Chapter 78 Let me tell you a few points
Tang Weilin was right. Zhao Huan killed several husbands in fact, it was useless. Just like some companies in later generations, they kept refusing senior executives, but the company still did not improve. They were really strong senior executives at the grassroots level. Such companies either died miserably or were on the road to death.
If there is a problem with the company's business, it must be that there are problems with the entire system. Just changing executives will solve it. That's too easy, and those companies will not fall apart in a row.
Similarly, are there too few people in the temple of the Song Dynasty?
Although the prime minister is the most important minister, the cliff is not so easy to be. Countless pairs of eyes are staring at. What does it mean to be cold at a high place? That's it!
So, this time, Zhao Huan was not just staying at the capital officials of the two prefectures. From the capital to the bottom, all those who committed crimes were found.
This time, everything in Tokyo was as usual, but some important officials in the court could not stand and their hearts began to tremble.
Regarding the salary case, the reason why some scholars and officials dared to take it was because they had enough interest chains and had a wide range of officials involved. Even if the emperor knew about it, he would never act rashly from the perspective of the overall situation.
Not to mention this dynasty, even the former Tang Dynasty did not make any big fuss against officials. I am afraid that only Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty killed the ministers the most, but that also brought terrible sequelae to the Han Dynasty. After Emperor Wu's death, the power of the Han Dynasty appeared in a vacuum, resulting in the administration almost collapse.
So, when the officials of the Song Dynasty took the money allocated by the capital, they basically sat down while drinking tea and chatting and laughing, or hugged the beauty while drinking, and took the money.
No one has transported the food? Hebei must have food, so don’t worry! What? Worry about the emperor’s fault? Even if you blame it, just find a few slander to take the blame. Don’t worry, there will be no problem.
This emperor is also a fool and stupid. He actually abolished the corvee service. Isn’t this the treasury open to give us money? Don’t you want this money in vain? What? National Defense? Don’t worry, the Jin army can’t defeat it. We are south of the Yangtze River, and there is a natural danger in the Yangtze River. Those in Bianjing will quickly escape!
What? The lives of the people? Nothing to do with me!
The main reason is that the emperor is stupid. Anyway, the world belongs to him and the people are his. We are just herders on his behalf. His country is gone. We can turn around and seek refuge in Dajin. Dajin needs officials, right? We are so familiar with the management of the people. Who should Dajin look for if he doesn’t Dajin look for us?
After reviewing the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Huan went to meet Li Gang, Wang Boyan and others at the agreed time.
Wang Boyan had long heard that the emperor had captured Jiangling prefect Tang Weilin and was in the capital. He thought in his mind that as he expected, the emperor finally took action against the corruption case of Fengyin. However, this matter was decisive and the emperor could only find a few scapegoats to kill them to serve as a warning.
Fortunately, Wang Boyan didn't dare to take it this time, otherwise with the emperor's personality, he would have to take the prime minister first to try his sword.
Those who came to meet the emperor were Li Gang, the Privy Councillor, the Privy Councillor, the Privy Councillor, the Shaozhu Wang Yanbo, the Minister of Revenue and the Third Division of the Zhou Dynasty, the Chief Minister of Political Affairs Tang Ke, the Grand Privy Councillor Xu Churen, the Secretary of the Shangshu He, the Right Pushe of the Shangshu, the Secretary of the Privy Councillor Wu Min, the Censor He Ye, and Liu Yanzong, who had not been granted specific official positions.
"I'm going to see Your Majesty!"
"You are exempted from the gifts. King Kang asked someone from Hangzhou Prefecture to send some Longjing. I would like to invite you to have a cup of tea. It is not necessary for you to discuss matters in the court and the country, so you don't have to be restrained."
"Thank you."
Since the emperor said it was not a matter of discussion, the title was changed to the official family.
In the Song Dynasty, ministers were called emperors and officials only in private. Even when discussing affairs with the emperor, they should call him Your Majesty, and there is no need to say that in the court.
The bigwigs of the two palaces tasted the tea given by the emperor, but they felt bad.
Just talking about Liu Yanzong, he felt that his career was tied to Zhao Huan in the future. He was a minister of the Liao and Jin dynasties. The reason why he lived in the Song State and sat side by side with his grandfathers was because Zhao Huan needed him, so he had to obey Zhao Huan's orders all the time, just like that.
But this emperor was too troublesome. He had a premonition that with Zhao Huan's personality, after arresting Jiangling prefect Tang Weilin, it would never be as simple as asking for a few to take the blame. After all, the emperor wanted to start using the knife in the official system of the Song Dynasty.
Wang Boyan and Zhou Dynasty were both very confident. Anyway, they had not participated in the case of transporting food and money. As for Tang Ke, he had just transferred to the magistrate and political affairs and was still familiar with his position.
"What do you think of me, the Song Dynasty now?"
The emperor suddenly asked this question as if nothing had happened, and the ministers said in their hearts: Look, come, how could it be as simple as drinking tea and enjoying flowers!
"Tell me, speak freely, I will not punish you for your words today!"
Damn! Emperor, are you twitching? According to your personality, shouldn’t you be sternly asking the prime ministers about the case of Tang Weilin, the governor of Jiangling Prefecture, embezzlement of food and money? Why did you suddenly ask such divergent questions?
Wang Boyan said: "The emperor's wise ruler defeated Yan Yun and fulfilled the will of Taizu Taizong, and would be famous for all eternity!"
Li Gang said: "I think that although we drove the Jin thieves out of the borders of the Song Dynasty and took them back to Yanyun, the corruption of the dynasty is now growing. The case of Tang Weilin, the prefect of Jiangling, embezzling food and money, has already reflected that the accumulated corruption of the dynasty bureaucrats is becoming increasingly serious. Therefore, I think that the main problem of accumulated corruption of the officials should be solved."
Wang Boyan, Zhou Chao and others secretly scolded Li Gang for being stupid, isn’t this a demolition of his own?
What do you want to do! Do you want to be the second Wang Anshi?
The emperor had been drinking tea, but he couldn't tell what he was thinking. He had the same attitude towards Li Gang's words and Wang Boyan's words. Everyone couldn't help but sigh that the emperor had gone out for several months, and his cunning had become much deeper.
Zhou Chao said: "Your Majesty, the pension for the fallen soldiers in this Northern Expedition is 3 million yuan, and it has been issued one after another according to His Majesty's instructions. It is only about the matter of raising funds and awarding titles in the wartime households, and His Majesty needs to decide on it himself."
Tang Ke, the deputy governor, added: "When regarding the donation and awarding titles by the upper household, I believe that the corresponding titles can be formulated based on the amount of donations."
Wang Boyan said: "I'm afraid this is not appropriate. The title should not be easily met with others. If this is the case, a group of upstarts will appear in the Song Dynasty. These upstarts just donated some supplies. I am worried that the old nobles will be dissatisfied."
Don’t accept it? What are the old nobles talking to me about their dissatisfaction? The little achievements of their ancestors have been given to them for generations of food and drink in the Song Dynasty. These people were raised like pigs. They were born without doing anything for their entire lives, but they had no worries about food and clothing. Those who really worked hard were poor!
Tell me, what qualifications do they have to accept?
I will see which one who gets killed by a thousand swords dares to dissatisfie!
I don't know if it was an illusion, but a cold light flashed through the emperor's originally calm eyes.
Seeing that these ministers had little to do with what they were going to talk about today, Zhao Huan didn't expect them to continue to spread and have anything valuable.
"I want to say a few points. Let's discuss them together, just treat them as a discussion. Let me listen to what?"
Chapter completed!