Prime Minister

Chapter 751
In the Hall of You Ying, Zhang Zhi gave the official storyteller lectures, and the one who accompanied Zhang Zhi to the lectures was Wang Yu.

There must be at least two officials at the feast of storytelling and scriptures, and at the same time they are accompanied by ministers and ministers, so even though they can often see officials, Zhang Zhi does not speak so freely.

Moreover, Wang Yu deliberately told Zhang Zhi together with the book.

Wang Yu is extremely powerful, he is familiar with the world's stories, and he knows everything about history.So much so that Zhang Zhi wanted to quote the scriptures, get caught in the middle of the lectures, and speak for his uncle in a roundabout way.

But Zhang Zhi tried a few times, and when he touched the boundary a little bit, he was resolved or interrupted by Wang Xi's words.

So much so that Zhang Zhi couldn't deliver a word.

If it were Zhang Zhi who used to be changed, he would definitely ignore it, but now that he got Zhang Yue, he would no longer be such a stunned young man, so he didn't insist.

Seeing that Zhang Zhi was like this, Wang Yu didn't say anything. He thought to himself that the reason why Zhang Yue resigned from his bachelor's degree, probably the officials still don't know the inside story.

Li Xian, who had delivered an edict to Zhangyue Mansion before, was greeted by Wang Yu and asked him to speak cautiously.

Li Xian has already agreed to Wang Xi.

Li Xian is a veteran who knows exactly what to say and what not to say in front of officials.

There was an example before, when an official asked Wang Anshi about something, Wang Anshi asked back, where did His Majesty first tell the minister about this matter?

The official asked, why does Qing care so much about this matter?
Wang Anshi said, Your Majesty keeps secrets with other people, but hides from his ministers alone. Is this the way of heart-to-heart between the monarch and his ministers?

The official said truthfully that this matter was learned from Li Pingna.

Wang Anshi hated Li Ping deeply, impeached him, and demoted Li Ping to Baozhou.

Thinking of Li Ping, Wang Yu became a little more vigilant.

This Li Ping is also quite knowledgeable in books and classics, and he is considered a talent among his relatives.Officials usually stay in his body to play affairs and consult on military and state affairs, so the prime ministers are all polite to Li Ping.

When officials questioned Li Ping about the Baojia Law, Li Ping raised objections in private, and it was Wang Anshi who learned about it and was demoted later.

Before Li Ping was demoted, he told the officials angrily that whenever His Majesty wanted to depose someone, Wang Anshi would protect him and make the deposed person promoted instead.And whoever Wang Anshi doesn't like, even if His Majesty knows that he is innocent, Wang Anshi will definitely blame him and drive him away, just like a minister.

Such words can be said to be very vicious, Wang Yu still felt that even if he had to pay a high price to expel Li Ping, he still had to do it.

After the demotion of Li Ping, the official family and Wang Anshi really had a gap.

The advantage is that foreign relatives and internal ministers are more cautious when speaking to the emperor.

Therefore, Wang Yu was not afraid that Li Xian would speak to the officials in private, but he was afraid that there would be other channels to speak.

After leaving the sutra banquet at this moment, Wang Yu contacted an eunuch who knew the inside story.

Wang Anshi seldom communicated with eunuchs, these things were advocated by Wang Yu.For example, Zhang Ruoshui was known to the inner palace sent by the government to inquire about Qingmiao Fa, and both Lan Yuanzhen and the escort were friends of Wang Yu.

Wang Yu first confirmed that the officials were not suspicious, thinking that Zhang Yue's repeated resignation of the Imperial Academy was just because he was concerned about the officials' integrity.

It's not because of Wang Anshi's dissatisfaction with replacing him with Wang Shao.

But this was what Wang Yu was worried about. It would be fine if the officials listened to and asked Prime Minister Wang Anshi's thoughts on Zhang Yue's resignation as a Hanlin scholar, but the officials didn't say anything or ask a word about it.

It seems that the officials are now waiting for a statement from Wang Anshi.

Wang Yu knew that what happened to Li Ping should not be repeated, and Zhang Yue's status in the eyes of the officials was not inferior to Li Ping, so it was best not to make a big fuss about this matter.

