reward)

Also on this morning, Wang Gui rode on his horse and set foot on the road to the imperial city with Yuan Sui's response and clearing the way.

When a prime minister travels, he naturally displays great authority, and hundreds of officials avoid their positions.

Wang Gui, on the other hand, was riding a horse, trying hard to maintain his posture and look.

He must not let others see that he is old.

Because, once he is discovered, he is already old and unable to even ride a horse.

Then, there is only one fate waiting for him - the emperor gives him a shoulder carriage!

This is the way for Emperor Song to meet his old ministers.

However, for a prime minister, once he is given a shoulder, it usually means that the prime minister must go!

Why?

Have you ever seen the scholar-official being carried to court?

Scholars have always criticized this kind of treatment of humans and animals.

What is a scholar-bureaucrat?

Wen can bring peace to the country, but force can rule the country!

At least on the surface, scholar-bureaucrats must display these characteristics.

Therefore, in the Song Dynasty, when the emperor gave an old minister a shoulder to shoulder, it was almost equivalent to a polite declaration: It’s time for you to retire!

How could Wang Gui be willing to retire from office?

Even though he has been in power for fifteen years, and even though his family and friends have tactfully advised him, can he consider applying for a county job or becoming an official?

But Wang Gui firmly refused.

In Wang Gui's own words: The railing on the well is not a place for drama - this is not a theater in Wazili, don't make such a joke!

After riding horses all the way from the Imperial Street to the Xuande Gate, Wang Gui's Yuansui bowed to Wang Gui and then dispersed to find a place to drink tea and wine.

Wang Gui rode on his horse and continued forward, entering the Youye Gate from under the towering tower of Xuande Gate.

According to the system, all civil and military officials must dismount in front of Xuande Gate.

However, the prime minister, privy envoys, princes and envoys of Xuanhui are allowed to ride horses in the imperial city. If they enter the palace from Zuoye Gate, they are allowed to dismount as far as Zuoyintai Gate.

If you enter the palace through the Youye Gate, you are allowed to dismount at the Youyintai Gate as far as possible.

That's why, at the end of the sixth year of Xining, the incident of Wang Anshi's dismissal from the Xuande clan caused such an uproar.

At that time, although Wang Anshi was only the Prime Minister, he was also the Prime Minister.

According to the Renmiao system, you can ride a horse in the imperial city and go directly to Zhongshu.

However, the gatekeepers at Xuandemen forcefully pulled him off his horse, severely humiliating this stubborn man. Afterwards, he kept saying that Ren Temple did not have such a system.

The latter was forced to resign that year and recommended Han Jiang to take over.

Wang Gui passed through the Youye Gate, recalling this past event, and felt uneasy in his heart.

At that time, Wang Anshi was respected and trusted as a teacher by today's officials.

In the end, he became disheartened and left.

Nowadays, the official family is suffering from illness, and the Queen Mother's tendency in the palace is unknown.

He was blinded by his natural talent but was so quick that he got into big trouble.

Once someone exposes you, not only will your reputation be ruined, but your entire family may also be convicted!

He oversteps the rank of a minister and is good at discussing the foundation of the country.

Unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unjust.

The scholar-bureaucrats all over the world will immediately expel him from the ranks of scholars.

Now, Wang Gui can only hope that Li Xian can absorb enough firepower for him.

So that no one in the government and the public would pay attention to his little moves, so that he could get away with it.

With such thoughts in mind, Wang Gui rode his horse to the front of the capital hall without realizing it.

The so-called capital hall refers to the former office of the new province of Shangshu, also known as the capital province.

It was the new central meeting place after Yuanfeng's restructuring.

Wang Gui dismounted his horse in front of the capital hall. Immediately, officials came forward to take the horse away for him and take him to the stable to take care of and feed him.

Wang Gui tidied his clothes and mood.

He raised his head slightly and glanced at the plaque in front of the capital hall.

When today's emperor wrote the inscription "Wenchang Mansion", he came into view.

At the same time, I also saw the white exterior walls of the Great Song Dynasty Hall painted with Hu powder, fragrant powder and spices.

