My surname is Wang, my neighbor Wu Dalang

Chapter 134 Prime Minister Lu Yihao

The wedding date of Wang Lin and Han Yan is set on April 23, which is an auspicious day.

Wang Lin stayed in the mansion to practice martial arts and study every day, and stayed behind closed doors. He basically refused invitations to banquets or literary meetings from various high schools in Beijing, but he attended a polo game banquet hosted by Zhao Ji.

After Cai Jing's six thieves died, the weather in Tokyo changed.

After Lu Yihao, Li Gang and Wu Min entered the cabinet, they made drastic moves to clean up the long-standing abuses in the government and eliminated the traitors of the Cai Party.

Lu Yihao led the government as the prime minister, and Li Gang and Wu Min participated in political affairs and assisted him.

If this situation continues, maybe the Northern Song Dynasty still has a glimmer of hope for survival.

Lu Yihao is of course a capable minister and a famous minister, otherwise Wang Lin would not have recommended him to the court, and the emperor would not have agreed.

But Wang Lin didn't know that Lu Yihao's character was domineering and domineering, and he even had deep conflicts with Li Gang.

In particular, Lu Yihao's transfer from Hebei Road made him directly promoted to the prime minister, ranking first among all officials, and treating Cai Jing with him, his vigor was unprecedentedly high.

Naturally, he became more domineering and arrogant, and looked down on Li Gang and Wu Min even more.

Lu Yihao rejected Li Gang, perhaps because of their different political views.

But the reason why he dismissed Wu Min was mainly because of Wu Min's career experience.

Wu Min was a Jinshi in his early years, and started his career as an official in the Department of Academic Affairs in Eastern Zhejiang.

He entered the court as the school secretary, and then turned to the right secretary doctor.

Recommended by Cai Jing, he served as Zhongshu Sheren and Gishizhong.Later, he offended Prime Minister Zheng Juzhong and was demoted until his comeback.

So after the first few days of the honeymoon period, conflicts broke out between the three ministers in the political hall.

Party strife, involution, and strife almost accompanied the entire history of the Song Dynasty, so Wang Lin vaguely heard that the newly appointed Lv Yihao and the other three had started internal strife, and sighed secretly.

This is almost an unsolvable deadlock.

Not to mention that the crisis has not yet come, even before and after the battle of Jingkang, the Jin army had already approached the city, and the party struggle in the court was still in full swing.

In fact, for the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Lin was doing his best and obeying the destiny.

The general situation is irreversible, and all he can do is to delay the full-scale invasion of the Jin soldiers as much as possible, and retain as many capable ministers and officials as possible as the backbone of the future resistance against the Jin soldiers.

If Lu Yihao, Li Gang, Wu Min and others can work together, the Northern Song Dynasty can survive, but if these three people can't get rid of the stereotype of party struggle, then the Great Counselor Dynasty is really hopeless.

These had nothing to do with Wang Lin.

He only returned to Qingzhou after he got married, and continued to prepare his own strength. It is better to rely on himself than anyone else.

However, what he didn't expect was that when the purge of the Cai party and Tong Guan's party members came to an end, a lot of fresh blood was promoted in the court, including many Lu Yihao's people, Li Gang's people, Wu Min's people, etc. .

And Lu Yihao took aim at Wang Lin.

This inducement is of course closely related to the recent falling out between Wang Lin and the prince.

Today Lu Yihao made a special trip to the palace to meet Zhao Ji and joined the two of them.

One is Li Gang.

Lu Yihao accused Li Gang of being mad, disrespectful, and selfish, and cultivating party members is not enough to be a prime minister.

One is Wang Lin.

Lu Yihao thought that it was inappropriate for Wang Lin to be promoted too quickly, with both civil and military skills.

And Wang Lin is proud of his merits, ignoring the laws of the imperial court, and led his troops into the city without authorization. Recently, he formed a clique in Tokyo for personal gain, made friends with various nobles, and plotted against him.

Lu Yihao suggested that Zhao Ji remove Wang Lin's title of prince and junior division, take away his military power, and change to Qinglai Jiedu envoy and coastal defense envoy.and so on.

