Chapter 178 New Party Characters
The Minister of the Central Committee is in the province and the Political Affairs Hall.
The Prime Minister, who was so strict that he felt depressed, was specially promoted to the founding of the three corpses, the left purse, the Shangzhuguo, and the Guanwen Palace Grand Secretary Zhang Dun, as usual, had neat robes and jackets, and sat upright behind the desk with a robe and a squid head.
He was talking to three high-ranking officials in purple and purple robe. At first glance, the three of them knew that they had lived with people for a long time. They were all old and had a beard that showed the majesty of men. They sat face to face with Zhang Dun, with a slightly thin figure and a gloomy old man was Zeng Bu, the Privy Councilor.
Zeng Bu is now the second-ranked figure of the New Party, second only to Zhang Dun, and is fully qualified to join the Zhengshi Hall with Zhang Dun as the Right Pushe. According to the ancestral system of the Song Dynasty, he should also be allowed to join the Zhengshi Hall as the Right Prime Minister. However, Zhang Dun insisted on being the only prime minister and used the trust of the official family to say that the power and responsibility must be held by one person, so that the new law can be successful.
The official family was also confused and believed that the words of this treacherous minister really made him stand alone for many years. What makes people even more angry is that although Zhang Dun was a treacherous minister, his methods of doing things were first-class. In the past few years of his uniqueness, the power of the Song Dynasty was booming, especially in Hengshan defeating the Western thieves, which seemed to have established a victory over the Western Xia.
In addition, Zhang Dun's luck is unbelievable. I thought the pressure of the Liao people would make Zhang Dun anxious, but I didn't expect that the news came that the Liao Kingdom was now in a state of anxiety. The domestic rebellion was blocked by the Bu people and fought on the grassland for almost seven years, but there was no sign of pacification.
At the same time, the Naoji, who had been oppressed by the Khitans for so many years, was said to have taken advantage of the opportunity of the Khitans being defeated on the grassland. Wanyan Yangge, the governor of the Naoji, was ambitious and wanted to unify the various tribes of Naoji.
Goryeo, who has always been a vassal of the Liao people, is now ready to swallow up several nearby tribes of birthing daughters...
If all these news is true, maybe the land of Yanyun will be restored in the hands of Zhang Zihou. This is the first-rate contribution of Tianzi since the founding of the Song Dynasty!
When Zeng Bu thought of the great achievements of restoring Yan that Zhang Dun could have obtained, his mood became extremely complicated. After all, he was the Privy Councilor. If Yan Yun recovered, could he have lost his merit?
But Zhang Dun's unique prime minister may have to die of old age because of this?
Zeng Bu, who was in a complicated mood, said nothing, and even his eyelids drooped, like a stone statue, still standing still.
Sitting on his left head was Cai Jing, the Privy Council, who was ordered by the Privy Council. If Zeng Bu stared at the throne of the right privy Council (right prime minister) hanging in the air and was unable to get it, he would hate Zhang Dun. Then, with a dough face, Cai Jing, who looked like a good man, hated Zeng Bu deeply because he did not get the position of the Tongzhi Privy Council or the Deputy Privy Council as he wished.
Regarding his qualifications and ability to do things in the new party, Cai Jing should have been the deputy envoy of Privy Council. Cai Bian, who passed the Jinshi in the same year, is now the Left Prime Minister (Deputy Prime Minister), but he is still a Privy Council official. The reason why his official career is so "bad" is because Zeng Bu prevented Cai Jing from being promoted while taking the title of Cai Bian as the Privy Council, and only let him do the title of "maintaining the title".
In other words, now Zhang Dun became Zeng Bu’s road, and Zeng Bu became Cai Jing’s road. After defeating the old party, the new party, which was originally united, has long been split into several parts, but has not yet been openly engaged in a fierce battle.
"Mr.," Cai Jing touched his beard and smiled and spoke, "The military strategy says: "The army is invading the plan. It is not the time to use troops against the Northern Dynasties, but it seems that the time to attack the plan is here."
However, the attack on the Northern Dynasties must be carefully arranged and implemented carefully, and it is best to be personally responsible for a senior official of the court."
Zhang Dun touched his beard and nodded slightly.
Cai Jing suddenly hit the key to the problem. Someone must be responsible for the Northern Dynasties' attacks, and important officials must be responsible. It is best if the important officials at the level of Deputy Envoy of the Privy Councilor were in charge of the attacks against the Liao Kingdom!
Only in this way can it be possible to fully grasp the situation within five years and establish contact with various "anti-Khitan forces" within Liao.
At the same time, the rectification of Hebei East Road, Hebei West Road and Hedong Road must also be kept up. There must also be important officials to serve as pacification and control envoys, and apply the methods of Shaanxi routes to the three routes in East, West, and Hedong. These three routes can support the war!
Of course, the imperial guards of the third routes of Hebei East, Hebei West, and Hedong must also be rectified properly, at least reaching the level of the Western Army...
Zhang Dun thought about it and felt that the biggest problem in achieving this goal was not that there must be trouble in Liao - or that Yelu Hongji would not be able to send He Zhengdan envoy - but the body of the official family. If he could hold on for another ten years, even if Yan Yun could not recover, the three routes of Hebei East, Hebei West and Hedong would be as solid as a rock!
