The official said: "I have read all the reward lists reported by the two governments."
"For example, Wang Shao's younger brother Wang Xia Tui'en was promoted to Jiangning Prefecture's Facao to join the army. Wang Shao's eldest son Wang Hou was promoted to the third rank and became a Huizhou military promotion officer due to his military merits. Zhang Yue's eldest son Zhang Gen Tui'en was promoted to Secretary of the Province. The school secretary, Zhang Yue’s nephew, Zhang Zhizhi, was promoted to Taichang Cheng. I’m all sure about this.”
The same is true for the system of extending grace.
Zhang Yue and Wang Shao regained the entire territory of Xizhou, which was a great military achievement. If they continue to serve as official officials and reward them, it will definitely cause too much controversy, but it is easy to be kind to their family members, nephews and brothers.
As for Jing Sili, Wang Junwan moved to the third rank in Wuzidu.
When discussing the rewards given to Gao Zunyu, Zhang Yue, and Wang Shao below, several officials ranked Gao Zunyu first, and the officials could not help but say a few words.
Everyone knows how high Gao Zunyu's achievements are.
Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, although Gao Zunyu's contribution is not his first, he is still on good terms with Wang Shao and Zhang Yue, and it is not an obstruction. The initial attack on Lintao City was also his first contribution."
After the officials read Li Xian's report, how could they know the truth behind Gao Zunyu's capture of Lintao?
He just cared about the other person's face as his uncle, so he couldn't tell him directly.
Wang Anshi and other ministers did not say that they were concerned about their own appearance, but the officials themselves were not very sensible if they did not say it. If they did say it, the ministers would secretly call themselves a coward.
The official said: "I originally ordered Zhang Yue to build Qingping Fort and Gao Zunyu to build Male Stronghold. As a result, Qingping Fort was built, but Gao Zunyu repeatedly asked for delay, saying that Male Stronghold was close to Xixia Dianji and it was necessary to mobilize the army from Qinfeng Road. , you have to rely on other people."
"Now that Zhang Yue has built the Qingping and Weiyuan Second Forts, Gao Zunyu has accomplished nothing. How can he be the first to make such a contribution? If Gao Zunyu is allowed to serve as Xihe's pacification envoy again, wouldn't he be laughed at by everyone in the world? I will not allow this memorial. !”
Wang Anshi said: "Then I will promote Gao Zunyu to the title of envoy to the Western Shang Dynasty and governor of Rongzhou! Now Cao Qiao is just running around and adding weapons. Such a reward is not an exaggeration."
The official nodded. Now that Gao Zunyu's status was higher than that of Empress Dowager Cao's younger brother Cao Qiao, it was indeed not aggrieved. In this way, he could still have business relations with the Empress Dowager.
The official said: "It's accurate! Which official should Zhang Yue reward?"
Wang Anshi said: "Zhang Yue can be rewarded with a purple robe. He knows the military affairs of Xizhou and also knows Hezhou! He can also give "Imperial Control Offensive and Defensive Map", "March around the Pearl", "Martial Arts Summary" and "Shenwu Secret Strategy". ”, “Fengjiao Jizhan”, and “Four-Road Battle and Restriction” each one.”
The purple robe is worn by officials of the third rank and above, while the scarlet robe can be worn by officials of the fifth rank. Originally, Zhang Yue, as an official of the emperor, once rewarded Fu Fei, but now he rewards purple robe.
But the magistrates of the Song Dynasty wore purple robes, but this was called fake purple.
The so-called fake purple means that court officials can wear purple robes when they go to local magistrates to show their dignity, but when they return to serve in the court, they must return the purple robes, and the original color will remain the same.
As Zhang Yue is the magistrate of Xizhou, he can wear purple robes, but it is just fake purple.
Now the purple robe is given as a reward, it is a real purple robe and not a fake purple.
At this stage, it was almost the official rank. In the Tang Dynasty, officials of the third rank and above were called dignitaries, and officials of the fifth rank and above were called Tonggui.
The so-called nobles in the Manchu Dynasty are noble!
As for knowing Hezhou, he is also famous.
Officials were promoted through promotion, from general magistrate of a small state to general magistrate of a large state, general magistrate of a large state was promoted to magistrate of a small state, and then magistrate of a small state was promoted to magistrate of a large state.
But there are no big states in Xihe Road, only small states.
