"Zhang Qing, why do you look like this?"
The officials looked at Zhang Yue with a ferocious expression.
"Chen... Chen almost choked..."
Hearing Zhang Yue's words, the waiters on the side smiled, while the officials laughed.
"Hasn't Zhang Qing ever eaten it before? So when the imperial chef makes sheep intestine soup cakes, he always sends a bowl to Tianzhang Pavilion."
Zhang Yue said quickly: "I thanked Your Majesty. It was not him, but Your Majesty who asked me. I just had a candidate in my heart!"
When the officials heard this, they immediately asked: "Who is the person who can make Zhang Qing lose his temper like this?"
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, this person is Wang Shao, who is now the judge of the Xiongwu Army in Qinzhou and knows the ancient Wei Village."
"Wang Shao?" Guan Jia seemed to have heard this name somewhere. Yes, he remembered it.
It turns out that in the third year of Zhiping, Xixia Shengxi made the city to protect the Tai army, and Li Liangzuo used his consort Yu to hide the flowers and hemp to guard it.
The city of Xishi is only 120 miles away from the ancient Weizhai. Li Liangzuo not only built a government office and warehouses and grain storage here, he also moved the headquarters of the Baotai Army here and ordered his consort to guard the place for the general army. , which shows that he actively plans to advance eastward.
Xue Xiang once suggested strengthening the defense of the ancient Weizhai.
The officials didn't know about the ancient Weizhai, so they asked officials who were familiar with military affairs. They learned that the ancient Weizhai was originally called Weizhou, and it fell to Tubo when it reached Germany.
In the first year of the emperor's reign, Lin Zang, a local Fan, offended the Xixia people and donated land to the Song Dynasty, so the Song Dynasty obtained this land.
At that time, court officials also had a heated debate over whether to retain the ancient Weizhai. Both Lu Gongchuo and Liu Chang, the elder brothers of Lu Gongzu, opposed it.
Fan Xiang, who even took over the old Weizhai and built a city here, was demoted as a result.
The officials couldn't help but get angry when they saw it. They had no credit at all for opening up and expanding the territory for the imperial court, and they were going to be demoted. Later, I learned that Wang Shao had asked the imperial court to be stationed in this ancient Wei village. With a few hundred soldiers, a small village could actually recruit 30,000 tribesmen nearby, so I was impressed.
But this is just an impression, because Xue Xiang, the Shaanxi transport envoy, and Li Shizhong, the Qinfeng Road manager and pacifier, never mentioned Wang Shao at all.
It is impossible for the officials to cross Shaanxi Road and Qinfeng Road to use a small sentence. Officials like Wang Shao appear in at least hundreds of memorials read by officials every day. Although they have made considerable contributions, they cannot really be taken to heart.
What's more, if the officials wanted to promote Xue Xiang, they were opposed by a large number of people including Sima Guang in the DPRK, let alone the appointment.
Now that Wang Shao was introduced to the imperial court by Zhang Yue, he could finally be said to be truly listened to.
But I saw that the official had taken out several zhazi from the bookcase beside the imperial desk. The Zhazi had a brocade cover with white paper stuck in the middle.
In the middle of one of the tacks, there are two words "Bian Shi" written in them.
The officials were about to spread out the documents about side affairs and the imperial case page by page. Finally, they turned to one-third of the page and wrote the word "Wang Shao" with the imperial pen. Before Wang Shao's name, Zhong Er.
The more he didn't see all these chapters, he turned his back knowingly when he saw the official writing Zha Zi. After the official finished writing, he said a few words to the people beside him.
Then the official asked Zhang Yue, "How is Wang Shao?"
Zhang Yue told the story of his acquaintance with Wang Shao. Soon after I learned about the imperial edict, my fellow practitioners lived and paid attention to Shao to reach this place.
After the official asked Zhang Yue, he asked Shao Bi: "How does Qinzhou judge Wang Shao?"
Zhang Yue also knew that officials could not rely on their own words and had to listen to different opinions.
Shao Bi thought about it and talked about Wang Shao's resume, and then talked about Xue Xiang. Li Shizhong all said that Wang Shao was a bit unruly. Li Shizhong even thought that Wang Shao did not obey the orders of the Jinglue. It is not easy to say that he did not obey the orders. To put it more unpleasantly, it means supporting the troops and respecting oneself.
