Zhang Yue heard Han Jiang's words and seemed to have the idea of going into seclusion. He immediately put down his wine cup and said: "Prime Minister, I will still rely on you to take charge of the overall situation in the future."
Han Jiang waved her hands and sighed: "Let's face it, although I am now in an official position, do you think that my being able to get this position is partly due to human conspiracies? And how much is due to luck?"
Zhang Yue smiled from the bottom of his heart. Of course, the biggest advantage for Han Jiang to occupy this position is that he has a good father, former prime minister Han Yi, and seven good brothers who were born in Jinshi, including Han Wei, Han Zhen and other outstanding talents. In addition,
From top to bottom, many people in the court were former disciples and former officials of his Han family.
Han Jiang said: "If you want to make things happen, let me talk about two prime ministers. One is Li Si. He has seen the difference between a hamster and a toilet rat. The virtuous and unworthy people are just like rats. They are in their own place."
After listening to Han Jiang's words, Zhang Yue admired Han Jiang's insight.
The rats in the toilet are so skinny that they panic and run away when they see people, while the rats in the warehouse have round bellies and are not afraid to show off when they see people.
Li Si realized this truth. People's intelligence and morals are actually about the same. How successful are they? It mainly depends on the platform you are on.
It's like the aura of an emperor. It's either something you're born with or something you develop over time after you reach that position. There's no need to learn it.
Unless it’s ‘I, Qin Shihuang, give me money’ etc.
Zhang Yue raised his glass and drank one with Han Jiang. Han Jiang said again: "There is another prime minister of this dynasty, Lu Wenmu (Lu Mengzheng). He wrote in Hanyao Fu, Yu said: It's not noble, it's time.
, Luck, fate.”
Zhang Yue realized the second meaning from Han Jiang's words. In addition to platform, success also requires fortune.
Han Jiang sighed: "I can reach the position I am today only because I know that what Li Si and Lu Wenmu said is true. How dare I say that I am extraordinary!"
Zhang Yue sighed secretly, he had never secretly despised Han Jiang, but thinking about his mentality, he was definitely not as good as him.
It is inevitable for people to attribute all success to subjective factors.
Han Jiang really wanted to retire after success, but the exemption from military service was just a small goal for Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue said: "What the Prime Minister said is what I am today, thanks to the support of the Prime Minister and my father-in-law. This reminds me of Liu Bang. People said that there were many talents in the early Han Dynasty, but in the final analysis, they were just talents from Peixian County.
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Of course, there is also Zhu Yuanzhang in later generations. The founding of the Ming Dynasty was just an old subordinate of Fengyang.
"Whether it is to conquer the world or to rule the world, the talents of one county are enough! It is not that talents are useless, but that most of the talents in the world cannot be put to good use."
Han Jiang nodded and said, "What Du Zhi said is absolutely true."
The two of them were chatting and eating wine, while Han Jiang looked out from Linxuan, taking in a panoramic view of the scenery of Bianjing.
Living in a high-rise building, Han Jiang was blown by the strong wind and drank from a bottle, with his beard and sleeves flying, as if he were a fairy.
Han Jiang squinted her eyes and said: "To put it into perspective, what I have been thinking about since I became Prime Minister in the second year of Xining until now is just the exemption law. Now that the officials have approved it, I feel a little unreal. Do you think it's true?
Will there be a recurrence?"
Zhang Yue stood up and stood beside Han Jiang. The strong wind on the roof of Fan Tower also made it difficult to open his eyes.
Looking at the buildings in Bianjing crawling under him, Zhang Yue wondered if Han Jiang meant retreating in order to advance.
He still said: "Mr. Han, your Majesty is a promising king. Although he has some means to balance the situation of the government, it is still necessary. The most important thing in his heart is to govern the country and bring peace to the people."
"He will not put selfishness above state affairs."
Han Jiang nodded after hearing what Zhang Yue said.
He is a kind person and does not want the conflict between imperial power and prime minister power. If he had been ambitious, he would not have been willing to be under Wang Anshi.
