Wang Anshi and Han Jiang both agreed to use troops against the northwest. Although Wen Yanbo and others were still opposed, the problem was no longer serious.
This is the first battle that the official has presided over since he took charge, so it is inevitable to be excited and excited.
At this moment, several Xiaohuangmen were praising the officials' wiseness and martial prowess: "Taizong's imperial generals had systems, mapped formations, planned temples, taught disciplines, and controlled the situation from a distance. The commanders followed the rules and the noble ministers supervised them. This can be said to be the imperial rule from within.
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"Yes, your majesty is as wise and powerful as Emperor Taizong. This time he can conquer the Xia people and draw up plans for the temple to win a decisive victory thousands of miles away."
The official was very happy to hear several Xiaohuangmen praise him for being as wise and powerful as Emperor Taizong. However, he also knew in his heart that the reason why these Xiaohuangmen praised him was for the commander to follow his instructions. Your noble ministers will supervise this sentence.
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Emperor Taizong gave the formation map remotely and asked the generals to fight according to the formation map. If he didn't follow the formation map, he would be punished if he won.
The noble ministers have great power, and they can use the excuse of explaining the formation diagram to coerce the military commanders. These small yellow gate diagrams are the errands of the supervisory army, so they persuade themselves to remotely control the military commanders like Emperor Taizong.
However, the officials were not confused either. The ancestral method of Zhongyu was still in use until the time of Renzong, but Wang Anshi had long objected to it.
Nowadays, the custom of eunuchs supervising the army is no longer the custom. Instead, civil servants are the commanders, and military generals serve as their assistants.
Although the officials are self-aware, they still regret not being able to control the battle situation. Maybe micro-managing the battle situation is every emperor's hobby.
The official said: "Today is not as good as it used to be. Now the Privy Council is in charge of the military register, the tiger talisman, the three yamen are in charge of the army, and the ministers are in charge of the troops. Each has its own defense. This is the eternal law."
While he was talking, it was reported outside that Sima Guang was asking for a meeting.
Upon hearing this, the officials knew that Sima Guang was looking for him to go out.
The officials were very grateful to Sima Guang for assisting his father and for him to rise to power. When they met Sima Guang, they immediately expressed a few words of condolences.
The official said: "Wang Anshi and Qing are good friends, why should you doubt yourself?"
Sima Guang said: "Wang Anshi and I used to be good friends, but after he came to power, I disobeyed him several times. Like Liu Xun, who served as a minister in the bookstore, but was demoted to Taizhou Tongpan because he did not agree with him. Like Su Shi, who was upright and outspoken.
But he was framed by Wang Anshi’s in-law Xie Jingwen.”
"Your Majesty said that Wang Anshi, a good minister, can't compare with Lu Gong's works. Wang Anshi and Lu Gong's works were so good at the beginning, but now they are ruined. I dare not avoid being deposed, and I only want to keep my integrity."
The official said: "It is precisely because Wang Anshi is the Duke that Lu Gong did not dare to hide his guilt. Besides, the Green Seedling Law has been effective."
Sima Guang shook his head and said: "Everyone in the world knows that the Qingmiao method is wrong, only Anshi's party thinks it is right."
Sima Guang couldn't bear to go out this time. The people Sima Guang spent time in Beijing with were Liu Tong, Liu Shu, Su Shi and Su Che.
These people were demoted one after another for opposing the reform, and Su Shi was also impeached by the imperial censor Xie Jingwen.
The official family had previously intended to appoint Su Shi as the censor, but Xie Jingwen deliberately said that officials to be promoted to the censor must be strictly assessed, and those who were incompetent would be dismissed.
So Xie Jingwen impeached Su Shi. When Su Che transported Su Xun's coffin back to Sichuan in the capital, he took a lot of goods with him and sold illegal salt.
Sima Guang said: "When Su Shi and Ding You were together, Han Qi gave him a gift of three hundred, and Ouyang Xiu didn't accept a gift of two hundred. How can he sell private goods for a little money now?"
The officials did not listen, so Sima Guang gave up and left.
When Sima Guang left the palace, Zhang Yue was walking up to the palace, and they met each other.
Zhang Yue saw Sima Guang lowering his gaze and immediately stepped forward and saluted: "I have seen the bachelor before."
When Sima Guang saw it was Zhang Yue, he smiled slightly and said, "That's right! I'm going to ask your Majesty to go out today."
Zhang Yuezao heard the rumor that Sima Guang was going out. He was still surprised and didn't know what to say. It took him a long time to say: "Bachelor...Bachelor, take care!"
Zhang Yue thought of the time when he and Sima Guang asked Emperor Renzong to establish an heir.
Sima Guang disagreed: "To tell you the truth, since the Qin Dynasty, those of us who have been officials want to be high officials and be reused. If we want to rise to the top, we can only follow the Legalists, but we Confucians are not willing to do it. The affairs of the country are difficult now.
You have to do your best!"
After saying this, Sima Guang left immediately.
After Zhang Yue went to the palace, he looked back at Sima Guang and felt desolate.
At this moment, the officials in the palace had made up their minds to ask Sima Guang to resign. They wanted to use troops against the northwest. Sima Guang had always been opposed to it. His departure now would strengthen the determination of everyone in the court.
This is a big plan and no one can stop it.
Even Fu Bi, who was highly regarded by Empress Dowager Cao, was dismissed as prime minister because he opposed the plan to use troops in the northwest.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Yue wants to see you!"
The official thought to himself that Zhang Yue rarely asked to see him, and usually summoned him when he had something to do. Recently, with Lu Huiqing and Zeng Bu at his side, the number of times the official summoned Zhang Yue was not as good as before.
"Xuan!"
