Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 779
Song Shiqing thought about it for a while, and also smiled dumbly. Since it was an unfeeling request, it is naturally inconvenient to play it directly.

"Zhao Huan! Blood relatives! Why not three or two untouchables!" Zhao Chengyou's hoarse roar from behind Zhao Huan reached Zhao Huan's ears.

Zhao Huan looked back in surprise at the stubborn Zhao Chengyou. This man was very interesting, but he was beaten terribly. There was blood on the corner of his mouth. He lay weakly on the ground and let out his own roar.

Zhao Huan was surprised by the word Zhao Huan, because no one dared to say this name since he came to Song Dynasty.

Even the great enemy of the Song Dynasty, the Kingdom of Jin.In the letters of state, he did not dare to call him that, and in private he also called him Song Dan'er.

When Zhao Chengyou roared, when Zhao Huan uttered the words, Zhao Huan reacted for a while, and then realized that Zhao Chengyou was calling himself.

"Untouchable?" Zhao Huan glanced at Zhao Chengyou. Since he ascended the throne, few people dared to say these two words so arrogantly.

Scholar-bureaucrats and ministers would at most call common people to appear dignified. Even if the refugees in Tanzhou were in trouble, all the letters would only write about refugees, not untouchables.

Zhao Huan understood Zhao Chengyou's mentality thoroughly. In his heart, he had never even looked at the common people.

It's not a pity to die.

"Don't think that you are the emperor, so you can do whatever you want! One day, you will get retribution for throwing away your blood relatives!" Zhao Chengyou was still cursing the emperor of Song Dynasty. Now that he was determined to die Ling Chi, he naturally no longer feared.

"Add disrespect to Zhao Chengyou's charge." Zhao Huan asked: "Song Shaoqing, do you still need evidence for this charge? Do you need my signature?"

"Add! Add! Add!" Song Shiqing hurriedly said, does this still need evidence?
Zhao Huan looked at Zhao Chengyou's appearance and said: "You think that the Queen Mother Meng is to seize power, but in fact, she really came to Beijing to save you."

The empress dowager came to Beijing entirely to save Zhao Chengyou and let him live with dignity, not to seize power as Zhao Chengyou said. Empress Dowager is still called for convenience.

In Zhao Huan's view, Queen Mother Meng is completely unqualified as a politician. She is really a ruthless politician. In order to seize power, Queen Mother Meng will let Zhao Chengyou go, let him be dealt with by the emperor, and continue to expand her power. is the right way.

The officials will go to Yanjing next year, and even to Shenzhou. The three conquests of the Jin Kingdom are imperative. Even the beggars in Bianjing know this. Wouldn’t it be better to seize power by then?
The reason why he chose to go to Beijing at this time was to save his adoptive son. Unfortunately, Zhao Chengyou still lied to himself self-righteously.

If you want to destroy it, you must make it crazy.

On the way back to the palace, Zhao Huan saw the bustling streets of Bianjing, the Hongqiao on the Qingming River Scene, and the bustling Royal Street. Zhao Huan couldn't help but smile all over his face because of this peaceful appearance.

After all, I didn't come here in vain. The people of Song Dynasty can still light fireworks every year, and their faces are still full of satisfaction and expectation for life.

"What are the people? The people are the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty. Untouchables?" Zhao Huan sneered and continued to drive back to the palace.

Not long after returning to Wende Hall, I found out what Song Shiqing was trying to say in prison.

Zhao Huan looked at Song Shiqing's letter silently, and decided to keep it.

Among all the feudal dynasties, the Song emperor had the lowest status.

The root of all this is that the Emperor Song did not actually control the military power.

The appointment of imperial officials seems to have strengthened the control of military power, and the appointment of civilian officials as second officials seems to have put an end to the disaster of the feudal town, but in fact it also handed over power to the bureaucratic class of literati and bureaucrats.

How deadly is this?
The case in Song Shiqing's Zhazi is very clear. It involves an old case from that year, called the dispute of laws and regulations.

A girl named Ayun in Dengzhou, after her parents died, was betrothed to Wei Da in the same village by her uncle while Ayun was still in filial piety.

Of course Ayun was unwilling in every possible way to this marriage, but he couldn't hold back his uncle, so he finally ran to Mr. Wei's house to kill Wei Da.

Ayun, a 13-year-old girl, of course did not kill Wei Da. Wei Da reported to the officer, and Ayun confessed his crime.

For cases with clear facts and conclusive evidence, the magistrate was sentenced to death and handed over to the magistrate.

Xu Zun, the prefect of Dengzhou, felt that there was something wrong with this case. Ayun was betrothed during his filial piety, which in itself violated the laws of the Song Dynasty. He felt that the crime could not be punished by death, so he handed over the matter to Dali Temple and the Criminal Court for review.

Dali Temple and the Judicial Court (i.e., the Ministry of Criminal Justice) approved that Ayun intended to murder, and he deserved to die.

At that time, when Song Shenzong reviewed the death penalty, he felt that Ayun's crime was not worthy of death, so he personally issued an edict, affirming that Ayun had surrendered himself, the crime was reduced to second-class, and the crime was not worthy of death. 【1】

How could the court be willing to hear this?If it refuses to implement, the original judgment is still upheld.

At this time, Dali Temple agreed to the imperial edict of Song Shenzong and saved Ayun.

The reason is that Dali Temple Minister became Xu Zun.

He himself is similar to Zhao Ding, an official sent by the imperial court to Dengzhou for gilding and training, and returned to Beijing for promotion after his temporary post expired.It happened to return to Beijing at the end of the term, so naturally he stood with Song Shenzong.

At this time, Yu Shitai was not happy!
Yushitai wrote a letter to impeach Xu Zun for using his position to pervert the law for personal gain, and demanded that Ayun be executed.

Song Shenzong was dizzy by the snowflake-like Zhazi, so he transferred Zhazi to the Imperial Academy, and asked Wang Anshi and Sima Guang to discuss what to do about this matter.

Wang Anshi insisted that death is not a crime, and Sima Guang firmly believed that Ayun deserved to die.

The focus of the controversy is that according to the laws of the Song Dynasty, Ayun deserved to die, and according to the emperor's edict, Ayun had surrendered himself, Wei Da did not die, and the crime did not deserve to die.

This is the debate whether the imperial power is higher than the law, or the law is higher than the imperial power, so it is called the dispute of laws and edicts.

Song Shenzong's great court discussed this matter, and finally wrote "OK" on Wang Anshi's letter.It can be said that Ah Yun's life was spared. 【2】

However, the Court of Justice was very dissatisfied, and they jointly signed a letter to argue with Wang Anshi.

In the end, Song Shenzong, in a rage, personally issued an edict to pardon Ayun's death sentence, which was considered to be the end of the matter. 【3】

In the eighth year of Yuanfeng, Song Shenzong collapsed and Song Zhezong succeeded to the throne. Song Zhezong's grandmother, Empress Dowager Gao Taotao listened to the government behind a curtain, controlled the government, and appointed Sima Guang as Prime Minister.

Sima Guang resumed the trial of the case, re-arrested Ayun and beheaded him for public display.

Song Shenzong issued an edict three times, in order to protect a 13-year-old girl.In the end, Ayun was chopped off by Sima Guang.

This is the Great Song Dynasty, this is the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, and Song Shiqing wrote the letter not to ask for orders to retry the case, but to give an explanation to Ayun's descendants.

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