Chapter 431: Tokyo Politics

These conservatives who came to investigate, some of them were despondent, and their future prospects were already doomed, and there could be no other future, and even those with a background like Guo Tian would be stumbling for a while, but under the open and secret struggle, the news about the northwest finally reached Bianliang.

Sent forward, they were the conservatives, the three divisions, and the Privy Council, the conservatives were the most eager, and they also received the news in advance through some arrangements, and the degree of shock they could not imagine.

They had already overestimated Han Qi's strength as much as possible, but they didn't expect that Han Qi would actually make such a big project.

In the early Northern Song Dynasty, under the premise that the government had not yet been corrupted to the point of being uncontrollable, even if the Northern Song Dynasty was conservative, they were not incompetent.

For example, during Renzong's 51-year reign, there were really few traitors, and Lu Yijian, the only one who was attacked and annihilated by everyone, was also relatively strong.

It can be said that those who don't have much ability really can't gain a foothold in the political arena of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Guo Tian was hit a little hard, he didn't dare to say anything, he wrote directly according to the actual situation, and unceremoniously said that it was no longer meaningful to attack Han Qi, and unceremoniously said that Han Qi was equivalent to saying that the general trend had been achieved.

How long it will take for Han Qi to enter the center is no longer something they can control, the key depends on Renzong's intentions.

On the front, if you can't stop it, then put him on the bright side.

The layout of the whole power is a pyramid structure, the lower the bottom, the smaller the competition, and the personnel are getting smaller and smaller under the premise of gradually climbing.

Han Qi's privy deputy envoy, in terms of status, is already considered a high-ranking extremely popular minister, in the entire history of the Northern Song Dynasty for several decades, there are no more than 1,000 people compared to him, but above the current court, there are many people who do not want him to rise.

Zhang De seems to be a prime minister who has not done much, but when he was in power, he never lost the position of first assistant, even when Fan Zhongyan changed the law.

How could such a character give up easily, and there are Jia Chaochang and Ye Qingchen.

In the political situation of the Northern Song Dynasty, the highest level is the head of the Eastern Mansion, which is Zhang Dexiang's position, and then there are the privy envoys, the three envoys, these three must be obstacles to Han Qi's land, if Han Qi wants to monopolize the superscript, then he must cross these three people.

The top level of the conservatives is also very capable, they have grasped a key point in the complex situation, at this time, it is no longer useful to suppress Han Qi, maybe, it will cause a rebellious effect, and use yang to put Han Qi like a target in front of everyone, this is the key.

The northwest, in the eyes of many Beijing officials, is a bitter cold land, not only will there be all kinds of natural disasters, but also wars, especially the threat from Western Xia.

However, thanks to the efforts of the conservatives, it seems that everything in the Northwest is now in front of everyone.

Based on the many tributaries and grasslands of the Yellow River, the Northwest Water Conservancy System developed has connected many tributaries located in the Hetao Plain, forming a huge water conservancy hub with irrigation of at least 50 million mu, which is unprecedented for the Northern Song Dynasty and even the history of the entire Central Plains.

Almost all the people who hear this message, the first reaction, is just one, that is, not believing.

That's right, in a barren northwest, which can be described as wind-blown sand and desert, it is really like a myth, giving birth to 50 million acres of land in the south of the Yangtze River, which can be reclaimed a lot of fields and output.

When the Third Division and the Agricultural Administration, which are the departments in charge of revenue and expenditure, received this report, their first reaction was that some people were insane, and this is not a joke.

What kind of place is the plug, there are few people in the land, and the wind kills everywhere, if it is not for the existence of a large number of grasslands, it is also a natural choice.

This is the result recognized by all the ministers, even if Ye Qingchen is very familiar with Han Qi, he also knows that Han Qi will not talk nonsense casually, and he just thinks that Han Qi has only started a preliminary project, and the project that has just started is completely different from the real mature project that can promote farmland water conservancy construction projects.

But after receiving the report, no matter how harsh people are, they will not think that Han Qi has only started the preliminary project.

Other places are glimpses of the sky, but Xiping Lake, which is the core of Xiping Mansion, is the focus of observation.

