Chapter 200: What is the use of raising a dissolute and dishonest minister?
Chapter 200: What is the use of raising a dissolute and dishonest minister?
"Snapped!"
Zhao Ji slapped the Long case and said angrily: "Li Bangyan and Cai Maola formed a gang and violated my will. The crime is unforgivable. Cai Mao is dismissed from the post of Kaifeng governor and Cai Mao is demoted to Yangchun, Nan'enzhou, Guangnan East Road."
The county is appointed deputy county magistrate."
Zhao Ji knew that Guangnan East Road in the Northern Song Dynasty was the Guangdong in the modern society before he traveled through it. In the Northern Song Dynasty, this area was still very backward, let alone the remote Xiaoyangchun County. Let Cai Mao have this future for you
Ministers who know how to beg for money and surrender, go and endure hardships!
The civil and military ministers at the court all sighed secretly: Cai Mao, the governor of Kaifeng who originally had a good career, suddenly found trouble with Zhao Guan's family and was demoted to such a remote and backward Yangchun County as a small deputy county magistrate. It is really the best of his career.
Luben had almost climbed to the top, but suddenly fell to the bottom!
"Wuwuwu..." Cai Mao cried bitterly and howled:
"Wei Chen has a serious illness, so I asked the official family to consider that Wei Chen has been an official for two dynasties and has no merit but still has to work hard.
I beg you to be more open-minded among the officials and don’t demote meager ministers to such a distant place..."
Zhao Ji looked down upon him, waved his hand, and said angrily: "How can you be crying and crying? Come here, drag him out quickly."
Cai Mao, who was crying and begging for mercy, was held up by his armpits by two imperial city officials and dragged out of the hall...
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Zhao Ji looked at Tang Ke, the minister of household affairs, who was kneeling in the main hall.
"Alas!" Zhao Ji sighed in his heart: Tang Ke was also one of the main representatives of the ministers who begged for peace and surrender to the Jin army in history.
However, Tang Ke embodies the contradictory opposites of loyalty and treachery.
Tang Ke, courtesy name Qinsou, was born in Qiantang, Yuhang, and was a Jinshi in the first year of Zhe Zong Shaosheng's reign.
Relying on his own historical knowledge, Zhao Ji knew that Tang Ke was not only the minister of household affairs now, but also became the prime minister during the Qinzong dynasty of Song Dynasty in history.
In the first year of Jingkang, the Jin army invaded the south, causing shock to both the government and the public...
Tang Ke, Geng Nanzhong and other ministers advocated for peace talks, advocating giving up the three towns for peace, and opposed and squeezed out the main war faction in the court. Therefore, Emperor Qinzong of the Song Dynasty expelled Wu Min, Xu Churen and others of the main war faction from the court and worshiped Tang Ke as the right servant of the minister.
She Jianzhongshu's minister, but he was the prime minister in a critical moment when the Jin army was approaching the city.
When the Jin army invaded the outer city of Bianjing, there was still an inner city to defend, and they could wait for the troops of the King of Qin from all walks of life to come to rescue...
However, Tang Ke, who was the prime minister at the time, ordered all Qin Wang's troops not to move rashly, which resulted in many Qin Wang's troops dispersing without a fight...
The Jin army proposed to draw the river as a boundary, and all the areas east of the river and north of the river would belong to the Jin. Tang Ke encouraged Qinzong to send a letter to the commander-in-chief of the Jin army, expressing his complete compliance.
Tang Ke's move made the army and people of the Song Dynasty extremely angry...
When the Jingkang Incident occurred and Emperors Hui and Qin were captured by the Jin army in the north, the Jin army wanted to make Zhang Bangchang the emperor of Chu. Tang Ke supported it and signed his name on the commendation certificate...
At this point, if it weren't for a scholar like Chuan Zhao Ji who was familiar with the history of the late Northern Song Dynasty, others would probably think that Tang Ke was not a complete representative of the surrender faction begging for peace from the Jin army?
Isn’t Tang Ke a complete traitor, scum, and traitor?
Looking at what Tang Ke did before, he seems to be a hundred times more hateful and hateful than the Six Thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty! Can he be said to be a heinous traitor?!
However, Zhao Ji, who was familiar with the history of the late Northern Song Dynasty, knew that history books recorded:
When the Jin army threatened to massacre the city and forced Zhang Bangchang to ascend the throne as the emperor of Chu, Tang Ke actually supported Zhang Bangchang's proclaimed emperor and signed his name on the certificate of recommendation. Then, Tang Ke actually committed suicide by taking poison!!
