Chapter 1343: Shi Zhong (10,000 words)(2/4)
When Zhang Yue said this, his words were quite choked, and his loyalty was beyond words.
The more empress Gao and Zhang Maoze saw this, the more he was so out of control, it was difficult for a moment to speak.
Empress Dowager Gao said to the new king: "The elders of Zhang Qing of the four dynasties were entrusted by the late emperor to take care of his orders. Your Majesty should summon official duties with Ji, Qi, and Duke Zhou!"
The new king said: "Go back to grandmother, I know."
After saying that, Xinjun looked at Zhang Yue with a scorching look, showing expectations for him.
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At Zhang Dun's mansion.
Zhang Dun and Su Shi talked together at night.
Zhang Dun poured a pot of cold wine into his throat and said.
"Zizhan, Zizhan, the officials in the court are afraid of me now, but you don't avoid suspicion. Remember where I opened the threshold."
Under the moonlight in the courtyard, Su Shi untied the crane cloak and took Zhang Dun's wine cup and said, "I also came on the order of Lu Huishu. The minister of the disciple asked me to ask - in the future, can I keep my sharp edge?"
"Ha!" Zhang Dun threw a cup on the desk, and the wine vessel shone with a cold light under the candle.
Zhang Dun sneered and then said, "Why is Sima Jun really not giving up my Privy Councilor?"
Su Shi said honestly: "I heard that when I stayed here today, Duke Wei spoke to you in the temple."
Zhang Dun was slightly surprised and immediately said, "That's what he loves, but I guessed that he didn't want Han Yuru to replace me. These days, Han Yuru has recently rushed to Cishou Hall, and the purple robe of the Privy Councilor was almost smelling of powder. Of course, he also hoped that I would talk to him on the Liao incident."
Su Shi understood that it was all the worst now. After Cai Que and Zhang Dun stopped, Zhang Yue would replace Cai Que as the left prime minister, and the one who replaced Zhang Dun as the Privy Councilor was Han Zhen, who had recently moved closer to Empress Dowager Gao.
Zhang Yuebao and Zhang Dun's intention to be the Privy Councilor was that he did not want Han Zhen to take office.
Su Shi said: "Actually, the Empress Dowager is also very disgusted with Han Yuru's flattery."
Zhang Dun laughed and said, "Han Yuru is really a very poor character. The late emperor doesn't like him, and now even the Empress Dowager doesn't like him."
Zhang Dun changed the subject and said, "After that being said, if it weren't for the Liao army's approaching, I, the Privy Councilor, would have been fined long ago. At this time, Sima Gong was still begging to the Liao Kingdom and attempting to abolish the new law."
Su Shi said: "The Liao Kingdom's 700,000 cavalry is not enough to compete."
Zhang Dun said: "What's the point of not being able to compete? The Liao lord Yelu Hongji failed to make a reform in the country. So he took advantage of the death of the late emperor and asked for annual tribute."
"What's the difference between asking for something or asking for something?"
"It's like a wealthy family is ruined and has fallen to beg for food, but they are still unwilling to lower their figure."
"Is there any soldier in my hand?" Su Shi smiled bitterly and said, "Zihou, you haven't agreed to me yet."
Zhang Dun paused and said, "Since Zizhan, you come forward, I will listen to your words. In the future, Sima Jun is a hypocrite... and let him score three points."
After a pause, Zhang Dun sneered at the corner of his mouth and said, "I agreed that I would just make three points, and I won't give you one more point."
Su Shi smiled bitterly and said, "Zihou, you still have this kind of temperament. You clearly agree with me, why don't you say good things?"
Zhang Dun said seriously: "The new law enriches the country and strengthens the army, how can the late emperor's efforts be destroyed? The capture of Liangzhou and defeats the Xia, and the world can see it. If Sima Jun really destroys the new law, it will harm the country and the people. If the late emperor's efforts are defeated, the Hu horse will break through Bianliang in the future, and he will be the sinner in the world. How dare you accompany him to eat the sword!"
