Forty-four Ends (2)

Zhao Chen said: "Qing has this heart, I am very comforted, but now the people on Hunan Road are unstable, local powerful forces, intertwined, Qing went to Hunan Road, not only to appease the people, but also to promote the new law, how do you think how to take measures to stabilize the place and implement the new law?" ”

Shi Miyuan said: "Your Majesty, please forgive the minister's bluntness, the minister thinks that the current Hunan road should focus on stability." In the case of the gelding and the people's rebellion, the main culprit should be severely punished, on the grounds of police effect, but it is not appropriate to implicate too widely, and for those who are coerced, please also ask the court to be lenient. Since they are those tenant farmers, they are still forced by the big households, and they are forced to go to the county government to make trouble, which is reasonable, and I ask the court not to investigate their crimes. In this way, the people are grateful for the court's kindness, and the local officials and wealthy families will also have scruples, and they will not dare to interfere with the new law at will in the future, and the administration of the court on Hunan Road will naturally no longer be hindered. ”

Zhao Chen pondered for a while before nodding and saying, "Qing's words are reasonable." ”

Shi Miyuan then said: "However, as the emperor said, the local powerful forces on the Hunan Road are intertwined, and if the minister takes office alone, I am afraid it will be difficult to speak alone." Therefore, the minister begged the emperor, in addition to the subordinate of the envoy, he also asked the quasi-minister to dispatch several local officials from Jiangxi Road to assist the minister, so that he could manage the local area and implement the new law. ”

Zhao Chen nodded, what Shi Miyuan said was not unreasonable. Sometimes the local powerful forces are too great, and the officials stationed in the imperial court have no way to deal with them, so Shi Miyuan proposed to bring a few capable helpers to Hunan Road with him is also a reasonable request. So he said: "Okay, I Zhun Qing played, after going down, the secretary can report the list of people who need to be used to the ministry, and the ministry will arrange for use." ”

Shi Miyuan said: "Your Majesty, the minister still has a little request. ”

Zhao Chen said: "What else? Just say it,"

Shi Miyuan said: "Although the civil rebellion on Hunan Road was quelled, I am afraid that there are still those who are bold and reckless, and those who do not obey the discipline will also incite the people to make trouble. Although the court was magnanimous and appeased the people, it could not be unguarded; A separate army should be stationed to intimidate them with soldiers and suppress them with force. A two-pronged approach is the right way. However, the minister was only a literati and did not know military affairs, so he also asked the imperial court to transfer an army to garrison Hunan Road in case of unforeseen changes. ”

Zhao Chen said: "Qing is thoughtful, and I should be as Qing plays." ”

Shi Miyuan hurriedly knelt down again, and said: "The minister has the courage to speak, please transfer Li Quanquan, the head of the Taizhou Soldiers and Horses, to be stationed on Hunan Road to assist Weichen." ”

Zhao Chen was slightly stunned and said, "Why did Qing name Li Quan." ”

Not only Zhao Chen, but even Chen Junqing and Zhao Ruyu, who accompanied Shi Miyuan to meet Zhao Chen, were also a little surprised. Because what Shi Miyuan just said was really inappropriate, and there was also a suspicion of collusion between civil and military officials.

At this time, Shi Miyuan pestle the ground with his head and said: "The minister also knows that this move is not in line with the old system of the Great Song Dynasty. However, this trip to Hunan Road is a matter of great importance and cannot be missed. It is necessary for both the civil and military sides to cooperate with each other in order to complete the trust of the imperial court. Among the generals, he only knew Li Quan a few times, and he knew a little about him, so he dared to say that he was dedicated to the country and had no other intentions. Your Majesty, please be clear. ”

Shi Miyuan's move was useful. In fact, he also planted a lot of eyes and ears in Jiankang, and he knew everything about the handling of the Hunan Road Civil Rebellion, and this time the imperial court transferred him back to Beijing, so he guessed that the imperial court intended to send him to Hunan Road. Shi Mi Yuanli realized that his opportunity had come. Although both the envoys and the transfer envoys were officials sent by the imperial court to the local government, the transfer envoys could only manage the local finances and could not interfere in administrative affairs. The system envoy is different, almost equivalent to the chief executive of the road, can manage the prefecture and military counties all the way, once it is done well, he can return to the imperial court to serve as the six secretaries, squires and other official positions, so along the way Shi Miyuan has already thought of a good rhetoric, must win this position.

Through the observation of nearly two years, Shi Miyuan found that although the emperor was young, he was not a stubborn person, as long as it was a reasonable thing, it was still easier to accept advice. Moreover, Zhao Chen is also very disgusted with the so-called set of the old ancestral system, on the one hand, because his throne is not inherited, and on the other hand, it is also the unique rebellious psychology of young people, so he is disgusted with the minister to persuade himself with the old ancestral system, which is also one of the reasons why Zhao Chen fully supports the new law.

Therefore, Shi Miyuan deliberately did this to show that he was a person who did not value the so-called ancestral old system.

Zhao Chen pondered for a moment before he said, "Let's retire for the time being, let me think twice." ”

Sure enough, two days later, Zhongshu issued an edict appointing Shi Miyuan as the envoy of Jinghu South Road and the governor of Tan Prefecture, and appointed Qian Xiangyuan as the governor of Hengzhou, Wang Shiyong as the county governor of Zhining Township, and Sun Bingwen as the county governor of Zhixiang Township. These three people were also recommended by Shi Miyuan to the imperial court and brought to Hunan Road by himself. At the same time, he also ordered Li Quan to be appointed as the commander of the soldiers and horses of Jinghu South Road, and concurrently served as the supervisor of the soldiers and horses of Tanzhou, and led the men and horses of the headquarters to be stationed on Jinghu South Road.

