Pardoning Zhang Gui is just a trivial matter, and it is important to get Zhang Hun done first.

The next day, after receiving Song Hong's recital, Linghu Feng immediately ordered to praise Zhang Hun and worship him according to Tang Ai's plan.

Yesterday, when Song Hong summoned people to discuss the matter, although Zhang Hun did not go, the cronies and subordinates he sent to observe the hearing, like Chen Sun, transferred the positions of Song Hong, Fan Kuan, Song Fang, Lu Shuang and others to him.

When he heard the subordinate officials talk about Chen Sun's two coughs at the critical moment, Zhang Hun immediately grasped the power of it, and understood that Linghu Feng would definitely not give up, Fang was thinking about whether to excuse himself from illness, and simply Dumen for a period of time to wait and see the situation, but he didn't expect Linghu Feng's next action to be so fast, and he found another way, and even used his good governance as an excuse to worship him Wang Guofu.

This time, he was a little confused.

However, on the surface, Zhang Hun was still very calm, and after receiving the order, he didn't say anything.

The children of the Zhang family in Beijing did not have his city government, and that night, they rushed to Zhang Hun's house.

Everyone gathered together, gossiping, and each expressed his own opinions.

Unlike Zhang Jin's father and son, who chase fashion and shave their faces, Zhang Hun has grown a beard, and because of the ointment, although he is close to the sixtieth year, he still has black beard, and he is sitting alone on the main couch at the moment, with white silk and plain hair, jade ruyi on his knees, long beard fluttering, and graceful bearing.

He closed his eyes slightly, listening to the people in the hall arguing.

The content of the debate is: how to deal with this decree of Linghu.

Some people said that they should not listen to it, that Zhang Hun had nothing to do with Zhang Jin's case, and that there was no reason to be implicated, and that Zhang Hun should immediately go to the book to distinguish this point.

Some disagreed, saying: Linghu's decree did not say that Zhang Hun was related to Zhang Jin's case, but only that Zhang Hun had a way to govern the clan, so he worshipped; The reason why Zhang Hun ignored the punishment of Zhang Jin and his son was to stay out of the matter.

Some also think that they shouldn't listen to it, Wang Guofu is absolutely not allowed to do it, but it is not recommended to go to the book to defend himself, but think that he can go to the book to excuse himself.

Some asked him: After the resignation, if Linghu Feng gives another order, will he still insist on this intention?

The man replied, "The suzerain may resign again (1)." ”

The man who asked him asked, "What if the king gives three orders?" Can the suzerain resign? ”

"It's ......."

Resignation, of course, can continue to resign, but it is not very good-looking to pass it on. And according to Linghu Feng's nature, it is three words, maybe he will have the same meaning of the fourth and fifth orders. At that time, will it be possible to resign four or five times? If that happens, it's a joke! What will the ruling and opposition scholars say about this? Will it damage the reputation of the Zhang family?

The children of the Zhang family discussed and discussed, but they couldn't come up with a countermeasure.

There was the irritable one, angry with Zhang Jin and his son, and he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Zhang Hun, and he couldn't help but scold in his heart: "Good and decent, disaster comes from heaven!" The sect master sent you a letter in advance, telling you not to obstruct the collection of Hu, you Zhang Wengong, take the words of the sect master as the wind in your ears, and be caught by Xin Agua! This is good, it has affected the sect master. If you don't deal with it well, maybe it will hurt my clan! ”

After scolding Zhang Jin, it is indispensable to hate Xin Er, this does not have to be slandered, and scolded loudly, "Tian Shenu!" My family has no enmity or grudge against you, why did you frame my family? This revenge will be avenged sooner or later! ”

It resonated at once, and the hall was full of voices scolding Xin Agua.

Zhang Hun opened his eyes, picked up the jade Ruyi, and nodded it down the hall, and everyone immediately stopped talking and listened to him.

Zhang Hun's voice was low.

