The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2459 Impeachment of Officials

This means that many officials have to be careful even when walking.

If the officials regarded giving away animals as a joke, then they were wary of the fourteenth ceremony.

Because it is impossible for any official to guarantee such meticulous movements in formal occasions, and once unable to guarantee such movements, it means violating etiquette. Even if the censor does not participate, other officials are qualified to participate, thus becoming someone else's handle.

In these days, the Supervisory Yuan and some officials have reported many officials, and many middle and low-level officials who support the royal family have been judged by the Ministry of Civil Affairs as violating etiquette.

Therefore, at the court meeting to discuss the fourteenth rite, the officials spoke extremely fiercely and accused Fang Yun face to face.

"Prime Minister Fang's behavior is like a corpse. As a leftist prime minister, he actually used backward ancient rituals to imprison officials. This is even worse than Zhao Gao when he called a deer a horse!"

"This ritual is only found in the Book of Rites. There is no record in history books that all officials in one dynasty could do this."

"If officials focus on the sound of wearing rings, how can they care about serving the country and the people? You, Fang Xusheng, have two interests at heart, but we don't! Why not just eat minced meat!"

"Fang Xusheng, I never thought that you are such a stubborn person who clings to the past and clings to the old. If you insist on having your own way, I will fight to the death!"

"Prime Minister Fang, you are not even as good as Liushan!"

When a censor said these words, the Jinluan Palace immediately fell silent.

These words are too serious. Liushan's crimes are too numerous to describe. If Fang Yun is not as good as Liushan, what kind of punishment should he receive?

However, many people feel that if Fang Yun continues to be in charge of the phase, he may really cause anger and resentment, and in the end he will not be as good as Liu Shan.

At this time, every official discovered that no matter what order Fang Yun issued before, the number of people in the court who supported Fang Yun would not be less than half.

Today, the number of officials who oppose Fang Yun is actually five times more than those who defend Fang Yun.

Some officials who usually supported Fang Yun did not even speak.

The bachelor from the ceremony hall was particularly silent today and did not even nod once.

This time, almost all officials felt what the people wanted.

Fang Yun always looked calm, and no matter what the officials said, he was not angry.

After calming down in the Jinluan Palace for dozens of breaths, Fang Yun said: "I would like to inform you, Your Majesty, that I have my own secret report."

The officials were stunned. They had been scolding each other for so long, but Fang Yun actually had other things to attend to?

After Jingjun agreed, Fang Yun said: "The Master said: Acting with interests in mind will lead to resentment. Since Confucius said that pursuing interests as the standard will arouse resentment, in order to calm the grievances of the people and for the sake of unity, I will "Replace benefit with etiquette, replace benefit with benevolence and righteousness, get rid of all yamen related to benefit, and let the glory of etiquette and benevolence shine throughout the world."

Some officials' eyes twitched, and they all had a bad premonition.

Na Jingjun said: "Please also ask Fang Aiqing to explain in detail how to use etiquette for benefit."

Fang Yun said: "I have something to ask all the officials. How can the ink in their hands be white and not black?"

No one answered. This question is too simple. Anyone who touches the ink ink will definitely be stained black.

Fang Yun said: "Benevolence, righteousness, and etiquette are like white hands, while sharpness is like black ink. In order to prevent benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, and etiquette from being polluted, the court should use rituals to preserve benevolence and righteousness. However, the blackness of sharp ink has penetrated into every yamen. We should gradually eliminate the profit in each yamen. Only by eliminating profit can Jingguo restore its ethics and truly become a country of benevolence and righteousness, and each of us can be a benevolent and righteous person."

Sheng Boyuan snorted coldly and said, "Don't beat around the bush, just tell the truth. What do you really want?"

Fang Yun said: "To eliminate the benefits and preserve the ethics and benevolence, we should start from the six departments. The Ministry of Rites is the place to promote the ethics and there is no need to implement them for the time being. The Ministry of War is an important weapon of the country and cannot be acted upon rashly. The Ministry of Punishments only talks about laws and not ethics, but it does not care about benefits. , will not be involved. Then, start with the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs. Among the three departments, the Household Department manages land tax, customs duties, salary, food and wages, etc., and the most profitable ones should be removed first."

