I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 85 On the Art of Communication in Officialdom
In the vertical arch hall.

None of the ministers left.

Prime Minister Du Yan looked at Xia Song and said dissatisfiedly: "Xia Shuxiang, you and other officials are forcing you to resign. It's really a shame. The officials are still taking medicine!"

"I'm not trying to protect my ancestors' family law!" Xia Song looked aggrieved.

"What should we do next? Should you resign or wait for the officials to apologize to you?" Ouyang Xiu rolled his eyes.

The officials behind Xia Song all had constipated expressions on their faces, which were as ugly as they could be.

This time it was completely frozen.

At this time.

Vice Minister Chen Zhizhong suddenly muttered to himself: "It's our fault, it's our fault!"

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were on Chen Zhizhong.

Xia Song looked at Chen Zhizhong with a look of disdain on his face and said to himself: This old guy is not going to go back on his word, is he?
Before the court meeting, he talked with Chen Zhizhong.

The reason why this minister who always followed the official's lead was on the opposite side of Zhao Zhen.

On the one hand, it is because he also wants to maintain the honor of being a nurse, doctor, and official; on the other hand, he believes that officials will inevitably compromise.

Therefore, he reached a consensus with Xia Song and spoke out against it.

Chen Zhizhong turned his face and looked at everyone.

"According to the character of an official, they generally won't say the words 'I won't be an official'."

"You might as well think about it from the perspective of the officials. Is it possible that the officials think that what we are fighting with him is not whether we should adhere to the laws of our ancestors, but whether the imperial power is more powerful or the power of the scholar-bureaucrats?"

"There was a sudden illness in the official family, and everyone immediately submitted a memorial requesting that the royal family be summoned to the palace, and even wanted to establish a prince. Although Prime Minister Du burned all the memorials, Empress Cao had read them all. How could she not inform the official family?"

"What the officials hate most is to establish a prince early. Our previous actions have chilled the officials' hearts, and now we have to try our best to prove that our power is higher than the officials' power. Maybe what the officials just said were not angry words... "

After hearing this speculation, the officials were a little anxious.

"This... this... is extremely possible!" A civil servant murmured.

Wang Gongchen said unconvinced: "I... our power comes from the officials, we don't want to compete with the officials!"

Xia Song waved his hand.

"What we think is not important, what we are most afraid of is what the officials think!"

The ministers suddenly found the root cause of Zhao Zhen's anger.

"Then...then...what should we do next? Ren Guanjia ordered Yang Riyan to be executed?" Wang Yaochen asked doubtfully.

At this time, Du Yan said: "It's not impossible."

"Yang Riyan's crime this time is so serious that it is not an exaggeration to sentence him to death. I think it is worthy of death. The officials have pasted his crimes on the tribute wall and told the world that it is inevitable that he will be sentenced to death. The only thing we can do now is The most important thing is to kill him in prison, not to parade in the streets, and not to die in front of the people."

Xia Song, Wu Yu, and Wang Yaochen were the first to nod.

Although both died, the subsequent effects were different.

Sentencing Yang Riyan to death was equivalent to a slap in the face to all the gentry officials in the world.

And if Yang Riyan paraded through the streets again and died under the curses of the people, it would be equivalent to letting the people slap all the scholar-bureaucrats in the face.

Officials can allow the power of scholar-bureaucrats to compromise with the imperial power, but they will never allow themselves to compromise with the people.

Immediately.

Some ministers echoed: "This approach is acceptable and acceptable."

Wang Gongchen curled his lips and said: "This...doesn't this set a precedent for killing scholar-bureaucrats?"

"Could it be that Wang Zhongcheng has a better way?" Wu Yu looked at Wang Gongchen.

Wang Gongchen suddenly stopped talking.

Su Liang listened so hard that he wanted to sleep.

The thoughts of this group of husbands are really complicated, and each of them has more concerns than the other.

After giving in, he was still thinking about how to minimize the harm to scholar-bureaucrats.

