"The emperor still hasn't crowned Yang Yan? It seems that our goal has fallen short. Shi Miyuan said while rubbing his hands. Although spring is now in the beginning of the warp, the spring cold is still as cold as winter.

Zhao Chen reformed the official system, and the officials who made outstanding achievements in the implementation of the new law have been promoted to varying degrees, and Shi Miyuan has also been promoted to the rank of servant of the ministry, and he is about to leave Hunan Road and take office in Jiankang. And Shi Miyuan's other people were also promoted, Qian Xiangzu was also transferred to Jiankang as a lilang member wailang, Wang Ju'an served as Taifu Temple Cheng, Wei Jing served as Hubu Langzhong, Wang Shiyong was the governor of Huizhou Prefecture, and Sun Bingwen was the governor of Yanzhou.

Tonight, Shi Miyuan and others said goodbye to everyone in the yamen, but Shi Miyuan didn't have much joy on his face, and he didn't look like he was about to enter Beijing to be promoted.

In fact, after Liang Kejia and Hong Shi were dismissed, Zhao Chen did not immediately appoint a new prime minister and a candidate to participate in political affairs, Shi Miyuan guessed to some extent, it seems that the emperor wants to make a major adjustment to the important officials in the court.

This point Shi Miyuan is not surprised, there is a son of heaven and a courtier, and the current emperor is naturally no exception, although since the restoration of the Great Song Dynasty, the officials in the court are basically the ministers of the previous dynasty, but that is just because the emperor has just ascended the throne, in order to calm people's hearts and maintain stability. And now, after two years, the throne has been stabilized, so it is natural that the emperor intends to promote and use a group of his own people.

Because the implementation of the new law was advocated by the emperor, the officials who performed prominently in the implementation of the new law will naturally become the targets of promotion and use in this official adjustment. Of course, Shi Miyuan knew that he would definitely be promoted.

For the central organization after the emperor's adjustment, it seems that the power has increased, but the final decision power has always been firmly in the hands of the emperor, and to a certain extent, it can also avoid the situation of Cai Jing and Qin Hui's dictatorship in the past, and because of the integration of the two governments, the efficiency will also be greatly improved.

However, for the "assessment system" and the new "shadow compensation system" proposed by Zhao Chen, Shi Miyuan was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that this emperor really had the courage to attack the official system of the Great Song Dynasty. But when you think about it, it makes sense.

In fact, Shi Miyuan also knows these shortcomings of the Great Song Dynasty in his heart, but now that the Great Song Dynasty has just returned to the country, some of the shortcomings have not yet been revealed. But not revealing it does not mean that there is none, as long as it accumulates over time, after a few decades, it will all burst out like the past. And once these drawbacks are revealed, often the forces in all aspects are also formed, and if they want to change, they will face much greater resistance.

Therefore, this is the same as the principle of implementing the new law, and it is better to change it together now. Although it will be opposed by the majority, the current interest group has not yet formed, it is just a group of stragglers, it is difficult to compete with the imperial power, and the emperor still has the support of the army on his side, so he can't make much waves.

And Zhao Chen is only twenty years old now, if nothing else, he can sit on the throne for at least twenty or thirty years, or even longer, and at that time, these systems will gradually be used to by people and become customized.

At this time, Wang Anju said: "The lower officials still don't understand, why do you want to build momentum for Yang Yan, and you must let the emperor seal him?" ”

Qian Xiangzu said: "Now the emperor can sit on the throne and show his strength, all because of the support of Yang Yan around him, and the emperor's trust in Yang Yan is almost to the point of obedience, if we want to achieve great things, we must first destroy the relationship between the emperor and Yang Yan." ”

Wang Anju nodded and said: "I also understand this truth, but if you want to destroy the relationship between the emperor and Yang Yan, you should try to separate them and keep Yang Yan away from the center of power, why do you want to push Yang Yan to the position of privy envoy instead, in this way, Yang Yan becomes the ruling minister, wouldn't the relationship with the emperor be closer?" ”

Qian Xiangyuan shook his head and said: "An Ju only knows one thing, but I don't know the other, Yang Yan is the concubine of the eldest princess of Yongning, and he is a childhood friend with the emperor, their relationship is far better than that of other ministers, and it is generally divisive and does not work at all, Yang Yan is not a privy envoy, there is no difference." Moreover, although Yang Yan is a high official and famous, he does not grasp the actual power, and it is precisely because of this that Yang Yan will not be involved in all kinds of affairs of the imperial court, and he will not be out of the matter, so that he will not arouse the emperor's suspicion, but can get the emperor's complete trust. On the contrary, once Yang Yan became a privy envoy, he couldn't help but hold great power, and he had to face all kinds of things in the court, so that he could not maintain this detached attitude, and after a long time, it would inevitably cause flaws between him and the emperor, and then we would take things from it, which would naturally cause cracks between them. ”

