Prime Minister

Chapter 457
Seeing the child carrying a basket of charcoal fire calling him benefactor, Zhang Yue couldn't help being taken aback, and suddenly remembered that this was the child he sponsored last year.

At that time, I asked Tang Jiu to come to the door and gave the other party a hundred guan.

Zhang Yue laughed and said nothing when he heard the words, but seeing that Wang Shao had come to his senses, he immediately bowed to Zhang Yue and said, "It turns out that Bachelor Zhang is the benefactor of my son. At that time, I didn't know who left the money. Those who have eyes cannot see Mount Tai!"

Zhang Yue smiled. At that time, he told Tang Jiu not to leave his name, and he didn't ask Tang Jiu to come with him today, otherwise the matter would be easy to talk about.

Zhang Yue waved his hand and said, "Wang Canjun, this matter is not worth mentioning."

Then Zhang Yue looked at the child and said with a smile: "It just so happens that I don't know that I will see you again, so I feel ashamed."

The child said: "It's not good for a benefactor to show kindness without expecting to repay it. I'm afraid there will be no one who does good deeds in the future."

Zhang Yue laughed out loud.

Wang Shao introduced to Zhang Yue: "Scholar Zhang, this is my Erlang's single name with a thick character, he is very filial, knowing that his mother is sick, he sells charcoal to make money for his family!"

Zhang Yue thought to himself, okay, it turned out to be Wang Hou, who was as famous as his father in history. During Yuanyou period, Sima Guang was in charge and gave up the Hehuang land that Wang Shao built during the Xining period. Later, this person The son inherited his father's business and brought Hehuang back to him.

Zhang Yue said: "It was very cold that day. I saw your son selling charcoal, and I knew he was an honest man. I heard that his conversation was extraordinary. I also knew that the family had encountered difficulties for a while, so I felt compassion. Your son is a good boy!"

Wang Hou felt ashamed when he heard this.

But Wang Shao suddenly said: "Scholar Zhang, you are the number one scholar, and you are a third-class graduate. I don't know the difficulty for me to select officials from the background."

Zhang Yue turned around to leave but stopped.

Wang Shao said to himself: "I am the second-class Jinshi in the second year of Jiayou, but no one in the court said anything. I was the boss of Xin'an, and the money I got from being an official for three years was only the expenses of the family. I also refused to accept bribes. I offended the county magistrate, and almost delayed it for a year, and I was so worried that I couldn't sleep well for a few nights, and my hair turned gray."

"Now that the three years have been exhausted, when I arrived in the capital, I had no money to take care of it. I waited for three months when I resigned. I borrowed money to live in the capital. I waited for two full years, but finally moved Join the army for Si Li!"

Zhu Bo and Si Li joined the army, and they were called Judgment Bo Wei, who belonged to the last of the fourth and seventh ranks of the selection.

Wang Shao said: "Scholar Zhang, I'm not complaining to you. I won't be able to pay back the hundred guan money in this life, and I'll pay it back in the next life. I just can't figure out why it's so difficult for us in the Song Dynasty to be an official."

"Scholar Zhang, you are an official in the capital, and you used to be an official in Jingyan. You can often meet the prime minister and participate in politics. Why can't you give advice on this?"

Zhang Yue was at a loss for words for a while, and the difficulty of redundant officials in the Song Dynasty was not a matter of a day or two. Selecting someone to serve as a low-level official, if he came from a poor family, there was no other way except to bribe the official department with money for corruption.

Wang Shao was so sad that he happened to meet him.

Zhang Yue also has some inexplicable meaning, these things are not done in a day or two, and all the princes in the temple are powerless to do them, so why do you blame me?Do you still make mistakes?
Zhang Yue said: "Wang Canjun, you are wrong. It is not a day's cold to freeze three feet. The matter of redundant officials you just mentioned may not have been considered by the court officials, but Fan Wenzheng proposed ten strategies. In the middle, it happened to be how to eliminate redundant officials, but then you also know how..."

