Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Smart Zhang Ji

A big storm in the court of the Song Dynasty began to brew unknowingly. If it weren't for a smart person like Zhang Ji, if he hadn't happened to bump into Ludoxun's guard of honor when he came back from Qianjin Yixiaolou, this incident would not have happened.There are many inevitability, for example, if Zhang Ji wants to take the position, he must kick off the stumbling block of Lu Duoxun, and Lu Duoxun will inevitably try to suppress the person who threatens his status the most.But there were many coincidences in the whole thing, and this was a completely uncontrollable accident.

Xue Ruozhen revealed to Zhang Ji that Qi Wang Zhao Guangmei made friends with the deposed Prime Minister Zhao Pu, and she knew that it was indeed premeditated, and the main messenger behind her was Cui Dalang.Qianzong couldn't bear loneliness and wanted to challenge Cui Dalang's authority, which he couldn't bear.But he didn't want to cause Qianzong and Xianzong to fight because of this matter, so he could only choose one way: to get rid of Zhao Guangmei and kill Zhao Guangmei. But Zhao Guangmei is a prince after all. If he is assassinated, no one can predict what will happen. Even if Zhao Guangyi wishes his brother would die early, he will definitely use the power of the whole country to find out the truth. Fight the murderer.The nature of the assassination of the prince in the grazing land and the killing of the two armies by the enemy in front of the battle is completely different.Only with the help of one person can this matter be done seamlessly.This person, besides the Great Song Emperor who is the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, can there be another person?

Therefore, Cui Dalang needs to plant a nail in the heart of an important court official first. When necessary, he is the most powerful witness and the medicine that prompts Zhao Guangyi to make up his mind.He happened to find that the Qianjin Yixiao Building was a place where it was easy to collect information and get in touch with important officials of the court, so he wooed Xue Ruoying, and the deputy prime minister of the dynasty, Zhang Wei, was Xue Ruoying's benefactor, so Zhang Wei naturally became his choose. However, Zhang Ji also has his own desires and pursuits. He suddenly discovered that if the news he got by accident works well, it can completely achieve his ulterior purpose, so he began to take the initiative to use this matter.The goals of the two parties are different, but the results they want are similar, so with their tacit cooperation without knowing each other, the whole thing has accelerated towards the direction they expected.

Zhang Ji found out that Zhao Guangmei and Zhao Pu did have correspondence. The two had a good relationship, and they were both descended from Tianya, so they kept in touch with each other.After Zhao Guangmei was half-pushed and half-assed by the Qianzong forces of Jisitang, although she dared not tell Zhao Pu her intentions immediately, she paid more attention to win over this emeritus prime minister who still retained a considerable potential power in the court. A prince in distress and a prime minister who has lost power have very close contacts with each other. If the emperor knows, what will he think?

What Zhang Ji has to do now is to find a way to bring Lu Duoxun in, and then he can tell the emperor about it.He doesn't need to worry about the rest of the matter at all. Any emperor, whether wise or stupid, knows what to do at this time.The emperor can tolerate anything, except for actions that threaten the imperial power. Launching a counterattack is the instinctive reaction of any emperor who can still grasp the overall situation. So, Zhang Ji started to act. When Zhao Pu was in power, Lu Duoxun played almost the same role as he does now, even worse than he is now. At that time, Lu Duoxun was only focused on climbing up, but he was not yet in a position to threaten Zhao Pu.At that time, Zhao Pu's archenemy was the current emperor.Therefore, when Prime Minister Zhao Pu was kicked out of the power center by Kaifeng Governor Zhao Guangyi, Lu Duoxun and Zhao Pu had not had any conflicts, so the relationship between the two was relatively peaceful. Now, Ludoxun, who is now the prime minister, has to send a gift and write a letter to the emeritus prime minister according to the etiquette, and maintain a courtesy relationship.

This is enough, Zhang Ji is not a stupid person, since there is a connection between the two, he has ten thousand ways to make the connection between the two people closer, once something happens, he will never be able to get rid of the connection. Zhang Jie had just taken power not long ago, and he could only use four or two tricks to bring down Lu Duoxun.First of all, he used his limited connections to create some troubles for some courtiers and local officials. Zhao Pu’s centipede was dead but not stiff. people. Every official more or less always has some things that should not be known to the public. It is not necessarily corrupt and perverting the law. Disputes, or family members running rampant in the village are not very serious matters, but if they are found out and recorded in the files by the imperial envoy, their test scores will not be high, and it will affect their future career development.

