Prime Minister

Chapter 806 Brainstorming

After Wang Zhongzheng left, Zhang Yue finally realized why all the ancient generals hated people like fish courting kindness deeply.

In May of the sixth year of Xining, in the Jinglue Mansion of Xizhou City.

Zhang Yue called Cai Jing and other confidants to tell them about his falling out with Wang Zhongzheng.

At this moment, apart from Zhang Yu leading troops on the front line and Shen Kuo building a city in Minzhou, Zhang Yue called all his staff.

All the staff members were silent for a while, the falling out between the leading general and the supervising army was very unfavorable to both of them.

The Song Army has always retained the legacy of officials and eunuchs supervising the army in the Tang Dynasty.The example of the supervising army jumping above the leading general, stealing power to command, and even forcing the leading general to death, such as Guo Xie.What's more, this Wang Zhongzheng is a person who has won the trust of the emperor.

But Cai Jing came forward and said: "It's good to turn your face. Since it's a discord, why bother to compromise, it's better to make troubles and go there, so it's also a clear understanding."

Cai Bian said: "The commander-in-chief has always treated Wang Zhongzheng kindly. During the Battle of Baicheng, the army was infected with the epidemic."

"Actually, we have dealt with it in a timely manner, but Wang Zhongzheng deliberately 'claimed to be sick', and the commander-in-chief let him rest in the rear. Who knows that Wang Zhongzheng is ungrateful, bypassing the commander-in-chief, communicating with Wang Junwan and other generals, and consulting the commander-in-chief The use of troops and the exchange of money and food in the army."

After hearing the words of Cai Jing and Cai Bian, all the staff suddenly cursed Wang Zhongzheng.

As a matter of fact, Zou Ma received the information collected by the frontier generals, and secretly reported the news to the emperor through secret rehearsals, and even spied on the generals' preferences and picked up all illegal things.

Moreover, the documents reported by the generals to the emperor must be accepted on horseback.

Therefore, Wang Zhongzheng can detain Zhang Yue and give the emperor's memorial. Of course, if Zhang Yue wants to bypass the horse and accept it, he can also send the letter to the emperor alone, but this will tear his face.

Once the leading general and the supervisor of the army insisted on their own words to the emperor's advice.The emperor will judge these two people, which one is lying.

Under normal circumstances, it is the emperor's confidant who bears the burden on horseback, and his words are obviously more credible than the leading general.Therefore, the leading generals let their memorials be forwarded to the emperor through horseback riding.

As for the secret performance that Zouma accepted for the emperor, you don't have to show it to the other party.

So as a general in charge of the army, you never know what kind of small report he made to you on the side of the emperor, but you dare not speak ill of him.

But in any case, Wang Zhongzheng dared to detain Zhang Yue to give the memorial to the emperor, which really violated his taboo, how can this be tolerated?
Even if it wasn't so, Wang Zhongzheng was interfering in the command, pointing fingers at the sidelines, and prying into his own secrets.Therefore, it is conceivable that the famous general Guo Jin, who even the Khitan was helpless, finally died at the hands of an eunuch.

Perhaps Wang Zhongzheng may think that he is not too much, but Zhang Yue feels that he can't bear it anymore.

Now that Wang Zhongzheng has been detained, before the Son of Heaven made it clear, Xihe's military administration was at least in his hands during this period.

This is the advantage of turning your face. In addition to this, there is another advantage, that is, when a new horse bearer or a new strategic envoy arrives in the army, the emperor will not rush him to attack Liangzhou or Xingzhou government.

The Liangzhou Prefecture and Xingzhou Prefecture are extremely risky to attack for hundreds of miles, and if they are stopped, they will not be able to defend.There is only one method of Zhang's military strategy, which is shallow attack and advanced construction. For this large and deep attack, we should invite a general like Huo Wei to do it, and Wang Shao is also good at this method, but a mediocre general like himself really can't do it.

