I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 197 Return to Beijing!Chen Zhizhong's family is in disgrace
Qizhou Yamen, in the study.

The five monarchs and ministers chatted until they were close to each other, and then they went back to their houses to rest.

Su Liang's words, "Do officials want to rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, or do they want to rule the world with the people of the world?" completely disturbed Zhao Zhen's mind.

He suddenly realized that he had been in charge for sixteen years and had accomplished nothing.

Taizu Taizong had the ability to open up borders and expand territory.

The late emperor also led a personal expedition and brought peace to the Song and Liao Dynasties for many years with the Chanyuan Alliance.

And he.

Only the disastrous defeat of the Liao-Xia War and the short-lived appearance of Fan Fu's New Deal.

That night, Zhao Zhen had no sleep.

After tossing and turning for a long time, he couldn't help but flip through the documents in the two bamboo baskets.

……

The next day, the meeting between monarch and ministers continued.

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang reported to Zhao Zhen in detail the results of the Qizhou Reform.

Among them, the advantages and disadvantages of the six major reform regulations, including the Green Crops Law, the Exemption from Service Law, the Farmland Equalization Tax Law, the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, the Market Change Law, and the Equalization of Transport Law, are all listed.

In a word.

"Destroy the powerful and suppress the mergers, so that the national treasury will be filled and the people will not be poor."

Once these policies were implemented throughout the Song Dynasty, they would definitely be opposed by many powerful noble families.

Whether he can persist to the end depends entirely on Zhao Zhen's will.

Also.

Wang Anshi and Sima Guang also proposed many measures such as recruiting scholars based on their talents, overseas trade, and training and strengthening the army.

Zhao Zhen kept them all in mind.

In the next few days, Zhao Zhen never stepped out of Qizhou Chengzhou Yamen.

After having in-depth conversations with Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, he increasingly felt that the current scholar-bureaucrats in the court were too conservative and were living their lives casually.

The Great Song Dynasty Court should never be like this, and it cannot be like this.

……

October tenth.

There are still two days before Zhao Zhen plans to return to Beijing.

Near dusk.

Zhao Zhen summoned Ouyang Xiu, Su Liang, Sima Guang, and Wang Anshi into his temporary study.

Su Liang and the four others knew it.

The officials have heard many reform strategies in the past few days, and now that they are about to return to Beijing, it is time to express their stance.

After everyone sat down, Zhao Zhen looked at the two bamboo baskets with a smile on his face and said, "I have read nearly half of the documents in the bamboo baskets, and I will continue to read them on the way back to Beijing."

immediately.

Zhao Zhen sat up straight and looked at Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.

"It is difficult to have a complete strategy for a country's reform. I believe that the Qizhou Reform is completely applicable to the entire Song Dynasty. The harm of individual strategies can be adjusted according to the actual conditions of each place."

"At the beginning of next year, I will issue an edict to implement the reform strategy throughout the Song Dynasty to get rid of the poverty and weakness of our country. We will first suppress mergers, destroy the powerful, and implement the Green Seeding Law. Then we will strengthen the army. When the national treasury is filled, the people Without poverty, when the officials govern the Qingming Dynasty, the old state of Han and Tang Dynasties will be restored!"

Hearing this, the eyes of Su Liang and the other four people couldn't help but light up.

They knew that the Song Dynasty's reform was inevitable, but they couldn't hide their joy when they heard it from the officials themselves, especially when they fully approved of the Qizhou reform.

They have waited for this day for too long.

Immediately, Zhao Zhen looked at Ouyang Xiu again.

"It is not impossible to lay off officials, but it is not feasible at the moment. Give me some time, and I will create an ideal court atmosphere for all officials who are willing to work."

Ouyang Xiu nodded heavily, feeling excited.

Followed by.

Zhao Zhen looked at Su Liang again.

"Jing Ming asked, do I want to rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, or do I want to rule the world with the people? I will give you the answer now."

"I want to rule the world with those who can enrich the country, the people, and the military. If they are not like this, I have my own way to deal with them decisively. In the future, the court will not support useless people."

Su Liang handed over his hand heavily, and Zhao Zhen was very satisfied with this answer.

This trip to Qizhou is really worth it.

Zhao Zhen continued: "I want to be a pioneer in next year's reform. I will block the opposition in the court, and I will control the chaos among the people. In the future, I will be judged by the people or the historians of later generations as whether I am a virtuous person or a foolish person. , I have a clear conscience, and I hope that the four of you and I will do our best!"

Upon hearing this, Su Liang and the other four stood up directly and held their hands together.

Since ancient times, in all reforms, ministers come first and the king comes last.

Now Zhao Zhen has taken the initiative to take charge of everything and has assumed the responsibility of a holy king. This move will reduce a lot of trouble for the reform.

At this time, Zhao Zhen looked at Zhang Maoze on the side.The latter understood immediately and distributed the four documents to the four people.

"This is my hand-written edict. What I say today is all in the edict. If my actions in the future go against what the edict says, the four of you can uphold the edict and remonstrate!"

