Han Shizu

Chapter 1863
Wang You is not an ordinary person. He became famous very early. In terms of seniority, he is even higher than Zhao Pu.However, for his official career to really start, he had to start as a county official after serving in the Han Dynasty, go to Beijing to practice, and be released as an official outside, step by step to become a big official in the frontier.

Of course, Wang You, like many ministers and bureaucrats, made achievements during the Qianyou period, but after entering the Kaibao Year, it was the time when he really made his way to the top.

Moreover, Wang You is another Northwest bureaucrat and scholar leader after Lu Duosun.Of course, Wang You is not as strong and arrogant as Lu Duoxun, and his temperament is more acceptable. With the lessons learned by Lu Duoxun, Wang You has been very restrained in dealing with politics in recent years, and appears to be relatively low-key.

However, since he took office in Binzhou, Wang You has been an official in the Northwest for more than 20 years. It is to overshadow Luderson, but it is not as eye-catching as Luderson in terms of content.

However, in Wang You's position, some things are beyond his control. With the downfall of Lu Duoxun, Wang You also had to take over the banner of the Northwest faction and become a leading figure of an important political force.

This place in the northwest is a bit strange. Although it is no longer the center of gravity of the Han Dynasty economically, it still enjoys a certain special status politically and militarily.In the past 20 years, the center of gravity of the imperial court's frontier defense has always been in the northeast, monan, and northwest, but in the past ten years, it has completely shifted to the northwest.

It goes without saying that whether the Northwest is stable or not is related to the safety of the world.The Northwest seems to be particularly suitable for the emergence of political strongmen or leaders. The bureaucrats in the Northwest are also accustomed to having someone who can provide shelter and lead them forward, from Lu Duoxun to Wang You, to the current Hexi Chief Envoy Wang Ming , and even Zhang Qixian, the political star in Yulin.

For the bureaucrats in the Northwest, Wang You's death is really a great loss, which means that the highest level has once again lost its spokesperson.In recent years, affected by the Lu case, the Mission case, and the Yulin rebellion, the upper and lower parts of the Northwest have been repeatedly rectified by the court, and their vitality has been severely damaged. The bureaucrats in the Northwest have a "very hard life".

Last year, Emperor Liu transferred Wang You to Beijing to succeed Wang Zhu as the financial envoy. It may not have been intended to appease the Northwest officialdom, after all, the blow was hard enough.

As far as the court is concerned, Wang You's death also has a huge impact. This is a plan. In the tax reform process, the Financial Secretary is obviously the busiest and most critical department in the central government, and Wang You is a key figure in implementing the reform.His death will inevitably have some negative impact on the reform.

Of course, under the current mature system of Dahan, the operation will basically not be affected by the departure or stay of any one person. After three days of abolition, all affairs are still arranged in an orderly manner.After all, it was just a formality. Even if Emperor Liu took up government affairs again, he rarely held formal court meetings.

The most critical point is, who can succeed Wang You as the financial envoy.Among the many ministries and departments in the Han Dynasty, the Finance Department is second only to the Ministry of Officials with real power, so its status has always been lofty.

Although the Ministry of Officials is known as the Heavenly Official, it has always been the head of the various departments, but because it holds the power of personnel organization, the water is deep and turbid, and it is often controlled by the political affairs hall.

On the contrary, the Financial Secretary has gradually formed its own department, and its administrative autonomy has gradually strengthened. No matter how the political situation of the court changes, the Financial Secretary is always the top three prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall.

With the development of the tax reform, the Financial Secretary took advantage of the gust of reform to further strengthen the authority of the Financial Secretary. Naturally, the position of the Financial Envoy is also thriving, and there is a tendency to become the third chariot of the imperial court after the Zhengshitang and the Privy Council.

Such a powerful, famous and profitable department, but also such a vital department, its chief officer position, naturally attracted the high-level officials of the big man to chase after each other, and everyone who had the qualifications took action.

To become a financial envoy, at least three qualities are required.First, the qualifications and prestige are sufficient, without these two things, everything else is useless; second, the ability is sufficient, this is the wisdom of the wise; Senior officials have changed, Shen Yilun is old, Wang Zhuba, Wang Youzu, and the new planner needs to provide a certain stability guarantee to ensure the continued stability of the Financial Secretary within a sufficient period of time.