He said: "The king does not think that I am virtuous, and I am honest and fearful. ”

When everyone heard this, they said in their hearts: "Is it okay for the sect master to decide to resign?" ”

Zhang Hun's voice changed, and then he said: "With my virtue, I didn't dare to accept the order, but since it is the king's will, the minister can't resign." ”

The hall was quiet for a moment, and suddenly boiled.

Most of the children of the Zhang family got down from the couch and fell to the ground, admonishing them.

Zhang Hun ignored them and left the hall.

Back at the back house, his wife Song asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

Zhang Hun sighed and said, "It's all mediocre opinions, and there are no people to take." ”

"Is the king's decree accepted or not?"

"For now, it seems that there is only acceptance."

Song asked: "The king worships the king of the kingdom Fu, and he ascends and descends secretly, why do you want to accept it?" ”

Zhang Hun was silent for a long time, did not answer the rhetorical question, and said: "Wen Gong's case has nothing to do with me, why do you say that the king must involve me?" ”

"It's not because the big farmers are in charge of money, and the position is key."

"Yes, I have been in charge of wealth for a long time, and after the king ascended the throne, although he did not immediately change the big farmer, he expected that in his heart, he would not be able to tolerate me. If I am not subject to the kingdom, there is a good chance that the king will transfer me to other counties; The children of my family in Beijing lack handsome and beautiful materials, and no one can predict national politics; Although the title of Wang Guofu is also honored, he is still in the court, yes, I can only accept it. ”

Although Wang Guofu is only a fictitious position, as long as he is in the court, relying on the Zhang family's prestige, Zhang Hun can still influence the formulation of national politics and the direction of governance; Once they are transferred abroad, and there are no outstanding up-and-comers among the children of Beijing, then the influence of the Zhang family in the court will weaken.

The lesser of two evils is the only way to accept either.

I have to say that Zhang Hun guessed Ling Hufeng's mind thoroughly.

Tang Ai's suggestion of "suppressing the powerful clan" is definitely very much in Linghufeng's mind, but now the strategy of "collecting Hu" has just begun, and the major events such as Xianbei and Xirong are still behind, in terms of timing, it is not yet time to go all out to rectify the gate valve.

Because of this, Ling Hufeng borrowed Zhang Jin to collude with Chief Hu this time, and pointed at Zhang Hun's original intention, the most important thing is actually for the position of a big farmer.

In addition, I also saved a little bit to try the attitude of Song, Koji, Yan and other families, so as to clean them up in the future and make a stone to ask for directions.

Kill two birds with one stone.

In other words, as long as Zhang Hun relented and let the big farmers out, Linghu Feng's subordinates would stop for the time being, and they would not move anyone else in the Zhang family.

But said, why did Tang Ai make a suggestion to Ling Hu Feng to suppress the valve clan, and Ling Hu Feng would think so?

This is because of the current political ecology.

The Lords, or Gatelords, are a political group composed of bureaucrats, scholars, and doctors.

This thing, which began in Qin and developed in Cheng and Tang, has become a behemoth so far.

In the early days, they were not yet able to fight against the imperial power; Slowly, it can compete with the imperial power; And now, through the addition of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, Jiangzuo Chaozhong, the momentum of the gate valve has overwhelmed the imperial power and occupied a dominant political position, so that the Son of Heaven can be abolished.

Longzhou Dingxi Kingdom, because of its special geographical environment, as well as the middle period of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Linghu Wen and other Dingxi kings to win over a group, crack down on a group, the local right surname has been killed several times, the existing right surname in the country, in terms of power, can not be compared with the same kind of Jiangzuo, but also has a superior position in all aspects of politics and economy, which has caused serious harm to the royal power.

Politically speaking, the important positions in the Dingxi Kingdom, the three secretaries of the kingdom, the pastoral mansion, and the governor's mansion, were basically occupied by the Song, Koji, Zhang, and Fan families; Many of the county chiefs and commanders are the children of their families; Some of the generals in the army also came from their own families.

