Five hundred and forty-four chapters are making a stumbling block
Now the two sides are in a stalemate.
Although Wang Anshi was stubborn, he was not completely inflexible, and he still gave lectures to the officials there.
So the officials asked Jixian Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang what to do?
Wang Anshi was recommended by Zeng Gongliang. Zeng Gongliang was supposed to speak for him, but after Wang Anshi entered the court, he became very close to Han Wei and Lu Gongzhu.
Zeng Gongliang spoke to the officials with reservations. When I presided over the ceremony for Emperor Renzong, I also stood.
After receiving Zeng Gongliang's advice, the officials asked Wang Anshi to speak after a postponement. From now on, you can sit down when giving lectures, and other officials can forget about it. Do you think it's okay?
Seeing that the officials gave him enough face, Wang Anshi gave up and no longer insisted on sitting in a certain way when giving lectures.
However, it also shows that the officials attach great importance to Wang Anshi.
Zhang Yue understood the official's purpose of giving Wang Anshi a special status. If Wang Anshi was reused to implement the reform for the official, and Wang Anshi could not be a mere commander, then Wang Anshi would be the leader to form a reform team. As for officials like Sima Guang who opposed the reform,
He slowly left the court.
In fact, it goes without saying that officials, including Jingyan Shang Lu Huiqing and several other officials, all have long eyes.
Lu Huiqing, like Zhang Yue, was informed by Ouyang Xiu. The reason why Ouyang Xiu admired Lu Huiqing was because Lu Huiqing's elder brother, Lu Xiaqing, followed Ouyang Xiu to compile the Tang Dynasty. When Ouyang Xiu saw Lu Huiqing, he also thought he was a genius.
At that time, Lu Huiqing came to Beijing after serving as an official in Zhenzhou. Ouyang Xiu introduced him to Wang Anshi and Zhang Yue respectively, and recommended him to serve as officials. Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing became friends from then on, and they often discussed Confucian classics together. Later, they wrote letters
It's not broken.
The old party criticized Lu Huiqing for knowing that Wang Anshi had attached himself to Wang Anshi after he gained power, and therefore was reused by the emperor, but this was not the case.
Lu Huiqing and Wang Anshi have known each other for a long time, and they have already been like-minded.
Zhang Yue recommended Lu Huiqing to be the official host. After a delay, Lu Huiqing was deeply appreciated. Now Wang Anshi has come and completely replaced Lu Huiqing.
Logically speaking, Lu Huiqing would be a little jealous and angry.
But Lu Huiqing did not have this mentality at all. Instead, she said to others: "Huiqing reads Confucianism and only knows that Confucius is respectable. Reading foreign classics, he only knows how valuable Buddhism is. In today's world, he only knows that Jiefu can be a teacher."
Wang Anshi also praised Lu Huiqing and praised him in front of officials, "The only person who has learned the methods of the previous kings and is able to use them is Lu Huiqing."
So Wang Anshi quickly found his first team.
Although the official position of Wang Anshi had the intention of reform, the mainstream in the court still opposed the use of troops. For example, Zhong'e regained Suizhou and repelled the attack of the Xixia people, which was an act of disobedience.
Even Zhong E's father, Zhong Shiheng, built Qingjian City and was used as an excuse.
This is because officials were afraid of military generals. In the past, Emperor Taizong would issue formation plans to his generals when fighting. If he fought without relying on the formation plans, he would be punished if he won. On the contrary, if he fought according to the formation plans, it would not matter if he lost.
Officials opposed the use of troops against Xixia for fear that Xixia would retaliate.
Zhong'e, who finally regained Suizhou, was demoted four levels in a row and was assigned to Suizhou for management.
Officials in the Song Dynasty also had bad tastes. Didn't Zhong'e regain Suizhou? Sui and Sui have the same pronunciation, so the place you were assigned to is also called Suizhou.
As for the official's administrative plan to establish a military state in the ancient Wei Dynasty, it was also shelved. Wang Shao could not know about the military state, so the officials gave him a job that was neither high nor low for the driver of the Qinfeng Road Manager Yiwen.
