There are many maple trees planted on both sides of Zhuque Street on the front of Chang'an City Palace. When the autumn wind blows, the trees are filled with red leaves.
As the sky was dawn, officials in Zhuque Street were lanterns and lined up into a long fire dragon, reflecting the crimson maple leaves, which was particularly beautiful.
The highlights of the lanterns were well organized and moved forward one by one. At this time, a lantern broke away from the long dragon and moved forward quickly for a while. Finally, it stopped. The fire dragon resumed its calm movement again.
The young man with a long-faced green robe and a long-faced face in the blue robe was the censor Zhang Jishi. He caught up with the mount of his uncle Zhang Shuo and said in a deep voice: All the real evidence is deposited into the Censorate and there is a record. I will tell you about the relationship between the front and back in front of you later.
Zhang Shuo, who was riding on a horse, looked like he was in his forties and gave a peace to the ministers, who was the prime minister.
His facial contour is clear and angular, his waist is straight, and his arms holding the reins are also powerful.
Zhang Shuo nodded calmly: The time is almost done, so you can do this.
What they said was to impeach the corrupt administration of the canal and several local officials accepted bribes.
The Censorate already has the account book, confession and other things. It is really a real thing, and others can't just talk without making any comments.
So Zhang said he was confident...
Of course, his confidence not only comes from a few small evidence, but his previous preparations are also crucial.
In order to completely determine the despicableness of those slanted officials this time, several upright officials and opposition officials had already done two things that had a great impact and laid the foundation for it.
The first time was two months ago. Yao Chong from Luoyang Prefecture wrote a letter saying that the officials in the counties and counties around the Dongdu were corrupt and greedy. Some Ruzhou governor even robbed the daughter of a civilian in order to curry favor with Shangguan.
Yao Chong was quite famous in both the officialdom and the literati, and his words and articles were based on public integrity, so his memorials were quite influential, and the government and the outside world criticized the ability and character of those who were sent to the local government and the country.
The second time was the article "Three Rivers Fu" by Zhang Jiuling, a literati in Lingnan.Zhang Jiuling was able to write at the age of seven. His poetry and writing were famous in Lingnan, and some people in Chang'an knew his name.
Zhang Jiuling's fame is still beyond it. At this time, his fame cannot be compared with Yao Chong. The influence of his article mainly comes from the source of the article: it took nearly a year to follow the grain transport fleet from Lingnan to Chang'an, and inspected the hardships of the grain transport route on the spot, including detailed descriptions of the scenery, human feelings, sufferings, etc. along the way, and complained about the greed and sympathy for the people.
His articles are full of tens of thousands of words, with evidence, beautiful words, sincere emotions, and very high cultural and realistic values.
As soon as "Three Rivers Fu" was released, Chang'an paper was expensive, and the price of rice paper soared by 30%.Printers made a fortune, and even aspiring young people who were worried about the country and the people could not buy the printed books and borrowed books and copied them everywhere.
Inside and outside Chang'an, and above the city of Guancheng, many noble husbands looked up to the wind and recited the Three Rivers with emotion, just waiting for the nobles to discover their ambitions, entrusted with important responsibilities, and clarify the inner world.
Therefore, whether in the temple or in the world, there are growing calls for the court to rectify the administration of officials, and public opinion is surging, and the voice of justice is even more frequent than the autumn wind in this golden autumn season.
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The drum sounds of the Daming Palace sounded, and the guards in bright light armor were neatly and brave, handing over the fish talisman beside the two palaces, and shouting majestic and majestic: The time has come, the fish talismans are merged, and the palace... city is opened!
Dada dada... The black iron hooves were marching on both sides of the avenue, with swords and guns coming from the forest, and the armor collided with clanging sounds.
The civil and military officials outside the Danfeng Gate reflected the dawn of the east sky, striding up their heads and walked towards the palace gate, preparing to participate in the decision-making operation of the world's strongest empire.
The man with a red chicken hugged the dawn piece, and the green cloud fur just entered the green clouds.
The palace is opened in the nine heavens, and the clothes and crowns of all nations are worshipped.
The sun is just like the sun, and the immortal palm moves, and the cigarette is about to float by the dragon.
