The study room was brightly lit, and Yang Lin, dressed in a white dress, looked at the piles of jewelry in the large red-lacquered wooden box in front of him, and chuckled: "Zhang Hanlin, why are you so generous to me?"
Zhang Shangying, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, bowed and said with a smile: "It's just a small gift, please accept it with a smile from the young master."
Yang Lin is not short of money, but he is still very happy when someone like Zhang Shangying comes to recognize him.
People at the time commented that Zhang Shangying was tall and majestic, with a posture as beautiful as jade, a spirit of suave, and a noble vision for the rest of his life.
Yang Lin lightly knocked on the table. Two guards came in and lifted the suitcase containing jewelry. Yang Lin raised his hand and invited him to sit down, saying, "I don't accept gifts for nothing. Just tell me if you have anything to do."
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Zhang Shangying said with a bitter face: "Young Master, I am having a hard time in the court now. Liu Zhengfu and Zheng Juzhong have been looking for trouble for my subordinates all day long. I originally thought I would just tolerate it for a while, but recently Liu Zhengfu is an old man."
After clinging to Wang Fu, the momentum is booming. The young master also knows about the discord between Xiaguan and him. If he finds the fault, Xiaguan may not be able to keep his official position. It is better to leave the capital as soon as possible and hide in peace."
Liu Zhengfu was the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Zheng Juzhong, like Zhang Shangying, was a Hanlin bachelor.
The grievances between these people are nothing more than the old and new parties. Originally, they all supported Cai Jing as prime minister, and the relationship between them has eased a lot.
But now that Cai Jing has become the prime minister, he no longer takes care of those who once helped him. Zheng Juzhong and Liu Zhengfu once again joined Liang Shicheng, the eunuch, and turned back to punish Zhang Shangying.
Yang Lin was secretly happy that Cai Jing's stall was too big, and finally some people who couldn't take care of him came to join him.
When Yang Lin heard this, he remained calm, gently turned the jasper ring on his hand, and said slowly: "What can Wang Fu do? He just flatters Liang Shicheng, how can he force Zhang Hanlin out of Bianliang?"
Zhang Shangying stood up, bowed and gave a salute, and said: "Young Master, please consider the difficulties of lowering your rank to prevent the villain from succeeding."
Yang Lin chuckled and said: "Zheng Juzhong has no merit in the imperial court. He is just clinging to Concubine Zheng and pretending to be a relative to get His Majesty's favor. Concubine Zheng was born in a poor family and has nothing to do with Zheng Juzhong, a high-ranking family. She is also a greedy person.
The Zheng family was so powerful that they pretended to be a relative of this family. It can be said that the entire Kaifeng Mansion knew about such scandalous matters. It was simply ridiculous to hide it from His Majesty.
If Zhang Hanlin is willing to work with me to rectify evildoers and suppress the imperial court, why should he be afraid of Zheng Juzhong?"
Zhang Shangying was overjoyed. How could he possibly want to leave the capital? It was just a way to make someone miserable.
The officials of the Song Dynasty all cut their heads and went to Bianliang. Who would be willing to work in the remote villages outside.
Even the prosperous Liangzhe Road is not on the same level as Bianliang.
He was forced to do nothing by Zheng Juzhong and Liu Zhengfu. When he thought that the two people opposite him were Liang Shicheng and Wang Fu, and only the young prime minister Yang Lin dared to challenge Liang Shicheng, the hidden minister, he gritted his teeth and came to the Yang Mansion to defect.
After sending Zhang Shangying away, Yang Lin immediately sent people to the dynasty office and asked him to write a letter to impeach Chen Xian, the Minister of Household Affairs, who spread rumors, slandered the frontline soldiers, and caused panic in Kaifeng Mansion.
Poor Minister Chen Xian, he was sitting at home, misfortune came from the sky, and he was slandered even before the New Year was over.
Just as he was rolling up his sleeves and preparing to wait for the end of the Spring Festival and defend himself in the morning, Yang Lin had already entered the palace excitedly with dark materials——
Forbidden, in the imperial garden.
Zhao Ji is painting against a blooming winter plum tree. Later generations know the elegance of the thin gold body, but they don't know that Zhao Ji's accomplishments in painting are higher than calligraphy.
Seeing Yang Lin come in, Zhao Ji didn't move his head and concentrated on painting.
Yang Lin was bored and stood aside waiting. His feet were sore from standing there before Zhao Ji stopped writing.