Zhang Yue felt that Wang Shao's contribution to pacifying the Ban people had brought tens of thousands of Tibetan people back and forth, but the official position awarded was too low, so when he met Han Wei once, he asked him to submit a memorial to Wang Shao.
So the officials, for Han Wei's sake, said that since the Qinfeng Road Manager's driver's name was too low, they should change it to the Manager's Department to do official business.
But Han Wei stepped in, and his brother Han Jiang, the deputy privy envoy, also stepped in and said, Wang Shao was a civil servant after all, not a military general like Zhong Er, so we can't give him a low rank.
Finally, after Han Jiang and Zhang Yue said this, Wang Shao changed his position to Qin Feng Road Manager to appease the judge.
The judge can sign official documents, and he is an official in the Economic Affairs Department second only to the pacifier envoy and pacification deputy envoy. When Wang Shao found out, he was very grateful to Zhang Yue for recommending him, and then gave Zhang Yue two thousand salt notes.
White strips.
However, this time Wang Shao promised to use the 8,000 salt banknotes to pay Zhang Yue 20% of his shares in the market exchange established in the ancient Weizhai village.
Hearing this, Zhang Yue put his hand on his forehead, feeling as if he had become a shareholder through stock trading.
But having said that, Wang Anshi expressed great support when Wang Shao set up an army in ancient Wei and established the market exchange. After all, it was he who supported Wang Shao in history.
However, since the opposition in the court was still strong, Wang Anshi made a suggestion to the officials, which was to make up the examination for 900 students from the Imperial College.
That is to say, the highest university in the Song Dynasty has expanded its enrollment, enrolling 900 people at once!
Everyone knows that Wang Anshi has started recruiting a team.
Fan Zhongyan's reform also started from the Imperial Examination School and the Imperial College. To implement the reform, we must first have a group of officials who support the reform and the support of public opinion.
School is a place to cultivate talents and generate public opinion.
Although Wang Anshi's move to expand enrollment in the Imperial College did not have immediate results, it was already paving the way for future reforms.
At the same time, the officials issued an edict to all states and counties to establish water conservancy projects, again at Wang Anshi's request.
On this day, Zhang Yue returned to the court, carrying two jugs of wine, to visit Chen Xiang.
When he was not yet a Jinshi, Zhang Yue often went to Chen Xiang's home. Zhang Yue opened the door and saw that his elder brother Sun Jue was busy.
When he saw Zhang Yue, he hurriedly greeted him.
Zhang Yue saw the people packing here and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong? Where are you going?"
Sun Jue pulled Zhang Yue aside and whispered: "Teacher is going to Zhimingzhou and will leave soon."
Zhang Yue was surprised and said: "When did it happen, why didn't I know?"
Sun Jue said: "The teacher has never let me tell you."
Zhang Yue thought to himself that although he was at the official's side, he did not attend every court meeting. He didn't know when the decision was made about this matter.
But why did Chen Xiang not want Sun Jue to let him know about his being demoted to Mingzhou?
Zhang Yue asked: "What's the reason?"
Sun Juedao said: "The last time my teacher was on an envoy to the Liao Kingdom, the seats set up by the Liao Kingdom were quite small and unethical. The teacher argued with the Liao envoy and refused to sit down. The teacher was scolded when he returned to the court. He thought the matter was over, but
Now the Liao people actually informed the imperial court with their credentials to deal with the matter."
"So the princes of the Manchu Dynasty were forced by the pressure of the Liao people, and the teacher went out to guard Mingzhou."
Mingzhou is Ningbo...so far away
Zhang Yue said: "Teacher has just returned to Beijing not long ago..."
As he was talking, the sound of footsteps came from inside.
Sun Jue warned Zhang Yue: "Master's wife is not in good health. This journey has been bumpy. When you meet Master's wife, you should say something happy and don't disturb her mood."
The master's wife came out and saw Zhang Yue smiling and said, "You're here, Duzhi. I didn't expect you to know the news already."
Then he saw Zhang Yue carrying two bottles of wine, and then he said: "You don't know either."
Zhang Yue nodded.
