Chapter 873: Zero
"Do you have any doubts about such a punishment?" Zhao Zhen looked around at the ministers and stayed on Su Jin's face.
"Emperor Shengming, such a punishment can be regarded as benevolent, showing the emperor's grace, if Fan Zhongyan and the others are a little conscious, they should be grateful." The ministers gossiped.
"Su Aiqing, what do you think?" Zhao Zhen asked with a smile.
"The emperor is fair, the five bodies of the micro-ministers are surrendered, and the emperor's arms are comparable to the sky and the sea, which can not be tolerated by others, and he is worthy of being a wise man." Su Jin slapped his ass on the back, so as to repair the unpleasant quarrel with Zhao Zhen before.
Zhao Zhenwan'er said: "I don't like flattering people, Su Aiqing doesn't want to learn the mistakes of this body, I am also for the sake of the country, and I can't tolerate the mistakes of the courtiers, it is not terrible to make mistakes, what I am afraid of is the centrifugation of morality, the centrifugation of the monarch and the ministers of everything is rest, the country is mine, but without the hard work of your Aiqing, it is also difficult for this country to want to prosper for ten thousand years." ”
Several white-bearded old ministers suddenly burst into tears and wept silently: "My emperor is really the king of holy virtue, there is no one like the emperor in ancient and modern times, how lucky are the ministers, they can be ministers under the throne of the holy monarch." ”
Su Jin smiled secretly in his heart, Zhao Zhen is very shrewd, he looks like he doesn't care about everything, but in fact, he has a heart and a valley, he has his own way of acting, and he never gives up showing his holy side, of course, as an emperor, he doesn't need to be so pretentious, just based on his words, whether he is sincere or false, it can be regarded as commendable.
"Su Aiqing, you will take care of the errand of this decree, and the two road envoys in the northwest and Yanyan Huanqing are vacant, and I am interested in your temporary replacement, what do you think?"
The ministers were surprised here, Huanqing Yan two roads and then Su Jin temporarily replaced the road, and the four northwest roads were all under the jurisdiction of Su Jin, this is a veritable king of the northwest, I didn't expect Fan Zhongyan to fall, and it was Su Jin who got cheap, and in three years, he jumped from a new jinshi to the king of the northwest, which is too fast.
Everyone is envious, but Su Jin knows Zhao Zhen's ghost idea, it seems to be a good thing to get promoted and make a fortune, but it is not as simple as imagined, just by seeing Zhao Zhen in the afternoon yesterday and openly turning his face and bumping into him, this good errand will not fall on his head, no matter how generous Zhao Zhen is, he will not tolerate Su Jin's lack of money.
And Zhao Zhen naturally has his reasons for doing this, in the hall today, Du Yan's temporary defection, during which Su Jin threw Du Yan's rather playful eyes fell in Zhao Zhen's eyes, don't look at Zhao Zhen's eyes every time he squinted and half asleep every time he came to the court, but just like the teacher in the classroom, the small movements of the students below were clear, but many times the teacher disdained to say it.
Su Jin's actions conveyed a message to Zhao Zhen that Du Yan's temporary change of words must be related to Su Jin, although I don't know why Su Jin could make Du Yan change his words, but there may be some ulterior motives between the two; In any case, Su Jinneng moved Du Yan, which shows that this kid is already quite influential in the DPRK.
And what Zhao Zhen wants to do is to take advantage of the situation to let Su Jin get benefits, so as to cause the dissatisfaction of Du Yan and others, after the fall of Fan Zhongyan and others, the court has become the dominant trend of Du Yan's family, Yan Shu's ambiguity in the matter of friends has made him lose a lot of appeal, and now what Zhao Zhen wants to do is to set up a new opponent for Du Yan, only in this way can he sit firmly on the Diaoyutai mountain and watch the tiger fight.
At the same time, the benefits given to Su Jin after the fall of Fan Zhongyan are easily reminiscent of what role Su Jin played behind the fall of Fan Zhongyan and others, coupled with Su Jin's refusal to join the new coup law at the beginning, and publicly claiming that the new policy was too hasty on many occasions, it is difficult not to think that Su Jin is actually the black hand behind it.
Zhao Zhen just wants the situation to be confusing, he can't let Su Jin get his wish in vain, he wants Su Jin to know, he is willing to do one thing, and even play scoundrels with himself to say all kinds of bastard things to achieve his goal, and he will be punished.
This punishment is not only to be suspicious, but also to have a real punishment, this is another wishful thinking of Zhao Zhen, the war in the northwest has stopped for two years, but the food and clothing of millions of people on the four roads has not been solved, the reconstruction work is long and costly, Qinfeng Road and Jingyuan Road because Su Jin took out private goods to subsidize, so the imperial court did not spend much money, but the situation of the two roads of Yan Yan and Huanqing is not optimistic, the imperial court spends millions of money and millions of stone grain every year to relief, it is really a huge burden, it has become a bottomless pit.
