Prime Minister

Chapter 616
Hearing that the officials called the two of them to discuss this matter in the middle of the night, both Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing couldn't laugh or cry.

The temperament of the officials is also obvious. Compared with the other emperors of the Song Dynasty, the Zhao family is a little impulsive, and they tend to use their emotions.

Zhang Yue knew that the officials wanted to use Wang Anshi and Sima Guang to create a check and balance, as if provoking two concubines to compete for favor in front of the emperor.

But it turned out that Wang Anshi and Sima Guang both put down the pick in front of the emperor at the same time.

This made the officials very embarrassed, how could this go down the stairs.

Later, the officials used Zeng Gongliang, Chen Shengzhi, and Zhao Wei to modify the shortcomings of the Young Crop Law, but to be honest, the three prime ministers seemed a little powerless in this regard.

It is not my own credit for the improvement, and the improvement is bad for the political career. It is really abolished and offended the emperor and Wang Anshi.

Therefore, the old bureaucrats have a way, and simply came up with a trick.

As the saying goes, if things are slow, things will be smooth, so this young crop law has been discussed for several days without any result.

The officials learned that without Wang Anshi, Sima Guang could not do anything by himself, so they couldn't help being furious, so there was a scene where Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing entered the palace overnight, and they also said, "reward you for your work in power".

Both Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing knew that the officials were out of anger, so they couldn't take it seriously.

But in front of the officials, Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing said again and again, Your Majesty, this reform of the young crops is a small matter, but taking care of the dragon is a big one. Don't get angry because of this matter!
Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing's mouths were like honey, and they coaxed the officials out of their anger.

Now that the anger has calmed down, the officials have become clearer. Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing were single-handedly picked up by him, and they will be reused in the future, but they really can't replace Sima Guang and Wang Anshi right now.

But the official thought so in his heart, but he still didn't admit his mistake verbally. He said to Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing: "You two gentlemen, think about it carefully for me. How can this young crop law be changed?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yue thought to himself, this is a question of how to reform the Young Crop Law?

If the bell is to be untied, the person who tied it must be the one who wipes the shit himself.

But Zhang Yue didn't know how to say this, he wanted to see what Lu Huiqing had to say, but his official position was higher than that of Lu Huiqing, so he said: "The Qingmiao Law is usually drafted by Lu Huiqing, Your Majesty might as well listen to his ideas!"

Zhang Yue kicked the ball to Lu Huiqing.

Lu Huiqing said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, when the Green Crop Law was first drafted, I had indeed discussed it with Wang Anshi in detail. I think it is not as good as this. After the minister and Zhang have discussed it thoroughly, I will present it for your Majesty to review!"

Zhang Yue said in his heart, Lu Huiqing is really ambitious, and she will never let go of this opportunity to make a difference.

In fact, the most accurate way for Lu Huiqing is to push, and then ask the officials to invite Wang Anshi out of the mountain again with a grand ceremony.

But Lu Huiqing took over the matter without hesitation, which shows his ambition.

After hearing Lu Huiqing's words, the officials were immediately delighted.

Zhang Yue said in his heart, at this moment, the officials must be scolding Wang Anshi and Sima Guang from the bottom of their hearts, two old thieves, do you really think that the court can't do well without you two?

I still have Lu Huiqing, the more chapters are available!
Zhang Yue made up a vulgar eight o'clock plot in his mind.

The hero and the heroine are really in love with each other, but because of a trivial matter, the hero and the heroine have an awkward relationship.The male protagonist turned the spare tire into a positive role, and was angry with the female protagonist, but was rejected by the spare tire.The male protagonist became angry from embarrassment, and found Xiao Si and Xiao Wu again.

One of Xiaosi and Xiaowu has self-knowledge, but the other thinks that with his own charm, he can make the male protagonist forget the female protagonist...

then……

The official said: "Very good, the two Qing families will stay in the palace tonight and draft the regulations for the Qingmiao Law!"

The official's face was relieved, and the servant at the side quickly said: "Your Majesty, it's late at night, you should go to bed quickly!"

"I know!"

The official nodded and said: "Arrange the two Qings!"

After talking about the official's house, he went back to the bedroom, and then the servants sent Lu Huiqing off, and Zhang Yue and Zhang Yue went out of the palace.

Zhang Yue looked at Lu Huiqing and said on the spot: "Jifu, the prime minister can't even discuss it, how can we discuss it, you are hasty in this matter, you are too fussy."

It's Zhang Yue's responsibility to get rid of the responsibility first. This is what Lu Huiqing promised, and it has nothing to do with me.

Self-preservation always comes first.

Lu Huiqing smiled slightly and said: "Du Zhi, leave everything to the chief executives, how can we have the opportunity!"

"As the saying goes, crisis, crisis, in crisis, there is opportunity!"

In the night wind, Zhang Yue looked at Lu Huiqing's confident look and couldn't help but wonder, are you a time traveler or am I a time traveler, why did you take away all the lines?
That night Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing lived in the side hall.

The servant gave Zhang Yue and Lu Huiqing the lamp, and the desk was covered with paper and pens, and they almost beat their backs and shoulders.

After doing all this, Lu Huiqing thanked the servants and put some money into their hands, and then sat by the desk to draft the manuscript.

As for Zhang Yue, he yawned. Lu Huiqing looked at it very considerately and said: "Du Zhi, you might as well take a rest first, but the manuscript is drafted, just read it."

Zhang Yue knew in his heart that Lu Huiqing was a dogmatic character, and he did not allow others to change a single word of the manuscript he drafted in the Sansi Regulations Division, except for Wang Anshi.

At the beginning, the government sent Su Zhe, and Chen Shengzhi sent Zhang Duan to the Third Department of Regulations to discuss the details of the reform with Lu Huiqing.

