Chapter 945: Censors

The sailing was very smooth. When the color of the water changed from dark to light, the fleet entered Hangzhou Bay.

The closer we get to the end, the more white sails appear on the sea. When the fleet arrives at the mouth of the Qiantang River, the guiding boat from the Municipal Shipping Department is already waiting here.

The red-clothed envoy boarded the Rushi and smiled at Zhang San: "I expected Sanlang to arrive in these few days. Commander Yun is eager to see what's going on. He sends his men to wait on the river every day."

Zhang San also smiled: "Then let's enter the port. Can the warehouse be freed up?"

The envoy quickly waved his hand: "No, Commander Yun has carefully told me, Bachelor Su, can I go with Saburo?"

Zhang San nodded: "Exactly, in addition to bachelors, there are also county princes with twenty-one degrees."

"Ouch!" The envoy hurriedly ran to the rope ladder: "We have finally arrived. I would like to trouble the bachelor and Jiedu in a moment. Commander Yun will board the ship to pay his respects."

In the past few days, Zeng Bu had been waiting anxiously at the Shipping Department and soon arrived on the ship.

Su You and Zhao Zongyou had already come out. Zeng Bu handed them over and said, "I have seen Jiedushi, a great scholar."

The fate of Zeng Bu and Lu Jiawen has been greatly changed compared to history, but the two are still feuding.

Zhao Peng had just entered the official position as the Crown Prince Shaobao. In order to appease the old officials, the imperial court conferred the title of promotion on his son Zhao Xi to Chang Pingcang in Liangzhe Province so that he could be nearby to take care of Zhao Peng in his later years.

However, the old man's thank you note before taking office did not mention himself or his relatives and descendants at all, but mentioned the names of Zeng Bu and Lu Jiawen, thinking that although these two people had stains in the past, they had a great political reputation since they were released, and their flaws could not be concealed.

The imperial court was happy to see the success, so it divided Zhao Pian's duties into two, and ordered Zeng Bu to serve as the transport envoy for the two Zhejiang roads, while Lu Jiawen was ordered to promote the Shipping Department of Hangming City. It turned out that people were put to the best use, and they also interacted with each other.

Constraints and balances, perfection.

Of course, this is also inseparable from Jiangsu Oil's previous arrangements. The prosperity of the two Zhejiang roads is ultimately due to Jiangsu Oil. The dividends of the rapid development have led to a group of officials receiving awards and promotions.

So from this point of view, Su You is actually the number one benefactor who helped Zeng Bu and Lu Jiawen turn around.

Therefore, when we met at this time, Zeng Bu no longer had the unruly look on his face when he first arrived at Liangzhe Road, but he was very polite and considerate.

Su You quickly helped him up: "Congratulations to Zixuan on his promotion."

Zeng Bu was a little surprised: "The great scholar still doesn't know that something happened in the court?"

Su You was also surprised: "What's the big deal? We traveled for a month and didn't even reach the shore."

Zeng Bu stamped his feet anxiously: "Then go ashore and talk in detail. Su Xueshi and Su Zizhan are both going to Yushitai Prison and are in urgent need of rescue!"

Su You's heart skipped a beat, the Wutai Poetry Case was here again?! But why did it involve the clan brother?!

He quickly disembarked from the ship and rushed to the transshipment department. Zeng Bu was not shy and turned out all the reports and edicts from the past month, allowing Su You and Zhao Zongyou to watch them and talk in detail.

The more Su You looked at it, the more he frowned. He had a rough idea of ​​Da Su's poem case, but he never thought about changing his fate.

The main reason is that I can't bear to part with the two Chibi poems. Besides, with the persistence and stubbornness of today's literati, it is so difficult to change them.

On weekdays, he often gave advice in letters, but as long as Su Shi felt that he was right, he would not change it; whenever he saw problems with the government, he would speak out; he himself described it as "seeing it in the food"

There are flies, how can you still eat them?"

So Su You can't do anything against him. He can't talk about it or write about it. Is it possible that you can show your identity as an elder and beat him?

The cause of the incident was originally caused by Cai Que's promotion to the post of political advisor.

Cai Chi was a talented person. He was able to participate in politics after four years in the court. In the history of promotion of officials in the Song Dynasty, he was a rare rocket speed, even better than Lu Huiqing.

The first thing after being promoted was to report to Zhao Xu, saying that he came to the position of Tai Jian, and many people in Tai Jian, such as Li Ding and Shu Quan, were introduced to Wu Tai by themselves, and now they have become Shenzhi

Political affairs, fearing rumors that the government was communicating with Taiwanese admonishers, requested that the two people be transferred.

Zhao Xu was more tolerant and believed that this was nothing. It was a serious crime to remonstrate and communicate with the governor. He believed that everyone was a moral person and could not rashly change the censor because of mistakes that had not been committed.

Zhao Xu didn't take it seriously, but Li Ding and Shu Dan couldn't sit still.

The two believed that Cai Que had a relationship with Su You, so they wanted to protect the Su family.

