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Chapter 31 The First Discussion on Establishing a Crown Prince, Wang Gui Lost Points

It was also on this morning that Wang Gui rode a horse and set foot on the road to the imperial city while Yuan Sui echoed and cleared the way.

When the prime minister travels, he is naturally majestic, and all officials avoid their positions.

And Wang Gui was riding a horse, trying hard to maintain his demeanor, and at the same time trying his best to maintain his expression.

He must not let people see that he is old.

Because, once found out, he is already old, and he can't even ride a horse.

Then, there is only one fate waiting for him-the emperor bestows shoulders!

This is the way for Huang Song to meet old officials preferentially.

However, for the prime minister, once the shoulder is given, it usually means that the prime minister must go!
why?
Have you ever seen that scholar-bureaucrat go to court, was it carried by someone?
Among scholars, they have always criticized this kind of thing that treats people as animals.

What is a scholar-bureaucrat?
Wen Neng An Bang, Wu Ke Ding Guo!
At least on the surface, scholar-bureaucrats must display these characteristics.

Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, the emperor bestowed shoulders on the old ministers, which was almost equivalent to politely declaring: You, it's time to retire!

Why is Wang Gui willing to retire?
Even if he has been in power for 15 years, even if his family and friends have gently persuaded him, can he consider hiring a county or becoming an official?
But Wang Gui firmly refused.

In Wang Gui's own words: the railing on the well is not a place for drama—my place is not a theater in Wazili, don't make such jokes!

Riding all the way, from Yujie to the Xuande Gate, Wang Gui's Yuan followers paid respects to Wang Gui, and then dispersed to find a place to drink tea and wine.

On the other hand, Wang Gui rode his horse and continued to move forward, from the majestic tower of Xuande Gate, into the Youye Gate.

According to the system, civil and military officials must dismount in front of Xuande Gate.

However, the prime minister, the privy envoy, the prince, and the envoy of Xuanhui were allowed to ride horses in the imperial city. If they entered the palace through the Zuoye gate, they were allowed to dismount at the Zuoyintai gate at the farthest.

If one enters the palace from the Right Ye Gate, the furthest one is allowed to dismount at the Right Yintai Gate.

That's why, at the end of the sixth year of Xining, the incident of Wang Anshi's dismounting from Xuande's gate caused such an uproar.

At that time, although Wang Anshi was only a prime minister, he was also a prime minister.

According to the Ren Temple system, it is possible to ride a horse in the imperial city and go straight to Zhongshu.

However, the gatekeepers of Xuande Gate forcefully pulled him off his horse, severely disgraced the face of this obstinate gentleman, and kept saying afterwards that there was no such restriction in Ren Temple.

The latter was forced to resign as prime minister that year and recommended Han Jiang to take over.

Wang Gui passed under the door on the right, recalling this past event, feeling uneasy in his heart.

Back then, Wang Anshi was respected and fully trusted by today's officials like a teacher.

In the end, Shangqi was disheartened and left with his resignation.

Today, the official family is sick, and the queen mother's inclination is unknown.

He was born unintentionally, but he was blinded by his interests and caused a lot of trouble.

Once exposed, not only will the reputation be ruined, but the whole family may be convicted!

Overstepping the rank of courtiers, good at discussing the foundation of the country.

Unfaithful and unfilial, unkind and unrighteous.

The scholar-bureaucrats of the world will immediately expel him from the ranks of scholars.

Now, Wang Gui can only hope that Li Xian can absorb enough firepower for him.

So that the ruling and opposition parties will not pay attention to his little actions, so as to get away with it.

Thinking of this, Wang Gui rode to the front of the capital hall without knowing it.

The so-called Dutang is not only the former hall of the new province of Shangshu, but also called the capital province.

It is the new central place of discussion after Yuanfeng's restructuring.

When Wang Gui got off his horse in front of the official office of the capital hall, officials immediately stepped forward to take away the horse for him, and took it to the stable for care and feeding.

