As Ren Baozhong said, although some things may seem complicated and overwhelming, as an official there is no need to worry about everything. He only needs to pay attention to the key points that need to be paid attention to at his own level.
In fact, not only Ren Baozhong, but also Wang Yan, who was in charge of the central affairs of the imperial camp, and Liu Ziyu of the Ministry of War, all made corresponding summaries to Zhao Guan's family through the Privy Council and gave their own suggestions.
A few days later, towards the end of March, Zhao Jiu also waited for feedback from several commanders and generals in charge.
But to be honest, although these people gave answers to Zhao Jiu's straightforward questions, the level of the answers they gave seemed a bit uneven, and their positions were somewhat difficult to explain.
First of all, in terms of the content level of Zhazi, Wu Jie and Yue Fei are undoubtedly the highest. They know very well what the intentions of Zhao Guanjia are, and they have given reasonable and evidence-based explanations, and the answers are similar to those of Zhao Jiu and his close circle.
The answers obtained in advance are basically the same.
Basically, it is because Yue Fei made it clear that he hopes to increase the number of imperial naval forces to ensure the freedom of advance and retreat on the Eastern Front. Wu Jie directly suggested that if it is really difficult to expand the imperial army, it can be done at a low cost.
Maintain some Xiang troops in Kansai, that is, reserve troops... Moreover, he clearly expressed certain doubts about the potential plan of temporarily large-scale conquest of party soldiers, which was informed by Zhao Guanjia.
To put it bluntly, although Yue Fei was the one who proposed the strategy of marching from Hedong, as a native of Hebei, and most of the soldiers he led were exiles from Hebei, he definitely still hoped to open the situation directly from the Hebei plain.
It’s also human nature.
Relatively speaking, Wu Jie’s private goods are relatively heavy.
Who can be used to form a reserve army in Kansai? They are not the Western troops who were replaced when they were reorganized and compressed into the imperial rear army!
As for the hostility of the Western Army to the Party members, it has always been there, but Xixia has perished, and the key is that the court is asking you questions at this time. Isn't it because there is no money and can only selectively expand the army? Then in the Western
Is it cheaper to have a reserve army when the army grows larger, or is it cheaper to recruit a large number of party members at once using a method similar to blood tax?
Even further, you must know that the reintegration of Ningxia Road and Shaanxi Road triggered a series of Han-Tibetan antagonism issues. At this time, you, Wu Jie, are too good at uniting colleagues by talking about this?
If there are people who are too full of private goods, then there will naturally be those who have the most upright stance.
Li Yanxian and Zhang Rong were very suitable. The former just emphasized the necessity of setting the main attack direction in the east of the river, while the latter simply said nothing and just guaranteed that the river would be fine.
However, Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun, the two most senior commanders, were obviously perfunctory.
Of course, Zhang Boying need not say anything. He has actually been dismissed from his post, and his thoughts are on the fleet that has not returned for a long time. As for Han Liangchen, Zhao Jiu can probably guess what this guy is thinking, but as long as this guy doesn't delay things, Zhao Guan's family will also
I'm just too lazy to distract myself from talking about it.
As for Wang De, Li Qiong, and the newly appointed imperial camp commander Wang Yan, including the Minister of War Liu Ziyu, and even the prime minister Zhang Jun, Chen Gui had a slight deviation in the final answer, and then unanimously put forward a common suggestion
——They advocate that the expansion of the army should start from the imperial camp. Some even think that all the posts that can currently be expanded should be given to Wang De and Li Qiong to ensure that the troops directly under Tokyo can form a balance with the Kyoto and Kansai directions.
This is a typical position issue. Although it is not as obvious as Wu Jie's, it actually made inappropriate suggestions.
In fact, this is not the time for the Zhao Guan family to withdraw military power, right?
This is not to say that the more centralized power is, the harder it is to release power, but that this legion system centered on individual generals is a legacy of history, a military trait naturally formed after the Jingkang collapse, and an established
Reality, and changing the established situation is bound to cause turmoil.
He even said that the Northern Expedition was a battle that staked the fate of the country. Even if it succeeded, once it failed, it would probably take another ten or twenty years to muster the courage and gather strength. In this case, Zhao Guanjia would not even mention withdrawing his troops.
Damn it, he can bear it if he comes to Jinggou Town again!
