Prime Minister

Chapter 472
The envoys of Xixia were punished and the results came out.

Both escorts are punished.

At that time, Sima Guangshang said that the big state feared its strength, and the small state cherished its virtue.Do not avoid the strong, do not bully the weak, this king is the world.

In Sima Guang's eyes, the envoy's act of protecting China's face turned into an act of 'bullying the weak'. Zhang Yue saw Sima Guang's negligence, and also lamented that his old man's hand is really powerful.

Both envoys were punished, although Zhang Yue himself was not mentioned.

But Zhang Yue also knew that he couldn't avoid it, and it just so happened that the debate in the hall was also passed into Zhang Yue's ears through different channels.

It was Han Zhongyan and Ouyang Fa who passed the word to him.

Although Han Zhongyan and Ouyang Fa didn't say it clearly, they made Zhang Yue understand that he had better impeach himself.

Self-impeachment depends on your weight in the eyes of the officials. If you have a good impression of you, the officials will pardon you, and the matter will be lightly exposed like this.A bad impression is also punished leniently.

This move is better than being settled by Qiuhou.

But Zhang Yue felt that he was not at fault for this move, so he also committed a bullish temper, and he resolutely refused to impeach him.

The consequences of not self-impeaching are also obvious, so many courtiers vaguely blamed Zhang Yue for the Xixia Kingdom's invasion of the bandits.

In the tenth month of Zhiping, Xixia invaded the frontier, which caused a shock in the court.

Han Qi and Sima Guang had a heated debate on whether to implement the military system in the northwest.

As for the officials, they have also made a decision, that is, to restore the system of turning to the right. During the five-day daily life, the academicians of the Imperial Academy and the officials of the Wenban court will take turns to play the right.

The system of turning to pairs was implemented in the second year of Taizu Jianlong.

The so-called turn-to-right system, as long as you are a civil servant who is a member of the court, you can enter the palace to make a right to the officials.

However, the system of sub-pairs has been implemented before.The so-called secondary pair means that officials who have the qualifications to be officials can enter the palace and enter the palace, so the waiting officials are also called second-pair officials.

The intention of the officials to restore the system of transfer to the right is obvious, that is, as long as you are a member of the court, you can be eligible to join the right.

This is very good for opening the way.

What the waiting officials say may not be in line with the wishes of the officials, so the officials will change from the secondary system to the switch system, and use this to listen to the opinions of 'low-level' officials.

Of course, this low-level official also has a threshold.

The so-called threshold is above the court counselor, Zhang Yue, who has just been promoted to the position of Taichang Cheng, just happened to be qualified to be transferred to the right on this threshold.

This is where the power lies.

It turns out that the nobleness of court officials lies in being able to obtain the right to be transferred to the right, but Emperor Renzong always implemented the second right in the later period, rather than turning to the right.Therefore, the court officials had nothing to do except kowtow outside the hall every day.

But with the implementation of the transfer system, court officials will be worth more.

This made many officials who had just been promoted to the imperial court unavoidably gearing up, brewing some opinions on state affairs, thinking about how to be appreciated by the officials in front of the king.

So when the transfer was implemented, all the officials who had a fever and stomachache on weekdays and asked for leave from Yushitai for various reasons and did not come to the court, all of them suddenly recovered.There are even some who are too old to walk, and let their family members directly carry them into the palace.

Officials all implement the system of turning right, how can we, as court officials, not show face?
When Zhang Yue arrived in front of the Chongzheng Hall, he saw that all the officials were in high spirits.

Zhang Yue thought to himself that the system from second-to-second pairing to turning to right-handedness can be used to open up the way of speaking, prevent obstruction and abuse, and select talents.

As far as the superiors are concerned, low-ranking officials often have someone who dares to speak out or speaks to his heart. Before discussing the government, Fubi, Sima Guang robbed the official's family, Han Qi was beaten to the ground and couldn't make a sound, and the rest of the officials were attached to the officials. There are very few families.