The court must be cut off the five-color edict, and the voice of the pendant returned to the head of the Fengchi...
In the magnificent and wide hall of Xuanzheng Hall, Prime Minister Zhang Shuo stood among all officials and sang a passage of "Three Rivers Fu" and said loudly with righteous words: Don't worry about the lack of worries and injustice!The world's grain transportation and Chang'an are difficult and dangerous, and the villains actually make profits from it!Where is the justice of my Tang Dynasty?Where is the human heart?If this continues, the people will not exist and the country will be in danger. The emperor must observe it!
Another minister agreed: The rule of the world is the first to rule the government, and local officials will shelter the land on behalf of the emperor. If they cannot restrain themselves and serve the public, the central national policy will be lost.
The court should pay attention to the candidates for local officials, correct the atmosphere of focusing on internal and external affairs, and selecting officials should focus on talent and ability, without qualifications...
The upright people in the court meeting made a rare scene in the turmoil in the palace in recent years. However, the powerful and powerful people in Taiping remained silent and looked like they were in a loss.
In short, the situation in the temple is very abnormal.
Emperor Li Dan sat upright in the upper position and said nothing. Occasionally, he would look at whoever he spoke, and listened carefully to the ministers' advice.
At this moment, the censor Zhang Jishi took the lead and impeached several local officials by name, and submitted a memorial with evidence, asking the emperor to issue an edict to escort the officials back to Beijing to question the crime.
The name of Ruzhou Governor Lu Xun was ranked first among the criminals and was given ten serious crimes. Zhang Jishi said: Ruzhou Governor Lu Xun was the most greedy person, deceiving his superiors and concealing his subordinates, and acting boldly.He solicited bribes, curry favor with Shangguan, and specialized in personal gain, and the evidence was conclusive.There are accounts for hundreds of thousands of entreaties of money. Where did this money go?He is not the only one in the country’s borer!
I'll tell you where the money has gone.a calm voice said.
The voice was not loud, nor was it as passionate as the officials just now, but it immediately attracted everyone's attention because of its uniqueness.Everyone turned their eyes to the person talking, and they saw that this person was Prime Minister Lu Xiangxian.
Lu Xiangxian has always been indifferent by nature and has a good reputation. Although he was in the court because Princess Taiping worked hard, he never went to Taiping, nor did he participate in the conspiracy and secret discussions of the Taiping Party. He was generous and fair in everything, and the people of the government and the opposition still respected him very much.
Lu Xiang's purple robe has been washed out of old clothes, with flowing hair and fairy-like body, standing with long body, looking back at the ministers and slowly said: I will not judge the administration along the canal.I will only talk about where the money mentioned by Censor Zhang has used.
Li Dan moved slightly and said: How do you think they spent it?
Lu Xiangxian looked like he didn't value fame and fortune, and said indifferently: How to truly benefit the country and the people is our first idea of becoming an official.I just received a consultation in my hand. It was sent by Xue Lang, Duke of Wei who left the capital several months ago. He told us how the money was spent. Do you want to listen?
Li Dan said curiously: Read it, everyone will listen to it after reading it.
Therefore, Lu Xiang first took out a letter from his sleeve bag and raised it to show it: The text of this consultation is plain and boring. It is more than one level worse than "Sanhe Fu" in terms of literary talent, but I think the "Xue's Consultation" is better than "Sanhe Fu".Why?Because it is more beneficial to the country and the people.
The hall was very quiet soon. If a needle fell, I would probably hear it. People were curious, surprised, puzzled, and uneasy with all kinds of thoughts...
I heard Lu Xiang recite without emotion: Xue, the new Minister of Revenue, bowed his head. Since leaving Beijing, he has traveled through the Wei River and the Yellow River, and witnessed the situation of the canal transportation with his own eyes. It is very difficult and difficult.The three gates met a boatman who said that the fishy river water was the blood of the grain transport household. When they saw the boat sinking, the people died, and their relatives called the sky and the earth, they said that the boatman said that the official rule did not be cultivated, and the emperor was angry. This statement was all right. If there were any difficulties, it was called the official rule, and there were almost no mistakes.However, I thought that the difficulty of transporting grain and poor law were more important than the failure of the officials to practice...
