Chapter 1018: Attack from both sides (two updates in one)
His Highness Chongzheng.
Zhang Yue spoke with General Xu, Li Chengzhi and several other officials.
Shen Kuo was dismissed as the third envoy and was replaced by another New Party general, Li Chengzhi. Li Chengzhi was an official appointed by the emperor. On the other side of the steps, Cai Que and Xiong Ben, although not discussing anything, quietly listened to Zhang Yue and
Li Chengzhi’s dialogue.
After Shen Kuo left, the New Party launched a massive counterattack.
Li Chengzhi and Zhang Yue said: "Zhang Dashen, the law of service cannot be changed! The law of recruitment was originally proposed by the lower officials and the prime minister. It is just like the original intention of the prime minister to reform the law, to carry out the government of the previous king, to promote advantages and eliminate disadvantages, and not to cause trouble."
"Although this method of collecting a lot of money is used to collect money, it is also for the purpose of managing the world's finances, not for expropriation."
Zhang Yue put the wat on his waist and listened to Li Chengzhi's words with his hands on his side.
As we all know, the Recruitment Law was proposed by Han Jiang and Zhang Yue. After Wang Anshi adopted it, it was revised by Li Chengzhi and vigorously promoted in the local area.
Therefore, Li Chengzhi was another general who participated in the recruitment law, and was therefore recommended by Wang Anshi and summoned by the officials. At that time, the officials made an exception and promoted Li Chengzhi to the capital official and said to him: "Since I came to the throne, I will not treat others lightly.
I have changed my rank, and now I am ordering you, which is a great kindness."
Later, Li Chengzhi wrote 20 "Service Letters" for the visiting envoys, endorsing the recruitment law.
Shen Kuo was dismissed because he wanted to change the military service law, and Li Chengzhi, who insisted on the military service law, became the third envoy. Today, he joined forces with Xiong Ben and Cai Que to oppose the military service law to Zhang Yue.
Of course Zhang Yue knew that the officials were doing this intentionally.
Now Sinong Temple and the three divisions are all on the side of supporting the draft law. This leaves Zhang Yue how to reform the draft law.
Everyone knows that it is inappropriate to levy "convenience-free money for lower households", but the New Party refuses to change it for the sake of being "correct" and "correct".
Faced with Li Chengzhi's endless pleas, Zhang Yue finally said "I understand" lightly, and finally loosened the fist in his sleeve.
“It’s so easy to take such a big ginseng!”
Li Chengzhi bowed. After he hit a hard target, he left angrily. Cai Que and Xiong Ben followed behind.
Zhang Yue went up the steps for a few steps. At this time, Xu General came from the side and said to Zhang Yue: "My lord, Prime Minister Feng has come down to the West Courtyard to review the affairs of the court today. I don't know where I offended Prime Minister Feng."
General Xu is now in charge of the West Court of the Inquisitors. The West Court of the Inquisitors was originally established by Han Jiang and assigned more than 60 matters of the Privy Council, especially the right to select low-level military ministers.
But it happened that at this moment, Feng Jing attacked himself.
Zhang Yue guessed that his intention to send troops from Xihe Road touched the nerves of the old party. For Fu Bi Weng's son-in-law, who always advocated a truce, his move also made them dissatisfied.
Feng Jing's counterattack was just an expression, and now he was criticizing General Xu's judge Xiyuan, which was also adding insult to injury.
Once the situation is unfavorable, after the three ministers, Zhang Yue will also lose the key location of the Western Courtyard of the Inquisitor.
Now there is a new party, and the old party is attacking us from both sides.
Zhang Yue didn't know why he remembered Wang Yu's words to persuade him, Zhang Yue, which side are you on now?
The new party is reforming and the old party is conservative. You can’t rely on both sides. What do you want to do?
The new party and the old party are two different positions. As long as you stay in the position, you will be disadvantaged for a while, but you will always lose completely.
Just like a stock, you can call it up every day or call it down every day. Sooner or later, it will be right. But if you want to go up or down at any time, you really need two brushes. If you don't do it well, people on both sides will scold you.
So that's why we say, don't easily overstep your position and state the facts.
