The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1510
"I will remember it in my heart!"

After a while, Zhang Polu knelt down on the ground and said solemnly to Zhao Dongting.

Zhao Dongting waved his hand, "Get up, don't just kneel, just keep my words in your heart."

After Zhang Tingen left the imperial study, he hurried to the central cabinet.

It is said to be the central cabinet, but in fact it is to enclose most of the yamen that were originally in the palace.Lu Xiufu and others still work in their respective yamen.

After Zhang Tingen entered the Central Cabinet, he went straight to the Yamen of the Ministry of State of Lu Xiufu.

As a state order, although Lu Xiufu is on the same level as Su Liuyi, Zhao Yuluo, Wang Wenfu and others in name, he should have the greatest real power among them.

The two pillars of civil and military in the Song Dynasty, Wen Tianxiang is the pillar of Wu, and he is the pillar of literature.

Zhao Dongting has never been stingy with his trust in the ministers below. After the central cabinet in the city, he gave Lu Xiufu the name of the executive deputy head of the cabinet.

In addition to this, more than a dozen officials were sent to serve Lu Xiufu as his secretary, fearing that this old minister who had worked so hard for the Song Dynasty would be tired.

Zhang Tingen's grandfather, Zhang Shijie, used to be on the same level as Lu Xiufu, and they had been friends for many years.In private, I am also acquainted with Lu Xiufu.

When he went to Lu Xiufu's office in the Yamen of the Ministry of State, he knocked on the door and entered, and then he smiled and shouted: "Grandpa Lu!"

Lu Xiufu raised his head behind the desk, put down the brush in his hand, and said, "The emperor sent you here?"

Zhang Tingen was very dissatisfied and said: "Grandpa Lu, see what you said, can't I come and see you?"

Lu Xiufu chuckled, "You don't want to go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do! Now it's duty time, how dare you sneak out? And if you want to see me, why don't you come to my house as a guest?"

Zhang Tingen just smiled sheepishly, "Well, the emperor really asked me to come. Grandpa Lu, the emperor wants your Ministry of State to set up a Ministry of Science and Technology, and ask the central cabinet to issue an edict to make Li Zhao'en Minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology."

"Who?"

Even Lu Xiufu was slightly taken aback.

Zhang Tingen said: "Xiangxing's 11th year Jinshi, Li Zhaoen."

Lu Xiufu opened his mouth and murmured: "This is really soaring... That old fellow Chen Wenlong is going to be overjoyed."

Li Godan was a high school Jinshi at the age of just over ten years old, and was directly announced by Zhao Dongting to work as a small yellow gate in the imperial study.Of course, even Lu Xiufu knew a little about him.

And the kindness between Chen Wenlong and Li Goudan is not a secret in the court.

Chen Wenlong had great expectations for Li Goudan, and he often said in front of Lu Xiufu and others that Li Goudan's achievements in the future would not be small.

Lu Xiufu and others also took it for granted at the beginning, after all, the two brothers Zhu Haiwang and Zhu Hecong who were first called into the palace by the emperor to serve as the Xiaohuangmen had made remarkable achievements.One is the President of the Tianjiu Army, and the other is the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance of the Ministry of State.

But Lu Xiufu never thought that Li Zhao'en would rise to the top so quickly.Moreover, as soon as he became an official, he worshiped the post of minister.

This is directly on the same level as Zhu Hecong, a real second-rank official title in the imperial court.

After being stunned for a long time, Lu Xiufu said to Zhang Polu: "If I remember correctly, Li Zhao'en is only 15 years old this year, right?"

Zhang Polu nodded and said, "Exactly."

Lu Xiufu suddenly burst into laughter, "15-year-old Shangshu, haha, it can be seen that my Song Dynasty is full of talents now!"

Then he picked up the brush again and said: "Go back and report to the emperor, just say that I am drafting the decree."

"Good!"

Zhang Polu nodded and walked towards the door.

"and many more!"

Lu Xiufu suddenly called him to stop again.

Zhang Polu paused and turned his head, "Grandpa Lu, do you have anything else to say?"

Lu Xiufu glanced at him lightly, and said, "My little girl has been talking about you a few times recently, why don't you go and see her?"

Zhang Polu scratched his head embarrassingly, "I'm not working in the imperial study, I don't have time!"

"Humph!"

Lu Xiufu snorted softly, "The emperor didn't ask you to serve in the imperial study room at night. Although my girl is not beautiful, she is also knowledgeable and reasonable. Doesn't she insult your Zhang family? If you really look down on her, So I went to explain it to her as soon as possible, lest she pester me to ask questions every day."

"No."

Zhang Polu thought for a while and said, "It's not that I don't like Yaoyao."

Lu Xiufu put down his pen and said, "Then why have you deliberately distanced yourself from her in the past two years? Do you think that your little yellow family has a bright future and you don't like my girl anymore?"

