Prime Minister

Chapter 563
Wang Anshi and Zhang Yue have completely different feelings for officials.

In front of Wang Anshi, the officials were like his students. When Wang Anshi said what to do, the officials would do as he wanted.Officials sometimes dare not even object.

As for Zhang Yue, the official family and him are not only monarchs and ministers, but also friends.

Zhang Yue advised the officials, and today he used practical actions to support his idea of ​​being a promising king.

Regarding Wang Anshi, the officials planned to worship him as a political adviser, but Wang Anshi remained calm.

Ministers with deep qualifications and high prestige like Sima Guang and Wang Anshi are appointed as Hanlin bachelors, and senior officials like Shen Zhizhengshi have already obtained enough qualifications, so they will not be very grateful for their promotion.What's more, there is not much that the officials can give them.

But Zhang Yue is different, a waiting official is enough to make the other party feel grateful.What if the next step is to know the patent?Even Hanlin Bachelor?

There are still many, many things that officials can give to Zhang Yue.

Why do you say that once the emperor and the courtiers, because the old ones, the new ones are hard to point out, and they will hate you and argue with you at every turn.

Zhang Yue's qualifications are not enough, this time he has been promoted to the waiting system, the officials don't know it?

The officials just understood that he wanted to use this method to show the officials his power as an official, and at the same time make Zhang Yue feel grateful to him.

Hu Fu rides and shoots, imitating King Wuling of Zhao, starting from changing customs and changing customs, and becoming a promising king.

Zhang Yue thanked Tian En in Hufu today, which was really in line with the wishes of the officials.

What Zhang Qing said was exactly what I wanted. When these words reached the mouth of the official, he did not express his thoughts easily in the end, but looked at Zeng Gongliang and Wang Anshi.

Zeng Gongliang said: "Your Majesty, there is a saying in the Zuo Zhuan that if the method is cold, its disadvantages are still greedy. If the method is based on greed, the disadvantages will be the same. Changing customs is out of your majesty's good intentions, and you still need to be careful."

Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, what kind of lord is King Zhao Wuling? He is just a prince in the Warring States period. He has acted in confusion in the matter of setting up a heir. He has the determination to change, but he also has the indecision of a woman. He will go back and forth..."

Zhang Yuexin said that Wang Anshi's temperament is still the same as before!
What Tang Taizong, what King Zhao Wuling are all scum, Zhuge Liang, Wei Zheng are not worth mentioning.

It was expected.

However, Zhang Yue today is different from the past. In the past, the disparity in identities was so great that it was not easy to complain about it. Now Zhang Yue just wanted to refute, but he heard Wang Anshi say it again.

"...But King Zhao Wuling's act of changing customs, I think it can be punished by law."

After Zhang Yue heard this sentence, which he wanted to refute, he took it back.

Zhang Yue was full of doubts, thinking that this is not Wang Anshi's temperament, could it be that he has also started to have scruples about me?
The officials were even more happy after hearing Wang Anshi's words. He knew that it was quite rare for Zhang Yue to have a moderate opinion among the ministers.

The official said to the servant: "Bring me the scorpion that I played with today."

The waiter said a word and immediately took a sash belt.

The sash belt was a must-wear for officials in the Tang Dynasty. There are belt loops on the belt to hang things. Generally, officials in the Tang Dynasty wear seven things. Jue, syringe, and flint are also.

The belt of 蹀躞 also came from Hu Chuan earlier. When Tang Gaozu Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, there were [-] cavalry imitating nomadic cavalry. The seven things of 蹀躞 were learned from Hu Qi.

Later Li Yuan won the world, and this belt became the standard equipment of officials in the Tang Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, although officials did not wear 蹀躞 belts, the belts still imitated the 蹀躞 belts, and officials used the tails on the belts as a sign of their status.

The official gave Zhang Yue the golden scorpion belt in his hand. The reason is that I appreciate your behavior very much.

