Chapter 550 Phenomenon and Essence
In just two quarters of an hour, more than 100 warships of the navy participating in the war poured thousands of rockets into the Yuan army camp. Although the range was limited to the limit, the entire enemy camp also exploded its left and right wings to the sky. The fire caused by the explosion quickly spread to the entire camp with the wind. The raging fire burned half of the sky red, and it could be clearly visible on the Sheji, which was several miles away.』Biqu Δ 『Δ Pavilion』
Zhao Bing was relieved when he saw this. Under such circumstances, the Yuan army was too busy to protect themselves. Even if the Song army retreated, they had no time to pursue them. More people might not be able to avoid them. An hour later, all the Song army units had boarded the ships and retreated to the sea outside Quanzhou. After the warships led by Liu Zhu came to meet, they all sailed to the southwest. When the sun rose, Quanzhou had already disappeared at the end of the horizon.
Maybe it was because he had been on the boat for too long in his previous life. When the fleet was walking on the vast sea, he looked at the seagulls chasing the fleet and the flying fishes that jumped out of the sea. Although there might be unknown winds and rains ahead, Zhao Bing's tense spirit for a month finally relaxed and felt extremely comfortable. This was not only because the battle had achieved the expected goal, but also had a little sense of accomplishment, but soon there was a layer of worry on his face, and he would face another storm when he went back.
"Official family, let's take a break!" Wang De saw that His Majesty had been sitting on the podium and holding his chin with his hands, looking at the sea quietly without saying a word, and came over and asked softly.
"Oh, everyone is resting?" Zhao Bing turned his face and looked at it as if he woke up after hearing this. In the huge command room, except for the guards on duty and two close-fitting little yellow gates, there had already been no one in the room.
"Yes, I've been struggling all night, and the Youxiang and the others have returned to the cabin to rest. They have not eaten breakfast!" Wang De said.
"Haha, everyone is exhausted these days, so let them sleep!" Zhao Bing smiled and said.
"Then the official family should take a rest!" Wang De reached out and wanted to help His Majesty get up and said.
"I can't sleep. It's good to see the sea here. You can go down and rest, don't worry about me!" Zhao Bing waved his hand. He was also surprised that he was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes after every battle, but he was so energetic that he couldn't open his eyes all night.
"If the official family doesn't rest, how dare you sleep? Why don't the official family eat something?" Wang De quickly shook his head and asked again.
"I feel hungry when you say it." Zhao Bing touched his stomach and smiled.
"Then let the kitchen cook a bowl of meat porridge for the official?" Wang De asked.
"No need, the people in the kitchen haven't been sleeping all night and have been busy for another morning. Don't bother them anymore. Just give me the dried fish." Zhao Bing waved his hand.
"Oh, the official family always cared about us subordinates." Wang De sighed. He had been following the little emperor for two years. He would never bother the people below. Thinking about his country's king, in order to disturb the chef's rest, only some fish to fill his hunger. How could he not move him? But he thought about it. His master was generous and could not use this as a reason to deal with His Majesty, so he called the chef to prepare meals for the little emperor.
In fact, I didn't want to eat dried fish, so the thing couldn't help but dry. In order to save it for a long time, I added a lot of salt to dry it. I was so frightened that I ate too much. Seeing that Wang De was so considerate, I just sighed and said nothing but said it without an example and did not stop it. He continued to lie on the podium and watched the sea, thinking about his worries. If this matter is not handled well, it will cause another storm.
The Affairs Bureau can be said to be Zhao Bing's other eye. Supervising officials and people's sentiments at all levels is one of its important tasks. However, in order to prevent them from abusing power, Zhao Bing only gave them the power to monitor and verify, and did not have the power to punish them. Only after his consent can he take action. When he was away, he naturally had to leave an eye at home, otherwise he would still know nothing about it. Isn't it unfair to leave Qiong this time? Of course, this time, Li Qiong is no exception.
After the storm, the information sent back by the Bureau of Affairs sent back not only to the ship's itinerary, but also to some things about Qiongzhou's past few days, which made Zhao Bing alert and also made him very worried.
One of them was born in Wanzhou. A country tycoon who served as the village chief did all the bad things, but he was unanimously supported by the people of the country in the past and was able to remain in office. However, he was arrested by the county because of his constant oppression of the villagers and committing crimes. However, he was always released in the end. Every time he was released, the villagers bowed and kowtowed to beg for guarantees.
After taking office, Jiang Ke, the governor of Wanzhou, was determined to eliminate harm for the people. After verified the crime of the evil village chief, he secretly sent a yamen runner to arrest him. Unexpectedly, the news leaked quickly and followed him to ask for bail to release the village chief for several miles. Jiang Ke was not disturbed and wanted to execute him after the trial, but was blocked by Sun Qi, the new magistrate of the court, and refused to sign it in the official document, saying that since there were neighbors as a bail, they should be released, and so they could not be executed.
