When Zhang Yue attacked Hezhou, he destroyed the ghost Zhang Qingjie and stationed heavy troops under the enemy's fortified city. Both manpower and material resources were consumed countless times. Not to mention the ordinary people of Shaanxi, even the officials of the entire Shaanxi Province were forced to rebel.

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How many people held their heads high and helped him win this battle.

Later, when they attacked Taozhou, the temple miscalculated and let away the main force of the enemy army. The imperial court had to mobilize troops and generals again, and spent a lot of manpower and material resources to finally defeat the two states of Tao and Huang.

Previously, Ali Gu rebelled against the Song Dynasty and Xixia and attacked Xihe. In order to avoid fighting on two fronts, he ceded Huangzhou, which had just been acquired but was not yet warm, and returned it to Ali Gu.

Now it is time to raise another army to attack Huangzhou.

Both Zhang Shouyue and Wang Shao said in front of the officials that Zhang Yue was a mediocre general, and some court officials also revealed that they did not understand Zhang Yue's strategic plan.

At this moment, the officials also doubted whether Zhang Yue, whom they had always entrusted with important responsibilities, could help him complete his grand plan of exterminating Xia.

On that day, when the officials visited Empress Dowager Cao, who was bedridden and unable to walk, the Empress Dowager Cao said earnestly to the officials: "Cao Wuhui once said to my father that all generals are 'those who are good at fighting have no great achievements.'

.Therefore, those who are good at maneuvering their troops use the shallow side instead of the deep side."

"If your Majesty wants to make a surprise, you can't use Zhang San. If you want to destroy Xia and break the country, you should entrust him to him!"

The official didn't understand what Empress Dowager Cao said, but he still remembered it. After hearing what Zhang Dun said today, he told him without hesitation.

Zhang Dun was stunned when he heard this and didn't know what to say.

After a while, Zhang Dun left the palace and came out.

Zhang Dun looked at the palace and couldn't help but think about the past.

He recalled what happened when he lived in Pucheng. He was born in a poor family of the Zhang family, but he was very talented. He entered the County Xuehuanghua Hall when he was young and was known as the best among all living beings.

Everyone in the county looked down upon him.

However, both the elder brother and the younger brother were extremely incompetent. Of course, he hated iron, especially Zhang Yue's younger brother who was idle and doing nothing all day long.

If it was just idleness, Zhang Yue actually took the money left by his parents and relied on his brother's favor to squander money like water. This made him particularly evil.

Later, there was the incident of the custodian repenting of his marriage. In fact, Zhang Dun also arranged for a backup plan. He asked a good friend to rescue Zhang Shi and Zhang Yue brothers after he left, while he went to Suzhou to pass the imperial examination related to the Yang family.

After he was admitted to the imperial examination, he would come back to take care of the custodians and take in the two brothers.

But before that, you must teach them a lesson they will never forget, otherwise even if you win the Jinshi, these two people will be a burden to you in the future.

But Zhang Dun didn't expect that after he left, Zhang Yue would seem to be a different person, no, to be precise, it would be as if he had a different head.

Not only did he resolve Zhao Yasi's situation, but he also made all the backup plans he had arranged come to nothing.

Zhang Yue also changed his previous bad habits, and he was as good at reading as Wen Quxing came down to earth, and he actually had a photographic memory.

Zhang Dun clearly remembered that his younger brother was hopelessly stupid back then. Not to mention articles, a twenty-word five-character poem could not be memorized even after half a day of reading.

Zhang Dun had always wondered if Zhang Yue was someone else's imposter. After confirming that he was really his brother, Zhang Dun had never believed in ghosts and gods, so he began to burn incense and worship Buddha. This shows that this incident had a serious impact on him.

Zhang Dun never mentioned that he had arranged the backhand in the first place. He was extremely conceited, and it was difficult for most people to like him, let alone get into his heart, so he actually had little regard for brotherly love.

But back then, the disgust was still rooted in his heart, and he would unconsciously deny what Zhang Yue had done.

Now after listening to the official's words, he couldn't help but wonder if he was being too subjective?

After I became a Hanlin bachelor, I would inevitably have more opportunities to deal with Zhang Yue.

He didn't even want to explain.

Nowadays, it is inappropriate for two brothers, one to be in phase, and the other to be a bachelor of Hanlin, but the world knows that he has a very bad relationship with Zhang Yue, so there is no such relationship, and he can still play the role of a first-class supervisor.

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Under the Imperial City, Yuanjiang, Yuanfu.

At the beginning of the new year, officials rushed to visit Wang Gui and Yuan Jiang's houses to congratulate them.

With the support of his disciples, Wang Lian, a Hanlin scholar, arrived at Yuan Mansion tremblingly.

Wang Lian was already old, and some people advised him to go out to take care of his old age, but he refused anyway. When Wang Lian went to Yuan Mansion to meet Yuan Jiang, Yuan Jiang looked at him looking like he was about to die and was too lazy to see him.

However, the other party is also a Hanlin bachelor after all, so it would still be a bad thing not to see him.

When Wang Lian saw Yuan Jiang, he asked, "How is Da Ginseng?"

Yuan Jiang sighed: "What can I do? Now there is a great famine in Zhejiang and the Huaihe River, and bandits are infested in the east of Hebei and Beijing. I can't eat anything."

Wang Lian said: "Then Da Shen must also protect the country. Now Da Shen alone is responsible for the safety of the world. Your Majesty and the ministers are all pointing to you, Da Shen."

After saying this, Wang Lian thought of the officials outside the palace who were scrambling to deliver messages and wanted to see Yuan Jiang.

