Hearing Zhang Yueshi's loud mouth, Ouyang Xiu couldn't help but laugh and curse a few words. But seeing Ouyang Xiu stroking his beard and laughing, he didn't look at all like a boss.
But after Ouyang Xiu smiled, his expression became a bit desolate.
Zhang Yue also knew that after Ouyang Xiu smiled, he was a little disappointed with the official family that he and Han Qi tried to protect.
Zhang Yue could retreat, but he couldn't. But Zhang Yue still spoke from the bottom of his heart: "Uncle, if the official family continues to be like this, you might as well ask for an official position first, or ask for a foreign appointment like Duke Lu did. You can avoid it for the time being. This is a way forward and retreat."
Ouyang Xiu said: "I can't help but rely on the late emperor's faith and love. After Jiayou years, I also have more support from Han Gong. If Han Gong doesn't retreat, how can I retreat? If a scholar dies for a confidant, I will die." There’s no way to retreat.”
Zhang Yue knew that he couldn't persuade Ouyang Xiu, so he just tried his best to persuade him.
After all, Ouyang Xiu's political career is already tied to Han Qi.
Zhang Yueyan said: "Uncle, the official family is now ill. I think the official family is at odds with the Queen Mother. But I have met with the Queen Mother several times, and I know that the Queen Mother is a sage and virtuous person, and does not like to manipulate authority."
"The current discord between the official family and the Queen Mother is mostly due to the instigation of internal eunuchs. If they are removed, the official family and the Queen Mother will be in harmony as before, and such diseases will be cured without medicine."
Ouyang Xiu heard this and said, "Who is the eunuch you are talking about?"
Zhang Yue whispered: "Uncle, we all know that Ren Shouzhong supported the military governor of Weide Army (Zhao Yunchu) before. Now that the official family has ascended the throne, how can such a person be tolerated by his side? I am not afraid of what he will do to the official family..."
Ouyang Xiu said: "I have discussed this matter with Mr. Han, but Ren Shouzhong is deeply appreciated by the Queen Mother, so it will not be easy to replace him suddenly."
Zhang Yue said sternly: "What's the difficulty? Let an admonishment officer be impeached for supporting a young king, deceiving the late emperor, treating the prince badly, alienating two palaces, being greedy and stealing from others. Any crime can punish this person." ."
Ouyang Xiu smiled and said: "The last time you entered the palace, you were almost kidnapped by the palace guards. I heard that it was Ren Shouzhong who was behind it. His intention was to beat the prince. At this time, the emperor had severely reprimanded Ren Shouzhong and asked him to investigate the matter thoroughly, but he delayed The late emperor refused to retaliate, and now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he has not said a word."
"This is also a crime! Do you think I am right about it?"
Ouyang Xiudao exposed his intention of retaliating against Ren Shouzhong, and Zhang Yue had nothing to be embarrassed about. He simply admitted: "Yes, uncle, I have a rift with Ren Shouzhong, but he cannot stay in the palace."
Ouyang Xiu smiled and said, "You, you, are still the same."
"Actually, we know a little bit about Ren Shouzhong's character, but he was left by the late emperor in the inner court to restrict Xianggong Han's use. If he leaves, the Queen Mother will definitely not agree."
"Therefore, Mr. Han Xianggong has advocated asking the rich prime minister to return to the court as a privy envoy."
Zhang Yue asked in surprise: "Could it be that in order to deal with Ren Shouzhong, Mr. Han was willing to invite the rich prime minister to return to the court?"
Ouyang Xiu laughed and said: "If Mr. Han didn't invite us, how could it be that Mr. Fu didn't return to the court? In fact, after the death of the late emperor, the Queen Mother sent people to Xijing to visit Wen in Xijing in the name of giving the legacy of the late emperor. The two Mr. Fu, as for whether there is Sending letters is unknown.”
Zhang Yue said: "But the privy envoys are under the prime minister. The only exception was when Cao Lili was the privy envoy. After the two prime ministers Fu and Wen return to the court, are they willing to live under the prime minister Han?"
Ouyang Xiu sighed: "Why not?"
Only then did Zhang Yue realize how difficult it was for Han Qi to become prime minister.