With the eloquence of Linghu Feng, he still has to pay attention to their opinions when implementing policies.

For example, there are many people who oppose the policy of "collecting hu", and in private, some scholars even discuss it, criticizing Linghu Feng for "great joy", what to do to collect hu, it is completely useless to find trouble.

It was only because of this policy that was proposed by the Song side and supported by some of the forces of the Song family, and this policy was beneficial to the Koji family in the army for a long time, so it was implemented.

Thinking about that Linghu Feng, he boasts that he has the mandate of heaven in his body and is ambitious, where can he tolerate the king's order?

Economically, there are various channels for the valve family to get money, and all of them are extremely rich.

That's fine, you can't just let the horses run and not give them grass.

Linghu Feng is not a stingy person, as long as it does not get in the way, he can let them get rich, but the key point is that the lord clan relies on power and not only wantonly annexes the land, but also privately occupies a large number of local and displaced people by concealing the household registration and other methods.

It's intolerable.

As an agrarian country, the people are the foundation of the country, and the land is the source of taxes.

It doesn't matter if the officials exploit the people, the lords compete with the people for profit, but they compete for the country's profits, that is, rob people and money from the hands of his Linghu Feng, and affect the realization of his ambitions, so they must be rectified.

The two reasons combined, Tang Ai's secret letter of "suppressing the gate lord clan" hit it off with Linghu Feng.

On the day that Zhang Hun accepted the appointment, Linghu Feng was promoted to a close confidant and took over the position of a big farmer.

In return, Zhang Jin's father and son were spared death and were lightly discharged; Zhang Gu was released because of "the loyalty of the husband and wife and the meritorious service in reporting".

In a "big case", none of the three people involved in the case died in the end, but the irrelevant Zhang Hun was taken aback.

Xin Er's report to Zhang Jin's case was entirely because Zhang Jin's father and son sabotaged the policy of collecting Hu, which would be greatly harmful to his interests, but where did he think that it was mixed with Tang Ai's strategy of "suppressing the powerful clan" and Ling Hufeng's eagerness to recover his financial power, so he led to Zhang Hun's downfall?

When he heard the news, Xin Er realized that he had a big enmity with the Zhang family.

First there was Xiao Jia's hatred, and then he lost his face, and now there is the Zhang family as an enemy, and in less than a year, there are already many grievances.

reminds me of a sentence from my previous life: When you are a ruling official, you can't be afraid of offending people.

Xin Er could only comfort himself with this, put gold on his face, and helplessly praised himself for being a good official who worked for the country.

A few days later, Xiang Kui took Zhang Gui and returned to Jiankang County.

Xin Er summoned Zhang Gui and asked him: "Jun's preface 'the way of doing or not doing, big and deep', can you say it now?" ”

Zhang Turtle bowed, thanked him for saving his life, and then said: "In the past, it was not that the turtle refused to speak, but what Ming Gong needed most at present, not 'the way to do or not to do'." ”

Xin Er didn't understand what he meant, frowned, and asked, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"In my opinion, what Ming Gong needs most now is 'name'."

"'Name'?"

"In this world, fame and virtue are precious. Famous people, the ringer is like a cloud, the words are slightly revealed, and the intention has been fulfilled; The name or a little lighter, it will be half the effort, and it will be difficult to achieve. For and not for the way to do, easy to hear; It is difficult to relive the world of fame and virtue. ”

Xin Er understood what he meant, and said in his heart: "This is saying that fame and virtue are the basis of governance, and my reputation is too small to convince the public, so even if I know the way of governance of 'doing or not doing', it is useless." He said, "It is indeed difficult to obtain something of fame and virtue." Why, don't you have a way to help me? ”

"The turtle is not talented, there are two strategies."

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(1), suzerain: that is, the patriarch. Also known as Zong Chang and Zong Hao.