Chapter 399 Zhao Xu: How could Han Jiang give birth to such a stupid grandson?
That night, before Zhao Xu fell asleep, the people from Tongjiansi finally found the memorial of the imperial censor impeaching Han Jie from Chongwen Academy in the first month of the year.
This memorial was written by Lu Tao, and the things described are very simple.
It can be seen from the yellow stickers: I heard that on the Chengdu Prefecture Road and the nearby Chuanzhou County, there was a discussion about bitter salt, high tea and cheap tea. I promoted the Chengdu Prefecture Road Supervision Department, or there may be something bad. I begged the court to give orders.
Behind this bullet, there is an instruction from the Empress Dowager: Report the report as Guo Xian, an official in the Chengdu Fuxing Prison.
Just send Guo Xian to investigate this matter.
Zhao Xu was thoughtful after reading the memorial.
So he asked: "Guo Aiqing, the imperial censor recently impeached Han Jie. Can you get Guo Xian's memorial?"
Guo Zhongxiao then presented a memorial to Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu took it, put it in his hand, and smiled when he saw the name of the person who wrote the bullet.
Supervisory censor Su Che!
This is very reasonable. Su Che is from Shu. Now that he is the supervisory censor, of course he has to speak out for his hometown.
In the Song Dynasty, this was a matter of course.
If you are messing around in Fujian like Wang Zijing, the people who hate him most are not the old party, but the Fujian people in the new party.
Just because Wang Zijing was good at making money, he was favored by Zhao Xu's father.
Therefore, during the Yuanfeng era, everyone had nothing to do with him.
When Zhao Xu's father became seriously ill, the Yushitai began to impeach him first.
After Zhao Xu came to the throne, the Yushitai controlled by the New Party began to pursue and attack Wang Zijing, Jian Zhoufu and others.
That is to say, it was Li Ding who exposed Wu Juhou's case that overshadowed the limelight.
Otherwise, it would not be Wu Juhou who would be dealt with, but Wang Zijing, Jian Zhoufu and his son.
But precisely because of this, Wu Juhou could lift it high and put it down gently.
But Wang Zijing was sitting on wax.
When Cai Que went south and took office in Fujian, his first thing was to launch a violent impeachment against Wang Zijing.
Accused him of "corrupting the law" and "blocking trade routes" so that "good businessmen cannot make a living, and loyal people rarely get justice"
He also said, "He has repeatedly suppressed the remnants of the people, caused innocent people to lose their homes, and countless people have been wronged."
In short, everything that happened in Fujian was wrong, and it was all Wang Zijing's fault.
If Wang Zijing is not eliminated, Fujian will be uneasy.
Faced with Cai Que's impeachment, Wang Zijing panicked and kept writing letters to defend himself.
But in the end they could not withstand the anger of the entire Fujian scholar-bureaucrat group.
Therefore, in the first month of this year, the imperial minister ordered Wang Zijing to be controlled by Tianzhangge. He broke the laws of the late emperor and defeated the country's system. He was dismissed from Tianzhangge and was demoted to the deputy envoy of Taizhou Tuanlian and returned to his hometown.
This case is finally settled.
Then, the Jiangxi case also came to a conclusion.
Jian Zhoufu pursued Baowen Pavilion to be controlled, but still allowed him to serve as a high official in the court.
This is because Jian Zhoufu's son, Jian Xuchen, used his official rank to buy peace for his father.
Xuandelang, Jianxuchen, the minister's official foreign minister, was demoted to Chaoyilang and deposed as the governor of Huangzhou.
Of course, these processing results are all due to Zhao Xu's intervention.
Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to pass so easily.
Wang Zijing can't even think of returning home to retire, and Jian Zhoufu and his son can't even think of getting through it so easily.
no way!
Wu Juhou, Wang Zijing, and Jian Zhoufu were all the late emperor's white gloves for making money.
To deal with them seriously would be to slap the late emperor in the face.
It is difficult to maintain the reputation of the late emperor.
After all, future generations are not fools. You are bragging about how Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty loved the people and worked diligently. When you look back - oh! You love the people like this? I understand.
Therefore, downplaying the traces of these three people, especially what they did, is an inevitable choice.
At the same time, handling them can also inspire others - don't worry about doing things for me in the future!
As long as you are loyal to the king, if you fail in your affairs, I will keep you accountable!
Wu Juhou, Wang Zijing, and Jian Zhoufu are examples!
