Wang Anshi and Han Jiang both agreed to use troops against the northwest. Although Wen Yanbo and others still opposed it, the problem was no longer serious.
This is the first battle that the official has presided over since taking charge, so it is inevitable to be excited.
At this moment, several Xiaohuangmen were praising the officials' wiseness and martial prowess: "Taizong's imperial generals had systems, planned formations, planned temple victories, taught disciplines, controlled the advantages from afar, the commanders obeyed, and the noble ministers supervised them. This can be said to be from the inside. ."
"Yes, your majesty is as wise and powerful as Emperor Taizong. This time he can conquer the Xia people and draw up plans in the temple to win a victory thousands of miles away."
The officials were also very happy to hear several small Huangmen boasting that his wisdom and martial prowess were not inferior to those of Emperor Taizong. However, he also knew in his heart that the reason why these little yellow men praised him was because the coach obeyed and the noble ministers supervised this sentence.
Emperor Taizong gave the formation map from afar and asked the generals to fight according to the formation map. If he didn't follow the formation map, he would be punished if he won. The noble ministers had great power, and they could coerce the generals by explaining the formation diagrams. These small Huangmen diagrams were the errands of the supervisory army, so they persuaded themselves to remotely control the generals like Emperor Taizong.
However, the officials were not confused. The ancestral method of Zhongyu was still in use until the time of Renzong, but Wang Anshi had long objected to it.
Nowadays, the custom of eunuchs and supervisors of the army has disappeared. Instead, civil servants are the commanders, followed by military generals.
Although the officials are self-aware, they still regret that they cannot control the battle situation. Maybe micro-managing the battle situation is every emperor's hobby.
The official said: "Today is not as good as it used to be. Now the Privy Council is in charge of the military register, the tiger talisman, the three yamen are in charge of the army, and the ministers are in charge of the troops. Each has its own defense. This is the eternal law."
While he was talking, it was reported outside that Sima Guang was asking for a meeting.
Upon hearing this, the officials knew that Sima Guang was looking for him to go out.
The officials were very grateful to Sima Guang for helping his father and themselves to rise to power, and they immediately expressed some condolences to Sima Guang when they met him.
The official said: "Wang Anshi and you are good friends, why should you doubt yourself?"
Sima Guang said: "Wang Anshi and I used to be good friends, but after he came to power, I disobeyed him several times. Like Liu Xun, who served as a minister in the bookstore, was demoted to Taizhou Tongpan because he did not agree with him. Like Su Shi, who was upright and outspoken. But he was framed by Wang Anshi’s in-law Xie Jingwen.”
"Your Majesty said that Wang Anshi, a good minister, can't compare with Lu Gong's works. Wang Anshi and Lu Gong's works were so good at the beginning, but now they are ruined. I dare not avoid being deposed, and I only want to keep my integrity."
The official said: "It is precisely because Wang Anshi is the Duke that Lu Gong did not dare to conceal his guilt. Besides, the Qingmiao Law has been effective."
Sima Guang shook his head and said: "Everyone in the world knows what the Qingmiao method is, but An Shi's party thinks it is right."
Sima Guang couldn't bear to go out this time. The people Sima Guang spent time in Beijing were Liu Tong, Liu Shu, Su Shi and Su Che.
These people were demoted one after another for opposing the reform, and Su Shi was also impeached by Xie Jingwen, the imperial censor.
The official family had previously intended to appoint Su Shi as the censor, but Xie Jingwen deliberately said that officials to be promoted to the censor must be strictly assessed, and those who were not qualified would be dismissed.
So Xie Jingwen impeached Su Shi. When Su Che transported Su Xun's coffin back to Sichuan in the capital, he took a lot of goods with him and sold illegal salt.
Sima Guang said: "When Su Shi and Ding You were together, Han Qi gave him a gift of three hundred, and Ouyang Xiu didn't accept a gift of two hundred. How can he sell private goods for a little money now?"
The officials did not listen, so Sima Guang gave up and left.
When Sima Guang left the hall, Zhang Yue was walking up to the hall, and the two met each other.
Zhang Yue saw Sima Guang lowering his gaze, and immediately stepped forward and saluted: "I have seen the bachelor before."
Seeing that it was Zhang Yue, Sima Guang smiled slightly and said, "It's Duzhi! I'm going to ask Your Majesty to go out today."
Zhang Yuezao heard the rumor that Sima Guang was going out. He was still surprised and didn't know what to say. It took him a long time to say: "Bachelor...Bachelor, take care!"
Zhang Yue thought of the time when he and Sima Guang asked Emperor Renzong to establish an heir.
Sima Guang disagreed: "To tell you the truth, since the Qin Dynasty, those of us who have been officials want to be high officials and be reused. If we want to rise to the top, we can only follow the Legalists, but we Confucians are not willing to do it. The affairs of the country are difficult now. You have to do your best!”
After saying this, Sima Guang left.
After Zhang Yue went to the palace, he looked back at Sima Guang and felt desolate.
At this moment, the officials in the palace had made up their minds to ask Sima Guang to resign. They wanted to use troops against the northwest. Sima Guang had always opposed it. His departure now could strengthen the determination of the court.
This is a big plan and no one can stop it.
Even Fu Bi, who was highly regarded by Empress Dowager Cao, was dismissed as prime minister because he opposed the plan to use troops in the northwest.
"Your Majesty, Zhang Yue wants to see you!"
The official thought to himself that Zhang Yue rarely asked to see him, and usually called him when he had something to do. Recently, with Lu Huiqing and Zeng Bu on his side, the number of times Zhang Yue was summoned by officials was not as good as before.
"Xuan!"
Zhang Yue went straight to the palace and said, "I heard that Your Majesty intends to take Hengshan directly to fight the Xia people?"
