Qiming 1158

Chapter 1023 Zhao Song's Family Law Still Needs to Be Stressed
As soon as the matter was announced, there was an uproar among the government and the opposition.

A large number of officials immediately went to the table to impeach Yao Zhong, asking the court to deal with Yao Zhong seriously, and never let the arrogance of military generals overwhelm the civilian officials.

Public opinion was surging, and for a time it seemed that thousands of officials in the entire court were impeaching Yao Zhong. All of them aimed at Yao Zhong and opened fire on him rapidly. Regardless, the turbulent wave really shocked Zhao Tan.

But for civil servants, this is a serious topic.

Those arrogant generals are now daring to punch civilians and make a riot in the governor's house, so what about the next step?

We are thinking of you, Your Majesty!
Only at this level could the imagination of the civil servants of the Southern Song Dynasty make such a leap forward.

This was not an accident, nor was it because officials thought that Yao Zhong must have colluded with the Ming army and Song Chen must not have colluded with the peasant army.

Putting aside all the facts, this is a question of political correctness, and the loudest voices in the courtroom are all civil servants.

Since the fight against Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty, it is the family law of Zhao and Song Dynasty to be noble and humble, and it is the rule of the ancestors. The many restrictions and suppression of military generals and letting them dance with shackles is to make the generals obedient, not to threaten the rule of the court, and to avoid the five dynasties and ten The incident in the country reappeared, causing tragedy.

Military generals can defeat foreign enemies, they can bend their knees and surrender to cowardly, incompetent, greedy, lustful, wives and concubines, and they can do anything, but they cannot rebel.

Society cannot respect military merit, lest there be too many military talents and the imperial court cannot hold back.

In order to prevent Chen Qiaobing from turning into a yellow robe and adding his body again, and in order to save Zhao Guangyi's shaky emperor's throne after his two defeats and complete death, the generals must make sacrifices.

No matter if he made a mistake or not, as long as a military general provokes a civilian, it must be [Aside from all the facts, didn't he make a mistake? 】

It was never military generals who could master and guide public opinion in the Song Dynasty, but civil officials, and most of the people who spoke in the court were civil officials, not military generals.

Their butts naturally sit on the side of the Zhao Song family law, who protects their interests. Once a conflict breaks out between the military general and the civilian officials, they will first move out of the Zhao Song family law and knock the military officer to the ground, step on [-] feet, let him die, and then talk about other right and wrong. No.

So the attitude of the court officials is obvious.

Zhao Tan was quite helpless in the face of this situation.

Although he instinctively felt that this matter was very deep, he felt that Yao Zhong, a general who had just been transferred to Xiangyang for less than a year, was unlikely to reach any commercial agreement with the Ming army immediately, which was unscientific.

And after all, does the Ming Kingdom really need the weapons of the Southern Song Dynasty?
Do they not produce themselves?

Compared with the Ming army in Henan, maybe the thieves on Jiangnan West Road need more weapons from the Southern Song Dynasty?
However, in the face of the strong protests of the Manchu civil servants and the realistic needs of Zhao Song's family law, Zhao Tan had to accept the request of the civil government, accept the suggestions of the ministers Zuocheng Ye Yiwen and the right ministers Shen Gai, and set the tone of Yao Zhong's mistake first. .

Then discuss other things.

"Yao Zhongyan and Song Chen colluded with the Jiangnan West Road Bandit Army, Song Chenyan and Yao Zhong colluded with the Henan Ming Army, and the two criticized each other, I am afraid it is not groundless. , what do you ministers think?"

After Zhao Tan set the tone of Yao Zhong's mistake, the civil servants were finally willing to think rationally about the problem, and they didn't dare to be sloppy because it was about loyalty to the imperial court.

However, the punishment of Yao Zhong is indispensable. Some people went to the table and demanded that Yao Zhong be taken down directly, and that he should be dismissed from the position he controlled. ?

Zhao Tan was dissatisfied with this, thinking that the fourth crusade was imminent, Yao Zhong was the default commander, how could he be won because of this inconclusive matter?
Of course, Chen Kangbo is also a big one on this matter.