As soon as these words came out, Ouyang Xiu, Su Liang, Wang Anshi, and Sima Guang all burst into tears.

This is equivalent to Zhao Zhen making a promise to the four people: when the reform comes, they will never give up halfway.

It is also their blessing as ministers to meet such a good emperor.

If you don't work hard, how can you live up to this kindness?

Su Liang even choked up with excitement.

In the past few years, he has often acted like a holy king in front of Zhao Zhen, and now the official family has finally become more assertive.

Some scholars often say that the vitality of the Song Dynasty is in Taiwan.

But Su Liang knew very well that the vitality of the Song Dynasty was the official family. Once the official family became stronger, the Song Dynasty would not be far away from making the country rich and the people strong.

……

That night, after the serious chat.

Excited, Su Liang found Sima Guang and Wang Anshi again with two jars of wine.The two of them had tea with him and chatted with Su Liang until late into the night. Then they fell asleep together and fell into a deep sleep.

October [-]th, early morning.

Zhao Zhen and his party left Qizhou City and began to return to Beijing.

Before Zhao Zhen left, he patted Wang Anshi and Sima Guang on the shoulders and said solemnly: I will wait for you in Bianjing City.

The stage for the two of them next year will be in Bianjing, to be precise, in the entire Song Dynasty.

……

October [-]th, afternoon.

Zhao Zhen and his party returned to Bianjing City.

Su Liang missed his wife and son very much, and originally planned to go back to the Yushitai to say hello before going home.

Who would have thought that as soon as he and Ouyang Xiu arrived in front of the censor's platform, they saw the censors headed by Tang Jie and the admonishers from the admonition courtyard next door, holding memorials in their hands and running towards the forbidden area with their chests puffed out.

Looking at this posture, it seems that they want to discuss advice together with the class.

When Tang Jie saw Ouyang Xiu and Su Liang, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and said, "Uncle Yong, Jing Ming, you've come back just in time. We heard that the officials had returned and were about to go to Chui Gong Palace to impeach Chen Zhizhong. Let's go together! Let's go together!"

"What's Xiang Chen's fault that caused everyone to join forces to impeach him?" Su Liang looked confused.

"Look for yourself."

Tang Jie handed the impeachment memorial to Su Liang, while He Tan, Zuo Sijian of the Admonition Court on the side, handed the impeachment memorial to Ouyang Xiu.

Su Liang and Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but understand after reading the impeachment memorial.

Just yesterday, a piece of news spread among the people.

A huge scandal broke out in Chen Zhizhong's house. One maid was corporally punished to death, and two maids were beaten and then hanged themselves to death.

Some people say that it was Chen Zhizhong who imposed the cane punishment; some people say that it was Chen Zhizhong's favorite concubine Zhang who did it.

This matter involves the Prime Minister of the current dynasty, and Tai Jian has the right to hear and speak out. Naturally, the matter must be reported to the officials quickly to prevent Chen Zhizhong from manipulating it and perjuring his innocence.

After Ouyang Xiu read it, he smiled and said: "Let's go together! Let's go together!"

At this time, the officials were trying to realize their political ambitions. If such a scandal spreads in Chen Zhizhong's family, he will be severely punished.

Just when the admonishers were about to move forward again, Su Liang said: "I suggest everyone go back first."

The admonishers looked at Su Liang at the same time.

He Tan even asked in confusion: "Jing Ming, Chen Xiang's talents are far from enough to be a prime minister. Now that you have found an opportunity, why do you advise everyone to go back?"

All the admonishers knew that Su Liang also had many dissatisfactions with Chen Zhizhong.

Su Liang took Tang Jie's impeachment memorial and read it out: "The family is in disgrace, the innocent are harmed, and the authority of a private family is established based on the power of the prime minister, which is unworthy of a minister..."

"Are these the reasons for your impeachment?"

The admonishers nodded, not understanding what Su Liang was going to say.

"This kind of impeachment is not enough to remove him from office. I suggest that you take a closer look at it, such as lackluster political performance, always selecting talents based on personal preferences, etc. It is best to put these issues together and then give feedback to the officials. effective!"

Su Liang's principle of impeachment is: If you don't attack, it will be enough, if you attack, it will be a heavy blow.

"Haha, Jing Ming, you're still the bad guy. I'll go back and rewrite it soon!" Tang Jie couldn't help laughing.

All the admonishers could not help but be enlightened and smiled one after another.

Since Chen Zhizhong took office as prime minister with the "power of the dragon", his position has been very stable. Without sufficient reasons, it will be difficult to remove him from his position.

Now, it was a great opportunity, how could Su Liang let it go.

Chen Zhizhong was prime minister for three years, and his political affairs were in a mess. Taiwan's admonishers found five or six major faults, and there was no problem at all.

　It is a historical fact that Chen Zhizhong indulged his concubine and killed his maidservant, but it did not happen in the eighth year of Qingli Dynasty. Because he was dismissed from the prime minister in advance in this book, the matter was brought forward and a series of processing was carried out for everyone to know.Also, as the end of the month is approaching, please vote for me, thank you all!

　　
　
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