After counting and counting, the number of candidates is limited to a certain range, and among them, the most competitive one is naturally Zhongshu's servant Zhao Kuangyi.Since Zhao Pu's reunification, coupled with some hidden reasons, Zhao Kuangyi's life in this short period of time has been very difficult, which can be described as depressed.

At the same time, without Zhao Kuangyin's support and protection, Zhao Kuangyi had to be more cautious, and kept a low profile this year.However, this keeping a low profile was broken after the lack of finances.

The death of Wang You made Zhao Kuangyi see the changes in the court situation, and the position of financial envoy was regarded by him as a good opportunity to break the situation.Once he wins this position, he will not only regain control of real power, but also further establish his position in the court.

Therefore, Zhao Kuangyi was very active in the fight for the financial envoy. On the one hand, he enlisted the help of the prince, and on the other hand, he even bowed his head to Zhao Pu, hoping to get his support.

However, in such an important position, Prince Liu Yang is also very cautious, affirming Zhao Kuangyi's talent and enthusiasm for serving the court, but he does not express his opinion easily.

As for the old fox Zhao Pu, he could see Zhao Kuangyi's intentions at a glance, but his attitude was still ambiguous.In fact, for Zhao Pu, it doesn't matter who is the financial envoy, and it is difficult to affect his status. Even Zhao Kuangyi is the same. If he can suppress this person in the Zhengshitang, the same is true for the financial secretary.

From the perspective of tax system reform, with Zhao Kuangyi's shrewdness and ability, it is still beneficial to have him in charge of fiscal and taxation work.Since his trip to Gyeonggi-do, Zhao Kuangyi has labeled himself as a "reformer", and has actively cooperated with the implementation of the new system since the Zhao family, even without reservation, without any idea or action of tax avoidance, and all land is registered according to the facts .

However, even so, Zhao Pu did not mean to speak for Zhao Kuangyi, he asked nothing of Zhao Kuangyi, and what Zhao Kuangyi could provide to Zhao Pu was of limited value.Therefore, the discussion of the post of financial envoy was finally submitted to Emperor Liu for imperial approval on the list of candidates.

As for Zhao Kuangyi's proactiveness, Emperor Liu was very insightful, so of course he would not get what he wanted. The list submitted was refuted one by one. The reason for Zhao Kuangyi was that he had no experience in financial accounting, and it was more suitable to stay in the Zhengshitang to assist in government affairs. .

This is of course an excuse, Zhao Kuangyi was promoted step by step from the local government, and he is very familiar with all kinds of affairs, including accounting work.In the final analysis, it's just that Emperor Liu didn't want to hand over the financial envoy to Zhao Kuangyi.

The candidate selected by Emperor Liu was a somewhat unexpected and expected person, Han Hui, the envoy of salt and iron.

Han Hui is the son of Han Tong, the Duke of Hanoi. Needless to say, he was the No. 1 Jinshi in the second generation of nobles. , as a grain transshipment envoy for the Youzhou camp, supplying and feeding military supplies to the army, and organizing manpower to provide support during the fierce battle between Han and Liao at Nankou, his performance is not insignificant.

Since then, Han Hui's future has been out of control. He has served as Minister of the Ministry of War in the central government, and served as the three envoys of governor, inspector, and transfer in the local area. He was secretly regarded by Emperor Liu as a reserve talent for the prime minister.

Today, Han Hui, who is in his 50s, is in the golden age of his political career, and has matured in all aspects. It is a matter of course to be promoted to the top. After so long, it is his turn.

In fact, when Emperor Liu asked Han Tong to become an official, one of the most important considerations was to use Han Hui. It is not an unspoken rule for father and son to be in the same court, but father and son are both heads of the department, which is not allowed by the rules.

And shortly after Han Tong resigned, Han Hui was transferred to Beijing to serve as the deputy financial envoy and salt and iron envoy. This kind of foreshadowing is obvious.In fact, many people can see this, including Zhao Kuangyi who has been actively fighting for it.

Therefore, when the final result came out, the reaction from the DPRK and China was not strong, and Han Hui served as the financial envoy, so there was nothing worthy of attack.It's just that some people who have lost their calculations will inevitably be lost.

Therefore, at the beginning of the 25th year of Kaibao, the big man ushered in a new term of minister, who was humped by Han Hui, and was nicknamed "Pianxiang".

(End of this chapter)