Prime Minister

Chapter 594 Lu Zhibi
Wang Anshi's Sanshe method is definitely a groundbreaking change, realizing the cultivation and selection of scholars.

With the help of Zhang Yue's improved version of Suhu's teaching method, it can be said to complement each other.

According to Wang Anshi's four-step talent plan of teaching, nurturing, acquiring, and appointing, recruiting talents means passing monthly, quarterly, and annual exams to realize the promotion and promotion of Sanshe personnel.

The officials originally intended to let Taixue's direct lecturers take internal exams, but Zhang Yue disagreed with this.

Because this will bring about serious injustice, students who have a good relationship with the direct lectures on weekdays will undoubtedly be given priority for promotion.This is like fighting for gifts and relationships to get the qualifications for promotion, which returns to the disadvantages of the Tang Dynasty Tongbang.

Meritorious talent is the only way for poor scholars to get ahead. If the fairness of the examination cannot be guaranteed, then the poor scholars will have no hope of getting ahead.

Therefore, Zhang Yue insisted on meritocracy, and even though he was in charge of Gou Guozijian, he refused to take advantage of this opportunity to be fair and just.

As the examiner of each monthly exam, Zhang Yue decided to invite him from among the Guange bachelors.

As the examiner of the quarterly examination, Zhang Yue was invited from among the officials of the two systems.

As for the examiner of the year-old examination, Zhang Yue was invited from among the Hanlin scholars.

However, Zhang Yue's way of selecting scholars not only canceled the transcription due to the huge amount of work, but also did not even take into account the form of sealing the volume.

That's right, when the examiner marks the paper, the name of each candidate can be seen.

Because if you have scriptures, you also have rights!

If you want to be absolutely fair and don't give people a chance to be unfair, then it will destroy the fairness, and in the end there will only be people who are cheap and have a way to take advantage of the loopholes.

But the loopholes are not so easy to exploit. The eight monthly exams a year account for 50.00% of the annual assessment results, the three quarterly exams a year account for 20.00%20.00, and the annual exams account for [-]%[-].

If any examinee has the ability to pass so many examiners, it can only show that you are too awesome, mere imperial studies are no longer suitable for you, and the officialdom is the place where you can really display your talents.

As for each exam, there are five levels of scoring, and finally the comprehensive score is calculated proportionally every year to determine the ups and downs of the three houses.

Use the Sanshe method to support scholars, and the examination-based promotion method to obtain scholars. This is the Sanshe promotion method.

Wang Anshi was very satisfied with the memorial submitted by Zhang Yue, especially the unambiguous examination method, which made people disagree more, so he asked Zhang Yue to implement this method in Taixue immediately.

At the end of the second year of Xining, Wang Anshi's reforms were in full swing. Except for Zhang Yue's Taixue reform, which was progressing smoothly, the rest of the uniform transfer method, the young crop method, and the exemption method were obstructed and opposed to varying degrees. criticized.

In the palace that day, officials talked with Wang Anshi.

Now Wang Anshi uses Lu Huiqing and Li Chang to carry out reforms in the three divisions.

Wang Anshi said to the officials: "Your Majesty, Huiqing is the only one who learns the way of the previous kings and can use it. His talents will be used by Your Majesty in the future."

Wang Anshi's sentence will be used by His Majesty in the future, and he is already naming Lu Huiqing who can replace him as an official in the future.

The official said to Wang Anshi: "I also thought that Lu Huiqing was talented, but I asked Sima Guang what about Lu Huiqing? Sima Guang said that Lu Huiqing was a cunning person. Ask Lu Gong about the book? Lu Gong also said that Lu Huiqing , tall but treacherous."

"However, when I usually listen to Lu Huiqing's storytelling for the Jingyan, there are often Sima Guang and Lu Gong who can't come to Erqing."

Wang Anshi heard that not only Sima Guang didn't like Lu Huiqing, but also his friend Lu Gong's works.

But Wang Anshi said: "The minister expected Sima Guang. Lu Gong wrote that Lu Huiqing was treacherous because he thought he was attached to the minister. But when Lu Huiqing was a raiser, he followed the minister, not when the minister was in power, he followed the minister. Therefore, the theory of attachment cannot be established."

The official said: "Although Lu Huiqing is unworthy of his talents, the ministers have criticized him. Is this his shortcoming?"

Wang Anshi said: "The reason why Lu Huiqing takes people's wrath is that he has nothing to rely on above and nothing to accept from below."

Hearing Wang Anshi's words, the official said happily, "It's true. I blamed Lu Huiqing by mistake."

"I have also met many officials. Others came to the palace to answer in panic, but Lu Huiqing was calm. It was because of her savings that she was able to answer endlessly."

Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty's words are very true. There are many treacherous people who have nothing to worry about, but anyone who has something to blame, how can they be traitors? It's like a person with a wealth of wealth. How dare he fight for his life?"

It's not the time for officials to be newly enthroned. Following Sima Guang, Fan Chunren kept saying that Wang Anshi was wrong.

The officials are already immune to Wang Anshi's eloquence, so why should a talented person not be a traitor?
This sentence was secretly changed by Wang Anshi.

Because Zhang Yue once talked to him, as long as the desire is greater than the ability, it is easy to commit adultery.And often the more talented people are, the greater their desires are, so talented people do evil a little bit more.

The official suddenly asked thoughtfully: "How does Zhang Yue compare to Lu Huiqing?"

This question has long been weighed in the official's mind, but he wants to hear Wang Anshi's answer.

