Chapter 856: The Privy Emissary and the Marquis of Yunzhong
Zhang Qi was indeed cheated, and he was someone he could not afford to offend. Although the privy councilors at the court also belonged to the category of "private ministers" and "the power lies with the prime minister", Zhang Qi was not a civil official but a military minister. If a military minister was not a privy councillor,
With Liu E backing her up, she is nothing.
Lu Yijian stood with Wang Zeng this time and joined forces to trick him, trying to drive a wedge between him and Liu E. Zhang Qi, who was sitting in the courtyard, frowned. This was a signal to him.
The entire court was already disgusted by his signal as a military minister and privy envoy.
Ye An's status as a civil servant and holding military power was just a pretense. After all, he was still a civil servant. Now it was the general trend in the court for civil servants to lead the army. Zhang Qi was deeply frightened by the persistence of these civil servants in power.
The reason why Lu Yijian joined forces with Wang Zeng was to make the saint hate him. Once he loses the trust of the saint, he will not be able to hold the position of Privy Councilor for long. The only thing that can repair the relationship with the saint is the Changning Festival, the saint's birthday.
Zhang Qi thought for a long time. He knew how to repair it with the saint, but he didn't know how to repair it with Wang Zeng, Lu Yijian and other civil servants. After all, these civil servants would always try their best to oppose the saint's extravagant spending on the Changning Festival.
"Master, hurry up and eat. If you delay any longer, the stewed meat will get cold again, and you will have no choice but to eat minced meat soup again. I will really feel uncomfortable!"
While Zhang Qi was thinking, his wife Wang spoke beside him, but she reminded him in her words.
"I have no choice... I have no choice... Yes! I really have no choice now. Is it necessary for me to be such a useless person as a Privy Councilor? No wonder Cao used to resign and was forced to end up like this! Maybe I can
Don’t you deserve the position of Privy Councilor?!”
Wang's words were like a flash of inspiration, which made Zhang Qi understand his situation and how to choose. He, the privy envoy, was an old minister of the late emperor when he was in Qian's residence. He was able to gain Liu E's important position because of his old friendship. Once he lost Liu E's
Enrong, all that is false, the criticism from civil servants will definitely make his end no better than Cao Liang!
Turning his head to look at Mr. Wang, Zhang Qi suddenly said: "Do you have any friendship with Mr. Yangcheng County?"
Mrs. Wang was stunned for a moment, then she covered her mouth and said with a smile: "What kind of friendship can I have with that strange woman? It's just a matter of business. Our shop does some business with Lan Kwai Fong, and Jade Dew juice is sold to Lan Kwai Fong."
Our family only makes money by making rouge!"
Zhang Qi's eyes lit up: "This is considered a friendship. Tomorrow, no, you will send someone to Yunzhong County Marquis Mansion to deliver a message and ask Yangcheng County Lord to go to Jingyi to watch and talk, but this is a
Name, hide my post in the post, Yehou will know what to do when he sees it."
Mrs. Wang nodded in understanding. She knew that her husband wanted to make an appointment with the Marquis of Yunzhong, but he didn't want anyone to know about it, so he had to do it in secret.
Ye An was very bored at home. The Chinese New Year was about to come. He found that the officials in the court had hardly sent invitations to visit, not even the Wang family. The Cao family was busy with Cao Wei's recovery, and the Li family
...just like a turtle with its head shrunk.
Neither Li Zunxu nor Li Duanyi showed up for such an important matter as his return to Beijing, let alone the invitation from the eldest princess. The Li family is now so peaceful that they seem to have disappeared from this world.
When Ye An learned about Li Zunxu's dispatching officer, he understood that the current prince-in-law was the general of the prison guards. He single-handedly controlled the large and small city defense forces in Tokyo, and led the bodyguards and infantry troops Du Yuhou.
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The title of prison guard is not a real job, but a scope of authority. General is an honorary title. Although it seems to be mighty, it only shows that Li Zunxu has been favored by the saint, and the bodyguards and soldiers in his hands, Si Bujundu Yuhou, are not that big.
