Prime Minister

Chapter 852
Xining resigned from Beijing in September of the fifth year, and returned to Beijing in May of the seventh year.

But two years later, Zhang Yue has returned to Bianjing.

This time when returning to Beijing, there was no welcoming ceremony in the suburbs, so Zhang Yue didn't care about it, so he changed into a purple robe and wore a goldfish bag on his waist when he was at the post station.

Zhang Yue looked in the mirror, he was a full-fledged high-ranking official, and he usually wore military uniforms and casual clothes in the Northwest, but this civilian attire was rarely used.

Unknowingly, the experience in the northwest also gave me a bit of aura of life, death and plunder. This is naturally formed by holding an army of more than [-], but it is not deliberately cultivated.

Once a person has power and has truly controlled it, he will form such an aura.

This time Zhang Yue entered the city from Xinzheng Gate, which is also the city gate where Zheng Xia was supervised. Now Zheng Xia who provoked these incidents is going to the Yushitai for interrogation.

Zhang Yue entered the city in a carriage, got off the carriage outside the Xihua Gate and entered the imperial city, and then went directly to the closed gate to call his name and arrange his shift.

At the closed door, there were quite a few officials in vermilion and blue official robes waiting to post. They saw a purple-robed official who also came to post their names with them, and they thought their eyes were dazzled.

When the closed-door officials saw the purple-robed officials coming, they didn't sit in the small pavilion to receive the officials' papers, but greeted them in person.

The other party saw Zhang Yue immediately and said: "It turns out that Mr. Zhang Jinglue returned to the court."

Many officials who didn't know Zhang Yue heard that the other party was the well-known Xihe Road Economic Envoy, and suddenly realized.

All the officials greeted Zhang Yue outside the door.

When an important official like Zhang Yue returns to Beijing, the emperor must call for the right one more time, and they can all just sit in the back row.

Not long after, news came from the Hemen official that the emperor received Zhang Yue in the Chongzheng Hall.

Then Zhang Yue went to the Chongzheng Hall under the guidance of a servant. When walking through a long corridor, Zhang Yue happened to meet a thin middle-aged man who was also wearing a purple robe.

There were not many surprises in Zhang Yue's heart, but he still had to pretend that he hadn't expected it, and saluted sincerely: "Xihe Road has slightly appeased Zhang Yue to see Da Shen!"

Lu Huiqing walked slowly with a serious expression, seeing that Zhang Yue was very respectful and a little proud in her heart, she approached and said in a very pleasant tone: "It's true, when will you return to Beijing?"

Zhang Yue scolded you from the bottom of his heart, Lu Huiqing is really good at pretending, but said on the face: "Report to the Great Candidate, the next official will arrive today."

When Lu Huiqing heard Zhang Yue say the word "official", she smiled slightly.

It seems that Zengbu and Zhang Yue have threatened or competed with him, but now who has the last laugh?
When Xuan Ma paid homage to the prime minister, Lu Huiqing paid special attention to Zeng Bu's expression, he was so uncomfortable and jealous, tsk tsk.

But Zhang Yue had a sincere face, as if he was genuinely happy for his promotion to be a political advisor.He didn't mind at all that the official is now under him.

This made Lu Huiqing feel like punching the air a little bit.

Lu Huiqing said warmly and generously: "It's good to be back, it's good to be back, my heart is half at ease when you come back, you also know that there is a lack of ministers like you in the court."

Zhang Yue hurriedly said modestly: "The lower officials are nothing more than pu willows, how dare they be compared to pillars."

Lu Huiqing said with a smile: "Duzhi is still so honorable and disgraceful. Don't delay when you go to face the saint. Let's talk about it slowly in the future."

After speaking, Lu Huiqing gave Zhang Yue a meaningful look.

With the servants beside them, the two of them were talking nonsense, but this look was what Lu Huiqing really wanted to tell herself.

Just leave a look for yourself to experience.

Zhang Yue understood the meaning of Lu Huiqing's eyes.

