In Tai'an City, due to the successive defeats in the frontline battles, the struggle in Liyang Chaotang became more and more intense.
As Liyang's chief assistant, Zhang Julu was the first to bear the brunt.
Zhang Julu's previous practice of overstepping the emperor's control and using military talismans privately to order troops from Liao and Liao Dynasties had already caused great dissatisfaction with the new emperor of Liyang.
The people in the court naturally realized that the chief minister was afraid that he was about to lose power, and immediately began to test the situation.
Zhang Julu implemented the New Deal, allowing poor families to join the imperial court, changing the past rule that poor families had no noble sons. It also deeply touched the interests of aristocratic families.
The reason why these aristocratic families didn't have attacks before was because Zhang Julu was favored by him.
Now, Zhang Julu was sick at home due to the military talisman incident, but the emperor turned a blind eye to this. He neither asked the eunuch to greet him on his behalf, nor did he get angry.
But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the new emperor is obviously dissatisfied with the chief minister of Liyang who helped him to the throne.
As a result, Jin Lanting, who was personally promoted by Zhang Julu, took the lead, Yushitai and Liu Ke jointly impeached him, setting off the prelude to Zhang's downfall.
The things they impeached were the eldest son's misappropriation of fertile land and his second son's fraud in the imperial examination.
Zhang Julu's eldest son is a nerd and has always lived in poverty. Even his wife wears the only expensive dress in the family every time she receives guests.
But what the eldest son didn't know was that Zhang Julu secretly purchased 300 acres of fertile land for him.
As for the second son's achievement of sixth place in the provincial examination, Zhang Julu did not give any instructions, but the examiner appointed by the emperor at that time was his disciple Zhang Julu. If you look closely, there is indeed something fishy in it.
Taken together, these are all Zhang Julu's self-defeating methods, and the purpose is to reassure the emperor.
I just didn't expect that Zhao Zhuan himself would have absolutely no favorable impression of Zhang Julu after acknowledging the contribution of the first assistant.
When Zhao Zhuan was not yet the Crown Prince, he was extremely wary of the chief minister who had no selfish desires even though he had all the power in the government. If Zhang Julu was just a Confucian saint who devoted himself to learning, the worst he could do would be to be made into a statue by the court and put on the altar.
Place it next to Saint Zhang.
But Zhang Julu was different. He valued work over knowledge, and was a typical powerful minister. Deep down in his heart, Zhao Zhuan felt that Zhang Julu was a living dead without any vitality, and wished he could stay away from him.
Every new emperor is never afraid of any new ministers, he is only afraid of the old ministers like Zhang Julu.
What's more, because of the existence of this chief minister, all the princes in the Gonggun Dynasty, looking around, saw a huge party.
This is something that the emperor Zhao Zhuan cannot tolerate.
Zhang Julu's private deployment of military symbols was just an inducement.
Even if Zhang Julu did not do this, Zhao Zhuan would still find an opportunity to instruct the Yushitai to launch an impeachment against this blue-eyed man.
As the calls for rebellion grew louder, Zhao Zhuan took the first step of his plan.
Let Qi Yanglong, who has a higher reputation, replace Zhang Julu.
Chen Wang, the counselor beside Zhao Zhuan, once commented on the two of them: Zhang Julu was harsh and formidable, like the scorching summer heat; Qi Yanglong was gentle and lovely, like the warmth of winter.
Qi Yanglong held a great ceremony for the Shangyin Academy. He was the imperial master and had a transcendent status.
More importantly, he only accepted three disciples in his life, namely Yuan Benxi, Xun Ping, and Xie Feiyu. Each of them was a world-famous counselor.
One can imagine his ability as a master.
Under a series of operations by Zhao Zhuan, Qi Yang Long took over the Zhongshu Province, which had always been vacant, as expected. In one fell swoop, he became an extremely rare prime minister in the history of Liyang. Together with Zhang Julu, the leader of the Shangshu Province, he was jointly known as "Zhongshu Province" by the people of the capital.
Mr. "First Assistant".
At the same time, personnel changes began to be made for Zhang sent officials.
Officials from Zhang Julu's group were either demoted, transferred out of the capital, or moved to vacant posts.
Other officials have been promoted to varying degrees.
Even Lu Xiangsheng, who was not doing well in the front line and was considered inactive, was promoted to a rank because of this change in the court.
