Towards noon, it was raining heavily.

It was the most thunderstorm in the summer, and soon the entire Kaifeng Mansion was shrouded in a curtain of rain.

In the imperial history of the dynasty, Zhao Tingzhi returned to the imperial history platform with a black face. During this period, because of the fall of Lu Jiawen, the New Party obviously fell behind in the political struggle. And what made Zhao Tingzhi feel even worse was that after the old party joined forces with Wu Haogu, Pan Xiao'an, and Gao Yu, the three fortunate villains, they obtained a special skill that Sima Guang, Ouyang Xiu, and even Han Qi did not have - making money for the official family!

If the old party could get a steady stream of money for Emperor Shenzong a few decades ago, where would there be any matter of Wang Anshi's change of law?

Therefore, for the new party at present, the top priority is to break up the alliance between the "three villains" and the old party gentlemen.

Otherwise, the gentlemen of the New Party will be driven to Haizhou to eat old rice by their opponents sooner or later!

In the lobby of the Imperial History Tower, Chen Shixi, the palace attendant who belonged to the old party camp, and Chen Cisheng, the attendant of the imperial history, was talking in a whisper. Zhao Tingzhi nodded at the two of them, and without saying a word, he walked straight in the direction of Yushitai Prison.

The Imperial Prison is a place used to hold criminal officials awaiting trial, and the conditions are naturally much better than ordinary prisons. Prisoners were not kept in cells separated by wooden fences, but in separate huts. They are all private rooms, which are supervised by the Imperial Historian, and the family is allowed to deliver some food, wine and a change of clothes every day, but they are not allowed to meet to prevent collusion between inside and outside.

Because this year's "theme" is the establishment of Yasukuni, of course, there will be peace with the mud, so the party struggle has been suppressed for the time being, and there are not many officials who have been detained in the Yushitai Prison to eat in prison.

Now there are only a few prisoners in the prison of Nuoda, and the most important of them are, of course, Lu Jiawen and Lu Benzhi's father and son.

Zhao Tingzhi arranged for Zhang Kegong, the superintendent of the Imperial History on his side, to take care of the two of them, in case they were bullied by the guards of the Imperial History Terrace.

The father and son were also detained separately, and Guan Lu Jiawen's single room was larger and had better furnishings. When Zhao Tingzhi arrived, Zhang Kecheng asked Lu Jia about the law of government-run industry and commerce - although Lu Jiawen was overshadowed by the villain this time, he was still a master of the New Party and even the entire Great Song Dynasty who engaged in government-run industry and commerce. There are still a lot of lessons learned.

This is also the reason why Zeng Bu is bent on keeping Lu Jiawen, although Zeng Bu himself also opposes the "City Change Law" that Lu Jiawen helped Wang Anshi implement, but he only opposes brute force, not against the official camp.

When Lu Jiawen explained to Zhang Kegong the importance of rectifying Xu officials in the government-run industry and commerce, Zhao Tingzhi pushed the door in.

"Wangzhi, are you talking about your method of purging the officials again?"

Seeing Zhao Tingzhi coming in, Lu Jiawen hurriedly got up to greet him, arched his hand, and said with a wry smile: "It's easy to say, but it's not easy to do!" The rule of officials is fundamental, but now officials cannot govern officials...... Officials are flowing water, and officials are iron! This time, I was actually not planted in the hands of villains, but in the hands of the officials and soldiers under the Taifu Temple. ”

Zhao Tingzhi also sighed and said to Zhang Kegong: "Jiezhong, go out and watch, the old man and Lu Wangzhi have something to say." ”

Zhang Kegong took the order and left, and only Zhao Tingzhi and Lu Jiawen were left in the single room.

Lu Jia asked lightly, "How is it?" What does the official family want to send me down? ”

"It's still inconclusive," Zhao Tingzhi said in a low voice, "Wangzhi, if you can let Ling Lang take care of it, you will be a Haizhou resettlement at most, and you may not have a chance to rise again in the future." ”

"But my son ......"

