Chapter 1051: Showdown between the king and his ministers
A ray of sunlight shines into the palace and shines on the official's face, which seems to have some embarrassing and guilty meaning.
Zhang Yue really made the emperor lose all face today.
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!" When Shi De saw Zhang Yue's words, he already showed no face to the emperor.
Zhang Yue spoke so arrogantly to officials. After Wang Anshi and Han Jiang, Zhang Yue is the only one who dares to talk to officials like this in the court.
At this moment, Shi Deyi, who was the loyal dog of the official family, stood up and said: "Xianggong Zhang, your Majesty, please bear with me for a long time. Don't push yourself any further!"
Instead, the official said: "Shi Deyi, please retreat first!"
"His Majesty……"
The official said: "I still have something to say with Zhang Qing!"
"yes!"
Shi De was silent when he heard this. He was a close minister of the emperor and never avoided talking to foreign officials. Why did he ask him to leave today? There was something he couldn't hear.
Shi Deyi left with a depressed look on his face, and suddenly Zhang Yue and the official family were the only two people left in the hall.
Guan Jia closed his eyes for a moment and then opened them. In an instant, a look he had never seen before appeared on Guan Jia's face.
Zhang Yue woke up suddenly, and he seemed to see the scene when the fourteen-year-old boy came to his door for the first time to ask him to learn calligraphy.
That boy was a little timid, as quiet as a virgin, and looked like a boy who didn't know what it was like to be sad, with crystal clear eyes.
Then the scene changed to the time when he first ascended the throne and said to himself that the emperor and his master were together, and the king and his friends were as young as 20 years old.
At that time, he was respectful and modest, and he felt at a loss to deal with the sudden control of this huge empire.
Amid the discussions among the ministers, he remained barely calm. Faced with the debate among the ministers in front of the emperor, he bit his lower lip and remained silent.
The imperial master Wang Tao did not take him seriously at all, as if he was a puppet on strings; Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu and other ministers were also in awe and did not dare to say a word; Wang Anshi treated him like a stern teacher at the lecture banquet
student.
On that snowy day, when Han Qi was impeached by Wang Tao and left, the officials cried and held his hand, saying that even King Cheng of Zhou was suspicious of Duke Zhou.
Then Wang Tao was impeached again...
Then the scene shifted to the seventh year of Xining, when I brought Xihe back to the court, I saw the high-spirited look of the emperor who had long since lost his childishness.
However, a few days ago, he was wailing in the palace because of Zheng Xia's resignation, lamenting the suffering of the people, and finally Wang Anshi resigned.
Then the scene shifts to the ninth year of Xining, when Wang Anshi resigned as prime minister for the second time, and the official's face sometimes showed a sinister look.
Over the years, new laws have been enacted, old ministers have been expelled, Taiwan has been seized to remonstrate, the national treasury has been consolidated, secret trust has been secured, and territories have been expanded. Even if the old and new parties quarrel fiercely in the court, the officials have always sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and exercised power in the world quietly.
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In the name of Xu Jun's true appearance, let Wang Anshi, Lu Huiqing, himself and others work hard to take the power to Zhongshu, and then suppress Zhongshu's power to take it into his hands.
Finally, he gradually moved from behind the scenes to the front of the stage.
Some of them were conscious, and some were unconscious... only the emperor himself knows what they are.
The ray of sunlight slowly climbed up from outside the window and was shining on Guan Jia's profile. At this moment, half of his face was in yin and half in yang.
On the yang side, he is an emperor who does not manage the palace, does not travel around, works hard to govern, and will be a promising emperor. On the yin side... what is he...
The dark side of people cannot be scrutinized, but power will magnify it infinitely.
The official smiled and said: "Zhang Qing, I always think that if I can, let all the people in the world sit in my position, and everyone can be an emperor for once, and they can have everything I have. Then they will know the bottom of my heart.
Loneliness, hesitation and helplessness.”