Of course, after the establishment of Xihe Road, Xizhou was promoted to Jiezhen Prefecture, and in theory it could also be a large state.
However, Zhang Yue also knew Xizhou and Hezhou, which could be regarded as a real qualification to know the state of a big state. Of course, the entire territory of Hezhou is still occupied by Mu Zheng, and Zhang Yue, the governor of Hezhou, is still a mere painting.
Anyway, when Zhang Yue was the 'Lord of Weiyuan Castle' at the beginning, he dared to be called the magistrate of Xizhou. Now that he has the whole territory of Xizhou, it is not a problem to also know the magistrate of Hezhou.
Of course, this also showed the Song Dynasty's determination to annex Hezhou and made Mu Zheng give up his unrealistic illusions.
The official said: "Such a reward for Zhang Yue's merits is too small."
Wang Anshi said: "It is true, but if he is promoted to an official position, he will be an admonishing official, and if he is rewarded with a post in the library, he will be a direct scholar."
The admonishing officer can serve as a fourth-rank official in the court, and can serve as an envoy to the capital outside the country. When Wu Chong was the deputy privy envoy, he was only an admonishing official. As for the bachelor of the pavilion, he was already an official of the third rank, so even the purple robe was No need to give it.
When it comes to Zhang Yue, it is already difficult to get promoted.
The official also knew that he could not be awarded these two positions for the time being, but he wanted to reward him with more medals, so he said: "Li Xian reported that Zhang Yue had never done anything against the Tibetan people since he was stationed in Tongwei Fort. He taught the army to love Every soldier can sing folk songs, and military discipline is extremely strict.”
"When his soldiers and horses entered Lintaocheng, all the women of the Fan chieftains gathered around the Han officials and sang songs, saying that from now on, there would be only buying and selling between Fan and Han, and there would be no killing. They would live happily, and they would no longer be afraid of the wooden levy coming to force cattle and horses."
Speaking of this, the official sighed: "People's support is against them. It is indeed destiny. As the emperor, I must not be afraid of the people's support, nor can I not obey the people's support. Zhang Yue can recruit the Tibetan tribe for me. He has won the hearts of the people so much. It is really a great achievement." One thing, how could I wrong him?"
People who didn't know the situation thought that Li Xian had paid so much to Zhang Yue, yet he said so many nice things to Zhang Yue.
But everyone present knew that Li Xian was telling the truth.
The official said: "Then let Zhang Yue recommend another person to be an official."
"According to the order."
"Which official should Wang Shao reward?"
Wang Anshi said: "The official position can be promoted to be assigned to Jixian Hall as a editor, and I will be promoted to the right secretary to advise!"
The official said without hesitation: "It's accurate!"
In the eyes of officials, Zhang Yue's merit is first, Wang Shao's is second, and Gao Zunyu's third is Muyong.
This arrangement is just right.
The reward has been agreed upon, and the following is the establishment and strength of the Xihe Economic Strategy and Appeasement Department.
Wang Anshi said: "Xihe Road can be considered as the extreme border after passing through the appeasement department, and Qinfeng Road can be regarded as the secondary border after passing through the appeasement department."
"Sixty percent of Qin Feng Road's troops and horses belong to Xihe Road, and the ministers and others plan to pass them by. There are a total of 29,722 soldiers and 3,278 horses, including 1,320 garrisoned troops. Eighteen, nine hundred and forty-eight horses, eighteen thousand three hundred and ninety-four Tibetan soldiers, and two thousand three hundred and twenty horses."
"In addition, the envoys from the Jingyuan Road Economic Strategy were dispatched to appease the envoys, five thousand archers, and the military commander Jing Sili was in charge of 1,500 regular soldiers. They were all assigned to the Xihe Economic Envoys to appease the envoys."
A total of 36,500 soldiers and horses were transferred from various roads in Shaanxi to Xihe Road to manage and appease the envoys.
Wang Anshi reported again: "In addition, the Xihe Road Economic Strategy and Comfort Envoy has two members in charge of Qian, four members in charge of the road, one person in charge of walking on horseback, two members in Xizhou Tongjian, three members in Cao Guan, three members in station custody, and one member in charge of material affairs. Official Nine."
"At the same time, we will allocate 15 million yuan first to cover the side expenses."