Back to the present, although the imperial court has gathered opinions from all sides, this matter is extremely involved after all, so from mid-March to late March, the Privy Council adjusted the plan several times. Although it gradually stabilized, to be honest, everyone,
Including the Zhao Guan family, they have always felt that some places are still not satisfactory.
Of course, everyone knows in their hearts that with limited finances, there will definitely be dissatisfaction, so it is estimated that after further adjustments, this matter will be completely settled after the first morning of April.
However, in late March, when the imperial court was gradually finalizing its military expansion plan, due to the really helpless traffic conditions of this era, a very ironic thing happened - the imperial court received former ministers Li Gang and Li Boji from the southeast.
A memorial with strong words.
You don't need to read the content, just count the time, and you will know that this memorial is obviously in response to the imperial court's radical Northern Expedition. However, the people in charge of the various departments who read the content mostly took a breath, and then they immediately knew that this
Mr. Li Gang and Li Xianggong were obviously in trouble because of the unprovoked expulsion of his third brother Li Jing from the court.
"I beg you to resign..."
"Please fuck me!"
On the west side of Yanfu Palace, in the courtyard of the main hall of martial arts, under the spring rain of ox hair as precious as oil, Prime Minister Zhang Jun had just raised his hands and struggled to say three words, when he was stopped by Zhao Guanjia, who was standing there with his back reading the memorial.
He stopped drinking.
Not only that, the memorial in the official's hand was also thrown directly onto the wet ground with these words.
Obviously, Zhao Guan's family was angry.
Seeing this situation, almost everyone among the civil and military officials, close ministers and servants who had gathered here for the Northern Expedition, including the Banzhi Jiashi students here at the martial arts school, fell silent in shock.
Even the few officials who came in a hurry had serious expressions on their faces.
The people in front were frightened to some extent by the rage of Zhao Guan's family. As for the prime ministers who had read the memorial, it was not that they were courageous, but that Li Gang and Li Boji had gone too far this time. His memorial was almost
It can be called a tear in the face.
If a prime minister who abdicated peacefully and whose political influence has not disappeared publicly betrays a reigning prime minister, the political consequences are self-evident... After all, according to the rules, if a censor publicly impeaches a prime minister, the prime minister will
It is necessary to resign as a routine, and then leave the decision-making power to the officials... This is an important means for the court system to suppress the rulers.
Although Li Gang is not the censor, his impeachment may have greater political power than the censor!
To put it bluntly, ordinary people cannot afford this memorial, and even the prime ministers may not be able to afford it. Only the Zhao Guan family can afford it.
To be more specific, in this memorial, which was delivered through public channels, Li Boji directly impeached Zhang Deyuan for being a villain and a person who harmed the country.
Taiwan’s unscrupulous and cliquey people!
Faced with such a direct attack, Zhang Jun, the person involved, must make a quick and direct political response, let alone other things. So it is no wonder that after reading this memorial at the Chongwen Academy, several prime ministers
He hurriedly rushed to Zhao Guan's house, who was watching the Northern Expedition drill at the martial arts school.
But no one expected that Zhao Guanjia would be so angry after reading this memorial, and they would be furious in public... It can only be said that this official's temper has indeed increased.
"Look what he wrote?!" After Zhao Jiu turned around, he snatched the muddy memorial from the hand of Lan Gui, the chief warden of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, who had just picked up the memorial, and then threw it away.
The sleeves were dripping with water. "Who is the gangster?! Who is Zhongzhi?! Doesn't doing things according to his ideas mean he has 'ulterior motives'?"
After finishing speaking, the official slammed the memorial to the ground again, and then turned his back again.
Lan Gui, the chief security officer, had no choice but to lean over and pick up the memorial from the soaked ground, and then tidied it up.
Facing the official's back, to be honest, the scene is still a bit strange... Zhang Jun bowed his head and said nothing, so he didn't mention it, but the matter involved the prime minister and the other three ministers, including many people below Wang Yan who were here before, although there were many
You can talk nonsense, and some people are willing to say it, but it's hard to interrupt.
The rain was getting thicker and heavier. Zhao Jiu, who was in casual clothes, looked up at the raindrops all over the sky. After a long time, he finally took a breath, but then looked back:
"Come in, everyone. Don't get caught in the rain. Put the sand table in the hall away... Don't be in a hurry."
However, after he said it, the official did not go to the martial arts hall in front of him. Instead, he snatched the memorial from Lan Dabaan's hand again, then turned around and went out, and finally walked not far outside the martial arts hall.