Wang Anju suddenly realized at this time, and said: "I see, Xia Guan can be regarded as understanding." ”

At this time, Shi Miyuan, who had not spoken just now, also spoke: "Another point, Yang Yan is a military general as a privy envoy, which will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among most officials, in fact, the officials are dissatisfied with the emperor's implementation of the new law, the assessment system, and the change of shadow supplements, but they can't oppose it from a big standpoint." Therefore, once Yang Yan is appointed as a privy envoy, it will undoubtedly give these disgruntled officials a breakthrough in opposition, and they will definitely take the opportunity to play and do their best to oppose it. And with the emperor's personality, he must not succumb to the pressure of hundreds of officials and insist on going his own way. In this way, there will inevitably be a gap between the emperor and the hundred officials, the emperor will think that the officials are unreliable, and the dissatisfaction of the hundred officials with the emperor will also expand, which will be of great help to us to achieve great things. It's a pity that it fell short. ”

Wang Anju said: "From this point of view, although the emperor is young, he is a shrewd and powerful figure. We can't do our big things yet. ”

Shi Miyuan was also silent, in fact, when Zhao Chen first ascended the throne, Shi Miyuan didn't take him too seriously, thinking that he was just a child, only because of Yang Yan's support, and there were no other candidates for the Zhao family, he was lucky to sit on the throne. After becoming the emperor, he must also be a mediocre person, who will only listen to Yang Yan, Zhao Qianru and others. And Yang Yan is just a martial artist, and Zhao Qianru is just a woman, so it is not difficult to deal with.

That knows that Zhao Chen has been unknown when he was the king of letters, not only not as good as Zhao Kai, but even not as famous as his sister Zhao Qianru, after becoming the emperor, he has only been on the throne for more than three years, and he has not only implemented the new law in a smooth and orderly manner, but also has now reformed the system of slaughter and auxiliaries, the official system, and vigorously swept away the shortcomings left by the original Song Dynasty. He defeated the invasion of the Jin State and signed a peace treaty with the Jin State with a tough attitude, and now he decisively launched a war against the Western Xia and achieved a complete victory. For a time, the prestige was high, and the scriptures were close to Taizu Taizong. Far surpassed the emperors of other Great Song dynasties.

Although these things were not completed by Zhao Chen alone, these achievements are absolutely inseparable from Zhao Chen's persistence and support behind the scenes, so although Zhao Chen is young, he shows that he has the potential to become a generation of Ming Jun, which is enough to compare with Han Guangwu and Tang Taisong. An ambitious minister would never want to serve an emperor with great ambition. Of course, Shi Miyuan is pure, under Zhao Chen, he will never be able to achieve the goal in his heart, even if he climbs to the position of the ruling minister, he can only be honest under the emperor and do his duty. It is simply impossible to master the government.

And Shi Miyuan asked himself in his heart, in the face of such an emperor, he still has some certainty of success in his plan, if he knew from the beginning that Zhao Chen would be such an emperor, would he still come to this muddy water? But Shi Miyuan is not willing to be so honest and mediocre, he knows that the greater the risk, the greater the benefit, once the major event is successful, it will not only be the government, but also under one person, above ten thousand people, a very good minister, this is not in vain The decision he made to his father was in vain.

The pursuit and persistence of power made Shi Miyuan unwilling to give up even the opportunity that was a glimmer of time, and he tried his best to fight for it, even if he failed in the future, his reputation was ruined, and he died unexpectedly.

Shi Miyuan cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, please don't be discouraged, our big things are not hopeless. Because the emperor's implementation of new laws, reforming the official system, and supplementing the system have aroused the dissatisfaction of many people, as long as we can make use of them, they will certainly be of great help to our major affairs in the future. And we are in the dark, with mental calculations and no intentions, no chance, we can endure it, even if we have been lurking for ten or twenty years, once we find an opportunity, we will make a decisive move and hit it with one blow. As long as you can succeed, all of you high-ranking officials, prosperity and wealth are just around the corner. So you all have to think about it, it's still too late to quit. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and no one said they wanted to quit. First, things gather like like, and the people gathered around Shi Miyuan are all a group of people who are eager for power, and as Shi Miyuan just said, it is not hopeless, and secondly, everyone also understands that if you get on the thief ship, you can't get off with it. Don't look at what Shi Miyuan said just now, it's still too late to quit, in fact, the five people here are all involved in the secret, once anyone says quit, others will deal with him first.

After half a ring, Shi Mi saw that no one answered, so he said: "Okay, then it's decided, this time in Beijing, we will meet with them, and then plan in detail." He said to Wang Shiyong and Sun Bingwen: "The matter of meeting will be arranged by the two of you, you must keep it secret, and don't leak the news." ”