The Yushitai Supervisory Council has never been allowed to have anything to do with the prime ministers, but every prime minister has tried their best to control the Yushitai. When Zhao Pu was there, the entire Yushitai was almost under his control. Only a few censors were controlled by Zhao Guangyi. After collecting them all, Zhao Pu was finally used to get carried away with his complacency, occupying the imperial land, building a mansion and other things to attack his vital points, and drove him out of Bianliang. Now Zhang Ji is using the same method as Zhao Guangyi. Most of the inspectors in Yushitai are now under the control of Lu Duoxun, but if you want to support some people, you will always crowd out the interests of others, and these people voted for Zhang Ji.Although it is only a small part, it is enough.Zhang Ji just gave a hint, and his people began to inspect the place, conduct evaluation and inspection, and then found some bad deeds of the remaining officials of Zhao Pu's lineage, which were recorded in the files.

The censor has the right to supervise, but the final test of merit belongs to the prime minister, and this power of test of merit is also the power of personnel affairs, so whether these issues that can affect his future but can be ignored should be taken into consideration, Ludo Xun has the final say, this is the prime minister's power.These officials are originally from Zhao Pu's lineage. If you go directly to Lu Duoxun, they may not be willing to see you, but it's okay if Lu Duoxun meets you. To offend Zhao Pu, the only way they could do it was to write to Zhao Pu immediately after the imperial censor left.

Because Zhao Pu and Lu Duoxun have never had the opportunity to confront each other head-on, the relationship is still good. Zhao Pu's remnant power is no longer enough to influence the government. At that time, Zhao Pu was all-powerful, and even the dignified King Jin was ignored, but now he is short of breath, and because of such a few remaining contacts, he had to write to Lu Duoxun for help. This remnant of Zhao Pu's power is harmless and does not pose a threat to Lu Duoxun at all. He naturally has to give the old prime minister a little face.Lu Duoxun helped, and Zhao Pu should always show something, so he wrote a letter and sent a confidant to send some inexpensive but tasteful gifts, or the poems and paintings he wrote himself. It's over.

Courtesy is reciprocal, and Lu Duoxun can't just accept gifts and not return gifts to the old prime minister wantonly, so Zhang Ji just made a start, and everything that followed logically began to develop according to his preview. When the number of contacts between Lu Duoxun and Zhao Pu had exceeded the normal frequency of contacts between an incumbent prime minister and an emeritus prime minister, which was enough to put a question mark in the emperor's heart, Zhang Ji took Zhao Guangmei, who he first inquired about, to communicate with Zhao Pu privately. The close news is reported to Zhao Guangyi.

Zhang Ji's plan was very simple. It involved a prince and a prime minister. Even the emperor couldn't ignore it.Thus, his goal was achieved, and it would not affect his reputation in court.Zhao Guangmei is the prince, and Zhao Pu is the prime minister who is no longer in the court. The two have no conflict of interest with him at all. He is only fulfilling the responsibility of a courtier by doing this. As for the involvement of Lu Duoxun, it is beyond his control. Who made Ludoxun careless? It's like when Zhao Kuangyin talked about his dissatisfaction with Zhao Pu, even if Lu Duoxun only faced Zhao Kuangyin alone, he didn't criticize a prime minister directly, but talked about how important this prime minister was and how deep-rooted he was in the court. , It seems to be persuading the emperor to deal with it carefully, not to shake the foundation of the country, but let the emperor himself taste the danger.Because, bluntly impeaching a colleague, although the emperor will deal with him, he will never have a good impression of you in the future, at least it will make him wary of you. It is impossible to go straight, this is the way of an official. The emperor's protection and vigilance of the imperial power is the most concerned and sensitive thing. Although he can't find out any serious crimes in this matter he reported, but after finding out that Lu Duoxun is also involved in it, the emperor will not turn a deaf ear to it. Lu Duoxun will definitely Leaving the center, Zhao Pu will definitely be under stricter supervision, and Zhao Guangmei, probably only has the title of prince left, so all the errands will be deprived. At that time, no one can stand in front of him. He will become the Prime Minister of the Great Song Dynasty who is under one person and above ten thousand people! The problem is that this is just Zhang Ji's idea. What he didn't expect is that there are really people who are supporting Zhao Guangmei, and there are really people who want Zhao Guangmei to die, and those who want Zhao Guangmei to die are unwilling to expose the people who support Zhao Guangmei, so they try their best The method is to create a situation where the frustrated prince colludes with the frustrated prime minister and tries to establish their potential power. When Zhang Jie reported the news that Zhao Guangmei and Zhao Pu had colluded, he didn't realize that he had stabbed a hornet's nest. Guanzhong, Longyou, Hexi, and finally the Northern Dynasty, the entire pattern of the world has quietly changed since then...