Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 291 The First Traitor in History Goes Online
"Shen Cong, by arrangement, I'm going to Xing Prison, and meet Dong Cheng by the way." Zhao Huan said to Shen Cong.

What Li Gang, Zong Ze and others couldn't figure out the most was why Zhao Huan insisted on killing Dong Cheng.

Even though the officials were aware of their own ruling philosophy, and there may have been some cognitive biases, he still insisted on sentencing Dong Cheng to death.

Instead, probation was chosen to solve this problem.

Just issue an amnesty.Why did Zhao Huan insist on this?
Zhao Huan's greatest purpose is to break the law of the ancestors.

Of course, this ancestral law is naturally the ancestral law of the donkey cart emperor who valued literature over martial arts.

In the fourth year of Xining, Song Shenzong held an imperial meeting, and the two governors discussed the promotion of new laws such as Jiaozi and Baojia Law, which eventually turned into a major case of tearing up between Song Shenzong and conservative representative Wen Yanbo.

In order to oppose Wang Anshi's new law, Wen Yanbo said: "The ancestral law is in place, so there is no need to change it, so as to lose people's hearts."

Song Shenzong asked back: "The change of the legal system is really displeased to the scholar-bureaucrats, but why is it inconvenient to the common people?"

In fact, the Emperor Shenzong was already outraged. If it were replaced by ordinary people, Shenzong's words would be: Aren't you the scholar-bureaucrats who are the most vocal opponents of the reform?What qualifications do people have to make irresponsible remarks?
Wen Yanbo directly rebuked Song Shenzong: "To rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, it is not to rule the world with the common people."

Song Shenzong was speechless.

Of course, Shenzong was limited by the law of his ancestors, so he couldn't do anything to Wen Yanbo. Even after Shenzong's death, Wen Yanbo became an important military official in Pingzhang.In the end, he became an official with less insurance.

However, in the case of Wen Jifu, Cai Jing gave a sigh of relief for Emperor Shenzong, and even put Wen Yanbo on the party tablet.

Wen Jifu is the son of Wen Yanbo.

However, the phrase itself to rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats represents a policy of appeasement called dual-track politics.

In Xu Yuanqing's case, Chen Zi'ang put the national law in the highest position against all opinions and executed Xu Yuanqing.

But afterwards, Chen Ziang also had to compromise with public opinion, buried Xu Yuanqing in a grand manner, wrote the epitaph and a honor form himself, and spread it all over the world.

To preach the correctness of avenging your parents.

It is this kind of dual-track politics that Zhao Huan wants to change, with etiquette and law on the one hand and national law on the other.

Zhao Huan's strict treatment of Dong Cheng was actually an attempt to fight for state power and establish state law.

The courtiers also realized that this practice of the officials was weakening their right to speak.

Who interprets etiquette?Scholar.

Who enacts and interprets national laws?nation.

However, in the end, both parties made concessions on the matter of probation. Zhao Huan handed over the compilation of the probation regulations to Zhou Wei.

This is the profound meaning of the word slow.

The reason why Zhao Huan did not force the courtiers to eat the result that Dong Cheng must die was because of the limitations of the times.

But compared to before, the importance of national law has been confirmed in this case, and that is enough.

Meal, eat one bite at a time, road, walk step by step.

"Dong Cheng." Zhao Huan looked at the yellow and thin Dong Cheng in front of him and sighed.

"Cao Min pays homage to the officials." Dong Cheng knelt down and paid respects to the emperor. He was very surprised why the officials wanted to see him.

Zhao Huan smiled and said: "In fact, after this case happened, Li Ruoshui, Li Fuyin had already told me about you. It was also I who ordered Li Fuyin to read the file again, and then use this to deal with it. A group of officials eliminated the biggest gang in Bianjing, the Qinglong Gang."

"I can understand your thoughts, but I don't support your behavior."

"Avenging your parents is a matter of course and righteousness. But your way of revenge is wrong. What if you don't kill Qin Wu, but are killed by Qin Wu instead, what should you do?"