Zhao Tingzhi waved his hand: "At most, it will be assigned to Salmon Island, and it will not kill the head." ”

For the common people, the distribution of Salmon Island is not much different from killing the head. However, Lu Benzhi is not a flat-headed ordinary person, there is a group of New Party bigwigs who take care of him, even if he goes to Shamen Island, he will be offered by the owner of the village there.

"Stay for a few years, find an opportunity to amnesty the world, and you can come back." Zhao Tingzhi continued, "Although the official can't do it at that time, he can still do learning. ”

"This ......"

Zhao Tingzhi saw that Lu Jia was a little hesitant to ask, so he said: "Wangzhi, how can Ling Lang be an official if he is on this matter?" Keep you, if he doesn't go to Salmon Island for a few years, if he doesn't protect you, your father and son will have no official status...... You'd better think about it! ”

In the Song Dynasty, there was no such thing as equality before the law!

If the fire in the camp in the north of the state is borne by the temporary workers or soldiers below, it will be a killing, don't even think about the whole corpse! If Lu Benzhi is asked to bear it, it will be different. Lu Benzhi is an official, and he is also from a family, and his ancestors are more in charge of national politics, three generations and four people.

According to the "Famous Laws of the Song Dynasty" in the "Song Criminal System" of the Great Song Dynasty, there are eight kinds of privileges for exemption from crime and commutation of punishment. The first is the eight discussions, that is, to discuss relatives, to discuss the reason, to discuss the virtuous, to discuss the ability, to discuss the merits, to discuss the noble, to discuss the diligence, and to discuss the guests. Anyone who meets the conditions of the "Eight Discussions" can be reduced by one degree, and Lu Benzhi can meet the requirements of one discussion.

The second is to ask for a chapter, this is to open the back door for high-ranking officials and dignitaries, Lu Jia asked if it was enough, but Lu Benzhi could not.

The third is to reduce the chapter, which is the back door opened by the families of officials above the seventh grade, and Lu Benzhi can get it again.

The fourth is the ransom chapter, which is to atone for the atonement and commutation of the sins of officials above the fifth grade.

The fifth is the occurrence of crimes, which is used to distinguish between crimes and whether they were officials or officials who were small or small during the incident, and they have nothing to do with the Lu family's father and son.

The sixth is to use an official as an apprentice, that is, to use the official rank to offset the prison sentence, and an official (first-class official) can be worth one or two years.

The seventh is to remove the crime, that is, to remove the name and exempt the crime, not to be an official, and not to be guilty, but Lu Benzhi's crime is relatively big and does not apply.

The eighth is the crime of false accusation and entry and exit, which is used to scare the whistleblower, if it is not allowed, then it will be severely punished!

That is to say, among the eight official commutation privileges, Lu Benzhi can afford two, and the crime of killing the head can be reduced to "vacation" on Salmon Island.

Moreover, Lu Benzhi was a civil official, and the Song Dynasty had an ancestral system of not killing scholars and doctors, even if he committed a capital crime, the emperor would issue an edict to exempt him and exile him to Shamen Island instead.

In addition, Lu Jiawen is a high-ranking official, and the three sessions of the trial cannot convict him. It also has to be discussed in front of the imperial court, that is, by the high-ranking officials such as Zaizhi, Yushi, Hanlin Bachelor, and Zhizhi Yu in the Chongzheng Palace.

If Lu Benzhi bears all the charges, then Lu Jiawen's comrades will have a reason to protect each other.

"It seems that this is the only way to go!" Lu Jia asked and sighed, "Brother Zhengfu, can you bring a letter to Wu'er?" ”

This is a cross-confession! And he also asked Yu Shizhongcheng, the leader of the Imperial History Tower, to help......

"Okay!" Zhao Tingzhi laughed, "I'll send it myself later." ”

……

After Zhao Tingzhi got the letter from Lu Jiawen, he didn't go to see Lu Benzhi, but asked Zhang Kegong, who was guarding outside the door, to handle this matter.

After Zhang Kegong received Zhao Zhongcheng's words, he first went to the Yamen of Yushitai for a turn. It didn't take long to carry an old hen and a dagger back to the yamen, and went directly to the private room where Lu Benzhi was held.

