The edict brought by Yang Hui was written in white linen.
As we all know, the Song Dynasty followed the Tang system, and all the edicts written by the generals and ministers were made of hemp. Because hemp paper is the highest quality paper, followed by rattan paper.
Therefore, edicts written on white linen paper are the most valuable, followed by jute paper and then yellow rattan paper.
As for drafting hemp, only Hanlin bachelors have this qualification.
After the Hanlin bachelor drafted the edict of Baima, he locked the courtyard. But today, Yang Hui was escorted by a chamberlain, which is really strange.
Therefore, when Yang Hui, a Hanlin scholar, came in with a white hemp edict, the political hall had already been deserted, and all the officials had to leave, so as not to hear about the candidates for the general election, and to avoid suspicion.
The hemp paper does not need to be marked by the prime minister for it to take effect. But the emperor usually needs the confirmation of the prime minister, and finally it has to be announced in the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China before promulgating it to the world.
When Zhao Kuangyin first ascended the throne, he appointed Fan Zhi, Wang Pu, and Wei Renpu as prime ministers of the Later Zhou Dynasty. Later, he appointed Zhao Pu and Lu Yuqing as prime ministers.
Because Zhao Kuangyin had long seen that these three people were unhappy, he was too hasty to give up, and told all three people to get out. The two big bosses, Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu, did not know the process. In the end, no one was appointed as the secretary, and no one signed Zhao Pu's appointment letter.
No one signed the appointment letter of prime minister. Zhao Kuangyin was so anxious that he almost had a brain hemorrhage. In the end of the discussion, the emperor's brother, Kaifeng Prefecture Yin, and Zhao Kuangyi, who was in charge of state affairs with Ping Zhangjun, signed the appointment letter, which made the appointment letter of prime minister effective.
Therefore, Wang Anshi had the right not to put a stamp on the imperial edict, so that the appointment letter would not take effect.
Just a few days ago, the officials wanted to appoint Zhang Fangping as prime minister, and Wang Anshi wanted to draft the document. At that time, Lu Huiqing told Wang Anshi that he would discuss it later that night.
This proposal is that Lu Huiqing told Wang Anshi not to sign the signature yet. When you meet the emperor later, you can express your opposition to the appointment to the emperor.
The next day, Wang Anshi went to the emperor with an imperial edict and put the final touches on it.
Lu Huiqing repeated his old tricks today, while Yang Hui stood outside the screen and didn't know what was said.
When Lu Huiqing took the seal box, only Wang Anshi and Wang Gui saw it.
When Wang Gui saw Lu Huiqing's sudden and domineering behavior, he looked like he was used to it and was not surprised. When Wang Anshi saw Lu Huiqing blocking him, he glanced at Lu Huiqing's hand that was pressing the seal.
Lu Huiqing did this subconsciously. When she saw Wang Anshi's passing eyes, she was surprised and took her hand back.
Lu Huiqing said: "Did your husband forget?"
Of course Wang Anshi knew. Lu Huiqing reminded Wang Anshi not to forget, and he would never use Zhang Yue's words.
Wang Anshi said: "How can it be possible to refuse imperial edicts again and again?"
Wang Anshi said to Lu Huiqing that I just listened to you a few days ago and rejected Zhang Fangping as prime minister. Now I reject Zhang Yue?
Lu Huiqing said: "Zhang Fangping is just a problem for his skin, but Zhang Yuefang is a problem for his heart!"
Wang Anshi was silent after hearing this.
At this moment, Yang Hui from outside the screen urged: "Have you not signed the pledge yet? Your Majesty is still waiting in the small hall at the east gate."
The last time Zhang Fangping paid a visit to Xiangsuo Yuan, it was Yang Hui who drafted the edict. As a result, he was locked up in the Suo Yuan all night for nothing.
This time Yang Hui spoke out and asked for the imperial edict in person. This was clearly the emperor's intention, and the prime ministers were not allowed to disobey orders.
Wang Anshi looked at Lu Huiqing and raised his pen to sign. Seeing this scene, Wang Gui breathed a sigh of relief and also made a sign next to Wang Anshi's monogram.
