The first emperor of the Song Dynasty

Chapter 43 Public opinion
Zhao Cheng and Zhu Shengfei also felt a little headache after receiving Su Weikang's report. They really didn't expect that Cai Jing would be involved in this matter.

"Prince Zhao, how do you think we should deal with this matter?" Zhu Shengfei threw the problem to Zhao Cheng. After all, Zhao Cheng is the emperor's family. Although the two are of the same rank, Zhao Cheng still has to make up his mind about this kind of matter.

But Zhao Cheng was also in a bit of a dilemma. It would be fine if someone else was involved in this matter, but now it involves Cai Jing. As a direct descendant of Zhao Huan's faction, Zhao Cheng naturally knew that Zhao Huan had wanted to get rid of Cai Jing for a long time. But he didn't take action for a long time, all he lacked was an excuse, and now, this excuse has just come.

"I can't make the decision on such a big matter. Let's report it to the officials and let the housekeeper make the decision." Zhao Cheng said in a deep voice.

So the two went to the palace overnight to report the matter to Zhao Huan.

The three were in Zhao Huan's imperial study, and Zhao Cheng reported the situation to Zhao Huan.

After Zhao Huan listened to the report, the expression on his face didn't change at all, but his thoughts turned sharply. Cai Jing was the leader of the six thieves. Zhao Huan had wanted to take him down a long time ago, but Cai Jing didn't People like Tong Guan and others were all eunuchs. This Cai Jing is the prime minister, and the power in the court is entangled. If you want to take him down, you should be more cautious.

During the reign of Emperor Huizong, Cai Jing served as the prime minister for 17 years. It can be said that more than half of the officials in this dynasty have some relationship with him. , Those who are interviewed by the emperor will be regarded as disciples of the emperor, and Cai Jing also took advantage of his position during his administration to serve as the chief examiner of the imperial examination many times. Because Cai Jing is the prime minister, many people will claim to be Cai Jing's disciples. Under such circumstances, Zhao Huan had to consider whether moving Cai Jing would cause the rebound of these scholar-bureaucrats.

The Song Dynasty was a very strange dynasty. The imperial power was relatively not very concentrated. The status of the scholar-bureaucrats in the society was extremely high. In the history of the Celestial Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous and prosperous age, but the status of the scholar-bureaucrats in the Tang Dynasty was definitely not the same as that of the Song Dynasty. Yes, in the Song Dynasty, the salaries of officials at the same level could reach a hundred times that of the Tang Dynasty. Of course, this was also due to the fact that at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin deliberately used high salaries to buy people's hearts, but it also caused the current situation. .

Seeing that Zhao Huan was hesitating, Zhao Cheng said softly, "Your Majesty, why don't you let this matter go for now?"

Zhao Huan raised his head, glared at Zhao Cheng sharply, snorted coldly, and said, "What? You want to plead for Cai Jing?"

Zhao Cheng was swept away by Zhao Huan's gaze, and he felt chills on his back. At this time, he quickly denied: "No, your majesty knows that I have absolutely nothing to do with Cai Jing. I just worry that Cai Jing will have too much influence among the scholar-bureaucrats." Big, moving him will cause unnecessary trouble."

After a pause, Zhao Cheng added in a low voice: "And Cai Jing is a celebrity in front of the Supreme Emperor. Even now, the Supreme Emperor will often call Cai Jing into the palace."

Zhao Cheng's last sentence was just a simple statement and did not go deep into it, but Zhao Huan understood what Zhao Cheng wanted to express.

The Celestial Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety. Since the Supreme Emperor Zhao Ji came back from Zhenjiang, there have been rumors that Zhao Huan and Zhao Ji had a stiff relationship. Now if Zhao Huan wants to move Cai Jing, it will inevitably cause Zhao Ji's unhappiness, and at that time the scholars and bureaucrats will be upset. For Zhao Huan's verbal criticism, that is definitely not the scene that Zhao Huan wants to see.

The Song Dynasty was such a strange dynasty. Zhao Huan knew very well that Wang Shu, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council at that time, once wrote a letter scolding Emperor Gaozong and Zhao Gou for staying in one corner and ignoring the hatred of his parents and brothers. In this way, Zhao Gou did not kill Wang Shu.

"Let me think about this matter, you two go back first." Zhao Huan said to Zhao Cheng and the two.

When the two left, Zhao Huan looked at the bamboo sign with the names of the six thieves in front of him, and secretly made up his mind. He originally wanted to deal with these easy-to-handle people first, and then deal with Cai Jing, but now it seems that the plan seems to be ahead of schedule. up.

Zhao Huan stretched out his hand and drew a big red cross on the bamboo plaque with Cai Jing's name written on it.

On the second day, there was an article about human trafficking in a prominent position in the "Da Song Daily".

In the Song Dynasty, the trading of slaves was legal, so after this article was published, everyone was just curious why today's newspapers did not put the battle ahead in the first place, but put such an insignificant matter in the first place. First, is this matter more serious than the war ahead?

But at this time, everyone was just a little curious, and didn't really take this matter to heart, but they didn't expect that the next day, the front page of "Da Song Daily" published another article like this, And this time the content of the article has become more detailed and specific, pointing out that some people abduct children and then sell them as slaves.

Immediately, there was a heated discussion among many scholar-bureaucrats. The sale of slaves is legal, but turning people into slaves through abduction is not recognized by the society no matter in that dynasty. After all, everyone has children. Even in those aristocratic families, the juniors must be followed by a group of guards when they go out. The purpose is to prevent such accidents from happening.

The direction of public opinion has begun to change. Many scholar-bureaucrats began to accuse these gangs of abducting children, and even more angrily blocked the gate of Honglu Temple, asking Honglu Temple to explain which gang it was. That gang will copy it.

Sitting in his mansion, Da Honglu of Honglu Temple, Li Guang felt that this Honglu Temple was so lively for the first time. It turned out that he had always told the truth and dismissed it psychologically , but now, he has a different idea, especially now that the officials attach as much importance to the "Da Song Daily" as the six parts.

In fact, the Celestial Dynasty has been famous since ancient times, and now with the "Da Song Daily", the officials are actually equivalent to having a wind vane to grasp public opinion. Just like this time, the officials have cleverly used the "Da Song Daily" A public opinion attack on Cai Jing's family has been carried out. Now the anger of many scholar-bureaucrats has been ignited by this article. If you know that the big man behind this matter is Cai Jing, I believe that even Cai Jing's disciples are everywhere. At this time No one would dare to stand up.

　The third one has been delivered, and once again I wish you all a happy National Day and a safe world at night!
　　
　
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