Chapter 508: Bao Zheng's self-awakening
Although this Bao Zheng is not the Bao Heizi and Bao Qingtian in the romance novel, whether it is romance or historical facts, there is one thing in common, that is, Bao Zheng is upright and selfless. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
To put it nicely, this is a person as pure as Fan Zhongyan. To put it mildly, it's just a tendon.
He only recognizes justice, only the law, and everything else, no matter who you are, the emperor Laozi, his own son, no one can do it!
Just look at his "record" to know how many awesome things this person has done.
Six or seven of the court officials above the light movement were killed by him; stirred up Zhang Yaozuo's Xuanwei Southern Courtyard envoy; scolded Song Zhen and Song Qi when they saw him; Zhao Zhen didn't have any temper at all several times, and he couldn't even ask the emperor to intercede for his brother-in-law and find an official for his uncle.
In addition, everyone thinks that the most diligent change in the Northern Song Dynasty is the prime minister, but in fact, the most diligent change in the Great Song Dynasty is the position of Kaifeng Mansion Yin.
Looking at the 100 years of the Northern Song Dynasty, a total of more than 180 Kaifeng Mansion Yin were replaced, with an average of one term every six months.
Why? Because this official is not easy to be.
As the consul of the first city in the world, leading a large city with a population of one million must not only be capable, but also able to hold the scene. In Kaifeng City, except for the royal relatives and nobles, they are important ministers and relatives, and they have no strength or prestige, so they can't afford to bear this burden at all.
Therefore, the position of Kaifeng Mansion Yin is generally held by the royal prince or the prime minister, and ordinary people can't do it.
There is only one Bao Zheng, who only supervises the imperial history, and can only be regarded as a middle-level official, how dare Zhao Zhen put him in such an important position?
Without it, it's because this guy doesn't buy anyone's account, but only admits a reason.
Therefore, the most difficult and difficult to talk about in the entire Great Song Dynasty is him.
How to ...... today? Suddenly so "well-behaved"?
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"The minister doesn't ask, the minister promises Your Majesty!" Bao Zheng's words confused everyone.
Seeing that the emperor and Fan Gong, including Wang Gongchen, were all looking at him like a ghost, Bao Zheng couldn't help but smile sadly.
To be honest, he's a little uncomfortable himself, is this still him?.
"Weichen has a few words in his heart for a long time, and he wants to talk to His Majesty......"
"Bao Qing's family, but it doesn't hurt to say it."
"Actually......"
Bao Zheng sorted out his thoughts, and said calmly with a solemn face: "In fact, a few years ago, the Liao envoy Xiao Siye made a big fuss in the court, and the day before the king of Nanping County committed suicide, the Liao Pavilion sent someone to contact his subordinates, and asked His Majesty to forgive the ministers for not reporting their crimes!" ā
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Zhao Zhen and Fan Zhongyan glanced at each other, and the Liao people leaked the matter of Yelu Chongyuan to the Great Song Yanguan, this Zhao Zhen knew, but he just didn't know it. Because Zhao Zhen knew that it would be no good to let them get involved. At this time, he was a little puzzled, what did Bao Zheng do when he mentioned this matter at this time?
Bao Zheng continued: "Wechen is mentioning this matter now, because after that incident, his subordinates didn't know how to eat, couldn't sleep at night, and in addition to self-blame, there was only shame ......left in his heart."
"The death of the prince, minister, responsibility!"
Zhao Zhen was stunned, "Bao Qingjia, why do you say this?" ā
Bao Zheng said: "On that day, the minister knew that Liaochen had ulterior motives, but he didn't intend to stop it, but wanted to let His Majesty investigate this matter in front of him. ā
It's just that Xiao Siye was too anxious and jumped out first. And the old prince stopped all the criticism before Weichen could speak. Otherwise, Yichen's temperament will definitely come out of his own righteousness. ā
Zhao Zhen sighed and said: "Uncle Huang did it deliberately, and he really didn't dare to let the Zhongqing family get involved, otherwise I am afraid that it will be more complicated." ā
"So...... Ministers are responsible. ā
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he hurriedly dissuaded, "The Qing family doesn't have to think about it, the death of the imperial uncle is in the Liao people, and it has nothing to do with the Qing family." ā
"No, it's related!" Bao Zheng began to be stubborn again.
Zhao Zhen couldn't twist him, so he had to listen to him continue.
Bao Zheng said again: "Actually, on that day, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the prince is taking the blame on behalf of others, as for who is protecting, nine times out of ten it is Tang Zihao." ā
"Including General Wang and the prince have been on duty for days; and His Majesty summoned Fan Gong and other important ministers before going to court. ā
"All kinds of signs show that things are definitely not as simple as the Liao people say, Your Majesty and the prince, Fan Gong, and Wen Xianggong are all covering up something at any cost."
Zhao Zhen nodded, not saying that he guessed right, nor that he didn't guess right.
"It's good for Aiqing to know......"
Bao Zheng continued: "However, although Wei Chen saw that something was wrong, and although he knew that this was a trick of the Liao people, if it wasn't for the prince's death, the minister would still have to come out and say a so-called fair word. ā
"For in the eyes of the ministers, the law is greater than the heavens, and justice is greater than everything. No matter how much the incident happens, the crime of fornication and treason must be investigated, and at least an explanation must be given to the people of the world. ā
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Zhao Zhen was speechless, it was precisely because he couldn't explain to the people of the world that Uncle Huang would fight with his life.
"However, the minister is wrong!" Bao Zheng's face was sad. "It wasn't until the old prince drank the poisonous wine that the minister suddenly woke up, it was the minister's stupid justice that was used by the Liao people, that is, this stupid justice, forced the prince to death!"
"Han Confucianism emphasizes the rule of a gentleman, benevolence and courtesy, and it is wrong to betray the country and collaborate with the enemy, this is a courtesy; Our methods are bad, the Liao people are angry, and we want to give people justice, which is also reasonable, and everyone feels that it is justified. Because this is how we learned from Mengtong, and this is how my husband taught. ā
"But is there really good and evil between nations? Is there really a right or wrong? Isn't the evil to the Liao people exactly the good to the Great Song Dynasty? ā
"If we are as unreasonable as the Liao people, will the prince still die? If we also use villain means to pay tribute to the villain's ambition, then does the old prince still need to use such an extreme method to protect Tang Dalang!? ā
"No!" The more Bao Zheng spoke, the more excited he became.
"It was precisely because we were tied hand and foot by the way of a gentleman and the law of etiquette and religion, and we had to be fair in everything, that we forced the prince to death!"
Saying this, Bao Zhengchang bowed down, "So this time, the minister doesn't ask." On the issue with Liao, the minister ...... Everything goes! ā
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The three people in the hall were all shocked.
Bao Zheng, it's a cow!
Maybe Bao Zheng himself didn't realize that these words seemed to be self-blame and self-awakening on the surface, but the deeper intention was to torture Confucianism and scold the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty for being stupid in reading.
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Fan Zhongyan looked at Bao Zheng in a daze, these words reminded him of Tang Yi's "wild words"-
Confucianism is just a science......
It's just a science, and it can't explain all the problems in the world!
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