The official had a good night's sleep. He had never had such a sound sleep in several years.
The emperor drank a lot of wine before going to bed. When he woke up, he sat on the edge of the bed with tears still remaining in the corners of his eyes.
Starting from the first year of Baoyuan, Li Yuanhao rebelled against the Song Dynasty and established himself. He first defeated the Song army at Sanchuankou, then defeated the Song army at Dingchuan Village, and then defeated the Song army at Haoshuichuan. When the news reached Bianjing, Prime Minister Lu Yijian exclaimed that one battle was not as good as the other.
One battle.
Li Yuanhao even uttered wild words, "I want to go to the Weishui River and go straight to Chang'an."
The whole Song Dynasty felt extremely ashamed and humiliated.
Not to mention that the Liao State first increased the currency in Qingli and then demarcated the border in Xining. Although Zhang Yue advocated at that time, Zhang Kai defeated Dang Xiang in Taoshui and was still forced to demarcate a hundred miles of land by the Liao State.
After Xining's ten-year reform, Yuanfeng followed... two generations of prime ministers, Wang Anshi and Zhang Yue, succeeded each other...
Working hard... News came yesterday that Shen Kuo wiped out 200,000 enemies under Pingxia City, and all the elite Dangxiang troops were lost. Li Bingchang, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, only escaped with his own life, the Empress Dowager Liang died in the rebellion, Liang Yibu surrendered to the Song Dynasty, and Dangxiang unified the two armies.
My sister Ledu is embarrassed, and her name is Amian. Once she dies, she will be surrendered.
Countless pieces of fake gold tents, fake large banners, and gold seals made by the former puppet leader Li Yuanhao were seized. As for armors and swords, they captured countless numbers, including tens of thousands of cattle, sheep, camels, and tens of thousands of horses.
When the official saw this letter, Shen Kuo once questioned whether it was fake, but he still read it over and over again. As he read it, tears fell down. He blurred his eyes and wiped them dry before reading it again, and again and again.
After waking up, the official read it again before placing it on the imperial record.
Fifty-five years have passed since the first year of Baoyuan, and this hatred can finally be avenged!
When the official thought of this, he walked to the front of the palace and looked up at the sky, where clouds could be seen thousands of miles away.
His heart has never been so broad.
In history, Zhu Xi once commented that this official "does everything well by himself, but only uses a first-class mediocre person to support him".
But now the officialdom has changed a lot, and finally understands the principle of appointing virtuous ministers instead of doing it personally.
"I used the method of transforming two generations of sages to finally put the country on the right track, rectify the rule of the five generations, and eliminate the hatred of the bloody calendar!"
"I only missed capturing Li Bingchang alive, and my achievements were comparable to those of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty who captured Jie Li alive!"
Soon Zhang Yue will see you.
I am going to court today because I want to sue the Imperial Ancestral Temple.
Zhang Yue's face was still calm when he met the officials. Over the past ten years, the emperor and his ministers had changed a lot.
The official is no longer the moody and angry emperor, his mood swings will not be so obvious, and the situation of waiting in the temple to cry will probably no longer happen. Suddenly Zhang Yue glanced at the imperial case and saw
There were wet marks on Shen Kuo's notes, and he immediately understood something.
"Liangzhou reported that Ali Guye has captured Shazhou and troops are approaching Guazhou!" The officials seemed quite dissatisfied.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty is the emperor, why bother arguing with Ali Gu about this land of hundreds of miles!"
The official said: "I just want the Hexi Corridor to be cheaper than Ali Gu!"
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, the original covenant was to seize all Ali's bones from the Hexi Corridor to contain the party items for us!"
The official said: "One moment and another, now that the main force of the party has been wiped out, the Hexi Corridor can be swept away, so why should we continue to abide by the covenant?"
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, the Liao envoy has been forced to return. Now the war between Song and Liao has not been decided. It is indeed unwise to have a bad relationship with Ali!"
"What's more, Liangzhou is newly settled and people's hearts are not yet attached. It is beyond our reach to take Hexi. It will be given to Ali Gu for a while. It will not be too late to take it after the party is destroyed."