Dong Cheng thought for a while and said: "Cao Min was impulsive at the time, and he never thought so much."

"Then what do you think is the right way to do this?" Zhao Huan asked.

Dong Cheng was sweating profusely and said: "At the beginning, Cao Min thought of reporting to the government, but when Cao Min thought of his mother's injustice, he became angry from the heart, and the evil turned to the guts, and he chose lynching."

Zhao Huan nodded and said, "Do you know how many cases like your mother's have been handled by Yan Ying in the past few years as the prefect of Kaifeng?"

"A total of 76 similar cases. Therefore, Zhou Shaoqing was afraid of Zhou Shaoqing on Wednesday and said that the court should thank you. If it weren't for you, I would not know that there are so many unjust, false and wrong cases."

"But you should try to report to the officials. Qin Wu is a leader of the Qinglong Gang. There are many people and powerful people. If there is no one around you, you will not be able to succeed."

"The people are frightened by the name of the Qinglong Gang. I am afraid that your death will become a case of unjust injustice. Do you think this is the result you want?"

"If you have gone through all the legitimate ways without any results. Then you chose to kill the thief who killed your mother. I will choose to pardon your crime without hesitation. But you didn't."

"If everyone in the world doesn't trust the government, if everyone doesn't trust the emperor, then this world will become Abi Hell."

Zhao Huanduan sat and looked at Dong Cheng, this man from Kaifeng did very manly things.

However, its approach is to directly smuggle hatred, without choosing any legitimate means to deal with this matter.

This made Zhao Huan fully realize the horror of the people not knowing the law. If the people don't know the law and don't believe in the law, they will naturally not trust the government. In the end, the legal system will collapse.

It has been 160 years since the Song Dynasty, and now, many things are on the verge of collapse.

The legal system is an important means and tool for maintaining social stability.

If this tool fails, Zhao Huan feels that the Great Song Dynasty will not be destroyed by the Jin people, but by the people of the world.In a world of great chaos, the victims are still the people themselves.

That's why he was so resolute at the key point of the commercial and tax reform, and still had such a seemingly stupid government order so tough.

"The grassroots are convicted." Dong Cheng said tremblingly.

"During the five years of reprieve, you must perform well and never make mistakes again." Zhao Huan stood up with a smile and continued: "But before you go to serve your sentence, there are 75 gang bosses in the Qinglong Gang , The crime is extremely heinous, and you will be executed tomorrow, and I will allow you to watch the ceremony."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En!" Dong Cheng couldn't help himself.

It was indeed Qin Wu who killed him, but the group of Qinglong gang members were all accomplices.

If it weren't for the gang's background and energy, Qin Wu wouldn't dare to act so recklessly.

So is it really revenge for Dong Cheng to kill Qin Wu?Only by destroying the Azure Dragon Gang!On the contrary, Zhao Huan really avenged him thoroughly.

Zhao Huan didn't walk out of the big prison, seeing Dong Cheng in the big prison was just incidental.

He just didn't want the first example he had set to cause any trouble during his sentence, because that would lose the meaning of being an example.

He wanted to see another person, the current Taixue Xuezheng, a Jinshi who was named outside the Donghua Gate with He Li in the fifth year of Zhenghe, and his official name was Professor of Mizhou, Qin Hui.

Of course, He Liren is the number one scholar, and Qin Hui is just an ordinary Jinshi, one of more than 100 people.

The world's most treacherous prime minister, Qin Hui, the head of all treacherous ministers in all dynasties, Professor Qin.

According to his official name, he should be called Professor Qin.

Qin Hui was also implicated in the matter of the Qinglong Gang this time. With the help of his teacher Wang Boyan, he once accepted bribes from the Qinglong Gang, a total of ten taels of silver.

Qin Hui wrote a plaque for the Qinglong Gang on the Juyi Hall.

Who made Professor Qin write beautifully?

(End of this chapter)