Prime Minister

Chapter 565

On February [-]rd of the second year of Xining, Wang Anshi became a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, a minister of the Ministry of Industry and a lecturer, except for being a right admonishing doctor, and participating in political affairs.

In the same month, Fu Bi made peace with Tong Zhongshu.

Ever since the emperor decided to allow Fu Bi to return to court and Wang Anshi paid homage, Zeng Gongliang had aged a few years in a very tacit understanding, and was very active in getting closer to Wang Gui.

On the other hand, Wang Anshi was full of vigor, and he talked generously about state affairs many times among his peers. Among the several prime ministers, except Tang Jie who dared to argue with Wang Anshi, none of them was Wang Anshi's opponent.

A few days after Wang Anshi worshiped the prime minister, the officials summoned Wang Anshi in the hall.

Wang Anshi has been a Hanlin Bachelor for ten months, and he has given lectures on Jingyan as an attendant lecturer. After enlightening and contemplating the officials, the officials have deep trust in him, and they have no doubts about the policies he advocated during Jingyan. .

However, this policy policy is still a secret, and outsiders still don't know about it.

This is what the two monarchs and ministers said in private, even at the Sutra feast, Wang Anshi did not reveal it to anyone other than the emperor.

Now, just a few days after Wang Anshi paid homage to the prime minister, he told the officials again about his political views.

Wang Anshi has repeated this political argument many times. It is necessary to strengthen the officials' confidence in themselves and their determination to carry out reform measures, because once the decree is issued, any hesitation by the officials will discourage officials from implementing the decree.

After Wang Anshi made a long speech, he finally strengthened the trust of the officials.

The official was demoted and said to Wang Anshi: "You are not enough to carry out these things for me. In the future, I will trouble your family with political affairs. The Qing family is so knowledgeable and has the heart of governance. It must be able to carry out the world."

Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, since I became a scholar of the Imperial Academy last year, I have only hoped for Your Majesty to do something. Nowadays, the customs and laws of the world have been corrupted. There are few good people in the court and many villains. Gentlemen are accustomed to peace, but they don't know , the traitor is vicious, straight, ugly, and righteous, and has some taboos."

"Therefore, once there are political affairs to be carried out, treacherous people have scruples and do not dare to stand out, so they spread them everywhere, but ignorant gentlemen will go along with them. Although the ministers have their own opinions, I am afraid they will not succeed, and they will be overcome by dissenting opinions. "

The officials nodded repeatedly after hearing Wang Anshi's words, deeply agreeing.I have to say that Wang Anshi's vaccination was quite good.

Wang Anshi said: "The reason why I put lectures first after returning to the court is that I hope that your majesty will not doubt what I have learned, and then use my ministers to govern, so that I can achieve a little bit of what I have in mind."

The official said: "I don't want to achieve a little bit, but I want to achieve [-]%. I have known you for a long time, and I have no doubts about you after giving lectures for so long. But now a minister like Tang Jie in the court can't do it." Knowing about the Qing family, I thought the Qing family only knew about scriptures."

Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, the so-called jingshu is to manage the affairs of the world. If you can't manage affairs, what's the use of jingshu?"

The official said: "At the beginning, the Qing family said that changing the customs and making laws were urgent. Is it still the priority now?"

Wang Anshi said: "That's true, Your Majesty, according to the Book of Changes, in governing the world, smoothness is the top priority, and chaos is the bottom. If it is not smooth, there will be more villains and fewer gentlemen."

"What are customs and customs? That is, the wind is formed at the top, and the vulgarity is at the bottom. If the top and bottom are not smooth, how can the top and bottom be effective? As long as the top and bottom are smooth, then there will be more gentlemen below the middle class and fewer villains. If the top and bottom are closed, then the gentleman There will be less, and there will be more villains."

Wang Anshi chatted a few words again, and the officials admired him again.

This truth can be said to be true knowledge and insight, it is definitely not what Fu Bi, Han Qi can say.

After once again firming up their determination to use Wang Anshi, the officials thought to themselves, if I use Wang Anshi like Tang Taizong, I will win Wei Zheng, and Liu Bei will win Zhuge Liang, and then I will do it.

The official said: "Then the third division's regulations said that they read the text of the third division's regulations in detail, and heard about the joint venture incident. How does this work?"

Wang Anshi said: "The establishment of the Three Divisions and Regulations Division is to master the classics and paint the country, discussing changes to the old laws to benefit the world. Before that, Xue Xiang, the Transshipment Division of Shaanxi, used salt banknotes to buy tens of thousands of dollars from the Westerners without costing the court a penny. Horses are the norm, but many ignorant people in the court are against it."

"These people don't know how to open and close the wealth. The former king set up an official in Quanfu to urge mergers, equalize the rich and the poor, and use the wealth of the world, so that he can make a hole. The three divisions are the Quanfu. government affairs."

The official asked again: "However, some courtiers commented that the three divisions reformed the old law, but they were not under the jurisdiction of the Zhongshu. The Third Division Regulation Division invaded Zhongshu, the power of the Third Division, and revised the regulations to the Zhongshu, so the Three Divisions are not acquainted with it?"

All matters of decision belonged to Zhongshu, while the matters of Qian Gu were all in charge of the third division.

The three divisions proposed by Wang Anshi suddenly bypassed Zhongshu, and the three divisions were directly under the jurisdiction of Wang Anshi and Chen Sheng.

Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, there are many evils in the third division. When I was an official in the third division, I already knew it. It can be said that it is difficult to move forward."

"As for the independent establishment of the Three Departments of Regulations, it is easy to discuss political affairs, and success will be seen early. If it belongs to Zhongshu, all five prime ministers must have no objections before drafting the text. After the text is drafted, other people must read it in detail .”

"Anyone who does nothing for nothing needs the permission of others. If this is the case, it will be difficult to accomplish things, and the day of reform will be far away!"

Officials thought to themselves that the establishment of various yamen in the ancestral family law was to restrain each other, so that no one person or any yamen had too much power.

But Wang Anshi's move was unprecedented, so many officials below opposed it.

But the officials remembered Wang Anshi's previous vaccinations, and re-firmed their determination to ask: "The Qing family's good intentions, except for me, I am afraid that not many people in the world can understand the Qing family, let alone those who implement it." ?”

Wang Anshi said: "Talent is rare, and it is even more difficult to know. As far as the ministers in the court know, there may not be one or two people out of a hundred who are qualified for this position. If they are mediocre, they will be defeated. It harmed His Majesty's good intentions for reform, and also harmed the people of the world."

The official said: "Yes, it's hard to win people."

Wang Anshi continued: "I recommend Lu Huiqing. Lu Huiqing's virtuousness is not only beyond the reach of today's people, but also beyond the reach of Confucians in the past. Apart from my ministers, Lu Huiqing is the only one who knows the way of the kings best."

The official nodded and said, "Who else is available?"

Wang Anshi said: "The book Zuo Lang Liu Shu can be used."

Liu Shu is now under Sima Guang's command to repair Zizhi Tongjian.This person is well-read and memorized, and even Sima Guang Xiushi has to ask him for anything he doesn't understand.

The officials immediately wrote the names of Lu Huiqing and Liu Shu on the imperial case.

"There is also Chen Zhijian who can use it."

……

Wang Anshi talked to several people, and then said: "Your Majesty, there is another person who is better than the former, even brother to Lu Huiqing, but I am afraid that Your Majesty will not let him go."

The official asked, "Who is it?"

Wang Anshi said: "Tianzhang Pavilion is waiting for Zhang Yue."

The official was silent for a moment, and then said: "I won't allow it!"

(End of this chapter)