Wang Gui tidied up his clothes and mood.

He raised his head slightly and glanced at the plaque in front of the hall.

At that time, the "Wenchang Mansion" written by Tianzi himself came into view.

At the same time, I also saw the white exterior wall painted with hufen, incense powder and spices on the exterior wall of the Great Song Dynasty.

This is the origin of Shang Shu Sheng Fan Sheng.

Entering directly from the main entrance of the official office, you can see a wall photo engraved with strange trees and rocks. The wall photos are painted with light ink and light mist.

Every time Wang Gui sees the wall photos in front of the hall, he feels relaxed and happy, and can't help but stop here for a while to appreciate it.

It is indeed the work of Guo Xi, a national player who even Liao people asked to paint!
However, today's Wang Gui was not in the mood to appreciate the painting at all, and he directly stepped into the Ling Hall of the Dutang.

This is also his daily office, and it is also a meeting place for three provinces and two governments.

When Wang Gui walked in, in the command hall, the ministers of the three provinces and two prefectures were already sitting, discussing something in whispers.

"Zuo Kui has arrived at the hall!" Accompanied by a serious shout from an old official in the command hall.

Everyone stopped their respective things, got up one after another, bowed their hands to Wang Gui who walked in, and respectfully said: "Zuo Kui!"

There was only one untimely title, which sounded in Wang Gui's ears: "Zuo Kui, you came a little late today!"

Wang Gui raised his head and saw it. Sitting on the right side of the hall, he got up slightly, bowed his hands and bowed to him. Cai Que, the right chancellor, was also the person he hated and hated the most in this court—no one!

Even, for Wang Gui, the reason why he was so stupid and so stupid to ask Gao Zunyu about such things a few days ago was all thanks to this right minister!
reason?

Not only was the system reformed in the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Cai Quezhen said that "the new system of the official family should treat the public with the order of the minister". Wang Gui happily went to the official to propose that the left servant of the minister should also be in charge of all the affairs of the sect, and the right servant of the minister should also be in charge of the affairs of the middle school.

According to the new official system discussed by the monarch and ministers before.

The three provinces each perform their duties. Among them, the Zhongshu Province is in charge of drafting general affairs, promulgating orders, and matters that cannot be formalized at home and abroad, while the subordinate provinces are in charge of the affairs of the world.It is in charge of carrying out the orders of the emperor, accepting Chinese and foreign affairs, and connecting with Zhongshu and the Privy Council.

In other words, under the new system of Yuanfeng, among the three provinces, Zhongshu Province has the greatest power, because it controls "unlawful matters" and has the power and responsibility to go to the emperor to obtain orders and ask for orders.Take purpose?

As for Shangshu Province?
It is in charge of the specific implementation and implementation.

Originally, Wang Gui's idea was very beautiful.

I am the order of the minister, and the natural power is concentrated on myself.

All Shangshu Zuo Pushe and You Pushe are his tools.

His thinking cannot be said to be wrong, because in the past, the Song Dynasty had a three-phase system: Prime Minister (Zhao Wenxiang), Second Prime Minister (Jixian Prime Minister), and Last Prime Minister (supervising national history).

Now, Shangshu Ling Jiashangshu shoots left and right, and it happens to be three phases.

Unexpectedly, Cai Que turned his head to meet the official and stabbed a desperate sword.

"The power of the Shangshu order should not be bestowed on the ministers!"

All right!

The cooked duck flew off!

Not only did he fly away, Wang Gui also jumped into the big pit on his own initiative.

Why is he, the left minister, the minister Zuo Pushe, called "Three Purposes Minister" all these years?
The instigator, isn't Cai Que and Cai Chizheng sitting there?
That's all!
For Wang Gui, what he couldn't accept the most was an incident that happened last year.

Last year, the officials recruited Shi Yan, the king of Yan'an County, and the officials congratulated him.

