Zhang Yue listened to the implication of the official's words. He was quite dissatisfied with what Sima Guang and others said today. It was so disappointing to him that even ministers like Han Qi and Wen Yanbo opposed my recapture of Suizhou. Zhang Yue is the only one who supports me.
This is the emperor's trust in himself.
But Zhang Yue thought that he could not follow the emperor's instructions. Could it be that other ministers don’t understand the emperor, but you are the only one who understands the emperor?
It would be very bad to leave such an impression on the emperor or the ministers of the court, just like Emperor Pua.
From the first day when I became a Sutra Banquet Officer, my position for myself was not to be an emperor’s teacher or a lecturer, but to hold Sutras.
The so-called practice of scriptures means having one's own rules. He is not like Lu Huiqing who is attached to the emperor and specializes in what the emperor likes to hear. He is also not like Wang Tao who regards himself as the emperor's teacher and dares to scold even the emperor.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty has misunderstood. It's not about whether the ministers are willing, but whether they can."
"For example, if Your Majesty wants to recover Suizhou, and you ask your ministers whether you should do it or not, then they will say that you should recover it. If you ask whether Suizhou can be recovered at this time, it is because you are unwilling to do so. Therefore, your Majesty, please understand the difficulties of your ministers."
The official said: "Yes, the minister is cautious. But this matter is extremely difficult, and I have to do it."
Zhang Yue understood that the officials were determined to conquer Suizhou, and would even go to war with Xixia.
Zhang Yue continued: "Now that the country is empty, the imperial court is simply unable to fight with Xixia, so it is still necessary to enrich the country and strengthen the army. Before this, it was indeed difficult to fight with Xixia."
"Therefore, I ask your Majesty to first seek talents and practice the way of enriching the country and strengthening the army. This is the first step in governing the country!"
After listening to Zhang Yue's words, the official thought for a moment and said: "Yes, I am indeed too eager to seek treatment. I can't wait to... But how can I seek the way to enrich the country and strengthen the army?"
"The ministers only want me to keep the affairs of state in peace. How is this different from Huang Lao's way in the early Han Dynasty? Does Zhang Qing think this is feasible?"
Zhang Yue said: "Of course it's not feasible. At this time and at that time, the world had just returned to peace from the war, so recuperation and recuperation were the most important, and Huang Lao's theory was the right way. But the country has been in peace for more than a hundred years, so what's the point? Scenery of the Early Han Dynasty."
The official nodded and said, "That's true, but where can I find ministers who can govern the country and bring peace to the country?"
The officials thought to themselves that Wang Anshi, whom Zhang Yue recommended before, knew Jiangning Mansion and was unwilling to come to Beijing. What was the reason for this?
"Wang Anshi refuses to come to Beijing, why do you think it is?"
Zhang Yue knew why Wang Anshi refused to come.
However, Zhang Yue would not tell the matter, but said: "Your Majesty must hire talents like Wang Anshi with integrity and sincerity."
The official nodded when he heard this and said, "I understand."
"I plan to summon Xue Xiang and Wang Shao to Beijing together first. I want to see if the Wang Shao recommended by Zhang Qing is really talented."
Zhang Yue heard this and knew that his recommendation had already had an effect, so he immediately withdrew happily.
When Zhang Yue walked out of the palace, he accidentally met Wang Tao.
Wang Tao paused slightly and stared at himself, while Zhang Yue paid Wang Tao the courtesy of a lower official and then left calmly.
Wang Tao turned around and looked at Zhang Yue in the palace and thought to himself, "This man is dissatisfied with me in his heart, but he doesn't show it on his face. It seems that he should be sent away from the official family as soon as possible."
Zhang Yue walked back to Tianzhang Pavilion from the palace.
But I saw Lu Gongzhu, a Hanlin scholar, sitting in the pavilion.
Zhang Yue had a headache when he saw Lu Gongzhu. This was the third time since Zhang Zhi and Lu Gongzhu came to chat with him.
When Zhang Yue saw Lu Gongzhu, he immediately paid his respects and said, "Xia Guan, Zhang Yue has met Nei Han."