The official laughed and said, "You have heard about it. Yes, this is a joke, and Han Jiang also agreed. I have planned to choose either King Anshi or Han Jiang to set up the Xuanfu envoy in Shaanxi to coordinate Hedong and Shaanxi. , Hebei Third Road, are you willing to go with us? This is a good opportunity to make contributions!"
Zhang Yue heard what the officials said and knew that whether it was Han Jiang or Wang Anshi who served as the propaganda envoy, he was selected by the shogunate.
In the eyes of the officials, this battle is a sure bet, and it seems as easy as following him to achieve military success.
Zhang Yue said: "I...I am willing to go...but Your Majesty, why do you suddenly want to attack Xia with all the strength of the country?"
After hearing this, Zhang Yue didn't show any excitement at all. He calmed down and said, "It's not about conquering Xia, but about occupying Hengshan. The Xia people hold the advantage of Hengshan... Of course, I still want to take back Lingzhou, and Shaanxi has lost it." Lingzhou is no less than the lost Youyan in Hebei."
The official said angrily.
Zhang Yue looked at Guan Jia and understood the humiliation in his heart.
Weak Song Dynasty, big coward, big send-off have become the derogatory names of later generations of netizens.
The official family has now implemented the will of netizens and is bound to restore the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties and regain the glory of our Han family.
To regain the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties is to defeat the Khitan and Xixia.
To defeat Khitan, we must first defeat Xixia. To defeat Xixia, we must occupy Lingzhou. To occupy Lingzhou, we must first recover Hengshan...
What the officials have to do is to transform the strategic defense that Xixia has always pursued into a strategic offense.
This is a grand strategy, and the realization of the entire grand strategy requires the country's comprehensive transformation and cooperation in politics, economy, culture, and people's livelihood.
From the ethics governing Taixue, to the selection of officials from Taixue students, as well as the exemption law, the market transaction law, the young crop law, and the farmland water conservancy law, all serve the purpose of this grand strategy.
Zhang Yue has a hundred supporters for this, but...but he doesn't support attacking Hengshan first!
Zhang Yue said: "I thought it was imperative to recapture Hengshan and then attack Lingzhou, but is it too fast now? It cost millions to build a city in Suizhou... All the Xixia troops are here."
The official smiled and said: "The battle of Suizhou is my proudest work. After taking Suizhou, I have the first military city beside the Wuding River, which scares the people of Xixia. I plan to take it one step further and use it as a weapon." We will march from Suizhou to Hengshan for a decisive battle with Xixia."
"I have not yet discussed this matter with the two governments, so I will disclose it to you alone!"
Zhang Yue had a thorough chat with Han Jiang. In fact, he was in a dilemma about whether the northwest strategy should be in the direction of Hehuang or Hengshan.
He had no objection to this, but the reason why he supported the strategy of capturing Hengshan this time was precisely the official plan.
Many times it was the ministers who took the blame, such as Yan Song, etc., but Yan Song served exactly what Emperor Jiajing meant.
Therefore, Han Jiang's attack on Hengshan was the execution of the official's plan. Of course, if something happened, he would be the one to take the blame, and Zhang Yue would be added to the list.
Therefore, after Zhang Yue had a long talk with Han Jiang, he decided to come to the officials to complain. Especially after hearing that the officials decided to let him go with the army, Zhang Yue felt that he had to remonstrate directly, otherwise the temple would not say anything about it. , should I say afterwards that I knew I would not succeed in capturing Hengshan?
Zhang Yuecu remembered this battle in another time and space history. Han Jiang did not fight well and was dismissed in the end.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, our military power has been sluggish in recent years. From top to bottom, the soldiers are afraid of Liao in the north and Xia in the west. Many officials and people are tired of and afraid of war."
The official said: "Yes, the imperial court has been at peace for many years and has not used troops for a long time. The use of troops is regarded as a strange thing by everyone in the court."
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, this is exactly the case. If you forget to fight, you will be in danger, and if you are eager to fight, you will perish. Therefore, the imperial court's expedition to Xia can only succeed but not fail. The order of using troops is to first make it easy and then difficult, first weak and then strong. Accumulate small victories first and build the confidence of the army and the people, then make long-term plans and accomplish all the results in one battle!"
Reform must be carried out step by step, and the same goes for war.
"The land of Hengshan is the gateway to Lingzhou, and has been managed by the Xia people for a long time. Laozi's cloud map is more difficult than its easy, and it is greater than its relationship. The difficult things in the world must be done with ease, and the great things in the world must be done with details. Therefore, the saint will never be great. , so it can become great."
"I think the strategy for the Xia is to appease the Western Tibetans and take them as a helping hand, and at the same time to expand the territory, making it difficult for the Xia people to take care of themselves, and then seize Hengshan after they have achieved success!"
After listening to Zhang Yue's words for so long, the officials realized that it turned out that his request for an audience was to oppose his plan to seize Hengshan.
The official was pacing after hearing this. He originally wanted to attack Xixia with a large army this time and win decisively against Hengshan, but Zhang Yue said that only a partial army from Wang Shao would be enough, and there was no need to spend so much time.
The official family is like a child whose beloved toy is suddenly snatched away.
The official suddenly said angrily: "Zhang Qing, your objection to the use of troops against Hengshan is an excuse for you not to go out?"
Zhang Yue was stunned when he heard this...
"Your Majesty, minister..."
…
When the official returned to the back hall, he said angrily: "I usually treat Zhang Yue so kindly, but this time I want to seize Hengshan, but he resists."
The servants on the side were all surprised when they saw him. Aren't the officials' favorite Zhang Yue usually?
Why are you angry with him this time?
(End of chapter)
