"Don't bow down!"

At the end of various cumbersome ceremonies, Xu Ping ended with a sentence of non-worship.

Shi Quanbin handed over the holy decree to Xu Ping with a smile, and said: "Yongzhou is remote, and Yunxing will not bow a word, but it will be delayed for more than half a year. In this way, although you don't worship, everything will go first, and when a new decree comes down, you will make up for it. ”

Xu Ping said: "The cabinet chief said that he was laughing, but he still waited for the decree of the court." ”

This kind of promotion, it is not good for the ministers to accept it generously, and it is impossible to say "thank you Lord Longen" gratefully as Xu Ping saw on TV in his previous life. Don't say that the Song Dynasty didn't have this rule, and if there was this rule, it was impossible to say it when the first will came.

It is the duty of the courtiers to do a good job, and the promotion is the grace of the king, so most of them have to be thanked for the first time. Xu Ping needs to make a note to show that he has the grace of the saint, is humble, and is not worthy of this promotion. Then there was another will in the court, and Xu Ping was praised for it, and the previous will was carried out, so that Xu Ping could really rise.

Before the second decree came down, this decree would be sealed in the military treasury by Xu Ping, indicating that he refused to carry it out. Wait until there is another will, and after accepting it, it will be moved into the Beacon Pavilion,

Of course, there are also people who omit the second step, and who doesn't want to be promoted? If you talk a lot, you won't have a place to cry after a long night and a lot of dreams, so someone pretends to be stupid and accepts the order the first time. This kind of person will become a joke of literati and doctors, and even become a handle in the future, Xu Ping is not hungry to that extent.

After receiving the holy decree, Xu Ping and Shi Quanbin were the guests and hosts, Tan Hu re-served tea, and the two chatted some gossip.

Shi Quanbin said: "Actually, it doesn't matter if Yunxing doesn't worship, the things here in Yongzhou are very different from when the court issued the order, and I don't know what the court members will think." ”

Xu Ping heard what Shi Quanbin said, and hurriedly asked, "What did the cabinet chief say?" ”

"Oh. You haven't received the Privy Council papers? I'm counting the days, and I should have arrived. Your promotion needs to be combined with the Privy Council text to know the meaning. ”

Xu Ping listened, and he already faintly felt in his heart that this time he was afraid that there was something involved in the transaction, and Shi Quanbin was a person close to the emperor in the palace. If he didn't talk much, he wouldn't ask anymore.

After calling Tan Hu, Xu Ping instructed him to quickly check if there were any important documents from the Privy Council.

The decision-making procedures for the real major events of the DPRK and China are complicated, and the Zhongshu does not say it, but a will is issued to sign the "reading" of the matter, and the Zhongshu Sheren signs the "line", and the prime minister draws an edict. The emperor's seal, one step less, the holy decree cannot be issued. The Privy Council is simpler, and it is also subject to provincial review. This kind of big thing can't be done by an inner attendant who goes out with a holy decree. Therefore, people like Shi Quanbin came out to announce trivial things such as promotion and debasement, especially the promotion edict, which used them more. The so-called favor is attributed to the superior, and the grievance is attributed to the subordinate. The prime minister is the one who bears the blame for the emperor.

If this promotion is related to any frontier matter, Shi Quanbin will not tell Xu Ping. Rather, it is necessary to go through the channels of the Privy Council and follow the normal official route.

It didn't take long for Tan Hu to come back in a hurry and hand over a secret document from the Privy Council to Xu Ping.

Xu Ping opened it and looked at it, and his face gradually became difficult to see. After reading the text, slowly put it away. said to Shi Quanbin: "My promotion, it turned out that the Privy Council wants to change Yongzhou to calm things here?" ”

Shi Quanbin picked up the teacup and drank tea, and didn't speak, just looked at Tan Hu with his eyes.

Xu Ping comprehended and handed over the cipher to Tan Hu. He said to him: "Put the paperwork in the library, go out and talk to the two yellow doors brought by the stone pavilion chief, don't snub them." ”

Watching Tan Hu go out, Shi Quanbin put down the teacup and sighed: "Yunxing, you are in Yongzhou, too far away from the imperial court, and I don't know a lot of things in the court." The two of us have known each other for many years, and I won't hide anything from you. But that's here, it's out of my mouth, it's in your ears, and you must not let a third person know. ”

"I understand that the Cabinet Chief should know who I am, even though I say so."

