Chapter 163 I am not targeting anyone, everyone here is... (Here we come!)

Zhang Heng has a good habit of always planning and preparing in advance before doing something.

Regarding this prayer feast, the time is determined to be June 30th, which is half a month later.

In other words, Zhang Heng had half a month to prepare the content of this sutra feast.

Zhang Heng prepared carefully and carefully considered all the questions that might be asked in advance, so as not to be caught off guard when asked.

Next, I asked Zhao Zhen for a list of names, which was the list of people who had been specially summoned for this scripture feast.

When he got the list, Zhang Heng was also a little frightened. Zhao Zhen was probably more cautious, so the people specially summoned to attend the sutra banquet were not only full of weight, but also quite wide in scope.

First of all, Jia Changchao, the Pingzhangshi of Zhongshu Menxia in Zhengshitang, will definitely participate, and secondly, Zeng Gongliang, the counselor of political affairs, and the other two counselors of political affairs, Ding Du and Song Xiang will also participate.

Readers with good memories will probably remember Ding Du, the father of Ding Xi who appeared in Liang Yuan Ya and played the negative role.

As for Song Xiang, because Song Qi's son used coercion and bribery to lure Zhang Heng's subordinates to care about him, Zhang Heng knew about it. Zhang Heng used Bao Zheng to impeach Song Xiang, and Song Xiang was demoted. However, after all, he had a deep background in the court.

, he was transferred back to serve as a counselor for political affairs.

Zhang Heng secretly complained in his heart. Although he had the support of Jia Changchao, Zeng Gongliang and Wu Yu, who is now the deputy privy envoy, but with two old enemies, Ding Du and Song Xiang, it might not be that easy to come to this sutra feast!

The people involved in the Third Division include Wang Gongchen, the envoy of the Third Division, the Yantie Magistrate and the Hubu Magistrate. There probably won’t be many opinions from the Third Division.

Other participants included Chen Zhizhong, the privy envoy, who knew Zhi Gao, Yang Cha, and Zhi Zhi Gao Su Shen. Yang Cha was the brother of Yang Zhi who lived in the same year as Zhang Heng, so they were somewhat related.

As for Su Shen, the relationship is pretty good. They are all colleagues of Zhi Zhi Gao. Moreover, Su Shen is from Tong'an, Quanzhou, and is from the same hometown, so he has quite a lot of contacts on weekdays.

In addition, there are also some civil servants from the fifth branch of Zhongshu Province who are also present, but most of these people are just observing and will not take the initiative to make trouble.

So the current situation is that there may be many people who support him, but there may also be many people who oppose him, especially Ding Du and Song Xiang.

Chen Zhizhong also held considerable weight, as he was the Privy Councilor after all, but his attitude was rather ambiguous, and he probably wanted to adopt a neutral stance.

From the perspective of supporters, the situation is relatively favorable, but in terms of success, it does not mean that things can be accomplished if there are more people who support it. Sometimes troublemakers can do the most harm. It depends on how Zhang Heng responds.

Time flew by quickly. On June 30th, Zhang Heng got up early, took a shower and changed clothes to meet this challenge in the best condition.

The sutra banquet was held in Chongzheng Hall.

As early as the Han and Tang Dynasties, Jingyan had its basic prototype, that is, a teaching activity with the participation of the emperor, with the main purpose of imparting knowledge.

For example, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty once went to Taixue to give lectures in person. "The superiors argued for themselves. Confucian scholars stood before them holding scriptures and asking difficult questions. The gentry's people were covered with crowns, and there were hundreds of millions of people watching and listening at the bridge gate."

Discussions with Confucian scholars on Confucian classics greatly promoted the revival of Confucianism in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

However, the sutra banquet at this time was a little immature in terms of reason and scale, and its holding was basically determined by the emperor's wishes and there was no fixed number.

It was not until the Song Dynasty that the Sutra banquet was truly institutionalized.

Not only is there a special official position - Jingyan Official, but there are also clear regulations on the content of Jingyan.

The Song Dynasty was a period of revival of Confucianism, and the content of the Jingyan's explanations was naturally based on Confucian classics such as "Poems", "Books", "Li", "Yi", and "Spring and Autumn".

In addition, as Li Shimin said: Taking history as a mirror, we can know the ups and downs. Books such as "Historical Records" and "Hanshu" that record the events of the previous dynasties were also favored by the emperor and were often used as explanation objects.

But there are also special times. For example, when Zhang Heng talked about his banking law this time, he was explaining a special topic.

There have been such examples before. For example, during the Qingli Reform, a special economic feast was organized to verify it.

Because Zhang Heng came early, what he saw when he came was that the small yellow gate in the palace was still setting up the place. When he saw Zhang Heng arrived, he quickly asked Zhang Heng to sit down and rest first. Zhang Heng found a place and prepared the place for today.

What I want to talk about becomes familiar again.

However, the rest of the people arrived soon. Yang Cha and Su Shen arrived relatively early. Seeing Zhang Heng had arrived, they all came over to talk. After that, Wang Gongchen, Chen Zhizhong, Zeng Gongliang and other prime ministers came over. Yang Cha and

Su Shen quickly found his seat and sat down.

After a while, Jia Changchao came over with Zhao Zhen, and everyone stood up to greet Zhao Zhen and Jia Changchao.

Zhao Zhen waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, just sit down and give me some tea."

After giving the order, the palace waiter quickly served tea. Zhang Heng drank a few mouthfuls of hot tea, and his body was slightly sweaty. The eunuch presiding over the sutra banquet gently struck the chime, and amidst the melodious sound of the chime, a fire broke out.