At this time, Ouyang Xiu was also annoyed and couldn't help but said: "It's not certain whether the officials will agree to your idea?"

As soon as these words came out, the hall became quiet again.

Zhao Zhen really may not be able to agree.

Since he was killed, he must have wanted to have the whole people watch and execute him in the street.

"Whether you agree or not, you have to give it a try. The official family is sick and we can't all go. It's best to assign one person to go."

Xia Song suddenly looked at Su Liang.

"Jing Ming, you are highly valued by the officials and are good at speaking. How about you inform the officials of this suggestion? If it can be successful, you will be credited with this matter!" At this moment, Du Yan, Chen Zhizhong, Wu Yu, Ouyang Xiu and others looked at Xia Song.

There are only two words in my mind: Shameless.

Whoever takes the lead and proposes to the officials to kill the scholar-bureaucrats will definitely be stabbed in the spine if another scholar-bureaucrat is sentenced to death in the future.

Tang Jie took the lead and stood in front of Su Liang.

"Xia Shuxiang, you are the emperor's master, and the officials have always respected you. It would be more appropriate for me to suggest that you go!"

"Xia Guan feels the same way." Ouyang Xiu added from the side.

Just when Xia Song looked embarrassed, Su Liang suddenly said, "I'll go."

After saying that, Su Liang walked towards the side hall.

Ouyang Xiu and Tang Jie didn't stop him even if they wanted to, while Xia Song had a faint smile on his face.

After a while.

The chamberlain announced that Su Liang had arrived at the side hall teahouse.

Zhao Zhen was not as angry as he imagined. At this time, he was reading a book.

He motioned for Su Liang to sit down.

Then a little Huangmen brought Su Liang a cup of tea.

Su Liang slightly cupped his hands towards Zhao Zhen, and after taking a sip of tea, he said: "Guan, your anger is almost gone! My husband sent me to give you a suggestion?"

"Say."

"Officials can issue an edict to kill Yang Riyan, but he cannot be paraded in the streets or executed in front of the people. He must be killed in prison!"

"No!" Zhao Zhen simply refused decisively, "I must parade in the streets to show the public, and I must let the people scold Yang Riyan. If not, I will be sorry for the people of Kaifeng Prefecture!"

"Officials, I haven't finished speaking yet. There is one more condition. On the day of Yang Riyan's execution, all officials in the capital must observe the execution!"

"Huh? Officials watching the execution?" Zhao Zhen couldn't help but raise his head and said: "Is this what they asked for? Is this what you asked for?"

Su Liang nodded slightly.

If the scholar-bureaucrats don't want the common people to slap their faces, then let them slap their own faces.

The sight of hundreds of officials watching the execution was enough to make them fear the imperial power.

"I can accept this condition. If they have no objections, the execution will be carried out tomorrow!"

"Yes, official." Su Liang stood up immediately and walked out.

……

soon.

Su Liang returned to Chui Gong Hall again with a smile on his face.

Xia Song asked excitedly: "The official family... the official family agreed so quickly?"

Su Liang nodded, but then said: "But there is a small condition."

"What conditions?"

"On the day of execution, hundreds of officials will watch the execution!"

Suddenly, some officials shook their heads wildly.

In their eyes, letting them watch the execution was like they had done something wrong. They felt it was an insult to their status as scholar-bureaucrats.

Xia Song frowned slightly.

"This... this... is not good. Can we talk to the official family again..."

Su Liang directly interrupted Xia Song and said, "The officials have said that if you don't agree, he will not go to court again!"

These words immediately choked the ministers.

"Promise, promise, I promise!" Du Yan was the first to say.

"So, the officials have already made a concession, are you really waiting for the officials to come out and apologize?" Ouyang Xiu glared.

"I have no opinion!"

"I have no opinion!"

"I have no opinion!"

……

The ministers nodded one after another and were unwilling to argue with the officials anymore. This matter was already causing a rupture in the relationship between the king and his ministers.

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(End of this chapter)