Chapter 1280 Party Struggle (Two updates combined into one)

Chen Guan was going to Zhang Yue to report the matter and saw Cai Que who was full of anger.

After Chen Guan entered, he saw Zhang Yue, who was looking out the window with his hands behind his back.

Chen Guan rarely saw Zhang Yue so hesitant. He also guessed what happened between Zhang Yue and Cai Que, and immediately stood aside silently.

Zhang Yue calmed down and said to Chen Guan: "Be upright, it makes me so sad."

Chen Guandao: "The student knows that the Prime Minister has always been thinking about his friendship with Zuo Cheng as classmates."

Zhang Yue said: "Yingzhong, you also know that I never give people a dead end."

"No matter who it is, it has offended me."

Zhang Yue released those arrested by Cai Que over the years, and he really did not want Cai Que to be able to secure his position in the future after Cai Que replaced him. But if Cai Que could act according to his own wishes, he would never be demoted to death in Lingnan in the future.

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But Zhang Yue would never tell Cai Que openly.

When he was in Zhang Yue's position, he would just watch silently and screen people secretly.

Zhang Yue said to Chen Guan: "In the previous case of Chen Shiru, Chen Zhizhong's son, there was no reason for Chen Shiru to die. It was too much to deal with it upright."

"To this day, people are still shocked."

Except that Zhang killed her mother-in-law, there is no evidence directly showing that Chen Shiru was also involved in the case. Even officials asked Cai Que if he could see the late prime minister Chen Zhizhong showing mercy to Chen Shiru on his face.

However, Cai Que insisted on killing Chen Shiru in order to rectify people's hearts and establish the order of the court.

In the end, Chen Shiru was beheaded.

As soon as this incident came out, everyone was shocked, even though everyone knew that Chen Zhizhong had offended Cai Que's father, Cai Huangshang. After this incident, everyone was afraid of Cai Que, for fear of offending the other party.

At that time, Zhang Yue resigned as prime minister in Dingli Temple, and Cai Que also took advantage of Zhang Yue's absence to force the matter through. Of course, Zhang Yue's reform was so smooth, and Cai Que also had a share of the credit.

However, at this time and that time, since Zhang Yue proposed "Ming Ming De" for the world, his intention was also to ease the relationship between the new party and the old party.

However, he disagreed with Cai Que, who advocated shouting and killing the old party.

Zhang Yue said to Chen Guan: "From now on, I will rule the world with 'righteousness', not with 'people'!"

After listening to what Zhang Yue said, Chen Guan asked: "Teacher, what you want is to rule the world by agreeing with the idea of ​​restructuring."

Zhang Yue nodded slowly and said, "That's right. From now on, all those who agree with me will be my friends, instead of identifying with me, Zhang Yue."

Chen Guan was surprised. The imperial court did not appoint people based on nepotism, but based on political opinions.

Zhang Yueyan said: "I wonder who can take over after I retire?"

Chen Guan heard Zhang Yue's emotion.

While they were talking, Huang Lu, the Minister of Hubu, and Han Zhongyan, the Minister of War, arrived.

Before Yuanfeng's restructuring, the status of the three divisions was not as good as before.

For example, under the new law, Cangping, exemption from conscription, farmland and water conservancy were all transferred to Sinong Temple, and the weapons supervision, capital water supervision, and craftsmanship supervision were all separated from the three departments.

However, after the restructuring, the power of the three divisions, Sinong Temple, the original household department, and the three Yamen were all vested in the household department.

From then on, Shangshu of the Ministry of Hubu, Minister of the Ministry of Hubu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, etc. were no longer virtual titles for receiving salary from the officialdom, but actual titles of second-rank officials.

For Zhang Yue, why does Zhongshu hold so much weight?

Because the power of elimination from Zhongshutang is still there, appointments below third-grade officials are a matter of Zhang Yue's words.

After Huang Lu and Han Zhongyan spoke a few words, Zhang Yue said: "Just now I had a disagreement with Zhizheng, and he walked away! The two of us have already fallen out."

Huang Lu and Han Zhongyan immediately understood what was going on.

Huang Lu sighed, he and Cai Que had always had a good relationship, and they were collectively called Zhang Party at the beginning. Later, when Zhang Yue complained of illness, he also persuaded Cai Que to reconcile with Zhang Yue.

Han Zhongyan said: "Zhengzheng's heart is not right. I have seen it a long time ago. If it is like this, the soldiers will stop him and the water will cover him."

Zhang Yue said: "I heard that Chi Zheng has been recruiting more troops from Imperial College recently!"

"I'm afraid that if I quit, everyone who came from Imperial College will follow me!"

Chen Guan was shocked in his heart when he listened. No wonder Zhang Yue suddenly took action to suppress Cai Que, which was also well-targeted.

Most of the earliest officials who supported Zhang Yue were from Imperial College students. Later, the factions became complicated, such as Shen Kuo of the Northwest faction and a large group of people, as well as the brothers of the Cai family and the Su family, and Zhang Yue's clan students.

They all believe in Zhang Yue and agree with Zhang Yue's personality charm, but they do not fully agree with his political views. For example, the Cai brothers and the Su brothers have some differences.

Officials who came from Imperial College students are relatively ambitious and extremely dissatisfied with the current officialdom. These people even have plans to start a new business from the current officialdom.

Fan Zhongyan initiated the reform, and Taixue was an important supporting force for the reform, such as Hu Yuan, Shi Jie, etc.