So many soldiers and horses, so much money, and so many official positions. It can be seen how many resources the imperial court spent on the new Xihe Road to appease the envoys.
So the most important thing is who is this Xihe Road Economic Strategy and Comfort Envoy? And who is the capital transfer envoy of the Qinfeng Road Transfer Envoy Department?
Wang Anshi, the commander of Qinfeng Road, was bound to win, so he recommended Cai Yanqing to be appointed to Tianzhang Pavilion.
After the incident of Sansheren, Wang Anshi recommended Cai Yanqing as the minister.
Wen Yanbo disagreed. He believed that Cai Yanqing did not know how to fight, so he recommended Cai Ting, a direct scholar of Longtuge. Personnel decisions in the court were a focus of confrontation among the governors.
Even non-partisan ministers like Wang Anshi are no exception. They will elect people who are close to them to important positions, because from a personal perspective no one will elect someone they don't like, no matter how talented the other person is.
The Qinfeng Road Transfer Envoy is the highest administrative officer along the road. He is in charge of everything except military affairs and criminal matters. He also supervises administrative officials such as prefects in the following states.
The reason why Wen Yanbo recommended Cai Ting was that Cai Ting knew the military better. As an official who had guarded Shaanxi for many years, Cai Ting was indeed a suitable candidate.
However, Wang Anshi believed that the matter of using troops had its own strategy to appease the Secretary, and the most important thing for all transfer envoys was financial management. As we all know, Qinfeng Road is a big hole, and the court needs to use transfer payments to maintain it every year.
With so much money in the central government going to Qin Feng Road, there must be an official who is good at financial management sitting here.
The two argued for a long time, and the officials supported Wang Anshi.
This result is not unexpected. The officialdom is obviously biased in favor of Wang Anshi, but it is not absolute. If Wen Yanbo proposed personnel matters and he did not accept any of them, Wen Yanbo would have resigned early.
It is the ancestral family law to stir up different opinions, so no matter how much the officials favor Wang Anshi, they still have to make concessions to Wen Yanbo on some personnel matters to maintain a 30-70 situation.
After the transfer envoy of Qinfeng Road was appointed, the post of Xihe Road Economic and Strategy Envoy was assigned.
Wang Anshi still recommends Gao Zunyu.
Seeing that the other party pushed back, the official frowned and said: "How can Gao Zunyu have such talent? How can he be the pacification envoy and the general manager of the military and horse capital along the way? I think the rule of the whole way is enough."
After Li Xianyi said it, the officials also understood Gao Zunyu's talents. Qin Feng Road Qian's jurisdiction was already the highest. If he really wanted to put him in the position of manager and pacifier to command all the troops, there would be no trouble.
Wang Anshi said: "In this case, it is better to be the general manager of the capital."
On the side, Wu Chong also guessed Wang Anshi's thoughts. He objected: "Gao Zunyu still knows Huizhou. There has never been a general manager who left the commander's mansion and knew Junzhou."
The general manager of the military and horse capital is the commander-in-chief of all the troops and horses, and the magistrate is the administrator. If you are not the manager and comforter, it would be very strange to hold two positions, which violates the principle of separation of civil and military affairs.
However, Wang Anshi insisted on a very firm attitude.
Wen Yanbo and Wu Chong both thought that Wang Anshi insisted on making Gao Zunyu the general manager of Xihe Road, because he clearly did not want anyone else to take on the same role.
The general manager of the capital was originally called the general manager of the capital, but was later changed to the general manager of the capital to avoid the taboo of the Yingzong name. Generally speaking, the economic and strategic pacification envoy also serves as the general manager of the road, military and horse capital.
In the end, Gao Zunyu was appointed as the general manager of the capital and informed Huizhou, and Jing Sili was appointed as the commander of the road division.
Wang Anshi added: "We can make Zhang Yue the envoy to appease Xihe Road and know Xizhou, and Wang Shao to be the deputy envoy to appease Xihe Road and know the Tongyuan Army."
The officials agreed.
After the dispersion of the dynasty, Wen Yanbo and Wu Chong left together. Wen Yanbo said to Wu Chong: "The economic and strategic pacification envoys are always private to the prime minister. I heard that your son-in-law never sent a private letter to Jiefu. On the contrary, Wang Zichun sent a letter to Jiefu every few days, describing the economic strategy." What happened to Xihe!"
