In Tokyo, an impeachment about Zhang Shixun is brewing, but Li Di, who is a political counselor, has already received the news. Unlike Zhang Shixun, he is more able to take on the political affairs of Zhongshu Province as a political counselor.
Similarly, Li Di was one of the people Zhang Shixun did not dare to offend. Firstly, both of them had been guests of the prince, and they both had the same weight in Zhao Zhen's heart. Secondly, Li Di was a calm man, even Emperor Zhenzong once praised him when he was still alive.
He "contains pure virtue", and in terms of ability, he is much stronger than Zhang Shixun.
No matter how confused Zhang Shixun is, he still knows that the most important reason why he and Li Di are appointed after the official family takes charge is that they both come from the Prince's East Palace and are absolute confidants.
If he and Li Di turned against each other at this time, not only would the officials be disgusted, but both parties would suffer.
Even Zhao Zhen could see that Zhang Shixun didn't have much ability, but at least he could defend the city. It would be much better with Li Di at his side.
There is also Xue Kui, the counselor and political officer in the court. Ordinary documents cannot stop Zhongshu Sheng, but the documents suppressed by Zhang Shixun, even Xue Kui can't do anything about it. He is a pragmatist and saw Ye An reforming the Jianghuai Xiang Army.
The method was quite good, so I planned to help him and complete the process of Zhongshu as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, there was no follow-up. I went to Li Di to ask, and then I found out that the document had been read by the official, and the prime minister had to seal it.
It can be a message that can be conveyed downwards, but it is stuck with Zhang Shixun!
For a moment, Xue Kui was furious and shouted at Li Di: "The power of the prime minister is a public weapon of the country. Doesn't Zhang Shixun mean that it is a public weapon for private use? When the Jianghuai River was hit by drought and locusts, he asked the officials to be exempted from it.
Please demote me a bit to answer the question of the sudden change in nature. What else have you done?! Suppressing Fan Xiwen contributed greatly to the Jianghuai flood control. Ye Changsheng wanted to organize the army to destroy the Bailian Society. Why did Zhang Shixun delay for so long?!"
Li Di knew that Xue Kui was a straight man, so he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "You are only in the second government office. Do you still need me to point out these things like the Secretary? Hey! You don't need to impeach me. Someone will naturally do it!"
Xue Kui pointed to the document in his hand and said, "But Jiang Huai can't wait!"
"Can't you wait? Not necessarily! The Jianghuai disaster situation has been stabilized, and the Bailian Society can't make trouble for the time being. Ye Changsheng's attempt to change the situation of the Xiang Army will not be achieved in a day. The court is not in peace now, what else is more important than this
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Xue Kui suddenly woke up. He was outspoken, but not stupid. Li Di had made his words so clear, which showed that someone wanted to move this unproductive husband...
Lu Yijian is very scheming. He has inquired about the current situation in Tokyo from many parties, and also understands the attitude of the court towards Zhang Shixun. It is difficult for this husband to balance the interests of all parties, and he even does not know how to balance the interests himself. He just blindly follows his own schedule.
Act according to the rules.
What is the use of such a Xianggong? The official family can be a conservative emperor, but the Xianggong must not be like this, otherwise there will definitely be problems in the operation of the court and the government, especially when encountering natural or man-made disasters, it will be even more difficult.
In the palace confinement, Yan Wenying walked with his head lowered. Zhao Zhen followed him and asked curiously: "Usually you keep talking, why are you so silent today?"
Yan Wenying was secretly happy in her heart, but she pretended to be frightened and said: "I don't dare to talk too much. Since Mr. Zhang came to the palace last time and beat my slave, I know that I can't talk too much in front of the officials."
Zhao Zhen nodded slightly: "Well, what Zhang Shixun said is not wrong. Eunuchs are not allowed to interfere in politics, but any news in the court should be told to me. Please tell me what interesting things happened in the court recently that I don't know about.
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Yan Wenying asked tentatively: "Did that slave say that?"
"Say! I asked you to say it."
