Chapter 41: Diction and Chapter: A Mess in the Capital Hall (3)
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Zhang Jian remembered that Han Gang's family background was not good, and he was not even a scholarly family, let alone a disciple of the generals such as Chong Jianzhong, but because of this, it seemed that Han Gang, who was less than twenty years old, was not simple to trigger the Son of Heaven to issue a special decree.
"Yukun, you can get the blue eyes of Wang Shao, Wu Yan and Zhang Shouyue at the same time, and your talent is not bad, why don't you feel at ease to study for two more years, and you can take the Jinshi exam?"
"Although Qinzhou is big, it can't put a quiet desk." Han Gang sighed, "There are western thieves raging outside, and there are unhealthy people inside, and there is constant smoke every year, how can you read with peace of mind?" ”
Han Gang's words provoked Zhang Jian's head to say yes. When Li Yuanhao raised the flag of rebellion, Zhang Zai also had the intention of throwing a pen from Rong, if it weren't for Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi and other famous ministers to guard Guanxi, the turbulent situation would not allow Zhang Zai and Zhang Jian to study with peace of mind. "Since Yukun is recommended by Wang Shao, it should be to open up the river?"
"It was Mr. Zihou's initiative back then!"
"To open up the river, money, grain, people and horses have to be transferred thousands of miles to the past, and the people of Qinzhou will suffer." There is a brother who knows the soldiers, Zhang Jian certainly understands the strategy of opening up Hehuang, and he also knows the pros and cons.
“…… Gotta give it a try! Once the Hehuang Department can really be subdued, Qinzhou will be the hinterland, and the people will no longer have to suffer from the war, which is once and for all. Han Gang's young face was resolute, "Although it is difficult, if you haven't done it yet, you will give up, and you will always be unwilling in your heart!" ”
If these words were said by others, Zhang Jian would inevitably reprimand him angrily, and Cheng Hao would also shake his head and begin to admonish in a serious manner. But Han Gang is Zhang Zai's disciple, not an outsider, but the momentum of the young man makes Zhang Jian and Cheng Hao look at it. Even if what he said was a little naïve, he thought it was because he was too young and didn't think enough, not because he was at fault.
It's just that the matter of Hehuang has a lot of power from Wang Anshi, and Zhang Jian and Cheng Hao thought of Wang Anshi who was sick and invited the county at this time. If Wang Jiefu goes to work, Han Yukun's position may have to change. ’
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Under the door of the book.
That is, in the political affairs hall, a tall and fat hall official hurried in his steps, and the sound of heavy footsteps spread throughout the corridor.
Zeng Bu heard the footsteps and put down the old Du poem scroll that he was reading in his hand. As the chief minister, he supervised the officials of the five rooms of the Zhongshu Gate, households, rites, criminals, and workers. The position is important, and the general affairs are complicated, but all the official documents sent to the political hall must be managed. Weekdays are busy, and only today, for the first time since he took office, has he been so relaxed.
The fat hall official walked outside the door and shouted inside: "All the corrections, the third division has just come again, and I am anxious to send the official document for approval yesterday." ”
"Let him wait a little longer!" Zeng Bu shook his head, picked up the teacup and took a sip, "This matter needs to be approved when Wang Dashen comes back." ”
"The villain understands!" The fat hall official has been back and forth to the front yard and the inspection hall several times today, and the answer he got is the same - wait for Wang Dashen to come back and approve it. But he didn't dare to think about this part of the request, he was self-righteous, and he was the one who cut off his head.
The fat hall official turned around to leave, but Zeng Bu stopped him from behind and called him into the public hall: "Zeng Xianggong, Chen Xianggong, what did you say yesterday?" ”
The fat hall official is Zeng Bu's cronies, since Zeng Bu asked, he didn't dare to slack off: "Yesterday, Wang Dashen came out of the palace and didn't return to the political hall, and later after the news came out in the palace, Zeng Xianggong and Chen Xianggong wanted to immediately go down to the hall to stop the implementation of the Qingmiao Law, but Zhao Dashen said that it was Wang Dashen who made it out, and he had to let him come back and abolish it himself." ”
"Zhao Yuedao has helped a lot!" Zeng Bu smiled, but he was not grateful to Zhao Luan in his heart, but he was thinking that Zhao Luan had no responsibility at all, and he didn't dare to do things, no wonder he was always complaining.
As soon as Zeng Bu heard the news from the palace yesterday, he rushed to Wang Anshi's mansion. He waited in the gatehouse with Lu Huiqing, Zhang Dian and other backbone officials of the Fa-changing faction, stayed for a whole day, and did not see Wang Anshi, who was sick, but it was enough to pass on his heart. It's just that Zeng Bu didn't expect that as soon as he left like this, so many things happened in the political hall yesterday.
There are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkey is the king—although there are two monkeys with higher official positions than the tigers—"It's funny!" ”
The fat hall official looked at the thick handful of official documents piled up with Zeng Bu table case without worry, and was worried. "It's all corrected, there is a backlog of so many official documents, won't there be a problem?"
"What are you worried about?" Zeng Bu stood up, walked out of the door in a slow step, and looked back at the palace city to the north, the Chongzheng Hall was in the direction where his gaze fell, "Don't worry! Politics will be back soon! ”
Chongzheng Palace.
Zhao Ji is very irritable now. He looked down at Wang Anshi's invitation to the county fold on the royal case. As soon as the words 'resignation' came into my eyes, it was like being burned, and my eyes immediately left the speech. The young emperor didn't expect that just because of Han Qi's recital, he hesitated for a while and said a few more words, and Wang Anshi's reaction would be so intense.
