Chapter 40: The Emperor's Dust and Clouds (1)

Wang Anshi has left, and Han Jiang has not yet arrived in Beijing.

Under the door of the Zhongshu of the Eastern Mansion, it was headed by Feng Jing, a newly appointed scholar of the Jixian Academy.

After the court meeting, the Zaifu returned to the government hall and discussed several important political matters to be handled today.

"'Jiaozhi is ready to move, it seems to have a plan'. Guizhou Shen Qi's recital, both of you have seen it, right? Feng Jinggao sat in the middle hall and took the piece sent from the Zhizhou of Guizhou [now Guilin], the capital of Guangnan West Road, in his hand first, "This Shen Qi, vainly trying to provoke the border, seek personal gain, and invite merit and reward, this generation has ruined state affairs and made it difficult for the Son of Heaven to sleep peacefully." I wonder what the two of them think about participating in politics? ”

Wang Qi took a sip of the medicinal soup first, and said casually: "Just transfer him away." ”

These days, Wang Jue has no unusual look, but he doesn't say much, and he is obviously in a bad mood. He is an old qualified Hanlin bachelor, and he has been promoted to politics for four years, and he thought that after worshiping Han Jiang as the prime minister, the Son of Heaven would appoint the second prime minister after a period of time. didn't expect the Son of Heaven to move so fast, and before he could exert his strength, he had already made a name for Feng Jing's lock courtyard. He entered the political hall only three months later than Feng Jing, but he didn't expect that the three-month time difference would make the Son of Heaven not even consider his qualifications.

Feng Jing also knew what was going on with Wang Jue, glanced at him, and turned to Lu Huiqing: "Jifu, now the imperial court is worried about the affairs of the north, and there is no time to look south. Yu Yu also said, Shen Qi is still transferred, I don't know what you think? ”

"What the minister said is very true. But the cochin side can't be guarded against. It's better to change to a steady and strategic one to replace him. Also in case something happens, Guangxi is caught off guard. ”

Lu Huiqing didn't object, but just put forward her own opinion. Shen Qi is not his person, and he has nothing to do with the New Party, so there is no need to protect him.

What's more, Lu Huiqing doesn't want to do much now. He was promoted too quickly, and when Xining came back in the fifth year, he was only a lowest-ranking official of the eighth rank, and he entered the political hall in only two years. Although Lu Huiqing has always been very convinced, with his own talent, he will be able to win the phase sooner or later. However, the encounters in the past two years have indeed surprised him.

Thanks to Zeng Bu, if he hadn't suddenly made that scene and stabbed Wang Anshi in the back, he should have been the one who entered the political hall now. It's a pity that Zeng Buqi has no shortage of courage and ability, but he lacks the vision to see people and the judgment to analyze the timing and situation.

Lu Huiqing understands that what he needs to do now is to lay a good foundation, firmly control the new party in his hands, and cultivate his own power, so that there will be the possibility of Junheng court.

As for Feng Jing, Lu Huiqing didn't care about it at all. His existence is just that the Son of Heaven wants to leave a different voice in the political hall. Wang Anshi officially became the prime minister at the end of Xining's third year, but when he was a governor before, he had already controlled the government. In the political hall of Xining in the early years, there were two phases and three references, Zeng Gongliang was old, Fu Bi called sick, Tang Jie died violently, and Zhao Luan complained bitterly, only Wang Anshi was full of vitality, and the joke of life, old age, sickness and death has also been circulated to this day. Even if there is no Han Jiang, it will take him a month or two to reintegrate the new party. For national events, Feng Jing only has the opportunity to speak.

But Feng Jing's eyes were cold, and Lu Huiqing was obviously echoing himself, but his proposal was actually equivalent to admitting the authenticity of Shen Qi's song: "Now the king of Nanping County is only seven or eight years old, and he just ascended the throne last year. The Lord Shaoguo is suspicious, and it is not enough to stabilize the country, how can there be any reason to commit crimes in the north? ”

For hundreds of years, the lord of the country changed from the surname Ding to the surname Li, and then from the surname Li to the surname Li, but as a vassal of the Great Song Dynasty, it has never changed. After King Jiaozhi ascended the throne, he had to send an envoy to Tokyo and call him a minister. And the imperial court gave them knighthoods, all of whom were the kings of Nanping County and the envoys of the Jing Navy. Last year, the king of Jiaozhi Li Rizun died of illness, and the court posthumously named him the king of Nanping, Li Rizun's son Li Qiande was only six years old, and now it is the queen mother of Jiaozhi who is listening to the government.

He glanced at Lu Huiqing coldly: "Shen Qi made a fortune in Guizhou, ordered the Xinjiang officials to enter the Xidong, ordered the Tuding to be the protector, and gave the formation map to make the year old. He was instructed to supervise the seashore of the salt, and the boat master taught the water war. When did the Privy Council and the Political Affairs Hall give an order to these things from Guangxi? Now that he is suddenly on the table, he is clearly deceiving the court and acting for his selfish desires, how can he tell the truth? Jifu, you're worrying too much. If you want to find someone to replace him, you must also find someone who can calm the people, and abandon all the things that Shen Qi has raised to relieve the doubts of the people. Otherwise, the Jiaozhi people cried to the Daqing Palace, wouldn't they want the Khitan and Western Xia to see the jokes? ! ”

Lu Huiqing retorted: "Liao Zhichengtian, didn't he also lead the army to the south? There is also Western Xia, when the heroine was in power, the number of Kou Bian did not decrease. ”

Xiao Yanyan, the empress dowager of the Liao State who forced Emperor Zhenzong to sign the alliance of the Yuanyuan, personally led the army back then. In the early years of Xining, the Western Xia, who continued to invade the south, was also the queen mother who controlled the government.

