bookrandom Chapter 1150 Heaven's Way is Like a Bow
Chapter 1150 Heaven's Way is Like a Bow
Chapter 1150 Heaven's Way is Like a Bow
When the officials heard this, they thought to themselves.
He was promoted to the post of Supervisor of National History and Envoy for Translating Scriptures and Editing Texts. This title was also conferred upon the prime minister. This was the system of the Tang Dynasty, and was generally a concurrent title of the prime minister, just like the Minister of the Court.
However, it is generally a concurrent title for the Minister of History.
Zhang Yue had his title of Minister of Rites restored, which he had lost last time due to the defeat at Mingsha.
But it seems that Wang Gui is more cost-effective.
But everyone also saw that Wang Gui was old and also held the position of Minister of Three Imperial Edicts, so he shirked his responsibilities. Now the one who really had a say in everything in the Secretariat was Zhang Yue.
It is only natural that officials use the power of high-ranking officials to balance the power of low-ranking officials.
The officials were all thinking this, but they saw Song Yongchen had already finished reading the imperial edict. Before they stood up, they saw Song Yongchen take out another imperial edict.
Ministers, why is there another imperial edict?
Song Yongchen smiled and said, "Prime Minister Zhang, His Majesty still has grace."
"Is there still mercy?" All the ministers were surprised.
Song Yongchen took out the imperial edict, cleared his throat and continued reading.
All the officials listened carefully and thought to themselves, what a good fellow! What a good fellow!
The imperial edict promoted Zhang Yue’s eldest son Zhang Gen to the position of Right Censor, and directly transferred him to the sequence of special promotions.
The second son, Zhang Cheng, was granted the status of a Jinshi.
The officials realized that grace was here.
Although there was a custom of the prime minister being succeeded by a father-in-law and a son-in-law, it was more difficult for the prime minister to be succeeded by a father-in-law and a son-in-law. The only two families that can be counted as such were the Han and Lu families.
If the father is a prime minister and the son is a Jinshi, then even if the son is not a prime minister, his career is quite promising. This is just like a noble family. This is also the reason why the two Han and Lu can be called noble families.
Zhang Yue was different. Although he came from the Zhang family of Pucheng, he was a poor family among the Zhang family. No one for more than three generations had been an official, so he was quite far from being a noble family.
When Zhang Yue heard the imperial edict, he was actually a little amused.
Zhang Gen had been training his troops in Huanqing Road for several months and thought he had made some achievements. However, Liang Yongneng invaded the border this time, and after the two armies engaged in battle, Zhang Gen's troops were defeated.
Han Zhen did not report the matter to the emperor, but covered it up for Zhang Gen and treated it as a lie without any victory or defeat.
Today Zhang Gen was also rewarded.
After receiving the imperial edict, Zhang Yue slowly stood up.
"Congratulations, congratulations to the History Museum!" Song Yongchen raised his hand first.
Zhang Yueyou smiled with relief.
Then Wang Gui, who looked a little old, slowly walked over to Zhang Yue and said, "Congratulations to the History Museum."
Wang Gui sighed a little. His family's career as an official ended with him. His descendants were not capable of becoming officials. On the other hand, Zhang Yue had a bright future for the Zhang family.
Zhang Yue bowed to Wang Gui and said, "Thank you Zhaowen for your guidance over the years."
All the officials watched Wang Gui congratulating Zhang Yue. On one side was the white-haired prime minister who was so old that he had difficulty walking and was known as the Three-Edict Prime Minister. On the other side was the black-haired prime minister who was young and strong, full of energy, and led the court to win the decisive Battle of Lanzhou.
The two men, each wearing a purple robe, bowed to each other, as if it were a famous painting.
Common people all know that you should bully the elderly and not the young, and bullying the young will be punished.
What about the officials in the temple?
With Prime Minister Zhaowen in his sixties and Prime Minister Shiguan less than forty years old, where will the wind direction in the court go in the future?
Everyone knows it well.
From now on, the general trend will tilt towards one side.
Then Cai Que congratulated him, his face as respectful as before. He looked at Zhang Yue and recalled the first time they met at the Imperial College.
Cai Que immediately thought of himself. Because of his father's family background, Cai Que once lived in a temple to study.
The monk complained that he had given too little money and had stayed too long, and his words were quite harsh. Cai Que saw a clump of bamboo outside the monk's room and immediately wrote: "Two or three bamboos stand in front of the window, the wind blows the whole courtyard cold. Don't get tired of seeing them always in front of you, it would be difficult to see them if they turned into dragons."