In this way, there will naturally be bold people who are willing to risk the world in the future to do things for Zhao Xu that no one would do under normal circumstances.
That’s too far!
Zhao Xu took Su Che's bullet and read it carefully.
Then he narrowed his eyes.
"It doesn't look like someone ordered it!" Zhao Xu said softly.
Su Che's impeachment memorial is much more detailed than Lu Tao's. Although it is only text, he lists several key pieces of evidence.
For example, in his memorial, Su Che said: Several counties in Xizhou sell official salt from Pujiang Well for one hundred and twenty cents per catty. In recent years, the consumption of salt springs has decreased, and there is more mud and sand, while Zizhou and other passerby salt
And white salt from small wells among the people is sold to various states, and its price is only seventy or eighty cents, and officials must suppress their spouses, which is deeply harmful to the people...
The common people eat salt, and the salt from Pujingjing sold to officials and prison officials costs one hundred and twenty coins per catty.
The official salt from Zizhou Road and other places next door is sold all the way to the prefectures and counties west of Chengdu, but it only costs seventy or eighty yuan a pound.
The salt produced in local private wells, legally produced in small wells, only costs this price after adding numerous taxes.
But in order to have a monopoly, the government imposed quota restrictions on these salts, and they were not allowed to sell more.
Forcing people to buy high-priced, low-quality salt.
Zhao Xu rubbed his temples and couldn't help but said: "You bastard!"
I don’t even know how to make money!
Zhao Xu was disappointed with this Han-level IQ.
Local salt is high-priced and low-quality. If you can't sell it, you want to use public power to monopolize it and force the people to eat your high-priced, low-quality salt.
Are the people fools?
Zhao Xu didn't even need to investigate, he could know that illegal salt was definitely rampant in the area.
Based on Han Jie's current IQ, Zhao Xu could probably guess his response - to increase the ban on foreign salt, strictly investigate illegal salt, and at the same time increase the price of official salt.
This is bound to fail!
So, Zhao Xu sighed: "Why did the Left Prime Minister give birth to such a stupid grandson?"
It's true that Han Jiang has no skills at all and is as stupid as a pig.
But the sad thing is that Zhao Xu knew in his heart that this was the normal level of officials in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty.
He is stupid and stupid, but he still thinks he is smart.
Guo Zhongxiao was listening next to him, dripping with cold sweat.
He knew Han Jie.
It looks quite clever!
He doesn't look stupid either.
In this matter, Guo Zhongxiao was determined to be a mute.
But Zhao Xu refused to let him go and asked: "Guo Sheren, do you know about this Han rank?"
Guo Zhongxiao could only answer bravely: "I used to have some contacts in Luoyang."
"Was he this stupid in the past?" Zhao Xu asked.
Guo Zhongxiao did not dare to answer directly, so he could only say tactfully: "As far as I know, Han Jie is very knowledgeable. He used to live in Luoyang and was known for his eloquence."
Zhao Xu smiled. This was exactly the stereotype left by contemporary scholar-officials to future generations.
What he talks about is true and upright, but when it comes to actually governing the government, he throws a lot of punches and blows, causing trouble and trying every means to cover it up.
When I couldn't hide it anymore, I buried my head in the sand and pretended that nothing happened.
When the news has passed, he will appear in the officialdom again and continue to cause harm to the next place.
Until the imperial court could no longer bear it, and until no one dared to promote or recommend him anymore.
This is exactly the reason why Zhao Xu wanted to get closer to you and the old and new parties as much as possible, and even deliberately tried to get closer to Sima Guang.
Because there are people like this not only in the old party, but also in the new party, and I'm afraid there are even more.
There are too few capable officials who can do things!
It just so happens that there are a lot of them over there from the old party!
However, Guo Zhongxiao was a little panicked by Zhao Xu's smile. He could only lower his head to hide his fear - he was a military minister, and he did not dare to get involved in this vortex that was very likely to involve civil servants, literati, and important ministers fighting each other.
If Wu Chen gets involved, he will die!
Zhao Xu did not continue to embarrass him. He just waved his hand and said, "Please go down and rest."
"No!" Guo Zhongxiao bowed before bowing and stepped back.
Zhao Xu took Su Che's bullet and continued reading.
Then he discovered that Han Jie's dementia was not only reflected in the salt.
His actions in discussing tea also completely exposed his weakness of not understanding the economy and people's livelihood at all.