The aromatherapy makes you feel calm.

Zhao Zhen laughed softly and said, "In that case, let's get started."

The eunuch nodded quickly and said in a loud voice: "Today, I would like to ask Zhang Heng, the banquet official, living minister, Hanlin minister, Zhizhizhigao and branch judge, to read the "Banking Law".

The book "Banking Law" was written by Zhang Heng, a lecturer in the Imperial Academy. His Majesty saw many warning words, so he summoned the chief ministers and all the attendants to listen together to expand their horizons and benefit all people.

Mr. Zhang, please come up."

Zhang Heng had already stood up when the eunuch introduced him, nodded to the many ministers, and after hearing what the eunuch said, he quickly walked towards the lectern.

Today's Zhang Heng is wearing a dark green official uniform with wide sleeves. He is more than 1.8 meters tall and has a strong figure. He holds up the entire loose robe. When he walks, his sleeves flutter. He looks

He was very dashing, coupled with his handsome face like a crown jewel, his grace made everyone present secretly feel impressed.

Of course there were some who were disdainful, Song Xiang snorted secretly, thinking, it doesn't matter if he is good-looking, he is just an unscrupulous person with evil intentions.

Zhang Heng stood firmly next to the lectern table, and made a deep bow to Zhao Zhen, and then to the Prime Minister Jia Changchao, and then to everyone again, and then stood behind the lectern table, looking very elegant and using the words of a gentleman.

Ruyu is the most suitable description, but for such a jade-like gentleman, the moment he opens his mouth, he will be hit hard.

"It's not that I'm arrogant. When it comes to economics, all of you here are just ignorant children!..."

Zhang Heng said calmly.

"Um?"

Everyone looked at each other, including Zhao Zhen.

Zeng Gongliang's head suddenly became blurry and he felt his head was buzzing.

Jia Changchao: "..."

Wu Yu was startled and quickly looked at Zhao Zhen's face.

Then at the same time, there was a sound of gasping for cold air. It was already very hot in the middle of June, but it turned out to be a bit cooler at this moment.

When everyone was confused, Zhang Heng smiled inwardly, and then struck again: "... You heard it right, what the official said is that when it comes to economics, the level of all the superior officials and officials is only that of Meng Tong.

It’s just a standard.”

This time Ding Du came to his senses, jumped up immediately, pointed at Zhang Heng and said angrily: "You little kid with a yellow mouth, how dare you disobey me in front of the king, and dare to say that the official is a Mengtong, and you also bring all the ministers with you."

Everyone has been scolded, everyone, this is a serious crime of deceiving the emperor, this is a disobedience before the emperor, someone comes, drag him down to jail, and wait for His Majesty's punishment!"

The guards standing in front of the palace looked at each other, wondering whether they should listen to Ding Du's command. The chief of the department in front of the palace looked at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen quickly waved his hand: "It's not that, it's not that. Zhang Qing is young and energetic, and has a straightforward temperament. He may not be so careful in what he says. It doesn't matter.

It's not a big deal to be disobedient before you. None of you in the family has ever spoken to me before, and sometimes your words are unpleasant. Don't I care about them all?

Don't worry too much about these details. Ding Shenzheng, please sit down. If you have any questions, you can wait until Zhang Qing finishes explaining before asking. Zhang Qing, you continue, you continue."

Ding Du sat down angrily, but also a little helpless. Everyone knew that Zhao Zhen, an official, had a clumsy personality.

When others were admonishing him, he would sometimes get excited and spit on his face, but he rarely became angry.

Now Zhang Heng's covering strike has scolded everyone, and Zhao Zhen doesn't care much about it.

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "Don't feel insulted by me. Next, my official will officially start my lecture. After my explanation is finished, if you can understand all the content of my explanation, then I will definitely apologize."

This is a real apology for carrying thorns on one's back. I go to your house to apologize for my sins with my bare body and thorn sticks on my back!"

Ding Du heard the words and sneered: "Shi Zhang, this is too much. You are right to have passed the Three Yuan Dynasty, but none of you here are not Jinshi. Even Song Shenzheng has passed the Three Yuan Dynasty. You can count it."

You are so knowledgeable that you shouldn’t look down on people in the world, right?”

Zhang Heng smiled and said: "This knowledge of banking law is unprecedented. If you can understand one-third of it, you can be a magistrate. If you understand two-thirds, you can be the third envoy. If you understand ten percent, you can

He is the God of Wealth in the Song Dynasty."

Song Xiang had been silent for a long time. When he heard this, he suddenly said: "You said that in front of your economic knowledge, everyone here is a naive child, and then you said that you can be a governor only if you understand one-third of it, and two-thirds of it.

Only then can you be the third envoy, which means that all of you here are not qualified for the position, right?"

Zeng Gongliang's eyes turned cold and he looked at Song Xiang. Song Xiang's words were very insidious. He was trying to make Zhang Heng offend everyone!

Seeing the warning in Zeng Gongliang's eyes, Song Xiang sneered slightly, "You, Zeng Gongliang, are participating in political affairs. I, Song Gongxu, am not also participating in political affairs. Am I still afraid of you?"

Huh.

Zhang Heng glanced at Song Xiang in surprise. This officer's logical ability was pretty good. He was actually quite talented to be able to deduce this argument.

Faced with Song Xiang's tricky question, Zhang Heng nodded hesitantly and said, "That's right."

boom!

Now everything exploded!
Chapter completed!