Walk to Xinggang.
Everyone around looked at each other, how could anyone really go into the martial arts hall to take shelter from the rain? From the provincial prime minister Zhao Ding down, almost everyone went out with Zhao Guan's family. Even Wang Yan, who was originally hosting the deduction here, also gave the order.
After those sandboxes, he hurriedly chased up Xinggang.
It is said that on the apricot hill, there are fine apricot trees transplanted from all over the country during the reign of Emperor Taishang Daojun. They almost cover the entire hill. It is March at this time, and the apricot flowers are in bloom, and the hill is full of green trees.
The color, covering most of the spring rain for everyone in Denggang, actually created a scene of fireworks in March.
However, Zhao Guan's family likes to come here recently, or at least he came here today, obviously not because of the apricot flowers on the hill, because after he came to the apricot hill next to the city wall, he entered the thatched pavilion on the top of the hill.
, he stood directly outside the thatched pavilion with his hands behind his hands, and then, ignoring the rain, he looked directly across the apricot blossoms and looked further into the distance.
This is the best bird's-eye view point in the entire imperial city and even in the northern part of the inner city.
On a clear day, you can even see the edge of the inner city. Zhao Guan's family has actually been here several times.
However, looking from here through the drizzle, only the outlines of buildings are visible in the entire imperial city, and the entire inner city of Bianliang is also hidden in the mist.
To the northeast, far beyond the inner city wall, the Iron Tower of Kaibao Temple can still be seen in the distance.
Moreover, the noisy sound outside Donghua Gate can still penetrate the drizzle all over the city and the misty fragrance on the apricot hill to reach the thatched pavilion.
It can be regarded as having a unique flavor.
After watching for a while, perhaps because the misty and misty scenery suppressed the anger in his heart, Zhao Guanjia finally turned around, but still did not enter the thatched pavilion. Instead, he read Li Gang's memorials in his hand outside in the rain again.
But to be honest, even after he regained his composure, when he looked again, Zhao Jiu didn't look for long before shaking his head in public, but he was not as annoyed as before.
After reading it, Zhao Guanjia handed the memorial to Wang Yan, who had the highest status except for the four prime ministers at that time, and asked Wang Yan and others to pass it on for reading.
But at this time, these people knew why the officials were so angry.
Because this memorial goes far beyond what Zhang Jun said when he presented the memorial in the martial arts academy... Li Gang not only personally attacked Zhang Jun and impeached Zhang Jun, but also directly personally attacked Zhao Guan's family and punished Zhao Guan's family.
Initiated direct remonstrance.
Of course, there must have been criticism of Zhang Jun’s package.
"The world is not owned by Your Majesty alone... I am tired of hearing this and don't know how to change the words." Zhao Jiu sneered with his hands behind his hands. "Also, just because Mr. Zhang's wife Yuwen is the niece of Mr. Yuwen, we say that they
The power is spread all over Kansai, and there are suspicions of being affiliated with the party. What about the person who captured my son-in-law? So if Wang Xianggong captured my first number one scholar, does it count as forming a party? Lu Gongxian's family has been married to the Meihua Han family for several generations.
What's going on? What about the two generals of the Zhe family and the Yang family? They are still generals with heavy troops, do they have more ulterior motives?"
After Zhao Jiu finished speaking, Zhang Deyuan immediately came out and gave the necessary explanation: "In order to let the officials know that I was not in the position of prime minister when I married Yuwen, but I was just handling affairs in Kansai a few years ago.
, it was inevitable to meet Yu Wen by bus, so naturally there was some friendship between superiors and subordinates. However, Yu Wen knew that I had never had a wife because of the Jingkang Rebellion, so he recruited me as my nephew-in-law... At that time, I only thought this was a good thing, but
Forgot the duty of a minister to avoid suspicion."
Zhang Jun had to explain - as a prime minister, this matter was mentioned in the memorial to impeach him. According to political rules, he had to explain it in front of the emperor. If he went back to say no, he would have to write a self-defense document.
But Lu Benzhong on the side, Zhe Yanzhi, who was summoned to participate in the martial arts deduction, and Yang Yizhong, who didn't even say a word, were in trouble... The three of them had already mentioned their in-law affairs at Zhao Guan's house.
I had no choice but to go out, but today's matter happened to be Zhang's, and essentially had nothing to do with them, so I couldn't even intervene to apologize, so I could only stand around the four prime ministers.
