Judging from the outcome of this case, Wang Anshi undoubtedly won a great victory.
After this case, his new policy got off to a very strong start.
At the same time, he also obtained the Procuratorate and Taifu Temple.
But Sima Guang had a function of his own, which was to cause trouble for Wang Anshi.
Arranging Su Shi to go to Yangzhou did make it difficult for Wang Anshi to enjoy his victory.
Because Yangzhou is an important town in the Jianghuai Six Routes, and the equal transportation system is mainly aimed at the Jianghuai Six Routes, letting Su Shi go there, isn't this clearly giving him a chance to take revenge?
Wang Anshi was not afraid of Su Shi, but the emperor was far away and Wang Anshi could not go there in person and drive Su Shi to Qiongzhou.
Therefore, Wang Anshi left Chuigong Hall and went to find Lu Huiqing to discuss.
When Lu Huiqing heard this, he immediately understood Sima Guang's intention. "Master, Sima Guang's intention is obviously to compete with us locally. We are already short of manpower, and the equalization law involves the whole country. When it is implemented, there will inevitably be omissions. I am afraid that they will have an opportunity to take advantage of us. We must be on guard."
Wang Anshi nodded and said, "I have thought of this, but there is nothing we can do about it. We can only ask Xue Xiang to keep a close eye on them and not give them a chance easily."
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When they were fighting for the reform, he was on the offensive side, but now that he has started the reform, he is on the defensive side.
However, he had not yet completed the rectification of the civil service, and now the other party was going to move to the local level, which was obviously to take advantage of their weak spot.
Lu Huiqing said worriedly: "But Xue Xiang can't handle it either."
Wang Anshi couldn't help asking, "What do you think?"
Lu Huiqing said: "Why not send Zhang San to Yangzhou? I believe Su Zizhan is no match for Zhang San in terms of law."
Wang Anshi waved his hand and said, "This is only a temporary solution. If Zhang San goes to Yangzhou, what about Dengzhou? If we do this, we will only let the other party lead us by the nose and lose sight of the big picture."
Lu Huiqing hurriedly explained: "Master, you misunderstood my intention. You asked Zhang San to go to Yangzhou not only to deal with Su Zizhan, but more to deal with Sima Xueshi."
Wang Anshi said, "What do you mean?"
Lu Huiqing explained: "Zhang San is very familiar with the public security, procuratorial and judicial systems, and has made great achievements in the field of law. He is a rare talent. I even think that Zhang San is more suitable for judicial reform than Sima Xueshi, but he is not an official and lacks qualifications and achievements. Letting Zhang San go to Yangzhou, firstly, can keep an eye on Su Zizhan, and secondly, can make up for his shortcomings and make plans for his future."
After this incident, he has gradually let down his guard against Zhang San, because Zhang Fei has clearly taken side in this matter.
Wang Anshi frowned and said, "You mean, let Zhang San fight for judicial reform?"
Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "It is very beneficial for us to have someone who supports the new policy lead the judicial reform."
I have to say, this idea is quite bold.
Wang Anshi was also somewhat tempted. The key point was that Zhang Fei could not only help him in the legal aspect, but also help him promote the new law. Such a talent naturally could not be let go. He sighed again: "But I have invited Zhang San again and again, but he is still unwilling to serve as an official in the court, let alone let him serve as an official in Yangzhou."
Lu Huiqing said, "I'll go talk to him again."
Wang Anshi paused for a moment, "You have to remember one thing, Zhang San's personality is very similar to his father-in-law, he is a very opinionated person, fame and fortune may not impress him, you have to appeal to his emotions and reason with him."
Lu Huiqing nodded and said, "I remember it."
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Although Zhang Fei played an indispensable role in Wang Anshi's victory, he did not directly participate in it. He just assisted from the side and the ministers did not pay attention to him.
During this period, Zhang Fei has been busy training the football players.
But this has also caused dissatisfaction among many people.
