Yang Huairen laughed and said, "Good, good, good!" Zhang Xianggong said this sentence well, where my Great Song Dynasty cultivates the trade road, where is the territory of my Great Song Dynasty! ”

Zhang Dian is still worthy of praise for this, that is, he is not afraid of the outside world at all, he dares to say anything, and he dares to do anything.

Brother Hei Niu also laughed heartily, their martial artists like such court bosses, compared to the previous sour Confucians who endured everywhere, Zhang Dan's violent personality is still very pleasant to use here.

It's just that Xiao Lao'er suddenly sighed, "Zhang Xianggong's matter is good, because Xiao Lao'er has contributed to this matter, so Zhang Xianggong left a message for Xiao Lao'er, saying that if Xiao Lao'er is willing, he can go to the central organ of the imperial court to work on an errand." ”

Brother Hei Niu didn't understand the stakes, and hurriedly toasted his father-in-law, "This is a good thing, the son-in-law is here to wish his father-in-law every step of the way." ”

Old man Xiao didn't like to save his son-in-law's face, and he drank a glass with a smile on his face, but he put down the wine glass before signaling Brother Hei Niu not to continue toasting.

"Things are a good thing, but Xiao Lao'er knows in his heart that this is Zhang Xianggong selling the face of the prince, Xiao Lao'er has said a lot of such opinions to the court before, and no one has appreciated Xiao Lao'er.

Besides, the little old man is really old and can't withstand the wind and waves in the court, alas, ......"

Yang Huairen heard what he said, so he asked, "Why does the old man sigh, but what has changed in the court?" ”

Since Xiao Lao'er was standing under Yang Huairen's big tree to enjoy the shade, he naturally would not hide anything from him.

"The prince doesn't know, the imperial court won the battle in the west, and the whole Song Dynasty was happy, but the matter is so fermented......" He deliberately lowered his voice, leaned his head in the middle before he whispered, "The official family is a little inflated." ”

Yang Huairen had already experienced what Old Man Xiao said, but he didn't care too much about what happened in the court recently.

"What do you say?"

Xiao Lao'er explained, "Recently, the court has been very unpeaceful, please listen to me patiently." ”

He personally poured wine for Yang Huairen and Li Heiniu, asked the attendants to go out and closed the door again, and then said slowly, "At the beginning of the official family's regaining power, they didn't do much to the ministers in the court, and the prince must know this."

Later, that is, at the beginning of this year, the imperial court was preparing for the war in the west, except for a few old ministers in the period of the Empress Dowager Gao, who told the old man or resigned, the rest of the officials were not demoted in a large area, at most they were just transferred out of Beijing.

The officials did this just to stabilize the situation and win over the people's hearts, and a few new laws were promulgated a year later, such as the new policy of exempting labor from labor, which was indeed supported by the people.

Although the official family is not the first to ascend to the throne, but at the beginning of the year there was a general amnesty for the world, except for murder and arson and other unforgivable crimes, it is said that all those who are sentenced to death will be exempted, and the sentence will be halved.

Although the examination for the imperial examination was cancelled at the suggestion of Zhang Xianggong, Enke was added this autumn, and the number of jinshi this year was more than double that of usual, so the scholars were naturally happy, so they did not say anything more about the new law of the official family. ”

Yang Huairen said that Zhao Xu still has this way, and his return to power is actually no different from his first ascension to the throne, so he naturally wants to win the hearts of the people in the world by amnesty to the world and the method of Enke.

Now that the Song army has defeated Western Xia in the west, Zhao Xu's reputation among the common people is even more prosperous, for people of his age, if he is not proud at all, it is really a hell.

Brother Hei Niu didn't understand, and asked stupidly, "Father-in-law, aren't all these things you said a good thing?" ”

Xiao Lao'er glanced at Yang Huairen, the two looked at each other and smiled, and he continued, "It does sound like a good thing, but this good thing is done by dividing people."

In the past, the official family only squeezed out some important ministers of the old party when the Empress Dowager Gao was in power, and he still retained other neutral courtiers whose positions were not so firm.

But it's different recently, the official family is high-spirited, and they feel that the court is stable and the people want it, so they have no fear when they start doing things.

In recent days, some neutral ministers who sympathized with the old party have also begun to be belittled, such as Su Zhe, Lu Xichun, Liu Zhi, Liu Fengshi, and others, who have been degraded and deposed one after another, and the rest of the ministers who have been involved with the old party have all been secretly degraded out of Beijing without exception.

Over the past few months, there have been hundreds of such courtiers and central ministers who have been demoted or dismissed, and even the students of the former important ministers of the old party will not be spared.

Some time ago, there was another matter that seemed to be insignificant, but it aroused the dissatisfaction of the scholars, and the new party of the DPRK and China squeezed out and suppressed the old party, which was even more than the old party suppressed the new party in the first place.

The New Party wrote to the emperor that they wanted to withdraw their gifts to Lü Gongshu and Sima Guang, and the officials immediately agreed, which caused great opposition from the sergeants in the capital.

Hundreds of Sima Guang's students staged a sit-in in front of the palace gate to show their dissatisfaction with the New Party's practice. I don't need to say more about what kind of character Zhang Xianggong is, he can't come forward to appease the scholars, but rudely rob the meditators of their reputation.

Although the matter has been suppressed, the impression of the new party in the hearts of the scholars has also ended, and the prestige of the new party among the people has also been greatly damaged. ”

Brother Hei Niu understands now, no wonder the old man wants to resign and retire, the old man is really pure and high in temperament, and he has never participated in the party struggle, and now he wants to go to this troubled water when he is old, he naturally refuses.

Yang Huairen thought that in addition to Xiao Lao'er's intention to resign in order to clean himself, he also thought of another problem, which was a big problem that was serious enough to affect the fortunes of the Great Song Dynasty.

"The party and government in the court are so cruel, so the new policy of the official family, no matter how good the new law or policy is, is destined to be stillborn."

Old Man Xiao nodded in agreement, "What the prince said is extremely true. The matter is really ridiculous, the official wants to implement the new policy, but the local new party is gathered in the capital to be his right-hand man.

In this way, the official family is surrounded by people he trusts and supports him in implementing the new law, but the local government is a group of old ministers of the court who have been degraded by him.

He wants to implement the new policy and new law, but there are no competent people in the local area to help him implement it, but let a group of people who are opposed to his new policy and new law to implement it, how can these people carry out the new policy and the new law that they themselves oppose?

This has a strange situation, no matter how good the new policies and new laws of the official family are, if the people below do not implement them for you, no matter how great your ability is, it will be in vain, and there are countermeasures under the policies, what can you do? ”