There are two levels of politics, one is winner-takes-all, and the other is compromise.
Since the Qin Dynasty, most Chinese politics for two thousand years have been winner-take-all. The loser not only loses his political future, but also his life.
Cai Que was demoted to Lingnan, which meant that mutual compromise failed and turned into winner-take-all. Later, the new party that Zhang Dun came to power wiped out the old party, which was not only due to Zhang Dun's temperament, but also out of necessity.
Once the bottom line is violated, the two sides can only compare who has less bottom line and who is more inhumane.
The brutality of the political struggle has been described enough in later TV series, but there is nothing worth bragging about. Losers cannot afford the consequences of failure.
Knowing that Wang Anshi wanted to impeach him, Zhang Yue thought to himself, would the other party really do this?
Zhang Yue decided to ask in person. If he confirmed that it was true, he would meet you immediately.
When it comes to impeachment, there is no other trick. Whoever puts the shit basin on someone's head first will have the upper hand. If you impeach the other party afterwards, it becomes a frame-up.
Of course, the effect of greeting Wang Anshi is somewhat compromised, but not too much.
Zhang Yue believes that you should not think of people too well or too badly.
Of course, in political struggles, there are often cases where someone learns about the opponent's impeachment and takes action in advance, turning defeat into victory.
For example, Lu Jiawen learned that Lu Gongbi was going to impeach Wang Anshi and informed Wang Anshi of the matter in advance. As a result, Lu Gongbi was defeated.
When Zhang Yue arrived at the gate of Wang Anshi's mansion, the palace gatekeeper saw a car approaching and approached him to inquire. When he learned that Zhang Yue had arrived in person, he was shocked.
Important ministers like Zhang Yue rarely come to visit unexpectedly and will be notified in advance. This sudden visit is really rare.
Zhang Yue got off the carriage and waited in front of Wang Anshi's mansion.
After a while, the doorman came to report: "Prime Minister, please let Mr. Zhang in."
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Wang Anshi personally gave the medicine to Wang Yu. Wang Yu thought the medicine was hot, so Wang Anshi blew it carefully. Wang Anshi doesn't know how to serve others, and his movements are a bit clumsy.
"If I take a few more medicines, I think I'll be cured after this spring."
Wang Anshi said.
"Yes, sir."
Wang Yuwan turned his head away naturally.
At this moment, the servant reported to Zhang Yue for an audience.
Wang Anshi was a little surprised when he heard this, but Wang Yu's expression changed drastically.
Wang Anshi stood up and said to Wang Yu, "I'll come back as soon as I go. Please take a rest."
After Wang Anshi strode away, the gloomy look on Wang Yu's face became even heavier.
Wang Anshi came to the outside, saw Zhang Yue and said, "What's the point of saving him?"
Zhang Yue listened to Wang Anshi's words, and his words seemed a bit plain. He thought that if something happened, you could just be honest with me, why would you take such a trick.
Zhang Yueping suppressed the emotions in his heart, but the other party was the prime minister after all, so he accused the other party as soon as he opened his mouth, which became an accusation.
Zhang Yuezuo smiled nonchalantly and said: "Zhang got an authentic Yang Ning style. I don't know whether it is genuine or not, so I came here to give it a try to the Prime Minister!"
Hearing Zhang Yue's words, Wang Anshi nodded, and then said: "Du, sit down and talk first."
Zhang Yue nodded and sat down on the chair under Wang Anshi, showing no hint of embarrassment from beginning to end.
Wang Anshi looked at the authentic work of Yang Ningshi presented by Zhang Yue and said, "It should be genuine."
Zhang Yue said happily: "It's really good. Zhang just happened to borrow flowers to offer to the Buddha and give them to the Prime Minister."
At that time, Yang Ningshi's authentic works and Yan Zhenqing's works could be regarded as the same.
Wang Anshi shook his head and said: "If you save him, you can't accept him as a servant. It's not a bad thing, but he is a servant like Yang Ning, who is like Feng Dao."
Zhang Yue was surprised and said: "I know that the Prime Minister doesn't like Yang Ningshi, so why do you think less of Feng Dao?"