But for the superiors, there are ways to change these.

Those in power from ancient times to the present have always liked to gain power through reforms, and their supporters do not come from high-level vested interests, but from relatively low-level officials.

Zhang Yue heard the officials next to him say: "During the reign of Taizu, he only made the right transition during the Jianlong period. Taizong took over 15 years after he ascended the throne. After a full 30 years, Zhenzong and Renzong did it twice. It’s right, but it’s only a few years, I don’t know how many days I can do today?”

The official on the side smiled and said: "The official has the intention of reform and progress, which is a good thing for us. I have prepared a lot of words."

Another person laughed and said: "Forget it, I wait for the ministers to face the king with sincerity and fear, so I may not dare to speak out. You have prepared a lot of words here, and when your legs are weak, you may not be able to say a word. "

Everyone laughed.

"But it's a wheel pairing, only two people can come in and out at a time, I don't see when it will be our turn among the hundreds of court officials."

"If the officials ask about Xixia affairs, be careful, especially about the government soldiers, it will offend people."

"That's right, be careful with your words, be careful with your words. In the past, the wheel was not working, because the prime ministers thought that there were too many people talking about things, and it was a secret to stab the power."

After hearing this, Zhang Yue understood that Qin Hui was a narrow-minded person in history, and officials were afraid of saying the wrong thing when it was their turn, so they refused to go.Even if I went, I would still say some irrelevant things to the emperor, such as the officials should take care of your health and don’t work hard. Anyway, I am afraid of touching taboos, but I dare not talk about state affairs, and what I say is not important, so it’s the right turn The meaning is gone.

As soon as the wheel pairing proposal came out, it was also opposed by the officials, to the effect that they were afraid that some ministers below would be unseemly and pick what the emperor liked to hear.But the intention of the real opposition is tacitly understood by everyone.

Zhang Yue and the court officials stood outside the door and listened.

He didn't think it would be his turn in the right turn, but he didn't have to worry about it, that was Xixia's questioning.

Once you enter the officialdom, you are in the midst of right and wrong.

When an official reaches this level, colleagues will not expose your faults in person, but occasionally one or two actions, contemptuous eyes or turning a blind eye, such faint little nails, only those who have experienced it personally will understand.

When you go to a place and feel that the atmosphere is not right, as long as you are not too dull, you can detect that these people whispered about you not long ago.

Although everyone's face is fine, you can just vaguely feel it.

That means you have been targeted!
Especially after Sima Guang's move, Zhang Yue could feel such soft nails.

"Officials who have not made an appointment, listen to the seal to hear!"

After hearing the decree, all court officials continued to wait under the sun.

Just now, there are already ten people who have entered the right pair in twos, and ordinary officials will not call the sixth pair. It seems to everyone that they are waiting for another day in vain.

All the officials regretted waiting for nothing.

Although there are regrets, you should still come, just like some meetings, you can’t talk about it even if you go, let alone make any decisions, but being there represents a qualification.

Being right is a matter of qualification.

"Lv Huo, the admonishment court, is in charge of hooking up and leading the supervisor to get in right."

After Xiao Huangmen came out to report, Zhang Yue couldn't help being slightly surprised, and then reacted, holding Bai Jian in his hand and saying: "I obey the order."

So in the eyes of everyone, Zhang Yue walked to the gate of the palace, and Lu Hui was beside him.

Lu Hui is a waiting officer and has the right qualifications.

And the wheelsets are all such a standby with a non-standby official.

Such a configuration is said to be afraid of preventing the audience from being left out during the duet. At the same time, a waiting officer has experience in the prelude to the king, so he can mention the non-waiting officer who is the first time to play the right, so as not to make any jokes in front of the king.

It's not that there were no ministers who met the emperor in the past, but they just chattered and couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

But a waiting officer can help you resolve this embarrassment.

So Zhang Yue and Lu Hui entered the hall together.

(End of this chapter)