Chapter 1,137 The victory or defeat is discussed in the Golden Palace
Chapter 1145: Discussing victory or defeat in the Golden Palace
In Wang Gui's mansion.
Wang Gui did not attend the banquet in Daqing Hall due to physical discomfort, but he was not idle either.
His son Wang Zhongxiu and his youngest son Wang Zhongyi, who both knew Taichang Liyuan, were sitting in the courtyard, looking happy.
"My dear father, yesterday we took advantage of the low price and bought 100,000 Guan Jiaozi. Today, Lanzhou has gained 30%, and now we have sold all of it," Wang Zhongyi said.
Wang Zhongxiu was a little dissatisfied and said: "I thought it was too early to sell. If I had been more generous, I'm afraid it would have risen even more in the future."
Wang Gui said: "I think this place is just right. Don't be greedy too much, but know how to leave some for others."
"Yes, father." Wang Zhongyi was very happy to see his father supporting him, and said with a smile: "The child still keeps five hundred strings in his hand, just as a thought."
Wang Zhongxiu smiled and said: "Father, this is 30,000 yuan. It is much easier to get money. I learned before that the 800,000-strong Xixia army attacked Lanzhou, and our third brother made a lot of money in the exchange.
I even made tens of thousands of dollars even though I had nothing to do with it."
Wang Zhongxiu's third brother did a lot of short selling on the Exchange for Wang Zhongshan.
Because the stock exchange order is for delivery on the next day, people often take advantage of the opportunity to get the news in advance to deliberately short-sell. After short-selling, they buy again after the delivery price plummets before the next day's delivery to earn the price difference.
Wang Zhongxiu said with a smile: "In the past, it was not easy to save some money cautiously, but who would have thought that going to the exchange office is like picking up money."
Wang Gui frowned when he heard this and said, "You should stop when it's enough."
"I have been Prime Minister for many years, and in the end I cannot help but leave a thought for my descendants. I have left my official career up and down, and I am somewhat unwilling to do so. But..."
Wang Zhongxiu said: "Dad, the world is like this. How many officials in the world don't put money in their pockets? But I have a sense of proportion in my heart and know what money should be taken and what money should not be taken."
"Besides eating meat, you should also leave some soup for others to drink." Wang Gui said: "Since you know how not to use money, don't show off. Let others take the limelight. It is serious for us to seize some tangible benefits.
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Both of them agreed, knowing that Wang Gui was alluding to the fact that Zhang Yue had left him to lead hundreds of officials to congratulate him today.
However, the two of them get along with each other, and there is some tacit understanding between them.
In another history of time and space, Wang Zhongshan, Wang Gui's son, was Qin Hui's father-in-law. He married his daughter to Qin Hui and gave her a dowry of 200,000 yuan.
Wang Zhongshan and Wang Zhongyi were officials of the Song Dynasty and served as magistrates of the state. After the Jin soldiers came over, they surrendered the gold without integrity.
After Qin Hui became prime minister, he cleared these two men of their crimes and re-appointed officials.
The Wang family really did not make a mistake in recruiting this good son-in-law.
Wang Gui closed his eyes and rested, leaning on the chair and swaying. He had a premonition that the struggle between the old and the new parties would be inevitable in the future, and the official's health was not good. When the time came, he would be on the stage and might not be able to get off the stage smoothly.
Instead of seeking the country, it is better to retire and actually seek some benefits for yourself and leave it to your descendants.
Wang Gui is clear about the principle of being prepared for danger even in times of peace.
In the Daqing Palace, the victory banquet had already begun. The officials wanted to give the gift of wine, but they were dissuaded by the officials.
There were thousands of officials attending the banquet. The official throne sat high up in the hall facing north and south. On the east side were wine bottles and wine utensils, and on the west side was the imperial tea table with meals.
Because of Zhang Yue's contribution to the great victory in Lanzhou, he sat on the same rank as the emperor.
His Royal Highness has civil servants in the east and military ministers in the west. They all sit from high to low according to their closeness to the official family or their official position.
