I studied in modern times

Chapter 272 The taste of party struggle

Guimao (the thirteenth day) of the eleventh month of the eighth year of Yuanfeng.

It was getting colder and colder in Bianjing, and Zhao Xu was more and more attached to the warm bed, so he got up later and later.

However, no matter what, he will get up before Tatsuki.

Today was the same as usual. When the little man beat the small drum representing Chen time, Zhao Xu had already finished washing.

"My greetings to everyone!" When Feng Jing went to the imperial kitchen to prepare breakfast, Shi Deyi came to Zhao Xu.

Zhao Xu waved his hand, and the left and right screens naturally retreated and exited the curtain.

Shi Deyi approached Zhao Xu and reported in a low voice: "This morning, the bullets of Liu Zhi, the censor general of Tongjian Division, were delivered to the palace!"

"Who is impeached?" Zhao Xu was surprised and asked.

Under normal circumstances, Shi Deyi would not report the impeachment of ministers by the censors and admonishers.

After all, censors and admonishers impeach and criticize dozens of ministers or government affairs every day.

How could Zhao Xu find so much time to listen to the crows?

Shi Deyi would not waste Zhao Xu's time with what he had or didn't have.

He is a sieve.

When Zhao Xu's father was in power, he was responsible for this matter - filtering out the trivial matters and reporting only the important ones.

As for whether Shi Deyi will monopolize information because of this?
There is no need to worry about this, because the minister will report it.

In addition, Zhao Xu now has two palaces that act as auxiliary filters.

This is equivalent to a triple guarantee.

Unless the three parties join forces, is there anything else that Zhao Xu cannot control?
"It's Cai Jing!" Shi Deyi whispered: "I heard it was because of a case..."

"Case?" Zhao Xu became interested and asked, "Tell me carefully!"

What kind of case can allow someone to bypass the Kaifeng Prefecture and send it directly to the Yushitai, and also allow the Yushitai to impeach the Kaifeng prefect in a prudent manner?
How capable does this person have to be?
How sensitive must this case be?
At the same time, Zhao Xu's inner sensitivity was also touched.

You know, now is a critical time for the trial implementation of the military law in Kaifeng Mansion.

Cai Jing is also fully cooperating!
Cai Jing, regardless of the fact that he is rated as a traitor in modern history books, is the one who brings disaster to the country and the people.

However, since ancient times, great traitors must have great power!
Otherwise, he would not be able to secure his position.

Cai Jing is even more outstanding among the treacherous ministers. His talent, ability and skills can at least rank among the top ten!

He is a really capable person!
In Zhao Xu's previous life, after Sima Guang came to power, Cai Jing saw that the situation was not good and decisively jumped from the new party to the old party.

Then he issued a military order in front of Sima Guang: I hope that within five days, the strike method will be implemented in the capital!
Anyone else might be bragging.

But Cai Jing is different, he really did it.

Sima Guang was overjoyed and thought this was a talent and wanted to use it.

then……

Cai Jing was besieged by the entire Yushitai.

Su Che, Liu Zhi, Wang Yansou, Wang Zhan... competed to impeach.

Everyone is saying - this Cai Jing is a great traitor and must be a villain!

Is it because he is a gentleman at heart that he did all the demobilization within five days?

wrong!

This person did this on purpose.

He deliberately dismissed the new law in a short period of time, just to let the people put their resentment on the gentlemen in the court, especially you, Sima Gong!

As a result, Cai Jing was dismissed from Zhizhending.

If it were just like this, Cai Jing might not have too much resentment.

After all, for Cai Jing, this is not a demotion.

However, after a few days, the gentlemen of the old party felt that it was indeed the border, and Cai Jing was capable.

If Cai Jing had made some great achievements and made great contributions in Zhending, would that be enough?

So they continued the siege.

Cai Jing was demoted from Zhi Zhen Ding to a German soldier!
This is to offend Cai Jing to death.

But it was also because of this that Cai Jing was cleared. When all the new party ministers saw this result, they unanimously believed that Cai Yuanchang was indeed digging a hole for Sima Guang. This young man is good.

