Chapter 1,125: Deceiving officials is a technical job
Chapter 1134: Deceiving officials is a technical job
After the meeting in the palace, Zhang Yue, Wang Gui and Cai Que took a rest in the side hall.
The waiter served tea inside.
Wang Gui held tea and said to Zhang Yue jokingly: "I wonder if your majesty has summoned talents to stay here again so that he can recommend people to your majesty alone?"
Cai Que, the newly appointed Councilor and Political Councilor, listened and looked away to avoid getting involved in the struggle between the two prime ministers. Perhaps they were also chatting to impress themselves.
However, Cai Que also knew that Wang Gui was very dissatisfied with Zhang Yue's repeated invitations to the emperor alone.
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "Historically, Duke Shu stayed many times to explain the new law to Your Majesty. I am no different now."
Wang Gui said with a smile: "When Li Wenjing (Li Hang) was the prime minister, he never stayed around to give a speech. When asked by Zhen Temple, Li Wenjing said frankly, I am ready to serve as prime minister, and I will speak openly on official matters. Those who reveal secrets are either slander or sycophancy.
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Zhang Yue snorted lightly and said with a smile: "Since the historian is a veteran of the three dynasties, how could he not know that during the Qingli period, the ministers guarding the border, Han Wei Gong and Fan Wenzheng Gong, recalled the central government, but they were never able to do it alone."
"It is Mr. Ouyang who proposes to Your Majesty that Mr. Fan and Han are familiar with border affairs, and confidential matters are not suitable for discussion in public, so please stay and report. Only one or two people are called for discussion. This is a common thing for the emperor. This is a precedent, so why should the history museum get involved?
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Wang Gui said: "But I remember Renmiao also said that I don't want to stay in China, for fear of opening up a path of undermining."
As Wang Gui and Zhang Yue kept talking, Cai Que also knew it well.
This is also beating yourself up.
The ability to stay as a memorial is generally limited to the prime minister and the privy envoys. If the ministers and deputy privy envoys want to stay, they must seek the consent of the prime minister in advance.
At the same time, the banquet officer is also qualified to stay.
One advantage of staying in person to report on matters is that there are no official records of practicing daily notes around. This also makes it easier for the monarch and his ministers to talk privately and isolate the ears and eyes.
Since Zhang Yue became Prime Minister Jixian, he has been left alone by the emperor many times, which reflects the emperor's trust in Zhang Yue.
Wang Gui was very dissatisfied with Zhang Yue for being alone many times, and this has always been the case.
Now that Cai Que has been promoted to power, he has the qualifications to stay and serve, but the two prime ministers are also talking about it. If you, Cai Que, dare to ask for a stay, the two of us will do it to you.
Soon Shi De said in one step: "Your Majesty, please invite all three of you to come in together."
Hearing this, Cai Que's expression relaxed.
Today, Zhang Yue, Wang Gui, and Cai Que stayed at the same time, which is called staying in the class. Because this is the stay of the entire Zhongshu team.
In this way, we don’t have to worry about gossiping behind each other’s backs in front of officials.
The official said to the three prime ministers: "Just now I didn't want to talk about Xixia's invasion in the palace to avoid misinformation outside, but now I want you three to stay and discuss the matter."
"Xi Xia again raised troops from Xingzhou with great momentum. Some foreign ministers talked a lot, thinking that China was in trouble."
The official meaning is that there are many people outside just talking.
When it comes to the use of troops, you just have to decide what to do and don't tell anyone else. After hearing what the officials said, the three of them felt warm in their hearts.
Wang Gui said: "I wonder what your Majesty thinks?"
The official said: "Please tell me."
The officials were also very dissatisfied that Wang Gui never expressed his position. He asked Zhang Yue to stay to discuss the matter instead of Wang Gui. This was the reason.
Just as he frequently approached Wang Anshi to stay with him, he was able to express his true knowledge and insights without any scruples.
However, the officials also knew that it was not good to keep looking for Zhang Yue to stay, so today they arranged for Wang Gui and Cai Que to stay at the same time, so as to avoid mutual suspicion among the officials.
