Chapter 770: The Severest Punishment

More than 2,000 years ago, in order to solve internal disputes and get rid of natural disasters, the Shang king Pangeng decided to move the capital to Yin. There is a sentence in "Pan Geng", which is inauspicious, disrespectful, and temporarily encounters adultery, and I am killed by it, and there is no relic. ”

Because there were still some generals present, Wang Ju was afraid that they would not understand, so he also explained: "In the process of moving the capital, Pan Geng will cut off his nose for those who are opposed, rebellious, deceitful, treacherous, and committed, and those who commit rebellion will cut off their noses in light cases, and those who are serious will be sentenced to death and their entire families will be exterminated." And the obedient good people will build a home in the new capital forever. ”

It is conceivable that the relocation of the capital caused more controversy and trouble than the relocation of the capital to Luoyang in the Northern Wei Dynasty. But in the end, Pangeng succeeded in moving the capital, and as a result, the Shang Dynasty was prosperous, and Pangeng also became a generation of famous monarchs. Reform does produce labor pains. ”

"Actually, I have always been very careful, just like the Jiefu Gong asked me to preside over the Ordinance Department, because I was keenly aware that there were still many drawbacks in the law change, so I refused. Until now, compared to the cruelty of Pangeng's relocation of the capital, what does the banking department have? Apportionment? There is no apportionment, if you are willing to lend, you will be loaned, and it will only be loaned to you if you have any asset collateral, and if you are willing to save, you will save. ”

"Is the interest high, compared to the inexplicable interest of Fengji, who is a Diao Min, it is only about one cent of interest a year, can it be regarded as high?"

"And I am also worried that because it is a court property, the relevant officials are inactive, rigid, greedy, and lawless, and deliberately let go of the two percent of the deed shares, let individuals join, and they will send stewards and economists to participate in the management and supervise it."

Or is it to compete with the people for profit, is it to increase the taxes of the people or what? No, on the contrary. Because of its appearance. The imperial court can greatly reduce the relevant taxes for the people. Of course. If you are nitpicky about anything, you can always find out the shortcomings. But you can't really nitpick things, can you? Compared to its advantages, what about some disadvantages? I don't know why the rich man opposes it, but do you oppose it when you fight for the interest of these usurers? Or will the imperial court encourage these merchants to issue more usury in the future? ”

In the face of this grim reality, what can Fu Bi say?

He lay in a soft chair, tears streaming down his eyes.

Zhao Ji walked down and wiped Fu Bi's tears with a handkerchief. sighed: "Last night, Li Qing brought these people to the Duo Palace, and after I saw it, it was really sad." However, you have been scandalizing Wang Zi'an, but what did Wang Zi'an say yesterday? ”

"Although you are conservative, oppose the reform of the law, and oppose the banking department, you have always been the prime minister of the three dynasties of the Song Dynasty, the minister of the Yuanxun, especially Renzong. The Liao Kingdom came to us to blackmail, and you went to negotiate in a simple manner. You behaved in that negotiation with reason. There is also Feng Qing, Wang Zi'an also commented on you, saying that your performance in the past few years on Guangnan West Road was also very good, and Zhang Qing has always been known for being honest and loving the people. It's just that you have been deceived by some restless people, so you have the courage to enter Beijing. ”

Fubi, I don't blame you.

But this makes sense, don't blame Fu Bi, don't blame Feng Shenji, don't ask Zhang.

But there are still people, Sima Guang, Liu Ji, Cheng Hao.

Who is the most terrible person who is restless?

An Tao was dumbfounded.

Zhao Ji looked at Wang Judao again: "It's not early, it's already past the third watch." Wang Qing, how do you think this matter should be handled? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister will ask one more person." Wang Ju walked up to An Tao and asked, "Gong An, who approved you to come to the capital?" ”

Fu Bi and these people have retired, and it's just a matter of running around, but you haven't retired, can you run around?

An Tao didn't have the strength to speak at this time, and said, "Prince An, I am willing to accept the punishment of the imperial court." ”

"How is it punished? The rich man has a clear name all his life, but because of your selfishness, he was ruined, and he brought these Diao people to the capital, is it disgusting Your Majesty, or does you think that Your Majesty is Hu Hai, and you can refer to the deer as a horse casually? ”

In fact, An Tao was demoted to Shaanzhou this time, and his hatred for Wang Ju was even stronger.

Then, a group of businessmen came over, picked up the wind and dust for him, and then persuaded An Tao, of course, relying on An Tao and these businessmen can't set off the storm, but where is Shaanzhou close to Luoyang, besides, Wen Yanbo made a move, Wen Yanbo was demoted, as Wen Yanbo's comrades-in-arms, what would they think?

If it was Wen Yanbo, these businessmen would not be able to persuade them, but An Tao's city with Wen Yanbo was on fire again, and his heart was suddenly moved.

Well, if the truth is revealed together, the story will be very clear.

Don't think that usury, there were really a lot of usury people in the Song Dynasty.

as well as Qi Shang Tax, and many people's hatred for Wang Ju himself......

That is, after the launch of the banking department, the opposition will not be interrupted.