But now the new Zhongshu Han Jiang and Zhang Yue have offended the new party by reforming the service laws and offended the old party by sending troops to Xixia.
Zhang Yue thought of this and walked into Chongzheng Hall.
Zhang Yue saw Feng Jing in the palace. Feng Jing smiled and nodded to Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue exchanged greetings with him and then said: "Xu Chongyuan (General Xu), the Prime Minister of Labor..."
Feng Jing's smile faded, and then he said: "Dear Counselor, we will talk about this later."
Zhang Yue nodded.
At this time, Xue Xiang slowly entered the palace.
As the new Deputy Privy Envoy, Xue Xiang fell ill after arriving in Beijing, and only last month he officially joined the Chongzheng Hall Council and the Political Council Council.
As a counselor in political affairs, Zhang Yue had two powers besides the palace council and the hall council.
What is really in our hands is the management of finances and the power to select some military attachés, such as Cai Jing, the inspector of the Zhongshuhufang, Shen Kuo, the envoy to the third department, and General Xu, the judge of the West Academy...
Of course, these are specific matters, and larger matters still need to be discussed with the prime ministers.
After Han Jiang became prime minister, he changed the rule that Wang Anshi had monopolized power when he was prime minister, and asked Zhongshu Wufang to read all written correspondence first.
The power of Zhang Yue and Yuan Jiang to participate in politics was greatly increased.
Of course, the most important personnel rights of the Zhongshu, such as the elimination of the Zhongshu Hall, the trial of the East Courtyard, and Liu Neiquan are all tightly held by Han Jiang and Wang Gui, but now Yuan Jiang and Zhang Yue have certain suggestions.
Especially in the appointment of officials at Jiaoyin Prison and Xihe Road, Zhang Yue had a strong say.
This is the tacit understanding between the husbands and wives after the game, and the rules are written down to the letter.
For example, Zhong Shidao was transferred to serve as the deputy military envoy of Xihe Road. In order to keep Lu Huiqing in check, Zhang Yue recommended Zhong E to be the general manager of the military and horse capital of Fuyan Road. In short, Lu Huiqing was not satisfied.
This power is completely different from the power he had when he was deputy privy envoy. Not to mention Xue Xiang, even privy envoy Feng Jing's power is not as good as Zhang Yue's now.
But now the new party and the old party are all using their own authority together, and they want to use their own power.
Any dispute over [state affairs] will turn into a power struggle when it comes to reality.
Today the two governments have a discussion in front of the emperor.
After the officials sat down, Feng Jing took the lead and asked: "Your Majesty, regarding the dispatch of troops to Miaochuan City, Zhongshu sent a provincial letter to the local government without consulting the Privy Council. I thought this would undermine the ancestral system!"
Zhang Yue came out and said: "This is a trivial matter. There are precedents to follow for the side affairs of Zhongshu Jinghua, especially the Xihe incident."
Yes, Zhang Yue is telling the story of Wang Anshi. When he first visited Xihe, Zhang Yue always wrote letters to discuss with him, but never discussed with the current Privy Councilor Wen Yanbo.
"Three years ago, there were frequent military incidents on Xihe Road, so Zhongshu took action on the matter. Nowadays, all border affairs are handled through consultation between the two governments."
Zhang Yue said: "Prime Minister Feng, I told you that this is a trivial matter. Attacking a mere small town is not worthy of discussion in front of the emperor."
In the second year of Xining, the emperor bypassed the two palaces and issued a decree to command Zhong Er. This was opposed by everyone. In this matter, Zhang Yue, in the name of Zhongshu, bypassed the Privy Council Office and asked Zhang Kai to send troops, at least from the beginning.
The process is more compliant.
But it is reasonable for Feng Jing to be angry.
Feng Jingdao: "Your Majesty, Miaochuan is not a small town, but a big city in Qingtang, second only to Qingtang City."
"Miaochuan City is located in the high mountains. The marching roads mostly pass through cliffs, which are difficult to navigate. Even riding together is not allowed. However, the city has a circumference of seven miles, a high and thick wall, and many soldiers. Last year, it was determined that there were 60,000 people in Miaochuan City.
, there are as many as twenty-eight tribes.”
