Chapter 1255: Seeking Earth (Two updates combined into one)

What a dead scholar!

Still a new Jinshi!

Zhang Yue sighed, he had heard of the deceased man, he was a well-known scholar in the Imperial Academy.

"Cai Jing's actions are a little too extreme. Do you really think that the eyes and ears of the Imperial City Division are all in vain?"

"Cai Jing may not know it, but he is betting on me and the imperial court's tough national policy towards the Liao Kingdom."

Zhang Yue thought of this.

In fact, Taixue was originally going to send hundreds of Taixue students with martial arts background to serve as commanders and commanders of the Third Auxiliary Army. However, due to the impeachment of Yan officer Liu Bojun, Yan himself deliberately planted cronies in order to secretly control military power, so the matter was suspended.

This move also caused dissatisfaction among many Tai students.

Taixue has always been Zhang Yue's base.

He was born as a Taixue student and served as the imperial eunuch. In cooperation with Wang Anshi, he personally designated the regulations for the reform of Taixue.

Since Xihe Road, there has been a tradition of using Taixue students with martial arts background as generals. In addition, the Foreign Exchange Institute is also the first popular job for Taixue students with economic backgrounds besides being officials. In addition, Qian Yi also founded a medical school in Taixue.

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So it’s not surprising that Taixue’s opposition was fierce.

At the same time, Wang Anli in the court opposed the cession of territory and concessions in the inner court.

Cai Bian also contacted many officials to object.

There was a lot of public discussion.

The development of things at this point is somewhat beyond his control, but if it happens, it will happen.

Zhang Yue was unable to sit in Dingli Temple and did not deliver any news to outsiders. This was known to everyone inside.

Although this action was not deliberate, the Imperial City Secretary knew it after checking it with intention.

He also secretly made friends with the chamberlains, and they spoke for him, mainly because he was willing to use money, and even used the prime minister's salary to bribe the chamberlains. Therefore, he was well aware of the movements of the official family.

Not to mention that Shi Deyi, Li Xian, and even Zhang Maoze who was next to the Queen Mother all had a good relationship with him, and sometimes he would even go as far as to compromise.

Planting party members everywhere, monitoring the leader, manipulating public opinion, meddling in military power, making friends with eunuchs and relatives... He is getting closer and closer to a treacherous minister.

But the traitor wants to seize power.

Don't loyal ministers just want to take power? How can we do important things if we don't take power?

Sometimes loyal ministers and traitorous ministers are separated by just a piece of paper.

Anyway, if I work for another two years, I will retire temporarily. I’ll see if I can come back later.

Qian Yi once told himself that the Guan family was not in good health and would not last long. But who knew? In history, the Guan family became ill due to the defeat of Yongle City, but in this time and space, the biggest cause of the disease was eradicated by himself.

In any case, Zhang Yue regarded these two years as his last term in politics.

After thinking about it carefully, the little novice brought vegetarian rice.

The food in the temple was bland, but Zhang Yue was very satisfied.

He was a frugal official and lived a simple life at home, as if he came from a poor family.

The young novice brought a large bowl of rice from a wooden tray, a pot of tea, a plate of green vegetables and tofu, some pickled radish, and some mushrooms.

Although it may seem so simple, this tofu and mushrooms were given to me by the temple, and the rest of the food was the same as that of ordinary monks.

It is said that simple meals are the most nourishing, and it is true that life is ordinary. People who do big things can not only eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, but also bite the roots of vegetables, and are used to such a hard life.

Frugality can nourish virtue and happiness.

Never indulge in food, food, and material desires while you are in a high position.

Zhang Yue picked up vegetables and rice and put them into his mouth. The rice grains were fragrant, like eating abalone wings.

After taking a sip of tea, he picked up a piece of pickled radish, bit off half of it, and chewed it into his mouth for a crisp and refreshing taste.

Zhang Yue sighed with satisfaction that the vegetarian food at Dingli Temple was really sweet and delicious.

If you bite the root of the vegetable, you can make Pepsi. This is the true meaning of Cai Gen Tan.

Zhang Yue chewed the crispy pickled radish and thought, "At this time, the public opinion and the hearts of scholars outside must have changed!"

