Chapter 20 Early Morning Complaint
At 3 o'clock the next day, the morning court was held on time and on schedule in Zichen Hall.
Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, who was sitting on the imperial chair, wore a lighter regular dress this morning, wore a soap yarn folded on his head, a light yellow robe, a jade-clad red belt around his waist, and soap-patterned boots on his feet.
Overall, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen's clothes are very simple and elegant today, without too many patterns, simple and simple style, abandoning the gorgeous clothes worn by the emperors during the Tang Dynasty, making them look particularly approachable.
A group of civil and military ministers faced the official family, holding a tablet in their hands, and stood under the hall. However, the colors of the clothes he wore were different, and they were divided into three types: red, purple, and green. Officials above the third rank were purple, fifth rank and red, and seventh rank and green.
After the civil and military ministers in the hall worshiped each other, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, who was sitting upright in the hall, asked: "You guys, what a big deal is going to discuss today, let me report it one by one!"
As soon as Song Renzong Zhao Zhen finished speaking, Wang Gongchen, the chief censor who was standing in the hall, was wearing a vermilion robe as the third rank. He was the first to leave the line, holding a tablet in his hand, and bowed to report: "I am asking Your Majesty to submit an important matter."
Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, who was sitting in the hall, nodded slightly and said in a gentle tone: "What do you have to report? Just say it in front of you."
Wang Gongchen, holding the tablet in his hand, then stood up slightly and asked, "Your Majesty, what I have reported is on these memorials, and I hope your Majesty will see it."
After saying that, Wang Gongchen raised his tablet and returned to the train. He squatted down and held a large stack of memorials placed on his seat in his arms. He stepped out of the line again, and placed the large stack of memorials on the aisle between the trains.
Because Wang Gongchen entered Zichen Hall early when he was in the morning court, he had already spent a lot of effort to transport it from the Censorate to here, and later the civil and military ministers who entered Zichen Hall were not aware of this matter.
Even the civil and military officials who came to Zichen Hall before the former king Gongchen did not know what was written in the stack of memorials he was holding. Even if a curious person came forward to ask, Wang Gongchen just smiled and kept silent.
At present, Wang Gongchen moved the stack of memorials to the aisle in the middle of the train and presented them to Song Renzong Zhao Zhen. Suddenly, the silent civil and military ministers began to whisper and discuss it.
Zhao Zhen, the Song Renzong, who was originally sitting in the hall, saw Wang Gongchen's magical behavior and suddenly a pile of memorials appeared. He was a little uneasy. He immediately stood up from the imperial chair and stared at the large stack of memorials placed on the floor in front of Wang Gongchen.
"Wang Qing, what are you doing when you have given so many memorials this morning?" Zhao Zhen, the Song Renzong, who stood up, was stunned for a moment, and asked Wang Gongchen in a puzzled tone at the tone of his confusion.
Immediately afterwards, Wang Gongchen held the tablet in his hands again, bowed his head, and finally replied straight to the point: "Reply to Your Majesty, the soldiers of the Street Department patrolled the streets and alleys in Tokyo yesterday and identified a large number of illegal buildings. In the East and West Hanlin Lane alone, there were only 200 buildings that were considered illegal, and there were more than 100 residential houses of officials stationed in Beijing.
"What makes the officials stationed in Beijing even more hateful is that Si Cheng, whose name is Wang Hao, actually wrote the eye-catching and large-shaped word "demolition" on the exterior walls of illegal buildings identified by their street officials in white lacquer.
"Not only that, Wang Sicheng also asked that the illegal buildings with the word "demolition" be demolished by each household and restore the original state of the streets and alleys by themselves. Otherwise, he would personally take the street officials to demolish them.
"As the official position of the Chief Censor of the Censor, I am in charge of the Censorate on Your Majesty's order. I should not have participated in the impeachment of a small street Chief. However, the officials from all over the Beijing area who live in Hanlin Lane wrote complaints and handed them to the Censorate. I dare not make a decision on this matter without authorization, so I will use it for your Majesty to read and decide on this matter."
After listening to Wang Gongchen telling the story of what was being said, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen sat back on the imperial chair, sighed lightly, and ordered Zhang Maoze, the deputy chief of the squad, who was close to him, and said softly: "Part squad, you go and take those memorials, and I want to see what they have written."
After Zhang Maoze took the stack of memorials, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen looked through about a cup of tea in one eye, and then stopped. He couldn't help but sighed, not thinking about how to solve this problem.
Just when Song Renzong Zhao Zhen frowned and thought about it, he immediately ordered Zhang Maoze who was standing in front of him, and said loudly: "Part wise, please take the memorial that I have not read yet and take it to the ministers standing in the hall to see it. I will listen to their views on this matter later."
Standing near, Zhang Maoze first bowed and replied "Yes", then walked slowly to the hall with the stack of memorials and distributed them to the group of civil and military ministers participating in this morning court, at least each of them had a memorial.
After about a cup of tea, Song Renzong Zhao Zhen, who was sitting upright in the hall, asked: "You guys must have read the content of the memorial in your hand just now. I hope you will express your opinions and express your own opinions. The old rules, you can speak freely and speak freely, and you will be told in full. I will listen carefully and will not blame you."
Yan Shu, known as the "imperial teacher" of the dynasty, is now both a Privy Councilor and a Tongpingzhangshi, and a veritable prime minister. When he saw that even his student, Emperor Zhao Zhen of the Song Dynasty, spoke, the civil and military ministers who participated in the morning dynasty did not dare to speak first, so he couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
So, Yan Shu, wearing a purple official robe, walked out of the train with his hands holding a tablet, facing Emperor Renzong of Song, Zhao Zhen, who was sitting in the hall, and clearly expressed his attitude: "I call you to Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that our Song Dynasty has only been a hundred years since the founding of Taizu, and the population of Tokyo is now less than one million.
"Now, in addition to the imperial palace, there are also inner cities and outer cities. The Dushui Supervisor is set up to manage dozens of large and small rivers and streams such as the Bian River, Cai River, Jinshui River, etc. that enter the city. The street department is set up to manage thousands of streets and alleys in Tokyo.
"Previously, in order to prevent street occupants from occupants, we have established a 'apple wood' on both sides of the streets and alleys. The penalty rules were included in the Song Dynasty, which has achieved certain effects. However, as the population in Tokyo gradually increased, it became extremely complicated to manage thousands of streets and alleys. Although the street department has a staffing of 500 people, it is impossible to punish all those who invade streets and occupants.
"Now, our Song Dynasty has the Liao Khitan on the northern border, and we are fighting against the Xixia Dangxiang on the northwest border. Whenever we fight, our Song Dynasty will lose more than we win. If we cannot eliminate internal affairs, our Song Dynasty will naturally fall into a dilemma of internal and external difficulties. Today, what the Censor Zhongcheng Wang Gong mentioned is appropriate.
"The old minister believes that the internal affairs of our Song Dynasty should be eliminated from the capital of Tokyo. If even the invasion of streets and alleys cannot be strictly punished, how can we talk about promoting the country and eliminating the bad? Anyone living in Tokyo, whether it is an official or a private house, should be treated equally, and Hanlin Lane is naturally no exception."
After Yan Shuchang talked a lot, he immediately made the civil and military ministers on the left and right sides of the class below the hall discuss, and most of them were very surprised.
Chapter completed!