Chapter 76 Rough Wang Anshi!
Peng Siyong and Jiang Zhiqi jointly impeached Ouyang Bian and Zhong Yi, which was shocking.
The Censor Zhongcheng is the number one figure in the Censorate, and the Censor is the number three figure. The two joined forces to impeach, and this is a great force.
The reason why the two impeached Zhong Yi was that Zhong Yi attacked the Huyi Army, causing heavy casualties and injuries to the Huyi Army, and preventing the Song Dynasty soldiers from dying at the hands of the enemy country, but at the hands of their own people. This is a tragedy on earth.
And Zhongyi is the executioner who is extremely guilty!
As for Ouyang Bian's impeachment, there are much more charges.
First, Ouyang Bian instructed Zhong Yi to do such a human tragedy, and he was the driving force behind this human tragedy.
Second, Ouyang Bian is not moral enough. Although he was from the imperial examination, he was covered in the stinky state of money and was not told that he was too close to the businessman.
Moreover, he is a businessman, who is profit-oriented and uses any means. In just over a decade, he has become a big businessman who is rich and can match a country.
In Jiang Zhiqi's description, Ouyang Bian relies on his father Ouyang Xiu's identity to compete with the people for profit.
He even embezzled and accepted bribes when he was in office at the central bank, and empowered the central bank's business to his own industries.
For example, the contractors for the cementation of official roads in the southeastern roads were all constructed by Ouyang Bian’s Xihucheng Engineering Company, and the same is true for the cementation of official roads in the north.
The Agricultural Bank of China under its name even lent usury, not only exploiting farmers, but also exploiting citizens in the city.
West Lake City even robs many cities of business and feeds them into giant beasts.
Not only that, Ouyang Bian also wrote evil books that can smell the taste of money and interests in words such as "The Wealth of Nations", which will corrupt the customs and customs, and will be punished.
The third is to criticize state affairs wantonly. In the book "On Political Gains and Loses of the Past Chronicles", Ouyang Bian is probably a spy sent by other countries.
These accusations are more vicious than the other. There is no evidence, and they are all speculations, but this is how the censors of the Song Dynasty are, and they can be exempted from responsibility by just a word of news.
No matter what level of officials in the Song Dynasty were, they mostly deal with impeachment in two ways.
One is to defend oneself by submitting the statement, and the other is to write a letter to ask for leave, waiting for the emperor to make a decision.
The latter is the method that most people take so that they will not be criticized. They are shameless and will not be able to go.
Ouyang Bian was in the officialdom and had to follow the rules of the officialdom, so he quickly arranged his work, then took sick and asked for leave, and went home and stayed behind.
But this storm is so easy to continue.
The impeachment of Peng Siyong and Jiang Zhiqi seemed to sound the order to charge, and suddenly the impeachment of snow flew to Zhao Xu's desk like a snowflake.
Many people supported Ouyang Bian, especially in the same year of Jiayou, who even wrote articles to defend Ouyang Bian.
When the Su Shi brothers who had already completed mourning and heard the news on the road, they quickly wrote a memorial with Su Zhe and sent it to the capital through the post station, but his news was much late.
Except for the same year as Jiayou, Sima Guang of the Censorate wrote a letter to severely criticize Jiang Zhiqi, saying that this person was morally corrupt and his words were not enough to listen to.
Sima Guang praised Ouyang Bian and praised Ouyang Bian for his character and morality as bright moon, and he made a lot of contributions to the country. Some people impeached this time, but it was just an opportunity to obstruct the clearance of the land.
Sima Guang strongly defended Ouyang Bian.
Fan Chunren and others were not behind either, and they wrote letters to defend Ouyang Bian, and some also defended Zhong Yi.
Later, Wang Anshi also defended his disciples.
Wang Anshi believes that Ouyang Bian's personal morality has nothing to do with, and running an industry is just to respect his parents.
Moreover, these industries in West Lake City are not all Ouyang Bian, but a joint-stock company with more than one million beneficiaries.
Zhang Fangping also wrote a letter to Ouyang Bian to explain that as the Sansi Envoy, what he wrote was authoritative.
He listed Ouyang Bian's contributions to the national finances and believed that Ouyang Bian's business operations are not only for himself, but also for the entire country.
The current wealth of the Song Dynasty is largely due to Ouyang Bian's actions.
However, it was fine if Zhang Fangping didn't say anything. As soon as he spoke, someone immediately pointed the finger at Zhang Fangping.
They wrote a letter to impeach Zhang Fangping for money, and put their whole body and mind on the copper coins, so they criticized each other for such criticisms as Ouyang Bian.
Zhao Xu couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw this.
He couldn't help but think of Ouyang Bian's comments on these people.
"These gentlemen are mostly people who are not in the world and have no economics. I understand any weird remarks they say, because they have not received basic accounting training at all.
A country is nothing more than money, food, military, and bureaucrats. Money and food are particularly important. Without money, food, and any military or bureaucrats are all over the world.
These people regard money as dirt, but they always say they are for the sake of the world and the people, but they don’t know that the people don’t want them, the rice insects!”
Zhao Xu laughed and scolded Ouyang Bian for being too vicious, but now it seems that Ouyang Bian's criticism is indeed very impressive.
But this is the actual situation of the Song Dynasty today.
Ouyang Bian stayed in the door and Zhao Xu couldn't find anyone to discuss, so he remembered Wang Anshi and quickly invited Hanlin scholar Wang Anshi to discuss.
Wang Anshi said: "Peng Siyong and Jiang Zhiqi were slandering the court officials at will. Your Majesty will directly demote them to prefectures and counties."
Zhao Xu couldn't help but smile bitterly: "This is too rough. I'm afraid that many people will object. They have to come up with a method that everyone can accept."
Wang Anshi said stubbornly: "Censors have always been in the way of things. If they want to do things, these people are just stumbling blocks. Your Majesty can take this opportunity to drive them away and replace them with sensible people."
Zhao Xu frowned. He really didn't expect that Wang Anshi and Ouyang Bian's style of doing things were far apart.
If it were before, he would have really liked Wang Anshi's quick and neat approach, but now he only feels rough and has endless troubles.
Maybe this is the result of Ouyang Bian's influence.
Ouyang Bian always ponders things in front of Zhao Xu until he is uncovered, and is very good at combining opinions from all parties. Although the crowd is in a raging situation this time, Zhao Xu still has a clear mind.
Because Ouyang Bian arranged many things without revealing them, Ouyang Bian had previewed with him in advance.
Ouyang Bian believes that on the surface, the legal support for the land of Qingzhang and all officials also support it. When the public opinion is already here, in the end, opponents will definitely criticize the executors to achieve the goal of obstructing the land of Qingzhang.
Sure enough, as soon as the Zhang family was taken down, the impeachment of Ouyang Bian attacked Ouyang Bian was about to come.
Zhao Xu felt very impressed by Ouyang Bian's plan.
In fact, he knew which side to stand on, just wanted to know how to act.
What he didn't expect was that Wang Anshi was so different from Ouyang Bian.
Are they really masters and apprentices?
Chapter completed!