Chapter 1,283 I’m fighting in the court (two updates combined into one)
Chapter 1291 I’m fighting in the court (two updates combined into one)
"Prime Minister, Cai really wants to harm my brother!" In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Zhang Yue faced Su Zhe's words.
Zhang Yue was sitting and playing chess. He was holding a chess book in one hand and arranging the chess pieces facing the chessboard.
After hearing what Su Zhe said, Zhang Yue said: "I understand. I am not in the court today. When I heard that the decree was issued, it was already too late."
"It was too late to save Zizhan."
Cai Que also made a time lag, and while he was taking a bath yesterday, he suddenly issued a bullet to impeach Su Shi. The emperor was furious and issued an edict, demoting Su Shi to the position of magistrate of Ruzhou.
Zhang Yue read some of He Zhengchen's papers and picked up some poems written by Su Shi in Korea and dedicated them privately to the ruler of Korea.
Wang Hui, the leader of the Goryeo Kingdom, held Su Shi in high regard, and could even be described as worshiping him. Su Shi may have been sad that he was depressed in the Song Dynasty, but he was so highly regarded by the Goryeo King. So he praised Wang Hui Ji when he presented a poem to him at the end of the banquet.
The standards in the poem were a bit high, which aroused the emperor's displeasure.
This feeling is like in a relationship between a man and a woman, I feel angry with you but feel warmed by other women.
Originally these poems were circulated in the royal court of Goryeo, but they were secretly recorded by people with ulterior motives. In addition, Su Shi advocated that the Song Dynasty and Goryeo share the same text, and at the same time, as an ally of Khitan in restricting sea routes, he proposed a series of preferential trade policies for Goryeo, so they were
Impeachment involves foreign countries.
Although the charges that Huang Yan impeached Su Shi were somewhat false, he was afraid that he would not be able to save Su Shi at the time.
Zhang Yue looked at Su Che's angry look and said, "Ziyou, as a person in power, the most important thing is to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, instead of going down the mountain to fight with the tiger."
"The reason why Cai Que attacked Brother Ling was because he was worried that he would not be taken seriously by the emperor."
"Of course you blame me for this."
Su Zhe saluted him. He was very talented in politics and knew the context clearly. He also knew why Cai Que suddenly attacked his brother. Su Zhe said: "The Prime Minister's words are serious."
"Su has been collecting charges against Cai Chizheng and his gang members over the years. The prime minister previously advised me to settle the matter, and Su listened."
"Unexpectedly, Cai Chizheng struck preemptively this time. It will be difficult to deal with it in the future."
Su Che had always intended to embarrass Cai Que, but he had always been suppressed by Zhang Yue before, but now Cai Que took the lead in making things difficult for Huang Yan.
After hearing this, Zhang Yue thought that impeachment was like this. He had to strike first to gain the upper hand, and the person who strikes later would be very powerless if he rebutted.
If Su Che impeached Cai Que first, and then Cai Que retaliated against Su Shi, it would appear that the other party was seeking revenge for personal reasons.
Even if Su Zhe had strong evidence now, he would not be able to win people's trust if he presented it.
Zhang Yue said: "Ziyou, when I asked you to check the accounts and collect evidence from Lu Jifu, he burned down the third division. Didn't I let him succeed in the first place?"
"What happened to Lu Jifu later? He was dismissed as prime minister and left the capital."
Su Zhe heard this and said: "Prime Minister, it was Su who was reckless. He was really eager before."
"But Cai Que has evil intentions. He said before that he would burn books to embarrass scholars and suppress speech. I think the next step will be to accuse a deer of a deer. At this moment, the prime minister must nip the evil in its bud and must not tolerate it."
Su Che repeatedly asked Zhang Yue to take action against Cai Que.
Zhang Yue glanced at him and continued to put words on the chessboard, and said slowly: "Ziyou, Lan Ke's real secrets are so magical. One game has brought spring several times. Once you come out of the cave, you are invincible. You have to be merciful and merciful."
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"When we play chess, we have to 'forgive others when we have to.' It doesn't matter if you make a move first!"
Su Zhe was immediately disappointed after hearing this. He had been bullied to death by Cai Que. Did the Prime Minister still delay in speaking out?
Zhang Yue placed another piece on the chessboard, and then changed the topic and said: "But there is a saying that you have to be merciful and you have to be merciful, and there is another saying that you can't beat the opponent if you come out of the hole!"
"You are not invincible, how can you be merciful to others!"
Su Zhe was overjoyed when he heard this.
Zhang Yue said: "I have been reluctant to take action because I was worried about causing party strife. I will give you and your brother an explanation for this matter."