This is the first time Zhang Yue has sat in this seat. In the past, when Zhang Yue met Han Qi, Fu Bi, and Wang Anshi, he had sat in this seat during banquets in the palace. But today, Wang Gui was not present, so Zhang Yue had to occupy this seat.
Almost every time there was a banquet, my seat was adjusted, starting from sitting next to the palace door all the way to sitting next to the emperor.
This was because he had a high official position when he was released. At least he had never sat on the flower halls and gallery seats on both sides.
During the feast, musicians played music, and under the steps the hall was filled with officials in auspicious robes.
Seeing all the officials toasting to the official family and himself, Zhang Yue suddenly felt a little dazed. He remembered that when he was a humble official, he went to a banquet with Su Shi one day.
At the banquet, there were all praises and praises, but below, Su Shi whispered to himself: "What is a peaceful and prosperous age? It can only be achieved when you dare to express your voice."
Zhang Yue felt happy in his heart at that time, and even laughed and scolded Su Shi for being really tricky.
The sound of attacking the soil is the song of attacking the soil.
I work when the sun rises and rest when the sun sets. I dig wells and drink, and plow the fields and eat. What do I have from the imperial power!
This is a ballad that was widely circulated during the reign of Yao and Shun.
An old farmer can complain about Yao.
At that time, both Zhang Yue and Su Shi disliked Wang Anshi. They both complained about each other in private and did not agree with Wang Anshi's suppression of criticism.
Su Shi believed that Wang Anshi was a good husband only if he could openly criticize the New Deal.
Zhang Yue remembered that he was convinced at that time, but now... his position and views are different.
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There are nine cups of wine in total at the royal banquet, and the dishes are changed between each cup. Between the first five cups and the last four, there is no drinking for half an hour, thinking that the monarch and his ministers are chatting.
The official was in high spirits today and asked Zhang Yue with a red face: "Zhang Qing, why can Lanzhou win this time?"
All the officials present also put down their wine bottles and listened to the conversation between Zhang Yue and the officials.
What was the secret behind this Lanzhou victory? What did Zhongshu do right?
Zhang Yue put down his wine cup and faced the emperor's question and said: "It all depends on your majesty's wise decision. I don't know about it."
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The official said: "After Liu Bang conquered the world, he held a banquet with his ministers as he does today. He described Xiao He as a meritorious man and the other founding officials as meritorious dogs."
"I have already said that you are my Xiao He."
"Today's grand banquet, the success or failure of this event should be learned by future generations. Please don't hesitate to say it. Not only me, but also all the princes in the dynasty want to know." The official asked with a smile.
The ministers all said yes with a bang.
The officials present, whether they obey Zhang Yue or not, all wanted to hear some truth from Zhang Yue's mouth.
But I saw Xue Xiang holding a glass of wine and saying, "Prime Minister Zhang, please drink this cup before talking."
Zaizhi held the cup for himself, and Zhang Yue had no choice but to take it and take a sip, saying, "It's too small to drink all the way."
At the banquet, the king and his ministers all laughed.
Everyone knows that Zhang Yue has a good drinking habit, so he is being modest.
The atmosphere has been enhanced to this point, so I will share my experience as a success.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, at the end of the Five Seasons, the warlords were divided and the country was ruled by ordinary men. Their divisions were brave and good at fighting. They can be said to be heroes. The Han family has been inferior since ancient times."
"Emperor Taizu Taizong was born during the Five Seasons Rebellion. He saw ministers regicide and sons regicide their fathers. The king is not king, the ministers are not ministers, the father is not father, and the son is not son. The laws of nature are almost destroyed, so the system is replaced.
With today’s peaceful scene in the country.”
There is a saying that the end of the Tang Dynasty and the end of the Five Dynasties were the ceiling of the entire Han nation’s military strength.
The profession of professional soldiers and the high level of military organization are unmatched by previous dynasties. Just taking the scale of the Battle of Xiangji Temple and the Battle of Yecheng, the high proportion of troops killed in action on both sides can be called the pinnacle of ancient battles.
But in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, if you kill me, I will kill you, and everyone will be ruined.
