Chapter 170 Foreshadowing
After Wang Fu stepped down, Wang Jinghui turned the page and the name written on the first page was Lu Huiqing! Below are Zhang Chun, Zeng Bu, Shen Kuo, Su Song, Xie Jingwen, etc. Each of them has a more detailed personal resume after their names. This is the information that Wang Jinghui asked his subordinates to collect. The people involved are all people who are very interested in. In addition to Shen Kuo and Su Song, Lu Huiqing, Zeng Bu and others are all the backbone forces of Xining's reform in history. Seeing that the reform pattern has been formed, he has to be prepared.
The information on this paper was collected through his own business network. He and Manager Li and Mr. Xu discussed that they would cultivate a special purpose talent in their business network, and be responsible for collecting and organizing intelligence. Manager Li also knew that Wang Jinghui would face various unpredictable situations after entering the official career. Who doesn’t know the intimate relationship between the Xu family and the Wang family in the Song Dynasty? The interests of him and Wang Jinghui have been tied together. There is a powerful intelligence system that can also provide information to Wang Jinghui, which is also part of his obligation as an ally. Besides, such an intelligence system is also conducive to collecting external commercial information. Once this plan was proposed, it was welcomed by Manager Li and Mr. Xu and worked hard.
The members of this intelligence network are orphans adopted by Wang Jinghui. After several years of training, most of them have begun to enter the industry services of the two companies, and their loyalty is also very reliable. However, they have not been established for a long time and their role is very limited. However, the two companies have huge business networks and strong financial resources, it is just around the corner to play a bigger role. This is the first time Wang Jinghui uses this intelligence network. The collected places are just materials from some officials. Most of these officials now live in Biandu and have no effort. After the order is issued, they responded quickly.
It is too arbitrary to locate a person's good or bad through his later history books. The so-called historical writing is like a knife. The ancestors have never given up persecuting historians since the beginning of the Han Dynasty. It is difficult to explain the historical records that have been passed down, but it is just a reference.
This material is written in very detailed. What official positions have everyone been before, what is the current official position? How to evaluate the people under the rule when they are officials is listed, which makes Wang Jinghui clear at a glance. Now Wang Anshi has become the real prime minister and has "power", but he may not have "power". The current style of scholars is still pretty good. The more powerful and noble a person is, the more likely he is to be impeached. This is also an important entertainment activity for the censors now, especially those who are like himself, who are the favorites of the censors.
Wang Jinghui thought about it and shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Power position is just the emperor's favor, and power is the tool for doing big things. Wang Anshi will definitely fight for power. His "control of the Three Divisions and Regulation Department" should appear soon, right? These people are all the backbone forces of Wang Anshi's reform. Although his official position is not high now, once he enters the Reform Department, Wang Anshi's "power position" will really become "power."
It seemed as if it was foreshadowed that this gorgeous empire would enter a turbulent autumn. In February of the first year of Xining in the Song Dynasty, the Hebei earthquake occurred, and the Bian capital Kaifeng also had a slight tremor. The assistant minister Tang Jie and others impeached Wang Anshi with the "destiny of heaven". Wang Anshi refuted it with "disasters and strangeness are the number of days and have nothing to do with human affairs!", which surprised Fu Bi. Fu Bi's feelings made him reasonable, because natural disasters are the warnings of Haotian. As an ancient admonition, it has always been the magic weapon for subjects to regulate the emperor. Once overturned, the consequences are unimaginable. Anshi's intention is not to completely deny it. He opposed the use of natural disasters to obstruct reforms, so he made a little change here and did not express his opinion directly.
However, Wang Anshi did not know that Fu Bi had been pursuing "destiny to control the imperial power" for a long time. This sentence invisibly smashed Fu Bi's pursuit. How could Fu Bi stand it? After a verbal dispute, Fu Bi thought he could not argue with Wang Anshi, so he called him sick at home and said he was sick and said he was not allowed to speak out.