I'm afraid no traitor, scum, or traitor would commit suicide by taking poison just after betraying the country, right?
Therefore, the time traveler Zhao Ji has always believed that people like Tang Ke subjectively do not want to be a traitor; it is just that the stupid things he did out of phase are suspected of treason.
The underlying reason should be that Tang Ke can only be regarded as a mediocre minister who is not suitable to be prime minister; Tang Ke is still an idiot minister who is afraid of the Jin army and fantasizes about begging for peace in exchange for peace.
However, Tang Ke had great achievements in water control before.
The year before last, in the seventh year of Zhenghe (AD 1117), the Yellow River burst and Bianjing was in danger. Tang Ke was ordered to dredge the river and serve as the transfer envoy to the capital in Hebei Province to eliminate floods. Because of his merits in flood control, he was promoted to Minister of Household Affairs.
Zhao Ji used the same method he used to deal with Cai Mao before, and asked the Detective Department under the Imperial City Department to present conclusive evidence from secret investigations, accusing Tang Ke and Li Bangyan of forming a party in an attempt to influence the government...
Zhao Ji announced: "Remove from the post of Minister of the Hubu Department of Tang Ke, demote the official rank to [from the ninth rank], and demote to [River Control and Dredging Manager]."
Among the civil servants of the Song Dynasty, [from the ninth rank] was the lowest level.
Zhao Ji still felt that Tang Ke, who was good at water control, should be allowed to use his expertise in water control.
It’s just that, Tang Ke, you will never climb to a high position in the imperial court in this life. Just focus on controlling water in your life!
"The sinful minister of the Tang Dynasty, thank you for your kindness. Long live my emperor..."
After Tang Ke was demoted, he still did the water control work that he was good at. He didn't have to go to remote places like the previous demoted officials. He was quite calm and could basically accept it.
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Zhao Ji looked at Li Chu, a member of Zhongshushe who was kneeling below.
Li Chao is of medium to thin build and has a sinister appearance.
Zhao Ji asked angrily: "Li Chu, you attached yourself to the sect of the guilty minister Li Bangyan and formed a clique for personal gain. Can you admit your guilt?"
Li Chao tried his best to argue: "Wei Chen Li Chao told the officials that Wei Chen was not attached to Li Bangyan's sect. Wei Chen had already seen Li Bangyan's sinister intention of colluding with important ministers in the court and forming a clique for personal gain."
Therefore, on the surface, Wei Chen is attached to Li Bangyan's family, but in fact, Wei Chen wants to take advantage of the opportunity of getting close to Li Bangyan, the Minister Youcheng, in order to secretly find out Li Bangyan's crimes and report it to the officials."
Zhao Ji sneered and said: "Li Chu, you still dare to quibble here? Do you think I am so easy to deceive?
Chen Yaban, tell me the truth that the spies you sent to uncover the truth, and let all my dear friends judge the right and wrong!"
Chen Zhong, the supervisor of the Detective Department under the Imperial City Department, took out the secret report from the spy to monitor Li Chao and told it in public...
Before Li Bangyan, when Li Bangyan was the minister Youcheng gained power, he attached himself to Li Bangyan's family.
Moreover, according to the information reported by the spies, Li Chao, a member of the Zhongshu family, and other members of the Zhongshu family often received edicts drafted by the emperor. Before the edicts were announced to the world, Li Chao wanted to please Li Bangyan.
, often after going to court, he would enter Li Bangyan's house and secretly inform Li Bangyan of many unannounced edicts...
After Chen Zhong told Li Chao's crimes, all the civil and military officials, including Grand Prime Minister Yu Shen and Privy Councilor Yan Guo Gong Zheng Juzhong, started petitions one after another, demanding severe punishment for Li Chao.
The content of the edict was a serious crime, and strict control was imposed on Shangshu Youcheng Li Bangyan for forming a clique for personal gain and spying on the holy will...
Zhao Ji, who was sitting on the dragon chair, smiled slightly. In fact, he knew that the civil and military people were trying their best to show that they wanted to stand on my side, regarding the little Zhongshusheren Li Chao, and the order to reflect at home.
Li Bangyan has reached the point where he is pushed down by everyone.
As Zhao Ji, who is familiar with the history of the late Northern Song Dynasty, not only does he know Li Bangyan, a treacherous official who begged for peace and surrender to the Jin army, but he also knows that Li Chu, although he had a small official position, dealt with the Jin army's first siege of Kaifeng City in Tokyo in the Northern Song Dynasty.