Lu Xiufu's granddaughter, Lu Yaoyao, is only two years younger than Zhang Polu.Even when the Song court was not in trouble, the Lu and Zhang families had a lot of contacts. Zhang Polu and Lu Yaoyao also grew up together with bare buttocks, childhood sweethearts, and childhood sweethearts. This is not a secret in a certain circle in the court.

The two had intentions, Zhang Shijie and Lu Xiufu had no intention of objecting, they just thought that Zhang Polu seldom went to see Lu Yaoyao after he entered the palace as a servant.

Lu Xiufu probably felt more and more upset the more he thought about it, and said: "There are quite a few people who come to my Lu family to ask for marriage. Don't think that my girl must marry you."

Zhang Polu was a little anxious when he heard the words, and said: "Grandpa Lu, listen to me..."

I lowered my head slightly and said: "I...I want to go to your house to propose marriage after the emperor sends me to the yamen below. Now I..."

Lu Xiufu was a little stunned when he heard this, and his face softened a lot, "It's good for a man to aim everywhere, then I'll go back today and have a few words with that girl."

Zhang Polu nodded, "Thank you, Grandpa Lu."

Then walked out of the room.

Zhang Shijie's two sons, the eldest son is the deputy inspector of Guangnan East Road, while Zhang Polu's father is only a fifth-rank official from the Ministry of State.

Perhaps, this still made Zhang Polu lack some self-confidence after all!
After Zhang Polu left, Lu Xiufu said to himself with a smile on his face in the room, "You know how to be aggressive, but my little girl didn't miss her."

But Zhang Polu, who returned to the imperial study room, knelt down in front of Zhao Dongting.

Zhao Dongting was slightly stunned, and said, "What are you doing?"

Zhang Polu raised his head and said: "Your Majesty, I request you to join the army and go to the frontier to serve the country!"

Now even Zhang Tingen was stunned.

Zhao Dongting was silent for a while, and asked, "Why do you suddenly have such an idea?"

Zhang Polu said: "In fact, I have already had such an idea, but... I haven't made up my mind."

Zhao Dongting said again: "Then how did you make up your mind now?"

Zhang Polu smiled wryly, "The emperor asked me to learn more knowledge, but I... feel that I really don't have that talent. I recognize those numbers and formulas, but I don't know them. I think I am more suitable for going out with the army."

Zhao Dongting raised his eyebrows slightly.

In fact, he could also see that Zhang Polu's interest in martial arts and the art of war was far greater than his interest in mathematics, physics and chemistry.

Perhaps with Zhang Polu's talent, it would be very difficult to pass the Jinshi examination in this life.

When he let Zhang Polu enter the palace at the beginning, he did not show sympathy for the Zhang family and wanted to find another way for Zhang Polu.As long as he stays in the imperial study for a few years, and even if he barely learns all the knowledge he has learned, it will be enough to send him to a local governor or something.Compared with enlisting in the army to accumulate military merits, this way is obviously much safer and more secure.

But he didn't expect that Zhang Polu would propose to go to the frontier to fight.

Zhao Dongting didn't directly agree, but said again: "But your Zhang family, whether it's your grandfather, your uncle, or your father, are all court officials, you..."

"I think that if grandpa is not a civil servant, I should also be a civil servant. Civil servants and military generals all serve the country, and I feel that I am more suitable to join the army!" Zhang Polu said emphatically.

Zhao Dongting could hear the perseverance in his words.

This also made him smile a little.

It may not be a good thing for Zhang Polu to have such an idea.It is definitely not a good thing for Song Dynasty if the younger generations of the entire imperial court think about their ancestors.

He waved his hand and said: "In that case, I'm sure. You go back and discuss it with your grandfather first. If they agree, I will send you to northern Xinjiang."

"Sir, thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Polu kowtowed to Zhao Dongting, and stood up, as if he was much more relaxed and confident at this moment, glanced at Zhang Tingen, and strode towards the outside of the imperial study.

"emperor……"

Zhang Tingen also looked at Zhao Dongting.

He just opened his mouth, but Zhao Dongting scolded him, "Shut up, just stay in the imperial study!"

Zhang Tingen was stunned for a moment, then retreated to the corner to read a book with a full face of grievance.

Zhao Dongting looked at him, sighed softly, and said nothing more.

Zhang Polu can go because there are other descendants in Zhang Shijie's family, but Zhang Xi is at home, only Zhang Tingen is the only one...

Zhang Xi devoted his whole life to Da Song, and finally died of a recurrence of his old injury. Even his son died in the army at an early age.Zhao Dongting didn't want him to have no successors.

He announced Zhang Tingen to the imperial study to be the Xiaohuangmen, because he made up his mind to cultivate Zhang Tingen into a talent.Even if Zhang Tingen really has no ability in the end, he will never let the Zhang family decline completely like this.

(End of this chapter)