However, when the official was studying in Renzong, the other party did not object to the appointment of the late emperor as the crown prince, and they felt that the other party was an honest man.
When Zhang Yue saw Wang Gui and Cai Que present, he was also very cautious.
It's easy to talk about other things, but once something goes wrong in military affairs, it will easily cause a heavy blow to oneself if it is spread by Wang Gui and Cai Que.
He entered the prime minister's position based on his military exploits, and may rise or fall because of this.
Zhang Yue thought about his choice of words and said, "When Dangxiang leaves Xingzhou, he mostly goes to Lanzhou and Tiandu Mountain."
Zhang Yue tried his best to say as much as possible, but he couldn't be too specific. Cai Que was ten times more powerful and astute than Yuan Jiang. He could not tell how his words would be arranged into his ears.
The last time he stated in front of the emperor that he wanted to fight a protracted war with Xixia in Lanzhou, Tiandu Mountain, and Pingxia City, the result was that Shen Kuo was impeached by the imperial censor, saying that he wasted money and food on repairing Jingyuan Road, but did not know how to make progress.
This impeachment of Shen Kuo was directed at him, but he just didn't dare to do it to himself.
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Therefore, he tried to use vague and ambiguous words in his public speeches from now on.
Don't ever think why an official doesn't have much to say when he speaks. This is the lesson learned from being tricked over the years. If he trusts you, he can speak every detail in private chats.
Wang Gui did not understand side affairs, after all, he was just writing to govern, while Cai did have some insights, but he was not as good as Zhang Yue in terms of side affairs and country governance.
The three lieutenants chatted for a while, but the officials felt that they could not enjoy themselves to the fullest, so they once again ordered Zhang Yue to stay alone to play the duel.
As soon as these words came out, Wang Gui and Cai Que left in embarrassment.
In Wang Gui and Cai Que's heart, it was inevitable that Zhang Yue deliberately did not tell the truth in their presence and must tell the truth in private, in order to consolidate their favor.
However, due to his conscience, Zhang Yue basically did not speak ill of anyone and did not make any demands for his party members when he was telling the truth in private.
This is not his intention to be a gentleman. Confucian morality teaches you the principles of long profit and short profit.
Speaking ill of people behind their backs is very cost-effective and will be extremely hated once someone discovers it.
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The official said to Zhang Yue: "Dang Xiang once again committed crimes and invaded the country. Not only did Liang Yimi send troops to revitalize the state, but Liang Yongneng also sent troops to Hengshan. You and I must speak honestly."
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty's talented ministers have already said that, and there is a Privy Council in Huanzhou."
Zhang Yue's implication is, Your Majesty, please stop micromanaging.
The official said: "Han Zhen and Li Xian don't get along. They have impeached each other a lot. How can they work together to deal with the enemy?"
Han Zhen has a strong desire for power and has repeatedly tried to intervene in the affairs of the Xihe Road System. However, Li Xian is a confidant of the emperor, so how can he listen to Han Zhen's orders?
The two sides impeached each other and gave each other eye drops in front of the emperor.
Zhang Yue smiled in his heart and said: "Your Majesty, once you have been an official, you know that 70 to 80% of your energy is spent on interacting with your colleagues, and only 20 to 30% of your energy is spent on doing things."
The official looked slightly embarrassed when he heard this. This situation was not caused by Zhang Yue just to suit his wishes.
"Your Majesty, the purpose of establishing the Xihe Road Real Estate Department was not to allow the Privy Council to dominate, but also to supervise each other."
The official was a little relieved, but extremely worried and asked: "Then don't I need to do something?"
Zhang Yue asked: "Your Majesty, have all the rewards from the last battle of Lanzhou gone?"
The official said: "The edict will be issued in February."
Zhang Yue asked again: "Have all the money and materials from the Qinfeng Road Transportation Department been allocated?"
The official said: "The edict will be issued in January."
The official was stunned and then said: "Aren't these two things requested by you? Why are you asking me instead?"