Even these old-fashioned officials don't believe that a terrible world project that is enough to be included in the Northern Song Dynasty has actually appeared in the northwest.

However, from the information sent by various people, this incident is an unmistakable result, that is, an unprecedented and terrible project is becoming a reality in the northwest, and 50 million acres of farmland is really going to appear in the northwest.

A huge amount of water, more than 800 million materials of the huge reservoir, plus more than 4,000 miles of ditches, this is the initial opening of the northwest farmland water conservancy project, of which the simple water demand in 50 million square meters of reservoirs, there are as many as 16, all kinds of ditches are more than imagined, these, enough to prove that the northwest water conservancy project is not simple.

Conservatives don't detain to find loopholes in what has already been built, and this will be biased, and the people sent out are convincing, and they are unlikely to be bought, then, it is true.

Even judging from the side, the water conservancy project in the northwest may be beyond imagination, so you can only start from the top.

Zhang Dexiang was a little out of breath, as a literati, he can be a very popular minister and be in charge of a party's affairs, this is already a fixed point among the people, and he cherishes this position very much.

But first of all, Fan Zhongyan made his position as the first assistant exist in name only, at that time, Renzong's favor and the support below made him unable to do more, in this case, the more he did, the more wrong he was.

What Zhang Dexiang can do is to wait, wait for the opportunity that belongs to him.

It's so easy, Fan Zhongyan was forced by the conservatives, made a mistake, and interfered in places that shouldn't be interfered with, such a big trouble, just like that, when he finished playing and he could finally master the power of Shoufu, Han Qi appeared again.

This is absolutely not allowed, Fan Zhongyan may still allow it, but once Han Qi enters the center, then he will definitely not allow the existence of a puppet.

Even if it is self-preservation, Zhang Dexiang must act, and similarly, standing on the same position as Zhang Dexiang, there is also Jia Chaochang, as the biggest enemy of the Fa-changing faction, Jia Chaochang, even when Fan Zhongyan was in power, he was all in line with yin and yang, let alone now.

Jia Chaochang is not welcomed in the imperial court, but he is also a privy envoy, so to speak, he is Han Qi's top boss, if Han Qi wants to take off, he will directly target Jia Chaochang.

I have to sigh, Jia Chaochang and Han Qi are really in love with each other, in history, the two of them are the successors, Jia Chaochang finally succeeded in the position of the head of the East Mansion with the help of qualifications, but the good times did not last long, and Han Qi finally took over his position.

But all this is more than ten years later, and now, with an unprecedented Northwest Farmland Water Conservancy Project, Han Qi suddenly stands on the opposite side of everyone.

I have to say that the conservatives' strategy has played a role, and the heads of the eastern and western governments in the center have become hostile to Han Qi, and even defended themselves in their respective categories.

But what is even more difficult is Renzong, of course Renzong knows that Han Qi is an excellent official, and he is a general, if not, why would he entrust him with the Baozhou Mutiny, as well as the affairs in the northwest.

In fact, Han Qi really handled it well, and after Han Qi took office, the situation in the entire northwest has been significantly improved.

Because of food and natural disasters, the unstable situation in the entire northwest, especially the problem of where Jingzhao Mansion is, after Han Qi's arrival, it will be solved, if Han Qi only does this, then Han Qi's ability is affirmed, and he will also be in the emperor's heart, as long as after a certain arrangement, let Han Qi be in the local area, grinding for a period of time, a new head of government will appear under Han Qi's leadership.

But no matter how much you imagined, even enough to overestimate Han Qi, it was impossible to imagine that it would be the entire result in front of you.

In order to stabilize the government, Fan Zhongyan meddled in the imperial examination, this is only one aspect, Renzong will inevitably fight back, but more importantly, it is to ensure the stability of the court.

Because of the relationship between the reforms, the backlash of the entire court has been created, and the conservatives can be said to have tried some ways to follow the conservatives, and it is no longer as simple as finding the problem, it is because of killing and control, and the power derived from it suddenly made the reformers enter the old paper pile of the empire.

I thought that the entire Northern Song Dynasty government was about to stabilize, but in Han Qi's approach, this was not the case.