Today's official family is ill, and now they don't care about anything, leaving the Queen Mother to listen to politics behind the curtain. As a result, the prime minister in the court faced the queen mother. Therefore, Han Qi invited Fu Bi to return to the court. It seemed that he had created a rival for himself, but in fact he avoided a conflict with Empress Dowager Cao. At the same time, he could also suggest that Ren Shouzhong be eradicated.
As for how Fu Bi clashed with Han Qi after returning to the court, it was just a proxy war between the official family and the Queen Mother, and it was a contradiction within the civil service class. If the Queen Mother once hates Han Qi, then Han Qi will have no choice but to resign as prime minister except to raise troops to force the Queen Mother to abdicate.
Ouyang Xiu sighed: "If the rich man returns to the court, there will be many troubles in the court in the future..."
Zhang Yue also felt the same. It seemed that he really had no time to delay the banquet.
After the conversation, Ouyang Xiu felt a little depressed. During the banquet, Ouyang Xiu asked his third son, Ouyang Fei, to take care of Zhang Yue, which also meant giving guidance on reading.
Zhang Yue couldn't refuse.
During the banquet, Ouyang Xiu, Ouyang Fa, Ouyang Pei and Zhang Yue composed poems in parallel. Zhang Yue was not good at composing poetry and was absent-minded, so he was teased a few times by Ouyang Xiu during the dinner.
After the banquet, Ouyang Xiu got drunk again.
Ouyang Fa said to Zhang Yue: "Dad has often gotten drunk with his colleagues and friends since the late emperor passed away. Although this has happened in the past, but..."
Zhang Yue understood Ouyang Xiu's feelings. With the death of the late emperor, Ouyang Xiu's biggest supporter was gone. If you want to make achievements in the political hall, you can only rely on Han Qi for everything.
I remember that when Ouyang Xiu was young, he was an upright boy. When he was in court, he was more outspoken and discussed matters directly, which offended many officials. But the late emperor protected him. Where could someone like Ouyang Xiu come from?
But now that the late emperor is gone, how can Ouyang Xiu not be sad?
In the future, no one will protect him like the late emperor. Will he be able to speak out in court and offend others without any sense? Who can I talk to about this desolate feeling in my frustrated heart?
In fact, this was not the case for Zhang Yue. After the death of the late emperor, his biggest supporter was gone.
Now he only has Ouyang Xiu as his backer. If Ouyang Xiu is here...
So Zhang Yue understands that he cannot be a lonely minister, especially like Zhao Shu's official style. Isn't it funny for you to be a lonely minister in the court? He can't even sit firmly on the emperor's throne.
On this day, Zhang Yue was in the ceremonial courtyard.
Suddenly I heard that a new destiny had arrived.
Everyone in the Liyuan was promoted to one rank. Chen Jian, Lu Xiaqing, Yan Chengyu and Zhang Yue all congratulated each other.
Chen Jian now has a new place to go. After the official ascended the throne and several of his sons came out of the cabinet, he was originally chosen to join the army as a secretary. This was a good job. Chen Jian is still serving as an errand for the Zhili Yuan, but Sendeng is about to step down from his errand as a judge.
Soon the people from Hemenshe came to announce the edict.
Zhang Yue was officially promoted to Zuo Zuo Lang. In addition to changes in his job qualifications, the biggest change in his official position was the change in salary.
Zuo Lang's monthly salary is seventeen thousand, and he is given six pieces of spring and winter silk for clothing and twenty taels of winter cotton. However, when he was originally the prime minister of Dali Temple, his monthly salary was only 14,000 yuan, and he was given five pieces of spring and winter silk for clothes, and no winter cotton, so his salary was qualitatively improved.
In addition, there was an additional payment of 10,000 yuan for the storyteller at Chongzheng Palace, 10,000 yuan for post-employment payment at Zhixian Academy, another 10,000 yuan for Taichang Liyuan to pay the envoy (to reimburse expenses), and finally, he paid for meals when he was the Prime Minister of Dali Temple. It's twenty-five thousand, and the staff's meal allowance is also thirty thousand, whichever is higher is thirty thousand.
In other words, after deducting the public money, Zhang Yue's monthly salary is fifty-seven thousand yuan, which is fifty-seven yuan, which is more than enough to support a large family of twenty or thirty people.
The four officers were all promoted to the first level and they were all very happy.
