I became the son of Renzong

Speaking of which, Wang Gongchen can be considered number one.In the eighth year of Tiansheng, he was the same year as Ouyang Xiu, and finally beat Ouyang Xiu to be the number one scholar. Later, because of his opposition to the Qingli New Deal, he fell out with Ouyang Xiu, who was also a brother-in-law in the same year.

Later, when they went out and returned to the court several times, their official careers were bumpy enough.Over the years, maybe because they are getting older, the relationship has eased a lot.

As a minister in the same hall, Ouyang Xiu still told him the matter in detail.

Whether it's the uncle or the uncle, they are all relatives, and those who should know about him still know.As for how to do it, that is his own business, don't offend both sides in the end.

(Wang Gongchen and Ouyang Xiu are both Xue Kui's son-in-law. Later, after Ouyang Xiu's wife died, he married Xue Kui's daughter. Wang Gongchen added a couplet: the old son-in-law became the new son-in-law, and the eldest uncle became the younger uncle.)

Wang Gongchen had no choice. At this time, the only way to make everyone have nothing to say is to be fair.

At this level of being an official, everyone is a discerning person.

Since everyone is paying attention, only Zhanli can gain a firm foothold.

Qin Fenglu specially dispatched a new army and arranged a train of rail carriages to send all the people involved in the Chen Chang case to Bianliang.

No way, there were 80 people involved.

The presiding judge of Kaifeng Mansion, the Criminal Division, the Yushitai, the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Officials, and the Imperial City Division... I forgot when it started. All the cases that the officials paid attention to were all involved by the Imperial City Division. Tang also accepted it in a daze.

The trial hall is indeed the shelf of the trial hall, but everyone looked at the file... There is no need for another trial.

Witnesses and physical evidence, including the confessions of each participant, are completely ironclad.

Chen Changzhixiu also!

The process still has to go, there is no questioning, no torture, just like chatting about family affairs, all the criminals have confessed, exactly as recorded in the file.

It is the state of these criminals... How much crime would it take to become like this?It seems that they are all anxious to die.

Chen Changzhi was fine, since he wouldn't die anyway, I'm afraid the private salt business would definitely fail.

"Excuse me, turn around and speak modestly to Mr. Han. I, Chen Changzhi, am sorry for letting him down."

Confessed to the crime... and there was no way to deny it.

In the end, he shamelessly showed off his relationship with Han Xianggong in front of the audience!

He may not know that Han Xianggong really wants him to die at this time.

"Since the case is clear, why didn't the Kaifeng government draw a conclusion?"

"Going back to the official family, there has never been such a precedent in the country, and I dare not act rashly. I also ask the official family to make a decision with you."

Wang Gongchen told the truth, not an excuse. "Song Xingtong" is "Song Xingtong", but Chen Changzhi is a civil servant, and he is also a civil servant who was born as a Jinshi.

"Anyone who smuggles 200 catties of salt shall be punished with death... This Chen Changzhi sold more than [-] catties of private salt..."

Zhao Xi muttered to himself.

"Officials, Taizu vowed..."

This time it was not Sima Guang, but Han Jiang.He was really worried that the official would kill him, the official was really daring, he knew it.

Once the officials do that, there will be endless impeachments, and even cause the courtiers to break with the officials.

"I didn't say I wanted to kill him. Let's do this, confiscate his private property, strip him of his reputation, and become a commoner!"

This... Is this different from killing?

"Officials, scholars can be killed but not humiliated!"

"Is this humiliation? Then Mr. Sima, come and tell me, what is it to trample on the laws of the country, and to take bribes and break the law?"

"Can't kill, can't move? Are you demoted? Are you satisfied, am I satisfied? Are the people of the world satisfied?"

Zhao Xi didn't want to raise his voice at first, but when he spoke the last few sentences, he was still high-pitched.

Chapter 442 Aftermath

To say that the most obvious impact of the Chen Changzhi case is that in the second month after Chen Changzhi was deprived of his fame, the salt tax on Qinfeng Road increased by [-]%.

Of course, it is not because Chen Changzhi can monopolize [-]% of the private salt sales, it is because he killed a chicken and scared the monkey.

Throughout the northwest border, there are almost no officials who are not involved in smuggling salt.

Not to mention the Chong family and the Zhe family, even Gao Zunyu, who had been to the northwest border for a few years, also joined in the fun and got mixed up in this matter.

After Chen Changzhi was beaten to the end, there were many more letters between Qinfeng Road and Bianliang.

Too cruel, too scary.

This was taken care of by colleagues, who classified Chen Changzhi's family property in detail, and separated the ancestral property and dowry.Otherwise, Chen Changzhi's whole family would have to go begging.

"When the officials were chatting in the guard camp, they mentioned high salaries to support honesty and heavy codes to combat corruption. Officials once said that today's state government has high salaries to support scholars but is not honest..."

"Third brother, in fact, the income from the industries that followed the officials over the years has far exceeded the family's century-old savings. Restrain the children, don't make troubles, no one can save them if something happens, and the officials can't rub the sand in their eyes .”

Han Zhen came from the guard battalion, and he was deeply influenced by Zhao Xi on the concept of family and country. In other words, the whole guard camp, including those who are now teaching martial arts, are all similar to other officials in the court in terms of the concept of home and country. Work is not the same.

It's not that they only care about family development, but that they have the concept of a country.

This stuff can't be explained clearly, nor can it be explained in the short term.

Therefore, when talking about this matter at home, Han Zhen could only say this.

"Sixth Brother, Third Brother is not trying to disobey the officials. It's just that the officials are using such drastic measures, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to get along with the ministers and workers."

"And my Han family, including Lu's and Wang's, is still a family of farming and studying heirlooms. It is not a martial arts family, let alone an aristocratic family."

Difficulties!The farming and studying family, that is, civil officials, is a member of the entire civil service group.

Once there is a dispute between officials and civil servants, they will be very embarrassed.

Good fortune is hard to give up, and you are separated from the official family?That is an unbearable loss.At the beginning, all the properties and contracts of the official family had an additional clause, which is the so-called not to violate the righteousness?What is righteousness?Under certain circumstances, the official will is righteousness.

But to break with this civil servant group, he Han Jiang, including the entire Han family, would not be able to support the civil servant group even if he was paired with the Wang family and the Lu family.

He has been in charge of the two generations of the Han family, and he is the one who knows the power of civil servants the most.The connection is too complicated, and it is impossible to break it apart.

This is not a quarrel between colleagues. In the fight against imperial power, civil servants can achieve amazing unity.

"Third brother, I'm thinking too much. The government once said that literati are not thorough in innovation."

"I didn't understand it at the beginning, and now I don't understand it. When we look at the Chen Changzhi incident, the so-called civil service group can best embody the proverb of flying each other under a catastrophe."

"Besides, the officials are mellow in their work, and there are not many times when they really confront each other. Just wait and see, nothing will happen."