On this day, Han Qi summoned Zhang Yue to the political hall to discuss matters, saying that he was not assigned to the mission.
Zhang Yue immediately cheered up and rushed to the political hall.
Zhang Yue walked into the political hall wearing a scarlet robe and a silver bag, but saw many officials waiting to be received outside the hall standing aside and talking. When everyone saw an official wearing a scarlet robe and a fish bag entering, they all instinctively saluted.
You must know that even in the capital there are not many officials wearing scarlet robes and money bags. They couldn't help but be surprised when they saw each other so young. When someone familiar with him said he was the number one scholar, everyone showed relief and a hint of envy.
Zhang Yue glanced at everyone's expressions. He understood that most of the officials present had not been able to wear scarlet robes and money bags after serving as officials for more than ten years. He was young and received this honor after serving as an official for only two years. How could he be called this? People are not jealous.
However, Zhang Yue was not proud, but smiled and bowed politely to everyone.
At this time, the hall official came forward and said: "Scholar Zhang, Mr. Han ordered you to enter the hall to discuss matters as soon as you arrive."
Has it started?
Zhang Yue said that he walked in with a sound.
When Zhang Yue arrived at the political hall, he saw Han Qi in purple robe and gold bag sitting on the table, talking to an official in the hall.
Zhang Yue glanced at this official, and saw that even though he was sitting on a high chair, he could still see that the man was tall, with beautiful eyebrows and hair, and a dignified appearance. When the other party was facing Han Qi, he looked like he was sitting upright. You could tell at first sight that he was a dignified and steady person.
Zhang Yue stopped by the door. The prime minister and officials were discussing something. He couldn't rush forward to avoid being suspected of eavesdropping.
When Han Qi saw him waving, Zhang Yue stepped forward.
The official's voice was like a bell when he responded to Han Qi, and he could only hear the other party's words: "When the official was serving in Qingcheng County, the corn from the local sacrificial fields was collected in big buckets, and then released in public buckets, and three harvests were obtained." Even though the people complained about the double benefit, they did not dare to appeal to the government."
"After being promoted to an official position, he will be admitted to the government to smooth things over. The people say it is convenient!"
After hearing this, Han Qi slightly praised and said: "The emperor had known about this beforehand and wanted to promulgate it by decree. Unfortunately, he died before it could be accomplished. Now that I have become the official, I will issue an edict to promote this matter again and establish a legal ban."
When the other party heard this, he said: "My husband has done this, and it is really a blessing for the people in the world."
Zhang Yue heard that this person was a capable official, and his accent sounded like he was from Guanzhong.
Zhang Yue walked up to Han Qi and paid homage.
Han Qi motioned for Zhang Yue to sit on the chair on the right. After Zhang Yue sat down, while the court officials were serving tea, Han Qi said: "This is Lu Weizhong, a native of Lantian, Jingzhao Prefecture. Because of his outstanding political achievements in Qingcheng County, he was recommended to the capital by Han Zihua, who knew Chengdu Prefecture. , I plan to remove you two as salt and iron judges."
Zhang Yue couldn't help but thought after hearing this, Han Qi's words contained too much information.
It turns out that the person in front of him (Lv Weizhong) is Lu Dafang, another outstanding person. Because of his outstanding political achievements in Qingcheng County, Lu Dafang was recommended by Han Jiang, who knew Chengdu Prefecture. The more Zhang knew about this, Han Jiang not only recommended Lu Dafang to Han Qi, but also said that he had the talent of a king's assistant.
Han Jiang is Han Qi's confidant and a pawn. The person he personally recommended to Han Qi would definitely be put to good use by Han Qi. Therefore, Han Qi directly arranged to join the Salt and Iron Division.
And my original request from Ouyang Xiu was to be in the third division. Originally, it was just a lion asking for a price. Unexpectedly, Han Qi actually arranged for him to join the Third Division. It was so awesome.
Zhang Yue glanced at Lu Dafang next to him, saying that the two of them would work together in the future.
Han Qi said: "The post of salt and iron judge is held by Dr. Yitaichang and Yuan Wailang. You two are both writing assistants, and your preface qualifications are one level lower. Therefore, you two have the right to judge the salt and iron department first."
Officials are appointed with judgment and knowledge.
If the qualifications are one level lower, it will be called Quanjuan or Quanzhi.
If the qualifications are different by two levels, it is called "quanfashu".
The lowest seniority of Yantie Judge is Dr. Taichang. Zhang Yue and Lu Dafang are both one rank behind, so they both have the word "Quanjian". During the Zhiping period, Han Qi also used Pi Gongbi of Dongming County as his authority to dispatch magistrates, so his official rank should be lower than Zhang Yue and Lu Dafang.
Whether it is power judgment or power dispatch, they both mean high position and low allocation.
When Wang Anshi carried out his political reform, because he had no available people, he promoted a large number of young officials to important positions in the court. Therefore, during the Xining period, the word "quanfaqian" was everywhere.
We must know that the characteristic of the Song Dynasty was that there were many redundant officials. High-ranking and low-ranking officials occupied the positions of a large number of officials who were ranked according to the rank order. This move led to the infamous power dispatch.
For example, two officials from the Song Dynasty met on the road, and one of them asked: "You are Quan Fa Cang, and I am Quan Fa Cang."
Another person replied: "You are Quan Fa Chong, and your whole family is Quan Fa Cang."
Of course, Han Qi is not as useless as Wang Anshi. He suddenly appointed Zhang Yue and Lu Dafang as salt and iron judges, because he wanted to sell face to his two confidants Ouyang Xiu and Han Jiang.
Seeing that Zhang Yue was silent, Han Qi signaled Lu Dafang to retreat first.
