Chapter 1,265 Wang Gui’s Ways of Advance and Retreat
Chapter 1273 Wang Gui’s approach to advance and retreat
In the Zhang Mansion.
Zhang Yue and Chen Guan are playing chess.
"Liu Zijing (Liu Changzuo) has ordered the entire army to counterattack. It seems that a great victory is not far away!"
While Wang Gui was still waiting for the news in the duty room of Zhongshu, Zhang Yue, who was on 'sick leave' in the mansion, knew the news earlier than Wang Gui.
At this moment, Zhang Yue smiled and spoke to Chen Guan.
Chen Guan said with a smile: "If Mr. Zhaowen had heard the news in advance, he would definitely have taken the opportunity to buy more salt-banknote items in the market and make a price difference."
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "I don't care about these things. It's not that I don't like them. It's just that doing too many of these things is detrimental to morality."
“You must not be afraid of the ‘Four Knowledges of Yang Zhen’!”
Don't think that God is unaware of anything you do. He always has another way to exist in you.
So don't be afraid that good things will not be known by others, and don't think that bad things will not be known by others. The four knowings in Buddhism are the Tao. When a thought arises, the heaven, earth, ghosts and gods know it, others already know it, and even you don't know it, your mind has already been predicted.
Therefore, Confucianism is right to be cautious about independence. However, it is more taboo to do things intermittently, or the purpose is too heavy.
Seeing Zhang Yue's calm demeanor, Chen Guan became even more impressed and asked: "Students admire the Prime Minister so much! Why has the Prime Minister ruled the country for three years, even if Dang Xiang is no longer a border threat?"
Zhang Yue looked at Chen Guan and said with a smile: "Three years?"
"Do you really think I've only been doing this for three years?"
Chen Guandao: "Students sincerely ask for advice!"
Zhang Yue said: "Since I was entrusted by Your Majesty to take charge of the task of attacking the party, believers have never doubted it, and doubters have never believed it!"
"Everything in the world begins with belief or disbelief! Those who believe will always believe, and those who do not believe will always disbelieve. Each side has its own faction, each saying a word, and attacking each other all day long!"
"Actually, in the eyes of the servant, these two classes of people are the same. They are all too lazy to do anything. They don't know what it means to be a meritorious person!"
Chen Guan looked embarrassed after hearing this and said: "Prime Minister, most people in the world are like this. To be honest, students have heard someone say that it is impossible to attack the party, and they cannot be tolerated."
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "You are right?"
"Achievements are difficult to say, but they are not difficult at all. Among ten people, only one or two can understand the merits of a job."
"Everything in the world must begin with easy things and end with hard ones. It's easy first and then difficult ones. Do it first and then learn it! In normal times, you ask me if it's okay to attack the party? I can't answer you, so I asked Wang Shao to go to Zhigu Weizhai.
I don’t know if we can gain a foothold, but we need to get things done first.”
"After Wang Shao gained a foothold, I went to Xihe Road to lead the troops, and then captured one state after another. Zhao Sizhong (Mu Zheng) surrendered, then rebelled, and rebelled and surrendered again. When the situation calmed down, Gui Zhang killed Jing Sili.
Hou Guizhang was killed by me again, and finally the Qing Tang initially surrendered, but Ali Gu rebelled against the Song Dynasty again, Zhang Zhifu destroyed Liang Yi's burial in Taoshui, and then Ali Gu surrendered, and the Qing Tang completely surrendered..."
Chen Guan listened attentively, and Zhang Yue continued: "Thinking about it till now, it happened over and over again. When I won, some people said I could win. After I lost, some people said I told you so."
"But I never expected what would happen to Qingtang Dangxiang? From the beginning to the end, I was dubious. Some people said that Dangxiang must be destroyed, while others said that Dangxiang cannot be destroyed. I never listened to him."
"But when someone asks me this, how do I answer them? For example, His Majesty once asked me, I said that the party can be eliminated within five years, but now I realize that this was wrong. In fact, I just want to take things step by step.
