The day after Zhang He returned to the court, the eunuchs who had been approved by the palace were removed.
When the civil servants and common people heard the news, they cheered as if they had won a great victory.
Although the eunuchs' right to criticize people was taken back, the anger in their hearts was also ignited at this time. It does not explode now, but it is just silently accumulating until one day it is completely detonated!
The entire eunuch group's opposition to the civil service group gradually spread. A group that had never obtained rights in the Song Dynasty suddenly tasted power, but was suppressed by the civil service group and ended abruptly.
No one knows how deep the hatred is in the hearts of these people who have no descendants, but there is no doubt that this is an indisputable fact.
Fan Lou.
The largest and most luxurious restaurant in Bianjing, currently only Feiyun Restaurant in Bianjing can compare with it with its novel dishes and services, but due to the lack of heritage.
Fanlou, which has been based in Bianjing for hundreds of years, is still the first choice for banquets and gatherings at the homes of the rich and powerful in Bianjing.
"Everyone, please drink this cup to the full!"
With a shout, all the officials sitting on the third floor of Fan Tower raised their wine glasses and shouted in unison: "Drink up!" Then they drank all the wine in the glass.
Everyone's faces are excited, look at who is sitting here.
Among the six ministers, except for the ministers of the Ministry of Hubu, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War, the remaining 70% of the officials and the three ministers are all here!
The removal of the eunuch's right to criticize red officials was a power that the civil service group almost lost.
Secondly, the Prime Minister returned everything to its original place so cleanly and tidily, and the morale of the entire civil servant group was greatly boosted by the fact that the prince who was overseeing the country had to back down and compromise!
have a look! So what if he is the prison prince?
In front of our civil servant group, you can only compromise!
All of this made the officials present today very excited.
People kept toasting to Prime Minister Zhang He, who was sitting on the main seat. Zhang He just smiled and drank cup after cup, but every time someone toasted him a glass of wine, he just took a sip.
Otherwise, he would have been drunk long ago.
Only when an official at the ministerial level came forward would he drink half a glass of wine to deal with it.
After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.
The newly appointed Minister of Rites, Wu Yuan, stood up with his tongue hanging out and said to everyone: "Everyone, although we won a big victory today, let the prince understand that this court is ultimately dominated by the opinions of the princes. If The princes are unwilling to do anything, even if he is the prince, he can't do anything, thus giving our prince a severe blow!
but! "
Wu Yuan looked around and suddenly raised his voice:
"I think this is not enough!
As the saying goes, it is better to be victorious and to pursue the poor enemy with courage!
Now that we have gained an advantage, we should pursue the victory and let our Prince know that that position is not so easy to achieve!
Even if possible, let him take the initiative to give up the seat that he shouldn't be sitting in!
In this world, not whoever is the prince will be able to sit securely! "
"good!"
As soon as Wu Yuan said this, all the officials present said hello.
Prime Minister Zhanghe said with a smile: "The Minister of Rites is drunk. Who will send the Minister of Rites back to rest?"
When someone understood, he stood up and took the initiative to take him back home. Before he was taken away, Wu Yuan kept shouting:
"I'm not drunk! I'm not drunk! I'm not drunk!"
After he was taken away. When the officials looked at Zhang He, Zhang He just said lightly: "Today we are just having dinner with my colleagues after going off duty, and we didn't say anything."
Everyone understood and nodded immediately, and then started to exchange wine glasses, and the third floor became lively and noisy again.
But no one talked about government affairs anymore.
Holding a glass of wine, Zhang He walked alone to the wooden railing on the third floor of Fan Tower. He leaned against the wooden railing and looked at the tall and majestic palace not far away with only a few faint lights. He slowly drank the wine in the glass. With a disdainful smile, he turned and returned to the table.
northwest.
Daliang City.
Daliang City is one of the nine important cities on the northwest border that defend the border. The nine major cities are at the corners of each other and are connected by military forts dotted in the middle to form the border defense line of the entire northwest border.
As an important border city, Daliang City is stationed with a Song Dynasty border army of about 30,000 people all year round. It is an important force in guarding Daliang City and the defense line that extends hundreds of miles east and west of Daliang City.
