Prime Minister

Chapter 752 Human Nature

The theory of the gentleman party and the villain party comes from Ouyang Xiu's theory of cronyism.

It is the public opinion of Confucianism that a gentleman should be a group but not a party, and a villain should be a party instead of a group. Before the Qingli Reform, Song Renzong banned official cliques.

Ouyang Xiu cited the scourge of the party of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty who imprisoned the world's famous scholars, and the examples of the collapse of the Han and Tang Dynasties after Emperor Ai of the Tang Dynasty killed the world's famous scholars and threw them into the Yellow River.

Cliques are a big taboo for the emperor, whether you are a gentleman party or a villain party, it doesn't matter to the emperor. Ouyang Xiu was forced by his political opponents to write this article at the time, otherwise he would never admit that there is such a gentleman party.

Zhang Yue immediately reprimanded: "How did Wang Yuanze come up with such a disrespectful statement? Where does cronies put His Majesty?"

"During the Qingli period, Fan Gong and Ou Gong treated themselves as virtuous, but Xia Gong and Jia Gong treated themselves in the name of unworthy? The public thinks they are righteous, who would think that they are evil?"

Hearing Zhang Yue's righteous rebuke, Wang Yu laughed and said, "I thought Mr. Zhang was someone who could talk to me, but I didn't know that he didn't even have a half-truth. Since that's the case, Wang has nothing to say."

Zhang Yue said, "What's your reasoning?"

Wang Yu smiled and said: "Everything in the world is formed by the five elements, and then the benefits and harms are born, and the yin and the yang are embraced. Whenever one theory is positive, there must be another theory that is negative. It is a coupling. Everything is a coupling, and everything is a coupling. There are couplings within couplings."

Wang Xi's words sound very mysterious, but as long as coupling is understood as contradictory, it will be fine.

It is impossible for the imperial court to have no coupling (contradictions). You Zhang Yue said that there are no gentlemen's parties and villainous parties, so is there really no gentleman's party and villainous parties in the world?
The emperor does not admit that he has cronies?Is there no cronies in the world?
Isn't this cheating?So what can I talk to you about?

Zhang Yueze said: "Yuanze divides you and me with the party of gentlemen and villains. How dare you ask what party is Uncle Lu Hui (written by Lu Gong)? What party is Han Wei (Han Chiguo)? What party is Zhang Zihou (Zhang Zai)?"

The biggest problem with the Party of Gentlemen and the Party of Little People is that they label people.

Leaving aside Sima Guang, Han Wei, one of Jiayou's four friends, supported your father (including Zhang Yue himself) at the beginning, so why did they all oppose your father later?
"When Zhang Zihou came to Beijing, the gentleman humbly asked him, 'How about asking Zihou for help?'"

"Zhang Zihou answered that the imperial court will do a lot, and the people of the world are willing to be disadvantaged. If you are kind to others, you will be familiar with them. If you teach a jade man to chase, you will not be able to."

"Zhang Zihou also persuaded the gentleman to do a lot, but he is a party of gentlemen, why did he leave Beijing in embarrassment?"

Zhang Yue remembered that Zhang Zai also supported the reform. Wang Anshi called him to Beijing to ask for advice humbly.

With his hands behind his back, Wang Yu said with a slight smile: "Mr. Zhang, this way is established in two, completed in three, and transformed in five. These five are five elements, and they are also five things. There are five things in the sky today. They are extremely innocuous, and their timing and timing are unpredictable, but in order to achieve something, one must choose what is appropriate. Zhang Mengyang, Uncle Lu Hui, and Han Chiguo first attached and then changed, none of them can do it."

"Xianggong once said, there is yin and yang, and the new and old eliminate each other, which is heaven. There are changes in places, and the new and old are eliminated, and people are also. The new and old are eliminated, and the alternation of yin and yang must have mutual agitation, the impact of life Qi. This is also formed in three, the so-called impulsive qi, and finally falls into yin and yang."

Zhang Yue couldn't help admiring Wang Yu's eloquence.

No wonder Wang Anshi praised this son so much.

Why can't there be a third party besides the party of gentlemen and the party of villains?

Later generations summed it up as Duwajie's law, saying that there is very little room for third parties in politics.

For example, in another time and space history, Su Shi's Shu Party was difficult to make achievements, and there is a reason for this.

Therefore, there is no third choice between supporting the reform and opposing the reform.

Why?It is what Wang Yu said, when the new and the old are eliminated, there must be momentum.This aura is all peeled off from the yin and yang during the struggle between the yin and yang. The result of the aggression is either to perish or to return to the yin and yang.

As far as the third party is concerned, it will either die out, or leave for a while and then return to the original team.

Therefore, although Sima Guang is relegated to the family now, he may not have a comeback in the future. On the contrary, Lu Gong wrote that although Han Wei and Han Wei are still in power, they will probably not have any political achievements.

So Wang Yu asked Zhang Yue, what are your plans now?

Accepting the Hanlin Bachelor is undoubtedly the wisest choice, as if he still has a place in the reform team.But if you don't accept it, you will only lose your political influence.

Zhang Yue looked at Wang Yu and said, "Yuanze, Yuanze, I just said that you have no father in your eyes, it's really not bad."

"Could it be possible for you to think that the reform plan came from Xianggong, not from the Son of Heaven?"

After Zhang Yue finished speaking, he clasped his fist in the direction of the North Palace!

That's where Zi Chen is!
Wang Yu's face changed, where did Wang Anshi's reform power come from? It was granted by the emperor!
Why do you, Wang Yu, have the nerve to say that it was all advocated by Wang Anshi? Where does this put the emperor?

For the first time at this moment, Wang Yu's momentum was slightly weakened.

