The ship left Hangzhou and headed south.
All the way to Xianxia Ridge, Fang Shezhou took the land route.
Zhang Yue looked at the towering Xianxia Ridge and remembered that he had made an ambition to climb over this mountain when he was young. Now he has climbed over this mountain to return to his hometown.
However, this time when climbing over the mountain, we could not ride a boat or a horse. We had to dismount and walk, which was also a difficult journey.
However, officials along the Fujian Road had already been prepared and arranged for porters and servants to help Zhang Yue and his party cross the mountain.
Zhang Yue heard that this was done by Jiang Zhiqi, the Fujian transfer judge, and arranged for an official to specially cross Xianxia Ridge to guide Zhang Yue.
Because of Ouyang Xiu, Zhang Yue had little contact with Jiang Zhiqi, but Jiang Zhiqi had a good relationship with Zhang Yue's two friends, Shen Kuo and Su Shi.
Jiang Zhiqi's wife Shen is Shen Kuo, Shen Liao's sister. It is said that Jiang Zhiqi's son is engaged to Shen Liao's daughter.
Shen Kuo was promoted to serve in the northwest by Zhang Yue. Now it is said that he has returned to the imperial court and entered the Hanlin Academy as a direct bachelor.
This was recommended by Zhang Dun.
As for Shen Liao's bad luck, he once wrote a poem on a woman's skirt, and then the skirt was bought by a concubine in the harem. One day when the official favored the concubine, he saw Shen Liao's poem on the skirt and suddenly felt a little green on his head.
So Shen Liao was dismissed from office and would never be hired.
However, Shen Kuo and Jiang Zhiqi had a prosperous official career, especially in the promotion of the Fujian Road Free Service Law.
Zhang Yue despised Jiang Zhiqi from the bottom of his heart, but he could not avoid official business dealings, so he expressed his gratitude to the official indifferently.
Zhang Yue stayed at the official post at the foot of Xianxia Ridge that day. Because he had to prepare to cross the mountain the next day, he planned to stay early to rest, but someone came to see him with a greeting card.
Zhang Yue wondered who could be so ignorant.
However, after seeing the name on the invitation, Zhang Yue realized that it was him.
Soon a young scholar prostrated himself to Zhang Yue and said, "Student Chen Guan pays homage to the prefect!"
Zhifu is the official title of Zhizhou, and it is also a first-class honorific title.
However, when he heard that the other party's name was Chen Guan, Zhang Yue called him "Brother Guan Xi" from the bottom of his heart.
All joking aside, Zhang Yue still values this little fellow countryman very much. This is the advantage of being a time traveler. He can have a rough impression of famous people in history.
Zhang Yue's impression of Chen Guan came from the historical incident when Zhang Dun returned to the prime minister, and the other party went to persuade Zhang Dun not to liquidate Sima Guang.
Chen Guan said angrily to the other party: "The two parties in the court should not attack each other. It is like a boat. If you lean left or right, or focus on any side, the boat will capsize."
Zhang Dun said no, I must settle the score with Sima Guang.
Chen Guan said, although Sima Guang was wrong, your hasty handling of it was the biggest harm to the country. Your top priority when you return to the DPRK is to eliminate attacks by cronies. This is the real way to save the country.
After listening to Chen Guan's words, Zhang Dun felt that it made sense and told Chen Guan that he would do so in the future.
However, when Zhang Dun returned to the court, he overturned his opinions with Chen Guan and launched a liquidation of the old party.
Later, the old party accused Zhang Dun of being despicable and treacherous. However, based on Zhang Yue's understanding of Zhang Dun and his proud character, he definitely wouldn't bother to do this.
According to Zhang Yue's guess, Zhang Dun was serious about his promise to Chen Guan, but he couldn't bear it when he returned to the court to settle the matter.
When you are in that position, you have to do the things that are in that position, regardless of human will.
Before Zhang Dun's wife died of illness, she had always advised him not to kill all the old parties in the future. This would also leave a way out for himself. Zhang Dun agreed, but he couldn't hold it back anymore.
Chen Guan and Zhang Yue chatted for a while and then asked: "Student, dare I ask the prefect what his plans are for entering Fujian this time?"
