Prime Minister

Chapter 535
Zhang Fangping introduced Sansu as their benefactor, and at the same time made friends with Wu Yu, and to Zhang Yue, he was a senior boss with a friendliness of more than sixty.

However, Zhang Fangping's personal morals are not very good. For example, when someone buys a concubine for him, after that person pays hundreds of dollars for a woman, Zhang Fangping accepts the person but does not pay. There are many such things.

At the same time, politically, Zhang Fangping tends to be conservative in his strategy against Xixia, which is considered to be Lu Yijian's party.However, in the Qingli New Deal, Fan Zhongyan presided over the reform, and many reforms came from Zhang Fangping. At the same time, Zhang Fangping also partly opposed the content of Fan Zhongyan's reform.

If it is said that Zhang Fangping's political views tend to be neutral or at both ends of the spectrum, then that's over.

For example, Zhang Yue supports Wang Anshi's reform, but does not fully agree with the content of Wang Anshi's reform. So Zhang Yue supports or opposes the reform, supports Wang Anshi or opposes Wang Anshi?

Simply distinguishing an official from a reformer or a conservative is like easily defining a person as a good person or a bad person. It is very one-sided.

But now the emperor asked himself, how should he answer?Wang Anshi now knows the Jiangning mansion, but he refused to be called back to the capital by the emperor repeatedly.But Wang Anshi left his son Wang Yu, who had just graduated as a Jinshi, to stay in the capital, and often went to and from the mansion of his good friends Han Wei, Sima Guang, and Lu Gongzhu, so that he could keep in touch with him from time to time.

So it seems that Lao Wang is not a good stubble!
Zhang Yue said: "Chen Ping robbed his sister-in-law with money, Han Gaozu still didn't abandon it. Your Majesty also said that talents should be promoted. Now is the time when the country is undergoing a century-old change. How can you give up your idea because of a few words? "

The officials were overjoyed upon hearing this.

Zhang Yue said again: "But although Zhang Fangping is a capable minister, he is not as good as Wang Anshi."

The official nodded and said, "I understand, but it's difficult to know and employ people. That's right, what do you think, Mr. Wang?"

Zhang Yue knew that the officials were referring to Wang Tao, but he pretended not to know: "Which Mr. Wang is your Majesty asking?"

The official said: "It's Mr. Yishan Wang when I was in the East Palace."

Zhang Yue said: "I have no contact with Wang Zhongcheng on a daily basis, and I dare not speak about him before your majesty, lest the sage be misunderstood."

The officials knew that Wang Tao deliberately satirized Zhang Yue several times in front of the palace, such as today.But no matter how Zhang Yue felt about Wang Tao in his heart, he did not lose his sense of proportion in front of himself.

The official remembered that he once read a book and couldn't understand it, so he ordered his servant to summon Zhang Yue to answer it.

Zhang Yue happened to be out on a social occasion that day, so he entered the palace late, and the servant waited for a long time before seeing Zhang Yue.

The servant said to Zhang Yue: "The officials will blame you for being late, what excuses do you think you can use?"

Zhang Yue said to his servant: "Just tell the truth."

The servant said: "You should have served in the palace, but you ran out to have a banquet, so that the officials were late in summoning, so the officials will blame you, and you will be impeached by the censor if you spread the word. Why don't you just find an excuse to settle the matter?" gone."

Zhang Yue said: "It's human nature to socialize, but bullying the emperor is a serious crime for a subject, so you should tell the truth."

Then when Zhang Yue arrived in the palace with the servant, the official really asked why Zhang Yue was late, and the servant told the truth.

The official asked Zhang Yue: "Why did you go out of the palace to drink without permission when you were in Dangzhi?"

Zhang Yue said: "The student's teacher, Chen Xiang, returned from his envoy to Khitan. Today, Sun Jue, a classmate and minister of the same official, You Zhengyan, hosted a banquet outside the palace to meet the wind. I haven't seen the teacher for a long time, so I went to see him."

