I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 188 The countdown has begun for Chen Zhizhong to be dismissed as prime minister!
Yelu Hongji, who is he?
The eldest son of Emperor Yelu Zongzhen of the Liao Kingdom, and the No. 1 choice to be the next emperor of the Liao Kingdom.

He loved Confucianism very much, especially the articles written by Song people, and the people of Song and Liao Dynasties all heard about it.

Su Liang proposed the policy of "inviting Yelu Hongji to envoy to the Song Dynasty" not to use it as a pledge, but to ensure mutual peace.

At present, Song and Liao are still countries of brothers.

As long as the Liao Kingdom did not cause harm, the Song Dynasty would not do anything to make things worse.

This strategy turned passivity into initiative, which not only did not lose the dignity of the Song Dynasty, but also avoided hidden dangers.

Next, it depends on how the Liao Kingdom will dismantle their tactics.

If Yelu Hongji really came to the Song Dynasty, Su Liang would not mind going to the Liao Kingdom to show off the power of the Song Dynasty.

On the same day, Zhao Zhen wrote a personal letter, saying that he had heard that Yelu Hongji had longed for Bianjing for a long time and specially invited him to be an envoy to the Song Dynasty.

……

August thirteenth.

Zeng Gongliang, the chief officer of Hebei Road, and Fu Bi, the chief officer of Jingdong Road, presented their memorials respectively.

Many prefectures and counties in these two areas have been hit by heavy rains for more than half a month, with fields destroyed and houses flooded.

The number of refugees has reached more than [-], and is still increasing.

Although the river has not breached, the water has already overflowed its banks.

Many people were displaced and rushed to Qingzhou, Qizhou and other places that were not affected by floods, causing some robberies.

Zhao Zhen made a prompt decision.

He immediately exempted the areas hit by floods from summer taxes and ordered the Third Division to allocate [-] hu of dendrobium for disaster relief.

……

August nineteenth.

In Hebei and Jingdong, the rain is still fierce, and the number of people affected by the disaster is increasing day by day.

It rains for a long time but never clears up, which is different from usual.

This flood has been regarded as the most serious disaster in the Song Dynasty in recent years.

Even Bianjing has been raining recently.

Zhao Zhen was very worried.

An altar is set up in the inner court to pray for clear weather, refuse to eat fishy meat, and pray to heaven for an end to the rain.

And this time.

As Prime Minister, Chen Zhizhong should have coordinated with the various state capitals that suffered from floods and implemented the court's disaster relief edict in place.

But he had a sudden idea and summoned a group of folk fortune tellers and asked them to set up an altar outside the city to pray for the rain to stop.

During the implementation process, the momentum was very high, but it was only superficial.

After these people prayed, the light rain in Bianjing turned into heavy rain.

I have to say, it's very ironic.

If Chen Zhizhong had done a good job in his duties and continued to do these heretical things, the officials would not say anything.

However, he has not done his job well as prime minister, so he wants to attract attention by doing sideways.

That would be easy to criticize.

Chen Zhizhong has two major methods for serving as prime minister.

First, only work hard where officials can see it.

Secondly, when something big happens in the court, no matter what you are busy with, you must get busy first and maintain a diligent attitude.

Taiwan's admonishers have long seen through these two tricks, but Zhao Zhen is very fond of them.

Jian Yuan Zuo Si Jian He Tan hated the folk fortune tellers the most.

He saw Chen Zhizhong doing such unorthodox things.

Immediately, he petitioned Zhao Zhen to remove him from the post on the grounds that "Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong has nothing to offer and is a divination sorcerer".

After Zhao Zhen read it, he left the memorial unpublished.

Day two.

He Tan petitioned for impeachment again.

He slowly cited the incident of "Emperor Han Ling of the Han Dynasty dismissed the Three Dukes due to disasters", and once again begged for the dismissal of Chen Zhizhong to answer God's will and comfort the world.

During the first impeachment, Chen Zhizhong was not nervous at all.

He knew very well that he called the folk magicians to pray for the rain to stop for the sake of the world. No matter whether he was right or wrong, the officials would not punish him.

But the second impeachment made Chen Zhizhong suddenly nervous.

Whenever a natural disaster occurs, the emperor will either blame himself or change his ministers to appease the wrath of God.

To put it bluntly, natural disasters need to find someone as a scapegoat to blame the common people.

