This shows that if there was any dereliction of duty or negligence at that time, the official would often be dismissed from office.
But that was during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong. By the reign of Emperor Renzong, the policy on dereliction of duty had long been relaxed, especially with the current emperor, Emperor Renzong Zhao Zhen, who was lenient towards the literati and officials. Not to mention dereliction of duty, even if there was irrefutable evidence of corruption, he would often settle the matter peacefully and rarely take actual action to kill them.
Therefore, it is estimated that it has been more than ten or twenty years since any official of the Song Dynasty was dismissed on charges of dereliction of duty.
"Your Excellency."
Sun Mian opened his mouth, then gritted his teeth and said, "I was deeply troubled by the disaster at the time. I was handling the distribution of grain and funds at the provincial government office, and the relief work was handed over to the local county magistrate. This matter has nothing to do with me."
"Bang!"
Zhao Jun slammed the table, stood up, pointed at him, and glared at him, "It has nothing to do with you? Over ten thousand people starved to death in Huoqiu County, and you actually say it has nothing to do with you? How many miles is Huoqiu County from your Xiacai County? The victims who died of starvation are all over the outside of Xiacai City. Are you blind or deaf? Can't you see it?"
“Me, me.”
Sun Mian was hesitant. Zhao Jun's move obviously caught him off guard.
"What do you mean? Are you qualified to be an official?"
Zhao Jun didn't give him a chance to speak. He shouted, "Come here, take off this fellow's cap and take him to the provincial government office. This court will try this beast tonight!"
"yes."
The hall was filled with the imperial guards brought by Zhao Jun.
He was on a large ship before, and had the imperial guards follow him on land, while he only brought two or three hundred imperial guards from the Imperial City Administration with him.
But this time, since the journey was long and direct, he let the cavalry go by land, and he himself came by boat with nearly a thousand imperial guards.
Now the entire Taihe Tower is composed of his soldiers. Not to mention that Sun Mian has no military power, even if he had military power, he would have no room for resistance.
Jiang Dalang and Huang Sanlang rushed over like wolves and tigers, pulled off Sun Mian's official hat, and then dragged him to the back. Sun Mian shouted, "Minister, the matter has not been fully investigated yet, how can you be so unreasonable?"
"snort!"
Seeing him being dragged away, Zhao Jun sat down again.
It was only then that everyone woke up from their dream. Zhang Xia hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Dean, this seems a bit unethical."
"how?"
Zhao Jun raised his eyelids and glanced at him. "So many people died outside Xiacai City, but he didn't even see a single thing. Is it illegal for this court to arrest him for dereliction of duty?"
"Forehead"
Zhang Xia was left speechless.
Zhao Jun said coldly, "This Minister is touring the country on orders from the Emperor to investigate just how much corruption the Song Dynasty has hidden. The Song Dynasty has nurtured scholars for a century and treated them well. Salaries are infinitely higher than those of the Tang Dynasty, yet so many corrupt officials have emerged who work for the court. Why not clean some of them out? Are you all like Sun Mian, filling in the gaps and living off the fat of the land?"
"Of course not, of course not"
Many officials hurriedly denied it, and immediately swallowed back the words they had intended to say to plead for Sun Mian.
Get promoted and get rich, get promoted and get rich.
You have to get promoted before you can get rich.
But Zhao Jun now has the power to appoint and dismiss all officials, which means that the path to promotion is under his control.
If you offend him, not only will you not be promoted, you may not even be able to continue holding this position.
Therefore, naturally no one would speak for Sun Mian anymore.
It is the supremacy of power!
Some people say that watching "The Song Dynasty" is primarily about reform, but the protagonist is on the road to reform. Without understanding anything, without seeing anything, without going deep into it, how can you know the malpractices of officialdom, how can you understand the suffering of the people, and how can you talk about reform? Jumping right in would be like building in the air, pure nonsense. So now the protagonist is just describing reality. Once he finishes traveling across the country and returns to Bianliang, won't the reform begin?
In addition, the value of disaster relief funds in the previous chapters was miscalculated. It should actually be worth more than one million strings of cash, and this has been corrected.
(End of this chapter)
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