"Ban Chao? Ban Zhaozhi?"
Everyone repeated the name in confusion, but found that they had never heard of this person before.
After seeing this, Zhu Tuo continued to introduce:
"It turns out that Ban Chao was a clerk in Yunzhou City who was responsible for copying documents when the Second City of Yunzhong was not built. I also met him when I gave him official documents to copy.
Although he is a small official, he has great ambitions. He just doesn't pay attention to details, but he is filial, respectful and careful in his heart.
He is also eloquent and well-read.
When he was recruiting troops for the Yunzhou Army, he even had the idea of abandoning his writing skills and joining the army. Fortunately, he was dissuaded by his subordinates, who felt that it would be too wasteful for a talent like him to become a small soldier in the army.
Later, when the Second City of Yunzhong was built and there was a shortage of officials, he went to take the civil service examination. Sure enough, he passed the civil service examination and became the chief administrator of Yunzhong City. During his tenure, he was even more tolerant and simple in administration, and was deeply loved by the people of Yunzhong City. The county magistrate is not as famous as him in Yunzhong City! "
After listening to Zhu Tuo's introduction, Zhao Jun became interested. He actually had such a talent in Yunzhou County. When he waved, Wang Huai'en immediately walked out. Zhao Jun ordered: "Go and bring the documents of this dynasty to me." King, take a look."
"promise!"
Wang Huaien left quickly, and soon found Ban Chao's file in the personnel file of the official's office and brought it back.
Zhao Jun looked at the file in his hand, while everyone else waited quietly.
After a long time, Zhao Jun flipped through the file with a smile on his face and said to everyone: "Looking at this file, this person is indeed a talent!"
"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Another talented person!"
Everyone bowed.
Zhao Jun smiled and waved his hand and said: "It's not something to boast about in the past. Since he has this ability, let's give him a try. I have always believed in whether a mule or a horse comes out and you will know.
If he is really a thousand-mile horse, he will naturally put his achievements in front of us. If he is just a meowing mule, he will be completely exposed in front of us.
In addition, since it is the person recommended by Zhu Juncheng, let him go on this mission! "
After everyone heard this, they immediately looked at Zhu Tuo.
Zhu Tuo also immediately heard the song and knew its elegant meaning. He hurriedly raised his hands and clasped his fists and said: "I dare you to be a guarantor for Ban Chao!"
Everyone's eyes flickered, Zhao Jun smiled and nodded with satisfaction, and the matter was settled.
Then everyone discussed some details of the mission, and the meeting ended.
When the officials dispersed, they all bowed their hands to Zhu Tuo and congratulated him, and Zhu Tuo returned the greetings one by one.
Not long after returning home, a letter was sent from Yunzhou City to Yunzhong City.
In Yunzhong City, Ban Chao, who had just returned home from a day of government affairs, received news from the housekeeper, saying that there was a letter from him from Yunzhou City.
It only took him a moment to think about who the letter came from. When he was in Yunzhou City, there were not many people he knew well, and there were even fewer people who had good relationships and could write letters to each other.
Come to think of it, it can only be Zhu Juncheng.
Ban Chao, who was wondering why Zhu Juncheng suddenly wrote to him at this time, got the letter and opened it, and his face suddenly showed joy!
I couldn't help shouting: "My chance to make a big splash has come!"
At the same time, his gratitude to Zhu Tuo was beyond words. He knew that without Zhu Tuo's recommendation, the choice of the envoy would never have fallen on him, and no one would know who he was.
Moreover, Zhu Juncheng even guaranteed him for this matter, which means that if he fails to handle the matter well, Zhu Juncheng will bear joint and several liability.
Zhu Juncheng treats himself like this, how can he cheat him if he gives himself a chance?
Therefore, Ban Chao has secretly made up his mind to handle this mission well and not cause any trouble to Prime Minister Zhu County!
Be worthy of his recommendation!
On the third day after he received Zhu Tuo's letter, the official document from Yunzhou City came down.
His original deputy will temporarily take his place, and he will immediately go to Yunzhou City to accept the prince's summons and prepare to go on a mission to the Dayue clan.
Ban Chao has not been idle in the past few days. After learning that he was going to Da Yuezhi as an envoy, he immediately used various methods to collect all kinds of information and confidence about Da Yuezhi and made preparations for setting off to Da Yuezhi. .
When Ban Chao came to Yunzhou City, he couldn't help but sigh, after going around for a long time, he was back again!
But he believes that this will never be his end, his end will definitely be on that battlefield!
Ban Chao looked north, and the gears of his destiny began to turn at this moment!
The first thing he did when he returned to Yunzhou City was to pay a visit to Zhu Juncheng. After all, he was his benefactor, and he gave him a chance. It was etiquette to pay him a visit as soon as he came to Yunzhou City.
Soon, Zhu Tuo met Ban Chao at his residence. The two had a good relationship, and they hadn't seen each other for a long time after Ban Chao went to Yunzhong City. After some pleasantries, the two got down to business.
Zhu Tuo began to tell Ban Chao about the causes and consequences of this incident, so that he could understand the cause of the matter and avoid making mistakes due to lack of information.
