The more you practice, the more knowledge you will gain; the more you know, the more you can practice.
Cai Que tasted this sentence. He was good at political strategy, but not good at Confucianism, nor good at governing the country.
Lu Huiqing was good at strategizing and governing the country, but his Confucian skills were not as good as Zhang Yue's. Although Lu Huiqing wrote the new meaning of the Three Classics, Cai did read the part written by the other party, which was at the level of a village master.
Wang Anshi and Zhang Yue were the only two people in the world who could combine the art of Confucian classics with governing the country.
Cai Que often belittled Zhang Yue on the surface, maintaining the high profile of Senior Brother Cai from Imperial College, but in his heart he admired and feared Zhang Yue.
Cai Que pondered for a moment and said: "When it comes to governing the world, I am not as good as you. I am not single-minded. If you really want to change your military service, then Cai is willing to help you!"
Zhang Yue glanced at Cai Que and said happily: "I have been waiting for senior brother to say this for a long time."
Today, there are three people who oppose the change of the service law, namely Li Chengzhi, the third minister, Xiong Ben and Cai Que, who is the judge of Sinong Temple.
Li Chengzhi's dismissal was a foregone conclusion, Cai indeed relented, and only Kumamoto remained.
After Cai Que got up to say goodbye, Zhang Yue personally escorted Cai Que to the middle gate.
When Zhang Yue was an official at the beginning, he was very carefree and did not pay attention to details. When friends came to visit, he never showed any rules or formalities, and he did not use formal etiquette. In fact, I am afraid that my friends and old friends will say that my official position is high, so I will put on a bad air.
Later I realized that this was not possible. Some people had no guts, so they just used their status as old friends and friends to get in trouble.
After becoming an official, Zhang Yue also "knows and advances through action". The people who respect you are Zaizhi, not you, Zhang Yue. What do you have to feel guilty about? The real skill is to be able to deal with it calmly when he falls from the position of prime minister.
When you go up, you can accept it calmly, and when you fall down, you can be content with the situation.
Today, when "Si Ruitou" came to the door, Zhang Yue did not send him to the middle door, but he treated Cai Que like this, and everyone saw it.
Chen Guan, Cai Jing, and Su Che looked at them silently, as well as Qin Guan and Zhang Lei. They also saw other officials coming to congratulate guests outside the door.
Chen Guan asked Su Che, "What do you think of Cai Chizheng?"
Su Che said: "Cai Chizheng is someone who is not willing to be inferior to others. My husband's official position is much higher than his, but he still wants to be on an equal footing with him. He will definitely have different ambitions in the future."
After hearing this, Cai Jing agreed with Su Che's words. He saw in Cai Que's eyes the same thing as his own, which was naked ambition and desire for power.
Cai Jing and Cai Que live in the same hometown and have the same clan. The two have always been in contact, but Cai Jing is very measured and will never reveal a word about Zhang Yue to the other party.
Cai Jingdao: "My husband and Cai Zhiza are both old friends. They are still called senior brothers today. Even though their political views are somewhat different, it does not hinder their personal relationship."
Qin Guan and Zhang Lei didn't dare to say anything after hearing this.
After seeing Cai Que off, Zhang Yue returned to his mansion. At this time, Xu Xi also arrived.
Xu Xi was deeply appreciated by the officials. He studied official affairs in Zhongshuhufang and was promoted to the position of supervisory censor. Xu Xi is now a hot official. When Zhang Yue was in a dilemma, he did not forget Zhang Yue's support and still visited the mansion. It seems that there was no white freeze at this time last year.
Everyone was very enthusiastic about Xu Xi.
After a while, it snowed heavily in Bianjing City, and there were fewer pedestrians on the streets. At this time, Huang Lu and General Xu also arrived one after another.
Huang Lu also brought venison.
Everyone's faces became more and more happy. Zhang Yue saw all this and immediately ordered people to light up the fire and prepare for the banquet.
It was freezing outside, but the fire was burning brightly inside.
