The night conversation between Han Qi and Fu Bi was by no means unique after the imperial edict on the reform of the official system and the three-level decision-making system was issued. It should be said that the entire government and officials were in a mixed mood.
For example, Cai Que was hesitating whether he should go to the palace to visit Wang Anshi.
He, Cai Que, will discuss politics, or in other words, he will discuss politics as the deputy chief inspector of the Emperor's Military Supervisory Yamen.
Although it is not a cabinet, it is not necessarily less powerful than the cabinet. Their general inspectors are qualified to participate in the discussions of the imperial cabinet and have the right to speak and even veto.
He is different from Lu Huiqing. Although they both came to power through Wang Anshi's steps, Lu Huiqing was under the jurisdiction of Wang Anshi's cabinet after he entered the political arena. Cai did belong to the official family!
"Cai Chizheng is a villain!"
Wang Yu still had the same virtue. He had just recovered from his serious illness and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the planning of the Song Dynasty.
Lu Huiqing came, Lu Jiawen came, Zeng Bu was also there, and even Zhang Dun came over for a face-to-face meeting before leaving. It was Cai Zhen who had not arrived at the palace.
This made Wang Yu feel shameless and he casually labeled him a villain.
Whether Cai is indeed a villain or not, Lu Huiqing and others will not comment.
"Wangzhi, after the reform of the official system, I resigned as the Third Secretary-General, and Zixuan could only take over. In my opinion, the way for Wangzhi to advance into political affairs is either to go to the martial arts hall, or to go out and become a civil servant in the army...
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Wang Anshi didn't express his son's words at all, but only tried to comfort Lu Jiawen very weakly.
There was no other way. He even personally coordinated with Lu Gongbi about Lu Jiawen's job title...it didn't work!
People's hearts are broken, and it's hard to lead the team. The team that was originally innovated by itself has become disengaged one by one.
Zhang Dun, who had always been estranged from Xinfa's team, was now only loyal to the official family.
Lu Huiqing, if it weren't for the fact that he was in charge of Shiyi Temple after joining the cabinet, it would be hard to say whether he would come.
As for Cai Que, it is a normal approach.
Wang Anshi has always wanted to push Lu Jiawen up, not because of how strong Lu Jiawen is, but because he needs Lu Jiawen to maintain the centripetal force of the team.
It's a pity that the Lu family doesn't forgive family thieves at all.
"The third envoy is an important minister of the imperial court and holds a position to discuss government affairs. How can we allow the cabinet to grant and accept it privately? Lu Jia asked, what does it have to do with me? What does it have to do with my Lu family? Jiefu asked me, what do you mean?"
These were Lu Gongbi's exact words. Wang Anshi knew that before the Lu family forgave Lu Jiawen, the official family would never entrust Lu Jiawen with important responsibilities, even if Lu Jiawen was extremely talented.
Officials are not former emperors, and they will not change their views based on other people's words.
Wang Anshi guessed this right. I am afraid that even if the Lu family does not care about Lu Jiawen's behavior, Zhao Xi will not entrust him with such an important task.
The court cannot be all gentlemen, nor can it be all enemies, but Zhao Xi really doesn't want to use someone like Lu Jiawen.
Lu Huiqing is a villain, and Cai Que is not a gentleman. Even Wen Yanbo and Han Qi in the cabinet are not gentlemen. But they are all available.
In a sense, Lu Jiawen's temperament is comparable to Xing Shu, or even worse than Xing Shu.
In the end, Wang Anshi had to replace Lu Jiawen's name with Zeng Bu to ensure that the three secretaries would not be left behind.
The title of "Informer of Political Affairs" is no longer available, and the mutual checks and balances between the determination of political seats and the cabinet mean that the cabinet does not have much control over political affairs.
In other words, whether it is deliberation or cabinet, power comes from the official family.
Wang Anshi did not want his cabinet to be sidelined by the government in charge... This was also well known to the cabinet. Even officials should default to the model recommended by the cabinet for discussion.
"Prime Minister Wang, several people from the same year visited him, and the official got away..."
Cai Que finally came and apologized very politely. He didn't even care about Wang Yu's rolling eyes and greeted everyone present.
The originally awkward atmosphere became even more awkward because of Cai Que's arrival.
The current supervisory yamen, in the eyes of the ministers and workers, is an existence that cannot be messed with. What's more, Cai Que is also the chief editor of the internal reference.
Even Wang Anshi no longer talks about court affairs and avoids Cai Que...
Cai Zhen didn't care. He came here just because he didn't want to tell the truth. Although he was not a gentleman, he also cared about the reputation of betraying his master and being ungrateful.
The awkward atmosphere could not allow the conversation to last long, and it broke up after a while. It seemed that Cai had come here specifically to stir up trouble...
"Brother Chizheng, you have taken the right step. The deputy general inspector and the internal editor are in charge of editing, which is no longer comparable to ordinary political discussions..."
"Doing our best for the Song Dynasty and being loyal to His Majesty are the duties of our ministers and ministers. There is no comparison."
When leaving the palace, Lu Jia asked to be polite, and Cai Que had to accompany him to be polite.
I just don’t understand why Zeng Bu handed over his hand and left directly. Even Lu Huiqing left as if he was hiding.
"I heard that the internal reference editor is very busy, and there are many impeachment manuscripts being screened every day. There are even countless anonymous impeachment manuscripts..."
What do you mean? Is it possible that Lu Jiawen intends to join the supervision yamen? Or does he intend to compile internal reference materials?
Cai is indeed not sure. Besides, whether he is the inspector or the internal staff editor, it cannot be decided by him as the deputy chief inspector and the internal staff editor. This is His Majesty's business.
It was reasonable for Lu Jiawen to have such an idea. Although the three envoys still existed, under the new official system, the three envoys would be assigned to the household department. Although Wang Jiefu was still in charge, they were separated from Wang Jiefu after all.
He Lu Jia asked that if he could not get the title of Third Secretary Envoy, he might not be happy in the future.
Xue Xiang is in charge of the state-run temple and the Royal Bank, and will also serve as the Minister of Household Affairs. He is definitely the number one minister. And the relationship between Xue Xiang and Lu Gongzhu...
Cai Que quickly understood.
"Brother Wang may have some misunderstandings. First of all, since the imperial court has supervised the opening of the Yamen, and now it has issued an edict to let bygones be bygones, the current situation in the court is basically calm."
"To say that internal reference compilation is very busy is a bit untrue! With the changes in the official examination, it is increasingly difficult for internal reference compilation to be rated as first-class or above! We are not worried about being harassed now, but we are worried that there are too few articles for impeachment."
"Because of this situation, I have mentioned it to the chief inspector several times. If it doesn't work, I will divert some of the work from the internal reference editor to the local supervision yamen to ensure that the internal reference will not be overstaffed."
"The internal reference is originally responsible for the function of reporting on the affairs of the country and the dynasty, and when we encounter the unprecedented situation of officials governing the Qingming Dynasty in a century, why do we still care whether it is an anonymous manuscript?"
"Brother Wang, we internal counselors don't dare to bear this reputation. Not to mention not busy, we are just too busy to stop. That is also an important task given to us by the imperial court."
Cai Que blocked Lu Jia's request in a second thought.
Not to mention that he couldn't make the decision, even if he could, he wouldn't cause Lu Jia such trouble.
Lu Gongbi was in the cabinet, Lu Gongbi was in charge of discussing government affairs, and he was also the privy envoy who discussed government affairs. The Lu family was even closer to the official family.
Get Lu Jiawen as an internal reference? Even if Wang Jiefu proposed it, Cai Que would push it back.