What will it look like in the end?"
"After the Qing Tang Dynasty completely surrendered, the imperial court's two-pronged attack on Party Xiang returned with a great defeat. The whole government and the public were depressed, and everyone thought that this matter could not be done. However, after I was ordered, I successively captured Lanzhou and Xi'an Prefecture, but was defeated again at the foot of Mingsha City.
, after finally defeating Dangxiang’s 800,000-strong army in Lanzhou City, some people advocated taking advantage of the situation to destroy Dangxiang, and I advocated negotiating a peace..."
"After Liangzhou was captured, the government and the public were emboldened. Now I'm talking about peace, but everyone doesn't believe it... But after the Liao Kingdom intervened, all the officials were suspicious of me..."
Chen Guan had some enlightenment after hearing this. Zhang Yue said to Chen Guan: "It's not that I have foresight, but that I discuss things and do them consistently, while most people in the world just believe or not. So what exactly is merit?"
"When His Majesty opened the Tianzhang Pavilion to me, I already said it. Can we win or not? Can this thing be done? Don't jump to conclusions easily because you don't know much until things are done.
You should listen more to what others say. For example, you can listen to what Lu Huiqing and Sima Guang say. People can believe but not listen to others."
"When you are doing things, you constantly verify your own and others' judgments, and constantly keep the truth and eliminate the false. As you do things, you will realize that many things are harder than reaching the sky, but in the end you get to the point where you look carefully
It’s nothing more than that at first glance.”
Chen Guan was sincerely convinced. Everyone in the world could tell the truth whether he believed it or not, and even experienced it personally. However, people who truly achieved success did not follow this path.
Chen Guandao: "Students understand, what Mr. Wang said at the beginning of the Reform Movement is that 'the power of action will lead to the advancement of knowledge, and the depth of knowledge will lead to greater practice'! Now this truth is applicable everywhere!"
"Now students know what the teacher said, 'if you keep thinking about it, there will be a response'!"
Zhang Yue nodded.
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"Prime Minister! Prime Minister!"
In the viewing room of Zhongshu's East Hall, Wang Gui was awakened.
Wang Gui asked: "What's the matter?"
But seeing a group of officials in red robes surrounding Wang Gui, they said happily: "Prime Minister, we have won, we have won!"
"Shen Cunzhong reported urgently that the Western bandits were defeated in Pingxia City. Tens of thousands of the most elite soldiers and horses of the Western bandits were killed in one fell swoop. From now on, the party is no longer in danger!"
Although Wang Gui knew what he said, he was still very happy.
The officials on the left and right said one after another: "The Prime Minister has made another great contribution in his reign!"
"The prime minister is ruling the world with his bow, and the Western thieves have been wiped out in a moment without making a move!"
"The Prime Minister is strategizing thousands of miles away, he is extremely clever!"
Wang Gui smiled lightly when he heard this, and soon Cai Que came in and congratulated Wang Gui.
Wang Gui, who has been the prime minister for more than ten years, has his own magnanimity and calmly asked: "Does your Majesty know?"
The officials said one after another: "Your Majesty already knows about it and has reported the good news to the Empress Dowager's Palace. The palace has given instructions that Your Majesty has not had a good sleep for several days, so he must have a good rest. I will wait for you as ministers for the rest of the day."
Don't disturb me, we can wait until tomorrow to discuss anything."
Wang Gui sighed: "Your Majesty is really concerned about the country and the people!"
"The Holy Heart is thinking about this, so the officers and soldiers of the three armies are working hard, and the ministers and ministers are also working together!"
Everyone praised: "Today is the end of all the hardships!"
Immediately, Wang Gui asked again: "Does the historian know about us?"
The officials said: "We have already sent someone to report it."
Wang Gui nodded, and an official took the opportunity to say: "With this great victory, there is nothing to do with the historian. Look at it, it doesn't mean that he has to do everything."
