Scholars have a good face, even if they really want to proclaim Ma and worship the prime minister, they have to pretend to be a little, the holy decree is down, and there are a few excuses, pretending to say that they are not competent, and please be meritocratic, it is best to wait until everyone in the world begs, Mr. is not out, how about the common people!

At that time, it can be reluctantly acceptable, and it is needless to say hypocritical.

However, this time there is no way for everyone to be reserved, to win the support of hundreds of officials, to get enough votes, you must have a clear banner, no ambiguity, and you have to strike first!

Han Wei said: "Xianggong Wen will enter the prime minister, with profound qualifications, no one can match, and it is also well known that he has made meritorious contributions, and more importantly, Wang Xianggong is in charge of the government hall outside the domain, and Xianggong Wen is the second vassal king with a different surname in my Great Song Dynasty, and he is the most suitable person to take over as prime minister, what do you think?" ”

"That's not right!"

Zhang Dian immediately stood up, "The metabolism of the imperial court, a generation of new people replace the old, King Yan took the initiative to abdicate, and he should be replaced by a prime minister who is in the prime of life, how can he push an older one out?" I propose that Lu Huiqing is the best candidate in the right capital! ”

"I'm against it!" Cai Jianli jumped out immediately, "Lord Lu is just the right capital to give the matter, and Wang Jiefu Wang Xianggong is the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he presided over the change of the law a few years ago, which was quite effective, and King Yan is also a continuation of Wang Xianggong's change, and now Wang Xianggong is in charge of the political affairs hall, which is really the return of all people!" ”

"Neither nor not!"

Feng Jing immediately shook his head, "Speaking of which, when Wang Xianggong presided over the change of the law, he caused chaos in the world, or King Yan helped him finish it, and now the most suitable candidate is the second prime minister Sima Guang, Jun Shigong has been in the political hall for many years, has rich experience, is fair, and looks up to the government and the opposition, except for Jun Shigong, no one can take the position of prime minister!" ”

……

In the end, Fan Chunren had to say: "My ministry is only responsible for the preliminary examination, and several ministers are highly qualified and very popular, and the ministers will be included in the selection list together, as for who stands out in the end, it is not up to the ministry to have the final say, please do it!" ”

Fan Chunren sent everyone away, but the debate will not stop because of this, on the contrary, almost all the officials in the capital are involved, and no one is immune.

A total of more than a dozen ministers were recommended, but some were not in good health, and some knew that they could not be recommended by hundreds of officials...... In the end, it focused on 5 people.

The first is Wen Yanbo, the veteran of Shuode, followed by Wang Anshi, the head of the inspectorate, then Sima Guang, the second minister, and Lu Huiqing in the right capital, and the last one is Su Song, the waiter of the Ministry of Works.

Needless to say, the first four are really surprising that Su Song can be selected.

This is only a Jinshi in the second year of Qingli, his qualifications are not deep, his official position is not high, and his connections are not good, what kind of ability does he have, and he is on a par with those four?

If you carefully look at Su Song's resume, you can find that he is not an ordinary person.

As one of the earliest teachers of the Six Arts, including Lu Huiqing and others, they were all educated by Su Song, and he governed the Yellow River, repaired the Sichuan-Shaanxi Straight Road, and supervised the construction of the railway.

Counting, he is definitely the strongest follower at the moment, there is no one!

And it was not someone else who encouraged Su Song to appear for prime minister, but the drunkard Ouyang Xiu!

The big guys are very confused, Ouyang Xiu rarely asks about the government, he just concentrates on repairing books, what is wrong with the old gentleman, to promote Su Song, it is really incredible!

If you can't think clearly, you just don't want to, anyway, Su Song doesn't matter, at most it's just a tie-up, and it depends on the battle between the four.

Soon, the capital became lively, and everyone's supporters jumped out, waving flags and shouting, standing and cheering, and for a time the capital was about to become a vegetable market.

Su Shi likes to be lively the most, and he is not a future prime minister, so he can often go in and out of the Yanwang Mansion and tell Wang Ningan the latest news.

No, Su Shi came again, he grabbed the kettle, filled half a pot of water first, and then shook his head and said loudly: "It's a good show, it's a good show!" Now all over the capital are actively wooing hundreds of officials and striving for the favor of the saints, brother-in-law, you say, who is the most active? ”

Wang Ning'an was bored and wrote, too lazy to cooperate with him, Xiao Yu smiled, "Who doesn't know, it must be Wen Xianggong!" ”

"Clever!"

Su Shi said with a smile: "Wen Kuanfu has just written that he wants to divide Western Xia into more than a dozen prefectures, such as Gyeongju, Yinzhou, Xiazhou, and Hongzhou, and directly merge them into the Great Song Dynasty, and send officials. Governing the administrative affairs of the states...... He is going to swallow Xixia completely! What do you think? It's not small, right? ”

Xiao Yu thought about it for a while, and then said: "There are so many officials at once, I'm afraid there are many people who support Wen Kuanfu, right?" ”

Su Shi gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "No, I guess, because of this, Han Wei jumped out to help Wen Yanbo speak!" After all, their Han family was demoted to Western Xia, and if Western Xia was merged into the Great Song Dynasty, wouldn't they be justified and returned to the Great Song Dynasty! Even for the sake of the Han family, he has to fully support Wen Xianggong. ”

"Somewhat!" Xiao Yu smiled: "Then the others didn't move?" ”