Feng Jing laughed twice: "Jiaozhi is a small country, how can it be compared to the second captives in the northwest?" Jifu thinks too much. ”

Lu Huiqing frowned, and was about to refute it again, but Wang Qi interjected: "How is Liu Yi?" He did a good job in Qianzhou [Ganzhou], and his term of office happened to have expired. ”

Feng Jing had vaguely heard this name, but he couldn't remember it all at once. He was the prime minister who managed the hundreds of millions of people in the Great Song Dynasty, and it was difficult for ordinary state officials to leave any impression in their hearts. The questioning gaze turned to Wang Qi, and Wang Qi said very cooperatively: "Liu Yi used to be an official of the three divisions, and was later dismissed because he said that the new law was inconvenient. However, he is good at water conservancy, once served as the capital water minister, and later built a ditch in Qianzhou to control floods and benefit a lot. If he goes to Guizhou, he should have no worries. ”

Hearing Wang Jue's words, the corners of Feng Jing's mouth pulled back a slight arc. was reminded, and he also remembered the character Liu Yi. Better than the one he had in mind. Turning his head and looking at Lu Huiqing again: "Jifu, what do you think?" ”

Lu Huiqing did not disagree. It's not that he is afraid of Feng Jing and Wang Jue working together, but that he is happy to see Liu Yi go to Guizhou.

The Regulation Department of the Three Divisions was the first new law formulation body to be established, and both the Green Seedling Law and the Uniform Loss Law came from it. Although it has now been abolished, Sinong Temple has taken over the work of the Ordinance Department in its entirety. At that time, the officials who were sideways included Lu Huiqing, Zeng Bu, and Zhang Dun, who became the backbone of the new party, and Su Zhe, Cheng Hao, and Liu Yi, who later turned to the old party, and he Lu Huiqing had a lot of disputes with Liu Yi at the beginning.

Where is Guizhou?

Lingnan!

Guizhou's location was indeed important, and it was an important town in the south, and both Feng Jing and Wang Qi hoped that an opponent of the new party would sit on it. But Lu Huiqing doesn't care, anyway, no one in his hands can compete for this position, and those who denigrate the new law have gone to Lingnan, so he is happy...... Why should you oppose it?

After returning from a trip to Lingnan, an official will be added according to the routine, or a few more years of grinding, which is a rule formulated by Taizong and has not changed so far. Wang Jue may have taken a fancy to this, but it is not for nothing that he died of illness in Lingnan, otherwise why would Taizong have to give this reward.

"According to the words of the prime minister and participating in politics, let Liu Yi go to Guizhou to come back for Shen Qi."

Determining the head coach of Quang Nam West Road is a trivial matter after all. Feng Jing was the first to pull it out, just because of this public case, there was not much room for dispute. Starting with this matter, if you successfully suppress Lu Huiqing, you can take advantage of the situation and dispose of the next few official affairs in one go according to your own wishes.

Feng Jing is also anxious, the mind of the Son of Heaven is understood by the whole city of Tokyo, and of course he Feng Jing is also clear. did not take advantage of the period before Han Jiang arrived in Beijing, and stabilized his right to speak in the phase, and after the prime minister arrived in Beijing, where would he have a place to speak.

was finally promoted to prime minister, how could Feng Jing be willing to be a bystander?

He is the prime minister of the dynasty, not an ornament to be a foil! The Son of Heaven needs an opposing voice in the political hall, but he Feng Dangshi will never be willing to be only one opponent.

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Heyang Mengzhou [now Gong County] is not far from the capital, and Ma Di only has a two-day trip.

However, Mengzhou is on the north bank of the Yellow River - the south of the mountain is yang, and the north of the mountain is yin. The south of the water is yin, and the north of the water is yang – so the yin of the river is on the south bank of the Yellow River, while the yang of the river is on the north bank.

At this time, it is the season when the Yellow River is frozen, and the ice on the river is enough to crush the bottom of the ferry boat and the boat gang, but it is not thick enough for cars and horses to pass on the ice.

The envoy who came to deliver the edict crossed the river desperately two days ago, and when he came to the Mengzhou Prefecture, his face was white. But Han Jiang couldn't work hard, let alone desperately, so he could only wait on the north bank of the Yellow River to wait for when the weather would suddenly cold and freeze the big river, and then he could cross the river smoothly.

But even though Han Jiang has not returned to the capital, he is already the prime minister, and he is the prime minister.

Han Jiang has served as a prime minister in the past. However, it was given to him by Wang Anshi, and it was also in order to be able to justifiably command the army of Hengshan and lead the soldiers and horses of Hedong and Shaanxi.

But that time, he only sat in the phase for a few months, and then he had to retire gloomily because he abandoned Luo Wu City.

This incident was not a crime of war, but the weak will of the Son of Heaven and the Gyeongju Mutiny. But Han Jiang also understood that in fact, he also had a chance to resist the edict of the Son of Heaven and drag the Western Xia people down. In the past few years, he has been regretting it, if he had persevered at the beginning, maybe Xixia would have died now.

But the world is impermanent, it went around in circles, and now it comes back again. After three years, he is now the prime minister again.

From the announcement of the appointment time of him and Feng Jing by the Son of Heaven, Han Jiang knew that the one in the imperial city was still upholding the new law.

He has always been a supporter of the new law, and it has never changed. If he can take over the position left by Wang Anshi, the Son of Heaven must have taken this into account.

With a soft sigh in the room, Han Jiang closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, now waiting for the Yellow River to freeze, so as to return to Tokyo City after a long absence.