Prime Minister

Chapter 1279 There is no more Shen Mengxi in the world

Chapter 1279 There is no more Shen Mengxi in the world

The emperor personally escorted Zhang Yue out of the palace again, and the relationship between the emperor and his subject was filled with reluctance and mutual respect.

"You have ascended to a high position, and I don't know what else to give you, so I personally send you here!" the emperor said to Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue's eyes flashed and he said, "This is a blessing for an official!"

After saying this, Zhang Yue bowed deeply to the emperor, then turned and left.

Shi Deyi and Song Yongchen were both moved when they saw this scene.

Shi Deyi couldn't help but say: "The king has his minister, and the minister has his king. Who is lucky to have the king and his minister get along so well?"

Song Yongchen replied solemnly: "Of course it is a blessing for our Song Dynasty!"

After saying this, Zhang Yue walked down the stairs. Shi Deyi and Song Yongchen followed him and escorted Zhang Yue down the stairs in a grand manner.

Zhang Yue put one hand behind his back, his sleeves fluttering in the wind as he walked away. Seeing this demeanor, the eunuchs who were greeting him on both sides all lowered their heads.

Zhang Yue walked down the stairs, and was surrounded by people again.

Zhang Yue looked at Shi Deyi who was standing beside him. Shi Deyi said, "Your Majesty has issued an order to grant the Prime Minister a carriage in the palace!"

The carriage in the palace!

Zhang Yue was slightly distracted, then he said with relief: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Yue sat on the carriage, and the carriage bearers lifted the carriage and went towards the Secretariat.

Zhang Yue leaned back on the chair, folded his hands in front of his robe, and calmly watched the clouds rolling in the sky.

Looking from afar, the clouds look like steps, as if helping people climb to the sky step by step.

Under the blue clouds, several cranes flew by and then disappeared without a trace.

It's like trying to grasp something, but it disappears in a flash.

The breeze blew across Zhang Yue's face. He realized that he had been an official for a long time and had even been the prime minister for three years.

After being in a high position for a long time, the initial novelty has worn off, and over time, there is an unconcealable deep feeling of fatigue.

When we were young, we believed in things like "always be positive, always have tears in our eyes, always be full of passion, always be open and aboveboard." But after we become adults, can we do that?

Now... the world has not changed much in my hands, but I have been deeply changed instead.

Is the youthful heart still there? Is the youthful ambition still there?

Young people have their minds set on all things in the world. Are they clear and profound in their dreams?

Thinking of this, I felt a little sleepy. This carriage was so comfortable.

No wonder everyone likes to sit on this thing.

Zhang Yue narrowed his eyes and thought that as the greatest contributor to the Battle of Pingxia City, Shen Kuo should be promoted.

Just appoint him as the Deputy Privy Councilor.

At this time in the fifth year of Yuanfeng in history, the court demoted Shen Kuo on the charge of "proposing to build Yongle City but responding inappropriately to the arrival of the enemy" and placed him in the position of a criminal.

Afterwards, Shen Kuo moved to Runzhou and settled there, where he built a Mengxi Garden and named himself Shen Mengxi.

And in this time and space, there is no Shen Mengxi anymore in the world!

The one who replaced him is Shen Zhizheng, who made great contributions in Pingxia City!

Now even a henpecked man like Shen Kuo has become the ruler. Isn't this a laughing stock for the whole world?

When Zhang Yue thought of this, a smile appeared on his lips.

At the palace gate, the emperor watched Zhang Yue riding away in a sedan chair from afar in silence for a long time.

When Zhang Yue arrived at the West Hall of Zhongshu Menxia, ​​the new plaque had already been replaced and covered with red cloth, waiting to be unveiled after the official reform. From now on, this would be the Zhongshu Province.

Zhang Yue was in charge here as the Secretary of the Central Secretariat. Separated from the West Hall of the Central Secretariat was the Ministry of Shangshu, and further away was the Ministry of Personnel of Wang Gui and Cai Que.

