Prime Minister

Chapter 846 Is there still a chance?
Bianjing.

Cai Que, who served as a censor and knew about miscellaneous matters, was letting the Yamen go back to the mansion. All the officials who met Cai Que along the way backed away and stood respectfully with their briefs.

Cai Que has a fierce reputation since he became the censor.

He impeached a total of more than [-] officials, including Prime Minister Wang Anshi and Han Zhen, the younger brother of the leader Han Jiang.

There are also Guo Kui, Li Ding, Wang Shao and others.

These people are all famous figures.

The most famous of them is last year when Wang Anshi rode a horse into the palace gate and was injured by the guards while driving the horse.

At that time, Cai Que accused Wang Anshi. It should be known that Cai Que was recommended by Wang Anshi for the post of censor, but he still criticized the candidate.

The meaning of Cai Que's impeachment of Wang Anshi is also very clear, that is to protect the master.

Cai Que saw Zhang Zhi, but saw that he clearly saw him, but avoided it as if he didn't see him.

Cai Que frowned when he saw this scene and immediately called Zhang Zhi to stop.

"Zizheng!"

Zhang Zhi reluctantly stopped and bowed to Cai Que: "Uncle Chizheng."

Cai Que said, "You still recognize me."

After a pause, Cai said, "Is it because of the Sutra banquet that you don't like me?"

Zhang Zhi was helpless.

During the Yijing banquet, Zhang Zhi advised the emperor to let go of his words and allow ministers to speak like Wei Zheng admonishing Tang Taizong.

But Cai Que, who was on the side, stood up and criticized Zhang bluntly, saying that when His Majesty came to the throne, the ministers treated the emperor like friends, and they would blame the emperor face to face if they disagreed with each other.There is really no distinction between monarchs and ministers.

Cai Que suggested that the emperor must set the rules and regulations, and divide the court by the emperor, the ministers and the ministers.

Cai Que's remarks were appreciated by the officials, which also made Zhang Zhi avoid Cai Que when he saw Cai Que.

When Cai Que saw Zhang Zhi, he preached again, and Zhang Zhi could only slander in his stomach.

Seeing that Zhang Zhi was silent, Cai Que lowered his voice and said, "Uncle Ling is going back to Beijing soon, so don't talk about delegating power to the next. Now that Wang Jiefu is stepping down, which minister do you want the emperor to delegate power to? Uncle Ling who is going back to court soon?"

Zhang Zhi blushed with sweat and said, "I was wrong."

Cai Que said: "In the past, Wang Xianggong was in power. He was a virtuous gentleman. As long as you didn't violate the rules, you don't have to worry about being tricked into him. But now that Lu Jifu is in charge, you have to worry about everything you say. Don't be caught by others." Grab it."

Zhang Zhi was sweating, and immediately said: "Uncle Chizheng, this capital city is too dangerous, I'd better ask for it to be released."

Cai Que reprimanded: "I'm not promising at all. I've told you before. Wealth lies in spells rather than hard work, and profit lies in the situation. You have been close to the official family since childhood. This kind of favor is beyond human reach. No one can compare to you in the future. After all, defending the people like me is the only way out for our humble officials."

"But what you say is open to the public and speaks out to the king, isn't this a joke?"

Zhang Zhi said: "I can't learn this. What should I say? Can't we just tell the officials what's wrong?"

Cai Que heard the words and said angrily: "You are really a rotten head, you can't be cured!"

Zhang Zhi said angrily: "I'll just treat it as my rotten wood, and Uncle Chizheng doesn't have to worry about carving it."

After talking about Zhang Zhi and leaving, Cai Que shook his head while looking at Zhang Zhi's back, thinking that Zizheng was too naive, and after Wang Anshi stepped down as prime minister, the factional disputes in the court would intensify in the future.If you don't follow one side as soon as possible, you will be pushed out sooner or later.

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Hezhou City.

