I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 23 The New Year is approaching and memorials are flying everywhere
As the saying goes, after Laba is the New Year.

In the blink of an eye, it is the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the city of Bianjing is becoming more and more lively, with many outsiders buying new year's goods.

Officials also have much less official work on hand.

In the afternoon, the winter sun shines brightly.

Su Liang and Zhou Yuan were sorting documents in the house, and the writer Lao Hong walked in quickly.

"Two censors, it's not good! Just now, Sun Fu of the Zhijianyuan beat Hanlin scholar Chengzhi Dingdu outside the Chui Gong Hall. Ding Chengzhi fainted on the spot, and the imperial doctors went over to treat him!"

"what?"

Su Liang and Zhou Yuan both stood up in surprise.

Su Liang asked: "Are you sure it was Sun Jianyuan who beat Ding Chengzhi and not each other?"

Beating someone up and fighting each other are of different natures.

"It's not a fight. It was Deputy Prime Minister Chen who said this. He was walking behind the two of them. He could see it clearly!"

Hearing this, Su Liang couldn't help but show a hint of helplessness on his face.

Sun Fu is doomed!
It is a serious crime to beat up court officials outside Chui Gong Hall.

As a witness, Vice Minister Chen Zhizhong would definitely not speak well of Sun Fu.

When the latter promoted Chen Zhizhong to deputy prime minister, he repeatedly said that Chen Zhizhong was uneducated and unworthy of being prime minister.

No matter how generous Chen Zhizhong was, he would not be able to intercede for Sun Fu.

Su Liang and Zhou Yuan were curious about how Ding Du provoked Sun Fu to such an extent that Sun Fu couldn't help but take action.

……

After half an hour.

After many inquiries, Su Liang and Zhou Yuan finally figured out the ins and outs of the matter.

Three days ago, the officials ordered Hanlin scholar Ding Du to inquire about the matter.

During this period, he asked: When employing people in the imperial court, should qualifications or talents come first?

What this means is, should officials be selected based on merit or seniority?

Dingdu replied: It is better to use capital when things are peaceful, and when things are not peaceful, it is better to use talents.

Zhao Zhen was very satisfied with this answer.

Through this new policy, Zhao Zhen has understood.

Ranking based on seniority is fairer, but putting talent first can easily lead to corruption.

The so-called "talent" of some officials is built with "money".

Nowadays, the border affairs of the Song Dynasty have gradually calmed down.

There is a real need to select some honest officials with rich experience.

After Sun Fu learned about this conversation, he immediately impeached Ding Du, saying that he was taking advantage of the opportunity to seek great benefits and his intentions were utilitarian.

Ding Du served as the official of the banquet for more than ten years.

He specializes in history, classics and principles, has never held any important position, and has almost never been involved in political affairs.

He couldn't help but get very angry when he heard Sun Fu slandering him like this. He immediately wrote to Shu Zhongshu and asked for a public confrontation with Sun Fu.

Ding Du values ​​reputation more than life!
Later, when his memorial reached Prime Minister Du Yan, Du Yan suppressed it.

Du Yan believed that such a trivial matter was not worth alarming the officials.

Sun Fu was recommended by Du Yan. When Ding Du learned that the memorial was withheld, he thought that Du Yan was protecting Sun Fu and was furious.

Du Yan and Sun Fu were both impeached immediately.

Four thousand words were written eloquently, and the two of them were scolded to death.

This afternoon.

Du Yan, Chen Zhizhong, Ding Du and Sun Fu were called to Chui Gong Hall by the officials.

Throughout the year, what Zhao Zhen did most was to mediate conflicts among his ministers.

He always likes to make big things small.

His final result was: both parties were at fault, and they could just go home and reflect on themselves.

Ding Du and Sun Fu took the lead in leaving Chui Gong Hall.

As the two walked, they argued, spitting and quarreling.

Sun Fu is an impatient person.

In anger, he couldn't help but push Ding Du.

Unexpectedly, the latter failed to stand firm and rolled down the steps. He immediately saw blood on his forehead and fainted.