But the body of the official family...
Seeing Zhang Dun's brows frowning tighter and tighter, Jian Xuchen, who was about to go to Liao Kingdom, also frowns. He was sitting on Zeng Bu's right head, looking younger than Zeng Bu and Cai Jingdu, with a very kind face. He always smiles a little when talking to people.
But anyone who thinks he is a good character will definitely be in trouble. In fact, he is the most good dog under Zhang Dun!
During the Shaosheng period, he was a minor and notorious member of the Central Secretariat. He was a fellow practitioner of the National History, but now he has reached a high position as the Minister of Rites. He is reliable to bite Sima Guang and other old party figures in the court. At that time, he submitted a memorial to compile the words and deeds of the Yuanyou Party members who opposed the reform into a book to collect the evidence of crimes, and was approved by Zhezong. Later, he presided over the matter with Xu Duo, a new party general who won the top scorer. Because of his ruthless move, he became acclaimed by Zhang Dun and became successful.
But being able to bite does not mean being able to engage in diplomacy and intelligence...
If you only know how to bite people and don’t do anything else, then that’s what Zhang Xianggong’s reuse will end!
Thinking of this, Jian Xuchen asked directly: "My husband, when you go on a mission to Liao Kingdom, what should you pay attention to?"
Zhang Dun glanced at his confidant with his old eyes. He had been the Minister of Rites for so long and actually asked such a low-powered question.
However, it's not too stupid to know that you need to ask clearly...
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"Brother Yizhi, how are you printing the two tricks?"
The banquet at Fengle Tower had already ended, but Wu Haogu did not go home immediately to prepare for a long trip. Instead, he took Ji Yi to the Christie's main store. In the study of the main store, he showed Ji Yi the tricks of Li Shishi and Mo Niangzi who had just been printed - to attract objective participation in "Li Shishi's Photo Picture" and "Mo Niangzi's Dance Picture".
Both Xie Shangbin and Wei Sihai, both of them, were skilled, and soon found the best carving master and printed the two lines that Wu Haogu gave them.
It is also printed well, almost as good as the comic strips of villains in later generations. It seems that Christie's will be able to get involved in the publication and distribution of "Guilty Books" in the future.
"It's well printed and it's better!" Ji Yi took two printed flyers and looked at it again and again, "These two pieces of paper can be sold for money..."
"Let's go in the future," Wu Haogu smiled, "I don't have time to do this now... Brother Yizhi, I plan to print these two leaflets to tens of thousands, and then hire people to distribute them in various places in Kaifeng Prefecture to attract customers to sing and sell "Li Shishi's Photo Picture" and "Mo Niangzi's Dance Picture". Try to sell the two pictures before the sing.
As for the photo photos of the other seven courtesans, it seems that they will be hung at Christie's for a few months."
"Okay, there's no hurry anyway," Ji Yi nodded and smiled at Wu Haogu, "The longer you drag the fight with King Duan, the better."
"That's natural," Wu Haogu paused, "The longer it drags on, the more popular I, Zhao Xiaoyi, Mo Madam and Li Shishi will be."
The current painting competition between the courtesan and Zhao Wu has almost become the hottest topic in Kaifeng Prefecture market, and it is so popular. Wu Haogu, Zhao Xiaoyi, Mo Niangzi and Li Shishi have all become "popular people", and in the words of later generations, they are "Internet celebrities".
And when "becoming popular", it will naturally become "expensive".
And Wu Haogu and Zhao Xiaoyi became popular together... This is also a special relationship, right?
Ji Yi also smiled proudly, as if he was the biggest winner!
Not only did he get the thread of His Royal Highness Duan, but he could also make some money he spent like a lot of money he spent these days by singing and selling ten guise pictures - Wu Hao's ancient paintings were sold to Ji Yi, and Ji Yi gave a "sky-high price" of 50,000 yuan. However, judging from the popularity, it is entirely possible for these ten paintings to be sold for 100,000 yuan. Even if the commission was deducted to Christie's, he could still make a net profit of 40,000 yuan.
In addition, Mo Niangzi has been popular now. Although she can't really "sell", she can sell printed photo pictures... A dozens of text, selling tens of thousands of photos is a lot of money.
"But there is a problem right now," said Wu Haogu, "If you want to sing and sell "Li Shishi's Photo Picture" and "Mo Niangzi's Dance Picture", it will not be the same price..."
This is a problem!
From the perspective of artistic appreciation, Wu Haogu's "The Dance Picture of Mo Niangzi" is definitely better than Zhao Ji's "Photo of Li Shishi".
But the problem is that many people now know that Zhao Xiaoyi is Zhao Ji, but they just pretend not to know.
So at that time, Wu Haogu's "The Dance Picture of the Mo Niangzi" is very likely to lose badly during singing and selling.
Although his battle with Zhao Xiaoyi will not be decided by this singing and selling game, the title of the number one person in the painting will be unstable after all.
This is not good news for Wu Haogu, who wants to make a fortune by taking advantage of his reputation as the "No. 1 person in the painting".
Moreover, Zhao Ji is not a fool. He himself knows that his skills are not as good as others. If he offers a "not normal" price when singing and selling, he will definitely know that others have seen through Zhao Xiaoyi's identity!
Chapter completed!