The official sighed: "That's fine, I listen to your words!"
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, you have been following your advice like a stream. You are indeed a holy king!"
The official asked: "Qing Zhang, what do you think the country is most urgent about today?"
Zhang Yue said: "It's urgent that Ming Ming De lead the world!"
The officials looked at Zhang Yue and raised the corners of his mouth.
Guan Jia Dao: "In ancient times, if you want to bring enlightenment and virtue to the world, you must first govern your country. If you want to govern your country, you must first regulate your family. If you want to regulate your family, you must first cultivate your body. If you want to cultivate your body, you must first rectify it.
Heart. If you want to correct your heart, you must first be sincere in your intentions. This is a saying in Taixue. I knew it when I was seven years old."
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, during the reform of Wang Anshi in Xining, he first advocated changing customs and legislating laws; then he advocated a morality. In my opinion, this morality lies between changing customs and legislating laws."
"It is to change customs first, then to change morals, and finally to legislate!"
"The same is true for me."
"What's the difference between your Ming Ming De and Yi De?" the official asked.
Wang Anshi's "One Morality" is based on the Confucian belief that one person has one righteousness and ten people have ten righteousnesses. It emphasizes the unified ideology.
Zhang Yue almost jumped up to oppose this matter at the beginning. In the Taixue case, the Six Direct Talks were dismissed for opposing the reform, and Zhang Yue was promoted to the general magistrate of Qinzhou. This was related to Wang Anshi's "one morality".
All the officials said mockingly: "When you were a junior minister, you were demoted because you opposed moral principles."
"Now that I am the prime minister, I still speak clearly about morality!"
In the beginning, it was for the sake of protecting one's own interests that I opposed morality as a junior minister. Now, I do it for my own interests as a prime minister by practicing righteousness.
Just like locusts have two colors, locusts that live alone are green, which can help you hide and protect yourself.
Locusts living in groups are black, which is a warning color for attack and also for protecting themselves.
What is the purpose of morality? It is to reduce internal friction in the organization by unifying the ideology.
But internal friction is inherent in an organization and is unavoidable.
However, the necessary internal friction in the organization is also benign. This is why the Huangs and Song Dynasties always insisted on mixing different opinions. This is like a person who pays too much attention to hygiene, then this person must be unhygienic.
As long as the unity is greater than internal friction, an organization is in the expansion zone. If the internal friction is greater than unity, it is in the shrinkage zone. So you have to grasp a certain degree in the middle.
Coercive morality can be used in the short term, but it is harmful and useless in the long term. However, unified ideology must be emphasized.
So Ming Ming De came out.
The first Ming is a verb, showing the meaning of carrying forward, and the second Ming De, beautiful morality.
I do not unify morality, but advocate the manifestation of "clear virtue".
For example, you can oppose the reform and restructuring, okay, I allow it. I am not so narrow-minded, I will expel all you opponents, and even allow you to exist in the temple. But I re-appoint officials who support the reform and restructuring, and you can't control it.
The officials have suppressed dissident opinions more severely in recent years. For example, the Xiangzhou case, the Wutai Shi case, and the Taixue Yufan case were all major prisons run by the officials through Cai Que.
The opposition in the temple was almost wiped out.
Even Sima Guang and other opponents were too afraid to speak.
Therefore, Zhang Yue used the lighter "Ming Ming De" to replace the official "One Morality" which was more severe than Wang Anshi. You must know that in addition to Su Shi in the Wutai Poetry Case, more than 30 officials including Sima Guang were fined copper. The warning does not mean
It's not heavy.
Now that Liangzhou has been conquered and Pingxia City has been victoriously defeated, Your Majesty, you should let the people below to "open up their voices" appropriately.
But you can't say that in name.
You Zhangyue proposed a "Ming Ming De", which seems to have the same meaning as the official family, to control the following meaning, but in fact the intention is to moderately relax.
When people are in good times, it is easy to accept different opinions, but in adversity it is difficult.
Tian Feng’s example should always be kept in mind.
