Although Ding Wei's reputation in history books is not good, the future is the future and the present is now.
There is no doubt that he is the most powerful minister in the Song Dynasty.
Dominate the world!
Looking at the two houses, less than half are his people.
In the inner dynasty there are officials and the Queen Mother, and in the outer dynasty there is Prime Minister Ding Wei!
How to lose when the flying dragon rides on the face?
Therefore, even if there were still objections later, the dredging of the river still passed the court meeting.
Finally, what is ridiculous is that Ding Wei actually proposed that Yan Shu go to the Suhu area to review the dredging proposal.
This is indeed surprising. Even Yan Shu was confused when he received the edict.
Am I going to Jiangnan?
And it’s about inspecting the dredging of the river?
He knows nothing about repairing the river!
Yan Shu entered the officialdom as a child prodigy at the age of fourteen, and successively served as secretary of provincial Zhengzi, Jixian school manager, Tongpan Taichangliyuan, Zhishiguan, Prince Sheren, Zhizhigao, and Hanlin bachelor.
These positions are all literary positions, or basically related to literature.
Judging from Yan Shu's official resume, it is not difficult to see that he has no experience as a local official and does not hold any practical positions.
In terms of literary accomplishment and poetry, he must be the best in the world.
But no one is perfect. If he were asked to inspect Junhe, he really wouldn't be that capable.
Therefore, as soon as he received the edict, he quickly wrote a letter that day and refused the mission on the grounds that the matter was serious and his ability was insufficient.
Yan Shu didn't have to wait too long for the palace's reply. Li Jie approved the petition the next day.
Yan Shu is indeed not suitable.
In fact, when Ding Wei proposed that Yan Shu go to Jiangnan, Li Jie had anticipated today's situation. The reason why he did not object was mainly because he wanted to see what kind of medicine Ding Wei would sell in his gourd.
Political Hall.
Ding Wei was not surprised at all when he saw Yan Shu's letter and the palace's reply.
Yan Shu's reaction was completely within his expectation.
When discussing politics in the Chengming Hall, Ding said that by nominating Yan Shu, he was just treating Yan Shu as a tool.
This is actually done to create a time difference.
Dredging rivers has great merits in the present and will benefit the future. As long as you work hard, you can't escape a great merit.
And if the project is well built, local people will remember it for hundreds, even hundreds or even thousands of years.
Just like Li Bing’s Dujiangyan.
Thousands of years have passed, but Li Bing's reputation still remains in Sichuan and Sichuan.
"That's all."
"This guy is so cheap!"
After much thought, Ding Wei couldn't think of a better candidate, so he put a tick on the name of Su Weifu, the shipping envoy of Huainan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jinghu, and a doctor in the Ministry of Rites.
After all, he was Ding Wei's local eyes and ears.
In addition, the responsibility of the transportation envoys established in Huainan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Jinghu was to oversee the transportation of grain and millet to the Southeast Sixth Road, and they also had the responsibility of supervising the local area.
The dredging of the river by General Su Weifu is reasonable and reasonable.
Even if others knew that Su Weifu was theirs, they had no reason to object.
And this is also the reason why Ding Wei sighed.
Su Weifu took advantage of the right time, location, and people, so it didn't give him an advantage. What did he do?
After making the decision, Ding Wei immediately held a political hall meeting.
The outcome of the meeting was also under Ding Wei's control. Su Weifu won the supervision of Junhe affairs with a high vote.
Regarding this matter, Wang Zeng rarely disagreed with Ding Wei.
You've already lost once, so why put your face in front of Ding Wei and let Ding Wei beat him again?
Wang Zeng knew very well that with Ding Wei's current strength, he would not be qualified to confront Ding Wei head-on without foreign aid.
Previously at the Chengming Palace, Wang Zeng thought that the Queen Mother or officials would come forward.
However, the development of reality far exceeded his expectation.
The officials and the Queen Mother not only did not stand up, but acquiesced to Ding Wei's memorial.
This sudden reversal made Wang Zeng particularly unsuitable.
Looking at the official's previous attitude, he always thought that the official did not like Ding Wei.
After all, the voice of scholars is still in the hands of northern scholars, and most of the ministers who teach officials are also northern scholars.
Although there was no blatant disregard, there were subtle changes.
However, the official family does not seem to be affected?
In other words, there has been a subtle change in the attitude of the officials?
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evening.
Wang Xianggong's Mansion.
Wang Zeng couldn't help sighing at the thought of another major battle in the imperial court.
He has failed the king's prime minister (Wang Dan) and the Kou prime minister's trust!
Over the years, the imperial court has been carrying out large and small conscriptions almost non-stop. Now, this time the river is being built, it is unknown what impact it will have.
Wang Zeng was not pedantic, and he was well aware of some of the unspoken rules in officialdom.
Counting past dynasties, the treatment of officials in this dynasty is definitely the best.
However, it is difficult to appease greed. How can people's greed be spent with so little salary?
It is no exaggeration to say that if all the officials were beheaded, they might be unjustly accused, but if every other official was beheaded, there would probably be no fish caught.
There is too little, too little, to be clean and self-sufficient!
Especially those who have served as local officials for a long time, and those who have served in government offices for a long time. Most of these people's hearts are black.
What does a person with no hope of advancement do?
Money, beauty, choose one, or both.
It was precisely because of this understanding that Wang Zeng was worried. He didn’t know how many people would be fattened and how many people would suffer during this major river repair.
Wang Zeng, who came from a lower class background, had no doubts about the courage of these people.
There is nothing they dare not greed for!
Even Wang Zeng sometimes thought, if he failed to pass the Jinshi exam, or if he didn't do so well in the exam, would he have the fortune he has today?
Will Master Taishan (Li Hang) take a fancy to him?
Without Taishan's guidance and help, would he be able to stick to his original intention and emerge from the mud without getting stained?
Wang Zeng did not answer.
It is meaningless to talk about traces without caring about the heart and make assumptions out of thin air.
Moreover, Wang Zeng did not have the courage to create something new. This group of people was too powerful, and he did not dare or could not act rashly.
To take a step back, even if you are really determined, how can you implement the imperial edict if these people are gone?
It is true that they are lying on the body of the country to suck blood.
But without them, what will happen if government orders are not implemented?
If government orders are not implemented, the world will be in chaos!
The Song Dynasty was only more than sixty years old. Although Wang Zeng did not experience the Five Dynasties period, his parents and teachers all came from that era.
According to the teacher's description, at that time, it could eat people without spitting out their bones.
The people at the bottom are like weeds, trampled on by others, and their lives are precarious, and they may be burned clean by a fire one day.
Human life is like a piece of grass, nothing more than that.
And this is also the main reason why Wang Zeng tends to be conservative. He is not unable to see the shortcomings of the dynasty, nor is he unaware of it.
He just wanted to be steady.
Although it is not a prosperous and prosperous time, it is better to live in the present than to live in troubled times.
