Lu Yijian wielded power, and the court knew it, but there was nothing to do. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info This is not because Lu Yijian is as vicious as Ding Wei before, those who follow me prosper, and those who oppose me die, and he does not control the way of speech, and the operation of the government is completely normal. In the final analysis, it was because Lu Yijian had no handle to be caught, and he had no way to do anything to him.

Li Di once suffered this loss when he was the prime minister, thinking that he had caught Lu Yijian's handle, but the emperor confronted him, and in the end, Li Di did it. There is such a result, although it is because Li Di has a sloppy temperament and has no impression of what government affairs he has handled and what documents he has signed and drawn, but he cannot ignore Lu Yijian's control of the Yamen of the Political Affairs Hall. Unlike other high-ranking officials, Lu Yijian paid great attention to wooing public officials in key positions in the yamen, and even worked no less hard than important officials for some public officials. The king of Hades is easy to see, but the little ghosts are difficult to be, and in the various yamen of the Song Dynasty, where official documents are complicated, the role of these low-status officials is sometimes beyond people's imagination. You think that what Lu Yijian has done will definitely leave evidence, but in fact, when you really investigate, there is nothing, and you can't even find key witnesses.

It was precisely because of his helplessness that Fan Zhongyan finally chose to go to "Hundred Officials". Last time to Yan Wenying, Fan Zhongyan had already put life and death out of the way, and even explained to his eldest son what happened after his death, and this time he was even more determined to pull Lu Yijian down.

Since the Zhenzong Dynasty, the promotion of officials has been greatly restricted by the grinding method, and everything has a precedent to follow from what position to what position. For example, Xu Ping served as the deputy envoy of the three divisions of salt and iron, and the next time he took office, he would either be transferred and appointed as the deputy envoy of the household department and the degree branch, because salt and iron were the head of the three divisions, which had a derogatory meaning. Either they will be transferred out of the three divisions and yamen, and they will not be able to be directly promoted to the three envoys. Most of the other positions are similar, and there are rules for what kind of assignment to what assignment to what assignment.

There are always some officials who are promoted for various reasons because they do not follow the rules, or because of their political achievements, or because of their ability, or because of their talents, or even just because they have a good reputation. Just like Xu Ping, with Yongzhou's political achievements, the promotion of official positions is like a rocket, and it is promoted rapidly.

Fan Zhongyan's "Hundred Officials Map" is based on this principle, taking advantage of the opportunity of being an official in the capital in the past few years to sort out the promotions of all the officials of the Beijing Dynasty and draw a chart. There is a reason for which officials have been promoted more than once, which officials have reasons but the reasons are untenable, and which officials are promoted without any reason at all. The latter two categories happen to coincide with the recognized people of Lu Yijian's faction, so as to prove that Lu Yijian controls the government and intervenes in his own people.

This is the most obvious handle that the Lu faction can grasp, and it is their final blow, and Fan Zhongyan is even ready to become a benevolent if he does not succeed. His 100 official charts even draw on Xu Ping's experience in making economic data charts in the Salt and Iron Division, which is extremely detailed and well-organized, so that people can understand it at a glance.

Fan Zhong's entry into the court was recommended by Yan Shu, and the personal relationship between the two was also very good, as soon as he heard that he had done such a thing, Yan Shu couldn't help but be at a loss. The most important thing is that Fan Zhongyan is Yan Shu's optimistic candidate, and he has high hopes for him, and he really doesn't want to be thrown into the abyss because of this kind of thing.

A "Hundred Officials" can bring down Lu Yijian? Fan Zhongyan is really naïve! When you are the prime minister of the DPRK, do you have to explain to others when you appoint some middle- and lower-level officials? What is not in order, that is just a reference, and the prime minister does not need to follow those rules to do things. In the words of Ouyang Xiu later in history, Zai Fu is the king of the Great Dao, and he is just an old official!

Yan Shu only felt that his head hurt, his hands were cold, and he was dizzy when he looked at the white sun in the sky.