"Please Prime Minister, please uphold justice!" Su Che thanked him and left.
Zhang Yue thought to himself, if he repeatedly forced the old party and the new party to stop causing trouble in the court.
Now that Cai has indeed broken his own rules and taken the initiative to attack Su Shi, he must take action.
Cai Que has been provoking trouble and opposing his own "Ming Ming De" for more than a day or two. What he said to Su Zhe before was also to let him know his difficulties, because standing behind Cai Que is actually the emperor. Your Excellency, the emperor
The way is to transcend the contradiction and let the people below get caught in the contradiction.
So Cai really wants to create contradictions even if there are no contradictions.
Regardless of Cai Que's goal, whether he wins or loses, as long as the emperor can always be in the position of arbiter, Cai Que will win.
So how to deal with Cai Que?
Zhang Yue knew deep in his heart that he must use his own strengths to attack Cai Que's weaknesses. If he went to the emperor to complain, and finally let Cai Que get a few scoldings, his purpose would be achieved.
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"Zuo Cheng, Zuo Cheng, someone wrote a letter to Wenguyuan to impeach Huang Yan for misuse of ministerial money when he was the prime minister of Sinong Temple!"
"Han Zhongyan took advantage of the imperial examination to correct Xu Ming, Zhou Song and other ministers and provincial officials, delaying matters and not reporting them, so they were dismissed from their posts!"
After hearing this, Cai Que gently waved the fan at his hand. He Zhengchen, who was standing beside him, looked at Cai Que's expression towards Qi and Xing Shu.
Huang Yan heard this and laughed loudly: "Well done! Well done!"
As the person involved, Huang Yan looked at the copied transcripts calmly, as if he didn't care at all.
"Choice for impeachment?" Cai Que also sneered, "Could Zhang San have lost his mind?"
Everyone knows that Huang Yan is the supervisory censor. Although he is Cai Que's thug, generally speaking, when the censor is in office, he has a first-class aura. Yan Guan has the qualifications to hear things, you dare to impeach Yan
Officials just block people's mouths and prevent them from talking. What's more, Huang Yan just impeached Su Shi.
Huang Yan said: "Zuo Cheng, you don't need to pay attention. You can show the world. Is Zhang San going to become the prime minister?"
"Aren't you even allowed to speak? What's the use of being an official?"
"With such revenge, isn't his ambition clearly revealed? I think Zhang San wants to be like Sima Yi!"
Huang Yan burst out with anger.
No one spoke.
He Zhengchen said: "Zhang Sanlang is definitely out of his mind. Who would have thought that choosing him to impeach Su Zizhan would hit his weak spot."
Xing Shu said: "I see from Zhang San that he will soon be the prime minister, and now he won't pretend anymore. Husbands don't fight, so no one in the world will fight for him, so they won't do this anymore."
"I directly argued with Zuo Cheng."
Cai Quedao: "If that's the case, I'm not afraid of him. The more cliquey he is to protect Su Zizhan, the more it appears that he wants to form cliques in the government for personal gain."
"Isn't the emperor afraid of the merger of the Fujian and Shu parties?"
"Could it be that after he withdrew from Zhang San, he still wanted to control the government?"
Huang Yan stood up and said: "Zuo Cheng, I will confront Zhang San in the court hall tomorrow to see how he treats me!"
"Dare you stop the Prime Minister? Don't you want the position anymore?" Cai Que said.
Huang Yan said: "As long as you are willing to be killed, what does it matter to the prime minister?"
Cai Quedao: "It doesn't have to be like this. Several of us are officials and have come from humble backgrounds, and you chose the right one to be the censor. Didn't His Majesty just take a fancy to your integrity?"
"Zhang San can only use trivial details like the minister's money to embarrass you."
Huang Yan said: "Yes, although he, Zhang San, is an honest official and has a very upright character. But there are so many businesses in his family. Who knows that half of the land on Xihe Road has been bought by Zhang Wu, Wen and several wealthy families!"
"Zhang's party has controlled the imperial court's economy for so many years. The party has been investigating from top to bottom. How many people except Huang Anzhong can stay out of the matter?"
He Zhengchen said: "Zuo Cheng, I will collect the charges and present them directly to His Majesty!"
Xing Shu quickly said: "Everyone, if this is the case, it will cause a big fuss. The Liao army is still in the east of the river, and your Majesty does not want to see the rise of party disputes between the DPRK and China."
"I think it's better to discuss it with Zhang San, as long as everyone is willing to take a step back."
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After Yuanfeng's restructuring, the imperial ginseng system also changed.
It is divided into four categories: Japanese ginseng, six ginseng, Wangwang ginseng, and Shuoshen ginseng.
