"Today, the powerful show leniency to their children, and tomorrow, the powerful will show leniency again. If this continues day by day, the court's legal system will become increasingly lax, and before long, officials across the country will revert to their old ways."

Fan Zhongyan tried to persuade him: "Your Majesty, this door must not be opened."

"I"

Zhao Zhen looked at Lu Yijian with an embarrassed expression.

Lu Yijian immediately said, "I think we should vote. Those who support abolishing the new policy, please raise your hands."

In an instant, Sheng Du, Jia Changchao, Song Shou, Zhang Shixun and others raised their hands.

Wang Zeng hesitated for a moment, then raised his hand. Then Cai Qi and Yan Shu also slowly raised their hands.

In this way, in the entire Political System Council, except for Zhao Jun, eight people agreed, including Lü Yijian, Wang Zeng, Sheng Du, Jia Changchao, Song Shou, Zhang Shixun, Cai Qi, and Yan Shu.

The remaining Fan Zhongyan, Li Di and Jiang Tang did not raise their hands.

In fact, Li Di also wanted to raise his hand. After he came to power, many of his students and former officials came to curry favor with him, and they also suffered this time. However, he judged the situation and knew that the decision-making power was in Zhao Jun's hands, so he resolutely decided to wait for Zhao Jun's opinion.

As for Fan Zhongyan, he was definitely opposed to it. Jiang Tang was a fair person and did not want to get involved in this matter. In the end, two-thirds of the twelve members of the Constitutional Council demanded the abolition of the new policy.

Seeing this, Fan Zhongyan was furious and said, "Your Majesty, please wait for Hanlong to return before making a decision!"

Lü Yijian knew that things would be difficult if Zhao Jun returned, so he immediately said, "Your Majesty, we must not offend the public, nor should we go too far in correcting wrongs. There are so many officials in the world. If we punish them all, the country will inevitably be in turmoil."

"Don't make a fuss about this."

Fan Zhongyan retorted, "Under the Ming Dynasty's performance evaluation system, within ten years, three or four out of ten incompetent officials were dismissed, and hundreds of thousands of clerks were laid off. This temporarily brought about political clarity. Could it be that our Song Dynasty is worse than the Ming Dynasty?"

"I"

Zhao Zhen felt a little regretful for stepping into the Political System Council meeting room. In the end, he could only helplessly say, "Let's put this matter aside for now and make a decision at court tomorrow."

This means they are trying to smooth things over first.

If he supported Fan Zhongyan, he would be in a difficult position because of the pitiful appearance of Lu Yijian and Sheng Du, the fact that there was so much opposition in the court, and two-thirds of the members of the Constitutional Council suggested abolishing it.

But if he supported Lu Yijian, Zhao Zhen couldn't imagine how he would be beaten when Zhao Jun came back. He was afraid that he would be hit by two punches.

Therefore, Zhao Zhen did not dare to support the abolition or the continuation of the new policy, and could only drag it out.

Pretend to be dead first.

Let everything develop on its own after the event.

(End of this chapter)