When Zhang Yue arrived in a sedan chair, the doorman had already pounded the ground with sticks, and all the officials from the Secretariat came to the front of the hall to greet him.

Everyone knew what this sedan chair meant. After a moment of surprise, everyone looked even more respectful towards Zhang Yue.

"Welcome back Prime Minister!"

Zhang Yue got off the sedan chair and walked slowly into the hall. The clerks inside and outside the hall called him "Prime Minister" in unison.

Zhang Yue nodded slightly, and suddenly something moved.

He suddenly looked back and saw the layers of palaces, with countless officials in blue and red clothes standing on both sides of the palaces.

A straight passage passed through layers of doors and ended at his feet.

This is the path I took when I got here!

Everything in the past, good or bad, has become the path I have taken here.

……

In February of the sixth year of Yuanfeng, the weather was extremely cold.

It has been more than half a year since the Battle of Pingxia City.

Zhang Yue served as the Secretary of the Central Secretariat and was in charge of the affairs of the government.

There was a mountain of documents on one side of the desk and a cup of hot wine on the other.

The clerk at the side brought Zhang Yue a bowl of filtered wine. Zhang Yue drank it to relieve the cold weather and ate some braised food to go with the wine.

As the snow outside was getting heavier, the doorman asked, "Sir, would you like to inform Mr. Cai?"

"Mr. Cai! Mr. Cai!"

Zhang Yue was writing when he saw Cai Que walk into the hall.

"Prime Minister!" More than a dozen clerks were unable to catch up, and Ren Caique arrived in the hall.

Zhang Yue gestured to his left and right, tapped the back of the chair with a pen and said, "Sit upright first!"

Cai Que ignored it and sneered.

"Zhang San, what do you mean by this? Do you really want to kill me?"

Zhang Yue looked at Cai Que and asked, "Chizheng, what do you mean by this? I don't understand."

Cai Que said, "You pardoned more than a hundred people in one go, all of whom were major cases I handled over the years. What do you mean?"

"You, Zhang San, can be the good guy, but I, Cai Que, can't be the bad guy!"

Zhang Yue said: "Keep your temper and calm down. You have seen that I have mentioned Ming Mingde many times recently!"

"Pardoning these people will also allow them to appreciate your majesty's virtue!"

Cai Que said: "Here we are, appreciating your majesty's virtue, and there we are, appreciating my faults."

"From now on, I, Cai Que, will die without a burial place, all thanks to you today!"

Zhang Yue stood up and said, "Zhizheng, what do you mean? Am I going to hurt you?"

"I think what happened before was too much. It's enough to punish these people. But after the cold winter, there will be warm spring, just like this cold winter. Could it be that this scene can be seen all year round?"

The cold wind outside was biting, Cai Que listened to all this and sneered: "After the winter's killing, there will be no remnants."

Zhang Yue said: "You can't kill them all. The way to govern is to be flexible and strict. I have already decided on this matter, there is no need to discuss it further!"

Cai Que said, "Zhang San, you think I don't know what you mean. You want to resign, but you are afraid that I will take your position, so you arranged these means to keep these people. It will not only gain you reputation, but also make it more difficult for me to sit in this position in the future."

"Good tactics, good calculation!"

Zhang Yue said: "Zhizheng, do you really think so?"

Cai Que said, "Zhang San, you are the one who is so ungrateful. If Cai Que hadn't been in the government over the years, how many voices would have opposed your reforms?"

"Now that the reform has been finalized, you are throwing away all the work I have done over the years."

"You come to calm people down again, right?"

Zhang Yue said: "Zhizheng, this is not right. Did I ask you to run the prison all these years?"

Cai Que sneered.

Zhang Yue said: "Zhizheng, it's up to you what you want to think. But I know how to handle the affairs of the court."

"As for what you want to do, wait until you sit in my position in the future!"

Cai Que said: "Zhang San, you may fool others with this, but you can't fool me!"

"From today on, we are no longer connected!"

After saying this, Cai Que turned away!