I studied in modern times

Chapter 848 Everyone Must Pass

"Newspapers for sale...newspapers for sale..." The voice of a newsboy came from the other end of the street: "Today's new newspaper of Bianjing..."

Shu Tan, who was playing chess with a friend in the yard of a rented house, was stunned for a moment, then told the students around him: "Go buy a copy of the Bianjing Newspaper..."

"promise!"

After doing this, Shu Tan looked at his friend in front of him and said with a smile: "Excuse me, sir!"

The latter cupped his hands and said, "No problem!"

Shu Tan nodded, but his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

Originally, he should have been reinstated and even entrusted with important tasks when he came to Beijing this time.

Unexpectedly, the order to reinstate him has not yet come down.

The Empress Dowager, who had originally ordered him to come to the capital, temporarily avoided the main palace because of the Zhang Dunli case.

Without the Empress Dowager, he had few friends in the capital and it was very difficult for him to get by.

Fortunately, the emperor finally remembered him some time ago and issued an edict to reinstate him as a court attendant and appointed him as a censor.

This was the official position he held more than ten years ago.

The so-called Lihang was invented in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Its use in this dynasty was probably based on the proposal of Ouyang Wenzhong. It did not matter what the order of appointment was, but only the talent was selected. Those with less experience would be appointed as Lihang, while those with more experience would be admitted to the Three Courts.

Therefore, his qualifications were reset to zero overnight.

It returns to the starting point of the early years of Xining, when the young man broke into the court ignorantly.

But Shu Tan was very happy.

Because this will also erase his stains and allow him to start over.

Therefore, Shu Tan is now eager to try and intends to achieve success.

Of course, after experiencing the ups and downs, Shu Tan's mentality is no longer as urgent as it was before.

So, although the news came out in the palace yesterday.

The emperor was furious when he heard that the clerks in the two ministries were killing innocent people, and the empress dowager was also angry. She summoned the officials of the two ministries and cried and complained to them, saying that the treacherous officials and villains were bullying the emperor's weakness and so on.

When the news came out, the entire Censorate was in an uproar.

Then, there was collective impeachment.

He impeached Cai Jing, the acting governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, Zhang Shangying, the prosecutor of Kaifeng Prefecture, Li Shiliang, the judge of Kaifeng Prefecture, and others, and listed dozens of pieces of evidence.

Then, the government and the public collectively wrote letters to express their loyalty.

From the Grand Tutor and Minister of Military and National Affairs Wen Yanbo to the officials in the capital, all those who were qualified to submit petitions were writing petitions overnight to express their loyalty.

This is especially true for nobles, relatives of the emperor and members of the royal family!
Legend has it that the Grand Secretary Zhao Zongsheng, the Co-Secretary Zhao Zongjing, the Successor Prince of Pu Zhao Zonghui, as well as Prince of Xingyang Cao Yi, the Royal Son-in-law Commander and the Inspector of Jinzhou Wang Shiyue, and other important officials from the royal family and relatives by marriage, all went out to collect petitions from door to door, and they continued to do so until this morning.

It really is a case of everyone passing the test and everyone showing their loyalty.

Besides, it’s cutting.

Everyone swore in the petition that they had nothing to do with the bandits in the prefecture.

Not only does it not exist now, it also did not exist in the past and will not exist in the future!

Of course Shu Tan did the last two things.

This is a question of stance!

Those who were written about were not necessarily loyal ministers of the Song Dynasty, but those who were not written about were definitely traitors.

An iron fist will soon come and let them know who owns the world.

However, Shu Tan did not impeach Cai Jing and others.

The reason he didn't do it was not because he had any past with Cai Jing.

But Shu Tan knew that Cai Jing and others were the emperor's close ministers. It could even be said that after the emperor personally took charge of Kaifeng Prefecture in the first year of Yuanyou, these people were actually the emperor's family servants!
If the impeachment is too severe, wouldn't it be equivalent to insulting the emperor as well?
So, he wanted to wait a little longer.

Look at the direction of the wind in the palace!

Mainly the content of today's Bian Jing Xin Bao.