Zhang Yue went straight to the palace and said, "I heard that your Majesty intends to take Hengshan directly and fight the Xia people decisively?"
Hearing this, the official laughed and said, "You have heard about it. Yes, this is a joke, and Han Jiang also agreed. I have planned to choose either King Anshi or Han Jiang to set up the Xuanfu envoy in Shaanxi to coordinate Hedong and Shaanxi.
, Hebei Third Road, are you willing to go with us? This is a good opportunity to make contributions!"
Zhang Yue heard what the officials said and knew that whether it was Han Jiang or Wang Anshi who served as the propaganda envoy, he was the one chosen by the shogunate.
In the eyes of the officials, this battle was a sure bet, as if they could follow him and achieve military success with ease.
Zhang Yue said: "I...I am willing to go...but Your Majesty, why do you suddenly want to attack Xia with all the strength of the country?"
After hearing this, Zhang Yue didn't show any excitement at all. He calmed down and said, "It's not about conquering Xia, but about occupying Hengshan. The Xia people hold the advantage of Hengshan... Of course, I still want to take back Lingzhou, and Shaanxi has lost it."
Lingzhou is no less than the lost Youyan in Hebei."
The official said angrily.
Zhang Yue looked at Guan Jia and understood the humiliation in his heart.
Weak Song Dynasty, big coward, big send-off have become the derogatory names of later generations of netizens.
The officials have now implemented the will of netizens and are determined to restore the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties and regain the glory of our Han family.
To regain the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties, we must defeat the Khitan and Xixia.
To defeat Khitan, we must first defeat Xixia. To defeat Xixia, we must occupy Lingzhou. To occupy Lingzhou, we must first recover Hengshan...
What the officials have to do is to transform the strategic defense that Xixia has always pursued into a strategic offense.
This is a grand strategy, and the realization of the entire grand strategy requires the country's comprehensive transformation and cooperation from politics, economy, culture, and people's livelihood.
From the ethics governing Taixue, to the selection of officials from Taixue students, as well as the exemption law, the market transaction law, the young crops law, and the farmland water conservancy law, all serve the purpose of this grand strategy.
Zhang Yue fully supports this, but...but he doesn't support attacking Hengshan first!
Zhang Yue said: "I thought it was imperative to recapture Hengshan and then attack Lingzhou, but is it too fast now? It cost millions to build a city in Suizhou... All the Xixia troops are here."
The official smiled and said: "The battle of Suizhou is my proudest work. After taking Suizhou, I have the first military city beside the Wuding River, which scares the people of Xixia. I plan to take it one step further and use seed as a weapon."
We will march from Suizhou to Hengshan for a decisive battle with Xixia."
"I have not yet discussed this matter with the two governments, so I will only disclose it to you!"
Zhang Yue had a thorough chat with Han Jiang, and he was actually between two options as to whether the northwest strategy should be in the direction of Hehuang or Hengshan.
He had no objection to this, but the reason why he supported the strategy of capturing Hengshan this time was precisely the official plan.
Many times, it was the ministers who took the blame, such as Yan Song, etc., but what Yan Song followed was exactly what Emperor Jiajing wanted.
Therefore, Han Jiang's attack on Hengshan was the execution of the official's plan. Of course, if something happened, he would be the one to take the blame, and Zhang Yue would be added to the list.
Therefore, after Zhang Yue had a long talk with Han Jiang, he decided to come to the officials to complain. Especially after hearing that the officials decided to let him go with the army, Zhang Yue felt that he had to directly remonstrate, otherwise he would not say anything when the temple decided.
, should we say afterwards that I knew that the capture of Hengshan would not be successful?
Zhang Yuecu remembered this battle in another time and space history. Han Jiang did not fight well and was dismissed in the end.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, our military power has been sluggish in recent years. From top to bottom, the soldiers are afraid of Liao in the north and Xia in the west. Many officials and people are tired of and afraid of war."
The official said: "Yes, the imperial court has been at peace for many years and has not used troops for a long time. The use of troops is regarded as a strange thing by everyone in the court."
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, this is exactly the case. If you forget to fight, you will be in danger, and if you are eager to fight, you will perish. Therefore, the imperial court's expedition to Xia can only succeed but not fail. The order of using troops is to first make it easy and then difficult, first weak and then strong.
Accumulate small victories first and build the confidence of the army and the people, then make long-term plans and accomplish all the results in one battle!"
Reform must be carried out step by step, and the same goes for war.
"The land of Hengshan is the gateway to Lingzhou, and has been managed by the Xia people for a long time. Laozi's cloud map is more difficult than its easy, and it is greater than its system. The difficult things in the world must be done with ease, and the great things in the world must be done with details. Therefore, the saint will never be great.
, so it can become as big as it is."
"I believe that the strategy for the Xia is to pacify the Western Tibetans and take them as a helping hand. At the same time, they will expand the land and make it difficult for the Xia people to take care of themselves. After they have achieved some success, they can then seize Hengshan!"
After listening to Zhang Yue's talk for so long, the officials realized that it turned out that his request for an audience was to oppose his plan to seize Hengshan.
The official was pacing after hearing this. He originally wanted a large army to attack Xixia this time and win decisively against Hengshan, but Zhang Yue said that only a partial army from Wang Shao would be enough, and there was no need to spend so much time.
The official family is like a child whose favorite toy is suddenly snatched away.
The official suddenly said angrily: "Zhang Qing, your objection to the use of troops against Hengshan is an excuse for you not to go out?"
Zhang Yue was stunned when he heard this...
"Your Majesty, minister..."
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When the official returned to the back hall, he said angrily: "I usually treat Zhang Yue so kindly, but this time I want to seize Hengshan, but he resists."
The servants on the side were all surprised when they saw him. Aren't the official's favorites usually Zhang Yue?