Tang Jie, the chief political officer who was the first to provoke the war, fainted while debating with Wang Anshi in Funing Hall. However, his family quickly found the prince-consort, hoping that the prince-consort could treat him. Wang Jinghui went to Tang Jie's underworld late at night to diagnose his condition, which avoided the historical saying that "Tang Jie was angry to death by Wang Anshi".
"Tang Jie, the deputy governor, was dissatisfied with the emperor's decision to see An Shi in everything, and was so angry that he argued with An Shi in the court. However, although Tang Jie claimed to be arrogant and dared to speak out, he could not resist Wang Anshi. With the bias of Emperor Zhao Xu, he was so angry that he almost died. Even though Zhao Xu protected Wang Anshi so much, his life in the future would be a fate of slander." Wang Jinghui looked at the bright moon in the night sky by the window of the study, thinking silently in his heart.
Tang Jie is old, and Wang Jinghui feels very tired when he treats him: it is not far away for Fu Bi to write a letter to ask for retirement, and the emperor will agree sooner or later. Now it is just a matter of time. Fu Bi's successive departure, there are many problems of their age among them, and it also indicates Zhao Xu's tendency to govern the country. However, when Fu Bi left, Tang Jie's serious illness really put the confrontation between the old and the new on the agenda!
Looking at the newspaper on the desktop, Wang Jinghui couldn't help but smile bitterly: The war between the two factions had already burned to his territory, and the members of the editorial department did not divide because of this. This was mainly because Su Xun and Ouyang Fa could suppress them. Moreover, Ouyang Fa seemed to realize the deep meaning of the newspaper and constantly recommended talents to the editorial department. In less than two months of its release, Ouyang Fa recommended five more people to enter the editorial department, which also gave a good balance between the internal forces of the editorial department.
"It's time for me to do something!" Wang Jinghui walked to the desk, spread out the manuscript paper and wrote on it: "Zhang Chi has the ultimate cold and heat"... Wang Jinghui didn't know why so many people like to go to extremes and were unwilling to use relatively gentle methods to slowly solve the problem. Even Su Shi, the "original author of the "Hot Theory of Cold and Heat", was not optimistic about his theory, which made Wang Jinghui feel very depressed.
"Don't hit the wall and don't look back!" The confrontation between the old and new factions made Wang Jinghui see that maybe it was necessary to make them in trouble, so he would look back and reflect carefully. He needed more people to come to this view and shout for the "shen and the summer and summer theory". Perhaps he could only use this method and take the opportunity to absorb the more sober people among the two factions when the old and new factions were in a row.
"I am changing the argument, but there is a difference in the urgency." Wang Anshi said to the people next to him after reading the newspaper in his hand.
At this time, many people came to Wang Anshi's mansion: Lu Huiqing, Zeng Bu, Zhang Chun, Xie Jingwen and others were all in his underworld. Since the publication of the "Miracle of Song Dynasty" and published, Wang Anshi had to read the newspaper every day. He said to his friends many times: "A newspaper seems ordinary. But it is actually the result of Wang Jiezhi's efforts. If you have a reward in your hands, it is like seeing the world's current situation."
Under his leadership, these new party members who were not yet elated had the habit of reading newspapers. Wang Anshi never paid much attention to money. In addition, he is now a political affairs officer, and is only one step away from the country. The monthly salary of various places has already reached 10,000 yuan. He subscribed to more than a dozen copies at home and sent them to the residences of several students including Lu Huiqing every day. If they need to use money in their lives, they can also withdraw money from him at any time without accounting.
Lu Huiqing is 37 years old this year, from Jinjiang, Fujian. He is currently a Jinshi in Jixian Academy. He is a Jinshi in the second year. He is knowledgeable, smart, smart, eloquent, and profound. He is bold and arrogant by nature and has the ambition to take the world as his own responsibility. He is wise and wise in literature, and has the talent of Yang Xiong and Sima Xiangru. He was once praised by Ouyang Xiu and Zeng Gongliang. Later, he served as the chief official of Zhenzhou and entered the capital. When he met Wang Anshi, who served in the capital of the capital, he discussed the meaning of the classics. He had many agreements and made a final agreement. He has been more than ten years. Wang Anshi recommended Huiqing in front of the emperor, focusing on his ability to apply it. This is exactly in line with Wang Anshi's own view that he emphasized the practicality of the world.
