His Highness Chongzheng.

Zhang Yue spoke with General Xu, Li Chengzhi and several other officials.

Shen Kuo was dismissed as the third envoy and was replaced by another New Party general, Li Chengzhi. Li Chengzhi was an official appointed by the emperor. On the other side of the steps, Cai Que and Xiong Ben, although not discussing anything, quietly listened to Zhang Yue and

Li Chengzhi’s dialogue.

After Shen Kuo left, the New Party launched a massive counterattack.

Li Chengzhi and Zhang Yue said: "Zhang Dashen, the law of service cannot be changed! The law of recruitment was originally proposed by the lower officials and the prime minister. It is just like the original intention of the prime minister to reform the law, to carry out the government of the previous king, to promote advantages and eliminate disadvantages, and not to cause trouble."

"Although this method of collecting a lot of money is used to collect money, it is also for the purpose of managing the world's finances, not for expropriation."

Zhang Yue put the wat on his waist and listened to Li Chengzhi's words with his hands on his side.

As we all know, the Recruitment Law was proposed by Han Jiang and Zhang Yue. After Wang Anshi adopted it, it was revised by Li Chengzhi and vigorously promoted in the local area.

Therefore, Li Chengzhi was another general who participated in the recruitment law, and was therefore recommended by Wang Anshi and summoned by the officials. At that time, the officials made an exception and promoted Li Chengzhi to the capital official and said to him: "Since I came to the throne, I will not treat others lightly.

I have changed my rank, and now I am ordering you, which is a great kindness."

Later, Li Chengzhi wrote 20 "Service Letters" for the visiting envoys, endorsing the recruitment law.

Shen Kuo was dismissed because he wanted to change the military service law, and Li Chengzhi, who insisted on the military service law, became the third envoy. Today, he joined forces with Xiong Ben and Cai Que to oppose the military service law to Zhang Yue.

Of course Zhang Yue knew that the officials were doing this intentionally.

Now Sinong Temple and the three divisions are all on the side of supporting the draft law. This leaves Zhang Yue how to reform the draft law.

Everyone knows that it is inappropriate to levy "convenience-free money for lower households", but the New Party refuses to change it for the sake of being "correct" and "correct".

Faced with Li Chengzhi's endless pleas, Zhang Yue finally said "I understand" lightly, and finally loosened the fist in his sleeve.

“It’s so easy to take such a big ginseng!”

Li Chengzhi bowed. After he hit a hard target, he left angrily. Cai Que and Xiong Ben followed behind.

Zhang Yue went up the steps for a few steps. At this time, Xu General came from the side and said to Zhang Yue: "My lord, Prime Minister Feng has come down to the West Courtyard to review the affairs of the court today. I don't know where I offended Prime Minister Feng."

General Xu is now in charge of the West Court of the Inquisitors. The West Court of the Inquisitors was originally established by Han Jiang and assigned more than 60 matters of the Privy Council, especially the right to select low-level military ministers.

But it happened that at this moment, Feng Jing attacked himself.

Zhang Yue guessed that his intention to send troops from Xihe Road touched the nerves of the old party. For Fu Bi Weng's son-in-law, who always advocated a truce, his move also made them dissatisfied.

Feng Jing's counterattack was just an expression, and now he was criticizing General Xu's judge Xiyuan, which was also adding insult to injury.

Once the situation is unfavorable, after the three ministers, Zhang Yue will also lose the key location of the Western Courtyard of the Inquisitor.

Now there is a new party, and the old party is attacking us from both sides.

Zhang Yue didn't know why he remembered Wang Yu's words to persuade him, Zhang Yue, which side are you on now?

The new party is reforming and the old party is conservative. You can’t rely on both sides. What do you want to do?

The new party and the old party are two different positions. As long as you stay in the position, you will be disadvantaged for a while, but you will always lose completely.

Just like a stock, you can call it up every day or call it down every day. Sooner or later, it will be right. But if you want to go up or down at any time, you really need two brushes. If you don't do it well, people on both sides will scold you.

