Prime Minister

Chapter 914 Arrangement
This tea shop is where Lu Huiqing often comes.

Lu Huiqing has a hobby. In her spare time, she likes to go to the people in small clothes, not only to drink tea, but also to listen to the opinions of the common people on the New Deal.

Even when government affairs were busy in the past, they would come here every now and then.

If someone criticizes the New Deal, Lu Huiqing will put on a vest and spare no effort to defend the New Deal as an enthusiastic citizen.

Now that some people say that there are treacherous ministers in the court, Lu Huiqing's face can't hold it anymore, it's almost pointing at herself and scolding,

In the past, Lu Huiqing would definitely stand up and criticize, or let the Kaifeng government arrest all these unscrupulous people afterwards, but now he has no such energy.

"What do these people know? How can they know the great government of the court if they are full of food and do nothing all day long?"

Lu Huiqing got up angrily, while Dr. Cha knew that the other party was a regular customer, and saw that he often talked about major affairs, so he immediately put it on his account and did not dare to ask a question.

Lu Huiqing thought to himself that Wang Anshi had the intention of issuing more salt banknotes in Shaanxi, while Zhang Yue advocated not to issue more salt banknotes, but to issue more Jiaozi in exchange for Jiaozi.

Over the past few years, Jiaozi's reputation among the people has been discredited. After the imperial court briefly bought it back from the Shiyi Division, it is now only worth [-]% to [-]% of the original price.

Wang Anshi planned to issue more salt banknotes to alleviate the money shortage problem among the people. This is exactly what Zhang Yue opposed.

Lu Huiqing originally agreed to support Zhang Yue in this matter, but now she simply didn't say anything, and buried a hole in the relationship between Zhang Yue and Wang Anshi.

After seven years of reform, the world is still troubled. The new party represented by Lu Huiqing believes that it is the incomplete implementation of the new law that has led to increasing complaints among the people.The Xijing conservatives headed by Sima Guang believed that it was the new law that messed up the world.

At the same time, there is also a voice within the new party who believes that it is necessary to listen to the opinions of the old party and make appropriate adjustments to the shortcomings of the new law.

When Wang Anshi returned to Beijing this time, he retreated a little from the idea of ​​reform, as if he meant to compromise with the conservatives.In Lu Huiqing's eyes, Wang Anshi was afraid of the world and followed the vulgarity. I don't know if he had listened to Zhang Yue's words, and his courage in discussing reform seemed to be much worse than that of the old man who called out the "three deficiencies".

Lu Huiqing thought this was a big fallacy, and the disagreement with Wang Anshi gradually deepened.

After Lu Huiqing walked out of the teahouse, an attendant asked him what he meant.Lu Huiqing took a look at the brightly lit Bianjing City, and said, "Go back home."

In the past, when she was not an academician, Lu Huiqing would go to the palace to sit in her spare time. There were Zeng Bu and others at that time, but now Lu Huiqing has not been to the palace for a long time.

At this moment, Lu Huiqing is also happy and at ease.

And in the political affairs hall, Lu Huiqing and Wang Anshi also had less words, except for political affairs, they basically didn't talk, not to mention that they were "Jiaobulimeng" together with Wang Anshi before, and even a discerning person could see that they were at odds.

At this moment, Lu Huiqing regretted it. She knew that Wang Anshi would return to the court, so why did she offend Zhang Yue and force him to go out.If Zhang Yue was still in the court, the two of them would be able to compete with Wang Anshi if they joined hands.

But now there is no medicine for regret in this world.

When Lu Huiqing arrived at the mansion and heard that Zhang Dun had come to visit, his face showed joy. Since Wang Anshi returned to the court, the new party like Deng Wan and Cai Chengxi had a much colder attitude towards him.

But Zhang Dun is reliable.

Lu Huiqing thought to himself, Zhang Dun is a man of character, his strengths and weaknesses are very obvious, which means that he has many friends and enemies.Without strong support for him, he might have been kicked out of the capital long ago.

