Prime Minister

Chapter 644 Disagreement
Both Wang Anshi and Han Jiang were in favor of using troops against the Northwest. Although Wen Yanbo and others still opposed it, the problem was no longer a big one.

This is the first battle hosted by the official family after taking charge of the government, so it is inevitable to be excited.

At this moment, several little Huangmen are touting the wisdom and martial arts of the officials: "Taizong's imperial generals have a system, map formations, regulate the temple to win, bestow discipline, remote control is cheap, the commander obeys, and the nobles supervise. .”

"Yes, Your Majesty is as wise and powerful as Emperor Taizong. This time, the conquest of the Xia people will be able to draw up a strategy in the temple and win a decisive victory thousands of miles away."

The officials were also very happy to hear a few little Huangmen boasting that he was as wise and powerful as Emperor Taizong.However, he also knew in his heart that the reason why these little Huangmen boasted about themselves was for the commander to obey, and the noble ministers supervised these words.

Emperor Taizong gave the formation map from afar, and asked the generals to fight according to the formation map. If they don’t follow the formation map, they will be punished if they win. The noble ministers have great power, and they can coerce the generals by explaining the formation map. These little yellow men Tude are the errands of this army supervisor, so they persuade themselves to control the generals remotely like Emperor Taizong.

However, the officials were not confused, so the ancestral method from Zhongyu was still used until the time of Renzong, but Wang Anshi had opposed it a long time ago.

Nowadays, the eunuch's ethos of supervising the army is gone, and it has been replaced by civil servants as commanders, and military generals as deputy.

Although the officials are self-aware, they still have some regrets about not being able to remotely control the battle situation. Maybe micro-manipulation of the battle situation is every emperor's hobby.

The official said: "Today is not as good as in the past. At present, the Privy Council is in charge of the military registration, the tiger charm, the three yamen are in charge of the army, and the ministers are the masters of the army. Each has his own guard. This is the law that will never be easy."

While talking, it was reported that Sima Guang asked to see him.

As soon as the officials heard it, they knew that Sima Guang was looking for him to go out.

The officials were very grateful to Sima Guang for assisting his father and himself in the position, and immediately left a few words of comfort after seeing Sima Guang.

The official said: "Wang Anshi and Qing Sushan, why should you doubt yourself?"

Sima Guang said: "Wang Anshi and I used to be good friends, but after he came to power, I disobeyed him several times. It's like the bookstore where Liu Tun was a minister was demoted to Taizhou for a sentence because he didn't agree with him. But he was framed by Wang Anshi's in-law Xie Jingwen."

"Your Majesty said that your minister is good at Wang Anshi, how can he compare with Lu Gong's writing. How good were Wang Anshi's and Lu Gong's writings at the beginning, and how are they ruined now. I dare not avoid dismissal, I only wish to keep the same shoes."

The official said: "It is precisely because of Wang Anshi's greatness that Lu Gong did not dare to hide his guilt. Besides, this young crop method has already shown its effectiveness."

Sima Guang shook his head and said, "Qing Miao's law is known to the whole world, but An Shi's party thinks it is."

Sima Guang couldn't bear to invite him out this time. The people Sima Guang was with in Beijing day and night were Liu Tun, Liu Shu, Su Shi, and Su Zhe.

These people were successively demoted for opposing the reform, and Su Shi was also impeached by Yushi Xie Jingwen.

The officials had intended to use Su Shi as the censor before, but Xie Jingwen deliberately said that officials who wanted to be promoted to the censor must be strictly assessed, and those who were incompetent would be dismissed instead.

So Xie Jingwen impeached Su Shi. When Su Zhe transported Su Xun's coffin back to Sichuan in the capital, he brought a lot of goods and sold private salt.

Sima Guang said: "Back when Su Shi was Ding You, Han Qi gave [-] gold, but Ouyang Xiu didn't accept [-]. How can he sell private goods for a little money now?"

The officials didn't listen, so Sima Guang gave up and left.

When Sima Guang left the hall, Zhang Yue was walking up to the hall, and the two met face to face.

Zhang Yue saw Sima Guang lowering his gaze, and immediately stepped forward to salute, "Your Majesty has seen the bachelor."

Seeing that it was Zhang Yue, Sima Guang smiled slightly and said, "It's Du Zhi! The old man invited His Majesty to go out today."

Zhang Yuezao heard the rumors that Sima Guang invited him to go out, but he was still surprised and didn't know what to say. It took a long time before he said: "Bachelor...Bachelor, take care!"

Zhang Yue thought of the time when he and Sima Guang asked Emperor Renzong to establish an heir.

Sima Guang didn't take it seriously: "Duzhi, since the Qin Dynasty, those of us who have been officials want to be high-ranking officials and have to be reused. If we want to rise to the top, we can only follow the Legalists, but I, as a Confucian, don't want to do it. Now the country's affairs are difficult. You have to do your best!"

After speaking, Sima Guang left.

After Zhang Yue went to the hall, he looked back at Sima Guang and felt desolate in his heart.

But at this moment, the officials in the palace had made up their minds to ask Sima Guang to resign. Sima Guang had always opposed his plan to use troops against the Northwest. Now that he left, he could strengthen the determination of the court.

This is a big plan, and no one can waver and stop it.

Even Fu Bi, who was highly valued by the Empress Dowager Cao, was dismissed because he opposed the plan to use troops in the Northwest.

"Your Majesty, Zhang Yue wants to see you!"

The officials thought to themselves that Zhang Yue seldom asked to see him, and usually he called for something.Recently, with Lu Huiqing and Zeng Bu at his side, the number of times the officials called Zhang Yue was not as good as before.

"Xuan!"

