"Guan family, this house was purchased by Zhang Gong's father, Dr. Zhang Yuzhang, when he was the young minister of Taichang Temple."
At the door of Zhang's Mansion, Zhao Si, dressed in ordinary clothes and wearing a headdress with an upturned head, was quietly waiting for Li Fang to call the door. Yu Huatian, dressed in regular clothes and wearing a soft-footed headdress, was talking beside him.
There were twenty or thirty people around, led by Han Jiaxian. There were dozens more people in the streets and alleys, faintly cutting off this area.
Yu Huatian continued to talk about Zhang Dun's information.
"The best house of the Zhang family in Kaifeng City is on Bianhe Street, next to the Xiangguo Temple. It is ten times the size of this house. It is extremely gorgeous. But it is the uncle of Zhang Xiang who once worshiped Tongzhong.
Zhang Dexiang, who is under the Shu family, is under Zhang Gongzhi. Although they are from the same clan, they have been in the fifth service, so they can only be regarded as relatives, and they live their own lives."
Zhao Si nodded and continued listening.
"The official family, the intelligence collected by me said that Zhang Xiang was still somewhat discriminated against in the clan when he was young."
"Why?"
"In the official family, it is said that Zhang Xiang was the illegitimate son born from an affair between his father, Dr. Zhang, and his wife's stepmother, Yang. When he was born, he was almost drowned because he was shady. It was Yang's mother who managed to keep him and had someone secretly send him away.
I only survived because of Dr. Zhang. It’s just that Mr. Zhang worked hard on his own and has now become the highest-ranking and most respected member of the Zhang family in Pucheng. However, his life experience is tabooed by the Zhang family and they dare not talk about it."
Zhao seemed speechless, what can I say?!
"Zhang Gong's life experience is a bit bizarre, but heroes don't care about their origins."
Zhang Dun hurriedly turned to the side door, still muttering in his heart.
Why didn't Li Fang go through the main entrance and take the side entrance? Wasn't he here to announce the decree?
When he saw Li Fang, Zhang Dun did not dare to neglect him and bowed to him: "Mr. Li, why do you want to come to my humble residence?"
"The officials are here. Someone is here to call the door."
"Official?" Zhang Dun was excited. He followed Li Fang's instructions and looked to the side. Zhao Si was walking over slowly.
"Xiang Zhang, I came uninvited. I hope you won't turn him away."
Zhang Dun's mind suddenly changed, and he already knew Zhao Si's purpose of coming. However, he did not dare to neglect, and said respectfully: "I will go and open the middle gate immediately to welcome the Holy Master."
"Don't bother Mr. Zhang. This is a private visit incognito. Don't make a big move and disturb the neighbors."
Zhang Dun bowed deeply and said, "I will meet you here. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Zhao Si was invited to the main hall, and Zhang Dun brought a whole family of people to pay their respects.
"Without courtesy, I came here rashly today. I have something to discuss with Prime Minister Zhang. I hope you will forgive me."
After some polite exchanges, Zhang Dun invited Zhao Si into the study.
After entering the study room, Zhao Si got straight to the point and went straight to the topic.
"Mr. Zhang, I would like to ask Gong Zhang to abdicate the position of Grand Prime Minister of Shangshu Province."
Zhang Dun stroked his beard and said respectfully and solemnly: "I still need to ask the officials to forgive me! I am old and frail, suffering from many diseases, and can no longer bear the heavy load. I respectfully send the late emperor of Zhemiao to the mausoleum. I have fulfilled my duty and lived up to my expectations."
After his request, now I just want to beg for my bones to return home."
Zhao Si looked at him quietly, waited for a while, and said slowly, "Mr. Zhang, you also know about my new system. The chief officer of Shangshu Province, Dazai, is the only one above the rank. He is in charge of national affairs and can be called the prime minister. I
The position is vacant and entrusted with the affairs of the country. Please don't shirk it, Mr. Zhang."
Zhang Dun didn't expect that Zhao Si would go straight to the point. Considering his temperament, it was already very rare to be able to come to visit him in disguise and condescend to him.
