Qiming 1158

Chapter 868 Your Majesty, when the water is clear, there will be no fish

Of course, there are some things that Zhang Jun can't say so clearly.

He had to be more euphemistic and tell Zhao Tan in the way of a story. This was a more clever way to meet with him, and it was better than pointing directly at Zhao Tan's head and scolding him for being incompetent.

After being in the officialdom for so many years, Zhang Jun has still learned the ability to be an official.

So his words are more euphemistic.

"It's not just that, Your Majesty, this story has a follow-up."

Zhang Jun opened his mouth and said, "After Gao Huan explained his position, Du Bi still didn't give up. One time Gao Huan was about to lead an army, and Du Bi wrote another letter, hoping to get rid of the internal thieves before attacking the foreign enemy, otherwise the war would not be possible. If it goes well, it may be in danger of overturning.

Gao Huan asked him who the thief was, and Du Bi said that he was a arrogant soldier who robbed the people and bullied men and women, and the honor of the country. Ask Du Bi to come over from the sword clump and explain his ideas in detail.

Du Bi walked all the way and saw the soldiers staring at each other with anger and murderous aura, and the sword was threatening, and his heart became more and more frightened. He was hacked to death on the spot by angry soldiers.

Only then did Gao Huan explain, saying that now the knife has not been cut, you are already scared to this point, and the honorable people you impeached all survived in such a dangerous situation, although they may have greed rot, but my concerns are more important, so forget it. "

Zhao Tan was silent.

Seeing Zhao Tan's silence, Zhang Jun said slowly, "After that, Du Bi never dared to mention the anti-corruption issue, and this matter was abandoned. His son Gao Yang laid the foundation for the establishment of Qi in place of Wei."

Zhao Tan was silent for a long time before raising his head to look at Zhang Jun.

"Deyuan, what you mean is, I can't do this thing, even if I want to do it, I can't find a suitable person to do it, the person who does this thing will definitely be killed by corrupt people, right? "

Zhang Jun did not deny it, but nodded very firmly.

"Your Majesty, when the water is clear, there are no fish. With his power and prestige, Su Yonglin can certainly fight corruption, but besides him, who else can do this?

This time, the anti-corruption campaign was done by himself, and it was precisely because of his own actions that he was able to carry out such a brutal blow on those corrupt officials. Who would dare to replace them with others?

Only Su Yonglin himself has this prestige and ability, and no one else can. Instead, he will be attacked by corrupt people, and he will end up in ruin.

Moreover, Your Majesty, there is definitely a limit to Su Yonglin's behavior. If it exceeds the limit, hundreds of officials will be terrified, and no one will dare to do things for him. At that time, no one will dare to be his official. What can he do? "

Zhao Tan didn't agree with Zhang Jun's words.

"Is there an official position here, and some people don't want to do it?"

Zhao Tan sneered for a while and said, "I don't believe it, no matter how strict I am, I can still be as strict as Liu Yun? But even though Liu Yun is so absurd, there are still a steady stream of people willing to be officials.

Under his subordinates, the officials of the Manchu Dynasty would rather be eunuchs than officials, and more than [-] people from the palace to be officials, you say, no one wants to be an official?Deyuan, I really don't believe this! "

Zhang Jun didn't expect Zhao Tan to refute him like this, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

After a while, Zhang Jun finally reacted.

"But an official who is an official like that is entirely for power and money, and will never do anything for the country or the people, that's why I was so quickly destroyed by my Taizu Emperor. Your Majesty, the villain is an official, just only For self-interest, there is no desire to govern the country and serve the people.”

Zhao Tan was silent for a while, speechless at what Zhang Jun said.

He admitted that a person who can ruthlessly castrate himself to be an official will definitely use his power to seek personal gain for himself as much as possible, just like the eunuchs who have brought disaster to the world in all dynasties. The country is over.

"Nevertheless, is the situation in the Great Song Dynasty going to continue forever? Can it really not be changed? Thank God that [-]-[-]% of the money allocated by the imperial court is actually used to do things. "

Zhao Tan looked at Zhang Jun sadly.

Zhang Jun was also silent for a long time, before he said: "Your Majesty's worries, this minister knows, but Your Majesty, Bei Ming is too strong, to the point of fear, and now Su Yonglin is so stern against corruption, it is Bei Ming Qiang and himself. The result of high power and prestige.