So that's why we say, don't easily overstep your position and state the facts.

But now the new Zhongshu Han Jiang and Zhang Yue have offended the new party by reforming the service laws and offended the old party by sending troops to Xixia.

Zhang Yue thought of this and walked into Chongzheng Hall.

Zhang Yue saw Feng Jing in the palace. Feng Jing smiled and nodded to Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue exchanged greetings with him and then said: "Xu Chongyuan (General Xu), the Prime Minister of Labor..."

Feng Jing's smile faded, and then he said: "Dear Counselor, we will talk about this later."

Zhang Yue nodded.

At this time, Xue Xiang slowly entered the palace.

As the new Deputy Privy Envoy, Xue Xiang fell ill after arriving in Beijing, and only last month he officially joined the Chongzheng Hall Council and the Political Council Council.

As a counselor in political affairs, Zhang Yue had two powers besides the palace council and the hall council.

What is really in our hands is the management of finances and the power to select some military attachés, such as Cai Jing, the inspector of the Zhongshuhufang, Shen Kuo, the envoy to the third department, and General Xu, the judge of the West Academy...

Of course, these are specific matters, and larger matters still need to be discussed with the prime ministers.

After Han Jiang became prime minister, he changed the rule that Wang Anshi had monopolized power when he was prime minister, and asked Zhongshu Wufang to read all written correspondence first.

The power of Zhang Yue and Yuan Jiang to participate in politics was greatly increased.

Of course, the most important personnel rights of the Zhongshu, such as the elimination of the Zhongshu Hall, the trial of the East Courtyard, and Liu Neiquan are all tightly held by Han Jiang and Wang Gui, but now Yuan Jiang and Zhang Yue have certain suggestions.

Especially in the appointment of officials at Jiaoyin Prison and Xihe Road, Zhang Yue had a strong say.

This is the tacit understanding between the husbands and wives after the game, and the rules are written down to the letter.

For example, Zhong Shidao was transferred to serve as the deputy military envoy of Xihe Road. In order to keep Lu Huiqing in check, Zhang Yue recommended Zhong E to be the general manager of the military and horse capital of Fuyan Road. In short, Lu Huiqing was not satisfied.

This power is completely different from the power he had when he was deputy privy envoy. Not to mention Xue Xiang, even privy envoy Feng Jing's power is not as good as Zhang Yue's now.

But now the new party and the old party are all using their own authority together, and they want to use their own power.

Any dispute over [state affairs] will turn into a power struggle when it comes to reality.

Today the two governments have a discussion in front of the emperor.

After the officials sat down, Feng Jing took the lead and asked: "Your Majesty, regarding the dispatch of troops to Miaochuan City, Zhongshu sent a provincial letter to the local government without consulting the Privy Council. I thought this would undermine the ancestral system!"

Zhang Yue came out and said: "This is a trivial matter. There are precedents to follow for the side affairs of Zhongshu Jinghua, especially the Xihe incident."

Yes, Zhang Yue is telling the story of Wang Anshi. When he first visited Xihe, Zhang Yue always wrote letters to discuss with him, but never discussed with the current Privy Councilor Wen Yanbo.

"Three years ago, there were frequent military incidents on Xihe Road, so Zhongshu took action on the matter. Nowadays, all border affairs are handled through consultation between the two governments."

Zhang Yue said: "Prime Minister Feng, I told you that this is a trivial matter. Attacking a mere small town is not worthy of discussion in front of the emperor."

In the second year of Xining, the emperor bypassed the two palaces and issued a decree to command Zhong Er. This was opposed by everyone. In this matter, Zhang Yue, in the name of Zhongshu, bypassed the Privy Council Office and asked Zhang Kai to send troops, at least from the beginning.

The process is more compliant.

But it is reasonable for Feng Jing to be angry.

Feng Jingdao: "Your Majesty, Miaochuan is not a small town, but a big city in Qingtang, second only to Qingtang City."