"You sit down, and we'll talk in a low voice."

Xu Ping moved his chair to Shi Quanbin's side and leaned his head up. This meeting made Xu Ping feel like he was discussing a conspiracy, he was used to being on the local ruling side, and he was very uncomfortable.

Shi Quanbin said in a low voice: "Since last winter, the Queen Mother has often been unwell, and the undercurrent is surging inside, which is not as good as before. Thanks to the benevolence of the official family and the thoughtfulness of the foreign court, Lu Xianggong handled everything thoroughly, so that there was no wind and waves, and everything seemed to be as usual. However, the Queen Mother's health was not well, and the government was negligent, and some people were uneasy. ”

"I see," the chief continued.

"Privy Counsellor Zhang Xianggong is the old man of the Queen Mother, who was kind to the Queen Mother many years ago, and now he is the prime minister and is in charge of the Privy Council. The Queen Mother asked little about the government, and Zhang Xianggong was inevitably uneasy and wanted to find something to come out. ”

The privy envoy Zhang Qi was an old man in the mansion before Emperor Zhenzong ascended the throne, and he served Emperor Zhenzong at the age of eleven and was deeply favored. Empress Dowager Liu was disgusted by Taizong and forced to be expelled from the prince's mansion, so she temporarily lived in his house. It was also at that time that he served the Empress Dowager Liu quite respectfully, laying the foundation for his future prosperity. At this time, Zhang Qi was the envoy and servant of the Zhaode Army, and a few days ago, he added Shangshu to shoot the left servant, so that Xiangzhizun was in charge of the Privy Council, which can be said to be the apex of the courtiers.

Everything about Zhang Qi comes from the support of the Empress Dowager Liu, so as soon as the Empress Dowager Liu neglected government affairs, his status declined, especially compared with Prime Minister Lu Yijian, the real real power is getting less and less.

In order to contain Lu Yijian, at the beginning of the year, the emperor's former teacher Li Di was recruited into the center as the second minister, but he still couldn't stop Lu Yijian's limelight.

The matter of Yongzhou this time is that Zhang Qi is full of energy to say goodbye to Lu Yijian.

The third division and the border officials such as Feng Shenji and Xu Ping felt that the Yongzhou soldiers were now strong and strong, and they had a tough attitude towards Guangyuan Prefecture and Jiaozhi, and even did not hesitate to solve it by force. The Privy Council, headed by Zhang Qi, insisted that the policy of the Zhenzong Dynasty should continue to be pursued, so as to be quiet and peaceful.

This time, the Privy Council came down to ask Yongzhou not to provoke the border and appease the Zhufan. The document also promised to seal Nong Cunfu as the envoy of Guangyuan Prefecture, control Tianzhou Bozhou, and let him contain Jiaozhi. With Guangyuan Prefecture's containment, he also asked Qinzhou to release the Wei family brothers who were recruited, so that Jiaozhi had no reason to make trouble.

In order not to let the magistrates of Yongzhou oppose this decision, Zhang Qi even did not hesitate to give in, so that Xu Ping could get the opportunity to be promoted this time, and the trouble of Zhang Pin, the transfer envoy, who was falsely accused of his son being imprisoned, was solved, and he also moved a first-order official, and Feng Shenji was moved from the deputy envoy of the supply reserve to the deputy envoy of Chongyi.

Nearly two months have passed since the decision was made, and the situation in Yongzhou has long been turned upside down.

After hearing this, Xu Ping looked at Shi Quanbin and said with a wry smile: "Guangyuan Prefecture has been pacified by me, Nong Cunfu's father and son have been beheaded, and the party members are scattered." The Privy Council has issued this paperwork, which is already useless. Now that even Langzhou has been pacified by me, where are you still afraid of making trouble, it's really inexplicable! ”

(There's another chapter in the evening.) (To be continued.) )