After listening to all the news, Ban Chao was silent for a while, and then asked: "Then what is the bottom line of the prince's mission?"
"Bottom line?"
Zhu Tuo frowned and thought for a moment, then replied:
"Our prince is not afraid of trouble or war, but he values the face of our Song people very much, especially towards these barbarians, and he must not lose the face of our Song people in front of these barbarians.
At the same time, the prince has a flexible bottom line in terms of morality. If it can bring tangible benefits to Yunzhou County, the prince will not refuse to do anything you can while ensuring face, as long as the final benefit exceeds all Just pay. "
When Zhu Tuo finished speaking, Ban Chao already understood what he should do, and a smile appeared on his face.
From this point of view, my maneuverability is not small!
Just wait and see if the prince is really like this when he is received by him tomorrow.
Ban Chao felt confident, and the subsequent conversation between the two shifted from work to life. After the host and guest had a good time, Ban Chao simply fell asleep at Zhu Tuo's home.
When Ban Chao entered Yunzhou City, Zhao Jun had already received the news. At the same time, Zhao Jun also received the specific transcript of the conversation between the two of them in the mansion the next morning.
After reading it, Zhao Jundang smiled and found this class even more interesting. He actually asked himself where the bottom line was and what did he want to do?
interesting! interesting!
The next day, Zhao Jun met with Ban Chao. When he met Zhao Jun for the first time, he did not immediately ask him how he planned to send an envoy to the Dayue clan and how he was going to win benefits for Yunzhou County. Instead, he asked Ban toward a question.
"If a natural disaster is about to happen, and you and your two neighbors have three material options in front of you, one is endless food, one is endless medicine, and the other is a knife, you What will you choose?"
Ban Chao immediately said without hesitation: "The lower official will choose the sword!"
"Oh, why? Isn't it good to have endless food? This way you can survive natural disasters."
Ban Chao grinned and said: "Xiaguan can survive even if he takes a knife. As long as he puts the knife on the neck of the neighbor who has food, his food will be mine. As long as I put the knife on another neighbor's neck, the food will be mine." All the medicine on his neck belongs to me.
Without the protection of force, the official thinks that no matter how rich he is, it is all vain and will be taken away by others!
Only by holding the knife in your own hands can you take the initiative! "
Bang bang bang bang bang!
Zhao Jundang couldn't help but applaud!
Good answer! very good!
Zhao Jun was very satisfied and made a final decision to send the envoy to Dayuezhi next week.
At the same time, he also provided him with some help, that is, Abulizi, who was familiar with the Western Regions, would go with him as an envoy to the Yueshi.
I believe that with a local like him leading the way, Ban Chao's trip will be smoother.
When Ban Chao learned that there was a local like Abliz, a look of surprise appeared on his face. He believed that he would be able to get more information he wanted to know from this local. This was also It will help you a lot.
Three days later, the arrangements for the envoy had been made. For this envoy, Yunzhou County even sent a hundred light cavalry to Ban Chao as escort, escorting Ban Chao and others all the way to Da Yueshi. The royal city is located.
The next day, the envoy headed by Ban Chao officially set off on the road to the Western Regions. When Abuliz learned that he had the opportunity to return to the Western Regions and was going to Da Yuezhi as an envoy, he agreed without hesitation.
He thought this was an opportunity. Rather than waiting for Zhao Jun to send troops to help them restore the country here in Yunzhou City, he might as well go along and see if he could find an opportunity.
The mission walked on the grassland for nearly half a month before finally arriving at the border of the Tatar grassland, escorted by various tribes along the way.
At this moment, the Tatar border had already gathered heavy troops.
Yunzhou County does not mean to ignore the border after deciding to send envoys. In any case, it is a fact that four tribes on the border were massacred. If left unchecked, it will definitely cause greater losses.
After receiving the news, Yunzhou County decided to send an envoy. At the same time, it immediately ordered the various Tatar ministries to dispatch elite troops to garrison at the border.
Be on guard against the appearance of that group of troops that are killing people everywhere.
In addition, Yunzhou County promised that all the grain and grass mobilized to guard the border this time would be produced by Yunzhou County.
Now the tribes were like bears who saw honey and immediately sent out their elites. Anyway, someone was in charge of food, and if they didn't eat, they would get nothing. Moreover, what happened on the border really aroused their common hatred and hatred.
So, when they arrived at the border, a total of 400,000 cavalry had gathered here!
The entire border was shrouded in a chilling atmosphere, and the Da Yueshi on the opposite side obviously noticed something was wrong. It could be seen with the naked eye that the number of people on the opposite border was increasing day by day.
A feeling of imminent war permeated the hearts of everyone on both sides.
When Ban Chao passed the mission documents to the general in charge on the opposite side, what he didn't know was that the general in charge of the Da Yueshi was greatly relieved when he saw the mission documents!
No one knows how much psychological pressure he is under!
The war between them and the Tatars had just stopped, and the Da Yueshi had not yet recovered their strength. These Tatars actually gathered so many people at the border again, looking like they were going to fight for their lives!
This is really frightening!
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(End of chapter)