But see Zhang Yuedao: "Isn't the way of Xia in the past beautiful? The people of Yin thought it was wild, and the way of Yin was not beautiful. People of Zhou thought it was a ghost. Therefore, the laws of Xia came to Shang and changed, and the laws of Shang came to Zhou and changed. .”

"The ancestors talked about Yao and Shun, Zhang Xian Wenwu, the law of the ancestors is very beautiful, but you can't glue the pillars and drums, carve a boat and ask for the sword to seek the law of the ancestors. It is also from the words of the king to be able to follow the meaning."

"There is a saying in the Rituals of Zhou that 30 years is a lifetime, and the reason for it must be revolution. The essence of revolution is not to miss the center. How can we not miss the center? There must be revolution in the world (30 years), but the revolution does not have to be limited to the world Also. Those who are fickle are the way of heaven, and when there is a change, it can be cured. According to what I see, the reformation of the gentleman may not necessarily be successful!"

Wang Yu was furious when he heard the words and asked back: "Master Zhang is not among them, so Zhang Gong is the one?"

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "I dare not say that you are the middle (you are the middle), but remember Zhang Zihou's words, the public is kind to others, and the good will be returned to the public."

"To change the law, when Zhou Liwen is used today, you say that yin and yang stir up to become qi. I remember Lao Tzu once said that everything bears yin and embraces yang, and qi is peaceful."

"Dare to ask Yuan Ze, under the turmoil of yin and yang, the vigor is peeled off, so is this yin and yang two qi still the original yin and yang two qi? If Zhang is stubborn, he can change his mind slightly, so that the world can be in harmony. And, even if Zhang lives in seclusion in the wild and becomes a commoner, why not?"

"In other words, although there are many untrue and unreasonable things in the world's slander, isn't it true that there is not a single word that is beneficial to Xianggong?"

"Actually, as long as there is a word of goodness for the country and the reform, it is enough. If Zhang Mou is not afraid of resigning from office, why should he be a scholar in the Imperial Academy? So Xianggong and Yuan Ze look down on Zhang Mou too much."

Wang Yu was at a loss for words, he clearly remembered the disadvantages of the young crops back then, Zhang Yue only changed two places overnight to make this law pass.

It is also the case that the new party really pays more and more attention to Qi Zhang.

At this moment, Wang Yu also knew that he was completely at a disadvantage, but he refused to admit defeat, so he deliberately said with words: "I didn't expect Zhang Gong's ambition to be so stubborn, and I can't change it. I can only feel sorry for Zhang Gong. It is unwise to use the facts, this situation is really incomprehensible..."

Wang Yu was about to sneer, but Zhang Yue said, "Yuanze's words are serious. There is a certain person in the imperial court, Zhang, but a leaf falls from a big tree, and a grain of rice falls in Taicang. Zhang has never thought highly of himself, so why should Yuanze think so highly of himself?" Zhang Mou, that's all I said, don't give it away!"

Zhang Yue watched Wang Yu leave,

When Wang Yu walked out of the courtyard gate, Zhang Zhi who was beside him was startled.

Wang Yu is as impatient, smart and talented as his father, and he has never lost the wind in arguing with others, so how can he look aggrieved now.

"Yuanze (have you convinced my uncle yet)?"

Wang Yu glanced at Zhang Zhi, then at the courtyard gate behind him, and said to Zhang Zhi: "Uncle Ling's stubbornness is rare in the world, Zizheng, you must not learn from him..."

Zhang Zhi said angrily, "Yuanze, what are you talking about?"

Wang Yu sneered twice and left.

Zhang Yue looked at Wang Yu's back. Those who support the new party are gentlemen, and those who support the old party are villains. Most people make the same mistakes. Those who support Wang Anshi demote Sima Guang to the ground. Wang Anshi was demoted to the extreme.

It seems that Zhang Yue also made this mistake. At the earliest time, he also faced Wang Anshi with great admiration, but in the end...

In fact, after being in contact with Wang Anshi for a long time, Zhang Yue commented on him, although the greatness of this man does not detract from his greatness, but he was disillusioned after seeing many places up close.

At the same time, Sima Guang's conduct can be called a gentleman, but there is no such thing as a complete gentleman, and it is an indisputable fact that his politics are pedantic and conservative.

Don't think too well about people, but don't think too badly about people. This is true of people in history, and it is the same with people in daily life.

However, in politics, Wang Xi's approach is correct, and this is also a helpless place.

Zhang Zhi went in and asked Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue talked a little bit before he talked with Zhang Zhi about what Wang Yu said.

Zhang Zhi heard the words and couldn't help but sighed: "Why do you have to forcefully divide the party of gentlemen and the party of villains, so the party struggle is unstoppable? In fact, in my opinion, both parties have their own reasons, just like the way of heaven. , When you stop, you stop, and when you go, you go. It’s not that you don’t stop if you go, and you don’t go if you stop.”

"It's like driving a carriage. If you want the horse to run fast, just trust the horse to let it go. If the horse runs too fast, just pull the rein. Why bother?"

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "It's a matter of course, fighting for the benefit of the city and the dynasty, there is no exception in ancient and modern times."

"It's like a village where there are as many people living from the east to the west of the village. If you were a shopkeeper, where would you set up your stall?"

Zhang Zhi said: "It must be on the road from the east of the village to the west of the village."

"But what about two peddlers? How about the goods they sell?"

"Each quarter occupies the east quarter of the village and the west quarter of the village, so that it can be divided equally, and it is also convenient for the people."

Zhang Yue shook his head and said: "Wrong, both of them are still in the village!"

Zhang Zhi was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly said: "In this way, only one of the two can stay."

Zhang Yue said: "Yes, so people's temperament has never changed from ancient times to the present!"

(End of this chapter)