Yang Xue whispered: "Bachelor, I see that your face is wrong, but you are unwell?" ”

Yan Shu waved his hand: "It's okay, it's just that I sat for a long time just now." - By the way, Fan Xiwen is on "Hundred Officials", is there any movement in the court? For such a big matter, hundreds of officials will never say nothing. ”

"I don't know yet, but the court newspaper just said that Lu Xianggong was furious, accusing Fan of overstepping his duties, provoking the relationship between the minister and the saint, and confronting the saint. Counting the days, there should be a saying in these two days. ”

Yan Shu smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly. Confronted by the saint, no matter who Lu Yijian was with, he had never taken a loss. His mind is meticulous, his memory is amazing, as soon as these words come out, I am afraid that there will be countless pits waiting for Fan Zhongyan to jump by himself.

At this time, Yan Shu only hated that he was not in the capital, if he was present, he would definitely persuade Fan Zhong to drown this heart, and fighting like this with Lu Yijian would be lost. But think about it, how can Fan Zhongyan be persuaded by himself?

Putting together the articles on the table, Yan Shu said to Yang: "Let's go to the official hall and see what Xu Longtu has to say." ”

The two entered the official hall and saw that Xu Ping was not outside, so they went to the small study next to them together. I saw Xu Ping sitting behind the desk, with an official document spread out on the table, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and his face was solemn. Yang Xu stepped forward and said softly: "Du Cao, today's court report has arrived." ”

Xu Ping came back to his senses, saw Yan Shu and Yang Xu, hurriedly got up and saluted Yan Shu, and said, "I know, put the newspaper on the table, I'll read it later." ”

Yan Shu stepped forward and said directly to Xu Ping: "Xu Longtu, the newspaper that came today said a major event in the capital. Fan Xiwen, who knew that the Tianzhang Pavilion of Kaifeng Mansion was to be made, drew a picture of the order of the promotion of officials in the Beijing Dynasty in recent years and presented it to the saint, called "Hundred Officials". Tuli marked out which officials were promoted normally and which were not, and pointed them out to the saint, saying that those who were not promoted were all confidants of Lu Xianggong in the court, so as to control the government. ”

Xu Ping frowned: "Fan Beizhi has done this recklessly, how can the prime minister employ people?" If there are so many restrictions, how can the prime minister lead the hundred officials and assist the king? ”

"Xu Longtu also thinks that Fan Xiwen is just asking for trouble?"

"Naturally, if you use this reason to ask the prime minister, how does the government affairs hall deal with the government, isn't it to blame for everything?"

In fact, this truth is very obvious, the prime minister has such personnel powers, and the prime minister can decide everything except for the ministry, and there is no need to explain it to outsiders. Fan Zhongyan's "Hundred Officials" does not mean that Lu Yijian exceeded his authority, but to show that Lu Yijian used his power for personal gain. The problem is that since this is within the scope of the prime minister's duties, the imperial court cannot set a precedent, so it will challenge Lu Yijian, otherwise how will the prime minister be in charge of the political affairs hall in the future?

Fan Zhongyan started from the morality of a gentleman and a villain, and believed that if Lu Yijian had selfish intentions, he would be a villain, and his virtue would be at a loss, and he should no longer be the head of a hundred officials. Xu Ping has never been interested in this kind of criticism of the heart, and has always advocated that officials should be disrespectful of their deeds, reward and punish meritorious deeds, and cannot casually guess other people's thoughts, and naturally will not agree with Fan Zhongyan's approach.

Yang Xuan saw that Xu Ping was absent-minded, and couldn't help asking: "Look at Du Cao's appearance just now, but there is something troubled?" ”

Xu Ping pointed to the official document on the table: "There is an abnormal movement in the northwest party, I am not in the capital at this time, I am in the northwest——"

Yang Zhao couldn't help but say, "Northwest? Recently, the party was defeated in Tubo Jiao, and I haven't heard anything else! ”