, the unforgivable crime committed.
This is also the reason why Zhao Ji, the dignified time traveler, especially targets low-level officials like Zhongshusheren Li Chao, and is prepared to deal with him severely if he catches the evidence of his current mistakes.
Historical records have recorded: When the Jin Army, led by General Wanyan Zongwang, attacked Kaifeng City in Tokyo for the first time, because Kaifeng City had Li Gang who stepped forward in times of crisis, he presided over the city defense and led the army and the people to strengthen the city defense and resist the Jin Army tenaciously.
Several attacks on the city caused the Jin army to suffer considerable losses. The morale of the Jin army was low, and Wanyan Zongwang was very worried...
However, at this time, many peace-promoting ministers in the capital, such as Li Bangyan, persuaded Song Qinzong Zhao Huanying, who had just ascended the throne, to negotiate peace with the Jin army so that the Jin army could withdraw...
Song Qinzong Zhao Huan, who was weak in character and had no independent opinions, listened to the advice of Li Bangyan and other ministers of the peace negotiation faction, and agreed to send envoys out of the city to Jinying to discuss peace negotiations...
As the person who went out of the city to discuss peace with the Jin army commander, Li Bangyan naturally had to choose to be both an official who advocated peace and someone who was close to him...
Therefore, Li Bang, a minor official who had always been in favor of Li Bangyan, was honorably recommended by Li Bangyan as an envoy to go out of the city to negotiate peace with the Jin army.
Although Li Chao wrote good articles, he was timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and was greedy for life and afraid of death.
He didn't want to leave the city and enter the Jin army's camp to die, but he couldn't disobey the holy order.
When the envoy Li Chao, who was out of the city to discuss peace, arrived in front of the Jin Army camp, before he saw the Jin Army general Wanyan Zongwang, he was frightened by two rows of fierce Jin Army strongmen holding sharp scimitars at the gate of the Jin Army camp.
Trembling all over...
Originally, this was arranged in advance by the commander-in-chief, Wanyan Zongwang, to give the peace envoys sent by the Song court a warning.
Those strong men of the Jin army who killed people without blinking an eye looked at the envoy Li Xi with fierce eyes...
Li Chao, who was greedy for life and fearful of death, was so frightened that his legs became weak. Before he could step into the tent of Wanyan Zongwang, the leader of the Jin army, he fell to his knees with a "plop"...
It made the Jin army generals laugh.
When Li Chao was helped into Wanyan Zongwang's Chinese army tent, he was so frightened that he forgot all the words he had memorized and just kowtowed...
After Wanyan Zongwang saw Li Kai's greed for life and fear of death, he thought that all the envoys of the Song Dynasty were like this. It seemed that everyone in the capital of the Song Dynasty, except Li Gang, should be afraid of war and death.
Wanyan Zongwang asked the guards to pull up Li Chu, who was just lying on the ground and kowtowing.
After Li Chen stood up, he was still in shock. He stammered that the Emperor of the Song Dynasty sent him as an envoy to the Jin camp because the Song Dynasty wanted to negotiate peace with the Jin army...
Wanyan Zongwang naturally opened his mouth like a lion and put forward harsh conditions for peace between the Song and Jin Dynasties.
Condition 1: The Song Dynasty must pay compensation to the Jin army of 5 million taels of gold, 50 million taels of silver, 10,000 cattle and horses, and 1 million pieces of silk.
Condition 2: The young emperor of the Song Dynasty should respect the emperor of the Jin Dynasty as his uncle.
Condition 3: The people of the Jin Kingdom in Yanyun and Yunnan should be returned to the Jin Kingdom.
Condition 4: The Song Dynasty must cede the land of Hejian, Zhongshan, and Taiyuan to the Kingdom of Jin.
Condition 5: The Song Dynasty will take the emperor's relatives, the prime ministers and ministers as hostages and escort the Jin army to retreat out of the Song Dynasty.
After Wanyan Zongwang put forward the harsh terms for peace between the Song and Jin Dynasties, he looked at the envoy Li Chu sent by the Song Dynasty with big eyes and small eyes. How much should he give in when the other party wanted to counteroffer?
However, when Wanyan Zongwang saw the frightened Song envoy Li Chu, who turned pale, not only did he not dare to pay back the price, but he also carefully recorded the harsh terms he proposed on rice paper item by item with a brush.