But the official said: "Zhang Qing, you have long boots and narrow sleeves, but the only thing missing is this belt. I will give it to you today, and I will wear it to the court in the future!"

This is the golden belt bestowed by the palace.

Zhang Yue immediately said: "Chen Zhang Yue thanked His Majesty!"

Zhang Yue knew that in another time and space history, this official had always been very generous to officials who supported his reform.

Zhang Yue stepped aside.

Zeng Gongliang said: "Your Majesty, the master of the banquet said today that when Zeng Zi was about to die, the seat on which he lay was used by a scholar-bureaucrat. Zeng Zi refused to use it, and died of illness before he got up to change the seat."

"It can be seen from this that etiquette is a major matter for the country and should not be easily changed."

The official nodded and said, "What does Wang Qing think?"

Wang Anshi said: "Your Majesty, the sages rule the rituals with righteousness. The details are as far as the bed. Zeng Zi followed the rituals until his death. It can be seen that the gentleman follows the rituals with benevolence. However, the rituals mentioned in the Jingyan are so mixed. I think it is not as good as Talking about Shangshu, thinking of the emperor's study."

Zhang Yue thought to himself that Zeng Gongliang was the one who recommended you to the court, Wang Anshi, why did you even argue with him.

Zeng Gongliang glanced at Wang Anshi, but said nothing.

Officials know that Wang Anshi has changed from the Book of Rites to the Minister of Books many times when he advocated giving lectures in front of him, but the book of Rites for the lecture was set by Zeng Gongliang for the banquet officials when he was the prime minister after Han Qi was dismissed. According to the rules, Wang Anshi opposed Zeng Gongliang's proposition today.

The two argued about this matter in front of the emperor.

This kind of fairy fight is beyond Zhang Yue's concern, he listens with the mood of first-class theater.

This time Zeng Gongliang competed with Wang Anshi. Under Wang Anshi's eloquence and persistence, the officials finally chose to support Wang Anshi.

The three then withdrew.

After Zhang Yue paid his respects, besides Xie Guan’s family, he also had to go to Zhengshitang, so Zhang Yue went back to Tianzhang Pavilion to rest for a while, then went to Zhengshitang to meet the three Zhongshu, and thanked them for their support.

The prime minister has the best courtesy, and the courtesy of officials is second only to the emperor.

However, Zhang Yue's participation in the ceremony is different after he is promoted to the waiting system. For example, before meeting the prime minister, the officials of Zhongshu Province would shout "bow", and then Zhang Yue had to walk in small steps to meet the prime minister and bow.

But now after Zhang Yue came to Zhongshu Province, the hall official knew that Zhang Yue was waiting for the order and only said, "Please wait for the order in Tianzhang Pavilion".

After Zhang Yue entered the political affairs hall, he went to the public rooms where the three prime ministers were working to salute and thank them.

The three prime ministers were very polite, even though Zhang Yue came to thank him briefly, they didn't let Zhang Yue stand, but let him sit down and talk.

After Zhang Yue talked to Zeng Gongliang, Zhang Yue left after drinking a cup of tea.

When they arrived at Zhao Nian, the other party chatted with him a few more words.

Finally, in front of Tang Jie, the other party had a good talk with Zhang Yue, during which the hall officials kept serving tea soup.

Zhang Yue took a few sips from a bowl of tea soup, and soon the hall official brought another bowl of tea soup, three bowls of tea soup in a row.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but feel the value of the waiting system, which he couldn't understand when he was a court official in the past.

After thanking the officials and the prime minister, Zhang Yue took office immediately.

Later, in the southern suburbs, the government issued an edict to reduce the number of officials and concubines who asked for favor.

At the same time, the rewards for the southern suburbs of the clan have also been reduced.

Zhang Yue remembered Shi Qiniang's decision not to ask him to be a county monarch for him, and deeply felt that the lady had a foresight.

(End of this chapter)