Looking at Li Ding's high seat and Zhang Dun beside him, Zeng Bu's eyes narrowed.
Zhang Dun was promoted by Wang Anshi along the way, and he was promoted quickly.
Now he is the school manager of Jixian Hall, and he is the inspector of Zhongshu together with Li Chengzhi.
Zeng Bu was a relative of Wang Anshi and fully supported the reform. He had just been promoted to Prince Zhongyun and was a storyteller in the Chongzheng Hall. Jing Yanguan could see the emperor every day and could also assist Lu Huiqing.
These two people and Li Chengzhi are the backbone of the royal party, second only to Lu Huiqing. However, Shen Kuo and Shen Liao, who have just entered Beijing, missed the opportunity to get closer to Wang Anshi at the beginning of the reform, so they are not counted yet.
Of course, when they saw Wang Yu deliberately pushing Li Ding to the top position, Zeng Bu and Zhang Dun felt a little shaken in their hearts.
As for the leader, Lu Huiqing, of course still maintained a cheerful face, but he knew in his heart that Wang Yu deliberately favored Li Ding, which was actually weakening his status as the second-ranking figure in the royal party.
Except for Wang Anshi, no one in the new party is the real number two figure. There is only Confucius and no Yan Hui.
This Wang Ya Nei is more scheming than his father and is better at playing power. This is what Lu Huiqing thought.
Seeing Li Ding sitting at the top with a bit of ignorance, Lu Huiqing sneered secretly, and then complimented him: "Da Langjun, this senior (Li Ding) has done the most great work, what kind of position do you want to give him?"
Why?"
Wang Yu hasn't spoken yet.
Lu Huiqing, already thinking deeply, asked the counselor: "Would it be too high if he was suddenly appointed as an admonishment officer?"
Li Ding was almost shocked. He was not even a Beijing official, but he was promoted to an admonishment official. This was the first of its kind!
Li Dingyu stood up and said, "This is impossible!"
Unexpectedly, Wang Zhuo on the side had a fixed gaze and stretched out his palm to push Li Ding onto the chair and let him sit back in the chair.
Wang Yu's move revealed who among these people was the one who kept his word.
Wang Yu said: "If you remonstrate with officials, then remonstrate with officials, so what! If you don't break the rules, it's not enough to legislate!"
Zhang Dun and Zeng Bu thought that Lu Huiqing was joking, but when they saw Wang Yu's affirmative tone, they couldn't help but feel disturbed in their hearts.
Shen Liao and Shen Kuo were both shocked. How could Li Ding know the admonition by just selecting someone?
Lu Huiqing's face turned gloomy.
In the Song Dynasty, the Zhongshu Province, the Privy Council, the Three Secretaries, and the Taijian were four parallel departments.
The four powers of administration, military, finance and supervision are separated.
Taijian is the Jianguan and Yushitai, which are divided into two yamen, but they are gradually merging.
Li Ding was not even a Beijing official, but he was able to come to Taiwan to give advice. His status was even higher than that of Lu Huiqing today.
Lu Huiqing's face twitched almost invisibly, and when he saw the atmosphere was silent for a while, he smiled and said: "Senior, the great man is looking up to you."
Li Ding saw Lu Huiqing's strong support for him and Wang Yu's strong affirmation, so he said: "Since Da Langjun and Lu Gong are promoting me, then Li will do my best to do so."
Soon Zhang Dun and Zhang Kai said goodbye and returned home.
Zhang Kai said to Zhang Dun: "Brother Dun, I think there seems to be some discord between Wang Dalangjun and Lu Jifu."
Zhang Dundan said calmly: "It's been like this for a long time. Both of them are talented people. How can they be compatible?"
After a pause, Zhang Dun said to Zhang Kai: "Last month, you sang poems with Su Zizhan again?"
Zhang Kai nodded and said, "At that time, Zizhan was returning to Beijing, so he gave me and Su Zizhan a banquet."
Zhang Dun said: "Eating wine is just drinking wine. Why do you still leave poems in the banquet?"
Zhang Kai nodded and said, "I was rash. That's right. Brother Dun, you and Zizhan are such good friends, but he asked you out several times, and you always excused yourself because you were busy with business. Isn't that good?"
