The plan for this matter has been decided, and all the officials also breathed a sigh of relief, but this matter is like a sword hanging above their heads, and it will fall down and cut everyone's heads at any time.
Although there were temporary countermeasures, everyone was still a little uneasy; so that the earthquake in Jinghu, the border friction between the Guangnan Road border and the Southern Barbarians, and other matters that were discussed by several officials were no longer mentioned by everyone.
Interested.
Zhao Zhen, together with Lu Yijian and others, arranged several difficult matters for discussion. Looking at the low morale of everyone below, they felt a little helpless.
"My dear friends, the last year of our Song Dynasty was indeed an eventful one as Su Jin said, and all the ministers and workers were also working hard and diligently. But what makes me happy is that the food service for last winter was successfully completed. This
That's the fundamental matter; to fight against the outside world, we need to pacify the inside. No matter how strong the external enemy is, as long as there is no internal chaos in the Song Dynasty, we can resist all attempts." Zhao Zhen tried his best to encourage the ministers in a high-spirited tone.
"I ask Yan Aiqing to inform everyone about the results of this matter. This is also the main purpose of today's court discussion."
Du Yan and Lu Yijian exchanged glances, and it was finally time to discuss merit and reward. The day had been delayed until now by the affairs of the Liao people, and now it was time to get to the point. The two had made an agreement beforehand, and they were just waiting for Yan Shu's statement.
, another attack. In the summer, the southern states suffered from a severe drought. The main grain-producing areas in the south had almost no harvests. By October last year, the crisis became apparent. All states were in short supply of food, especially Huainan Road and Yangzhou Prefecture.
As a result, it even led to a civil uprising, and all of you, your lords, should be aware of this."
"At the critical moment, our third division hurriedly dispatched personnel to various places to supervise the grain affairs. The Holy Emperor also ordered Su Jin, a student from Tianfu Academy, to be the special envoy for grain affairs and went to Huainan Road to handle grain affairs. From the beginning of October to the beginning of this year,
By the end of the night, the grain affairs were considered complete. In the past four months, the three divisions, together with various ministries and departments and yamen, had worked together to crack down on private grain merchants and confiscate the grain purchased by the government, totaling more than 47 million shi.
, dealt with 1,009 households of grain dealers and merchants, involving more than 290 officials. It not only eliminated the corruption of officialdom and the collusion between officials and merchants, but also ensured the use of rations for the army and the people of the Song Dynasty. It was a great success. I would like to ask your Majesty to comment on this.
Officials who have made meritorious deeds will be praised, and officials who have made mistakes will be severely punished, so as to show the emperor's great kindness and the majesty of God."
Yan Shu presented the memorial in his hands with both hands, and the chamberlain took it and handed it to Zhao Zhen; Zhao Zhen quickly looked through the list of food collected by various states and the list of people who needed rewards and punishments, placed the memorial on the case, and looked around
The ministers said: "This matter of food affairs is very important. You are not familiar with the value of firewood and rice. This time, even the capital is almost out of food. The food and grass for hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the northwest are also difficult to sustain. It is really extremely dangerous."
Fortunately, with the blessings of our ancestors, the grain affairs were finally completed. As long as we carefully plan and schedule the current national grain stocks, we can ensure that the new grain harvested this summer will be on the market and handed over, and my worries have been eliminated."
All the officials said in unison: "My emperor is blessed with great blessings, and God bless our Song Dynasty."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Of course it's God's blessing, but the hard work of personnel also contributes a lot. Su Jin, come forward."
Su Jin quickly stepped forward and saluted: "I am here."
Zhao Zhen said in a gentle tone: "You have done a great job this time. The food service matter is difficult and difficult. It is not easy for you to handle it properly and live up to everyone's expectations."
Su Jindao: "It's all thanks to the power of the Holy Dragon, all the adults worked together, and the humble ministers only did their meager efforts."
Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Don't be humble anymore. If you do well, you will do well. If you have merit, you should be rewarded. What reward do you want?"
Su Jin said: "How dare I ask for rewards? I just ask the Holy One to reward the meritorious ministers that I have drafted and submit, and to comfort and comfort the horse soldiers and soldiers who died. Then I can feel at ease."
Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "It's rare for you to be considerate of your subordinates, but you can rest assured about these things. I will arrange for the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel to discuss merits and reward them. What I want to ask is what reward do you want?"
Su Jin scratched his head and said: "This... I will get whatever the emperor gives me. There is no way for a minister to ask for a reward."
Zhao Zhen chuckled and said: "If you are humble, if I give you a smaller reward, don't complain afterwards."
Su Jin said: "How dare I, the minister, but I know that the emperor will not treat me badly?"
Zhao Zhen laughed loudly, and Yan Shu couldn't help but smile. Su Jin was trying to bully Zhao Zhen: the reward is too small, are you embarrassed to take it out?
Zhao Zhen turned to Lu Yijian and said, "Lu Aiqing, what reward do you think should be given to Su Jin?"
Lu Yijian stood up slowly, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that Su Jin should not be rewarded, but should be punished..."
