Chapter 1,344 Statement

In the side hall of Wuying Palace, Zhao Xu's reaction now is exactly the same as Cai Jing's reaction just now.

He picked up the teacup and wanted to moisten his throat, but found that his hands were shaking slightly.

Lu Gongzhu carefully read the report and put it back on the table respectfully: "I would like to congratulate Your Majesty, Mobei and Hexi, all of them have surrendered, and their achievements have surpassed the two Han Dynasties and caught up with the prosperous Tang Dynasty."

Wang Gui is currently disturbed by a huge scandal in the court.

Wang Jue, a judge in the Procuratorate, was reported to have committed adultery with his son, Wang, the wife of Dali Temple judge Shi Shiduan, and the court was in an uproar!

Although Shenzong of the Song Dynasty issued an instruction stating that he would be given a lighter sentence, the remonstrating officer resigned. The supervisory censor Zhu Fu immediately impeached Wang Jue, believing that Wang Jue and his son were both evil and behaved like animals. Although they were forgiven by the emperor, they had no shame. Still arrogantly going to work.

How can one set an example for the people with such a virtue? It must be handed over to a responsible official for governance.

Zhao Xu finally ordered Wang Jun and his son to be handed over to Dali Temple for trial. The trial was successful, and Wang Jun was dismissed from office and released to the fields.

Originally, the matter should have ended here, but it turned out that Jian Yuan Lian Hengfu reported it again. This adultery case was far more than just Wang Jun and his son. According to Wang Jun's confession, Wang Zhongduan, the son of Prime Minister Wang Gui, was also involved in the adultery!

But the presiding judge Wang Yuan was afraid of offending Wang Gui and did not dare to investigate further, so he closed the case hastily!

This matter immediately became the biggest gossip in Bianjing City this winter, and it was as popular as Su You's recapture of Lingzhou.

Wang Zhongduan also wrote to Zhao Xu, arguing that there was no such thing. The two sides were in a stalemate, and Zhao Xu had to appoint the eunuch Feng Zongdao to go to Dali Temple to supervise the continued trial of the case.

Feng Zongdao came back and told Zhao Xu that many aspects of the trial were inconsistent with the facts. For example, one of the plaintiffs, Xu Gui, who reported the case, was afraid of the powerful and made random claims.

However, some of the officials who tried the case regarded this case as a way to gain favor with Wang Gui and his son.

Zhao Xu was furious and believed that the Prime Minister of Dali Temple had engaged in corruption for personal gain and knew the law and violated the law, so he had to be held accountable. He immediately put him in jail and ordered to supervise the censor Li Xingzhufu and the prosecutor who had just been promoted due to the transfer of Shaanxi. Fang Gongshi Lu Changheng tried the case in Tongwen Hall, and the eunuch Feng Zongdao still supervised the trial.

The trial became more and more involved, and Zhu Fu and Lu Changheng reported the final result to Zhao Xu, the wife of Dali Shaoqing Zhu Mingzhi and the niece of Wang Anli, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy. At the same time, Zhu Mingzhi was related to Cai Bian of the Imperial Academy. .

Zhu Mingzhi knew that Wang Anli, Cai Bian and others had conflicts with Wang Gui, and Wang Anli had recommended Wang Yuan, so Zhu Mingzhi hinted to Wang Yuan that he must impeach Wang Zhongduan for the suspicion of adultery, and he did not hesitate to forge evidence for this purpose.

Wang Anli's son, Wang Fang, told Lian Hengfu about these forged testimonies, and Lian Hengfu immediately impeached Zhao Xu about the case.

So the truth of this case is that in order to cater to Wang Anli and Zhu Mingzhi's intentions, Wang Yuan fabricated evidence and framed Wang Zhongduan in order to achieve the purpose of harming Wang Gui.

After Lian Hengfu impeached Wang Yuan, he privately leaked what Zhao Xu had said, saying that Zhao Xu wanted to handle the case poorly and put pressure on Zhu Fu and Lu Changheng.

Even Cai Jingdu received a flying knife, because after the incident came up, Wang Gui first suspected that it was Su You's influence in the court.

So when Cai Jing was discussing Wang Zhongduan's case with Zhu Mingzhi in the court, he said: "The Prime Minister suspects that we have done something about it. I think you should go to the Yushitai to find out what is going on." .”

In the end, the outcome of the case was that Cui Taifu, the minister of Dali Temple, and Yang Ji, the young minister of Dali, were each fined 20 kilograms of copper for not reporting the case to Wang Yuan even though they knew it was unfair.

Wang Yuan's trial was unfair and Zhu Mingzhi forged testimony. Wang Fang told Lian Hengfu about the forged testimony and instructed him to initiate impeachment and arrest each official.

The most unlucky person was Lian Hengfu. Because he leaked the banned Chinese language and attempted to interfere with the judiciary, he was expelled and placed in charge of Junzhou.

Even Cai Jingdu was dismissed from the position of school manager of Jixian Hall because of Feiyu.