Not to mention how embarrassed these three people were, and how the others hurriedly passed around to read the memorial. On the other side, after hearing this explanation, Zhao Guanjia walked forward directly with his hands behind his back, only stopping one step in front of Zhang Jun:
"Deyuan, do you know what I want to say?"
Even if Zhang Jun knew, he could only say he didn't know at this time, not to mention that he didn't know at all... So the prime minister of the dynasty quickly shook his head.
But at this time, Zhao Guanjia had one hand behind his back, and the other hand suddenly pressed deeply on Zhang Jun's already wet shoulder: "I want to tell Mr. Zhang... I have wronged you today!"
Zhang Jun was originally a perceptual person. Even after decades of age, he still fantasized about being like Zhuge Wuhou. When he heard this, he raised his head and his eyes turned red. He opened his mouth to speak, but was choked up for a moment.
Then he has to bow down on the spot.
Of course, how could Zhao Guanjia make him really kneel down, directly use his hands and say something in his mouth to stop the other party's actions:
"Deyuan, it's not just you, but also Mr. Zhao, Mr. Liu, Mr. Chen..."
The other three prime ministers quickly moved forward and faced each other.
"I want to tell you, what we have to do in the next few years is not only to have the momentum to move forward, but also to do countless things one by one against resistance."
Zhao Jiu responded with a sigh. "As the rulers of the country, you must bear the weight of it. When you bear the brunt, not only will there be direct and unprovoked criticism like today, but you will also encounter real dilemmas, and it will be very difficult.
Eighty-nine times something will really go wrong and something will be done wrong... and what I want to say today is that when you encounter difficult things, please don't give up on yourself and give up on your business just because of a moment of anger or a moment of grievance.
…If you don’t care about it, what do you want me to do?”
The four prime ministers were all startled, and then they all bowed their heads.
But the civil and military people around them were shocked, and their ideas were slightly biased.
Some people immediately realized that Zhao Guan's family was not only going to accept this memorial for Xianggong Zhang... this was expected... but also made a semi-public long-term political commitment to the four prime ministers.
Others, such as Ren Baozhong, instinctively thought that the famous Mr. Li was only in his fifties, and he was afraid that he would never be able to return to the prime minister again in this life. Not only that, after this incident, he had offended the Zhao Guan family.
, although it is not possible to kill him directly like Dang Xiang, but according to Han rules, it is certain to directly drive him to Hainan.
Sure enough, the next moment, when Zhao Guanjia put his hands on his back again, he suddenly raised his voice: "Li Boji not only impeached Mr. Zhang, but also reprimanded me... He impeached Mr. Zhang, and Mr. Zhang already gave an explanation and resigned.
, it’s just that I don’t allow it; even if he reprimanded me, I am thick-skinned, so I won’t reply to him; but he also said that he didn’t understand whether the imperial court was going to suppress the South for the Northern Expedition and humiliate the Second Saint, or to suppress the South and humiliate the Second Saint.
Sheng Er raised the banner of the Northern Expedition. You are all important officials of the imperial court, and you all participated in the public discussion at the imperial meeting at the beginning of this month. What do you think?"
Zhao Ding had been waiting for his appearance for a long time. When he heard this, under the attention of everyone, he stepped forward without hesitation, lined up with Zhang Jun, and then handed over to the official: "I thought Li
Sir, this is sophistry! There is no need for the emperor and the prime minister to explain for such a sentence!"
"I also think so."
"I agree with Mr. Zhao's words." Liu Ji and Chen Gui followed closely behind.
"I also think what Mr. Li said is ridiculous." Wang Yan came to his senses and followed immediately, but he couldn't help but add another sentence. "In the end, Mr. Li's argument is not about whether it is arguable or not. As long as the country is prepared wholeheartedly,
The theory of the Northern Expedition is self-defeating without attack."
After Wang Yan, Zhe Yanzhi, Fan Zongyin, Yang Yizhong, Lu Benzhong, Liu Yan, Ren Baozhong and others quickly raised their hands to show their respect. For a while, only Lan Gui, the chief security officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, stood behind Zhao Guan's house with his hands tied and did not move.
When Zhao Guanjia, whose shoulders and wingless head were all wet, heard the words, he also sneered: "Well said, that's the truth. As long as you take steps forward, these words will be as worthless as the raindrops in your ears today...