What Lu Yihao said was just and dignified, one mouthful for the sake of the country, but Zhao Ji didn't take it seriously, he continued to practice calligraphy, and didn't bother to pay attention to it.

He knew very well who Wang Lin was, and besides, Zhao Ji really protected Wang Lin a little. How could he allow others to make irresponsible remarks about his own disciples.

As a result, Zhao Ji became dissatisfied with Lu Yihao, and felt that there was something wrong with his character.

Not to mention anything else, if it wasn't for Wang Lin's recommendation, he would never have remembered that there was such a number one person as Lu Yihao. He didn't expect that after a few days of securing his position, he would start to frame the recommender.

The face-to-face performance in the palace was fruitless, and at the court meeting on the second day, Lu Yihao actually gave the performance again in public, and Zhao Ji was furious.

But thinking of the current troubled times, people like Lu Yihao are still needed to take charge of the government and share his worries, so Zhao Ji held back his anger and walked away.

It made Lu Yihao feel ashamed.

After coming down to court, Lu Yihao drove back to his residence in a restless mood. As soon as he left the Xuande Gate of the imperial city, he bumped into Wang Lin's carriage team.

Because of the high popularity and popularity in Tokyo, Wang Lin can no longer ride a horse or walk when he leaves the palace recently, otherwise he will be surrounded by scholars and literati everywhere asking for poems and paintings.

Or ask him to comment on his own poems and songs to gain fame.

Wang Lin's carriage was a gift from Zhao Ji, and it was considered extravagant in this era.Whenever Yan Qing was worried about his safety, he personally led an army of fifty and accompanied him.

Recently, Zhang Shuye's two sons, Zhang Bofen and Zhang Zhongxiong, also worshiped under Wang Lin's family, so Wang Lin would accompany them every time he traveled. After all, Yan Qing was not familiar with the situation in the capital and needed two guides.

In fact, with Wang Lin's current title, official position, military power and status, this is completely in line with the regulations.It's just that Lu Yihao's mentality is not right. When he sees Wang Lin yelling in front of him and embracing him in luxury cars and horses, he feels disgusted in his heart.

The lane is not wide, and two cars and two teams of people are coming towards each other. Only one side can avoid the side to pass smoothly, otherwise there will be a collision.

The butler, Lu Dafu, stood beside the car and said in a low voice: "Master Wang, the carriages and horses of Young Master Wang are blocking the road ahead, can you take shelter for a while?"

Lu Yihao has always been arrogant, now that he occupies a high position, how can he let others, he can even stand up to Li Gang, let alone Wang Lin.

No matter how hot Wang Lin was, he was no more than a powerful minister in his eyes.

And from the second rank, it is lower than him, the leader of the first rank civil servants, so how can he make way for Wang Lin.

Lu Yihao snorted coldly and said nothing.

Lu Da raised his head and shouted loudly: "Go forward as usual!"

Lu Yihao's chariot and horse entourage came with great momentum.

Here, Wang Lin closed his eyes and fell asleep in the car without noticing it. He suddenly heard the noise outside the car. When he lifted the curtain, he saw Lu Xianggong's entourage talking arrogantly. stalemate.

In fact, Yan Qing was originally ordered to give way.

It's just that there were many hawkers and pedestrians in front of and behind the street, and before they could escape to the side of the street in a hurry, Lu Yihao's chariots and horses drove over almost on a rampage.

It just doesn't make sense!
Yan Qing was furious, so he turned his horse and stopped in front of Lu's car.

Lu Da yelled with a cold face: "Do you know that this is Lu Daxiang's bus driving in front of you?"

What a hero Yan Qing is, how could he put a wealthy housekeeper in his eyes.

He sneered: "I don't know who Mr. Lu is, but I know that the streets are narrow, and when two families meet, they should give way to each other before they can pass. What's the reason for such rampage like you?"