Advising officials when they are in the best mood often yields the best results.
The official was confused by Zhang Yue at first, but now he finally understood what Zhang Yue meant. He glanced at Zhang Yue and finally said: "If you can attack the heart, the side will disappear. From ancient times, we know that soldiers are not warlike."
"If you don't assess the situation, it will be a mistake to be lenient and strict. Later, when you govern Shu, you need to think deeply."
"Is this what Qing and Su Shi said back then?"
Zhang Yue's heart trembled. The official still remembered the origin of this heart-attacking couplet.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty is wise, when I was at Ouyang Xiu's house, and I was writing poems with Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe and Zeng Gong, I happened to draw Zhuge Liang, so I wrote a poem based on it."
The official said: "I think that when there is no trial, leniency and severity are both wrong! This sentence is the best!"
Zhang Yue said happily: "Everyone said that you have done the right thing, but I can't repay your majesty's kindness in knowing you!"
Zhang Yue's words really came from the bottom of his heart. What kind of temperament did this official have in history? Zhu Xi's evaluation was quite good. But the official's ability to entrust important matters to himself was beyond his expectation.
Zhang Yue is such a person, it doesn't matter if you don't reuse me.
There are four mantras to follow when traveling: do not sell your skills at a low price, do not teach the Tao lightly, do not follow the path of a teacher, and do not knock on the door of a doctor.
You don't have the attitude to ask for your help, so why should I help you? If I force you to help, it will be the wrong cause and effect.
Therefore, the officials were willing to let him help him, so he became a wise king and a wise prime minister. Although the most noble person is himself, this matter is mutually beneficial.
If people always put gratitude in their mouths and in their hearts, their luck will explode. You think that going from 1 to 100 is your ability, but without 0 to 1, you are nothing.
Seeing Zhang Yue acting like this, the officials once again showed their emotions. They helped Zhang Yue up and said, "How could I be today without you!"
"Please stay here and continue to serve as prime minister!"
Zhang Yue raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, I am not a person who gets rich by breaking his promises. If I set a precedent, how can I establish a system in the future?"
"Your Majesty confided in me sincerely, and I also made presumptuous remarks. The emperor's sixth son is already seven years old, and he is at the age of studying. I would like to ask your majesty to select a good teacher to teach him after he canonizes him next month, for the sake of future generations!"
The official looked at Zhang Yue, his expression uncertain.
Zhang Yue's words would definitely offend the emperor if ordinary people said them, but since he was a close minister, he could say this.
The official asked: "Is it too early?"
Zhang Yue decided to speak more clearly: "Your Majesty, the prince's education is a top priority, and he must invite a master to teach him. Seven years old is the age of enlightenment, so don't be hasty!"
The official asked: "Qing Zhang, what is the art of the emperor?"
Zhang Yue said: "Reporting this to Your Majesty is to show your virtue to the world!"
The official looked at Zhang Yue slightly and said thoughtfully: "Yes, it depends on the clear virtue, not just one morality!"
"My method of governing the world will also change!"
After a pause, the official said: "Then do you have anyone in mind?"
Zhang Yue said: "Cai Bian, the master of the daily life, can teach the university, and Cheng Yi, the official of Taixue, can teach the mean!"
Upon hearing this, the official thought that Zhang Yue's personnel arrangement was also very interesting. The official said: "I heard that Cheng Yi was in Taixue, and he once said that you were wrong!"
Zhang Yue said: "Although Cheng Yi has scolded his ministers, his character and morals are impeccable!"
"Cheng Yi's studies are profound and profound, and can be compared with Cai Bian's studies in detail!"
The officials thought that they were starting to have different opinions so early.
The official said: "Since you said so, I will follow your arrangements! It will be one month after the emperor's sixth son is canonized!"
Zhang Yue was very pleased. This was not because the emperor trusted him and allowed his disciple to be the teacher of the six emperors. It meant that the future national policy line would have continuity!
Finally, the official said to Zhang Yue: "You don't need to thank me. If you are not your minister, why should I sue the Imperial Ancestral Temple?"