Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Zhao Zhen originally thought that he had contributed to the Chengshuiluo incident, which was extremely helpful in the war situation, under the rare situation where the government and the people were united.

Unexpectedly, within ten days, memorials against this matter came one after another, and each one shook his mind more and more violently.

The first to be delivered was Wang Shao's memorial, which was many steps faster than the official decree issued by the imperial court, and settled the pacification of Guanzhong in the bud.

It is precisely because Wang Shao personally took part in the battle and acted as the commander-in-chief to quell the chaos that he can truly understand that the heavy burden on the people's power caused by the imperial court on Xia Yongbing has gradually approached the point of people's resentment.

While pinning our hopes on Cao Wei and Lu Ci, the two chiefs, what the other chiefs need to do is to do everything possible to prevent the possibility of continuous increase of redundant troops, reduce corvee, control prices, appease the hearts of the people, and give the people a rest Opportunity.

As a result, at this juncture, manpower and material resources were allocated to build a city that is difficult to build, just to please the tens of thousands of foreign soldiers who don't know whether it is credible?

Wang Shao couldn't believe that such a whimsical and ridiculous decision could be made by an envoy who should be familiar with the local people's livelihood and dignified Shaanxi Fourth Road Economic Strategy!

In the memorial, Wang Shao couldn't care less about the fact that Zheng Jian was his immediate boss. He was so angry that he used the chaos in Guanzhong as evidence, and introduced the fact that the people were already grieving for their hard work due to frequent errands, and spoke bitterly. The matter is 'ridiculous' and 'impossible'.

After reading Wang Shao's memorial and not knowing the specific situation of the road, all the officials in the court were stunned, and when they were dubious, the memorial of Fan Zhongyan, the magistrate of Qinzhou, also arrived.

Fan Zhongyan, who was familiar with the situation on Qinfeng Road, was also very anxious. He didn't care about the sensitive location of Shuiluo area and the suspicion of overstepping his authority. He asked ten questions in a row, expressing strong doubts about the necessity of Shuiluo City's construction.

In addition to Wang Shao and Fan Zhongyan, rookies such as Di Qing, Zhang Kang, Zhong Shiheng, Yang Wenguang, etc. who heard about this incident also expressed their opposition to this one after another.

As long as you are not blind, you can see at a glance that most of the people who oppose this matter are officials who are very active in the Jingyuan and Qinfeng Road areas, and their words are all convincing.

In this way, it seems that Zheng Jian, who vigorously promotes this matter, is "alone". Those sentences that they thought were full of temptation and hope before have also become pale and powerless in the face of each evidence.

In the end, it was the latest memorial written by Lu Ci that completely broke Zhao Zhen's confidence.

Lu Ci, who tried his best to overcome all opinions and recommended Zhong Shiheng to build Qingjian City, is an out-and-out "builder" in the eyes of everyone. He has known Qinzhou for a long time, traveled to Qingtang several times, and is now the Northeast War Zone The chief envoy is very familiar with the situation on the road.

If even he came out to oppose it, then the intensified gap between the 'main war' and the 'main peace' in the court would be self-defeating.

In this memorial, Lu Ci neither used fancy rhetoric nor quoted scriptures, but only used the most plain words to clearly list the six reasons why the city and Shuiluo were not suitable.

"At present, the imperial court has formed an alliance with Zong Ke, and the crusade against Yuan Hao is not yet halfway, and the servants are frequent, and the people are already angry. It is quite inconvenient to rashly build more castles and absorb the people of the alliance...Qinfeng Jingyuan Second Road, there are many towers It is not difficult for the strongholds to help each other, and there is no need to add icing on the cake...The army is tight, and it is necessary to defend..."

Although he didn't bluntly say that Zheng Jian was talking on paper, nor did he accuse him of rushing for quick success, but in front of many clear and powerful evidences, the conclusion is already clear at a glance.

However, after explaining how powerful it is, Lu Ci changed the subject, repeatedly emphasizing that 'if the construction of Shuiluo City has already started, it should never stop halfway. '

Even though Lu Ci had no choice but to listen to Zheng Jian's words and make the decision of "Chengshuiluo", Lu Ci was willing to forgive him.

After all, whether it is Zhao Zhen or the other prime ministers, they have all been in the capital for many years, and most of them have never been in Shaanxi, let alone understand the special situation at this time.

It is perfectly normal to be bewitched by Zheng Jian's beautiful visionary analysis and eager to make a decision.

Let's not mention how abominable Zheng Jian is, who should have known the situation on this road, but is eager to make meritorious deeds and deliberately ignores hidden dangers.

Compared with urgently repairing Shuiluo City, making the already overwhelmed public sentiment worse, and slightly disrupting the war situation, Lu Ci still believes that if the court hastily withdraws its decision and suspends the construction of Shuiluo, the potential harm that it will bring is more serious.

What can do more damage to the foundation than rashly making decisions is naturally going back on one's word and changing one's orders overnight.

Not only did the officers and soldiers who were in a period of mental stress become confused and at a loss, but it also greatly damaged the prestige of the imperial court, causing the people to question the inconsistent edicts, and also made Fu Yi hopeful and helplessly watching. The aboriginal people who were destroyed by it were very dissatisfied.

In other words, Zheng Jian has already used Chengshuiluo as a bait to appease several big households, and this matter is imperative-thinking about the good, although the current city of Shuiluo will do more harm than good, it is not without merit.

Just in order to avoid similar proposals of "building a village and establishing a city" emerge in endlessly, the change and arrangement of Zheng Jian's authority has become the top priority: there is Zhong Shiheng in the front, and Zheng Jian in the back. If the signal of "Building a city is rewarded" is read out in a timely manner, the already tight finances will collapse sharply, and the court will be very troubled.

