After returning to the palace from Zhongshu, Lu Huiqing thought to herself, after Zhang Yue returned to the court, I, Lu Huiqing, was isolated and helpless in the two palaces.
At this time, Lu Shengqing and Lu Wenqing came out to greet him. Seeing that Lu Huiqing looked bad, they asked what was going on.
Lu Huiqing told the story of the discussions between the two governments in the past few days. Lu Shengqing thought that if the imperial court wanted to buy back the crosses, the price of crosses on the market would skyrocket in the future. Both of them were interested in making profits.
Lu Shengqing said: "Brother, the current problem is with Feng Jing, Zeng Bu, and Zheng Xia, not Zhang Duanming!"
Lu Huiqing knew that her brother and Zhang Yue got along well in Xihe, so she didn't want them to fall out and asked, "Then what can you do?"
Lu Shengqing thought for a moment and said, "Brother, we can introduce Zhang Zihou and Deng Wen to the academy first."
Lu Huiqing said: "The two of them are not qualified enough."
Lu Shengqing said: "It is not necessary to be a Hanlin bachelor to enter the bachelor's college. You can go directly to the bachelor's college."
Like the Zhishe Renyuan, the Zhixueshi Academy was designed to support party members and allow those with insufficient qualifications to join the ranks. Both Zhang Dun and Deng Wan had too little qualifications. If Lu Huiqing wanted them to enter the Zhishe Academy, he could only use Zhixue.
Bachelor's degree approach.
Anyway, Lu Huiqing had a glorious experience of serving as a Hanlin scholar for two months and participating in political affairs, so why not use this method to promote Zhang Dun and Deng Wan to enter the bachelor's college.
It's nothing more than being criticized by the government and the public for being "lucky to advance".
Lu Wenqing on the side said: "It is well known that Zhang Duzhi and Zhang Zihou are not at odds with each other. With him in check, my brother will have someone to deal with Zhang Duzhi."
Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "I have heard a little bit about the grievances between Zihou and his younger brother."
Lu Shengqing said: "The two of them currently have different political views. Zhang Zihou will be my brother's best helper in dealing with Zhang Duzhi in the future. But after all, Zhang Duzhi is different from Feng Jing and Zeng Bu, so it is not necessarily wrong for my brother to keep him in the court."
Lu Huiqing nodded and said: "Zhang Duzhi is a great talent. Back then he changed the Green Miao Law. The cross-citation laws he formulated the day before yesterday are all detailed and well-planned."
"That day he told me in private. Nowadays, the rich and high-ranking officials are living in poverty. The burdens on the government and the public are getting heavier day by day. No matter how they are removed, it is difficult to remove the benefits. And the people at the lower level are burdened with heavy servitude.
When people are poor and desperate, they will fall into disgrace or even force the people to rebel. Therefore, when the imperial court implements reforms, only a well-off and well-off family can gather some money. How can you bear this?"
"To be honest, his plans and considerations are far deeper than mine, and he sees things more clearly, so this is why the officials value him. But..."
At this point, Lu Huiqing suddenly changed his words and said: "Not only that, in fact, Duzhi and I are from the same hometown, and we have been able to get along with each other for many years. I may not be able to give him a place as prime minister of Jin Dynasty in the future, but since he opened his mouth to protect Zeng Zixuan, then I
I can’t tolerate him anymore.”
Lu Shengqing and Lu Wenqing know that this is the cruelty of politics.
Lu Shengqing immediately fell into the trap and said: "Zeng Zixuan intends to take up the post of Third Secretary Envoy. If he leaves, I am afraid that Zhang Du will take over. Then something will happen."
Lu Huiqing said: "Yes, Zhang Duzhi cannot be allowed to join the Third Division."
Zhongshu is located to the west of Wende Hall.
In the Song Dynasty, Zhongshu was the abbreviation of the Zhongshu family, which did not mean the original Zhongshu province in the Tang Dynasty.
The political hall is within Zhongshu.
Zhang Yue arrived at the Political Affairs Hall. In the past, prime ministers could ride horses directly into the Political Affairs Hall, but after Wang Anshi entered the palace on horseback and was beaten last year, no prime minister or official rode into the palace anymore.
The Government Hall is the place where the two governments discuss and work. Behind the Government Hall is the main hall where the ministers handle matters.
Emperor Renzong did not allow officials to enter the Central Committee to discuss matters with the prime ministers during non-meeting periods, but this rule could not be enforced at all.
Cheng Hao was dismissed for opposing the new law. Zhang Jian rushed into the political hall to argue with Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi had to cover his face with a fan and laugh awkwardly.
On this day, Zhang Yue entered the political hall to discuss the matter of friendship with Lu Huiqing.
