Chapter 190: Don’t Let Your Eldest Grandson Feel Disappointed

After Lin Zhu left, Zhao Jun still picked up the brush and wrote letters.

This is a document sealed to the emperor and the Constitutional Yuan.

The first half is about writing what I saw and heard along the way, and putting forward my own views on grassroots civil governance.

The second half is about a major corruption case involving disaster relief in Huainan, and he is investigating.

Zhao Jun waved the brush gently, sometimes thinking deeply, sometimes frowning, and at the end, he stopped writing and let out a long sigh.

In fact, he only learned about the Huainan corruption case in the past few days.

But today alone we can already see the tip of the iceberg.

What can be seen on the surface is that there are already local transshipment envoys, shipping envoys, magistrates, and county magistrates.

I don’t know who the big names are hiding behind the scenes.

It can be said that this case involves a lot.

This may not be a matter of Guo Chengyou dying like in Bozhou.

Because Huainan experienced natural disasters, severe droughts, and plagues in the past few years, and many, many people died.

It was the corruption of these officials that turned the poor people who should have been able to survive into a skeleton.

The common people fell in front of the parents and officials they once regarded as their saviors.

These people are the culprits.

So they must die to comfort the souls of those who died.

However, the Song Dynasty had not executed officials for too long.

Every time Zhao Jun killed those who had committed heinous crimes, the government and the public were criticized, and the voice of impeachment was heard endlessly, which led to his very bad reputation in the officialdom.

It's just that the officials who committed suicide in the past were not of high rank. When they were in Bianliang, most of them were officials of sixth or seventh rank or below.

Even if the Salt and Iron Division is dismissed, Liu Yuanyu is not actually dead.

Because the crime Liu Yuanyu committed was only selling prohibited items, it was not a capital crime. If it had been before, the most he would have been was a demotion, or at Zhao Jun's insistence, he would have been dismissed from office and exiled.

Therefore, Guo Chengyou, the fifth-rank magistrate of the state, was the highest-ranking official who committed suicide, and it did not cause too much trouble.

What now?

The fourth-rank transfer envoy, who knows the state from the fifth rank, may also involve the original transfer envoy, the deputy transfer envoy, the original Huainan shipping envoy and other high-ranking officials along the way.

These senior officials are not only of high rank, but also numerous in number.

Although their political performance was poor due to the severe drought in Huainan, they were only transferred out without promotion.

But these are the real fourth and fifth grades. They are in charge of the civil affairs of a road or a state. Basically, if they take a step further, they can go to the central government to serve as high-ranking officials.

For example, Sun Mian later served as transfer envoy for Shaanxi Road, transfer envoy for Hedong Province, pacification envoy for Hunan and Jiangxi Roads, and pacification envoy for Guangnan East and West Roads. After assisting Di Qing in defeating Nong Zhigao, he was promoted to deputy privy envoy and became deputy privy minister.

So Zhao Jun is worried that when he solves the case and goes on a killing spree, Zhao Zhen will fall into his old habits again. He felt that Zhao Jun wanted to kill so many senior officials this time, which was unacceptable, and rejected Zhao Jun's proposal to kill people.

In fact, there is no problem if Zhao Jun wants to kill the officials in Huainan.

However, judging from the current understanding of the situation, the Huainan corruption case began in the year before last year. It spanned three years and a large number of officials were transferred and circulated across Huainan. Many officials involved were transferred to various parts of the country or went to the central government to serve as officials.

If you want to deal with it, you must order from the Constitutional Yuan to take people directly from all over the country, bring them back to the central government, and judge them at Yushitai and Dali Temple, and sentence them according to Zhao Jun's opinion.

Zhao Jun was worried that Zhao Zhen and Lu Yijian would get in the way and let go of all the damned people.

Therefore, after being silent for a long time, Zhao Jun wrote at the end: "Corruption of disaster relief food funds has caused countless deaths and injuries to the people. If they are not killed, the people will not be angry. All the officials who have been involved in this case must not be leniently spared."

"Throughout history, we must learn to use history as a guide to understand the ups and downs, use history to correct people's gains and losses, and use history to transform turbulent times and make things clear. Instead of facing the current predicament, just muddle along and not think about making progress."

"History is full of regrets. It was Confucius who was born at the wrong time, and Han Fei, who was abandoned by his motherland. It was Bai Qi, a general with no defeats, who died in a war he never participated in. It was the old Qin people The Qin Dynasty, which took five hundred years of hard work to build, collapsed in fourteen years."

"It's the young hero Huo Qubing who died young, it's Su Wu who was unyielding in the cold wind in the northern desert, it's Zhaojun who never returned to Chang'an. It's Cao Cao's dream of reunification that was destroyed by a fire in Chibi, it's Zhuge Liang who was blown away by the original autumn wind. The ideal of San is the pride of Guan Yu who was buried by Maicheng. He was a good man but not a good emperor."