"When the late emperor was not yet the crown prince, the Ren Temple issued an edict to the late emperor to enter the palace, but the late emperor refused to go in every possible way. I asked the late emperor why he did not want to go. The late emperor shook his head and said, this is not a blessing but a disaster. Later, the emperor came and talked to the late emperor.
After saying that, the late Emperor had to go. When I sent the late Emperor into the palace, I will never forget the fear and hesitation in the late Emperor's eyes. For so many years, I have been thinking that if you didn't come back then, then the late Emperor and I wouldn't either.
Be the emperor."
"To be honest, I would rather be a wealthy and idle prince than sit on the throne that is burned and stabbed all day long. If it were to happen again, I would definitely persuade the late emperor not to enter the palace."
Zhang Yue felt the deep sadness in the official words, and wondered how much of the official words were true and how false.
But the emperor is really not a good person.
This is not the case where the Empress of the East Palace bakes big cakes or the Empress of the West Palace rolls green onions. This is real.
At this point, the official picked up the "Mencius" on the table and asked: "The other day you saw Sima Guang and said, "There is no evil and no good means that the body of the heart has both good and malicious actions. You believe that this means that your nature is good."
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Zhang Yue knew in his heart that he had never said this to the officials, but the officials did not know where he heard it from. This shows that the officials had their ears and eyes all over the court.
Zhang Yue said: "Mencius is good by nature, Gaozi's theory of neither good nor evil, Yangzi's theory of the confusion of good and evil, and Xunzi's theory of evil nature are each one of a kind. It is not whether I believe it or not, but whether your Majesty believes it or not."
"As long as your Majesty believes that all human nature is good, then the world will be good!"
The official laughed and said: "When I was young, I loved to read the books of Shen and Han. My favorite was the theory of abiding by name and responsibility for reality. But later, Master Sun did not allow me to read it!"
“Later I read Confucius’ ‘Benefit the people because they benefit them, and it is not necessary to benefit them without any trouble’, and I agree with this.”
"I have recently studied Mencius through the banquet, and I feel more deeply about it."
"If you want to win the world, you must have a way to win it. If you win the people, you will win the world. This theory will never change."
"I deeply agree with what you said about Mencius accompanying him to worship, and I will give him three hundred thousand dollars to build a temple for Mencius."
In another history of time and space, in the seventh year of Yuanfeng, it was the official establishment of the accompaniment of sacrifices for Mencius, and he became the third person to accompany him after Yan Hui and Zeng Zi.
But at that time, the official decision was made after the Five-Road Expedition to Xia and the Battle of Yongle City.
Zhang Yue stood up and said: "I thank your Majesty! This is my wish!"
The official paused and said, "You are right what you just said, I only want to benefit the country!"
"The late Emperor planned to reform the bad government from the beginning, but unfortunately, the matter finally fell on my shoulders."
"I originally listened to your advice and used Wang Anshi to take back my authority, but Wang Anshi wanted to sit across from me at the banquet and put the power of Zhongshu on me..."
When Zhang Yue heard the official's words, he first felt ridiculous, and then he realized that the emperor was the leader of the largest new party in the world.
Later, the emperor changed the service law, which was the last resort of the emperor. There were too many civil unrests in the local area and there were a lot of discussions, so he and Han Jiang were used to make some lenient measures. This was an expedient measure for the officials.
There are no people in the world who don't understand. In fact, officials understand everything and understand everything in their hearts. Moreover, officials may seem to have a good temper, be courteous to virtuous officials, and be open-minded and eager to learn, but they are not easy to forgive others on the inside.
"I use Qing as my husband because you are different from Wang Anshi! There is also Han Qing. I also know that he and Qing are both loyal ministers and loyal to the country! I never thought that he would become ill in the end. I originally wanted to wait for him.
Change of mind."
"I am sorry for Han Qing!"