An officer is just a dispatch officer under the Guards and Military Department, but his power is quite great.
The entire Forbidden Army is under the control of the Imperial Guards' Military Division and the Palace Front Division, collectively referred to as the "Two Divisions". The Imperial Guards' Cavalry and Horse Command Commands the Envoy Division, the Imperial Guards' Infantry Division Commands the Envoy Division, and the Imperial Guard's subordinate organizations, the Imperial Palace Command and Envoy Division.
Collectively known as the "Three Yamen".
The two divisions and three yamen are also the highest command points of the Forbidden Army. They have great responsibilities. Li Zunxu is now the highest commander of the infantry in Tokyo City. In addition to the Fourth Army, all the infantry in Tokyo City are responsible to him. Naturally, they cannot interact with Ye An at will.
This foreign minister moves around, but of course he can't move around much with anyone...
As for the teacher-student relationship with the little emperor, it seems that Liu E also deliberately downplayed it, but fortunately, Zhao Zhen often wrote to himself. Being able to get private letters from the emperor was somewhat beyond the reach of other ministers.
Before entering the palace, she did not see the young emperor, which meant that Liu E did not want her to see him. Even Lan Jizong who sent her away did not mention Zhao Zhen. It can be seen that Zhao Zhen was receiving the "influence" of Confucianism during this period.
From his letters, we can see how dissatisfied he was with the boring study of emperors. Of course, more between the lines was his yearning for the study of things and his hope that Ye An would tell him the true "way of emperors."
Ye An's teaching work was stopped. This was a normal thing, because Ye An's method was slightly radical and was not in line with the Confucian emperor's way, but it had amazing results. Pragmatism and scientific analysis had made
Zhao Zhen gradually developed self-judgment, which is the rarest thing and the last thing that should happen.
In the view of civil servants, Zhao Zhen should always adhere to the definition of emperor in Confucianism, instead of seeking good fortune and avoiding misfortune like a philistine, or resorting to frequent tactics.
There was no way. It wasn't that Ye An's teaching was bad, but that Zhao Zhen's methods were a little clumsy. He actually used the method of killing three scholars with two peaches to punish the bachelors who lectured in Zishan Hall, the two brothers Song Qi and Song Xiang and the great Confucian Zhang Shousheng. The first two were imperial examination candidates.
He was the top scholar among the young talents of the Song Dynasty. The latter had rich experience and was a truly erudite scholar.
The method of two peaches killing three men was like a joke in front of them. Regarding the unequal rewards, the three of them laughed it off. Instead of competing for the rewards, they entertained each other, and the embarrassment and uneven distribution of benefits were resolved by drinking and drinking.
It is true that civil servants are not first and military officials are second, but there is another kind of friendship between civil servants. As the senior scholar Zhang Shousheng, it is naturally impossible for him to compete with the two younger brothers of the Song family for rewards, and the brothers of the Song family know how to respect each other.
According to the principles of seniors, take out all the rewards and put on the best banquet to entertain Zhang Shousheng...
In the end, the three of them joined forces to remonstrate with the sage. Their words were full of worries about the future of the official family, saying that Zhao Zhen was too obsessed with means, that is, he valued "appearances" rather than "tools"!
The civil servants even remonstrated, accusing Zhao Zhen of having too much influence on Zhao Zhen. Although they did not know the emperor's ways taught by Ye An, Zhao Zhen, they believed that it was Ye An's study of objects that influenced Zhao Zhen, a great leader of the Song Dynasty.
Officials lead astray.
After Ye An learned the news, he wished he could kill himself at the Donghua Gate. It has nothing to do with him? Besides, studying things is a science, not a conspiracy. If two peaches kill three people, is it a study of things? Isn't that something from "Yan Zi Chun Qiu"? In the final analysis, it is still a study of things.
Part of your Confucian heritage!
What's more, since the emergence of my own study of things, haven't you, the disciples and grandsons of Confucianism, been included in the category of Confucianism? It is obviously a matter of both prosperity and loss, but it can be treated differently by this group of "defenders of Taoism".