The officials almost didn't believe their ears. Lu Yijian's shocking words almost made everyone's jaws drop. What was Prime Minister Lu doing? Both the emperor and Yan Sansi hinted at Su Jin's great contributions.
Here it is said in one sentence, and it is said that he should be punished; what happened? When Prime Minister Lu went out, his head was caught by the big iron gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Zhao Zhen didn't seem surprised, and the expression on his face didn't change at all; even Su Jinyanshu didn't seem surprised, his expression was as usual, as if he had expected this scene.
"Lu Aiqing, what is the basis for this statement?" Zhao Zhen asked calmly.
Lu Yijian stroked his long silver beard and said slowly: "How can the old minister lie so easily? Special envoy Su has indeed made great contributions to the food affairs. It can even be said that his hard work has made great achievements. He should be highly praised; but Su Jin is handling the food affairs."
Several big mistakes were made during the process, and the merits were not enough to offset the mistakes. Therefore, in line with the principle of clear rewards and punishments, I thought it would be a small punishment, but as for rewards, it was not feasible."
Zhao Zhen looked sideways and said, "What are the mistakes?"
Lu Yijian said: "One of the errors is that when Su Jin suppressed the gangsters in Bagong Mountain, he used false edicts to recruit peace. Even if the bandits were to seize food, he would never allow the edicts to be false."
When everyone heard this, it was still the same old story. They had brought it up last time, and it is still the same now. However, Su Jin breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Lu Yijian's first sentence would be: Su Jin opened a warehouse privately in Yangzhou.
, use military rations; if these words were spoken, Su Jinke would be dead.
"Lu Aiqing, I know about this matter. Didn't I send Ouyang Aiqing to investigate and deal with this matter? Ouyang Aiqing, how is your case going? Is there any result in Su Jin's false edict to recruit peace?"
After Ouyang Xiu came out and saluted, he said: "I'm reporting to your Majesty. I have already made a clear investigation. Around the Yuan Dynasty, I joined the Huainan Road envoy Wang Qinian in Shouzhou to interrogate the captured bandit leader Da Laowang. After his confession,
, Su Jin indeed mentioned the matter of recruiting people on Bagong Mountain."
Su Jin was stunned, what was Ouyang Xiu doing? Yan Shu was also full of doubts. Could it be that Ouyang Xiu was really unreliable and finally took the opportunity to add insult to injury?
Yan Shu and Su Jin were surprised, and Lu Yijian was also surprised. Ouyang Xiu and Su Jin were fighting fiercely in Yangzhou. They thought they were colluding, but they didn't expect that Ouyang Xiu would actually talk to him. Lu Yijian raised this matter, which was just one of the reasons. The real reason was still
Behind the scenes, I didn't expect that the first shot would hit. Once the crime of correcting the imperial edict was established, Su Jin's crime would be one level heavier, and the original small punishment would be upgraded to a major punishment.
"So, did Su Jin really make an edict to recruit people?" Zhao Zhen asked with a frown.
Ouyang Xiu cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, according to what the great old king said, Su Jin did mention the matter of recruiting people; but... he did not say that he had this right, he just said that he would go back to the court to report to the Minister of Rites.
He came here to discuss the recruitment, and said that he was a bit thin-faced in front of the emperor, and he swore that if he was recruited, he would be successful; there was nothing wrong with the imperial edict, but some disrespect for the Holy Emperor."
The ministers were in an uproar again, and the situation took a turn for the worse. Ouyang Xiu took advantage of it and teased everyone. If Su Jinruo was just bragging, it was just a trivial matter. Don't say anything disrespectful to the emperor.
Even in the court, there were some stubborn old guys who would scold their mothers in front of Zhao Zhen. If this was considered a crime, Zhao Zhen's men would have cut off many heads.
Lu Yijian's face turned ugly for a moment, and she asked: "Ouyang Zhongcheng, have you really found out about this matter? Is that really what the great old man said?"
Ouyang Xiudao: "Prime Minister Lu, the confession and the evidence are all there. Wang Lu also accompanied the trial at that time. The case file will be submitted to the Criminal Trial Court for review. If Prime Minister Lu is interested, he can check it in a few days."
Lu Yijian was wondering why the letter written by Wang Qinian didn't say so. At that time, it was said that the elder Wang clearly said that Su Jin praised himself as the envoy sent by the imperial court to recruit An, and also said that he had full authority to arrange their positions after the recruitment, and promised
There was so much hype, why did he suddenly change his confession at this time?
It's a pity that the bandit leader Shen Yaozu was taken away by Ouyang Xiu. The emperor has been interrogating about this matter, and he can't force the interrogation, otherwise he can get confirmation by asking this Shen Yaozu.
Su Jin secretly raised his thumb and praised Ouyang Xiu for his ability to actually make the old king retract his confession. Wang Qinian was probably also dumbfounded. But then he thought again, as the censor Zhongcheng, he naturally has a lot of things in his stomach. If
If he can't deal with a small bandit leader, then all his years of practice will be in vain.dd