Prime Minister

Chapter 496 Xiu Qi Zhiping (Two Updates in One)
Hearing Zhao Shu's words, Zhao Xu couldn't help being taken aback.

Li Ji is Xu Shiji, a famous general in the early Tang Dynasty.When Tang Taizong was seriously ill, he was afraid that his son Li Zhi would not be able to control a general like Li Ji, so he demoted him to another state, and then told Li Zhi that you did not treat him well, so he refused to obey you, and he could wait for his own death. After you die, call him back, he will definitely be grateful to you.

Zhao Xu was taken aback for a moment, suddenly he didn't know his father anymore.

Zhao Xu said: "Father, you are in the prime of your life, why are you talking about this afterlife?"

Zhao Shudao: "I have been in poor health, and I have been ill several times since I became the throne, so now I have to think more about you. Our branch is a small sect that entered the world, so the people have always been dissatisfied."

"In this dynasty, there is a precedent of brothers ending up with brothers. Although the Queen Mother returned to me, Fu Bi and others still supported him. In case I was gone, he also advocated being a descendant of the late emperor, as the son of my father's brothers. If you choose another one, what should you do?"

"That's why I have never dared to procrastinate to appoint a crown prince, but as long as King Pu can respect the late emperor, our lineage will have the qualifications higher than other clans, and I can take advantage of the situation to appoint you as a crown prince. "

Zhao Xu was taken aback, but said: "As long as my father is in good health, my son would rather not be a prince for the rest of his life."

Zhao Shuxin felt that his son had nothing to say in terms of filial piety, and he would definitely be a good emperor when he ascended the throne in the future.But wanting to be a good emperor does not mean being able to be a good emperor, there is still a long way to go.

Zhao Shudao: "My health has always been bad, and recently I have exhausted my mind and energy because of Pu Yi's affairs, and I feel that my health is not as good as before. But you have to remember that our father and son have gone this way, and we can't turn back. Turn back Even if you die, even your younger brothers and queen mother will not survive."

Zhao Xu's face was pale, his parents had never told him about this, he didn't know that there were so many bloody storms on the way to the throne.

Just like when Ren Shouzhong supported Zhao Yunchu and Zhao Shu to fight for the prince...

Zhao Zong'er, who is also a cousin, squeezes out and suppresses Zhao Shu...

And on the day of Emperor Renzong's death, Zhao Yunbi relied on the old to sell the old, and wanted to grab the class and seize power.

These people are all potential competitors for the throne, and the Empress Dowager Cao has always been dissatisfied with him, and there is a minister like Fu Bi who keeps saying that Yihuo's minister can be him, if there is a real brother and brother thing……

Zhao Shu has been reluctant to talk about these things in front of his son.

Therefore, to fight for the name of the biological father, King Pu, is to elevate the status of his own clan, but also to fight for the name of his son.

Of the three prime ministers at the same time, Zhao Shu was most worried about Han Qi.

It's not that Han Qi is afraid of abolishing the establishment like Fu Bi, if it wasn't for the descendant of their lineage to ascend the throne, so Han Qi and the others' meritorious service at the beginning would become a crime of support in the eyes of the new emperor.

But among the three rulers, Han Qi's contribution is really too great, what if the prime minister overpowers the throne in the future?That's why he made Wang Tao, who was at odds with Han Qi, the Yishan of the prince's palace.Zeng Gongliang has repeatedly recommended Wang Anshi, who is at odds with Han Xiang, with himself, and he has already planned to use him as a patent.

As for the other two prime ministers, Zeng Gongliang was too greedy to be an official.Ouyang Xiu was too bookish.

Zhao Shu didn't intend to tell Zhao Xu what he said from the bottom of his heart. As a father, he still didn't want to say so many nasty things to his son, so he could only keep it in his heart.

Zhao Xu shed tears for a while when he heard Zhao Shu talk about life and death.

Zhao Shu was very happy to see that his son was an emotional person.But Zhao Xu said: "But why does the emperor have to demote Zhang Yue? He is not a minister like Xu Shiji."

Zhao Shu thought about his words, and said: "It's true that Zhang Yue is different from Cai Xiang and Zhang Sheng. They opposed my ascension to the emperor's position. Zhang Yue has the merit of protecting him, but he is the same as Sima Guang and Lu Hui. Like humans, they all respect my dragon chair, but not me."

"However, the first emperor said that this person is a prime minister. I think he is also capable. What's more, he is a clean and honest official. The exchange office receives and withdraws so much money every day, and even I don't care... I feel that he has spent so much money, but Being able to not take a penny, and even distributing public money generously to his subordinates, if this kind of conduct is not really clean and honest, it is a traitorous loyalty."

"Such a minister is difficult to use, so I leave this favor to you. If you use him in the future, let him know the order. With such a great favor to him, he will definitely do his best for you in the future."

"Father..."

Seeing his son bowing down, Zhao Shu was also very moved, and suddenly had the illusion that by demoting Zhang Yue's official position, he was cultivating him instead.

……

At the moment, in the Political Affairs Hall, Han Qi, Zeng Gongliang, and Ouyang Xiu are all there.