Zhang Duan was scolded twice by Lu Huiqing, and he didn't say a word.

Only Su Zhe was the most up-to-date and raised his opinions repeatedly, so Lu Huiqing hated Su Zhe deeply.

Zhang Yue knew Lu Huiqing's strong and competitive character, so he didn't argue with him, and simply went back to sleep to get a good night's sleep.

At dawn the next day, Zhang Yue saw that Lu Huiqing had finished writing, and the other party didn't wake him up, as if he was waiting for him.

Zhang Yue said, "I'm sorry, brother Jifu."

Lu Huiqing said with a big smile: "I just finished writing it too, waiting to be edited, you can take a look at Lu's writing!"

Zhang Yue took the note from Lu Huiqing, which said 'Changping New Law'!
That's right, although many people call it Qingmiaofa, the official name in the memorial is only Qingmiaoqian, not Qingmiaofa.

Both Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing called it Changping Xinfa in their memorials.

Why is it called that?
Because the Song Dynasty has always had the Changping warehouse system, that is, when the price of rice is cheap, the government buys it at a price that is more expensive than that of the people, so as not to hurt farmers when the price of rice is high, and sells it to the people at a price that is cheaper than the market price, but it must not be lower. in capital.

The court earns the price difference between buying and selling, and at the same time benefits the common people.

This was invented by Liu Yan, a famous prime minister in the Tang Dynasty. It was originally an act of convenience and benefit to the people, but it was ruined in the Song Dynasty.

One is the problem of storage. The government is not well managed, and a lot of food is rotten.

Another government colluded with the savings family. Instead, they bought food when the price was high and sold it when the price was low.

So the constant liquidation method 2.0 is here.

The Green Crop Law means that the government does not give food to the common people, but directly lends money to buy it for yourself.

Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing have always insisted that this is called the Changping New Law and not something else, in order to avoid fierce opposition from lower-level officials to this law.

Zhang Yue read Lu Huiqing's Chang Ping New Law, but saw that he refuted Han Qi's criticism of the Green Crop Law one by one.

The talent in Lu Huiqing's chest can be easily obtained by being as abundant as a river. An article refuted Han Qi's criticism to the point.

As for the so-called modifications, they are only fine-tuning the details.

Among them, Han Qi criticized the most important points. First, Hebei officials borrowed money locally for three points instead of two points as originally stipulated by the imperial court.

Second, Guofang households and third-class households and above are also within the scope of suppression, which does not mean suppression of mergers at all.

Lu Huiqing only cared about rebutting, but did not solve the problem at all.

Su Zhe said to Zhang Yue that the disadvantage of the Qingmiao Law is that the people get money by chance, which is not the blessing of the country, and that officials are supervised and accountable according to the law, which is not the convenience of the people.

Han Qi and Su Zhe both said the same thing, that is, the officials from the imperial court who enforced the Young Crop Law in the localities were messing around.

This is also what Sima Guang has repeatedly emphasized that powers cannot be delegated.

Lu Huiqing said: "Wai Zhi, do you know that Mr. Han has a huge property in Hebei, and usually lends money to the people for interest, once this young crop method is implemented... Humph."

"This..." Zhang Yue has also heard about it, but if it is because of this that Lu Huiqing suspects Han Qi's intentions...Judging from Zhang Yue's experience in dealing with Han Qi, he should not be such a person.

Zhang Yue felt that there was indeed a big problem with the Green Crop Law, and it could be said that Lu Huiqing's amendment was almost unchanged.

Zhang Yue thought about it, although he did not agree with the Green Crop Law, but even Wang Anshi, Lu Huiqing must carry it out, so he might as well help improve it, and do something for the people of the country.

At this moment, Zhang Yue no longer hides it, and adds two places to Lu Huiqing's article.

Seeing Zhang Yue's move, Lu Huiqing couldn't help being furious. The regulations he wrote when he was in the Department of Regulations were always difficult to write. Zhang Yue actually dared to change his plan. Have you never seen him so powerful?
After Zhang Yue finished writing, Lu Huiqing looked at the two places in his book. At first, he didn't take it seriously, thinking that it was nothing more than that, but after thinking about it carefully, it really made up for the shortcomings of this method.

After Lu Huiqing shook his eyes and looked again, he could no longer utter a word of objection, thinking about it in his mind.

This son's talent is better than mine!If he really competes with me, how can I compete with him.

Lu Huiqing closed his eyes, at this moment he felt a sharp pain in his heart, and the original jealousy towards Zhang Yue suddenly turned into embarrassment.

"Brother Jifu? Jifu?"

Lu Huiqing came back to her senses and said: "Duzhi, I thought... I thought it could be changed like this."

This sentence is almost unprecedented for Lu Huiqing who has never changed it.

Zhang Yue said in his heart, let's say it earlier.

"Great, please copy it again, brother Lu, you and I will keep it!"

"it is good!"

Zhang Yue felt that suddenly, Lu Huiqing's attitude towards him had changed, but he couldn't tell what the change was.

Anyway, it seemed that Lu Huiqing was full of confidence and confidence when talking to herself, but now Lu Huiqing has become taciturn, and her reaction seems to be a bit slow.

After Lu Huiqing transcribed it, Zhang Yue marked it, and the two went to see the officials together.

At this time, the officials were concentrating on the lawsuit in the Chongzheng Hall. It turned out that Prince Shao, Cheng Hao, and the admonisher Li Chang were all arguing with the officials in the hall.

They also said that the officials should not listen to Wang Anshi's resignation at this juncture, and asked the officials to order Wang Anshi to come back.

The official sat on the throne with a depressed face, watching the three officials spit.

(End of this chapter)