Zhang Yue thought of this and said: "The top priority is to draft a memorial to impeach Wang Zhongzheng immediately. As for Wang Zhongzheng, I will also impeach me, so let him go. But this memorial must be sent to Beijing first!"

"At the same time, I still need to write to a few ministers to explain the matter to him, and let them speak for me in the official's side."

At this time Wen Jifu said: "Commander, the Battle of Baicheng has passed for more than a month, but the rewards and appointments have not yet been issued to the army. I am afraid that if it is too long, the soldiers below will complain. What's more I heard that the two governments have already discussed this matter, and even the envoy for the canonization and reward is on the way, but I don’t know why it’s been so long.”

Zhang Yue knew the reason, and Wang Zhongzheng could do it too, but he actually got in the way of this matter.

I had drawn a pie as big as the sky for the soldiers on Xihe Road at the beginning, but now I have been unable to fulfill it. The resentment of the officials and soldiers below can be imagined.

This is really a shake to his prestige.

Now in the whole of Xihe Road, apart from himself being added as Zuo Jianyi doctor, no one has been promoted or received rewards.

Zhang Yue said: "I know."

Lu Shengqing and Xing Shu looked at each other, Zhang Yue was able to call the two of them here, which showed that he didn't see anything against them, and the so-called heart-to-heart was nothing more than that.

Wen Jifu, Cai Bian, and Lu Shengqing would each write letters to their father, father-in-law, and elder brother, telling what happened here.

Staff have work to do.

As for Zhang Yue, he also wrote letters to the emperor and Wu Chong.

At this time, Wu Chong had just written a letter to himself, which he wrote after he was promoted to be a governor.

The letter is also a word of warning, asking him to confront the newly arrived Mu Zheng and other Tibetans with military force, let him redeem himself from the bandits, and reward him generously, so that he can be used by me and will not reunite with Dong Zhan.The same is true for discussing Dong felt in the future.

Mu Zheng must be treated favorably, and then Dong Zhan will be recruited with this.

Wu Chong's views coincided with Zhang Yue's. Zhang Yue wrote a letter to Wu Chong.

Only then did Zhang Yue realize that after falling out with Wang Zhongzheng, he had left him aside for a long time.

"The general will meet the handsome!"

When Zhang Yue looked up, he saw a young general who was only seventeen or eighteen years old standing in front of him.

He was a little surprised in his heart, but he continued to write the letter without showing any emotion, and asked on the other side: "You are He Guan? You are so young, how do you know about the farming in Guwei?"

The other party said: "The last general is from Kaifeng Xiangfu. He was born in martial arts, but later he wondered how to be a general in astronomy and geography, so he entered the Imperial Academy to study agriculture!"

Zhang Yue didn't realize that the other party was from the Imperial Academy, or that he reformed the Imperial Academy to use Suhu's teaching method, so he immediately changed his face and said with a smile: "So you are also a student of the Imperial Academy, sit down and talk!"

He Guan got Zhang Yue's permission, and immediately sat down on the chair with half of his buttocks.

Zhang Yue said: "Then why didn't you go to study martial arts, instead you went to study agriculture?"

He Guandao: "The imperial court is on the side of the Xihe River, and many officials who followed the commander in chief were even promoted. Many Tai students yearned for military merits and knighted titles, so they all went to martial arts. There is no way for the general at the end of the day. It was reported. Martial arts, and finally had to go to agriculture."

It turned out that I was transferred to volunteer...

Zhang Yue didn't expect this reason, so he asked, "How did you get to Guwei later?"

He Guandao: "The last general was selected to work in Xihe, and he was appreciated by the Wang... Deputy Economic Envoy, and entrusted with the task of farming..."

Zhang Yue thought that this person was also upright, and he made no secret of being appreciated and promoted by Wang Shao.

Zhang Yue smiled slightly and said, "Vice Wang Jinglue really knows people with his eyes, so I don't mind it. I remember that in Tang Dynasty, Heizhi Changzhi farmed five or six thousand hectares of land in Hehuang, and collected more than one million stones at its peak, but you Can you teach me how to farm five or six thousand hectares in Guwei?"

