As the car drove to Xuande Gate, Zhang Yue ordered the charioteer to stop.
The Forbidden Army general asked: "Why doesn't Longtu let the car travel an extra mile?"
Zhang Yue said: "Just get off the bus outside Xuandemen."
The general of the Forbidden Army secretly praised Zhang Yue for his understanding of the subject matter. Over the years, for the sake of convenience, most of the courtiers would ride into Xuande Gate before dismounting, including Wang Anshi and other ruling ministers, and even many ordinary court officials.
But others like Wen Yanbo insisted on dismounting outside Xuandemen, and then walked a long way to meet the emperor regardless of his advanced age.
Wen Yanbo was still doing this when Wang Anshi was fifteen years old, which quite disgusted Wang Anshi. However, Wang Anshi had always been informal, so he ignored this and dismounted in Xuande Gate.
Zhang Yue also followed Wen Yanbo and carefully dismounted outside Xuande Gate, then walked into the palace on foot.
Wang Anshi wants authority, Wen Yanbo wants rules, but young people walking a few more steps is good for their health!
The emperor received him at the Zizheng Hall. When Zhang Yue walked up the steps, he saw Wang Anshi, Han Jiang, Wu Chong, Wen Yanbo, Wang Gui, Feng Jing, Cai Ting and other prime ministers walking down the steps.
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Everyone looked to one side, and their expressions were quite solemn.
Since Wang Anshi's reform, although the officials used him, they still used Wen Yanbo to check and balance him, so they did not trust him so much, so every imperial meeting was a fierce confrontation.
Wang Anshi and Cai Ting both had a little anger on their faces, as if they had gone through a quarrel.
Zhang Yue stood at the side of the road and waited for every governor to pass by before going to the palace.
Wen Yanbo, who was older, walked in front. He stood firm and said, "Du Zhi, I heard that you resigned from the Imperial Academy before?"
Zhang Yue lowered his head and said, "This is a low-ranking official with few talents and little knowledge, and he dare not accept his duties."
Wen Yanbo smiled and said, "You are becoming more and more humble."
Wang Anshi asked: "Why did Bachelor Zhang come here without wearing official uniform?"
There was a hint of gunpowder in Wang Anshi's words.
Zhang Yue said cautiously: "I have just left the house for official duties. I didn't have time to change my clothes after receiving the order."
Wen Yanbo on the side said: "Jie Fu, it's the king's order to save him, so he didn't wait for the ride."
Wang Anshi choked and said, "I always keep my official robes in the car when I go out."
After Wang Anshi finished speaking, he walked down the stairs.
Wen Yanbo laughed twice, and then said with a solemn expression: "Du Zhi, I'm going to have to work hard for you again this time."
"I will do my best for the country, but I dare not mention hard work."
Zhang Yue bowed respectfully.
Wang Anshi, who was walking in front, stopped and looked back when he heard Zhang Yue's words. He moved his lips but said nothing, threw away his arms and strode away.
Wen Yanbo glanced at Wang Anshi in the distance, nodded to Zhang Yue and said, "You will be a true national scholar if you save him."
Han Jiang and Wu Chong below all nodded to Zhang Yue, but it was inconvenient to say anything in front of a large audience.
Han Jiang said: "Your Majesty is worried about state affairs. As a minister, you need to carefully share your worries with your Majesty."
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, I will remember it."
Wu Chong said to Zhang Yue: "Your mother-in-law bought a new mink coat for you and will send it to your home soon."
After talking about Han Jiang, Wu Chong went down to the palace one after another.
And Cai Ting, Feng Jing, and Wang Gui also passed by each other.
When they arrived at the back hall of Zizheng Hall, several eunuchs were burning paper in the stove. Zhang Yue took a look and saw that many of them were official calligraphy and paintings.
Guan Jia looked haggard, holding a prick in one hand and lying on the couch with a pillow in the other. Only when the waiter reminded him twice that Zhang Yue had arrived did Guan Jia sit up.