Another official laughed and said: "What you said is absolutely true. What you said is absolutely true. Since Mr. Shi Guan has been in poor health recently, just let him rest first."
That being said, everyone knows that the officers and generals selected for the front line this time are all officials and generals appointed by Zhang Yue. However, in the East Hall, the officials all know who they want to speak to.
Wang Gui pinched his beard and smiled slightly when he heard this, looked at Cai Que and said, "What do you think of Zhizheng?"
Cai Que thought about it for a while and then said: "Reporting to the Prime Minister, Dangxiang has been defeated now. If the elite is exhausted as stated in Shen Cunzhong's report, there will no longer be the strength to raise an army to invade. I think Dangxiang's strength is about to be exhausted. Even if we don't
If we go to fight him, I'm afraid it won't be possible to make up for the losses of these tiger and wolf troops who have been fighting for many years in less than ten years."
"At that time, if we didn't talk about attacking me from both sides with the Liao Kingdom, even the Liao Kingdom would have no guarantee that they wouldn't add insult to injury to the party."
"Then we can negotiate a peace treaty with the Liao Kingdom before Mr. Shiguan returns to the court and take advantage of the situation to take advantage of everything!"
An official said: "Yes, the power is in my hands now, no matter what, I can advance and retreat in a right way!"
An official laughed and said: "At this time, even if we return Liangzhou to Dangxiang, they won't dare to take it!"
All the officials laughed when they heard this.
Everyone thought that without Zhang Yue presiding over before, everyone was worried. How to deal with the two-pronged attack by Dangxiang and Liao? No one could give a detailed strategy. So not to mention Wang Gui, even Cai Que was looking forward to Zhang.
The more capable you are of returning to the DPRK to preside over political affairs.
But now that Shen Kuo has won, the situation is naturally different. The Liao Kingdom has now become a single tree, and his intimidation power is not as strong as before.
Since the following things can be taken care of by oneself, why bother asking Zhang Yue to return to the court to take care of state affairs?
In officialdom, the people who are employed are always in the front and the people who are not in use are in the rear. Isn't this the truth?
I begged you Zhang Yue to come back before, but you didn't come back. Now the situation has been reversed, you don't have to go back to the court for the time being, everyone can take care of themselves!
Wang Gui smiled and said: "Everyone's words are reasonable."
"So, it is at this time that we have to ask the Minister of History to return to the court to take charge of matters!"
Everyone was surprised and didn't understand what Wang Gui meant, but Cai Que nodded and said, "Congratulations, Prime Minister!"
Wang Gui slowly stood up from his chair and said with a smile.
"Everyone, please come with me to Mr. Zhang's residence!"
Wang Gui stepped out of the East Hall of Zhongshu, and at this time, officials in auspicious uniforms came to congratulate him one after another.
However, Wang Gui led all the officials to Zhang Yue's mansion!
Wang Gui, who was sitting in the carriage, closed his eyes and meditated. He was indeed old, his energy was much less than before, and he was unable to do many things. When people get older, the most important thing is that their mental strength is not as good as before.
If people don't have the mental energy, they are afraid of trouble and trouble, and are too lazy to take care of anything.
From this aspect, Wang Gui is indeed old, but he is not confused.
Although all the officials were congratulating him, Wang Gui was fully aware of the role he played in it.
Others can pretend to be confused, or flatter themselves all the time because of their power, but Wang Gui himself has to understand that he cannot lie to anyone but himself.
It is said that with little accumulation, those who come after you will be the best, and those who are first in the industry will be the first. Just listen to these words, but you must not take them seriously.
Since you have given yourself a step down, you must get down quickly.
Wang Gui squinted his eyes and looked at the streets of Bianjing and thought, in fact, it is not difficult to be an official, and it is not difficult at all. As the Book of Changes says, a gentleman knows the subtle, the obvious, the soft, and the strong, and he can be a man of ten thousand people.