"How is that possible!" Su Shi glanced at Wang Ning'an, and saw that he was still busy with his head stuffy, he said in a ghostly manner: "Do you know, Wang Anshi just signed an order, and directly took down more than 20 officials, as well as the eunuchs in the palace, and made a lot of shops a few days ago, but they were all swept away by the bad minister!" ”

"Tsk, he really deserves to be the head of the country, that is, he dares to be unscrupulous, he has a daughter in the harem, there are no taboos!" Xiao Yu asked again: "What about Lu Jifu?" Isn't he also from the Metropolitan Procuratorate? ”

Su Shi smiled, "Lu Huiqing's person is in the dark, how can he not do it, these days, he contacts his classmates of the Six Arts everywhere, if my guess is right, among these people, he will have the most votes!" ”

Xiao Yu was curious: "What about my uncle?" Who do you vote for? ”

"I ...... I won't give it to anyone, and I won't give it to Lu Huiqing! "Su Shi and Zhang Dian are not eye-to-eye, now Zhang Dian is Lu Huiqing's first cadre, and he dances the most happily, so Su Shi will stand with Zhang Tun!

"If I want to choose, I still choose Mr. Su."

"Why?"

"He is well learned, astronomical and geographical, omniscient, has a good character, never forms a party for personal gain, and presides over so many big projects, is honest and self-controlled, has clean sleeves, and does not put a child in his pocket...... If you want me to say, my brother-in-law should be like a drunkard and support Mr. Su! ”

Xiao Yu also turned his head to look at his father.

"Dad, what did your uncle say?"

Wang Ningan was silent for a moment, and finally put down the pen in his hand, "What about Sima Junshi?" ”

"Ahh Su Shi was stunned.

Wang Ningan asked again, "What did Sima Junshi do?" ”

"This ...... He is quite honest, and recently signed only one order, that is, to reduce the benchmark interest rate further down, to 7 percent. ”

As mentioned earlier, the interest rate of the Great Song Dynasty is much higher than that of later generations, when Wang Ningan was preparing to establish the Royal Bank, the benchmark interest rate was set at 15 percent, and it has been lowered several times over the years, and it has been adjusted to 10 percent, and Sima Guang has dropped it by 3 percentage points in one breath, which is a big deal!

Wang Ningan was silent for a long time, and finally smiled.

Sure enough, Sima Guang is a biting dog who doesn't leak teeth, compared to other people's tosses, this hand is the most powerful killing move!

Xiao Yu also thought about it for a while, he suddenly slapped his thigh and exclaimed: "Uncle, if my guess is right, the public opinion of the newspaper should be biased towards Jun Shigong, right?" ”

Su Shi was stunned, "How did you guess?" ”

Xiao Yu pouted, is this a guess? It's a real skill, isn't it?

Wang Ningan smiled: "Okay, you can solve this fool's doubts!" ”

"You're stupid!"

Da Su was not convinced, but out of curiosity, he also became honest, he really wanted to know, what is Sima Guang doing again!

"After the imperial court takes the Khitan, there will definitely be a large wave of infrastructure frenzy, and a lot of money is needed...... Now that the interest rate is lowered, the cost of issuing bonds by the imperial court will also be reduced, which is the first benefit. ”

"It makes sense, I didn't expect Sima Junshi to be a sincere person who seeks the country!"

Xiao Yu smiled again: "There is a second point, the interest rate is reduced, and the cost of borrowing from each factory will also be reduced, so that they can expand...... In a word, Jun Shigong's move is to buy off the industrial group, and with the industrial and commercial forces standing behind him, he will naturally be invincible, and who are the bosses of those newspapers, and who are they talking to, I don't need to explain, right? ”

Su Shi suddenly felt like an idiot, even a child was smarter than him!

"I'm!"

Su Shi slapped the table, "Brother-in-law, look at the good student you taught, he is blatantly bribing and co-opting, with sinister intentions, can you let him do whatever he wants?" ”

Wang Ningan took a deep breath, "I said Zizhan, you should go to the temple to burn incense and pray to the Buddha to turn one-tenth of your literary talent into IQ, otherwise you will suffer sooner or later...... I am in favor of Junshi's approach of reducing the interest rate, and I also think that more money should be printed! ”

"Why? Aren't you afraid of skyrocketing prices? Su Shi finally asked a valuable question.

"I don't think so." Xiao Yu interjected, "Uncle, do you think, we annexed the Khitan, will the copper coins of the Khitan be abolished before?" Shouldn't it be replaced with a new Da Song banknote? In this way, at least 20 million additional ...... will need to be printed And...... I've got it! Xiao Yu was pleasantly surprised, "Dad, now that the interest rate is lowered, we can issue new bonds, withdraw old bonds, and save an expense!" ”

Su Shi said he couldn't understand.

Xiao Yu said speechlessly: "Uncle is really stupid, the interest rate of the new bond is low, the interest rate of the old bond is high, and the court can naturally save interest by replacing the old with the new." He praised from the bottom of his heart: "Jun Shigong is really amazing, it's just a lot of one stone!" ”

Of course, Sima Guang's wisdom does not need to be doubted, not to mention that the last time the banknote was printed, it was led by Wang Ning'an, how could Sima Guang not follow in the footsteps of his master and concoct it in the same way, obviously Sima Guang's steps are even bigger!

It's just that the last time the banknotes were issued, the consequences were borne by the Khitan...... Is there a scapegoat this time?

Wang Ning'an suddenly became uneasy, and said solemnly: "Go, call Sima Junshi immediately, I have important government affairs to discuss with him!" ”