"When I left, I had already changed into my regular clothes. I didn't know anyone in the market. After I arrived, I just stayed for a while and drank a glass of water and wine before returning. Unexpectedly, Your Majesty summoned me here. It was because of my negligence."

Hearing the words, the official said in relief: "It turned out that I went to see the teacher, so I don't care about it, but if you are impeached by the censor because of this, I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you."

The censor did not impeach him afterwards, but the officials felt that Zhang Yue was very straightforward, so they trusted him even more.

He took Wang Tao today to see Zhang Yue's attitude.

Since I have been in power for more than half a year, with the familiarity with the government, the officials have lost the confusion they had when they first took the throne, and the first-class confidence has gradually come to them. The feeling of mastering power is just like that sentence, with a sharp weapon in hand, and the murderous intention is self-inflicted. .

Zhang Yue never mentioned it before he ascended the throne, and the monarch and his ministers had a teacher-student fate.Even Han Wei gradually changed from a teacher's attitude to a courtier.

You must know that the officials were still afraid of Han Wei before he ascended the throne. Once Han Wei saw him wearing a pair of good-looking boots.
What Han Wei said is, as a prince, are you going to dance in such beautiful shoes?
The official changed the shoes embarrassingly.

But now Han Wei's attitude has changed. The monarch and his ministers have discussed each other from the past, and now the minister's words are only for your majesty's reference.

However, Wang Tao still regarded himself as the master of Donggong, and also regarded himself as expelling Han Qi and belittling Ouyang Xiu's achievements. The officials felt that he could not bear it anymore.

Today, the officials asked Wang Tao deliberately to see Zhang Yue's attitude, but Zhang Yue avoided him, so he felt that this person was honest and credible.

Soon the personnel in the court were adjusted.

The officials first decreed to change Sima Guang to Yushi Zhongcheng and Wang Tao to be a Hanlin scholar.

As a result, this matter was opposed by Zhongshu. Wu Kui and Zhao Gai had no objection to Sima Guang's appointment as Yushi Zhongcheng, but they had great opinions on Wang Tao's appointment as Hanlin Bachelor, and they insisted on Wang Tao's appointment as an outsider.

Wu Kui said that Wang Tao insisted on the old kindness of the East Palace and forced Han Qi and Ouyang Xiu to retreat, and now he has such a beautiful job as a Hanlin Bachelor, there is no such reason in the world.

Wang Tao's move to impeach Wu Kui, Prime Minister Afu, was instructed by Han Qi and Zeng Gongliang, with the purpose of preventing himself from entering Zhongshu through a Hanlin scholar.

The officials asked Han Wei how to deal with it, and Han Wei had been dissatisfied with Wang Tao for a long time.It was said that Wang Tao impeached the prime minister for being domineering before. If he was right, then the prime minister would be punished. If he was wrong, Wang Tao should be dismissed.

The two sides attacked each other, and in the end the officials each played [-] big boards. Wang Tao went to know Chenzhou, and Wu Kui went to Qingzhou to know.

Wang Tao didn't drive Zhang Yue out of the imperial court, but he himself took the name of domineering censor Zhongcheng, and his trusted student was demoted to the local government.

However, the struggle between civil servants in the Song Dynasty was all over. Wang Tao and Wu Kui were demoted from the capital, even if it was over, they might come back sometime.

But after Wang Tao was demoted to Chenzhou, he was still indignant, and continued to impeach Han Qi in Shangshu. Several Zhongshu people thought that you had already arrived in the local area, and you were still bullying, so they demoted you to a farther place. But this matter was opposed by Sima Guang, the censor Zhongcheng.

After Wu Kui left, the position of attending political affairs was vacant.

So the officials decided to let Zhang Fangping and Zhao Bian serve as political advisers.As a result, Sima Guang knew about Zhang Fangping's appointment and expressed his opposition, but the opposition did not count.

