Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

Chapter 495 Fan Zheng counterattacks
"I'll wait to see you, Lord Prefect!"

Inside Kaifeng Mansion! All the government officials looked at Fan Zheng, the new prefect of Kaifeng, with confusion.
Naturally, they all knew the former Fan Yanei. When Fan Chunli was the prefect of Kaifeng, there were rumors that Fan Zheng was the real decision-maker of Kaifeng. But now, only a few years later, this rumor has become a reality.

"No courtesy!" Fan Zheng waved his hand.

Only then did all the government officials stand up.

"I have just taken office, and everything in Kaifeng City is as before. By the way, I have used the few masters on Liangzhe Road quite smoothly, so I sent a message to them in the name of Kaifeng Mansion, asking them if they are willing to come to Kaifeng Mansion. "Fan Zheng waved his hand.

When it comes to official affairs, Kaifeng Mansion is more arduous than Liangzhe Road. Fan Zheng naturally does not want to be obsessed with documents all day long. In addition, with the experience of managing Liangzhe Road last time, it is easy to appoint these masters.

"Yes!"

A group of government officials took orders.

They naturally heard about Fan Zheng appointing six masters in Liangzhe Road, but they did not expect that Fan Zheng would do the same in Kaifeng Mansion.

Soon, official documents from Kaifeng City were sent out urgently, and half a month later, six retired masters appeared in front of Fan Zheng.

"You're so fast!" Fan Zheng couldn't help but be shocked.

"Master Fan invites you, so naturally we don't dare to neglect it. As soon as we receive the official document, we will set off immediately!" Bao Kang said loudly.

"You are not in charge of Shanghai City. You have a bright future, so how can you ruin your future!" The official document sent by Fan Zheng was not an emphasis, but a consultation. Bao Kang was in charge of Shanghai City. Master is much stronger.

Bao Kang solemnly said: "Although the city of Shanghai is good, it is not as smooth as serving under your command!"

"Of course!" Other masters also agreed.

Serving as Fan Zheng's master was the highlight of their lives. Now that they had the opportunity to come to Kaifeng Mansion again, naturally none of them wanted to miss it.

"Besides, Kaifeng Mansion has the deeds of our ancestor Bao Zheng. As a descendant, how could Bao Kang not come!" Compared to others, Bao Kang had his own reasons for having to come.

"Now that we're here, let's get started! I've long been fed up with these tedious official duties!" Fan Zheng didn't show any pretense and directly ordered the masters to start handling official duties!
With the arrival of the masters, Fan Zheng's burden was greatly relieved, and Fan Zheng turned his mind to the court.

Yes, it’s the court!
Although Fan Zheng is in charge of Kaifeng Mansion, there are rumors that there is a rift between the emperor and his ministers. The impeachment of Fan Zheng in the court has not decreased, and the attacks on Fan Zheng and the Fan family are still constant. How can Fan Zheng be the one who suffers from boredom? Naturally Fight back.

Inside the Chui Gong Hall!

Hundreds of officials gathered, and as the new magistrate of Kaifeng, Fan Zheng was naturally at the forefront of the officials.

"If there is something going on, go ahead and leave if there is nothing going on!"

Yang Jian shouted in a sharp voice.

"I'm reporting this to the officials, I have my own report!" Suddenly Cai Jing came out and said.

"Cai Aiqing, please speak!" Zhao Xu waved his hand.

Cai Jing stepped forward and bowed: "I am reporting this to the officials. We are impeaching Fan Zheng, the prefect of Kaifeng, for abusing his power and nepotism!"

As soon as Cai Jing said this, the eyes of all the officials in the court suddenly focused on Fan Zheng.

Fan Chunli frowned. Nowadays, the Fan family is the target of public criticism. Fan Zheng has obviously become a civil servant, and the new party is still pressing hard on Fan Zheng.

"Oh! Is this really true?" Zhao Xu glanced at Fan Zheng and said in a calm voice.

Cai Jing couldn't help but feel happy in his heart and said: "Of course, after Fan Zheng took office as the prefect of Kaifeng, he did not want to be loyal to the country. Instead, he took advantage of opportunities and recalled the former Shaoxing master again. Among them, Bao Zheng and Bao Kang were already in charge of Shanghai City, and were directly replaced by Fan Zheng. How can the world be convinced by a transfer order to Kaifeng City, using a public weapon for personal use and nepotism? "

Cai Jing started to attack Fan Zheng out of the righteousness of the court, which immediately attracted the support of many officials.

