Prime Minister

Chapter 629 Negotiation
Who is Su Yijian mentioned by Zeng Gongliang?

That was a figure from the Taizong Dynasty, the number one scholar in the fifth year of Taiping Xingguo.

He has a number of official records in the Song Dynasty that no one has broken so far, such as the youngest Zhizhigao (26 years old), the youngest Hanlin Bachelor (28 years old), and the youngest Shen Zhizhengshi (36 years old).

Su Yijian was promoted so quickly, although he was born as the number one scholar and was deeply trusted by Emperor Taizong, but there was another important reason that the official system of the Song Dynasty was not mature at that time.

In the early days of the founding of the country, the emperor had great power, and he was relatively free-wheeling in employing people, and there were many rules and regulations in the officialdom.

Moreover, the status of Zhizhigao during Taizong's time is absolutely different from today's Zhizhigao.

First of all, there is no power to refute. This is a precedent set by Fu Bi during the Renzong Dynasty.Secondly, knowing that the title of patent is for life, even the title of foreign office is allowed to be taken out.

Just like magistrates and county magistrates, magistrates can only be called magistrates because they were born in Beijing, and county magistrates are generally selected.

But when you go out to lead the foreign vassals in Dazhou, you know that the imperial title and the ordinary courtier are completely two grades.

But even so, Su Jianjian 26's record as Zhizhigao can be said to be unprecedented.

When officials asked Zhang Yue how old he was, Zeng Gongliang, who recommended Zhang Yue, replied without hesitation: "Zhang Yue Jiayou won the first prize at the age of 17 in six years, and now he is exactly 26 years old, the same age as Su Yijian."

Zhang Yue has been an official for almost ten years, he nodded slightly and said, "Good."

Wang Anshi said: "Although Zhang Yue is suitable for use, he has no foreign appointments. If he is granted knowledge and orders, he will be a commander-in-chief. Cai Yanqing from the History Museum has a good diction and can take up this post."

It was Cai Yanqing who was writing notes on daily life in the hall today, recording the words and deeds of officials and ministers.

Cai Yanqing was taken aback when he heard Wang Anshi's recommendation, but due to his status, he couldn't speak at the moment.

Last year, the official was going to use Su Shi to compile the daily life note, but because of Wang Anshi's objection, it was rejected, so Cai Yanqing and Sun Jue revised the daily life note.

After doing the math, Chen Xiang, Zhang Yue, and Cai Yanqing were the only ones who had been in charge of repairing daily life notes but had not yet made a patent. However, Sun Juegang was dismissed because he opposed the Green Crop Law, so no one mentioned him.

Officials of the second government like Han Jiang have the power to raise people from the official family when they take office.

When Zhang Fangping returned to the court, he recommended Su Shi and Li Dalin to the officials.Su Shi didn't agree with Wang Anshi, but Li Dalin was reused.

And Han Jiang only recommended Zhang Yue.

For Wang Anshi's proposal of Cai Yanqing, Sima Guang objected that Cai Yanqing was not a high-ranking Jinshi, and that drafting edicts for officials might be powerless.

All of a sudden, the three officials have their own shortcomings,

Chen Xiang is impeccable in all aspects, but he has opposed the young crop law.

Cai Yanqing was not selected as a Jinshi, and Sima Guang said that he might not be able to pass the bachelor's college exam.

Zhang Yue has no qualifications to serve as a local.

After discussing for half a day, the chief executives finally came up with a consensus.

Chen Xiang made the edict for Zhizhi, Cai Yanqing and Wang Yirou went straight to the court, and at the same time let Feng Jing, the former prophet who made the edict, return to the court to draft the foreign system as a Hanlin scholar.

And Zhang Yue is still repairing daily life notes.

After the palace meeting that day, Sima Guang walked out of the hall with a limp. His knee sores made it very difficult to move, but even so he still fought Wang Anshi in the court hall without giving an inch.

Han Jiang and Wang Anshi walked on the other side. Han Jiang's qualifications were higher than Wang Anshi's, but Wang Anshi was the leader in everything.