Because all the information in hand has been collected and sorted before, and Cai Que has been dragging it out.

And Su You had already arrived at sea, and the two immediately launched a major case. Why should the path that you, Cai Chizheng, have walked, have to be cut off by us? We must also follow the path of our predecessors!

Li Ding immediately contacted another censor Jia Zhongmin. It was Jia Zhongmin who had previously provided information that the mother of Chen Shiru's wife Li was the niece of Lu Gongzhu, deputy envoy of the Privy Council. He had repeatedly begged Lu Gongzhu to report to Su.

Psalm and intercede.

Lu Gongzhu and Su Song met in the examination room and have been close friends for many years. They have close contacts and are very likely to secretly manipulate this matter.

So the two jointly submitted a letter, and the first move was to impeach Lu Gongzhu, saying that Chen Shiru's mother-in-law, Lu, made a "karma request" that caused the original prosecutor of the Military Inspectorate to "change the plot and change the subordinates" to exonerate Chen Shiru and his wife.

It was claimed that Lu Gongzhu had intervened in the matter and disrupted the trial, and that Lu Gongzhu had entrusted his two sons, Lu Xiji and Lu Xichun, to handle the matter.

It was a legal matter, so Zhao Xu immediately issued an edict to have Huang Yan, the censor, try the case.

Huang Yan called Lu Gongzhu and his two sons to Dali Temple for questioning, and arrested Lu Xiya, Lu Gongzhu's nephew, and Yan Jing, the son-in-law of Chen Shiru's friend.

Lu Gongzhu and his son told Huang Yan and Jia Zhongmin the whole story and made it clear that they did not ask Su Song.

In fact, after the incident, Chen's wife Li called to her mother Lu, who immediately "went to the public house at night to speak like a woman".

However, Lu Gongzhu was a decent man and refused her request, so Lu had no choice but to "retreat in tears".

However, although Lu Gongzhu did not come forward, his nephew Lu Xiya, the judge of Dali Temple, and Yan Jing, the son-in-law of Chen Shiru's friend, admitted that they had indeed gone to Kaifeng Mansion to inquire.

However, Su Song only told them about the progress of the case at that time, which was regarded as leaking some details of the case and did not request any requests.

As a result, Huang Yan and Jia Zhongmin had differences of opinion.

The lawsuit was brought to Zhao Xu, who then appointed the censor He Zhengchen to supervise the trial of the case.

After He Zhengchen took office, he immediately escalated the case and moved Lu Gongzhu and others from Dali Temple to the Yushitai, and then arrested several of Lu Gongzhu's slaves.

At the same time, Li Ding instigated Jia Zhongmin to report to Zhao Xu secretly, saying that Su Song was suspected of leniency due to entrustment and should be put on trial.

So Su Song was escorted from Haozhou to Yushitai, imprisoned in the East Pavilion of the Third Courtyard, and the case was jointly tried.

But the big turmoil had just begun, and soon after, Su Shi's troubles came.

The origin is a letter of thanks he wrote to Zhao Xu.

In March of the second year of Yuanfeng, Su Dongpo was transferred from Xuzhou to Huzhou on the shore of Taihu Lake, and wrote "Huzhou Thank You Shangbiao".

In fact, it was just a routine matter. I briefly mentioned that I had no political achievements to speak of in the past, and then recounted the great kindness of the emperor.

Su You himself has written a lot about this, which is the first thing an official should do after assuming office.

But Su Shi was so stubborn that he included a few words of complaint at the end of his thank you note:

"Your Majesty knows that he is stupid and unfit for the time, and it is difficult to accompany him. If he is old and does not cause trouble, he may be able to shepherd the small people."

The word "Qi" in the sentence refers to himself. He compares himself with "Xinjin" and says that he does not "make trouble", which implies that the "Xinjin" character "makes trouble".

He Zhengchen, the supervisory censor, immediately cited the words "new advance", "making trouble" and other words in the memorial, saying that Su Shi "fooled the imperial court and was arrogant."

This is indeed Su Dazui's fault.

During Wang Anshi's reform period, there was a fierce struggle between the conservatives and the reformers. Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, because the former's long letter to the latter contained the word "making trouble", after Su Dazui's publicity, the word "making trouble",

It has become a idiom used to attack the political reform.

And "new advancement" was Su Shi's own invention. He once said in the book "Emperor Shang Shenzong" that Wang Anshi "recruited new and brave people in order to achieve quick results."

The result is that "recently, there are fewer and fewer sincere people, while there are more and more skillful people."

Later, it was proved that this was indeed the case. It was Lu Huiqing, the "smart person" promoted by Wang Anshi, who betrayed Wang Anshi and made him dismiss from the prime minister.

Dasu's idolatry has been condensed, and his words will spread quickly and have a huge impact.

Therefore, "making trouble" and "new advancement" have become synonyms and labels for the new party.

Everyone in the New Party is naturally filled with hatred.

But just relying on one or two sentences in "Huzhou Xie Shangbiao" is not enough.
Chapter completed!