After breaking up Zhang Dang, Zhao Zhuan began his third step, revisiting the old affairs of the Zhonglie Han family in Jizhou.
On the pretext of forcing the Han family to death, he began to ask officials to collect evidence of Zhang Julu's crime.
After all, Zhang Julu has been the chief assistant for more than 20 years and has made enemies on all sides.
They are the royal nobles, the nobles and civil servants, and the local generals. These three people have been holding back their hatred towards the chief minister.
In the past twenty years, the royal family members have lived like mice crossing the street. At first, they thought that the late emperor of the Zhao family in Liyang had unified the world. They were all heroes and were born with the surname Zhao, so they could naturally share the country with the emperor. Unexpectedly, they were defeated by Xu Xiao and
Zhang Julu and Zhang Julu took all the credit for their civil and military achievements. How could they endure it?
The more selfless Zhang Julu was, the harder it was for this group of people to seek benefits for the family. At that time, Zhang Julu had to take drastic measures to manage the subordinate staff, salt administration, and water transportation. In addition, he opened heaven for poor families, which naturally offended the large group of families who occupied the place.
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As for the generals, Zhang Julu could use his skills to calm down the party's arrogance, but with Guangling Jingnan's conspiracy, he took the opportunity to continuously reduce the vassal and suppress the military. Yan Zhenchun, Yang Shenxing, and several major vassal kings all became pawns whose strength was compromised. Those who held military power
The generals also couldn't bear it.
The emperor killed the evil man Zhang Julu, which made the three parties feel bad. This could be said to kill two birds with one stone. Afterwards, the new emperor would appease everyone, which could be regarded as killing three birds with one stone.
Therefore, to kill Zhang Julu, almost all the forces in Liyang Court, from the emperor to the officials, reached a consensus to kill Zhang Julu.
Finally, Zhang Julu, the chief assistant of Liyang, issued a prison sentence, and the imperial court announced the ten most deadly crimes in the world. The emperor issued an order to punish the nine tribes.
It seems that Zhang Julu had already anticipated his own outcome, so his three sons were all married to small families, so it did not affect too much.
More than a hundred members of the Zhang family were executed, with the exception of a few people.
The youngest son Zhang Bianguan is the third son of the Zhang family. He is an outlier among the three sons. He has the most stubborn temper and the most tense relationship with Zhang Julu.
When the Zhang family was ransacked, Zhang Bianguan was traveling with his wife, his eldest brother, and his second brother's son.
After learning that the Zhang family had been confiscated, he immediately arranged for his pregnant wife and two nephews to be sent to Beiliang to settle down.
Zhang Bianguan, who was free of worries, showed amazing strength in the face of Li Yang's search and pursuit. With two swords in hand, he fought all the way from north to south.
It was unstoppable.
It turns out that in his early years, Zhang Bianguan took a master as his teacher and learned civil and military affairs.
Over the years, I have been keeping quiet.
It wasn't until the Zhang family was exterminated that he chose to show off his cultivation.
There is no longer a hidden Zhangbian Pass. Even if Liyang sends out top martial arts masters, no one can be its enemy.
Finally, Zhang Bianguan fought all the way to the north of the Guangling River, almost crossing the entire Liyang.
On the north bank of the Guangling River, he showed off his strength in the Celestial Realm.
He flew across the Guangling River in the air and threw himself into Chu.
In July of the first year of Xiangfu, it was mid-autumn, and the water in the Guangling River rose sharply. Zhang Bianguan flew across the Guangling River and shouted to the pursuers on the north bank: "Li Yang will destroy all my Zhang family, and I will destroy your Zhao family's foundation."
It seems that he had already guessed the talent of his youngest son. In order to protect the peace of the world, Zhang Julu was even sentenced to prison.
The entruster asked the emperor Zhao Zhuan to write a letter to his youngest son and ask him to summon his son to Tai'an to stabilize the country.
After Zhao Zhuan learned about this memorial, he became furious.
I thought that Zhang Julu was about to die, but there were still people willing to write a memorial for him.
What's more, this world belongs to me, the Zhao family, and it can't be decided by just a few words from you, a blue-eyed boy who is about to die.
On the one hand, he issued an order to execute the people who petitioned Zhang Julu, and on the other hand, he ordered people to step up the search for Zhang Bianguan.