Even if Lu Ci is written implicitly, it is impossible for Zhao Zhen, who is already annoyed by Zheng Jian who has deliberately misled him, to remain unresponsive.

He also knew that in order to avoid this matter affecting the relationship between Song and Fan, he should send envoys as soon as possible to make a promise to Zhe Siluo to make some concessions on the division of Xia Zhanguo in the future as compensation.

Thanks to the dispatch of Cao Wei's sea-fixing needle, the war on the western front has finally been promoted, and it is no longer as stagnant as it was when Fan Yong was there.

In this way, the promise does not appear to be empty talk.

Zhao Zhen thought for a moment, and probably had an idea.

He didn't dare to wait any longer, and immediately went to the Political Affairs Hall to find the ministers to discuss matters.

Kou Zhun and Wang Zeng, who had doubts about this before, became clearer in their hearts, as if the clouds had been turned to see the moon, and they also took more seriously the inappropriateness of Chengshuiluo.

Compared with other people's suggestion of 'returning Chengshuiluo', although Lu Ci's proposal seems too 'smooth', it is undoubtedly more acceptable to Zhao Zhen and other courtiers.

——It’s too embarrassing to go back and forth, and it’s not too late to make up for it.

Within three days, this follow-up incident regarding the Chengshuiluo edict led to the issuance of a new edict.

After the excitement passed and faced with a lot of evidence, the calm court attached great importance to the opinions of Lu Ci and others, and responded in a timely manner.

According to Lu Ci's reminder, Zhao Zhen suppressed his anger even though he felt deeply inappropriate, and discussed the matter one by one: Let Liu Hu and Dong Shilian complete the construction of Shuiluo City, send Yang Wenguang there, and lead [-] soldiers and horses to stay there City; Zheng Jian was rewarded for his achievements in successfully recruiting several Tibetan households. As a result, he was transferred from the post of the Four Roads of Shaanxi Province to appease and recruit envoys, and was summoned to Beijing, with a new post to be determined.

As soon as this edict came out, it seemed that everything was thoughtful, but even if the human spirits didn't understand the inside story, they could smell something unusual.

From a general point of view, Zheng Jian was able to be transferred back to Beijing without having to lead military affairs at the border, which was indeed the dream of most civil servants.

However, after making adjustments to such an important mission on the sidewalk, except for a fluffy "pending" and a few awards, nothing has been settled, which is a bit intriguing.

Especially after a group of officials headed by Lu Ci expressed diametrically opposite opinions on Zheng Jian's decision-making without exception... the officials who have always favored Lu Ci would issue such an edict, and it seemed a bit uncertain mean.

Because of this unusualness, some border officials who were greedy for the rewards Zhong Shiheng and others received for building Qingjian City silently extinguished their eagerness to try, which suppressed the trend of "casting the city".

As an insider, Zheng Jian has yet to understand the key points that outsiders can see clearly.

Although he couldn't appreciate the abnormality in this sudden edict, he was not happy about being transferred back to Beijing, and was even a little depressed.

He had just completely wooed Liu Hu, Dong Shilian and the others, and wanted to show off his skills so that Lu Ci and Cao Wei could take the lead, but he didn't want to stop abruptly just after the start.

After waiting for half a month with full of expectations, there was such a result - Zheng Jian was quite unwilling to face this 'reward'.

He had made a promise to the wealthy aboriginal family, so he attached great importance to the construction of Shuiluo City. He had heard about the wave of rebuttals led by Lu Ci, so of course he would not take it lightly.

After repeated calculations, Zheng Jian was really worried that once he lost his seat here, Lu Ci and his party would intervene and forcibly obstruct Cheng Shuiluo.

Therefore, he secretly ordered someone to send the obsolete Shaanxi Four Roads to Dong Shilian's office.

Worried about leaking the news, Zheng Jian did not attach a few words with this ultimatum, but the meaning of what he did not say was clear at a glance: order Dong Shilian to strictly prevent others from interfering, and act with "discretion" when necessary.

Dong Shilian and Liu Hu, who were in charge of the matter, were surprised by the power conferred by Zheng Jian's move and the great trust it symbolized, and suddenly felt grateful.

When building Shuiluo City, I couldn't help but work harder to repay this kindness of support.

After arranging this last move, Zheng Jian set off to return to Beijing without making a sound. The first thing he did was to prepare to unite with his friends in Beijing and China to launch an attack against Wang Shao's "absence of duty without permission" Fierce impeachment.

Judging from the results alone, Wang Shao's move is full of forward-looking, and his control of the battle situation is so exquisite that it is amazing.

However, from another point of view, as the leader of the army along the way, Wang Shao held an important position, but he ignored his own duties and led the troops to leave the country without authorization, leaving Weizhou in danger of being empty.

There is no doubt about this.

Zheng Jian tried his best to attack Wang Shao, not only to dampen his spirit, at least to make him appear to be too powerful, to hinder his promotion, but also to deliberately retaliate.

——Not only to avenge Wang Shao's refusal to obey his orders in the past, but also to warn Lu Ci's party who stood behind Wang Shao and provided him with confidence.

Ever since he learned that Wang Shao was an official under Lu Ci's command and was promoted by him several times, Zheng Jian did not hesitate to brand him as Lu Ci's crony.

It doesn't matter whether it's about hunting cattle across the mountains, or giving a little warning, Lu Ci dared to instruct his friends to attack his city, Shuiluo, and other things, which is obviously an unresolved hatred.

However, what Zheng Jian never expected was that when he meticulously prepared the memorial to impeach Wang Shao and began to contact his former friends one by one, he was met with cold reception everywhere.