But they forget that not all officials in the Song Dynasty were corrupt, and that officials at that time all wanted to save face and claim to be clean.
The people from Guifanlou and Wuyoudong could only collude with lower-level officials in Kaifeng Prefecture and some local officials, but they could not collude with the court.
So since the court had done this, the officials naturally would not object, but they just felt that it should be discussed at the court meeting.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jun said, "There's no need to discuss this matter at court. The morning court should discuss major events throughout the country. These local governance issues can be left to Kaifeng Prefecture, the Dali Temple, and the Ministry of Justice."
Qian Zhengwei, the Dali Temple official, opened his eyes wide at first, then stepped out in disbelief and asked, "Chief Justice, are you saying that these matters will be handed over to the Dali Temple for interrogation?"
"Um."
Zhao Jun nodded and said, "When it comes to matters of state, everyone should do their part. The Imperial City Division isn't trying to deprive the Dali Temple of its authority. It's just that many officials in the Dali Temple are colluding with them, so I'm letting the Imperial City Division exercise their authority for now. Now that Bianliang is temporarily at peace, they'll naturally return to their original duties."
Qian Zhengwei immediately took matters into his own hands and asked, "Shouldn't the Imperial City Bureau also take back its power to arrest and investigate?"
"What are you thinking about?"
Zhao Jun glanced at him and said, "The Imperial City Division is a knife hanging over your heads. How can you take it back?"
Qian Zhengwei was dissatisfied and said, "Since so many officials have been investigated and so many gangsters have been arrested, they have done their job. The remaining matters should be handed over to the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Justice and Kaifeng Prefecture for disposal."
"You Dali Temple thinks you're clean, but you still arrested more than ten people. You high-ranking officials don't have to collude with them, otherwise you'll be in jail too.
Zhao Jun rolled his eyes and said, "And do you think you have nothing to do with this matter and that standing on the shore is an honor? The fact that there are places like Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower in Bianliang is due to your dereliction of duty. It's only because the government is kind that they gave you this opportunity, otherwise I would have dismissed you all."
Qian Zhengwei: “.”
He had no choice but to return to his seat quietly.
This person has been too aggressive recently and has a very bad temper. He has attacked more than a hundred people from the Salt and Iron Departments, but he just said something to them. Although it caused a lot of waves, it was still suppressed. This is enough to show the strength of the Constitutional Council today.
Since even the government doesn't worry about it, why should they worry about the problem that all power has been concentrated in the Constitutional Yuan?
"Official!"
At this moment, Xia Song stood up and bowed to Zhao Zhen.
Everyone looked over.
Zhao Jun raised his eyebrows, thinking that Xia Song was going to cause trouble.
Last time, Liu Yuanyu confessed everything. Although Liu Yuanyu had no evidence, Zhao Jun knew that this guy had been a despicable person in history, and it was not surprising that he did such a thing.
So just look at him.
Unexpectedly, Xia Song said, "I think the Political System Council should not be composed of only a few prime ministers. Since all government affairs in the world come from the Political System Council, the Privy Council and the Three Departments should also have people in the Political System Council."
"no."
Zhao Zhen refused without hesitation.
"Why?"
Xia Song was puzzled and said, "The Constitutional Council should also be composed of people who have served in various political departments. If people without such experience are allowed to join, won't there be political chaos? I think expanding the number of candidates for the Constitutional Council is not a bad thing."
"Indeed, I also believe that the number of seats in the Constitutional Council should be increased. While the Prime Ministers make major decisions about national affairs, matters concerning the Three Departments and the Privy Council are ultimately decided by the Three Departments and the Privy Council, and the Prime Minister may not always be fully informed."
Seeing that Xia Song had actually brought up something he had been wanting to mention, Cheng Lin, the Third Secretary, decisively said, "If someone from the Third Secretary were to join, they would naturally be able to contribute ideas and efforts to the Constitutional Council."
Privy Councilor Zhang Qi watched coldly. He was an old minister in the reign of Emperor Zhenzong and a military general. He had also been close to Liu E in his early years and had never been favored by the civil service group. This Privy Councilor was basically in name only in the Privy Council.
The real power holders of the Privy Council were Zheng Jian, the co-director of the Privy Council, Li Zi, the co-director of the Privy Council, and Chen Yaozuo, the signing Privy Council. He and Wang Deyong, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, were marginal figures and naturally would not speak out easily.
But unexpectedly, Zhao Zhen refused without hesitation: "The Constitutional Council will decide on the number of personnel, and there will be no personnel changes until the ministers have withdrawn."
Everyone was shocked.
Xia Song and Cheng Lin thought for a moment and then quietly retreated.
Obviously they also understood what Zhao Zhen meant.
In other words, the people in the Constitutional Council are constant, and they will continue to work unless someone like Lu Yijian retires.
We have gathered enough information today, enough for them to go back and digest it.
As for whether they were just waiting patiently for Lu Yijian and the others to step down, or whether they had some evil ideas and wanted to impeach Lu Yijian and the others and get rid of them so that they could take over, that was another matter.
On this side, Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others looked at each other and thought that Xia Song was trying to cause trouble, but they didn't expect that this guy was trying to test how to enter the Constitutional Council.
However, Xia Song could never have imagined that the condition for entering the Constitutional Council was not to be the prime minister, but to be an insider of Zhao Jun.
If you are not an insider, no one can help you.
You are an insider. Even a prime minister like Wang Sui, who was incompetent and was impeached by Han Qi long ago in history, can be as stable as a rock.
Therefore, entering the Constitutional Court has nothing to do with ability or officialdom struggles. It all depends on the time when Zhao Jun traveled through time.
Other state affairs were discussed during the morning court session.
The court session was dismissed at around seven in the morning. In the past, the government affairs of various departments were reported to the emperor at the morning court session, and then handled together with the prime ministers, so the morning court session wasted a lot of time.
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