Prime Minister

Chapter 533
Zhang Yue listened to the implication of the official's words. He was quite dissatisfied with what Sima Guang said today, and he was too disappointed. Even ministers like Han Qi and Wen Yanbo opposed my recovery of Suizhou.Only you, Zhang Yue, support me.

This is the emperor's trust in himself.

But Zhang Yue thought that he couldn't follow the emperor's instructions.Don't other ministers understand the emperor, only you understand the emperor?
It is very bad to leave such an impression on the emperor or the court ministers, just like the emperor in Pua.

From the first day I was the Sutra banquet official, I positioned myself not to be the emperor's teacher, not to be a lecturer, but to hold the scriptures.

The so-called adherence to the scriptures means having one's own position, unlike Lu Huiqing who is attached to the emperor, who specializes in talking about what the emperor loves to listen to, and does not pretend to be the emperor's teacher like Wang Tao, who dares to scold even the emperor.

Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty misunderstood, it's not because the ministers are unwilling, but whether they can."

"For example, if your majesty wants to recover Suizhou, if you ask the ministers whether it is appropriate, then the courtiers will say that it should be recovered. If you ask whether Suizhou can be recovered at this time, it is definitely not. Therefore, please understand the difficulties of the courtiers."

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 eat Suizhou, and even went to war with Xixia.

Zhang Yue continued: "Nowadays, the country is empty, and the imperial court is simply unable to fight Xixia, so it is still necessary to make the country rich and strong. It is really not easy to fight Xixia before this."

"Therefore, I ask Your Majesty to seek the virtuous first, and follow the way of enriching the country and strengthening the army. This is the first way to govern the country!"

Hearing Zhang Yue's words, the official thought for a while and said: "Yes, I am indeed too eager to seek a cure, and I can't wait... But how can I seek the way to make the country rich and the army strong?"

"The ministers only know to let me calm down state affairs. 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 is not feasible. At this time and that time, the world has just recovered from the chaos of war in the early Han Dynasty, so the most important thing is to recuperate, and adopting Huang Lao's theory is the right way. But the country has been in peace for more than a hundred years now. How can it be The scene in the early Han Dynasty."

The official nodded and said: "That's true, but where can I find ministers who can govern the country?"

The officials thought to themselves that Wang Anshi, whom Zhang Yue recommended to him before, would rather know Jiangning Mansion than come to Beijing. What is the reason for this?

"Wang Anshi refused to come to Beijing, why do you think?"

Zhang Yue knew why Wang Anshi refused to come.

But Zhang Yue would not tell the matter, but said: "For a talent like Wang Anshi, His Majesty still needs to hire him with sincerity and sincerity."

The official nodded and said, "I know."

"I plan to call Xue Xiang and Wang Shao to Beijing together. I want to see if the Wang Shao recommended by Zhang Qing is really talented."

Zhang Yue heard that he knew that his recommendation had already had an effect, and immediately withdrew happily.

When Zhang Yue walked out of the palace, he happened to meet Wang Tao.

Wang Tao paused and stared at himself, while Zhang Yue greeted Wang Tao as an official, and then walked away calmly.

Wang Tao looked back at Zhang Yue in the hall and said in his heart, this man is dissatisfied with me from the bottom of his heart, but he doesn't show it on his face, it seems that he should be sent away from the official's side earlier.

Zhang Yue walked back to Tianzhang Pavilion from the palace.

But I saw Lu Gong, a Hanlin scholar, sitting idle in the pavilion.

Zhang Yue felt a headache when he saw Mr. Lu's work. It was the third time that Mr. Lu took the initiative to chat with him since Zhang Zhizhi passed the first chapter.

When Zhang Yue met Lu Gongzhu, he immediately paid a visit and said, "My next official, Zhang Yue, met Nei Han."

Lu Gong motioned for Zhang Yue to sit down, and the two sat opposite each other across the table.