"Why did Yang Qing come into the palace?" Zhao Ji flexed his sore wrists and asked while admiring his paintings.
"Your Majesty, the people in Kaifeng Mansion have been in a state of panic recently. There are several rumors circulating in the public, which lead to the conclusion that the Western Army is distracted and will collapse without a fight."
Zhao Ji blushed, turned around and asked, "Is this really happening?"
Yang Lin said: "Your Majesty, please be at ease. I have already investigated clearly. This matter is completely false. Someone did it deliberately."
Zhao Ji was startled for no reason, especially when the minister looked at his panicked look just now, and felt angry: "Who is talking nonsense in Kaifeng Mansion? Such major events can easily shake the hearts of the people, so they must be investigated strictly."
Yang Lin looked sad and said: "Alas, in the Song Dynasty, although there are sage monarchs, there are no ministers who are virtuous and worthy of officialdom. I am extremely ashamed. This matter was actually done by a minister in the same palace.
It makes us, the ministers, feel guilty and shameless to see His Majesty."
Zhao Ji was very impressed by what he heard and said with a smile: "Yang Aiqing, I don't need to be humble. I have a good minister like you who is both civil and military. It's just like Chen Ping in the Han Dynasty and Li Jing in the Tang Dynasty, so I can sleep peacefully in confinement."
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"I also have to meet the Holy Lord, and I will be lucky in my lifetime."
A pair of monarchs and ministers complimented each other, and then Yang Lin continued: "This person is none other than Chen Xian, the Minister of Household Affairs. According to various investigations, I learned that this was done deliberately by Chen Xian because he did not want to see Tong Guan in command. He once
I met privately with people in Fanlou and said bluntly, "A eunuch who is in charge of the army is like a chicken sitting in the morning, which is not good for the country. I should get rid of him." These are the confessions of the people in Chen Xian's house and the confessions of the witnesses in the restaurant. Your Majesty, please take a look.
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Zhao Ji trusted Yang Lin very much, and he was very fond of Koukousou. Chen Xian, who never allowed him to take money from the Ministry of Household Affairs to build a building, had long been resentful and said angrily: "Chen Xian has such evil intentions. His heart can be punished. Come on.
The decree has been passed down, and Chen Xian, the Minister of Household Affairs, has been demoted to the post of magistrate of Ezhou, and he will travel immediately without delay."
Yang Lin reported on the northwest battle again, saying bluntly that the Western Army had formed an alliance with Tubo, and only a two-pronged approach could completely pacify Xixia.
Zhao Ji smiled happily when he heard this and said: "If I can achieve such a great feat, I will be worthy of my father and brother's ambition with my great martial virtue."
"Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, the Holy Lord, my emperor, has descended from heaven. He should have wiped out Liuhe and swept away the eight wastelands. He talks about Xixia in the West. In the future, he will conquer Youyan from the north, restore his homeland, rein in Yanran, and attack Huanglong. Only then can he be worthy of your majesty's sage.
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Because this day comes earlier, I will not hesitate to die even if I am shattered to pieces. Your Majesty, I think that Zhang Shangying, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, can establish similarities and differences, and can be called a sage. Because people look up to him, it is just right to be the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
suitable."
"That's right."
"Xixia's grain, grass, military supplies and siege equipment have been in disrepair for a long time. It is better to mobilize the military equipment of the capital camp to help it destroy Xia."
"allow."
"Military orders are not unified, people's hearts are not in order, and each one is working in his own camp. This is why the late emperor was defeated at Xingzhou. I thought that I should promote Tong Guan to Xihe Lanhuang, and Qin Feng Road to manage the strategy and appease the envoys, so that he can lead the military and political power during the war.
In order to ensure that orders and prohibitions are carried out and arrangements are made appropriately."
"It's accurate, it's all accurate."
Zhao Ji was so coaxed that he left Yang Lin to have lunch with him in the confinement before letting him out.
Yang Lin worked non-stop and worked with Cai Jing to arrange food and military supplies. The long-term Western Army will finally receive their first batch of food and pay in three years, and the Northwest War is about to begin!
Tong Guan's authority also overwhelmed the various border families of the Western Army and became the true king of the northwest.
The Khitans got the false news and were very happy. They had already sent people back to Beijing to report that there would be no Khitans to disturb the war.
At dusk, there was a cloud of black and gold dragon scales on the horizon. Yang Lin looked at the sky to the north and murmured: "Tong, I have arranged everything for you. I just ask that you don't lose your damn chain."