"Zhongshu rashly ordered Xihe Road soldiers and horses to venture deep into important areas with light troops. If they failed, they would be in danger of being annihilated. I don't know how Zhongshu had the courage to plan things. He treated national affairs as child's play without going through temple calculations.
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Zhang Yue held a wat in both hands and said plausibly: "Your Majesty, Miaochuan City is located between Hezhou, Lanzhou, Qingtang, and Xixia. Once this city is captured, the Huang River can be controlled and the upper reaches of Lanzhou in Xixia can be controlled!"
Feng Jingze said: "If we had known this earlier, why would we have ceded Huangzhou to Ali Gu in the first place? Now that Ali Gu has no trace of rebellion, he hastily sent troops and put the name of our dynasty's benevolence, justice and integrity to where?"
Zhang Yue scolded: "This is a short-sighted statement. Mochuan City was originally owned by Wen Zhiying of the Yaran clan and owned by Wen Xixin's tribe. However, Ali Gu secretly joined forces with Xixia Prime Minister Liang Yimi to expel the two and took it away.
Miaochuan City."
"Wen Na supported Yingcheng and Wen Xixin always attached great importance to His Majesty and paid tribute every year. In the sixth and seventh year of Xining, Chen Ping, Hezhou and Taozhou both provided food and troops. After Ali Gu occupied Huangzhou, he expelled them
Although Ali Gu has no trace of rebellion in the two tribes, how can he sit back and watch him become so powerful? If time goes by, Ali Gu will dominate Qingtang and Miaochuan, and his power will be extremely difficult to control."
"Your Majesty, please think twice!"
The official said: "Wen Na Zhi Ying is successful, and Wen Xi Xin is indeed respectful. I use Wen Na Zhi Ying to become the training envoy of the Huizhou regiment, and Wen Xixin to be the envoy of Xitou. The whole tribe will be rewarded with official positions."
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Everyone could see that the officials supported Zhang Yue's attack on Miaochuan City.
Feng Jing also stopped talking, but the spearhead was already thrown.
The officialdom was like a shark pond. After Shen Kuo was dismissed as the third envoy, Li Chengzhi and Feng Jing both pounced on him like fishy sharks.
Once the attack on Mochuan City fails...
After Zhang Yue returned to Zhongshu, he quickly walked inside.
When the officials on the left and right and the officials behind the hall saw Zhang Yue, they all hurriedly bent down to salute.
After Zhang Yue turned a blind eye and walked into the viewing hall, the clerk carefully picked up the tea soup and was trembling as he didn't know whether to bring it in or not.
It happened that Cai Jing came to the inspection hall to report to Zhang Yue, took the tea soup and said, "If you are afraid of being like this, what should you do?"
"yes!"
After the clerk left, Cai Jing walked into the management hall and saw Zhang Yue with a stern face and thought to himself, no wonder the clerk was so afraid.
When the official reaches the rank of Prime Minister, he is already a very humane minister. It is common for junior officials and minor officials to be cautious and fearful. In general, not being angry is a sign of self-respect.
Now Zhang Yue is not in a good mood, and everyone in the entire inspection hall is avoiding him for fear of getting into trouble.
Cai Jing came forward with tea soup and said: "Ms. sir, I have already obtained the clue you wanted me to find about Li Chengzhi!"
Zhang Yue looked back at Cai Jing and said: "Okay!"
Cai Jingdao: "In the sixth year of Xining, Li Chengzhi's eldest son, Li, was drunk in Qingzhou. He rode his horse through the city and killed a market woman in the street. His son was arrested by the Qingzhou government and released three days later without any criminal responsibility!"
"The lower official has ordered people to transfer the files and documents of this case from Qingzhou. In addition, the owner of this matter has also sent people to relocate him to a proper place."
Cai Jing presented the file to Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue opened it and sneered: "This is really audacious and has no agenda! Where is this guy now?"
Cai Jingdao: "We are in Li Chengzhi's mansion!"
Zhang Yue said: "Take my post and inform the people in Kaifeng Prefecture! Anyone who disobeys orders and hides will be punished with the crime of harboring!"
Cai Que and Feng Jing still care about their past friendship, but as for Li Chengzhi actually daring to oppose them today... they are not afraid of what others say: a gentleman takes revenge ten years later, and a villain takes revenge from morning to night.