Lu Xiang paused for a moment before continuing to recite: ...Please practice the three methods, namely: the four-section method, the granary method, and the employment method.The fourth section of the law says that if the river ship does not enter the Bian River, the Bian ship does not enter the Yellow River, and the river ship does not enter the Wei River...
As soon as the Three Rivers Method was released, everyone in the temple was dumbfounded and no one talked loudly.
This consultation has no lyrical or local scenery descriptions, and its rhetoric is not as good as "Three Rivers Fu", but the same is that the two articles themselves are made after field investigations, which are reasonable and well-founded and very convincing.
Since the Three Rivers Fu is a fu, its main idea is to reflect reality, express emotions, and denounce the disadvantages; the starting point of the Three Rivers Law is how to change reality and successfully create a new canal transportation system. From the perspective of discussion, this system is reasonable and in line with the facts.
Putting aside cultural value, from the perspective of governing the country alone, the Three Rivers Law is better than the Three Rivers Fu!
So those upright officials who were so excited before can't say a word now...
Lu Xiang first looked back and said: Where did the money go?Build granaries, hire transport workers, recruit soldiers, and build grain ships.How much money was raised, how much money was spent, and how it was spent, the court meeting would ask Xue Lang to list the accounts and report them. If there was greed, I would be the first to impeach him.If we are not good at things, but as long as we are dedicated to the country, how can we not govern the country?
A few words were plain, but many bureaucrats' faces were red like pig's liver, like they were slapped countless times.
Zhang Shuo subconsciously glanced at his nephew Zhang Jishi. His face looked really ugly, as if he was saying: What are you doing?
I personally went to Dongdu, but I didn't understand the matter. I came back like a burning butt and did a lot of things. Didn't I just stretched out my face to beat someone?
And the confidant prime ministers under the Pacific Session made others look so proud that they would slap his mother...
Especially Dou Huaizhen, she didn't pretend to be a villain, and she looked like a villain's success, and she was really hated.
Li Dan said: Taiping recommended Xue Lang to govern the river, and I will live up to my heart, so I will wait for the canal to be managed.Can it only take one month to transport grain from the south as he said?If it is achieved, I will definitely award him the title and reward him for his merits.
As the sky was dawn, officials in Zhuque Street were lanterns and lined up into a long fire dragon, reflecting the crimson maple leaves, which was particularly beautiful.
The highlights of the lanterns were well organized and moved forward one by one. At this time, a lantern broke away from the long dragon and moved forward quickly for a while. Finally, it stopped. The fire dragon resumed its calm movement again.
The young man with a long-faced green robe and a long-faced face in the blue robe was the censor Zhang Jishi. He caught up with the mount of his uncle Zhang Shuo and said in a deep voice: All the real evidence is deposited into the Censorate and there is a record. I will tell you about the relationship between the front and back in front of you later.
Zhang Shuo, who was riding on a horse, looked like he was in his forties and gave a peace to the ministers, who was the prime minister.
His facial contour is clear and angular, his waist is straight, and his arms holding the reins are also powerful.
Zhang Shuo nodded calmly: The time is almost done, so you can do this.
What they said was to impeach the corrupt administration of the canal and several local officials accepted bribes.
The Censorate already has the account book, confession and other things. It is really a real thing, and others can't just talk without making any comments.
So Zhang said he was confident...
Of course, his confidence not only comes from a few small evidence, but his previous preparations are also crucial.
In order to completely determine the despicableness of those slanted officials this time, several upright officials and opposition officials had already done two things that had a great impact and laid the foundation for it.
The first time was two months ago. Yao Chong from Luoyang Prefecture wrote a letter saying that the officials in the counties and counties around the Dongdu were corrupt and greedy. Some Ruzhou governor even robbed the daughter of a civilian in order to curry favor with Shangguan.
Yao Chong was quite famous in both the officialdom and the literati, and his words and articles were based on public integrity, so his memorials were quite influential, and the government and the outside world criticized the ability and character of those who were sent to the local government and the country.
The second time was the article "Three Rivers Fu" by Zhang Jiuling, a literati in Lingnan.Zhang Jiuling was able to write at the age of seven. His poetry and writing were famous in Lingnan, and some people in Chang'an knew his name.
