More than one hundred officials from the Salt and Iron Bureau were dismissed?
The news spread quickly.
There was an earthquake in the entire officialdom.
You have to know that these are not more than a hundred soldiers, but more than a hundred officers.
Many of them were Jinshi graduates and scholars of noble status.
With so many people being dismissed at once, their network of relationships will inevitably form a huge force.
Therefore, this would undoubtedly cause a huge stir in the morning court session the next day.
But Zhao Jun didn't care about all this. He ordered the Imperial City Office to conduct a thorough investigation of Liu Yuanyu and then left.
He planned to go back and write an article. Coincidentally, there was a lot of blank space on the first page of the newspaper. In addition to reporting on the Bianliang underworld, he must also report on the officialdom.
But after Zhao Jun mentioned to Zhao Zhen that the government must have its own mouthpiece media, printing houses became allowed to exist under the imperial system.
At present, the news media within the Song Dynasty has not yet formed a system. Only printing houses can produce newspapers. If other newspapers appear in the future, a news bureau will be established to control them.
Newspapers were made using movable type printing technology, and the Song Dynasty had all the conditions necessary to produce mature newspapers.
It’s just because public opinion needs to be controlled under the imperial system, so these things are not allowed to appear among the people.
This is also one of the benefits of having too many officials.
There are too few official vacancies. There are more than 40,000 officials, and tens of thousands of people are waiting in line for assignments. Suddenly, there are more than a hundred more positions. Wouldn't those idle officials be overjoyed?
At this moment, more than a hundred officials from the Salt and Iron Bureau were driven out of the palace. Then the Constitutional Council worked overtime and immediately selected elite troops from the redundant officials to fill the Salt and Iron Bureau.
At the same time, Yan Shu temporarily took control of the three offices, and the unstable factors below were quickly eliminated. By the next day, all the new officials were in place.
The next morning, during the morning court session in Chuigong Hall, many censors indeed opened fire on the Constitutional Council for dismissing so many officials.
Zhao Zhen sat high on the stage.
The result is that many officials are happy to take up their posts.
Many of them were even idle officials in Bianliang. They had nothing to do every day, but suddenly received an order and reported directly to the Salt and Iron Bureau in the afternoon.
Zhang Zongyi, the Censor-in-Chief, was the first to step forward. He bowed to Zhao Zhen and said, "Your Majesty, I have a memorial to submit!"
"explain."
The three groups of ministers below each stood in their own positions.
Following Wang Shouzhong's words, "If you have something to do, go out early and report. If you don't, draw the curtain and leave the court."
His words were almost equivalent to the start of a war.
Han Qi, the censor, also said, "The late emperor always prohibited punishment for officials. Officials should follow his example and never treat officials this way. Even if they are wrong, they should be reprimanded by imperial decree. How can they be dismissed and humiliated like this?"
Zhao Zhen responded calmly.
Zhang Zongyi said, "Yesterday, the Constitutional Council dismissed over a hundred officials from the Salt and Iron Administration. This is absolutely unheard of. Once this loophole is opened, won't everyone in the officialdom be in danger? Could the emperor make a decision?"
"Yes, the Constitutional Council is extremely powerful, and I'm afraid it might act disloyal. I also second the motion to remove the Constitutional Council."
In an instant, several censors and censors stood up to impeach him.
"Moreover, this dismissal involves over a hundred officials, an unprecedented number. These people have done nothing wrong; they were simply following orders from above. Shouldn't they also be dismissed?"
"I believe the Constitutional Council is arrogant and overbearing, dismissing officials immediately at the slightest sign of disobedience. This is truly contrary to the will of the Emperor. I request that the Constitutional Council be dismissed."
"False accusations by the Censorate have become a common practice. Your Majesty, I suggest abolishing the special exception that allows the Censorate to accuse anyone of wrongdoing. They can accuse anyone they want. Over the years, haven't there been enough people who have been arbitrarily falsely accused by the Censorate based on hearsay? If this continues, it will only make everyone in the officialdom feel insecure."
"I second the motion to abolish the privilege of the Censorate to speak against the innocent!"
But before Zhao Jun could utter a word, other officials jumped to the defense of the Constitutional Council, saying, "What? When did officials become shameless, ungrateful, and shameless, and we have to defend them? Where is your sense of shame?"
"I think it's you who are committing acts of disloyalty. The Constitutional Council is responsible for governing, not the Privy Council. Moreover, even the Privy Council cannot mobilize troops. Without troops, how can you harbor disloyalty?"
Many people say that there were serious factional struggles in the Ming Dynasty and that there was a complex network of relationships between officials.
In fact, factional struggles have been serious since the Song Dynasty, with the Qingli New Deal and Wang Anshi's reforms. The life-and-death struggle between the new party and the old party has long been the norm in officialdom.
Many officials from the other faction stood up. Among them, in addition to the people from the Three Prime Ministers and Three Ministers faction, there were actually many neutral officials. Zhao Jun didn't know why they stood up to speak for the Constitutional Council.
Only Lü Yijian and his ilk were obsessed with their own ideas. Most of these officials had unusual connections with the newly appointed officials of the Salt and Iron Administration.
The result was that the two factions started fighting each other, and the Censorate got involved in order to protect its own rights and interests, causing chaos in the entire court.
Everyone quoted from classics and gave long speeches.
In the officialdom at that time, there were relationships among classmates, fellow townsmen, fellow students, in-laws, etc., who colluded with each other and formed countless interest groups of all sizes.
Today, more than a hundred people from the Salt and Iron Bureau under Liu Yuanyu were dismissed. They mobilized their connections to stir up trouble. But the newly appointed officials are not pushovers either. Just because you have fellow townspeople, classmates, and friends from the same school, don't we have any?
really.
As long as there is benefit, there will always be great scholars to debate for me.
You interrupt, I rap.
The court was turned into a vegetable market, but Zhao Jun, Lu Yijian and other people from the Political System Council watched coldly and silently as if they were watching a play.
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