The fourth encirclement and suppression operation that was about to be launched was to be carried out with Yao Zhong as the commander in chief. Yao Zhong has rich experience and outstanding military exploits, so that he will lead the army of the rebuilt Jinghu Theater to achieve good results.

But now this happened.

After thinking about it, Chen Kangbo also felt that he couldn't speak for Yao Zhong.

"Yao Zhongjiu is in the army, has rich experience, has made many military exploits, and is a general in the army. He was originally the best candidate for the commander-in-chief of this thief-suppression operation..."

Chen Kangbo said depressedly: "But as soon as this matter came out, there was an uproar of public opinion among the government and the public, and it was impossible to agree to the order to let Yao Zhong go into battle, and no matter what reason Yao Zhong had, it couldn't be an excuse for punching officials. This must be wrong. .

Now his actions have caused a lot of discussion among the court and the opposition, and they don't trust him very much. In this way, officials in the Jinghu area will also be very dissatisfied with Yao Zhong and will isolate him. If he presides over the war, he will definitely be dragged back, so... "

"So he can't use it?"

Zhao Tan snorted coldly: "Can personal grievances be compared to national affairs? The officials in Jinghu are too arrogant!"

"Your Majesty, this is not a personal grievance, this is the law of the ancestors."

Chen Kangbo reluctantly said: "The rules set by the ancestors, noble and noble, suppress military generals, and prevent military generals from crossing the line. This is the consensus of the court and the public. Although Yao Zhong has made outstanding achievements, this time, he really did something wrong."

Hearing this, Zhao Tan snorted again.

"All in all, what do you mean is that Yao Zhong must be severely punished, or even go to jail?"

Chen Kangbo shook his head.

"Whether it is a crime or not has to wait for the results of the investigation, but in this battle, Yao Zhong can't be the coach."

Zhao Tan was silent for a while, then slapped the armrest hard.

"Of course Yao Zhong is wrong about this, but isn't it wrong for those corrupt officials? They deduct military supplies and use shoddy goods. This kind of thing is not once or twice! I don't believe that there is any local official in this matter. No problem at all!

Yao Zhong is a veteran no matter what, and he also understands that his ancestors made a law, which can make him so annoyed and even lose his mind. One can imagine how excessive the local officials have gone!Must be checked!Check it out! "

Chen Kangbo did not object to the strict investigation, but he was not satisfied with Zhao Tan's attitude.

"Your Majesty, it's like the preconceivedness of the civil servants of the Manchu Dynasty. Your Majesty should not do it. Who is right and who is wrong has their own opinions. You can't be the first to think who is right and who is wrong in this matter, otherwise, it will affect the fairness of this matter."

"Then what do you think?"

Zhao Tan looked at Chen Kangbo with a bad expression.

Chen Kangbo shook his head.

"I can't be sure, I only know what to do now."

Zhao Tan's face was cloudy and uncertain, and he had no choice but to decide.

Because the matter was very serious and a person with sufficient authority was needed to handle the matter, Zhao Tan decided to send Zhou Linzhi, the political minister, to Ezhou to handle the matter in person.

But in any case, Yao Zhong can no longer be the coach of this crusade, so the Privy Council must re-select the coach of the crusade against the rebels.

They had no choice but to let Zhou Yun, the commander of the Guards and Infantry Division stationed in Jiujiang, temporarily serve as the commander-in-chief, and Wang De's son Wang Shun as the deputy commander.

After all, they are stationed in the local area, they are closer, and they are more familiar with the local environment. It is better to let them take action than to send another person to be the coach now.

As for Yao Zhong...

Seeing that even the army of Xiangyang Mansion could no longer lead, Zhao Tan had to start worrying about the generals of Xiangyang Mansion again.

The Xiangyang mansion is mainly from the Sichuan army. Suddenly changing the commander in other places may cause a bad leadership. Now that the Xiangyang mansion is facing the direct threat of the Ming army, Zhao Tan really does not dare to point out the generals.

Therefore, at the suggestion of Chen Kangbo, Zhao Tan decided to transfer Wang Yan, an important general of the Chuan-Shu Theater, to leave the garrison and enter Xiangyang.

(End of this chapter)