Now handing over Yan Yanhuanqing to Su Jin's hands is equivalent to throwing two big burdens on Su Jin's body. Zhao Zhen himself understands Su Jin, this person can't see the people and subordinates suffering and starving, in other words, this person has a lot of consciousness of being a savior in his heart, Zhao Zhenle's Su Jin is like this, don't you like to be a savior? Then let you be happy, the court will not give you money and food, everything will be done by yourself, the mess will be cleaned up, and the court will naturally be happy to see it, and if you don't clean it up, you Su Jin has no ability.
Zhao Zhen is not afraid of what tricks Su Jin will play, the official is given by the imperial court, and he can cut the official position to the end at any time, in fact, this is not a promotion, but a rope for Su Jinle.
Although Su Jin didn't understand so many twists and turns in Zhao Zhen's heart, he was not a fool, his intuition told him that after experiencing a big quarrel with Zhao Zhen's torn face, such a good thing would never fall on his head, at least, if the two roads of Huanqing and Yanyan were handed over to him, Zhao Zhen's arrears in military expenses, food and salary relief would inevitably occur, which had been clearly proven on the two roads of Jingyuan and Qinzhou, Su Jin keenly felt that this was a trap, so he immediately refused.
"Your Majesty, the minister is not worthy of this responsibility, the two roads of Huanqing and Yan are too important, and the ministers are shallow in their learning, and they will never dare to take responsibility."
Zhao Zhen said with a calm face: "What's the matter, can I still be wrong when I look at people?" Qinfeng Road and Jingyuan Road are well organized by you, and the patrol makes the inspection report, the people on the two roads are stable, production is restored, and the defense is also leaky, which shows that you are a capable official, and I am very pleased; I will hand over Yan Yanhuanqing to you, you will not let me down, don't shirk, if you resign, who can still do it? Is it possible to let me go? ”
Su Jin said: "Whoever you send, I can't do it anyway, Qin Fengjing has already made Weichen anxious, please choose another way." ”
Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said: "What does it mean to not know how to lift, you call it ignorant lifting, as a courtier, you don't want to worry about me, what sage book do you read?" If you refuse, I will be annoyed. ”
Su Jin trusted his instincts more and more, but it was not cost-effective to make Zhao Zhen angry by refusing to be in the court, if it was said that the audience was a private quarrel, and Zhao Zhen could bear it, it would be tantamount to looking for death to let the emperor not come to the stage in front of the ministers; Although Zhao Zhen needed to get horses for him and provide wealth to the court himself, these were only farts compared to the majesty of the emperor.
"Since the emperor trusts him so much, the minister is disrespectful and agrees, but the minister still has some questions to ask the pope in private, after all, the minister has never taken on such a big responsibility, and the emperor needs to be reminded."
Zhao Zhen understood that Su Jin was going to bargain, but he made up his mind and refused to allow anything, this time he had to force Su Jin to comply, so he nodded and smiled noncommittally at the moment.
The Manchu Dynasty Wenwu looked at Su Jin and the emperor dumbfounded, one insisted on conferring an official, and the other insisted on not being an official, making this official position like a hot taro, which is really incomprehensible.
Du Yan watched coldly, and had a feeling of being deceived: After making trouble for a long time, Su Jin was so busy with his work that he had already reached an agreement with the emperor, and included Yan Yanhuanqing and the two roads into his pocket out of thin air. It is clear that Su Jin has already calculated, but he has to go back on his word and make wedding clothes for others, this Su Jin is really a fierce rival, after retiring from the dynasty, and seeing if he keeps his promise, he will hand over the human and physical evidence, and destroy it immediately once the evidence is in hand, and he will be inseparable from this kid in the future.
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The holy decree was conveyed, the news quickly spread throughout the capital, and the imperial court newspaper was also sent to all parts of the Great Song Dynasty, and in a state of astonishment and sighing, the whole Song Prefecture and county towns knew that Fan Zhongyan and Han Qi and others were degraded.
At the same time, on the third day of Fan Zhongyan and others being demoted, Zhao Zhen issued an order to completely abolish the nine articles of the New Deal, restore the old system, and all the cases during the implementation of the New Deal were rehabilitated.
After several months of turmoil, the situation stabilized, everything returned to the original point, and a senseless circle was drawn, and the impeached Xia Zhu was not only reinstated, but also served as the deputy prime minister, and Du Yan sang and covered the sky with one hand; This time, the Qingli New Deal not only did not eliminate the disadvantages of the progress of the dynasty, but even set back the Great Song Dynasty by at least one year after a toss.