Also affected by this incident was Wang Anli, who was originally the best candidate to serve as Minister Youcheng after the restructuring, but ended up in Chenzhou as a bachelor of Duanming Palace.

And Cai Jing, the upstart who was about to take advantage of the military aircraft department, also suffered a defeat.

Wang Gui's reputation was also greatly damaged. Although his son's innocence was later cleared, this son was different from Wang Zhongyi, the scholar of the Wang family, who had always been idle and lustful.

Everyone in the city thinks that this sexy news is probably true.

Wang Gui even asked Zhao Xu for this, but now was the critical moment for Yuanfeng's restructuring, and Zhao Xu firmly refused.

However, after thinking about it later, Wang Gui felt that Su You should not be the instigator.

Because now all the contributions of the twenty-six governors of Xixia have been accepted, it means that Su You has abandoned himself from the imperial reform in the fifth year of Yuanfeng. In any case, the hometown of Xixia needs to be stabilized now, and this baby will not be able to survive in a short time.

Maybe you can come back!

Cai Jing deliberately lowered his words in court, and now it seems that he also means to confess. After all, the Soviet Union and the Oil Party did not get any benefits, and their behavior is completely different from the Soviet Union Party's approach of making progress through meritorious deeds.

So, who could it be?

"Ms. sir? What do you think?" Zhao Xu looked at Wang Gui.

Wang Gui coughed softly: "Cai Jing's consideration is very thoughtful. It is indeed inappropriate to alarm hundreds of officials in the capital now. It is better to wait until the imperial meeting to announce it, and by the way, to inform our emperor of the new atmosphere of the Song Dynasty, and to provide support for the restructuring later in the year.

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Zhao Xu said: "Then I have to trouble my husband to draw up the congratulatory form again."

Wang Gui cupped his hands and said, "This is my duty."

After everyone had congratulated Zhao Xu, Zhang Dun said: "The Duke of Shu still behaves as usual, and the opinions raised later must also be given regulations."

In Su You's report, he wrote a lot about politics, economy, military, people's livelihood, diplomacy, education...everything was very important, and he did not take into account the need for imperial officials to take holidays during the holidays.

Politically speaking, it is generally the issue of the current balance of political forces in Xixia. The eight upper-class surnames of Xixia need to be changed to Han surnames and names. At the same time, political reforms must be carried out to transform the Xia's overbearing political system.

Su You's plan was to expand the military road establishment of the Shanbei Fourth Road, divide the original territory of Xia State into three administrative roads of Henan, Ningxia, and Hexi, and distribute the existing political power of Xia State, thus achieving the goal of rapid stability.

But the chief officials above the state level must be appointed by people from the Song Dynasty.

After the political divisions are clarified, the economy must keep up. Ningxia actually has a good agricultural foundation and mineral deposits needed for industry. Agriculture and animal husbandry include three major regions, Juyanze and Xiutuze in Hexi; Xingqingfu in Ningxia

Alluvial plain, within the Henan province.

The coal and iron resources in the three areas are particularly rich and can be fully utilized.

In addition to these, the reopening of the Silk Road must also be included in the agenda. The Song Dynasty needed to send envoys to the Uyghurs, Tatars and other trade routes to achieve the purpose of controlling tribes in various places.

In order to allow the Silk Road to circulate efficiently, a pontoon bridge should also be built in Lanzhou on the Yellow River to increase control over the land outside the river.

In terms of military affairs, there are still more than 200,000 remaining troops in the Xia Kingdom. The combat level of these nomadic cavalry is quite high, but the defense area must be adjusted, focusing on several large gateways.

For example, facing the Quye River, Muna Mountain, Yinshan Mountain, and Wuyuan on the Xijing Road in the Liao Kingdom;

The Second Military Division of Heishan and Heishui, which controlled the Liao Kingdom's Shangjing Road;

Renduoquan City, Zhuoluo City, Lanzhou, which defended the Qingtang Dynasty and protected the Silk Road;

Face the Yellow-headed Uighur and Xizhou Uighur in Shazhou, Guazhou, Changlecheng...

In terms of people's livelihood, it is necessary to build windmills and wells, repair nine canals, introduce fine seeds from the Song Dynasty, vigorously promote the cattle and horse trade, mine various mineral deposits, and build various factories and workshops...

In terms of diplomacy, the main focus was on attracting trade with the Uighurs in the northwest, restraining and appeasing the Qing and Tang Dynasties in the southwest, supporting and dividing the Tatars in the north, and negotiation with the Liao Kingdom in the east.

The rest of the routes are easy to say. The Liao Kingdom will definitely not agree to the Song Dynasty swallowing up the entire Xia Kingdom. For the Liao Kingdom to recognize the legitimacy of the Song Dynasty's acquisition of Xixia, it will definitely require arduous efforts, and its difficulty is not even inferior to a major war.

In terms of education, firstly, the great monk in red preached Erlin Buddhism to make the Tibetan people more pliable; secondly, schools were established everywhere to spread Chinese civilization and Confucianism. They also abolished Xixia writing, changed customs, and promoted Chinese...
Chapter completed!