Because of this, he is not worried that no one will serve as an official for him, he is not worried that someone will dare to raise troops against him, this is the fundamental reason, and the same thing is put to the Song Dynasty, Your Majesty, do you think that the Song Dynasty can not have such worries? ? "

Zhao Tan was speechless.

Zhang Jun knew that such a straightforward attack on Zhao Tan was not very good, so he could only draw cakes for Zhao Tan.

"Your Majesty, don't be too discouraged. Su Yonglin's actions like this will inevitably cause many people's worries. The people of Ming Dynasty are unstable, and it is reasonable to have turmoil. When the country is in high spirits, His Majesty's opportunity will come."

Zhao Tan looked at Zhang Jun.

"Will there be such a day?"

"It will definitely be, Su Yonglin is cruel and unkind, slaughtering officials like chickens and dogs, it will inevitably cause panic in the world, and the world will be distracted, then the day of Songbei's return to the Central Plains will not be far away. It will definitely bring such a situation to His Majesty!"

Zhao Tan didn't speak, just nodded silently.

The question between the monarch and the minister was put here for the time being, and neither Zhang Jun nor Zhao Tan mentioned it again.

A few days later, Qi Fang and Shao Hongyuan came to Lin'an one after the other.

Qi Fang's presentation came earlier, and was first seen by Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun learned that Shao Hongyuan did not obey orders, and used his relationship with him to forcefully send troops, so that he was defeated and lost his troops, which made Qi Fang very angry.

He has a clear plan and decision for the entire war, and has implemented a complete blockade of the thieves in Luoxiao Mountain. I believe that they will soon run out of materials and have to go out to the mountain to fight them decisively.

However, Shao Hongyuan didn't believe it and insisted on sending troops to fight, but he was defeated and suffered heavy losses, with thousands of soldiers lost.

Where does this make sense?
Zhang Jun was a little angry at first, feeling that Shao Hongyuan didn't know what to do, and he betrayed his trust and made him suffer.

However, out of trust in Shao Hongyuan's past achievements and suspicion of Qi Fang, Zhang Jun did not simply believe in Qi Fang, but decided to wait a little longer to see if there was any other news.

It really does.

Shao Hongyuan's presentation came three hours later than Qi Fang's presentation, and Zhang Jun watched it immediately after it was sent to the Privy Council.

It turned out that Shao Hongyuan's statement was written about Qi Fang's negative attitude towards war and suspicion of raising bandits with self-respect, and when he repeatedly proposed to attack the bandit army, he did not provide him with any help, not even a guide.

Not only that, the thieves in Luoxiao Mountain have good weapons and equipment, even armor and crossbows, which are not worse than his army, so Shao Hongyuan suspects that Qi Fang is secretly doing business with the thieves, exchanging weapons for money. , the country is difficult to make money.

Even Shao Hongyuan thought that Qi Fang was suspected of collaborating with the enemy, and told the bandit army the news of his advance in advance, so that the bandit army was prepared, otherwise the bandit army would not be able to break his offensive so easily and cause him to lose more than a thousand soldiers. horse.

Regarding the latter suspicion of collaborating with the enemy, Zhang Jun believes that this is more subjective and cannot be easily believed without evidence. However, Zhang Jun feels that Shao Hongyuan's statement about Qi Fang's passive suppression of thieves and doing business with the thief army is more credible.

But in any case, it is obvious that the thief has failed again.

Zhang Jun felt a little guilty and felt that he couldn't let Zhao Tan know about this matter, otherwise he would definitely be very angry, and he could even blame himself and lose his power again.

This kind of panic made Zhang Jun restless and walked around in a state of confusion.

After a long time, Zhang Jun calmed down and cut off the idea of ​​taking the initiative to plead guilty to Zhao Tan.

I still want to rejuvenate the Great Song Dynasty to expedition the Central Plains from the north, and I also want to win the opportunity for the Great Song Dynasty to return to the Central Plains from the north.

So Zhang Jun decided to press down the two memorials so that Zhao Tan would not know.

He felt that as long as the war was resolved within the two-month deadline, then this matter would never be known to Zhao Tan.

(End of this chapter)