Therefore, later, as soon as Zhao Xu came to power, Zhang Dun recommended Cai Jing.

So don’t blame Cai Jing for taking power later and wiping out the old party, even creating something like a monument to Yuanyou party members.

But, was Cai Jing really digging a hole for Sima Guang?

Only Cai Jing himself knows.

His behavior can be explained by any explanation.

Today, Cai Jingquan knows Kaifeng Mansion and is an important assistant to Han Jiang in reforming and implementing new laws.

It is precisely because of Cai Jing’s full cooperation and full cooperation.

Only in this way can the regulations on military service be implemented in the entire Kaifeng Prefecture in a short period of time.

Zhao Xu heard from Shi De and others that Cai Jing personally rode a horse and traveled throughout the entire Kaifeng Prefecture area.

Supervise and supervise the implementation of the draft regulations county by county.

Han Jiang and Wen Yanbo both came forward to ask for credit for him.

Now, Liu Zhi, a guy with "Old Party Extremist" written on his forehead, suddenly points his sword at Cai Jing.

Zhao Xu had to suspect that this was a test by Liu Zhi and others, and also a test by them to get rid of Cai Jing, now Han Jiang's most powerful assistant.

Shi Deyi looked at Zhao Xu's expression and reported cautiously: "It's because of a monk's case..."

"Monk?" Zhao Xu narrowed his eyes.

In the Song Dynasty, one of the people who liked litigating the most were these great monks.

In many of the judicial works of the Song Dynasty left in modern times, you can always find cases involving lawsuits by great monks.

Among them, property disputes are the most common.

Monks sue the people, monks sue the monks, monks and the people sue each other, monks and monks fight against each other, and so on.

These great monks even dared to compete with the government.There are also many lawsuits that have gone all the way to Dali Temple and ancestral halls.

This is naturally because the great monks are rich and educated.

"It was a monk named Huixin from Kaifeng Prefecture who sued the Senglu Department of Kaifeng Prefecture for accepting bribes and bringing novice monks and other monks who had no ultimatum into the Funing Hall Dojo to pretend to receive rewards..." Shi Deyi lowered his voice.

Zhao Xu's eyes gradually became fierce.

How dare any thief do such a thing?

This is bullying!It is even more of a grave crime to slight the late Emperor!

However, Zhao Xu quickly calmed down.

Because he knew how many true monks there were in the Song Dynasty?

Who are most of the monks who have ultimatums? !

How many of them can recite sutras?Among the monks who can recite sutras, how many have actually studied Buddhism?

In short, in the Song Dynasty, real monks did not necessarily have ultimatums, and those who had ultimatums were not necessarily true monks.

"Continue..." Zhao Xu said coldly. He probably guessed what the result would be?

Shi Deyi then continued: "Monk Huixin first sued the Kaifeng Mansion, and the Kaifeng Mansion sentenced him to illegal litigation... twenty stick hips..."

"Monk Huixin was dissatisfied, so he appealed to the Ancestral Hall, and the Ancestral Hall and Dali Temple sent a document to Kaifeng Prefecture in parallel, requesting Kaifeng Prefecture to transfer the relevant official documents..."

"The Kaifeng Prefecture did not report to the Ancestral Hall, but instead wrote to the capital hall saying: If there is an official impeaching the government for improper official duties, it should be carried out in accordance with the regulations. , Send him directly to Dali Temple, it is illegal, let’s get to the bottom of it!”

Zhao Xu smiled when he heard this.

Everything the Kaifeng Mansion has done so far has been legal.

People do things according to the rules.

Even if the lawsuit comes to Zhao Xu, Cai Jing will be justified - what does it mean if your temple department has something to say and directly drags Dali Temple into trouble?
If everything happens like you do from now on, how will I manage Kaifeng Mansion in the future?

Zhao Xu's keen political sense also smelled the flavor of party struggle in these matters.

The temple's reaction was so unusual.

Dali Temple is even more abnormal.

He actually handled the case with the temple department without asking for an order.