When the official saw Zhang Yue, he pointed at the stove and said, "I practiced calligraphy and painting for half an hour every day, so much so that I almost neglected state affairs. Now I have burned them all, and I will never indulge in this practice again."
Zhang Yue thought to himself that the official was also a masochist.
It's like a young man who failed to do well in his homework and took away his only hobby.
As an emperor, I don’t know whether this is good or not.
The official handed the stick in his hand to Zhang Yue and said: "This is the northwest military information, take a look!"
Zhang Yue respectfully held the zhazi with both hands and read it. This was a memorial written by Cai Yanqing, the Qinfeng Road transfer envoy, to the officials.
Zhang Yue read page after page, and when he raised his head, he saw the firelight of the eunuchs burning the documents reflected on the faces of the officials.
After reading it, Zhang Yue put Zha Zi aside and said, "I didn't expect that the situation in the northwest would reach this point. This is all my fault and I didn't handle it well."
The official said: "You must not take the responsibility on yourself every time. When you were sentenced to the Imperial Academy, you had to take the responsibility for the subordinates, so that you were demoted three levels in a row. And I don't know the inside story of this northwest."
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"As soon as you left, Wang Shao first fell out with Jing Sili, and then made Zhang Shen fall out with the Qinfeng Road plan. Now Cai Yanqing, the transshipment commander, cannot control the situation and complains to me. You have been in the northwest for less than three months, and Wang Shao actually
I could never have imagined that the northwest could be in such trouble."
Zhang Yue said: "Wang Shao is a talented general, but his temper is unavoidable."
The official said: "He lost his troops and fell to the second place. Jing Sili lost Tabaicheng and Hezhou was shaken. Wang Shao was trapped in Minzhou and fought hard. News came from Xixia. Liang Yimi gathered troops at Tiandu Mountain again."
"The Khitan has repeatedly violated the realm. The Khitan envoys are extremely arrogant and rude. If they do, they threaten me with a million troops. What do you think should be done?"
Zhang Yue said: "Reporting to your majesty, for the present plan, we must first protect Hezhou. If Hezhou is safe, the six states of Xihe River will be safe. If the six states of Xihe River are safe, the northwest will be safe. If the northwest is safe, Khitan will also be safe."
The official nodded and said, "What you said is in agreement with all of you."
"What do you think about letting you go to the northwest again this time?"
Zhang Yue said: "I don't think that the northwest is not suitable for me. I am good at governance, but I am not a general. I can be east of Hebei or Hebei. I can also be a local county and obey your majesty's orders."
Zhang Yueruo took the initiative and said that he was willing to go. The emperor was worried about your intention to return to Xihe and become the king of the northwest.
When the official heard what Zhang Yue said, he smiled and said: "Since you said that, you still want to be a Hanlin bachelor and plan for me? After all, I ordered you to be a Hanlin bachelor, but what do you mean by the nine words?"
Zhang Yue was silent for a moment and said: "I... I am indeed a man of limited talent and knowledge, and I am afraid that I will not be able to convince the public."
The official's voice rose an octave and asked: "Is that really true?"
Zhang Yue said: "Reporting to your Majesty, my ambition is not in line with yourselves!"
When the official heard this, he sighed and said, "I know this is the case. If I use Han Jiang as my prime minister, can you be a bachelor?"
Zhang Yue was stunned for a moment, then said after a moment: "Your Majesty, do you think that Han Jiang cannot be prime minister now?"
The official asked: "Why?"
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, do you still remember what I said at the beginning that the relief was not yet available? It is not yet time to replace Wang Anshi."
The official said: "What you said is exactly the same as Han Jiang. The empress dowagers of the two palaces also favored him. This time I called him back to the capital to ask him what he meant, but he refused, saying that although he had a political meeting with Wang Anshi
There are differences, but now we must rely on him to implement the new law. He does not dare to fight, and he cannot fight."
Zhang Yue was pleased that the officials really asked Han Jiang if he wanted to be prime minister, and Han Jiang followed Zhang Yue's wishes and refused.
This avoided a split within the Reform Party and at the same time sold a big favor to Wang Anshi.