The officials still insisted on using Zhang Fangping, but Zhang Fangping was really unlucky. He had just been appointed as a political adviser for a few days, but Ding You died because of his father.

When the officials were about to use Zhang Fangping to preside over major national affairs, Zhang Fangping had no choice but to leave at this time.

So who will plan for him a strategy to enrich the country and strengthen the army?

What if Xixia comes to attack at this time?

This is inside the mansion of Japan and Han Qi.

Han Qi, who lives idle at home, is playing chess with others.

The person playing chess is none other than everyone knows Zhang Maoze.

Zhang Mao was at a disadvantage on the chess board, and soon conceded the defeat and said: "Xianggong has won."

Han Qi tidied up the chess pieces and said, "In the past, there was a man named Jia Xuan in the capital who was called a national player. When Emperor Renzong was around, he often played chess with him. It took a day. At that time, I entered the palace to face the emperor. I see him from time to time."

"After more than ten years, there was no one who could match Jia Xuan's chess skills. It seems that recently there was a man named Li Hanzi who heard that his chess skills were unparalleled in the world, but what? He hasn't bathed for a month, so he seems to be a mediocre person, not good enough to be elegant."

"It's strange to say that this way of playing chess is easy, but how can an unintelligent person understand the way of chess, but this way of playing chess is very difficult. Why can a mediocre person like Li Hanzi be a national player? What's the point?"

Zhang Mao said with a smile: "Sanggong seems to have something to say."

Han Qi smiled slightly and said: "You know, I once heard a rumor that one day after retiring from the court, the officials asked Jixian Prime Minister for advice. After Zhang and Wu participated in politics, who would succeed? Wang Jiefu was elected."

"The officials said that they have planned to let Wang Jiefu return to the imperial court to serve as a Hanlin scholar."

"Master Ji Xian said it's not enough."

"The official asked why?"

"Ji Xianxiang said that Wang Jiefu and I, Han Qi, are not on good terms. As long as I am here, Wang Jiefu will not come back."

Zhang Mao thought that the rumors were not groundless, but he still said: "Why did Mr. Han make such a statement..."

Han Qi interrupted Zhang Maoze's words: "I know that Wang Anshi is indeed talented, but this person is too stubborn and unhuman, just like Li Hanzi's generation, who can specialize in one discipline but can't be Boer."

Zhang Mao hurriedly said: "Master misunderstood, our family's previous official confessed that now that Wang Tao has left, it is just time to recall Mr. Xiang to the court, so that the monarch and his ministers will always be together, and a good story will be written."

"The officials also said that both he and the late emperor were supported by their husbands, and now they still have to continue to use their ministers to preside over state affairs."

Han Qi said: "At the beginning when I told Your Majesty that Houling had been restored, Qi would not be admitted to Zhongshu in this life. If I say this, I won't back down on my words."

Zhang Mao said: "Master, now that Xia people are provoking troubles in the west, there is no one who knows the western affairs in the court except Xianggong. Please also read that it is not easy in the country."

Zhang Mao was telling the truth. When the officials first came to the throne, Xixia sent envoys to Beijing and said that they had to report ten things to the new king himself.

Da Song's escort envoy asked him what was the matter?You tell me first.

The Xixia envoy refused, saying that he must report to the new king.

The escort envoy then came to ask Han Qi, Han Qi said what was the problem, and the envoy of Xixia probably said these ten things.

Later, the Xixia envoy reported ten things to the new king, and it turned out that eight of them were true to Han Qi.

Hearing Zhang Maoze's words, Han Qi couldn't help looking to the west.

Zhang Mao returned from Han Qi's residence to report to the officials, saying that Han Qi's intention to go was decided.

So the official decree was to remove Han Qi Zhen'an, Wu Shengjun Jiedu envoy, Shou Siyi, inspector Taishi and servant, and judge Xiangzhou, and allowed him to leave Beijing.

(End of this chapter)