Lu Huiqing put down the newspaper and said with some regret: "It's a pity that this newspaper cannot be fully in control, otherwise it will definitely be of great benefit to the implementation of the new law! However, reading this newspaper is really mixed, there are people who wave flags and shout, and there are also people who slander. Today, the meaning of the article by the Prince Confucian is neutral, but it is like his newspaper!"
"Ji Fu, although the newspaper is small, the cost is not low. At that time, Wang Xiangzhang advocated that the court should run the newspaper in front of the saint, but in the end he gave up because the newspaper would lose a lot of money every month. Look at the paper on the newspaper, the twelve versions only cost ten cents, and it is not enough to buy white paper, right?!" Zeng Bu said with some regret. Zeng Bu, whose courtesy name was Zixuan, was from Nanfeng, Jiangxi. He was 33 years old at the time and served as the manager of Jixian College. He was quite talented, but he had no opinion. Zeng Bu had a brother named Zeng Gong, who was ranked among the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties". Zeng Gong was a close friend of Wang Anshi. Zeng Bu was able to join Wang Anshi's disciple with his brother.
Wang Anshi smiled and said, "The Prince Consort Wang Gaizhi is amazing and talented. It is not only a famous poem, but more importantly, his vision is far-reaching, and it is also far less than that. Even though he and I talked about the world several times, we can tell that he has a beautiful article in his heart. In the past two years, he was just a sensation. Unfortunately, as the Prince Consort, he could not write this article by himself!"
Everyone sitting there was a cold to some remarks in Wang Jinghui's newspaper, but they didn't expect that Wang Anshi, as their leader, had such a high evaluation of Wang Jinghui, which really surprised them.
"But Ji Fu said it right. The court should have a newspaper, which is already under preparation. Of course, the prince consort is also responsible for the handling. However, the editorial department's local candidates are selected by the court, and it is estimated that it will take several months. Because the prince consort once wrote a letter: The price of paper in Biandu has risen sharply. If the court publishes newspapers at this time, it will not only remain high, but it will also stimulate the price of paper to rise further. He has built paper workshops outside Biandu to make up for the shortcomings."
Zeng Bu said: "Is it possible for the King of Kings to convince Wang Gaizhi to go on the path of reform with us? This is much easier than running a newspaper!"
After hearing this, Wang Anshi shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Wang Gaizhi's intention is unpredictable. No one knows what he thinks. I have tried it several times, but he is not very interested! Despite this, he still gave me some manuscripts. I will benefit me after reading it. If I can really get his assistance, the reform will be accomplished!" Everyone was not only silent after hearing this, but only a hint of unhappiness flashed in Lu Huiqing and Wang Rong's eyes.
Since the Tang Jie incident, the situation has gradually become clear, and the reform measures to change courses are about to be introduced, which is no longer a secret. During the period when Tang Jie was recuperating, no one in the court came forward to vent his feelings. Only the chief censor Lu Hui, who had always had a strong position, proposed to Wang Anshi for ten crimes, and the emperor heard from the emperor. However, although this kind of thing was concocted out of anger, it could not stand the scrutiny at all, so Lu Hui therefore
He lost his official position. In the prime minister, Zeng Gongliang asked to retire several times, but Fu Bi said he could not come out of illness, and they were all watching the changes. In his early years, he was known as the "Iron-faced Censor" and his political affairs officer Zhao Qian. At this time, he also lost his style of the past. Seeing that something changed, he even called the word "吉" more than a dozen times. There was a political joke in the capital: "The Secretariat of the Central Committee has birth, old age, sickness, death, suffering." It was said that Wang Anshi was born, Zeng Gongliang was old, Fu Bi was sick, Tang Jie almost died, Zhao Qian was suffering, which was really very vivid.