But this time, in the case of the Sansi fire, both Yuan Jiang and Zhang Yue fell down, and Zhang Dun was appreciated by the officials.

Lu Huiqing understood that since the reform of the law, although Wang Anshi was worshiped as the prime minister, he was listed as a status below one person and above ten thousand people.At the same time, the officials have been looking for and examining candidates for the Zaizhi preparatory team to succeed Wang Anshi in the future.

It seems that both Lu Huiqing and Zhang Yue were included in the official assessment very early. Originally, Lu Huiqing and Zhang Yue entered the Imperial Academy as equals, but Lu Huiqing fully supported the new law, and Zhang Yue's attitude towards the new law There are some discrepancies.

Therefore, in the end, the officials chose Lu Huiqing as the prime minister.

Now that Zhang Dun has come to the fore, it is obvious that he is one more person in this list.There is no need to guess, it can be guessed from the traces of the official.

The final goal is that these people will replace Wang Anshi sooner or later in the hearts of the officials.

In fact, the contradiction between Lu Huiqing and Wang Anshi is already deep, but why is the contradiction between Wang Anshi and the officials not deep?
The power contradiction between the imperial power and the prime minister's power, the top leader and the second leader among the prime ministers, is natural.

Now he, Lu Huiqing, needs to be patient. Let's see if the emperor lost patience with Wang Anshi first, or Wang Anshi lost patience with him, Lu Huiqing first.

Under this premise, if Lu Huiqing can unite with Zhang Dun, he can also restrain Wang Anshi.

Lu Huiqing is not only kind to Zhang Dun, but also a fellow villager, and has a high degree of tacit understanding on many things.

Immediately Lu Huiqing met Zhang Dun in the study, not in the living room but in the study. This in itself is a first-class trust, which shows that I regard you Zhang Dun as a confidant.

Zhang Dun told Lu Huiqing what he wanted to do, and he planned to recommend Ouyang Xiu's fourth son, Ouyang Bian, to be a Jinshi.

Ouyang Xiu was kind to Zhang Dun, and he recommended him to join the library, so Zhang Dun wanted to repay Ouyang Xiu.

Lu Huiqing didn't mind selling Zhang Dun's favor, so she agreed immediately and said to Zhang Dun, "What do Zi Hou think about the actual method and the method of raising land for labor?"

Zhang Dun is a smart man, Lu Huiqing asked him how about these two methods?The actual question is between Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing, which side are you going to choose?

Zhang Dun said: "Earlier, the officials asked Wang Xianggong what about the history of the Five Dynasties compiled by Ouyang Gong? Wang Xianggong's words and diction are so unreasonable, and every one of them must be groaning. Is it a pity for everything in the Five Dynasties? Dun thought Wang Xianggong had seen it in these years It’s not as much as it used to be.”

Although Lu Huiqing was ambiguous when she heard Zhang Dun's words, it was obvious that she supported her.

Zhang Dun left after a while, and Lu Huiqing immediately thought of another person.

This person is Cai Que.

Cai is indeed from Han Jiang, Wang Anshi's promotion, but in the sixth year of Xining, when Wang Anshi entered the palace to ride a horse and was hammered, he openly said something unfavorable to Wang Anshi.

At that time in this case, many officials believed that the emperor was dissatisfied with Wang Anshi, so they used this matter to dismiss his prime minister.

At that time, many officials of the New Party spoke in defense of Wang Anshi, but Cai Que stood up to impeach Wang Anshi and supported the emperor without hesitation.

Lu Huiqing saw clearly that Cai Que's ability and courage meant that this person would either be criticized by thousands of people in the future, or be worshiped by Xuan Ma.

If you give him a chance, this person will have a bright future.

It happened that Lu Huiqing knew that Cai Que's younger brother was facing a lawsuit for one incident.Therefore, Lu Huiqing intends to show favor to Cai in this lawsuit.

Lu Huiqing's intention is obvious, not only to win over Zhang Dun, Cai Que deal with Wang Anshi, but also planted two competitors for Zhang Yue, so as to prevent him from becoming the prime minister in the future.

(End of this chapter)