However, during Wang Anshi's political reform, Taixue students did not support Wang Anshi, which led to the Six Direct Lectures incident. In order to control Taixue, Wang Anshi replaced all Taixue Direct Lectures with his own confidants and implemented the three-shelter method, because the upper-level students could do it directly without trying.

Officials may be exempted from the exam.

As a result, the imperial students competed everywhere, and this scholarly style did not change much until Huizong of the Song Dynasty.

In the late Northern Song Dynasty, prices were so high that people jokingly said, "Everything in the world is expensive, but scholars are cheap."

After Zhang Yue took office, he borrowed the help of Cai Que to eliminate all the Zhijiao faction appointed by Wang Anshi in the Imperial College Yufan case and replaced Zhijiao anew.

Er Cheng and Zhang Zai's disciples all entered the officialdom at this time, and the academic style of Taixue finally changed.

After Zhang Yue reformed Imperial College, half of the admission quota must be from poor families (three generations or more without official status).

At the same time, through Cai Jing’s initiative, the county school recommended two people to the state school every year, and the state school recommended two people to the Taixue school every year. A vertical management system was formed from the central to the local level.

Through independent enrollment of Taixue students and students from prefectures and counties, they are then trained and influenced by Taixue, and finally graduate from Taixue.

Nowadays, one-third of the officials are those who came from imperial examination students. Not to mention there are generals who came from martial arts, medicine, medical officers, etc.

Now Cai Que, through his own influence and Xiang Qi's influence in Taixue, was recruiting troops in Taixue. This move touched Zhang Yue's opposition.

Huang Ludao: "Zhi Zheng, in the name of association, he has recently set up various clubs among Tai students to recruit Tai students, and finally win over them with official positions. I have warned him about this matter, but it is a pity that he did not listen, otherwise he would not leave.

Come this far.”

Folk associations were very popular in the Song Dynasty.

When Zhang Yue was sentenced to the Imperial Academy, he organized a Cuju club in Taixue to prevent future generations from ridiculing the fact that Chinese football has never stood up since Gao Qiu.

Nowadays, there are competitions between Taixue Cuju Club and Qiyun Club, a folk Cuju club.

However, Cai Que used these societies as a peripheral to secretly recruit close associates.

Han Zhongyan's eyes flashed.

Zhang Yue's words were somewhat solemn and authentic: "It is impossible to do this with integrity. If he doesn't do it, it may not be done by others. If others don't do it, it may not be done by others in the future."

"Instead of hesitating, let's do it ourselves."

Zhang Yue looked at Han Zhongyan and said, "Have you been gathering in Liang Garden more recently to discuss court affairs?"

In fact, there were many officials in the Zhang Yue family who were from Imperial College. In addition to Huang Lu and Han Zhongyan, there were also Ye Zuqia who served as the direct lecturer of Imperial College, etc.

After Taixue students became officials, Han Zhongyan and Huang Lu selected elites from them to join the "Taixue School". The Taixue School has become an important political force of the Zhang Party.

Han Zhongyan even tried to cover it up by saying, "It's just a casual chat."

Zhang Yue said: "No, I agree. You can select more than ten or twenty people from the officials who came from Imperial College."

They often gathered outside the city. Han Zhongyan bought the private residence "Liangyuan", and Liangyuan was also the nickname of Bianjing.

Zhang Yue saw them discussing national affairs here and was moved.

Zhang Yue also drew on the settings of outer disciples, inner disciples, true disciples, elders, and masters in Xianxia novels.

Zhang Yue thought to himself that it would be fine if he became the [Tai Shang Sect Master] like this.

Huang Ludao: "This matter must be handled in a measured manner. Your Majesty does not like cliques among the officials below."

Han Zhongyan said dissatisfiedly: "Anzhong, you are too cautious. Ouyang Wenzhong once said that there are gentlemen and villains in the court. Who does not form a clique and who does not cling to you? Your Majesty knows this in his heart."

"Nowadays, people say that we, two Han and one Lu, became a noble family in the Tang Dynasty. I think Du Zhi is right. It is better to unite them with 'righteousness' and become a party of gentlemen."

"The officials we discuss with in Liangyuan on weekdays originally support the Prime Minister's restructuring this time, unlike others. I think this restructuring is the justice of the world!"

Chen Guan thought to himself that the Prime Minister had just said that he wanted to govern the country with righteousness rather than with people. It seemed that he was on target.

As for the others Han Zhongyan was talking about, they were probably the Su brothers and the Cai brothers.

Zhang Yue thought to himself that he would also need this force to maintain him after he left the field. Compared with Cai Bian becoming the sixth son of the emperor, this was a move. At the same time, he also needed an organizational force.

Zhang Yue said to Han Zhongyan: "You should handle this matter more secretly. Anyone entering or leaving Liangyuan must be screened first."

Han Zhongyan said: "Prime Minister, don't worry. There are many ambitious scholars among the Imperial Academy. They will be able to revolutionize politics when they become officials in the future."

"From now on, officials all over the world will be proud to be from Imperial College."

Zhang Yue nodded slowly, and things got started.

This class was the most powerful in the Song Dynasty and could challenge vested interests.

Zhang Yue said: "Since we have established the Liangyuan Club, we must continue to do it. If you can't do anything for ten years, don't do it. You should do it in a down-to-earth manner!"

"There is another premise. We must repeatedly and seriously rectify the academic ethics in Taixue."
To be continued...