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Chapter 162

"I won't worship!"

Various cumbersome rituals ended, and Xu Ping ended with a sentence without worship. △↗

Shi Quanbin smiled and handed the imperial edict to Xu Ping, saying, "Yongzhou is far away, and Yun Xing will delay more than half a year if he doesn't worship him. Let's do this. Even if he doesn't worship, everything will be done first. When a new imperial edict comes down, it will be added."

Xu Ping said: "The head of the Pavilion is joking, but I'll wait for the imperial decree."

It is not easy to accept such promotion as a minister and openly. It is impossible to say "Thank you for your kindness" with gratitude like Xu Ping saw on TV in his previous life. Not to mention that the Song Dynasty did not have such rules, it is impossible to say this when the first decree comes.

It is the duty of doing things well for the ministers, and promotion is the favor of the king, so most of them have to give up the gratitude for the first time. Xu Ping needs to give a memorial to express that he is humble and not worthy of the promotion. Then there is another decree in the court, praise Xu Ping and follow the previous orders so that Xu Ping can truly be promoted.

Before the second imperial edict came down, this imperial edict would be enfeoffed by Xu Ping in the military subsidy, saying that he would refuse to implement it. He would only move into the pen holder after he had the order and accepted it.

Of course, there are also people who save the second step. Who doesn’t want to be promoted if an official says more? If you have a long night and dreams, you will have no place to cry, so some people pretend to be stupid and accept the order for the first time. Such people will become jokes for literati and doctors, and even become a handle in the future. Xu Ping is not yet hungry to that level.

After receiving the imperial edict, Xu Ping and Shi Quanbin made a decision. Tan Hu re-entered the tea and chatted about some gossip.

Shi Quanbin said: "Actually, it's better if Yun Xing doesn't worship him. The things in Yongzhou are very different from those when the imperial edict was issued. I don't know what the officials in the imperial edict would think."

When Xu Ping heard something from Shi Quanbin's words, he hurriedly asked, "What do you say to the Prime Minister?"

"Oh. Haven't you received the document from the Privy Council? I'm counting on the day and it should have arrived. This time you have to combine it with the Privy Council's text to know the meaning."

After hearing this, Xu Ping already felt in his heart that this time it was probably involved in some transaction. Shi Quanbin was a person around the emperor in the palace. He didn't have much to talk, so he stopped asking.

After calling Tan Hu, Xu Ping ordered him to quickly check if there were any important documents from the Privy Council.

The decisions for real major events in the court are complicated. If the Zhongshu doesn't say anything, they will be given a decree and will be given a prize to the officer. The Zhongshu's servant will sign an "execution" and the prime minister will draw an imperial edict. The emperor's seal will not be given if the imperial edict is missing. The Privy Council is simpler and also needs to be given a branch to review. Such major events cannot be done by an eunuch who takes the imperial edict out. Therefore, people like Shi Quanbin, the orders that are announced are all promotions and demotions, especially the promotion edicts, which are mostly used for them. The so-called grace belongs to the superiors and resentment belongs to the ministers. The prime minister takes the blame for the emperor.

If this promotion is related to any major frontier events, Shi Quanbin will not tell Xu Ping. Instead, he will follow the normal official document route through the Privy Council's pipeline.

It won't take much time, Tan Hu hurried back and handed over a secret text from the Privy Council to Xu Ping.

Xu Ping opened it and read it, and his face gradually became ugly. After reading the article, he slowly put it away. He said to Shi Quanbin: "My promotion is because the Privy Council wants to change to Yongzhou to settle the situation?"

Shi Quanbin picked up the teacup and drank tea, but didn't say anything, just looked at Tan Hu with his eyes.

Xu Ping understood it and handed the secret text to Tan Hu. He said to him: "Put the documents into the warehouse and go out to talk to the two yellow doors brought by Chief Shi Pavilion, don't neglect them."