Zhao Xu then turned his attention to Fan Zhengdao: "Prefect Fan, how do you explain this matter?"

Fan Zheng said without hesitation: "It is true! Those masters are the heroes who assisted Fan Zheng in managing the two Zhejiang Roads. Fan Zheng did not recruit them for opportunism. He probably wanted to imitate the management of the two Zhejiang Roads and let the Kaifeng Mansion Go further."

In Cai Jing's words, Fan Zheng's recruitment of six masters was a sign of laziness and opportunism. However, in Fan Zheng's words, it was a manifestation of his hard work and diligence, which was a world of difference.

All the officials in the court couldn't help but talk about it. If ordinary officials found six masters, they must be what Cai Jing said was lazy. However, Fan Zheng had only found six masters because he was young and not familiar with government affairs. But who would have thought that Fan Zheng He actually made world-renowned achievements in Liangzhe Road, which gave Fan Zheng two completely different explanations for recruiting six masters.

Cai Jing snorted angrily: "Even so, Bao Kang and others have made great contributions in managing the two Zhejiang roads and have been recommended by Master Fan as imperial officials. They are no longer the original master Bai Shen. How can they be allowed to come and leave as soon as they are called?"

Many officials nodded slightly. Fan Zheng's move can be said to have violated an official taboo. After all, many official appointments require the approval of the court.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "No, this time Fan recruited a group of masters in the name of Kaifeng Mansion and reported it to the court. Since Kaifeng Mansion wants to employ people, Liangzhe Road is willing to release them, and the six people came voluntarily." Come on, why not?"

Fan Chunli's words immediately silenced everyone.

Both Kaifeng Prefecture and Liangzhe Road are officials of the border area, while Bao Kang and others are just low-level officials. There is no problem at all in the transfer of these low-level officials.

"Okay, there is no need to argue over such trivial matters. I still trust Mr. Fan's statecraft." Zhao Xu said firmly.

"Thank you for your trust, officials!" Fan Zheng said, neither humble nor overbearing.

All the officials nodded. After all, Fan Zheng's political achievements on Liangzhe Road were so dazzling that even the New Party had nothing to say.

Cai Jing wanted to argue again, but he heard Fan Zheng continue: "I'm going to report to the official family, I have my own notes!"

"Fan Zheng's memorial?"

All the officials couldn't help but be startled. You must know that Fan Zheng rarely submitted memorials and reported them directly. But now that Fan Zheng is so formal, the officials can't help but think of the rumors of discord between the emperor and his ministers. No matter how you look at it, Fan Zheng is somewhat angry.

Even Fan Chunli couldn't help but be stunned, why didn't he know about Fan Zheng's memorial. .

"Sure!" Zhao Xu said with a loud voice.

Fan Zheng immediately handed the memorial in his hand to Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu took the memorial and looked at it, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "What? Reform the Prime Minister System!"

As soon as Zhao Xu said this, the whole court was in an uproar. No one expected that Fan Zheng's first memorial as the prefect of Kaifeng would target the prime minister system.

Fan Zheng said calmly: "I am a humble minister who is trusted by the officials and holds a high position at a young age. I am really afraid that I will betray the trust of the officials. After thinking about it, I suddenly found that the current system of prime ministers in our country is not conducive to the stability of the Song Dynasty." The shortcomings are reported to the officials!"

Zhao Xu frowned when he heard this. The court had just impeached Fan Zheng and the Fan family were too powerful, which was not conducive to the stability of the court. Fan Zheng turned around and started to impeach the prime minister system again, which was not conducive to the stability of the court.

Zhang Dun frowned and said: "We, the prime ministers, have been working hard and worrying about the Song Dynasty's reform, and now we are being suspected by you for no reason!" Fan Zheng smiled coldly. He served the country, so I'm afraid he is not being treated by you. Wait for suspicion.

"Ms. Zhang, don't be impatient. I'm not going to do it for the sake of the people, but for the sake of the country and the country of the Song Dynasty!" Fan Zheng counterattacked in a neither yin nor yang manner.