Zhang Yue sneered in his heart and said on his face: "Your Majesty, I am really not as good as Lu Huiqing and Cai Que."
The official said: "Lu Huiqing and Cai Que are indeed loyal to me and have extraordinary merits, but they also value power and position. You are different. You care about reputation. This reputation is not only in front of you, but also behind you, right?"
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Zhang Yue thought to himself, this exemption law, Mencius accompanying the priest is the reputation given to him by the officials?
Normal emperors use the terms "gentleman" and "villain" together.
Of course, this does not mean that Lu Huiqing and Cai Que are villains in the true sense.
They don't talk about talents, but their moral standards are extremely high compared to ordinary people. Once Lu Huiqing asked his disciple Zeng Min, who do you think Su Shi was?
Zeng Min said he was a smart man.
After hearing this, Lu Huiqing asked disdainfully, "Who are smart people? Are they as smart as Yao and Shun? Are they as smart as Yu?"
Zeng Min said that although he was not as good as them, he was still smart.
What did Lu Huiqing say about what Su Shi learned?
Zeng Min talked about learning from Mencius.
Lu Huiqing said angrily: "How do you know?"
Zeng Min said that Su Shi said that the people are the most important, followed by the country.
When Lu Huiqing heard about it, he felt as if he had taken dumb medicine and was silent for a long time.
Although Cai Que and Lu Huiqing said that Afu was too much, if the emperor destroyed Xixia, then the reputation of the two of them in the history books would be expected to be famous ministers and good ministers, and they would be worthy of enjoying the Ancestral Temple as ministers of Zhongxing.
As for the real "villains" and "traitors", not to mention the officials looking down on them, they have long been screened out by the officialdom mechanism and the imperial examination.
Most of the "treacherous ministers" in the history of the Song Dynasty were imperialists.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty admires the Legalist principle of abiding by names and being responsible for reality, and so do my ministers. Things that benefit the people are only in name but not in reality, so it is better not to do them."
The official sighed: "In five hundred years, a king will appear. His rise will be sudden, and his death will be sudden."
"This dynasty has already been one hundred and thirty years old, but once it has been ruined for a few years, it is enough, and it will be destroyed. The only country in the four seas is Xixia, and the Liao Kingdom is a serious problem."
"I would rather work hard for several years and work together to accomplish this. When the Jin Dynasty invaded Soochow, there was a lot of opposition in the court, but the Jin Emperor fought against everyone's opinions and succeeded in the final battle!"
When the official said this, his expression was inexplicably excited.
What else did Zhang Yue say when he heard this? The official said, "I know you are right, but I just want to do this. What else do I have to say?"
After the official finished speaking, he stared at Zhang Yue who was silent and silent, waiting to see how he would reply.
Zhang Yue could only say: "Your Majesty will be able to succeed in this battle, which has been built for eternity, to avenge the shame of our ancestors and achieve ZTE's hegemony!"
The official did not show any expression when he heard this, but remained silent. Zhang Yue added: "Your Majesty can tell me this heartfelt words, which shows your trust in me. I am truly grateful."
The official took a deep breath and was silent for a moment. Zhang Yue said, "In that case, I will leave first."
The official finally couldn't bear it anymore and stood up and said, "Do you have nothing else to say to me besides this?"
Zhang Yue turned back and glanced at the officials and then said: "Your Majesty is determined to attack Xia, and it is not the work of the Chongzong Temple and the State. The ministers are bound by Junheng, and the chief minister has to remonstrate again and again."
"Since His Majesty has made up his mind to conquer Xia, I know that I cannot stop it, and I am unable to make Your Majesty change his mind... So I can only offer you a strategy, and hope that Your Majesty will adopt it!"
The officials were overjoyed when they heard this. He really needed the help of a far-sighted minister like Zhang Yue.
The official said: "Please tell me quickly!"
Zhang Yue looked at the official and said seriously: "Your Majesty, please move to the main hall!"
