Chapter 309 Zhao Xu: Quotes must be taken out of context
The next day, December Bingzi (sixteenth).
The two palaces issued an edict and sent their ministers to the Daxiangguo Temple, Kaibao Temple and other temples and Taoist temples in Beijing to pray for snow.
He also followed the censor's advice and ordered all the people in Kaifeng Prefecture to appoint criminal officials and divide the divisions into clearing the prisons.
At the request of the prime minister, he dismissed the Imperial Academy and retained the same crime law, and also dismissed the mulberry planting law, allowing the people to do as they please.
As a result, Sima Guang was very excited after going to court!
"To do two things in one day, it can be said that the whole world is celebrating!" He returned to the court hall and began to rejoice in his own thoughts.
The same-criminal law for retaining the title of Imperial College restricts Imperial College students.
Only scholars with five official guarantees can enter Taixue to study. Once a scholar commits a serious crime in Taixue, the guarantor will be imprisoned together. Depending on the seriousness of the case, he will be fined a copper, have to be punished, and will be demoted.
Stop, overtake...
In Sima Guang's eyes, this is an evil law.
It also restricts young people, and may even make the Song Dynasty go back to the Han and Tang Dynasties to recruit scholars, relying on family status instead of knowledge, which is a bad path for character and a dead end.
Now that the two palaces and the emperor have abolished this method, they will open up a new way for people to study.
Of course, Sima Guang felt that it would be best to include the "New Meanings of the Three Classics" which was designated as a must-read by Taixue.
At the same time, it would be best to issue an edict for the imperial examination to no longer use "New Meanings of the Three Classics" and "Shuo Zi" as the designated books.
And the "Law for Planting Mulberry Plants" is even more evil.
This law is the product of the Xining Reform, a law initiated and promoted by Wu Shenli when he was in charge of the government.
Under the guise of encouraging people to teach farmers and cultivate mulberry trees, they actually engage in exploitation!
Because, this law stipulates the number of mulberry trees to be planted and survival indicators.
This gives local officials a lot of room for maneuver.
Sima Guang, who was deeply inspired, began to write the memorial after he calmed down a little.
He will not follow the trend and go out to scare the two palaces and the emperor by talking about disasters and the like.
He disdains this!
In his whole life, he never believed in Buddhism or Laoism, nor did he talk about ghosts and gods.
Because he knew it was fake! It was a lie!
As the words fell one by one, Sima Guang wrote very seriously.
It took him almost half an hour to finally write this short memorial of three to five hundred words.
Then, he checked it carefully, copied the text onto the paper dedicated to the Prime Minister, and folded it carefully.
Finally, use a special cover to seal it, and use a pen to write in large characters on the cover: Your servant, Chen Guang, enters the post.
Then, take a piece of yellow paper, stick it on the other side of the cover, and write down the main theme of his memorial on the yellow paper.
After finishing all this, Sima Guang got up, walked out of the capital hall, came to Zuo Zhaoqing's door in person, and handed it over to the officials of the Tongjian Department.
Because it was a text written by the governor, Tongjian Si did not dare to neglect it and immediately sent it to Neidong Gate.
Here, a group of ministers copied the text of the memorial into three copies, and then sent them to Baoci Palace and Funing Palace.
As for the original?
Of course, it is archived for future inquiry.
…
When Sima Guang's memorial was delivered to Zhao Xu, he was directing Feng Jing in the West Pavilion of Funing Palace, leading people to carry out the texts and edicts of the previous dynasties recently brought back from Chongwen Academy, according to the date, distance and time.
Military, personnel, and economic classification.
This is what Zhao Xu has been doing.
The West Pavilion of Funing Palace has now become his personal archives.
"Sima Gong's memorial?" Zhao Xu took it and was surprised: "It's quite strange!"
Taking the memorial in hand, he looked at the cover and knew that it was a copy of the general seal.
The tongfengzhuang is a form of petition written by civil servants in the Song Dynasty, which corresponds to the actual sealing form.
The difference between the two is: the general seal is public and can be viewed by anyone in charge, while the actual seal is secret and in principle only the emperor can see it.
Looking at the words on the cover, Zhao Xu turned to the back and looked at the yellow paper posted on the back.
This is a short text that mainly introduces the general content of the memorial and summarizes the central idea.
It is also the best way for ministers to attract the emperor's attention - the emperor's energy and time are limited.
Most of the memorials were just glanced at and posted yellow, and if they found nothing important, they were thrown aside and handed over to the General Secretary to the Three Provincial Departments for disposal.
Sima Guang is naturally very good at writing pornographic stories.
Otherwise, he would not be able to do it. Although he was in Luoyang, every time he submitted a memorial, the late emperor could open it and read it.
This time, it was just average.
Sima Guang's yellow sticker reads: Gongwei, the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager lives in the ninth level. Your Majesty, the Emperor, is rich in the Spring and Autumn Period. The vastness of the four seas and the invisibility of Luyan are invisible. You can't see it in person! You don't have to listen to the words of your subjects.
Given the wisdom of God, how could he know this?
Zhao Xu immediately laughed: "Sima Gong is really afraid that I won't read his memorial!"
So, he opened the sealed cover, took the white paper, walked outside the west pavilion, sat on the mattress, and looked at it carefully.
Sima Guang's writing is as sharp as ever.
The opening chapter is a big hat: I heard that Shun's four eyes were bright and he had four intelligences. The king saw everything in the four seas like a household and a courtyard, and everything between the houses was as clear as the palm of his hand!
Zhao Xu smiled and nodded: "Heroes really think alike!"
