On the way out of the vertical arch hall, Li Ding and Zhang Dian gradually fell behind.

Looking at Han Gang, who was walking slowly in front of him, Li Ding whispered: "This must have been premeditated for a long time, and it was definitely not done in a hurry!" ”

Zhang Dian also looked ahead, Wang Anshi had already disappeared, Han Sanxiang and Han San participated in politics in front, and Zhang Qi took a step back.

Zhang Dian was helpless.

Wang Anshi is anxious, he walks fast on weekdays, but now there is a fire in his stomach, and he doesn't even say hello after he comes out, he walks fast.

"Of course, it can't be hasty." Zhang Dian said indifferently, "How many times has Han Yukun ever done a willful act?" Didn't you plan and then act? ”

In the palace, the queen mother agreed to Han Gang's request and agreed to let the important ministers discuss the state together, just like the example of Tingtui.

This can't be said entirely because of her trust in Han Gang throughout, and Zhang Dian also knows that after the last Song-Liao War, the Queen Mother has always hoped to fulfill her long-cherished wish to recover her hometown in Hebei and Hedong. The temptation to leave a name in history, even if it is a woman, is difficult to resist. This is the reason why she has not expressed her stance on the controversy in the court for a period of time before what she is talking about.

But her most trusted courtiers have always opposed sending troops to attack Liao, and the tone of the court's argument with Wang Anshi and Lu Jia today is not as gentle as before, which will definitely make the queen mother worry about what to do if she fails? If you lose the morale of the army and disappoint the subjects of the world, the prestige accumulated in the past will be lost.

In this case, let the courtiers jointly agree on the major political strategy, and it is enough for them to nod their heads. Even if it turns out to be wrong afterwards, you can blame the courtiers, so that you don't let yourself fall into it.

I have to say that Han Gang did grasp the psychology of the queen mother's head and rat at both ends, and this set of tricks also made Zhang Dian feel very familiar - the courtiers control the king, or the officials manipulate the officials, in fact, they are all in the same vein and the same reason.

And the Queen Mother's approval of Han Gang's proposal made Wang Anshi angry. But Wang Anshi couldn't have a seizure, obviously he strongly opposed it in his heart, but he didn't say a word, and he blushed with suffocation.

Zhang Dian sighed secretly, every time it was like this, Han Gang always pulled a group of people to openly divide the power of the two mansions. Whoever wants to oppose it must be careful about the reaction of the courtiers. Despite their high positions, the Kozaisukes always had to have enough supporters to warrant their power and influence in the court. People's hearts are separated, and this Zaifu will have no taste at all.

And Han Gang gave power with both hands, which courtier was not happy? Even his opponents, the courtiers who were the backbone of the new party, were happy to say a few weighty words on the matter of state affairs.

Han Gang's style of acting was originally not to take what other courtiers valued as one thing, but to pursue a thousand-year-old reputation and a master for all generations, which was also the main reason for his break with Wang Anshi's son-in-law. Otherwise, they are all people who do not have a heavy desire for power, how can they be in the same situation?

Zhang Dian still remembered that Han Gang once made an analogy to himself, the same blank paper, each with its own way of painting, two painters want to present what they want on the paper, and it is natural that they cannot get along. On the contrary, people like myself and Lu Huiqing only care about whether they have the opportunity to hold a pen, and they don't care about what they draw.

"It's not going to be easy now." Zhang Dian whispered with deep feelings.

"Indeed." Li Dingtou, he had the same feeling.

At first, Han Gang opposed sending troops, and even had the means to turn the situation around overnight, but when Li Ding accepted Wang Anshi's request and persuaded Zhang Dian together, Han Gang was in an embarrassment.

At that time, Li Ding didn't think that he could make Han Gang helpless, and his past experience made him not so naïve, but the countermeasures he could think of for Han Gang were still that he could only suppress his side by persuading the empress.

However, with the strength of the new party and the prestige of Wang Anshi, it was enough to push back the decision of the Queen Mother. There is not even a need for a hard top queen mother, as long as it drags on for two days, and when the north fights, the result is doomed.

Li Ding had guessed in advance that Han Gang would use the power of the courtiers to suppress it in turn, and might even pull a group of important ministers with the power to recommend to discuss whether they should send troops. Li Ding also made a little preparation for this. But he only guessed half right, and the direction that Han Gang cut in was unexpected by anyone.

Han Gang aimed at the country, Li Ding didn't guess it, Wang Anshi, Zhang Dan, and even Han Jiang, Zhang Qi, and Su Song shouldn't have thought of it. And the important ministers who use the power of the chief assistant to recommend and pull them together to discuss the state of the country, even if there is half of it, but the main topic is not within the expected range, and there is no way to prepare for it in advance.

"What will he do?" Li Ding asked Zhang Duan softly.

"What else, it's definitely the more that wins!"

"In that case, it's still possible to beat him." Li Dingdao. In any case, in terms of numbers, the New Party still has a little more advantage.