What do they want to do?
So, Zhao Xu smiled and asked: "What then?"

Shi Deyi replied: "On Ding Chou last month (the [-]th day of the month), Xianggong Han sent a report to the Kaifeng Mansion and reported it to the Cisheng of the two palaces. The Cisheng issued an edict to distinguish the temple!"

"The temple ministry then reported: Monk Huixin sued the officials of the Senglu Department for accepting money from novice monks. The case was accepted in accordance with the regulations and then sent to Dali Temple. It was not an impeachment of Kaifeng Prefecture's official affairs, but a review of the Senglu Officials. It was not like the case of Kaifeng Prefecture. It is said that there is no need to pass a court edict, and there is no need to have a judge, so I reject the Kaifeng Mansion's proposal and request that the Ancestral Hall and Dali Temple still be ordered to investigate!"

After hearing this, Zhao Xu sniffed slightly.

This tastes so ripe!
He had smelled it countless times in his previous life, the smell of party strife!
So, Zhao Xu asked calmly: "So, how did this matter come to the Yushitai?"

Kaifeng Mansion, the Ancestral Hall, and Dali Temple fought.

It is understandable that each other competes for power and expands their own authority.

Is there any day when there is no intrigue among the various ministries in the three provinces of the Song Dynasty?
But it's different when Yushitai gets involved.

What's more, the Yushitai's clear-cut stance is even more different.

Because, this matter has already involved the prime minister of the capital from Kaifeng Mansion!

Han Jiang is involved!

If Yushitai gains power, will he let go of Han Jiang who favored Kaifeng Prefecture in this process?
Don't even think about it!

The crows always attack the prime minister to death as long as they catch him!

What's more, in the Yushitai today, there are a lot of radicals from the old party.

Liu Zhi and Liu Xinlao are even more radicals among radicals.

This former New Party leader, after his complete break with Wang Anshi, has embarked on the path of rebelling against every new law.

Shi Deyi hesitated for a moment, and then said: "It is said that Monk Huixin produced the ironclad evidence that the monks of Kaifeng Prefecture were responsible for the commission of subordinate officials..."

"This matter happened to be known to Zuo Zhengyan and Zhu Guangting. Because Zhu Guangting spoke to the censor, Liu Zhi impeached..."

"Detective Si Luozu has reported: According to the cloud, Liu Zhi and Wang Yansou waited privately and said: If this is done, the three traitors will be eliminated and the three virtuous people will be promoted..."

Snapped!
Zhao Xu takes action!

Shi Deyi immediately knelt down and said: "Everyone calm down, everyone calm down, and we will calm down the dragon body..."

"Three traitors? Who are the three traitors?"

"Three Sages? Who are the Three Sages?"

“Who decides whether a minister of state is virtuous or foolish?”

"Shi Deyi!"

"The minister is..."

Zhao Xu gasped and forced himself to calm down.

Then he slowly sat down, looked at Shi Deyi, and said, "It's nothing... Please get up and talk!"

At this time, Feng Jing and his men brought breakfast.

Zhao Xu then began to eat and stopped talking.

After he finished his breakfast, Zhao Xu said to Shi De, who had been waiting beside him: "You know, let's go down first. I'll think about it carefully, and then I'll summon you..."

"only!"

　Note: Cai Jing's historical performance from the eighth year of Yuanfeng to the first year of Yuanyou highlights a swing from left to right, sometimes new and sometimes old.

　　Finally, the old party kicked him into the new party.

　　Cai Jing said: This is what you said!

　　Note 2: The case of Huixin v. Kaifeng Mansion was once a hot topic, but the protagonist was young and would not know about it. In modern times, even archaeologists would not notice this case.

　　Unless they specialize in studying Cai Jing’s political ecological trajectory, most people will not pay attention to this matter.

　　PS: For the monks in the Northern Song Dynasty, let’s not talk about precepts and Dharma. Many of them were perverts, landlords, merchants, and swindlers wearing cassocks.

　　Of course there are real monks, real eminent monks.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)