Chapter 175 Disputes in the Great Court
Today is a great court meeting.
When the emperor was not here, many officials whispered and whispered while waiting, and discussed the current situation.
The news of the riot in Shuzhou has become a rush to enter Beijing at 800, and it was submitted to the Zhongtang and the Emperor yesterday.
No one knows the reason, no one knows the progress, and no one knows the result.
Wang Anshi and Chen Zhizhong are now at the storm. Everyone looks alert when they see them. Now, people will deliberately avoid these two guys wherever they go.
This is because Chen Zhizhong's son-in-law Chen Jianming is the current magistrate of Shuzhou. Chen Jianming was in Shuzhou at the time of the incident. No matter what the cause of the riot was, Chen Jianming was jointly and severally liable.
Wang Anshi was the former magistrate of Shuzhou. If there were really big problems in Shuzhou, it means that Wang Anshi had missed his previous work. This is one. The most sensitive thing is that before the Shuzhou riot, Wang Anshi issued a Privy Council, releasing Sima Guang's military command.
So, now without inside information and details, I became embarrassed.
Privy Councilor Liang Shi held a "spoke draft" written last night in his hand, intending to speak first in the first order of position priorities in order to clear his responsibilities.
The content of the speech was not surprising, but the content was that the military deployment of his ex-boy Di Qing and Pang Ji was unreasonable, resulting in Shuzhou, an important city in Huaixi. As for the second, Lao Liang also planned to report that Sima Guang, as the commander of the Huaixi War Zone, did not discover the wrong deployment of the Privy Council and did not make suggestions to the court as soon as possible.
As for three, Lao Liang also planned to make a final blow to Wang Anshi: Wang Anshi removed the command of the commander Sima Guang without knowing that the Privy Councilor had met, which was the reason for the lag in Shuzhou's emergency response mechanism.
These were all calculated by Lao Liang. According to the rules of the Song Dynasty, the first priority of speaking was to Chen Zhizhong, the subordinate of the Secretariat, the minister of the Central Secretariat. However, this time, Lao Chen had to avoid suspicion. Then the riots also focused on military aspects, so Liang Shi could speak first.
Thinking of this, Lao Liang felt that his plan was perfect and felt relieved.
Wen Yanbo, the current assistant minister (deputy prime minister), thinks Liang Shi is a fool. Bai Laoliang is wondering why he laughs at first sight. It’s like there’s a happy event now. The sky is almost falling. You, Shumi Liang, can still laugh.
Chen Zhizhong looked at a dragonfly flying into the hall with a strange look. He looked at the dragonfly wherever he flew, as if the painter was looking for emotions.
"What do you think about my husband?" Wen Yanbo leaned close to Chen Zhizhong and asked.
Chen Zhizhong said: "Are you a cricket? Speaking of which, I recently won a 'Red-Headed General' and fought invincible all over the capital. I didn't sell it even if I paid 1,500 trump cards."
Wen Yanbo wanted to kick this guy to death. But Chen Zhizhong had such virtues, and even when he interacted with the emperor, he talked about it. He asked him to sign and stamp it, but he was very active even without reading the documents. Without a trace of backbone of a literati, this kind of person was spoiled by the emperor.
As a literati who shares the world with the emperor, he cannot give in to the emperor everything, and must give warnings and advice to the emperor at all times. This is Wen Yanbo's position.
Many people in the hall were waiting to slander people and were waiting to speak at this Shuzhou incident. Unfortunately, the emperor was gone after the time of the reign of the court, so everyone became anxious. Could it be that the emperor was sick?
"Okay, the Privy Council, you are just your corpse and do nothing, and these are the tricks that happened."
"The emperor must have been ill by you."
"Why is it the cause of my Privy Council? When I took office, Huaixi's deployment was already like this. Sima Guang did not report it, so there were so many military affairs in the world, and I was so busy just by approval. How could I take the initiative to discover the problems in Huaixi? If my Privy Council can take the initiative to discover all problems, then why should I set up the Supervisory Office?"
