I am Da Song

When the country wanted to open up the southeast, reorganize the Maritime Silk Road, and master the spice trade, a major event happened at the top of the court that shocked the government and the public.

Zuodu Yushi of the Procuratorate impeached Yue Fei, the Privy Council envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, for covering up his subordinates, using public equipment for private use, embezzlement, and forming a party for personal gain.

When Zhao Huan first received this letter, he almost thought that through time and space, history used its powerful error correction mechanism to bring the world back to its right track.

Zhao Huan habitually thought that this was Qin Yushi who was killing Zhongliang, but soon he discovered that although this impeachment was also a political struggle, it was very different from history.

That is, the impeachment of Yue Fei by the Procuratorate this time is just to make waves and cause the Manchu Dynasty.

The supervisory censors also knew that with the officials in power, it was impossible for them to shake the position of the privy envoy.

At most, the penalty is three months, and the next one is not an example.

Their real goal is not to bring down Yue Fei, but to make a profit!

Don't take them too lofty. Everything in the world is just for profit in the end.

The Chuigong Hall was supposed to prepare for the court discussion on many matters in Nanyang, but now the topic has been changed.

Zhao Huan asked his servant to hand over a letter to Yue Fei, the privy envoy, and said, "Yue Xianggong, the supervisory censor impeached Wang Gui, the former commander of the Shenwu Youjun, for trafficking people in the river, exploiting wealth, and making huge profits. What do you say?"

Yue Fei took the letter respectfully, and immediately pleaded guilty and said: "Your Majesty is not strict, please punish me."

Zhao Huan frowned. Yue Fei's attitude was that he knew this matter clearly and didn't even make an excuse?
According to Zhao Huan's understanding, this massive impeachment was aimed at Yue Fei in name, but in fact the target was directed at the grassroots generals on the front line.

But seeing Yue Fei's attitude, he would rather fight the crime himself than let the storm spread.

Zuodu Yushi immediately jumped out, and said excitedly: "Officials, I don't think this can be covered up by Yue Xianggong's lax command. Besides, Hezhong is more than [-] miles away from Tokyo, and it is reasonable for Yue Xianggong to be too far away." Middle. Please send a supervisory censor to the local area to thoroughly investigate this matter."

Zhao Huan glanced at him and said, "Why are you excited? Isn't it you who impeached Mr. Yue? Now you are going to blame him again. Are you trying to cover up something? Or is there something I can't let me know?"

Zuodu Yushi immediately shrank his neck, and shrank obediently into a corner.

Zhao Huan looked at Prime Minister Right, and said, "Minister Right, tell me! I feel that all of you officials are calm and clear, so you keep me in the dark?"

The right chancellor Zhang Jun, who had always looked calm and watched from the sidelines, did not expect that he would be dragged into the water suddenly. He quickly put aside his relationship and said, "As far as I know, the officials in Hezhong did not report the human trafficking incident to the imperial court."

"Human trafficking has existed in the past dynasties. It may be that the Inspectorate is chasing after the wind and we don't know."

"Do you want to listen to what I'm saying?" Zhao Huan glared at him.

Suspicion, the Inspectorate dares to impeach the Privy Envoy?

...

That is the great general of the Song Dynasty, a role model for soldiers.

Without absolute certainty, who would risk the disapproval of the world and do such a stupid thing!

What's more, Yue Fei has pleaded guilty, but you say that the Procuratorate is chasing rumors?
Zhang Jun bowed his head resolutely, pleaded guilty earnestly, acting as if he was ignorant and not as good as the officials.

He was determined not to get involved in this matter.

It's normal for him to be ignorant of things that the emperor doesn't even know.

He was very clear about his calculations, but he forgot that he had an upright teammate.

Zhao Huan looked at Zuo Xiang and said, "Zuo Xiang, what do you think of this matter?"

Su Chi, Prime Minister of the Left, is a professional technocrat. His promotion to Prime Minister Zuo was entirely due to his excellent professional knowledge, and he was able to coordinate the infrastructure construction of the empire most efficiently.

With the protection of the emperor and the right minister, he has never been constrained by various political factors and can concentrate on infrastructure construction.

So he didn't understand these political twists and turns at all. Hearing the emperor's inquiry, he said straightforwardly: "I think this should be a good thing for the Holy Dynasty."

Right Prime Minister Zhang Jun closed his eyes helplessly, how could he forget this honest man!
The corner of Zhao Huan's mouth raised, he glanced at Zhang Jun, and continued to say to Su Chi, "Tell me in detail."

Seeing the right minister's expression, Su Chi probably knew that he was in trouble again, but the emperor had already spoken, and he could no longer hide it, so he could only say: "I think that in order to create glory in the Holy Dynasty, someone must fill the ditch with flesh and blood. This is the inevitable price of development. There is no brilliant and developed civilization that can be built without exploitation, and it is better to exploit foreign races than to be harsh on Zhuxia."

Zhao Huan looked at Su Chi, very good, very good!It seems that the empire is indeed secretly doing a major event without telling their emperor.

It was so big that the distribution of spoils was uneven, even if the Inspectorate exposed this matter to the sky, it would still get it in front of the emperor and ask for a benefit for itself.

Zuodu Yushi shrank in the corner without saying a word, his attitude was very clear, if he kept silent and did it secretly, then all the Lilan would be wiped out by the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council.

Now that the deal is on the surface, at least the Inspectorate can follow suit.

Zhao Huan patted the table, looked at Li Gang, who had been silent all the time, and said, "Ji Xiang is always strong and outspoken, but this time he didn't say a word, which is really rare. Regarding this brilliant development, Ji Xiang has nothing to say. What did I say?"

Li Gang was put on fire by the emperor, so he had no choice but to speak, and said in detail: "I... I think the impeachment of the Inspectorate is a bit exaggerated. The soldiers have fought bloody battles and conquered thousands of miles. There should be some war dividends."

War bonus.

This is something that has rarely been discussed since the Song Dynasty's foreign wars.

Not to mention putting him on the court in such a grand manner like today, and making him public.

You must know that a foreign war is definitely not only of political and military significance, but more importantly, it is reflected in economics and wealth.

During the rule of Zhenguan, the population was only a few tens of millions, but through foreign wars, it became richer and richer.

In the colonial wars in the West, more and more gold was fought, and a large amount of gold and resources were moved back to the country in boxes.

The Great Song Dynasty defeated so many countries in the west, it cannot only be of political significance, and countless small countries have paid tribute to them, which must have very rich war dividends economically.

Zhao Huan looked at all the ministers in the hall and asked, "So the biggest bonus of our dynasty's war in the Western Regions lies in the slave trade... in terms of population?"

Li Gang replied straightforwardly: "According to the taxation of the third envoy, it is indeed the case. The tax paid by him is the most on the Silk Road, comparable to spices."

I am Da Song