When he arrived at the Chongzheng Hall, Zhang Yue saw the official family sitting on the top of the royal tower, who seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

Zhang Yue immediately bowed down and said: "The guilty minister Zhang Yue has seen His Majesty!"

The officials on the throne walked down the imperial steps step by step, stretched out Zhang Yue to help him up and said, "Why did you say that, what is the crime of taking Tao, Huang, and He Sanzhou?"

Zhang Yue said: "Taking Hehuang is the result of your Majesty's great grace. The result of the efforts of the three armies, how dare I call myself that? On the contrary, when I attacked Taozhou before, the temple was not enough, and it took two efforts to capture Taozhou. It's a crime."

"The minister is a mediocre general. Unless the soldiers and horses are well-adjusted, the three armies cannot be attacked. Although they win, they will waste countless money and food. They will exhaust Guanzhong and Northwest, and make the ministers in the court suffer a lot of grievances. This is the second crime."

"I am at odds with Wang Zhongzheng, and there was a conflict. This is the third crime. This time, I will return to Beijing to plead guilty to His Majesty."

From ancient times to the present, great achievements have often been envied by others. Although Zhang Yue has made great achievements, he must prevent others from taking the opportunity to slander him.

Another sentence is that great achievements are hard to be rewarded. In another time and space history, Wang Shao conquered the six states of Hehuang and entered the pilgrimage to pay homage to the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

As a result, the peak of his official career was also the beginning of his decline.After entering the center, Wang Shao couldn't get along with anyone, even the officials, and Wang Anshi turned his face one after another.

This real credit is still being weighed in the heart of the emperor.

From ancient times to the present, taking the blame for the leader and attributing credit to the leader is the only way to promote and solidify favor.What I am most afraid of is that I will take credit for myself and pass the blame to the leader, so that I will be an official at the end, and there will be a disaster of death.

Although it is a bit anti-human, the system in the officialdom is like this. Only by understanding the system can one live in it with ease.

The officials also smiled when they heard Zhang Yue's words. He said to Zhang Yue: "Zhang Qing, you are more cautious when you return to Beijing this time. Where did Zhang Qing go when your majesty gave his speech the year before last?"

Zhang Yuedao: "At that time, I was arrogant. I only knew how to make contributions to His Majesty and expand the territory of the country. But when I took office, I realized that things were far from what I wanted. When I sent troops to Xihe for the first time, I relied entirely on Wang Shaofang to make contributions. The second time Your Majesty confers on the minister, the minister is trembling, for fear of betraying His Majesty's trust and entrustment, thanks to the emperor's protection of the Song Dynasty, the three states were recovered and returned to our Han land."

"Return to Han soil! I am very happy with this sentence. Give me a seat!"

The servant moved a wide chair and placed it next to the throne. Zhang Yue looked at the wide chair and thought to himself, this is only for ministers in charge of the prime minister to sit on. It seems that in the past, the emperor also gave a seat, but it was just like a small cockroach without a backrest. .

Zhang Yue sat beside the emperor.

The official asked: "I know the merits of Zhang Qing. As for Wang Shao, Zhongshu has its own opinions. Before Zhang Qing said that it would take three to five years to Ping Xia, and he had to rest in the middle of the court. I thought that He Huang was already I own everything, and Dong Zhan is willing to obey orders, and the Liang family's mother and son are fighting for power in Xia Kingdom, so they can send troops to crusade."

Seeing the more hesitation of Zhang, the official immediately said: "You and my monarch and ministers sit down and discuss the Tao, and you don't need to hesitate to speak out."

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty's words are very true. There is indeed a [-]% chance of winning the Xia Kingdom right now. But Khitan and Cochin are restless. I'm afraid there will be another border trouble."

The official said: "A minister suggested that I should simply cede the three states of Ying, Wei, and Shuo to Khitan, and use all my strength to send troops to Xixia. What do you think?"

Zhang Yue said: "Khitan wolves are ambitious, now is not the time. What's more, the country is not in peace, the four people are unemployed, and the people have public grievances."