This is the origin of Shangshu Province and Fen Province.

Walking straight in from the main entrance of the official office, you can see a wall photo of strange trees and rocks carved on the wall. The painting style of the wall photo is light and ink. Although the paintings are of strange trees and strange rocks, they are partial but can make you feel the breath of the mountains and rivers.

The rhyme of poetry and the fragrance of ink are hidden in the edge of the pen.

Every time Wang Gui sees the photo on the wall in front of the capital hall, he feels relaxed and happy. He can't help but stop here and enjoy it for a while.

It is indeed a work by the national master Guo Xi that even the Liao people requested!

However, today Wang Gui was not in the mood to appreciate paintings at all, and he walked directly into the imperial palace.

This is also where he works daily, and is where the three provinces and two governments gather for meetings.

When Wang Gui walked in, in the imperial hall, the ministers of the three provinces and two prefectures were already sitting on their own, discussing something in whispers.

"Zuo Kui has come to the hall!" accompanied by the serious shout of an old official in the palace.

Everyone stopped what they were doing, stood up one after another, bowed their hands to Wang Gui who walked in, and addressed him respectfully: "Zuo Kui!"

Only an inappropriate name sounded in Wang Gui's ears: "Zuo Kui, you are a little late today!"

Wang Gui raised his head and saw Cai Que, the right minister who was sitting on the right side of the imperial hall. He stood up slightly and bowed to him. He was also the person he hated and hated the most in the court - no one.

one!

Even for Wang Gui, the reason why he was stupid and stupid enough to ask Gao Zunyu a few days ago was because of this right minister!

reason?

It was not just the restructuring in the fifth year of Yuanfeng. Cai Que asked him what he said: "In the new system of the official family, the public should be treated as ministers." Wang Gui happily went to the official family and proposed that the minister Zuopu shoot and lead the ministers and provincial affairs.

, and let Shangshu's right servant shoot, and also take charge of Zhongshu's affairs.

According to the new official system discussed before by the monarch and his ministers.

The three provinces each perform their own duties. Among them, the Zhongshu Province is in charge of drafting general affairs, issuing orders, and doing things that cannot be done at home and abroad. The Menxia Province is in charge of the affairs of the world. All Zhongshu and the Privy Council are ordered, and the Shangshu Province is in charge of legal matters.

, all reported for review and refutation. As for the Shangshu Province, they were responsible for carrying out the emperor's orders, accepting domestic and foreign affairs, and liaising with the Zhongshu and the Privy Council.

In other words, under Yuanfeng's new system, among the three provinces, Zhongshu Province had the greatest power, because he controlled "impossible matters" and had the power and responsibility to go to the emperor to obtain and request edicts, while the Menxia Province was reduced to a mere

Although the review, refute, and check-and-balance agencies also have the authority and responsibility to obtain orders and request orders, they are aimed at "official matters." Since there are legal matters, why do we need to ask for orders? Get orders?

As for Shangshu Province?

It is responsible for the specific implementation and implementation.

Originally, Wang Gui's idea was very beautiful.

As a minister, the natural power is concentrated on himself.

The ministers Zuopushe and Youpushe are all his tools.

His idea cannot be said to be wrong, because in the past, the Song Dynasty had a three-phase system: prime minister (Xiang Zhaowen), secondary prime minister (Xiang Jixian), and last prime minister (supervision of the history of the country).

Nowadays, the minister's order plus the minister's left and right servant shots are exactly three phases.

Unexpectedly, Cai Que turned around to meet the official and stabbed him with a fatal sword.

"The power of the minister's order cannot be delegated to the ministers!"

alright!

The cooked duck flew away!

Not only did he fly away, Wang Gui also jumped into the pit.

Why has he, the left prime minister, and the minister Zuopushe, been called the "three edicts and ministers" over the years?

Isn't it Cai Que and Cai Chizheng who are the initiators of the catastrophe?

That’s all!

For Wang Gui, the most unacceptable thing was an incident that happened last year.

Last year, the official family recruited the prince of Yan'an County to serve as Yan, and the officials congratulated him.
To be continued...