"yes."
"Come back! Take the file to Li Chengzhi's house and give him some advice!"
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Huangzhou.
The fort is located on the Bajin Ridge east of Miaochuan City. The fort overlooks the Yellow River to the north, and is surrounded by natural moats on all sides. The roads are winding and the terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
This fort was garrisoned by the Tibetan general Doropa. Doropa had three sons named Alingjie, Siduo Maling and Amen.
These three sons all have courage that no man can match.
After Wen Xixin's uncle and nephew were driven out of Miaochuan City by Ali Gu, Doropa, the leader of the local Tibetan tribe, took refuge with Ali Gu.
It was already after New Year's Eve, and it was snowing all over Huangzhou.
After drinking several bowls of highland barley wine, Doropa was about to put his arms around two women of his own tribe and go to bed when he heard a strange noise outside.
Doropa was very alert, and immediately pushed away the women on the left and right, walked to the lookout window, picked up the torch hanging on the wall, and shined it down the city!
But I saw a long team of mules moving forward on the top of the mountain.
"It turned out to be a caravan from Hezhou to Miaochuan!"
Doropa smiled.
After the Song Dynasty established a market exchange in Hezhou, the Song Dynasty envoy Li Xian made a blood-based alliance with the leaders of the Tibetan people in the Qing and Tang Dynasties, forming a three-chapter agreement.
1. Do not attack the caravans of the two countries.
Second, the caravan that has obtained the passage order can travel unimpeded through the other party's country.
Third, you must not disguise yourself as a caravan for smuggling or hide prisoners who have violated the contract.
Li Xian made a bloody alliance with the leaders of the Tibetan tribes, and they even killed a Tibetan girl by throwing stones to make an agreement. Doropa was also present at that time.
Over the years, various Tibetan tribes have benefited greatly from trade with the Song Dynasty, and the Tibetan tribe leaders have made a lot of money through trade.
Many leaders of the Tibetan tribes in the Qing and Tang dynasties were engaged in second-hand business. They bought goods from Khotan, Uighurs, and Xixia, and then sold them to the Song Dynasty.
Or they could buy goods from the Song Dynasty and sell them to Khotan, the Uighurs, and Xixia.
The leaders of the Tibetan tribe all have shares in the caravan.
"He's going to Mochuan City."
Doropa immediately did not stop him and said to the third son Amon who was guarding the city: "Let these people in! Ask again if there is any drink?"
Amon, who was on the top of the city, interrogated him and felt that it was quite normal. The caravan from Hezhou to Miaochuan only made one trip every two or three days. The leading merchant was also an acquaintance who often visited the city. Today, due to heavy snow, he entered the city later than usual.
It's also understandable.
It seems that the number of people in this caravan is 30% more than usual.
But Amon didn't pay much attention.
There was a young man in the caravan below the city with eyes like an eagle. His name was Wang Fan, and he was the son of Wang Junwan.
Wang Junwan made many military exploits in Xihe, but he was quite greedy for money. He privately borrowed tens of thousands from merchants to trade with the Tibetan tribe. As a result, Sun Jiong, the deputy transshipment envoy, reported it to Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue was furious when he heard about it. When he was in Xihe, he ordered repeatedly that all soldiers and horses on Xihe Road were not allowed to do business. Wang Junwan knowingly violated other laws and orders.
In addition, Wang Junwan had always been close to Wang Shao when they were in Xihe. Zhang Yue, who has a very good memory, suddenly remembered the old accounts.
As the saying goes, old and new grudges were settled together, Zhang Yue immediately demoted Wang Junwan to three levels with severe punishments, and was directly promoted from the deputy general manager of troops and horses to the jurisdiction of the prefecture.
Wang Fan was also implicated because of his father's affairs. Originally, Wang Jun had accumulated many meritorious services to support Wang Fan, but in the end, Zhang Yue wiped out this treatment.
Wang Fan was in trouble, but Wang Hou, as Wang Fan's childhood friend, gave him a hand and recommended him to Zhang Kai. When Zhang Kai saw Wang Fan, he thought he was a general and asked him to serve in the army to forgive his father's sins.