Lu Gong wrote: "I was Jianba for Emperor Renzong, and I was appointed as the Tianzhang waiter and attendant, so I am here..."

Lu Gong first talked about the past, Zhang Yue could only listen in, and then added a sentence or two just right.

At this time, Lu Gong said: "Yes, I ordered my nephew to save yuan in high school that day, but I didn't go there, so I have to blame."

After hearing this, Zhang Yue finally breathed a sigh of relief. I have talked about it [-] times, and I finally got to the point.

Zhang Yue then said: "Neihan's words are serious, Brother Ji Chang is already in full bloom when he arrives."

Mr. Lu waved his hands and said, "Uncle is the number one scholar, and my nephew is provincial. This kind of thing is unprecedented in this court. It's a pity that I can't come to congratulate you."

"I don't know what official your nephew Shi Brown is?"

Zhang Yue said: "After Shi Brown, he promoted officials for the observation of Yunzhou."

The number one scholar, Shi Brown, was originally a Jiedu magistrate, but this year there were too many redundant officials, and there was no palace examination, so he was conferred as an observation and promotion official.

Lu Gong said: "very good, this is finally an official, but can you bring a family with you when you go to Yunzhou?"

Zhang Yue said: "Where does the family come from? My nephew hasn't married a wife yet."

Lu Gong said: "Dangtang Shengyuan didn't marry a wife...it must be a fool."

Zhang Yue said: "Never, to be honest, there were too many people who proposed marriage before, and my brother and sister-in-law were also afraid of offending people, so they wanted to wait for my nephew to return to Beijing two years after he became an official before making any plans."

Lu Gong wrote: "Although there are many people who propose marriage, but now there is no one who is satisfied, but is that so?"

Zhang Yue hurriedly said: "That's not what I said, I really want to wait two years before discussing marriage."

Lu Gong said: "Zhang Zhengyan, the old man has two daughters, both of whom are born in the same family. The eldest daughter is already married, and there is another daughter who is waiting in the boudoir. I know that my nephew is not married."

Zhang Yue knew that after Zhang Zhizhong was a Jinshi, Wu Chong and Lu Xiji both approached him and told him that Mr. Lu intended to marry Zhang Zhi.

Among the top official families in the Song Dynasty, one was the Lu family and the other was the Han family.

There is a saying in the court that the people of the world do not come from Han, but from Lu.

Zhang Yue heard that after Duke Lu made a marriage proposal, he would also be honored with You, but in order not to offend others, he still postponed his nephew's marriage for two years in advance.

Through these two years of slow screening, Zhang Zhi was able to find a suitable in-law.

Therefore, even the father-in-law and Lu Xiji temporarily rejected the trick of procrastinating, but who knew that Mr. Lu would actually ask him to propose marriage in person with all his shame.

There has never been such a rule in discussing relatives.

The daughter's family always has to put on an appearance of not worrying about getting married, so the father-in-law is also very lofty, and some of them are waiting for sons-in-law from all walks of life to come to propose marriage.

What's more, what is the identity of Lu Gongzhu?
It's really giving the Zhang family enough face to actually go to the battle to match him.

"What kind of family is the Lu family, how dare we...to climb high!"

Lu Gong said: "Sanlang is out of touch when he says that."

Zhang Yue did not agree to Lu Gong's writing in court, but he was very moved.He said that if Zhang Zhi married Lu Gongzhu's daughter, it would be a good thing to have such a father-in-law to support him in his official career.

But Zhang Yue wanted Zhang Zhizhong to save Yuan, Han Wei also revealed to himself that Wang Anshi seemed to intend to recruit Zhang Zhi as his son-in-law.

However, these words were only handed down by Han Wei, but I have never heard of Wang Anshi making any promises. Although he is not in Bianjing, there is no letter or mention.

How does this count?
Zhang Yue and Han Wei confessed that there are many people asking for marriage now, and they wanted to wait until two years before discussing marriage, but Wang Anshi had no news after that.

(End of this chapter)