Watching Tan Hu go out, Shi Quanbin put down the teacup and sighed: "Yunxing, you are in Yongzhou, too far from the court, and you don't know many things in the court. We have known each other for many years, so I don't hide anything from you. But here, I can't let the third person know it."

"I understand that the head of the cabinet should know who I am, even if I say it."

"You sit here and we whisper."

Xu Ping moved his chair to Shi Quanbin and put his head on. This scene made Xu Ping feel like he was discussing a conspiracy. He was a person who was used to being in the local government and was very uncomfortable.

Shi Quanbin whispered: "Since last winter, the Queen Mother's body has been unwell and undercurrents in the morning, which is not as good as before. It is entirely due to the kind heart of the officials and the court, Lu Xianggong of the outside court, has a thorough work, and it seems that everything is normal. However, the Queen Mother's body is not safe, and the government neglects the government, and some people are uneasy."

"So that's it, the head of the palace continued."

"Supreme Minister Zhang is the old empress dowager. He was kind to the empress dowager many years ago. Now he is the prime minister and is in charge of the Privy Council. When the empress dowager asks little about the government affairs, Zhang is inevitably uneasy and wants to find something to come out."

Privy Councilor Zhang Qi was an old man in the vassal residence before Emperor Zhenzong ascended the throne. He served Emperor Zhenzong at the age of eleven and was deeply favored. Empress Dowager Liu was disliked by Emperor Taizong and forced to expel him from the prince's mansion, so he temporarily lived in his house. It was also at that time that he served Empress Dowager Liu very respectfully, laying the foundation for his future success. At this time, Zhang Qi was the governor and the chief minister of Zhaode Army. A few days ago, he added the Minister of Shangshu Zuo Pushe to let the Prime Minister take charge of the Privy Council. It can be said that he reached the peak of his ministers.

Everything about Zhang Qi came from the support of Empress Dowager Liu, so as soon as Empress Dowager Liu neglected government affairs, his status declined, especially compared with Prime Minister Lu Yijian, his real power was less and less.

In order to restrain Lu Yijian, Li Di, the former emperor's teacher, was recruited as the second prime minister at the beginning of the year, but he still could not stop Lu Yijian's limelight.

The incident in Yongzhou this time was that Zhang Qi was trying hard to part with Lu Yijian.

The border officials such as Sansi, Feng Shenji and Xu Ping felt that Yongzhou is now strong and has a strong attitude towards Guangyuanzhou and Jiaozhi, and even did not hesitate to solve the problem by force. The Privy Council led by Zhang Qi insisted that it should continue to follow the policies of the Zhenzong Dynasty, seeking peace and peace.

This time, the Privy Council issued a document to demand that Yongzhou should not initiate border arbitrarily and pacify the foreigners. The document also promised to grant Nong Cunfu the military governor of Guangyuanzhou, to control Tianzhou and Bozhou, and let him restrain Jiaozhi. With the restraint of Guangyuanzhou, Qinzhou also asked Qinzhou to release the Wei brothers recruited, so that Jiaozhi had no reason to cause trouble.

In order not to allow the local officials in Yongzhou to oppose this decision, Zhang Qi even gave in and gave Xu Ping the opportunity to be promoted this time. The trouble of Zhang Pin, who was falsely accused of his son of imprisonment, was solved. He was also moved to a new rank official, and Feng Shenji was transferred from the deputy envoy of the Supply and Preparatory Deposit to the Deputy Envoy of Chongyi.

Nearly two months have passed since the decision to make this problem, and the situation in Yongzhou has been turned upside down.

After hearing this, Xu Ping looked at Shi Quanbin and smiled bitterly: "Guangyuanzhou has been pacified by me. Nong Cunfu and his son were beheaded, and their party members have scattered. The Privy Council issued this document, which is useless. Now even Liangzhou has been pacified by me. I am not afraid of Jiaozhi's troubles. It's really inexplicable!"
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