If he were still in phase, people all over the world would say that it was his attitude to be tough on Liao.

If he doesn't fight, he fights. He doesn't do anything forced.

There is no need to easily override the opinions of others.

Zhang Yue did not respond at all to Liu Bojun's impeachment.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yue wrote his third letter to the emperor.

Even if the emperor knows that he is retreating in order to advance, it doesn't matter.

Experts never speculate on other people's emotions, nor do they give any explanations. Instead, they let others speculate on their own emotions.

However, this time, after Liu Bojun was impeached, there were almost no officials who made trouble. This shows that all the officials have learned the lesson after many lessons.

This made Zhang Yue a little disappointed.

Could it be that his tactic of retreating in order to advance is so superficial that it is obvious at a glance?

So much so that the officials are misunderstood, and they are afraid of settling accounts later?

Are you such a narrow-minded person? Don't judge a gentleman with a villain's heart.

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Xiao Xi, the envoy from the Liao Kingdom, arrived in Beijing.

Xiao Xi looked at this familiar city of Bianjing with great ambition.

He believed that when he came to Bianjing, he would be able to gain what he wanted. With the millions of soldiers in the Northern Dynasty, the military skills of the Southern Dynasty, and the intimidation of the Liao Dynasty with its large army, the Southern Dynasty would surely bow to his orders and achieve his goal without any bloodshed.

Along the way, he had already had a premonition of this when he saw the groveling envoys from the Song Dynasty.

A group of carriages and horses arrived on the streets of Bianjing, but Xiao Xi's eyes narrowed and he saw a different scene from before.

But when I saw that the people who were watching looked unkind, there were even many people who looked like scholars with fire in their eyes, full of righteous indignation.

Although there were Song Dynasty officers and soldiers on the left and right to maintain order, Xiao Xi had no doubt that if no one stopped him, these people would come and tear him apart.

In the past, when I came to the Song Dynasty, didn't these southern people come to watch with laughter? They even felt as if they were close neighbors in the Northern Dynasty.

When did they do this?

"Fangou!"

Xiao Xi was startled when he heard an angry scolding from the people. He turned around and saw a down-and-out man who was drunk with wine. His clothes were open, his chest covered with black hair was exposed, and he was pointing at the horse riding on the horse.

He cursed himself.

Xiao Xi was furious in his heart. How dare someone with such a broken appearance dare to insult him?

Unexpectedly, after this big man finished cursing, the people around him applauded and cheered, and many people also shouted and cursed "Fangou"!

Some people shouted loudly: "These dogs just killed so many of us people in Cangzhou, and now they dare to come to this important land to ask for money!"

"I really think our Song Dynasty has no one left!"

"If we really hit Bianjing City, grandpa, I will give up these three hundred kilograms of meat and fight with you!"

"Let's see who is this traitor!"

"Traitors will be punished by everyone!"

Xiao Xi looked at the ambassador beside him angrily and said angrily: "What are you talking about? Isn't there anyone in charge of the Southern Dynasties?"

The expression on the ambassador's face was a bit complicated, and he finally said helplessly: "I don't know about this either. Your envoy will stay here first and then we can make further comments."

After he finished speaking, the hostess turned away and ignored him.

The attitude of the hostess who had been almost groveling towards him before was also like this. Xiao Xi did not have an attack and only slowly arrived at the posthouse amidst the harsh sound of "dogs".

Unexpectedly, the area around the post house was also surrounded by people, with many ordinary people and scholars standing around shouting and cursing.

The deputy envoy accompanying the embassy and the magistrate of Dezhou hurriedly reported to Wang Gui. Wang Gui ordered Su Song of Kaifeng Prefecture to arrest the troublemaking people. Su Song shied away for a while, but he was not very diligent.

After the common people circled the post house and cursed, they saw the government officials coming with the gongs and immediately dispersed.

The next day, hundreds of scholars beat the drums to petition and made their petitions at Xuandemen Fucheng.

When Wang Gui and Sun Gu saw this scene, they all walked around Xuande Gate.

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Dingzhou.

As the border between Song and Liao Dynasties.

This is a place name that appears quite frequently.

Xi Mixin, Tian Chongjin, and Li Jilong were all deployed here as the capital of Dingzhou.
To be continued...