Chapter 213: Selecting photos

Li Si nodded, but thought about it and asked again: "Sir, it is possible that the letters are all dependent on the candlelight."

"No." Ouyang pointed to the envelope and said: "There is also a word for milk here. If the whole letter is close to the fire candle, some white powder will inevitably appear. And there is another process."

“What process?”

When he knocked outside the door, Li Si opened the door. An uncle from the hat stood at the door. Li Si was shocked: "How did you enter the inn?" This place is specially used to receive local officials from all over the country for business, and not everyone can enter.

"Owner." Ouyang said.

Li Si moved aside, and the uncle from the straw hat grinned at Li Si. Li Si was stunned, and then he heard Zhan Ming's voice: "The master is as expected. An hour ago, Xiao Cui put a large piece of bluestone at the door of his house. Half an hour ago, Xiao Cui left, two quarters of an hour ago, Jin San entered Xiao Cui's unlocked house, and my cousin was staring there."

Ouyang smiled and said, "I believe that Zhou An helps me exchange the deducted civilian money for silver to transport it to sulfur, and then transport it from sulfur, and after paying the tax, the money will be washed away. Since it is a person who is hostile to me, Ouyang, I will definitely not miss this opportunity. I will try my best to get the account book of this money, and it is best to catch the current one." Just let it be a collusion between officials and merchants, but the court will not ignore the blatant embezzlement. In the past, Ouyang embezzlement was all about making up for the lack of money for the country. But this was washed into his own money. In addition, the amount was huge and there was an account book. Zhao Yu would not succeed if he wanted to deal with Ouyang. If Zhao Yu was the mastermind, he would definitely let Zhang Xuanming intercept the batch of silver and then report it to the court, so that Zhao Yu would generously convict Ouyang.

Zhan Ming said: "Sir, what should I do next?"

"It is not easy to follow Jin San's martial arts master. Zhan Ming, you monitor Zhang Xuanming and let Li Yifeng pay attention to the palace. If Zhang Xuanming and the palace have no abnormal movements, we will plan to secretly arrest these two people at that time."

Zhan Ming nodded: "Good adult, please go to court with confidence."

"kindness"

...

The first voting in the Song Dynasty finally began. Zhao Yu first explained the voting and the reasons for the voting. Then he asked the ministers what they thought about voting on this matter, whether it was appropriate or not.

Most of the views are positive, and there were similar things in the past, but they did not rely on voting, but on factional forces and ministers to express their views on the matter. In the end, the emperor's disposable things depend on which plan supports more people or the influence of ministers, and then make a decision. For example, in the flood of the Huai River two years ago, there were constant quarrels in resettlement of refugees. Some supported the imperial court to support local disaster relief, some supported the diversion of refugees to unaffected counties, opened official warehouses to provide disaster relief, and some also proposed to build refugee villages.

, nearby prefectures and counties mobilize food to provide disaster relief. Although the proposals are for the benefit of the people, and it involves conflicts of interest in various places, Zhao Yu is quite generous in disaster relief, so he is responsible for a large piece of fat meat. In the end, Cai Jing won the victory, and the Huainan West Road Pacification Department was in charge of disaster relief. In fact, everyone knows that the boss of Huainan West Road Pacification Department is a relative of Cai Jing's wife's house, but these things will not be mentioned explicitly. Many conflicts in the court come from such uneven distribution of interests.

Now everyone has a one-vote vote, which means that everyone has the opportunity to express their opinions. Those who were afraid of things, or those who were afraid of offending others had the opportunity to express their opinions through voting. This voting method is easy for everyone to accept.

The two eunuchs each took a piece of white cardboard, one posted an agreement on it, and the other posted an objection on it. As a officials of all the officials, Cai Jing first took a pen and drew one after another on it: "The imperial examination was the ancestral system left by my Emperor Taizu. Taizu was fair in the imperial examination, and it was hung outside the drum palace during the imperial examination, which shows that he attached great importance to it. Although the northwest was initially decided, a gentleman must have rules and regulations, and he cannot be like a businessman. If he has interests, he will ignore the rules of his ancestors."

A minister stepped forward and drew a few words on the board of agreement: "At present, the northwest has been settled, and people are suffering. If you rashly change the local officials who are familiar with the local government, it will inevitably cause many misunderstandings. Without a familiar official, the local government will not be stable. For the northwest of the Song Dynasty to stabilize as soon as possible and the people will live in peace. Therefore, even though the officials respect Cai Xiang, they still have to agree to retain the official documents of the soldiers."

"Okay, since it's a vote, there's no need to argue." Zhao Yu said: "Go down from the back."

The two eunuchs walked past the ministers, and the person who clicked turned around and drew their own views on the whiteboard. After three quarters of an hour, the first vote of the court officials in the Song Dynasty finally ended.

After counting three times, the ninth father-in-law said, "Forty-one votes in favor, forty-one votes against, and eleven ministers have not been elected."

This result was beyond the expectations of everyone, including Ouyang. Ouyang observed the past, and it seemed that only Cai Jing and Zhao Yu were prepared for the results. The others couldn't help but whispering to each other.

"Since this is the result, it's decided." Zhao Yu said: "The Ministry of Personnel will follow the action."

Eunuch Ninth said, "If you have something to report, you will leave the court without anything to do." After calling three consecutive episodes, seeing that everyone only whispers and not say publicly, they shouted, "Retreat the court." It is undeniable that Eunuch Ninth Ninth still had a loud voice like a broken gong.