The official listened silently for a moment and said: "I know, but once Xixia is recovered, I will use this achievement to get rid of redundant soldiers and officials, and even abolish the new law. I want to make the country rich and the army strong, and rebuild the Han and Tang Dynasties. You Didn't Emperor Taizong of Tang have the rule of Zhenguan just after Jieli was destroyed?"

Zhang Yue said: "But besides the Xia Kingdom, your Majesty also has the Khitan. Once Xia is destroyed and the three kingdoms stand together, how can the Khitan be willing to give up?"

"There is also the country of thousands of miles in the Xia Kingdom. Even if it is destroyed, how can it be governed? If there is another hero like Li Yuanhao who rectifies the internal and external, there will be serious troubles again."

"Destroying the country is not difficult, but the difficulty is how to govern after the country is destroyed."

After hearing Zhang Yue's persuasion, the officials said disappointedly: "It's really hard for me to be the emperor."

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty's pleasure lies in the eternal life, not in the moment."

The official said: "Qing's Pinghehuang policy has now been half completed, and the other half may not be visible in my birthday."

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, for generations to come, how can you say such words? This makes the courtiers work, and the people of the world can feel at ease."

The official sighed: "Zhang Qing, the emperor is not happy at all."

Zhang Yue didn't dare to answer these words, the official paused and said: "Zhang Qing has Guan Zhong, Zhuge's talent, I don't necessarily listen to other people's words, but you must listen to what you say. When Wang Anshi gave his speech before, the first thing I said to him was Zhang Qing recommended him to me to enter the court as Prime Minister to promote reform."

Zhang Yue was surprised, the officials were also interested. When Wang Anshi was the prime minister, he never said this, but now that Wang Anshi is no longer the prime minister, he told him.

"Now that the reform has been implemented for more than four years, and the imperial court has regained Xihe, what do you think you should do in the future? You must speak from the bottom of your heart, so as to solve the confusion in front of me."

The words of the Son of Heaven are also a link between the past and the future. Before Zhang Yue recommended Wang Anshi to enter the court to reform the law. Well, now that Wang Anshi is gone, what should the whole country do now?
This is a big proposition.

Zhang Yue pondered for a moment, and when he saw the official staring at him, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, I remembered that I also answered this question during the Jiayou Six-Year Examination."

The official said: "I remember that what Qing said at the beginning was to be strong."

Zhang Yue said: "Yes, carrying out reforms is to be strong, but it is the way of heaven to relax and relax. In case of emergency, it should be slowed down. The same is true for reforms."

"In the past, the people of Zheng traveled to the village school to talk about governing."

Someone asked Zheng Xiangzichan: "How about destroying the village school?"

"Zichan said: 'What is it? My wife retreats day and night to discuss whether the governance is good or not. I will do what he does good; I will change what he does evil. It is my teacher. If Why destroy it?'”

"That's how governing a country is. Use loyalty to hurt grievances, not use power to prevent grievances. The government and the public are not allowed to discuss government affairs, just like preventing rivers. Once the dam is broken, it will hurt more people. I can't save it; it's better to make a small decision. Envoy, I hear it and take medicine."

The official nodded. He didn't expect that Zhang Yue's first political opinion would be to let go of the way of speech when he returned to the court. Sima Guang had also mentioned it before.

Zhang Yuedao: "Zi Chan Chancellor Zheng made great achievements in the reform, and Wang Xianggong made a new law to benefit the country. However, Wang Xianggong is in charge of the country alone, and evil people attack difficulties. Good people are like themselves, but evil people are different. "

"Today's officials have those who are similar to them, and they will be promoted and employed. Therefore, people in the world, who are impatient with wealth and honor, are attached to them. Over time, politics is difficult to be clear."

Lu Huiqing warned Zhang Yue not to talk indiscriminately with his eyes, but Zhang Yue is not someone who is at the mercy of you, Lu Huiqing.

You don't want me to talk, that's fine.I advocate letting go of the way of speaking and letting others speak.

(End of this chapter)