Han Qi longed to come back, but at this moment, he was not suitable to come back, and Renzong saw this very clearly.

The waves caused by the reform faction must be smoothed out, otherwise it is not suitable for the normal development of the center, and the strength shown by the conservatives makes him a little frightened, if Han Qi really comes back, another round of fighting will occur.

Any battle may not be able to distinguish the winner or loser, but it will waste the strength of the entire Northern Song Dynasty, and now is the best time for the Northern Song Dynasty.

The Western Xia finally perished, even if all their land was obtained by the Liao State, and most of the spoils were obtained by the Liao State, but for the Northern Song Dynasty, the border troubles were fundamentally lifted.

This, coupled with the changes in iron materials, in the future, as long as there are no substantive problems in the center of the Northern Song Dynasty, it will inevitably improve gradually.

The reason why Renzong insisted on changing the law was that the situation in the entire Northern Song Dynasty had developed to the extent that the law could no longer be changed.

If the law is not changed, the entire Northern Song Dynasty will be like a terminally ill chronic patient, and it will sink forever.

But now, the largest tumor, the Western Xia has been dorsally removed, and the internal situation has also undergone fundamental changes, the emergence of iron materials, and some other things, so that the financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty has improved, and in history, in the first year, millions of dollars have been obtained, which is the point.

Money can't solve all problems, but it can solve most of the problems, the reform faction is too radical, there is no other choice, or in order to change the current situation of the Northern Song Dynasty, the premise of having to do it, it is a helpless choice, now, as long as you insist on a little time, when this change is truly integrated into the whole world, the change of law does not seem to be as important as imagined.

In this case, Han Qi came out, which simply made Renzong embarrassed, a leader of the Fa Reform Sect who should have been placed in the place and gradually polished, but he made unimaginable contributions, and he was almost bound to enter the center, and how to arrange it became a problem that Renzong had to consider.

Before, the battle of Xingqing Mansion, coupled with the Lingzhou agreement, had already made Renzong consider this problem, and now the huge northwest water conservancy construction has added a fire to this foundation, Han Qi will inevitably be transferred to the center, so whose position will he replace?

But for more, for many officials in the Northern Song Dynasty, this is simply an earth-shattering event, and any official with a little vision can see that the changes in the northwest have an impact on the entire Northern Song Dynasty.

What kind of place is Lingzhou, it is a newly attached land, it is the northwest border, and it is relatively weak, why can they succeed.

This is also too terrible, before, just because of the Weizhou Cattle and Horse Conference, people in the past questioned it, but they didn't expect to ask such a terrible thing, a huge water conservancy project that spreads throughout the northwest and benefits 50 million acres of land, which has an unprecedented impact on the Northern Song Dynasty.

In particular, a pragmatic official like Ye Qingchen did not even believe that this was true, and he knew from his own experience how difficult it was to have such a huge water conservancy project.

But there are at least seventy or eighty officials who have passed, and it is impossible for them all to talk nonsense together, not to mention that there are also conservatives, who do not want Han Qi to come back the most.

In Han Qi's report, the current situation of Lingzhou was written in detail, as well as the current situation of many farmlands.

Only then did they know that it turned out that in the right place, the undeveloped effect was so much better than the development.

Ye Qingchen is also deeply touched, in the northern farmland water conservancy construction, it is simply terrible, he is a third envoy, to deal with many landlords, and even sometimes, a retired official, can kick the nose in the face.

There is no way, the imperial court has no coercive power over these lands, and when faced with the need to pass, it really has to be exploited by them.

Seeing Han Qi like this, the vast land, how convenient and how to come, and even a natural place like Pingxi Lake, it can be said that a Pingxi Lake does not invest much strength, it may only be one-third of Ye Qingchen's in the north, but the effect is five or six times as much.

It seems that his farmland and water conservancy construction in the north has gone into a misunderstanding, and he has spent too much money, but it has not produced results.

Because of Han Qi and the turmoil in the northwest, it became the theme of Bianliang throughout the month, and even diluted the impact of Dinghaihou's arrival in Bianliang, and under such a premise, Dinghaihou still arrived in Bianliang, and another turmoil began.