Zhang Yue said: "As your Majesty said, these two things are enough. Let Li Xian, Wang Hou and Li Hao handle the rest."
The official was stunned for a while, he was very impatient and always felt that he had to do something.
"Is it enough to give out rewards and provide enough money and food?" the official asked worriedly.
Zhang Yue asked in a deliberation manner: "Your Majesty is worried, will you allocate another 100,000 guan from the inner treasury to Li Xian to reward the soldiers?"
The official nodded immediately.
The officials were extremely stingy about themselves, they lived simply in food and clothing, and were very frugal in spending money on the harem. For example, the Zhu family who gave birth to his children had just been named Zhaorong. It was not that he did not love her, but that she was afraid of spending money.
But the officials were not stingy about opening up borders, and they would often allocate as much money as they wanted with a stroke of their pen.
Zhang Yue stood up and said: "Soldiers on the front line must be impressed by His Majesty's sage."
After saying that Zhang Yue was about to resign, the official was stunned and thought, Zhang Yue still didn't tell him anything important and just left like this?
The official grabbed Zhang Yue and said, "You also want me to know what's going on."
Zhang Yue almost spread his hands when he heard this.
Zhang Yue thought to himself that the reason why he could not defeat Xixia during the Qing Dynasty and was defeated by Li Yuanhao was because of insufficient financial, material and military strength. In the third year of Xining, Han Jiang arrived at the place and saw that the soldiers only wore paper armor and did not have enough to eat.
The Han army had no fighting power and could only reuse the Tibetan army.
After the Xining Reform, the material and financial resources of the imperial court were greatly sufficient, and all the troops in Shaanxi Province were well supplied with fine food. Then they used the general method to govern the army, and Lu Huiqing implemented the policy of combining Tibetan and Han operations. The Western Army was indeed different from what it used to be.
The situation now is very different from that of the past. As long as you don't take such radical measures as the Five-pronged Expedition of Xia and the construction of Yongle City, you can wear Xixia to death.
The emperor and Wang Anshi have basically done everything they need to do. Now they just need to use resources to kill your party items step by step.
In the era of Queen Anshi, what Zhang Yue really tried to do was to resolve the burden on the people caused by the radical policies brought about by the reform.
Try to silence Sima Guang and the others as much as possible to prevent the future expedition to Xia from being unsustainable.
In the end, a situation similar to Yuan You's change was created.
Lu Huiqing is the smartest at this point.
Historically, after the death of Emperor Shenzong, Lu Huiqing felt that something was wrong with the court and seemed to want to abolish the reform. At that time, Lu Huiqing, who knew Hedong Prefecture, went out without authorization and rode 20,000 troops to attack Xixia and beheaded more than 600 people, which almost caused the Song-Xia war.
Lu Huiqing took a risk and bet that Song and Xia would definitely go to war, so that the new law would not be repealed and he would still be useful.
However, the officials never saw their own efforts and always thought that they were giving him a hand in the expedition to conquer Xia.
How could Zhang Yue not do his best to attack Xia? Once Yuan You changed his mind, he and Lu Huiqing would go down together.
Facing the officials, Zhang Yue thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, the Ordnance Supervisor has built new cannons, and I have been sent to Lanzhou and Pingxia City."
The official slapped his thigh and said, "But a thunderbolt?"
Zhang Yue nodded in agreement.
The officials were immediately filled with confident smiles.
Zhang Yue wiped his sweat and thought that fooling officials was really a technical job.
It's simply harder than beating ten Liang Yimi.
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On the other side, Party Xiang's army spread out along the Huluchuan River, coming in a mighty and mighty manner as if it came from the original route to Jingjing.
Sitting on the horse, Liang Yi was very happy. The Dangxiang tribe was originally a piece of loose sand.
One thing that can complete the cohesion of the entire nation is war, and the other is religion.
Through war, he completed his control over various tribes, rewarding those who obeyed and destroying those who disobeyed.
The leaders of each tribe prostrated in awe in front of his horse and handed over their pledges, money, food and warriors.
Through victory in war after war, the party's confidence in the royal family has grown immensely.
