Seeing that Ren Shouzhong was crying, Zhang Mao patted him on the shoulder and said, "Ren Duzhi, the Queen Mother and the officials are not here now, and no one will see you crying, so just put it down."
Seeing that his thoughts were exposed, Ren Shouzhong slowly straightened up and said to Zhang Maoze: "Okay, it turns out that you have been waiting for this day for decades."
"Did you intend to kill me when it came to Princess Fukang? Now it's you who arranged this matter, and you finally got your wish."
Zhang Maoze said: "It is true that I have been greatly favored by Princess Fukang, but Ren Duzhi misunderstood her. This matter was not my fault."
"Who planned that?" Ren Shouzhong asked sharply.
Zhang Mao was speechless, but said: "It's useless to say this now. Ren Dou knows that you and I finally have some friendship, so let me give you a gift."
Ren Shouzhong sneered and said: "Our family has treated you like this in the past, and you are still willing to give me a gift. With such kindness, it is no wonder that it is your turn to take this position."
Zhang Maoze said: "You all know what you said. You went out to the capital twice, but didn't you come back? In terms of talent, every eunuch in our palace can match you. When you return to the palace in the future, I will rely on you more." Woolen cloth.."
Ren Shouzhong sneered: "Are you saying this is the third time our family has been expelled from the palace? Three times up and down three times? Can our family at this age still survive this day?"
Having said this, Ren Shouzhong staggered out of the imperial city. When leaving, Ren Shouzhong knelt down, kowtowed, and sobbed: "The late Emperor and Queen Mother, I will leave first."
Ren Shouzhong turned around step by step, and several eunuchs who had followed him for many years couldn't help crying.
When he arrived at the political hall, he faced the attention of officials such as Wang Zhichen and Wang Juan. Ren Shouzhong sneered and said to himself: "It's just an ordinary man."
Ren Shouzhong is right, these officials are all young officials. They had never seen Ren Shouzhong bullying both internal and external when he was in power, so they were not afraid of him.
Therefore, Ren Shouzhong did not expect that he would be defeated by these young officials after being arrogant all his life.
Ren Shouzhong walked into the political hall.
Han Qi sat in the hall, and the hall official handed the empty imperial edict to Ren Shouzhong. Ren Shouzhong laughed and said: "What do we think of our family? Without official approval, it is just an empty imperial edict."
"Mr. Han, I can't help our family in this matter!"
Han Qi said: "The signatures of the four Central Secretary are enough. Why don't you ask His Majesty Zhu to approve it? Do you need to say more?"
"At the beginning of the official administration, I couldn't bear to expel the old ministers, but you can't uphold the benevolence of the officials and refuse to obey orders."
Ren Shouzhong said: "Xiangong Han, when an official ascends the throne, our family has the merit of supporting..."
"How to help? When the official was the prince, they asked you to declare the edict, but you refused to do it. When the official came to the throne, you managed to build two palaces."
Speaking of things like that, Han Qi took out the memorials of Sima Guang and Lu Hui and charged them with loyalty.
Han Qi finished counting Ren Shouzhong's major crimes, but Ren Shouzhong always had excuses. .
Regardless of what Ren Shouzhong said, Han Qi finally said: "You deserve death for your crime, but because you have served the late emperor with merit, you are demoted to Qizhou for resettlement. I sent envoys to escort you that day to calm the surging public opinion."
Ren Shouzhongzhi had no luck today and said: "Please remember the old friendship, Mr. Han, and please be patient and allow me to pack some old clothes so that I can go on the road."
Han Qi shook his head and said: "It's too late, Ren Shouzhong will leave the palace immediately!"
After saying that, a military general entered.
Han Qi nodded to Ren Shouzhong and said, "Immediately take this criminal to Qizhou for custody."
Upon hearing this, the general immediately grabbed Ren Shouzhong's arm and said, "Please let me train in the regiment!"
Ren Shouzhong said with a sad smile: "Xiangong Han is afraid that things will change if things are too late. Okay! Let's get on the road now, otherwise I don't know how many people will not be able to sleep peacefully tonight!"
After saying this, Ren Shouzhong was escorted out of the political hall.
Ren Shouzhong, who had white hair, looked up at the sky above the imperial city and shook his head with a wry smile.