After a good sleep at night, a group of military generals rushed to your room and said to you, "We have been unhappy with Jiedushi for a long time. Let's go together and kill Jiedushi tonight, and you will be Jiedushi from now on."
If you dare to say no, you will be killed by these people first. Then they will find the next one.
Sometimes you really don't want to rebel, it's the people below who put a knife on your neck to force you to rebel. Anyone who has experienced that era will have nightmares every night.
In the end, Zhao Da and Zhao Er implemented a system of using civil servants to control military forces, which completely suppressed the phenomenon of warriors ruling the country at the end of the Five Dynasties. In the end, they went too far... they cut them too much and turned their own soldiers and horses into waste.
"The difficulty in today's world is how to avoid returning to the Five Seasons Rebellion and how to keep our soldiers and horses as good at fighting as before?"
The official sighed after hearing this.
All the officials also pondered.
Zhang Yue said: "This is the first difficulty, and there are two more difficulties."
Zhang Yue said: "I remember that when I was under the sect of Ouyang Wenzhong, Duke Wenzhong told me that when Duke Li Wenjing (Li Hang) was the prime minister, he said, 'I have no other ability as prime minister, except not to change the court's legal system in order to serve the country."
"I told Mr. Wen Zhong, isn't such a prime minister inappropriate?"
"Uncle Ouyang Yong told his ministers that the most corrupt thing about a prime minister is that he does not think about the actual situation, and in order to gain favor and reputation, he repeatedly changes the laws of his ancestors, and finally ends up redundant troops and administrative affairs."
"Later, the imperial court spent unruly and lacked financial resources, which was all due to self-imposed changes."
Huang Lu, the envoy of the third division who was sitting down, couldn't help showing a look of disdain towards Zhang Yue when he heard this.
It turns out that this sentence was often used by Zhang Yue to show off in Taixue. In fact, Ouyang Xiu told the other party during a casual chat, but Zhang Yue used it to show off.
Today Zhang Yue finally returned the copyright.
What Li Hang and Ouyang Xiu said is difficult to understand.
Even if it is wrong to do things according to the rules in official circles, it is still right; even if it is right to do things not to follow the rules, it is still wrong.
When a new leader takes office and wants to gain favor and reputation, he must establish a few rules.
If something happened and a mistake was made, in order to prevent it from happening next time, we should set up a few more rules.
In order to prevent someone from taking advantage of the loopholes in the rules, a few more rules must be established. In the end, there were more and more rules, resulting in "redundant administration".
Redundant administration eventually led to extremely low organizational efficiency. As a century-old organization in the Song Dynasty, there were inevitably too many system redundancies.
Officials are trapped in the rules for fear of making mistakes, and they collectively choose not to do good things, not seeking merit but seeking no faults.
Zhang Yue read the battle report of the Battle of Lanzhou. Although Liang Yimi repeatedly killed the disobedient Dangxiang tribe leaders, during the military meeting, some leaders still dared to fight with Liang Yimi.
This impressed him deeply.
On the other hand, there are too many smart people in the Song Dynasty, and they all know how to protect themselves, which leads to irresponsibility for the organization.
Why are officials so micro-managed? It's also because the officials below are like toads. They jump when they are poked. If they are not poked, they will not jump.
It's like a child is struggling to do his homework, and the parents have to sit by and supervise, scolding him and writing a question. If you don't pay close attention, the child will dare to hand you a blank paper, and in the end, he can only accompany you to do his homework from childhood to adulthood.
The officials had no choice but to bite the bullet, but micro-management led to worse results.
Therefore, if you want to prevent officials from micromanaging, you must solve the problem of low organizational capacity.
Zhang Yue said: "When I write in Zhongshu, if I establish one thing, I will subtract another thing from somewhere else; if I establish one law, I will subtract one law from somewhere else."
"This is to simplify administration."
"Then how to not interfere in side affairs in the imperial court and at the same time allow the generals below to do their work honestly is the second difficulty."
"In fact, the population of Shaanxi is four times that of Dangxiang, and the money and food are supplied nationwide, so there is no reason for it to be victorious."
"I believe that the previous success or failure was not a problem with the method, but a problem with the system."