Chapter 316 Han Zhang dissuades
“Your Majesty’s move is inappropriate!”
Hu Zhongyan said: “One is for private purposes, two are for public affairs! The review of Shilang Peng should be conducted by the three departments. Yes! "
The three divisions refer to the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple, and Yushitai.
The Ministry of Punishment is in charge of the world's laws and prisons, while Dali Temple is responsible for reviewing the world's criminal names, maintaining judicial justice, and preventing unjust, false, and erroneous cases.
The functions of the Yushitai are supervision, impeachment and suggestions.
Generally, in order to ensure fairness and impartiality for major and important cases, a three-judge trial will be held.
Peng Qingzhong is the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and has a high position. His trial naturally requires a joint trial of three divisions.
The reason why Hu Zhongyan proposed this was because he was still a little unsure about Yan Kuan.
Previously, Yan was impeached to prevent Zhao Xing from implementing the Youth Law.
However, after Zhao Xing ascended the throne, the Minister of Punishment retired and returned to his hometown. In the end, Zhao Xing made the decision and Yan Kuan served as the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.
If Yan Kuan has defected to Zhao Xing and he is the judge, Peng Qingzhong will be in big trouble.
He also took advantage of Peng Qingzhong. If Peng Qingzhong turned him in, he would be in trouble.
"What Hu Aiqing said makes sense, then let the three divisions of the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple and Yushitai, jointly review it. For the sake of fairness and justice, let the three chief officials jointly review it!"
Zhao Xing He said calmly: "In addition, I met with the envoys of the Liao Kingdom yesterday to check it out together!"
"Your Majesty!" Han Zhang said: "This is inappropriate! The envoys of the Liao State visited all important officials of the court. If they just met the envoys of the Liao State, they would check them all, which would make people panic. , I am afraid that I will fall into the Liao Kingdom’s plan!”
Han Zhang didn’t have any selfish motives. He just felt that the envoy of the Liao Kingdom did this and wanted to find out whether the Song Dynasty had any intention of sending troops. The water in the Song Dynasty was muddied.
Once the Song Dynasty was in internal chaos, it was naturally impossible to send troops.
The Liao Kingdom did not need to agree to the conditions of the Song Dynasty and cancel the annual currency.
Han Zhang did not know Zhao Xing's plan, nor did he think that the Song Dynasty could destroy the Liao Kingdom.
In his opinion, this is a good opportunity. If he misses it, it will be difficult for Liao to cancel the Sui coins in the future.
"No need to say more, Grand Prime Minister, I will never tolerate anyone in the DPRK colluding with the Liao Kingdom. This matter is settled." Zhao Xing waved his hand.
Seeing how determined Zhao Xing was, Han Zhang hesitated for a moment and did not insist.
If he continues to oppose, it will only make the Song Dynasty more chaotic.
After being disturbed by this incident, the other officials no longer wanted to report, and the morning court ended in such a hurry.
Zhao Xing left amid the respectful farewells of the officials, who then left the hall with a heavy heart.
Many people are thinking about a question.
Zhao Xing had long wanted to attack Peng Qingzhong, but this time he just followed the trend.
Or, I just want to use this incident to scare the monkeys.
They all seem to be the same, but in fact there are essential differences.
If the former is okay, it is normal for Zhao Xing to grasp the evidence in advance.
But if it is the latter, it means that Zhao Xing has been secretly investigating officials from the DPRK and China.
Will some of their privacy and some of the things they do also be controlled by Zhao Xing?
When thinking about this possibility, even officials who claim to be honest feel a little uneasy.
After all, even if they are not corrupt and bending the law, it does not mean that there is really no problem at all.
But Zhao Xing was destined not to tell them the answer to this matter.
Yan Kuan felt a pain in his heart when he saw that several officials who had good personal relationships with him in the past and would always be with him after going to court, but today they stayed away from him after going to court.
From the moment Zhao Xing asked him to be the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, he knew that this Minister was not that easy to be a minister.