Of course, if there is a big trouble, he, Wang Yu, won't be afraid, and Wang Anshi won't even care.

But being able to persuade Zhang Yue and prevent what happened to Li Ping from happening again is the best choice.

Thinking of this, Wang Yu returned to Youying Hall, and told Zhang Zhi who was transcribing the handouts that he would visit Zhang Yue today.

Of course Wang Yu knew that Zhang Yi, Wang Anguo, and Wang Anli's persuasion failed, but he was fully confident about his trip.

After Zhang Zhi heard about it, he said directly: "My uncle may not want to see Ya Nei now."

Wang Yu smiled and said, "Zizheng, Uncle Ling won't be afraid to see me!"

Zhang Zhi heard the words and said slightly angrily: "Where is this talking?"

Wang Yu said with a smile: "Although I don't have the debate between Li Shiqi and Kuai Tong, I can guarantee that Uncle Ling will be awarded a Bachelor of the Imperial Academy after a few words. Do you believe it or not?"

Of course Zhang Zhi didn't believe it, but seeing that no one in the world like Wang Yu was smarter than me, he said: "You are going, no one is stopping you, I will sue for you, but I don't care if my uncle sees me or not."

Wang Yu said with a smile: "Zizheng is willing to let me know, I think Uncle Ling will not be ashamed to see me."

Wang Xi still looked confident.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhi and Wang Yu came to Zhang Mansion together.

Zhang Zhi immediately took Wang Yu to the courtyard, and saw a man in an old robe from a distance, sitting on a stone table and chair in the courtyard, playing the piano.

Wang Yu and Zhang Yue didn't meet many times, his arrogance was not inferior to that of his father, so his eyes were too high, and few people could catch his eyes.

Wang Yu also felt that Zhang Yue was nothing more than that at the beginning, but after a series of events later, he found that this man was extremely talented, somewhere between his father's political opponents and non-political enemies.

But in front of Wang Yu, any person or force that cannot be controlled will be classified as a political enemy, so he is more careful about Zhang Yue.

He saw that although Zhang Yue was wearing an old robe, his demeanor was elegant and elegant, which showed what Mei Zhanglang said.Originally, playing the piano in the men's courtyard should be a beautiful scene, but from what Wang Yu heard, Zhang Yue's piano skills are really degrading, destroying the sense of harmony in this scene.

When Zhang Zhi reported, Zhang Yue also looked at himself.Wang Yu saluted from a distance, and at the same time he was thankful that his ears escaped the torture of the harsh piano sound.

Xun Jizhang walked out and said angrily, "My uncle welcomes you!"

Wang Yu showed a smile as expected, and strode into the courtyard.

Zhang Yue was also a little surprised, he had a lot of dealings with Wang Anshi on weekdays, but not much with Wang Yu.Wang Yu is extremely intelligent, and Yan Shifan may not be as much as he is described by later generations.

"Please sit down!"

Wang Yu thanked him and sat down carelessly.Zhang Yue said with a smile: "This is a new learning of the qin, which is not very popular in the ears of the yamen."

Wang Yu nodded honestly. He is not only talented in literature, but also extremely proficient in musical instruments.On weekdays, she also pretended to be a female dancer and sang songs, making it difficult to distinguish male and female.

Wang Yu clasped his hands and said, "Don't worry about things you are not proficient in. Of course, it's okay to do it occasionally if you are interested, but in Wang's eyes, there are more important things about Zhang Longtu."

Zhang Yue laughed and said: "To Zhang, what is more important than tuning the piano."

Wang Yu clasped his hands and said, "I'm here today to visit your mansion, not to compete with Longtu in piano skills, but to help Longtu's official career."

"Dare to ask Long Tu, you neither attach to the gentleman nor to the villain, do you think you are a party of your own?"

As soon as Wang Yu came up, he got straight to the point.

Zhang Yue looked at Wang Yu and asked, "What is a gentleman and what is a villain?"

Wang Yu said sternly: "Supporting the reform is a gentleman's party, and opposing the reform is a villain's party. Can't Zhang Longtu see that there will be a third party in the world besides these two?"

(End of this chapter)