Prime Minister

Chapter 458
Zhang Yue returned to the mansion from the Interchange Office and heard that Wang Shao had been waiting for a long time.

Zhang Yue was overjoyed, and immediately asked Wang Shao to go to the hall. When he saw the thorns on the other's robe, it was obviously a gesture of pleading guilty.When Wang Shao saw him, he bowed down and said, "Wang is ashamed of his kindness to Bachelor Zhang, and he is here to plead guilty."

Zhang Yue said with a smile: "Why does Wang Canjun do this?"

After speaking, Zhang Yue took off the thorns from Wang Shao's body and threw them aside, and then invited him to sit down.

Zhang Yue looked at the bruises on Wang Shao's face and asked, "How did you make it look like this?"

Wang Shaodao: "The rogues outside the house have been harassing Wang for a long time. Now that Wang has made up his mind, he will use a stick to teach these people a lesson, and move away tomorrow!"

Zhang Yue clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "Okay! If you want to be kind and friendly, you should be like this."

Zhang Yue looked Wang Shao up and down and said, "Have you decided to go to Shaanxi?"

Wang Shaodao: "I would like to be sent by Bachelor Zhang, but there is a sentence first, Wang does not want to be restrained by the superior."

"Oh?"

Wang Shaodao: "I'm ashamed to say that when Wang was the chief secretary, he couldn't get along with the two county magistrates. Wang is very judgmental by nature, and he doesn't like to be driven by others."

After listening to Zhang Yue, he thought, do you have such a personality?You don't even want to listen to the words of the Shangguan, and I'm afraid that in the future, I will be of little importance in your eyes.

But Zhang Yue thought to himself, this is of course, such a talented person must be rebellious and unrestrained.

Historically, Wang Shao was also in charge of Jiaozi affairs in Yizhou, and through Jiaozi he traded with foreign people in the city exchange. This dissatisfied Li Shizhong with the strategy of Qinfeng Road. After the two fell out, Wang Anshi supported Wang Shao and transferred Li Shizhong away.

Later, the imperial court sent Dou Shunqing as an envoy, but they fell out with Wang Shao again, and Dou Shunqing was transferred away again.

General Guo Kui impeached Wang Shao and was suspended by Wang Anshi.

In the end, Wang Shao, with his military merits, actually criticized Song Shenzong and was dismissed.

A boss nemesis like Wang Shao will hinder him in the future.

Zhang Yue decided to beat Wang Shao first.

He said, "Why doesn't Wang Canjun listen to me?"

Wang Shao said: "I would like to hear the details."

Zhang Yuedao: "During the reign of Emperor Zhenzong, a decree was issued that Hanlin bachelors, give, admonish, know and make edicts, Shang Shucheng, Lang, Langzhong, Yushi Zhongcheng, Zhiza, Guange, and three officials. Those who are talented and capable."

"Later, there were too few people who were able to stand up to the border. During the Qingli period, the government was relaxed from the officials of the Beijing Dynasty to the selection of candidates. There is a system of sitting together with the officials who are elected. If I write a letter of guarantee to the officials, one of them is 'Rumeng The imperial court promotes the use, and later commits the stolen goods, and the minister is willing to be guilty of the same crime."

"If you recommend you, you will take the risk of being an official. Before Wang joined the army, he was an official with good integrity, but after arriving in Shaanxi, it is not necessarily the case. People will change. Therefore, if I want you to be an official, you must be clear!"

In the Shinjong Dynasty, because there was a shortage of good border officials, the court resumed the nomination system in order to select "brave and talented persons worthy of border posts".Zhang Yue is not only the official of the pavilion, but also the official of the third division, and he happens to have a recommendation quota in his hand.

Of course, the host is a consecutive seat system for elected officials.

The first rule is that the elected officials must be clean, if they are not clean, Zhang Yue will suffer from it.

Wang Shao said, "I'll save you from being an official."

Zhang Yue said: "As for your proposal not to be restrained by others, I don't think there is such a good job in the world. I am still subject to the restraint of the deputy envoy of the third division and the envoy of the third division, let alone you."

Knowing that Zhang Yue was telling the truth, Wang Shao said, "Then please give me a regular job."