I just didn’t expect things to happen so quickly. Although Zhao Xing did not inform him in advance or tell him what to do, Yan Kuan was not stupid. Zhao Xing set up a stage and it was obviously not just for show.
In any case, Peng Qingzhong is definitely doomed.
I don’t know how many people who met the Liao envoys will be killed.
But Yan Kuan soon found out.
After he went to court, not long after he arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of Justice, his entourage reported that there was a servant in the palace.
Yan Kuan went to greet him personally and recognized the person as one of the eunuchs of the Si Palace.
Inviting the person to the public room, Yan Kuan smiled and said: "I wonder what purpose your Majesty sent Eunuch Li here to convey?"
Eunuch Li took out a stack of papers from his sleeve, handed it to Yan Kuan and said : "Your Majesty said, give these to Mr. Yan, Mr. Yan will understand after reading them."
Yan Kuan took it and looked at it. Sure enough, the people written on the paper were all people who met the envoys of the Liao Kingdom. evidence of the guilt of some of them.
Some of these criminal evidences are even crimes committed by those people when they first became officials and served in local governments.
Although it is not evidence, since Zhao Xing asked someone to send it, it cannot be false. He only needs to find someone to follow the above search to find the evidence.
Yan Kuan smiled bitterly in his heart, but did not dare to show it on his face, and said: "Please Eunuch Li, please report to Your Majesty, and say that I understand and will definitely handle it."
He didn't dare not do it, Zhao Xing had these There is probably evidence of someone's guilt as well as his.
"Then our family will go back and recover." Eunuch Li said with a smile.
Sending Eunuch Li away, Yan Kuan stayed alone in the public house for a long time.
After daybreak, officials from the Ministry of Justice were summoned and began to assign errands.
The first step is to 'invite' those officials back.
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Longtuge
Zhao Xing looked at Han Zhang who was chattering endlessly, stating the pros and cons to him.
After Han Zhang finished speaking, he said: "I understand what the Grand Prime Minister said, but these people have the salary of the Song Dynasty, but they have no connection with the Liao Kingdom. How can we let them go so easily? ”
"I also know that these people are really hateful, but His Majesty has just ascended the throne, and the court must still focus on stability. If these people are verified, they will be dispatched, and they must not kill rashly." Han Zhang advised.
Han Zhang knew that he could not persuade Zhao Xing, and his purpose this time was just to persuade Zhao Xing not to kill anyone.
"Don't act rashly to kill?" Zhao Xing said displeased: "Is the Grand Prime Minister persuading me or ordering me?"
"Of course I am persuading Your Majesty! In my haste, my words If there is anything inappropriate, please punish me!" Han Zhang bowed quickly.
"Why can't you kill? Don't tell me that you can't punish a doctor, and don't tell me that there are no examples of killing scholar-officials since our ancestors. Whether our ancestors killed them or not, the Grand Prime Minister knows better than me." Zhao Xing He said calmly.
This time he really planned to kill a few people. He asked Yin Hanzhang to choose. What to choose?
It is not about selecting those who have enough evidence to convict them of death.
Next, when there is civil strife in Hehuang, the Song Dynasty will definitely send troops.
But given the current situation, most of the courtiers are opposed.
If you don’t kill a few first to shock them, you will still have to argue with them later.
Zhao Xing wanted to kill civil servants, but also high-ranking officials in the court to establish the majesty of the emperor.
"I don't want to stop your majesty, but now that the Great Wall is being built in the north, there will be no internal chaos in the Song Dynasty." Han Zhang said.
"Then I must kill him? Does the Grand Prime Minister want to retire and return to his hometown?" Zhao Xing said lightly.
"Of course I will not do this to threaten His Majesty. As a minister, I will try my best to persuade Your Majesty. If Your Majesty does not listen, I will try my best to correct your Majesty's omissions and stabilize the situation." Han Zhang said.
(End of this chapter)