This time Zhang Kaixue attacked Huangzhou at night, and Wang Gan, who wanted to avenge his previous sins, volunteered to be a vanguard and hid in the team.
Seeing the gate of Fange City slowly opening, Wang Fan and several of his dead men immediately sneaked into the city.
The Tibetan soldier wrapped in a sheep's coat grinned at the caravan with great enthusiasm. There was also a Tibetan soldier who handed Wang Fan the sheepskin bag on his back and made a drinking gesture to him, asking him to drink.
Order some strong wine to drive away the cold.
Looking at the hospitable Tibetan people, Wang Fan took the sheepskin bag with one hand and flipped it over in the other hand to reveal a sharp short blade.
In an instant, there was a flash of blood.
The Tibetan soldiers guarding the city gate had their throats slit by the dead soldiers led by King Cut. Amen, who was standing on the top of the city, felt something strange. When he looked down the city, an arrow shot out of nowhere in the cold night and hit the target.
His eye sockets.
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In Li Chengzhi's house, Cai Jing was left alone for two hours.
Cai Jing also laughed. As the secretary of the Central Committee, he was responsible for the household affairs. Even if he went to visit the prime minister's home, the other party would never dare to let him wait for so long.
After a long time, Cai Jing just met Li Chengzhi.
"I've seen the Prime Minister!" Although Cai Jing had waited for so long, he didn't look shy at all.
Li Chengzhi said: "Yuan Chang, it's so late. I still need to rest. If you have anything to say, just say it."
Cai Jing smiled and said: "Xiang Ji speaks so straightforwardly, do you know who Cai is here for?"
Li Chengzhi sneered and said, "Besides Zhang Xianggong, I don't know if Li has any other connections with Yuan Chang."
Cai Jingdao: "Prime Minister Ji looks down on me. But I often hear Mr. Zhang say that there are many talents in the New Party, and Prime Minister Ji is the one he admires the most."
Li Chengzhi said: "Is this really true? I can't afford it."
Cai Jing handed the dossier to Li Chengzhi and said, "I would like to ask Prime Minister Ji to take a look at it."
Li Chengzhi, who had looked proud just now, suddenly changed his expression. Cai Jing said: "This family actually took the courage of a leopard and went to Beijing to beat the drum."
"After Mr. Zhang heard about this, he specifically asked me to intercept the family and transfer the files on the case from Qingzhou."
After hearing this, Li Chengzhi immediately lost all his momentum and said, "Thank you very much, Mr. Zhang. I will definitely be able to discipline my dogs in the future."
"I, Li Chengzhi, can't thank you enough."
Cai Jing said with a smile: "He asked me to come and tell Prime Minister Ji that he had stopped the matter. He has already taken care of this family."
"I talked with them. Death is like a lamp going out, and it's useless to worry about it. So I gave them a large sum of money, which is enough for them to have enough food and clothing for the rest of their lives."
"Ji Xiang, you see, this is not a big deal!"
Li Chengzhi pondered for a long time, and then said: "What does Mr. Zhang want me to do for him?"
Cai Jingdao: "No need to do anything, just make friends! Now Princess Zhang manages finances, and Prime Minister Ji is in charge of finances. We can complement each other if we are in the same boat."
Li Chengzhi pondered for a moment, glanced at the file in his hand and handed it back to Cai Jing. He took a deep breath and seemed to have made some kind of decision: "The matter of serving the law is the prime minister's lifelong effort. Li has been greatly favored by the prime minister, so he
You can't give in even half a step! Yuan Chang, you don't understand. When a man receives kindness from others, he should dissect his liver and gallbladder and offer it as a sacrifice. This method of fighting is more serious than the lives of Li's whole family."
"As long as I, Li Chengzhi, am here, I can't change a single word of the military law!"
Cai Jing reacted upon hearing this.
Li Chengzhi said sadly: "Yuan Zhang, I have made up my mind. Tomorrow I will tie up the dog and go to Kaifeng Mansion to collect the punishment! This matter was caused by my lax discipline and I should have deserved my punishment long ago! I really regret it! I regret it!"
Hearing this, Cai Jing looked at Li Chengzhi and cupped his hands and said, "I really admire Mr. Cai! I'll see you in Kaifeng Mansion then!"