After Shi Miyuan received the edict, he was also very happy. I really got it right. Since persuading Li Quan to surrender, the two have formed an alliance. Later, Li Quan was ordered to be stationed in Tongzhou, with 5,000 men under his command, and in the past two years, although the two have not met, they have been exchanging letters, and they are quite speculative. Li Quan also often complained in his letters that he was idle and could not be used. Therefore, Shi Miyuan wanted to take this opportunity to let Li Quan make some achievements, although this is not an important task, but if he does it well, there will be opportunities for reuse in the future. And two people can also take this opportunity to support each other, one inside and one outside.

Just after Shi Miyuan happily went to Tanzhou to take office. The trial of the causes of the civil uprising on Jinghu South Road is also actively underway.

After sending people to Hunan Road to arrest Sun Zhixing, Lin Changfu and other parties, the process of reviewing the case was also very fast. Because the evidence was conclusive, Sun Zhixing and Lin Changfu did not put much resistance, they admitted the crime, and confessed to Sun Tao and Wei Qi who were behind their backs. From these two people, the instigator of the court was brought out to participate in political affairs Hong Shi.

It turned out that Hong Shi and Liang Kejia had been opposing the new law of the imperial court, and seeing that the new law had been tried for a year in Lianghuai, Liangzhejiang, and Liangjiang Sixth Road, they had achieved very good results. Therefore, both of them were very nervous, racking their brains to find a way to block the implementation of the new law.

Therefore, in the selection of people to implement the new law in other places, the two of them thought of recommending their henchman Wei Qi to be the envoy of Jinghu South Road and Li Yanying to be the envoy of Jinghu North Road, and instructed the two to try to incite the dissatisfaction of local wealthy forces and obstruct the implementation of the new law in the local area. Therefore, when the two arrived at the place, they immediately turned out to be opposed to the new law. Liang Kejia and Hong Shih mobilized officials Wen Huan, Zhang Dechen and others who opposed the new law in the DPRK and China, echoing each other inside and outside, causing a lot of momentum.

And at this time, the Western Xia invaded the border, and the Jin State also increased its troops on the border. For a while, the air in the court was very tense. Hong Shi thought that this was a rare opportunity, and if he made things bigger and caused internal and external troubles in the imperial court, he would definitely be able to force the imperial court to stop the new law. But Liang Kejia is more serious, feeling that such an approach is too risky, and if the matter is exposed, he will be ruined, so he does not agree with Hong Shi's proposition.

Hong Shi didn't think so, and thought that the Liang Ke family was too timid and afraid. simply did it alone, and instructed Wei Qi and Li Yanying to make some big moves in the local area.

But Li Yanying also had a heart that things would be revealed in the future and could not be controlled, so she didn't dare to do it for a long time. However, Wei Qi immediately executed, it happened that Sun Tao had been an official in Tanzhou for many years, and his family power was all over Hunan, and he had accumulated a lot of wealth and land. Therefore, he hit it off with Wei Qi. Sun Tao immediately arranged for his cousin Sun Zhixing and his nephew Lin Changfu to enter the matter. These two people also did not want the new law to be implemented, so under the pretext of unfair land measurement, they instigated the tenants in the village to besiege the county government, causing a popular uprising.

Although Liang Kejia knew that Hong Shi was behind the trouble, they did not stop it, on the contrary, they also expected Hong Shi to succeed, so they worked with Hong Shi in the DPRK and China to add fuel to the fire, making this trend of opposition to the new law more and more fierce.

At this time, Yang Changpeng commanded the Song army to achieve a great victory in Baigang Village in Lanzhou, effectively curbing the momentum of the Western Xia army, while Jin Guoyan increased his troops on the border, but he had no intention of violating the border, so that the external invasion was suspended. In the DPRK, Zhao Chen did not compromise, on the contrary, he also sent Yang Yan and others to Hunan Road to investigate the cause of the civil uprising. Liang Kejia, Hong Shi and others were also afraid that Yang Yan would go to Hunan to find out the truth, so they desperately stuffed their cronies Wang Huai into the officials who investigated, hoping that he could prevent Yang Yan from finding out the truth.

But they never dreamed that Yang Yan would play a trick of attacking the west and hiding the world, but in the end, they still found out the truth.

Although Shi Shidian and Chen Liangyou were examined, because they involved many ministers of the court, including the ruling ministers, they could not be convicted, but only submitted the results, confessions, and files to Zhongshu Province, and Zhongshu and the emperor were convicted.

Although it had been expected for a long time, such a result still made Zhao Chen very angry, and immediately issued an order to behead the eighteen main criminals including Hong Shi, Wei Qi, Wang Huai, Sun Tao, Sun Zhixing and Lin Changfu, and more than 20 accomplices such as Liang Kejia, Wen Huan, and Zhang Dechen were sent to exile in order to get out of this evil breath.

However, this decision was strongly opposed by a group of ministers headed by Chen Junqing, who demanded that Zhao Chen be exempted from the capital crimes of Hong Shi, Wei Qi, Wang Huai, Sun Tao and other officials on the grounds of the Great Song Dynasty ancestral system of "not killing ministers and speakers", and at the same time gave Liang Kejia and others a decent step.

This book was first published.

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