Chen Shengzhi came forward and said: "Your Majesty, what Zhang Yue said is inappropriate. This dynasty does not offend people with their speech, and there is no precedent of killing an official or serving prime minister. If this is the case, there will be no prime minister who is willing to do his best to serve the country.
Thinking about how to make a living."
Cai Ting also said: "That's why we have not killed civil servants since Taizu, let alone those who speak out."
The officials nodded, and it was stated in Taizu's oath stele: "You will not kill scholar-bureaucrats, and you will not kill those who speak out."
Not only the prime minister cannot be killed, but ordinary officials cannot be killed. Even if you are a commoner, you cannot be killed if you are convicted of something you say or do.
This Taizu Oath Monument was only known to the emperors of the Song Dynasty throughout the dynasties and was never told to outsiders. However, outside officials concluded that the emperors of the Song Dynasty did not kill civil servants in their ancestral family law.
The official said: "I don't practice Shang Yang's method. This is the ancestral teaching. However, Zhang Qing just made a slip of the tongue. I think this is not what he says from the bottom of his heart, but he is just eager to argue."
The officials absolutely protected Zhang Yue to the end, and did not mind at all that he shouted at Lu Huiqing to kill him. They used the authority of the emperor to take the initiative to expose the matter, making Lu Huiqing's elaborate counterattack invisible.
Zhang Yue said to the official: "I thank your Majesty."
After Zhang Yue finished speaking, he looked at Lu Huiqing and thought to himself, Feng Jing's request to resign as prime minister is really true.
Wang Anshi's resignation as prime minister was mostly an act of anger. If you say I didn't do a good job, I won't do it anymore. You can use it as much as you like. It's even a bit like a girl taking the breakup as a sign of anger.
But what about your resignation, Lu Huiqing?
That is retreat in order to advance.
Lu Huiqing was filled with hatred when she saw that Zhang Yue's rashness towards her was gently exposed by the emperor with just one sentence.
He sighed and said: "Your Majesty, Mencius went to Qi, traveled thousands of miles to see the king, stayed for three nights and then went out for the day. He still said to himself: "The king of Qi will definitely call me again. A gentleman cannot bear to abandon his king, so he is so generous.
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"Someone asked Mencius: "Master, why don't you hesitate?" Mencius said: 'If you want to rule the world peacefully, in today's world, who else but me? Why should I not hesitate? The minister's arrogance is like Mencius's, even if he has nothing to do
Sir, I have no regrets."
When Mencius saw the King of Qi, he didn't agree with him, so he shamelessly stayed there for three days. When he left, he said that the King of Qi would definitely summon me again.
Someone asked Mencius why he was unhappy. Mencius said, "How can I be unhappy? If I want to govern the world, who else can I do?"
Lu Huiqing's words can be described as very bleak, and can be called a model of retreat in order to advance.
When the officials heard Lu Huiqing's firm resignation, they thought that now that they were using reforms, they still couldn't do without Lu Huiqing.
For example, in the case of Xishou Zhifa, Lu Huiqing was the only one in the court who dared to propose regulations that would offend the public.
Therefore, Lu Huiqing is still indispensable in the official family, and he needs to preside over the "state affairs".
The officials quickly appeased Lu Huiqing and said: "Shang Yang once said that doubtful actions have no name, and doubtful deeds have no merit. How can I not believe in your entrustment of reform? I don't agree."
Lu Huiqing expected that the government would be unable to do without him and continue to implement reforms, so he would try to retain him again and again and would not allow him to leave.
"It's not that I don't see His Majesty's importance, it's just that villains have to be in the toilet. Right opinions are not invisible, but heresy can sometimes be useful. Therefore, I would rather avoid my position to prove my innocence. How can I succeed if I am not disturbed by villains."
Lu Huiqing's implication was that he wanted to depose Zhang Yue. It was not that I wanted to leave, but that the villain (Zhang Yue) was here.
The official was a little unhappy. He wanted to keep Lu Huiqing, but he also refused to give up and leave Zhang Yue.
Why can't Lu Huiqing understand?
Zhang Yue came out of the classroom and said: "Your Majesty, the reason why Lu Huiqing sent Feng Jing out is to disrupt the politics of the ancestors' different opinions."