The teacher's wife smiled bitterly and said: "Your teacher is just like this. He is too upright, which is really not good."
"Who said being upright is bad?"
After saying that, a voice came from the door. Zhang Yue and Sun Jue looked and saw Chen Xiang standing in front of the door.
The two of them saluted quickly.
Chen Xiang patted Zhang Yue on the shoulder and said, "You're here."
Zhang Yue said: "Teacher was wronged and demoted. Why didn't you let Mr. Xin tell me?"
Chen Xiang said: "What's there to say? Since you're here, just have a few glasses of wine with me, and you can practice it for me."
Zhang Yue couldn't help but get angry, wondering why Chen Xiang still refused to tell him.
When something happens to the teacher, can you stand by and watch?
Sun Jue saw Zhang Yue's expression was different and couldn't help but secretly tugged on his sleeve.
Zhang Yue calmed down his anger and then said: "Yes, teacher, it just so happens that I haven't eaten my wife's specialty dishes for a long time."
The teacher's wife on the side smiled and said: "Okay, I know you are hungry for this breath. Last time you taught me how to cook the lychee meat, and I just bought water chestnuts today."
Seeing that Zhang Yue understood what he meant, Sun Jue couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Chen Xiang patted Zhang Yue's shoulder and said: "Okay, our master and apprentice haven't drank and ate like this for a long time. In the meantime, please tell me in detail the last time Wang Shao learned about the ancient Weizhai."
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That night, the master and disciples chatted happily all night.
Chen Xiang drank a lot of wine.
After the postponement of the day, the official chatted with Wang Anshi while Zhang Yue sat beside him.
The official said to Wang Anshi: "Whether it is cultivating talents in schools or persuading counties to implement water conservancy, it is a wonderful method. In the past, Liu Bei met Zhuge Liang, and Tang Taizong met Wei Zheng, which led to his later achievements. Now that I have met you, what will happen in the future?"
There is also some meritorious service.”
After hearing this, Zhang Yue thought to himself that the officials were comparing Wang Anshi to Zhuge Liang and Wei Zheng. This trust was simply unreasonable.
Unexpectedly, Wang Anshi said: "As long as your majesties are Yao and Shun, then there will be virtuous ministers who will come to seek refuge. When I look at this Zhuge Liang, Wei Zheng is not worth mentioning, and he cannot be regarded as a true virtuous minister."
"In fact, the world is so big that capable people and wise men emerge in large numbers. Now your Majesty only needs to treat others with sincerity, so that good ministers will come to you. Otherwise, even if there are good ministers, they will be deceived by villains and eventually leave you."
The official was once again deceived by Wang Anshi's rhetoric of not playing tricks, and then asked: "But which dynasty and generation did not have villains? Even Yao and Shun had four evils."
Wang Anshi said: "It is precisely because Yao and Shun could see the four evils and punish them, and then the virtuous ministers could advocate state affairs for Yao and Shun. I would like to advise your majesty to keep the virtuous ministers away from the villain..."
Zhang Yue understood that Wang Anshi wanted the officials to trust him completely without reservation, and he sighed deeply, showing a sad look.
The official's train of thought was interrupted and he asked Zhang Yue curiously: "Zhang Qing, why do you look so sad?"
But when he saw Zhang Yue's eyes were slightly red and he was about to cry, he said: "Reporting to your Majesty, I just listened to Wang Nehan's talk about virtuous ministers and villains, and I really felt it. As long as your Majesty does not make the virtuous ministers suffer,
If the villain is not allowed to succeed, then the country will naturally prosper."
The official nodded and said: "That's right. Zhang Qing, have I made any wise minister suffer and any villain succeed?"
Zhang Yue said: "Your majesty is wise and will never let a villain succeed."
The official said: "Does that mean a wise minister has been wronged?"
Wang Anshi was a little unhappy when he saw the official talking to Zhang Yue. He was educating the emperor. Why did you, Zhang Yue, interrupt?
But he also felt strange after hearing this, what kind of wise minister had been wronged?
But Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for speaking out boldly. This humiliated and wise minister is none other than my teacher, Yantie Judge Chen Xiang!"