He Guandao: "The last general dare not be a general. From the ancient Wei to Weiyuan is the Weishui River Valley, and there are good fields nearby. It's just that the Tibetans are cheap and expensive, and they are not good at farming."

"However, we Han people are rich and cheap, so I exchanged land with money and goods, and built more water mills in the rapids of the river, and exchanged more food with the Tibetans for the convenience of grinding noodles. I have seen the Weishui River Valley in those days It is possible to grow indica rice, and there are still many old canals left over from the Han and Tang Dynasties, which will be repaired in the end, so there are..."

He Guan observed Zhang Yue's expression while talking, but saw that the other party was writing letters all the time, wondering if he was listening?

When he heard himself pause, Zhang Yue said "continue".

He Guan continued to talk, he made up his mind and told Zhang Yue all his thoughts.

After Zhang Yue finished writing the letter to Wu Chong with a pen, he said to He Guan: "Excellent, excellent, what you said is that the Tibetans are expensive and the goods are cheap, and the Han people are expensive and the land is cheap, I deeply agree."

"You use a running water mill to grind flour for the Fans and trade grain and grass with the Fans..."

It has the posture of handicraft harvesting agriculture.

Zhang Yue paused and said to He Guan: "You have such a talent, how can I let you be buried, come under my curtain?"

He Guan was taken aback for a moment, he was not surprised that Zhang Yue would promote or demote him, but he did not expect him to be his aide.

He Guan hesitated for a moment and said, "I would like to obey the Commander's orders."

The next day, Zhang became more tired and was about to lie down on the collapsed bed for a rest. At this time, the urgent army from Bianjing, five hundred miles away, arrived.

Zhang Yue saw that the emperor sent a letter to him and Wang Zhongzheng. It turned out that the negotiations between Qinzhou, Song and Xia had reached a stalemate. The emperor wanted Zhang Yue's Xihe Road soldiers to assume the posture of attacking Lanzhou, and they had to be dispatched by soldiers. Draw a map and send it to Bianjing.

In addition, I asked whether the plan to march into Xingzhou or Liangzhou was completed.

Zhang Yue frowned immediately when he saw it. Right now, he didn't want to fight this battle at all, but the officials urged the soldiers on Xihe Road.Not to mention that the rewards for the great victory in Baicheng hadn't come down yet, but as far as the moment is concerned, the soldiers and horses were exhausted after the war, and their preparations in all aspects were immature.

And what happened to the formation map entering Beijing?Does the emperor want to remotely control the battle situation thousands of miles away?
Order micromanagement to move my archer and horse holding the Japanese army's god arm fifty steps to the left?
This is simply messing around, Zhang Yue complained from the bottom of his heart.

The more Zhang thinks about this, he is also crazy. He just finished fighting Qingtang and then fought Lanzhou. How can he use troops like this?

Zhang Yue summoned his staff to discuss overnight. This was not only a brainstorming and learning from others' strengths, but also Zhang Yue's first-class test and training for the people behind the scenes.

Zhang Yue will also teach his staff to think about problems in this way, and learn to understand his way of doing things and his knowledge.

At first glance, everyone seems to be helping Zhang to think of a way, and in the end they all get exercised.

When He Guan first entered Zhang Yue's shogunate, he found it new. Zhang Yue and his staff were like teachers and students, as well as superiors and subordinates, and among the whole group, everyone performed their duties and did their best.

No wonder how many people in the world want to follow Zhang Gong, it is not unreasonable.

Not to mention anything else, there are quite a few officials who have been recommended to know one state and one county under his cover, and there may be one party in the future.

Not maybe, but definitely.

Thinking of this, He Guan felt how lucky it was to get Zhang Yue Qingyan to join this staff.

After going through this training in the future, I will definitely be more able to handle things with ease.

So the staff discussed a solution overnight.

(End of this chapter)