Everyone cut the deer meat with knives and feasted on it. Zhang Yue drank the wine and said: "When Duke Shu Guo first spoke about the law, he proposed a new law. He always said that it was feasible, Zeng Bu, and that it was not feasible, Sima Guang. The rest were all traitors. Attached, either out or in."
When Wang Anshi carried out the reform, he was so embarrassed that in addition to Zeng Bu, even Lu Huiqing was wavered.
The other three of Jiayou's four friends were against you, including Han Wei, who had helped you in the past.
In the battle over [state affairs], it is useless no matter how good the friendship is.
Zhang Yue said: "Today I will take advantage of the heavy snow to say a few words behind closed doors."
Everyone put down their food and drinks and listened carefully to Zhang Yue's words.
Zhang Yue said: "There are many people in the world who follow the trend. There is another class who will come if they see you have good wine and meat today. If you don't have it, they will leave. These two classes of people are not annoying."
"The most disgusting ones are those who have no idea in their hearts. They admire you very much at first. They come to your door and praise you. From now on, the court will count on you.
If you don't do what he wants after taking office, you are the traitorous minister Zhang San.
"Zhang Sanguo is a thief, and everyone can kill him."
What Zhang Yue said was funny, but no one dared to laugh after hearing it.
Zhang Yue said more and more sternly: "When Shu Guogong was the prime minister, Tang Nai and Zheng Xia were like this."
"There is another class that is between the two classes. On the surface, they follow you, but in fact they are full of complaints. In the name of 'admonition', they often tell what they think is the 'truth'. We don't have to worry about this. It’s easy to save, but it will inevitably lead to points!”
After hearing this, some of the people sneered, and some broke out in cold sweat.
Zhang Yue immediately said: "The other thing is that we were close at first, but later they became far apart. They were actually fine. They had different political opinions, but they didn't criticize you."
"People like this can still be friends in the future."
"Some words are not nice to hear. But if you say it first, you are not punishing them without teaching them.
"There will be many winds and waves in the future. Some people on my boat will leave, and some will stay. Some will continue to get on and off the boat."
"Whether you want to be on the boat or off the boat, you can decide for yourself."
Only those who have experienced the storm will deeply understand the preciousness of these words "time-tested".
Why did Wang Anshi vigorously promote Zeng Bu in the first place?
Why can Sima Guang become a flag that always stands firm?
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When Cai Que returned home from Zhang's residence, officials such as He Zhengchen, Huang Yan, Xing Shu, Liu Zuo, and Huang Haoqian were all waiting for him at the residence.
Official New Year's Day.
Cai Que first let He Zhengchen and Huang Yan in.
Cai Que said: "In the past, there was a gap between Cao Shen and Xiao He. When Cao Shen became Prime Minister, he obeyed Xiao He's constraints. The new law was established by your majesty himself, and Duke Shu made it happen with his own efforts. Zhang San persisted in the old grudges and broke the law. It really caused the people to ignore it. !”
Huang Yan said: "Zhang San wants to change the new law to determine the authority. Now we should compile the "Sinong Temple Edict" and make the service law a formality to reject the letter!"
Cai Quedao: "Good. But Zhang San did not do anything unplanned. I can see clearly. This time he attacked Huangzhou. Zhang San had a plan in mind. He never fought an unprepared battle or did anything unprepared. Once Huangzhou With the great victory in the state, his reputation has greatly increased, and he will definitely use this to force us to change the service law."
"Fortunately, I figured it out a long time ago. In this world, there is only help in times of trouble, and there is no icing on the cake. Yuan Jiang and Kumamoto are still in the dark, and let them be unlucky."
Huang Yan admired Cai Que extremely. In terms of grasping the situation and understanding people's hearts, he was really unmatched.
Huang Yan said: "Do you still want to practice the imperial edict?"
Cai Quedao: "Of course it needs to be revised. Zhang San's change of the Recruitment Law is just the beginning. In the future, we will also change the Green Crops Law and the Market Change Law. This person is determined to manage the world, and I know it very well."
"You and I can't let him change any more!"
Huang Yan said: "Then the official will immediately find a capable person to revise the regulations!"
