After all, a self-criticism edict is almost the lowest political stance of an emperor. How can he issue a self-criticism edict just because the other party issues a manifesto to scold him?
If that were the case, wouldn't that be admitting guilt?
Even the statement that he confessed without being accused is not correct, because this official had just resisted the invasion of the Jin army and then returned to the old capital. He also has political reputation. There is no reason for him to issue an edict of blaming himself at this time, right?
So if the emperor issued an edict of guilt, how should these civil and military officials deal with it? If we really want to talk about responsibility, Liu Yu, a legitimate Jinshi and an elite civil official of the Song Dynasty, became a traitor and a puppet emperor. What should these scholars do? In fact, it is hard to say how much of the heated debate today is because they really care about Liu Yu and how much is because they want to prove their political stance.
But soon, Xu Jingheng, Lu Haowen, and Wang Boyan all realized a serious problem. No matter whether the official was joking or angry, if they did not stop him, he would probably let Xiaolin Xueshi write a self-criticism edict! He could even send it directly to various places in the army through his own channels... That would be like Bao Longtu, "I might as well go home and sell lotus roots"!
"quiet!"
In panic, Xu Jingheng suddenly turned around and shouted sternly, "Where is the Imperial Censor in the Palace? Immediately record those who have behaved inappropriately! Where are Yang Yizhong and Liu Yan? Quickly bring in the imperial guards to discipline them!"
The hall was suddenly noisy, and then suddenly quiet.
"Officials."
In the silence, Lü Haowen took the lead and led the other two ministers to bow and salute in a serious manner. "This time, Liu Ni's words are absurd and not worth a laugh; his pseudo-Qi country is not only a vassal state established by the Jin people, but also a mere seven states, and is divided and occupied by people like Li Cheng and Kong Yanzhou. The situation is ridiculous... Why do you need to issue a self-blame edict for this?"
Do you also know that it is not worth a laugh? Do you also know that its shape is ridiculous?
Zhao Jiu felt powerless in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face: "No need to say anything, I have made up my mind!"
"Officials!"
Lu Haowen was almost in despair. "Liu Ni's words are really not worth refuting..."
"I think I still need to refute it." Zhao Jiu answered calmly while sitting on the throne. "Liu Yu's article probably scolded me in two ways... One is 'he was ordered to make peace, but he tried to hide himself; he led troops to defend himself, but he used them to protect himself', and the other is 'he could not bear to look down on his father and brother'... The former is his forced speculation of my thoughts before I ascended the throne, which is not worth mentioning, but the latter is the truth known to everyone in the world, and I have to give everyone in the world an explanation."
Following Lu Haowen, the bureaucratic elites of the Song Dynasty woke up almost immediately, but their reactions were different.
The lower-middle class, or the relatively lower-middle class, and most of the new officials, generally breathed a sigh of relief... Because according to these people's understanding, Emperor Zhao's strategy was to avoid the real issue and first ignore the most serious moral accusations (that is, he was ordered to make peace in order to hide himself; he led troops to defend the country and it was actually a means to protect himself), and focused the issue on filial piety, complaining to the people of the world, so as to win the support of public opinion... After all, everyone knows that the two emperors' hunting in the north is an objective reality, and Emperor Zhao's "bearing to watch his father and brother" is also a very helpless objective difficulty.
But some people, especially those who had been in contact with Zhao Jiu for a long time, from several prime ministers to Hu Yin and others, almost immediately woke up and were all pale. Because they understood the official's true attitude towards his "father and brother" better than anyone else.
Apart from anything else, the remarks made by this official on the royal heir incident at the Genyue ruins a few days ago were certainly an attempt to win people's hearts, but the disgust and resentment towards the two saints in his words could not be false.
In other words, once this official issues a self-criticism edict to explain the problem of "tolerating his father and brother", based on his personality and the resentment he feels after the death of his wife and son, he will most likely use the name of the self-criticism edict to thoroughly settle accounts with the faults of the Jingkang Incident, and then formally and publicly push the responsibility for the Jingkang Incident onto the "two saints"!
Of course, the word "push" seems a bit inappropriate.
After hesitating for a moment, Hu Yin almost gritted his teeth as he stepped out to bow, then trembled and said, "Your Majesty... your servant... your servant..."
"How is Mr. Hu?" Zhao Jiu calmly looked at this young master of Confucianism, who was the person he had followed for the second longest time after Lu Haowen and Zhang Jun.
"Your Majesty, please revoke your order." Hu Yin was almost in tears.
"I have made up my mind." Zhao Jiu sighed. "Hu Qing, you have been with me for nearly two years, you should understand that there are some things that cannot be avoided."
Hu Yin was completely helpless, but burst into tears.
Most people around him still thought that Hu Zhongcheng was loyal and did not want the government to damage its reputation... However, people like several prime ministers and Scholar Kobayashi knew very well that Hu Mingzhong, a young master with profound attainments in Confucianism and Taoism, was forced into a corner by the government.
When Liu Yu proclaimed himself emperor, his reaction was the most intense, because this was a subject's rebellion against the emperor, which was a serious insult to his beliefs; now the government wanted to publicly determine the blame, even if it was through the "edict of remorse", but in fact it would inevitably touch upon the "two saints", which was like judging the father by the son and the elder brother by the younger brother... This was also difficult for Hu Yin to accept.
After all, the two words "Gangchang" and "Changde" were the theoretical basis for Hu Yin and his group to persist in their fierce resistance against the Jin army.
Because of the moral principles, the "father, brother and two saints" had great hatred after being captured, so they had to fight against the Jin with the most intense attitude.
But now, Zhao Guanjia used this method of self-blame to bypass the moral principles on the surface, and by classifying himself as a "criminal", he gave most Confucian officials a reasonable explanation, so it is hard to say that he is purely "judging the father by the son and the brother by the younger brother"... Besides, those two are monarchs, but the one in front of him is not a monarch? It's like this, what else do you want? Therefore, there are many people who understand the scene, but none of them are so intense.
Only Hu Yin was too straightforward and couldn't get around this problem for the time being.
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