I served as an admonisher in the Song Dynasty

Chapter 10 Small firecrackers in the court, Su Liang and Su Jingming

Bao Zheng's words.

It can be said that the face of the supervisory censor Liu Yuanyu was suddenly trampled to the ground.

Liu Yuanyu's face turned red and he was speechless.

At this time, the censor Zhongcheng Wang Gongchen stood up.

"Bao Yushi, what our Taiwan admonishment officers do is to guard against subtle things. If success or failure determines the quality of the Tai'an admonition officers' chapters, then who would dare to hear about them? Do you want to silence all the Taiwan admonition officials? ?”

"A few days ago, you wrote five memorials in one day to impeach Mr. Xia for keeping a concubine. Aren't you also trying to find no evidence and making the officials tired with useless remarks?"

Upon hearing this, Bao Zheng's chest puffed up and his eyes widened.

"What I, Bao Zheng, did was out of public interest, not a trivial matter!"

Seeing that Wang Gongchen had saved some face for Liu Yuanyu, he no longer wanted to argue with Bao Zheng.

In the entire court, no courtier wanted to provoke Bao Zheng, who had impeccable personal ethics and impeccable conduct.

It is simply a living signboard that says "Integrity and Honesty".

Wang Gongchen turned to look at Zhao Zhen and said: "In the official family, I have been in charge of Yushitai for the past two years. I dare not say that there are no faults, but I admit that my flaws are not covered up. Supervise Yushi Li Xing Su Liang so slandered Tai's advice , saying that Taiwan's advice "brings disease, harms people, and harms people" is absolutely unacceptable to me. I think that it is because he first came to Taiwan to advise, he is young and energetic, and he does not know enough about Taiwan's advice, or he may have listened to some traitors. words."

"What Tai Jian has said is based on the laws of the ancestors and has not been exceeded. If according to his statement, Tai Jian officials will be impeached in the future, will they still need to seek evidence? These three chapters are exaggerated and can easily cause Tai Jian officials to be impeached. If you don’t dare to speak up when something happens, I will never accept it!”

Wang Gongchen once again turned his attention to Su Liang.

His words are quite meaningful.

Most of the people present were old foxes, and they understood immediately.

"Listening to the words of some traitors" implies that Su Liang was inspired by the demoted New Party officials to write these three articles of impeachment.

The "ancestral method" is his protective shield.

The laws of our ancestors are clear, and we should not kill scholar-bureaucrats or those who speak out.

Among them, the three words "speaking person" are listed separately, which shows that the emperors of the Song Dynasty attached great importance to speaking.

Zhao Zhen naturally heard the deep meaning of Wang Gongchen, and he even had some doubts about whether Su Liang was instructed to write these three chapters.

"Su Liang, do you have anything to say?" Zhao Zhen asked.

Su Liang stood up, cupped his hands towards Zhao Zhen and said: "In the official family, Taiwan's admonishment officials pay attention to speaking directly to each other. What Wang Zhongcheng said is nothing more than that the ministers are being instructed by others. In this way, they slander Taiwan's admonitions and have ulterior motives. The party is united and opposed. !”

"In order to prove my innocence, I have no choice but to explain why I wrote these three essays!"

"Wang Zhongcheng thinks that I am exaggerating. In fact, I have already restrained myself. I believe that the main culprit of the party strife in our dynasty is King Gongchen, the censor Zhongcheng."

Whoa!
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Su Liang.

This hat is too big!
If Wang Gongchen cannot be pinned on the head, Su Liang's career as a remonstrator will definitely end today.

At this time, Su Liang was full of momentum and continued: "The post of Tai Jian, which inherits the power of the emperor and takes over the power of the prime minister, is intended to contain all officials and prevent any party from becoming more powerful. However, in the past two years, the memorials to Tai Jian have all been based on moral principles. In the name of personal attacks, a vague moral crime can cause an important court official to be dismissed from his post. The censor, Zhongcheng Wang Gongchen, was the leader of this behavior. Not only did it not eliminate the party disputes, but it intensified the party disputes. , which has increased internal friction for the imperial court. The specific examples are known to both the government and the public, so I will not elaborate on them."