Zhang Jiuling's fame is still beyond it. At this time, his fame cannot be compared with Yao Chong. The influence of his article mainly comes from the source of the article: it took nearly a year to follow the grain transport fleet from Lingnan to Chang'an, and inspected the hardships of the grain transport route on the spot, including detailed descriptions of the scenery, human feelings, sufferings, etc. along the way, and complained about the greed and sympathy for the people.
His articles are full of tens of thousands of words, with evidence, beautiful words, sincere emotions, and very high cultural and realistic values.
As soon as "Three Rivers Fu" was released, Chang'an paper was expensive, and the price of rice paper soared by 30%.Printers made a fortune, and even aspiring young people who were worried about the country and the people could not buy the printed books and borrowed books and copied them everywhere.
Inside and outside Chang'an, and above the city of Guancheng, many noble husbands looked up to the wind and recited the Three Rivers with emotion, just waiting for the nobles to discover their ambitions, entrusted with important responsibilities, and clarify the inner world.
Therefore, whether in the temple or in the world, there are growing calls for the court to rectify the administration of officials, and public opinion is surging, and the voice of justice is even more frequent than the autumn wind in this golden autumn season.
……
The drum sounds of the Daming Palace sounded, and the guards in bright light armor were neatly and brave, handing over the fish talisman beside the two palaces, and shouting majestic and majestic: The time has come, the fish talismans are merged, and the palace... city is opened!
Dada dada... The black iron hooves were marching on both sides of the avenue, with swords and guns coming from the forest, and the armor collided with clanging sounds.
The civil and military officials outside the Danfeng Gate reflected the dawn of the east sky, striding up their heads and walked towards the palace gate, preparing to participate in the decision-making operation of the world's strongest empire.
The man with a red chicken hugged the dawn piece, and the green cloud fur just entered the green clouds.
The palace is opened in the nine heavens, and the clothes and crowns of all nations are worshipped.
The sun is just like the sun, and the immortal palm moves, and the cigarette is about to float by the dragon.
The court must be cut off the five-color edict, and the voice of the pendant returned to the head of the Fengchi...
In the magnificent and wide hall of Xuanzheng Hall, Prime Minister Zhang Shuo stood among all officials and sang a passage of "Three Rivers Fu" and said loudly with righteous words: Don't worry about the lack of worries and injustice!The world's grain transportation and Chang'an are difficult and dangerous, and the villains actually make profits from it!Where is the justice of my Tang Dynasty?Where is the human heart?If this continues, the people will not exist and the country will be in danger. The emperor must observe it!
Another minister agreed: The rule of the world is the first to rule the government, and local officials will shelter the land on behalf of the emperor. If they cannot restrain themselves and serve the public, the central national policy will be lost.
The court should pay attention to the candidates for local officials, correct the atmosphere of focusing on internal and external affairs, and selecting officials should focus on talent and ability, without qualifications...
The upright people in the court meeting made a rare scene in the turmoil in the palace in recent years. However, the powerful and powerful people in Taiping remained silent and looked like they were in a loss.
In short, the situation in the temple is very abnormal.
Emperor Li Dan sat upright in the upper position and said nothing. Occasionally, he would look at whoever he spoke, and listened carefully to the ministers' advice.
At this moment, the censor Zhang Jishi took the lead and impeached several local officials by name, and submitted a memorial with evidence, asking the emperor to issue an edict to escort the officials back to Beijing to question the crime.
The name of Ruzhou Governor Lu Xun was ranked first among the criminals and was given ten serious crimes. Zhang Jishi said: Ruzhou Governor Lu Xun was the most greedy person, deceiving his superiors and concealing his subordinates, and acting boldly.He solicited bribes, curry favor with Shangguan, and specialized in personal gain, and the evidence was conclusive.There are accounts for hundreds of thousands of entreaties of money. Where did this money go?He is not the only one in the country’s borer!
I'll tell you where the money has gone.a calm voice said.
The voice was not loud, nor was it as passionate as the officials just now, but it immediately attracted everyone's attention because of its uniqueness.Everyone turned their eyes to the person talking, and they saw that this person was Prime Minister Lu Xiangxian.
