Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

After repeated weighing, Zhao Zhen announced the punishment to the civil and military officials who were still arguing about this matter in the early court five days later.

——Teng Zongliang misused public money, which should be severely punished according to the law, and the punishment code should be imposed; In a short period of time, love is more important than order, and public money is embezzled to buy agricultural seeds and distribute them without private possession.His feelings are sympathetic and excuseable, so he should be punished lightly, seize an official, change his apprentice to know Suzhou, and set off on the same day.

After hearing the official's decision, the intercession faction headed by Kou Zhun became quiet first.

As we all know, the punishment of the so-called downgrade is innocuous, except for a slight reduction in salary.

After all, the most important thing is to be in charge of an official position—there are hundreds or even thousands of people in this world who have a salary but no actual job, and are eagerly looking forward to the vacancy.

And transfer Teng Zongliang, who knew the frontier Qinzhou, to Suzhou, which is much richer and more peaceful than Qinzhou...

What kind of punishment is this? It's clearly a fall in the face and a promotion in the dark, and he's been given a new job that can be called a lucrative job!

They are satisfied with this much more ideal result than expected, and of course they will not do something cheap and show off.

However, even though they were so self-conscious, thinking that this time they finally had a real reason, Wang Qinruo and others, who should let Lu Ci break his arm and have friends away from him, could not accept the official's secret promotion of "discretionary crimes" at all. The pot exploded.

Wang Qinruo, who has always been with the old gods and only let Han Jiang charge forward, can no longer stand by and watch.

After being plotted by Lu Ci and the official family that time, he was trapped in Xixia, and he endured the humiliation for so long before returning to his hometown with difficulty. It was not because he continued to see how beautiful Lu Ci was, and even the people around him, Follow the "one person attains the Tao, chicken and dog ascend to heaven"!

Seeing the excessive favoritism of the officials, recalling the suffering he has suffered over the past year, Wang Qinruo can't believe it, but also trembles with anger.

Driven by this anger, he was the first to jump out. While strongly opposing, he even pointed the finger at Lu Ci, who had never shown up in this matter from the beginning to the end, but who had a strong presence in the hearts of discerning people: "This matter is done by the country. , dare not remain silent. I see Lu Ciyou's kindness, which has been unparalleled over the years... However, officials and nobles are the public tools of the world, and the establishment of officials and divisions should be done step by step. He loves the house and loves the black, and he is too favored, so that the loyal ministers and righteous people have nothing to persuade them, and they are discouraged. It is self-evident whether Wuwu's confidence comes from something he insists on, or whether he is pushed by others..."

Listening to his every word, he almost pointed at the official's nose and scolded. The Taoist official favored Lu Ci so much that even Lu Ci's friends were also favored. All the officials couldn't help but gasp in their hearts. gas.

Even Han Jiang, who had not had time to speak in the future, was dumbfounded and dumbfounded on the spot, not knowing what to say.

To be honest, the petty officials have been on the throne for many years. Compared with the former emperor who tossed out the heavenly scriptures and built temples on a whim from time to time, Zhao Zhen can be called hardworking, lenient and kind, and he treats his courtiers with compassion. add.

In everyone's impression, the number of small officials who got angry was very few, but most of them were related to Lu Sanyuan, who had always been favored.

However, officials are not real sages after all, and it is inevitable to be biased in their hearts. After so many years, from the initial sourness, to seeing a lot later, Chao Wenwu also gradually calmed down. It is not surprising to see this .

In addition, Lu Ci has always acted prudently, with solid and sometimes outstanding achievements in government. In addition, although he has many friends, he is very low-key, and he is definitely not someone who Yan Ran relies on and covets.

Among other things, the places where Lu Ci worked abroad were all remote and barren places; and after the term of office expired, not to mention the reluctance of the people, remember his name, as long as he is not blind, he can see what happened in any place. earth-shaking changes.

It was this determination and ability that really determined his success.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and there seems to be a bit of a good story about "the monarch and his ministers are equal" between the small official family, and because of this, they are gradually convinced, and they turn a blind eye to this bright preference Close one eye, and seldom beak.

They really didn't know that under this harmonious and calm performance, there would suddenly appear Wang Qinruo, who used to be cautious and forbearing, but since he was captured, he suddenly became extremely extreme.

In fact, it would be fine if Wang Qin didn't say anything, it would definitely arouse some pity and guilt from the officials, not to mention giving him a high-ranking post, and receiving a few high-ranking false titles, it would be easy to take care of him so well.

Unexpectedly, he poked the hornet's nest as soon as he opened his mouth, which is really admirable.

…During the time when Lu Ci returned home to observe his filial piety and was the most indifferent to the world, dragging people off the court forcibly is not only unwise, but also unethical and shameless.

Sure enough, after the initial bewilderment and astonishment, the officials finally realized what Wang Qinruo had stated angrily, and his face instantly became so dark that water could drip.

He didn't forcefully interrupt Wang Qinruo's endless accusations and censures, but just waited so coldly, watching Wang Qinruo continue to speak.

The court, which was often noisy recently, suddenly fell into a rare silence.

I don't know how long it took, Wang Qinruo finally regained some sense, and when he continued to speak, he stumbled a little more.

After he finished protesting, Zhao Zhen asked calmly, "Is it finished?"

Before Wang Qinruo could answer, Zhao Zhen got up expressionlessly, turned and left: "Then let's retreat."