"It is Princess Wencheng who was buried on the plateau and could not see her motherland. She is the Anshi Rebellion that caused a dynasty at its peak to fall to the bottom overnight. It is Du Fu who rose from the top of the Hui Dynasty to the stage alone after being sick for a hundred years. It is the hero of the world who cannot compete with her. Li Cunxu died and his country was destroyed."

"It's Yue Fei who served his country loyally when Fengbo Pavilion was submerged by the wind and snow. It's Xin Qiji who went from being angry like a tiger to suffering from misfortune. It's Wen Tianxiang who has never died since ancient times and left a loyal heart to illuminate history. It's the generosity of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Yashan who died. ”

"After the Song Dynasty, there were also many regrets such as those of Tumubao, Yu Qian, Zhang Juzheng, Wang Yangming, etc. There were also the backwardness of seclusion, the disastrous defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the fire of the Old Summer Palace, and the sorrow of the 300,000 bones in Jinling."

"Although history is always dominated by heroic epics, we must not forget that ordinary people are also a part of history, and they are even the protagonists of history."

"How innocent are the people of Huainan? Natural disasters are followed by man-made disasters. This is not only a regret of history, but also a regret created by oneself. How can the lives of thousands of people be compensated by the lives of these corrupt officials? Not enough?"

"Looking back at history, we sigh with regret, we feel pity, and we grieve."

"The Song Dynasty had no shortage of wise kings, wise ministers, and fierce generals. However, it is disappointing that all three are different."

"Now that I am here, I must learn from history, find answers from history, change the destiny of the Song Dynasty, and prevent those regrets from happening again."

"Now I want to be a wise minister, and the officials want to be a wise king. If these two are combined, and supplemented by strong generals, the Song Dynasty will flourish."

"Because of this, the reform of the Song Dynasty started with me. I eliminated traitors and rebels at the top and made peace for the common people at the bottom."

"Kill the people who deserve to be killed, save the people who deserve to be saved, and govern the world well. Only then can we reduce regrets and stabilize the world."

"Remember, remember, remember!"

"Don't let down the people of the world, don't let down the Song Dynasty, and don't let down my sincerity!"

"Don't let regrets reflect into reality again!"

Zhao Jun stopped the pen in his hand and looked at the eloquent letter with more than a thousand words. He didn't feel much complacency in his heart, but only felt frustrated.

If a dynasty needs to deal with a group of corrupt officials, and it actually requires ministers to write letters to persuade, or even vaguely threaten the emperor before it can deal with it, then such a country is itself a kind of tragedy.

At this moment, Zhao Jun couldn't help but think of the ending of the Song Dynasty's punishment.

Presumably Song Ci was heartbroken when he saw the silverfish in the court, the ignorance of the emperor, and the corruption and darkness of the court, so he finally chose to resign and go home.

The world is in tatters, and everyone is just trying to mend it.

I hope my generous words will not go to waste.

Zhao Jun thought to himself.

Late at night.

A lamp is as bright as a bean, and only a lonely figure is reflected in the window.

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A few days later, Jinzouyuan took the official document from Zhao Jun and hurriedly sent it to the Constitutional Yuan.

Now Zhao Jun's official document has become the most important document in the Song Dynasty. Even if it is urgent at 600 miles or 800 miles, it is not as good as a letter from Zhao Jun.

Even if the courier arrives in Kaifeng in the middle of the night, to enter the memorial hall, you have to knock on the door of the prime minister's house in the middle of the night and deliver the letter.

The Constitutional Yuan is meeting today, and Li Shen is also among them, discussing the continued auction of state-owned assets.

During the meeting, an attendant interrupted and said that Zhao Jun had sent a letter. Lu Yijian, who was presiding over the meeting, asked someone to put the letter on the meeting table until the meeting was over.

However, due to Zhao Jun's letter, the meeting speeded up, and everyone finally agreed to auction off some mines, salt farms, and tea farms and hand them over to private businessmen for operation, but it was necessary to ensure that state capital had a certain share.

When the meeting was over and Li Zhen said goodbye, Lu Yijian opened the letter and everyone gathered around.

"Huainan Corruption Case?"

Wang Zeng saw the content in the letter and frowned: "Why is there no news about such a big thing?"

"It would be strange if you could get some wind about it."

Lu Yijian read the document in his hand, and at the end it was as heavy as water.

Wang Sui said: "Prime Minister Lu doesn't seem surprised at all."

"What do you know?"

Wang Zeng asked.

Lu Yijian smiled bitterly and said: "Shouzhou is my ancestral home, how could I not know something?"

"Are you involved too?"

Wang Zeng said with a little joy in his tone: "Okay, now that you're done, Hanlong won't let you go."

"What are you thinking about? I, the third generation of the Lu family, abide by the ancestral precepts and never do anything harmful to nature."

Lu Yijian rolled his eyes and said, "It's just that they approached their brother-in-law, but Zong Jian declined politely. A batch of low-priced grain did appear on the market at that time, and Zong Jian bought some, and all of it was used to relieve the victims of the disaster."