So Wang Ju took the initiative to find a Zheng Xia, or the poor little fish, who should learn or learn...... This object must not be so deep in the city to be easily deceived, and this object must also have a certain appeal. This is a nice way to say, a bad one, this person is not only stupid, but also naΓ―ve.

Wang Ju has been thinking about this candidate, but he didn't expect An Tao to take the initiative to jump out, Wang Ju looked at it, isn't An Tao a suitable candidate?

But it is not enough to have a candidate, there must be certain conditions.

Therefore, Wang Ju thought of Zhu Chun, not only Zhu Chun alone, this was to operate Helan Yan in the future, Wang Ju asked Han Yun to make the arrangement in advance.

But Zhu Chun was in Shaanzhou, and Shaanzhou was very close to Luoyang, so Zhu Chun was used in advance.

As for Wen Yanbo's killing of Zhang Mu, it was outside the plan. But it had already happened, and Wang Ju had no choice but to use it.

Zhu Chun took advantage of the mutual contacts to slightly incite a few loan sharks in Shaanzhou.

Where can An Tao know all this?

Everyone persuaded together, and An Tao wrote a letter to Fu Bi and others, and the letter inevitably added fuel and vinegar. When Fu Bi heard that there were so many squires who strongly objected, he sent his family to ask deliberately, who could his family ask? Either rich or expensive, whether it is a blow to usury or a tax on merchants, they are all dissatisfied.

So soon the afflictions were connected, and then a large group of people went to Beijing to petition.

But now let An Tao say what?

I am also bewitched by these merchants, why can you be bewitched by them, don't you have a brain?

And only the people he brought with him. There are so many problems exposed. What does the emperor think?

An Tao didn't say anything.

"Li Shilang took the people of the Imperial City Division down to investigate. I heard something in Luoyang, saying that you openly called me a butcher in Luoyang, and that the overseas maritime merchants were also butchers. Yes, in order to survive, those maritime merchants did kill a lot of natives. But what should they do? Or let them educate the natives with scriptures, do they have that culture? ”

"Especially on the two easternmost islands, the climate is the most habitable and the scenery is magnificent. A third of the meat and skins of the animals on the other side, and the perfume, come from. Therefore, the maritime merchants set up four settlements there, and took the beautiful names, Flower Market, Qing City, Li City, and Lin City. The only bad thing is that all the natives are cannibals, and from the beginning of the maritime exploitation to the time I returned to the Central Plains, one hundred and twenty-seven soldiers and civilians have been killed and eaten by them, and in a suppression battle. Because of a mistake in command, the dead bodies of 96 soldiers or prisoners were not rescued. The same goes into their stomachs. ”

"Therefore, I invite An Gong to go, take charge of the overall situation, and educate these natives with scriptures and righteousness, so that they will no longer eat people and coexist peacefully with our immigrants."

"You, you!" An Tao's lungs were about to explode.

However, out of his expectation, Zhao Ji said: "Just deal with it according to Wang Qing, Wang Qing, which city is the largest?" ”

"The largest is Lishi, and there are also the most cannibals."

"Then change it to Lizhou, take An Qing as the governor of Lizhou, and set off immediately."

This is not for the governor, but for the cannibals as food.

An Tao shouted: "Your Majesty, it's not proper, it's inappropriate." ”

Where does Zhao Ji care about him, the reason why he made a lot of noise this time is that this kid took the lead, how can he not be punished severely.

He made a look, and the guards forcibly took An Tao out, and escorted him all the way to Mizhou, and the sea ship that returned to Lishi from Mizhou relegated An Tao to Lishi.

Sima Guang and the others' faces turned white with fright, this is not depreciation, depreciation is depreciation, and those who are degraded overseas are degraded overseas, and they can't be degraded to the cannibals.

Thinking about An Tao's future fate, Sima Guang's calves trembled.

"Sima Guang, don't you have anything to say?"

There is something to say, but Sima Guang dares to say it.

Wang Ju then said: "Your Majesty, detain these evil gentry to the Kaifeng Mansion prison first, and then send Li Shilang to Luoyang to inquire about the evil deeds of this group of squires in Luoyang." ”

"Accurate!" Zhao Ji said immediately.

What's rich and rich, it's really not easy to deal with.

But when was it the turn of a group of wicked loan sharks to speak?

I don't think I'm the same thing.

These businessmen begged for mercy one after another.

But Mao Yong was dragged down by the guards one by one.

The fate of these people is the most miserable, except for a few squires who really have no evil deeds, and the rest ...... Just in time for the autumn wind to blow.

After Wang Ju and the other guards dragged them away, he said: "Your Majesty, another edict is issued, from now on, all the officials must go back to their respective villages, do not gather in a certain place, and if so, remove all their officials, and control and deal with them (that is, put them under house arrest in a certain city like Shen Kuo did). As for Sima Gong and others, let's wait and see the after-effects, if there are similar measures, then they have to be placed in Lin City, Qing City, and Flower Market. ”

In fact, more than half of the officials of the Song Dynasty died in office, but there were also many officials who were able to start and finish well, including Zeng Gongliang and Fu Bi, who were old and wise.

