Qiming 1158

Chapter 889 I really envy Su Yonglin
Zhao Gou's words awakened Zhao Tan.

Zhao Tan was startled and realized that his situation was not good at all.

The foundation of his emperor is still unstable so far, because he has no outstanding achievements.

This makes his personal exit very bad.

If he can't put all the blame on Zhang Jun, and let the grievances from inside and outside the court and the public transfer to him, then this grievance will be transferred to Zhao Tan himself.

If this resentment was transferred to Zhao Tan himself...

"Think about it for yourself."

Zhao Gou waved his hand and let Zhao Tan leave.

Zhao Tan returned to the bedroom, pondered for a long time, and made his own decision.

After all, he couldn't stop killing Zhang Jun, who had no credit or hard work and helped him stabilize the throne at a critical moment.

So he did three things.

First, he dismissed Zhang Jun's position in the Privy Council, abolished him as a commoner, and exiled his entire family to Leizhou.

Second, the appointment of Hu Quan, a well-known minister of the Privy Council, as a member of the Privy Council.

Third, order Hu Quan to organize a new Privy Council team to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the bandits on Jiangnan West Road, and submit a new plan for review within a month.

However, after these three things were done, the voices of discussion between the court and the opposition subsided a little, but they were soon brought a wave of rhythm.

The emperor did remove Zhang Jun, but he only removed Zhang Jun, without questioning other guilty people, and Zhang Jun's guilt is still unclear. Is it enough to just remove him and exile?
Then Hu Quan himself is a fan of Zhang Jun, a die-hard Northern Expedition faction, who still supports Zhang Jun's style and position. Is there no problem with such a person continuing to lead the Privy Council?Isn't the emperor doing this to change the soup instead of the medicine?
Zhang Jun's position is wrong and wrong, and he cannot continue to insist!Must be completely overthrown!
In such a storm, the Manchu civil and military launched a swift and violent attack on Zhang Jun's party, saying that no matter what, he would not admit again that a person who was a radical who fought in the main war would continue to seize the military power of the Song Dynasty.

Many officials wrote to impeach Hu Quan and Zhang Jun's supporters Chen Junqing, Wang Shipeng, and others. They criticized and slandered them, and threatened them with refusing to cooperate. They asked the emperor to think twice before expelling those who harmed the country and the people from the court.

Zhao Tan was very angry, and ordered to reprimand these rhythmic people, saying that they are selfish and have no public will, which is not the right way, and asked them to restrain themselves.

But with little success.

The official family of the Song Dynasty and the scholar-officials share the world, and the scholar-official cannot be silenced.

There was really no way, Zhao Tan was angry and anxious, so he had to find Shi Hao, who had been estranged by him for a while, and asked him for advice.

It has been several months since Shi Hao last saw Zhao Tan.

He knew that Zhao Tan favored Zhang Jun, so he didn't have the heart to fight for favor. If Zhao Tan didn't look for him, he thought he didn't exist.

However, he is still very calm, does nothing, and spends all day reading and painting at home to entertain himself. He doesn't have any quarrel with Zhang Jun and other radicals who are mainly fighting for the war. He chooses to shy away from their aggressiveness, and people of the time ridicule him as [Calligraphy and Painting Xianggong] .

Zhao Tan was dissatisfied with Shi Hao's moderate position, so he deliberately distanced himself from him, and no longer considered the credit he once made for Zhao Tan's stable position.

But at this moment, Zhao Tan found that he had reached a dead end, and none of Zhang Jun's loud subordinates could help him, and all he could ask for help was Shi Hao.

Unsurprisingly, Shi Hao appeared in front of Zhao Tan as if there was no joy or sorrow, and greeted him. Zhao Tan was so moved that he stepped down from the throne and held Shi Hao's hand.

"Today Fang Zhiqing is mature and prudent."

Shi Hao didn't dare to show any emotion, he was still very calm, and asked, "Your Majesty is looking for the old minister, what is the matter?"

"Teacher, are you still blaming me?"

Zhao Tan said with a bitter face: "It's already in this situation, can you still not know? The entire imperial court is about to become a street market, I haven't seen so many performances, and now I really can't help it. "Teacher, give me an idea."