The officials told them to deal with Zhang Yue no matter what, which made them difficult.

Han Qi sat in the main seat and ate apricots in silence, while Zeng Gongliang and Ouyang Xiu were discussing.Zeng Gongliang and Ouyang have been discussing for a long time without any result, but when they turned around, they saw that Han Qi was still silent.

When Han Qi deals with political affairs, he often does not express his opinions, but let the officials below discuss them.

Back then, when he, Wang Gongchen and another official presided over the Kaifeng mansion test, Wang Gongchen often quarreled with another official, but Han Qi remained silent.Wang Gongchen was angry that Han Qi didn't speak up for him, so he questioned: "You are here without saying a word, what kind of goddamn prime minister's demeanor are you imitating?"

When he became prime minister, he asked Zeng Gongliang about all political affairs, Ouyang Xiu about literature, and made his own decisions on major issues.

Seeing that Zeng Gongliang and Ouyang Xiu had been arguing for a long time but couldn't come up with any results, the more they ruled, the more afraid they would offend the people of Bianjing City, and the more they didn't, the more they violated the emperor's will.

In the end, Han Qi peeled a broad bean, and then put down his words: "I have been in Zhongshu for many years, and I have never put my mind on the advancement and retreat of officials, so why be afraid of others' words!"

"Let's ask Duke Zhaowen to make a decision."

"Alright, I'll go there myself," Han Qi put on his clothes and said to the left and right: "Prepare the car, I'll go to the traffic office at night."

……

Inside the Exchange.

Zhang Yue is drinking with Cai Jing.

The two of you have a drink and I have a drink. This is a difficult situation for Cai Jing.

Cai Jing quickly waved his hand and said, "Prisoner, I can't drink anymore."

Zhang Yue smiled slightly and said, "Don't you Xinghua Army like to drink?"

Cai Jing said with a smile: "We like to drink tea, but we can't drink alcohol."

Zhang Yue thought for a while and said: "It's good to drink tea. The more you drink tea and talk about things, the more you will be sober. But drinking and talking about things is a mistake."

Cai Jing poured wine for Zhang Yue and said, "Bachelor, have another drink."

Zhang Yue said: "Yuan Chang, what do you think the Exchange has planned in the future?"

Cai Jingdao: "Jing thinks that it is better to deal with the issue of decommissioning and quality of the warehouse, and take over the matter of lending and borrowing, so as to avoid the fee of exchanging salt money for gold and silver, and let more people use salt money. The profit can be increased by at least [-]%."

Zhang Yue said: "Yuanchang, I understand what you said. Then earn so much money, what will happen in the future?"

Cai Jingdao: "Nowadays, there is nothing more troublesome than Xixia and Liao. Xixia is weaker and Liao is stronger. As long as the court has money, we can use troops in the northwest. How many people will be enshrined in this road in the future Mutually."

"Is the jailer the student who is wrong?"

Zhang Yue said: "No, that's right, I thought so too at the beginning. But thinking about it today, I'm missing something."

Cai Jing said, "What's missing?"

Zhang Yue said: "With the support of the people...whether you will get the support of the officials if you use the Jiaoyin Prison to collect money like this."

"As long as the imperial court has a steady stream of money... the word interest is touching."

Zhang Yue waved his hand and said, "The word interest is not enough. People's hearts do not lie in interests, but in likes and dislikes."

Zhang Yue lay on the sidelines and said: "The common people can't see that all the money earned from the money handed over to the prison belongs to the imperial court. They can only see the country and the people competing for profit."

"That's why I've been reluctant to hand over to the Yinjian for a long time. You must remember that when the imperial court wants to set up a warehouse to release the quality of the treasury in the future, we can't ask the Yinjian to do it. Other yamen must do it." .”

Cai Jingdao: "But this is not controlled by others!"

Immediately, Cai Jing suddenly said: "Sentence to prison, this is to divide the interests with others!"

Zhang Yue nodded and said: "The source of wealth is here, and sooner or later someone will see this. Don't compete with others, our family can't get all the benefits in the world, we have to give more to others to take advantage of, this way to go wide.”

Cai Jing's eyes flashed and he said: "Prisoner, now that the officials are short of money, why don't you dedicate this idea to the officials, so that you can regain the trust of the officials."

Zhang Yue smiled, as Cai Jing said, then the Royal Bank of Song Dynasty would appear sooner.

Zhang Yue drank the wine in one gulp, and then said with a smear of wine: "That's a good statement, but I don't want to!"

Cai Jing hesitated to speak, and after a half day of ideological struggle, he poured another glass of wine for Zhang Yue.From the bottom of his heart, Cai Jing always hoped that Zhang Yue would regain the trust of the emperor. As the saying goes, people don't fight with officials, and officials don't fight with the emperor.

How can an official who has lost the emperor's favor have a future, so even Cai Jing's own future has to be paid for.

Zhang Yue slowly raised the wine cup and said: "But you can report this matter to Han Jixiang, he will trust you and use you after he knows."

Cai Jing was so surprised that he couldn't speak: "What do you mean by being sentenced to prison?"

