"snort!"
Lü Yijian snorted coldly, "You are truly ignorant and fearless. The Constitutional Council simply asked Liu Yuanyu to submit the annual statistics, which was his responsibility, but he refused to do so. Not only can we not teach him a lesson, but we even just say a few words to him? If everyone behaves like this, then where is the authority of the Constitutional Council? Where is the power of the government?"
In the end, Wang Shouzhong struck the gong, signaling silence in the court, and only then was the noise barely suppressed.
Han Qi said, "No matter what, dismissing so many officials is too harsh. Their crimes should not be so serious. Please think twice!"
"Nonsense, it makes no sense."
Yan Shu stood up and said coldly, "A gentleman cherishes virtue, a villain cherishes land; a gentleman cherishes punishment, a villain cherishes favors. A country establishes a legal system and naturally has relevant regulations. Since Liu Yuanyu doesn't abide by them, what qualifications does he have to serve as an official?"
Han Qi argued, "The emperor's power doesn't come from dismissing officials, but from commanding the entire world through his sagely virtues. If the emperor led his officials as gentlemen, how could they harbor resentment?"
What this sentence means is that the people in the Constitutional Court are not gentlemen. With just one sentence, they even scolded Fan Zhongyan, which made him very unhappy.
Zhang Zongyi said, "If Liu Yuanyu is incompetent, the Censorate will impeach him. The Constitutional Court is powerful now, and it shouldn't easily decide the careers of so many officials!"
"The Constitutional Court exists because it represents the government, commanding all officials and regulating them to maintain order in the country."
Fan Zhongyan also refuted: "This is exactly the reason, as the saying goes, 'A gentleman is not respected if he is not serious, and his learning is not solid.' An official who is well-read but cannot even do the basics should be dismissed!"
"What does the Salt and Iron Bureau have to do with it?"
Because he used to be a member of the scholar-official camp, he naturally had to protect the interests of his own camp when he was in the same camp. Therefore, the former Wang Zeng would definitely stand on Han Qi's side and think of reasons and excuses to defend Liu Yuanyu.
But now he found that his camp seemed to have changed. When he actually sat in the position of Vice-Director of the Constitutional Yuan, he realized how wonderful it was to hold great power.
Wang Zeng sneered, "In the final analysis, you, the Censorate, are speaking out for a group of inaction officials simply to maintain your power to impeach them. But the government can't even punish those who disobey orders. Is this the government's world, or yours?"
These words were quite murderous and hurtful. Wang Zeng would definitely not have said this in the past.
Then why should we move our butts to the side of the literati?
Zhang Zongyi said, "Counting is not a big deal. Although Liu Yuanyu's character is average, he hasn't made any major mistakes. Why should we be so obsessed with it? His reasons are also very sufficient. The Salt and Iron Bureau is understaffed, which is understandable."
As the saying goes, the butt determines the head. In the past, they wanted to assimilate Zhao Jun. But unknowingly, they became Zhao Jun's allies of interests, and thus unconsciously began to maintain the authority of the Constitutional Court.
Because the power of the Constitutional Yuan is truly fascinating, and as long as you are in the Constitutional Yuan, you almost have a golden ticket to immunity from death.
"Besides, how come counting is not a big deal?"
Wang Zeng also retorted, "This is the standard for measuring whether the Great Song Dynasty is making progress. The Constitutional Council was established to strengthen the country. If we can't see where the country's problems lie, how can we talk about prosperity?"
"I'm sorry, I don't understand."
Zhao Jun stepped forward and said coldly, "Believe it or not, I summoned over a hundred officials yesterday afternoon. They just started their shift today. Tomorrow they will be able to complete the tasks assigned to the Salt and Iron Administration and fulfill the requirements of the Civil Service Bureau. This task is what they are supposed to do. If they can't even complete their responsibilities, what does Your Majesty need these good-for-nothings for?"
"yes"
The many imperial censors looked at each other and had to retreat.
"alright."
Zhao Zhen looked at the commotion below and finally spoke, "This was decided by me. I established the Council of Political Affairs to control all officials. The decrees they issue are my orders. The officials of the Salt and Iron Bureau don't even obey my orders. If I don't dismiss them, why should I keep them there?"
So as long as Zhao Zhen spoke, they naturally had nothing to say.
Then it was finally considered a normal morning court session.
Because Zhao Zhen has already defined the matter.
To a certain extent, Liu Yuanyu and others were disobeying the imperial order, which was a taboo in the Song Dynasty.
Meng Chengqi still stayed in the printing house.
Ever since he knew Zhao Jun's identity, he knew that he had met a big shot, and the biggest one in the entire Song Dynasty except for the emperor.
After the morning court session, Zhao Jun did not go to the Constitutional Court to work, but went straight to the printing house.
The article written yesterday has been delivered, and the workers are working overtime to re-layout it. Today is the day to print the newspaper.
The main reason is that Zhao Jun is generous. In addition to maintaining the original salary, if you work overtime, you can also get overtime pay and bonuses.
People are not disgusted by 996, but they are disgusted by the fact that they are only paid four or five thousand yuan a month and are required to work 996 without overtime pay.
So even though the printing house's affairs had nothing to do with him anymore, he still took advantage of his old boss's prestige and the title of working for Zhao Jun to get a position as a supervisor in the printing house and supervise the printing of newspapers for Zhao Jun.
The workers didn't object either.
The rest include poetry, gossip, rumors, advertising space and submission columns.
In the printing house, Zhao Jun looked at the first edition of the newspaper. It had a lot of new content compared to yesterday. It was well filled in. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "Very good."
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