West City Training Ground.
"Ouch! Saburo, what are you doing?"
When Chen Maoqian heard that Zhang Fei was going to invest the money from the charity into Cuju, he felt dizzy. He rushed here with Ma Tianhao, Fan Yong and others to take a look, and then found that football was not as good as Cuju. It was a game played by reckless men. How could nobles like it? They were the main customers. He said, "Instead of investing this money, it would be better to lend it to the fourth brother."
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "We are a charity organization. Do you think it is appropriate to use the money to lend? But to be honest, I plan to borrow some money from my fourth brother."
Ma Tianhao's eyes lit up and he said, "We can talk about this."
Chen Maoqian was unhappy. You took our money to support Ma Tianhao. You have to share it equally. "What's there to talk about? If you borrow money to invest in football, you may lose everything. It's better to use the money to buy real estate. At least you won't lose money."
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "I have thought about this as well. If there is a suitable one, I will naturally not let it go."
Fan Yong felt that they seemed to have gone astray, and hurriedly said: "Let's not talk about these for now. The key point is that Cuju can't make much money, and this is something everyone knows."
This charity is now growing bigger and bigger, and it seems that it can continue to operate, so they are starting to get serious about this business.
Zhang Fei was too lazy to explain to them and said, "I'm going to hold a charity competition to create some momentum. I hope you all have no objection."
Chen Maoqian said: "We have no objection to this."
"That'll do."
Zhang Fei said: "If everyone doesn't like it, then just pretend I didn't say anything."
Fan Yong sighed, "We are worried that you are wasting your time. If you have this spare time, you might as well write a few more articles."
Zhang Fei hurriedly said, "Forget it! To be honest, I still have one article that I haven't published yet."
Fan Yong was surprised and asked, "Why don't you send it?"
Zhang Fei sighed, "My writing is so bad, but there are still so many people who like to read it. How can those who write well not be jealous of me? I don't make money from this, so why should I cause trouble?"
At this point, he thoughtfully said: "Do you think football will be like this too?"
Chen Maoqian immediately said, "Absolutely impossible. I also like to read your articles, but your football is boring to look at. A group of people running around, and I don't know what they are doing."
Fan Yong said: "Although your writing is not good, it is interesting. This football......!"
He didn't even want to mention it.
“Alright, alright!”
Zhang Fei said: "I won't talk to you anymore, go back and don't disturb me from playing football."
"Aren't you the referee?"
"Uh...don't bother me swearing."
"......?"
But just after sending them away and preparing to go off to warm up, Lu Huiqing came again.
This made Zhang Fei feel emotional. Why is it so difficult to play football? Is football really not something that China has a destiny?
When Lu Huiqing saw Zhang Fei, he first informed Zhang Fei of the results of today's meeting, and then said, "This time, it's really thanks to your help."
Zhang Fei quickly said modestly: "In fact, what I did was really insignificant. The key is that they were selfish and violated the rules first. Otherwise, this matter would be really difficult to handle."
Lu Huiqing smiled and said, "Everyone makes mistakes, and the key is whether you can catch the opponent's mistakes. You really played an indispensable role in this victory."
Zhang Fei smiled awkwardly, "Thank you for the compliment, Lu Xiaokan. Zhang San is really unworthy of it."
Lu Huiqing suddenly sighed: "What a pity......!"
Zhang Fei asked: "What's a pity?"
Lu Huiqing said: "It's a pity that the other party still seems unwilling to give up. They have transferred Su Shi to Yangzhou to serve as a prosecutor."
Zhang Fei didn't seem to understand for a moment and looked at Lu Huiqing in confusion.
Lu Huiqing immediately said: "Our equal distribution method is mainly aimed at the six provinces of Jianghuai, and Yangzhou is particularly important among them."
Zhang Fei pretended to be enlightened: "What Lu Xiaokan meant is that they are planning to attack the new law at the local level?"