"Then Magistrate Fan, tell me how the prime minister system of the Song Dynasty was not conducive to the stability of the court?" Zhao Xu did not look at Fan Zheng's memorial and stared at Fan Zhengdao.

Fan Zhengyi said without fear: "Wei Chen checked the terms of office of prime ministers in the past dynasties and found that most of them are divided into two types. Either the terms of office are very short and they are replaced after only about a year, or the terms of office are quite long. In order to avoid the imperial decrees being changed overnight, and Officials have been in power for a long time, and their power has been transferred to the government and the opposition, which has endangered the stability of the court. Master Fan proposed that the prime minister should be the same as the county magistrate, and a term system should be implemented. "

"Ah! Term limit for prime minister!"

The officials were in an uproar. They couldn't help but look at the three prime ministers. More eyes couldn't help but look at Zhang Dun, one of the three prime ministers. Zhang Dun had been the left prime minister for eight years. It was obvious that Fan Zheng was doing this. Revenge for the New Party’s previous impeachment.

The New Party impeached Fan Zheng and the Fan family for being too powerful, which was not conducive to the stability of the court. Fan Zheng turned around and reported that he had been prime minister for too long, and his disciples and old officials were all over the court, which was not conducive to the stability of the court. They proposed to reform the prime minister system and implement the prime minister's term system.

"Using Zi's spear to attack Zi's shield, the evil doctor Fan Zheng has indeed come up with another evil recipe!" Bai Guan thought to himself.

The whole New Party was immediately furious. Zhang Dun was still the leader of the New Party and had won the trust of Zhao Xu. Now Zhang Dun has been the prime minister for too long. Once the prime minister term system is implemented, he will probably abdicate. This is irreparable for the New Party. Loss.

"I would like to inform the officials that the prime minister system is a mature strategy for the reform of emperors in the past. Besides, the three prime ministers of the current dynasty have presided over the court for many years and their achievements are obvious to all. Please pay close attention to the officials!" Cai Jing quickly advised.

Everyone in the new party immediately agreed and wanted to retain Zhang Dun's position.

Fan Zheng sneered and said: "Serving the imperial court is the duty of a minister. Compared with the stability of the country and the country, the gains and losses of personal official position are not worth mentioning."

Cai Jing and others were suddenly choked and speechless. This was not the reason for their impeachment of Fan Zheng, but now it was all used on Zhang Dun.

Zhang Dun sneered and said: "Then according to what Magistrate Fan said, how should the term of office of the prime minister system of the Song Dynasty be?"

Fan Zheng looked around at the three prime ministers and said: "The lower official believes that in order to change orders every day, the prime minister system is best to use a term of four years as a term. If the prime minister has outstanding achievements, he can be re-elected for one term, and the maximum cannot exceed eight years!"

"No more than eight years!"

Zhang Dun's blood suddenly surged. He had been the left prime minister for almost eight years. Fan Zheng could say that the arrangements for him were clear, but he could not find any excuses.

Both Fan Chunli and Su Song came to the position later, and there is still a long way to go after eight years.

"You traitor, don't talk nonsense!" Fan Chunli scolded Fan Zheng, and then asked Zhao Xu: "I am reporting to the official family. Fan Zheng is young and his words are inappropriate. However, his loyalty to the emperor and his country can be learned from heaven and earth! I am willing to invite you." Resign from the position of Prime Minister and lead by example!”

Fan Chunli seemed to be lecturing his son, but in fact he agreed with Fan Zheng's reform policy on the prime minister system with practical actions.

Moreover, he had long wanted to abdicate to pave the way for Fan Zheng, and he could also take advantage of the situation to unseat the leader of the New Party. It can be said that he killed two birds with one stone.

Zhang Dun said helplessly: "Thanks to the trust of the officials, I have been serving as the left prime minister for eight years. It is indeed against the rules of the court. I specifically want to resign from the officials!"

"The old minister also agrees with this policy. According to Lord Fan's plan, the four-year period has come and it is time for the prime minister to change." Su Song also agreed.

"Change!"

All the officials in the court were in an uproar. They originally thought that Fan Zheng was only targeting Prime Minister Zhang Dun, but they did not expect that Fan Zheng would directly pull down three prime ministers with one move. One of them also had his own father, the leader of the Medical Party. Of course there are opponents.

"Evil recipe! Is this an evil recipe?"

