Prime Minister

On the Palace of Senior Citizens.

Wu Chong arrived lightly.

Wu Chong was also a handsome man at first, but because of a "festival" on his neck, his image was a little bit worse, and some officials even laughed secretly.

But now that Xuan Ma paid homage to the prime minister, no one would dare to laugh anymore.

Wu Chong admonished the doctor from the right, the deputy envoy of the privy secretary was promoted to the chief inspector, the assistant minister of the administrative department, and the political affairs officer.

The school inspector is the third level of the school inspector, and the highest is the school inspector, but it is generally not given lightly.
As for the prime minister, he is generally awarded the post of school inspector.

However, this position is generally awarded to Zhongshu Pingzhangshi, and rarely granted to Shenzhi Zhengshi.Now Feng Jing and Wang Gui have not yet been awarded the post of school inspector.

So as soon as this position was conferred, the meaning of the officials became a little clear.

Wu Chong was the latecomer, and unexpectedly squeezed Wang Gui, and Feng Jing went ahead.

As for the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he was also promoted to the second level of the official, from the big two provinces to the second minister of the sixth, and now he is qualified to be the secretary of Zhongshu Pingzhangshi.

As for the minister of the Ministry of Industry, it is when the Sanguan (principal inspector) is higher than the official (the minister of the Ministry of Industry), so a word "xing" is added in front.

On the contrary, if the Sanguan is lower than the official, add the word Shou in front.

Thanks to his son-in-law, after the great victory in Baicheng, Wu Chong was only one step away from the position of prime minister.

At this moment, in the Hall of Mentorship, Wu Chong stood in front of Wang Gui and Feng Jing, second only to Wang Anshi, and on the other side were Wen Yanbo and Cai Ting.

Wang Anshi's official position was also added from the Minister of Rites to the Minister of Officials.

In addition to Zaizhi, there is also a planner-Xue Xiang, the envoy of the third division.

This time Zhangyuehetao used troops, and the officials of the prefectures and counties in the northwest were full of curses and collective protests. All the documents expressing cries, pleadings, anger, and threats to strike were thrown at the court like snowflakes.

The officials of the third department are also constipated - unable to communicate up and down.

Above are the officials, and Wu Chong made repeated orders to ensure that Zhang Yue’s army’s rations and salaries would not be delayed, and those who violated them would do whatever they wanted. Below, the state and county officials were powerless, protesting, cursing, in short, they demanded food but did not die. muddy.

San Si, who connected the past and the future, seemed to be constipated, blushing, and couldn't go down no matter how hard he tried.

In the end, thanks to Xue Xiang's various twists and turns, thinking about Fang's tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall, in the end the food and salary of the Western Expeditionary Army did not delay for a day.

After the victory in Baicheng, Xue Xiang also became a direct bachelor of Longtu Pavilion because of his meritorious service.

In addition to the attendance of the Second Mansion and the Three Divisions, there were also Zhang Hu who was repairing the daily life note and was also sentenced to the Guozijian, and Zhang Zhi who had just been promoted from Baowenge to Longtuge.

In addition to his post in the museum, this time he took the victory in Baicheng, the officials also gave Zhang Zhi the post of serving as a lecturer on sutras, and at the same time, he also served as a daily commentary for fellow practitioners.

And Zhang Zhi's own official was even more amazingly promoted to a householder.

You must know that Zeng Bu, a Hanlin scholar, is now a right-handed official, two levels lower than Zhang Zhi, and Lu Huiqing in another time and space history, his current official is only right-handed.

But now Lu Huiqing's own official is just a living roommate, sitting on an equal footing with Zhang Zhi.

Zhang Zhi, who was sitting by the side, was also very puzzled, that he himself had contributed to the great victory in Baicheng, followed by a wave of promotions, and all his officials were promoted to Living Sheren.

And Zhang Zhi's own credit is only to admonish the emperor to issue the second gold medal decree to withdraw his previous order.Intuitively, Zhang just said two or three sentences, and calmed down the restlessness of the officials, so he was promoted twice because of this, which is no one.

So Zhang Zhi looked at Lu Huiqing and Zeng Bu with very shameful expressions. It is a bit shameful to be in a high position without any effort.

Zeng and Lu's background is very strong, but who would have expected that they would not be promoted as fast as their own.

As for the official affairs of Jianzheng Zhongshu Wufang, Zhizhi Gao Lu Huiqing also stood calmly in the hall.

Today in the Zizheng Hall, everyone discussed the reward list of more than [-] people handed over by Zhang Yue.

To be honest, facing this list, all the ministers present were a little bit broken.

The names, official positions, and resumes of the more than 5000 people are written on more than 300 pages of paper with 10,000+ words, which is almost equivalent to a masterpiece. Give it to Zhongshu Wufang to have a look.

Li Chengzhi, who was in the inspection room, saw that there were grooms, cooks, and medical officers on the list. He said to Lu Huiqing, "What is this? Can all traffickers and pawns be here?"

Li Chengzhi meant that these people's names should not be shown to them, even if their names appeared on the temple, it would be a first-class blasphemy in the eyes of the prime minister and the emperor.

Why are these people?
Officials have been officials for decades, and they don't necessarily remember the names of ministers from official to court officials, let alone these traffickers and pawns?