Feeling the sharp aura in this calm and unwavering tone, all the officials filed out obediently without making any noise for the first time.

Wang Qinruo knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, and after being afraid at home for several days, he did not wait for any follow-up, but the officials smoothly sent Teng Zongliang's new appointment to the Ministry of Education, and after the approval of the ministers, he continued. deliver.

Seeing that everything was about to come true, he was really unwilling to let go of this great opportunity, he gritted his teeth, simply kept going, and handed over the paper again.

This time he paid attention, and didn't mention anything about his previous targeting of Lu Ci. He only started with Teng Zongliang's other unaccounted for bad debts, and impeached Teng Zongliang for his reckless and undisciplined and unbearable governance. Light, not in harmony with the public, but must be implemented with heavy responsibility'.

Wang Qinruo's memorial, which was full of generous statements and gorgeous rhetoric, was detained by officials ordered by officials after he arrived in Da Nei with difficulty, without any response.

Wang Qinruo, who had waited for several days for no reply after seeing the memorandum disappeared, watched with hatred that Teng Zongliang's new appointment was quickly passed, and after his careful planning, he became the laughing stock of everyone. Han Jiang and other censors, who refused to accept such a punishment, stayed, but this time they did not confront the Shangguan family, but challenged Li Di and Kou Zhun, the prime ministers who signed the appointment.

The officials finally became completely angry when they continued to make noise against them.

The little master had just experienced the pain of losing his mother, and had nothing to do with it at all, but he was dragged into it by false rumors; and in the letter from the little master, there was no trace of the friendship between the teacher and the student, just as a friend Out of pleading, even during the filial piety period, he still cared about the suffering of the people, and decided to donate most of his family's assets to build a charity village and benefit the people...

How dare they repeatedly slander such an honest gentleman who never takes credit and only does practical things silently? !

When a group of Zhongshu Provincial officials headed by Li Di were forcefully blocked by the Taiwan officials, and when the two sides were fighting each other, Zhao Zhen went back with a dark face.

In the court debate that lasted for an hour after this, outsiders did not know exactly what happened.

However, as a result of the court debate, it was clearly placed in front of everyone: Teng Zongliang's appointment was revised, from Suzhou to Guozhou, not to mention, and the seizure of one official was also changed to the second.

However, as the price for officials to make compromises, Yushitai also paid a lot: Yushi Zhongcheng Han Jiang, who presided over this "noisy in the court", was quickly found out many ironclad evidence of misconduct, and was impeached by other officials , and was dismissed from the post of Yushi Zhongcheng, and sentenced to the magistrate of Suzhou; the most active Taiwan officials also left Buyuan County due to their usual ignorance, and returned indefinitely; He was sentenced to Leizhou for being a non-Taiwan official who speculated and slandered', and was suspected of forming a party for personal gain in order to exclude dissidents.

Its journey is far away, and it is still unknown whether he can reach Renshang.

The unspoken intentions of the officials are undoubtedly revealed under this series of appointments: Didn’t they keep claiming that the change of sentence to Suhang was a fat job, and it was a reward rather than a punishment?That being the case, let you get your wish and go to receive this fat job yourself.

As for the other Taiwanese admonishers who participated in the disturbance, under the pleading defense of Liang Shi, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, because "Taiwan officials are responsible for their words, although their words are too much, they should not be punished" and only "take strict discipline". This completely calmed down a huge storm.

There are many people involved in this rare thunderous anger of the officials, especially the censor officials who have always relied on their privileges and acted unscrupulously.

Because they no longer open their mouths after staring at some small mistakes as usual, but have to be cautious before opening their mouths to impeach, which also makes the officials who have suffered terribly because of this a lot easier.

When Lu Ci got the news, Teng Zongliang had already received the transfer order and was on his way to Guozhou to take office.

For Teng Zongliang, it was a blessing among misfortunes that he was only demoted to the second rank in the official rank and changed to Guozhou, which was half the same as Qinzhou. The result in the poor and harsh Lingnan area is a thousand times better.

He didn't know what kind of bloody storm he had experienced behind the appointment he got.

On the contrary, Lu Ci vaguely noticed something after seeing the turmoil that Liu Qixin brought up with lingering fear in the past few days.

For a while, I feel a little relieved, a little moved, and more, a little bit complicated.

After all, he was the official's 'little master', and he knew more or less about this ex-disciple who was getting more and more dignified.

In his opinion, the punishment Zhao Zhen set for Teng Zongliang in his heart was probably to judge Guozhou from the very beginning.

Although Teng Zongliang came out of the kindness of loving the people, in the end he made a mistake. Even if the remedy is made in time, the power of the country's law cannot be despised, and it must not be raised in secret. We encourage and condone it.

The reason why Zhao Zhen started to propose this extremely inappropriate way of punishment is probably just throwing bricks to attract jade, waiting to bargain with others.

If it was proposed to ask Tengzong to understand Guozhou at the beginning, in the case of many opponents, I am afraid that it will really be reduced to Lingnan and other places.

But mentioning it after Suzhou will undoubtedly make it easier for people to accept it, and it will be easier to achieve their goals.

The author has something to say: When the Teng Zongliang incident broke out in history, the officials first sentenced Teng Zongliang to Guozhou and won an official because they listened to the pleadings of Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi; Regarding the resignation, the sentence had to be changed to Yuezhou (that is, where the Yueyang Tower was built).