Su Shi smiled bitterly again and said, "Sima Shishu is terminally ill, I'm afraid he will be in a few days."
Zhang Dun said: "Sima Shier died and did not have to see him do it."
Since Su Shi entered the capital, he has also quarreled with Sima Guang several times because of the new law and has become angry. Not only Su Shi, but Cheng Yi and Fan Chunren also oppose Sima Guang's one-size-fits-all approach to the new law.
Now Sima Guang's attitude has also eased. It is no longer the new law that must be abolished, but rather the existence of Jiayou's law is determined.
Su Shi was a person who was the existence of "Zhang Dun" among the old party, and some were outliers. He was humorous and talked without restraint, and often joked when talking, so he was disgusted by many serious and quiet old party members, especially Wang Yansou and Liu Zhi, who were the guardians of Sima Guang, who hated Su Shi very much.
Su Shi patiently explained: "Sima Jun is really stubborn, but it is not that."
...
In the study of Duke Wei’s mansion, Xing Shu’s soap boots made a tiny sound on the blue bricks.
Xing Shu was also saying similar words to Zhang Yue.
Xing Shu said: "It is not that Zuo Kui did not retreat, but that he was unable to retreat. Cai Shuo and Cai Wei advised him to resign several times, or because of the matter of establishing a crown prince and the empress dowager's words, he refused."
Xing Shu talked about the past few days, he, Cai Shuo and Cai Wei knelt down and begged Cai Que to plead himself with his position or express his support to the abolition of the new law to Empress Dowager Gao.
They were crying, but Cai Que was silent and unmoved and made up his mind.
When Zhang Yue heard this, he understood Cai Que’s intention.
At this time, whether you refute yourself to be a part of the law or express your support for the new law, Cai Que cannot escape his disgrace, but instead stands firmly here. In the future, when the new monarch takes power, Cai Que will also restore his reputation and even his predecessor.
"I understand that Zhang has respect for Zhengzheng. Now he can't help but."
Xing Shu said: "Can Duke Wei listen to me? In power, we should eliminate party disputes, not divide the party into a party, and be inclusive, which is the best strategy!"
Zhang Yue looked at Xing Shu carefully. Xing Shu saw that Zhang Yue's eyes were like torches, like a piercing candlelight.
Zhang Yue said: "Uncle Xing He, are you really not understanding, or do I not understand?"
"Even if there is a matter of eliminating party disputes and not distinguishing between party disputes, it is a result, not an end or a means. When the two sides fight to the same level, they will naturally stop, not ask anyone to stop."
"Just like the Yellow River is changed, it cannot be stopped by manpower. It can only wait for it to dry up, or it may lead to a flood peak."
Xing Shu's eyes were filled with tears and said, "Can Duke Wei show mercy to Zuo Kui? In the matter of returning to the court, Zuo Kui helped Duke Wei."
Zhang Yue shook his head and said, "I can't help but keep my integrity. How can I save him? Since he refused to refuse his preface and endured the imperial censor's impeachment, he must have thought about what would happen next?"
"I have prepared the medicinal materials for malaria for him, and I will use it when I go on the road. This recipe can cure miasma in Lingnan."
"Who is not in the game in Zhu Zi in the court? Tell Ji Zheng that I will do my best to do my best in his affairs, but I will not be arrested. Please forgive me."
Xing Shu bowed to Zhang Yue solemnly when he heard this, and left in tears.
Zhang Yue watched Xing Shu leave in the study, and returned to the table and said silently: "The Liao envoy has passed Baigou. Do you think the Empress Dowager summoned me at this moment, so why did you really listen to Buddhist principles?"
Speaking of this, Zhang Yue returned to the study and picked up his pen and made ink.
He wanted to write a few birthday letters to Empress Dowager Gao.
His words are worth a thousand gold, and it is a great success to write them to Empress Dowager Gao.
Even if the late emperor was in his birthday, Zhang Yue never took the pen and made ink. Now he is an exception to Empress Dowager Gao, which is also a first-class way to show his initiative to get closer.