Chen Jian smiled at the visitor and said, "You have worked hard these days. Come in and have a glass of wine."
Hundreds of officials were promoted to one level, and the other party was extremely tired from running errands these past few days to read out the promotion orders. But Fang Yan said: "I'm not busy, there is still an edict that has not been announced? It's about Bachelor Zhang."
Zhang Yue couldn't help but be surprised.
But when he saw the other party, he smiled and said: "When the late Emperor was here, Xueshi Zhang taught and served, so the officials specially gave you Yin Fei as a show of grace! Congratulations to Xueshi Zhang!"
Zhang Yue was surprised and happy when he heard this. When Chen Jian and others reacted, they were busy congratulating Zhang Yue: "Congratulations on saving him, congratulations on saving him!"
Zhang Yueyan said: "I don't dare to take it, I don't dare to take it."
At this moment, two officials were seen, each holding a case in crimson official robes and silver pouches.
These are the silverbait bag and the scarlet robe!
Fish bags date from the Tang Dynasty and originally contained fish charms. After Wu Zetian came to the throne, the fish bag was changed to a turtle bag. Li Shangyin wrote a poem that "marrying at the end of the marriage will lead to a son-in-law with a golden turtle bag."
As for the fish bag but no fish talisman in the Song Dynasty, the silver fish bag could only be worn by officials of the sixth rank or above, but Zhang Yue can now wear the silver fish bag from the eighth rank, which is a first-class honor.
Just like officials with Jinshi background, they can wear green robes instead of green robes. This shows that the officials value you very much.
As for the scarlet robe, it is even more graceful. In the Song Dynasty, purple was used for the third rank and above, vermilion for the fifth rank and above, green for the seventh rank and above, and cyan for the ninth rank and above.
However, this scarlet robe can only be given to people of rank five or above, or if an official of the Beijing Dynasty goes abroad to serve as an official, he can "borrow purple" or "borrow scarlet". The original scarlet robe can be worn with a purple robe, and the original green robe can be worn with a scarlet robe.
If many officials are given fei or silver, they usually get one of the two, and not much of either.
But Zhang Yue was now gifted both silver and fei.
With this silverbait bag, we will also be the baggage elders of a certain gang...
In fact, after serving as a Jingyan officer for several years, the official family will usually give the Jingyan officer a silver scarf. If he is a lecturer or a reader, he will even be given purple gold (purple robe and goldfish bag).
For example, during the Taizong Dynasty, Lu Wenzhong, the author's assistant, served as a lecturer in the Hanlin Academy and was awarded Yin Fei as soon as he paid homage to the official.
During the reign of the late emperor, Zeng Gongliang served as the minister of Tianzhang Pavilion, and was also given a purple robe. When the late emperor returned, I gave him a seat and gave him a throne, so I respected and doted on the Confucian ministers.
Although it is easy for a Jingyan official to receive the gift of Yinfei, Zhang Yue actually served as Jingyanguan for only half a year and had only lectured a few times, so he was not qualified to be awarded Yinfei. In fact, the officials gave him Yin Fei in the name of the late emperor, which was actually a reward for his decision to help him rise to power.
Han Qi knew that by resigning as a banquet official, he could be considered as giving out the reward in advance. At the same time, having a silverbait bag with you is also a symbol of identity, so that you can enter and leave the palace even if you are not a banquet official.
I have to say that if Han Qi is determined and does things for others, he will be rewarded for his merits.
Having said that, being clear about rewards and punishments is also a necessary quality for a prime minister.
The most important thing is the mark of identity. With Yin Fei around, officials don't dare to treat you like a subordinate. This is what matters. For Zhang Yue, there is another advantage: the Fei robe actually looks better than the green robe, and he looks more handsome wearing it!
After learning that Zhang Yue had been awarded Yin Fei, all his colleagues were actually a little envious.
In the courtyard, only Chen Jian was given the silver feather, which was specially given by the official family when he became the chief of ceremony two years ago. As for Yan Chengyu and Lu Xiaqing, they have no bags and green robes.
For such a young person, this is both a promotion and a gift of silver.
When several people congratulated Zhang Yue, Zhang Yue smiled and said a few words of humility, and at the same time asked people to put away the silver fish bag and Fei robe.
