Chapter 814: The new right minister, the court convicted
Chapter 814: The new right prime minister is convicted by the court
After a long while, Zhao Shen fell down on the chair. The letter in front of him weighed more than a thousand pounds, as if his fantasy had been shattered.
"Ai Qing, please step back first!"
Zhao Shen waved his hand feebly.
"His Majesty!"
Zhang Jun's eyes widened and he shouted loudly!
However, Zhao Shen slowly closed his eyes!
"Master Zhang, please step back first! When your Majesty makes a decision, he will naturally inform you!"
Wang Quan on the side warned softly.
"Why!"
Zhang Jun waved his hands fiercely, and then left the Qinzheng Hall.
"Your Majesty, I have a secret message to report!"
Shortly after Zhang Jun left, Wang Quan returned to Qinzheng Hall again!
Zhao Shen took the secret memorial from Wang Quan, opened it and read it for a while, then nodded slightly!
The next day, in the morning court, after all the ministers had finished reporting, Zhao Shen suddenly took out a memorial and said, "I have a secret memorial here, dear friends, please take a look..."
Wang Quan took the memorial in his hand and handed it to the ministers below.
When the memorial was passed to Zhang Jun's hands, Zhang Jun's heart moved slightly.
Originally, he was a little angry that the emperor did not give him a direct reply yesterday, but he did not expect that his majesty would actually come up with such a memorial today.
What this memorial describes is exactly what happened in Wushan County, which is basically the same as the secret letter sent back by Shen Tang.
However, it was obviously copied and there was no signature in it.
After everyone had seen it, Qian Weiyan, the censor Zhongcheng, went out to report, "Your Majesty, may I ask who reported this? Are the things in it true? Why is there no signature?
It seems that there are quite a few people who covet my authority as the censor’s office!"
"Yes, if you just write a secret memorial, you can convict the officials appointed by the imperial court, and the world will be in chaos!"
The speaker's name is Ye Yong, who was a Jinshi in the second year of Shaoxing! He once served as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and later as Shangshu Zuopushe and Privy Envoy. However, after Zhao Shen came to the court, he was demoted due to the Northern Expedition.
However, Zhao Shen tried his best to confer the title of Shen Tang before. Although his will was carried out, he had to make compromises. Ye Yong returned to the court and became the right prime minister again alongside Shi Hao. This was the result of the compromise.
This is why the old housekeeper asked Shen Tang to write a letter to Zhang Jun instead of directly submitting a memorial.
Otherwise, regardless of whether this matter is right or wrong, this kind of behavior will be grasped by the ministers of the court! Even if Zhao Shen tries his best to protect it, criticism from the court will definitely come.
For these ministers, whether it is the life or death of an old soldier, a minor official in the county, or the life or death of the county magistrate, it is not important. What is important is that some rules cannot be broken, especially when their interests are involved.
Facing the minister's question, Zhao Shen said calmly, "Half a month ago, the Minjiang River system in Kuizhou was overflowing, and many prefectures and counties suffered. Therefore, I sent the Imperial City Department to secretly investigate the actual situation of the water. But I didn't expect that besides the water situation, Besides, Wushan County actually gave me such a surprise."
The Imperial City Department is directly under Zhao Shen, and has many responsibilities! Among them, spying on and monitoring intelligence is one of the responsibilities of the Imperial City Department.
It can be said that except that this power is in the hands of the emperor, other responsibilities are almost similar to those of the Jin Yiwei in later generations.
Therefore, Zhao Shen directly brought the issue to the Imperial City Secretary, which would stop these ministers from pursuing the source of this matter.
As expected, Ye Yong and Qian Weiyan frowned and stopped pursuing the matter.
"Since it is reported by the Imperial City Secretary, then this matter must be true! In this case, then just punish this little official directly! A mere little official is so bold and reckless, he really deserves to be killed!"
Ye Yong said calmly.
Zhao Shen smiled faintly and said, "Apart from this little official, the Wushan County Registrar is a direct participant in this matter, and the Wushan County Magistrate is also aware of this matter. Everyone on Wushan Mountain has a share of the money gained! My dear friends, what do you think?"
As soon as this statement came out, many ministers present frowned!
If it's just a petty official, then just kill him, it's not a big deal anyway.
But if it comes to magistrates, chief administrators, etc., although they are also ant-like figures, their meanings are different! These people are not only officials worthy of the name, but also within the scope of 'scholars'! Not long ago, The magistrate of Lianli City is an example!
Such a character should definitely die ten thousand times.
However, if the killing ban was launched against the magistrate this time and the emperor succeeded in killing him, would he kill the magistrate next time?
Will the butcher's knife fall on their heads next time?
The Song Dynasty lasted for more than a hundred years. Since the time of Taizu, there has been no sword to kill civil servants. Therefore, whoever wants to start this killing ban will be the life and death enemy of all civil servants and scholars!
"Your Majesty, this heinous crime should be severely punished! If not, how can millions of soldiers feel at ease?"
Mao Yuanlong, the minister of Dali Temple, spoke.
"Master Mao is wrong!"
However, Jiang Maobin, the Minister of Punishment, left the office with a smile, "The imperial court has its own laws, and punishments are based on the laws. How can the law be violated just because of something?"
According to the law, this little official should be beheaded as a warning to others! The chief official will be dismissed from office, and the rest of his followers will be punished. As for the county magistrate, this is lax governance of the people, so just let him write a letter of begging for punishment!"
"The county magistrate is the parent of a county. How can a letter begging for sin be enough?"
Shi Hao said sternly, "Soldiers who fight to the death for the country, the imperial court has the obligation to let them return to their hometowns to live safely! If we downplay it this time, then next time the border war breaks out, who else will fight to the death for the imperial court?"
My lords, aren’t you afraid that millions of soldiers will be disappointed?”
"That's right! Our soldiers of the Song Dynasty can die in the hands of the enemy, and even if they know they will die, there will never be a coward.
However, if he dies in the hands of one of his own people, it will be a shame to the entire imperial court! If even a small Wushan County cannot be punished, then I will not be able to make decisions for the soldiers of the world. I don’t have the face to continue doing this as a privy envoy. Already."
Zhang Jun looked at Ye Yong and others coldly, the unkindness in his tone was clear to words!
Zhao Shen looked at the situation below and then said, "A mere petty official dares to waste human life and deserves to be killed! A county chief registrar who knowingly committed a crime deserves to be punished! The magistrate of Wushan County cannot guard the land and bring peace to the people, and cannot keep the sea and rivers clear. He is guilty. !”
"The Ministry of Punishment will immediately send people to arrest the minor officials and put them in jail. After questioning, if there are no mistakes, they will be executed after autumn! The chief clerk will be dismissed and will never be hired! The magistrate of Wushan County will be demoted, and the rest will be punished according to law!"
Dismissal from office and never being hired, this was the greatest punishment of the Song Dynasty to civil servants!
Zhang Jun was naturally dissatisfied, but Zhao Shen had already spoken out, so there was no point in objecting anymore. He could only hold his nose and say, "Your Majesty is wise!"
As for Ye Yong and others, although Zhao Shen's punishment was more serious than what they said, it was not harmful at all, so they bowed to the emperor and finally settled the matter.