Zhang Qu is not only a simple person to be a left minister in the court, but more importantly, his reputation in Shilin is also very large, he is a once-in-a-century literary and political double leader, and he is a native of the south, which is very much loved by the people of the Great Jin Dynasty, plus since the new dynasty, Zhang Qu's power as an old minister has not only not been reduced, but it is the same as the Chengde Dynasty, and after eight years, the old man's fame has become louder and louder.

Li Xin herself also respects this Haoran Gong very much, although she doesn't go to court much on weekdays, and she doesn't have much contact with Zhang Qu.

This was also the first time the two had met in private.

Zhang Qu glanced at Li Xin deeply, then shook his head, and said: "When the old man joined the office, Old Man Ye had already made immortal achievements, and his old man was regarded as the elder of the old man, and the old man and Hou Ye Li were at most equal. ”

This is the benefit of worshipping the old man Ye as a teacher, because this old man has a high seniority, and even the seniority with Li Xin is not much higher than his peers, such as Ye Ming, Li Shen and Zhang Qu can be regarded as Li Xin's peers.

If strictly calculated, today's Taikang Tianzi is still Li Xin's junior.

However, it is useless to care about these problems in the first place, and after Li Xin sat down in Zhang's mansion, he said in a deep voice to Zhang Qu: "Haoran is called by the public, I don't know if it's ......."

Zhang Qu, who has been the prime minister in the court for more than ten years, lowered his head and took a sip of tea, then looked up at Li Xin, and asked, "Master Li, the old man has a few things he wants to ask you." ”

Marquis Jing'an smiled.

"Haoran Gong, please ask, Li Xinzhi knows everything."

Zhang Qu's face was solemn, and he asked, "Your Majesty, are you going to fight?" ”

Li Xin put down the teacup in his hand, looked at Zhang Qu in surprise, and asked in disbelief, "Haoran Gong doesn't know?" ”

It stands to reason that no matter what big or small things are in the court, the prime minister of the current dynasty should know, and may even know it earlier than the Son of Heaven.

Zhang Qu looked at Li Xin's expression, and after being silent for a while, he slowly spoke: "I vaguely guessed what His Majesty was going to do, but His Majesty didn't tell Shang Shutai until a few days ago that His Majesty asked the Ministry of Household to allocate money to the Ministry of War, and the old man felt that the matter was close to ......."

Although the emperor can appoint the prime minister, no matter who sits in the position of prime minister, he will have the ability to restrain the emperor.

Especially after the emergence of a certain prime minister surnamed Cao, the prime minister system of Li Xin's world directly became a group system, the purpose of which was to divide the power of the prime minister.

Although the Great Jin Dynasty is also a group system, Zhang Qu can unify the opinions of the entire Shangshutai to a certain extent, that is to say, the affairs in the court, Zhang Qu's words are also very weighty, if Taikang Tianzi put forward the idea of the Northern Expedition a few years ago, he will definitely be opposed by Shangshutai.

If the Son of Heaven insists, maybe a few civil officials will hit the pillar in the Weiyang Palace.

Therefore, Taikang Tianzi was very smart not to discuss with Shang Shutai, but to do his own thing, start preparing for various reasons, and wait until the preparation is almost complete, and then talk to Shang Shutai, and most of the things can be done.

Especially now that it is the eighth year of Taikang, the Son of Heaven is not the Son of Heaven who has just ascended the throne, and the current Son of Heaven has enough ability to control the situation.

It is precisely for this reason that the prime ministers of Shangshutai have not yet been clear about what their Emperor Majesty wants to do.

However, with the emperor's various behaviors in the past few years, they can also guess the emperor's general intentions.

Li Xin sat on the seat and slowly took a sip of tea, and after being silent for a while, he spoke: "Haoran Gong, it's not that Li Xin intends to hide it from you, but since His Majesty didn't tell Shang Shutai, it may be a little inappropriate for me to talk to Hao Ran Gong here......

"Haoran Gong just waits, wait a few days, and it will naturally be clear."

Zhang Qu sat on the main seat and closed his eyes.

"Master Li, the old man has already written to the office."

Li Xin was suddenly startled, looked up at this old man who didn't look amazing, and said, "Haoran Gong is in good spirits, why is he ...... at such a time?"

This Shangshu Zuo servant slowly opened his eyes and laughed at himself: "Marquis Li also knows that the old man is the prime minister of the old dynasty, according to the saying of a son of heaven and a courtier, the old man should have gone home to retire seven or eight years ago, and the reason why he was able to stay in the capital for eight more years was mostly because of the edict of the first emperor." ”

Of course, there are people in the court who are veterans of the three dynasties or even the elders of the four dynasties, but there are very few Zaifu who are still Zaifu from one emperor to the next.

Otherwise, it will not be easy to use.

But Zhang Qu is an exception, he is the prime minister of the Chengde Dynasty, but he is still the prime minister in the Taikang Dynasty, and he has been the prime minister for eight years.

"Because of this edict, the old man has been scolded a lot over the years."

Speaking of this, Zhang Qu squinted his eyes and said: "Now, Your Majesty no longer needs me, a person who has read the edict, the old man naturally has to be more interesting, and while he can still move, drag his remnants back to his hometown and return to his roots." ”

There were two people who personally took out the edict of the first emperor from that box, one was the old eunuch Chen Ju who was still guarding the tomb in Zhaoling, and the other was Zhang Haoran in front of him.

These two people are actually witnesses to the legitimacy of the Taikang Tianzi regime.

For this reason, even if Chen Ju was in Zhaoling, he also received several years of internal eunuchs, and the court has not treated him badly.

It is also for this reason that Zhang Qu has been sitting as a Zaifu until today.

But now Taikang Tianzi, his ass has been firmly seated, he no longer needs these two people, and it is not to cross the river and tear down the bridge, but to ...... It's dispensable.

In this case, Zhang Qu was able to retreat bravely in the rapids, which was a very wise choice.

He walked on his own, and he could still walk with decent scenery, and when the emperor wanted to replace him one day, most of the time it would not end well.

Li Xin lowered his head and thought for a while, and then slowly spoke: "I hope that in a few years, Li Xin will be able to return to his hometown in Yongzhou to enjoy happiness with peace of mind, just like Haoran Gong." ”

"Hou Ye Li is too humble."

A smile appeared on Zhang Qu's face: "You are a courtier of the Taikang Dynasty, and you will stay in the court for many years." ”

"A young man like Hou Ye Li is proud, I don't know how many people envy him."

Being proud of being a teenager is the most satisfying thing in life, after all, when most people are young, they are the most powerless time, I don't know how many big people, at the age of seventeen or eighteen, they left regrets in life.

Just imagine, when Li Xin was seventeen or eighteen years old, he would worship the marquis, how happy should he be?

Li Xin shook his head and smiled dumbly: "Haoran Gong made fun of me, I have suffered a lot before. ”

The smile on Zhang Qu's face retracted, he glanced at Li Xin, and said slowly: "The old man's recital, the imperial court should soon approve it, and then the old man will return to his hometown with his family." ”

"Before parting, I want to ask Master Hou... Where exactly does Your Majesty want to fight? ”

Marquis Jing'an frowned slightly, didn't say anything, just stood up from the chair and looked up to the north.