Taking this opportunity to formally decide on the military expansion, we will follow the latest plan yesterday... Adjustments come and go, and it is always the same... publish it directly! The decree, the official document of the Privy Council of the Province, is also
If you have a newspaper from Di, publish it together as a response to Gongxiang Li!"
Zhao Ding and Zhang Jun took the lead and led the governors and officials present to respond on the spot. Although Wang Yan was hesitant to speak, he did not dare to speak in the end.
Immediately, the drizzle continued, but everyone dispersed under the leadership of the governors. Zhao Guan's family stood on Xinggang for a while, and then suddenly took the memorial, disguised themselves lightly, and only brought four or five close ministers with them.
He and a team of Ban Zhi left Yanfu Palace and entered Xicheng. They arrived at Lu Benzhong's house before noon...or in other words, they arrived at the house of Lu Haowen, Prime Minister Lu.
When Lu Haowen heard that the officials were coming, he welcomed them in calmly. When the monarch and his ministers met, they just laid out a few cases in the corridor where they usually played chess, and sat down cross-legged. Then Zhao Jiu handed the memorial to Lu Haowen.
, and described today's events to Lu Haowen.
"The official's handling was extremely appropriate." Lu Haowen, who was sitting cross-legged across from Zhao Guan's house in the corridor with a few cases separated him, read the memorial, listened to the explanation, and respectfully placed the memorial on the case before sighing softly. "Think about it.
A few years ago, when I was the prime minister, the officials always asked us to tolerate each other for the sake of the country. Today, we still tolerate each other for the sake of the country... But if I ask you to say, I am afraid it will be more difficult than in previous years to tolerate each other, because
At that time, I had to endure it, but today I can’t endure it… It’s precisely because I can’t endure it that it’s difficult.”
In the corridor next to it, several ministers, from Lu Benzhong to Ren Baozhong to Yang Yizhong, as well as Fan Zongyin and Liu Yan, almost everyone woke up - the officials should have come to ask Lu Xianggong how to deal with Li Xianggong, and Lu Xianggong
Obviously he wanted to persuade the officials to let Mr. Li go.
Tolerance is for the sake of the country. Although you don’t have to tolerate it, you still have to endure it.
However, at the next moment, Zhao Guanjia laughed on the spot: "Does Xianggong Lu think I am here to ask how to deal with Xianggong Li?"
"Isn't that what the officials meant?" Lu Haowen asked curiously.
As for the others, although they didn't say it out loud, they all asked this question in their hearts.
"Now that I have decided to take a step forward in response to Mr. Li, I am already ready to let him go gently." Zhao Jiu shook his head and sighed. "After all, he is the first minister since I ascended the throne, the first minister since Jingkang.
The main battle flag of the country... He has made great contributions to the world, the country, and me. I will not let him have no good results! Besides, he is not a person who changes his ways. Of course, the court wants to surrender. He is like that
Naturally, he advocates the main war faction. Today, I want to speed up the Northern Expedition, but he still advocates that way, so naturally he becomes the slow advance faction!"
At this point, Zhao Jiu paused for a moment before continuing: "What's more, I also know that he most likely saw the faster Di newspaper first, then received Li Jing's letter, and then
A few days later, I suddenly learned that Li Jing had been released to the outside world on the first day of March. I was so angry that I thought I had deliberately betrayed the tacit understanding between the king and his ministers, and that was why I committed the crime."
"The officials are generous." Lu Haowen bowed his head slightly in the seat, but he still couldn't help but be curious. "But if this is the case, why did the officials come to see me and tell me the whole story?"
Zhao Jiuduan sat across from him and was silent for a moment. Then he pointed to the memorial on the case between the two of them and said seriously: "I just want to ask Mr. Lu. You said, I knew from the beginning that I would definitely let Mr. Li go.
I clearly know that I will not stop because of this matter, but will move forward more resolutely, but why are I still so angry after seeing this memorial?"
Of course it's because you, an official, feel that the other party has betrayed you! Just like when Li Gang wrote this memorial, he felt that you had betrayed him!
I think back in the early years of Jianyan, you, the monarch and your ministers, were definitely tolerant of each other for the sake of the country, and even shared life and death in adversity. However, within a few years, Li Boji actually became suspicious of you as an official because of the slightest political opinions.
Heart, to the point of doing such a thing.