Zhang Yue went straight to the hall and said: "I heard that Your Majesty intends to take Hengshan directly and fight the Xia people?"

The official said with a smile: "You have heard that, yes, it means kindness, and Han Jiang also agrees. I have planned to choose either Wang Anshi or Han Jiang to set up a Xuanfu envoy in Shaanxi, and coordinate the planning of Hedong and Shaanxi. , Hebei Sanlu, are you willing to go together? This is a good opportunity to make contributions!"

When Zhang Yue heard what the officials said, he knew that no matter whether it was Han Jiang or Wang Anshi who served as the envoy, he was selected by the shogunate.

From the official's point of view, this battle is a sure thing, as if he can make military achievements so easily by following him.

Zhang Yue said: "I... I am willing to go... It's just your majesty, why do you suddenly want to attack Xia with all the power of the country."

After hearing Zhang Yue's excited expression, the officials calmed down and said, "It's not about cutting down on Xia, but about occupying Hengshan. The Xia people will take advantage of Hengshan...Of course, I still want to take back Lingzhou, and Shaanxi lost it." Lingzhou is no less than the Youyan lost in Hebei."

The official said indignantly.

Looking at the official's house, Zhang Yue also understood the humiliation in his heart.

Weak Song, big coward, big gift are derogatory terms for later generations of netizens.

Now the official family has implemented the will of the netizens, and is bound to restore the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties and regain the glory of our Han family.

To regain the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties is to defeat Khitan and Xixia.

To defeat Khitan, one must first defeat Xixia, to defeat Xixia, one must occupy Lingzhou, and to occupy Lingzhou, one must first recover Hengshan...

What the officials have to do is to turn the strategic defense against Xixia into a strategic offensive.

This is a grand strategy, and the realization of the entire grand strategy requires a comprehensive transformation and cooperation of the country in terms of politics, economy, culture, and people's livelihood.

From the morality of governing Taixue, to the selection of officials from Taixue students, as well as the exemption law, the market trade law, the young crop law, and the farmland water conservancy law, all serve the purpose of this grand strategy.

One hundred people support this chapter, but...but he doesn't support attacking Hengshan first!
Zhang Yue said: "I thought it was imperative to take back Hengshan, and then attack Lingzhou, but is it too fast now? Before Suizhou spent millions of dollars to build the city... Xixia's heavy troops are here."

The official said with a smile: "The battle of Suizhou was just my favorite pen. After taking Suizhou, I have the first military city beside the Wuding River, which makes the people of Xixia terrified. We will march from Suizhou to Hengshan to fight Xixia."

"I have not discussed this matter with the two governments yet, so I will only disclose it to Qing Er!"

Zhang Yue had a thorough chat with Han Jiang. In fact, he was in between the direction of Hehuang or Hengshan for the Northwest strategy.

He had no objection to this, but the reason why he supported the strategy of capturing Hengshan this time was precisely the official plan.

In many cases, it is the courtiers who are responsible, such as Yan Song, etc., but what Yan Song served was exactly what Emperor Jiajing meant.

Therefore, Han Jiang's capture of Hengshan was to implement the official plan. Of course, when something happened, he would be responsible for it in the end, and another Zhang Yue would be added at that time.

So after Zhang Yue had a long talk with Han Jiang, he decided to come to the officials to make a statement, especially after hearing that the officials decided to let him go out with the army, Zhang Yue felt that he had to speak out, otherwise he would not say anything , can it be said afterwards that I knew that the capture of Hengshan would not be successful?

Zhang Yuechu remembered that in another time and space history, Han Jiang didn't fight very well, and was finally dismissed.

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, the military skills of this dynasty have been weak in recent years. From top to bottom, the soldiers are afraid of Liao in the north and Xia in the west. Most of the officials and people are war-weary and afraid of war."

The official said: "Yes, the court has been in peace for many years and has not used soldiers for a long time. It is strange that the court uses soldiers."

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, this is exactly the case. If you forget the battle, you will be in danger, and if you are warlike, you will perish. Therefore, the imperial court can only succeed in this expedition against Xia. The order of using troops is to be easy before difficult, weak before strong, Accumulate small victories first to establish the confidence of the army and the people, and then plan for a long-term plan, and all the achievements will be completed in one battle!"

The reform must be carried out step by step, and the same is true for fighting.

"The land of Hengshan is the gateway to Lingzhou, and the Xia people have been operating it for a long time. Lao Tzu's plan is more difficult than it is easy, and it is greater than its system. Difficult things in the world must be done in the easy way. Great things in the world must be done in detail, so the sage will not be big in the end. , so it can become great."

"I secretly think that the strategy for Xia is to appease the Xifan, take them in as an arm, and at the same time reclaim the land and expand the land, so that after the Xia people are at a loss, they will seize Hengshan after they have achieved something!"

After listening to Zhang Yue's words for so long, the officials knew that he was seeking an audience this time to oppose his plan to seize Hengshan.

Hearing the words, the officials paced back and forth. He originally wanted the army to attack Xixia this time and win a decisive victory over Hengshan, but Zhang Yue said that it only needs Wang Shao's partial division, and there is no need to spend so much trouble.

The official family is like a child who got his favorite toy and was suddenly snatched away.

The official said angrily, "Zhang Qing, is it your excuse for not wanting to go out because you object to using troops against Hengshan?"

Zhang Yue was dumbfounded...

"Your Majesty, my minister..."

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When the official family returned to the apse, they also said angrily and angrily: "I usually treat Zhang Yue so kindly, but this time I want to take Hengshan, but he pushes back three times and four times."

The servants at the side are all surprised to see him, don't the officials usually favor Xin Zhangyue the most?
Why did he get angry with him this time?
(End of this chapter)