Zhang Yue still said: "This year, Shaanxi and two Zhejiang provinces will change from the draft law to the exemption law. Next year, the exemption law will be fully implemented in all walks of life across the country. If I can't find the six million yuan next year, your Majesty will probably withdraw his orders.
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Han Jiang nodded and said: "I think so, otherwise His Majesty would not agree like this today. Then where are you going to find these six million strings?"
Zhang Yue said: "I have some means, but they can only raise one or two million for the imperial court."
Zhang Yue and Huang Lu calculated that the postal service from Bianjing to Luoyang, and then from Luoyang to Chang'an, can be launched quickly this year. These three cities are the most prosperous in the Song Dynasty, and they will definitely be profitable. And next year
Spreading it to Shaanxi Road will also be a source of wealth.
As for why it is not rolled out in other places?
For example, if you go to an area that does not offer free shipping, you will lose money. You must do things naturally, not just because of a sudden rush.
Han Jiang was also very worried. Zhang Yue said that if they could not find a way to add 6 million yuan to the court next year, the officials would suspend the implementation of the exemption law nationwide.
Han Jiang said: "I will also think of some ways for you, which will not increase the suffering of the people, but also increase the country's income."
Han Jiang was very contradictory when he said it. The method of "the people do not increase the tax but the country uses it fully" could not be found casually.
Zhang Yue paused and said: "But the six million yuan will have to wait until next year, it is not important right now."
Han Jiang couldn't help but said: "Is there anything more important than six million strings?"
Others wouldn't be worried about how to create a source of income for the court? But Zhang Yue said he was not in a hurry.
Zhang Yue said: "What I have to do next is to accompany Mencius to worship at the Confucian Temple."
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Han Jiang couldn't help but be surprised when he heard Zhang Yue's words.
Accompanying the Confucian Temple to worship is a matter of great significance. Zhang Yue said to Han Jiang: "Prime Minister, you can remember that when Emperor Taizu removed Bai Qi and Wu Qi from the Wu Temple, ten philosophers, as well as Sun Bin, Lian Po, Han Xin and so on, a total of twenty
The reason why the three people were changed to join Guan Ying, Zhou Fang, Qin Qiong and other twenty-three people?"
Of course Han Jiang remembered this.
The Wu Temple was originally called the Taigong Temple. It was built by Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty to worship Jiang Ziya, with Zhang Liang as his companion. The purpose of the Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty in building the Wu Temple was to express to the world that he wanted to find Jiang Ziya, the minister of Zhang Liang.
In another sense, Jiang Ziya and Zhang Liang have a mentoring relationship.
Later, Suzong of the Tang Dynasty named Jiang Ziya King Wucheng. From then on, the Martial Arts Temple and the Confucian Temple stood side by side. Later, 64 generals and 64 people were worshiped in the Martial Temple.
But after Zhao Kuangyin ascended the throne, when he saw Bai Qi's portrait while worshiping at the Martial Temple, he pointed his stick at Bai Qi and ordered Bai Qi to kill him, which was unkind.
Tao Kan was also removed because he came from a poor family and was from a minority group (Xi ethnic group).
Not only Bai Qi and Tao Kan were removed, but Zhao Kuangyin replaced 21 people and selected 23 more to make up for it.
Zhao Kuangyin’s criteria for selecting these twenty-three people were [those who have always had impeccable achievements].
To put it bluntly, Zhao Kuangyin used this move to warn the world, and he was also the military commander under him. When combined with "A Cup of Wine Releases Military Power", one can understand the intention of Emperor Taizu.
Sacrifice is mainly for the living people.
Zhang Yue said to Han Jiang: "The major affairs of the country are sacrifice and military affairs. One is pragmatic, and the other is pragmatic."
"It is true to change the law of service, but it is false to accompany sacrifices. The meaning of Mencius is to "benefit the people". The successor to Confucius should be Mencius, not others."
Just like Zhang Liang inherited Jiang Ziya's mantle, so Zhang Liang accompanied Jiang Ziya in worship.