Then Wang Gui handed the pen to Lu Huiqing. Lu Huiqing twitched his brows and thought to himself, Wang Gui really knows how to steer the ship.
Seeing Wang Gui like this, Lu Huiqing had no choice but to make a move.
Yang Hui immediately walked out of the political hall with the edict and handed it to the eunuch, who quickly headed to the small east gate hall with the edict.
Yang Hui, on the other hand, mounted his horse and returned to the Academy surrounded by his attendants. After Yang Hui arrived at the gate of the Academy, dozens of attendants shouted in unison: "Lock the little hall, lock the little hall!"
When everyone heard this, they all knew that they were about to get numb. Everyone listened with open ears or secretly speculated.
Of course, locking the courtyard is not only about worshiping the prime minister, but also appointing princes and queens, and even envoys, governors, military commanders, and generals. Many lock-ups are just a formality to show that it is more important.
In addition to appointing a prince or queen in the photo album, the emperor rarely went to the East Gate Hall to personally summon Hanlin bachelors.
Because important imperial edicts must be conferred face-to-face by the emperor on the imperial edicts, they cannot be communicated through eunuchs or written small notes.
Wang Gui must have given a silent thumbs up to this.
Now that the emperor personally controls the East Gate Hall, he has ruled out the two options of establishing a prince and queen, and the only option is to worship the prime minister.
Now that there is a gap in the phase, everyone inside and outside the palace is eagerly waiting for it.
At this moment, the emperor went to the small hall at the east gate and ordered people to lock the courtyard. Everyone did not know that this was the order. Many palace officials heard the news and secretly passed it on to outsiders or published it in tabloids.
After learning that the academy was locked, the Hanlin bachelors and academy officials in the academy all hurried out.
According to the rules, when the courtyard is locked, no outsiders are allowed in or out, and no one else can stay in the courtyard to avoid leaking the news.
Three Hanlin bachelors, Yuan Jiang, Wang Lian and Zhang Dun, stepped out one after another.
Yuan Jiang looked a little ugly and asked, "Whose fortune is this?"
Wang Lian said uneasily: "Only one of the foreign ministers came to see Zhang...Zhang Du."
Yuan Jiang turned around and asked the attendants and court officials: "Have you seen Zhang Duzhi leave the palace?"
Everyone on the left and right lowered their heads and said nothing.
"Is this really a poor family?"
One person whispered: "Perhaps when Zhang Duzhi left the palace, no one happened to see him."
Yuan Jiang's face darkened, and Wang Lian said, "Maybe it's his fortune."
Zhang Dun said leisurely: "After Zhang Yue came to see him, the emperor went to the small east gate hall to write an edict and fortune. Where did such a coincidence come from?"
Yuan Jiang said angrily: "Zihou, you and Zhang Duzhi have turned against each other a long time ago. What's the benefit of having him marry you?"
Zhang Dun said: "I am not happy for him at all, but I will never deceive myself or others and hide my ears from others!"
After saying this, Zhang Dun saluted and left.
Wang Lian and Yuan Jiang were both furious to death.
Yuan Jiang stared at Zhang Dun's back angrily and said sternly: "These two Fujianese, I will make them look good in the future."
Wang Lian said: "Nowadays, the whole hall is full of Fujianese. Who is good or bad? Each one is more disgusting than the other."
At this time, the servants were attacking people from inside and outside, and the academicians of the Academy did not dare to watch, lest they be accused of spying on secrets.
Yuan Jiang and Wang Lian left the palace silently one after the other.
Wang Lian refused to give up and glanced back at the palace from time to time. Yuan Jiang said: "If there is any hope, let's go!"
Wang Lian said dejectedly: "I am old and ill. I am afraid it will be hopeless if I don't enter the second house this time. I will resign to the official family and return to my hometown in a few days."
Yuan Jiang said: "What are you talking about? I won't know until tomorrow. I don't believe why the Han family can be ranked before you and me?"
After a pause, Yuan Jiang continued: "Besides, Bai Juyi never paid homage to the prime minister."
Wang Lian smiled bitterly. He walked a few steps and looked back at the palace where the emperor was, always hoping that a servant would suddenly come out to save him.
But the other end of the palace road was empty, there was nothing.