While Yan Qing was speaking, he got off his horse, stepped forward casually, and pushed away Lu Da and his entourage, the servants of the Lu family, and was about to order his own car to pass quickly, when Lu Yihao suddenly lifted the curtain of the car, and said indifferently: "Fu Hu's army is so undisciplined and mad. It's disrespectful, do you even dare to stop the old man's car?"

After all, Lu Yihao is the prime minister of the court, Yan Qing bowed with restraint and said, "I don't mean to stop the prime minister's bus from driving, but the streets are narrow, and you can only pass by giving way to each other, so..."

Before Yan Qing finished speaking, Lu Yihao yelled angrily: "Back off!"

He lowered the curtain.

Brothers Zhang Bofen and Zhang Zhongxiong stood beside Wang Lin's car, with strange expressions on their faces.

The two of them had heard their father Zhang Shuye talk about Lu Yihao's arrogance, and seeing each other face to face today was actually better than the rumors.

Moreover, the two brothers thought that Lu Yihao should treat Wang Lin with courtesy. After all, Lu Yihao was able to be what he is today because of the recommendation of Young Master Wang.

The two secretly said in their hearts: Lu Yihao is now in control of the phase, and he suddenly replaced Cai Jing. He is eager to establish his prestige in the court, but he really chose the wrong person for his prestige. He took the initiative to provoke Wang Lin. , I'm afraid this matter will be lively.

Wang Lin got off the car, waved lightly and said, "Yan Qing, gather the chariots and horses, get out of the way, and let Lu Xianggong go first!"

Although Yan Qing was very upset, she still obeyed the order.

Wang Lin's guards pushed the car to the side of the street and made way.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Lu Yihao drove slowly.

All the subduing tiger soldiers were furious, with murderous looks in their eyes.

Wang Lin didn't think much of himself, and he didn't bother to argue with Lu Yihao.

He knew very well that although a person like Lu Yihao was not a traitor and was very capable, but once he succeeded and became powerful, some airs and arrogance were unavoidable.

Of course this is not the crux of the problem.

The point is that civil servants like Lu Yihao pride themselves on being noble, and they really look down on people like Wang Lin who have made their fortunes by relying on the favor of officials.

As for Lu Yihao's sudden participation in the performance, Wang Lin didn't take it to heart.

He has no intention of competing for power with anyone in Tokyo or in the imperial court. His goal is in Shandong. As long as he purges the Fuhu Army and accumulates strength, he will occupy the land of six states in the future. No one dares to touch him easily, even Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan.

What is a mere Lu Yihao?

So what if you let him have one head.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yihao lifted the curtain of the car and looked down at Wang Lin and said, "Are you that Wang Lin?"

This made Yan Qing and the others very uncomfortable.

Yan Qing thought: If there is no envoy from my family, what would you Lu Yihao be?You can ascend to the sky in one step, what is the reason?Such an ungrateful person, Shi Jun actually recommended him to be the prime minister, really...

Wang Lin smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "I'm Wang Lin, I've met Lu Xianggong."

"Wang Lin, relying on a little credit, you brought the Fuhu Army into the city without the permission of the court, and you still act recklessly on the street, blocking the truth from driving. Do you have the laws of the Song Dynasty and the majesty of the court in your eyes?"

Lu Yihao smiled coldly: "The truth will be reported to the officials tomorrow, and you will be severely punished according to the law."

Wang Lin chuckled: "Mr. Lu didn't know something. On that day, Cai Jingtong was involved in a rebellion against six thieves. The situation was critical. Wang had to lead troops into the city to rescue him. I left five hundred soldiers in my house. This was approved by the officials. Guards. It was a coincidence that I met Lu Xianggong today, how can I stop it?"

The smile on Wang Lin's face disappeared, and his voice was raised a few times: "Wang has always acted with no shame to the sky, bowed to the ground, and never took credit for himself. I killed Cai Jing and punished the six thieves that day, and it was not a personal grudge. , but for the sake of the Song Dynasty! Now that the six thieves are dead, the officials are making great efforts to govern and revive the court. At this time, when Lu Xianggong entered the court, he should focus on the world and benefit the people, and there is no need to use his energy on Wang."

"Farewell!"

(End of this chapter)