Song Gexing

Chapter 205 The impeached Chen Zongyan

In July of the first year of Xining, the whole country of the Song Dynasty was celebrating. The Song Dynasty actually established a military base overseas, and both garrisons needed people to do things.

But Zhao Fang had a headache. After Chen Zongyan received his secret letter, he led the army back to Fujian as soon as the matter in the country of Wa was settled.

Immediately set off again, after building a fortress in the Penghu Islands, use this as a base to land on Wangwang Island, and start preparations for Fujian immigrants to open up wasteland.

Fujian Road Transport Envoy Jia Changchao sued Chen Zongyan for disturbing the people and forcibly moving Fujian people to open up wasteland on the wild island, which caused shock in the court and impeached Chen Zongyan for supporting the army.

Zhao Fang smiled and issued an order to the Censor, ordering the Fujian Road Supervisory Censor and the local Patrol Censor to conduct a joint investigation, and told the ministers that the Imperial City Department would also conduct a secret investigation to see if the results of the two investigations were different.

Soon after, news came back that Chen Zongyan had a letter written by the emperor in his hand, allowing him to do things easily overseas. As for the migration of people in Fujian, this happened but it was different from what Jia Changchao said.

Fujian has a small land and a large population. Almost every year, people go out to look for a way to survive. For this reason, a local bad habit has been developed, in which a baby girl is drowned after giving birth.

It's not because I like boys, but because there are too many children to feed. Boys can work to support the family when they are in their teens, while girls get married when they are thirteen or fourteen. It is not cost-effective.

And not only female babies, families with many boys will also drown newborn boys. This bad habit has lasted for thousands of years. It should be said that Fujian people were very miserable in ancient times. Who would want to kill their own children.

This bad habit still existed until the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The author once heard from old people that an old lady in the neighbor's house died a few years ago, and she drowned her four daughters.

Chen Zongyan did not force the people to open up wasteland, but organized people who were willing to go. The situation at that time was overwhelming. After the Fourth Fleet posted a notice, the people enthusiastically signed up to participate.

Of course, because of this incident, many local prefectures and counties complained, but local officials were unwilling to do so. This kind of organized mass loss of household registrations was not good for local officials’ political performance, so of course they had to complain to their superiors.

Jia Changchao received complaints from many state and county officials, and he was also unhappy. What you did not only increased the pressure on local officials, but also made everyone's political performance look bad, but you are praised by the people. Why?

It's us who work so hard, but it's you who make the meritorious service. It's so unkind.

"Okay, the matter has been made clear. Chen Zongyan did not send troops on his own. Colleagues, you can put this matter aside."

As soon as Prime Minister Han Qi finished speaking, Lu Huiqing, the imperial censor in the palace, protested: "Although Chen Zongyan is not using troops privately, your Majesty's private message to the generals violates the system. How can such an easy thing be used in military operations!"

Lu Huiqing was a Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou's reign. He had outstanding achievements as an official in Zhenzhou and was quickly promoted to the imperial court by the political affairs hall. He just came to Bianjing in May this year and served as the imperial censor.

Han Qi frowned slightly, and Wang Anshi immediately said: "Ji Fu's words are inappropriate. It is inconvenient to transmit news about this overseas operation. Your Majesty just let the general do things easily. You cannot generalize everything, you still have to distinguish priorities."

Lu Huiqing frowned, glanced at Wang Anshi, his expression changed, and then he silently retreated.

He was recommended by Wang Anshi to take up the position of censor. Otherwise, even if he was promoted, he would normally go to Jixian Hall to work as a collation and other officials. This was the only way for most civil servants to be promoted in the Song Dynasty.

But after he came to Beijing, he first visited Wang Anshi, and the two chatted happily. Lao Wang was very optimistic about his talent, so he strongly recommended him to work in an important department.

It's not that he wants to curry favor with Wang Anshi, but that he has admired Lao Wang for a long time. Wang Anshi's reputation is famous among the government and the public, and he became famous more than ten years ago.

If it weren't for his lack of qualifications, he would definitely have a place in the political affairs hall. Now he is the prefect of the trial court, and he is already a core minister.Because of this, the two had a very good personal relationship. He also knew Wang Anshi's ambitions, and even supported the reform. He just used the system to run on Zhao Fang because his thinking had not changed.

The Song Dynasty emphasized culture over military affairs, and even the pioneers of reform were not easy to change.

Seeing him retreating, Zhao Fang smiled slightly and said: "What Lu Qing said makes sense. I will pay attention to it next time. But this time Wang Qing is right. The sea is unpredictable and cannot be predicted by human power. The art of war has clouds and generals." This is exactly the reason why the orders of the emperor abroad are not accepted. It is not to make the generals disobey the orders, but to see the actual situation."

The officials who were not happy with what he said stopped their actions. They all admitted their mistake, and what they said was correct. It would be disrespectful to the emperor to continue to argue.

"Okay, let's leave this matter behind. Let's talk about the appointment."

Seeing that no one was speaking anymore, Han Qi opened his mouth to speak, and immediately the whole hall was buzzing again.

Fu Bi looked at Di Qing and motioned for him to speak.

When Di Qing saw it, he hurried out of the queue. He was the privy envoy. Naturally, he was the first to appoint officials in the garrison. Moreover, Zhao Fang had discussed this matter with him.

"I propose that the Tamluo garrison be taken over by Zhong Yi, and the Kyushu Island garrison should be taken over by Uzuki Katsuyuki. The affairs of Ryukyu and Tonban involve the establishment of government offices. Please discuss it with all the ministers of the political hall."

As mentioned earlier, Wang Wang was officially called Dongfan in this era. Since immigrants were opening up wasteland, naturally the government's supporting facilities had to keep up, otherwise it would be a big deal for immigrants to be attacked by mountain people.

That would undermine the confidence of immigrants. Historically, large-scale immigration was only initiated in the Ming Dynasty, and it was not officially organized. It was Zheng Chenggong’s father, Zheng Zhilong, who organized large-scale immigration twice.

Moreover, he had not yet been recruited at that time. There were immigrants before him, but they were all a small number of people who were voluntary.

As soon as Di Qing finished speaking, Fu Bi immediately said: "I second the proposal! It's just that both of them are from the cavalry army and may not be familiar with water warfare. It is recommended that they be assigned deputies who are familiar with water warfare, preferably the ocean. "

Sima Guang frowned and questioned: "Zhe and Zhong are too young. They are both in their infancy, and their official positions are only a thousand households. Even if they can be promoted in terms of merit this time, they are not enough to be the leader of an army?"

This is true. Although it is said that talents can be promoted beyond the next level, the more the better is not actually the case. There must be rules on the road to promotion, otherwise the number of people who are lucky enough to be promoted will be overwhelming.

Zhao Fang naturally understands this truth. Some things cannot be done with just a snap of the head, but he has already considered this issue.

He nodded and said with a smile: "The garrison is entrusted to his two commanders, but the position cannot be promoted. Let's use the temporary post of official. Let's discuss what the garrison overseas should be called."

This is the first time that the Song Dynasty has officially stationed troops abroad. Naturally, it needs a new official title, because it is not its own land, but a subordinate state's territory, and the inherent official title of the imperial court cannot be used.

As soon as Bao Zheng heard what he said, he stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty should have an idea. Just speak it out and let everyone discuss it."

Zhao Fang is no longer polite. Lao Bao is the governor of the Military and Political Governor's Mansion. He has the right to speak on this matter, but don't wait until he dislikes you. If you are criticized by him then, you will be asking for it.

(End of this chapter)