Chapter 267 Royal Secrets, Great Political Change
Luxury mansion in Beijing.
Ye Wushuang, who was one year older, became more and more beautiful, and looked at the snow in the yard with a quiet look.
Many things are just passing by, but only that child can flash in his heart from time to time. Ye Wushuang can't help but think: I wonder if he has grown taller this year? How did he live in the Northwest this winter?
Until the squeaking sound of people stepping on the snow interrupted his thoughts, Ye Wushuang then felt a little blushing. It was not spring yet. Miss, isn't this the legendary estrus?
After shook his head, he saw that Ye Qinghua was coming hurriedly. Ye Wushuang asked subconsciously: "Is there a big news about having a child?"
Ye Qinghua shook his head slightly with a serious look: "This time it's nothing to do with him. Shuang'er, our Song Dynasty has officially entered a turbulent autumn. The news a quarter of an hour ago said: Wen Yanbo is the prime minister and his yearly name is Jiayou."
"ah!"
The glass of warm wine in Ye Wushuang's hand fell on the ground and said incredibly: "Half a year ago, Wen Yanbo made a fuss, angered the emperor, insisted on resigning and staying idle at home, let alone stop this time without any warning?"
Ye Qinghua sat down, drank a glass of wine and calmed down, "There were some signs of wrongness a few days ago. There were rumors in the imperial city that the emperor suddenly danced and couldn't help but drooling out of his mouth, and his words were incoherent. The condition worsened for several days. So in a trance, the emperor was always talking, 'The queen and Zhang Maoze were plotting against each other'."
"Ah!" Ye Wushuang was shocked again, and the wine pot was removed this time.
Ye Qinghua shook his head slightly again: "Shuang'er, there is no need to guess randomly about this issue. The emperor and the queen are naturally incompatible. The reason for this is complicated. As early as the palace rebellion in the eighth year of Qingli, the emperor and the queen were in a state of mind. Therefore, the emperor was critically ill and people were inevitably talking nonsense when they were confused. This is a lie, and it is really impossible. The serious thing is: the political changes brought about by this matter."
Ye Wushuang thought for a while and said, "What the third uncle said is. If the rumors were true, the emperor had a heart-warming relationship with the queen in the eighth year of Qingli, suspected that they were plotting rebellion, but they had not deposed the queen for so many years. If they did not investigate, it would definitely be impossible. The emperor was kind but would not be kind enough to this point. So in theory, these should be treated as unreal rumors."
"This is the smart person." Ye Qinghua smiled and nodded.
"Is the year name you mentioned, Jiayou and Wen Yanbo, who was appointed as prime minister, have something to do with these?" Ye Wushuang said.
"It's quite a big relationship." Ye Qinghua said lightly: "Now the Song Dynasty has officially entered a turbulent autumn, and many problems are imminent. The emperor's critical illness this time made him feel that there might not be much time, and many things in the Song Dynasty have not been sorted out and even more chaotic, so he became anxious. Especially on the first day of the year, the Liao envoy came to visit and asked to increase the annual monies under the framework of the Chanyuan Alliance. The emperor was unable to take care of himself and could not receive the Liao envoy. However, Chen Zhizhong handled this matter very badly, neither refused nor compromised, and had no opinion and chaos. Chen Zhizhong's reason was that he could not ask the emperor for instructions. The emperor was in a state of unconsciousness, which eventually led to the Liao envoy leaving."
He paused and continued, "Chen Zhizhong can tolerate it, but it is still like this during this troubled and troubled national crisis. That is the issue of character and ability. So the emperor was very dissatisfied when he woke up. He didn't even see Chen Zhizhong. He issued an edict to stop Chen Zhizhong from preaching without discussing with anyone. Wen Yanbo was appointed as the minister of the Central Secretariat to Pingzhang. In fact, this is also true. Chen Zhizhong was originally an excessive move to the post. Now, he has completed his historical mission."
"Why is Wen Yanbo?" Ye Wushuang said curiously.