Lu Benzhi was sitting on the bed board sighing, and when he saw Zhang Kegong smiling and carrying a chicken in, he was stunned: "Brother Jiezhong, you are ......"

Zhang Kegong smiled: "I bought a chicken, and I will call the kitchen to stew it for you later." ”

"Make-up?" Lu Benzhi glanced at the chicken, and felt a little furious in his heart, "Isn't it...... Going to be sentenced? ”

I don't know what he thinks, but when he saw the old hen, he remembered the severed head meal.

"Sentence? It's fast, it's fast. Zhang Kegong nodded lightly, walked to the desk in the private room, splashed all the water in a porcelain bowl used for washing with a pen, and then began to kill chickens in front of Lu Benzhi.

Not to mention, Zhang Kegong is behind the door, not a scholar who has no power to kill chickens, the knife in his hand, the hen was wiped on the neck, and the blood flowed into the porcelain bowl. Seeing Lu Benzhi's ears, there was a chill behind his ears.

"Jie, Brother Jiezhong, you are ......"

"This is called 'stabbing blood on the book'," Zhang Kegong said with a smile, "There will be miscellaneous discussions in a few days, and now is the time to write the book, and it will be too late to do so." ”

"Piercing blood on the book" is to write a blood letter begging for mercy.

"But, shouldn't the blood of the stabbing book be human blood?" Lu Benzhi asked stunned.

Zhang Kegong put aside the old hen that had dried up the blood and was still drawing, and then took out a handkerchief and began to wipe the dagger that killed the chicken.

"Yes, it should be human blood...... he looked at Lu Benzhi while wiping the knife, "I'm not worried that you're afraid of pain, that's why I bought a chicken, if you're really not afraid of pain, I'll stab you now to get blood?" Don't be afraid, I'm a general, I've practiced since I was a child, and I'm sure I'll be able to stab a lot of blood. ”

"Don't...... Let's use chicken blood. ”

Zhang Kegong laughed, "That's it, in fact, most of the criminal officials who stab blood in the book use chicken blood, and they really want to use human blood...... How long will it take to take so much blood? If you don't do it well, you might die. ”

"What Brother Jie Zhong said is extremely true," Lu Benzhi hurriedly echoed, "It's just that this blood stabbing book should be written?" ”

"I have taken all the blame for it!" Zhang Kegong took out the letter written by Lu Jiawen at this time and handed it to Lu Benzhi, "This dynasty rules the world with filial piety, you and I, the sons of men, can't let my father be imprisoned for his own mistakes, right?" If you do that, are you still worthy of being a human being? ”

"This ......"

Filial piety rules the world! This hat was so big in the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties that it could crush people!

Zhang Kegong said again: "Zeng Xianggong, An Shumi and Zhao Zhongcheng here also mean this, if you take it, you are a filial son!" If you want to blame the old father, it will be a great rebellion...... This filial son is still a rebel, and it is different when it comes to sin! ”

"This, this ......" Lu Benzhi took a breath, "If I take care of it alone, will I be killed?" ”

"What do you say?" Zhang Kegong smiled, "You are a civil official, and you don't kill doctors in this dynasty!" If you do it all, you will go to Salmon Island. There are a few ministers who take care of each other, and they can be comfortable on Salmon Island. ”

"That's right," Lu Benzhi asked, "Brother Jiezhong, the younger brother is upset and doesn't know how to write, and I also ask Brother Jiezhong for some advice." ”

"I've prepared it for you a long time ago," Zhang Kegong took out a piece of letter paper and unfolded it in front of Lu Benzhi.

Lu Benzhi took a look at it, and took another breath of cool air: "Brother Jiezhong wants the younger brother to complain for his father?" Still...... Death to the Will!? ”

"It's just writing an article," Zhang Kegong looked at Lu Benzhi coldly, "You are a filial son, the official family can't kill you, don't worry." ”

"That's right," Lu Benzhi breathed a sigh of relief, "That's according to what Brother Jie Zhong said." ”