After Confucius, Yan Hui and Zeng Zi are currently worshiped respectively. Yan Hui is a disciple of Confucius, but no works have been handed down to the world.
Zengzi was the author of "Tai Xue" and "The Classic of Filial Piety". The Tang Dynasty respected "The Classic of Filial Piety", and Li Longji personally annotated the "Book of Filial Piety", so Zengzi became the second accomplice.
At this time, Mencius and Zisi had not yet accompanied the worshippers.
For Zhang Yue, after Mencius accompanied the priests, he upgraded "Mencius" to "Asia Classics". After Mencius became "Asia Classics", it can be included in the imperial examination category, and the "Benefit the Country" from Xining was upgraded to "Benefit the Country" from Yuanfeng.
Benefit the people].
Zhang Yue cannot be accomplished overnight. From worshiping Ya Jing to Ya Jing, and from Ya Jing to national policy, each one is obviously more difficult than the other.
Zhang Yue still "accumulates small victories into big victories" and starts with simple things, small things. From the law of exemption from military service to the sacrifice of Mencius, these are all linked together.
Wang Anshi's reform was the first of its kind. He broke up the annexation with great force and punished wealthy families. However, the results of the reform were so great and the country accumulated so much money. In the end, the benefits of the reform did not fall on the common people.
Since Xining, the people have become more and more miserable as time goes by. Is this what Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi, who are determined to reform, want to see?
You cannot "take it from the people and use it for the people." This is what Zhang Yue feels sad about.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but drink three glasses in a row. He walked to the window sill in a drunken state, holding a wine pot in one hand and a sword decorated in the house with the other.
Looking at the Central Plains, you and I are like today."
Han Jiang listened to Zhang Yue's sudden example of entering Luoyang at a constant temperature. Huan Wen led his army to invade Luoyang. Looking at the Central Plains from the building ship, he saw devastation everywhere, but now Bianjing is full of flowers, which can't be compared.
Zhang Yue was full of drunkenness and said: "Huan Gong came to Xuan like me and said with great emotion, 'This caused the land of China to sink and ruins that lasted for hundreds of years. Wang Yifu (Wang Yan) and others had to take responsibility for it!'"
"Yuan Hu and others said, 'There will be failures and rises of fortune. How can it be everyone's fault?'"
"However, Duke Huan was stunned and looked around. He said to the four sittings, 'Have you heard about Liu Jingsheng? He has a big ox weighing a thousand catties and eats beans ten times as much as an ordinary ox. He can carry a heavy load for a long distance, which is no more than a piece of shit."
"Wei Wu entered Jingzhou and cooked food for his soldiers. Everyone was happy about it."
"Everyone was shocked when they heard this."
At this point, Zhang Yue laughed heartily and pointed the long sword in his hand. How had Han Jiang ever seen Zhang Yue like this?
Huan Wen lamented that the Central Plains had been ruined by Wu Huanhua, but Yuan Hu said that this was all fate and luck, and Wang Yan and the others could not be blamed. But Huan Wen said angrily, do you know Liu Biao? One cow in his family eats more than ten.
There are more oxen, but they can't carry as much as one cow can carry.
After Cao Cao entered Jingzhou, he killed the cow and gave it to his soldiers to eat. Everyone at the time applauded him.
Under Zhang Yue's drunkenness, he stood a little unsteadily and said: "Today Wang Anshi kills the cow, and you and I cook it to feed the world. Why not enjoy it? Don't imitate Wang Yifu and make future generations laugh."
Han Jiang nodded and said: "Those who govern the world should put the people first! This is the prime minister."
What is [Slaughter]?
In the Spring and Autumn Period, even in the doctor's house, the person who used a knife to divide the meat at every meal, whoever ate more meat or who ate less meat, did the work of the butler.
Whether it's Zhang Yue's reform of the law of service or Mencius' justice, everything is for the sake of "people-oriented".
Therefore, the purpose of the reform is that the benefits should fall on the heads of the people!