Wang Anshi asked: "I'm not taking it lightly. I still listen to Ouyang Wenzhong on this matter. There are quite a few people in the palace talking about the current affairs of the Five Dynasties. One person said that Feng Dao and He Ning were in Zhongshu at that time."
"One day He Ning asked Feng Dao, how much are the new male boots worth? Feng Dao raised his left foot to show that it was nine hundred. He Ning said to him in a hurry, why do my boots cost one thousand eight hundred? He Ning immediately scolded him angrily. "
"Afterwards, Feng Dao raised his right foot and said, this is also nine hundred. After that, the whole hall burst into laughter. How can you, Feng Dao, be the prime minister and subdue all the officials? Therefore, the neighboring Feng Dao can only be the prime minister in peacetime, and cannot be used to save times and fight chaos. Just like a Zen monk who doesn’t need a hawk or a dog.”
Zhang Yue smiled when he heard this. Wang Anshi's words seemed a bit ironic.
Wang Anshi asked: "Does Duzhi admire King Feng Ying?"
Zhang Yue said: "Slightly, I think Prime Minister Bo Feng Dao, Yang Ningshi may be their follower. Feng Dao served as the emperor of the four dynasties and eleven emperors, so he can't die. But I heard that at the end of the Later Jin Dynasty, Feng Dao became the prime minister. At that time, the Later Jin Dynasty was at odds with the Khitan, and the Later Jin Dynasty ordered Feng Dao to select people to send envoys to the Khitan. Feng Dao said, "I will go on my own."
"When Yelu Deguang entered Bianliang, it was Feng Dao who saved thousands of Chinese people with his words."
"I'm afraid such people are not just people who follow the crowd, but what Mencius calls an adult!"
"The prime minister knows that Zhang is not good at poetry, but Feng Dao's poems are simple but close to the truth. For example, 'Just know and do good things, don't ask about the future', and if you want to win, you must know that Haiyue has returned to the Ming Dynasty, and you have not saved the world and fallen into auspicious people'."
"Especially this sentence, 'If you don't understand the world and fall into auspiciousness, your morality will have passed away, and there will be no way for boats and carriages to pass. But there is no evil in the teaching method, and you can stand in the jungle of wolves and tigers.' Therefore, Zhang Mou is sincere and treats others with sincerity. People will not betray themselves."
Wang Anshi was shocked when he heard this and asked: "Why does Mr. Zhang speak like this?"
Zhang Yue stood up and bowed to Wang Anshi: "Zhang's life hangs in the hands of the Prime Minister. Why does the Prime Minister do this?"
Wang Anshi asked: "I really don't know."
Zhang Yue asked: "Deng Wan, Lu Jiawen wants to harm Zhang. Doesn't the prime minister know?"
Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment, and then said to Xiali: "Call Dalang here immediately!"
"No need, the child is already here."
The last person who came out was Wang Yu.
Zhang Yue looked over and saw Wang Yu's haggard appearance. He knew at a glance that his time was numbered.
Wang Yu bowed to Wang Anshi and said, "Sir, it was the boy who used your will to instruct Deng Wan and Lu Jia to impeach Zhang Duzhi!"
When Wang Anshi heard this, his face was full of surprise.
Wang Yu said to Zhang Yue: "This matter was done by Yu and has nothing to do with the prime minister. Mr. Zhang, do you know why I have to get rid of you?"
Zhang Yue said: "Zhang asked himself that he has never offended Da Langjun."
Wang Yu nodded and said, "That's right, you really haven't offended me."
"But the person who violates the new law in the future will undoubtedly be you, Zhang Yue!"
Zhang Yue said: "I have never experienced this before."
Wang Yu said to Zhang Yue: "Ms. Zhang, I still remember what I said when I came to your house, there are two qi of yin and yang below. When the two qi of yin and yang are agitated, there will be a rising qi, and then the qing will either die."
"You don't support the reform, and you will definitely oppose the reform in the future. No matter what changes you make to the new law, will the slightly modified new law still be the original new law?"
"In the future, it will be you, Zhang Yue, who will actually abolish the new law in the name of it."
Zhang Yue couldn't help laughing when he heard this.