He is obviously the best choice as prime minister.Immediately, Chen Zhizhong entered the palace, submitted a memorial, and asked to resign.

"In the official family, I have been in charge of Zhongshu for more than three years. I have been working hard and did not dare to neglect everything. However, there have been rains recently, which has displaced more than [-] people. I have a responsibility. If I remove my post, the rain disaster can be eliminated. I I would like to resign..."

In front of Zhao Zhen, Chen Zhizhong burst into tears and cried for more than half an hour.

This move of "advance followed by retreat" coupled with "Zhang Meiren's crying expression of heartfelt feelings" made it impossible for Zhao Zhen to be ruthless enough to remove him.

He immediately comforted him with a few words and said that he would not give up because of the disaster, so he let him leave.

After Chen Zhizhong left Chui Gong Hall, he couldn't help but let out a long breath.

He knew that his phase was temporarily saved.

But I also know that even if I am a "minister of Conglong", if I have no new achievements, I will be deposed sooner or later.

Behind him, Wen Yanbo, Wu Yu, and Zhang Fangping are not fuel-efficient lamps.

He Tan saw that the officials were very protective of Chen Zhizhong, so he stopped impeaching him.

He never thought that Chen Zhizhong could be brought down by relying on two impeachment memorials.

But he also knew that if such things happened too often, the officials would definitely be dissatisfied with them and then remove themselves from office.

Followed by.

It is unknown who spread the story of Chen Zhizhong crying in Chui Gong Hall to the people.

The people in Bianjing City have never been rude.

They called Chen Zhizhong "Zhang Meiren standing in front of the court". He won the emperor's heart by crying and feeling wronged, and he was really unworthy of being the prime minister.

Chen Zhizhong's reputation suddenly fell to the bottom.

At this moment.

Taiwan remonstrators impeached Chen Zhizhong again.

Su Liang also wrote an impeachment memorial. Chen Zhi's central vision was not bad, but his ability was too weak to lead all officials.

His position is high but his power is small, so he is really unworthy of being a prime minister.

However, Chen Zhizhong still has some supporters in the court.

Xia Song also tried his best to intercede for him.

Zhao Zhen missed his old love.

Coupled with the fact that the rainstorms in Hebei and Jingdong gradually stopped, he did not punish Chen Zhizhong.

But Su Liang already felt that the countdown to Chen Zhizhong's resignation as prime minister had begun.

……

When the court officials were arguing.

The performance of Fu Bi, the pacifier of Jingdong Road and the educated youth, was once again eye-catching.

Fu Bi distributed the court's disaster relief food to various states and counties, and selected more than [-] public and private houses to accommodate the victims.

The old, weak, sick and disabled all have food to eat.

In addition, Fu Bi also made a bold decision: to release the benefits of mountains, forests and rivers and let the people take advantage of them.

Allowing people to return to the mountains and forests to collect firewood, fruit, fish and land can easily lead to people gathering together to commit robberies, or even turning into black households.

Normally not available.

But Fu Bi's reason was that a major disaster would be followed by a major epidemic. If the people were not allowed to gather locally, it would easily cause a large-scale plague.

And he had confidence in the people, believing that as long as the government's strategies were appropriate, the people would not become thieves or rebel.

After Zhao Zhen heard his reasons, he agreed directly.

Such a comparison shows that Chen Zhizhong lacks the ability to govern.

……

On this day, in the Liao territory, inside the palace.

A young man of about [-] or [-] years old wearing hunting clothes came excitedly to the Emperor Yelu Zongzhen of the Liao Kingdom.

"Father, can I go to Bianjing this year?" This young man is Yelu Hongji.

Yelu Zongzhen shook his head.

"The original intention of me writing the autograph letter was to meet Su Jingming for a while. If he is really a genius, I would keep him in Daliao. Unexpectedly, the Emperor of Song Dynasty turned an army against him!"

"Father, please let me go to Song Dynasty to meet Su Jingming. If he is a genius, I will bring him back!" Yelu Hongji said excitedly.

"You can't go!" Yelu Zongzhen looked serious.

His son was talented in both civil and military affairs, but he was crazy about the Song Dynasty. He even said that he would like to be born in the Song Dynasty in the next life.

Yelu Zongzhen knew very well the cunning people of Song Dynasty.

He did not believe that Yelu Hongji could kidnap Su Jingming back, but he believed that Su Jingming had a hundred ways to prevent Yelu Hongji from coming back.

(End of this chapter)