Ye Qinghua said: "The advantage of Wen Yanbo is that he always safeguards the interests of the state, literati, and emperor. Half a year ago, Lao Wen seemed to have a stubborn relationship with the emperor, but in fact, our emperor would not care about those little things. Especially, this process reflects Wen Yanbo's backbone and integrity. He may not have much ability but dares to bear it and can bear it. These are exactly what the emperor felt that his health was not as good as before. At this point, the three people who performed the most outstandingly at that time were: Wen Yanbo, Bao Zheng, and Wang Anshi."
"Bao Zheng's style is destined to be unable to lead and coordinate the court. Wang Anshi is the first representative of the young and strong school, but he is still inexperienced and has no team, so he cannot convince the public. So Wen Yanbo left the deepest impression on the emperor at that time. As an old minister of Qingli, he had enough team, strategy, and prestige, which is why he came to the front desk this time."
"The second reason is that the emperor is determined to protect Wang Rong's reform in the northwest. The use of Wen Yanbo and Chen Zhizhong stepped down was actually to a certain extent both guarding against Wang Rong and providing protection. The biggest situation that Wang Rong faced in the northwest was the discord between civil and military affairs. On this issue, Wen Yanbo would unconditionally protect Wang Rong and would not allow the Queen's family to over-indulge. Therefore, under these comprehensive factors, Wen Yanbo was appointed as the prime minister this morning and officially entered the Zhongshu Sect to preside over the work. The first decree: revoke the year name Zhihe and change it to Jiayou."
Hearing this, Ye Wushuang suddenly said, "Where is the Privy Councilor Liang Shi? Does the grandson Wen Yanbo serve as the Privy Councilor?"
Ye Qinghua shook his head and said, "No. Liang Shi's belongs to Chen Zhizhong, which is the same team as Chen Zhizhong. He is not in a good relationship with Wang Anshi. This time, several imperial edicts were issued in succession. Liang Shi appropriately dismissed the Privy Council for the Northwest military handling, and Jia Chang served as Privy Councilor. He also urgently summoned Fu Bi back to the court from the Daming Prefecture and served as the second prime minister and political affairs officer. Wang Anshi became the first-level minister and served as the Chief Minister of the Privy Council, and continued to serve as the commander of the General Secretary. Ouyang Xiu was restored and appointed as the Chief Censor of Quan."
At this point, the harmonious political structure of the Song Dynasty was completely subverted by the incident of the "critical illness" of the French emperor. This is a defensive fight team.
The large-scale use of the old ministers of Qingli represents that the emperor has a certain desire for reform, so Wen Yanbo led the whole process. Fu Bi's entry into the ruling team indicates a complete control and supervision, and a complete change in the Song Dynasty's policy towards Liao.
Obviously, if Fu Bi, a person who never gives face to the Liao emperor, enters the ruling team, then the Liao Dynasty's requirement to increase annual monies will definitely be a waste.
The reason why it is called defensive is that the setting of this team is not radical. Both are old officials of Qingli, Han Qi and Fan Zhongyan are obviously more hostile than anyone else. If Han Qi is not enabled, it is because the emperor does not want to be too radical but just defends. Perhaps it is because the prodigy of Funing County is now inseparable from Han Qi's support.
Another defense, perhaps, is to defend the Queen's house.
The emperor said that the queen's rebellion might not be true when he was confused. It was obvious that the queen's family had not been cleaned up, but he had thought about it before he could think about it. There must be a reason for the emperor to guard against the queen's family, perhaps to protect Zhao Zongshi.
Zhao Zong was actually Zhao Zhen's adopted son, but the empress's family disliked Zhao Zongshi the most. The emperor had no descendants, so now there are more "heirs" available in the royal family of the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty system allows awesome husbands to even ask about the issue of heirs.
So undoubtedly, after the emperor was critically ill and woke up, he immediately dismissed Chen Zhizhong's team. It should be to prevent this group of people who were mixed with the people from doing nothing after the emperor was unable to take charge of the matter. Inaction would inevitably lead to chaos and would inevitably lead to being controlled by those who were interested. At that time, the heirs of the Song Dynasty should have the final say. Perhaps, what does the emperor mean when he was sick?
These are probably what the defensive team really defends.