He glanced at Wang Yu. He didn't bother to explain his current identity to him. He said to Wang Anshi: "If the Prime Minister questions Zhang, Zhang Yue is willing to resign from participating in politics!"
Seeing this, Wang Anshi said: "Mr. Zhang, although my political views differ from yours, they are not too big. Your theory on the use of weaving is also very inspiring to me. There is no need to say goodbye at this time!"
Wang Yuze said: "My lord, Zhang Xianggong is not going in and out, but going in the opposite direction! If he takes office in the future, the new law will be destroyed!"
Wang Anshi said: "Don't say anything more!"
Zhang Yue said to Wang Anshi: "Prime Minister, the purpose of Zhang's visit today is clear. Although the impeachment of Deng Wan and Lu Jiawen was not ordered by the Prime Minister, Zhang has nothing to say about the matter of Zhao Dun and Zhao Chuan."
During the Spring and Autumn Period of the Jin Dynasty, the Marquis of Jin was unruly, and Zhao Dun, who was in power, repeatedly dissuaded him, but was assassinated by the Marquis of Jin.
Zhao Dun ran away immediately. After reaching the border, he heard that King Jin had been killed by his younger brother Zhao Chuan. So Zhao Dun returned to the capital of Jin and continued to be in power. Unexpectedly, the historian Dong Hu wrote that "Zhao Dun killed his king".
After hearing this, Zhao Dun immediately ran to ask Dong Hu, why did you put the blame on me when it was obviously not me who killed the King of Jin?
Dong Hu said sternly, "You are Zhengqing. Since you are on the run, you did not flee the country. Now you are back." As a ruler, you have no intention of punishing Zhao Chuan for regicide. Did you not do this, or who did it? You have to take the blame.
Zhang Yue said what Zhao Dun and Zhao Chuan meant, even if Wang Anshi didn't know about it, what's the difference between what Wang Yu did and what Wang Anshi did?
Wang Anshi glanced at Wang Yu when he heard this.
Wang Anshi said to Zhang Yue: "Thankfully today, Mr. Zhang knew about this in advance, so the dog did not make a big mistake!"
"I can assure you that Deng Wan and Lu Jiawen will never impeach Mr. Zhang! It will never happen again in the future!"
"Believe what I said, Deng Wan, Lu Jiawen still dare not violate it."
Wang Anshi said to Wang Yu: "Step back first, and don't interfere with the affairs of the court in the future."
When Wang Anshi saw that Wang Anshi was disappointed with him, he had never been so disappointed in his life. Wang Xu followed his words and bowed to Wang Anshi before leaving.
When he walked to his bedroom, he felt a sudden pain in his chest and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
Wang Yu pocketed it with his sleeve and couldn't help but smile miserably when he saw the bright red blood. He also had a very stubborn temper and refused to call anyone for treatment. He slowly sat down against the wall with two tears streaming down his face.
After Wang Yu left, Wang Anshi said to Zhang Yue: "What happened today is the fault of the dog and the failure of the servant to teach the son. Now I have to apologize to Zhang Gong."
Zhang Yue said hurriedly: "Zhang just rashly violated Meng Lang. I hope the Prime Minister will forgive me!"
Wang Anshi said to Zhang Yue: "Xu'er has a heart disease of his own. I asked a famous doctor to see him. He once said that he would not live to be thirty years old."
"I remember that when he was young, he was not so extreme. He did not dare to speak when something happened. I felt sorry for him and always took care of him. I never scolded him lightly. I wanted him to live a happy life."
"He is a very smart person. He knows everything once he learns it, and he knows ten things once he hears it. I was not as smart as him back then. It's a pity, it's a pity, I didn't expect it in the end..."
Wang Anshi waved his hand dejectedly and said: "That's all. You came here today to ask the servant instead of facing the king first. You have really restored the reputation of the servant and the dog, which shows that you are a true gentleman."
"It is easy for a gentleman to retreat but it is difficult to advance. Therefore, when you were about to resign, my servant asked you to stay. If you are about to retreat, you will never be involved in world affairs again in Zhongshan."
"From now on, I'll leave it to Mr. Zhang!"
