Prime Minister

The severe drought from the sixth year of Xining to the beginning of the seventh year of Xining was indeed a great test for the Song Dynasty.

This severe drought covers a wide area, which is also rare.

There is almost no rain and snow in such a large area as far as the north, the sea in the east, the Jianghuai in the south, and Sichuan and Shu in the west. The wells, springs and streams have dried up, and the winter wheat and spring wheat have almost no harvest. The people are all disappointed.

From the empress dowagers of the two palaces to Sima Guang, Han Wei, and lowly officials like Zheng Xia all opposed the new law.

The officials were shaken, so they had a sense of distrust of the new law, but at the same time they couldn't let go of the benefits brought by the new law.At the same time, the victory in the northwest, the army of the seven states captured by Hehuang, although it consumes millions of financial support every year, it has indeed expanded its territory.

Forget it, Wang Anshi did not intend to abolish the new law, but to slow down the new law.

Han Jiang clearly saw this, why he was able to recover.

Wang Anshi's recommendation is one of them, and at the same time let him continue to implement the new law, which is the real meaning of the officials.

The officials still trust themselves, otherwise they would not have conferred the post of Prime Minister Zhao Wen (historically the Prime Minister of the History Museum), which means that even if Wang Anshi regained his prime minister one day, he would still be under Han Jiang.

A scholar dies for his confidant, and it is enough to have the emperor's heart.

After discussing with Muke and nephew, Han Jiang decided to accept the edict.

Han Jiang came forward to meet with Liu Youfang of the Royal Medicine Institute who sent the decree, and said that he would like to succeed Wang Anshi as prime minister, and at the same time expressed his willingness to see Wang Anshi first after entering Beijing to ask him how to continue the reform.

What Han Jiang meant was to follow Wang Anshi's lead.

When Liu Youfang heard Han Jiang's words, he thought to himself that the other party really deserves to be a person who has experienced decades of officialdom.Han Jiang has always had the saying of "transmitting the Dharma as a monk", and she can be said to be on the left and on the right of Lu Huiqing's "Dharma Protector and Good God".

Liu Youfang said that he would tell the emperor and leave.

Then both left and right congratulated Han Jiang.

At this time, a guest said: "If Mr. Han wants to achieve something in Beijing this time, he must rely heavily on Lu Jifu. If so, he should not get too close to Wu Shumi and Zhang Duzhi."

Han Jiang thought for a while, what does this confidant's words mean?

Han Jiang came to Beijing this time as Zhao Wenxiang, so there are two choices before him.

One is that he previously expressed to Liu Shouyou that he wanted to go to Beijing to convey to the emperor, that he would inherit Wang Anshi's mantle and continue to unswervingly reform the law.

Since he inherited Wang Anshi's mantle, he must fully use his original reform method, so it is very necessary to make friends with Lu Huiqing.Because Lu Huiqing is the number two figure in the reform, behind it represents the entire basic support for Wang Anshi's reform.

Walking this path is the real 'Dharma Samana'.

The second option is to stick to your original political views.

Appropriately repair the new law to ease the opposition between the old and new parties in the court and the conflict between the government and the people brought about by the reform.

Of course, there is also the complete abandonment of the reform, which is not considered.

Another guest said: "Wang Xianggong really recommended Han Gong, if the new law entrusted, he would not recommend Lu Jifu to be a political advisor."

"Wang Xianggong recommended Han Gong because Lu Jifu's prestige is not enough at the moment. In two or three years, this person will be easy for Han Gong to become prime minister, and Wang Xianggong will even return to the court to restore his prime minister."

Everyone nodded.

Another person said: "What kind of person is this Lu Jifu? Everyone in the world knows that this person cannot be trusted."

The original guest who supported Lu Huiqing said: "In the two systems now, Zhang Dun knows how to make patents and directs the academy, Deng Runfu knows how to make patents, and Deng Wan, Zhang Yu, and Shu Quan, as Taiwan's admonishers, control the way of speech." , There are so many county guards in the world, and the guards are all single-handedly promoted by Wang Xianggong over the years."