"By the way, my Privy Council knew that there were hidden dangers in Huaixi. However, when the Guangnan rebelled, the imperial guards deployed in Shuzhou temporarily went to the war zone. This was the deployment of the former Di Qing and Pang Taishi. Then, the imperial guards in Shuzhou were taken to Kunlun Pass by Chen to send people to Kunlun Pass. There were no people, and there were no imperial guards stationed in Shuzhou. Of course, my Privy Council knew that we would transfer troops to supplement the situation. However, the post-war pacification and reconstruction work was not over, so how could it be so fast?"
"So this is because the subordinates of the Secretary of the Central Committee did not manage the civil affairs issues well and did not discover the problems in time."
Just like that, the emperor did not show up, these guys started a war of words between the East and West Mansions again.
This was the norm in the Song Dynasty. Earlier, according to Zhang Fangping's centralized power proposal, the prime minister and the Privy Councilor were both Pang Ji, so they were quiet for a while, but as Chen Zhizhong and Liang Shi came to power, this situation began again.
Bao Hei Tan listened to it, and felt that what both sides said was reasonable and had a stolen one's fault, so he began to record it with a small notebook, intending to sue both sides when the emperor was in charge of the court.
Khan, Bao Zheng could not come normally, but since it was a grand ceremony, he was infiltrated. The characteristic of the grand ceremony is that any participant can speak without any position related. After all, if you can come in, you are a shareholder.
Zhao Zhen was not angry, but came a little late. When they were tired of arguing first, Zhao Zhen would be under less pressure. This is the trick Zhao Zhen used to control news.
At some point, accompanied by the Dayin people, Zhao Zhen came in and sat on the dragon cavalry. The ministers shouted, "I have seen Your Majesty."
Later, Liang Shi took the memorial book and left the list, but before he could speak, Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said, "Liang Qing is not in a hurry to speak."
Lao Liang couldn't help but have a while, but he was not Bao Zheng and Ouyang Xiu, so he was not convenient to fight against the emperor, so he had to retreat in embarrassment.
Zhao Zhen looked around in a good mood, looked around, and then said, "It seems that all my dear friends have had a fierce conversation. You all look angry. This is my concern for the country, so I feel relieved."
"Your Majesty is wise." Everyone said one after another.
Damn it was really like that. Zhao Zhen was speechless to these people. There was no need to ask at all. Chen Zhizhong only talked about Cricket and talked about Fanlou. Liang Shi didn't know anything about this business and would blame him. Whenever there was something wrong, he would say that it was because of his "ex-in-law".
Wen Yanbo seemed to have two tricks, but he guided the emperor in almost every sentence. This is commonly known as the Pope as a human being.
As for Bao Zheng, he would ask someone for trouble and say that they were bad people.
The others are soy sauce. Whoever has the most voice of the above brains will start to quoting scriptures and helping those who are talking. They are well-educated and can quote many unheard stories that are unheard of. I don’t know if it is true.
Thinking about it, Zhao Zhen said: "Wang Anshi, what do you think of this Shuzhou incident?"
Wang Anshi came out and said, "I have no opinion when I say something to you."
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"Wang Anshi, you are arrogant."
"Your Majesty is perfunctory, Wang Anshi, do you dare to be more arrogant?"
"There are rumors that this is the disaster caused by your son. His ugly appearance has led to the rebound of the dynamic capital group and caused the disaster."
As a result, Chao Shang started to discuss again.
Wang Anshi thought for a while and said, "Maybe, but there is no conclusion now. There is only a simple military newspaper without details."
Wen Yanbo said: "Wang Anshi, let's not talk about the role your son Wang Rong played in this situation. Let me ask you first, before the Shuzhou riot, what does it mean to lift Sima Guang's command of the imperial guard?"
Wang Anshi said, "That means: After discussing with Zhang Fangping, based on the situation in Huaixi, I came to the conclusion that Sima Guang needs to be lifted from military command."
"You..." Wen Yanbo said again: "Combined with other rumors about your son, Shuzhou is in chaos. Does it really have nothing to do with your restriction of Sima Guang's military power?"