He didn't want to make the matter too serious, so he asked: "I would like to ask, who is the official in Zhongshu Province, Situ?"
"Mr. Su Zhe, Xiao Su." Zhao Si replied without hesitation.
"Excuse me, who is the counselor?"
"Han Zhongyan Han Gong and Zeng Buzeng Gong."
Zhang Dun thought about it in his mind.
According to the new official system, although the Shangshu Province is in charge of national affairs, the laws and regulations governing government affairs are formulated and promulgated by the Zhongshu Province. To put it bluntly, the Shangshu Province operates within the circle defined by the Zhongshu Province.
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Su Che was from the old party, but he belonged to the moderate wing of the old party. Those stubborn and conservative ones had long ago been killed by the late Emperor Zhemiao.
Han Zhongyan cannot say whether he belongs to the old party or the new party. He is more stubborn. Moreover, he has a cowardly and gentle temperament. Some people even say that he is mediocre and cowardly.
Zeng Bu was once an old comrade-in-arms, but later became a political enemy. Zhang Dun knew him very well.
Very talented, he drafted many of Xining's new laws. In the early stage of the reform, he was also a strong member of the new party, citing classic arguments and fighting fiercely with the old party.
But later, after experiencing the dangers of officialdom, Zeng Bu began to change.
In the fierce battle between the old and new parties, the methods are becoming increasingly cruel, and the outcome of the loser is chilling. Participants are afraid of harming themselves. Zhang Dun also has this fear, which is why he has spared no effort to belittle and exclude other parties.
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In this fear, Zeng Bu gradually formed a so-called neutral stance of "standing on one's own side".
But Zhang Dun knew that Zeng Bu's Zhongzheng was definitely not out of impartiality, but for the purpose of "resolutely standing on his own feet" in the fierce party struggle. So he would denounce people from the old party at one moment, and cite people from the old party at the next.
It seems to be fair and impartial, but in fact, it is entirely based on whether it is beneficial to oneself.
Zhang Dun saw this clearly. Therefore, he was worried that the person in Zhongshu Province who was most likely to cause trouble for him was Zeng Bu.
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Zhang Dun studied Zhao Si's new system and felt that Zeng Bu could set a trap for him in formulating laws and edicts, but he had no way to deal with him.
Seeing Zhang Dun thinking deeply, Zhao Si smiled and said: "The legal decrees formulated by Zhongshu Province must be signed and sealed by me before they can be made known to the world and followed."
Zhang Dun heard the overtone of Zhao Si's words.
Any legal edict formulated by Zhongshu Sheng will not be easily implemented. Zhao will listen to the opinions of all parties and let Zhongshu Sheng revise it several times before issuing and complying with it in the name of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.
So Zhang Dun should not worry. Under the control of Zeng Bu, the Zhongshu Provincial Council issued some legal edicts secretly targeting him.
At this point, Zhang Dun believed that the smart officials also saw Zeng Bu clearly.
Zhang Dun cupped his hands and said, "Thank you to the official family for treating me with sincerity. I would like to ask again, who is my subordinate, the official family of Kou?"
Zhao Si answered patiently and told Zhang Dun everything he wanted to know in one breath.
"I, the Sikou and the Zhengqing of Dali, belong to Duke Fan Zhong, the censor of the left capital of the Duchayuan belongs to Duke An Tao, and the censor of the right capital belongs to Duke Liu Anshi."
Liu Anshi, the tiger in the palace?
According to the new system, the censor of the left capital is responsible for inspecting the inspection areas and directly leading the inspection envoys of each county; the censor of the right capital is responsible for supervising the central government, the Shangshu Province, the Privy Council, the Zhongshu Province and other yamen are all within the scope of his supervision, and the Shangshu Province is the first to bear the brunt.
.The official family appointed Liu Anshi as the censor of the right capital, which had profound intentions.
Zhang Dun was silent for a while, but decided to express his opinion.
"In the official family, I think it is inappropriate for Liu Qizhi to be the censor of Youdu?"
Zhao Xi's face suddenly became as silent as water.