This year, Wang Gongchen has been in the limelight, and most of the New Deal officials were impeached by him and released.

"Taiwan admonishment officers can do things after hearing the news, but before hearing about it, can you think about whether it is out of public interest and for the sake of the court and the country? Rather than seeking personal gain and causing trouble for the official family. The imperial court does not give Tai remonstrance officers such sacred power. They take pleasure in impeachment and depose officials to promote their merits!"

"In recent days, I have carefully studied Wang Zhongcheng's memorials and found that most of the impeachment officials are based on minor faults, and they are not even morally wrong. However, Wang Zhongcheng's words are full of "treacherous gangsters, wolves" When the Tao is in power, treacherous ministers are in the court, good reputation is eager to advance." This is very harmful."

"As a remonstrator of Taiwan, I impeach the rules and regulations of Taiwan, not to tarnish the name of Taiwan, but to rejuvenate Taiwan. Only when Taiwan is rejuvenated can we, the Song Dynasty, clean up the dirt, and hope for a prosperous future!"

After finishing speaking, Su Liang handed over his hands heavily.

Bao Zheng, Cai Xiang, and Su Fu on the side were very excited. If they were not in front of the officials, they might have high-fived and praised him.Prime Minister Zhang Dexiang and Deputy Prime Minister Jia Changchao could not help but change their expressions.

From Su Liang's words, they saw the younger and more aggressive Fan Zhongyan, Fu Bi and Ouyang Xiu.

Zhao Zhen looked happy.

He saw the vitality of the Song Dynasty in Su Liang.

In today's court, there is a lack of such young officials who dare to speak, dare to do, and dare to go against the current.

Next to Su Liang, Zhou Yuan only sat on the corner of the chair.

He was very nervous. After Su Liang made these remarks, he was glad that he was on Su Liang's side.

Wang Gongchen wanted to refute, but he didn't know what to say.

He originally thought that Su Liang was a soft persimmon. If he could control Su Liang, he would have the upper hand and expel Su Liang from the Yushitai.

Never thought.

Su Liang's argumentative attack power was not weaker than Bao Zheng's, he was simply another firecracker in the court.

In this debate, Bao Zheng silenced Liu Yuanyu, and Su Liang silenced Wang Gongchen.

Character, structure, literary talent...

High judgment.

At this time, Zhao Zhen thought for a moment, sat up straight, and was ready to speak.

"At this point in the debate, I already have a yardstick in my mind. Prime Minister Zhang and Prime Minister Jia will stay, and everyone else should leave first!"

The court's final decision-making power rested with the emperor and his husband, Zhongshu.

However, according to Zhao Zhen's character and preferential treatment of literati, there is a high probability that this matter will be minimized.

Immediately, Su Liang and others walked out of Chui Gong Hall.

outside the temple.

Cai Xiang of the Zhijian Yuan and Sun Fu of Yousi Jian were walking together with Bao Zheng, Su Liang and Zhou Yuan.

Wang Gongchen and Liu Yuanyu walked hastily and quickly walked away.

Su Liang and others came out of Chui Gong Hall and walked to a deserted stone path.

The bearded Cai Xiang, who has always been cheerful, finally couldn't help laughing.

He looked at Su Liang and said: "Brother Jing Ming, you are really a blockbuster. From today on, there will be two big firecrackers in Yushitai. It is really a blessing for me, the Great Song Dynasty!"

Bao Zheng was taken aback.

"In addition to Jingming, there are people in Yushitai who dare to speak out and remonstrate. How come I didn't know about it?"

As soon as these words came out, Su Liang and the four of them looked at Bao Zheng with smiles on their faces.

Su Fu smiled and said: "In the Yushitai, Su Jingming can only be regarded as a small firecracker. As for the big firecracker, naturally you are still the boss!"

Bao Zheng's face turned red, he flicked his sleeves and said, "Stop making fun of me!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Everyone laughed again.

(End of this chapter)