When they heard the news that Ren Shouzhong had been demoted to Qizhou and resettled, all the officials clapped their hands and celebrated, saying it was the first happy thing they did after they ascended the throne.
Officials who had been bullied by Ren Shouzhong in the past were all angry and raised their eyebrows.
When Ren Shouzhong was escorted away from the capital, the soldiers and people set off firecrackers to celebrate.
Zhang Yue felt relieved and watched Ren Shouzhong leave before going to the capital. It was also a farewell to his first opponent after entering the political arena.
On the second day after Ren Shouzhong was removed, the trial court also gave the results to Zhang Yuemokan.
Zhang Yue went to the Judge's Court and handed over the interpretation of the rules, the approval paper, the family status, and the unofficial edicts and announcements, etc.
Zhang Yue listed Ouyang Xiu, Wu Chong, and Chen Xiang in the column of electors in the Court of Judges. The candidate must be an official, and it does not matter if he becomes an official or dies due to illness.
The leader is very important in the selection, promotion and appointment of officials.
First of all, there is a connection between the person who raises the person and the person being promoted. If the person being promoted commits a crime, the person who is being promoted will only be reduced to one degree for the same crime. Therefore, the person who is being promoted must be cautious when raising people.
Historically, Wang Anshi was Lu Huiqing's candidate, but as a result...
Of course, Zhang Yue is now qualified to elect the leader, and many officials with low moral character directly sell the petitions in their hands... But Zhang Yue only nominated Wang Shao.
In the end, the trial court reviewed Zhang Yue's materials from all parties and finally gave an excellent evaluation.
Zhang Yue's official position was promoted from Zuo Zuo Lang to Taichang Cheng.
According to the book, Zuo Lang was of the thirty-seventh rank of the imperial official, but Taichang Cheng was of the thirty-sixth rank, regardless of the difference in rank. Zhang Yue can be said to have stepped from a Beijing official to a court official. To be a court official means to be promoted to a court official or to be a regular official, which means you can enter the palace to see the emperor.
In fact, the level of official status is like real estate.
The position closer to the emperor was more valuable.
Officials in Beijing must respect foreign officials.
Beijing court officials are divided into those who can enter the palace and those in the capital.
Officials in the imperial court are divided into those who are waiting for the system and those who are not waiting for the system. The waiters are the emperor's attendants, and they can go into the palace to discuss matters with the emperor. Most of the time, non-waiting court officials just kowtowed outside the palace.
Officials waiting to be made can be divided into two-person officials and non-two-person officials.
In addition to drafting memorials, the two-system officials can also write notes to the officials, which means they can have private conversations with the officials. Zhang Yue finally moved to Secretary Cheng, and his promotion speed was far ahead of his peers.
After overthrowing Ren Shouzhong and getting rid of the serious troubles in his inner circle, as well as being promoted, Zhang Yue can now be said to have everything going smoothly, just when he was complacent and ready to be handed over to the prison and let go.
A sudden side report disrupted Zhang Yue's steps.
Zhang Yue didn't know that he had become famous all of a sudden.
In the autumn of the first year of Zhiping.
Li Liangzuo, the leader of the Xixia Kingdom, was deeply ashamed because his envoy Wu Zong was humiliated when he came to congratulate the Song Dynasty on the first day of the Song Dynasty. He was threatened with "a million soldiers and driven into Helan's lair" and invaded the Jingyuan Road in a large scale. .
Quan Jinglue's envoy Shu Gu mishandled the situation. As a result, Li Liangzuo led 100,000 troops to attack the states along the Jingyuan Road. The Song army was defeated and lost its generals. It also drove more than 80 Shufan clans into Xia and lost a large number of people.
After Li Liangzuo won the victory, he left a letter in blood on the city wall after breaking through a Song Dynasty fortress, asking the Song Dynasty to interrogate Zhang Yue and three other Song Dynasty officials for insulting the Xixia envoys on Zhengdan. If they did not comply, they would continue to raise troops to invade the military prefectures in Shaanxi. !
When the side report of the defeat of the Song army reached the court, the officials and prime ministers were shocked. They questioned the side ministers and stated the past, and at the same time they dispatched troops to Shaanxi.
Also placed on the desks of officials and governors along with the side report was a letter from the leader of the Xixia Kingdom naming Zhang Yue and questioning him.
