Chapter 445 Big joke
Thousands of beautiful women participated in the selection from all over the world, and nearly 2,000 were eventually sent to Bianjing.
These nearly two thousand people were carefully selected from various states and sent to Bianjing.
In the end, eighty-nine people were selected, which can be regarded as one in a million.
Its beauty can be imagined.
Zhao Xing was just thinking about who to call to sleep with him at night, when a chamberlain hurriedly walked in.
"Your Majesty!"
The chamberlain saluted and said: "There are two officials hanging in the public room over there in the political hall."
"What did you say?"
Zhao Xing was stunned when he heard this, and quickly reacted and asked: "Who died?"
"Your Majesty, I don't know, but this news was sent by the Grand Prime Minister. The Grand Prime Minister's country is currently under lockdown to investigate the matter. He said that he would report to Your Majesty personally in a while," the chamberlain said.
"Send the Minister of Punishment over, and ask the Grand Prime Minister to come and see me as soon as possible!" Zhao Xing ordered.
"Yes!"
Upon hearing this, the chamberlain bowed and withdrew.
"Sanshui, send someone to find Yin Hanzhang!" Zhao Xing said coldly.
"Yes!" Sanshui responded and quickly gave the order.
"Bang!"
Zhao Xing looked ugly and angrily grabbed the tea cup from the wood kiln on the table and threw it out.
The maids and eunuchs in the hall quickly knelt down, not daring to breathe.
After Emperor Taizu succeeded to the throne, the Chai Kiln was closed due to its high cost.
Not only that, in order to prevent future emperors from being extravagant and reopening the kilns, Emperor Taizu not only dismissed the craftsmen, but also burned their firing methods.
Although some firewood kiln porcelain remains in the palace, the number is not large, and each piece is an orphan.
Zhao Xing was very fond of Chai Kiln porcelain, but now he has thrown it away, which shows how angry he is.
Zhao Xing was indeed angry. Although he still did not know the identity and reason of the officials who committed suicide, he asked people to impeach him. Among the officials who were ready to kill chickens and scare monkeys, there were two officials who served in the Political Affairs Hall.
The number of people was right and the timing was so coincidental. If it wasn't these two people, he wouldn't believe it.
What a scandal it is for an official to die in a public room of the Political Hall.
The incident spread, and the public pressure on him was very intense.
Zhao Xing doesn't care about this, but this incident will make all officials think that he forced the person to death. This is the troublesome part.
"Your Majesty, calm down!" Sanshui quickly advised.
"Huh..."
Zhao Xing took a deep breath, sat down, and sneered: "You think everything will be fine if you die?"
Although he didn't know that the two committed suicide out of fear of crime, someone still forced them to do so.
But the purpose is the same, which is to put him under the pressure of public opinion and reduce the big issue to trivial matters as soon as possible without going into further details.
Originally, Zhao Xing wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, but now it seems that he was too merciful.
Han Zhang tried to suppress the news, but failed, and the news spread quickly.
Yan Kuan was panicked when he heard the news.
He knew very well how much trouble this incident would cause. If one person was not good enough, Zhao Xing might throw him out to calm the storm.
Yan Kuan was so distraught that he couldn't think of a way to deal with it. At this moment, Zhao Xing sent someone to pass him over.
Yan Kuan was thinking wildly all the way and followed the chamberlain to Longtuge.
"I pay homage to Your Majesty!" "No courtesy!"
Zhao Xing waved his hand and said calmly: "Why are you so sad and worried that I will abandon you to calm the storm?"
"I don't dare!" Yan Kuan was so frightened that he quickly forced out a smile.
It's just that this smile looks uglier than crying.
Yan Kuan was also a minister before, and his official position was not low.
Having been an official for many years, I have seen big storms.
But this time the matter was so big that he couldn't even move.
In fact, letting him take the blame for this matter is indeed the fastest way to calm things down.
Even though it was Zhao Xing's order, the two of them died after he sent someone to do it.
"Okay, I won't let you take the blame yet!" Zhao Xing said.
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Although Yan Kuan was not completely relieved after hearing this, he was certainly relieved.
"Your Majesty, this news has spread, and I'm afraid it will spread throughout Bianjing soon. The top priority is to come up with a result as soon as possible and suppress this matter." Yan Kuan said.
Zhao Xing naturally knew the news of the incident. Just when he was about to speak, a chamberlain came in and reported: "Your Majesty, the Grand Prime Minister wants to see you!"
"Let him in!" Zhao Xing said.
After a while, Han Zhang came in, saluted and said: "Your Majesty, I am guilty and failed to block the news. Please punish me!"
"The Grand Master is not to blame for this, there are people behind it who are fueling the flames. How can we hide it?"
Zhao Xing sneered and said: "I am usually too kind, but these people have such courage!"
Han Zhang heard the strong murderous intention in Zhao Xing's tone and said anxiously: "Your Majesty, the top priority is to put this matter to rest as soon as possible."
"Calm down?" Zhao Xing sneered when he heard this: "How to calm down? Should I issue an imperial edict to admit that it was my fault, or should I make someone a scapegoat? And the Grand Prime Minister really thinks that this can calm down?"
Han Zhang was silent after hearing this. Although he was not sure that this incident was not directed by someone, one thing he was sure of was that those officials would not give up such a good opportunity.
He rushed over as soon as he got the news, but the news still spread, which can explain a lot.
However, it is actually easy to calm down this matter. As long as Zhao Xing gives up the reform of official evaluation and pursues the two dead officials, the matter will be settled soon.
It's just that Zhao Xing's tone was full of murderous intent. If these words were spoken, it would only make Zhao Xing angrier.
"Your Majesty, if this matter gets serious, it will not only affect the supply of military supplies in the north, but also delay the construction of the Great Wall. If you are impatient, you will mess up your big plans." Han Zhang advised.
"Absolutely ridiculous."
Zhao Xing said coldly: "The Prime Minister asked me to take care of the overall situation. Why didn't those people think about the overall situation? I just restructured the official evaluation system, just like digging into their ancestral graves.
As the emperor, these officials will not be willing to do anything that displeases them.
I want to ask the Grand Master, is this world my world or the world of those officials? ”
"The world is naturally your Majesty's," Han Zhang said.
"It's because the world belongs to me, so I have to compromise, otherwise the Song Dynasty will really perish. Officials can still be officials, right?" Zhao Xing sneered.
"Your Majesty's words are serious. As ministers of the Song Dynasty, I will naturally live and die with the Song Dynasty!"
"We expect those people to live and die with the Song Dynasty?"
Zhao Xing laughed as if he heard a big joke and said: "Everyone knows the long-standing shortcomings of the Song Dynasty, but the New Deal failed. In the final analysis, it was because the interests of officials were affected. Officials only thought about their own children and grandchildren. Don’t you think your words are ridiculous to be able to enjoy wealth and honor without caring about the interests of the court?”
The long-standing shortcomings of the Song Dynasty can be seen by anyone with a little intelligence, but both reforms failed.
The fundamental reason is that officials enjoy too much, and the reform shakes their interests.
It is simply a big joke to expect these people to only care about their own interests and ignore the interests of the country and coexist with the Song Dynasty.
(End of chapter)