Zhang Yue put his hands on his knees and said: "The imperial decree of my dismissal will be issued soon. You have followed me for many years. I want to find you a good place, otherwise I will not bury talents. Han Jixiang is a man who knows talents and values ​​them." People, and my recommendation, he will reuse you."

Cai Jing's lips trembled and said: "The talents of prisons are ten times that of Beijing. Jing is willing to be attached to the wing, but Jing... Jing is really unwilling..."

Cai Jing wanted to say that he and Zhang Yue were advancing and retreating together, but he couldn't say anything when the words came to his lips.

The power is tempting. Now that Zhang Yue is dismissed from office, Cai Jing's future is also lost. What is the future of following a person who is loathed by the emperor and has lost his future?

Zhang Yue personally poured a glass of wine for Cai Jing, and then said: "Yuan Chang, you are a genius in this world, and your future future will be far ahead of mine. What's the use of you and me who have lost power? So it's better to be a loser as soon as possible. Just change the court."

"However, when I leave, I have a heartfelt message to give."

"Cai Jing will never be able to repay the kindness of being trained by the jailer in this life. Please give me advice from the jailer no matter what you say!"

Cai Jing heard tears in his eyes.

Zhang Yuedao: "I often tell you that self-cultivation is the responsibility of self-cultivation, self-cultivation, family governance, country governance and world peace. Only by cultivating yourself first can you manage the family, govern the country and the world. If you don't cultivate yourself, there is no need to talk about everything."

"You and I are both scholars. When you read books with your hair tied, you know that you are different from others. After you have read thousands of volumes and gained insights, you have even pretended to be a sage. Seeing that all living beings only believe in their own likes and dislikes, regardless of right or wrong, they say to the world It’s not enough to talk to yourself, but the disaster is also born at this time.”

"Keep in mind that people's hearts are only dangerous, and Dao's heart is weak. Although the superiors are wise, they cannot be without human hearts, and the inferiors are foolish, but they cannot be without Daoism. When governing a country, one should not only talk about Daoism and ignore people's hearts, but always be aware of people's hearts, their likes and dislikes .”

After Cai Jing heard about Zhang Yue, he couldn't help but feel confused, and he couldn't match the governance of the country with himself.

Zhang Yuedao: "So at the end of reading, you have to go back to Xiuqi Zhiping. You must first treat yourself, then your family, then the people under your rule, and finally the world. Don't always think that your Taoism is right. Be aware of your likes and dislikes and those of others.”

When it came to the last sentence, Cai Jing finally understood, and couldn't help but said with tears in his eyes: "Jing thanked the judge for his words. The judge is not only Jing's superior, but also Jing's lifelong teacher."

Zhang Yue smiled and said: "There is no need to say this again. I can't bear to lose a good talent in the world. In the future, you will definitely surpass Zhang. That's right, when I am dismissed by the imperial decree tomorrow, you go and tell the subordinates to let me go. They don't have to come out to see each other, I still want to save some face after being here for so many years."

"I'm drunk, get out."

After Zhang Yue kicked over the wine bottle, he fell asleep with his back to Cai Jinghe.

Cai Jing wiped away his tears, gave a long bow to Zhang Yue, and then closed the door and left.

Cai Jing thought that he had been stealing from Zhang Yue for so long, and he was conceited that he had learned a lot of skills. In the future, Han Jiang, the third division envoy, would only be more valuable with his own talents. Not necessarily a bad thing.

At this time there was a commotion outside, Cai Jing couldn't help asking: "What's the matter?"

No one answered, at this time someone reported: "Mr. Han's carriage is here!"

Cai Jing was taken aback when he heard the words, what does Mr. Zhao Wen mean by this?Could it be that Zhang Yue doesn't need to be dismissed from office? Cai Jing still thought that if Zhang Yue were dismissed from office, it would be difficult for him to get ahead.

Now that Han Qi came, his mentality changed again. He thought that Zhang Yuezhi was ten times as talented as me. If he didn't dismiss him, Cai Jing would stay dormant for the rest of his life, with no chance to stand out.

Cai Jing's mood is also very complicated at the moment.

And at this moment Han Qi had already arrived.Opposite Cai Jing thought, is this handsome, tall and imposing old man Mr. Zhaowen?Really good-natured, indescribable in words, if one day I can...

Cai Jing immediately pulled himself together and said to Han Qi, "I'd like to report to Mr. Zhaowen that the judge is in this room, let me show you the way."

Han Qi glanced at Cai Jing, then nodded.

Han Qi pushed the door and left, but could not help frowning when he smelled the alcohol smell in the room.

But under a lone lamp, Zhang Yuehe's quilt and sleeping bed collapsed and there were many wine bottles.

"I told you not to bother me!"

Zhang Yue, who was on the collapsed bed, yelled, turned his head and saw that he suddenly woke up seven or eight times drunk, and quickly got up and bowed down: "I have seen you!"

Han Qi didn't say a word, he took a lantern from the hand of his entourage, and then waved his hands to let the left and right back down.

ps: I wrote it late, so I will cooperate with two updates and one update.

(End of this chapter)