"This time the emperor issued an edict. Look at the county guards in the world. Do most of the guards support the reform? Or do they oppose the reform? Except for Bachelor Sima and Teng Zhizhou, there are more than a hundred memorials to keep Wang Xianggong in this month. There are so many seals."

After a few words from this person, the rest of the curtain callers were speechless for a while.The Han family is after the prime minister, and there are eight brothers and eight scholars. In terms of background, except for the Lu family, no other family has comparable political power.

but……

One person said: "Zhang Duzhi is also deeply trusted by the emperor, he has made great contributions to Xihe, and he has many people under him. If he wants to support Duke Han, he may not lose to Lu."

Han Jiang thought a lot. He thought that when he was sentenced to the Daming Mansion, Su Shi had given him a poem.

In the poem, it is said that fame and fame are endless, numbers and crises will meet, the pastoral will not be settled early, and the destination will always be safe.

What Su Shi meant was to let Han Jiang go home to farm as soon as possible, and don't get involved in the reform, otherwise it will not be safe in the evening.

Han Jiang said to the left and right: "I didn't enter the court to fight for power. If Lu Jifu can really govern the world well, it doesn't matter if I let him be the prime minister."

"How can I bear it, my confidant, Chong Qing, my brother? Even if it is not guaranteed at the end of the day, as an official, I will worry about the affairs of the afterlife, not the rest of my life."

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At this moment, Zhang Yue, who was in Xihe, had already received the imperial edict to enter Beijing.

The soldiers and horses on Xihe Road are temporarily under the command of Li Xian.

At the same time, news of Zheng Xia's resignation, Wang Anshi's resignation as chancellor, and Wen Yanbo's resignation as privy envoy reached Xihe.

At this moment, all the staff are looking forward to Zhang Yue, and let him quickly enter Beijing to fight for power.

You must know that after Wang Anshi dismissed the Prime Minister and Wen Yanbo resigned as the Privy Councilor, there will be vacancies in both the Zhongshu and the Privy Council. When there are drastic changes in personnel affairs, your people must be in the capital immediately, where the emperor can see you.

If you enter Beijing one step later, everyone will have finished dividing up, and you will not be able to eat anything when you enter Beijing again.

But Zhang Yue took time off to settle all the affairs of Xihe, and after seeing the yellow-headed Uighur and other envoys, he decided to leave for Beijing.

Others were very anxious for Zhang Yue, but the other party was not in a hurry, and didn't even intend to compress the timetable.

But at this time the news came that Han Jiang had replaced Wang Anshi as prime minister, Wu Chong had replaced Wen Yanbo as privy envoy, and Lu Huiqing had been appointed to be a political adviser.

The emperor also specially issued an imperial decree, Han Jiang ranked first in Zhongshu, and Lu Huiqing ranked second.

In other words, Lu Huiqing, who had only been a Hanlin scholar for only two months, leapfrogged Feng Jing and Wang Gui in one fell swoop, and suddenly became the second prime minister in Zhongshu Province.

Forget about Feng Jing.

Poor Wang Gui was the same year as Wang Anshi, so he was humiliated even at an age.

When Lu Huiqing paid homage to the prime minister, rumors of all kinds were flying all over the sky.

For example, on the day of Xuanma, there was a strong wind and haze in central Beijing, and the loess fell an inch thick.

There is another widely spread that Fu Bi, who lives in Luoyang, had a conversation with Shao Yong.

One day Fu Bi looked sad, and Shao Yong asked him when he saw him.Fu Bi said, Sir, do you know what I am worrying about?

Shao Yong said, are you worried that Lu Huiqing is more violent than Wang Anshi because Wang Anshi dismissed him and Lu Huiqing joined politics?
Fu Bi sighed, yes, that's it.

Su Zhe saw that Lu Huiqing and other villains were appointed as ministers, so he couldn't help but ran to Zhang Yue one day and asked, "Commander, Lu Huiqing is serving as a counsellor. When do you want to leave for Beijing?"

Seeing that Su Zhe was in such a hurry, Zhang Yue couldn't help laughing.

"Ziyou, do you want me to argue with Lu Jifu?"

Su Zhe was taken aback.

Zhang Yue thought to himself, there are many people in the world who think like Su Zhe.