Zhang Yue couldn't help but raise his eyebrows after hearing this. Before Wang Shao went to Shaanxi, he repeatedly told him to be honest as an official, but he forgot to remind him to have a good relationship with his superiors.
As a result, Wang Shao actually left such a reputation in the officialdom.
You must know that the thing that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was most afraid of was the self-respect of military generals. Although you, Wang Shao, are a civil servant, you can still be regarded as guarding one side. You actually have such a reputation. How will the court use you in the future?
anyway.
Didn't Xue Xiang give Zhang Yue a thousand salt notes every year?
Zhang Yue took the money from Xue Xiang with his left hand and gave it to Wang Shao with his right hand.
Now Zhang Yue has become a veritable creditor of Wang Shao. Not counting interest, Wang Shao owes Zhang Yue a full six thousand salt notes, half of which belongs to the Exchange and half to Zhang Yue.
According to the current market price of salt banknotes, which is ten guan per seat, Zhang Yue owes about 60,000 guan, not counting interest.
This can be said to be Zhang Yue's entire net worth.
But Wang Shao didn't have the slightest sense of being a debtor. He never told Zhang Yue where the money had gone. Every time he wrote to Zhang Yue, he only emphasized one thing - giving money!
People who owe money are so awesome these days.
Zhang Yue is now like Wang Shao's angel investor. He hasn't made a dime from his investment so far, but he still has to look for investors everywhere.
Zhang Yue was kind enough to recommend Wang Shao, and everyone had the same attitude. As for other Li Shizhongs, not to mention Xue Xiang, no wonder his reputation in officialdom was so poor.
Maybe it will hurt myself in the future.
Sure enough, after listening to Shao Bi's words, the officials had a new understanding of Wang Shao.
But fortunately, Shao Bi said next, I heard that Li Shizhong was also harsh on the emperor, and used this as a pretext to repeatedly withhold the grain and supplies sent to the ancient Weizhai.
The officials couldn't figure out whether there was something wrong with Li Shizhong or Wang Shao.
Zhang Yue quickly made amends: "Your Majesty, I remember that Wang Shao once said that he was judgmental by nature and didn't like to be told what to do by others. When he was the chief administrator, he couldn't get along with the two county magistrates."
The official was finally relieved after hearing this, and then said: "Since ancient times, capable ministers and generals like Huo Qubing have tempers, so there is no need to mention trivial matters. Now I want to learn from Cao Cao and use meritocracy in hiring people."
Zhang Yue was also a little relieved. The recommender also had joint responsibilities. Don't think that nominating an official will bring glory. You will have to shoulder the responsibility if someone commits a crime in the future. Zhang Yue secretly reminded himself that he must be cautious when recommending people to officials in the future.
Later, the officials asked Shao Bi what he thought of accepting the surrender of the Weimingshan brothers and regaining Suizhou.
Shao Bi cited the incident in the ancient Weizhai.
After the establishment of the ancient Wei stronghold, the Song Dynasty and the Qing Tang Dynasty were at odds with each other. In order to retaliate against the Song army for setting up the ancient Wei stronghold, the Qiang people of the Qing and Tang Dynasties broke through Guangwuling Fort and killed more than a thousand Song soldiers. Fan Xiang was dismissed from office after this incident.
Shao Bi's implication is that when the Song army established a stronghold in ancient Wei, they were still unable to win the battle with the Qing Tang.
To regain Suizhou would be to antagonize Xixia. How else could the imperial court defeat Xixia now? What if Xixia, Qing and Tang invade at the same time? Please consider it carefully, Your Majesty.
The officials were very disappointed after hearing Shao Bi's words. Shao Bi also knew that his intention was not in line with the officials, so he left immediately.
After Shao Bi left, the official said to Zhang Yue: "Zhang Qing planned things first. Previously, he appointed Wang Shao to guard the ancient Wei village and recruit tens of thousands of Tibetan tribes. It was a great achievement. The late emperor did not reward you, but I will remember it. In the bottom of my heart.”
Zhang Yue's face was almost filled with anger, but he said: "How dare I ask for a reward to expand the territory for the imperial court."
The official looked at Zhang Yue and sighed, "It would be great if there were more ministers like Zhang Qing in the court who could serve the country."