When Zhang Yue arrived in front of the Zhongshu Gate, the court official saw Zhang Yue and said, "Zhang Duanming, please wait here."
After hearing this, Zhang Yue thought to himself, "What airs are you, Lu Huiqing, putting on?"
Unexpectedly, after a while, Lu Huiqing came out to greet him in person.
Zhang Yue was a little surprised. There was a system for the prime minister to personally greet Hanlin scholars when they came to the political hall, but this has not been used for a long time. Because the prime minister is respected and the bachelor is humbled.
Seeing Lu Huiqing's courtesy, Zhang Yue said that he didn't dare to take off his shoes and enter the hall. The court official on the side said: "Duan Ming doesn't have to do this."
Zhang Yue thought to himself, is he even exempted from the ritual of taking off his shoes? This Lu Huiqing must be too considerate of him.
Officials were seated in the hall, including Xu Anshi from the fifth room of Zhongshu, Kong Mufang from the official room, Pu Zongmeng from the official room, Xiong Ben from the household room, Xiang Zongru from the ceremonial room, and Yu Chong from the execution room.
Then Feng Jing and Wang Gui also arrived from this hall one after another.
Zhang Yue took his seat, took the tea soup from the court official and drank it leisurely.
At this time, Xu Anshi asked: "A few days ago, Duanming Shangshu proposed to change the original Yizhou Jiaoziwu to Jiaozijian. But why not combine Jiaozi and Yanyin under the jurisdiction of Jiaoyinjian, and Jiaoyinjian under
It has jurisdiction over three offices, namely the Salt Bank Office, the Jiaozi Office, and the Counterfeiting Office. Wouldn't it be better to do this?"
Xu Anshi was in the same class as Zhang Zhi and ranked second. It is said that after he and Xu Jiang, the number one scholar in Jiayou's eighth year, were both Xu Yuan, the two even joined the clan.
After Wang Anshi became prime minister, he also promoted Xu Anshi, and Xu Anshi was ranked second in the list.
Zhang Yue said: "Yizhou Jiaoziwu was abolished and replaced by Jiaozijian, imitating the Capital Water Supervisor, the Imperial College, and the Ordnance Supervisor directly under the Zhongshu. This is the Zhongshu's money management law. One case is one case, and they do not govern each other."
"Yan Yinjian prints salt banknotes as large coins, with denominations of five guan (one seat), ten guan (two seats), twenty guan, fifty guan, and one hundred guan, excluding all small coins."
"Jiaozijian prints Jiaozi, and Jiaozi is a small coin. It mainly solves the problem of money shortage among the people, that is, the difficulty of redeeming copper coins. The highest denomination of Jiaozi is Yiguan, and the next highest denomination is five hundred, three hundred, and one hundred wen."
Lu Huiqing said: "But it would be too complicated to establish a new Jiaozi Prison. It is better to merge Jiaozi Affairs into the jurisdiction of Sinong Temple."
After Lu Huiqing proposed it, everyone expressed no objection, and Zhang Yue accepted it.
After the first thing was settled, Xiong Ben said: "Originally, the money can be exchanged for one thousand copper coins, but due to the copper shortage, the maximum exchange rate is 560 copper coins."
"To resolve the money shortage, can more salt banknotes be printed? As far as I know, selling salt banknotes in the imperial court was equivalent to selling salt. But later, some people bought salt banknotes not to buy salt but to use them as air tickets. Others bought salt banknotes.
It is like saving money like gold and silver. Some people even use salt banknotes exclusively for speculation, and some people even have their salt banknotes eaten by fire and insects. I will not go into detail here."
"Salt banknotes have been set at 2.8 million guan per year. Last year, only 1.5 million guan was spent on Zhangyan salt and salt settlement. I think it is possible to increase the number of salt banknotes to more than 3 million guan!"
Kumamoto was in charge of public affairs in the Household Department, and was also the judge of Sinong Temple. He was a very talented person and was trusted by Wang Anshi.
Zhang Yue said: "Salt banknotes are paid with salt from salt ponds. The maximum output of Jieyan salt in a year is only more than 300,000 sheets of salt. If more than 3 million salt banknotes are printed in a year, it is more than enough, but at low times, it is only less than 100,000 sheets of salt.
Tens of thousands of seats, what will we do then? The salt banknote’s currency and trust will be gone.”
Lu Huiqing expressed his support for Zhang Yue: "This matter is as Duan Ming said, the salt banknotes are still 2.8 million yuan unchanged!"
Everyone in the political hall could see that Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing were making the decision in this political discussion, and no one else could make up their minds. Even Feng Jing and Wang Gui could only listen attentively.