Not long after, Shu Tan's students came back with a freshly published copy of the Bian Jing Newspaper.

Shu Tan took it, glanced at the front page headline, and laughed: "Cai Yuanchang will probably be demoted this time!"

The front page headlines of today's Bian Jing Xin Bao not only focused their firepower on criticizing the officials in the prefecture, listing their various crimes and even denouncing their behavior as "disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust."

This is tantamount to expelling the clerks from the government!
It is also equivalent to telling everyone that such people can be attacked with drums beaten.

Just by looking at these words, Shu Tan felt the bloody storm. In addition to the front page, the Bianjing New News also used a lot of space on the second page to severely criticize the weakness and dereliction of duty of the officials in Kaifeng Prefecture.

He almost pointed at them and cursed them, saying that everyone in Kaifeng Prefecture is useless!
Such harsh rebukes can already explain a lot.

Just ...

"Malfeasance, weakness?" Shu Tan chewed over these charges.

"Why is it not covering up or even being complicit in the crime?"

He doesn't quite understand.

But Shu Tan knew that he should write an impeachment.

Just as he was about to say goodbye to his friend, his student handed him a tabloid.

"Teacher, there is also the Bian Jing Yibao today..."

Shu Tan took it and said in surprise: "The Bian Jing Yi Bao was also published today!?"

Unlike the Bian Jing Xin Bao, which was printed, distributed and sold every day, the Bian Jing Yi Bao was rarely published continuously, usually only once every three to five days, or even once every seven to eight days.

The main point is to be noble and to prefer nothing to something less than perfect.

We will not publish them unless there are enough good articles and poems.

But the scholars just like this tune.

Therefore, all the civil officials in Beijing would put on a vest and contribute to the Bian Jing Yi Bao.

If his own articles and poems were published, he would be very proud of them and publicize them widely.

If not, just keep silent and pretend it never happened.

For example, when Shu Tan was living in Beijing, he used pseudonyms such as "Lazy Hall Lazy Scholar" and "Idle Mountain Man" to contribute to the Bian Jing Yi Bao.

The results were good, with four articles/poems being published.

It also received a lot of likes from people.

"Yes!" the student bowed, "Teacher, the title of the article on the front page of today's Bian Jing Yi Bao is a bit evil..."

"Hmm?" Shu Tan took the Bian Jing Yibao that was handed to him.

Different from the Bian Jing Xin Bao which was printed on relatively cheap hemp paper.

Since the Bian Jing Yi Bao was mainly aimed at scholars and officials, the paper, ink and handwriting had to be of better quality.

Especially the paper, which uses bamboo paper with a fine texture.

So, it feels very good and the writing on it is very clear.

Shu Tan just lowered his head to see the title of the article: A trickle of water can save the ocean!

"What a big tone!" Shu Tan curled his lips.

Then, he saw the author’s name—the book collector from Langzhong.

Shu Tan's mouth suddenly opened wide.

Because, among the civil officials in Beijing today, there is probably only one who dares to use Langzhong as his title: the right prime minister Pu Zongmeng.

The suffix "book collector" is announcing to the world: this article was written by me, Pu Chuanzheng.

Because the Pu family in Langzhong is most famous for having an astonishingly rich private library at home.

All the scholars and writers in the world who went to Langzhong would go to Pu's house to borrow books.

But the question is, when did Pu Zongmeng become famous for his articles and poems?
Just as Shu Tan was about to take a closer look, he heard the voice of his hired servant outside the door: "Sir, someone from the provincial government is here to invite you to the capital hall to discuss matters!"

Shu Tan was stunned at first, then asked, "Do you know which gentleman issued the certificate?"

"It's the newly expelled Mr. Zeng!"

"Zeng Zixuan?" Shu Tan stood up immediately, not bothering to look at the article in his hand.

Because he knew that Zeng Bu had now been ordered to take full charge of the cases of clerks in the prefecture.

At this time, he sent someone to summon himself to the capital.

Obviously, he wants to borrow Shu Tan's professional skills!

What professional skills?
Of course, it is the professional skill of torturing and interrogating prisoners!

(End of this chapter)