had to do his work conscientiously as if he had to complete his homework every day when he was in school, which was naturally not accepted by everyone, so he took advantage of this opportunity to immediately join the opposition.

In fact, later generations of workers were disgusted with this kind of rolling, which seemed to be the desire of the people. But in fact, later generations of workers received thousands of yuan in wages, but they were PUA by their bosses.

The bosses shouted that you should not ask what the company can give you, but what you can bring to the company, and what employees should dedicate, and that just thinking about making more money is no different from the walking dead, money should not be the dream of college students, money is the result of struggle.

Once you come across a good high-paying job, you want to change jobs.

The original boss is still shouting, I spent money to train you, I spent so much financial, manpower, material resources and time, you slapped your ass and left, then your next unit will at least compensate me for my training fees and so on.

In this case, it is pure exploitation, and it is strange that the young man can get used to it.

But in ancient times, it was not the case when you were an official.

Especially the Song Dynasty.

Not to mention the high salary, the life after becoming an official is far from being comparable to that of later generations of workers.

So to be reasonable, since the imperial court spends so much money to support you, isn't it the right thing for you to work hard every day?

However, the ancient officials just didn't do it.

I just want to take the money and not work, and if you force me to work, unite against it.

Isn't that?

But that's the reality.

Especially after it comes to the sons of Lu Yijian and Sheng Du.

At the end of the day, it's all about their own interests.

Soon, as the debate intensified, it slowly began to develop in the direction of party contention.

A large number of officials impeached Fan Zhongyan, saying that he had too much prestige in the army and should not serve as prime minister, which was prone to remarks such as power ministers.

It is also said that he planted too many eyes and ears in the Yushitai to monitor the hundred officials, which would only make the hundred officials fear Fan Zhongyan instead of fearing the emperor, thus making the emperor's authority fall sharply.

What's more, Fan Zhongyan is already hinting that Fan Zhongyan may rebel, like Wang Mang, Dong Zhuo, and Cao Cao, threatening the imperial power.

In the end, the entire early dynasty was a mess.

Zhao Zhen looked at the following scene and couldn't help but feel deeply disappointed in Lu Yijian.

He clearly knew that reform was inevitable, but he still wanted to do it for his own interests, and as the eldest grandson said, he became a conservative interest group in history.

For this reason, he even framed Fan Zhongyan like those opposition parties in history.

Didn't Lu Yijian know that when Zhao Zhen had already understood a lot of things, doing so would only deepen the emperor's dissatisfaction with him?

Maybe he knew.

But after all, they were his two sons!

Zhao Zhen looked at Lu Yijian, who was stunned and didn't know what he was thinking, and felt a burst of upset for no reason.

He stood up abruptly and walked to Wang Shouzhong's side, leaving only one sentence: "Go and ask Hanlong to come back!" ”

Then he brushed his sleeves away, leaving only an annoyed back for Baiguan.

Thing.

After all, it has reached the point where I want to invite my eldest grandson back.

(End of chapter)