Li Chao did not dare to retort at all to Wanyan Zongwang's peace terms that were as big as a lion's mouth. He just respectfully reported to Wanyan Zongwang that after returning to the city, he would report these terms to the Holy One for his decision...
Wanyan Zong looked at the back of Song envoy Li Chen who left the Jin army camp in a panic, and he was a little confused.
The Song Dynasty was extremely wealthy! Could it be that the gold and silver I asked for from the Song Dynasty were too short?
Otherwise, why would Song Dynasty envoy Li Chao not even pay back the flat price, but rush back to the city to report to his young emperor?
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When the Song envoy Li Chao returned to the capital with his tail between his legs and informed Song Qinzong of the peace terms proposed by the Jin army, Song Qinzong and the peace ministers seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and immediately agreed to such peace terms that were humiliating and humiliating the country.
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At that time, gold and silver, as precious metals, were not currencies in circulation. In the capital of the Song Dynasty, even if they dug three feet into the ground, they could not collect the 5 million taels of gold and 50 million taels of silver required to compensate the Jin Army.
After Wanyan Zongwang received part of the compensation, he led his army to retreat to the Yellow River...
At that time, Song Qinzong naively believed that if the Jin army retreated, the world would be at peace. Under the advice of the begging and surrendering faction, Song Qinzong demoted a large number of civil and military officials from the main war faction.
The hero Li Gang was demoted to Heyang...
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, the greedy Jin Army has no credibility at all. What they covet is the gold and silver treasures, beauties and silks of the Song Dynasty...
Wanyan Zongwang told Wanyan Zonghan that when the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty negotiated peace, and when the Song envoy Li Chao went to the Jin camp again, his representative, the Young Emperor of the Song Dynasty, had agreed to all the terms of the peace negotiation. However, even the Song Dynasty had not fulfilled all the indemnities and cession of territories.
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Not long after, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang, two generals of the Jin Army, led the eastern and western armies respectively to attack the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty (that is, the second time the Jin army attacked Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty)...
After that, there was the "Shame of Jingkang" of the "Two Saints Beishou"...
The time traveler Zhao Ji knew that what was the use of the imperial court in supporting ministers like Li Bangyan, who was known as the prodigal prime minister, and Li Chu, who were greedy for life and afraid of death and had no moral integrity?
Incompetent bungler!
Taking advantage of this excuse, Zhao Ji immediately issued an order:
"Li Bangyan, the Right Prime Minister of the Shangshu, was demoted, and Li Chu, the Secretary of the Middle School, were demoted to common people!
Let these two people be exiled to Sha County, Nanjian Prefecture, and they will never be allowed to serve as officials!!"
Zhao Ji deliberately exiled Li Bangyan and Li Wei, a pair of beggars and surrender ministers, to Sha County, Nanjian Prefecture, where Li Gang once worked and lived after being demoted, in order to create a contrast between loyalists and traitors.
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At this court meeting, Zhao Ji passed the case of the former Shangshu Youcheng Li Bangyan fighting with the imperial students who petitioned for remonstrance, as well as the case of Li Bangyan forming a clique with the DPRK camp, and either demoted or exiled seven
In the future war against the Jin Dynasty, the courtiers who will definitely be begging for peace, running away, and surrendering are:
Li Bangyan, the former minister Youcheng, was demoted to a commoner and exiled to Sha County, Nanjian Prefecture.
Bai Shizhong, the former servant of Zhongshu, was demoted to Huangzhou and served as deputy envoy of Tuanlian.
Zhao Ye, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, was exiled to distant Danzhou.
Wang Xiaodi, the former Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was demoted to Hengzhou, Guangnan West Road, and served as deputy envoy of Tuanlian.
Cai Mao, the former Yin of Kaifeng Prefecture, was demoted to Yangchun County, Nan'en Prefecture, Guangnan East Road, where he served as deputy county magistrate.
Tang Ke, the former minister of household affairs, was demoted to [from the ninth rank] and was demoted to [river dredging contractor].
Li Chu, who was originally from Zhongshushe, was demoted to a commoner and exiled to Sha County, Nanjian Prefecture!
The time traveler Zhao Ji knew that, except for Zhongshu Sheren, who had a lower position equivalent to a secretary in later generations, the positions vacated by the other six officials who had been demoted or exiled were equivalent to ministerial level and
A high position at the deputy~ministerial level.
The official positions vacated by the begging, fleeing, and surrendering faction must be filled by loyal ministers from the main war faction. Zhao Ji already has a suitable list in his mind...