Japanese ginseng means one ginseng per day. Those who are above the rank of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, above the rank of the Minister of the Ministry of Public Affairs, above the rank of the Minister of the Ministry of Secretariat, above the rank of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, above the rank of Zhongcheng of the Censor, and the two deans of the privy council are the Japanese ginseng officers, who have to go to see the emperor every day.
As for the officials of the other three provinces, the Yushitai official and the temple superintendent are called Liushen officials. The so-called Liushen refers to the original five-day daily life. Because they meet six times a month, they are called Liushen officials.
As for Shuowang Shen, it is the official of the two ginsengs. They are the temple supervisors and officials above Dali Temple's evaluator. They come to the court twice on the two days of Shuowang every month.
Finally, there are the Shuoshen officials, who are also the Yueshen officials. Officials above Tongzhilang should come to the court on the first day of every month to take part in the ceremony, just once a month.
Therefore, after the reform, the higher the official position, the more often he could see the emperor, and the lower the official position, the less often he could see the emperor. This also made it easier for officials, big and small, to avoid having to run to the palace whenever they had nothing to do.
The Japanese ginseng officer is basically the category of the attendant officer in the past. He can get the treatment of discussing thoughts with the emperor day and night, and can even go directly to ask for permission.
Originally, the official class order was based on miscellaneous pressure.
The miscellaneous pressure is a ranking formula that calculates the total of the job title and the official name. Now that the system of job title is removed, the calculation of the miscellaneous pressure is much simpler. The meaning of the official position is also clear at a glance.
On this day, it was Wangsui, and officials from the foreign DPRK were on duty outside.
But the Prime Minister was not in this group, but played the duel alone.
Zhang Yue and Wang Gui's Zhongshu, both provinces under his sect, can play in pairs in separate classes.
But major matters are mainly discussed during the official shift in the Shangshu Province.
Wang Gui, Zhang Yue, and the left and right ministers Cai Que and Wang Anli, who were the ministers of the Shangshu Province, reported political matters in front of the emperor.
Cai Quedao: "Your Majesty, Zhongshu requires Shangshu to move the pass to Zhongshu from now on, and the word 'Shang' should be added as a sign of respect."
"I think this move is very inappropriate. The three provinces are all under the jurisdiction of the emperor, and political affairs come from their own initiative. The three provinces should be equal and resist each other with etiquette. How can there be any intention of Zhongshu to be superior to Shangshu Province?"
Cai Jing believed that the power of Zhongshu today was indeed too great. The Zhongshu Province where Zhang Yue was located not only had the power to take orders, but also had the power to deal with "lawlessness", and also had the personnel power to remove officials below the rank of attendant.
Therefore, Zhongshu Province has the most arrogant attitude among the three provinces.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, the weight of the power is the weight of the etiquette. How can I change it just because of the weight of the power? Besides, I am also the minister Zuopushe. How can I despise the minister of ministers and attach importance to the province of ministers because he is also the minister of Zhongshu?"
"Nowadays, Zhongshu makes orders and does the lawless things, and Shangshu follows them. Although the three provinces each perform their own responsibilities, there is no distinction between superior and inferior. Once the government orders are chaotic and cannot be unified, who will rule them?"
Officials said: "The three provinces have the same structure. Zhongshu Sheng will discuss it carefully. Shangshu Sheng will listen to Zhongshu in planning and implementation. There is nothing wrong with it."
Zhang Yue smiled slightly when he heard this.
Being an official is like this. You have to be sensitive to any power. You not only have to guard your own, but you also have to usurp other people's.
Go tell the other party that this is mine, and this is mine too, and you must use fierce force to snatch it. Power is like sailing against the current. If you don’t snatch it from others, others will snatch it from you.
Now that Zhongshu is strong, he has no reason not to weaken the power of Shangshu and his two provinces bit by bit.
Cai Quedao: "Your Majesty, after Zhongshu received the decree, several cases were approved and implemented by himself without going through the Shangshu Province."
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, Minister, the process here is too long. If things are progressing but not going well, there is no need to plan some small things."
Cai Quedao: "Your Majesty, since this is the way to pass the test and set a time limit for each incident, if any official fails to do it, he will be punished by passing the test. Zhongshu bypassed the minister and saved the text, so it was originally agreed that the subordinates would review it.
, what is the use of being a minister?"
The official said: "All plans of Zhongshu must be implemented by the Minister!"
Check out the correct version one by one!
Cai Que got another chance from Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue often bypassed the Shangshu Province to give orders to the ministries and temples, and did not follow the procedures, so there was indeed something wrong with him.