"Miaochuan City is located in the high mountains. The marching roads mostly pass through cliffs, which are difficult to navigate. Even riding together is not allowed. However, the city has a circumference of seven miles, a high and thick wall, and many soldiers. Last year, it was determined that there were 60,000 people in Miaochuan City.

, there are as many as twenty-eight tribes.”

"Zhongshu rashly ordered Xihe Road soldiers and horses to venture deep into important areas with light troops. If they failed, they would be in danger of being annihilated. I don't know how Zhongshu had the courage to plan things. He treated national affairs as child's play without going through temple calculations.

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Zhang Yue held a wat in both hands and said plausibly: "Your Majesty, Miaochuan City is located between Hezhou, Lanzhou, Qingtang, and Xixia. Once this city is captured, the Huang River can be controlled and the upper reaches of Lanzhou in Xixia can be controlled!"

Feng Jingze said: "If we had known this earlier, why would we have ceded Huangzhou to Ali Gu in the first place? Now that Ali Gu has no trace of rebellion, he hastily sent troops and put the name of our dynasty's benevolence, justice and integrity to where?"

Zhang Yue scolded: "This is a short-sighted statement. Mochuan City was originally owned by Wen Zhiying of the Yaran clan and owned by Wen Xixin's tribe. However, Ali Gu secretly joined forces with Xixia Prime Minister Liang Yimi to expel the two and took it away.

Miaochuan City."

"Wen Na supported Yingcheng and Wen Xixin always attached great importance to His Majesty and paid tribute every year. In the sixth and seventh year of Xining, Chen Ping, Hezhou and Taozhou both provided food and troops. After Ali Gu occupied Huangzhou, he expelled them

Although Ali Gu has no trace of rebellion in the two tribes, how can he sit back and watch him become so powerful? If time goes by, Ali Gu will dominate Qingtang and Miaochuan, and his power will be extremely difficult to control."

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

The official said: "Wen Na Zhi Ying is successful, and Wen Xi Xin is indeed respectful. I use Wen Na Zhi Ying to become the training envoy of the Huizhou regiment, and Wen Xixin to be the envoy of Xitou. The whole tribe will be rewarded with official positions."

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Everyone could see that the officials supported Zhang Yue's attack on Miaochuan City.

Feng Jing also stopped talking, but the spearhead was already thrown.

The officialdom was like a shark pond. After Shen Kuo was dismissed as the third envoy, Li Chengzhi and Feng Jing both pounced on him like fishy sharks.

Once the attack on Mochuan City fails...

After Zhang Yue returned to Zhongshu, he quickly walked inside.

When the officials on the left and right and the officials behind the hall saw Zhang Yue, they all hurriedly bent down to salute.

After Zhang Yue turned a blind eye and walked into the viewing hall, the clerk carefully picked up the tea soup and was trembling as he didn't know whether to bring it in or not.

It happened that Cai Jing came to the inspection hall to report to Zhang Yue, took the tea soup and said, "If you are afraid of being like this, what should you do?"

"yes!"

After the clerk left, Cai Jing walked into the management hall and saw Zhang Yue with a stern face and thought to himself, no wonder the clerk was so afraid.

When the official reaches the rank of Prime Minister, he is already a very humane minister. It is common for junior officials and minor officials to be cautious and fearful. In general, not being angry is a sign of self-respect.

Now Zhang Yue is not in a good mood, and everyone in the entire inspection hall is avoiding him for fear of getting into trouble.

Cai Jing came forward with tea soup and said: "Ms. sir, I have already obtained the clue you wanted me to find about Li Chengzhi!"

Zhang Yue looked back at Cai Jing and said: "Okay!"

Cai Jingdao: "In the sixth year of Xining, Li Chengzhi's eldest son, Li, was drunk in Qingzhou. He rode his horse through the city and killed a market woman in the street. His son was arrested by the Qingzhou government and released three days later without any criminal responsibility!"
To be continued...