Zhang Yue said with a smile: "We have already made arrangements for Fujian Dogon Tea. I can learn from Ding Jin Gong (Ding Wei) and Cai Zhonghui (Cai Xiang) to supervise this matter."
After Zhang Yue finished speaking, Chen Guan looked ugly.
Regarding the tribute tea incident, Cai Xiang was demoted to Fujian, but his creation of Xiaolong Tuan tea won the emperor's favor and he revived.
Ding Wei wrote a Jianyang Tea Record in Fujian, which made the world aware of Jianyang Tea and improved the production methods of Jianyang Tea.
Many years later, Su Shi wrote a poem that satirized Ding and said that Cai and Xiang were competing for new favors, calling them Ding in the front and Cai in the back.
After listening to Zhang Yue's words, Chen Guan also thought that he was making tea to invite favors. He immediately felt unnatural on his face and sat down for a while before leaving.
Zhang Yue saw Chen Guan shaking his head and said: "Young people today really can't take jokes."
The next day Zhang Yue climbed to Xianxia Ridge. Although he had been pampered for many years, he was still in good health and it didn't take much effort to climb the mountain.
Zhang Yue asked everyone to take care of his family, and he and Tang Jiu climbed over the mountain with several followers holding a bamboo stick.
At the halfway point of the mountain, Zhang Yue took a break and happened to see Chen Guan, who was also panting and turning over. He only hired a porter and he had to carry a lot of luggage, so it was very difficult to walk.
Zhang Yue ordered his entourage to give Chen Guan a kettle immediately, and at the same time asked an entourage to carry Chen Guan's luggage.
Only then did Chen Guan regain his strength.
"The prefect's feet are so good, the students are impressed!"
Chen Guan said to Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "What's this? When I was young, I had to go back and forth over ten miles to the school to copy books every day with my senior brother."
Having said this, Zhang Yue picked up his bamboo stick and pointed down the mountain: "You see, it's probably right here."
Chen Guan has heard the story of Zhang Yue who made progress while copying books while studying when he was young. This is a role model for poor scholars all over the world, just like Fan Wenzheng's painting of porridge.
Chen Guan was filled with admiration and couldn't help but ask Zhang Yue: "Dare you ask the magistrate if he was suffering at that time?"
Zhang Yue was stunned when he heard this, and then said: "It's considered bitter, but I don't feel bitter at all."
In fact, many people have asked him these words, and of course Zhang Yue is willing to say it, because after he succeeds, he likes to mention how difficult and perseverant he was when he failed, as a first-class talking point.
But when I really asked Zhang Yue whether it was hard to study at that time, Zhang Yue could only answer truthfully about his feelings at that time. The simplicity, kindness and sincere communication between people at that time could not be compared after entering the world.
Now that he has become successful, he is faced with countless swords, guns, swords and halberds.
"I don't feel bitter, because the book has its own beauty like jade, its own golden house, and its own pen as sharp as a knife. What's more important is that I was still young at the time. If I have accomplished nothing now and have to devote myself to my career, it will really feel bitter. ."
Chen Guan couldn't help laughing when he heard Zhang Yue's words, but felt that he was rude and quickly confessed to Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue waved his hand nonchalantly, looked at the rosy light on the horizon from a distance and said: "Just like when I walked this Xianxia Ridge road, I tell you that I don't feel the pain because I have been doing it every day for more than ten years. You’ve walked through it this way. But the first time you walk through it, you’ll feel the pain.”
Chen Guan asked: "In fact, the prefect is not the only one who is trying his best to get ahead among the poor children in the world. Does the prefect want to open a way for them?"
Zhang Yue smiled and said: "It depends on whether the road is wide enough and whether there are many people walking on it, but as long as there are more people, no road becomes a road."
Chen Guan thought a little when he heard the words. He carefully studied Zhang Yue's words and felt that they were very meaningful.
Thinking of this, Chen Guan suddenly felt that he was far away from Zhang Yue, and immediately quickened his pace to catch up and followed closely behind him.
ps: There are a lot of typos. Sorry, fixed.