The team that does these things requires backbone, just like Wen Yanbo was in court and the emperor at that time.
So now Ye Qinghua and Ye Wushuang have discussed in detail, and these are the reasons why Wen Yanbo's team came to power.
In theory, Han Qi is more awesome to do these things, but Han Qi is a thief, completely offensive rather than defensive. Therefore, Han Qi did not emerge this time. In addition to the reason for Funing County, it also shows that the emperor is kind from beginning to end, not very resentful, and does not want to over-force the queen's family to cause more problems.
"Strange, Liang Shi, Chen Zhizhong, and Jia Changchao are actually completely different people. Since the emperor suddenly changed blood due to physical reasons, why did Jia Changchao, who was about the same attributes, come after Liang Shi was removed?" Ye Wushuang said curiously.
Ye Qinghua said: "From the team setting, Wen Yanbo and others are used to guard the gate, not attack. Wen Yanbo will sometimes be Wang Rong's opponent, which means that the emperor's trust in Lao Wen is limited, and he will not form a overall national policy without him being the Privy Councilor. However, Wen Yanbo who can handle it, and Jia Changchao who is mixed with Jia Changchao, is mainly Wen Yanbo. In fact, you uncle, I think that the emperor's reform will focus on military affairs this time, which is why Wang Anshi and the Tongzhi Privy Council."
"In the past, Liang Shi and Wang Anshi were not in harmony, and Lao Liang knew about the Privy Council. But now, Jia Changchao, a newcomer who has no relationship with Wang Anshi and has no knowledge of Privy Council, is equivalent to saying that Wang Anshi has taken charge of the Privy Council in full. This is equivalent to starting reforms from the military."
Only then did Ye Wushuang understand.
The Tongzhi Privy Council is actually the "Prince Deputy Envoy", but the name is different, and these two positions will not exist at the same time. The same is true for some people's prefects to take the word "quan" as an internship. Usually, if nothing goes wrong, the word "quan" will be removed after a year.
But the governance power is the same. In the past, Wang Anshi could only execute but not make decisions. But now he is the same as the deputy military minister. This is a decision-making position. The premise is that he is not rejected by the Privy Council.
The ambiguous thing about this setting is that Wang Anshi has already become familiar with the Privy Council and has been promoted to the decision-making position. In this case, a new Privy Councilor who is inactive, does not understand the situation, and has no prestige, is to say that he is here to drink tea and read newspapers, and the one who is really in charge of the work is definitely Wang Anshi. To put it bluntly, it is used to serve the pot, just like Chen Zhizhong and Liang Shi who is moving forward. This unspoken rule is common in ancient and modern times.
Such a setting means that the emperor is still the obscene and kind news control, wanting to reform and balance. Jia Changchao used it to attract hatred and protect the reformist Wang Anshi, because once the military system is in trouble, the Privy Council's responsibility is greater than that of the Tongzhi Privy Council, which can be imagined with his toes.
By the way, Wang Anshi's political foundation is still weak, and he does not have enough prestige for young people. He won't be so hatred for the title of "Tongzhi Privy Council".
In short, after Uncle Jing explained this, Ye Wushuang was speechless with Dalian. He really didn't know whether he was lucky or had the power of ghosts and gods?
Not only did he make many great achievements, but under the emperor's thoughts, his seemingly brainless actions in the capital, but the emperor would undoubtedly like it in his heart. When everyone had always despised Zhao Zongshi's flop, Wang Rong was his loyal friend.
These things seem to be more or less lucky, but this is really the resource and strength of the little kid. At this point, it is completely certain that anyone can fall, but the gods will never fall.
No one knows whether the Northwest will really become popular, but as long as the bad boy is not captured by the Xixia people and hung him in Xingqing Mansion, he will surely soar into the sky in the future and be even more awesome than his father. This is almost certain.
"I miss him a little, I want to go to the northwest to have a look." Ye Wushuang drank the last sip of wine.
"There is nothing good now. When you go there, you can only see the bitter northwest wind and the chaos. Wait a little longer, and you will go when he needs money again." Ye Qinghua stood up and left...
Chapter completed!