Prime Minister

Early morning in Bianjing.

Thick fog fell on the Bian River, and many boats floated vaguely on the water surface. Occasionally, the painted boats passed by, and the tall colorful buildings hung heavy fog, which looked ethereal like fairy pavilions in the heavenly palace.

The cock crowed several times, and there was light in the sky, and the lights that had not been turned off last night were still on at the end of the alley.

In the courtyard with overlapping lanes and alleys, the coughing of old people when getting up, the sound of women bumping cooking utensils while cooking, and many rustling sounds mixed together, making this place full of familiar market atmosphere.

The hustle and bustle faded away, the flames of war went away, Zhang Yue looked at the beautiful woman sleeping next to his pillow, Zhang Gen in the study had already started to get up early and read a book.

With his wife and children by his side, without any official documents, it has been a long time since Zhang Yue slept like this until dawn.

After waking up, the maidservant had prepared the face wash, Zhang Yue twisted the towel on his face to wash his face, then rinsed his mouth with fragrant tea, and then Mother Chen served a table of food in person.

Shi Qi Niang has the habit of getting up late, and often waits for Zhang Gen to finish reading before having breakfast together.As for Zhang Yue's habit of leading troops in the northwest in recent years, he must eat at this point, otherwise he will be starving.

A bowl of well-cooked porridge and a few delicious side dishes aroused my appetite just right.

Zhang Yue saw that he was about to eat, but saw Chen's mother staring at him.

It turns out that Zhang Yue is busy with business in Northwest China, so Zhang Yue eats very quickly, but Mother Chen said that this is not the way to keep healthy, so she must watch him eat slowly.

Zhang Yue smiled and had no choice but to listen.

"Master, there is a person outside the door who claims to be Wang Hefu and asks to see him!"

As soon as Zhang Yue heard that Wang Anli had come, he said, "Please wait in the living room."

Wang Anli was already sitting in the hall.

Wang Anli was the same year as Zhang Yue, and now he is the school secretary of Chongwen Museum, and he is directly in Jixian Academy.

"Extend it."

Zhang Yue said: "Hefu, I know why you are here."

Wang Anli said: "Duzhi, I really don't want you to disagree with my brother on this matter. He didn't ask you about this matter in advance. I will apologize for him here."

Zhang Yue said: "This matter with Hefu has nothing to do with you. It's just that my husband and I have a disagreement. When the quality husband (Zhang Yu) came a few days ago, I made it clear to him."

Wang Anli said: "Is it true that the degree is not granted?"

Zhang Yue said: "I've worked so hard these years, and I'm really tired. One term can be regarded as recuperation. If my husband still has something useful for me after a few years, I'll come back at that time."

Years later...

Wang Anli knew that Zhang Yue didn't have any sincerity in what he said, but he just wanted to give himself a step down based on his old friendship.

Zhang Yue resigned as a Hanlin scholar, Zhang Yi, and Wang Anguo all came to persuade him, and now Wang Anli is going to return without success.

Wang Anli said: "Damn it, my brother is extremely stubborn, and there will never be any changes in the things he decides. For the present plan, you have awarded a bachelor for now, and you may not have a chance in the future."

The meaning behind Wang Anli's words was also very clear. Even if Zhang Yue resigned as a Hanlin scholar, Wang Anshi would not be able to change his decision to let him return to the northwest to take charge of the army. Instead of doing so, he would rather accept the benefits or compensation he gave.

Zhang Yue smiled, but instead said: "I heard about Qian Mufu (Qian Xie) at the time, and it was you who came to persuade him. Both the government and the public praised the gentleman's generosity."

In Xining's three-year examination, Qian Xie won No.2, but was dismissed for criticizing the new law.Qian Xie's political achievements are very good and very famous, and he has been appreciated by the officials.

At the end of last year, Wang Anshi sent Wang Anli to ask Qian Xie if he wanted to be a censor.Qian Xie refused.

Wang Anshi knew that the other party was unwilling to attach himself, so he still granted Yantie the post of judge.

Zhang Yue expressed his decision by praising Qian Xie.