Zhang Dian shook his head: "Han Yukun's idea can't be so simple, since he can put it forward, then he must have a backhand." The country that was set back then was, but Pingzhang didn't want to change it at all. ”

Li Ding walked a few steps in silence and sighed slowly, "That's true...... But what good does it do him? ”

What you can't monopolize, you don't let others monopolize, you'd rather share it with everyone? Han Gang's thoughts, starting very early, made Li Ding feel incomprehensible.

"Senior, do you know what Han Yukun's goal is?" Zhang Dian asked.

Li Ding asked rhetorically: "What is it?" ”

"The Son of Heaven rules with a bow, and the scholars rule the world together."

Li Ding was stunned for a moment, and then shocked.

Since then, Confucian scholars of all generations have regarded this matter as the standard of the holy monarch and regarded it as their own goal. Nowadays, no matter which faction of Confucianism is, they all appreciate the way in which the Son of Heaven ruled the country vertically, and believe that it is in line with the rule of three generations, so that the highest goal they want to pursue, or at least one of the goals.

And 'scholars and doctors rule the world together', there are a few words in the famous sentence that Wen Yanbo once said. The patriarch in the old party, although his sentence was often refuted on the surface, but in private, the vast majority of courtiers praised it. However, what Wen Yanbo said was 'to rule the world with scholars', while Zhang Dian relayed Han Gang's words, but deleted the word 'and', missing the most crucial word 'and', and the meaning became completely different.

These two sentences, one is derived from the classics, and the other is in line with reality, and now the two sentences are revised and pieced together by Zhang Dan, but Li Ding shuddered.

'The Son of Heaven rules the arch and the scholars rule the world together', Zhang Dian said that this is Han Gang's goal, doesn't this mean that Han Gang plans to put the emperor on the offering table to make a clay puppet wood carving, and the courtiers will govern the country together?

Looking at the front and back, Li Ding asked in a more whisper: "Zihou, I remember that you had a good relationship with Han Gang at the beginning, but then you ......."

Halfway through Li Ding's words, Zhang Dian nodded, "There is indeed a reason for this. ”

"I see."

The power is in the hands of the courtiers, and the Son of Heaven cannot fight with it, isn't this too upside down? And if you want to do this, the Son of Heaven will never sit idly by, and as a courtier, you have to gamble your life. The party struggle between the DPRK and China can already set off a storm, and the dispute between the Son of Heaven and the courtiers can only be described as a bloody storm.

Thinking of this, Li Ding was suddenly shocked, and looked at Zhang Dian in horror: "That group of ministers discussed together, isn't it...... Isn't it just ......"

"I'm afraid it's in his plan."

"How can the Queen Mother believe him?"

"If you don't believe him, who else will you believe?"

Zhang Dian sighed, in the perspective of the Queen Mother, he would only trust Han Gang, who had repeatedly saved him from danger.

"But he worked so hard to make wedding clothes for others?"

Han Gang got benefits for himself, being a powerful minister, and even plotting to usurp the country, it is not difficult to understand, there is a freshest example in the north. But Han Gang worked hard, but he divided the authority into the same column, what did he bother for?

"I thought I had figured it out, but then I realized that I hadn't figured it out, but then I couldn't ask." Zhang Dian shook his head very casually and said, "If it weren't for Han Yukun saying this himself, I wouldn't have thought about it at all." ”

Li Dinghu looked at Zhang Dian suspiciously, could it be that Zhang Dian misheard it at the time, or that he and Zhang Dian misunderstood. Han Gang was already a Confucian grandmaster-level figure, perhaps his words were just some daydreaming thoughts for his disciples. Just like the Confucian scholars pursued the rule of three generations, but in fact, the vast majority of them were just a sentence on their lips, and no one would seriously let the emperor imitate Yao Shun - the emperor wanted to learn from Yao Shun Chan Rang, which minister

Dare to respond?

Feeling the suspicion on Li Ding's face, Zhang Dian secretly smiled bitterly. For a long time, he actually doubted whether he had heard and thought wrongly, but the words that Han Gang said that day are still vividly engraved in his mind, how could he be wrong?

"I'll leave that at that." Zhang Dian sighed, "No one believes it." Let's think about how to deal with it. ”

"This matter is also difficult to do, how to deal with it?" Li Ding also sighed, three days later, the CCP in the Vertical Arch Hall should go to win the support of a few more people, but this matter is easy to say, but it is difficult to do.

'The state is' is not a military or political matter, but a major national policy.

At that time, Wang Anshi assisted Emperor Xizong and decided on a major policy strategy that continues to this day - to implement new laws, enrich the country and strengthen the army, first restore Lingwu, and then collect Yanyun.

Courtiers who wanted to oppose or violate these rules, no matter how high their status, were expelled from the court. Now all the courtiers, whether willingly or not, follow the direction determined by these points.

Now Han Gang has given them a chance to make the future state politics change according to their wishes, which is a temptation that every courtier can hardly resist.

Everything in Han Gang is hitting the key points, not fighting for one city and one place, but wanting to uproot it.

Li Ding sighed, "This matter is not easy to handle......"