However, Cai can indeed say this, but in fact Zhang Yue will do this again in the future.
Zhang Yue often ordered his subordinates to do this first since things were still being processed under the minister's door.
It seems that liking "micro-management" is a common quality of every high-ranking person. When Zhang Yue was a minister, he complained about the micro-management of the government all day long, and it was "really good" when he became the prime minister.
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During the tea break, Wang Gui, Zhang Yue, Cai Que, Wang Anli and others were chatting and laughing.
The few people chatting as if the overt and covert fight just now did not exist at all, which is not to say that they are fake.
We have seen enough storms and waves, and we have all seen the despicable side of human nature. Everyone competes with profit as the starting point.
There are not bad people here, but there are definitely no stupid people, and stupid people are sometimes much worse than bad people.
Cai Que sipped the tea and said: "Prime Minister, your Majesty split the Zhongshu Menxia into two provinces under the Zhongshu Men, just because you don't want anyone to monopolize the power of the Prime Minister. Now the Prime Minister doesn't think that Zhongshu Province is better than the original Zhongshu Menxia.
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What Cai Que meant was that Yuanfeng's restructuring split the Zhongshu clan into two, which meant that the emperor wanted to suppress the power of the prime minister. However, Zhang Yue became prosperous and took over all the power, causing the power ratio of the Zhongshu clan to decline.
The previous Zhongshu disciples were quite powerful. If the emperor had not seen that Zhang Yue would resign in one year, he would not have tolerated it until now.
Zhang Yue thought to himself that this was not the case. Historically, Cai Jing during Huizong's time was more powerful than he was now. The government reformed the system and divided the power of the prime minister, which in the end created the power of the prime minister.
Zhang Yue said: "Be honest, I don't like to do things by myself. I just have to do it."
"You will know this after you become Prime Minister."
Cai Quexin said, isn't Zhang Yue scolding them for being too incompetent? Does Zhang Yue have to push everything to him?
Cai Que said: "Prime Minister, what I, Cai Que, regret most is that I did not find a good marriage! Other than that, I don't think there is anything I am not qualified for."
Zhang Yue said: "Not only that, I know you are also determined to reform the government, but reforming the government is like felling wood."
"A tree is too big, too deep-rooted and leafy. If you use a knife to chop it with an axe, you will not only cut down the tree, but also hurt yourself. You can only hold the tree together and shake it from side to side. When the soil loosens, the roots will come out.
, the final word.”
"You have the courage to take responsibility, but if you are too hasty and don't know how to hold back, you will fall into chaos in the future and end up in deep trouble."
Cai Que shook his head after listening to Zhang Yue's words and said: "Cai is ignorant and cannot understand the prime minister's wise way of protecting himself. Of course, Duke Jing will not understand either."
Zhang Yue smiled and shook his head.
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Continue the meeting afterwards.
The following is Huang Lu, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who went out to make a financial report.
The treasury has been spending money like water.
The Dangxiang side was not peaceful, and the Shaanxi Five-Road Imperial Court maintained hundreds of thousands of troops. However, the war with the Liao Kingdom in Hedong broke out again, which delayed the Song army's attack on Dangxiang.
At the same time, in order to cope with the Liao army moving south, the imperial court prepared for war in various areas of Hebei and set up three auxiliary armies near the capital, which all led to the increasing expansion of the imperial court's financial expenditure.
The money Wang Anshi and Zhang Yue had obtained before was gradually unable to support such a large stall.
While talking, Huang Lu ordered people to bring thick materials.
Finance has always been a two-way street. What should I do if I don’t have enough money?
Choose one to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.
There are two ways to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, one is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure outward, and the other is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure inward.
Huang Ludao: "Your Majesty, the Yuanfeng Accounting Records revised by me have been completed. Previously, they were edited by the Third Division, Zhongshu Accounting Department. Later, due to a fire in the Third Division, the accounts were lost. I searched everywhere again, and after the restructuring, the Account Department was established.
.The accounts of the minister in charge of the world have finally been compiled into a book."
"Accountants live within their means to prevent failure to pay and to save money."
Zhang Yue looked at the thick account book. He originally planned to make this account, but it was interrupted when Lu Huiqing burned the third division. Now Huang Lu made the accounting again on the premise that the third division's accounts were burned.
Really impressive.
Cai Que said: "Your Majesty, salt banknotes and jiaozi are now popular among the people. Since the income is not enough, more salt banknotes and jiaozi are printed to alleviate the urgent need."
Zhang Yue glanced at Cai Que and thought, "You don't have to be so anxious to show off."