Lu Huiqing looked at the list, but she was in a different mood.

He saw that on Zhang Yue's list, many of them were officials from the Qinfeng Road Transit Department, and even officials from the Yongxing Jun Road Transit Department also appeared on it.

These people all cooperated and supported Xihe Road in the matter of food and payment dispatching.

They were not recommended by Zhang Yue, but Zhang Yue actually included these people. The official positions of these people include not only state officials and county officials, but also state officials and judges, county managers, sihu, county clerks, county officials, etc. Wei...

It is even specific to the subordinate staff in the county, such as Yasi, Jieji, etc...

In addition to the officials, there are people Li Chengzhi despises, including Yaqian and civil servants.

Lu Huiqing looked at her heart and said, Zhang Duzhi really knows how to buy people's hearts. After all this, the officials who scolded Zhang and forced them to raise military rations early and late, all of them couldn't be more grateful to him.

Next, Wang Anshi, Wen Yanbo and other prime ministers took turns to speak, expressing their views on Zhang Yue's commendation.

Probably they all mean the same thing, that is, there are too many recommendations.

Wang Anshi said: "Of course it is good to record minor achievements, but some reward chapters can be disposed of by oneself as an envoy of economics and strategy, and there is no need to submit them to Zhongshu to make it unnecessary."

"I think the list should be typed back and Zhang Yue should draw up a new one."

Xue Xiang also said: "Sponsoring so many people, including officials other than Xihe Road, if someone else does it, I must think it is an act of buying people's hearts."

"However, Zhang Yue, as a minister of great merit, has won His Majesty's trust. I have been with him for many years, and I can guarantee that he will never be like this. However, officials will talk about it, and no one can stop it."

Feng Jingdao: "I read the recommendation fees listed by Zhang Yue and the rewards after defeating Xihe. I thought that these rewards should be implemented one by one. I really don't know how much more money will be spent and how many more officials will be added."

"The imperial court is increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, and redundant officials are being cut everywhere. Once so many rewards are used up, the hard work of the past few years will be in vain, and the money accumulated for many years will be exhausted again. With the help of the Fourth Army, I am afraid that the country will be burdened in the long run."

Lu Huiqing was listening. Feng Jing's words made sense. Although he wanted to speak, he swallowed the words when he saw the official's frown.

The officials said to the officials: "I understand. Everyone thinks that this memorial is abusive reporting. Although you didn't say it clearly, you also tacitly agreed to this."

"How many people are 5000? It depends on how you look at it. I just have nothing to do. I read this testimonial overnight, and I am deeply touched."

"For example, one of the common people named Xu Aliu was attacked by Tibetans on the road from Qinzhou to Xizhou, and most of the officers, soldiers and civilians fled without a fight.

"But he stayed. Until the Song army who came from the nearby fortress beat back the Fans, they found him hacked to death by the Fans on the grain truck they were escorting."

"There is also a commoner in Shanggu County named Xue Qilang. In just a few months, he went back and forth between Shanggu and Didao City three times. He used his own mule cart to transport more than six hundred shi of military rations for the Song army. three times as much."

"There is also this civilian named Chen Wulang who walked nearly [-] miles in five days, and finally died of exhaustion on the road..."

The official paused at this point and said: "I have never been to Xihe, so I don't know what the so-called suffering of people's livelihood really is."

"Now when I see these people named Xu Aliu, Xue Qilang, and Chen Wulang, I always wonder in my heart what kind of people they are, and what are these people who are diligent in state affairs for? It's just me No matter what it is, when I saw the names of these people, I felt that they came alive in my heart..."

Hearing the official's words, the whole hall was suddenly silent.

"Now that Xihe has won, all the people in the world say it is due to me. The Zaizhi led hundreds of officials to the hall to congratulate me, saying that I am comparable to Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty. You officials don't have to worry about someone talking. Even if you don't say it, you can do it The Lord said it for you (Zhang Zhi bowed his head when he heard the words), some people even fought for a little credit, for fear that the court would not know."

"But what about these Yaqian? What about these common people? Who will speak for them? Captured Mu Zheng and Dong Zhan, don't think it's your own merit."

Zhang Zhi was very touched when he heard it, and then he thought, although the emperor's words came from the heart, in fact, it was not a first-class blow to a meritorious minister?

Wu Chong said: "Your Majesty's words are very true. Xihe wins. Except for the officials who have already been rewarded, there are still many officials who have not been rewarded and speak strange things. Such remarks happen every day."

"As for whether there are too many recommendations and too much money, I remember Zhang Yue's saying that everyone's selfishness should be combined into the public of the world. The opening of the Xihe River is such a big event, and the imperial court spent a lot of money on it. Now After finally seeing the merits, the imperial court will take back the previous promise, how can everyone want to serve the imperial court wholeheartedly for such an act of harming the public and private interests?"

Lu Huiqing came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty asked Zhang Yueshang whether there were overreporting and overreporting in the letter of praise. I think it is true. But people like fame and fame like birds like bait. How can a handsome man be so worldly?" It’s unreasonable.”

After hearing Lu Huiqing's words, the officials praised him very much: "It is exactly as Lu Qing said."

In the end, after a discussion among the people, only more than ten people were screened out of the five thousand people recommended by Zhang Yue, and the rest of the rewards were all implemented by the court.