Zhang Yue thought to himself, this is possible.

Zhang Yue said to Wang Shao: "Wang Canjun, follow me to the study!"

Wang Shao came to the study with Zhang Yue. As soon as Wang Shao entered, he saw a map of Qinfeng Road hanging on the study.

The state village is marked on it!

Wang Shao couldn't move his gaze away.

This is a map, except for the big officials in the frontier, even the officials can't easily see it. Although this map of Qinfeng Road is simple, it is roughly marked clearly.

Zhang Yue pointed to the map of Qinfeng Road and said: "Qinfeng Road has five prefectures, namely Qinzhou, Longzhou, Jiezhou, Chengzhou, and Fengzhou."

That's right, Qinfeng Road now has only five prefectures, but during the Xining period, Wang Shao, with the support of Wang Anshi, conquered six prefectures, turning Qinfeng Road into eleven prefectures.

"Look at the west of Qinfeng Road, there is an ancient Wei village. It is three hundred miles away from Qinzhou. If it is cut off by the Xixia people, the ancient Weizhai army will run out of food."

Wang Shao asked: "This place is so dangerous, why not abandon it?"

Zhang Yue said: "That's a good question. The ancient Weizhai land was originally the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, Weizhou was established here, and it was later taken by Tubo."

"During the reign of Huangyou, the Tubo people offended the Xixia people, so they donated soil to the Song Dynasty. At that time, Fan Xiang, the prefect of Quanzhou, built a city here to restore the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Let the Xixia people hold me accountable, the courtiers thought that the fault was on our side, so they only called the ancient Weizhai instead of Weizhou, and demoted Fan Xiang, who advocated building the city to restore his homeland."

The more Zhang thought of this, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, no matter the Yanchao or the ancient Wei village, he had benefited a lot from Fan Xiang.

Zhang Yue continued: "However, the ancient Weizhai has been built, and the imperial court cannot abandon it, so they stationed troops here. Qin Fenglu has always advocated that the imperial court send an official from the Beijing Dynasty who is familiar with border affairs to garrison fields here to appease the aboriginal people and reorganize their military equipment, but now the minister Among you, peace is the main priority, and you dare not send ministers here to provoke the wrath of the Xixia people."

Zhang Yue has made it clear to Wang Shao about the ins and outs of the future.

The ancient Weizhai was Weizhou in the Tang Dynasty, and it was completely the boundary of a state. However, our Song Dynasty is very timid now, we clearly occupy this land, but we only dare to call it a village, so as not to anger the Xixia people.

Ancient Weizhai does have room for development, but it is also dangerous, because there are Tibetans on all sides, and they are isolated among the Xixia people, between the Qing and Tang Dynasties. Once the back road of Ya'er Gorge is cut off, they will be trapped to death.You, Wang Shao, guarded this place in the past, the possibility of dying for your country is really not small, you should weigh it yourself.

Nine out of ten other people would have retreated.

Officials who are generally familiar with will not push the recommended officials to this dead end!

Zhang Yue glanced at Wang Shao's expression, but saw Wang Shao clenched his fists and said: "This place is close to death, I don't want to go, I still have seven children in my family, we can't let them lose their father so early."

Zhang Yuedao: "Let me tell you, but now there are too many officials, and even the frontiers are not easy to choose. According to the arrangement of the imperial court, two officials are selected to be promoted to judges, and two officials are promoted to magistrates and magistrates." Two officials were promoted and sentenced..."

"Now you are the chief secretary of Xin'an for the first term, and the manager of the Jianchang Army for the second term, but you have been in the capital for four years and have not served the second term yet..."

Wang Shao said: "I have been guarding the election for more than two years..."

Zhang Yue said: "It's not worth it to keep the election, so it can only be counted as one term."

"If you go to Guweizhai, I will protect you as the judge of the Qinzhou Xiongwu Army, but now I have to think again..."

Jiedu magistrate, that is, the official business of the magistrate's office, after Zhang Yuezhong's champion, after Shi Brown, he could only sign the judgment in Chuzhou, while Su Shi signed the judgment in Fengxiang Mansion.

Wang Shao stared at Zhang Yue and said, "The judge of Jiedu must be a Beijing official..."