Seeing Sima Guang's immobility, Wang Anshi twitched the corners of his mouth, but walked over without greeting.

As stated in the letter between Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, after Wang Anshi entered politics, the two have not been in contact for more than a year.

Wang Anshi asked Han Jiang, "Why did Zeng Xianggong suddenly mention Zhang Duzhi as a patent?"

Han Jiang asked, "Is there no more suitable candidate right now?"

Wang Anshi thought for a moment and shook his head, "There must be no one."

Han Jiang knew Wang Anshi's intentions, and today when he was recommending candidates to know Zhizhi, Han Jiang didn't speak for Zhang Yue.

Because Han Jiang believes that it is not a good time to know the patent right now.

For example, in Li Ding's imperial edict, what should Zhang Yue do, should he refuse or accept it?

Zhang Yue accepted it, and the scholar-bureaucrats must have retaliated!This means that Zhang Yue succumbed to the power of the monarch and the power of the prime minister.

But if he refuses, Zhang Yue, who has always been deeply trusted, will undoubtedly displease the officials.The emperor's favor is always gold, and no matter how good the official career is, it is only silver. If the officials plant the seeds of distrust, the gain will not be worth the loss, and Zhang Yue is likely to become the intellectual with the shortest time in office.

Han Jiang deliberately didn't mention Zhang Yue, but Zeng Gongliang did. This is obviously to provoke Zhang Yue against Wang Anshi, and even pull Han Jiang into the water.

Now Lu Gong is in the court, Sun Jue has been dismissed successively, Han Jiang and Han Wei brothers can be said to be the most staunch supporters of Wang Anshi.

And Wu Chong and Zhang Yue are on the same line with Han Jiang brothers.

Therefore, Zeng Gongliang's move seems to have bad intentions.

As for Zhi Zhigao, Zhang Yue Buzheng is the safest thing, don't put your own career in it just to stand shoulder to shoulder with Su Yijian.

It's a big taboo to admire the false name for the real disaster.

Han Jiang's plan for Zhang Yue was very thorough. Otherwise, if he had spoken out in support of Zhang Yue's enactment of Zhizhi Zhizhi, Zhang Yue would have been the one who made Zhizhi Zhizhi, not Chen Xiang.

However, when Chen Xiang received Zhizhigao's appointment, Shangshu refused and continued to insist that the government abolish the Qingmiao Law.

Chen Xiang was very unceremonious in the Shangshu, everyone in the world knows that Wang Anshi was the one who misunderstood His Majesty, and Lu Huiqing was the one who misunderstood His Majesty...

All in all, Chen Xiang just refused to accept the appointment, and he was unwilling to go to the Academy for an exam, and insisted on asking for a supplement.

Wang Anshi thought to himself, since you don't support me, you might as well be a transshipment envoy for Shaanxi.At the same time, Wang Anshi also demanded to abolish the power of Zhi Ren Yuan Zhi to make imperial seals and return prefixes from now on.

Officials knew Wang Anshi's request and did not dare to agree rashly. It would be nice for the officials to abolish Zhi Zhigao, but it would be infamy.

In the Tang Dynasty, the minister under the provincial government thought that there was something wrong with the imperial edict and could directly refute it. This move was called the beauty of the system.

In the Song Dynasty, Hanlin scholars could be granted rebuttals, but the power to make edicts and rebuttals was won by Shi Fubi, Emperor Renzong.

The officials thought about it and wrote a hand edict asking Chen Xiang to be the Zhi Zhi edict.

Chen Xiang resigned again, and the officials called Chen Xiang for an interview in person for half an hour.

Everyone thought that the officials interviewed this time to force Chen Xiang to be a Zhizhi, but they didn't know what Chen Xiang said to the officials, and they agreed to Chen Xiang's request to resign from Zhizhi.

After Song Minqiu, Li Dalin and Su Song were all ordered to be dismissed, while Cai Yanqing and Wang Yirou went straight to the People's Court and were responsible for drafting the external system.

The Zhishe People's Court has no right to refute it.