Of course, there are some misunderstandings here, as well as Li Gang's bad temper and the old mentality of looking down on officials. But no matter what, as an official, if he suddenly encounters such a thing, he will certainly feel angry.
Lu Haowen actually had the answer in his mind in an instant, and almost blurted it out, but the words reached his throat and he swallowed them back.
Then, the minister just stared at Zhao Guan's house. After a while, in the spring rain that gradually turned into raindrops and made a pattering sound, he said sincerely:
"The officials and I are here in this city. I can see the actions of the officials with my own eyes. Things like three people becoming tigers will never happen to me!"
As soon as these words came out, almost all the surrounding ministers began to breathe heavily.
Zhao Guanjia, on the other hand, shook his head and smiled: "I didn't mean that, I'm just sad that Xianggong Li can't trust me...it makes Xianggong Lu think too much."
Lu Haowen also laughed: "So, I have indeed overthought it... But Mr. Li is really sad."
Zhao Jiu nodded.
Just like that, not to mention how Zhao Guan's family felt so sad that they needed to seek psychological counseling from Lu Haowen, they only said that the next day, the imperial court finally officially issued the army expansion plan:
The imperial camp left army led by Han Shizhong was upgraded from 30,000 to 37,000;
The establishment of the imperial camp's rear army led by Wu Jie was increased from 30,000 to 38,000;
The establishment of the imperial camp's army was raised from 50,000 to 65,000, but most of the corresponding military supplies went to Li Yanxian of Shaanxi Province. Wang De's department was raised from 15,000 to 17,000, and Li Qiong was raised from 1
The establishment of 15,000 was increased to 18,000. In other words, the increase in the Imperial Camp Central Army was still given to the Kansai direction. The Imperial Camp Central Army only added one commander each to the Wang De and Li Qiong tribes... This
This is also the place where Wang Yan hesitated for a time on Xinggang and wanted to protest on the spot;
The imperial camp's front army led by Yue Fei was raised from 35,000 to 40,000;
Zhang Jun's imperial camp's right army's establishment of 25,000 remains unchanged;
Zhang Rong's imperial naval force of 15,000 remained unchanged;
The navy of the imperial camp led by Li Bao will remain unchanged for the time being, with five or six thousand troops, but Li Bao's title of deputy commander of the imperial camp has been officially recognized. After the decree is reached, he will enjoy similar treatment as Li Qiong.
The imperial cavalry force led by Qu Duan was increased from 15,000 to 20,000;
Finally, there was Guo Zhongxun's 10,000 imperial camp reserve army, whose treatment was reduced by half according to the imperial camp soldiers' salary, and they were recruited and placed on the spot.
Overall, this military expansion is equivalent to an increase in the share of 45,000 imperial soldiers. Among them, the Kansai direction received a share of 25,000, and the area directly under the Central Government near Tokyo received a share of 10,000 soldiers.
In addition, JD.com only received 5,000 shares, mostly in recognition of the shares that Yue Fei's troops had surrendered during the counter-insurgency process.
Basically, it can be regarded as the implementation of the original strategy of expanding the land, expanding the cavalry, and expanding the west.
Of course, these shares will not be added all at once... In addition to the previous ratification of de facto military expansion, most of the new posts, from the frontline to Guo Zhongxun's reserve army, will be gradually filled in batches within three years.
Going up.
The advantage of this is that it saves money, and can save a lot of money, which gives the finances a buffer, but the disadvantage is that the soldiers will inevitably be undertrained, especially the cavalry, and they will inevitably have to follow the route of the Tibetan army again.
But there is really no way around this.
No matter what happened, with the public edict being issued, the official documents from the Privy Council of the province being delivered, the secret letters sent back by the officials, and even being directly published in the imperial newspaper, the steps of this huge imperial court finally took a firm but shaky step.
out.
Relatively speaking, the central court in Tokyo, faced with the public memorial of former Prime Minister Li Gang, did not give Li Gang any public edict or official reply, nor did it make any promotions, transfers, or demotions.
If the Ministry of Internal Affairs had not sent and received a self-defense memorial of Privy Councilor Zhang, the Hanlin Academy of Academic Affairs had kept a record of Prime Minister Zhang's resignation being rejected, and it would have been as if this incident had never happened at all.
PS: Thanks to Mr. Light Color and Mr. Slyshen for the tip.
By the way, as an untimely remark, today is the one-year anniversary of the release of this book...one year.