Zhang Dun said: "I have been promoted all the way through the great favor of Wang Xianggong, and now I am somewhat successful. But brother Zizhan is conceited and talented, and has repeatedly criticized Wang Xianggong's political power. How can I not avoid suspicion?"
"Yes, what if Lu Jifu wants his brother to imitate Li Ding and betray Li Gongze (Li Chang)?" Zhang Kai said, "Brother Zizhan is very good, but he is too good.
To be honest, if I had the intention to harm him at the banquet a few days ago... I would have harmed him countless times."
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Zhang Dun said: "He has always been like this. I have told him many times not to criticize Wang Xianggong's political power, but he won't listen, which will cause disaster in the future."
Zhang Kai looked at Zhang Dun and asked: "Brother Dun, if Su Zizhan is in trouble, will you not plead with Wang Xianggong?"
Zhang Dun moved his lips and said: "Did you know that he went to the official's house a few days ago? Now that the state is short of supplies, the official wants to buy more than 4,000 Zhejiang lanterns at a reduced price. Su Shi said in the official post that those who sell Zhejiang lanterns are poor people, how can you do that?
A humble reward for his uprightness."
"That's all. The officials also accepted it. Zizhan wrote another seven thousand words, asking your Majesty to win people's hearts, strengthen customs, and maintain discipline..."
Zhang Kai shook his head when he heard this. Wang Anshi's idea of reform was to change customs and legislate laws.
Su Shi created a strong custom and discipline when he went to the public.
This is blatant arrogance.
In the past, Su Shi could criticize Wang Anshi privately or in an insinuating way, but now he was openly provoking.
Zhang Dun said to Zhang Kai: "I heard privately that Lu Jifu has gone to find Xie Jingwen and talked about dealing with Su Shi!"
Zhang Kai lost his temper and said, "So... Then Zizhan and I should remind you!"
"Brother?"
Zhang Dun was silent for a while and said: "Zizhan will not listen to others' advice, but you can go and inform him, but you must not mention Xie Jingwen, otherwise you and I will know that it was you and me who leaked it."
Zhang Kai nodded.
After Zhang Dun heard what Zhang Dun said, he went to see Su Shi, but Su Shi didn't take it seriously.
Zhang Kai said that it was useless to talk, so he had no choice but to do anything.
Zhang Kai thought that he was going to go back and talk to Zhang Dun, but after thinking about it, even if he talked to Zhang Dun, it would be useless. Zhang Kai happened to pass by Zhang Yue's house, so he went to the door bravely.
After Zhang Kai knocked on the door, his servants knew who he was and immediately went to report it.
Soon Zhang Shi went out to greet him. He didn't have any good feelings toward Zhang Kai, but Zhang Kai was very sincere. Zhang Shi was not that grudge-y, and thought he was a relative after all, so he let him in.
I heard that Zhang Yue had not returned home yet, so Zhang Kai was waiting aside.
In fact, Zhang Yue had replied earlier, but when he heard that it was Zhang Kai who was coming, he didn't see him and kept ignoring him.
After waiting until dinner was served in Zhang's house, Zhang Kai still didn't wait for Zhang Yue.
At this time, Zhang Yue had understood something better and was about to leave helplessly. At this time, Zhang Yue appeared in front of him, full of food and wine.
"It's Brother Zhifu!"
Zhang Yue greeted calmly.
Zhang Kai was a little ashamed, and then said: "Yes, I have met Zhang Daizhi."
Zhang Yue said: "Brother Qifu, what do you think you can do by coming so late?"
Zhang Kai then told Zhang Yue that Su Shi might be impeached and dismissed from office.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but wonder about the authenticity of the matter.
"Tell me clearly, who wants to impeach Zizhan?"
Zhang Yu remembered Zhang Dun's warning not to tell Xie Jingwen's name, and Zhang Yue said: "If you don't tell me, I won't be able to find someone to rescue you, so your trip will be in vain."
Zhang Kai hesitated and said again and again: "To be honest, it's Xie Shizhi!"
Zhang Yue was stunned.
Zhang Kai said: "Please Zhang Daizhi keep this matter secret, otherwise Brother Dun and I will be implicated."