Wang Anshi thought for a while and said, "Shuzhou is in chaos because of the ruling line of Shuzhou that has accumulated enough energy for turmoil, not because I restrict Sima Guang's military power."
Liang Shi's opportunity came and said in time: "You are the king. You don't even discuss with this church for making such a big military decision?"
Wang Anshi said: "I didn't discuss it with the Ming Mansion because I couldn't discuss it on the road. I made a decision privately because my position allowed me to make this decision, not because I disrespect you. If you think it is inappropriate, you can reject my decision afterwards and restore Sima Guang's command power, but you did nothing."
Liang Shi was embarrassed and said again: "I'm not busy talking about these things. Shuzhou is really in chaos now. Our church doesn't want to talk about your son in a scattered way, nor do I want to question your intention to make this decision. But because of your decision, Sima Guang has no military power and cannot effectively quell the rebellion of Shuzhou. If the damage continues to expand, will you, Wang Anshi, really have no responsibility?"
Wang Anshi said: "If this is the case, I am certainly responsible, but this is the risk of governing. Since I have done things, there is always the possibility of doing something wrong. I advocated freedom in the Song Dynasty, and during the reign of Taishi Pang, he advocated judicial easing and asked that he would rather give one thousand mistakes than judge one. I do not evaluate this idea. But this indulged the offenders to lead the people's customs and livelihood, which is the price of lenient politics."
"On the contrary, if Shang Yang enforces the law strictly and seriously, he can establish people's customs and livelihood, but there will be mistaken killings and unjust cases. This is the price of the strict government. In my eyes, there is no saying that anyone is higher or lower here. They all need to pay the price, and the price happens to be the people being hurt. So unless you don't do things, as long as you do things, there is a price and a risk."
"However, in his position, different national conditions, environment and timing, we need to have different ways of governing. Overall, when rescinding Sima Guang's military command, I, Wang Anshi, was 'in his position and planned his rule'. Of course, I have the possibility of making mistakes, but the environment and situation at that time gave me a reason to remove his command. As for whether I was wrong, it depends on when the riots in Shuzhou lasted, and whether it was not possible to quell the rebellion in time. It was because I lifted Sima Guang's command to finally make the conclusion."
Before the results were announced, they had to argue with each other. It was because Zhao Zhen had already controlled the inside information and was happy. However, he did not expect that Wang Anshi's thoughtful argument was triggered, so Zhao Zhen even opened his mouth halfway.
Although Wang Anshi was talented in the past, he was still young, and Zhao Zhen didn't have time to pay attention to his "ideology and theory". Now it is obvious that this is the first time that Wang Anshi has attracted hatred on high-level occasions, but he has shown his strength as a generation of thinkers.
As a result, all the scholars here began to think about Wang Anshi's words.
Wen Yanbo, as an old minister of Qingli, was relatively familiar with this method, so he thought the fastest, so he frowned. In Wen Yanbo's view, Wang Anshi's speeches were similar to Fan Zhongyan in some places, and these things were the differences within the Qingli Party at that time.
The real difference is that both the strict and the lenient styles are risky and costly, and the staggering cost is that the weak are hurt.
The difference lies in the "responsible person".
If an official takes the initiative to seek political affairs and there is a possibility of wrongly judging good people, then the murderer here is the official. The people and superiors can find the responsible person.
If an official fails to govern according to the law, there is a possibility of misreleasing the murderer, and the murderer will harm the good people again after it is released. Then the officials in this incident are correct, but the murderer and terrorists.
Both have risks and costs. The former requires officials to bear the risks and take the initiative. The latter has no responsibility. So in Wang Anshi's view, this is the reason for the formation of the current situation in the Song Dynasty.
Of course Wen Yanbo understood this truth, but Wen Yanbo's belief is "officials" and he doesn't like officials to take the blame.
Fan Zhongyan’s philosophy is “worrying about the world first”, which naturally includes but is not limited to “Since there is a price, the government will take the blame if it doesn’t take the blame, and officials will have the responsibility if they have the right.”
So this is why Wen Yanbo disagreed with "Yan Zheng".
Chapter completed!