This incident caused a lot of controversy, and the spies of the Bureau of Affairs could not have known it. They were also wondering why there were so many people in this village, so why were they willing to protect him? So the spies secretly launched an investigation and the people around him told him: We have actually suffered all the harm from this village, but the government was too afraid of trouble and released him not long after the arrest. If we did not plead for him during the arrest, he would hurt us even more after coming out. The spies felt that the matter was too strange and reported it as a strange thing.
Zhao Bing looked at it but did not dare to be careless. He knew that the Tongzong was the provincial name of "Tongzong Prefecture Affairs" or "Governor General". In the early Song Dynasty, in order to strengthen supervision and control of local officials and prevent the magistrate from being too powerful and being specialized in being a big shot, Song Taizu established the position of "Tongzong". The Tongzong was directly appointed by the emperor to assist the county government and could be regarded as the deputy position of the prefecture, but he could directly report to the emperor about all the officials including the prefecture and county officials, and also saw that the Tongzong was also an inspector.
The orders issued by the prefect to subordinates must be signed together with the Tongju to take effect. The name of the Tongju is also because the official documents of the superiors and subordinates are signed with the prefect. The selection of the Tongju was initially selected by the imperial court to serve as a Beijing official, and later it was changed to the transfer envoy, the commander and the supervisory officers and other supervisory officers. In addition to the supervisory officers, all military and civilians, money, household registration, taxes, and lawsuits can be decided, but they must sign documents with the governor to implement them.
Therefore, the Tongzong is a central official who is both administrative and supervisory. Most of the Tongzong ranks of Zhili Prefecture are from the fifth rank and the sixth rank, and the Tongzong ranks of Sanzhou are from the seventh rank and the eighth rank. The magistrate of Zhili Prefecture is from the third rank and the fourth rank, the magistrate of Sanzhou is from the sixth rank and the seventh rank. It has a certain difference with the power level, and it also means the control of the big and small rank. Taizu meant to solve the problem of states and counties becoming independent kingdoms, and it is also conducive to monitoring the phenomenon of **. In this way, the relationship between the central government and the prefectures and counties is like the heart and the arm, and the command is free.
Previously, Zhao Bing was in charge of Qiongzhou. One reason was that there was no need for the third-level leadership team to set up so many officials; the other was that there were not many people available in his hands, so the general magistrate was appointed. After the court moved to Qiong, in order to accommodate many officials who came with the court, he took the Ministry of Rites to select people to fill the teams at all levels of prefectures and counties, and he was not convenient to interfere in administrative matters, so he did not pay much attention to it.
This seems to be just a "strange thing". The Bureau of Affairs also reported it to its own preferences. It can be seen that this matter is indeed not a big deal, but Zhao Bing does not think so. On the surface, one is about a bad person doing evil, the victims dare not be angry, and even more dare not speak out. One is about how the royal rulers evaluate subordinates, and the other is about judicial ** involved in the imperial era. The three are irrelevant on the surface, and their parties may not have much connection, but if you think about it carefully, you can reveal their inner logical connection.
The reason why the village chief was fearless and acted was simply because there were local officials to cover up. Why did local officials need to cover up? One might be that they wanted to be peaceful officials and would return to the capital after a few years; the more likely was that they accepted bribes from thieves and had to "keep water to raise fish" in order to control thieves. It was no secret that the officialdom was extremely powerful in the late Song Dynasty. Small officials were caught, large officials were caught, and a few people were even corrupt. Why were these local officials so bold? There was only one reason: the royals were arrogant and only knew to listen to reports in the deep palace, but did not go into the public investigation and research. They often did not distinguish right from wrong, and black and white were reversed. Corrupt officials could deceive them with casual tricks.
Zhao Bing thought that this judge Sun Tong was not sure of corruption, because he had just arrived and had a short contact with the local area, and a small inner-grown could not even get into his eyes. Besides, Qiongzhou is now at the foot of the emperor, and there are many officials watching him, so he dare not be too presumptuous. On the surface, this seems more like the central government's officials are establishing their authority to local officials to express his position.
From a deeper perspective, Zhao Bing thought it was caused by inertia. When the ruler of one generation was higher than that of another, the will of the monarch and superiors determined the life, death, honor and disgrace of the bureaucrats, making it difficult for the bureaucrats to distinguish between good and bad fortune and fortune, and was at a loss. In ancient times, officials generally took food and salary as a fixed profession, and were only responsible to the monarch and superiors without caring about social benefits and the suffering of the people. They only knew to stick to the rules, acted according to the rules without caring about the changes in the actual situation, and were ambiguous when encountering things, acted slowly, shirking responsibility, and being at ease.
At the moment, officials must first understand the intentions of the court and superiors and try their best to cater to them in order to save their salary and life, which has led to a general self-protection and inaction style that does not seek merit but seeks nothing wrong. Now that the emperor is out, he is out of the war. According to what Sun Tong thought, the emperor certainly hopes that the family will be safe and the people will be happy. If this happens, wouldn’t it be a confusion for the emperor and a slander for the court? Therefore, he wants to use the mouths of the people to turn this matter into invisible, and can explain it to the superiors and subordinates.
Chapter completed!