With Cai Yanqing's qualifications, he could have known the edict, but Wang Anshi refused to grant it, and only granted it to Zhishe Renyuan, with the intention that the emperor's prestige should not be taken away by private discussions.

Feng Jing heard this and refused to go to the Sherenyuan to take up his post in the name of illness.

After hearing Feng Jing's resignation, all the officials thought that the drafting of the foreign system with Zhi Zhigao would become a history, and from then on it was just a title of minister who went out to move officials.

Intellectual patents that can refute prefixes will no longer exist.

Just a few days after Chen Xiang resigned, the officials met Zhang Yue in the hall of Chongzheng Hall.

Zhang Yue is now not only in charge of Gou Taixue, but also responsible for daily life notes.

It is a glorious and great task to compile the living notes, and the records in the living notes are the first-hand information for each historian to compile the memoirs of the previous emperors.

Every word spoken by the emperor and the ministers will become history after being recorded by the living officer.

On the first day Zhang Yuede taught daily life notes, Chen Xiang wrote the words "Dong Hu Zhibi" and presented them to him.As a historian, you must have your own creed, and you must not hide anything from anyone.

However, Zhang Yue concurrently took up the errands of repairing daily notes, and at the same time served as the minister of Tianzhang Pavilion. He was extremely busy. He repeatedly expressed to the officials that he had too many concurrent officials. He refused straight away, saying that he would let Zhang Yue carry forward the spirit of 996 to the end, and regard him as a first-class blessing.

Who said that there were too many redundant officials in the Song Dynasty, and most of them were idle. Zhang Yue really wanted to tell them that it was not like this.

Zhang Yue seriously suspected that the officials did this on purpose. Since you dare to covet comfort and stay in the capital and refuse to take any other posts, then you should do me a favor.

When meeting the official, the official asked straight to the point: "After Han Jiang joined the government, the position of Deputy Privy Envoy was vacant. I intend to invite Ouyang Xiu to return to the court. What do you think?"

Zhang Yuexin said that the officials didn't allow himself to slow down, and gave him some tea or something.

Zhang Yue thought for a while, and the official saw that Zhang Yue hadn't sat down yet and said, "Sit down first, Qing."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yue said: "If Ouyang Xiu returns to the court, I'm afraid the king will not be happy to participate in politics."

The official said: "Not necessarily, Wang Anshi often praises Mr. Ouyang for his uprightness in front of me."

Zhang Yue thought it would be best for Ouyang Xiu to return to court, but he thought that Wang Anshi was powerful now, and Ouyang Xiu was Han Qi's hardcore, the two of them would definitely not be able to get together, since they came, they had to leave again.

Zhang Yue said: "I often write letters to Ouyang Xiu, knowing that although he is worried about the country, he has been in poor health. If your majesty cares for the old minister, it is better to treat his nephews favorably and let them serve in the court."

The official nodded. He had discussed with Zai Zhi a lot about whether Ouyang Xiu would become an official.

The official asked again: "What about Duke Lu's work? I'll leave it at that. He has been uneasy since the matter of Yushi Zhongcheng."

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, the Lu family and the minister are related by marriage, and the minister dare not argue for it, but the phrase 'Jinyang Zhijia', I think that such a cautious and reticent person like Lu Gongzhu is not likely to be able to say it." It is better for His Majesty to check who said such words, and see if there is any misunderstanding."

The official nodded and asked Zhang Yue a few more questions.

But seeing that Zhang Yue's answers were all pertinent, and that they were in line with his plan, he felt very comfortable, and then asked: "Now Song Minqiu, Su Song, and Li Dalin have stepped down from their positions of edict making. Some people in the court have suggested that there should be a Zhisherenyuan." That's it, why use knowledge to make patents, what do you think?"

Zhang Yue thought to himself that it must be the teacher Chen Xiang that the official asked.Now that he has resigned Zhizhigao, the officials intend to no longer let Zhizhigao be controlled outside the palm.

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, you must know that the imperial edict cannot be dismissed!"

(End of this chapter)