But it is not the same as white after retirement, and these officials often take their posts with them after retirement.

For example, Fu Bi has several top officials on him, so although he is retired, he still gets a much higher salary than Wang Ju.

Of course, as soon as the official picks up, there is nothing.

However, most of the officials of Zhishi are returning to their hometowns, such as Du Yan, who treats Fan Zhongyan like a biological father, or chooses to be by his children's side, such as Zeng Gongliang.

In fact, this edict was specifically aimed at dealing with the ministers of the Luoyang Elders' Association.

Okay, from now on, you must forcibly disband, Sima Guang will return to Xia County, Zhang Wen will return to Xiangyang, Feng Shenji will return to Heyang, Wang Gongchen, who did not come this time, don't live in your super mansion, go back to Xianping County!

If in normal times, if the imperial court issued this edict, I don't know that it will cause a backlash from Sima Guang and others.

But now these bigwigs are staying here, and no one dares to object. There are objections, but who wants to go to the flower market, the forest market, and the green market? Even Cheng Hao and Liu Ji glanced at each other, with a lucky look in their eyes.

It's okay, it's okay, this kid's meaning is about the end of it.

This is indeed the end, Zhao Ji said: "It's not early, let's go back and rest quickly." ”

Everyone walked out, and Fan Chunren blocked Wang Ju and said, "Although An Gong is at fault, you can't let him be eaten by the cannibals." ”

This is simply too overbearing, you might as well chop off An Tao directly.

Wang Ju stopped, looked at the ministers who were around, and said, "Everyone, An Tao is narrow-minded, although he is hateful, but he is not afraid. What really worries me is Sima Junshi, this person's ability to reverse black and white is unparalleled in the world. On this, Fan Youcheng, 10,000 of you are not as good as your in-laws. ”

"Me."

"Don't let me, I'm telling the truth, but why don't I propose that Sima Junshi be demoted overseas? Do you really think I'm instigating people to give Antao to those cannibals to eat? That's wrong. This time it was completely An Tao who took the lead, and the matter was so big, if the court turned a big matter into a small thing and a small matter, would there be more people who would imitate it? However, the rich man cannot be punished, and several other people are also old, so it is inconvenient to punish them. That can only punish An Tao. ”

"But what I'm saying is not a lie, the natives where are indeed all cannibals, in fact, Zhang Tianjue has been to the other side, and I also took him to visit everywhere, it's not what everyone thinks, there are indeed killing pokes on the other side, such as those cannibals, what if you don't kill? But on the other hand, they are also using gentle means to let them learn to live in peace. And in the future, when the total number of Chinese immigrants reaches more than 90%, it will not dilute the bloodline, including the ban on marriage. ”

"That's true, I can prove it, if you don't believe it, you can also inquire when the officials on the other side come back," Zhang Shangying said.

"You understand this time, but this time it's so big, even if all these merchants are killed, it's just a group of illegal loan sharks, what can they do? And the opening of the banking department is imminent, if there are still countless people who continue to heckle behind, maybe the banking department will fail. Therefore, only in this way, when it is spread outside, some people who are not scheming will settle down and be honest, and the banking department will be able to open smoothly. ”

"The fact is that the reason why An Tao was exiled to Lishi, no, it is now the Lizhou of the imperial court, there are two reasons, one is that Lizhou is gradually densely populated now, and it may be handed over to the imperial court to place the state, and the other is that the climate of Lizhou is pleasant, about equivalent to the temperature in February and September in the capital, and the temperature does not change much throughout the year, so compared to the scholars of our dynasty, especially the scholars in the north, where the climate is better than the capital."

Here Wang Ju buried another stalk.

Zhang Dian asked him last time, what are you going to do when you return to the other side in the future?

I believe that he is not the only one who has had associations, so now, handing over another settlement and handing it over to the imperial court for "management", then it will not make others have more associations, at least it can play a certain role in confusing.

What the future holds, Wang Ju hasn't thought about it yet, but in the past few years, he must create a good environment for himself.

"You should get it, right? In fact, where An Tao is degraded, it is just that it is a pension, and in order to make perfumes, countless flowers are planted there, the climate is suitable, the sea is blue, the scenery is picturesque, and it is not too aggrieved An Tao. When things settle down, the court can send officials to rotate him back. But why don't I propose to demote Sima Junshi to the other side, because he is a little old, in case there is a mistake because of the bumpy waves, it is okay for the undead, but once the person dies, the political struggle will undoubtedly escalate and worsen. ”

"Fan Youcheng, why did I repeatedly say that I should be moderate, Xining's change of law does not mention its good or bad, in fact, it has formed a serious party dispute, including this time the rich man brought people to the capital to protest, which is actually the product of the party struggle. We are not too strong yet, and when it comes to Liao, everyone is terrified. However, because of the party dispute, the scholars themselves were divided, the country was discordant, and the Song Dynasty was in danger. It is precisely because of these considerations that His Majesty agreed to my ruling. If you really give An Tao to the natives to eat, can Your Majesty agree? ”

I really think Zhao Ji is an idiot! (To be continued.) )