Zhao Yu left first, and then all officials left the court. Ouyang wanted to leave, but saw Cai Jing who was still stunned by his head, so he stopped. After everyone left, Ouyang walked to Cai Jing and bowed, "Cai Xiang, I'm going to court."

"Human hearts are not old." Cai Jing shook his head: "It has changed."

Ouyang Fu: "It's the world that has changed a little."

Cai Jing smiled bitterly: "You have been a local official for a long time, but I don't know the mystery behind it. They are not voting whether they agree with or not to oppose the soldiers who are not officials, but are voting to see if they are asking me to step down."

"..." Ouyang Yilung, he really didn't know that there was another reason. It turned out that the forty-one votes were not all agreed to the government, but someone used the secret ballot to express his dissatisfaction with Cai Jing. No wonder the number of votes was twice as high as expected. Zhao Yu obviously knew it, no wonder she agreed to the vote without hesitation, just to see what court officials think of Cai Jing, the civil servant. Others can't see the vote, but she could see clearly. She knew what votes each person voted. With this vote, Zhao Yu further grasped the mentality of the ministers, which was a victory for Zhao Yu.

Ouyang also understood why Cai Jing, who had always insisted on being an official, had no opinion on the imperial examinations a few days ago. It was not until the Minister of Justice came to his house that he was a little ambitious to see his influence. The reality was cruel. Cai Jing lost a large number of votes of opposition because of his leadership. How many of the forty votes of opposition were given by him?

A vote showed the current political structure of the court. The successive victory in foreign wars suppressed the strategy of suppressing martial arts and valuing literature, and Cai Jing, the civil servant, was a scapegoat. Zhao Yu implemented many large-scale military plans over the years, and Cai Jingdu expressed his approval and cooperation, so he lost a large number of civil servants' support. Cai Jing had already felt this, otherwise he would not want to retire and return home. Zhao Yu obviously understood it, but insisted on letting Cai Jing continue to serve as the prime minister, so he naturally had another plan.

Since Zhao Yu came to power, he has paid more attention to local officials than before. Several capable court officials have been sent to local officials. The most typical example is Li Gang and Zeng Bu. Zeng Bu is now the governor of Hebei East Road. Although he is a good man, he is careful and cautious. He is in that position. Needless to say, Li Gang is already a local official. His ministers are not satisfied with the emperor's policies. As the prime minister, he does not respond to his ministers' opinions. Instead, he persuades his ministers to voluntarily help the emperor take the blame. Therefore, it is not surprising that such a voting result is.

"Mr. Ou, Your Majesty, Lord Xuan, meet him." The Ninth Eunuch came from the side door.

"Yeah, take care of Cai Xiang. Yeah..."

The Ninth Eunuch said clearly: "Our family will send someone to send Cai Xiang back." The Ninth Eunuch Eunuch has seen the ups and downs, so how could he not understand that although Cai Jing is still in the court, he has left the power field, and the last little hope will disappear with this vote.

...

Zhao Yu was walking in the garden, with four palace maids following, and the inner guard arranged personnel in his activity area. Zhao Yu met Ouyang at the center pavilion, and the first sentence was: "Who do you think can take over the position of left prime minister?" Although the Song and Tang dynasties were all known as cabinets or palaces, the real meaning was that the cabinet mechanism was established in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. The Song Dynasty cabinet was a bit like the emperor's secretary.

The full name of the prime minister is: Shangshu Zuo Pushe and the Minister of the Jung-Secretary. He is the brain of all officials. Among the left and right courts, the left minister is respected. For example, the personnel transfer of the Organization Department of the Ministry of Personnel must be reviewed by the Left Minister, and the Ministry of War procurement, etc., which is equivalent to the brain of the 24th Division of the Three Provinces and Six Ministry. This position has great power. After Zhao Yu took office, the rights of the Left Prime Minister were weakened, but he was still under one person, above ten thousand people, and as a position as a minister.

Ouyang doesn't understand politics, but he is not a fool. After watching such a play, Zhao Yu had such a direct opening remark, and he knew that Zhao Yu already had a suitable and ideal candidate. Now he doesn't even let the palace maids go, and it is obvious that he is intentional to send out the news. Ouyang said: "Wei ministers are all officials outside, and they are not very clear. However, Wei ministers feel that although Cai Xiang's life is a bit luxurious, he is loyal to the emperor and patriotism. And his ability... Wei ministers think that no one in the court seems to be able to do anything."

"It's right. Cai Xiang is indeed very capable, experienced, and loyal. Unfortunately, as an official, he personally came from a ancestral system to sell face and lobby for the ancestral system. I couldn't imagine such a result of the vote? I originally expected to hold on for another three or two years, but I didn't expect it to be so unpopular."

"Your Majesty, Cai Xiang was also misunderstood." This was how Song Huizong was in power. He pulled Cai Jing to the stage to implement the new law. When the opposition was too high, he demoted him as a scapegoat. He used it again when needed, and was repeatedly used three times.

Zhao Yu was not angry after hearing this. She would not be angry with Ouyang's truth: "You have pity Cai Jing? He is not a clean official. It would be better to retire and return home at this time than to be impeached and pushed down by someone in partnership."

"I still feel that Cai Xiang is still in good spirits..."

"I asked you who will take over, but you talked to me." Zhao Yu said a little dissatisfied: "The position of Zuo Prime Minister is as heavy as Mount Tai to the Song Dynasty. Don't be pretentious or rude, just say it directly."

"Your Majesty, I really don't know. I am not familiar with the court officials at all, and I can't even call a few names."

"You just said that no one among the court officials can get involved in Cai Xiang. What about the local officials?"

Ouyang asked in confusion: "Ganxin?"

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