Wang Shaoyan said: "Scholar Zhang makes a lot of sense, and I know the difficulties of the court, but I can't just push it away... Forget it, you didn't serve as an official in the local area, how do you know the difficulties of our humble officials now? I hate the court deeply It's unfair to bury us and other officials."

At this time, I heard a coughing sound, but I saw a woman stepping out of the house and said: "Officer, you can't say that, it's good that Zhang Xueshi can help our family, how can he help the officials in the world?"

Wang Shao was stunned when he heard this, and said apologetically to Zhang Yue: "Scholar Zhang is my fault. I have held this resentment in my stomach for four years, and now I see you and can't help complaining to you. Endad..."

Zhang Yue said: "Wang Canjun, you should have grievances. The imperial court is sorry for such an honest and honest official like you, but this is the case all over the world."

"If I, Zhang Sanlang, are in power one day in the future, all these ills will be eradicated. But now, although the official account is small, I believe in the saying 'people can promote the way, not the way to promote people'. What is the way? We have been going all the time I have pursued the Tao, but this sentence tells me that it is not the Tao that is most important, but the talent is the most important.”

Hearing Zhang Yue's words, Wang Shao couldn't help being taken aback.

Zhang Yue said in a more emphatic tone: "Leaving a single character, Dao is not even a fart."

"Wang Canjun, when I read your policy theory, I thought you were a man with ambition and ambition, so I thought I was looking for the right person when I came to you today."

"But when I saw you today, I was extremely disappointed. If you are such a resentful person, please ask Wang Canjun to forgive you. You are not the person I am looking for. I will leave now!"

Wang Shao froze on the spot when he heard the words.

Zhang Yue raised his steps and walked, but saw Wang Hou hugging Zhang Yue's thigh, crying: "Scholar Zhang, don't leave, you can have a good talk with my father."

Zhang Yue patted Wang Hou on the shoulder, and then said to Wang Shao: "You are also a person with children, and I am also a person who has just become a father, but seeing you like this, how can you be a role model for children?"

"One more thing, Mrs. Zun's illness is on me!"

After Zhang Yue finished speaking, he withdrew and left.

Without saying a word, Wang Shao sat down on the spot.

Yang Shi who was at the side said: "Officer, I heard what you said just now. Bachelor Zhang is willing to visit the thatched cottage in person, so it can be seen that he really intends to promote you."

Wang Shao said in a deep voice, "I know."

"Then why are you doing this?"

Wang Shao said: "I can't help it, I've held this breath in my heart for three years."

"It's all my fault. Master Zhang was a Jinshi in Jiayou for six years. He is ten years younger than me. But now he has achieved the title of Zuo Lang, but I am still sentenced to Si Bowei. He wants to recommend me now, how can I accept it?" ...Send arrangements, what about the people who live under them?"

Yang said: "Officials, it's not too late for a man to make great achievements! So what if Bachelor Zhang is younger than you? If you can become a Marquis because of your meritorious service in the future, you will not be inferior to him. Besides, I think Bachelor Zhang Although he is old, he is really capable."

Wang Shaoyan said: "I know, Bachelor Zhang is a man of work, and so am I."

"Before, my vision was too small. It's just that you are sick and you are going to Shaanxi. How can you survive the journey?"

Yang said: "My illness is nothing to worry about. No matter how long a woman lives, what is the use if her husband is underdeveloped? If you marry a new wife in the future, if you still remember me, come and burn it in front of my grave." Put three sticks of incense, so that even if I have knowledge under the spring, I will be happy for you."

Hearing this, Wang Shao couldn't help wiping away tears and said, "Young lady is right, I lost my mind. Tomorrow I will go to Zhang Xueshi's mansion, and I will personally apologize to him, and say that I would like to go to Shaanxi!"

Yang nodded with tears in her eyes and said: "That's good, I'll heat up two pots of wine, and you should practice the right as an official."

Wang Shao said: "Wait a minute!"

Wang Shao went to the door and picked up a stick and said, "I'll go out and meet those rogues for a while, and after I beat them away, I'll go to Shaanxi!"

(End of this chapter)