Wang Anli heard that Zhang Yue's ambition could not be shaken, so he had to go back and report to Wang Anshi.

Wang Anshi had just come down to the court at this moment, and he had disagreements with Wen Yanbo, Feng Jing, and Wu Chong because of the favor of the clan and descendants, and there were quite a few disputes.

Wang Anshi wants to significantly reduce the royal family, empress, and empress dowager's Tweenjia officials' rewards.

However, the move was unanimously opposed by the ruling ministers.

At the same time, Wang Anshi refused the reward requested by the internal official Li Ruoyu, and impeached his relative Li Ping for his illegal activities.

These two made Wang Anshi immediately offend a large number of people inside and out.

Wang Anshi got out of the car and thought to himself, neither of the two houses would reduce the reward, and now he is the only one to take on this villain.

What is the reform? That is to increase income and reduce expenditure.The favor of the clan and descendant clans is not diminished here, how can we justifiably reduce the favor of the governors of the two prefectures and all the officials in the future, everyone is not convinced from the bottom of their hearts.

As for Wen Yanbo, Wu Chong also opposed his decision based on such considerations.

When Wang Anshi went back to the mansion and saw Wang Anli, he had something on his mind and didn't say anything.

After walking for a while, he turned around and asked, "I heard that you went to Zhangfu in the morning?"

Wang Anli said: "Yes, I have seen it, but his intention is very firm."

Wang Anshi said: "If you don't worship, you don't worship. The imperial court is not short of Hanlin scholars."

After saying that Wang Anshi was about to leave, seeing Wang Anli hesitating to speak again, he said, "Speak."

Wang Anli said: "Brother, I think Duzhi still wants to go to the northwest to take charge of the army."

Wang Anshi said in embarrassment: "There is no room for discussion on this matter. If he agrees, any official can resign and threaten to refuse to listen to the center's own arrangements and dispatches?"

Wang Anli also knew that there was no room for discussion with his elder brother on this matter, he was risking being reprimanded by his elder brother, and deliberately mentioned it this way, which was considered as a friendship with Zhang Yue.

Wang Anli immediately retreated and said: "Brother, Du Zhi didn't mean that. But brother, this matter depends on the official's opinion of you. Didn't you also help Qian Mufu in the end?"

Wang Anshi was silent.

Qian Xie openly criticized the New Deal in the policy examination, which touched Wang Anshi's taboo.

After that, Qian Xie served as the head book of Liu Neiquan, and Chen Xiang, who judged Liu Nei Quan at that time, presented the class book, and the officials said that the class book was made very well.

Chen Xiang said that it was not me who did it, but Qian Xie.

After this incident, Wang Anshi immediately promoted Qian Xie.Qian Xie's reluctance to be the censor meant that he didn't attach himself to him, but in the face of the officials, he had to be given the post of judge of Yantie, otherwise Wang Anshi would be confirmed in the name of crowding out dissidents.

The same is true of Zhang Yue and Qian Xie, both of them are appreciated by officials.

Zhang Yue has made great contributions in the Northwest, but now he has nine resignations as a scholar of the Hanlin Academy. Officials will definitely ask what the reason is, and why Zhang Yue is not accepted.

In the past, Li Linfu pushed out those who Tang Minghuang admired but did not attach to him one by one.

So this lesson is very deep, and it was done by the prime minister who was the most taboo of the emperors in the past.

And Zhang Yue is now a scholar of the Nine Ci Imperial Academy, not only for the sake of good talk in the officialdom, Wang Anshi also has to think about how to explain this matter to the officials.

Otherwise, when the emperor saw his confidant Zhang Yue being demoted to the court, he would definitely have a crisis of confidence in himself.

In the bottom of Wang Anshi's heart, if the emperor's trust in him ended one day, he would go back to Jiangning at worst.

But he is thinking about flattening the clan and the family's promotion, and he needs the strong support of the government on this matter.

He Wang Anshi is not a person who gives up halfway, he felt the difficulty of this matter and finally said: "Let's put this aside for now."