Prime Minister

Improper employment!

The matter of recommending Tang Tie dealt a severe blow to Wang Anshi's vision of employing people and the trust of officials in him.

Wang Yu asked, "Father, do the officials mean that you used Tang Xie?"

Wang Anshi shook his head and said, "It's more than that."

When it comes to employing people, the dissatisfaction of officials is not limited to that.

Any official has to figure out what he wants, and Wang Anshi, as the prime minister, has to do the same. He thinks the key point lies in the sentence Feng Jing said before, "Employing people should not be based on ideas, but should be based on public opinion."

With Yuan Sui's support, Wang Anshi got on his horse and said to Wang Yu: "Maybe the officials have some opinions on my employment regarding the matter between Han Zihua and Zhang Du."

Wang Yu said: "My child also guessed it, it must be Tang Xi who spoke about Zhang Duzhi in the palace..."

Wang Anshi nodded.

Wang Yu thought that he was keeping the matter a secret, because he didn't want the emperor to know the news, but in the end Tang Xi still pierced the window paper as soon as he went up.

After a while, Deng Wan came to the door again.

Because Wang Anshi's negligence in employing people as a prime minister is terrible, but Deng Wan's crime of being a censor Zhongcheng is not that serious. This is to use Deng Wan as a scapegoat.

Wang Yu said: "Your Majesty said that Daddy's employment was improper, so you must not admit it!"

But both Wang Anshi and his son could understand this matter.

Deng Wan wiped his sweat and said, "I am entirely responsible for this matter. Tomorrow, I will reprimand Tang Die and draw a line with him."

Then the blame for improper recommendation was transferred from Wang Anshi to Deng Wan.

Of course, Deng Wan accepted without hesitation, because he was favored by Wang Anshi, otherwise he would not be able to serve as one of the four chief censors. At the same time, as long as Wang Anshi's trust in the emperor remains unchanged, then Deng Wan's future official career will also be natural. Can keep it.

At the beginning, Wang Anshi proposed to resign because Han Qi objected to the green crop law. At that time, several prime ministers could not decide. Zeng Gongliang saw that the emperor had not lost confidence in Wang Anshi, so he quietly sent Zeng Xiaokuan to make good friends with Wang Anshi.

There are many people on the road of the palace here, and there are officials, guards, and eunuchs passing by, but Wang Yu just yelled out without any thought.

Tang Tie and Zeng Gongliang are still relatives, and his mother and Zeng Gongliang's wife are sisters.

Wang Anshi knew that Wang Yu had always been a very emotional person, and he didn't say anything on weekdays. Seeing him revealing such confidential matters today, he slightly blamed him: "You lost your composure."

Immediately after Wang Anshi returned home, someone reported that Zeng Gongliang had sent his son Zeng Xiaokuan to ask for an interview, and he had been waiting for a long time.

Wang Yu asked, "Is Tang Xi's punishment settled?"

Wang Anshi and Wang Xi looked at each other.

Seeing that Wang Yu suddenly roared like this on the road to the palace, Wang Anshi was not at all prepared.

Immediately Deng Wan agreed and withdrew.

"plead?"

Deng Wan said: "The initial discussion was to relegate to Chaozhou Biejia and resettle in Shaozhou."

Zeng Xiaokuan explained for a while and then left. It could be seen that Zeng Gongliang was also very nervous, for fear that Wang Anshi would feel that he had ordered Tang Xie.

It made all his efforts come to naught.

After Deng Wan came to the door, she saw Wang and his son pleading guilty again and again. The few words Tang Xi said when he left before could be said to have caused him terribly, making him speechless in front of Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi said: "Is it true that I have no mistakes in employing people? I don't know who will be the second Tang Tie in the future!"

Wang Anshi said to Wang Yu: "It's really stingy to have such a relative Zeng Gong only borrow three hundred guan, and now to get them all back."

"When my father found out, he immediately sent someone into the palace to report the matter to me, and now he has sent someone to retrieve the three hundred guan from Tang Xi."