He decided to immediately send someone to see Tong Si and extract this sentence from the original text of Sima Guang's memorial.
Maybe it will come in handy in the future!
You see - Lord Sima advised me to see everything in the four seas as a household, and to know everything between the houses as if it were the palm of my hand!
Therefore, it is reasonable for me to hire spies, monitor all directions, and even send people to sneak into Aiqing's inner house, right?
Keep reading.
Sima Guang began to worry about the country and the people: Among the four people, farmers are the most miserable. Farmers work hard in the cold and in the heat. They work with stars and rest with stars. Silkworm women raise silkworms and cure silkworms.
Weaving it from strand to strand and making it inch by inch, it is extremely diligent!
This sentence is also very good, and I need to have someone copy it out quickly.
In the future, if Sima Guang's disciples and grandsons clamor against Zhao Xu's expansion of the cotton industry and cotton spinning, they can use this sentence to silence him - Sima Gong was so compassionate to the people and common people during his lifetime.
After much thought, I came up with this method to relieve the suffering of all people.
You have no conscience!
How dare you oppose my virtuous government?
Expel your discipleship as Sima Gong’s disciple!
The following words are somewhat incorrect.
What does it mean to say, "Therefore, when his children travel to the market, they are really impressed by the beauty, and when they see the splendor, they refuse to return to their fields"?
What's the meaning?
Should a farmer’s son farm all his life?
Does our Song Dynasty have so much land for farmers to plant?
Mr. Sima, do you know what the emperors have been doing since the Ren Temple?
Let those who are idle in the countryside be tricked into mining, working, going to the city, and doing business!
Otherwise, with so many people living in the countryside, having nothing to do every day, and full of energy, wouldn’t the Song Dynasty be taking jujube pills?
The content at the end of the memorial is nothing interesting.
It is a cliché to quote the classics, quoting the story of Taizong's emphasis on farming and mulberry farming, and the allusion of the Zhen Temple's encouragement to farm mulberry trees.
What he said both inside and outside the words - the world is based on agriculture.
It is also a hint: Your Majesty, do you want to know the details of the current situation? I know!
They are also changing the law, using words to hint to Zhao Xu and the two palaces: There are many problems in the country and society now, and there are also many long-term disadvantages.
If Sima Guang wrote this memorial before going to Chenzhou.
Then maybe the two palaces would really believe him - at that time, Sima Guang was not only the red flag of the old party, but also the world-recognized prime minister who saved the country.
Now...
The tiger skin has been torn!
The story of Sima Guang in Chenzhou shows that he is actually the same as the two palaces who live in deep palaces.
Already out of touch with this world!
After putting away Sima Guang's memorials, Zhao Xu turned to look at Feng Jing who was still sorting it out in the West Pavilion, and told him: "Feng Jing, I'll leave this matter to you. I'll go to Baoci Palace!"
"promise!"
Sima Guang's influence cannot be underestimated.
Especially since he only has ten months to live.
Moreover, if Zhao Xu remembered correctly, Sima Guang's health would get worse after the first month.
In other words...
This is a treasure trove of gold coins!
Naturally, we must protect it!
I want Sima Guang to admit it himself - the official family is the eternal sage that I believe in and expect!
…
In the capital hall.
Sima Guang was a little absent-minded.
So much so that I didn't even hear clearly what Mr. Lu said.
Until, Lu Gongzhu asked him: "Jun Shi, Jun Shi, do you have any objections to the two palaces' Cisheng decree to appoint Di Yong as the first general to control the dragon?"
Sima Guang finally returned to his senses and nodded: "I have no objection!"
His mind was not on this at all.
But in the palace!
Lu Gongzhu looked at Sima Guang's appearance, sighed in his heart, and then asked: "Then, Junshi has a special edict for the emperor to appoint Zhilong Tuge, and Su Song, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is waiting to build Tianzhang Pavilion, and pays homage to him. "Reading, "Yuanyou Dictionary", the editor of the "Yuanyou Dictionary" is responsible for the official affairs of the counties and towns in the Kaifeng Prefecture and the promotion of the Astronomical Armillary Sphere Bureau. Do you have any opinions? "
Sima Guang finally put forward his opinion: "Cai Jing, the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture, is the only one who can lead Zhilong Tuge. His official salary is far inferior to that of Su Song, and his seniority is far from enough..."
"Using Su Song as a guide to the Kaifeng Mansion Realm...will there be any problems?"
Mr. Lu laughed and said, "Why is there a problem?"
"Cai Jing, you can't control Su Song!"
Sima Guang was about to refute, but then he remembered - now the official is personally in charge of Kaifeng Mansion.
The relationship between Cai Jing and Su Song is no longer superior and subordinate, but parallel.
Even, Su Song's status may be higher - because Cai Jing can only manage Bianjing City, and at most the new cities outside the city.
Su Song can manage the other fourteen counties and towns.
These are fourteen counties!
In fact, it is the title of a transit envoy! And it is also an important supervisory department like Hebei Road and Henan Prefecture.
Still directly led by the emperor!
So, Sima Guang smiled and said: "In this case, I have no problem!"
Lu Gongzhu then ordered people to send the cooked certificates from the two palaces to the Prime Minister.
Everyone signed and deposited their signatures one by one, and then stamped their respective official seals.
Because it was the decree of the two palaces, there was no need to report it again, and it was directly sent to Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province (Di Yong's appointment was from the Privy Council).
The imperial edict was drafted by Zhongshu Sheren and reviewed by the official, and then it could be announced, and the Ministry of Personnel (Privy Council) would implement the relevant personnel matters.
