"Fork him out."
Zhao Jun waved his hand, and just as he was planning to shock the Imperial City Bureau with his first three moves, Wang Shilong bumped into him. It was no wonder he couldn't be blamed.
Although the inspectors looked at each other in bewilderment, not daring to move, Wang Shilong, upon hearing Zhao Jun's words, showed no signs of resistance. Instead, he shouted, "Cao Xiu, you bastard, you framed me! You didn't even tell me this, you beast!"
He is not a fool.
The Imperial City Envoy and the Three Classes Yamen have always been headed by the sons of noble families. Their fathers were all founding generals, commonly known as yanei. They spend their days in debauchery, and it is common for them to go to the yamen at most to ask for a ticket and then go out to have fun.
Today, Wang Shilong simply made a comment as usual and then went out to play. The person sent by Cao Xiu simply announced that a meeting would be held and asked him to go to the government office immediately.
When Wang Shilong heard that Cao Xiu was just going to have a meeting, he didn't care at all. After all, he and Cao Xiu didn't get along, so he didn't bother to care about him.
If Cao Xiu had said at the beginning that the Xinzhisi had arrived and had all the power granted by the government to appoint and dismiss people within the Huangchengsi, he would have rushed over no matter how stupid he was.
Cao Xiu simply said indifferently, "First, I've already sent someone to inform you, but it was you who didn't come. Second, going to a brothel to drink and have fun while on duty is a serious offense. I've impeached you repeatedly. If it weren't for the emperor's kindness, do you think you could still be a deputy envoy?"
Zhao Jun glanced at Cao Xiu in surprise. Although Cao Xiu had some ulterior motives and seemed to be using him to eliminate dissidents, a person like Wang Shilong could not be his right-hand man, so he simply did not care about it.
Seeing that the inspectors dared not move, he slammed the table and shouted, "Why are you walking so slowly? Haven't you eaten? The Song Dynasty is short of everything except people. If you don't want to do this, get out with Wang Shilong!"
The inspectors had no choice but to come up to Wang Shilong, apologize, and leave with him.
Wang Shilong looked ashen.
The Imperial City Bureau is an agency directly under the emperor. What Zhao Jun says in it now is like the emperor's words, so he has no ability to resist at all.
This is not a question of an official one level higher crushing someone else, but a question of an official countless levels higher than you, and someone can directly dismiss you from your position. This is unlike the relationship between the principal and deputy officials in officialdom, where the principal cannot dismiss the deputy, which may lead to the deputy winning over some people to undermine the principal.
Zhao Jun was able to appoint and dismiss the entire Imperial City Bureau, including Cao Xiu. Not to mention sidelining it, even if someone did not meet his expectations, he would be kicked out directly. How could he carry out the power struggle?
(End of this chapter)
2015
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