In the political affairs hall, Zhang Yue said: "I have been promoted to a low-level official position suddenly. Although I am afraid that I will not be able to disappoint the public, I have been promoted by my husband. I can only do my best to serve my husband. Please give me your instructions..."
Zhang Yue knew that in the officialdom, whether it was a low-ranking official with a high position or a high-ranking position with a low position, it had special significance. As the prime minister, Han Qi chose himself for such an important position in the selection of officials, so there were both places where he was humane and there were places where he was not.
Therefore, instead of going to the appointment stupidly, you should first understand the intention of the above.
Han Qi smiled slightly, rolled up his sleeves and stretched out his fingers to count the numbers: "Now there is one deputy envoy of the Salt and Iron Department, one person in charge of the seduction, and three judges."
"There are seven cases under the Salt and Iron Department, namely military cases, customs cases, commercial tax cases, capital salt cases, tea cases, iron cases, equipment cases, etc., which are divided by three judges."
Han Qi stretched out seven fingers and then said: "What I want is for you to patrol the Capital Salt Case alone!"
Zhang Yue immediately became energetic after hearing this.
He could take care of the salt case, that is, any salt-related matters in the Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty implemented the official salt system, and the income from official salt was the bulk of the finance. This power was so amazing that it was given to himself.
But having said that, even though I have no experience. But it’s actually not difficult to actually do it.
Because Kong Mu was responsible for the specific affairs of the Duyan case, and there were senior officials under Kong Mu to take care of it. These people were quite skilled in the case.
As the saying goes, 'an official who is running water is a subordinate who is immobile'.
The turnover of officials is too high. They often work for one or two years and then move on. They are not very professional in affairs. Specific affairs are all handled by subordinate staff. Wang Anshi criticized this when he was talking about ten thousand words.
Therefore, even if he has little experience, Zhang Yue can still hold the important position of Judge of the Third Division.
So does Zhang Yue have much power to make the decision?
In fact, the maneuverable space is not very large. There is also the director of Guan Gou on top of Zhang Yue, the deputy director of Yantie on top of the director Guan Yue, and the third director of the deputy director of Yantie.
Not to mention other supervising officials.
The three envoys nominally report directly to the officials, but in fact they still have to listen to the prime minister on most matters.
But even so, Judge Salt and Iron, who is also in charge of patrolling the salt case, is a very powerful official.
Han Qi said: "When Mr. Ou recommended you to be the judge of the Third Division, I hesitated. After all, you have no experience in local affairs, so you suddenly find it difficult to hold such an important position as the Third Division."
"But since you took the initiative to invite me, I will use it temporarily. To be honest, the salt affairs are really difficult now. After thinking about it, you are the only one who can handle it. Yes, I heard that your wife's family is involved in the salt affairs? "
Zhang Yue felt a shiver in his heart. Yes, it seemed that Wu Anshi and Wu Anzhi were involved in the salt matter. However, the Wu family never mentioned these matters to him, and the Seventeenth Mother did not tell him in detail.
Han Qi said: "If you are in trouble, I can let you find other assignments, but it doesn't have to be this."
Zhang Yue said without hesitation: "Since I am my father-in-law, it is my duty to do so."
Han Qi said: "Don't agree too quickly. Have you been to the world?"
Zhang Yue said: "Never."
Han Qi said: "In this gold, silver, color and silk trading place in the world, each transaction there is worth tens of millions. Among them, there are hundreds of Jiaoyin shops. You should go and take a look first, and then you can reply after you have seen them."
"If you still insist, I will arrange for you and Lu Weizhong to meet the Queen Mother in three days."
Zhang Yue agreed after listening to Han Qi's words and left the political hall.
At this moment, he was in a very excited mood, and he finally calmed down. After walking a few steps, he saw a familiar figure in front of him. Isn't this Lu Dafang, whom he had just seen in the political hall?
But when he saw the other person saluting him, he said, "I've met Bachelor Zhang."
Zhang Yue said hurriedly: "I don't dare to accept it. Brother Lu was a Jinshi in the first year of Huangyou's reign, so I should see you first."
Lu Dafang said: "How dare you? Zhang Xueshi is the best in the world, and he is also given Fei Yin, which is beyond my reach."
In the past, Zhang Yue would have been very willing to get acquainted with Lu Dafang, but today, because of Han Qi's words, he was anxious to go to the world, so he had no time to chat with Lu Dafang. He said a few simple words, Invite the other party to come to your house and leave.
After Zhang Yue left, Lu Dafang looked at Zhang Yue's back and couldn't help but said: "Uncle Zheng has praised Zhang Duzhi many times, and this time we work together in the Salt and Iron Division, so we have the opportunity to get to know each other."
After Zhang Yue said goodbye to Lu Dafang, he hurried to Jieshen.
The so-called boundary is near Panjialou Street.
Panjialou Street is comparable to Wall Street in the Song Dynasty.
The most famous among them is Jie Shen, whose location is also known as Nantong Alley. Walking here, Zhang Yue can be compared to walking on the financial streets of later generations. As far as the eye can see are high-rise buildings with hundreds of stories.
Of course, there were no such tall buildings in the Song Dynasty, but the experience was similar anyway.
Every building here is built on a grand scale. It is just a facade, as wide as a street. From the door, you can see the depth and depth. If you don't have some money to back it up, you won't even have the courage to walk in.
This was the place where gold, silver, color, and silk were traded in the Song Dynasty, and each transaction amounted to tens of millions of dollars.
Such shops are called Jiaoyin shops, and there are hundreds of such shops in this world alone.
When Zhang Yue arrived, he chose the largest shop and walked in.
PS: Lu Dafang was appointed as the judge of Quanyantie before Renzong's death, but he still mainly served the plot.
