The second day after Su Jin left the capital, Ouyang Xiu wrote that unfortunate article
Zhao Zhen said: "Isn't it? I remind you, don't get involved. Until now, those few people still refuse to admit their mistakes. I don't think they will admit their mistakes. I want to teach them a lesson. If you plead,
My answer to you is to act in accordance with the law and will never tolerate it."
Su Jin said: "Your Majesty, you have misunderstood. I am not here to ask the Emperor to forgive them."
Zhao Zhen said: "Aren't you asking for mercy?"
Su Jindao: "Not only did I not plead for them, I also asked the emperor to punish them severely."
Zhao Zhen was confused, frowned and looked at Su Jin and said, "What the hell did you do?"
Su Jin said seriously: "I'm not up to no good. I'm really here to ask the emperor to punish them severely. Your Majesty, I heard that the Ministry of Punishment charged them with forming a clique for personal gain, intending to commit rebellion, and violating the instructions of the late emperor?"
Zhao Zhen couldn't change his mind for a moment and hesitated: "That's what I said, but I..."
Su Jin said: "Your Majesty, please stop hesitating. What are you hesitating about for such treacherous and unrighteous people? Hurry up and order all four of them to be executed to make it known to the world, so that all the people in the world know that Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and several other treacherous people are in the court."
Let’s warn those who are pampered about the consequences of causing trouble in the court.”
Zhao Zhen said in astonishment: "How could you make such a suggestion? As far as I know, you have a good relationship with them."
Su Jin said: "Friendship is friendship, and I still have to do the righteous thing of exterminating relatives. I rushed to see him in a hurry, because I was afraid that the emperor would be soft-hearted and could not resist others' requests. He would forgive them, and as far as I know, they have many crimes.
It's unknown, I want to expose it all."
Zhao Zhen couldn't believe his ears. Su Jin turned out to be here to add insult to injury. This was really beyond Zhao Zhen's surprise. Su Jin didn't seem to be this kind of person. He came to the palace specifically to expose Fan Zhongyan and others.
His expression didn't look like he was committing a crime. Could it be that Su Jin really had some evidence of these people's crimes?
"You... tell me."
Su Jin's expression became angry and said: "I have wanted to expose these people for a long time, but I never had the chance. Now that their conspiracy has been exposed, I can no longer keep silent. The first crime against Han and Fan is that they are cowardly and afraid of death.
It will destroy the power of our Song army."
Zhao Zhen frowned and said, "How do you say this?"
Su Jindao: "The facts are obvious. The Western bandits rebelled against the Song Dynasty and established themselves. We, the Song Dynasty, ordered a crusade against the Western bandits. However, Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi, as the leading generals in the northwest, were timid and did not dare to march northward. They only knew how to build all day long.
The walled city was huddled in it and was reluctant to crush the Western bandits. The Western bandits laughed at the Song Dynasty army. Isn't this cowardly and afraid of death? I even thought that they were delaying deliberately and were suspected of collaborating with the Western bandits. Otherwise, why
Deliberately lost two battles and lost tens of thousands of my troops?"
Zhao Zhen laughed dumbly and said, "Su Jin, are you kidding me?"
Su Jin said sternly: "I am not joking. The second crime I exposed is that they use fame and reputation to win people's hearts."
Zhao Zhen said: "Stop, stop, why does it sound like you are talking sarcastically to me?"
Su Jin ignored him and continued: "According to my understanding, when Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan were in the northwest, they used their salary and property as military funds to pay for the military, ate and lived with the soldiers, and deliberately pretended to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers.
Deliberately dressed in rags, I heard that Fan Zhongyan had a shirt that was heavily patched but deliberately kept it from being thrown away. Isn’t this just trying to gain fame? I heard that when the soldiers returned from the war, they deliberately cried bitterly and knelt down to greet the dead soldiers, and even personally
Writing letters with money and ordering people to send corpses back to their hometowns is not about winning people's hearts. When they were in the northwest, they used this method to deceive the local people and made them sing songs for them, saying, "There is a Korean in the army."
, Xixia felt chills in their hearts and bones when they heard about it. There was an example in the army, and Xixia was frightened when they heard about it. This is a clear proof that they use fame and reputation to win people's hearts.
Zhao Zhen was greatly moved, looking at Su Jin's excited face and saying nothing.[