Huang Lu said: "Your Majesty, since ancient times, nothing has enriched the country and benefited the people more than coins. Over the years, the imperial court has had great difficulty in convincing the merchants and common people that salt banknotes can be used as coins. The imperial court has set up Jiaoyinjian as the Quanfu to regulate wealth. There is no need to make copper coins every year, and iron coins
Money, you can save millions of coins from the salt banknote exchange!"
"This method of killing the goose to get the eggs and depleting the lake to catch fish must not be practiced."
Business social credit comes first.
How to make people treat banknotes as real gold and silver is a top priority for the court.
Otherwise, once there is a financial shortage, the excessive issuance of banknotes will lead to severe inflation, which is an act that destroys credit.
The Southern Song Dynasty was able to use Huizi for hundreds of years because the superiors knew how to exercise restraint.
The official looked at Zhang Yue and asked, "In your opinion, is there any other way for the court to increase its financial income?"
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, there is."
"You all don't believe that there is a way to make money out of thin air, but it does exist, and that is trade."
"I told your Majesty before..."
Zhang Yue told a story to the emperor before, which is a replica of the story of the prisoner of war camp in later generations.
A man took a bag of food and walked around the bartering prisoner-of-war camp and made several transactions. When he came out, he not only had the same amount of food, but also had a few more apples.
This is how wealth can be generated through the exchange of goods and services.
This is different from the original sin theory that businessmen only buy low and sell high, but do not produce.
A country with developed commerce and increased trade can create wealth. The Wealth of Nations also says that social division of labor and free trade can create more wealth.
Next, Zhang Yue changed his painting style and said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, Goryeo does not have the method of spring house like China. There is only a small amount of silver cakes to make money in the country. Most of the people use rice and cloth to trade, or use things to make money.
barter."
"As long as there is open trade between the two countries, both our country and Yanchaojiaozi will be able to flow into North Korea and reap great benefits."
“The ginseng, ink, paper, literary mats, ramie, folding fans, porcelain and other items from Goryeo are all available to this dynasty, while the books, medicinal materials, spices, dyes, silks, teas, and jades from this dynasty are all valuable to Goryeo.
In the past, the Liao Kingdom blocked the sea route and prevented trade, but now it is no longer a problem. As long as the imperial court controls the trade between the two countries, it can make profits of more than one million guan every year."
"Previously, Su Shi entered Goryeo on the orders of his ministers, and he had roughly reached an agreement with the country's ruler, but now he has been convicted! Now I don't know who to send to Goryeo again!"
After Zhang Yue finished speaking, Cai Que's face turned pale. He knew that Zhang Yue was using this matter to attack him.
Cai Que hurriedly argued: "Your Majesty, I don't know about this. But Su Shi is indeed guilty."
Zhang Yue said: "Of course Zuo Cheng doesn't know, but why he was so eager, no matter whether Su Shi was guilty or not, he didn't discuss it with me in advance, or let Huang Yan take a look at the bullet. You two were so eager, so you reported it early.
Your Majesty, now that Su Shi has been demoted, how does the leader of Goryeo feel when he finds out?"
"Whether it will affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries, I don't know. I don't know how much the national economy will be wasted."
After hearing this, the official raised his forehead and glanced at Cai Que.
In order to deal with Su Shi, Cai Que took action hastily, but he did not expect that this matter would ruin the country's plans.
Now Zhang Yue blames all this on Cai Que.
Zhang Yue looked at Cai Que and sneered slightly. He might be waiting for him to go to the emperor to complain about Su Shi, or to avenge Su Shi, or to take revenge on Cai Que.
But Zhang Yue didn't do that at all.
In this way, I have fallen into Cai Que's trap.
You, Cai, really want to hold the Emperor up high as the judge, but I don't.
Why should I ask for this favor from the Emperor? Why should I let the Emperor decide who is right and who is wrong between me and you, Cai Que, and finally let the Emperor be the peacemaker?
I'm going to beat you with what I do best.
Don't forget, the "state" of this world is determined by my Zhang Yue.
I worship the prime minister based on my ability! What am I afraid of? Why should I act based on the faces of you Cai Que and the emperor?
It’s not like you, Cai Que, sat in the position of prime minister with the gift of the emperor.
The official took a deep breath, glared at Cai Que, and finally said: "Cai Que missed this matter and will be fined thirty kilograms of copper!"
"After handing over the copper, go to the palace gate to apologize!"
Cai Que's expression changed drastically when he heard this.
A fine of 30 kilograms of copper was nothing to him. But as a prime minister, he had to go to the palace gate to apologize in full view of hundreds of officials. This was very humiliating.
"I accept the decree."
Cai Que closed his eyes and bowed.
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