In this case, Sima Guang wrote a handwritten letter to Wang Jinghui, hoping that he could stand up and clean up the mess. Sima Guang himself had many collisions with Wang Anshi during this period because of "financial management". Facing his former old friend, Sima Guang was very injured, but he was also very determined: "You have good 'financial management' ability. But can you be better than the prince-consort?!" This sentence immediately made Wang Anshi speechless, while Emperor Zhao Xu was stunned.
In the Song Dynasty, no one dared to say that he did better than Wang Jinghui. Even if Wang Anshi was arrogant, he asked himself that he did not have the ability to sort out the "merit book" of the son-in-law's consort. Perhaps Sima Guang's last sentence has really become a classic, and conservatives seemed to have seen a bright light. Zeng Gongliang, Fu Bi and others wrote letters to Wang Jinghui, hoping that he could influence the emperor, and he also wrote to the emperor many times, hoping that the emperor could let the son-in-law come out to serve the court. At this time, whether it was Wang Jinghui or Zhao Xu, seeing these letters and memorials, it felt a bit like a hot potato.
Emperor Zhao Xu suddenly felt that Wang Jinghui had been "rest" for too long. It was time for him to come out. In the past, he had to be a Hanlin bachelor in the meeting of the hundreds of officials in the Zichen Hall, and he would be obstructed. Now he can be legitimately asked him to come out to offer advice.
Perhaps the monarch and minister had already formed a tacit understanding. Emperor Zhao Xu summoned his son-in-law to the palace to discuss matters on the third day after Sima Guang wrote to Wang Jinghui. When Wang Jinghui met Zhao Xu in Funing Hall, he presented a policy on "On China's South China Sea Trade and Development", and attached a "Song of the Royal Sea Freight of the South China Sea Route". At this meeting, there were only two emperors and prince-in-laws. Of course, a court painter was urgently transferred to listen to him, and there was not even a eunuch next to him, let alone officials from the two factions.
"Do you know why I summoned you into the palace today?" Zhao Xu on the imperial case said tiredly. He was facing such a complicated situation during this period, and it was really difficult for him to write.
"I guess that the emperor summoned me to the palace because of some recent fluctuations in the court!" Wang Jinghui still had a calm expression on his face. Thinking of the rumors that the princess was very loving, this made Zhao Xu a little jealous.
"What good advice do you have to teach me?"
"Sir, I forgive you for being incompetent, and I can't think of any way to resolve the current situation. Although I have told you about the political gains and losses, I have never been good at political struggles. So I don't know what to do in the face of this situation. The only thing I can give the saint is to make the treasury of the Song Dynasty quickly enrich the treasury, so that the emperor will not be worried because of the empty treasury, nor will it be given to the people of the world!"
"Okay! OK! OK!" Emperor Zhao Xu said three times, and his face was much less tired. "You are worthy of being a 'pure minister'! You are so 'no more gifted to the people of the world'! Is there any way to improve the current court's finances?"
Wang Jinghui smiled and said, "I am not worthy of the title of 'pure minister'. I violate the rules of administration and doing business. The crime in this is great enough. The emperor does not blame me. How dare I ask for 'pure minister'?!" After that, he submitted the two memorials and suggestions he had prepared.
Zhao Xu stood up with a smile and walked to Wang Jinghui to take the policy and memorial, and said, "Your dear is my personal answer to the business. Besides, which minister in the court would be so clean? If they can share the worries of the country like you, then I would rather they all go to do business!" Wang Jinghui laughed silently and did not respond. Zhao Xu stood in front of him with the policy and memorial in his hand and flipped through, asking some questions from time to time, and he kept explaining the key points.
Zhao Xu's originally frowning gradually loosened: He had seen the power of the Royal Sea Freight of the Song Dynasty. Although Wang Jinghui finally admitted that it was the thing he did to help grow the seedlings and achieve success, and there would not be so many in the future, at least on the northern route every year, the Song Dynasty could earn at least 1.5 million jin. This is not a secret arms transaction, including smuggling edible oil transactions to the Liao Kingdom!
Chapter completed!