Shi Hao felt dark in his heart, but he didn't show any expression on his face, he was still very respectful.

"This is the duty of the minister, and Your Majesty does not need to blame himself."

After he finished speaking, he pretended to think for a while, and said, "Your Majesty wants the old minister to say, and the old minister will naturally say that the reason for all this is not Zhang Jun's fault, but because His Majesty trusted Zhang Jun and appointed Zhang Jun. Too many people who did not agree with their political views were fired.

These people have lost their power because of Zhang Jun and his henchmen, so they will naturally hate Zhang Jun. It’s good that Zhang Jun doesn’t have an accident, but if Zhang Jun has an accident, they will explode in an instant, and they will never give up easily. The purpose cannot be.

And although this group of people seldom hold high positions, there are also a large number of them in administrative positions. Without them running for the court, things would be difficult to accomplish. If Your Majesty continues to force Zhang Jun and his henchmen to control the government, it may lead to internal affairs in the court. The split is not conducive to the Song Dynasty. "

Zhao Tan let go of Shi Hao's hand and paced back and forth for a while, looking very distressed.

"I know what the teacher said. I know that they have caused a lot of people's dissatisfaction, but I didn't expect them to make such a big deal this time, and I didn't expect Jiangnan West Road to lose so badly. To tell you the truth, Taishang Huang also They came to me and asked me to deal with Zhang Jun seriously, and even...execute him."

"The old minister has heard a lot of such voices."

Shi Hao opened his mouth and said, "Zhang Jun has been domineering in the court during this period of time, which has caused dissatisfaction from too many people. If Your Majesty wants to keep the court and the opposition from disapproving, you must at least make people believe that His Majesty will never use him again."

"Never use him again?"

Zhao Tan sighed and said in a low voice, "Zhang Jun has gone too far this time, I don't need them to tell me, and I won't hire him again, so I decided to rebuke him to Leizhou, which means I'll never hire him again. made a statement, but…”

"You can still be recalled wherever you are demoted. It's not uncommon for you to be recalled after being pardoned, and such cases are not uncommon. The officials of the court are all smart people."

Shi Hao said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, there is only one way to go. Only the dead will not be used again."

Zhao Tan's pupils shrank and looked at Shi Hao.

"Teacher, is this what you think?"

"This is not His Majesty's idea."

The specious sentence hit Zhao Tan's heart.

Zhao Tan watched Shi Hao silent for a long time, sighed, returned to his seat, and sat down slumped.

It was a long time before he spoke.

"Teacher, I really envy Su Yonglin, I really envy him for being able to do whatever he wants without any restraint, and to slaughter his dissatisfied vassals at will, even to the point of massacres.

He killed so many people in Henan and Shandong, and so many people were killed by him, but so far I haven't heard anyone rebel. No one can stop what he has done so much. I really envy him, I envy him so much. he……"

Shi Hao sighed.

"A mediocre person can naturally scold Su Yonglin for being cruel and unkind, but he cannot see that behind Su Yonglin's appearance of being cruel and unkind is his total control over the Ming Kingdom and his tenacious power.

Only when he has a certain level of control over the Ming Kingdom, only when his power as an emperor is strong enough, and only when there is a group that firmly supports him, can he initiate such a violent slaughter. "

"So, I really envy him. He doesn't have to be forced to do things he doesn't want to do. He doesn't have to act against his will. No one can force him, no one can coerce him, and no one dares to bother him."

Zhao Tan smiled bitterly and said: "Teacher, the so-called emperor is the one who decides life and death. I don't believe this sentence. This has never been something that every emperor can do, just like me, I can't do anything I want to do. Come on, teacher, am I really that bad?"

Shi Hao was silent for a while, then said, "Your Majesty is by no means mediocre and incompetent, His Majesty can accomplish great things."

"What should I do? Kill Zhang Jun to compromise with the court? Is this what a monarch who has accomplished great things should do?"

Regarding Zhao Tan's question, Shi Hao chose to persuade him.

"But forbearance is indeed something that a monarch should do. Your Majesty, don't forget, it is Goujian's forbearance that has brought the hegemony of Yue Kingdom."

(End of this chapter)