Facing Lu Shengqing's inquiry, Zhang Yue said: "Xihe still has some trivial matters, Mingfu doesn't have to wait for me, just go to Beijing first."

Zhang Yue couldn't express his anxiety or unwillingness to go to Beijing, and Lu Huiqing would be jealous if he rushed to Beijing.

Lu Shengqing said: "Lu has the courage to ask the commander-in-chief whether he supports the reform or opposes the reform when he comes to Beijing?"

Zhang Yuedao: "At the beginning when Wang Xianggong resigned, Brother Zun asked me to keep Wang Xianggong in a letter, and I did as I said. Does Mingfu know about this?"

Lu Shengqing did not give up and continued to ask: "Then on the market transaction law... I wonder if the commander-in-chief has any advice?"

Zhang Yue's disapproval of the Market Change Law is obvious, and now Zeng Bu and Lu Huiqing are fighting for this.Lu Shengqing threw this out to see which side Zhang Yue supported.

Of course, Zhang Yue did not agree with the Shiyi Law from the bottom of his heart, and believed that the Shiyi business must be withdrawn!
But Zhang Yue knew that this sentence said that there would be no room for change between him and Lu Huiqing.Just talking about Lu Huiqing's means of manipulating people, ten Wang Anshi are not as good as him.

Zhang Yue said: "I wrote a letter to the emperor, and I have clearly analyzed the pros and cons of the market change law. Why do I need to say more about this matter?"

Lu Shengqing immediately said: "Commander, this time is also the other time, now the market has been changed for several years, bringing more than one million guan in money and food to the imperial court every year, it can be said to be effective."

"Furthermore, the Market Change Law and the Reform Law are one. To oppose the Market Change Law is to oppose the Reform Law. Since the commander-in-chief has already written a letter to persuade Wang Xianggong to stay, why didn't he also support the Market Change Law, so my brother will definitely reward the commander-in-chief. .”

Whether this city law is a good law or not is known all over the world, and Zhang Yue doesn't want to argue with Lu Shengqing too much.

Zhang Yue said to Lu Shengqing: "Ji Fu and I have a deep friendship, and I support him in everything else, except this matter."

If it is said that in the first month of the seventh year of Xining, Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing were still on equal footing.

But after that?Lu Huiqing was first promoted to a Hanlin bachelor in February, and then a political adviser in April. Now she is the second person in Zhongshu and the leader of the new party.

Such a promotion speed...

Lu Huiqing now has a considerable advantage over Zhang Yue in the official position.

In addition, Lu Huiqing has another great advantage, that is, space and distance.

Zhang Yue is now in the northwest, thousands of miles away from Bianjing, and has no time to know what happened in Bianjing, but what about Lu Huiqing?But by the side of the emperor, making and changing the court's decisions.

Once Lu Huiqing knew that Zhang Yue was opposed to him, he could ask the emperor to issue an edict so that Zhang Yue would not have to return to Beijing and go directly to serve as an official elsewhere.

This is not difficult to operate, as long as there is a very simple excuse, such as Khitan, the Cochin army is under pressure, let Zhang Yue immediately change to Hebei and Guangxi governor.

On the way back to Beijing, Zhang Yue suddenly received an imperial decree telling him not to return to Beijing, but to take up his post in another place.After three to five years, when Lu Huiqing's advantage in the court is unshakable, it will be the same whether Zhang Yue comes back or not.

That's why Lu Huiqing instructed Lu Shengqing to negotiate with Zhang Yue at this critical point. This was a threat on the premise that he had an advantage.

Zhang Yue directly showed his cards to Lu Shengqing.

Lu Shengqing thought for a long time, he has a good relationship with Zhang Yue, he has been taking care of him all these years, and he also knows Zhang Yue's talent.Therefore, he didn't want his brother and Zhang Yue to turn against each other.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Shengqing said, "Marshal, don't you think about it any more?"