Wang Gui originally thought that since the official family intended to establish a reserve, he would naturally have to ask Gu.

Minister Tuogu, who else could there be besides him, the leftist?
But Wang Gui was at home, waiting left and right, but he didn't wait until the official recruited him into the palace and handed him the important task of entrusting his loneliness and life!
Not only that, Wang Gui soon heard a piece of news that deeply disturbed him.

A piece of news I heard from Zhongshu's servant Zhang Yu.

It turned out that as early as the autumn of the sixth year of Yuanfeng, when Cai Que and Zhang Yu entered the Chongzheng Hall to perform affairs, the officials had already entrusted Cai Que with his fate.

The officials bypassed the left minister and went to the right minister to entrust his fate.

What distrust is this?

It is also an insult to Wang Gui!
At that time, Wang Gui was in high spirits when he heard Zhang Yan in front of him, narrating the incident with great excitement, his heart was like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, but he didn't dare to show it at all.

I'm afraid, Zhang Yan knows that he, the left minister, has not been ordered by the emperor from the beginning to the end, and he has been entrusted with a three-foot loneliness.

He could only smile and nod while enduring the humiliation and resentment in his heart.

This was Wang Gui's motivation, and it was also the reason why he was even more frightened now.

Right Prime Minister Cai Que, since he was ordered to support Gu, it meant that once the new king came to the throne, he, the Left Prime Minister, would have to pack up and leave—although in terms of system, it has always been true: when the emperor dies, the prime minister must be the envoy of Shanling, and when the envoy of Shanling returns to the court, he must invite the county!

This is to prevent the powerful officials from taking the emperor from the sky, so as to avoid the story of Yang Jian in the Northern Zhou Dynasty from happening again.

Therefore, Han Qi, Prime Minister of Zhiping, after the death of Yingmiao, served as an envoy to Shanling, and then invited him to go out.

However, the status of a prime minister who cares about his loneliness and a prime minister who does not care about his fate in history and reality are two different things.

Moreover, once people know about it, outsiders will ask: Why did Wang Yuyu not be entrusted by the late emperor?

As long as others think about it, Wang Gui knows that he will face endless troubles.

Everything about him will be dug out, placed in the sun, carefully examined, and screened bit by bit.

Even if it is a little wrong, it will be pointed out and criticized!

Wang Gui was overwhelmed by these things in his heart, pretending to be nonchalant, walked to the left side of the head of the command hall, sat down, and said to Cai: "You Fu came early!"

Cai Que smiled, but did not speak.

Tongzhi Privy Council An Tao saw the two prime ministers, who seemed to be confronting each other in secret, laughed in his heart, and came out to ease the atmosphere, saying: "You two ministers, have you heard that Yu Shitai is impeaching the minister Li Xian?"

Immediately, smiles appeared in the entire hall.

Although, Li Xian is a handsome minister who has made great contributions to Xining and Yuanfeng.

But he is a minister, a man from the eunuch temple!
Every civil official and scholar-bureaucrat naturally welcomes and is willing to see that a minister is unlucky.

This does not matter whether it is a new party or an old party.

What's more, how many years has Li Xian occupied that carrot pit in Xining?
Counting from when Wang Shao opened the border, it has been at least ten years.

With a minister as the commander-in-chief, he is also in charge of an army of nearly [-], and he is a brave and skilled army.

What makes people's scalp tingle even more is that among these large armies, there are not a few Fanjun and Fanjiang!
The courtiers, generals, soldiers, brave and good at fighting...

Anyone who has read history books will immediately and subconsciously think of the soldiers of the Beiya in the Tang Dynasty!

Those commanders of the Shence Army, those eunuchs and generals who killed civil servants and scholars like chickens during the change in Ganlu Temple, those rebellious officials who abolished the emperor and ignored the laws of the country!
Therefore, even if Li Xianyuan is in Xihe, this court cannot tolerate him!
In the past, Li Xian was protected by officials, so the officials could do nothing.

