Chapter 451 Father and Son Conversation
As long as a qualified person is sent to investigate the matter and find evidence of the two people's crimes, the matter will naturally be settled.
But Zhao Xing had no such idea at all.
He was tired of this situation where people made trouble every time he did something.
Every time I want to do something, someone always makes a fuss, and it takes a lot of time just to calm down the disturbance.
If this continues, when will the long-standing shortcomings of the Song Dynasty be resolved.
Zhao Xing has also reflected on this in the past two days. He has too many worries.
This time he has made up his mind to be ruthless. If these people still don't know how to restrain themselves, then he will continue to kill them.
Isn’t it true that the Song Dynasty has redundant officials? It’s okay to kill some.
"Your Majesty!"
At this moment, Sanshui saluted and said: "Yin Zhengsi is here."
"Let him in!" Zhao Xing said.
"Yes!"
Sanshui responded to the order and went down. After a while, Yin Hanzhang walked in.
"I pay homage to your Majesty!" Yin Hanzhang saluted.
"No courtesy!" Zhao Xing waved his hand and said: "How is the investigation of the matter I asked you to investigate?"
"Your Majesty, the two officials who committed suicide in Zhengshitang were indeed guilty of illegal acts, and the evidence is conclusive. And the officials who petitioned outside Longtu Pavilion today had interests with them," Yin Hanzhang said.
"Is the evidence conclusive?" Zhao Xing asked.
"Confirmed!" Yin Hanzhang said.
Zhao Xing looked at the kneeling officials in the hall and said, "Have you heard this, dear friends? Those officials are petitioning, but in fact they are afraid that I will continue to investigate."
"Your Majesty, this is impossible."
Yang Shengkui said anxiously: "Many of those officials have clear names and are known to the world."
"Did you hear that? Some people question the authenticity of what you said." Zhao Xing looked at Yin Hanzhang and said.
"There are all certification materials. If there is any falsehood, I am willing to be punished!" Yin Hanzhang said firmly.
"Since Yang Aiqing doesn't believe it, let Yang Aiqing and Yu Xianggong jointly examine the matter with the three departments. Once the evidence is conclusive, these people will not only be corrupt and pervert the law, but also suspected of forcing the palace to assassinate, they will all confiscate their homes and kill the nine clans!"
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Zhao Xing's cold voice echoed in the hall, shocking everyone.
None of the people present were fools. Some of Yin Hanzhang's so-called evidence was probably just to incriminate someone.
Zhao Xing is obviously ready to use the topic this time.
"Your Majesty, no!"
Xianggong Shen said anxiously: "Even if some of the officials who petitioned have evil intentions, it may not be that none of them have been deceived. If so many officials were to kill all the nine tribes, the implication would be too wide. Doing so would not only harm the peace of heaven, but also harm your Majesty's reputation. Ah.”
"Even if they were deceived, it was because they were blind. In order to cover up the truth, those two officials would rather commit suicide. The petitioners may not have the idea of assassinating me. If I didn't directly order them to be taken down, but I met them, maybe I am already dead now. I don’t care about heaven and reputation!”
Zhao Xing said calmly: "This matter has been settled. If anyone tries to persuade me again, they will be treated as an accomplice and arrested first for investigation!"
As soon as these words came out, even Yang Shengkui didn't dare to speak again.
It's not that he was afraid, that's not right. He was indeed afraid at this time.
But Yang Shengkui knew that he had no way out.
Although it has not been reviewed yet, there is no evidence of what Yin Hanzhang said.
But Zhao Xing dared to say this, and he was obviously very confident.
Once the arrested officials are informed, someone will definitely turn him in in order to protect themselves.
But Zhao Xing had already said that at this time. If he said anything more and Zhao Xing had someone take him down, he would completely lose the chance to make a comeback.
The rest of them didn't even dare to say anything. Some of them didn't care about life or death for the sake of fame.
But if they continue to dissuade him now, not only will his life be lost, but his reputation will also be lost.