Chen Zhizhong, the political counselor who was walking behind, happened to see this scene.

……soon.

A large number of memorials were piled up, all impeaching Sun Fu and Prime Minister Du Yan.

Sun Fu of the Zhijian Yuan beat an important official of the imperial court while in prison, which was a crime of disrespect; Prime Minister Du Yan was suspected of shielding Sun Fu and withholding Dingdu's memorial, which was a crime of monopolization.

After Ding Du regained consciousness, he continued to write a memorial, impeaching Du Yan and Sun Fu and asking them to apologize to him.

Vice Minister Chen Zhizhong followed closely behind.

He said that Sun Fu's evil deeds were detrimental to the court's reputation and should be severely punished.

Privy Councilor Jia Changchao said that Prime Minister Du Yan secretly suppressed many memorials and acted dictatorially.

Subsequently, Wang Gongchen, Qian Mingyi and others also successively impeached Du Yan and Sun Fu.

Followed by.

Han Qi, deputy envoy to the Privy Council, and Bao Zheng, the supervisory censor, also came forward to speak for Du Yan and Sun Fu.

Things got louder and louder, and more and more people were involved.

The court hall in the twelfth lunar month suddenly became lively.

Su Liang quickly understood.

This is no longer just a fight.

Rather, after the New Deal came to an end, the conservative faction wanted to completely eliminate the reformists in Beijing.

Du Yan supports the New Deal, and Sun Fu also supports the New Deal.

This time.

Sun Fu lost his temper, and Du Yan was indeed suspected of covering up.

If Du Yan is deposed and Sun Fu leaves the Zhijianyuan, the court will be dominated by Jia Changchao, Chen Zhizhong, Wang Gongchen and others.

Han Qi and Bao Zheng understood this, so they went to the memorial to speak for Du Yan and Sun Fu.

Su Liang also frowned slightly.

If there is no Du Yan in Zhongshu and no Sun Fu in Taijian, then the court will probably be lifeless again.

Everything will be carried out in accordance with the ancestral laws and regulations of the Song Dynasty, and will not change.

Such a court would bring down the entire Song Dynasty.

As an admonisher, how could Sun Fu tolerate others taking advantage of him like this?

Immediately, he also went to school.

Sun Fu wrote an impeachment memorial of more than [-] words in one breath.

He scolded Ding Du for being pedantic and corrupt.

Accused Chen Zhizhong of being a treacherous philistine.

He scolded Jia Changchao for coveting the position of prime minister.

He scolded Wang Gongchen and Qian Mingyi for being willing to be Zhongshu's lackeys and having no responsibility as admonishing officials.

……

In the current Great Song Dynasty, sometimes the competition is not about who is right, but who shouts louder.

Officials generally will not punish Taiwan remonstrators for submitting such memorials.

Even worse, Zhao Zhen has also seen it.

If it were just these curses, Sun Fu might be able to regain some face for himself.

However, Sun Fu's last sentence violated a big taboo.

Sun Fu believed that the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of Zhongshu were of average ability and were good at conspiracy and calculation. Fan Zhongyan was guarding the border and could not return. However, Fu Bi did not hold an important position and should be allowed to join Zhongshu as prime minister. "

To a non-Taiwan admonishment official, this would not be a problem at all.

However, Taiwan admonishment officials are prohibited from recommending prime ministers.

As soon as these words came out, it was already destined that Sun Fu would no longer be able to stay in Jianyuan.

Sun Fu cannot be saved and will definitely be released.

But Du Yan can still be saved.

Su Liang didn't want the court to be controlled by a group of officials who were good at strategizing but not good at governing the country.

Just when he was about to write a memorial to speak for Du Yan, Zhou Yuan handed him a note.

Su Liang took a closer look and couldn't help being dumbfounded.

"Du Yan repeatedly withheld the internal surrender edicts issued by the officials for his clan relative Jinxing. The officials did not like it and it was difficult to retain his position."

Su Liang frowned and murmured, "This is going to be difficult!"

(End of this chapter)