As for people, they always have to fight and be harmonious.
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There are candle shadows in Cishou Hall.
Zhang Maoze held a copy of the edict and threw a slender silhouette on the blue bricks and said, "Lu Xiang and others planned that the Empress Dowager should go in and out of Yiwei and Wei, but the story was not verified, so he followed the Empress Dowager Ci Shengguang Xian."
Lu Gongzhu came up with an ambiguous answer.
Empress Dowager Gao has been testing whether she can reach the position of Empress Zhang Xianmingsu, but temporarily took down Cai Que and Zhang Dun among the prime ministers. What Lu Gongzhu, Sima Guang and others have only given the treatment of Empress Dowager Ci Shengguang, and it is said that Empress Zhang Xianmingsu cannot be tested.
"What a 'story is unexplainable'. The eleven-year-old Empress Zhang Xianmingsu's rules have been lost?"
Empress Dowager Gao turned around, and the bronze mirror reflected the newly added silver threads on her temples.
"Empress" Zhang Maoze paused for a moment, "Do you need to re-image the three provinces?"
"Forget it." Empress Dowager Gao suddenly turned her back, "What do you think about these false rituals? This world is ultimately owned by his Zhao family."
Empress Dowager Gao suddenly sighed: "I'm not saying this, but what the Guan family in the palace said to Zhang Yue today."
"The official's expression of Zhang Yue's voice "Zhang Qing" towards Zhang Yue... is still visible."
Zhang Maoze had cold sweats from his spine. He clearly remembered that in the afternoon, the eleven-year-old emperor raised his face and called Zhang Yue, and the light flashed in his eyes that were exactly the same as the last emperor.
After all, the ministers were loyal to him. Even if Lu Gongzhu, Sima Guang, Han Zhen and others were obscene to emulate Empress Dowager Zhang Xianmingsu's rituals.
After all, Empress Dowager Gao can only go to Empress Dowager Cao at most, but not Empress Dowager Liu.
Otherwise, Sima Guang and Lu Gongzhu would not agree.
"The old slave is brave," Zhang Maoze knelt and moved forward half a step, "Zhang Yue was soft on the outside and strong on the inside. This time, Cai did not use any force to deal with it, but just asked Su Che to attack indirectly. If he was to take care of his life, the inner minister was worried that Han Qi would ask Empress Dowager Cisheng to withdraw the curtain again!"
Zhang Maoze followed Empress Dowager Gao for many years and was loyal, so he was ignorant of such words.
The incident where Han Qi asked Empress Dowager Cao to remove the curtain back then also impressed Empress Dowager Gao.
Empress Dowager Gao said: "Zhang Yue was ordered by the late emperor after all, and he was Zhuge Wuhou of this dynasty. If he kept suppressing him, people would be dissatisfied. After all, he was not the late emperor's life."
"How can Zhang Yue be compared with the Empress Dowager..." Zhang Maoze said halfway, and was cut off by Empress Dowager Gao and said, "But only after the Censor Lian Zhang impeached him, Cai Que still refused to give up, so he should give up! How about the infamy he was holding this infamy?"
Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Gao felt a little hated. Cai really couldn't take the initiative to quit, so he had to force her to stop. This made her look really bad.
Speaking of this, Empress Dowager Gao had made a decision and said to Zhang Maoze: "Who is staying in the Hanlin area tonight?"
Zhang Maoze said: "Deng Wenbo."
Empress Dowager Gao said: "Xuan Deng Wenbo went to the small hall of the East Gate and dismissed Cai Que's position as prime minister... He appointed Zhang Yue as the minister of the Secretariat and the minister of the Left Pushe!"
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The next day, Cai Que stopped his position and appointed him as the official official, and was the bachelor of Guanwen Hall, and the governor of Anzhou.
The prime minister took the Grand Secretary of Guanwen Hall, and the Grand Secretary of Guanwen Hall was demoted when he went out.
Cai Que, who was in the mansion, had his face and expression remained unchanged when he heard this, as if he had expected it.
To be continued...