Anyway, he was born in the royal family, and he has seen a lot of visible and invisible intrigues in the clan. Although Zhao Ji's ascension to the throne was short, he still understood why Wang Anshi did this. And Wang Anshi's purpose, Zhao Ji is also clear.
But Han Qi is an old minister of the Three Dynasties! The three emperors supported the two masters, and without Han Zhigui, Yingzong could not sit on the throne. He Zhao Ji can sit in this position, with Han Qi's credit, and his kindness must be missed. Even if you don't believe what Han Qi said, you have to make a look of believing it, this is the decent way to take care of the old minister.
But what about Wang Anshi's side? Listen to him and no longer change the law? Where does the money come from? How is the army prepared? How to recover the lost land? How do the two captives subdue?!
It's okay to go to the new law! It is also possible to remove Wang Anshi! But you've got to give me a strategy for making the country rich and strong!
Han Qi gave it, and asked him to 'bow down to thrift before the world, and there is no shortage of natural use'. But if you swallow up all the fifty or sixty million guan of the annual imperial court income, and you have to spare millions of guan to seal the pile money, which one of them is the emperor? Almost all of this money was spent by tens of thousands of officials, millions of troops, and thousands of clans!
Renzong, Yingzong, and him Zhao Ji, which one is the faint monarch who is extravagant? Nope! Before Emperor Renzong's grand trip, the quilt on his body was old, and the tea cup used was plain porcelain. The first emperor ascended the throne for four years, and most of the times he was sick, and there was no expenditure that would cost a lot of money on palace buildings and travels. Even the big funeral, because it was only four years since Renzong's death, the state could not afford it, and the cost was saved again and again, so that he couldn't even fulfill his filial piety. And what about him, Zhao Ji, when has he been extravagant for a little since he ascended the throne?! In such a situation, no matter how frugal your own family is, how much can you save? Even if you don't use it at all, you can only save hundreds of thousands. This is a drop in the bucket for the growing hole in the account books of the three divisions.
Wang Anshi can't go! From yesterday to today, Zhao Ji is more and more sure that Wang Anshi can't go! If you want to enrich the country and strengthen the army and realize your dreams, you can't let Wang Anshi go!
If you can't have it both ways, you have to make a choice, Zhao Ji knows very well who to choose!
In the Chongzheng Palace, more than a dozen important ministers who decided the national policy of the Great Song Dynasty were waiting for Zhao Ji to wake up from his silence. Standing below the deacons, Sima Guang waited calmly. is different from Zeng Gongliang and Chen Zhizhong's impetuousness, and different from Wen Yanbo and Lu Gongbi's impatience. Sima Junshi, who ranked first among several Hanlin scholars, always maintained a calm attitude, as if the survival of the change and the stay of Wang Anshi were like flowing water over stones, and did not cause a little wavering in his heart.
I don't know how long it took, Zhao Ji raised his head, and there was no hesitation in his expression: "The change has just begun, Wang Qing really can't leave!" Sima Qing, you draft a condolence edict for me. ”
Zhao Ji's words made the deacons in an uproar, and Sima Guang replied yes, took the will, and stepped back to write the edict. He was a scholar of the Hanlin Bachelor and the title of Intellectual, and he was qualified to draft the edict.
"Your Majesty!" Wen Yanbo stepped forward first: "The world is full of new laws. The new law is difficult to implement at the wrong time, and no one in the world will say it. Since Wang Anshi already knows it, why not follow his wishes and let him leave Beijing?! ”
"Why did Wen Qing say this?!" Zhao Ji was shocked and angry, he knew that Wen Yanbo and Wang Anshi were political enemies of each other, but the world said that it was a little too much. Don't think that he is young and ignorant of things, there are indeed problems in the implementation of the Seedlings Loan, but it can be solved by asking someone to supervise and revise it. As long as it is corrected, the BIBS loan will only be beneficial to the people. He immediately refuted,
"Changing the legal system, Dr. Yu Shi is sincerely displeased, but where is the inconvenience for the people?"
Wen Yanbo was born in the third year of Zhenzong Jingde [1006], and in the third year of Xining, he has passed the age of sixtieth year, and is almost ancient. At the age of sixty-five, he was an old man, his body was rickety, and his skin and flesh were loose. But once the broad skeleton is straightened, the sense of oppression generated by decades of appearance is like a dark cloud pressing towards the young emperor. He sneered, and the old voice squeezed out of his lips was like a cold wind whistling from outside the Chongzheng Palace:
"Your Majesty! The Son of Heaven rules the world with scholars, not with the people! ”
How dare you say that?!
Zhao Ji was shocked when he heard this, and his eyes glared at Wen Yanbo. Wen Yanbo, on the other hand, lowered his eyes, but stood more straight. The important ministers in the hall did not react, as if they had not heard Wen Yanbo's words, and as if they had acquiesced in this sentence in their hearts.
Yes, Wen Yanbo told the truth. Whether it is a change of law or a counter-change of the law, although the exchange of pen and ink between the two factions is high-sounding and said that it is for the sake of the people of the world, in fact, it is only incidental to the people. The Seedlings Loan can benefit the people a little, but it hurts the interests of the scholars. Wen Yanbo is reminding Zhao Ji not to forget where the foundation of the position of the Son of Heaven is.
Every time the court argues about the policy of governing the country, it is to pull the people out to endorse their words, which one is not to put on an attitude of asking for the people's life. For the first time in the past three years, Zhao Ji clearly heard the essence of governing the family and country from the mouths of his courtiers. Even if Wang Anshi talked to him about the original intention of the Qingmiao Law in the past, he had to hide it and refused to say it thoroughly.
Isn't it time to thank Xie Wen Yanbo? Over the years, this Xianggong Wen is still the first courtier who is willing to tell him these big truths!