The emperor does not miss his old minister!
Wang Lian couldn't help but cry silently in his heart.
"Six bachelors at the same time, five ministers and one fisherman." Wang Lian said with self-pity.
Yuan Jiang glanced at Wang Lian. When Bai Juyi was a Hanlin bachelor, five of the six bachelors at the same time became prime ministers but not him, so he laughed at himself.
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The gatekeepers outside the academy locked the inside and outside.
Zhang Yue and Yang Hui were sitting in the hall. In addition, they were accompanied by people from the pavilion, Zan Xuanshe, and eunuchs from the imperial medicine hospital.
Zanxuanshe will be responsible for Xuanma tomorrow, so he must read the Mahao thoroughly that night to avoid mispronunciating the words tomorrow or even not being able to read them. At this time, he must ask Yang Hui in person for advice on how to read.
Zhang Yue watched Zan Xuanshe read the Ma Zhao word by word. The white hemp book had three characters on a line, while the peeled hemp book had four characters on a line. The so-called hemp was three peeled and four.
Zhang Yue's edict is naturally three characters per line.
After hearing the praise, the person read it several times in front of Yang Hui to confirm that it was correct, then bowed and retired to rest outside the hall.
The eunuch in charge of surveillance also stepped back and stood guard in the foyer.
In addition to surveillance, the eunuchs were also responsible for the safety of those locked up in the courtyard. In later history, Zhang Kangguo, who was about to become prime minister, suddenly died suddenly the night before the courtyard was locked up, leaving a lot of suspicion among future generations.
At this moment, only Zhang Yue and Yang Hui were left in the hall.
Zhang Yue stood up and thanked Yang Hui. As a Hanlin scholar, Yang Hui accepted the decree and helped Zhang Yue draft the edict. He must be thanked for this.
Yang Hui smiled and said: "What's so difficult about writing words? Don't you think that official positions have to be obtained by birth, and articles are useless when they are not used. It's laughable that the Taoist scholar in the Imperial Academy keeps doing the same thing every year."
After Yang Hui finished speaking, he smiled to himself.
This poem was written by Tao Gu. Tao Gu was a Hanlin scholar at the time. He wanted to be promoted to prime minister, so he asked Taizu of the Song Dynasty.
Song Taizu said, "What merits do you have for becoming prime minister?" The edicts you wrote are just copied by the descendants of the predecessors. What is the difference between them and copying the gourds.
After hearing this, Tao Gu wrote this poem to mock himself. After Song Taizu found out about it, he was even more determined not to use him. In the end, Tao Gu, like Bai Juyi, never had the opportunity to be the prime minister in his life.
A person's character and daily words actually hide his or her own destiny. Zhang Yue felt something was wrong when he heard Yang Hui suddenly quote Tao Gu's poem.
Zhang Yue didn't know how to comfort him. The two were in the Hanyuan together. He worshiped the prime minister, but Yang Hui did not become the prime minister.
How can I be comforted? Zhang Yue had no choice but to change the topic.
When encountering difficulties, we should be patient and persistent instead of complaining and blaming others.
In this regard, Zhang Yue actually admired his teacher Wang Gui very much. Back then, he was jealous of the suspicious Yingzong because of a wrong sentence. He went from a hot official with unlimited fame to a cold official who was shunned by everyone. After more than ten years, he saw those qualifications People who are not as good as him are worshiping the prime minister one after another, and his mentality can still be so stable.
Only nine out of ten ordinary people cannot do this.
Most people are full of complaints when they encounter slight setbacks; they are angry at slight injustices; they only care about gains, not about efforts.
But having said that, the reason why I can be calm at this moment is because I have already landed!
Yang Hui talked for a while and then rested on the chair in the hall. As for Zhang Yue, he was not sleepy and walked to the side of the hall and looked outside the bachelor's academy.
The rows of torches on the courtyard wall trembled. They were the palace guards who locked up the courtyard.
Further away was the palace. Zhang Yue took a deep breath and waited for the arrival of tomorrow.
Yang Hui, who was sleeping with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and glanced at Zhang Yue, who was standing by the door.
The night wind suddenly picked up, and countless people were sleepless that night.