Zhang Yue said: "That's right, now there are judges of the Xiongwu Army in Qinzhou. Your position is just a deception. The real thing is to know the ancient Weizhai military."

Wang Shao thought to himself, although the Jiedu magistrate is good, it is a pity that he is not a Beijing official.

Zhang Yue said again: "I forgot to tell you something, this post is dignified removal of economics and political affairs. As the saying goes, dignified selection is for those who are not inferior, and selection is for people who are equally advanced! What does the dignified removal of political affairs mean for Wang Joining the Army? , I don’t need to say more about this!”

Wang Shao couldn't help being shocked when he heard the words, he looked Zhang Yue up and down and said: "It turned out that it was the intention of several gentlemen, so why would Wang cherish this body? Thank you, Bachelor Zhang."

"Wang's ambition in this life is to imitate Ban Dingyuan, to open up the frontier, and to make great achievements!"

Zhang Yue couldn't help but said: "Wang Shen also admires Ban Dingyuan?"

Wang Shao clapped his hands together and said, "Of course..."

"The big man has no other ambitions, but he should follow the example of Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian to make contributions to the Western Regions in order to win the title. An Nengjiu's writing and research!"

When Wang Shao and Zhang Yue uttered Ban Chao's famous words through the ages, they couldn't help laughing.

During this smile, the two already knew each other well and understood each other's intentions.

Wang Shao got up with tears in his smile and said, "Bachelor Zhang, I'll go back and pack my bags! Farewell!"

Zhang Yue cupped his hands and said: "Wait a minute, I'll hand over to Yinjian and lend Guweizhai three thousand salt banknotes. When Wang Jie pushes it out, don't forget to ask Guweizhai to use the salt banknotes!"

"Remember, this salt money is calculated as interest!"

Wang Shao nodded when he heard the words, and then left.

The next day, when Zhang Yue recommended Wang Shao to Han Qi, Han Qi looked at Zhang Yue and asked, "Could it be that this person has a grudge against you?"

Zhang Yue looked puzzled: "Where is the enmity? Mr. Mr., we have already negotiated before, but we must not go back on our word."

Han Qi laughed when he heard this, and on the spot dismissed Wang Shao from the position of Judge of the Xiongwu Army of Qinzhou.

Then Han Qi put his hands behind his back and said to Zhang Yue: "Nowadays, peace is still the most important thing in the court, not only for the Liao Kingdom, but also for Xixia. The reason why I help you is because I have some old grievances with the Western Thieves."

"If you can sit in the old man's position in the future, don't forget to tell the old man when the descendants of the Han family sacrifice at home on the day when the Xia thief is put down!"

Zhang Yue said sternly, "It's my husband!"

Han Qi said: "Speak to Wang Shao, do it well!"

After Wang Shao was awarded the official position, he couldn't wait for a moment and set off on the road to Qinfeng Road.

In addition to himself, Wang Shao also brought his eldest son and second sons Wang Kuo and Wang Hou.

The outskirts of Beijing West.

Zhang Yue drank three cups of wine with Wang Shao by the pavilion.

But seeing that Wang Shao is now wearing a brand-new official robe, he looks so full of ambition and high spirits, he looks like the Wang Taiwei who lived in a back alley a few days ago.

Between success and failure, it can be said that there are two different people!

Wang Shao said to Zhang Yue: "Wang has today, thanks to the recommendation of Mr. Zhang in front of Mr. Han. Thank you for your kindness! Farewell!"

After Wang Shao got on his horse, his two sons also bid farewell to Zhang Yue.

Zhang Yue looked at the father and son, and thought that from Zhang Qian, Chen Tang, Fu Jiezi, Ban Chao, to Wang Xuance in the Tang Dynasty, to Wang Shao today, if they don’t break through Loulan, they will never return, and if they break through the gap in Helan Mountain, there is something in them. The spirit of a man in the Han family.

Zhang Yue looked at Wang Shao's back and said loudly: "Zichun..."

Wang Shao turned around.

Zhang Yue waved his hands and said loudly: "...Go to Qinzhou now, don't forget to pay back the money!"

Wang Shao swayed when he heard the words, and almost fell off the horse.

(End of this chapter)