Cao De'an looked at Fang Yun in astonishment. He didn't expect that he had no intention of Fang Yun, and Fang Yun actually burned his head. However, when Cao De'an thought of all the recent remarks, he was not angry, but listened quietly.

Some officials saw Cao De'an's demeanor and gloated about his misfortune, laughing secretly in their hearts. This was a flood that had washed away the Dragon King Temple.

Assistant Prime Minister Yang Xuwen said: "I dare to ask Prime Minister Fang, how to make money from the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

Fang Yun smiled and said: "It's very simple. Start by reducing the official salary, slowly reduce it, and finally let each official only get the basic food to maintain food and clothing. Isn't it just a profit? When we are officials, are we serving the country and the people? For that little money and food? If it’s for money and food, why do you need to be an official? If it’s for the country and the people, why should you care about money and food?”

As soon as Fang Yun said this, there was silence.

One-third of the officials looked at Fang Yun like a fool.

A third of the officials glared at Fang Yun.

The remaining officials looked confused.

Is this an official who started from the county magistrate to the left prime minister? No matter how stupid an official is, he will not do this kind of method of removing profits.

Fang Yun is going to make enemies of all officials!

Fang Yun is betraying his own class!

How could anyone be so stupid?

There are people who betray the class, but there is absolutely no class that betrays its own interests.

Fang Yun's doing this means that not only Jingguo, but officials all over the world will oppose it in the most violent way.

The entire bureaucracy will launch the craziest counterattack!

Not to mention a virtual saint, even a half-saint cannot stop the counterattack of officials all over the world.

Fang Yun continued: "Not only should we reduce the salaries of officials, but we should also reduce the taxes of the people. In this way, in the eyes of the people, we are a benevolent court. Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue should gradually reduce taxes until it can maintain the basic needs of officials."

"Are you crazy?" Sheng Boyuan blurted out, looking at Fang Yun in disbelief.

This is not to benefit the preservation of rites and righteousness, this is to destroy the Jing Kingdom!

Lin Shouyan, the Grand Secretary of the Palace of Rites, showed surprise for the first time, looking at Fang Yun with a gloomy face.

Fang Yun sighed and said, "In order to pursue the highest realm of benevolence and justice, and in order to pursue the glory of rituals and music, what does it matter if officials and the court sacrifice a little bit of their interests? In the future, not only the Ministry of Revenue will cut off profits, but also the Ministry of Personnel. The Ministry of Personnel will determine the evaluation of officials based on whether they are benevolent and respect rituals, and it must not have anything to do with political achievements and taxation. The same is true for the Ministry of Works. They must do things for free, such as building water conservancy projects and roads, and they should do it for the people for free. So what if there is no money and food? As long as there is benevolence, justice and rituals, the people will naturally help for free. When officials cut off profits, the people will naturally cut off profits in the end. Bathed in the glory of rituals and benevolence, they will not care about money or various profits."

The Fengtian Hall fell into a deathly silence.

After a few breaths, He Mingxiang, the chief censor of the Supervisory Yuan, stepped forward and said, "Your servant He Mingxiang impeaches the left prime minister Fang Yun for disrupting the government, shaking the foundation of the country, being incompetent and lawless!"

Then, one censor after another stepped out and impeached Fang Yun one after another.

After the censors of the Supervisory Council came out, the Minister of Personnel Sheng Boyuan followed immediately, and the officials who supported the royal family followed.

Later, some officials who had remained neutral also followed suit to impeach.

In the end, more than one-third of the officials impeached Fang Yun, including officials from Cao De'an's party.

The court suddenly changed.

Soon, the Golden Palace was quiet.

After a long time, the Queen Mother said: "Fang Xusheng's words were too radical, but he did not force the policy. How about this, all the ministers take a rest for three days, and give Fang Xiang some time to think. After three days, the court will be held again. My dear ministers, leave the court."

"Hmph!" Fang Yun suddenly snorted coldly, drove the Wuhou car and left.

Soon, this matter spread throughout the world.

The next day, Fang Yun took sick leave.

When the court was held again, Fang Yun was still sick.

However, on the day of the court meeting, Fang Yun had a new work published, called "Political History".