Zhang Yue said: "Jifu and I have been friends for more than ten years. It is precisely because of this that I persuaded him bluntly and tried my best. Of course, I can answer it perfunctorily today, but this is sorry for our many years of friendship." Friendship."

Lu Shengqing sighed and said, "I understand."

A few days later, Zhang Yue departed from Hezhou and returned to Beijing. At this time, it was May of the seventh year of Xining.

Before departure, some staff members suggested that Zhang Yue return to Beijing quickly without giving Lu Huiqing time to react, or send someone to intercept him halfway, the letter written by Lu Shengqing to Lu Huiqing.

Some people even suggested that Zhang Yue sent a substitute to pretend to be walking slowly on the road, attracting people's eyes and ears, as a means of paralyzing Lu Huiqing, while Zhang Yue himself went to Beijing secretly overnight wearing civilian clothes.

These suggestions are ridiculous in Zhang Yue's eyes.

He dared to tell Lu Shengqing his plan because he thought that Lu Huiqing was only intimidating, and he really didn't dare to do anything to him.

Even if you are participating in politics now, can you cover the sky with one hand?
You, Lu Huiqing, have just entered the phase and your position is not stable, so you will definitely be able to deal with me?
Zhang Yue walked slowly on the way back to Beijing.

Under the city of Chengzhou.

An old man was squatting at the base of the wall next to the city gate. He took a rice stalk and planted an ant nest against the base of the wall to fiddle with it.

"One, two, three...five, ten, heh, ten can be made into one, I will let you grow!"

The old man smiled and pushed the ten ants aside with rice stalks, forcibly divided them into a shred, then picked up the rice stalks and counted the other ten ants to make a shred, and then divided them according to law.

The old man rubbed the old mud on his neck with a smile, and said with a smile: "Wait to practice on both sides. If you play well, I will reward you!"

The old man was all smiles, wearing an old jacket, squatting in the corner by himself, having a great time playing.

Seeing this scene, several children laughed.

At this time, a group of people came, and the leader got off his horse and walked towards the old man immediately after being pointed by others.

The man stood beside the old man for a while, and then asked, "Zichun?"

The old man didn't seem to hear it.

After the other party yelled a few more times, the old man turned his head thoughtfully.

The old man met the opponent's eyes, and they were all stunned.

The corner of the old man's mouth twitched, at first he wanted to disagree, but in the end he said, "I've met the commander."

The old man was Wang Shao, and the other party was Zhang Yue who had rushed back to Bianjing to visit him.

Zhang Yue looked at the other party and couldn't believe it. The other party was Wang Shao, but he hadn't seen him for two years, and the other party was so old that he looked so old.

Zhang Yue sat down on a stone pier and said to Wang Shao, "Zichun, let's sit down and talk."

"I don't have a place to sit in front of the commander-in-chief."

"We are old acquaintances, don't stick to this ceremony."

After Wang Shao sat down, the two talked about the old days. Zhang Yue and Wang Shao talked about how they attacked, captured and forced to surrender Mu Zheng, captured Bian Si Bojie, defeated Dong felt, and how they finally won the war. Taozhou, Huangzhou, Hezhou.

Wang Shao was very happy to hear that, he untied the wine gourd from the tip of the gun, and took a sip when he heard that the Song army had won a great victory.

Hearing the news that the enemy chieftain was captured alive, Wang Shao clapped his hands and laughed, as if he personally went to battle to kill the enemy, and he said he was happy, happy, revealing a bit of a down-and-out hero.

In the end, Wang Shao said bluntly: "Although the general is a mediocre general, he has clear rewards and punishments, so he can win the hearts of the army. Combined with the technique of combining vertical and horizontal, and hitting the enemy with ten times the force, how can we be invincible. "

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "What if Zichun is a general?"

Wang Shao said conceitedly: "If Wang is a general, he only needs to command [-]% of the troops, and that's fine!"

Speaking of this, Wang Shao sighed, clasped his fists and asked Zhang Yue: "Marshal, does Wang still have a chance in this life?"

(End of this chapter)