The financial situation of the Song Dynasty was not good in recent years. The Xiongnu withheld customs every year, border military expenditures continued to increase, and natural disasters continued to occur. There were also problems with tax collection and insufficient tax revenue was not collected. The imperial court was in a state of fiscal deficit all year round, and the emperor needed to Internal funds were used to subsidize the state treasury to maintain the operation of the Song Dynasty court.
However, even under such circumstances, although the military expenses sent to the border by the Song Dynasty were delayed every year, they were fully paid within this year and there was never any debt.
However, this year, the Xiongnu did not come to check the customs, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Some people’s little thoughts are also moved by external forces!
Daliang City, Dongshi Pingkang Medical Center.
"Your mother's disease may be difficult to treat or easy to treat. The key is up to you!"
Doctor Wang from Pingkang Medical Center said this to a middle-aged man in military uniform.
The middle-aged man has a strong physique, his palms are covered with calluses, and he has a strong aura. He looks like he should be a warrior in the army.
This is exactly the case. The man's name is Zhang Erhu.
My ancestors all served as soldiers in Daliang City and ate the royal rations.
After his father and brother died in the war, he inherited his father's and brother's position and became a squadron leader in the Daliang Army. With more than a dozen people under his command, he could be considered an officer.
After his father and brother died in the battle, Zhang Erhu's mother became ill with worry. She became seriously ill in the past two days and her whole body was not well.
After learning about it, Zhang Erhu hurriedly took leave from the army and brought his mother to the city for medical treatment, which led to the above conversation.
After listening to what Doctor Wang said, Zhang Erhu didn't know why. He couldn't understand the meaning of his words, so he asked directly: "Doctor Wang, just tell me, how can my mother's disease be cured? Can it be cured?"
Doctor Wang looked at him, sighed again, and then said: "It can be cured."
Zhang Erhu suddenly felt happy.
But Dr. Wang's next words made his face, which had just shown joy, freeze instantly.
"But if I want to cure your mother's disease, even if I don't charge you a consultation fee, the medicinal materials alone will only cost fifty taels of silver.
Can you take it out? "
"Fifty taels!"
Zhang Erhu stood up with a look of disbelief on his face.
Doctor Wang nodded solemnly: "The old lady's illness was caused by worry. However, as time went by, it not only consumed her mind, but also caused her whole body to collapse. In addition, the old lady's illness I have other symptoms, and it’s okay if I have nothing to do on weekdays. Those symptoms may not occur in my life.
But after her health deteriorated, those symptoms also broke out, which caused the old woman to suddenly collapse in such a short period of time.
In order to cure the old lady's disease, we must first strengthen the old lady's body, and then remove all the other diseases on her body one by one.
But at present, most of the medicinal materials that can strengthen the old lady's health are expensive.
Fifty taels, I have sold it at cost price. "
As soon as Dr. Wang finished speaking, Zhang Erhu felt dizzy.
That’s fifty taels!
My annual military salary is only about thirty taels.
Now he only has twenty taels of silver left in his hand, but this year's military pay has been delayed until now.
Where can I go to get fifty taels of silver all of a sudden?
But seeing the painful expression on the face of the mother next to him, Zhang Erhu gritted his teeth and said to Doctor Wang: "Doctor Wang, I'm going to raise the money right now. My mother will leave it with you first. Here are twenty taels of silver. You can hold on tight first." My mother’s condition is waiting for me to come back!”
With that said, Zhang Erhu took out his only twenty taels of silver from his arms.
After seeing this, Doctor Wang sighed and nodded slowly:
"Okay, but I want to tell you that if your mother's current situation cannot be strengthened in time, it will take at least seven days to cure her.
You'd better raise all the money within seven days, and I will help you take care of her during this time. But if you haven't raised enough money after seven days, there's nothing I can do. "
After hearing this, Zhang Erhu nodded heavily and promised: "Doctor Wang, don't worry, I will raise the money no matter what!"
After saying that, Zhang Erhu looked back at his mother, who had her eyes closed but looked very painful on the hospital bed, gritted his teeth, turned around and rushed out of the hospital.
Rushed into the heavy snow in the sky!
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(End of chapter)