Now, if you have the opportunity, why don't you wipe it with your hands?
Wang Gui saw that all the ministers in the court hall were overjoyed for Li Xian's impeachment.

He also let go of the big stone in his heart!
"Sure enough, it's better to deal with the ministers!" Wang Gui said in his heart.

In Wang Gui's eyes, Li Xian was already a dead man.

Zaichen can't tolerate him!

The empress dowager might not tolerate him either!

The world's scholar-bureaucrats can't tolerate him even more!

If Li Xian is removed, Xihe Road can completely put a civil servant and senior official to sit in town.

Wang Gui looked at Zai Zhi who was present.

He figured it out in his heart, he knew that there must be someone who was tempted to go to Xihe Road to pick peaches.

A peach that has been cultivated by Li Xian for more than ten years, it is already ripe, full of juice and honey!

Back then, Han Jiang and Han Zihua, for the sake of meritorious service, used the honor of the prime minister to visit the border in person, and served as the appeasement and recruitment envoy of Shaanxi Economic Strategy under Tong Zhongshumen Xia Pingzhangshi, a bachelor of Zhaowenguan.

However, the mutiny in Qingzhou, coupled with the domineering military officials, did not listen to restraint, so the success fell short.

However, it is always the highest pursuit of scholar-bureaucrats to be a general and a prime minister!
Wang Gui believed that among the ministers sitting here, someone must be tempted, and someone must be planning the location of Lanhui Road in Naxi River.

And this is his opportunity for Wang Gui to trade.

Therefore, Wang Gui sat comfortably, listening to all kinds of comments and criticisms about Li Xian by his colleagues present, with smiles showing from the corner of his mouth from time to time.

The more intense the courtiers attacked Li Xian, the safer he would be for Wang Gui.

Wang Gui was enjoying himself when suddenly, a cold voice broke his inner peace and plunged him into panic.

"My lords, today's illness is serious, and it seems that every day is getting worse... Shouldn't we make some preparations?"

Wang Gui looked at the speaker in astonishment.

Shangshu Youcheng, Zhongshu Shilang Li Qingchen Li Bangzhi!
Li Qingchen didn't seem to feel Wang Gui's eyes at all, he got up and bowed to everyone: "For example, the story of Yi Zhiping?"

The Zhiping story is what Han Qiwen Yanbo did.

Zaichen entered Su Da Nei and was on duty to guard the emperor.

Then he asked for the establishment of the reserve, and summoned the Hanlin scholars to go to Yuqiancao to make the establishment of the reserve.

Then the prime ministers of the three provinces and two prefectures signed their signatures in turn, presented them to the imperial court, and played the emperor's approval, and invited the queen mother and empress to come out to witness, and finally the officials went to invite the king of Yan'an to accept the worship and congratulations from the officials.

This...how is this possible?

Wang Gui panicked for a moment, and accidentally dropped the teacup in his hand on the ground.

Snapped!
A crisp sound spread in the hall.

Everyone looked at Wang Gui.

Wang Gui had no choice but to hide with a smirk: "I'm old... I'm old!"

However, Li Qingchen seemed to have discovered something, looked at Wang Gui, bowed his hands, and asked, "What do you think Zuo Kui said?"

For Li Qingchen, since he said that.

Naturally, he will not change his words, and he will defend to the death his identity as the person who 'initiated the establishment of a reserve'.

Wang Gui was also a little flustered. Although he concealed it well, he didn't turn his head around immediately when Li Qingchen's questioning was pressed. In the panic, he didn't choose his way, and blurted out: "This is a matter of the Tian family. Why should the outer court intervene?"

Immediately, pairs of eyes looked at Wang Gui like wolves and tigers, as if they wanted to eat Wang Gui alive!
In particular, Cai Que stood up with a snap.

Then everyone stood up.