Zhao Xu's head was full of black lines, and Fan Zheng was too evil. He did not distinguish between friends and foes, and directly defeated the three prime ministers with one against three.

However, Fan Zheng's method of tenure system made it impossible for anyone to find fault. Even he was attracted by Fan Zheng's method. After all, the Song Dynasty was indeed on guard against military generals, but it did not mean that it was not guard against civilian officials. This policy is quite in line with royal principles, and will not give the official family a bad reputation.

What made Zhao Xu even more speechless was that although Fan Zheng's move was aimed at the three prime ministers, it was supported by hundreds of officials. After all, if the prime ministers have been in power for a long time, how can other officials make progress.

"The three prime ministers should not be impulsive. Even if the term system is implemented, there is still a process of adaptation. If all three prime ministers resign, wouldn't it be paralyzing the court." Zhao Xu quickly persuaded him.

"What the officials said is true! This policy needs to be discussed again and again!"

Hundreds of officials agreed one after another. Even the new party or the old party only said they would discuss it and did not object. After all, no official in the world would be interested in the position where one person is below ten thousand people.

"I obey!" Su Song and others bowed.

Fan Zheng, who lacked a fire in the court, saw that the fire was coming, and quietly retreated among the officials, hiding his merit and fame.

"Zeng Aiqing, how is the situation of the Liao-Jin war?" Zhao Xu quickly shifted his words to the Liao-Jin war.

Zeng Bu responded. Now that Xixia was destroyed, he naturally did not need to defend the Liao Kingdom in the north, so he returned to the court, but he was still very concerned about the battle of Liao and Jin.

"Going back to the official home, after the Huanglong Mansion was destroyed, the Jin Kingdom became very powerful. Emperor Yelu Yanxi of Liao Dynasty was very angry and ordered an army of 700,000 people with the intention of destroying the Jin Kingdom in one battle! The Jin Kingdom has used maritime merchants many times to attack the country. Song asks for help! I hope the Song Dynasty will increase its support to the Jin Kingdom according to the Sea Alliance! "Zeng Bu said solemnly.

Su Shi also came out and said: "The Liao Kingdom also sent a letter of credence, reprimanding the Song Dynasty for aiding the Jin Kingdom, and demanding that the Song Dynasty immediately stop aiding the Jin Kingdom!"

"What do you think, dear friends?" Zhao Xu asked.

Yang Wei frowned and said: "The Liao Kingdom claims to have an army of 700,000. Although it is a bit exaggerated, its real strength must be as many as 100,000 or 200,000. Today, the Jin Kingdom's military strength has just reached 10,000, but it is just a mantis with its arms acting as a chariot. Since the Jin Kingdom is destined to If the country was to be destroyed, why did the Song Dynasty waste its thunder and weapons to aid the Jin Kingdom? "

"Yes, now that the Song Dynasty has destroyed Xixia, it is just a good time to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. Regardless of the victory or defeat of the Liao Kingdom, it is destined to be severely damaged, which is beneficial to the Song Dynasty!"

Everyone in the old party agreed, believing that Xixia was now destroyed and of no use to the Song Dynasty, so it was better to abandon it.

"No, it is precisely because the Liao Kingdom is so powerful that the Song Dynasty needs to assist the Jin Kingdom. Once the Jin Kingdom has a firm foothold, it can continue to bleed the Liao Kingdom, just like Dang Xiang back then!"

"Once the Jin State held back the Liao State, the Song Dynasty took advantage of the situation and sent troops to attack the Liao State from the north and south. They took the opportunity to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun, or destroy the Liao State in one battle!"

The new party was even more excited and continued to pursue the policy of opening borders.

"No, our Song Dynasty has just conquered Western Xia and has wasted countless food and fodder. We simply cannot sustain a war with the Liao Kingdom!" Yang Wei objected.

Although the Song Dynasty destroyed Xixia relatively smoothly in this battle, it spent a lot of money, and in addition to rewarding the soldiers of the three armies, it was even more wasteful.

However, no one knows how long the attack on the Liao Kingdom will last. In addition, Xixia has just recovered and is still unstable. It is not the time to start a war with the Liao Kingdom.

"That's why the Song Dynasty needs to assist the Jin Kingdom and let the Liao Kingdom continue to weaken!" New Party Cai Bian also agreed.

For a while, the old and new parties argued endlessly about whether to aid the Jin Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)