Lu Huiqing nodded: "That must be the case. The key is that in this area, our power is far inferior to that of the other party. If they break the law knowingly, commit corruption for personal gain, and form cliques for personal gain as they did this time, our teacher will be powerless to stop them!"
Zhang Fei glanced at Lu Huiqing warily.
Lu Huiqing coughed and said, "I might as well tell you straight. I hope you can go to Yangzhou to serve as a judicial officer to supervise Su Zizhan and others."
The judicial officer is actually a judge, a department that can effectively restrict the procuratorate.
Zhang Fei smiled bitterly and said, "Master Wang once talked to me about this matter...!"
Before he could finish, Lu Huiqing said, "But this is a different time. In the eyes of the other party, it was Xu Sishi who demoted them to the capital, and Sima Xueshi insisted on letting them serve as prosecutors. In other words, Sima Xueshi still wants to take back the Procuratorate. If they succeed, they will definitely retaliate against your father-in-law."
After hearing this, Zhang Fei couldn't help but look hesitant.
Lu Huiqing added: "Zhang San, I know you don't want to get involved, but if you want to marry Madam Xu, you can't avoid it. If you don't take the opportunity to climb up now, when the crisis really comes, I'm afraid you will regret it!"
Since he had always been on guard against Zhang Fei, he had been observing Zhang Fei and discovered that Zhang Fei's biggest weakness was his indulgence of Xu Zhiqian.
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In this case, he was actually plotting against Zhang Fei in secret. He first used this case to see which side Zhang Fei was on, and then took the opportunity to pull Xu Zhongtu in. If Zhang Fei was inclined to their side, he would use Xu Zhongtu to pull Zhang Fei to his side.
Little did they know that Zhang Fei did all this on purpose.
Zhang Fei frowned and thought for a while, "But I still have a lot of things to deal with, especially the charity organizations. They trust me so much, I can't let them down."
Seeing that his tone was somewhat relaxed, Lu Huiqing hurriedly said: "Although this matter is important, it is not urgent at this moment. As long as you agree, we can prepare in advance."
Zhang Fei said: "But Sima Xueshi will definitely recommend someone, and the judicial reform will still be led by him."
Lu Huiqing immediately said: "Don't worry, we are still confident of winning this spot."
Zhang Fei said: "But there is a possibility of failure, and this will make them regard me as an enemy. I lack experience and have no foundation. If I go to Yangzhou alone, I am afraid that I will be in great danger!"
Lu Huiqing frowned, "What do you think?"
Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment and said, "Let Scholar Sima recommend me."
As he spoke, his heartbeat gradually quickened. He believed that he could hide it from Wang Anshi, but he was not completely sure whether he could hide it from Lu Huiqing.
But he had to take this step.
Lu Huiqing was surprised and asked, "Let Sima Xueshi recommend you?"
Zhang Fei's move shocked him.
But if Sima Guang were here, he would probably tell Lu Huiqing, yes, he said the same thing to me.
Zhang Fei nodded and said, "To be honest with you, Lü Xiaokan, Sima Xueshi tried to recruit me before, but I declined. However, if Sima Xueshi recommended me, there would be fewer obstacles. But I may need Lü Xiaokan's help."
Lu Huiqing frowned slightly and asked, "How do you want me to help you?"
Zhang Fei said: "It's very simple, just let people know that Wang Xueshi is trying hard to recruit me to the Regulations Department of the Second Prefecture."
Lu Huiqing asked, "Are you hoping to use us to lure the other party to recruit you?"
Zhang Fei nodded.
Lu Huiqing asked again: "But how can you be sure that they will let you go to Yangzhou?"
Zhang Fei smiled and said, "I don't have any foundation in the officialdom. If I don't have an acquaintance, it will be difficult for me to gain a foothold, so I will ask to go to Yangzhou."
Lu Huiqing hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay! I'll do as you say."
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