The official asked a question, which did not surprise Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi thought for a while and said: "Zhang Yue is also talented, not inferior to Lu Huiqing. This time, His Majesty entrusted him to take charge of the affairs of the Imperial Academy, which is quite effective, but he has no experience in local calendar officials. Lu Huiqing's place."

Wang Anshi's words were as pertinent as ever.

The official nodded appreciatively, "I asked Sima Guang, and he said the same thing.

Immediately, the official asked: "This time the green crop law. Lu Huiqing please use the ancestral hall as the capital of the Changping warehouse, but Cheng Hao objects, is this okay?"

Wang Anshi said: "Cheng Hao's words are self-righteous, but the minister thinks that Cheng Hao doesn't know the power of the king. Today's gift can buy 45 stones of millet. If a person in a bad year borrows three stones, it can save 15 lives. Sell the shrine 3000 heads were shaved off by Budu, but 15 lives could be saved. If this is not possible, then there is no authority.”

The official said: "It's not that I feel sorry for the [-]-degree ultimatum, it's just that recently there have been a lot of traitors pretending to receive the ultimatum to escape the imperial court."

The officials thought that Lu Huiqing's method of raising money was not very clever, but Zhang Yue did not use the imperial court's appropriation, but supported two thousand students of the Imperial College. Is Zhang Yue better at economics than Lu Huiqing in this respect?

The officials took these words to the bottom of their hearts. With the implementation of the new law, more and more officials opposed it. At this moment, he was inevitably shaken by Wang Anshi's new law.

He immediately told himself that there is no need to be suspicious of people, and there is no need to be suspicious of employing people.

And Wang Anshi also knew that the officials were weighing each other between Na Zhangyue and Lu Huiqing.

However, Wang Anshi was not worried at all. With the introduction of the young crop law, the equalization method, and the exemption method, there is also a farmland water conservancy law that will be launched soon.

The specific measures for these reforms were all drafted and painted by Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing. As for Zhang Yue, he was only in charge of one aspect of the imperial examination.

In the future, as long as the new law sees merit, then Lu Huiqing must have contributed much more than Zhang Yue, which cannot be questioned.

But at present, because Lu Huiqing has too many new laws, the implementation is relatively slow, and there are relatively loud voices of opposition in the court, but Zhang Yue is implementing them too quickly.

You can see the real chapter in a few days.

At this time, the servant came to report.

It turned out that it was Fu Bi who visited the official family.

Fu Bi came to talk about the match again, so Wang Anshi took his leave.

In the hall, officials sit opposite Fu Bi.

Fu Bi said to the official family: "After becoming the prime minister, I have devoted myself to thinking about it like carrying a mountain on my back. I am more cautious than walking on thin ice, but I am still useless. I have been impeached many times. I am really not qualified for the position of prime minister. I also ask your majesty to allow you to resign as prime minister." .”

The officials also knew that Fu Bi had decided to go, but they still insisted on keeping him, saying: "I know that Wang Anshi and Qing are not in agreement, so I will persuade him again."

The officials do not know how many times they have 'persuaded' Wang Anshi.

Fu Bi smiled helplessly and said: "Your Majesty is like Anshi, who is strong in learning and debate, and is young and vigorous. However, the discussion in the palace is just the weakness of the minister. Therefore, the minister can't argue with Wang Anshi, so it is better to go quietly."

Officials are silent.

With the increasing opposition to the implementation of the new law, the officials still need Fu Bi to balance the court at this moment, and they do not want him to resign so early.

But as soon as Fu Bi left, there would be drastic changes in the personnel affairs in the court.

The official asked: "After Fu Qing resigned, who can replace him?"

Fu Bi said without hesitation: "Wen Yan Boke."

The official was silent, and asked again: "How is Wang Anshi?"

Fu Bi was also silent.

The monarch and his ministers were silent for a while, Fu Bi decided to try to persuade the officials one last time: "Your Majesty, nowadays court officials, those who are not from the party of Wang Anshi are accused of being vulgar officials, and those who are in the school are laughed at as pedantic. The minister sighed at this, this is also Wang Anshi's so-called strange custom, let's legislate it."

"I think Wang Anshi's actions are the way of managing business, but he ignores the stories of his ancestors. He is the only one who is happy and angry in the court, and the officials who advance and retreat are left to him. What about investigating his treachery?"

After speaking, Fu Bi stood up.

Fu Bi's words moved the officials a little bit, and made his firm heart just now shaken again.

The next day the officials agreed to Fu Bi's request to resign as Prime Minister.

Then there were some changes in the personnel affairs of the court. Zeng Gongliang was promoted to Zhaowen Xiang, and Chen Shengzhi, a privy envoy, was promoted to Jixian Xiang.

At the beginning, Chen Shengzhi and Wang Anshi represented the Zhongshu and the Privy Council in charge of the three divisions of the Department of Regulations.

After Chen Shengzhi was promoted to Prime Minister of Jixian, he resigned from the post of the Department of Regulations of the Third Division and was replaced by Han Jiang, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

Then he replaced Lu Hui as Yushi Zhongcheng Lu Gongzhu but went to Shu, requesting that the third division of the Department of Regulations be simply dismissed. This matter represented the break between Wang Anshi and Lu Gongzhu.

At the same time, Wu Chong, Zhang Yue's father-in-law, was also promoted. Under the recommendation of Wang Anshi and Han Jiang, Wu Chong became the third envoy of power and became one of the four envoys. It was only a year before his father-in-law was promoted to Zhizhi.

Just after Fu Bi resigned as Prime Minister, Wang Anshi introduced the Farmland Water Conservancy Law through the Three Divisions and Regulations Department headed by Lu Huiqing. However, at this time, the criticism of the new law in the court reached a new peak.

(End of this chapter)