The chancellors of the court may have different political opinions or standpoints in ordinary times.

But at this moment, everyone knows that there is no room for flaws in this matter.

Behind the command hall, there is Cai Bian, a living man and a native of Zhongshushe!

People are recording word by word, every word that everyone here has said, and then send it to the National History Museum for archiving.

Seeing this, Wang Gui was also frightened. He quickly got up and said to everyone: "You guys misunderstood me!"

"What the old man means is: the official family has its own son!"

All the ministers in the command hall returned to their positions in doubt.

However, the way they looked at Wang Gui was completely different from before.

Especially Cai Que, Zhang Dun, Li Qingchen, An Tao, these ministers personally promoted by today's emperor, especially have scrutiny and suspicion in their eyes.

What are you Wang Gui going to do?
Even Han Zhen, who knew about the Privy Council, looked at Wang Gui suspiciously.

If you, Wang Yuyu, want to die, don't implicate me, die farther away!

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Note: On the railing of the well, a square structure was used next to the well in ancient times to prevent people from falling into it. At that time, there was a bed with a similar structure. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the bed with this structure was very popular. In the tile, the place where the storyteller lectures is also a similar structure, square on all sides, with a field in the middle.

Note 2: According to historical records, Yuanfeng new system, the outer wall photos of the three provincial government offices are all "Guo Xi painted trees and stones", Guo Xi, the national champion of the Northern Song Dynasty, and now every pair of Guo Xi's handed down paintings are sky-high prices!

Note 3: Cai Que’s Shenzong Tuo Gu saw the content of Cai Que’s biography, which was deleted in the Southern Song Dynasty, recorded in "Continued Zizhi Tongjian Long Story": In the autumn of the sixth year of Yuanfeng, Que and Wen saw the performance of the Shang Chongzheng Hall, and they were overwhelmed with grief: the world is over!Quite appalled and said: Dare to ask the reason?The above said: "What can you do with your son?"It is true to say: Your Majesty is in the heyday of spring and autumn, and suddenly there are ominous words, don't you want to judge the so-called?The Shang said: Should the emperor maintain the affairs of the world?Que Zou said: Yan'an County King, the eldest son of His Majesty, I don't know anything else, and I'm just dead, so I dare not obey the imperial edict!The above said: If Qingguo can plan for the country, it should be decided early!Que said to Jin Jin: "I regard death as your majesty's guard."

When Shaosheng was introduced, Cai Mao also recalled that his father Cai Que had told him that the similar version was just a different dialogue, but it should be sure to rely on one's loneliness and one's life.

Note 4: Wang Gui has said to people many times: Li Si, his family affairs, I don’t care about him. At that time, Huang Lu, the censor Zhongcheng, wrote a letter to impeach Wang Gui at the end of February in the eighth year of Yuanfeng.It can only be used in the capital.

Note 5: At this time, the list of academic deans and officials from the three provinces and two prefectures is as follows: Shangshu Zuo Pushe, Menxia Shilang, Duke of Xun Wang Gui, Shangshu Youpushe, Zhongshu Shilang, and Qingyuan County Founding Duke Cai Que.Shangshu Zuocheng, Menxia Shilang Zhangdun, Shangshu Youcheng, Zhongshu Shilang Li Qingchen, Zhongshu Shilang Zhang Yu, Privy Councilor Han Zhen, Tongzhi Privy Councilor Antao, Hanlin Bachelor Chengzhi Deng Runfu, Hanlin Bachelor Zeng Bu, the Commander of the Sanya Palace is Yan Da, the Deputy Commander of the Dianqian Division, and Miao Shou, the Deputy Commander of the Guards and Infantry. One person who holds this position is Zhong E. And this official has always been regarded as an honorary title, and has never been awarded to military officials in Beijing), so Yan Da is actually the palace commander.

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　　It’s Monday today, I’m looking for a new book list, asking for a monthly pass, asking for a reward!
　　
　
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