After Zeng Gongliang resigned as prime minister, Wang Anshi reused Zeng Xiaokuan to repay the favor.

First of all, explain why Tang Die was recommended in the first place. It was because he was very elegant and lived a frugal life, so he was recommended as an official.

Zeng Xiaokuan immediately said: "It's not that I don't know anything. The day before yesterday, Tang Yi suddenly borrowed money from my father. He said it was urgent. My father knew that the other party's family was poor, so he thought of his relatives and lent him three hundred guan. Today, his wife Suddenly came to the door and said that Tang Di left her three hundred coins and left, and before leaving, he told her that if Tang Di died, he would let his wife live with the three hundred coins."

Deng Wan's eyes lit up and said, "The yamen is clever, that's exactly what it is."

Wang Anshi nodded.

Wang Yu said: "Dad, don't worry, now there are loyal and trustworthy people like Zeng Bu on the left and right, and there will never be another one like Tang Xie."

While Wang Anshi was talking to Wang Yu, suddenly Yi Yuan followed him and said, "I am writing to you, Mr. Wang Shao, the Deputy Envoy of Xihe Economic Strategy, has sent you a letter!"

After Zeng Gongliang left the field, Zeng Xiaokuan took the order for the Privy Council. This position has always been held by military officials, but Zeng Xiaokuan was the first civil servant to hold this position.

Wang Anshi said: "My nephew's words are useless."

Wang Yu panted and said: "Father, you bother to manage the world for the officials without any selfishness, but how many people in the world slander you and know you?"

Wang Yu said: "That's right. You just said that when you first saw Tang Xie, he was very elegant and frugal, so you recommended him. Now that the court has relegated him far away, it is all your fault. Tang Xie himself does not need to be deeply responsible. You beg Your Majesty to study at Tang Xie's house." For the sake of being poor, let him be resettled nearby, not far away, and then ask the officials to punish you for the crime of ignorance!"

Zhang Shangying on the side and Yuan Sui from the palace looked at the sky knowingly and pretended not to hear.

Wang Yu said: "Deng Zhongcheng, let me teach you an excuse. Tomorrow you will intercede on Tang's behalf!"

Wang Anshi said: "Just now, the officials blamed me for not knowing how to employ people. Now you are saying that, does it make the officials think that you don't know how to judge people? You have been praising Tang Tie before, but when something happened. , then directly denounced his wrongdoing, but it was an act of reneging on his promise."

Wang Xi's move is beautiful.

Wang Yu suddenly furiously said: "But now the position of Xihe Jinglue envoy has been promised to Wang Shao, but Zhang Duzhi has refused to accept the position of Hanlin scholar. Can you blame us for this matter? Hateful!"

As soon as Zeng Xiaokuan came, he said to Wang Anshi: "My father knows nothing about today's affairs, so he sent a special official to report to Xianggong."

Wang Anshi and Wang Yu were both bored and silent.

Wang Anshi shook his head.

Wang Yu said: "Father, Mr. Zeng only wants to maintain his position and ask for a salary. He did not instigate this matter."

When Wang Yu opened the letter, his expression changed immediately, "Father, I lost the city of Baibai!"

Wang Anshi said angrily, "What is Wang Zichun doing?"

Wang Yu also said solemnly: "Wang Shao didn't go into details in the letter, but he said that Muzheng had defected to Dong Zhi, and Dong Zhi's Xixia alliance was very powerful at the moment. He said that the report of defeat was already being sent to the capital, about a few We can arrive in the future, he sent someone to ride a fast horse to Beijing overnight to report in advance, so we still have a chance to turn things around."

Wang Anshi said: "Tabai City is an important town in Hezhou. If this city is lost, Hezhou may not be able to defend it. So there is no chance of turning around."

Wang Yu hated it when he heard the words. Although Wang Shao said that he had made great contributions to Minzhou, if Hezhou was lost, the loss would not be worth the gain.