The prime minister Yuan Jiang was extremely worried, so everyone in the family reduced the number of dishes.

Yuan Jiang was already known for his frugal and virtuous official reputation. As a role model for the world in participating in politics, he took the lead and won the respect of the officialdom from top to bottom.

After the officials learned of this, they also praised Yuan Jiang, saying that as a veteran minister, he was really worried about the country and the people, but he also asked him to take care of his health and not be too frugal.

Of course the officials felt very sorry when they heard about it, so during the Chinese New Year, they came to see Yuan Xianggong with large and small bags and various gifts, hoping that he would take care of his health and take good care of his body for the country.

Wang Lian said: "Now that Zhang Zihou has entered the Yutang, it's really hard for me at my age to look down on this crazy young man."

Yuan Jiang said: "Nowadays, if you do more, you will make more mistakes, and if you do less, you will make fewer mistakes. My brother is enjoying himself in Yutang, as if he has ascended to immortality, and I am not unenviable."

Wang Lian thought of this and immediately said: "In the past Qian Yinggong (Qian Weiyan) once said that he regretted not being able to draw on yellow paper in his life, and I did the same."

When Yuan Jiang heard what Wang Lian said so straightforwardly, she almost wanted to walk away, but in the end she said: "There are still seven ministers in the two mansions who have never been absent."

When Wang Lian heard this, he still said with a shy face: "If there is any problem, please give me a thought, Duke Yuan."

Seeing Yuan Jiang, he didn't comment.

Wang Lian said to his son beside him: "This is a dog's son. If Meng Yuan Gong doesn't give up, please accept him as your adopted son."

After Wang Lian finished speaking, his son immediately bowed down and said to Yuan Jiang: "Father, sir, please accept my bow."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Jiang immediately stood up and said, "It's easy to say, I just take Brother Wang's matter seriously."

After receiving Yuan Jiang's words, Wang Lian was extremely happy and then, with the support of his son, he left tremblingly.

After Wang Lian left, Yuan Jiang's two sons Yuan Qining and Yuan Qibi said: "Dad, the new robes are ready."

Yuan Jiang nodded and walked to the back hall. Yuan Jiang's son was already helping him look for robes that he would wear as the prime minister in the future.

Official uniforms can be divided into sacrificial uniforms, court uniforms, and public uniforms. Yuan Jiang saw several styles and was satisfied with them, but she still asked her son to make the collar or cuffs larger or smaller.

His son undressed Yuan Jiang and said, "A character like Wang Lian should have been released earlier."

Yuan Jiang said: "One more person in the court means one more person to help. Although Wang Lian is old, he is useful!"

Immediately, Yuan Jiang warned his two sons: "There have been many things going on recently. You two should be careful. Don't bring me a bad reputation. You should take Li Chengzhi as a warning."

While they were talking, someone said: "My lord, Li Chengzhi is here to visit!"

Yuan Jiang was overjoyed when he heard this.

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Compared with the scene when Zhang Yue was newly appointed prime minister in the 10th year of Xining, a huge crowd came to congratulate him.

The number of officials visited in the first year of Yuanfeng's reign was fully 50% less than last year.

Many officials who used to rush to visit him to congratulate him just left a message to express their appreciation.

People in the officialdom are the most well-informed. Now Zhang Yue has offended the old party on the left and offended the new party on the right. He is caught in the middle, and the left and right are not human beings.

Although the aspect seems to be worry-free for the time being, everyone knows how to avoid suspicion, so they are much more cautious.

Several of Zhang Yue's aides were also warming themselves over the fire, drinking wine, and talking.

Su Che said: "If Mr. Zhang had been more ruthless, he would have left Li Chengzhi earlier, and Xiong Ben and the two of them would not be in such an embarrassment."

Chen Guan drank a bowl of wine and said: "Xiong Ben and Li Chengzhi are all talented people. If they leave without a reputation, people in the government and the public will be panicked."

Cai Jing laughed and said: "Yes, Mr. Zhang is a benevolent and righteous man.'

Su Che said: "Benevolence and righteousness should also be divided into serious and serious matters, just like pulling out pus. If the pus is pulled out, it cannot be pulled out. If it is not pulled out, the consequences will be endless."

"We must do our best to eradicate evil, otherwise it will be no different than not eradicating it!"

Chen Guan frowned and said: "If it was true before, Li Chengzhi, Xiong Ben, Zhang Gong, how different are they from Lu Liu?"

"Lü Liu played tricks at the beginning. After he joined politics, he eliminated all those who did not agree with him. Now he has ended up like Chong Yanzhou."

"How could Mr. Zhang do what Lu Liu did?"

Cai Jing asked: "What advice does Yingzhong have?"

Chen Guan said: "I think this is too serious. The reform of the service law offended the new party, and the old party did not support it. The attack on Xihe offended the old party, and His Majesty also wanted to use force in Hengshan, which caused everyone in the world to be dissatisfied."

Understand Zhang Gong’s views.”

Su Zhe said: "I think the draft law has been appropriately reformed. Sima Junshi advocated the restoration of the draft draft law, but he didn't know that the draft draft law was no less harmful than today's draft draft law."

Cai Jing and Chen Guan both agreed.

Cai Jingdao: "One is over, the other is under."

Su Zhe said: "Actually, the method of using servants and servants simultaneously as mentioned by Shen Cunzhong is the real way to save the world. Unfortunately, most people in the world either oppose the new law or adhere to the new law and cannot get it."

Cai Jing smiled but thought to himself, after Shen Kuo was dismissed as the Third Secretary-General, Zhang Gong relied on me even more. In fact, it was really good.
To be continued...