Since Lu Huiqing was told the central issue by Zhang Yue, she simply stopped hiding it at this moment.
Lu Huiqing said in a very "real villain" way: "Your Majesty, if the court is full of different opinions, how can we maintain governance? I think that your Majesty is a servant, but you can only work with the ministers who are of one heart and one mind, and work together to overcome them."
It can be successful."
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, when I was young, I pursued doing whatever I wanted, but now that I have established myself as a bachelor, I urge others to tolerate it. Has this changed? I haven't changed. It's just that I understand that whatever I did when I was young is the tolerance of others.
That’s why it’s more important to tolerate things than to do as you please.”
"The power is in the hands of one person, and it seems that he can do whatever he wants, but in the future, others can also do whatever he wants. Today, if someone breaks the policy of stirring up dissent in the court, he can still abdicate to protect himself, but if there is a party dispute tomorrow, how can he abdicate to protect himself?
Can it be avoided?"
The purpose of Lu Huiqing's dismissal of Feng Jing is to stir up different opinions, which is the same as Wang Anshi's dismissal of Sansheren.
You have a bottom line, and so do I.
You broke the rules first, and I will break them later.
If there were different opinions in the past, you could still retain your dignity by resigning. In the future, when the party fights, if you are not dignified, others will help you look dignified.
Why is tolerance more important than following one's will?
If you, Lu Huiqing, don't want to tolerate it anymore, then you have to bear the consequences of doing whatever you want.
"Is it possible that Mencius said that if he wants to bring peace to the world, who else but me can he do it, is it just empty talk?"
Lu Huiqing looked at Zhang Yue and said, what he meant was, as long as I can bring peace to the world, what if I break things? Rules are meant to be broken.
The official said: "Okay, Zhang Qing and Lu Qing don't have to fight anymore."
Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing each retreated, and Liang Zi was finally settled.
The officials watched the two men bickering in the palace.
Lu Huiqing said: "Your Majesty, the evidence for Feng Jing's matter is sufficient. Now that he has asked to go out, I ask your Majesty to follow suit."
The official said to Feng Jing, who had been silent all this time: "I know that you may have grievances, so I will send you a bachelor from the Guanwen Palace to go out."
Feng Jing was overjoyed. He thought that this time he was going out as a former official, which meant he was demoted.
However, if the bachelor of Guanwen Palace goes abroad, it is normal behavior. When Ouyang Xiu was impeached by Jiang Zhiqi, Han Jiang failed in Luowucheng, and Wang Anshi was seduced by Zheng Xia, he was dismissed as a bachelor of Guanwen Palace.
All in all, Feng Jing did not die as a guilty minister, and could return to the court as a prime minister at any time in the future.
If he is a guilty official, he must first be pardoned and then allowed to return to the court.
The official decision was a compromise between the opinions of Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing.
Lu Huiqing was furious when he saw that he had not completely defeated Feng Jing. Zhang Yue was slightly relieved. Feng Jing's absence made his situation passive, but at least it changed Lu Huiqing's victory from a big victory to a small victory.
However, as long as he could not uphold the state affairs, he would not be able to defeat Lu Huiqing in one day. In the end, the officials could not come out to carry out reforms on their own. Han Jiang himself was not determined to let Lu Huiqing go away and preside over the state affairs by himself.
The country is the winner, the rest is at the tactical level.
"As for the others..." The official thought of Zheng Xia and the others and was hesitating how to deal with them, "What do you think you have?"
Lu Huiqing said: "The evidence for the first culprit Zheng Xia is conclusive. He should be punished by removing his origin and writing, and then be punished with a major punishment!"
Zhang Yue's lips moved, and Han Jiang said: "Your Majesty has gone too far. You cannot kill those who speak out! How can anyone in the court dare to speak in the future?"
Zhang Yue thought to himself that Han Jiang finally took action. I saved Feng Jing with my life, but you just came late to save Zheng Xia.
Why did he go to Beijing to persuade the emperor to open up his voice? It was all because of Lu Huiqing.
The official nodded and said, "Since Han Qing has spoken, let's hand it over to Zhongshu for discussion!"