Looking at Shang Chongyi's small courtyard not far away, he knew that the official was in a good mood. Yan Wenying immediately said: "I heard that Cai Qi, the envoy of the Third Division, has been complaining recently, saying that the court has contributed a lot of money to the Jianghuai disaster relief, and now Fan Zhongyan
Together with Ye An and Wu Yu, the magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture, they jointly submitted a petition to the officials to remove the miscellaneous taxes on the Jianghuai River. This summer tax has been waived. If the miscellaneous taxes are removed, the taxes on the Jianghuai River alone will be reduced by more than 50% this year!"
Zhao Zhen smiled slightly: "This is Cai Qi crying for poverty for the three divisions! Then we will reduce or exempt the construction of the palace this year. The remaining money will be enough for Jianghuai disaster relief. The extra money will be used to supplement the national funds. I can still make some money."
Did his three divisions suffer a loss? But there are supplements from time to time in the internal storage treasury, this old Pixiu!"
Yan Wenying immediately flattered him and said, "The officials are still considerate! If the people knew about it, wouldn't they go to the palace gate and kowtow to you every day?"
"You are such a murderous person, don't try to pour ecstasy on me here. It's useless. If I can't even do this, how can I govern the world? Besides, I've even lost my title, so what else can't I do? People of Jianghuai
It’s so painful…”
Seeing that the time was almost up, Yan Wenying said: "I heard an interesting story in Zhongshu before. Xue Kui, the political advisor, was so angry for some reason that he fell down on the steps of Zhongshu's court, with his feet in the air, as if his shell had been turned over...
…hey-hey!"
When he thought about the normally serious Xue Kui falling like that, and then when he thought about the appearance of the officials in the Zhongshu Court, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but laugh too, and then said: "For what? You can also participate in political affairs even if you are dignified.
So out of character?"
"I heard that it is related to the revolution of the Jianghuai Xiang Army..."
"Um?!"
Zhao Zhen had paid attention to this matter. If Ye An could accomplish it, it would be a good start for the reform of the Xiang Army in the Song Dynasty, and it would also provide a huge opportunity to reduce redundancy.
Even Cai Qi, the three-secretary envoy who kept asking questions, fully supported Ye An in this matter, saying, "The expenses in the palace can be reduced, but Ye Hou, the pharaoh who transformed the Xiang army, has money!"
This attitude was like a different person, but when Zhao Zhen learned that Cai Qi had asked for a copy of Ye An's memorial and read it carefully at home for three days, he had such an attitude, which also shows the significance of this matter.
It was so important that even he didn't want to miss it.
Yan Wenying also saw Zhao Zhen's attitude, and naturally knew what to say: "After hearing that it was Ye Hou's memorial, the officials reviewed it, but there was a delay when the document was sent from Tongjin Yintai Division back to Zhongshu for printing.
Zhang Xianggong felt that this matter still needed to be considered, and some aspects still needed to be explained to Ye Hou, so he did not use the seal of Zhongshu for the time being..."
"Oh! So that's the case, it's reasonable..."
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then he passed him by with an understatement, but Yan Wenying beside him knew that the official was already quite angry at this time, and he even moved faster.
Just as he was talking, a chamberlain from the palace came quickly, holding a brocade box in his hand. At a glance, he knew that he was the chamberlain on duty at Tongjin Yintai Department. Yan Wenying did not dare to neglect and quickly stepped forward to take it. Then he handed it to Zhao Zhen and said:
"Guan Jia, Lu Xianggong's Memorial."
With a smile on his face, Zhao Zhen glanced at Yan Wenying thoughtfully, then looked at the brocade box in his hand and then said: "It seems you should really watch your mouth. Many things are coming to me at once, I'm afraid
Is it Mr. Lu who wants to impeach my Mr. Zhang again?"
Yan Wenying suddenly got excited and looked at the ground silently. Unexpectedly, the official saw the problem at a glance. At this time, what he said was too many mistakes, so he could only keep silent.
Zhao Zhen opened the brocade box and looked through Lu Yijian's memorial, but was quite surprised. Unexpectedly, the old man's memorial was not to impeach Zhang Shixun, but on the contrary, he gave eight pieces of advice to himself.
After glancing at Yan Wenying, Zhao Zhen said coldly: "Go and get ten boards from the chamberlain by yourself!" After saying that, he walked towards Shang Chongyi's palace garden. Yan Wenying was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and did not dare to raise his head.