After Huang Yan left, He Zhengchen said: "Zhiza, I found out that he seemed to have received a heavy bribe from Yelu Yixin of the Liao Kingdom and adopted his illegitimate son. If the truth is found..."
Cai Que was shocked when he heard this and said sternly: "What did you say? Zhang Duzhi is the Prime Minister of the dynasty, how could he do this?"
He Zhengchen was startled by Cai Que's expression. He thought Cai Que would be happy when he found out about this, but he didn't expect the other party to be so angry.
He Zhengchen said: "Then do we still need to investigate?"
Cai Que pondered for a moment and said: "If you find out, you will have to cover him up in the future. Remember not to let a third party know."
He Zhengchen said with sweat on his head: "I know."
He Zhengchen took the order and left.
Xing Shu and Liu Zuo came up to visit Cai Que. Xing Shu originally followed Zhang Yue and was promoted when he was in Xihe. But when he negotiated with Liao for the second time, Zhang Yue didn't take him with him, so he felt a little uncomfortable.
Xing Shu saw that both the new party and the old party were now criticizing Zhang Yue, and he couldn't help but think that Zhang Yue was extremely childish and stupid in that he wanted to be both important and important in politics.
Xing Shu was extremely disappointed with Zhang Yue and felt that the other party was not worthy of his trust. Xing Shu also saw that Cai Que was decisive and ruthless, so he immediately jumped ship and followed Cai Que. There are many officials like Xing Shu.
It can be said that Cai Que and Xing Shu "feel like old friends at first sight".
The same goes for Liu Zuo. Cai Que tried to win over the two of them, and then told them to continue to spy on Zhang Yue.
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Under the city of Miaochuan, there were sounds of killing.
Zhang Kai wanted to curse at this moment, wondering what kind of bad luck he had in sending troops this time.
The previous strategy of pretending to be a caravan to deceive the city was almost always successful, and more than ten cities in Huangzhou were captured, such as Fange City. However, when they arrived at Miaochuan City, they were discovered by the defender...
That's all. Before sending out troops, Zhang Kai had already arranged for several large tribes to act as internal agents to prepare for the uprising. However, the guards found out...
Zhang Kai wondered whether he had done something wrong before sending troops to sacrifice the flag, or whether there was a foreigner Zhuge Liang hiding in Miaochuan City.
To be careful, the Song Army still has a strength advantage. The Song Army almost attacked the city the day before yesterday. As a result, just when everyone thought the city was about to be defeated, a general of the Tibetan army suddenly took off his armor, and with his naked body holding two blades, he cut down dozens of Song soldiers who had already climbed onto the city.
When the Song army was driven off the city, Zhang Kai almost thought that the opponent was Lu Bu's resurrection.
In addition to Zhuge, there was actually Lu Bu's general in this small Miaochuan city.
Now the morale of the Song army under the city has been greatly reduced. Now Ali Gu has led the army out of Qingtang City and has reached the An'erxia line, threatening the supply line at the rear of the Song army.
As for Xixia, Zhuo La and the Supervisor of the Southern Army had already mobilized and sent troops to cross the Yellow River. Seeing that the Song army had occupied the city of Yuge, they stationed troops below the city.
Zhang Kai didn't know that Li Bingchang, the leader of Xia, had no intention of attacking Song Dynasty and still wanted to solve the problem through negotiation. Sending troops to Shange City was only the intention of Zhuo Luo and Nan, a military supervisory department.
But Zhang Kai thought he was being attacked from both sides.
With the battle being fought like this, Zhang Yue seemed to feel Zhang Yue's huge anger from thousands of miles away.
While Zhang Kai was pacing around inside the tent, all the generals outside gathered under Zhongshi Dao's tent.
All the generals said to Master Zhong: "Literati just don't know how to conduct troops. I only trust you, Taiwei!"
"Commander Jie is obviously good at defense but not at attack. If it were Taiwei and your generals, this Bird City would have been captured long ago!"
"Lieutenant, let's talk to Commander Jie and let you lead the troops!"
Dozens of fighting men chattered loudly, while Zhongshi Dao remained silent.
Although he has only been leading the army for a short time, Zhongshidao has already shown the calm demeanor of a first-class general.