Lu Xiangxian has always been indifferent by nature and has a good reputation. Although he was in the court because Princess Taiping worked hard, he never went to Taiping, nor did he participate in the conspiracy and secret discussions of the Taiping Party. He was generous and fair in everything, and the people of the government and the opposition still respected him very much.
Lu Xiang's purple robe has been washed out of old clothes, with flowing hair and fairy-like body, standing with long body, looking back at the ministers and slowly said: I will not judge the administration along the canal.I will only talk about where the money mentioned by Censor Zhang has used.
Li Dan moved slightly and said: How do you think they spent it?
Lu Xiangxian looked like he didn't value fame and fortune, and said indifferently: How to truly benefit the country and the people is our first idea of becoming an official.I just received a consultation in my hand. It was sent by Xue Lang, Duke of Wei who left the capital several months ago. He told us how the money was spent. Do you want to listen?
Li Dan said curiously: Read it, everyone will listen to it after reading it.
Therefore, Lu Xiang first took out a letter from his sleeve bag and raised it to show it: The text of this consultation is plain and boring. It is more than one level worse than "Sanhe Fu" in terms of literary talent, but I think the "Xue's Consultation" is better than "Sanhe Fu".Why?Because it is more beneficial to the country and the people.
The hall was very quiet soon. If a needle fell, I would probably hear it. People were curious, surprised, puzzled, and uneasy with all kinds of thoughts...
I heard Lu Xiang recite without emotion: Xue, the new Minister of Revenue, bowed his head. Since leaving Beijing, he has traveled through the Wei River and the Yellow River, and witnessed the situation of the canal transportation with his own eyes. It is very difficult and difficult.The three gates met a boatman who said that the fishy river water was the blood of the grain transport household. When they saw the boat sinking, the people died, and their relatives called the sky and the earth, they said that the boatman said that the official rule did not be cultivated, and the emperor was angry. This statement was all right. If there were any difficulties, it was called the official rule, and there were almost no mistakes.However, I thought that the difficulty of transporting grain and poor law were more important than the failure of the officials to practice...
Lu Xiang paused for a moment before continuing to recite: ...Please practice the three methods, namely: the four-section method, the granary method, and the employment method.The fourth section of the law says that if the river ship does not enter the Bian River, the Bian ship does not enter the Yellow River, and the river ship does not enter the Wei River...
As soon as the Three Rivers Method was released, everyone in the temple was dumbfounded and no one talked loudly.
This consultation has no lyrical or local scenery descriptions, and its rhetoric is not as good as "Three Rivers Fu", but the same is that the two articles themselves are made after field investigations, which are reasonable and well-founded and very convincing.
Since the Three Rivers Fu is a fu, its main idea is to reflect reality, express emotions, and denounce the disadvantages; the starting point of the Three Rivers Law is how to change reality and successfully create a new canal transportation system. From the perspective of discussion, this system is reasonable and in line with the facts.
Putting aside cultural value, from the perspective of governing the country alone, the Three Rivers Law is better than the Three Rivers Fu!
So those upright officials who were so excited before can't say a word now...
Lu Xiang first looked back and said: Where did the money go?Build granaries, hire transport workers, recruit soldiers, and build grain ships.How much money was raised, how much money was spent, and how it was spent, the court meeting would ask Xue Lang to list the accounts and report them. If there was greed, I would be the first to impeach him.If we are not good at things, but as long as we are dedicated to the country, how can we not govern the country?
A few words were plain, but many bureaucrats' faces were red like pig's liver, like they were slapped countless times.
Zhang Shuo subconsciously glanced at his nephew Zhang Jishi. His face looked really ugly, as if he was saying: What are you doing?
I personally went to Dongdu, but I didn't understand the matter. I came back like a burning butt and did a lot of things. Didn't I just stretched out my face to beat someone?
And the confidant prime ministers under the Pacific Session made others look so proud that they would slap his mother...
Especially Dou Huaizhen, she didn't pretend to be a villain, and she looked like a villain's success, and she was really hated.
Li Dan said: Taiping recommended Xue Lang to govern the river, and I will live up to my heart, so I will wait for the canal to be managed.Can it only take one month to transport grain from the south as he said?If it is achieved, I will definitely award him the title and reward him for his merits.