After Cai Que finished writing the poem, he threw down his pen and moved out of the temple overnight. After becoming prime minister, he invited the monk to Beijing.
The monk fell to the ground in fear. Cai Que laughed and gave him several dozen coins, saying, "If it weren't for your snobbishness, I wouldn't be where I am today."
Cai Que and Zhang Yue became good friends in those days because they both had the indomitable spirit of working hard to hone themselves in poverty and to rise above the odds, so they appreciated each other.
Now that he saw Zhang Yue being appointed prime minister, Cai Que was not jealous but happy and immediately presented the poem he had written to Zhang Yue.
After hearing this poem, Zhang Yue laughed heartily and held Cai Que's hand with tears in his eyes.
The officials came forward to congratulate him one by one, and Zhang Yue accepted them one by one. More and more officials gathered outside the government hall, many of them holding their official hats and belts and walking quickly, and countless others were rushing here in a hurry.
After they entered, they congratulated Wang Gui and Zhang Yue in turn.
This scene made Cai Jing, Cai Bian and others watching on the side very envious.
Cai Jing said: "If I had such a day, I wonder if I could be as humble and indifferent as Wang Gong and Zhang Gong?"
Cai Bian said: "Brother, don't say anything. Let's just do good things and don't worry about the future."
Cai Jing knew that this was Feng Dao's famous saying, so he said to Cai Bian: "After Feng Dao, no prime minister has ever worshipped Zhongshu Ling. If I were the prime minister, I would definitely worship Zhongshu Ling."
Cai Bian said: "Brother, if the new law is abolished one day, do you think you, me and Mr. Zhang can escape unscathed?"
Cai Jing was surprised and asked, "Why do you say that?"
Cai Bian said: "Mr. Zhang suddenly told me one day that your majesty and my father-in-law put the most effort into the new law. He also benefited from it to recover Qingtang and defeated the Dangxiang in recent years."
"But what will happen if the people don't suffer from the new law and people's minds change?"
Cai Jing said: "The Prime Minister has a far-sighted mind!"
Cai Bian said: "Yes, I heard your majesty's words, it seems that he is also interested in reconciling the old and new parties. After the failure of the last attack on Xia, he also said that if Sima Guang was still alive, he would not have suffered such a defeat."
Cai Jing heard this and said with disdain: "What does Sima Junshi, an old man who has been hiding underground and writing books for nearly 20 years, know? It's just his merits as a follower of the emperor. His political achievements so far are not as good as one of my fingers."
Cai Jing loved happy events. Every time he took office, he would have political achievements that would be spread around.
Cai Bian reminded him: "Prime Minister Zhang was recognized by Your Majesty, and it is also a merit of following the emperor."
Cai Jing realized that he had said something wrong and smiled, "You're right. If Sima Guang returns to the court, it will ruin the country."
Cai Bian said: "But the way of heaven is like a drawn bow, which suppresses those who are high and lifts those who are low."
"After so many years of reform, the new law seems to be held high by your majesty and Old Taishan. Once they let go... In the final analysis, no matter whether the new law is good or not, there is indeed dissatisfaction among the scholars and common people. This is the will of the people and cannot be denied."
Cai Jing sneered and said, "I can guarantee that if the new law is really abolished, these people will realize the benefits of the new law."
Cai Bian said: "That's right. But if the matter is not happening right before our eyes and we feel the pain, who can have such foresight?"
Cai Jing asked: "What's the next step?"
Cai Bian said: "God knows!"
Cai Jing asked, "Doesn't the Prime Minister know either?"
Cai Bian and Cai Jing all looked at Zhang Yue who was accepting the congratulations. At this moment, Wang Gui and Cai Que were sitting aside, looking at Zhang Yue silently.
Cai Jing said to Cai Bian, "Did you find out? Zhang Zihou didn't come today."
Cai Bian had already noticed that Zhang Dun did not come when Wang Gui was appointed as the Minister of Zhaowen and Zhang Yue was appointed as the Minister of History. Cai Bian said, "Zhang Zihou is so arrogant."
Cai Jing asked, "Isn't he always like this?"
Last time, Zhang Dun rescued Su Shi and was angry with Wang Gui, which made Wang Gui see him as a thorn in his side. At the same time, Zhang Yue also disliked him for advocating active military action against the Tanguts. There were many conflicts between the two.