Seeing that no one was speaking, Zhao Xing sneered and left the hall. At this time, he had completely seen through these officials. All these people thought about was fame and fortune.
Although some of them don't care about fame and fortune, they have families and it's impossible for them to be completely free of worries.
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"Father!" Zhao Xing saluted.
"You made too much trouble this time." The Supreme Emperor looked at Zhao Xing and sighed: "Have you ever thought about how it will end?"
Although he doesn't care about government affairs, Zhao Xing wants to kill so many officials at once this time, and he can't sit still.
"Father, I have never thought about the ending."
Zhao Xing said: "If you kill too many people, you will naturally be scared to death."
The Supreme Emperor frowned and said: "I know that I was too kind at the beginning, but it is inappropriate for you to be so easy to kill. Do you know why it is said that it is easy to conquer the world but difficult to defend it?"
"It is easy to conquer the world because when conquering the world, the goal is the same and it is a matter of life and death. It is difficult to defend the world because the world is unified and all aspects need to be considered. To put it simply, it is the difference between barefoot and wearing shoes." Zhao Xing said.
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The more people have, the more they worry because they are afraid of losing it.
Of course, it is easy to conquer the world but difficult to defend it. It is not so superficial.
But in Zhao Xing's view, what his father was worried about was that the Zhao family would lose the world.
"Since you know it, have you ever considered the consequences?" the Supreme Emperor said.
"Father!"
Zhao Xing said seriously: "Many times we cannot look at the gains and losses in front of us. In the eyes of Erchen, the most fundamental reason for the change of dynasties since ancient times is that wealth and land are concentrated in the hands of a few people. The emergence of faint kings leads to political corruption, which will aggravate this situation. situation.
The change of dynasties is a process of redistribution, because more people die and there are benefits to be distributed.
The Song Dynasty looks prosperous now, but the court has long been unable to make ends meet.
Then the burden on the people was extremely heavy and they were already overwhelmed.
My father also knew this. During his reign, he reduced taxes, reduced corvee labor, and cultivated the people.
But in the end, this can only be postponed and cannot solve the fundamental problem.
The imperial government's financial gap is getting bigger and bigger. If the problem cannot be solved fundamentally, the emperor will still have to increase taxes later. When the people really couldn't bear it, the demise of the Song Dynasty was inevitable. ”
Historically, the Northern Song Dynasty collapsed because the Jin soldiers went south, but in Zhao Xing's view, even if the Jin soldiers did not go south, the Song Dynasty would not be able to last long given the situation at the time.
Since the Renzong period of the Song Dynasty, the finances have been in deficit.
Although Wang Anshi's reform was a mess, he had to admit that it did add a lot of money to the court and forcibly renewed his blood.
But even so, it couldn't withstand the torment of the emperor later.
You might say that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was a foolish emperor. There were many worse emperors than them in history.
If we really want to compare, except for Huizong, the other emperors in the Northern Song Dynasty were pretty good compared to many emperors in other dynasties.
It can only be said that almost all the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were mediocre and not considered faint kings.
If it weren't for the fact that the Northern Song Dynasty valued literature over military affairs and had strong enemies outside, these emperors could be regarded as rulers of the people.
Take the Eastern Han Dynasty as an example. During the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty beat the nomads too hard. The threat of the grassland nomads to the Central Plains was limited.
Although by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the northern border was often plundered by nomads and some territory was lost, the threat from nomads was always limited.
The emperor only needs to manage the internal affairs well.
If the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty were placed in the same situation as the Eastern Han Dynasty, there would be no problem at all in maintaining their families, not to mention creating a prosperous age.
However, the Song Dynasty was surrounded by powerful enemies, and the monarch lacked courage and military talent.
Coupled with the national policy of emphasizing civility over military affairs, this situation has resulted.
The Supreme Emperor was silent when he heard this. He naturally knew about the situation in the Song Dynasty. It was precisely because of his knowledge that he thought about reforming the law in the first place.
(End of chapter)