Lu Gong motioned for Zhang Yue to sit down, and the two sat across the table from each other.
Lu Gong wrote: "Back then, I served as Emperor Renzong's official secretary and served as a minister of Tianzhang, so I ended up here..."
Lu Gongzhu first talked about the past, and Zhang Yue could only listen and then add one or two sentences at the right time.
At this time, Lu Gong said: "Yes, my nephew was in high school that day, and I didn't go. I have to blame him."
Zhang Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. You and I have talked about it eight hundred times and finally got to the point.
Zhang Yue then said: "Nei Han's words are serious. Brother Ji Chang is already in full glory when he arrives."
Lu Gongzhu waved his hand and said: "My uncle is the number one scholar and my nephew is the provincial minister. This kind of thing is unprecedented in this dynasty. It is a pity that I can't come to congratulate you."
"I don't know what the official position is for my nephew Shi Brown?"
Zhang Yue said: "After I was released, I served as an observation and promotion official in Yunzhou."
The number one scholar, Shi Brown, was originally a Jiedu judge, but there were too many redundant officials this year, and there was no palace examination, so he was promoted to an observation and recommendation judge.
Lu Gong said: "Very good, this is finally an official career, but when I go to Yunzhou, do I have a family and a small child to accompany me?"
Zhang Yue said: "Why is it that my family is so small? My nephew hasn't married yet."
Lu Gong wrote: "The dignified Sheng Yuan did not marry a wife... I must be spoiled for choice."
Zhang Yue said: "I haven't, to be honest, there have been too many people proposing marriage before. My brother and sister-in-law are also afraid of offending others, so they want to wait until my nephew returns to Beijing after two years of serving as an official before making any plans."
Lu Gong wrote: "Although there are many people proposing marriage, none of them are satisfied now. But is this so?"
Zhang Yue said hurriedly: "That's not what I said. I really want to wait two years before discussing the marriage."
Lu Gong wrote: "Zhang Zhengyan, I have two daughters, both of whom are legitimate children. The eldest daughter is already married, and there is another daughter waiting to be married. I know that your nephew is not married."
After Zhang Yue learned that Zhang Zhi was a Jinshi, Wu Chong and Lu Xiji both approached him and told him that Lu Gongzhu intended to marry Zhang Zhi.
The top official families in the Song Dynasty were the Lu family and the Han family.
There is a saying in the court that if the people in the world do not come from Han, they will come from Lu.
Zhang Yue heard that Lu Gongzhu proposed to marry him, and he would be proud of you. However, in order not to offend anyone, he still postponed his nephew's marriage for two years in advance.
After two years of slow screening, we found a suitable in-law for Zhang Zhi.
Therefore, even his father-in-law and Lu Xiji temporarily rejected the proposal, but who knew that Lu Gongzhu would have the nerve to propose marriage to him personally.
There have never been such rules in this marriage discussion.
The daughter's family always has to show that they have no worries about getting married, so the father-in-laws are also very aloof, waiting for all kinds of sons-in-law to come to propose marriage.
What's more, what is Mr. Lu's identity?
He actually went into battle to negotiate with him in person, which really gave the Zhang family a lot of face.
"The Lu family is such a prestigious family, how dare we...reach so high a level!"
Lu Gong said: "Sanlang is out of touch when he says this."
Zhang Yue did not agree to Lu Gong's writing in court, but he was very moved. He said that if Zhang Zhi marries Lu Gongzhu's daughter, then having such a father-in-law to support him in his career in the future will definitely be a leverage.
But Zhang Yue also wanted to see Zhang Zhizhong as his son-in-law, and Han Wei also revealed to him that Wang Anshi seemed to intend to recruit Zhang Zhi as his son-in-law.
However, this was only passed down from generation to generation by Han Wei, and he had never heard Wang Anshi make any promise. Although he was not in Bianjing, there was no letter or mention of it.
How to count like this?
Zhang Yue and Han Wei confessed that there were many people asking for marriage now, and they wanted to wait until two years before discussing marriage. After that, there was no news from Wang Anshi.