This guy, together with Lu Shimin, a tea official from Chengdu Main Road, collected tea in the tea garden on Chengdu Road with a large scale, but only gave tea farmers the tea price of a small scale, thereby squeezing the tea farmers' interests.
There was widespread dissatisfaction among the local people. Su Che said in a piece of writing: Many gardeners did not want to grow tea.
Obviously, as a Sichuan native, Su Che's statement must be well-founded.
I am afraid that the tea farmers in Sichuan collectively made a certain sound - if the court does not correct it, we will quit.
The worst case scenario is that they will break up in one fell swoop.
We don't make money, and the court doesn't want to receive tea.
And this is the weakness of the imperial court.
In the Song Dynasty, tea law has been discussed and discussed since the founding of the country.
Countless changes have been made and countless reforms have been made.
But the result...
Chicken feathers all over the place!
In the end, the imperial court was ruined and no longer wanted to do anything.
Even Wang Anshi's reform did not touch the tea method.
Because everyone knows that the tea method is like a sinkhole, the kind that you cannot climb out of if you fall into it.
reason?
The experience of tea law reform in the past dynasties has clearly told everyone that the balance between the government, farmers, and tea merchants when discussing tea law is extremely fragile.
If the interests of any party are damaged, the entire tea tea method may not be able to continue.
However, Han Jie dared to follow the local tea official Lu Shimin on Chengdu Road, playing tricks on the big name and charging the tea price for the small name.
This made Zhao Xu completely despair of his IQ.
How naive must one be to think that local farmers would lose money growing tea for the imperial court?
Are they stupid?
Well, even if they are stupid enough to grow tea at a loss, is this model sustainable?
The farmer went bankrupt and all the leek seedlings were gone.
Where does the imperial court go to make money?!
"Everyone..." Feng Jing walked in with someone: "It's time to wash up and rest."
Zhao Xu put down the magazine in his hand and nodded: "Yes, I changed to wash up."
He looked at Feng Jing and suddenly asked: "Feng Jing, do you want to go out?"
Feng Jing was startled and quickly knelt down: "Everyone, are you serving me right?"
"I have something important to entrust you to me!" Zhao Xu looked at Feng Jing seriously and said, "Think about it seriously!"
Zhao Xu said: "In the ancestral system, internal ministers must be appointed to other posts before they can transfer to another official position."
"You are already an enshrined official. If you are promoted again, you can only secretly transfer funds and send funds. Transfer funds secretly and send funds. This is not according to the laws of our ancestors. I am not afraid of doing it."
"Therefore, if you want to be promoted again, you must take up a job abroad, otherwise you will always be the chief minister of Funing Hall."
Feng Jing hurriedly bowed and said, "I will do everything according to everyone's wishes."
Zhao Xu smiled and said, "You'd better think about it seriously!"
"The foreign office is no better than Bianjing!"
"Besides, you are someone close to me. Once you take office, from the local government to the center, countless eyes will be staring at you!"
As long as Feng Jing was appointed abroad, the civil servants would inevitably use a magnifying glass to find problems with Feng Jing.
Maybe a bunch of spies will be placed where he works, and they will monitor him from all directions at all times, 12 hours a day.
If you catch a little problem, you can get it online.
This is the instinct of civil servants.
It’s more of a kind of PTSD!
Who said that the big minks of the Tang Dynasty were so powerful?
After Feng Jing heard this, he immediately trembled and said, "I don't dare to deceive everyone. If this is the case, I'm afraid I will embarrass everyone."
Zhao Xu hummed after hearing this.
He could finally see that Feng Jing didn't have any big ambitions.
He probably felt that staying in Funing Palace for the rest of his life was enough.
As for other things?
Does he need to think about it?
Zhao Xu nodded. Since Feng Jing has this self-awareness, there is no need to rush the ducks.
So, someone needs to be replaced.
Find someone you can trust.
who?
Zhao Xu subconsciously remembered the names of the two ministers.
Yan Shouqin, Tong Guan.
In terms of qualifications, Strict Shouqin is more appropriate.
But in terms of intelligence and work, I'm afraid Tong Guan is suitable.
Feng Jing watched Zhao Xu deep in thought and knew that he was thinking about something, so he quietly ordered someone to put the foot-washing water in front of the bed and began to wash Zhao Xu's feet.
Clean him up and take off his clothes for him.
"Everyone, it's getting late, it's time to go to sleep."
Zhao Xu nodded, lay down on the bed, cleared his thoughts, and fell asleep.