As he spoke, Lu Yijian sighed again: "The drought also caused heavy losses to our Lu family, but even so, our Lu family also put out a lot of food in stock and did our best for the victims of Shouzhou."

Wang Zeng looked at his appearance and didn't know whether to say that Lu Yijian's acting skills were superb or that he was speaking from the bottom of his heart. Anyway, he didn't believe that the Lu family had such a good heart.

But no matter what, one thing Lu Yijian said is right.

At least they were probably not involved, otherwise he wouldn't be so confident.

"Looking at what Han Long means, he is going to kill a lot of people."

Song Shou said.

"Well, Hanlong is angry. I'm afraid it won't be that simple. Many people will die, even his former husband."

"Former Prime Minister? Does Mr. Lu mean?"

"Think about it, Jing Youchu, who has ever been the magistrate of Shouzhou or Bozhou?"

"Yang"

"Go and report it to the officials."

Lu Yijian finally said: "This matter is still too involved."

Several people said nothing and stood up one after another.

Zhao Zhen was reading a novel at this time.

In ancient times when entertainment was scarce, the laptop brought Zhao Zhen too much impact.

There are movies, novels, and games in it that you will probably never get tired of playing for a lifetime.

After learning that the prime ministers asked for an audience, Zhao Zhen closed the screen and waited for them to come in.

After a while, everyone filed in and entered the study.

Zhao Zhen wondered: "Gentlemen, it's just before noon, when the Constitutional Yuan is working, why are everyone suddenly gathered here?"

Lü Yijian bowed and said, "Hanlong has just submitted a letter. We think this matter is serious and we dare not make a decision rashly. Therefore, we have to ask to see the emperor and let the emperor make the decision."

"What is it?"

Zhao Zhen suddenly became nervous. The letter submitted by Zhao Jun made them go to the palace regardless of working hours. It must be a big deal.

Lü Yijian replied, "There is a big corruption case in Huainan, and Hanlong is investigating it."

As he said, he handed the document in his hand to Zhao Zhen's desk.

Zhao Zhen immediately took it and quickly scanned it.

The first part was fine, mainly talking about the current situation found by Zhao Jun and the opinions given. In the second half, Zhao Zhen sat up straight with a solemn face.

"History is always full of regrets. Don't let regrets shine into reality again!"

Zhao Zhen finished reading the last page and was stunned for a long time.

Because he suddenly felt very ashamed.

The eldest grandson came from the future. Even though he didn't like the Song Dynasty, he finally agreed to help them save the Song Dynasty.

As a result, he spent all day playing games, reading novels, and watching movies on the computer, and did not handle state affairs at all.

If the eldest grandson came back and saw himself like this, how heartbroken and disappointed would he be?

If the eldest grandson came from the future, but because of his laziness, he did not change the future destiny of the Song Dynasty, wouldn't this be another kind of regret?

Zhao Zhen felt guilty towards Zhao Jun for a while, and a look of shame appeared on his face.

Seeing Zhao Zhen silent for a long time, Lü Yijian and others asked, "Sir, how should this matter be handled?"

"According to the eldest grandson's opinion, we should handle it as we should."

Zhao Zhen raised his head, looked around at everyone and said, "The regret of history cannot appear in my hands. These people are eating the blood and sweat of the people, and even the relief grain funds are corrupt. They are hopeless. What's the point?"

"Just."

"Just what?"

"Nothing, nothing."

Lü Yijian hesitated for a moment, and finally said nothing. He cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness obeys the imperial edict."

Zhao Zhen said, "The eldest grandson is running around outside for the sake of national peace. In the future, all such matters will be based on the eldest grandson's opinion. There is no need to report to me. We must not let the eldest grandson feel disappointed."

"Yes."

Everyone's heart tightened.

It is estimated that Zhao Zhen thought that it was at most the county magistrate or prefect of Huainan Road.

But he didn't know that it was very likely to involve the former Privy Councilor.

But since Zhao Zhen had read the letter and chose to believe Zhao Jun's words unconditionally, they naturally couldn't say anything more.

After everyone left, Zhao Zhen picked up the letter again, and felt that every word in it was heartfelt and every line was heartbreaking.

If this continues, even if there is a grandson, this historical regret will come.

Zhao Zhen rubbed his temples and told himself in his heart.

I can't continue to indulge in pleasure.

I must cheer up.

He reopened the notebook, glanced at the content on it with a little nostalgia, and then resolutely closed it.

"Wang Shouzhong!"

"Your Majesty."

Wang Shouzhong, who was outside the door, hurried in.

"Bring the memorials accumulated in the past few days, I want to take a good look at them."

"Yes."

Although Wang Shouzhong didn't understand why the emperor changed his nature, at least this was a good thing.

The most uncomfortable thing was that my left nostril was always blocked, which made me unconscious. It was really uncomfortable.